Chapter 24: The Big Brawl, Part 1

In the Well of Shade, torches were seen and lit as footsteps were heard.

Walking past the torches were Kai, Wuya, Tai Lung, Lightning Dust, and Celtic Shanyu. The four were currently walking down the hallway to Zhao's throne room.

"Master Zhao is getting very desperate now." Lightning Dust said with a smile. "I have a feeling that he wants the invasion to go accordingly to plan."

"Yes, but we must have patience. He has been waiting for a long time to rise the Sanzu River so his dream of making Equestria the next Netherworld dimension a reality." Kai reminded the ocean blue pegasus. "We cannot allow anymore of Chase Young's meddling get in our way. Especially for the master."

"And even if Chase does, Master Zhao will not be pleased one bit." Wuya said exasperatedly. "I'm sick of that alicorn stallion getting in the way everytime. When I'm done with him, he won't even know what will hit him."

Tai Lung just rolled his eyes in annoyance before they made it to the doors that led to the throne room.

Kai was the first to open the doors as he and the others entered the throne room. They continued forward before they stopped, and bowed to Zhao in respect as the Quinkan leader was sitting on his throne chair.

"Master Zhao." Kai addressed in respect. "We have finished transferring enough power into the Spiderquins to begin our invasion in Manehatten to find the Zeo Crystal."

Hearing this made Zhao smile in evil satisfaction.

"Excellent." Zhao said, rising up from his throne and approaching his henchmen. "Even if Chase Young thinks that he can stop me from obtaining all of the magical energy to rule the world, then he will be put out of his misery. I want that alicorn stallion stopped at any cost."

Then he turned to Kai, who had his full attention at his mentor.

"Kai, bring Tai Lung and Wuya. And gather your best Quinkan soldiers, you have a mission tonight to bring me Nyx and the power from Chase's element of Bravery from the Tree of Harmony." Zhao instructed. "When Chase and his family see the signs of the population burning down as well as their little hometown, they will fall right into the trap we have prepared for them. But bring me Nyx, I want her uninjured so I can personally make Master Chase Young feel all the misery I can place into him."

"Yes, master. Right away." Kai acknowledged without hesitation before he, Tai Lung, and Wuya walked offscreen to gather the Quinkan army.

Lightning Dust, Celtic, and Zhao were the only ones left in the throne room.

"So even if we have that alicorn filly in your possession, how good is she with all of that much energy in her as well as from Chase's element?" Lightning Dust asked her mentor with curiosity. "Nyx is just a harmless kid."

"Patience, Lightning Dust." Zhao said sinisterly yet calmly. "Nyx may only be a child, but she has more than enough energy to open the temple to find the Zeo Crystal. And for that, we will stage an attack in Ponyville and have puddles of the Sanzu River seeping through the water supply in the Everfree Forest and lake as well. Chase's element is also the most powerful of all the elements that I will personally take the energy from it. Then we will have Nyx's magic in our grasp to steal her magical energy as well."

Then he turned to Lightning Dust and Celtic Shanyu.

"You may leave me now. Prepare the invasion and do not disappoint me. Do I make myself clear?" Zhao asked sternly.

"Yes, Master Zhao." Lightning Dust and Celtic said as they bowed to the Quinkan leader in respect before they left the throne room, leaving only Zhao inside.

Zhao smirked evilly as he looked at his orb to show it had Twilight, Chase, their family, and friends going to the White Lotus clan dojo.

"The time for you and the rest of your friends delaying my plans is at an end, Chase Young. Very soon, you will no longer be a problem to me and my army. My Quinkan army will soon destroy this world and we will reclaim it for ourselves soon enough. The time has come for you to be no more." Zhao said deviously as he chuckled lowly with his orange pupiless eyes glowing.

*Main theme*

It has been a few years since Chase had trained Twilight to be a kunoichi with the help of his father, Santos Blaze, and Pakku Shisho. So tonight the night of the full moon, Chase, Santos, and Pakku are performing a very special initiation.

In the dojo of the White Lotus clan campground, Twilight Sparkle was kneeling before Chase, Santos, Jewel, Bumi, Iroh, and Pakku. Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Trini knelt behind Twilight. Pinkie, Rarity, Starlight, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Dojo, and Spike were off to the side watching the scene with smiles on their faces they sent to the Princess of Friendship. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, Twilight Velvet, Night Light, Sunburst, Billy, and Flurry Heart were there smiling for Twilight as well. In fact the members of the White Lotus clan were present as well.

