Chapter 17: Notes From The Underground, Part 3

*Main theme*

The rogue Quinkan monsters continued to stalk towards the group of seven as Pakku, Bumi, and Iroh glared at the monsters. The four unicorns were still shocked by the fact Spike disappeared out of nowhere and is gone.

"Spike!" Twilight yelled out with worry, horror, and fear as she ran to the entrance of the tunnel as her number one assistant vanished out of thin air from the magic beam. "No! NO! SPIKE?! SPIKE!"

"Twilight, get away from there!" Chase called out to his friend as he and his siblings stood their ground while glaring at the rogue Quinkan monsters as they continued to advance towards them, roaring.

Then Twilight saw something on her left and widened her eyes in surprise.

"Huh?" Twilight asked.

Coming right at her was the same blue magical beam that captured Spike and was heading right at her, but she ducked out of the way. But, unfortunately, it got Bumi as he screamed in surprise before he disappeared.

"Huh? Bumi!" Jade shouted in alarm.

Then the Shieldquin tackled Iroh to the ground and held him still as the magic beam was heading their way, for Iroh. The Shieldquin jumped out of the way as the beam captured Iroh as well.

"Iroh!" Chase shouted.

"Chase, what the heck is going on here?!" Sunray asked, shocked of what happened to their two Quinkan allies.

"Wuya has taken them to the Forbidden Zone!" Pakku shouted as he punched the Wingquin aside, but then the Magmaquin whipped him to the ground.

Then the Blue magic beam strikes him as he screams in horror before he disappears.

"No!" Sunray shouted. "Pakku!"

"Come on, you ugly troll!" Jade beckoned to the Wingquin with a glare. "Show us what you got!"

The Wingquin responded by spreading his arms out with his wings in a threatening manner and let out a roar.

"Okay, I'm impressed." Jade admitted.

The four rogue Quinkan monsters backed the four unicorns into the tunnel as Chase saw something up ahead of them. He couldn't quite no what it was, though.

"Okay, now what?" Sunray asked, wanting to get this over with.

"Come on!" Chase said, pointing from behind them. "Whatever's through this tunnel can't be worse than this!"

"I hope those don't become famous last words, Chase!" Twilight warned fearfully as she, Jade, and Sunray backed up from the monsters.

The Wingquin, Shieldquin, Quincrab, and Magmaquin charged forward at them.

"GO!" Chase ordered as the three ran into the tunnel away from the monsters before Chase used his magic to blast the opening of the tunnel, making boulders drop down as they blocked the opening.

The four rogue Quinkan monsters tried to bash through the boulders to get to the four unicorns, but to no avail.

(Scene changes)

On the other side, the tunnel may seem big, but it was also actually a doorway as the four unicorns were on the other side hearing the roaring and bashing.

Twilight turned around to see something in the light. Chase, Jade, and Sunray followed her gaze before all four of them walked into the scene.

"Be ready for anything." Chase said, cautiously.

Once they were out of the tunnel, they gasped silently at what they were now seeing in front of them.

In the center of a lava lake stood a big wall of blue and white metal. Surrounding it was some kind of burial ground made out of destroyed dojo houses and dead trees. The landscape seemed as if it was abandoned or attacked.

"Guys, what is this place?" Twilight asked with a surprise look.

"It looks like a campground from the Order of The White Lotus." Jade guessed as she eyed the place. "This must be what Pakku was talking about. This place must be where Wuya's hideout is now."

"If she's haunting this place, she's made a big mistake of taking one of our own and our three allies!" Twilight declared angrily.

"And we'll level this whole place just to get them back!" Sunray agreed as he knocked a stalagmite to the lava lake.

"Hey, guys." Chase said, drawing their attention as he peaked out behind a rocky corner of the wall. "I found a way down there."

"You have?" Twilight asked, hopefully.

The three walked over to Chase's side to see a big bridge going over the lake and to the campground.

"Wow, that's one big bridge." Jade commended staring at the big bridge.

"Come on, let's walk across it." Chase said as he began to lead the three onto the bridge.

(Scene changes)

Meanwhile, on the other side of blocked tunnel, the four rogue Quinkan monsters continued to thrash and bash violently at the blockade in an attempt to get to the four ponies.

