Chapter 16: Notes From The Underground, Part 2

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The Quinkan monsters stalked towards Chase, Jade, Twilight, Sunray, and Spike as the five backed up nervously into the cave behind the dojo house.

"I think I speak for all of us when I say… ZOINKS!" Spike yelped as clung onto Twilight while shaking in fear of the monsters.

They tossed their bags aside before the four dished out their weapons as they stood on their hind legs while they had their aura hands on their hooves. The Quinkan monsters growled and roared viciously as the huge lava Quinkan monster, known as a Lavaquin, shot a horrible lavaly acid at the ground near the five as it melted with a hole as the others gasped in fright of the dangerous lava.

"Alright, that's it!" Sunray said with a determined look.

"Okay, you guys take the three on the left!" Spike gestured to the three monsters.

"There are only three, Spike!" Twilight said with a glare.

"There's one for each of you, and I'll just be odd dragon out." Spike said with a fake smile.

"You're telling me." Chase said with a look of disdain, making Spike's smile drop.

The Uberquin grabbed a hunk of rock and tossed it at the five, but they dodged it. Chase led the attack on the three monsters with Jade, Twilight, and Sunray following in pursuit. Spike tried to tiptoe his way out of the fight, but some electricity stopped his attempt to escape as he yelped in surprise.

Jade and Sunray took on the Lavaquin as Sunray used his bo staff to try and whack the monster, but it's hide was too strong. The monster tried to punch them, but they backed flipped out of the way. Suddenly, the Lavaquin grabbed Jade by the left hind leg as she yelped in surprise, held up high and tossed her aside.

Chase was dealing with the Uberquin as he double punched the monster in the chest before he jumped and kicked it aside.

Twilight was dealing with the blackish purple Quinkan, now called an Electroquin, as it charged at her and grabbed her by the chest before throwing her against the rocky wall, making her grunt in pain. She shook her head a bit before glaring at the Electroquin.

Chase doubled kicked the Uberquin as Jade and Sunray continued to fight the Lavaquin.

The Electroquin stalked forward to Twilight, meanicingly just as Twilight stood back on her hooves as the Electroquin sparked up a little electricity.

Twilight then noticed a wooden support beam next to her as she cut it in half and kicked the piece at the Electroquin, only for it to get blasted to splinters by the monster and she gasped of how powerful its electric powers are.

The Lavaquin marched at Jade, who was knocked to the ground during the fight, only for Sunray to come to her aid and front kicked the monster away. He turns to his sister, who gives a proud nod when suddenly they see the Uberquin stalking towards Spike, who was distracted while watching the fight.

"Spike!" Sunray shouted as he charged forward and kicked the monster aside from getting this close to reaching the baby dragon as he noticed it.

"Watch your back, you oddball!" Sunray shouted.

"You just called me odd, didn't you?!" Spike said with a glare before thinking as the Uberquin tackled Sunray off screen. "I'm not odd, I'm eccentric."

Then Chase was tossed to the ground near Spike as he grunted in pain and the baby dragon helped him back on his hooves.

"Sunray thinks I'm odd." Spike complained to Chase.

"Okay one; you're just being sensitive, Spike! And two, this is hardly the time to complain about Sunray!" Chase retorted before he charged into battle with the monsters again.

"Sensitive?!" Spike asked angrily. "If there's one thing I hate, it's when ponies call me sensitive!"

"Yeah, and nopony cares about your insensitivity!" Chase replied back as he fought off the Uberquin monster, making Spike glare at him in annoyance.

Twilight leapt into the air with a battle cry as she kicked the Electroquin to the rocky wall. The monster collapsed to the ground before he glared at the unicorn mare, who charged at him, and tried to zap her with his electric powers, only to have Twilight duck behind some rubble from the dojo house.

Sunray tried to whack the Lavaquin with his bo staff, but the Quinkan monster blocked his attacks and tried to swat the unicorn stallion aside, but he backed up from the attack.

The Uberquin had Spike cornered and was about to grab the baby dragon, but Chase intercepted it by jumping onto the monster's back, punching the back of its head two times. The Uberquin quickly grabs Chase and tosses him aside, but he lands back on his hind hooves.

"Hey, I know these monsters are vicious abominations, but guys, we're not holding our own out there!" Spike shouted as Chase blocked incoming stones that flew at him. "Now let's dig deep!"

