Chapter 15: Notes From The Underground, Part 1
In the center of a dark chamber in the Well of Shade, Kai is focusing on meditation while kneeling on his hind legs. As he focuses on his meditation, one of the Protoquin emerges from the shadows.
Sword in hand, the Quinkan monster prepares to behead the yak, but Kai catches the blade between his palms before slamming his head back into the Protoquin's face. As the Protoquin stumbled back, Kai finished him with a powerful kick to the chest.
Turning his attention to the roof, Kai noticed a Pyroquin diving from the rafters, stepping back just far enough to dodge the attack before contouring with a back kick to the head.
Then he heard footsteps coming to him as he turned to see Celtic Shanyu come to the scene.
"What do you want, Celtic?" Kai asked the unicorn stallion with a glare.
"Master Zhao wishes to see you in the throne room." Celtic replied as he gestured to the hallway leading to the throne room.
(Scene changes)
Arriving in the throne room, Kai approaches his master as he is sitting on his throne. The yak kneels before his master.
"Master Zhao." Kai greeted.
"I trust you have been using your time wisely." Zhao said to his second in command with his voice cold and calculating containing an evil that few could hope to match.
"I have assembled the army for the Underground. The Quinkan await your orders." Kai replied back as he faced his master with a serious look.
"Excellent, because I have discovered an old ninja clan hiding in the caverns. The Order of The White Lotus." Zhao went on to explain.
"Darius Hisomi's old ninja army from long ago?" Kai asked in surprise. "But we turned them all into one of our monsters after he came to Princess Celestia's Elite Ninja."
"That may be true, but they are still alive while lurking those caverns." Zhao said with a glare. "Finally, I will have those experiments from what I started long ago. I want them brought to me and have full control over them."
"Don't worry, master Zhao." Kai said as he stood up. "We will find Pakku Shisho along with his other ninja forces and bring them to you as soon as possible. And if Wuya has survived the fall, we will bring her to you as well."
Zhao stared at Kai with a glare before he recomposed himself.
"Good. Now go, find them." Zhao ordered him with a stone gaze.
Kai nodded before he went off screen to collect the Quinkan.
"Chase Young and his friends will soon be history once I have all of Equestria to myself. And this time, there will be nothing left for them to defeat me." Zhao said to himself as he chuckled sinisterly.
*Main theme*
At Chase's home, some grunting was heard in his dojo. In the room, Chase and Twilight were sparring each other, helping Twilight improve her skills further.
Chase did a spin kick to Twilight, but she dodged it and tried to do a spin kick of her own at Chase, only for him to move out of the way before he tried another kick. Twilight rolled underneath Chase as the unicorn stallion jumped over her and landed on the ground with a roll before got up in a fighting stance.
Twilight tried to do a high kick at Chase, but he dodged it and another before he grabbed Twilight's front hooves ending with a punch to her gut. This made her chuckle playfully along with Chase. Then Twilight tried to do a front kick at Chase, but he grabbed her hoof, twirled her to the front and flipped her, only for her to perform a flip as she landed gracefully on her back hooves.
Chase clapped for her as they got back on all fours and the unicorn stallion walked up to her with a smile.
"Nice recovery, Twilight." Chase said as he patted Twilight on the shoulder as she blushed modestly.
"Thanks again for teaching me how to train, Chase." Twilight said to Chase as she wiped her brow. "But that ending was a little too excessive."
"Don't worry about it, you're making a real effort for this." Chase said reassuringly to Twilight as she giggled to herself.
"How did I do, Spike? Spike?" Twilight had gotten no response as Spike was busy reading a comic book, labeled horror story on it.
Twilight and Chase glared at him annoyingly.
"Hey, Spike. You want to put down that comic and congratulate me?" Twilight asked in annoyance as Chase walked up to the baby dragon, taking the comic book away from him.
"Hey, that comic's in - (SLAP) Ow! Near mint condition!" Spike said in annoyance before Chase slapped the book in his face as he took a good look at it. "Don't mess it up!"
"Great, another horror story. Guess who's gonna be up all night again screaming." Chase said with a glare along with Twilight.
Spike stiffed up a bit.
"What? No, I was up all night because I was…" Spike tried to make an excuse, but found it hard as he knew he was in for it. "Polishing my scales?"
