Different Paths
Chapter 11
This chapter is where the heroes will split off into 2 groups; one group will go for the first Core of Formation and the other group will continue to revive their friends. Also, Gold will do something that will help move the story along a little. Hope you all enjoy! ?
Meanwhile, in Lord Age's Palace…
"General Sombra! Come here!" Lord Age called.
Out of complete nowhere, Sombra came out of the shadows with his new power.
"You called, master?" Sombra said.
"General Sombra, I have a job for you." Lord Age said.
"Does it involve me killing those stupid ponies?" Sombra asked.
"In a way, but only one." Lord Age said.
"Why can't I just kill ALL of them?" Sombra asked.
"You dare go against my orders, Sombra?" Lord Age asked angrily.
"No, master. I'm sorry master." Sombra apologized.
"That's what I thought! Now, I want you to kill Rainbow Dash." Lord Age said.
"Why her out of all the others? Why not Twilight? She's the leader of the group." Sombra asked.
"Because, I have looked into Soulnebula's orb, and I see a future in which Rainbow Dash causes a lot of trouble for me. I want her eliminated." Lord Age said.
"I will see that it is done in the most brutal way possible." Sombra said.
"Very good." Lord Age said.
Sombra bowed as he began to walk away.
"However, I don't want to kill her right away." Sombra said.
"No?" Lord Age asked as he was ready to attack Sombra.
"No, because I was thinking that maybe instead of killing her right off the bat, I could psychologically torture her for a little bit, then I can kill her." Sombra said.
"And how do you plan to do that?" Lord Age asked.
"I'm sure you are aware of the fact that Rainbow Dash has a human father?" Sombra asked.
"Yes, I am aware of that." Lord Age said.
"15 years of Rainbow Dash's life, she was raised by this Josh guy because Twilight can't perform a weather spell right." Sombra said.
"So, what does he have to do with torturing Rainbow Dash?" Lord Age asked.
"Well, I was thinking, what if I really messed Rainbow Dash up by wiping Josh's memory clean." Sombra said.
"So that he won't remember her?" Lord Age asked.
"Correct. It will break her heart that her, quote on quote 'father', won't be able to remember who she is or anything." Sombra said.
"And what do you plan to do if that doesn't work? What if Rainbow Dash attacks you?" Lord Age asked.
"Simple, if I can't wipe Josh's memory clean, I'll wipe Rainbow Dash's memory. That way Josh will have to go through that time when he accidently got teleported to the ponies' universe." Sombra explained.
"I see, how do you plan to actually do this?" Lord Age asked.
"I'll let Josh or Rainbow Dash get close to me, then I'll grab them and cloud their memory of each other and the other will be in pure sadness and grief." Sombra explained.
"Hmm, very well. Carry out on your mission." Lord Age commanded as he waved Sombra away.
"Yes, master." Sombra said as he was about to walk out of the throne room.
"General Sombra," Lord Age called.
"Yes, master?" Sombra responded.
"Three things: one, when you get to the heroes, press this button on this remote." Lord Age said.
"If I may ask, what does it do?" Sombra asked.
"It will play a message that will serve as a warning to those stupid heroes. What is one the message, I will not tell you." Lord Age said.
"Yes, master." Sombra said.
"Second, if you fail to kill or erase the memory of Josh or Rainbow Dash, then I will see that you will have an appointment scheduled for you in my Torture Chamber. Do I make myself clear?" Lord Age said.
"Yes, master." Sombra said.
"Good. Third, I have a gift for you." Lord Age said.
"A gift for me?" Sombra asked.
"Yes, I have noticed that Gold has been giving those heroes some, 'Upgrades' if you will. I think it's my turn." Lord Age said as he used his power to upgrade Sombra.
Sombra felt some new form of power flow through him. Sombra watched as he saw his armor was starting to change slightly. He saw metal claws appear on the bottom of his leg armor plates. He noticed that metal spikes were forming on his cape. His armor in general was mainly getting spikes added to it. However, Sombra's horn did get larger and his armor felt more durable than before. Overall, the process felt fine to Sombra.