Twilight smiled back at them.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle." Pakku addressed Twilight, making the princess pay full attention to the leader of the White Lotus clan. "As the master and leader of the White Lotus clan, I am giving a brand new weapon for you to take great care of and with responsibility."

Twilight bowed to the White Lotus clan elder with respect as Bumi used his magic to bring in a new weapon for Pakku to give the Princess of Friendship, who accepted it graciously.

It was a brand new tanto blade with a yellow sash on the handle.

"This tanto represents the Dragon: Strong, fierce, intelligent. A dragon not only relies on its physical strength, but its keen intellect as well." Bumi explained.

"Be at one in spirit and body. Be like the dragon." Pakku finished.

Twilight admired her weapon in amazement before she put it down as she bowed to the leaders of the White Lotus clan with respect.

"Hai, sensei." Twilight thanked the three leaders.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle, you are now kunoichi of the White Lotus clan." Pakku said proudly to the Princess of Friendship, who smiled gratefully to him.

The Elite Ninja and the girls cheered for Twilight. The princesses, Shining Armor, Night Light, Twilight Velvet, Billy, Sunburst, Sokka, Clay, Spike, Santos, Jewel, Bumi, Iroh, and Pakku smiled proudly for Twilight.

"It's time to celebrate, yo!" Antonio exclaimed excitedly.

"Congrats, Twilight!" Sunray commented excitedly to Twilight as she smiled at her brother-in-law.

"You deserve it." Jade added in agreement with an excited smile of her own.

"You did great!" Trini said with a grin.

"Way to go, Mommy!" Nyx said, hugging Twilight as her mother hugged her daughter back in reply.

"Thanks, guys!" Twilight said.

"Well done, honey." Chase said as he nuzzled Twilight lovingly as she nuzzled her husband in return.

"Congratulations, Twilight." Cadance said, happily as she, Shining Armor, Night Light, Twilight Velvet, Sunburst, and Flurry Heart approached the group.

"You did great, Twily." Shining Armor praised his sister with a proud smile, hugging Twilight as Flurry hugged her aunt, making the Princess of Friendship smile.

Twilight turned to Chase as her husband looked at her.

"I always knew you had what it takes, Twilight. I always knew there was something special in your heart." Chase said with a proud smile.

Twilight smiled at her husband.

"It's all thanks to you, honey." Twilight said sweetly as she hugged Chase lovingly, making Chase hug his wife in return.

Cadance and Shining Armor approached the alicorn couple with Flurry Heart riding on her mother's head.

"You did a good job training her, Chase." Cadance said to her brother-in-law with a smile. "I guess you made the right choice of adding something to Twilight's confidence."

"Couldn't have done it better myself, buddy." Shining Armor added while smiling.

Chase shrugged to himself modestly.

"Well, it was nothing." Chase said as Flurry hugged her uncle by the cheek, snuggling him.

Chase chuckled as Twilight and Cadance giggled at the cute sight.

"You did pretty good with teaching her, Chase." Night Light said as he and Twilight Velvet approached their family with smiles they sent to them, more specifically to Chase.

"Yeah, I just wish you would've made me a martial artist so that you and I could train together." Twilight Velvet said with a smile despite being a little jealous.

Chase just shrugged his shoulders to his mother-in-law.

"Sorry, Velvet." Chase said with a teasing smile. "But you know that with power comes responsibility."

Twilight Velvet chuckled.

"Well, maybe next time you could show me. Promise?" Twilight Velvet asked sweetly.

Chase and Twilight exchanged smiles with each other before they chuckled.

"We'll see." Chase said with a smirk, making Twilight Velvet hug her son-in-law happily.

"Well, come on, guys." Dojo said, slithering onto Chase's back with a smile. "Pinkie's already got the party started outside the training camp. Cake's on."

"Okay, Dojo." Chase said with a smirk before he addressed his entire family. "Come on, guys."

Chase then led his family and Dojo out the dojo to join the party.

(Scene changes)

Unknown to all of them, the danger was just about to begin. Deep in the Everfree Forest, Kai, Tai Lung, and Wuya had just brought their best soldiers in the Quinkan army to the environment.

First they went to the river as Kai held a vial of the Sanzu River water in it.

"This amount of the Sanzu River will change the water supply soon enough." Kai said deviously. "Master Zhao will have more than enough time to travel to Manehatten so he can negotiate with Draco and the Blue Dragons for the advantage to form an epic attack on them once we have Nyx in our possession."