"Stand down, my pretties." A familiar veminine voice came from behind them, making them turn around to see Wuya walking elegantly toward them to the blockade as they stood to the side allowing her to walk past them. "That's better."

Walking next to her was Kai as he had a hard glare on his face, wanting to get Chase once and for all. The Quinkan soldiers were also with them as well.

They growled before they moved out of the way in respect as the two moved past them and in front of the blocked tunnel.

Together, they used their powers and combined them to fire a power beam of magical energy fussing them with green, black, white, and blue.

It struck the blockade and it exploded as rocks flew everywhere. Kai and Wuya stood at the entrance of the tunnel with evil smirks as the four rogue Quinkan monsters joined their masters on either side of them with the Quinkan soldiers.

"Go, now." Kai said sinisterly. "Find Chase, Jade, Sunray, and Twilight. Bring them to us so we can deliver Chase Young to master Zhao personally."

The four rogue Quinkan monsters complied before they charged inside the tunnel with loud roars to find the four unicorns.

"Soon the master will reward us, graciously." Wuya said with a sinister smirk.

"Yes. And Chase will meet his end, soon enough." Kai said, deviously as he smirked at the tunnel entrance the Quinkan monsters were stalking through. "Once he's out of the way, his friends will meet their doom as well."

All of a sudden, some bluish purple smoke appeared from behind them as they turned their attention to the smoke as a hologram of Zhao appeared in it.

"Master Zhao." They both said in unison respectively to their leader.

"Kai, Wuya, report to me at once." Zhao said in directly.

"We've managed to lure the ponies into our trap." Kai informed their leader. "We'll be able to stop them soon enough."

"Excellent." Zhao said. "Lead them to their demise and we will be done with these pests once more. Remember, Kai and Wuya. I want them out of my way. And as your leader, I don't take disappointment well."

"Yes, Master Zhao." Kai said, respectively. "We won't fail you."

Kai and Wuya bowed to their master in respect as he faded away in the smoke. Then the two walked off to follow the Quinkan monsters.

(Scene changes)

Back on the other side, Chase has led the others onto the bridge as they walked to the abandoned campground. As they walked on the bridge, they heard a small cracking sound coming from it.

"This bridge must be like a hundred years old." Jade said, cautiously. "If it gets cracked and we fall, then we're gonna be goners."

"Then we better get to the other side as quick as we can." Sunray said, determined not to give up on the mission at hand.

While walking, Chase noticed Twilight looking rather worried for Spike as he walked next to her.

"You're worried about Spike, are you?" Chase asked with a concerned look.

Twilight turned to him with a worried and concerned look of her own as a tear fell down from her eye.

"I just wasn't quick enough to save him." Twilight responded back with a cracked tone. "We didn't get a chance to get him over his fear lately with the underground either. Maybe we went too far on him to come here."

"Yeah. I'm mean sure we got very annoyed with his constant fear of monsters, but do you guys really think we treated him badly?" Jade asked with a sad look.

Chase sighed.

"We'll apologize to him later. Right now, we just gotta find him and the White Lotus clan members before anything else bad happens to them. We can't let Zhao and his army get their claws on the White Lotus clan or even Spike." Chase said with a look of determination. "Now let's start with going through Wuya's hideout."

The others nodded as they continued on their way to find their baby dragon friend and their new allies. Twilight, however, was feeling more and more worried. She was even feeling guilty for being mean to Spike. Chase looked at her with worry.

"Oh, Chase. What are we going to do?" Twilight asked with tears in her eyes. "Spike is gone and it's all our fault, practically mine. I was being mean to him when we began this journey to find out where Wuya's hideout is, and now he's been captured. If anything happens to him, I'll never forgive myself. This is like when he ran away from being jealous that I had Owlowiscious to help me out."

Chase wrapped a foreleg around Twilight as he gave her a warm smile.

"Don't worry, Twilight." Chase said to her with confidence. "We'll get him back and return all of the members of The White Lotus too. I promise you that."

Twilight smiled at him before she nuzzled his neck in reply, making him blush a bit. But the moment was ruined when they, Jade, and Sunray froze in place as a loud roar was heard from behind them.

They turned around to see the four rogue Quinkan monsters appeared around the corner and found them.