He grinned sheepishly, but Chase and Twilight weren't buying it as they gave him blunt looks.
"Right. Seriously, Spike. What are those comics good for you other than freaking you out and waking Twilight up all night?" Chase asked with a glare.
Spike turned away nervously from the two before they made their way out of the dojo.
(Scene changes)
In the living room, Jade was busy monitoring a crystal. But these were actually two of the destroyed crystals from when they had to return Spike back to normal from the last time he was controlled by the Quinkan.
It was at this moment when Sunray arrived at the scene.
"Hey, Jade. what're you doing?" Sunray asked his older sister with a curious look. "Why are you messing with that thing?"
"I'm checking out these crystals we found when Spike was returned back to normal." Jade said while analyzing the orange crystal.
"I thought we destroyed them when Kai tried to make Spike take everything." Sunray said with a confused look when Chase, Twilight, and Spike arrived.
"I've been wondering the same thing." Chase said, agreeing with his siblings.
"Me too, but somehow two of them must have fallen out of the bag Kai was holding." Jade said. "I'm trying to classify them, but I can't find anything like them in the books. The microscopic crystal structures are linked, almost like mutated brain cells from Zhao's powers."
Then Spike made a creepy 'hoooweeehooo' sound.
"I beg your pardon, Spike?" Twilight asked with a confused look along with Chase, Jade, and Sunray.
"A late night monster movie." Spike said as he pulled out a flashlight to bright up his face with a sinister smirk. "Perhaps there are some things ponies were never meant to tamper with."
This got the four ponies to groan in annoyance.
"Is he still reading one of those horror comic books?" Sunray asked with an annoyed glare.
"Eeyup." Chase replied back, bluntly. "And he still gets freaked out when he is up all night again as Twilight gives him a straight talk with him."
"I've tried to give him another one of your lessons, Chase. But he never learns." Twilight sighed with a look of irittation.
"By the way, you guys wanna know how the survivor escapes the monster's wrath?" Spike asked with a cheeky grin, showing the comic book in Chases face.
Chase became annoyed and took the comic book away from Spike before slamming it to the ground, shocking Spike even more.
"Enough with comic already, Spike! You're making me loopy!" Chase said in annoyance.
"Great!" Spike snapped with a glare. "Now it went from near mint to totally messed up!"
"I don't care! Just can it!" Chase retorted with an annoyed look.
Then he turned his attention back to Jade.
"So how much progress have made to study the crystals, Jade?" Chase asked with a curious look on his face. "I mean they have to be nearly drain out of Zhao's powers a long time ago."
"Maybe that or maybe most of his powers are still inside. I mean we've seen what Zhao and his army is capable of, but it looks like some of his magic can't be literally powerless." Jade replied back.
"Well, nothing says a dragon can't tamper though." Spike said as he jumped on the table and grabbed the two crystals before bringing them close together.
Suddenly, they gave off a humming sound as they glowed orange, making the five look at them before they gasped in shock.
"What the…" Chase asked with a stunned look.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked with a surprised look.
"I'm not sure, guys." Jade said with a confused look.
(Scene changes)
At the abandoned cave past the Castle of The Two Sisters, we zoom through a small hole in the wall as it was dark inside the cave.
Suddenly, glowing red eyes appeared in the darkness of the cave with hissing and growling noises.
(Scene changes)
Back at Chase's home, he, his siblings, Twilight, and Spike continued to watch the crystals humming as they glowed orange. Soon, Jade uses her magic to pull them apart as they stop glowing and humming.
"Are we in any danger, Jade?" Twilight asked with a concerned look.
"Maybe the harmonics of the energy signature of the crystalline structure." Jade calculated.
"You don't know, do you?" Sunray asked his sister.
"Not a clue." Jade convinced.
"I started the whole thing." Spike said to them as they stared at him.
Then an alarm came on as Chase, Jade, and Sunray went to an white orb.
"What is that?" Twilight asked, approaching Chase.
"We found this orb while we were in the Everfree Forest to help us found out what the Quinkan are up to." Chase explained as he used his magic on the orb allowing to show the ponies and Spike an image of the cave where they found the Sword of The Shadows.
Suddenly, something mysterious zooms past some rocks in the image.