Chase rolled his eyes before he leapt into action.

"Yeah, uh, well there's just one problem, Spike." Chase said as he continued to block the stones. "We're completely defenseless out here while you're just being chicken!"

"I am not chicken!" Spike argued before he said fearfully. "I just don't want to be here anymore!"

The Electroquin tried to use his powers to zap Twilight, but she front flipped out of the monster's attacks before going into a fighting stance as the Electroquin stalked towards her.

"You will take no more of us!" The Electroquin declared with a deep manly voice, shocking Twilight when she heard him talk.

Suddenly, the wooden support beams began to totter.

"We're not here to take any pony!" Twilight tried to reason before she noticed the support beams coming down on the Electroquin.

The monster gasped in horror and was about to get crushed by the wooden support beams, but Twilight jumped in to take him to safety just as the support beams crashed to the ground.

"Why have you attacked us?!" Twilight asked in concern. "We're not one of Zhao's men!"

The Electroquin stared at Twilight puzzlingly until the Uberquin smacked her aside, making her yelp in surprise and landed on the ground on her back. Chase and Spike rushed over to her and helped her up.

"You know something, guys?" Twilight asked. "They think we're with Zhao."

"Yeah, I got a feeling that either one of these guys has got to be Pakku Shisho." Chase said, agreeing with her.

"Oh man, that's just great!" Spike said with a glare. "We're getting our tails kicked and it's somepony else's fight?"

Sunray dodged a few incoming punches from the Uberquin and jumped backwards just as Jade used her tessen fans to blow some wind in the Lavaquin's face before she joined up with the others.

"Then I vote we get the heck out of here!" Jade said as they backed up against the dojo house.

"Run away?" Sunray asked, not wanting to give up. "That's not my style!"

"Call it a tactical retreat. Let's move!" Chase said as he went back on his hooves, ran inside the house.

"We're leaving!" Jade said as she, Twilight, and Spike following him after the two unicorn mares got back on all fours.

The Quinkan monsters roared viciously before they charged at them.

"Tactical retreat! I can live with that!" Sunray finally gave up before he went back on all fours and took off after the others as the Quinkan monsters chased after them.

The five quickly found a tunnel behind the house and ran through it. But just as they reached the end, they stopped to find a dead end blocking their path.

They heard roaring from behind them as they turned around to see the Quinkan monsters advancing toward them. But Chase used his magic to blast some rocks onto the ceiling, causing it to collapse as it blocked the monsters' way. They breathed a sigh of relief when…

BAM!

Loud pounding was heard from the side of the rock wall as the four and Spike stood their ground while also trying to hide their fear.

"Uh, is somepony gonna answer that for us?" Spike asked in fear.

The rocks flew back as the Uberquin cleared the rocks as he and the Lavaquin stalked towards the five. Chase, Jade, Sunray, Twilight, and Spike backed up from the monsters as the Uberquin roared out loud.

Just as the Lavaquin was about to strike on the four ponies and baby dragon…

"No!" The Electroquin shouted as he stepped into the scene, stopping the attack.

The others stood their ground as the Electroquin slowly walked in front of Chase Young as he sparked up a bit.

"Say the word, bro." Sunray said to his brother, not wanting things to get ugly.

"Easy, guys." Chase said to the Quinkan monsters with a firm yet gentle look. "It's okay."

The Electroquin sniffed Chase before he backed up a bit.

"Who are you?" The Electroquin questioned.

"Not who you think we are." Twilight answered with a firm look. "We're not one of Zhao's followers."

"Then why do you carry those?" The Electroquin asked, pointing at the transfiguration crystals in Jade's saddle bag as she dug them out with her magic.

The monsters growled threateningly at the crystals, which noticed Chase, Twilight, Spike, Jade, and Sunray.

"Whoa, wait a minute!" Chase said as he tried to reason with the three monsters. "We discovered these crystals when Kai used them to control Spike, that's all."

"Yeah, and just what is it with you having a grudge against these gems?" Sunray asked with a furrowed brow.

"Those crystals are the embodiment of evil!" The Electroquin replied. "Why have you come here?!"

"Because one of you ogres went sniffing around the cavern where we found the Sword of The Shadows while looking for trouble." Spike replied with an excuse. "So we're here to… Omph!"