"And once we do that, taking the power from Chase's element will be priceless." Wuya said deviously.

Tai Lung nodded in agreement as Kai dumped the substance of the Sanzu River water into the river. And sure enough, once it was done, the water in the river began to change from the original blue to red. Then flames began to erupt from the river and once it made contact with the trees, they caught fire.

Kai, Wuya, and Tai Lung smirked evilly at the sight. Then they moved forward to the Tree of Harmony.

They came upon the area where the Castle of The Two Sisters was at and stopped once they were just at the staircase.

The three villains glared down to the Tree of Harmony before Kai smirked evilly. He led the group down the staircase and stopped at the entrance of the cave.

"There it is." Kai said sinisterly.

The Quinkan army growled at the Tree of Harmony while Tai Lung observed it with interest in evil.

"So this is the Tree of Harmony I've heard about." Tai Lung said as he admired the magical tree with an evil smirk.

"It is." Wuya replied back with a smirk of her own.

"Hmph. I would've expected more." Tai Lung said as he crossed his arms gloatingly at the Tree of Harmony.

Then he moved forward as he brought out a dagger from his belt and began to walk forward to the Tree of Harmony.

Once he was in front of the tree, he looked at the Element of Bravery as he touched it with the tip of his dagger. Then the element began to spark violently as some of its magic began to flow out of it right into the dagger.

Then it stopped as Tai Lung pulled the dagger away from the element and he gazed at it with a devious smirk.

"Perfect. I can almost feel the energy already." Tai Lung said sinisterly before he joined his partners. "The final piece is in our possession."

"Great. Now all that's left is to bring Nyx to Master Zhao so he can hold her hostage." Wuya said with a devious smile.

"Which will lead us to an attack in Ponyville." Kai said in agreement before he turned his head up to see the Spiderquins.

Only thing is they were much bigger than ever to the size of a full grown dragon.

"It's time to destroy the village." Kai said as he addressed the rest of the army. "Soon Chase Young will know the meaning of pain."

The Quinkan army roared in agreement.

Kai, Wuya, and Tai Lung smirked deviously, knowing that everything was going according to plan for them to rule the world again.

"Well, Chase won't suspect a thing once we have instore for him when he gets back home." Wuya said deviously.

"Yes, and Nyx will be ours to take so we can torment her loving adoptive father." Tai Lung agreed with a mischievous smile. "He and Twilight seem to really care for that little brat. I have a feeling that Zhao has bigger plans to make them suffer so that won't ever see Nyx again."

(Scene changes)

At the White Lotus clan, the party was still going on as some members were with Pinkie playing a game of 'Pin The Tail On The Pony'. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Sunray, Sokka, Antonio, Dojo, and Clay were competing as they threw some throwing stars at a target. Jade, Trini, Rarity, Nyx, Spike, and Fluttershy were each having a nice plate of cake. All of the other members of the White Lotus clan were just enjoying themselves as well.

While that was happening, Chase and Twilight were watching everything as they were drinking some punch as well as having some cake as well.

"You know, honey. Remember the times when I was having a hard time keeping up with you and your family? I can't believe I'm finally a ninja." Twilight said with a smile.

Chase chuckled in amusement.

"I know, honey. It's amazing you made it to kunoichi." Chase said as they shared a loving kiss lip to lip.

"And it's all thanks to you, your father, and Pakku Shisho for training me." Twilight said as she snuggled against her husband's side and he held her lovingly.

"Well, I couldn't have done it alone without their help too." Chase said, making Twilight giggle.

"And I'm sure it was quite an honor for you to train your wife, Chase." Princess Celestia said as she and Celestia approached the alicorn couple.

"It must be wonderful to have your wife as a highly trained ninja in your family." Princess Luna said, smiling brightly for them.

Chase and Twilight smiled in reply.

"Well, I am lucky to have her as my loving girl." Chase said, nuzzling Twilight by the head as she chuckled in agreement.

"Having her trained must've really made you feel very happy for her, Chase. After all, you are the Master of Jiu Jitsu." Princess Celestia said jokingly.

Princess Luna smirked in agreement.

Chase smiled as he rolled his eyes in amusement.

"Yeah, yeah. But don't forget, I'm not the only master around here." Chase said, teasingly as the three alicorn princesses giggled amusingly and heartily.

"It is true, honey." Twilight said with a smile. "And I am lucky to have you as my precious stallion."