"Whoa! What was that?" Sunray asked in surprise.
"I don't know, but maybe this could be Quinkan related." Chase said before he turned to his siblings and Twilight. "You guys feel like it's time for an investigation?"
The three nodded while Spike smiled sheepishly.
They went out the door and headed to the Everfree Forest.
(Scene changes)
When they arrived at the cavern past the Castle of The Two Sisters, they were already inside the cave and began to investigate the place where they found the Sword of The Shadows at the entrance.
"Aw man." Sunray complained. "There's nothing."
Jade then noticed something at the entrance.
"Uh, Sunray." Jade said as she directed the three unicorns and baby dragon's attention to her. "Don't be too sure."
They saw not only some footprints on the ground, but also a trail at the entrance. That meant something climbed on the wall, leading all the way through a shrine.
"This is odd." Twilight said with an interested look.
They then noticed a big hole in the center of the rocks. The strangest thing though is that somehow there was no force of removing the boulders, instead it looked like the hole had melted by something big.
"What have you got?" Chase asked curiously.
"Some kind of weird tracks must've melted right into the stone." Twilight calculated as she and Jade moved to the hole to get a better look.
"Well, whatever it was, it melted right through the rocks." Sunray said with a skeptical look.
Jade took another close look at the hole and saw that it was liquefied by some sort of acid. She used her magic to take out a bag and a chipping hammer before she got to work on chipping out a sample from the hole.
"Looks like the molecules have become unbonded." Jade grunted as she tried to chip off a rock before she got a sample of it and put it in her bag. "Maybe some kind of catalyst or an acid."
"Okay, this is the part in the monster comic books where the first monster attack happens." Spike said as he became really nervous. "The first pony never makes it! Do I need to say more?!"
"Just calm down, Spike 'till we find out what this is." Chase said gently yet firmly before he turned his attention to his sister and Twilight, who were both looking at it. "What is this?"
"Another mystery." Jade replied as she put the sample in her saddlebag. "It probably could be Quinkan related. One thing's for certain though…"
"I've never seen anything like it." Spike, Twilight, and Jade said at once.
"That's it!" Spike said with a horrified look as he made for the exit. "I'm outta here!"
The four unicorns just watched him run off back to the opening with funny looks as he yelped in fright.
"Hey, what do you get when you cross a chicken and a dragon?" Sunray asked his siblings and Twilight with a teasing smile, finding Spike's fear a little funny before he answered. "Spike."
"He does appear to be acting more like Fluttershy a little." Twilight said with a giggle as she found it funny too.
"Come on, guys." Jade said as she led the three out of the cavern. "I need to get back to the house anyway, to analyze this and to find out just what we're dealing with here."
But as they left the scenery… a pair glowing red eyes appeared in the dark tunnel of the hole as hissing and growling was heard as they watched the group disappear.
(Scene changes)
Back in Ponyville, the five eventually made it back to Chase's house as Jade got to work on analyzing the rocky acid substance. She poured a green liquid on the small rock as smoke appeared coming out of it. It didn't help to get the acid off the rock, but the smoke meant this happened five minutes ago.
"Hmm." Jade hummed with a thoughtful look.
"Was that a good 'hmm' or a bad 'hmm'?" Spike asked as he made his way to the four unicorns nervously. "Because this is the part in the book where we should be looking for the monster's one weakness so we can kiss our tails goodbye! TRUST ME! YOU DON'T WANT TO UNDERESTIMATE A MONSTER!"
SPLASH!
Spike stopped as he got splashed by water. Sunray had a glass of water in his magic as he looked at the baby dragon with an unamused look.
"Brbrbrbr!" Spike babled a bit as he shook his head before he stopped and looked at Sunray sheepishly. "Thanks."
Twilight approached Jade with a look of thought.
"So what can you tell us, Jade?" Twilight asked, curiously.
"It looks like that creature melted right through the stone, being able to liquefy stone is the perfect ability for a subterranean lifeform." Jade theorized.
"Well, if anything is going on those cave networks, it's gotta be Zhao's past crimes." Chase said with a glare. "Anypony up for a fact finding mission?"
"If the Quinkan are involved and are looking for us, I say we find them first." Sunray said agreeing with his older brother with a smirk.