Twilight forced a hoof in Spike's mouth as she smiled nervously at the three Quinkan monsters.

"To just look for some answers." Twilight said to the three non evil Quinkan. "That's all."

"I am Chase Young." Chase introduced himself before introducing his family and friend's names. "These are my younger siblings and friends. This Jade Young and Sunray Steel. This is Twilight Sparkle and Spike."

"We were drawn to your habitat when the crystals were activated." The Uberquin said in a manly voice.

"Gee, I wonder who could've done that." Twilight said sarcastically as she, Chase, Jade, and Sunray glared at Spike, who shrugged his shoulders and nervously smiled.

"Their energy is a sign of danger to us. So we considered you dangerous when we thought you were working for Zhao." The Electroquin explained to the five. "Though we usually sense them coming from deeper… below."

"Below?" Jade asked with a surprise look. "You mean there are more of these crystals down there? We'd just like to find out where they came from, that's all. And maybe-"

"No!" The Lavaquin shouted, startling Jade in the process. "It is a forbidden place. Most of Zhao's forces dwell there amidst the crystals. There are some things he was never meant to tamper with."

Spike was about to say the exact same thing when Twilight forced a hoof to his mouth from talking. The Electroquin stared at the baby dragon for a few minutes.

"He is an odd one." The Electroquin commented before he and the two Quinkan monsters led them out of the tunnel back to the dojo while Spike just glared at him annoyingly.

"I don't trust these guys." Spike whispered to Twilight and Chase.

"Why?" Twilight asked.

"Try the fact they're Quinkan monsters." Spike responded as Jade and Twilight looked at him bluntly.

"Yeah, well if we were one of Zhao's experiments, some ponies would think the exact same thing." Jade said sternly as Spike was stunned for the moment before he rubbed his head nervously with a sheepish smile as Jade and Twilight shared a smug grin.

"I can't believe that Zhao did this to you all when he found you guys at this place." Chase said, gesturing to the dojo house.

"Yes, and he did so without remorse." The Electroquin confirmed with a glare. "We were forced against our will to do his bidding."

"He just snatched you at random? But from where though?" Chase asked, wanting to know. "You mean there were others like you guys?"

"Yes." The Electroquin replied. "Most of our ninja members were gone from each of their different places in our home clan. Either in the mountains, forests, or our dojos. Anywhere, a shadow could conceal a Quinkan monster. We were nearly in Zhao's grasp, but we managed to escape, only he was able to find me in this location until I met up with them." He gestured to the Uberquin and Lavaquin.

That's when it hit Chase.

"Wait, are you guys by any chance the alicorn masters of jiu jitsu? Three of the leaders in the Order of The White Lotus?" Chase asked in surprise.

"Yes, we are. I am Pakku Shisho." The Electroquin introduced himself, now known as Pakku.

"I am Bumi Ozark." The Uberquin introduced himself with a bow, now known as Bumi.

"And I am Iroh Shang." The Lavaquin lastly introduced himself to the five, also known as Iroh.

"You guys are the teachers who trained our grandfather, Darius Hisomi!" Jade said, amazed.

"Darius?" Bumi asked in surprise. "He's your grandfather?"

"Yes. He and our parents told us the story of how he met Pakku when Kai attacked him." Chase said, gesturing to Pakku in his Electroquin form. "Do you think you can remember anything else when you guys were down here?"

Pakku was about to say something, but he strained a bit.

"No, I can't seem to remember anything else for that matter." Pakku said with a concerned look. "Most of our memories have stripped us from Zhao's torture he placed upon us."

"Even if we could remember what had happened long ago, we still don't remember even if we had survived down here that long." Iroh added. "It's been so long since we were trapped down here by the Quinkan army."

Suddenly a loud roar was heard outside of the large cavern, causing the eight to freeze in shock.

"What is out there?" Chase asked, worriedly.

"The others." Bumi said in concern.

"Other what?" Twilight asked Bumi.

"The members of The Order of The White Lotus." Pakku explained to her and the others. "Like us. They endlessly prowl the tunnels."

"Why have you been avoiding them?" Chase asked, confused.

"Because they attack us!" Iroh explained as he rummaged through a treasure chest inside the damaged dojo house before he found a transfiguration crystal. "They're violent and uncontrollable! Their minds have been brainwashed by Zhao's transfiguration crystals."

