The Ruins of Directions
Chapter 8
Finally, the heroes will arrive at the Ruins of Directions. The usual stuff will happen in this chapter: Monster Minions fights, reviving fallen heroes, lots of dialogue. However, there will be a new kind of battle style so look forward to that in this chapter. As I'm sure you've all probably noticed, so far, the heroes have been breezing through the monster minion fights and fighting the False version of their friends. Yeah, that's going to change in this chapter. Some future chapters, heroes will fly through the fights easily and in other future chapters they won't. The My Little Pony team will also be very helpful to the heroes. And finally, what you've all been waiting for: the 3 new characters from the last new universe. I won't directly reveal who these characters are, but I will leave clues as to who one of the new characters are. If you can guess who that character is, then you can probably guess the other two. Enjoy!
NOTE: there will be lyrics to a song in this chapter, I don't own the song at all
Meanwhile, in the portal from Equestria to the Realm of Imagination…
Gold, Spike, Josh and the Mane Six were flying through the strange portal. It had only taken Gold a few moments to get through the portal to Equestria, but the portal seemed to be so much longer. "Just keep flying and don't lose focus!" Gold called to the Mane Six. "Didn't you say that this was supposed to be a rough ride?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, I know that my friends said that they saw weird and strange things when they entered the portal." Gold said. "Did those strange things cause any harm to them?" Rarity asked. "Everyone came out of the portal unharmed; it wasn't until we all landed hard on the ground, that we felt pain." Gold said. As they flew through the portal, Twilight noticed objects flying towards them. "Um, Gold are those the weird things that you were talking about?!" Twilight asked. Gold looked ahead and saw the strange objects. "Yes, they are. Everyone just keep flying straight forward. Whatever those things are, won't hit us, even though it may seem like they will." Gold said. As soon as the group were flying in between the assortment of items, they kept their focus, aside from Pinkie Pie who was happy to name off everything she saw above her.
"Oh, wow! Lemons, oranges, apples, grapes, strawberries, bananas, peaches, blue berries, pears, kiwis, pineapples, watermelons, raspberries, mangos, coconuts, black berries, tangerines, limes-!" Pinkie Pie shouted before Rainbow Dash interrupted her. "Pinkie! It would really help us if you didn't shout everything you see!" Rainbow Dash said. "Sorry, Rainbow Dash, I'll just name everything I see underneath us!" Pinkie Pie said. "Pinkie Pie, please don't-." Fluttershy asked but it was pointless as Pinkie already started naming stuff again. "Ooh, look! Carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, onions, squash, broccoli, green beans, lettuce, salad, peppers, pumpkins, cabbage, asparaguses-!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "Pinkie!" They all shouted. "Alright, I was just trying to make this flight more fun." Pinkie Pie said. "Darling, I think that was more annoying than the bright and hypnotizing colored lights inside of this portal." Rarity said. "Just close your eyes, it helps." Rainbow Dash said. "Uh, Rainbow are you saying that you've been flyin' with your eyes closed this whole time!?" Applejack asked. "Yeah, what's wrong with that? Gold said that all we had to do was fly straight forward." Rainbow Dash said. "Rainbow Dash, I suggest that you keep your eyes open since we don't know what will be waiting for us once we make it out of this portal." Twilight said. "Fine. How much longer until we get out of this thing!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Why? You getting tired Rainbow Dash?" Gold asked as he chuckled. "No! I'm just asking!" Rainbow Dash said. "I don't know, I've never traveled from your universe to another universe. Just keep your eyes open for an exit." Gold said.
After a few minutes of flying, they spotted a glow of bright light up ahead. "There's the exit!" Twilight called. "Finally! These portal lights were about to drive me insane!" Rarity said. "Should we slow down?" Applejack asked. "One my signal, we all need to push back with our wings and just stop flying immediately to prevent us from crashing into anything on the other side of the portal." Gold said. "You summoned the portal from a safe location, right?" Spike asked. "Spike, in the realm of imagination, danger can strike from anywhere. But I was alone when I summoned the portal." Gold said. "What if there are bad people on the other side waiting for us?" Fluttershy asked. "Well, then we take them down!" Gold said. "Were almost there!" Twilight said. When the group was seconds from the portal, Gold began his countdown. "Alright, I'm going to count from 3 to 1 and then we stop flying! Ready? 3… 2… 1… NOW!" Gold yelled as they all used their strength to cancel their flight speed. As soon as they stopped flying, they were all pulled in from the portal's exit and they were blasted out of the portal.
When Gold and the others were shot out if the portal, they landed on the ground very hard. "That hurt a lot more than last time." Gold said as he stood up. "Are you okay, Josh?" Gold asked. "Don't worry, I'm alright. But Spike doesn't look too good." Josh said as he pointed to Spike, who must have lost grip of Twilight and had rolled into the wall. "Spike, are you okay?" Gold asked. "Yeah, I think so." Spike said as he got up off the ground. "Good, how about you ponies are you all okay?" Gold asked. The Mane Six were grunting and groaning as they had hit the ground hard. "Maybe that isn't the best question to ask them." Josh said as he jumped next to Gold. "Where are we?" Twilight asked. "Welcome to the realm of imagination I guess." Gold said. "Are we in a building or something?" Pinkie Pie asked. "We are at the Forge of Creation. The place where I can finish making the second imagination glove. But first, I have to repair this old piece of junk." Gold said. "So, what do we do now?" Spike asked. "I'm glad you asked Spike because I have jobs for all of you." Gold said. "Straight to business, I like this dragon." Applejack said. "Josh, I want you to help me with both the forge and the glove of imagination." Gold said. "I'll be happy to help." Josh said. "Mane Six, I want you to collect some of the broken gears and tools that are lying around here and bring them to the front of the Forge." Gold said. The group groaned. "Are you sure you didn't bring us here just to do chores for you?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yeah, and what about me, what's my job, I'm not going to sit around and do nothing?" Spike asked. "Rainbow Dash, I'll get back to you on that. Spike you have the most important job of all." Gold said. "I do!? What is it!?" Spike asked excitedly. Gold then used his magic to summon some screen of some sort. However, everyone noticed that it was projecting live feed of what the other heroes were doing at this moment. "Spike, you watch over the team and when it looks like they are in immediate danger, as in thy are at risk of death, you alert us and I'll send you all over to them and you will finally join the heroes of imagination." Gold said. "That's so cool!" Spike said as he immediately sat down in front of the screen and watched the monitor.
"Why don't we just go to them now?" Twilight asked. "Because I don't want you all to scare them." Gold said. "But were not scary, are we?" Fluttershy asked. "Of course, not Fluttershy." Rarity said. "Of course, you're not scary. It's just that they are about to enter a certain part of the land that is seriously called, 'This part of the land is Random'." Gold said. They all started breaking into laughter. "Are you serious?! 'This part of the land is Random'? What kind of name is that?" Pinkie Pie asked. "That is so uninspired and hilarious." Rarity laughed. "Who thought of that one?" Twilight asked. "Jokes aside, do you all understand why I don't want to send you to them yet?" Gold asked. "I don't think so." Twilight said. "Well, it's because since they are in the Random land, anything can show up or happen. I don't them to attack you all thinking you ponies are some evil creatures." Gold said. "But, don't they know who we are?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Not yet." Gold said. "Couldn't you do that snappy thingy again like you did in Equestria?" Pinkie Pie asked. "I could but they would still think you would be enemies. Even if you tried reasoning with them." Gold said. "So, until they actually need our help, were stuck doing chores?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yes, but these chores are very important. It is extremely important that I get this forge back and running again." Gold said. "Well, hopefully they will need our help soon because I don't want to think that we all came here for nothing." Spike said. "Don't worry, they will need your help soon enough." Gold said. "How do you know that?" Twilight asked. "Because I can sense that a danger is approaching them soon." Gold said. "Well, come on girls. Let's buy some time before our big journey." Twilight said as they all walked outside of the forge.
Meanwhile, back with the heroes (Spike is still watching them on the screen) …
"Hold on a-guys!" Mario said as he stopped everyone from moving forward. "What's up, Mario?" Tsunami asked. "That a-sign." Mario said as he pointed to a sign in front of them. Emmet walked up to the sign and read it. "You are now entering, 'This part of the land is Random'. Turn back now or you will experience stuff random enough to make you cringe or smack yourself in the head." Emmet read. "Well, whoever wrote this sign really wanted to make their message clear." Gumball said. "What do you mean?" Clay asked. "Look at the bottom part of the sign, 'You want some chicken strips?'." Gumball read. "Okay, that is just stupid." Nick said. "Uh, guys, look." Starflight said as he pointed. They looked to where Starflight was pointing. "What the heck is that?" Judy asked. They saw a house of lollipops in the distance being built by… barbies. "Let's move a-forward very slowly. And don't talk to anyone." Mario said as they cautiously stepped into the random area.
As they walked into the random area, they noticed how, well… random, things were in this area. "Ha, hey guys look, there's a cow holding a skate board." Clay said. "This place is very weird. I'd much rather let Gumball break logic again." Nick said. "I could do that and get us out of here." Gumball said. "I'm going to ask you to not do that." Nick said. As they walked past every random thing they could find, something tapped Glory on the shoulder. Glory turned and hissed at whoever was behind her. "Uwah! What the heck is that!?" Glory cried. Glory saw a cat as tall herself and it was standing on its back legs. "Are you getting a good deal on your car insurance?" The cat asked. Suddenly the cat was shot in the back by Gumball. "Thanks, kid." Glory said. "There can only be one cat in this realm." Gumball said. The team continued to walk through the land until they reached a part where the path split into other paths. "Oh, great! Now what are we going to do?!" Glory asked. "The obvious, we split up and follow the paths." Judy said. "But I thought we agreed not to split up." Luigi said. "Well, a-bro it looks like we have no a-choice." Mario said. "Remember guys, under no circumstances are we supposed to communicate with any living… thing we see." Tsunami said. "But Tsunami, that bear with a fish tail is giving me the same look like the star gave me back in apocalypsebirg." Emmet said. "Emmet, just turn your head and look away." Nick said as he turned Emmet to face the other way.
"Why don't we just go together in one path?" Gumball asked. "Well, look at that sign." Sunny said as she pointed to another sign. It read: 'If more than one person goes on one path, all of you will die from a heart attack caused by a video of Barney the Dinosaur flossing'. "Well that's just great!" Starflight said. "Come on you guys! Where's your spirit of adventure?" Judy asked. "I think I left it home with my soul." Clay said. Everyone just looked at Clay. "Nah, I'm just kidding." Clay said. "Well, let's get this over with. The Ruins of Directions should be really close after this place." Nick said. "Hooray! Let's go!" Emmet said as he ran into a random path. "And there he goes." Gumball said. "Well, come on guys, let's get out of this random place." Judy said as she made her way through another path. The heroes looked at each other and shrugged as they each walked into their own different path.
Emmet happily walked down his path, which went through a cave. "I don't know what kind of random things I'm supposed to be seeing, but I'm ready for anythi-WAH! What is that!?" Emmet cried as he saw a human male with crayons in his beard standing in front of him. "Remember guys, under no circumstances are we supposed to communicate with any living… thing we see." Tsunami's voice echoed in Emmet's mind. "Hello, good sir, my name is Emmet and I was wondering if you step aside so I can make it out of this cave that I'm currently in." Emmet said. The man just looked at Emmet and said, "I have seen things." "Ha! So, have I! I've seen so many weird things!" Emmet said. "Do you like super glue?" The man asked. "Well, after the Kragle experience back home, not very much." Emmet said. The man then put on a very disgusting rage face. "Then I kill you!" The man said as he pulled out two giant spears shaped to look like crayons. "GAAAH! Creepy man with color spears!" Emmet cried as he grabbed legos and built a staircase over the man and ran over him. "You're not getting away, brickface!" The man yelled as he shattered the staircase. "I should have listened to Tsunami!" Emmet yelled as he ran away from the scary man.