"Uh, maybe we should save this another time! Let's go!" Chase said as the four quickly made a run for it to the campground as the monsters chased after them. The Wingquin spread his wings out and flapped into the air, flying after them.

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Chase exclaimed.

The Wingquin roared viciously at the group as it tried to grab either one of the four ponies, only to have dodge his incoming attacks.

"What do we do now?!" Jade asked as they kept on running away from the monsters to the campground.

Thinking quickly, Chase got an idea.

"Twilight! Let's use a magic blast on these monsters!" Chase said, turning to Twilight as she eyed him back.

"Right!" Twilight agreed before they used their magic together and combined to use a powerful magic blast at the four renegade Quinkan monsters, pushing them back on the other side.

The four unicorns had just made it to the other side and onto the campground in Wuya's area.

"Come on! Let's go find a way inside to get Spike and others back!" Chase said as they ran into an alley and off screen.

The Quinkan monsters got back on their feet as they growled in frustration of not getting to the four in time.

Kai and Wuya arrived at the scene as they witnessed everything of what happened. Instead of glaring at their 'pets', they smirked as Kai turned to them deviously.

"Well done, all of you." Kai said with a smirk. "You've managed to lure them into our trap."

"Yes, and soon they will fall into our grasp once we have Chase handed over to master Zhao." Wuya agreed before she used her magic to make head back into the burial ground.

(Scene changes)

In the abandoned campground of the White Lotus, the four unicorns have made it into the spooky place and are now walking down the alleyway they came in.

"You know for an abandoned camp ground, this place gives me the creeps by the minute." Jade commented as the place looked a little spooky by the minute.

"Well, don't hold on to your fear, little sister." Chase said as they continued on their way through the camp ground. "Just stay focused on the goal at hand."

"What's gonna happen to Spike and others if we can't save them?" Sunray asked with a concerned look.

"Sunray, we'll get them back. I know we will." Twilight assured him with a determined look on her face.

"We're gonna save Spike and return all of the ponies, who have been transformed into Zhao's experiments." Jade assured her younger brother as well. "As long as we stick together, we can take on anything that monster overcomes us."

Chase then noticed something up ahead.

"Hey guys, look!" Chase said, pointing up ahead as they all got a good look.

In the distance, a black tower was standing there in the middle as black clouds circled around it with lightning clapping.

"That must be Wuya's hideout." Chase said as he looked at the tower in awe along with the other three before he regained focus. "Okay, let's be on full alert. Try not to draw any attention. Full stealth mode."

The three nodded in agreement as Chase galloped toward Wuya's tower hideout with Jade, Twilight, and Sunray right behind him.

(Scene changes)

Unknown to them, Zhao was watching everything from his orb as he had his eyes on the four ponies making their way through the camp ground.

"And so will my soldiers." Zhao said, smirking evilly. "You will be in for a fight of your life, Chase Young, along with your friends."

He chuckled sinisterly.

(Scene changes)

Soon in a rocky and bone area, they made it around a corner as they glanced left to right whereas there were no sign of Quinkan in the area.

They ran through some huge rocks before they turned around in another direction. Peeking out from the corner, they see an entrance into Wuya's tower as two Protoquin were guarding the entrance.

The four unicorns thought this wouldn't be so bad as they smirked at each other before Chase, Jade, and Twilight hid in the corner as Sunray grinned mischievously.

"Hello, boys!" Sunray shouted as he jumped out of their hiding spot and waved at the two Quinkan.

This got their attention.

"Hey!" One of them snarled.

Sunray bolted right back into the corner as the two Protoquin chased him. Suddenly, grunting and shrieks were heard from the Protoquin.

Chase, Twilight, Jade, and Sunray came out with smug smiles on their faces as they dusted themselves off a bit. But then their pride was shattered when another group of ten Protoquin soldiers emerged as they glared at the group of four.

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me." Chase groaned.

"Here we go again." Twilight added.

One of the Protoquin leapt straight at Jade with his blade at the ready. Jade quickly turned around and blocked the oncoming strike with her tessen fans. She then pushed the soldier back, bent down and swept him off his legs with a low spin kick.

Then all of the Protoquin soldiers charged at the four unicorns, but Chase and Twilight kicked two of them away with their solid front kicks. Sunray twirled his bo staff and whacked three aside.