"The crystals?" Sunray asked them in surprise.

"Yes." Bumi replied as he readied himself.

"Then what about you three?" Chase asked with concern for the alicorn masters turned Quinkan.

"Madness looms in our future as well." Pakku concluded with an emotional look as Iroh gave him the crystal.

Roaring and growling was heard as the others got on the offense as Pakku tried to use powers on transfiguration crystal, but it died down.

"No! The crystal completely burned out!" Bumi shouted in horror. "It's hopeless now!"

The roaring grew near as the four unicorns stood on their hind legs with aura hands on their front hooves and dished out their weapons.

"Your weapons will do no good, we've already tried ours." Pakku warned them. "Without the forcefield we won't stand a chance against them."

The roaring continued as something on the right began to emerge… dangerously.

"They'll be here in two minutes!" Bumi shouted.

"You know, you're kinda freaking me out here!" Spike said as he turned to him. "Are you always such a neighsayer?"

Jade took the crystal in her hands from Pakku as she studied it before it shattered to pieces, much to her surprise.

"Wait, you mean that's what these crystals also are supposed to be?" Jade asked as Pakku approached her. "They can be used as power sources for force fields as well?"

"Yes." Pakku responded. "But that was our only one, and when we found it in the catacombs, we paid dearly for it. We can not afford to make the same mistake again for what the Quinkan have done to us."

Twilight dug through Jade's saddle bag before she took one of their crystals out to present it to Pakku.

"Well, what about one of ours?" Twilight asked. "They must have enough energy to build a force field. Do you think we can use this one?"

"They might, but it will not last." Pakku said with a grave tone. "They also are too small to penetrate more than enough power."

"It only has to last until they give up and move on." Jade said.

"We'll buy you guys some time to use your magic on it." Chase said as he and Sunray lit their horns. "We'll block the entrance."

Chase and Sunray fired two magic blasts at the top of the entrance before the rocks collapsed onto the ground, closing the gap in the process. Jade and Twilight combined their magic on their crystal together in order to make a spark.

Then all of a sudden, something big approached the blockage from the other side and began to pound on it, trying to break in as roaring could be heard from.

Suddenly a two green clawed hand burst against the wall, creating a hole in the process.

"What was that?!" Spike asked in fright.

"I don't know!" Chase said as he and Sunray fired a magic beams at the ceiling as some more rocks fell to block the entrance.

"Have you guys got it working yet?!" Sunray asked Twilight and Jade with worry.

"Almost got it!" Jade responded back to her brother as the pounding sound continued.

Twilight and Jade still continued to work on their magic on the crystal.

"Okay, let's give it a shot!" Jade said to Twilight as she finished powering up their crystal.

The pounding from the other side continued as the blockage was getting weaker. Everyone was now getting concerned.

"Can we pick up the pace?!" Spike asked the two unicorn mares with a desperate look.

Suddenly, the blockage exploded as everyone turned to it with horrified gasps.

One by one, four renegade Quinkan monsters emerged.

One of them had a greenish black colored skin, small, but really sharp teeth in its mouth, two arms with two green claws on its hands, and six spikes sticking out of its back. Its pupiless eyes glowed a violet green color. It was known as a Shieldquin.

The second one was like a crab Quinkan with green spots on its black body, sharp teeth in its mouth, and green glowing eyes. It was called a Quincrab.

The third one was taller than the four with a slender body, four claws on its hands, two reptilian wings on them, with a color of yellowish green along with a spare one on its tail, three spikes on its back, two longer spikes on the back of its head, really sharp teeth in its mouth, and glowing yellow eyes. This one was a Wingquin.

Finally, the last one has a lava body, much like Iroh's Lavaquin form, the only difference is that it has four spider-like legs, long tentacle arms, eleven spikes on its back, sharp teeth in its mouth, and glowing orange eyes. This one was a Magmaquin.

Chase, Jade, Sunray, Twilight, and Spike looked at the Quinkan monsters with shocked looks. Bumi, Iroh, and Pakku glared at the monsters.

They stalked their way in towards the eight with roars and growls.

"Ready?!" Jade asked Twilight, who nodded before they used their magic on the transfiguration crystal and created a magical forcefield, protecting them and the rest.

"It's working!" Twilight exclaimed in amazement.

It then expanded as it pushed the rogue monsters back outside of the cave and away from the dojo house while some of them tried their best to break free, but to no avail.