Meanwhile, in Judy's path, which was also in a cave, Judy was carefully walking through, her shotgun ready to fire at any threat. Judy then heard the sound of a rock being kicked behind her. "Nice try!" Judy yelled as she turned around and aimed her gun right at… a stick figure with a big smiley-face head. "Wow, that is random." Judy said, not lowering her defense or her gun. The stick figure leaned its face closer to Judy. "Would you like to see a magic trick?" The smiley-face figure asked creepily. Judy responded by shooting the figure. "You are ded, not big surprise." The figure said. "Well, that was disturbing." Judy said as she turned to walk. As Judy walked through the cave, she again heard the sound of a rock being kicked from behind her. Judy turned around and was very shocked as she saw 4 tall carrots with arms, legs, and a face. "Oh, my gosh! What is going on?!" Judy cried. "Did you know carrots are good for your eyes?" One of the carrots asked. "I guess so." Judy said. "Do you want to be our friend?" The second carrot asked. Judy didn't want to anger these… carrots. "Sure, why not?" Judy chuckled nervously. "She can't be our friend, she's a rabbit. Rabbits eat carrots." The third carrot said. All the carrots just looked at Judy dead in the eye. "Oh, no." Judy said. A fourth carrot pointed at Judy. "You eat carrots, you kill carrots, now we kill YOU!" The carrot said as they all pulled out swords that were of course shaped like carrots. Judy scoffed at this and aimed her gun right at the fourth carrot and pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. Judy looked at her gun and then back at the carrots. The second carrot smiled creepily and pointed to the ground in front of Judy. Judy looked down and literally there was a line she was crossing and in front of the line was a message that read: 'If you are crossing this line and have a gun in your hands, yeah sucka that a'int gonna work now until you're out of this spooky cave'. Judy looked back up to the carrots. "You a real squash now!" the third carrot yelled as they ran towards Judy. "This doesn't make any sense!" Judy cried as she ran away from the carrots.
Gumball was cautiously walking through his path, which was above ground but it was through a small random village. "Ugh, this place is horrible." Gumball shuddered as he walked past every random living creature in the village. "Hey, kitten do you want some chicken strips?" A random seagull asked. Gumball said nothing and just walked past the seagull. "Hey cat, do you believe in multi-verses?" A random camel dressed in a business suit asked. Gumball looked away from the camel, only to see a random turtle with a cardboard box instead of a shell. "What the what are you supposed to be?" Gumball asked. "I have severe social depression." The turtle said. "I'm just going to continue walking down the path that is definitely not made out of red, white and pink candy corn." Gumball said as he walked away from the turtle. Gumball then came a cross a sign that read: 'The path you wish to go can only be accessed if you go through the right path. If you are a cat go left, if you are a mammal go right, if you are a talking animal go back and if you have gender please go forward'. Gumball just stared at the sign and was very confused on what to do. "Um, well I mean, I'm kind of all of those things." Gumball said to himself. Gumball then saw a random monkey dressed like a police officer and aiming a sniper rifle at Gumball's head. "Um, hello officer, can I ask which path I go through to get out of town?" Gumball asked nervously. "Can't you read the sign?" The monkey asked. "I did read the sign, but I'm kind of all of those things." Gumball said. "You're everything on the sign! UYRFIYSEIYET!" The monkey yelled as he fell on the floor. "Um, officer, are you okay?" Gumball asked. Then a strange female voice said, "Officer Ape has suffered a heart attack and has died." The voice said. Gumball was now scarred for life as he chose to go forward. After Gumball walked past the sign, he all of a sudden found himself outside the random land. "Well, that was easier than expected. Now, to wait for my friends to get out of their torture. Oh, that poor police officer." Gumball said as he sat down and contemplated what he saw in that strange and random little village.
Mario walked into his path and it took him through a house of cards. Mario looked ahead of him and saw that only a few yards in front of him was outside of the land since he could see Gumball sitting down, looking very upset. "Hmm, I may a-have the easiest path." Mario said as he walked through the house. Mario noticed two people living in this house, a king chess piece and a queen chess piece. "That is a-very strange." Mario said. Suddenly, both chess pieces grew a face and started talking to Mario. "What are you doing in my deck house?" The king asked. "WAH! I uh, was a-just getting out of this place." Mario said. "You picked the wrong house fool!" the queen said as she grew an arm and picked up a bishop chess piece and held it like a spear. "Oh, mama mia!" Mario cried as he ran from the chess pieces. It seemed that no matter how far Mario ran, the doorway out got farther and farther. Mario was suddenly tripped by a knight chess piece. Mario looked up to find the queen chess piece aiming the bishop chess piece at his face and the king chess piece looking down at Mario. "My queen, kill him." The king said. "Checkmate, fat man!" The queen said as she thrusted the bishop chess piece at Mario. Mario jumped out of the way. "I didn't want to a-do this, but you leave me no choice!" Mario said as he threw a fire ball at the floor, the card floor instantly catching on fire. "NO! What have you done?!" The king asked. "Goodbye, chess people!" Mario said as he ran for the door. The door was playing its trick again so Mario just closed his eyes and quickened his pace. When Mario closed his eyes however, the door suddenly appeared in front of Mario and he went flying out and face-planted right next to Gumball. "Oh, hey Mario." Gumball said. "Ow, hey Gumball. What a-happened?" Mario asked. "You got blasted out of a card house and you killed the two chess pieces by burning their card house down." Gumball said. "I a-did?" Mario asked as he turned around. Indeed, there was a house of cards falling down as it burned. What disturbed Mario was the fact that he saw the wooden chess pieces burning like firewood. "That was… extreme. What's wrong with you, you look horrible?" Mario asked. "I have seen things." Gumball said as he shuddered.
Glory walked through her path, which was inside a cave. Glory wish she had chosen a different path because inside this cave, was a bunch of male dragons with heads of bears all just looking at her. "Ugh! I'd much rather relive my first date with Deathbringer! Well, at least he remained positive during the disaster." Glory said. "Excuse me, dragoness? Are you single?" One dragon-bear thing asked. "No, and if any of you… bears try anything I will kill you!" Glory said. The dragon-bears looked at each other and another one approached Glory as she continued to walk away. "Do you like apples or pears?" a dragon-bear asked. "Go away." Glory said. Then all of the dragon-bears pulled out watermelons. "What are you going to do with those fruits?" Glory asked. "We are going to destroy you." One dragon-bear said. Glory gasped and watched as they started walking towards her. "Eat this dirtbag!" Glory said as she spit venom into one the dragon-bear's eyes. The dragon-bear did nothing and rubbed the venom out of his eyes. "That is not going to kill us." The dragon-bear said. Glory said nothing as she ran for her life away from these dragon-bears. The dragon-bears walked very slowly. "Do you think she knows that were slower than tortoises?" One dragon-bear asked. "That is why we DON'T tell anyone were going to destroy them." Another said. Glory was out of that cave in a matter of minutes as she ran out of the cave and tripped over a rock, landing in front of Mario and Gumball. "You okay, Glory?" Mario asked. "Oh, yes Mario! I'm completely fine! I totally was not almost murdered by a bunch of creepy dragon-bears! So, to answer your question, yes I am totally FINE!" Glory yelled. By now, Gumball had somewhat recovered from his random experience. "Gee Glory, you really are kind of a mean and sassy dragon." Gumball said. "And you're an annoying and dangerous cat!" Glory said as she tried to relax herself. "This is a-going to be a joy to work with her." Mario whispered to Gumball.
Nick was walking through his path, which was inside another cave. Nick was sneaking his way past a few random robots that had light bulbs for heads. It didn't make Nick feel any better that the robots all had lightsabers equipped. Nick new his gun and taser staff would be completely ineffective against lightsabers. Nick didn't think that tranquilizing a robot would work. "Alright, the exit is literally past the 10 guards, if I make a single noise, I'm a goner." Nick whispered. Nick stepped closer behind some rocks, hiding him from the sight of the robots. Nick took another step and he heard a loud squeaking sound. Nick cringed as he heard one of the robots walking towards him. Nick found a corner, covered in shadow and hid in it. The lightbulb just barely missed him and went back to guarding the exit. Nick looked to see what had made the noise and he saw that the only way to get to the exit, was littered with squeaky toys all over the floor. "This is really going to stall for time." Nick said. As Nick carefully made his way across the squeaky toy floor, he noticed strings of candy canes dangling from the ceiling. "Now what?" Nick asked. Nick then saw bells on the candy canes and he knew what they were. "Sound alarms, one touch could be my demise." Nick said as he carefully navigated his way through this death trap. It took Nick a good 10 minutes to get past this death trap floor and the 10 guards. Nick was now at the exit, but there were still 3 more guards at the exit. "Well that's just great." Nick said. Nick then got an idea. Nick grabbed one of the squeaky toys and threw it farther back, distracting all of the guards as they inspected the toy. Nick ran to the exit and once he was outside, Nick pulled out his gun and fired a shot into the cave. "See ya losers!" Nick yelled as he ran to Mario, Gumball, and Glory. "Hey, Nick what was the gunshot for?" Glory asked. "Just for the fun of it." Nick said. "You better not have killed anyone." Glory said. "If I did, they were robots with light bulbs for heads." Nick said.
Luigi nervously took out his Poltergeist Vacuum Cleaner and walked down his path, which led into a cave. Luigi took a deep breath, turned on the flashlight on his vacuum cleaner, and walked into the cave. This cave was filled with scary things like paintings of ghosts and monsters. "Of course, I get stuck with the scary cave." Luigi said. Luigi was luckily becoming aware that these were just paintings and drawings. Unfortunately, Luigi didn't see that one of the paintings was alive and it fell to the ground. Luigi turned around quickly and aimed his Poltergeist at the broken painting. "Hello? Are you dead?" Luigi asked nervously. Suddenly, the paining grew giant arms and it lifted itself up. The picture was a painting of a scary looking dolphin. "WAAAH!" Luigi screamed as the dolphin tried to grab him. Luigi ran away as fast as he could. The dolphin grabbed other paintings and try to throw them at Luigi. Luigi dodged all of them but then he ran into a pillar. Luigi fell back and when he heard the dolphin walk in front him, he stood up and backed up against the cave wall. "Oh, no!" Luigi cried. The dolphin then roared loudly at Luigi. Luigi screamed but then he remembered something, Gold had upgraded his Poltergeist with new attack mechanisms. Luigi put his Poltergeist onto its new sniper mode. "Ha, ha! It's your turn to run, monster!" Luigi said as he put the ammo on fist mode and shot the dolphin right in the face. The dolphin roared in pain and when it saw Luigi ready to fire another plunger fist at it, the dolphin roared in fear as it ran away, with Luigi shooting at it to scare it off. "Run like a coward! Ha!" Luigi yelled. Luigi felt proud of himself as he walked out of the cave and saw Mario, Gumball, Glory, and Nick. "What's up, a-bro?" Mario asked. "Not much, I managed to scare a painting monster away. "It's a-good to see you conquer your fear." Mario said. "Thank bro." Luigi said. "Was that painting monster the only thing in your cave?" Glory asked. "Yes, there were no other monsters." Luigi said. "You're a lucky guy." Glory said.