They continued to fight the Protoquins and knocking them down. Then the last soldier was left standing as Chase kicked him in the stomach, sending him to the ground. The soldiers laid on the ground unconscious.

"All in a day's work." Chase said to the three as they nodded in agreement. Then Chase gained a serious look as he looked inside the tower. "Okay, guys. Let's go in."

"Right." Twilight, Jade, and Sunray said in unison.

They quickly ran inside, ready to get Spike and The White Lotus out of there along with hoping they can return them back to ponies.

(Scene changes)

Inside the hallway leading them through the tower, Chase led Twilight, Jade, and Sunray in as they kept their eyes open for any sign of the Quinkan.

"You know, for an abandoned underground ruin, this place really gives me the creeps." Jade said with an uneasy look.

"Don't worry, we'll be out of here once we get everypony out." Chase assured his sister.

Coming out of the hallway, they arrived inside a big throne room as bones laid about on the floor. Trying to get the creepy throne room out of their minds, Chase, Jade, Twilight, and Sunray kept their focus on finding the others along with Spike.

Suddenly, something caught Twilight's attention.

"Guys, look!" Twilight shouted, pointing a hoof at the direction of the throne.

There in the front of the throne, stood four orange cocoons. Galloping to them to get a closer look, Chase, Twilight, Jade, and Sunray gasped in shock at what they were seeing.

Inside, Bumi, Pakku, and Iroh were inside them, unconscious. Twilight then noticed something else in the fourth cocoon. It was Spike!

"Spike!" Twilight shouted as she took out her katana blade and cut the cocoon loose as Spike fell on his belly groaning in pain.

"Spike, are you alright?" Twilight asked worriedly.

"I, y-yeah, I think so." Spike said as he got back on his feet and rubbed his head in pain before Twilight hugged him tightly as she was happy to see him again with a few tears streaming down her face. Surprised at first, Spike smiled at her and hugged her back.

"We're glad you're okay, little buddy." Chase said to Spike as he patted his head.

"Come on, let's cut Bumi, Iroh, and Pakku loose." Sunray said as he was about to grab a hold of the other cocoon when a devious laugh was heard.

"Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you, my little ponies." Wuya's voice echoed in the throne room.

Chase, Jade, Sunray, and Twilight, their hooves and Spike got back on his feet as they looked around on full alert.

Then coming out of the shadows on the upper floor of the throne room, Wuya jumped into the light with a smirk as she stared down at the five.

"So let us guess, you're Wuya." Chase said with a glare.

"How right you are, Chase Young." Wuya said with a devious smile.

"So you are the one responsible for all of this." Jade said, disdainfully.

"If by all of this, then you mean that I have given Master Zhao total control of his new members of his army? Then yes, that is how it happened." Wuya said with a sinister smirk.

"Alright, Wuya. Why don't we just cut a deal with you?" Sunray asked with his eyes narrowed. "Tell us how to turn The White Lotus clan back to normal or duel with us!"

"Actually, I can't make any deal with you five." Wuya said with a sinister grin. "You should know by now the power of Zhao's transfiguration crystals have already been contained with enough energy of his dark magic inside the White Lotus ponies with a giant crystal. We're just moments ready to have an unstoppable army ready once we are disposed of by you pathetic ponies getting in our way."

"We're not letting you get away with it, Wuya!" Chase said as he, Twilight, Jade, and Sunray stood on their hind legs while igniting their horns as aura hands appeared on their hooves, getting into fighting stances. "In case you hadn't noticed, there are five of us and only one of you! Now let the White Lotus clan go or face the consequences!"

This made Wuya chuckle deviously.

"Oh, Chase, honey." Wuya said with an evil smile. "I have no need to fight you five alone, we outnumber you!"

"We?" Twilight asked with a curious look.

Suddenly, loud roaring was heard around them as one by one the four rogue Quinkan monsters appeared out of the blue and surrounded the five. Then the army of Quinkan came out into the scene. Chase, Jade, Spike, Twilight, and Sunray were surprised by this turn of events.

"It's a trap!" Chase shouted, realizing that they had walked into the trap of the Quinkan.

Arriving next to Wuya, Kai chuckled sinisterly as he smirked at the five.

"Ah, I see the gathering has finally come at last!" Kai said deviously. "Easier said than done for puny ponies like yourselves."

This shocked the five even more.