"All in favor say 'I'." Chase said, bringing his right hoof to the center.
"I!" Jade, Sunray, and Twilight shouted, putting their hooves on top of Chase's and each other's. Spike was hesitant with a scared look.
"Uh… meep." Spike squeaked.
"Close enough." Twilight said with a smug smile.
"Alright, guys." Chase said, addressing the four. "Pack up what you can. We're moving out to solve this mystery in ten minutes."
They complied as the four unicorns went to get packing whereas Spike just stayed put with a nervous smile.
"Well, actually, I, uh, just remembered about helping Pinkie Pie out with a cake project today." Spike said as he tiptoed his way out to get back to the Golden Oak Library. "So I'll just stay behind while you guys investigate this case and-"
"Come on, you scaredy dragon!" Sunray said, pulling Spike back with his magic as the baby dragon yelped in fear.
(Scene changes)
In the kitchen, Chase was packing food and drinks for the group to have on the trip to solve this mystery.
Spike, meanwhile, was shaking in fear as he was reading a horror comic book story. Twilight and Chase looked at him sternly as he put his comic book in his backpack while chuckling sheepishly to the two unicorns.
Jade used her magic to tap the two orange crystals together as they glowed and hummed before she pulled them apart, putting them in her saddle bag.
Then, the four unicorns equipped themselves with their respective bandanas, wrappings, and weapons as well before the five went back to the cavern.
(Scene changes)
Unknown to them, Zhao is watching them from his orb as he had a sinister look on his face with an evil smirk.
"Yes, head down their my food." Zhao said with a chuckle. "And if one of you are lucky, you will fall right into the same trap the White Lotus clan did long ago."
He flashed his eyes a bit before they returned back to normal as he cackled deviously.
(Scene changes)
They arrived back at the hole as Chase used his magic to lite his horn to make it glow. He first went in, followed by Jade and Twilight. Sunray and Spike stayed behind as the baby dragon quivered nervously before he faced Sunray.
"After you." Spike gestured Sunray to the hole as the unicorn stallion squinted his eyes at the baby dragon before he went to catch up with the three.
Spike tiptoed away as he was trying to be quiet to get out of here when…
"COME HERE, YOU BIG BABY!" Sunray's voice shouted as he grabbed Spike by the tail and pulled him back as the baby dragon yelped in surprise.
(Scene changes)
The scene changes to an abandoned tunnel of some kind with a creaking sound in the background as Chase led the others out of the other tunnel they came through and looked at their surroundings carefully.
Twilight lit her horn as the scene lit up more and more before finally allowing the five to see where they were currently in.
It was an abandoned mine shaft as there were dozens of freight cars either on the train tracks or knocked onto the ground.
"What is this place?" Sunray asked as he looked around a bit.
"It looks like an abandoned mine shaft that was originally built in the early nineteen hundreds." Twilight said softly as she heard a small cracking sound.
"Abandoned? Right." Spike said as he walked alongside Twilight as cracking sounds continued to be heard, making the group of five stop.
"You guys hear that creaking?" Twilight asked as she looked up at the ceiling with a few small rocks coming down with dust. "These old supports should've given out long ago. I suggest we be very quiet."
"Right, just keep moving and don't make a sound from the mouths. And I mean everyone." Chase said as he glared at Spike, who glared back at him.
Chase and Twilight led the way with Jade, Sunray, and Spike following them. However, unknown to them, shadows on the ground appeared as shadowy figures were seen growling in their direction which didn't go noticed.
(Scene changes)
The five continued on their way while being very quiet not to cause a cave in as they looked around cautiously.
"Any sign of the creature's tracks?" Chase asked them as they continued on before he noticed something on the ground. "Guys?"
The tracks of the mysterious creature carried on in the direction they were going as the four gathered around Chase to look at the footprints.
"Nope. Nothing. Let's go home." Spike said with a fake smile as he wanted this trip to end.
Chase, Jade, Twilight, and Sunray gave him looks of annoyance before they continued on, leaving Spike behind as he groaned in depression before he went off to catch up to them.
"This place sure gives me the creeps down here." Jade commented with a whisper. "Do you think something might be living down here with one of those things we saw from the orb?"
"I don't know, but we need keep focus." Chase said to his little sister.