"I wonder how everyone else is doing." Nick said. "Hey, guys." Sunny said. Nick yelled and fell back in shock. "Where the heck did you come from!?" Nick cried. "Oh, I'm sorry Officer Wilde, I just teleported here by accident." Sunny said. "How exactly did you do that? I don't recall you having teleportation powers." Glory asked. "Well, when I went down my path, I saw 3 buttons levitating in the air. A green button, a red button, and a blue button. When I walked up to the buttons, I heard a strange voice say, "You can leave this land if you press the buttons in the correct order. If you mess the order up, you will be trapped here forever. The order is red, blue, red, blue, green, red, blue, green, blue, red, red, red, blue, green, green, and red." So, I pressed the buttons in a completely random order, not the order that the voice told me. The voice told me I had done it correctly and I was instantly teleported here." Sunny explained. "Wow, that's cool." Gumball said. "Well, let's wait for the others." Sunny said.
Starflight was almost out of the land, since his path was above ground and not in a cave. However, Starflight was being followed by a bunch of dominos. "Um, hey dominos, can you all not follow me?" Starflight asked. "You will take us home with you." All the dominos said. "No, I won't. I have a life and it doesn't involve walking talking dominos that have cowboy hats on." Starflight said. "Sure, it does, you can really stack up on your life." A domino said. "That doesn't even make any sense." Starflight said. "Does this place make sense?" a domino asked. "Good point. Okay listen up, if you… dominos don't leave me alone, I will tip you all over." Starflight said. "That was probably the weakest threat we have ever heard." A domino said. "Oh, and you, dominos can do better!" Starflight said. "Oh, we can." A domino said as they all pulled out crossbows. "Woah! What the heck!? What do those things do?!" Starflight asked. "These bolts have the ability to turn the victim into a female permanently." A domino said. "Oh, hecks no! I have a wife and daughter! I'm out of here!" Starflight yelled as he ran for his life. "Get him!" The dominos yelled as they fired the bolts at Starflight. Starflight was terrified that he would get hit and he was horrified when he tripped over something. Starflight tumbled to the ground and he hit the back of his head against a random chair with a bowling ball on top of it. "Ow, that really hurt." Starflight groaned. "Time to change, permanently." A domino said. "Oh, my gosh!" Starflight screamed as he closed his eyes in fear. Starflight heard the sound of the trigger being pulled, but he never felt the bolt hit him. Starflight opened his eyes and he saw an arm blocking the bolt from hitting him.
Starflight looked up and saw that Tsunami had saved him. "Tsunami? But, how are you not dead from the flossing barney video?" Starflight asked. "Luckily whoever was in charge of that video forgot the WIFI password and I just followed you." Tsunami said. "But, why me?" Starflight asked. "Because you missed a sign that said something about gender switches are inevitable down the path you took." Tsunami said. "That's weird and thanks." Starflight said. "Uh-oh. I think we're screwed." A domino said. "Yeah, you sure are." Tsunami said as she started beating the dominos up brutally. "Um, Tsunami, it's okay you can stop now… uh I think that one is, yep you killed it, wait don't… and you just ripped that one in half. Ooh, yep that one's dead." Starflight said. "Alright, lets go." Tsunami said as she helped Starflight to his feet. "Let me ask you this, did you not think to fly out of this path?" Tsunami asked. "I was afraid that I would get shot down by a penguin I saw." Starflight said. "Come on, let's get out of here." Tsunami said as they got out of the land. "Tsunami! Starflight! Over here!" Sunny yelled to them. "Thank goodness you guys made it out." Luigi said. "But, what about the signs rule?" Gumball asked. "They forgot their own WIFI password." Tsunami said. "Ha, clever." Gumball said.
All of a sudden, they heard the sound of Emmet and Judy screaming. "Oh, there they are." Glory said. "SCARY CRAYON BEARD MAN!" Emmet screamed as he ran out of a cave. "CARROTS ARE TRY TO KILL ME!" Judy yelled as she ran out a cave. "I think they're going to crash." Starflight said. "No a-joke." Mario said. Indeed, Emmet and Judy smashed right into each other. "Judy!" Emmet cried. "Emmet!" Judy cried. "You guys! Thank goodness, you won't believe what I saw. I was being chased by a man with a beard that had crayons in it." Emmet said. "Wow." Glory said. "I was chased by a bunch of killer carrots." Judy said. Nick snickered. "What's so funny?" Judy asked. "Nothing. I swear." Nick said. "That's what I thought." Judy said. "Wait, where's Clay?" Gumball asked. "Well, looks like we a-know who is a-missing." Mario said as they waited for Clay to arrive.
Clay was down his path, which was in the same town that Gumball was in a moment ago. Unlike Gumball, Clay was being all sorts of friendly to the random life forms. "Hey, hey, I like what I see." Clay said as he walked past a picture of a tasty dish of food. Then a frog on a unicycle approached Clay. "Hello sir, my name is Dat Boi." Dat Boi said. "Hey, hey look out, here comes Dat Boi." Clay said. "Do you want some memes?" Dat Boi asked as he pulled out a box with a bunch of random memes in it. One meme of a man with glasses on looked at Clay and said, "This cancer!" Clay looked at the other memes and looked back to Dat Boi. "How much for cancerous man?" Clay asked. "That will be $30,000." Dat Boi said. "What would Emmet say about that kind of price? Oh, I know: AWESOME!" Clay said. "You have that much?" Dat Boi asked. "No, but that barbie over there has better looking memes." Clay said. Dat Boi got mad and ran up to the barbie and started attacking it. "Now, that's how you distract Dat Boi." Clay said. Clay continued walking down the path and he eventually spotted something that caught his eyes, it was the statue of Penny Fitzgerald. "Oh, that's Gumball's girlfriend. Might as well bring her along." Clay said as he picked up the statue and began walking towards the exit. However, Clay didn't notice that someone had watched him take the statue, in fact they wanted him to take it. "That was a big mistake, dragon." A female voice said. Clay walked back to his friends. "Hey, guys!" Clay called to them. "Hey, Clay." They responded. "What's that you've got there?" Gumball asked. "I'm glad you asked, Gumball. This here is the statue of Penny." Clay said as he placed the statue on the ground. Gumball said nothing as he ran to the statue to revive Penny. "I'm coming Penny!" Gumball yelled as he dived in the air to dramatically revive Penny.
Suddenly, Gumball and Clay were pushed back by something. Clay and Gumball fell to the ground and they looked up to see what hit them. Clay and Gumball's mouths dropped open as they saw it False Penny. "Penny!?" Gumball cried. "Hello, Gumball. I hope you missed me." False Penny said as she stepped closer to him. "Ugh! What happened to you!? You look horrible!" Gumball said. "How dare you say something so cruel to me!" False Penny said. False Penny had her pom poms with her but Clay noticed that they were hiding hard and metal surfaces, obviously to make the pom poms more of a weapon. "Don't you dare hurt him!" Clay yelled as he blocked False Penny from Gumball. "Beat it you, stupid dragon!" False Penny said as she smacked Clay twice across the face with her pom poms and then one good hit to Clay's chest. "Oh, my aching heart aches 20 times more that it was already!" Clay yelled in pain. "Get out of my WAY!" False Penny yelled as she punched Clay right in the face, knocking him to the ground unconscious. "CLAY!" They all cried. Everyone except Mario and Gumball ran to Clay. "Mario, I've got this, you help Clay." Gumball said. "You a-sure you can fight her?" Mario asked. "Yes, I am." Gumball said. "I'll leave you a-to it." Mario said as he went to tend to Clay. "Listen Penny, I don't care if you're my girlfriend or not! No one, and I mean no one, hurts my new best friend!" Gumball said as he put his photon blasters on fist mode. "Are you actually going to fight me, Gummy?" False Penny asked. "YES, I AM!" Gumball said. "You're choosing an idiotic dragon over me?! What kind of boyfriend are you!? And what kind of boyfriend would hurt his own girlfriend?" False Penny asked. "First off, that idiotic dragon is my new best friend. Second, I'm a complicated but pretty cool boyfriend. And third, YOU are NOT my girlfriend!" Gumball yelled. "Now you've done it you, pathetic hairball! I will strip the flesh from your bones!" False Penny said. "You can sure try, False Penny!" Gumball said as they both got in a battle stance.
Battle #8: Gumball V.S. False Penny
Style: Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Notes: Some characters can switch up their moves sets, but I'll clarify when they do. The list of their main move sets should help, along with who originally uses the attack in Smash. Some move sets can change throughout the story
Gumball's Move Set
· NEUTRAL B (Mii Gunner): Charge Blast/ Laser Blaze
· UP B (Mii Gunner/ Link): Lunar Launch/ Spin Attack
· SIDE B (Mii Gunner/ Little Mac): Gunner Missile/ Jolt Haymaker
· DOWN B (Mii Gunner): Echo Reflector
· FINAL SMASH (Mii Gunner): Full Blast
False Penny's Move Set
· NEUTRAL B (Incineroar): Darkest Lariat
· UP B (Charizard): Fly
· SIDE B (Mii Brawler): Onslaught
· DOWN B (Corrin): Counter Surge
· FINAL SMASH (Incineroar): Max Malicious Moonsault
Gumball and False Penny ran towards each other, ready to deal serious damage to each other. Gumball jumped up above False Penny and he rocketed himself upwards using his Lunar Launch, the energy beams from the photon blasters knocking False Penny onto the ground. Gumball landed behind False Penny and charged up a photon blast, waiting for her to stand up. When False Penny got up, she turned around and as soon as she saw Gumball charging up a Charge Blast attack, Gumball fired his Charge Blast and it landed a direct hit on False Penny. Gumball then fired continuous Laser Blazes at False Penny. False Penny managed to break out of the continuous gun fire and she shielded herself to prevent taking further damage. Gumball then ran towards False Penny. False Penny quickly grabbed Gumball before he could attack and then she punched Gumball in the face 5 times with her hard pom poms. Gumball eventually broke out of False Penny's grip and then he used his Jolt Haymaker attack and punched False Penny in the face. False Penny fell back and when Gumball jumped above her to attack her, she shape-shifted into her dragon form used her Fly attack on Gumball, knocking him in the air. False Penny landed and waited for Gumball to fall. Gumball tried to recover, but when False Penny jumped up and spun around in a circle, using her pom poms to helicopter Gumball. Gumball was smacked away and he fell to the ground. False Penny landed and ran towards Gumball. Gumball quickly got up and aimed his photon blaster at Penny. "Locked and Loaded!" Gumball said as he fired a Gunner Missile straight at False Penny, directly hitting her. False Penny shook the pain off and tried to find Gumball but the smoke from the missile prevented her from seeing Gumball stand right in front of her. As soon as the smoke cleared, Gumball put his photon blasters in their blade mode and used his Spin Attack on False Penny, sending her back. Gumball then ran and jumped up to False Penny and slammed her to the ground. Gumball landed in front of her but then False Penny dashed at Gumball with her Onslaught attack and repeatedly combo-punched him. False Penny then kicked Gumball back and then she ran to him to use another Onslaught attack on Gumball. Gumball recovered and then he used a rope mode on his photon blasters to grab False Penny and pull her close to him, allowing Gumball to kick False Penny in the stomach and then knocking her back with one good punch. Gumball then used his Jolt Haymaker attack to try and hit False Penny but she used her Counter Surge and when Gumball hit her, she quickly shape-shifted into her dragon form and slammed Gumball down on the ground hard. Gumball tried to stand up, but he had taken a lot of damage. False Penny stood in front of him and laughed. "Poor Gumball. All weak and tired from fighting. Now I've got you. Goodbye my precious Gumball!" False Penny laughed as she shape-shifted to her wolf form and raised her claw to slash Gumball. Gumball closed his eyes, waiting for the pain, but then he felt a strong power awaken inside of him. Gumball then felt his Final Smash Attack ready to fire. "Oh, yeah!" Gumball said as he fired a Charge Blast at False Penny, knocking her down. "FINAL SMASH! FULL BLAST ATTACK!" Gumball yelled as he unleashed his Final Smash, Full Blast, directly hitting False Penny. "NO! NO! NOOOO!" False Penny screamed as the laser beam blasted her off the limit and False Penny was defeated.