However, a few moments later, he felt a sudden pain on his back. Sombra cried out in pain as he felt like someone was piercing him with 2 metal rods or something. Sombra looked back and saw 2 robotic wings literally growing from his back. As the wings got bigger, Sombra was in even more pain. When the wings started growing spikes and more metal, Sombra could feel it and it hurt like heck.
A few moments later, the process was finally complete and Sombra had been completely "updated".
"There, now you are ready." Lord Age said.
"GAAAHH! WHAT THE #$% ! WAS THAT FOR!?" Sombra yelled.
"SILENCE! You should be grateful!" Lord Age yelled.
"I would be, if it didn't hurt like heck! Why do I even need this!?" Sombra asked.
"Because you are weak-I mean, you must be prepared for anything. This upgrade will ensure that you are fully capable of success." Lord Age said.
"Whatever." Sombra said.
"Now that you are ready, go and remember, if you fail me, you will SUFFER!" Lord Age yelled.
"Yes, master." Sombra said as he walked out of the throne room.
"GUARDS!" Lord Age called.
A few moments later, 2 Fusion Monsters showed up. The creatures bowed and made growling noises, indicating they were waiting for their orders.
"Go prepare the Torture Chamber for the general. I highly doubt he will return successfully. (Evil Chuckle)." Lord Age said.
Back in the Ruins of Directions…
"There, that takes care of that problem." Mickey said as he put his Keyblade away and helped Donald stand up. "Are you okay, Donald?" Mickey asked.
"Well, I mean aside from my cut wing, yes I'm perfectly fine, Mickey." Donald said.
"Don't you worry Donald, I'll heal you." Mickey said as he used his magic to completely heal Donald's cut wing.
The scar still showed but there was no pain.
"Thanks, Mickey." Donald said.
"No problem." Mickey said as he patted Donald on the back.
"Glory, are you going to be okay?" Sunny asked as she held Glory in her arms.
"I'll be fine, Sunny." Glory said as she grunted in pain from the bullet wound.
"Excuse me, Sunny, let me help her." Twilight said as he approached Glory. "Your majesty, I'm going to heal you with a magic spell. It is going to hurt a little, okay." Twilight warned Glory.
"I doubt whatever you do will hurt me as much as the bullet did. Go for it." Glory said.
Twilight proceeded with her healing spell and with her magic, she was able to safely close the bullet wound.
"There, that should stop the bleeding and sooth the pain," Twilight said.
"Thank you. Your help is very appreciated." Glory said as she stood up.
"You're most welcome, your majesty." Twilight said as she gave Glory a small bow.
"Please, there is no need to refer to me as royalty. But thanks." Glory said.
"We're so lucky to have you magic people with us." Sunny said.
"Are you okay, little fella?" Goofy asked as helped Spike get up.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks." Spike said.
"Sure thing." Goofy said.
Meanwhile, at the Forge of Creation…
After a while of cleaning and repairing, Gold and Josh had finally prepared the forge for the creation of the second Glove of Imagination. At the moment, Josh was watching the live feed of the heroes after their deadly encounter with False Deathbringer. Josh sighed in relief when he saw that the fight was done and the heroes were safe again, for the moment at least. As Josh was watching, Gold walked into the room where the feed was playing and he called to Josh.
"Hey Josh?" Gold called.
"Huh? Oh! Yeah, Gold, what's up?" Josh asked.
"Have you by any chance ever checked out that room over there?" Gold asked as he pointed to a room on the side.
"Um, no, I don't think so." Josh replied.
"I see, well would you mind checking the room out and telling me what's in there?" Gold asked.
"Sure thing, Gold." Josh said as he got up to inspect the extra room.
"Wait a second!" Gold called out to Josh.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Josh asked.
"Here, take this," Gold called as he tossed an old rusty sword to Josh. "Just in case something jumps out at you." Gold said.
"Thanks." Josh said as he caught the sword and walked to the room.
Josh reached the room and turned the door knob. The door wouldn't open no matter how hard Josh pulled the door.
"Everything okay over there, Josh?" Gold asked, hearing Josh's struggling.
"No, it's just that this dang door won't open." Josh replied.
"Have you tried pushing the door open?" Gold asked.
"No, let me try," Josh said as tried to push. "No, that doesn't work either." Josh called.