The crystal glowed brighter and brighter as sparks of magic danced around it.

"It's overloading!" Pakku said as he and the rest eyed the crystal.

The rogue monsters continued to break through the forcefield, but it still didn't work. Try as they might, the rogue Quinkan eventually gave up and left the area.

"They're leaving!" Iroh exclaimed in surprise.

Roaring and growling were heard as the rogue monsters retreated back into the darkness of the cave networks before they eventually disappeared as the force field died down.

"Looks like the coast is clear now." Chase said as he saw no sign of the monsters anywhere.

"Yes. But tomorrow they will be back." Pakku said to them with a grim expression. "They always come back."

The crystal died down.

"Then is there any way we can return them back to normal along with you guys?" Chase asked Pakku with a hopeful look. "You must have another crystal somewhere, right?"

"We will not survive another journey to the Forbidden Zone." Pakku denied Chase's question.

"What makes the place so 'forbidden'?" Sunray asked with a curious look.

"The ancient catacombs stretch for miles." Pakku began to explain. "We were forced to explore it and many of us never returned."

"Uh, maybe they got lost?" Spike asked with a fake reassuring smile, to which Jade and Twilight looked at him unamusingly.

"They were taken by one of Zhao's ghostly entities." Iroh said to them gravely. "There is never any sign of a struggle, they are just gone."

"Look, I understand why you three don't want to go down there, but there aren't a lot of options." Chase said firmly. "We need to return you both back to normal and fast."

"And since we discovered this place, we'll go with you." Sunray agreed with his older brother before turning to Spike, Twilight, and Jade as he asked with a smile. "Right, guys?"

The two mares nodded in agreement while Spike looked uneasy about this.

"You know, I could find a nice book at the Golden Oak Library for Twilight to use a transfiguration spell to return the others back to normal." Spike lied with a nervous smile as he turned around and was actually about to head for home. "So I'll just go up top, find the book for you guys, and then-"

"Come on, Spike!" Twilight shouted in annoyance as she used her magic to pick up the baby dragon, causing Spike to yelp in surprise before dragging him back.

"But I don't wanna go there either! I just wanna go home!" Spike wailed as he desperately tried to break free from Twilight's magic grip, but to no avail.

"Look, we don't have another choice!" Chase said with a glare as he led the group of seven out of the cave and into the open. "We have to find the Forbidden Zone and return the Order of The White Lotus members back to normal."

The five then went out of the cave as Pakku, Iroh, and Bumi looked at one another.

"These five show much potential. Do you really think they can help us with returning ourselves and our members back to normal?" Iroh asked Pakku with a concerned look.

"We must have faith that they will return all of us back to normal and hopefully we can return to the surface once this horrible curse is lifted." Pakku responded back before he and his fellow remaining members followed the five.

(Scene changes)

Unknown to the eight, in an orb, they were being watched by a shadowy figure in an unknown location. The figure smirked evilly before it stepped out into the light and was revealed to be a familiar unicorn mare from the past Chase saw.

And her name was Wuya.

"Oh, don't be so sure." Wuya said with a devious smirk. "All you really have to do is let them come to us and soon, all of you will be under our master's control soon enough."

Stepping out of the shadows with her was a very familiar anthropomorphic yak with a sinister grin.

"Yes indeed." Kai said maliciously.

Then coming out of the shadows as well was a group of the Quinkan army as they growled and snarled in agreement.

(Scene changes)

The eight continued on their way as Pakku, Bumi, and Iroh followed behind the five down a rocky walkway.

"Okay, let's keep our wits about us." Chase instructed the seven while leading the way with Twilight beside him.

"Don't worry, Spike." Sunray said with a teasing smile. "You can share my wits."

This made Spike glare at him.

"Oh, so now I'm witless?" Spike asked in annoyance. "It must be why I'm the only one bothered by the fact that we're heading into a place that even monsters aren't afraid of!"

Twilight, Chase, Jade, and Sunray groaned in annoyance of his paranoid tone as they along with their Quinkan allies continued downward the rocky path.

Pakku, Bumi, and Iroh continued to follow behind them.

"They do seem noble, Pakku." Iroh said to Pakku with interest. "But we may not have anymore time to get to Wuya's hideout before our other members get to us first."