Battle #8 Complete!
Winner: Gumball
False Penny slid painfully across the rough ground and slammed into a rock. False Penny grunted in pain. Gumball approached False Penny and picked her up by the arm. "Go ahead Gumball, kill me." False Penny said. "Yeah, that's not going to happen. But I'll tell you what, I'll give you a few more minutes to live." Gumball said. "How nice of you." False Penny said sarcastically said. "Hey, Judy and Nick, how is Clay doing?" Gumball asked. "He's up and okay now." Judy said. "Can you guys come over here and cuff this imposter of my girlfriend?" Gumball asked. "Sure thing, Gumball." Nick said as they walked over to them. Judy pulled out her hand cuffs and cuffed False Penny's hands. "I'll be taking these pom poms of yours." Nick said as he removed the pom poms from False Penny's hands. "Keep her quiet for a few moments, will you?" Gumball asked as he walked over to Clay. "You can count on us." Judy said. "A fox and rabbit as police officers? How ridiculous is that?" False Penny asked before Judy interrupted her. "Lady I'm going to have to ask you to shut up!" Judy said. "Stupid rabbit." False Penny muttered. "Hey, she said to shut up. I suggest that you listen to her." Nick said.
"Clay, are you okay?" Gumball asked. Clay sat up and looked at Gumball. "Don't worry about me, little buddy. I'm A-Okay." Clay said as he gave Gumball a thumbs-up. "Hey, Gumball, here's the statue of Penny." Sunny said as she picked up the statue and brought it to Gumball. "Thanks, Sunny." Gumball said. "Go ahead buddy, bring her back." Clay said. "Oh, boy! I can't wait to see Penny again." Gumball said as he touched the golden pedestal of the statue. The statue was engulfed by light and the light flashed away before Penny was revived. Penny sat up while rubbing her head as her eyes tried to get used to her surroundings. "Where am I?" Penny asked as she got up. "PENNY!" Gumball cried as he tackled Penny to the ground. Penny didn't expect this and not knowing this was Gumball, she kicked him in the face. "Ow!" Gumball said as he fell back. "Who did that?!" Penny asked as she shape-shifted into her dragon form and looked around angrily. "Ouch, I did." Gumball said as he rubbed his face from the kick. "Who!? (Gasp) Gumball! Oh, my goodness, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" Penny asked as she shape-shifted back to her fairy form and helped Gumball get back up. "Yeah, don't worry I'm fine. Anyway, where was I? Oh, yeah… PENNY!" Gumball cried as he tried to tackle Penny to the ground again, but this time Penny held her ground and let Gumball grab her, but she kept them from falling on the ground. "Thank goodness you're okay! I'm so happy to see you again, Penny!" Gumball said as he hugged her. "I'm so happy to see you too, Gumball." Penny said as they shared a hug for a few moments.
"So, uh do you happen to know where we are?" Penny asked as she looked around, not yet seeing the rest of the group. "Oh, about that, we are actually not in Elmore anymore and we are not in that weird large open desert area from before. We are in-." "GUMBALL, LOOK OUT!" Penny yelled as she pushed Gumball to the floor behind her when she noticed the others. "Uh-oh." Clay said. "Who are you people?!" Penny asked. "Penny, wait!" Gumball cried. "There's no need to be alarmed. We're good people." Sunny said. "She's right, were not evil." Luigi said. "Oh, look it's that balloon animal looking creature from earlier." Tsunami said. Penny froze and then looked at Tsunami dead in the eye. Balloon animal looking creature?! Wait a minute! That's the same blue dragon! Penny thought angrily to herself as she started to bubble up in rage. "This isn't going to be good." Gumball said as he covered his ears. "Tsunami! Quick take it back before she-!" Clay tried to warn her but suddenly Penny shape-shifted to her dragon form. "HOW DARE YOU CALL ME THAT, AGAIN! I'VE HAD ENOUGH WITH INSULTS!" Penny roared as she ran to attack Tsunami. Before Penny could reach Tsunami, Gumball ran in front of Tsunami. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GUMBALL!?" Penny asked. "Penny, don't hurt them! These are my friends!" Gumball cried. "Wait, friends?" Penny asked. "Yeah, I made new friends. These are my new friends." Gumball said. Penny shape-shifted back to her fairy form. "Oh, sorry. I just got a little upset." Penny said. "A little!?" Starflight said. "Starflight, shut up!" Glory said. "Sorry, about the comment. I didn't know you were so heavily insulted by that." Tsunami said as she held her hand to Penny. "I'm sorry for over-reacting back there… twice now." Penny said as she cautiously shook Tsunami's hand. "Yeah, were all buddies again." Emmet said.
"My name is Tsunami. What's yours?" Tsunami asked. "My name is-." "This Penny Fitzgerald. She's a shape-shifting fairy and she's my girlfriend." Gumball interrupted. "I was going to say that, but yes, that's who I am." Penny said. "Sorry, I just wanted to introduce you." Gumball said. "Hey, Gumball." Mario whispered. "What's up, Mario?" Gumball asked. "Nick and Judy want to know if you want them to deal with False Penny now." Mario said. Gumball, not wanting Penny to see False Penny, quickly turned his head and nodded to Nick and Judy. "I'll let you do the honors." Judy said to Nick. "You sure?" Nick asked. "Please, be my guest." Judy said. "Oh, no." False Penny said. "Goodbye, fake balloon animal fairy." Nick said as he pulled out his taser staff and smacked False Penny in the face with it, causing her to shatter into purple bubbles and disappear. Judy looked over to Gumball and nodded. Gumball gave her a thumbs-up and went back to talking with the others.
"So, who are you all? Why are you guys working together? What is going on?" Penny asked. "Uh, Penny, I'm going to have to snap some knowledge in you." Gumball said as he raised his hand. "Wait, what?" Penny asked. "Clay, could you stand behind Penny so she doesn't fall over?" Gumball asked. "Sure thing, little buddy." Clay said. "Um, Gumball, what are you going to do to me?" Penny asked. "Penny, just prepare for a big head ache." Gumball said. Before Penny could say anything else, Gumball snapped his fingers and the message appeared above them: ONE EXPLAINING SEQUENCE LATER. Penny fell back, with Clay catching her, as she held her head. "No! Too much! Oh, dear that was way too much!" Penny cried. "It's okay, Ms. Fitzgerald, we've all felt it before." Nick said. "I think you're taking it too seriously." Judy said. "Look, it feels… weird okay." Nick said. "Well, something tells me that you're going to get used to it eventually." Judy said.
"So, do you know who we are now?" Emmet asked happily. "Um, let me see if I get this right. You're Emmet?" Penny asked. "Yay! She knows my name!" Emmet said. "You're the Mario brothers." Penny said. "That us." Mario and Luigi said. "You're Officer Judy Hopps and you're Officer Nick Wilde?" Penny asked. "You got that right." Judy said. "Here to protect and serve." Nick said. "And you 5 must be the Dragonets of Destiny: Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, and Sunny?" Penny said. They all nodded. "So, yes I do know who you all are now." Penny said. "Then we take it that you a-know what we are doing here." Mario said. "Yes, I am fully aware of what were all doing here." Penny responded. "So, that means you're coming with us?" Clay asked. "What other choice do I have. We must save that poor boy and stop that Age person." Penny said. "This is why I love you." Gumball said. "Oh, Gumball." Penny said. "Were a-sorry for the very short introduction, but we should all get a-going." Mario said. "I understand. Let's be off." Penny said as they began walking down the path towards the Ruins of Directions.
Meanwhile, at the Forge of Creation…
"Gold! It looks like the heroes revived another hero!" Spike called to Gold. "Do you know who it is?" Gold asked. "A shape-shifting fairy named Penny Fitzgerald." Spike said. "Excellent. Josh, continue to remove the remaining rubble on this dang Forge. I'll be right back." Gold said. "No problem, Gold." Josh said as he picked up and tossed away the useless piles of metal and rocks. As Gold walked inside the room and got his communicator ready, he didn't notice Rainbow Dash sneak up on him. "DO THEY NEED OUR HELP NOW!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "GAH! Rainbow Dash please don't sneak up on me like that!" Gold cried. "Sorry, I just want to know if you're team needs help yet." Rainbow Dash said. "No, they don't need your help yet. Spike will tell me when I need to alert you six when they are in danger, I promise." Gold said. Rainbow Dash sighed and flew over to Spike. "Oh, hi Rainbow Dash. What's up?" Spike asked. "Spike, please don't fall asleep on the job. Some of us are eager to do something else besides gathering gears and metals and stuff." Rainbow Dash said. "Don't worry. I'll stay alert." Spike said. "Good." Rainbow Dash said as she flew back to the other ponies.
Rainbow Dash flew over to the ponies, who looked at her hopefully. "Well, duty calls?" Applejack asked. "Nope." Rainbow Dash responded. The ponies all groaned in disappointment. "Don't worry girls, our time will come soon. I'm sure of it." Twilight said. "Yeah, but when is that time going to come! I'm so tired of this!" Rainbow Dash said. "I hate to admit it, but Rainbow's right. I mean, helpin' out Gold is nice and all. But, I'm startin' to get bored of this." Applejack said as she kicked a broken scrap of metal out of her way. "But we only just got here 30 minutes ago. Maybe we just need to give them time." Pinkie Pie said. "But how much more time do we need to give them. I mean, if this place is a seriously dangerous place then they should be running into serious danger any moment." Rarity said. "Wait, does that mean danger could attack us here?" Fluttershy asked. "Don't worry Fluttershy. Nothing would ever come close to us while Gold is around us." Twilight said.
As Josh was removing bits of metal that were jamming certain parts of the forge, he looked out to the land and noticed something very familiar. It seemed like there were certain physical land features in this world that looked just like Equestria. "Wait a minute, if parts of the land of Equestria followed us, does that mean that the bad guys can see these changes in the land too?" Josh asked. "Did you say something?" Gold asked. "Huh? Oh yeah. Gold do you think that Lord Age knows about our arrival in this place? I mean, look at parts of the sky and the land. It seems like bits of Equestria came with us when we arrived here." Josh said. Gold looked out and did in fact see some rocky terrain and pant life in the land that was the same as Equestria. "Oh, dear." Gold said as he was very worried.
Meanwhile, in Lord Age's Palace…
Undead Rex Dangervest landed his ship and exited. "Conner, Ridley, Jeff, Fred, Carl, Harold, and… The other one, you guys can go chillax. I have business with that Age dude." Rex said. The raptors screeched and turned on music in the ship and partied. Rex walked over to Lord Age's throne room. Rex walked inside and approached Lord Age, who was sitting on his throne; with Undead Bowser and Undead Rob on the sides. "Rex, you have returned. Did you place my minions all over the land?" Lord Age asked. "Yes, sir. It's all done, do you need anything else?" Rex asked. "As a matter of fact, I do. I want you to check your data and tell me how many heroes Gold has revived." Lord Age said. "Yes sir." Rex said as he pulled out a tablet and checked the data system. "The heroes have revived a total of 6 people: Luigi, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, Sunny, and now Penny Fitzgerald." Rex said. Lord Age said nothing as he nodded. "Do you want me to get the coordinates of their location?" Rex asked. "No need, I'll use this." Lord Age said as he pulled out a familiar-looking staff. It was Undead Soulnebula's Nebula-Staff. "Hey, isn't that the staff of that nebula dragon dude?" Rex asked. "Yes, it is." Lord Age said. "Show me the heroes' location." Lord Age said to the staff.