As they pressed on, rumbling was heard as rocks fell to the ground along with dust as the five silently gasped in surprise. They stood very still without making any sudden moves.
"Okay, everybody be still and don't make a sound." Chase ordered.
The others nodded in agreement. Spike, however, was acting up with dusting tickling his nose.
"Ah...ah…" Spike was about to sneeze when Sunray forced a hoof to Spike's mouth with a stern glare.
"Not. A. Sound. Got it?" Sunray said as he let go of the baby dragon as he covered his nose.
"I got it." Spike said with his nose plugged.
They stopped for a moment as Spike went ahead of them before he froze up a bit as the dust tickled his nose again and then…
"Ah...Ah… AACHOOO!" Spike sneezed so loud, another rumble was heard as more dust and rocks fell, but no cave in was happening.
Chase, Twilight, Jade, and Sunray froze in place. The whole team stood still with widened eyes and clenched teeth before they glared at Spike as he smiled sheepishly.
"Spike, for crying out loud." Sunray said as he approached the baby dragon in annoyance along with the other three unicorns. "Next time, bring an antihistamine."
"Hey, how am I supposed to stop a…" Spike was about to argue before he noticed something behind the four unicorns and widened his eyes in fear. "A HUGE GROTESQUE AND FRANKLY QUITE HORRIFYING QUINKAN MONSTER?!"
The four unicorns looked at him confused before they heard footsteps from behind them as they widen their eyes and turned around to see what Spike was talking about. They yelped in surprise and fear of what they were seeing.
Approaching them was a big Quinkan monster, bigger than the other Quinkan monsters with four sharp blue claws on its hands and big spikes on its back.
"So, running would be good! Right?!" Jade asked with a nervous look.
It gave out a loud vicious roar as the four unicorn ponies and baby dragon backed away from it nervously. Suddenly, rumbling was heard as the five heard rocks and dust coming down from the rocky ceiling before it began to collapse.
"RUN!" Chase shouted as they made a mad dash away from the monster and down the path they were walking to.
They shouted in panic as the rubble came crumbling down as the five avoided trying to get crushed by the debris before they found the exit. They made it just in time as the debris came all the way down at the end of the tunnel as the five were safely out of harm's way. But unfortunately, the impact caused the cave they were in to go dark.
"This just gets better and better." Sunray's voice commented with a sarcastic tone as the others coughed a bit.
"Just a sec." Jade's voice said as she pulled out the two orange crystals they brought and tapped them together, making them glow as they hummed.
The five were still catching their breath after that horrifying encounter they made with that monster. But they also saw the tunnel blocked up with the debris. There was no turning back now.
"What was that thing?" Chase asked with a shocked look.
"I don't know." Twilight said, still shocked by that Quinkan monster. "But that was the most scariest monster I've ever seen in my life."
"Do you think that thing survived?" Sunray asked with a confused look.
"Know the Quinkan, Sunray!" Spike said with a glare. "They're unstoppable and can melt rock!"
"Oh yeah. Maybe I forgot because I WAS TRYING NOT TO GET BURIED IN A COLLAPSING MINE SHAFT!" Sunray said casually before he shouted angrily at Spike, clearly very annoyed with the baby dragon's constant fear of monsters.
"Everypony, calm down!" Jade said, trying to not let a fight be caused. "Fighting isn't gonna help anything."
"Jade is right. This is no time to argue about what happened." Chase agreed with Jade as the fie pressed onward. "Let's keep moving."
Twilight lit her horn as she and Chase led the way again with the others following them. They follow the trail before coming to a halt as they find themselves at a dead end. They looked all the way down to find that there were a few ways to the bottom. Using a rope, Chase ties it to a stalagmite and lets the other go down on the rope one by one. As Chase climbs down last, the Quinkan monsters from before appeared and were spying on them.
The five continued onward down to the bottom before they eventually touched the ground. They heaved a sigh as they collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.
"Man, am I beat." Jade said as she stretched her hooves.
"Even my backaches got a backache." Spike said as he groaned.
"Let's make camp." Chase said to the group before turning his attention to Sunray. "You up for first watch?"
Sunray replied by taking out his bo staff, twirled it a bit before going into a fighting stance.
"You know me." Sunray said with a confident smirk.