"Kai!" Chase shouted as he glared at the Yak.

"Again, long time eh, Chase?" Kai asked his nemesis with a smug grin.

The four ponies and baby dragon glared at him furiously.

"You know, coming from a crazy psychopath like that would turn innocent ponies into Quinkan monsters like the White Lotus, you guys have a lot of nerve trying to harm me, my friends, and my family!" Chase said, angrily.

"We're not gonna let you get away with this!" Twilight agreed with Chase.

Kai scoffed in amusement.

"Well, believe us, we're just getting started with you five. Once Master Zhao has what he wants, he will be in total control of the White Lotus clan soon enough and will be done with you pathetic fools!" Kai said with a smirk before he pointed at the five. "Destroy them!"

The four renegade Quinkan monsters roared before they jumped down and charged at the five.

Taking this as a challenge, the four ponies took out their respective weapons and charged at the Quinkan monsters.

Chase and Twilight took on the Wingquin as it tried to swat them aside, but they dodged it before they got on the offense. Chase jumped from the Wingquin's arms one after the other, leaving a perfect attack opening for Twilight as she jumped into the air and landed a solid kick to the monster's face knocking it back a bit. It growled before it charged at the two and swatted them aside to the ground as they groaned in pain before they got back on their hind legs with their aura hands still on their hooves.

The Quincrab's shell was proving impervious to Jade's attacks, even snapping one of her tessen fans with its claws, much to her shock.

"Oh, boy." Jade said with a look of fear.

Sunray was knocked back against a pillar as the Shieldquin and Magmaquin loomed over him with loud roars. Sunray dodged one of their attacks by rolling out of the way, but the Magmaquin used his tentacles to grab a hold of him and sent flying at another pillar as he landed on his stomach.

"Man, these guys have taken their vitamins lately!" Sunray commented as he got on the offense.

Then the Quinkan army came down and they charged at the five heroes. Three Pyroquins charged at Sunray, but he spun kicked them aside to the ground.

Jade jumped in front of a couple of Protoquin soldiers and whacked them, sending the soldiers flat on their backs.

"Remember, guys. Be careful and don't be overconfident!" Chase said as he fought off the Wingquin and five Protoquin soldiers.

"No arguement here!" Twilight called back as she back flipped away from two Pyroquin soldiers and kicked them aside.

Sunray pinned down a couple of Pyroquin soldiers before jumping up and kicked a couple with a dragon kick. Chase jumped on a couple of their heads before slamming a couple right on their chests to the ground. Twilight blocked an attack from another Protoquin soldier and then kicked him in the stomach.

Chase dodged some attacks from the Wingquin, back flipped away from an incoming attack from the Magmaquin, kicked the Shieldquin aside. Then he dodged the Quincrab's pinchers and jumped over him with a front flip.

Jade spun her tessen fans before she used them to take down several Protoquin soldiers and before one could attack her from behind, she delievered a roundhouse kick to his stomach, sending to the ground. A Pyroquin then tried striking her from above with a blade, but Jade blocked the attack and then kicked him. Wuya jumped behind Jade and was about to strike her, but Sunray kicked her away.

Wuya flipped and recovered from the kick.

"Get them!" Wuya ordered the Quinkan army.

Some of them threw several shuriken at Chase, but he blocked them all by spinning his katana blades in circles and with just several movements of his swords along with kicks to the stomach, chest and legs, he took down each Quinkan soldier that had tried to attack him one by one.

Sunray blocked each attack from the two Protoquin soldiers he was fighting before kicking them down and blocking another attack from a third one.

"Hold your staff higher, Sunray. Sweep with the left foot from that position!" Chase called out while spin kicking two Pyroquin flat on their backs.

"Geeze! Now your backseat ninja-ing me, Chase!" Sunray exclaimed as he did exactly what Chase told him to do.

Meanwhile, Spike quietly sneaked past the fight before he went to the cocoons to help get Pakku, Bumi, and Iroh out.

Suddenly, Kai and Wuya jumped down in front of him as he yelped in surprise as he shivered in fright.

"Going somewhere, you puny gecko?" Wuya asked with a smirk along with Kai.

Hearing that as an insult, Spike blinked before he glared at her.

"Are you talking to me?" Spike asked.