The staff's orb then displayed the heroes arriving at the Ruins of Directions. "It seems that those fools have reached the Ruins of Directions. Rob, go to the palace's defense room. I will instruct you on what to do after, once you've arrived." Lord Age said. "Yes, sir." Rob said as he walked out of the throne room and headed for the palace's defense room. "Rex, you are dismissed. You may relax in your ship until I need you again." Lord Ages aid. "Thank you, sir." Rex said as he bowed and began walking away. "Wait a minute. Um Lord Age, if you don't mind me asking, where is that nebula guy, I haven't seen him in a while since he killed all the heroes?" Rex asked. Bowser's eyes lit up as he appeared very worried with Rex's question. Lord Age chuckled evilly. "Soulnebula is in my torture chamber." Lord Age said. "WAIT, WHAT?! Why the heck is he in there?! What did he do!? Did he try to overthrow or something!?" Rex asked. "No, he did none of those things." Lord Age said. "Then… WHY THE HECK IS HE IN YOUR TORTURE CHAMBER!?" Rex asked. "Soulnebula is useless to me now. There is no need to keep him around us." Lord Age said. "But he was the one who killed everyone before Gold started reviving everyone!" Rex cried. "So?" Lord Ages said. "What do you mean "So?"? Soulnebula is basically the evil version of Gold except he isn't as strong but he is about 90% as strong as Gold. How could he possibly be useless to us?!" Rex asked.
"Rex Dangervest, would you like to join him in eternal torture?" Lord Age asked. "NO! Of course not!" Rex said. "Then, don't question my decisions. Now, do as you are told or you will be subjugated to an even worse condition of torture than Soulnebula is." Lord Age said. "Yes, sir." Rex said as he quickly ran out of the room. Lord Age then turned to Bowser. "Bowser, do you also question me?" Lord Age asked. "No, sir. I respect your decision completely." Bowser said. "Good. Bowser, you have been the most loyal to me. Your loyalty shall be greatly rewarded. From now on, you shall be my second in command, forever." Lord Age said. "Thank you, sir." Bowser said as he bowed to Lord Age. "Poor Soulnebula, it's a shame that he has to be subjugated to that fate." Lord Age said as he laughed. "Um, Lord Age, have you noticed the odd changes in the landscape?" Bowser asked. "Yes, I have. I will look into that later. For now, I'm going to wait for Rob to get to the defense room so I could give those heroes a little surprise. It will also help that I can watch those heroes with the orb." Lord Age said as he watched the heroes through the nebula orb.
Rob had made it up the stairs and walked in the defense room. Rob then used his transmitter on his wrist to talk to Lord Age. "Lord Age, I'm at the defense room, what do I do now?" Rob asked. "Go to the control panel." Lord Age said. Rob sat at the big long desk and examined the buttons and system controls. "I'm at the control panel." Rob said. "Do you see the tab that says, 'Minions'?" Lord Age asked. "Yes, I see it." Rob responded. "There should be a lever that is labeled, 'Fusion Monsters'. Pull the lever and then press the big red button that says, 'Fire'." Lord Age said. Rob understood what Lord Age's plan was, to send more powerful minions to kill the heroes. "Right away sir." Rob said. "Very well." Lord Age said. "Ha. Ha! This will be great! Hope you're ready for a little surprise, Gumball." Rob said as he pulled the lever and then with one more laugh, pushed the fire button and then a giant asteroid-like object fired from a large cannon on the top of the palace and was sent to the Ruins of Directions.
Meanwhile, in the Ruins of Directions…
The heroes continued their walk down the path and eventually they came across a sign. "Hey, guys look over there!" Emmet said. The heroes quickened their pace and made it to the sign. "Well, here we are. The Ruins of Directions." Mario said as their eyes scanned these ancient ruins. "Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" Sunny said as she tried to run straight in, but Tsunami grabbed her tail. "Ow! Hey, what are you doing?" Sunny asked. "How about we all go in together and let's keep our guard up. I don't like how quiet this place is." Tsunami said. "She's right, if I can hear my heart beat then it's too quiet for comfort." Emmet said. "Okay, I'm going to ask you this now, do you even have a physical heart? You're made out of legos." Gumball asked. "How about we don't answer that question and we move on before Emmet freaks out." Nick said. "Come on a-guys. Move in slowly." Mario said as they cautiously walked towards the ruins.
As they walked through the fallen structures and walls of rubble, they scanned each corner and shadowy place for monsters or enemies. With the building being gone, there was no roof so the sun had brightened up the stone floor and heated some metal objects up. "Wow, this place is so… old." Emmet said as he brushed some dust off of an old sign. "Ah, and what does this say? "Living Room" Wait a minute this place had a living room!? (Gasp) Look, an old, old, old couch! I've gotta add something to it and freshen it up a bit." Emmet said as he started to build stuff on the couch with his legos. "Uh, Emmet what are you doing?" Nick asked. "And, done. What do you think guys?" Emmet asked as he revealed that he had added on to the old couch and turned it into his infamous Double-Decker-Couch. "Um, can you tell me what that is?" Penny asked. "That's his Double-Decker-Couch he builds every now and then." Judy whispered to Penny. "Do you guys like it?" Emmet asked. "Emmet, it's nice and all, but we have to look for a way to get to each of the cores." Judy said. "Okay, but the couch stays here." Emmet said. "Sure thing, Emmet. Keep moving." Mario said as they continued exploring the ruins. As they walked through the ruins, they came across a whole building still intact. "Woah, check that out." Sunny said. "Well, this looks like the only part of the ruins that wasn't, ruined. Get it?" Gumball asked. "Gumball, I swear I will whack you in the face with my taser staff." Nick said. "Sorry, I had to do it." Gumball said. "So, every time you see an opportunity to say a pun, you're going to take it; is that how it's going to work from now on?" Judy asked. "I guess it is." Gumball said. "Oh, boy." Nick sighed. "Relax Nick, it could be a lot worse." Judy said.
"Hey guys, check this out!" Clay said. The heroes walked to where Clay was. "What is it, Clay?" Gumball asked. "There's a few rooms we can explore: The Treasury, the Library, the hallway, as well as the history room." Clay said. "Why don't we split up and inspect each room?" Glory said. "Good idea. I'll check out the history room. Tsunami, you're with me; Starflight and Luigi, you a-two check out the library; Gumball and Penny, you two go check out the treasury; Glory, Clay, and Sunny, you a-three go see what's down the hallway; and Nick, Judy, and Emmet, will you be a-fine staying outside and guard?" Mario asked. "Sure, we'll do that." Judy said. "Okay, see you guys in a bit." Clay said. The group then split up into their little groups and entered the building.
Clay, Glory, and Sunny walked down the hallway of the ruins. As they walked down the hall, Clay stopped Glory and Sunny form walking any further. "What's the matter, Clay?" Sunny asked. "Look." Clay said as he pointed to a bunch of flames firing up from the ground. "Well, let's go back." Glory said. "Now, now Glory. Don't you remember, I have fire proof scales. I can walk across the flame traps and see what's on the other side." Clay said. "But, won't that hurt you?" Sunny asked. "Thanks to Gold's magic, not anymore. Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to walk across the flames in style using this iPod thingy Emmet built for me." Clay said as he pulled out a lego iPod and scrolled through Emmet's downloaded music. "Ah, here's a great one!" Clay said as he found a song titled, 'Come and Get Your Love'. "Um, Clay what are you doing?" Glory asked. "I'm making this fire walk more fun for me." Clay said. "So, you're going to put music on?" Sunny asked. "Just listen to the music and let yourself be engulfed by the sounds." Clay said as he pressed the play button. "Oh, dear here it comes." Glory said as the beat picked up. "Come on Glory let Clay be himself and have fun." Sunny said. Clay then started dance-walking and… singing through the fire. "Hail (hail)! What's the matter with your head, yeah! Hail (hail)! What's the matter with your mind and your sign an-a, oh-oh-oh! Hail (hail)! Nothin' the matter with your head! Baby find it, come on and find it! Hail with it baby cause' you're fine and you're mine, and you look so divine! Come and get your love! Come and get your love! Come and get your love!" Clay sang as he dance-walked through the fire traps. As Clay did this, he had this weird feeling that someone else had done this before and had just as much fun with it.
Meanwhile, inside of library of the ruins, Luigi and Starflight could hear Clay's music from the other side of the wall. "Who's playing that music?" Luigi asked. "I guarantee you it's either Clay or Emmet. No matter, you check that shelf over there for any kind of information." Starflight said. "About what?" Luigi asked. "About this place, Lord Age, the Cores of Imagination, anything useful." Starflight said. "Okay." Luigi said as he looked at the titles of every book, looking for any sort of information. After a minute, Starflight called out to Luigi. "Luigi, over here. I found something." Starflight called to Luigi. Luigi walked over to Starflight. "What is it?" Luigi asked. Starflight held a scroll up to Luigi and it was labeled, 'The Cores of Imagination'. "This could be useful, come on let's go back outside to show everyone this scroll." Starflight said as he began to walk out of the library. "Wait for me." Luigi said as he caught up with Starflight.
Meanwhile, Gumball and Penny walked down the hall that led to the supposed treasury. "So, Penny. How are you liking my new friends?" Gumball asked. "They all seem very nice. It is nice to get to work with them." Penny said. "What do you think we'll find in the treasury?" Gumball asked. "Who knows, jewels, nothing, precious stones, artifacts, dangerous traps, maybe one of those Cores." Penny suggested. "Hopefully there's some nice stuff in there." Gumball said. "Why?" Penny asked. "Because that way I can get you something beautiful and precious." Gumball said. "Oh, Gumball. That's very sweet, but remember, no marriage proposals." Penny reminded him. "Oh, yeah. You're right. But still, it would be nice to give you something." Gumball said. Penny giggled as she smiled at him. Gumball and Penny made it to the end of the hall and saw a door labeled, 'Treasury'. "I'll get the door for you, milady." Gumball said as he went to open the door. "Why thank you, Gumball." Penny said. Gumball pulled on the door handles, but the doors didn't open. Gumball pulled harder but the doors wouldn't budge. Gumball turned to Penny and chuckled. Gumball then started yanking on the doors wildly. "Come on! Open! Open! Open!" Gumball said. "Um, Gumball. I think we need a special key to open this door." Penny said. "Or we could find some picks and pick the door open." Gumball said. "If this were Skyrim, we could but look at those slots on the side." Penny said as she pointed to a frame with 5 open slots. "Wait a minute. I get it, we'll have to put the 5 cores in each of the slots, then the door will open." Gumball said. "That would make sense. Good job, Gumball." Penny said. "Meh, it was nothing really. You know me, I'm an expert at figuring things out." Gumball said. "Well, you were wildly trying to pull the door open by force. But that doesn't matter, come on let's tell the others." Penny said. "Okay, let's go." Gumball said as they headed to the exit.
Meanwhile, Mario and Tsunami were walking around the history room. The room was filled with statues and scriptures on the wall. "You find anything?" Tsunami asked. "Nope. Wait, Tsunami, check a-this out." Mario called. Tsunami walked next to Mario. "What did you find?" Tsunami asked. "Look at the wall." Mario said. Tsunami looked at the wall and she saw painting of the 6 cores as well as two new ones she hadn't see before. There were other drawings too like that of a pure white core and a black core. Each was surrounded by the 5 cores. "It's just like a-Gold told me, there are 5 cores that create a sixth one: either the Core of Creation or the Core of Destruction. Each of those can be created depending on the actions of the person who uses the cores." Mario said. "We should explain that to everyone else." Tsunami said. "Good idea, let's a-go." Mario said as they walked back to the others.