"We'll just have to be brave for whatever lies ahead of us, Iroh." Pakku assured his comrade. "For now, we have to be brave so we can be free of this curse once and for all. We can only hope these five can help us with it."

"Well, the sooner we get ourselves free, the sooner we can leave the Underground forever." Bumi said. "I can't take much of the pressure anymore."

"Don't worry, Bumi." Pakku said to Bumi. "We will soon enough."

Soon the eight continued on their way down to Wuya's hideout.

(Scene changes)

We switched the scene to a sulfur pool location as yellow steam was coming out of the pools. On a rocky slide, some screaming was heard as Twilight and Spike tumbled down the slide before they landed on the ground with a thud.

But some cheering was heard as Chase, Jade, and Sunray were sliding down on the slide on their hind hooves as they shouted in excitement before they landed back on all fours next to the two.

"Wow, now that's what I call a shortcut!" Sunray said.

"Yeah!" Jade giggled. "That was fun!"

"I wish we can do that again!" Chase said with a chuckle.

Twilight and Spike glared at them.

"Are you guys crazy?!" Twilight shouted. "We came tumbling down that slide."

"Shortcut?!" Spike asked in annoyance. "In what imagination can that be considered a-"

"Sorry about that." Pakku apologized as he, Bumi, and Iroh climbed down from the slide carefully. "We forgot some of you can't scale rock with your jiu jitsu skills."

"Let's try to avoid making that mistake in the future. Okay?" Twilight asked with a sheepish smile before glaring at Chase. "You didn't teach me on how to slide down like that?"

"Sorry, Twi." Chase said with a shrug. "I did ask if you wanted to give it a shot, but you were too busy reading your books."

Twilight blinked before she blushed sheepishly as she giggled a bit. Spike then smelled something before he plugged his nose.

"Oh, who cut the cheese?" Spike asked with a disgusted look. "It stinks down here."

"You're smelling a sulfur pool, Spike." Jade explained to the bubbling pools.

"Coming from when Chase used the stinkweed honey to get past the poison joke, trust me when I say this place stinks!" Spike shouted.

"Take it easy, Spike." Chase said, not wanting things to get ugly by the second. "Right now we have to stick to the plan."

"Go home?" Spike asked with a hopeful smile.

"No. To find a way to stop the Quinkan once and for all so we can return Pakku, Bumi, Iroh, and their clan members back to their pony forms." Chase said, irritatingly before he added sternly. "And get your head in the game so you can be more helpful.

Spike gave an annoyed look on his face as he sighed in irritation.

"I was afraid you were gonna say that." Spike muttered.

"We must keep moving." Pakku instructed as he led the way on a rock path. "The others wandered down here."

Chase suddenly stopped when a bubble from the pool floated in front of him and when it popped there was a tiny creature inside about to bite at his face, but Pakku suddenly caught it and he ate it in just a few chews.

"Ewe." Chase whispered in disgust. "How can you survive down here to feed off other stuff?"

"We learned to eat and live off the land for it lives off us." Pakku said before they continued their journey.

The seven followed him before they made it across the sulfur pool area and out of it.

(Scene changes)

Unknown to them, Zhao was watching everything from his orb. He smirked evilly at the sight. With him were two protoquins by his right side.

"Even if they can help the White Lotus clan, they will sure to be more dangerous to us." One of them said, raspy. "We must be done with those ponies before they try to do anything to get in our way again!"

"They have been mere fantasies to us just to delay our plans long enough!" The other Protoquin said.

"FOOLS!" Zhao shouted as he angrily swatted them to the ground. "It was a fantasy that Chase survived our attack at Cloudsdale for the first time! It was a fantasy that he and Fluttershy had to deal with my cockatrice after it turned Twilight to stone! It was a fantasy that he took back the Sword of The Shadows from Kai! Chase and his family are too skilled to be mere vigilantes! Those fools have been under the teaching of Darius Hisomi for a long time since they were foals! Which is why Chase will be mine to be dealt with once and for all. Understood?"

"Yes, master. Please forgive us." The Protoquin soldiers said in unison as they bowed in respect.

"Every moment that Chase and his friends live is a stain in our quest that we must wipe clean." Zhao continued. "If those fools make it to Wuya's hideout and free the White Lotus clan from their cursed forms from our transfiguration crystals, they will sure to have powerful allies by their side. Wuya and Kai have already begun to track them down so they will not interfere with our business anymore."