(Scene changes)
A little while later the group, minus Sunray, were fast asleep in their sleeping bags while Sunray kept lookout duty. They had the crystals together tapped together to make it look like a campfire. Chase and Twilight slept together whereas she rested her head on Chase's chest while cuddling next to him as he didn't noticed.
Spike was sleeping soundly before he began to dream.
(scene changes)
In his dream, Spike was sleeping soundly before he opened his eyes and was surprised to see he was back in the Golden Oak Library.
But strangely though, he was by himself and Twilight was nowhere to be seen.
"Twilight? Spike asked as he climbed out of bed nervously while looking around. "Uh, if this is a game, it's not really funny."
He went to the door that led downstairs and opened it, but when he did…
"Huh?" Spike said in surprise.
He wasn't in the living room, he was in a strange place with a huge city made out of rock. Spike walked down the rocky road before coming to a stop.
"Where am I? Hello? Is anypony there? Twilight? Chase? Jade? Sunray?!" Spike called out, but got no response. "Where are you guys?!"
"There's no one there for you, little dragon." A female voice spoke out of nowhere and echoed an evil laugh, startling Spike in the process as he was on full alert.
Suddenly something zoomed right past Spike, making him turn around only to find no one there.
Then a growl was heard as Spike looked to the rocky tower with a scared look.
Coming out from behind it was a dragon of some kind, the only difference is that this one had Quinkan characteristics. It large red wings, a sharp horn on its nose, it had orange spikes on its tail and under it along with long arms with sharp claws on its hands. It also appeared to be having any lack of feet. Its name would later be called a Dragonquin.
The Dragonquin gave out a roar that sent a chill down through Spike's spine as he staggered back a bit from the beast advancing toward him before screamed in terror.
(Scene changes)
Spike stirred in his sleep while mumbling.
"Guys, wake up! Spike! Up and at 'em!" Sunray said as he shook Spike, making him open his eyes all the way as Chase, Jade, and Twilight did the same as they got to their feet. "Everybody, up! We're under attack! Our friend is back!"
Sure enough, roaring was heard as they got into the offense.
"So, running would be good. Right?" Spike asked nervously again for the big answer.
On the rocky ledge they first climbed down, the Quinkan monsters used a big boulder and pushed down towards the five.
"RUN!" Chase and Twilight shouted as they all gathered up their things before making a mad dash to the tunnel on their right.
The boulder came rolling down towards them as they ran for their very lives.
"Man. Don't you hate when this happens?!" Jade asked while running with the others as the boulder got closer.
They were just ahead of it when they came to an immediate stop when, to their horror, they saw a bridge torn apart as it was originally connected to the other side.
"Oh great! The bridge is out!" Sunray said in horror.
"Now what do we do?" Jade asked, worriedly.
Chase looked at the gap before he turned to see the boulder coming right at them before he furrowed his brow.
"Twilight, let's try a levitation spell!" Chase said loudly.
"On it!" Twilight said as she and Chase used their magic to focus.
The boulder was getting closer to them as Jade, Sunray, and Spike were worried even more when…
ZAP!
Twilight and Chase used their levitation spell on all five of them as they carried themselves and their group to the other side. The magic died down a bit before they landed back on their hooves as they watched the boulder roll down the gap and disappeared as a boom sound was heard, signaling that the boulder was destroyed.
"Man, I like excitement first thing in the morning." Spike said with a sarcastic look.
"Oh no! There's nowhere to go now." Twilight said with a concern look. "We'll never get back home to where we came from."
"How are we gonna get back with those things bowling for ponies?" Sunray asked the others with a skeptical look.
"I don't know, but we're gonna need to find another way around." Chase replied back.
"Yeah, but this network of caves is so big. We don't know which one we will take to get back home." Jade said with concern. "It'll take hours for us to head back to the Everfree Forest."
"Yeah, Chase. This cave has to have a hundred places to go around in circles." Sunray added as he looked around his surroundings. "We won't be able to get back up to the surface in time with the Quinkan down here."
Chase took the moment to look around for a bit as he saw the now destroyed bridge. He sighed since he knew his sister was right about this.
"Alright. Well, let's check our surroundings carefully and be on our guard. No telling if Zhao's soldiers must be down here too. Let's stick together and not go off alone." Chase said before he glared at Spike. "And I don't wanna hear anymore screaming coming from you, Spike. Understand?"