Meanwhile, Nick, Judy, and Emmet were outside, guarding the exit. A few seconds later, the rest of the group reappeared outside and rejoined Emmet, Nick and Judy. "Did you guys find anything?" Judy asked. "We sure a-did." Mario said. "Well, we didn't find anything." Glory said. "I brought something that might be helpful for us." Starflight said. "Let's see it." Gumball said. Emmet then looked up towards the sky and saw something. "(Gasp) Look guys, a shooting star! Quick make a wish!" Emmet said. "Um, Emmet are you sure that's a shooting star?" Nick asked. "Of course, it is. Look, it's flying straight towards us." Emmet said. "Wait, what!?" Tsunami cried. They all looked at the star and realized that it was indeed flying straight towards them and fast. "RUN!" Judy cried as the shooting star crash landed into the ground, barely missing the building.
"What was that!?" Penny cried. "I don't know but sure wasn't a shooting star." Clay said. "Aww, but I already made my wish." Emmet said. "Guys, something's wrong." Sunny said as she felt the ground start to rumble. "I think we all know what it is." Mario said. "More of Lord Age's monster minions!" Gumball cried as they saw a pair of bright glowing eyes peering at them from the smoke. "Prepare to fight! We've done this before" Judy said as they prepared to fight the monsters. However, when the smoke cleared, they noticed that these monsters were bigger, scarier, and their swords were bigger and sharper looking. Then they saw one monster minion that stood out from the others. It had a magic wand for a weapon it seemed. "What the heck are those things!?" Glory asked. "We are… Lord Age's Fusion Monsters." The leader of the monsters said. "What the what!? They can talk!?" Gumball yelled. "Only I can. And you are all going to die! Get them!" The leader yelled as the monsters ran towards the heroes. "Let's show these things who's in charge around here!" Sunny said as they ran to the monsters.
As the heroes ran towards the monsters, the leader smiled. "STOP!" The leader yelled as the fusion monsters stopped running. "HA! You fools think that we are going to go down that easily! I brought something very special to share with you guys!" The leader yelled as he used his magic wand to summon a giant boulder that was on fire. The leader then threw the boulder straight at the heroes. The heroes stopped and tried to move out of the way, but it was too late to do anything. The boulder exploded in front of them and the explosion sent all of the heroes back and they crashed into the ruins. "Mwah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" The leader laughed as the heroes lay on the ground in defeat. "You, pathetic fools couldn't withstand our new strength as well as my magic power! Now, it is time for you all to die!" The leader said as he commanded the many remaining monsters to close in on them. "How could they possibly win?" Luigi grunted. "Please don't tell me this is how we die." Clay said. "We can't give up! We must keep fighting!" Judy said as she tried desperately to stand up. "She's right. We mustn't give up." Mario said. "Goodbye pathetic heroes!" The leader said.
Meanwhile, at The Forge of Creation…
Spike was horrified when he saw that the heroes were down. "GOLD! GOLD! EMERGENCY!" Spike cried. Gold ran to Spike. "What wrong?" Gold asked. "Look!" Spike cried as he pointed to the screen. Gold looked at the screen and saw that the heroes were in pain and out of energy as they were slowly being closed in on by the monsters. "No." Gold said. "Spike, come with me!" Gold said as they flew to the ponies. "Ponies!" Gold cried. The Mane Six looked to Gold and saw that he was in a panic. "Gold! What's the matter!?" Twilight asked. "It's my team! They are in mortal danger! They need your help! You must fly to them at once!" Gold said. "Alright! It's our time to shine!" Rainbow Dash said. "No time for celebratin' we gotta get to the group before somethin' terrible happens!" Applejack said as they got ready to fly.
"Wait! Before you all go, let me give you ponies one final upgrade." Gold said as he used his magic to upgrade all the ponies. "What did that upgrade do?" Rarity asked. "I have enhanced all of your physical strength. And Twilight and Rarity, the upgrade also enhanced your magic power." Gold said. "Thanks, Gold." Twilight said. "The Ruins are in the middle of the land. Protect my team until the end." Gold said. "We will." Pinkie Pie said. "Farewell, Equestrians. May you be safe and victorious." Gold said. "Thank you, Gold." Twilight said. "Gold, wait." Rainbow Dash said. "What's wrong?" Gold asked. "Why doesn't Josh have any sort of transportation to get to the ruins?" Rainbow Dash asked. "What do you mean?" Gold asked. "My dad is coming with us, isn't he?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, he… no. Josh will not be coming with you guys." Gold said as he flinched. "WHAT!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Rainbow Dash, we don't have time to-." Twilight tried to say. "My dad is coming with me!" Rainbow Dash said. "He can't go with you!" Gold said. "Gold, I'm not letting Rainbow Dash leave without me." Josh said. "Josh, Rainbow Dash, I didn't want to have to separate you two. I really didn't. But if Josh dies or gets turned evil, then there is no hope." Gold said. "Rainbow Dash, we know how much you love Josh, we know how important he is to you. But those heroes need our help." Twilight said. "But, what if… I never see him again?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Don't worry. I promise when all this is over, you will never be separated again. But, please there's no time. I suggest you say your goodbye's." Gold said. "Okay." Rainbow Dash and Josh said.
Rainbow Dash and Josh looked at each other and hugged. "I really wish you could come with me, but I guess this is how it has to be." Rainbow Dash said. "Don't worry Dashie, I promise that I'll be okay. just promise me that you'll be okay." Josh said. "I, I promise." Rainbow Dash said. "Remember, I'll be right here and if you need me, I'll come for you." Josh said. "I love you, daddy." Rainbow Dash said. "I love you too, my little dashie." Josh said. They hugged for a few moments before Rainbow Dash walked to her friends. "Okay, I'm ready. Let's do this!" Rainbow Dash said. Josh nodded in happiness as he saw Rainbow Dash return to being the confident heroine she was. "Equestrians, good luck." Gold said. "Thank you, Gold." Twilight said. Then she looked down and then looked back to him. "If anything, bad happens, just know that we will never forget you." Twilight said. "Thank you, Twilight. Now, Equestrians….!" Gold said as the group got ready to fly. "…FLY!" Gold yelled as the Equestrians blasted off into the air and flew straight for the Ruins of Directions. As the group flew off, Gold looked down to Josh, who was noticeably looked worried and sad. "Don't worry, Josh. I like to think that you know Rainbow Dash more than the Mane Six do. You know that it will take a lot to stop Rainbow Dash." Gold said. "Thanks, Gold." Josh said. "Come on, let's continue on the forge." Gold said as they walked back to the forge. "If you don't mind, I would like to keep an eye on them on the screen." Josh said. "That will be perfectly fine with me." Gold said. Gold then looked up at the sky. "Good luck, Equestrians." Gold said.
Meanwhile, in The Ruins of Directions…
"HA, HA, HA, HA!" The leader laughed. Nick raised his gun up to one of the fusion monsters that was walking towards him with its sword raised to kill him. Nick tried to fire but he was so exhausted that the monster knocked his gun out of his hands. Mario was trapped under some rubble. Tsunami and Starflight were unconscious. Judy felt as if both her legs were broken and her shotgun was out of reach. Emmet and Luigi had smashed against the wall in were in too much pain to stand. Gumball and Penny got a bit burned from the explosion, but Clay had shielded them from being burned too badly. Clay had hit his back against a wall and was in pain. Glory felt like her wings were broken as well as her arm. Sunny landed on painful rubble and struggled to stand to her feet.
"What a shame, the strong heroes get taken out by minions!" the leader laughed. "Actually dude, to be fair the giant boulder took us down, not you specifically." Clay said. "KILL HIM FIRST!" The leader commanded. Clay looked up and a monster raised its sword up and was about to bring it down on Clay, when they all heard the sound of something flying through the air. They all looked up at the sky and they saw 7 creatures flying straight towards them. The leader looked closer and when he saw Twilight's angry face, he freaked out. "GET DOWN!" The leader yelled as the monsters took cover. The 7 creatures landed on the ground and looked at the monsters. "What the heck are those things!?" The leader asked. "GET THEM!" Twilight yelled as the group flew towards the monsters. "ATTACK!" The leader commanded. "Who are they supposed to be?" Clay asked.
Battle #9: Equestrians V.S. Lord Age's Fusion Monsters
Style: Freestyle (Kingdom Hearts Style Battle)
Twilight dove down towards the monsters and knocked a few down. Twilight used her magic to shine a bright light to temporary blind the monsters. Rarity used her new magic to raise a bunch of rocks, jewels, and gems out of the ground and threw them at the monsters, taking down a large amount of them. Rarity then used her magic to place a bunch of crystals, stones, and gems around her wings and then she began smacking a lot of monster with her wings. Rarity's stone/jewelry covered wings were very useful in blocking the sword attacks from the monsters. Two monsters swung their swords at Rarity, but she flew back and used her wings to slam the monsters into each other. Rarity then found herself surrounded by about 10 monsters. The monsters jumped towards Rarity, but she spun around fast, her wings knocking the monsters back, and their swords out of their hands. Rarity then attacked the stunned monsters with her wings, taking them down. Rarity then was surrounded by a lot of monsters, but Rarity sued her magic to summon a bunch of rock spear-like structures covered in gems from the ground, hitting the surrounding monsters. Twilight fired powerful beams of magic at the monsters. One monster surprised Twilight by jumping on her back and tried to stab her. Twilight flew in a circle really fast, causing the monster to lose its grip and fall. Twilight landed and launched a magic blast at a group of monsters. Then one monster slowly walked towards Twilight, raising its sword up. Twilight used her magic to turn her horn into a blade of some sort as she slowly approached the monster. Twilight and the monster began sword-fighting each other. Twilight easily got the upper hand she dodged one attack and flew up above the monster, knocking the sword out of the monster's hand. Twilight then stomped the monster into the ground. Twilight then used her magic to engulf her hooves with a magic aura as she began punching a lot of monsters. Rainbow Dash managed to huddle quite a few monsters together and she used her speed to create some sort of rainbow wall around the monsters. Rainbow Dash flew above them and smashed them to pieces. Rainbow Dash then flew straight through the monsters and started destroying each of them. One monster jumped up and almost cut one of Rainbow Dash's wings, but she was too fast and she dodged the attack. Rainbow Dash flew up and dove straight back down to uppercut about 5 monsters off the ground. One monster threw its sword at Rainbow Dash, who caught it with her hooves and sword fought a few monsters, her speed giving her a great advantage. One monster charged at Applejack with its sword ready to stab her. Applejack ran straight towards the monster and right before the blade could hit her, Applejack slid under the sword and underneath the monster. Applejack then kicked the monster down. Applejack dodged a monster's sword that almost cut her leg and she then punched the monster in the face. Then 4 monsters approached Applejack with their swords aimed at her face. Applejack then noticed a large chain hanging from a rock on the wall of part of the ruins. Applejack slowly backed up against the wall, and right as the monsters were about to swing at her, she kicked the wall, causing rocks to fall, creating dust that got in the monsters' eyes. Applejack took that opportunity to grab the chain and she used it like a cowboy rope to tie up the 4 monsters. Applejack then dragged the monsters by the chain and then she flung them into another group of monsters. Applejack then flew up and started kicking away every monster that tried to grab or cut her. Spike dove down towards a hoard of monsters and beat all of them up. Spike grabbed 2 monsters by the ears and flew them up into the air and slammed their heads into each other. Spike flew back down and punched another monster that was about to throw its sword at Twilight. Spike grabbed one monster's sword and he sliced his way through some of the monsters. Spike then threw the sword at another monster, hitting it in the face. Spike then flew up above the monsters and began burning some of them with his fire. Pinkie Pie was going crazy as she was beating a lot of the monsters up very quickly. Pinkie Pie was almost caught off guard when a group of monsters snuck up on her from behind to try and kill her. Pinkie Pie saw them out of the corner of her eye and she barely dodged a sword that almost hit her head. Pinkie Pie then pulled out some sort of present wrapping and she wrapped the monsters up and then she picked them up and slammed them into a giant pillar, which crushed the monsters. One monster swung at Pinkie Pie, but Pinkie Pie ducked under the blade and then she pulled out two cupcakes and tossed them into the monster's eyes. The monster roared and Pinkie Pie picked the monster up and threw it at 4 oncoming monsters. Fluttershy kept on dodging the sword of a monster. The monster tried to impale Fluttershy, but she flew out of the way, causing the monster's sword to get stuck in the ground. Fluttershy was about to hit the monster, when she noticed another monster running at her, ready to stab her. Fluttershy flew to the side, causing the monster's sword to stab the other monster. 4 monsters then ran to Fluttershy, trying to surround her, but Fluttershy jumped up, and the monsters ended up crashing into each other. Another monster snuck up behind Fluttershy and threw its sword at her. Fluttershy dodged the sword and she caught between her hooves. Fluttershy then threw the sword back at the monster, nailing it right in the face. "Hello, Fluttershy." A voice said behind her. Fluttershy turned around and saw the leader of the fusion monsters. "Killing you will be easy, DIE!" The leader yelled as he put his wand in his sash and pulled out his sword and swung at Fluttershy's neck. Fluttershy leaned back far enough to where the blade missed her neck. "Are you implying that I am weak?" Fluttershy asked. "Yes, I am. And also, once we kill you and the rest of your friends, Lord Age will grant us permission to find a way to your world and I will see to it myself that all of your precious little pieces of trash animals and all of your families die." The leader said. Fluttershy felt a sudden rush of anger fill her, unlike any anger she had ever felt before. "You… don't… ever… EVER… threaten our friends or our FAMILIES!" Fluttershy yelled as she flew straight at the leader. "Ha! This will be-OW!" the leader yelled as Fluttershy punched the leader so hard in the face, that he was sent flying to a wall, seemingly knocking him out. Fluttershy stared angrily at the leader when 4 monsters approached her from behind. "I SEE YOU!" Fluttershy screamed as she started harshly beating each of the monsters up. After Fluttershy beat up the monsters, she flew into the hoard of monsters and attacked them. Moments later, all of the monsters were defeated and the Equestrians emerged victorious.