Chase chuckled.

"Anything to make my mare very happy in the family." Chase said as they shared another kiss.

"Well, come, the party is still on, and the night is still young." Celestia said as she and Luna went to enjoy the party some more with the others.

Chase and Twilight watched the royal sisters join the party as they chuckled with each other.

"So what do you say, honey?" Twilight asked with flirty smirk. "Wanna do a dance with me?"

This made Chase smirk at her mischievously.

"Well, only if you know how to do it." Chase said teasingly as Twilight giggled before they went onto the dance floor Pinkie had set up for dancers to show off their moves.

Twilight and Chase were the last ones to do as they danced together as Chase twirled his wife around a bit before dipping her, making her giggle. All of their friends and family cheered for the alicorn couple as Chase and Twilight smiled at each other lovingly before they went to enjoy some more cake.

(Scene changes)

A little while later, the party had just ended. Cadance, Shining Armor, Flurry, and Sunburst went back to the Crystal Empire for home. Celestia and Luna also went back to Canterlot.

All that was left was the rest of the Mane Sixteen, Jewel, Santos, and Spike.

Dojo had shape shifted into his enormous form, allowing the eighteen ponies, and Spike to climb on him.

Soon Dojo flew out of the campground, carrying his passengers to Ponyville.

Pakku Shisho was watching them leave with a smile, feeling proud that he helped Chase and Santos train Twilight well.

"Chase Young is very lucky to have a beautiful girl by his side no matter what." Pakku said with a smile.

Then he went inside the dojo for some meditation.

(Scene changes)

Dojo was still flying in the air with his passengers riding him. While that was happening, the girls couldn't help but praise Twilight for her achievement.

"You are so awesome for achieving the title, Twilight!" Rainbow said excitedly.

"Cool if I might add too!" Pinkie added in agreement.

"Yes, truly formidable." Rarity agreed as well.

"As Big Mac would say… Eeyup!" Applejack said.

"Yay." Fluttershy agreed softly.

Twilight laughed at the praises.

"Thanks, guys. But Chase, Santos, and Pakku did help me out with it." Twilight said as she sent her husband and father-in-law a smile, making them return the favor.

Nyx giggled.

"Well, guys. Mommy's as highly skilled as Daddy is too." Nyx said as she turned to her adoptive mother and father. "You know, guys. Maybe you should open a martial arts school since you guys are much more highly trained masters."

Twilight and Chase chuckled.

"That may be true, Nyx." Chase said as Twilight giggled some more. "But we still have more levels to do before we even think of being full highly skilled masters."

Santos and Jewel nodded in agreement.

"Chase is right. Being highly trained is one thing, but teaching in a school is much more complex than that." Santos said with a smile.

"You got that right, honey." Jewel said in agreement with her husband.

"I still feel a little jealous that you've made it to full kunoichi, Twilight." Starlight said with a smile despite feeling a little envy for Twilight. "I wish I could be a kunoichi too."

"Don't worry, Starlight. You'll make it there soon enough." Chase assured Starlight with a smile.

"As long as she doesn't smack herself in the head a few times." Rainbow said teasingly with a smirk as Applejack, Antonio, Sokka, Clay, and Pinkie snickered in amusement.

Starlight, Twilight, Chase, Sunray, Trini, Jade, Fluttershy, Nyx, Jewel, and Santos glared at them unamusingly.

Then they recovered.

"But she'll get there." Rainbow said quickly, not wanting to get anything ugly.

"That's what I thought you said." Starlight said annoyingly.

"Don't worry, Starlight." Nyx said with a gentle smile. "You'll make it."

"Yeah, but I want to do a real mission. What about you Nyx?" Starlight asked Nyx curiously.

"It took us fifteen years before Mom and Dad let me go on a real mission. You got a long way to go sister." Nyx replied with a smirk before she recomposed herself. "But I'm still a kid."

"Not that long. A decade or two will fly like that." Jade said assuringly.

"That might take forever." Starlight complained with a jealous look.

"Don't worry." Twilight said with a smile as she turned to Starlight. "You'll get there soon enough."

"Yeah, just be patient and your time will come." Chase added in agreement.

Starlight smiled in appreciation to her mentors.

Dojo turned his head to them.

"Yeah, and sometimes when I feel like I haven't been doing anything to achieve a fighter in my days as a guardian dragon, I often have a nice bowl of tofu and rice." Dojo said with a smile.

His riders just looked at him curiously and dumbfounded.