Spike glared at him indignantly before he noticed Sunray, Jade, and Twilight glaring at him sternly. He sighed in defeat.
"Fine." Spike said reluctantly.
While they conversed with one another, Jade noticed something from behind them. She walked over as it appeared to be a doorway of some kind, only difference is that the door way was a broken a bit.
"Hey, guys." Jade said, getting their attention. "Look at this."
They came to her as they noticed the doorway before they looked inside to find the room empty. They pressed forward inside before their eyes widened at the sight.
It was a huge abandoned dojo house with wood scattered to the ground, broken wooden walls, and wrecked support beams.
"What is this place?" Sunray asked with a curious look.
"You want a wild guess?" Spike asked him.
"No." Sunray replied with a deadpan look.
They took a few steps forward a bit before they came to a stop as they examined it.
"It looks like an abandoned dojo house." Jade said while studying the dojo
"Yes, but who did it belong to?" Twilight asked with a curious look.
Chase looked at the dojo house for a few moments before he noticed something glowing from underneath the splinters.
"Hey, what's this?" Chase asked as he cleared the splinters away to find a white glowing flower of some kind.
"Is that a flower?" Sunray asked curiously as the others had the same look as well.
"Maybe…" Chase said as he slowly touched the flower when it glowed brightly before it transferred some magic into him.
"AAUGH!" Chase screamed as he clutched his head in pain. "Get out of my head!"
"Chase?!" Twilight asked worriedly as she came to his side along with Jade, Sunray, and Spike with concern looks on their faces. "Chase! We're losing you!"
"It's giving me a magic memory spell. I can't break free from it!" Chase strained before his eyes glowed white and he became still.
"Chase! CHASE!" The four shouted with worry and fear as Chase's vision became white.
(Scene changes)
Chase stood still on his hooves with his eyes closed before he groaned a bit and struggled to open his eyes as he rubbed his head in pain.
"Man, that was weird." Chase muttered as he regained his focus before he widens his eyes a bit to find himself in the same area he and the others were in, only this time the dojo house was in perfect shape.
"Hey, what's going on? What is all of this?" Chase asked himself as he looked around carefully before he approached the house quietly when…
CRASH!
"Gaah!" Chase grunted as he shielded himself from the splinters that were trying to hit him.
Then he heard a groaning sound as he looked to see a pony lying on the ground. He was covered in scrapes and bruises, but he was also wearing familiar white and blue clothing.
Chase stared at the mysterious pony for a moment until…
"Pakku!" A familiar voice startled Chase in the process before he turned to see none other than Zhao stepping out of the dojo house.
"Rise up and duel me again! If you know what's good for you, you will surrender to me." Zhao said as he smirked evilly.
"Wait… Pakku?" Chase asked in surprise.
Then the pony got back on his hooves and glared at Zhao angrily. This pony was truly none other than Master Pakku Shisho. The sight of him made Chase gasp in great surprise.
"Master Pakku Shisho!" Chase said, but Pakku didn't hear him.
Chase was frazzled and confused for a moment before he swung his hoof around Pakku's body, to his shock, it went through him. Chase Young realizes he is in the past.
"Wait a minute, this looks like the past. Then that means this house is…" Chase was cut off when he eyed a flag on the doorway. It had a familiar lotus flower symbol on it. He gasped as he realized this was an Order of The White Lotus dojo house. "One of the White Lotus clan dojo houses!"
"I will never surrender to you or serve you, Zhao!" Pakku said angrily before he charged at Zhao and they fought each other off while Pakku was also blocking the Quinkan leader's brutal attacks. "I will not let you destroy our memories!"
"Why not?" Zhao snarled with a glare. "You and your pathetic group nearly destroyed mine long ago."
Pakku back flipped away from him and got into a fighting stance.
"Even you know your pathetic allies couldn't control my magical transfiguration crystals." Zhao said as he stocked towards Pakku. "They will follow every one of my commands just as you will!"
"No." Pakku said with a determined look. "He who lives without honor will end without honor."
Zhao grew impatient as he growled angrily.
"So be it! Restrain him!" Zhao ordered as ropes of energy caught Pakku by the hooves as he struggled to get free.