Battle #9 Complete!
Winner: Equestrians
"Nice job, everyone!" Twilight said as they cheered in victory. "How could we be defeated by… ponies?" the leader said. "Oh, hush your mouth!" Applejack said as she kicked the leader in the face, knocking him out cold. "Nice one, Applejack!" Rainbow Dash said. "Thanks, Rainbow." Applejack said. "My, my Fluttershy, I had no idea you had that kind of power within you." Rarity said. "Oh, thank you Rarity. I didn't know I could do that either. It was nice though." Fluttershy said. The fusion monsters had indeed been defeated but strangely, about half of them didn't shatter into purple mist like they normally did. By now, everyone else had recovered. The Equestrians turned and saw the heroes pointing at them, looking defensive and ready to attack them. "Seriously, we saved your lives and you want to fight us?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Who the heck are you guys!?" Gumball asked as he aimed his photon blasters at the ponies. "Well, I'm Twilight, this is Rarity, this is Applejack, this is Rainbow Dash, this is Fluttershy, and this is Spike. Were the heroes from Equestria." Twilight said. "Equestria? Oh, I get it. because they're horses so the place, they live in is called-." Gumball said before Nick stopped him. "Gumball please don't make a horse joke." Nick said. "Sorry." Gumball said. "Are you 7 a-friend or foe?" Mario asked. Twilight then decided to try something. Twilight raised her hoof and pounded the floor beneath her. Then the message appeared above the group: ONE EXPLAINING SEQUENCE LATER.
"(Gasp)! They're the Ponies of Equestria! And look, there's Spike! I'm such a big fan!" Clay yelled as he ran towards the group. Twilight didn't know what to do but the she saw Nick run in front of Clay. "Clay, wait! Aside from Spike, these ponies don't have a good relationship with dragons." Nick said. "Oh." Clay said sadly. "Don't worry about that, we know who you guys are and we don't see you as a threat." Twilight said. "Oh, thank goodness." Clay said. "So, you guys are here to help us?" Gumball asked. "You bet we are! And we hope we can become best friends after we've defeated the evil!" Pinkie Pie said. "Hey, you kind of look like Unikitty." Emmet said as he looked at Pinkie Pie. "I mean I guess she kind of does but not so much." Gumball said. "If you're Twilight Sparkle, then I a-guess you are the leader of your group." Mario said. "Well, I guess you could say that." Twilight said. "The help is greatly appreciated. We accept." Mario said as he held his hand out to Twilight. "Wonderful." Twilight said as she shook her hoof with Mario's hand. "Thanks for saving our lives. We would have been as good as dead if you guys didn't show up." Clay said. "We're happy we got here in time." Twilight said. "Oh, my. Some of you look in horrible condition." Rarity said. "Yeah, we kind of got wrecked by that boulder." Judy said. "Let us heal you guys." Twilight said. "That would be very appreciated." Nick said.
Twilight walked over to each individual person who was injured and Twilight used a healing spell on them to heal their broken bones, scars, and burn wounds. "Gee, thanks you guys. You guys are the real MVP." Clay said. "It's our pleasure." Twilight said. "Wow, you're probably the smallest dragon I've ever seen." Starflight said. "Well, I am a young dragon, so that would be understandable." Spike said. "Oh, come on Starflight, we've seen baby dragonets smaller than him." Glory said. "I know, but I'm talking about dragons that aren't babies." Starflight said. "So, what were you guys up to before those monsters showed up?" Applejack asked. "Well, we were just about to show each other what we found inside the ruins." Emmet said. "So, what did you guys find?" Twilight asked. "Well, we found this scroll about the cores." Luigi said. "We found some paintings about new cores or something like that." Tsunami said. "We found the treasury room but we need the cores in order to open it." Penny said. "We found nothing important." Sunny said. "What's the scroll about?" Rainbow Dash asked. Starflight opened the scroll and laid it out on the floor for everyone to see. "Well, it appears to describe each individual core but not in great detail and it's nothing we haven't heard before." Starflight said.
"Could you guys tell us about these cores, I kind of forgot what they are." Spike said. "Well, there's the Wisdom Core, the Courage Core, the Power Core, the Entertainment Core, and the Love Core. It says here that the 5 cores, when united, can create the main core: The Core of Imagination or the Imagination Core, whatever rolls off the tongue better." Starflight said. "Does that a-scroll say anything about 2 more cores, one being white the other black?" Mario asked. "Umm, it doesn't look like it, why?" Starflight asked. "Because Mario and I found a painting that showed the 6 cores but it also showed two more." Tsunami said. "I wonder what those cores are." Luigi said. "That Imagination Glove only has 6 slots, right?" Twilight asked. "From we can remember, yes." Nick said. "Wait, didn't Gold say something about two more cores?" Judy asked. "Oh, yeah he did. But he said we could discuss them later." Gumball said. "Well I think that it would be a good idea to discuss it now." Rarity said. "Fancy Pony is right; we should contact Gold and ask him about those cores." Nick said. "Wait, what did the fox just call me?" Rarity asked. "Hey, just a heads up, that may be what he calls you from now on, so just let it go." Glory said. "Gumball, can you call Gold?" Nick asked. "I would but the blast damaged my photon blasters so I can't contact him." Gumball said.
Suddenly, a hologram of Gold appeared behind them. "No need, I'm right here." Gold said. "Oh, geez! Don't scare us like that!" Emmet said. "Sorry, I just happened to notice you all needed my assistance." Gold said. "But, how did you know?" Judy asked. "Well, Josh was watching the screen and he told me that you guys needed something." Gold said. "Wait, who the heck is Josh?" Gumball asked. "Oh, I forgot to add that to the knowledge spell." Twilight said as she tapped her hoof on the ground, filling the heroes' heads with knowledge of the My Little Dashie Realm. "Never mind, I know who he is." Gumball said. "So, what do you guys need?" Gold asked. "Starflight found a scroll on those orb thingies and there are two new ones we don't know about, could you explain them to us?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Ah, yes the Core of Creation and the Core of Destruction." Gold said. "Oh, so now there's 8 cores." Glory said. "Well, technically no. The Cores of Creation and Destruction are basically the Core of Imagination." Gold said. "What?" Luigi asked. "Let me explain, the Core of Imagination can appear in 3 forms, Imagination if it's not being used, Creation if things are being created or built, and Destruction for breaking things or erasing things. It all depends on the actions of the Core." Gold said. "I guess that makes sense." Clay said. "Gumball, let me fix your blasters." Gold said as he snapped his fingers and Gumball's photon blasters were immediately fixed. "Thanks, Gold." Gumball said.
"And Penny Fitzgerald, this will allow you to control your shape-shifting abilities." Gold said as he snapped his fingers. Penny felt power flow through her. "Woah." Penny said. "Try turning into your dragon form." Gold said. Penny closed her eyes and focused. Then Penny shape-shifted into her dragon form. "Nice!" Gumball said. "Amazing!" Spike said. Penny then shape-shifted back to her fairy form. "Thank you very much, Gold." Penny said. "You're welcome. I'm glad to see you are all okay. Thank you, Equestrians, for saving my friends." Gold said. "It was nothing." Rainbow Dash said. "Well, I must get back to the forge. Good luck and don't hesitate to call for help. Goodbye, heroes." Gold said as the hologram vanished. "That was a quick visit." Gumball said. "Well, you know Gold, he's almost always busy." Glory said. "I take it that you 5 must know Gold very well, since well he's a dragon too." Twilight said. "Yep, we are very well acquainted with Gold. He mainly protects our universe." Tsunami said. "He's given us a lot of things, like my necklace." Starflight said. "Oh, that's right! You lost your sight at one point." Pinkie Pie said. "He wasn't responsible for bringing that Darkstalker dude back, was he?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Oh, no. After Darkstalker was turned into a child and renamed Peacemaker, Gold's archnemesis Soulnebula turned Peacemaker back into Darkstalker." Sunny said. "So, this Soulnebula is basically Gold but evil and a jerk." Penny said. "Pretty much, yeah." Glory said.
"Anyways, back to business, Gumball what did you say you and Penny found?" Nick asked. "We got to the treasury but the door was locked and apparently you need the 5 cores to unlock the door." Gumball said. "Did you try shooting the door down?" Nick asked. "Dude, that's cheating." Gumball said. "What are you talking about?" Nick asked. "We can't just shoot the door down and cheat our way to treasure. Besides, how important is treasure for us in the situation we are all in?" Gumball asked. "What if its something very important or some kind of weapon that will allow us to easily stop Lord Age?" Nick questioned. "You sound like Deathbringer. He always wants to take the easy way and use weapons to settle problems." Glory said. "That's very nice to hear Cobra, but that's not the point." Nick said. "Cobra?" Sunny said as she giggled. "It's just a stupid nickname he calls me. Don't rub it in." Glory said. "Okay, fine. I'll try and shoot the door down. But if I shoot it down and there's nothing in there, you owe me $20." Gumball said. "Why would I owe you $20?" Nick asked. "Because I want $20." Gumball said. "Fine, go ahead and shoot the door." Nicks aid. Gumball left the group and walked back to the treasury door. "Okay, here it goes." Gumball said as he fired energy beams at the golden doors. What Gumball didn't expect to happen was the energy beams being deflected back at him by the door. Gumball barely dodged the energy beams that ended up hitting the walls. "I'm not doing that again." Gumball said as he walked back to the others. "Well, did it work?" Nick asked. "No and I almost died. The doors have some sort of deflector shield." Gumball said. "Oh." Nick said. "Does he still owe you $20?" Judy asked smugly. "No, but only because I'm feeling nice today." Gumball said. "We'll worry about the treasury later, but for now we should get those cores." Twilight said. "Good idea, let's see if we can a-find anything like a map at the end of the ruins." Mario said as they walked through the open ruins.