"Dojo, you know, you always have been doing that for a while since you are now out of Zhao's control, right?" Chase asked weirdly.

"Yeah, and I have been adding more than enough food in my diet to keep me busy while I'm cleaning." Dojo said cheeky like.

Chase, Twilight, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Starlight gave him dry looks.

Dojo looked at them for a moment before he turned his head away to keep going for Ponyville.

"So moving on." Chase said changing the subject. "You'll be there in no time, Starlight. After all, we did get you in training."

Starlight smiled in appreciation to Chase.

Suddenly, Dojo began to sniff something.

"Hey, I smell smoke!" Dojo said confusingly.

This got the others' attention.

"Smoke?" The group asked confusingly.

It was then Spike noticed something down below.

"Hey, guys. Down there!" Spike shouted in alarm as he pointed something off screen, making the others turn to it.

To their surprise, a few trees, ferns, and sticks were burning up.

"All of the trees are burning!" Spike said in alarm.

"Dojo, take us down there!" Chase ordered.

"On it!" Dojo replied as he flew down towards the ground.

Once Dojo landed, the others slid down from him as they investigated the burning trees, sticks, and ferns.

"How did they catch on fire?" Rarity asked worriedly.

"Oh, the poor trees!" Fluttershy said worriedly. "What if there are animals still here that could not make it out alive?!"

"Don't worry, honey. I'm sure they may have found a way to escape somehow." Sokka said to his wife gently.

"Hey, guys! You gotta see this!" Antonio said, getting the others attention as they made their way to him.

"What is it?" Twilight asked with concern.

Antonio said nothing as he pointed at something at the ground and the group turned to it, only to widen their eyes in shock.

What they were seeing was a puddle of Sanzu River water.

"Is that what I think it is?" Jade asked worriedly as her family and friends shared the same look.

Chase knelt down studying the puddle with his eyes narrowed.

"Yeah." Chase said as he used his magic to pick up a twig that wasn't burnt and he dipped it into the puddle, causing it to catch on fire. "It's Sanzu River water."

"This looks worse than the last time we saw the Sanzu River rising into the river." Jade said, not liking this.

Pinkie felt her Pinkie Sense going off, making the others turn to their hyperactive friend with concern.

"Pinkie?" Twilight asked with concern.

Pinkie settled down.

"Uh, guys… Something tells me there's a lot more here." Pinkie said nervously.

Feeling nervous, they all turned to see more around them. They breathed heavily as they silently made their way around the puddles.

"Okay, guys. Don't… touch… any of them. If we do, we'll get burned real bad." Chase said cautiously.

"Right." They said in unison, still horrified.

But since she heard Pinkie saying there's more, Rainbow Dash took to the skies and scanned the area. Then her eyes widened in shock.

"Uh, guys. I think there's plenty more in this area." Rainbow said, scared.

Deciding to see for themselves, Chase and Twilight flew into the air to join Rainbow. Then to their surprise and horror, there was a huge river that had the Sanzu River water in it.

The three landed before the group with horrified and worried looks on their faces.

"What's happening?" Fluttershy asked worriedly.

"The Sanzu River has infected the water supply in this area." Chase replied back with a worried look.

This made the group gasp in horror.

"Oh no." Applejack said in horror.

"That means Zhao could be making the Sanzu River rise again." Jewel said in horror.

Dojo, still enlarged, looked ahead on the horizon and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Hey, guys. I think I see something on the horizon." Dojo said, gaining the others' attention. "You're gonna wanna have to see this."

The others climbed back on the huge dragon as he took to the skies. They noticed a huge ominous glow in the distance.

"What's that?" Clay asked in confusion.

Twilight gasped in horror as she realized where that glow was.

"That must be in Ponyville!" Twilight said in horror.

"Then the Quinkan must be attacking everypony there." Santos said. "We must get there and stop them quickly!"

"Hang on tight, everybody! We're going in!" Dojo said as he flew to Ponyville as fast as he could with the others riding on him. "Fasten your seatbelts!"

"Not the time, Dojo!" Chase said as the huge dragon continued to fly as fast as he could to Ponyville.

(Scene changes)

Unknown to all of them, they were being watched by Zhao as he observed them from his orb. He smirked evilly.

"Yes, follow the trail, my enemies." Zhao said sinisterly. "Once you are all done for, there will be no hope to save the world."

Zhao chuckled sinisterly.