Then Zhao turned his attention to his Protoquin soldiers, who were still bowing before him.

"And I must rely on you and the rest of my army to ensure that those ponies will not be able to delay our plans anymore." Zhao said with a glare.

"But why is Chase so important to get rid of?" The first Protoquin questioned his master. "And his annoying friends and family? They're nothing but mere trouble makers."

Zhao hardened his glare at them.

"You have no idea how important it is to get Equestria under my banner!" Zhao said sternly. "Chase and his friends must no be allowed to get in my way. He and Twilight are still a threat to all of us in our quest to rule the world. But I will see to it personally that they will not ruin my plan."

"Yes, master." The second Protoquin said as he and his partner stood up.

They then left the room as Zhao turned his attention back to where Chase, his siblings, Twilight, and Spike were currently at with the three members of the White Lotus clan. They were currently making their way towards a rocky section.

"Well, if all will go according to plan, I want those fools out of my sight once and for all." Zhao said sinisterly.

He then let out a devious chuckle.

(Scene changes)

At a rock gorge in the cave networks, a pounding sound was heard as Bumi demolished a hole in the rocky wall before climbing on the wall outside of the tunnel with Pakku and Iroh joining him.

Chase was the first to come out as he stood on his hind legs to walk across a small corner. He almost lost his footing with a yelp before he pressed his back against the rocky wall. He looked down and saw a river surging down the ground with sharp stalagmites sticking out of the ground.

"Chase, are you okay?" Twilight asked as she climbed out and joined him.

"Whoa, that was a little too close for comfort." Chase remarked before he turned to Twilight just as Jade, Sunray, and Spike came out of the hole. "Watching your footing, guys. And whatever you do, don't look down."

Spike looked down and yelp in surprise before he clutched onto Jade. The four unicorns gave him annoyed looks.

"Well, I told you not to look down." Chase said with an annoyed tone.

"Sorry!" Spike responded back. "I really don't like this place, guys! Can't we just let Pakku and his friends take care of the job?"

"No. We can't just turn our backs on them." Twilight said. "It's just wrong. Besides, we need to stop Wuya and return all of the members of the White Lotus clan back to normal."

"So stop being so sensitive all the time, Spike, and just give us more support." Sunray added with a glare.

"Or we can just make a suggestion." Spike said meekly, making the four unicorns glare at him annoyingly again.

"Let me guess, Spike." Chase said, bluntly. "You wanna leave and never come back here."

"Wow, you figured it out." Spike said with a nervous chuckle.

Chase just shook his head with an annoyed eye roll.

"Let's just keep moving." Chase said, not wanting to hear anymore of Spike's constant fear of monsters.

The five pressed their backs against the wall before they cautiously made their way through the small corner and joined with their three allies. They then came to a stop as they looked down at something.

"This is it." Pakku said as he gestured to a giant whirlpool in the center.

Bumi went in first as he jumped down and went into the whirlpool before he disappeared. Then Pakku and Iroh jumped down into the whirlpool with him.

"Following Quinkan monsters off a cliff may not be the smartest thing we've ever done." Chase said with a disdain look before he jumped into the whirlpool along with Twilight, then Jade, and Sunray.

Spike was the last one on the cliff as he looked at the whirlpool.

"No, but it's the grossest. That thing looks like a giant toilet!" Spike shouted, but no one heard him. He became nervous as he looked around his surroundings. "Oh, why do I always feel like I'm alone? I hate it."

Spike then jumped into the whirlpool as he screamed before he disappeared, following the others.

(Scene changes)

At an ancient ruin, there was a river flowing down from a waterfall that led right out of the whirlpool and Spike flowed down it as he screamed wildly while waving his arms around before splashing down into the water.

He resurfaced and quickly got onto dry land before he shook himself dry. Spike quickly joins the others and looked at them with a glare.

"Next time when you guys force me to come on an adventure like this, just make it a little less dangerous than it already is!" Spike exclaimed as he folded his arms angrily.

"Will you quit complaining, Spike?" Sunray asked in irritation. "We'll be out of here once this is all over."

"Yeah, and when we get back home, we're gonna talk about your horror comics once this is all over." Twilight added. "Because I really can't sleep with you being up all night every time."