Arriving by Zhao's side was Kai as he smirked gloatingly at the struggling elder pony. Then arriving next to him was a unicorn mare.
She was wearing a black female monk's uniform with a purple outline and a red sash with no footwear and on tiptoe. She has big, long red hair with a few flips in it. Her eyes are stormy bright green.
"Wuya, finish this process with Pakku Shisho." Zhao ordered the pony, who smirked deviously.
"As you wish, master." Wuya said sinisterly before she used her magic to take one of the orange transfiguration crystals and stabbed it into Pakku's chest.
Pakku groaned before he began to shake a bit. Then he screamed in horror as his body began to change as Chase watched in horror as Pakku's screaming turned into a roar as the elder pony became one of Zhao's 'pets'.
Then Chase's eyes became white before he went back into the present.
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"Chase! Chase!" Twilight said with worry as she shook Chase a bit as he was still not budging with his eyes glowing white before they returned back to his green eyes.
He closed them before he shook his head with a babble as he strained a bit and regained his senses.
"What's wrong?" Jade asked her older brother with concern as Chase stood back on his hooves as he eyed the dojo house with a horrified look. "What happened to you, big brother? You nearly gave us a heart attack when your eyes glowed white."
"What was all that about?" Sunray asked his brother as he looked at the now worn out flower with a curious look. "What kind of magical mojo did that flower have?"
"Guys, this is even worse than I thought." Chase said with fear. "This isn't just any dojo house."
"So what is it?" Spike asked.
"It's one of the Order of The White Lotus dojo houses." Chase said as he looked at the scorched flag fearfully. "Zhao was here long ago and turned most of the elder jiu jitsu ponies into one of his minions. Master Pakku Shisho was one of them."
"Pakku Shisho?!" Jade, Sunray, Twilight, and Spike asked in shock.
"Yeah." Chase confirmed before he used his magic to take out the transfiguration crystals. "And these crystals contain Zhao's dark magic. This allows him to not only possess those for his selfish needs, he uses these crystals to turn any pony or any creature into one of his Quinkan monsters."
"If the White Lotus clan are in Zhao's control, then that means they're all over the place by now." Twilight said with a concern look.
"And if those Quinkan monsters that we encountered a few hours ago, that must also mean they are the same members we just recently tried to get away from." Jade added with concern.
Then a growling was heard, making the five go full alert.
"That must be them." Chase said with his eyes narrowed as Spike clung onto Twilight while shaking in fear.
"So there's always one guy in the monster movie who freaks out because he can't take the pressure!" Spike said with a scared look. "And I'm gonna do an impression of him right now and it goes something like this; GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
Spike ran for the exit as the four unicorns watched him run off.
"Not that I'd ever agree with him, but he's got a point." Sunray said as he looked at his siblings and Twilight. "With those pony turned Quinkan monsters very strong and powerful, there's no way we can take them."
"Agreed, fun's over! Let's get out of here!" Twilight agreed with concern.
"Right. Come on, guys. Grab your stuff and let's get outta here as fast as we can." Chase added as he and Twilight led the way out with the three following them.
But just as they were about to leave, a loud rumbling cut off their attempt to make their exit. Yellow smoke emitted from a rocky wall as the center melted, meaning something was coming through. Suddenly something burst through the wall as the four unicorns got into fighting stances, ready to face what was coming at them.
Stepping out of the tunnel the same Quinkan monster with the blue coloring for him stepped out. This was called an Uberquin.
Arriving next to him two more bigger Quinkan monsters.
One of them had his skin in an orangish yellow color around him as he had sharp teeth in his mouth, long arms, and three sharp claws on his hands.
Finally, the last one stepped out. This one had a blackish purple color for his skin, four claws on his fingers, and spikes on his back.
Chase, Twilight, Jade, Sunray, and Spike backed away from the advancing Quinkan monsters as they growled at them viciously.
"Guys this isn't the end of the comic book. Is it?" Spike asked in horror as the Quinkan monsters roared out before charging at the five.
To be continued...
Author's note: Here it is, guys!
My new chapter added in this season. I've also added Wuya to this season as I thought it would be great to have her as one of Zhao's best students by his side. And with Spike's fear of monsters too.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'll be writing the next one this weekend.