(Scene changes)

Dojo had just flown into the Ponyville area as they landed next to Town Hall. The Mane sixteen, Santos, Jewel, and Spike climbed down from Dojo as the guardian dragon shape shifted to his smaller size.

When they arrived in Ponyville, they were shocked and horrified by what they were seeing. All of the buildings were set in flames as there were puddles of Sanzu River water everywhere.

"What happened here?" Chase asked, horrified by the scene before him as the others were horrified by this as well.

"Where is everypony?" Twilight asked in horror.

"This is bad. Very, very, bad." Jade said, terrified.

"Princess Twilight! Master Chase!" A voice called to them, making the alicorn couple, their family, and friends turn to see Mayor Mare hiding inside Town Hall behind the gates.

Coming to her, Chase and the others walked inside as they were surprised to see the residents of Ponyville hiding inside with scared looks on their faces.

"What is everypony doing here?" Twilight asked worriedly.

"A huge fire was caught in the Everfree Forest and began to spread around Ponyville." Mayor Mare explained. "Then it started to spread in the other parts where you were coming from."

"All of us are wondering who would do this." Bon Bon said horrified.

"Zhao." Chase said with a glare. "He must've been the one spreading this evil wildfire around here."

"Yeah, and we bet he's scaring all of you." Rainbow said with a glare of what the Quinkan leader was doing.

"Well, he's doing a pretty good job of doing." Silver Spoon remarked with a scared look.

"Sounds like this might be a good time for the Elite Ninja to rise again to take on this evil again!" Antonio said with a smirk.

Chase placed a hoof on his older cousin with a look of caution.

"Wait a minute, Antonio." Chase said with concern. "Something tells me that this is what Zhao wants us to do. If he's starting his invasion again, we're gonna have to be on full alert."

"Yeah, I don't like this one bit, guys." Trini said with worry in her voice.

Then a loud growl was heard outside, making everypony freeze in place as a whimper was heard among the crowd.

Suddenly…

CRASH!

The top of Town Hall was ripped wide open as some debris fell down,making everypony scatter as they screamed in fright.

Chase, his family, and friends gazed up to see a giant Spiderquin growling down at them. Then it raised its left front appendage and slammed it down in the middle, but everypony ran out the doors. The citizens of Ponyville ran in different directions to hide as Chase, his family, and his friends were the last ones to run out of Town Hall.

Suddenly, the Quinkan army appeared before them, making the group stop in surprise.

Kai, Wuya, and Tai Lung appeared before them with evil smirks as they stood in front of the Quinkan army.

"Well, looks like our army made our job a whole lot easier." Wuya said deviously.

Chase, his family, and friends glared at the villains angrily.

"Time to bring you all to Master Zhao once and for all." Tai Lung said as he and Kai each dished out their respective weapons.

Chase, Trini, Twilight, Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Santos lit their horns as they stood on their hind legs, their aura hands appeared on their front hooves, and they dished out their respective weapons as they got into fighting stances while gripping their weapons. Nyx lit her horn, stood on her hind legs, made her aura hands appear, made a pair of sais appear, and held them in a fighting stance. Clay and Sokka stood on their hind legs as they dished out their respective weapons.

"We'll take care of these goons, you guys help the other ponies get to a safe distance from here." Chase ordered the six girls and Spike.

"On it!" Applejack complied as she led the others to find the citizens of Ponyville so they could get them to a safe distance.

"Attack!" Kai shouted as he pointed the tip of one of his kyoketsu-shoge at the group of ponies and Spike.

Then the fight broke loose as the Elite Ninja battled relentlessly against the mass amount of Protoquin soldiers. Sunray used his Bo staff to whack a bunch of his opponents.

Chase used both his katana swords as he slashed and sliced his way through some Pyroquin soldiers, avoiding various assaults around him as he did so.

One soldier attempted to attack him by leaping towards him to restrain him, however Chase saw his attack coming, and performed a perfect split as he slid to the floor, watching as the soldier flew over his head and smacked into another. Chase smirked as he slid himself effortlessly to his feet.

Sunray had seen the whole thing, and he winced.

"Dude, how do you do that?!" Sunray cried.

Chase drop kicked a soldier and grinned at his younger brother.

"Because I'm me!" Chase teased, shrugging before he turned back to fell yet another unfortunate soldier. Sunray only rolled his eyes with a smirk, and returned to the battle.