"So, what exactly are we looking for?" Clay asked. "Well, since this place is called "The Ruins of Directions", then I'm assuming were looking for directions." Gumball said. "I guess that's self-explanatory." Clay said. "Um, excuse me." Fluttershy said to Clay. "Hmm? Oh, hi Fluttershy, what's up?" Clay asked, giving her a friendly smile. "Sorry for asking but, how long have you guys been here?" Fluttershy asked. "Umm… hey, Gumball how long have we been here again?" Clay whispered to Gumball. "As of now, it's been a day and a half." Gumball said. "Thanks, Gumball. Anyway, we have been here for about a day and a half." Clay said. "I see." Fluttershy said. "You know, just like Daniel, you are also my favorite member of your group." Clay said. "Oh, thank you." Fluttershy said. "No problem-o." Clay said as he gave her a thumbs-up.
"You see anything?" Tsunami asked. "No, nothing a-useful anyway." Mario said. "Hmm… wait look over there." Tsunami said as she spotted a large billboard ahead of them. "Nice a-work, Tsunami. Everyone, over here!" Mario called. The heroes walked towards the billboard, which turned out to be a giant map of the Realm of Imagination, labeled: Direction Map. As the heroes examined the map, Emmet started laughing. "Um, what's so funny Emmet?" Luigi asked. "Look, there's a big red circle on the Ruins of Direction that says "You are here". It's like were in a giant amusement park with those convenient maps." Emmet said. "That would be nice, except there's no other little symbols." Judy said. "Guys, that's not what's important. What is important, is the 5 obvious buttons here." Gumball said. "What do they do?" Sunny asked. "Let's find out." Gumball said as he was about to press a red button. "How about we don't just press a random button, and we be smart and read what each button does." Nick said as he grabbed Gumball's arm. "What are we supposed to read? There's no descriptions anywhere." Gumball said. "Yes, there are." Nick said as he pointed to the floor beneath the map.
There were 5 descriptions under each of the five buttons: Yellow, Blue, Red, Green, and Purple. The description under the yellow button said: "Core of Wisdom". The description under the blue button said: "Core of Courage". The description under the red button said: "Core of Power". The description under the green button said: "Core of Entertainment". And the description under the purple button said: "Core of Love". "So, I'm guessing that each button will show the cores location?" Twilight asked. "That would make sense." Judy said. "Press the buttons, Gumball!" Pinkie Pie said. "Right-o." Gumball said as he pressed the yellow button first. According to the map, the Ruins of Directions were in the center of the whole land. Directly to the right of the Ruins, a yellow light lit up in a city like painting on the map. Then a voice came from the map. "The Core of Wisdom is located in the City Hall of the Wise, which is located in the City of the Brain." The voice said.
"Okay, we can all agree that the map's voice sounds just like Siri, right?" Gumball asked. The heroes shrugged. "Anyways, next button." Gumball said as he pressed the blue button. Under the City of the Brain, a blue light lit up in an island surrounded by an ocean on the map. "The Core of Courage is located in the Brave Temple Ruins, which is located across the Sea of Courage." The voice said. Gumball pressed the red button. Above the City of the Brain, a red light led up on a volcano on the map. "The Core of Power is located in the Volcano of Power, which is in the center of the Land of Ashes." The voice said. Gumball pressed the green button. On the left side of the Ruins of Directions, a green light lit up in a forest of some sort on the left side of the map. "The Core of Entertainment is located in Woods Funhouse, which is located deep in the Forest of Laughter." The voice said. Gumball then pressed the purple button. Above the Forest of Laughter, a purple light lit up in a snowy and icy mountain area in the map. "The Core of Love is located in the Heart of the Mountain of Chills, which is located in the Badlands of Cold Love." The voice said.
"Well, I guess we know where each of the 5 cores are." Gumball said. "So, how is this going to work? Are we going to go to each core one at a time, or are we splitting up or something?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Ugh! I hate when it comes to situations like this." Emmet said. "Why?" Glory asked. "Because we're going to decide to split up and then something bad is going to happen to us." Emmet said. "Why do you say that?" Rarity asked. "Don't any of you guys watch movies? Whenever a group of people decide to split up, things go wrong." Emmet said. "I honestly thought Gumball would be the one to say that." Nick said. "Hey!" Gumball said. "I'm just saying, I mean you're the one who keeps acting really meta and weird." Nick said. "Unfortunately, Emmet, we are a-going to have to split up." Mario said. "NOOOOOO!" Emmet said as he got in a strange push up position. "Um, what are you doing?" Tsunami asked. "I'm on my knees in sadness." Emmet said. "You look like you are trying to do a push up or something." Judy said. "Come on guys, leave Emmet alone, he's a lego figure. He can't physically bend his knees, if he even has any." Penny said. "Wait, what?" Emmet asked. "Don't worry about it, Emmet." Nick said.
"Were a-going to split into two groups, one group will go and retrieve one of the cores and the other will do the same, but they will a-get a different core." Mario said. "MARIO, LOOK OUT!" Twilight yelled as she shoved Mario out of the way of a sudden laser beam of some sort. "Where did that come from?!" Applejack asked. "Over here, you pathetic losers!" a familiar voice said. The heroes turned to look where the voice was coming from and they saw the leader of the Fusion monsters. "Oh, no! It's the fusion monster leader who is name is The Leader in this story!" Gumball cried. "Gumball! Stop saying weird and meta things!" Nick said. "Forget that! It's time for some sweet payback!" Judy said as they prepared to fight. A good number of fusion monsters that didn't shatter, got up and rearmed themselves with their swords. "You're all going down for real this time!" Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah! You're going to pay for wrecking us with that flame boulder!" Nick said. "HA! Do you fools even know why we are called fusion monsters?" The leader asked. "No, and we don't care!" Twilight said. "Well, we would be happy to show you! Fusion monsters, FUSE TOGETHER!" the leader yelled as he raised his wand and cast a spell on every single on of them. Then, the leader jumped in the air and all of the fusion monsters seemingly just jumped on him. The heroes could see that they were all combining together. Then, there was a small explosion and when the dust and smoke cleared, they saw a giant monster that looked just like the leader but he looked uglier and more dangerous. "Oh, man." Emmet said. "HA, HA! NOW YOU WILL ALL DIE!" The giant leader yelled. "Heroes, attack!" Mario said as they charged towards the giant monster.
Battle #10: Heroes V.S. Giant Fusion Monster Leader
Style: Boss Battle (Kingdom Hearts Style Boss Battle)
The heroes ran at the leader and they all made sure that he had no time to rest. Mario jumped in the air and threw a couple fireballs at the leader's face, hitting him, then Mario used his star power to spin attack the leader in the face. Rainbow Dash used her speed to zig-zag attack the leader, while he tried to grab Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash then flew straight at the leader's face and punched him really hard. Emmet built himself a giant staircase and then once he was in front of the leader's face, he built a big hammer and smacked in the face. The leader almost grabbed Emmet, but Emmet built a small platform and jumped on it to dodge the leader's grab. Emmet then built a big lego fist and punched the leader in the chest. Glory flew behind the leader and landed on his back. The leader swung around, trying to shake Glory off and also making sure no one else tried to attack him. Glory's clawed locked in on the leader's back, making his roar in pain. Glory crawled up to the top of the leader's head and dodged the leader's big hands from knocking her off. Glory then crawled on his face and looked at him dead in the eye. "Uh oh." The leader said. "Take this eye drop!" Glory yelled as she spit venom into the leader's eye. The leader roared in pain as he covered his eye. Glory tried to fly off, but the leader caught her with his hand and threw her to the ground. "GLORY!" Sunny cried as she flew over to her. "Are you okay?" Sunny asked. "Yeah, I'm fine, just keep fighting." Glory said. "How is he not dead!? I thought if her venom got in your eyes, that was instant death!" Nick said. "Not for me you pathetic little-OW!" The leader cried as he felt someone bite his leg. The leader looked down and saw Tsunami biting hard on the back of his leg. "Get off of me, you dirty eel!" The leader yelled as he tried shaking Tsunami off. Tsunami had a tight grip with her claws, so she wasn't able to be shaken off. "Keep fighting, guys!" Tsunami said. Applejack flew behind the leader and kicked him hard in the back of the neck. The leader roared as he turned around to attack Applejack. Before he could do anything, Tsunami crawled up and started clawing at his stomach. The leader tried to grab Tsunami, but Applejack surprise attacked him by punching him multiple times in the face. Applejack tried to fly away, but the leader caught her. The leader was about to throw her down, but he was shot in the face by Luigi's plungers. "Put her down!" Luigi yelled. The leader let go of Applejack and tried to crush Luigi. Luigi dodged the leader's hand and fired a plunger fist at the leader's eye. Nick managed to crawl up the leader and made it to his face. Before Nick could do anything else, the leader grabbed him and tried to crush him, but he was shot in the hand by Judy with her shot gun. Nick held onto the leader and shot him in the nose with his hand gun. Nick then jumped down and Starflight caught him. Starflight then breathed fire at the leader's foot. Pinkie Pie flew on top of the leader's head and started stomping on his head really hard. The leader struggled as Tsunami was still clawing fiercely at his leg. Spike then used his increased strength to super punch the leader in the stomach. Spike then uppercutted the leader. Clay lit his fists with fire and flew up to the leader's face. Clay then repeatedly punched the leader in the face before breathing fire at him. Sunny flew up behind the leader and breathed fire at the back of his head. The leader managed to shake kick Tsunami off of his leg and he knocked Clay, Sunny, and Pinkie Pie away from him. They landed on the ground in pain, but not unconscious. Gumball fired 5 shots at the leader's face with his photon blasters. The leader tried to stomp on Gumball, but Penny had shape-shifted into her dragon form and fired a fire blast at the leader's back. Rarity used her magic to summon more of those big spikey crystals and gems and she flung all of them at the leader. The leader screamed in agony. Twilight came up from behind and fired a powerful magic beam at the leader and he fell to the floor, not before Fluttershy came up and punched him to the side. The leader laid on the floor in pain. "Let's finish him for real this time!" Rainbow Dash said. "Not so fast! I've got you all now!" The leader yelled as he pulled out his wand and used a spell that electrocuted everybody in the area. The heroes fell down in pain and they found that the electrocution somehow deprived them of any fighting energy. "Now, you die!" The leader laughed as he raised his wand to use a spell that would surely kill all of them.
Battle #10 Complete!
Winner: Giant Fusion Monster Leader
Meanwhile, in the Forge of Creation…
"NO! NO! NOOO!" Gold cried as he saw the heroes all wounded and weak from the giant monster. "What are we going to do!?" Josh cried. "I don't know, but I can't leave this forge unprotected." Gold said. "Wait, I have an idea!" Josh said as he pulled up the many universes data on the screen. "What are you doing?!" Gold asked. "Trust me! They need help!" Josh said. "But we have no time to explain anything to new people! Who are you calling anyway?!" Gold asked. Josh said nothing as he selected a universe and pressed a, "Summon Defenders" button. "There! Hopefully, they get here in time." Josh said "Who did you-!?" Gold asked before the heard the sound of a portal opening from behind them. From the portal, three figures stepped out. However, the one in the middle-shocked Gold the most. The figure was dressed in a large red robe and wore a blue hat. Gold realized, the people who Josh had called were…
And cut off! I'm sorry, I didn't want this to be a cliffhanger but I decided to leave off with a guess of who this red robed person is. As well as this person's two friends. I'm going to work on Chapter 9 right now and it will be here soon. If you guys can guess who the red robed person is, then you'll probably guess who the other two are. See you next time!