"Uh oh, she called him a gecko." Chase said as he observed everything while fighting off the Wingquin.

"Are you talking to me?!" Spike repeated.

"You shouldn't have done that." Chase said to Wuya.

"ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?!" Spike repeated again out loud.

"Now they're in for it." Twilight said with a sigh.

"THEY CALL ME MISTER DRAGON!" Spike yelled out angrily, now having enough of being scared and now found his courage.

"Ugh!" Kai grunted as Spike grabbed him by the face and punched him before he whacked the yak unconscious and kicked Wuya in the gut before ending it with a punch to her face, sending her against a pillar.

Breathing heavily, Spike went back to the cocoons before he cut them opened as Bumi, Iroh, and Pakku groaned a bit in pain.

Chase, Jade, Twilight, and Sunray weren't doing much good for themselves as the Quinkan monsters eventually overpowered them by tossing them aside.

They stalked towards them when all of a sudden, Bumi leapt into the air and grabbed a hold of the Quincrab, pulling back before he punched and kicked aside to a pillar.

Pakku used his electricity to shock the Wingquin and the Magmaquin, resulting an explosion as it sent the two monsters against a pillar.

Working together, Bumi, Iroh, and Pakku bashed the Shieldquin back against the throne, knocking it out.

Chase rolled under a Protoquin's attack and then blocked it from behind, he then pushed the ninja back as he stood up and blocked strikes from blades coming from both sides of him, he pushed them both back and did a hand stand as he delivered a split kick and hit both Protoquin soldiers in the stomach.

Sunray blocked strikes from weapons left and right, before pushing back up and knocking the two Pyroquin soldiers down to the ground from the force. He then moved his head left as he dodged an end of a bo staff from a ninja behind him, he then dodged right before grabbing the staff with his aura hands and kicking from behind and sending him straight into another Protoquin, knocking that one down as well.

Spike jumped away from several chain weapons that the Protoquin soldiers threw at him, he dodged another strike as he jumped on top of a boulder. One of the chains however got wrapped around his tail.

"Uh oh." Spike whimpered before the Protoquin pulled the chain and caused him to fall behind the big rock.

All three Protoquin soldiers jumped on the rock and were ready to finish him Spike off, but he blasted them away with his dragon breath. Spike peaked from behind and laughed at them for clearly underestimating him.

"That's what you get for messing with me and my friends." Spike said, proudly.

Chase rammed the handle of his sword into a Pyroquin's stomach, knocking the wind right out of him as he fell to the ground.

Twilight and Jade flipped over all the Protoquin soldiers before they used their magic to blast them to the ground, knocking them down unconscious.

"Quick, use your magic!" Pakku said to Chase and Twilight. "Use a portal spell and send Kai back to Zhao along with the Quinkan army!"

Nodding, Chase and Twilight combined their magic together before they fired a magic blast in the middle as a portal appeared in the center as the portal sucked up the Quinkan army, minus the 'experiments', and Wuya away as she yelled out.

Kai was the last to be dragged into the portal.

"We will be back for you all! We will not rest until you are all done for!" Kai shouted angrily.

Then he was sucked into the portal before it closed off, disappearing as well.

The five cheered happily as they gathered in a big hug. Twilight hugged Spike happily.

"You did it, Spike! You faced your fear!" Twilight said joyfully.

"Well, I couldn't let Kai and Wuya harm you guys, you know." Spike said with a grin.

The four unicorns gave him happy smiles before they became guilty as they faced him.

"Listen, Spike. We all owe you an apology. We're sorry for being mean and annoying when you were scared." Twilight apologized sincerely. "I guess we just wanted you to be brave and you got captured. We're so sorry, Spike."

"Yeah, little buddy. We're sorry." Chase added as Jade and Sunray nodded in agreement.

Spike smiled.

"It's alright." Spike said. "And to be fair, I wasn't any help from the start either. I guess I was just being a big baby all because this place just creeped me out every time. I'm sorry for annoying you guys when we began our journey down here. But at least I was able to overcome my fear from the Quinkan, Wuya, and Kai."

Then they went to Pakku, Iroh, and Bumi as they gathered up the unconscious bodies of their former members.

"So how do we turn them back to normal?" Sunray asked with a curious look. "Is there a potion for this?"