Seizing his chance to get a shot in, Tai Lung charged at Chase with his own katana swords drawn as the alicorn stallion was busy with another soldier, and before he could move out of the way, Tai Lung slashed him across his left shoulder, leaving a nasty mark. Chase cried out in pain as he stumbled backwards, losing his footing as he fell down the steps and landed painfully on his back.

Hearing the thump, Twilight turned to where her husband lay on his back, and she gasped.

"Chase!" Twilight cried out as Nyx turned to see her father as well.

"Daddy!" Nyx cried out in horror.

Making quick work of the soldier he'd been fighting, Nyx and Twilight leapt to Chase's aide and charged straight for Tai Lung just as he was about to stab Chase in the neck, their eyes ablaze with anger as they kicked him.

The snow leopard rolled across the floor before Tai Lung managed to flip in the air and land in a crouch on his feet. Chase, Twilight, and Nyx held their weapons before they pointed them viciously at the snow leopard.

"You think you can beat me, ponies?" Tai Lung spat with a smirk.

Nyx narrowed her eyes.

"We don't think, we know!" Nyx shouted as she charged at Tai Lung.

But just when she tried to attack him, the snow leopard landed a devastating blow to her head with the handle of one of his katana swords as she yelped, knocking her unconscious.

"Nyx!" Chase and Twilight shouted in alarm.

Tai Lung took the alicorn filly in his hands as he smirked at the horrified royal couple of friendship.

"Well, thank you two very much." Tai Lung said sinisterly as he jumped on top of a roof that wasn't completely burning. "Finish them."

At his command, Fifteen Electroquins jumped in, surrounding Twilight and Chase as they glared at them. Suddenly the monsters began to attack, only for Chase and Twilight to knock them down easily with punches and kicks.

But then an Electroquin shocked them from behind, making them cry out in pain and they went unconscious

Antonio kicked five Protoquin soldiers aside, punched two to the ground, and jumped out of the way from an Uberquin's attempted punch.

Sokka, Santos, Trini, Jewel, and Jade worked together as they faced off against some Protoquin and Pyroquin soldiers. Then the monsters charged at the three ponies, only for them to get knocked out easily.

Sokka and Santos performed a perfect split kick at two Protoquin soldiers, back kicked another aside, and punched the other to the ground. Trini, Jewel, and Jade worked together as they each kicked two Protoquin soldiers aside and punched two aside.

But then five Electroquins jumped from behind them and then shot electric beams at the five ponies, shocking them instantly as they went unconscious.

Clay dodged Wuya's attacks, while Sunray was battling Kai. He twirled his staff and attacked. Kai kept dodging and then he kicked Sunray on the head, knocking him out.

He picked Sunray up from the ground. Clay tried to attack from behind with his kusarigama, but Kai heard him, grabbed the chain, and swung both ponies to the ground, knocking them both down unconscious.

Soon the Elite Ninja, Twilight, Santos, and Jewel were unconscious.

Kai and Wuya stared at them down with daunting smirks on their faces.

"We expected more from you fools since Darius had indeed taught you well, but he hasn't taught you everything he always knew." Kai said deviously.

"Even I would've been impressed." Wuya added in agreement with Kai as she kicked the unconscious face of Chase Young.

Tai Lung approached them while holding the unconscious Nyx in his hands.

"Now that we have the filly and the energy from Chase's element, what should we do with the rest of them?" Wuya asked Tai Lung with a sinister look.

The snow leopard gazed at the unconscious ponies with a devious smirk.

"Leave them." Tai Lung said sinisterly. "They are of no use to us."

Wuya then used her magic to open a portal to the Hollow Shades village. Then they went through it with Nyx held captive as flames continued to engulf the houses and buildings in Ponyville while Chase, his two friends, and the rest of his family remained unconscious.

(Scene changes)

In the throne room in the Well of Shade, Kai, Tai Lung, and Wuya walked past the torches as they pressed forward before they stopped in the center.

Zhao was standing on the throne chair.

"Master Zhao, we bring you the girl and the magical energy." Tai Lung announced as he presented the unconscious Nyx and the dagger containing the energy from the Element of Bravery.

Zhao smiled sinisterly as he got up from his throne and approached the three. He took the dagger in his right and touched the tip of the blade with his left index finger.

Suddenly, the energy began to transfer right into Zhao as it sparked dangerously until it stopped once all of the magic was in him.

The Quinkan leader smirked evilly.

"Finally, we have all the five energies we need to find the Zeo Crystal." Zhao said sinisterly as Kai, Tai Lung, and Wuya bowed to him in respect.