"What?!" Spike stiffed up before he chuckled nervously. "B-b-but I can't help that I'm almost afraid of the dark. There's things that go bump in the night that I can't get my head straight. Ghosts and monsters are just not my thing right now. And this is just one of those times where I just want to stay at home and have some gems."

Twilight, Chase, Jade, and Sunray glared at him slightly with unamused looks on their faces as Twilight shook her head with an eye roll.

"Look, Spike." Twilight said with a gentle but firm tone. "I get it. We all do. We don't want to be down here either, but we need to focus on what's more important than ever. We need to find a way to return all of the members of the White Lotus clan members back to normal so we can return them home."

"So try to act more brave and don't get too chicken all of the time." Chase added as he and Sunray joined the three. "You're beginning to act like Fluttershy now."

"I am not! And I am not chicken!" Spike remarked with an angry look. "I just really don't like this place. It's spooky, creepy, and there are things down here that'll give me more nightmares."

"You've been reading way too many horror comic books lately besides your power pony comics." Sunray retorted with an annoyed look. "So try to toughen yourself up a bit and don't be too scared all of the time. Unless you're too chicken for this."

"Hey! I am not chicken!" Spike remarked with an angry look.

"Look, we get it. You're scared, Spike." Twilight said gently. "But we have an important mission to do. We wouldn't be down here if you might not have touched those two crystals together. We'll make it out of here soon enough when this is all over."

Spike looked down in thought for a moment before he finally gave up with a sigh.

"Okay, fine." Spike sighed before he recomposed himself. "But next time when we do something like this again and I get eaten, I'm blaming you guys for it!"

"We make no promises." Jade said with a giggle as Twilight giggled as well before they, Spike, Chase, and Sunray walked up to their allies.

"So how far away are we from Wuya's hideout?" Chase asked Pakku with more information.

"She is just beyond those catacombs." Pakku explained before he pressed onward and instructed. "But from this point on, we must keep very quiet."

They walked up a slope and found a large tunnel to an unknown location. They went through the hole, but Spike stopped as he saw some pebbles fall down from the rocky ceiling. The others continued onward before Pakku saw something up ahead.

"Hmm, looks like we're getting closer to Wuya's place in the Forbidden Zone." Pakku said to the group. "Be very careful."

Spike continued to look up at the ceiling as more rocks came down before… the Quincrab emerged with a roar!

This made Spike scream in pain before he zipped off to catch up with the others.

"Wait up!" Spike shouted as he ran past the others just as the Quincrab landed on the ground. "Guys! Guys! We got monsters! Right behind me!"

"Everybody, let's get to cover!" Chase ordered.

"But we're heading right into-" Pakku tried to explain, but was cut off.

"No choice! Let's go!" Twilight said, agreeing with Chase as they all ran up to catch up with Spike.

They made it to a dead end made out of boulders as Bumi used his strength to break the blockage open with all of his might. Suddenly loud roaring was heard from behind the eight as they turned around to see glowing eyes approaching them.

Bumi continued to use his strength to knock the boulders down before he eventually destroyed the blockage, revealing another passageway to somewhere else.

Spike was the first to run to the opening with a horrified look as he turned to the others.

"Come on, guys! Let's go!" Spike shouted, but then from out of the secret passage in the shadows, a blue magically beam was shot at him, capturing him in the process as he screamed in horror before he disappeared out of thin air.

"Spike?!" Twilight shouted in worry and fear.

"Little buddy! No!" Chase exclaimed.

"Spike!" Jade and Sunray shouted in unison.

"He's gone!" Twilight said in horror.

Suddenly the loud roaring continued to be heard as the remaining seven turned to see the rogue Quinkan monsters advancing toward them viciously.

"And in a couple minutes, we'll be goners too!" Jade said in fear as the monsters stalked toward them.

"And here, it ends." Pakku declared as Chase, Twilight, Jade, and Sunray were horrified in this situation.

To be continued...

Author's note: Here's part two, guys.

Since Chase, Twilight, Jade, Sunray, and Spike have now allied themselves with the Order of The White Lotus ponies now turned to Quinkan monsters, things will start to get pretty nasty once they meet Zhao's 'ghostly entity' apprentice, Wuya

I'll be sure to write part three soon enough and then it's back to some of the original chapters that I've added to my list. Remember, I'm doing all of them. Just a quick reminder.