Chase then noticed something on Pakku's chest. It was one of the transfiguration crystals.

"Wait, maybe we won't have to worry." Chase said as he gently took the crystal off of Pakku's chest. "Maybe this is the answer to our problems."

Smoke appeared around his Quinkan form as he began to change.

When the smoke faded, the five gasped in surprise.

Master Pakku Shisho was indeed back to normal in his alicorn form, with some features. He had a goatee on his chin, as his mane was still in a ponytail style, his robe clothing was tattered for a bit. But he was back to normal.

"I'm normal again." Pakku said with amazement.

Even Chase, Twilight, Sunray, Jade, Spike, Bumi, and Iroh were amazed by this.

"Come on, guys." Chase ordered. "Let's free the others."

(Scene changes)

About an hour later, the all had the White Lotus members back to normal and were alicorns again along with wearing their White Lotus uniforms as they were a little tattered for the moment.

Bumi in particular was a little muscular, as he had a yin yang necklace around his neck, amber eyes, and his mane and tail were a little curly.

Finally Iroh had a spiked mane and tale, his eyes were ocean blue, and he had a scar on the side of his face.

All of the White Lotus clan walked down the tunnel to leave the area with Chase, Twilight, Jade, Sunray, and Spike following from behind.

"Well, that's all of them." Twilight said with a smile.

"At least now that we're done exploring the Underground, we won't have to worry about coming back here again." Chase said with a smile.

"I'm all down with that." Sunray agreed.

"Me too." Jade added with a smile.

"No argument here." Spike said with relief. But then they heard one of the female members gasp.

"No!" A female shouted, startling the five in the process before they came up to Pakku, Iroh, and Bumi as they stared in shock of what they were seeing.

"What's wrong?" Chase asked with worry. "What's going on?!"

"Look!" Pakku exclaimed pointing at the end of the tunnel as one of the members had just stepped out of the light and resumed back to his Quinkan form.

"Quick, get him out of there before he transforms back!" Twilight said as she and the others quickly grabbed the member, dragging him back into the light, returning him back to normal.

"What just happened?" Sunray asked in surprise.

"That shouldn't have happened. We just freed the clan." Chase said with concern and confusion. "What could've done this?"

"He reverted back just as he stepped out of the cavern." Pakku explained with a shocked look on his face.

"Why?" Jade asked in surprise. "How could this have happened? It doesn't make any sense."

Twilight thinks back to what Wuya said a while back before the fight broke out.

"You should know by now the power of Zhao's transfiguration crystals have already been contained with enough energy of his dark magic inside the White Lotus ponies with a giant crystal." Wuya's voice was heard in Twilight's mind as she went back to take a look at the campground and found something on the rocky ceiling.

It was a big transfiguration crystal no bigger than a house in Ponyville.

"There!" Twilight said, pointing at the huge crystal. "I think that's the cause. Remember, Wuya said these transfiguration crystals provide regenerative energy from this big one. Stray too far from it, and it seems the effects reverse themselves."

This shocked the White Lotus clan.

"Then we can't leave this campground?" Iroh asked in disbelief. "I don't believe it."

"Wuya got what she wanted after all." Bumi said with a disdainful look.

"We'll figure this all out." Chase explained to them. "Twilight and I are pretty good at-"

"No, Chase." Pakku said with a look of sympathy as he placed a hoof on Chase's shoulder, cutting his sentence. "We can't let you and your family stay. Who knows how long it will take."

"But just taking off is not our style!" Spike tried to argue.

"Yeah, we're not going to walk away from you guys!" Sunray said, agreeing with Spike. "You all need our help to stop this curse."

"Please, you five have your own lives to get back to." Pakku insisted with a pleading look before he added with a determined look. "Believe me, if a solution is here, we'll find it!"

The ponies and Spike looked at them for a moment as they knew Pakku was right. Even if they would stay, there's no telling if they would attack them.

"We'll keep studying the crystals." Jade said with a smile. "We can beat this."

"And then we'll be back." Chase added.

"That's a promise." Sunray finished with a smile.

"Thank you." Pakku thanked them as the five left them to return back to the surface.

(Scene changes)

About a few hours later, Chase, Twilight, Jade, Sunray, and Spike were out of the caverns and back outside into the fresh air. They were currently walking in the Everfree Forest back to Ponyville. Although the adventure deep underground was fun, they still felt bad for the White Lotus clan.