Zhao stood in front of Tai Lung as he faced his master.

"You have done well, Tai Lung." Zhao said to his top level student with an evil smirk. "You make us all proud."

Tai Lung smiled wickedly to his master in reply.

Soon the entire army of the Quinkan appeared as they walked into the scene with growls and snarls. Celtic and Lightning Dust were leading them. Then emerging from the throne room was none other than a familiar gang, the Blue Dragons with Draco leading the group.

"Tai Lung, it's good to see you back in action." Draco said respectively as he and the rest of his gang bowed in respect to the snow leopard.

After hearing the return of the Thievius Snow Leopard Assassin's return, they had the chance to meet Tai Lung face to face for the first time.

Tai Lung smirked in appreciation.

Celtic approached Zhao while holding scroll and quill in his magic.

"With all five magical energies we've collected all over the world along with having Nyx as our additional bonus, we will have all we need to unlock the gateway to our location holding the Zeo Crystal, the Temple of Ninja Tribunal." Celtic announced the information.

Zhao smiled evilly.

"Good. The powers from the five dragon guardians are as good as mine." Zhao said sinisterly as he stepped into the center, addressing all of those who are with him. "We have only kept Chase Young and his family distracted long enough so that we can destroy the world with all the five energies we've collected for our attempt to rise the Sanzu River from the Netherworld. But very soon Chase will be ready to strike at us, and I need all of you to stop him if he ever finds his daughter."

"Former daughter of her previous alicorn parents?" Draco asked curiously.

"Yes, we had her prisoner for over a millenia. And now we have her once more." Wuya said with a wicked smile.

"Which is why we are going to use her as bait for Chase Young and his family." Zhao said with an evil smile. "He and Twilight have formed a special bond with that little girl since they are raising her as their daughter. And I want to personally deal with that alicorn stallion myself. If he brings the rest of his family and friends in, I want you all to deal with them so that I can put him out of his misery. Once he's out of the way with everyone he loved, this world will be mine to have so I can turn Equestria into the next Netherworld when I should have turned from the previous invasion."

The Quinkan roared in agreement with their leader as his followers smirked at hearing his plan to begin a new world order for evil.

"The final chapter of this world's destiny begins now." Zhao said sinisterly. "The Age of Ragnarok will finally begin and there will be no one left to stand in my way."

He turned his attention to Tai Lung with Nyx in his hands.

"I will bring Nyx with me to the temple so we will be ready when Chase Young finds us." Zhao said sinisterly before he addressed the rest of the army. "Be prepared, for we will have that meddling stallion out of our way soon enough!"

Draco and his Blue Dragons cheered in agreement while the Quinkan army roared for victory.

Zhao smirked sinisterly, knowing he is ready to begin the next phase in his plan to take over Equestria soon enough.

(Scene changes)

At the White Lotus campground, the members of the entire clan were continuing to practice with katas, doing weapons practice, and archery.

In the dojo, Pakku was just busy doing some meditation. Then he had Chase and his family overwhelmed by the Quinkan while Nyx was being held captive. Then he had a vision of Zhao raising his left hand to extend the blades from his gauntlet and slashes down. It startled him out of his meditation with a gasp in surprise.

The sliding doors slid open to reveal Bumi and Iroh after hearing him.

"Pakku, is everything alright?" Iroh asked in alarm.

"What happened?" Bumi asked in concern.

Pakku was breathing heavily from the two horrible visions he had.

"It's the Quinkan." Pakku said in alarm. "They've overwhelmed Chase and his family. Nyx is held captive in their grasp. They must be after the Zeo Crystal."

Hearing this made Bumi and Iroh turn to each other with concern and horror.

"If they make it to the Temple of The Ninja Tribunal, then the power of the five Dragon Guardians will be in Zhao's grasp for him to rule the world." Bumi said with worry and concern.

"We must get to Ponyville and get to Chase as quickly as we can." Iroh said urgently. "If they're injured, we must heal them."

"Then we must hurry. Immediately." Pakku said firmly as Bumi and Iroh left to get ready for the battle for Equestria against the Quinkan again.

Pakku was getting ready when he noticed something from his window. He walked to it and noticed an ominous red glow in the distance.

He feared that this day would come again for the end of the world. And it was just the beginning.

"No matter what happens, we must stop the Quinkan before they obtain the power from the Dragon Guardians." Pakku said firmly as the sky was now becoming red.

To be continued…