"I can't believe it. We almost had it." Sunray said with a frustrated look. "Now we'll never be able to return those ponies back to normal."

"Easy, Sunray." Chase said to his younger brother, gently. "We'll find a way to get the clan back to normal soon enough. We just have to study the crystals and then we'll return to the Underground."

"Assuming if we find it in time, there's no telling if Zhao is gonna try and take the clan to mind control them." Twilight reminded them. "We just have to be quick for this as best as we can."

"I hope you're right, Twilight." Chase said with a concern look. "Because if we don't, then Zhao will somehow build a new army of super Quinkan monsters."

"That's what worries me the most, Chase." Jade said to her older brother with a worried look. "Zhao sounds like a dangerous Quinkan monster we shouldn't mess with. From what Mom and Dad have told us about him, then it sounds like nothing would survive his attack."

"Yeah, and from my first encounter with him at Cloudsdale, he's becoming a nightmare in Equestria all over again for the first time in Pony history." Chase added before he became serious. "But right now, all we can do is to find the right cure for the White Lotus clan. When we do, we'll be able to help them to lift their cursed Quinkan forms soon enough.

As they made their way back to Ponyville, they heard a familiar voice calling out to them.

"Twilight! Chase! Jade! Sunray! Spike!" Applejack's voice was heard as they looked ahead to see the rest of the Mane Seven waving to them happily as they ran up to them and hugged them.

"There you all are!" Applejack said with relief.

"Are you all alright?" Fluttershy asked with concern.

"Were you all hiding from us this whole time with a game of hide and seek?" Pinkie Pie asked with a smile.

"We've been looking all over for you, darlings." Rarity added.

"Where have you guys been?" Rainbow Dash asked with a curious look.

This made Chase, Twilight, Sunray, Jade, and Spike sigh.

"Long story." Twilight assured the others that they will tell them what happened. "For now, it's good to be back home."

"You said it, Twilight." Spike said with a smile, happy to be back home. "Finally, it's good to be back in Ponyville. No more creepy caves, and no need for monsters."

"Come on, guys." Chase said with a smile as he guided them to his house. "Why don't we go inside and explain our adventure we had in the caverns."

"You guys found a cave in the Everfree Forest?" Rainbow Dash asked in shock before she added with excitement. "What did you find?!"

"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." Sunray replied back with a smile.

As they went inside Chase's house, Chase stopped for a moment before he turned his attention back to the Everfree Forest as still thought about the White Lotus clan. He then smiled, remembering what Pakku said about his own life with his family and friends.

Soon he went inside his house as laughter was heard inside.

(Scene changes)

Kai and Wuya were kneeling before Zhao as they informed him the news. Needless to say, Zhao was very displeased about hearing the White Lotus clan have now allied themselves with Chase and his friends.

"This is unacceptable." Zhao said angrily. "Now those fools have joined up with those ponies, and yet they also managed to defeat you? All of my work will go to waist and I will not allow anymore fools to delay my time of taking over Equestria."

"Humblest apologies, master Zhao." Kai said as well as making an excuse. "But that baby dragon, Spike, was also responsible for getting in our way."

"I swear, next time we will-" Wuya tried to add in as well, but was cut off by Zhao.

"Enough! No more!" Zhao said, sternly. "I am warry of your excuses. Those ponies have been a thorn at my side long enough and I will not allow them to stand in my way anymore. Since I am surrounded by such incompetence's, I will soon take matters into my own hands once and for all. Leave me now."

Kai and Wuya bowed to him in respect before they left the throne room as Zhao sat on his throne will glaring angrily.

"Chase is obviously more smarter and stronger than I thought." Zhao said to himself before he smirked evilly. "If he wants a fight, it is a fight he will get soon enough for his future battles. I will need all the magic I can get to finally get rid of him once and for all. And soon, this world will belong to me. Soon, I will destroy those ponies once more!"

He chuckled evilly to himself before he laughed maniacally as the screen died down with his glowing in the blackness and they died down as well.

Author's note: Here's the final part, guys.

I'll be taking a break from writing the chapters for now, but I'll be back on continue more on the others. I hope you guys like this part. I tried my best on this one, but it was the best I could do.

Peace out!