"I'll come help you." Gold said.
"Actually, there's no need." Josh said.
"Why?" Gold asked.
"I have an idea. You might hear some loud banging and metal breaking, so don't be freaked out." Josh said as he raised the sword up in the air and started to whacking the door lock with his sword.
A few good swings later, Josh finally broke the door lock and he kicked the door fully open and he was able to enter the extra room.
When Josh walked into the room, he immediately knew what this room was for. The room was some type of weaponry storage.
"What's the room for?" Gold called.
"It's some type of storage room for weapons and armor." Josh replied.
"Let me see." Gold said as he walked into the room. "It certainly is a storage room." Gold said as looked around the room.
"Hmm, do you think maybe we could find something to use as a mold for the second glove?" Josh asked.
"Yes, that would be a good idea. Let us search for a piece of armor that we can use. It will make crafting the glove easier." Gold said.
"Good call." Josh said as he went to dig through a pile of old armor and gears.
Gold lifted the extremely heavy objects to search for anything that looked similar to the original Glove of Imagination.
A few minutes of digging and tossing things around later, and Josh saw something that caught his eye. It appeared to be some sort of gauntlet in a box full of other armor pieces. Josh climbed and ducked his way through other armor pieces and gears and he finally reached the box. Josh grabbed the gauntlet and examined it.
"Hey, Gold! I found something!" Josh called as he made his way back to where Gold was.
"What did you find?" Gold asked.
"Do you think this will work?" Josh asked as he presented the gauntlet to Gold.
Gold examined the gauntlet and was pleased that it was just right for crafting the second glove. While it did have some rust on it, it still looked very durable and bulky. Gold could tell that this glove was meant to fit a much larger creature but Gold could change that.
"Amazing, Josh! We will use this!" Gold said as they made their way to the forge.
"So, what's the plan?" Josh asked.
"Well, you continue to watch the feed and I'll will begin the construction of the mold for the glove." Gold said.
"Why don't we just make an exact copy of that one?" Josh asked.
"Well, I would like to make some changes to it. Maybe, make it more threatening and durable. Add a few spikes here or there, you know, basic stuff." Gold explained.
"Well, I guess that makes sense. Plus, you need to make a glove that is smaller than that." Josh said.
"Exactly. Now, you watch the feed and I'll get to work." Gold said.
"Sure thing." Josh said as they worked on their tasks.
As Gold was about to start creating the mold for the second glove, he stopped and thought for a moment.
While the heroes are moving forward, I fear things are moving too slowly. I have to do something, but what? Gold thought to himself.
Gold was proud of the heroes for showing bravery and persistence, but he knew that at the rate they were moving, Lord Age would have plenty of time to try and overpopulate the land with his Monster Minions and he could have more time to steal the Cores of Formation. Plus, the heroes still had to focus on reviving the other fallen heroes. Then, Gold got an idea.
The other fallen heroes! Of course! I know just what to do! Gold thought.
"JOSH!" Gold called.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Josh asked.
"I have an idea on how to help them out a little." Gold said.
"Well, you have been helping them out already." Josh said.
"I am not speaking of them, well I guess I am in a way, but I am speaking of everyone else that was turned into a statue." Gold said.
"Oh, okay. What's your plan?" Josh asked.
"I will use my power to revive some of the fallen heroes across the land. That way they can aid in taking care of the monsters that Lord Age has placed." Gold said.
"That sounds like a really powerful spell. Don't you have a limit on how many super powerful magic spells you can do before you are rendered powerless?" Josh asked.
"You are correct, my friend. Luckily, this action that I will perform will have no effect on me. However, I can only do this once, and I am only able to revive a few heroes. But they can revive others as they make their way through the world, they are in." Gold explained.
"I guess that will speed things up a little. Plus, other people can have their own screen time." Josh said.
"What? 'Screen Time'? What are you talking about?" Gold asked.
"(Chuckle) Just a little inside joke, Gold." Josh said.
"Okay? Anyways, you keep watching the feed, I'll be right back." Gold said.
"Wait, where are you going?" Josh asked.
"I am going to the heroes to notify them of my decision. Don't worry, I won't be long my friend." Gold said as he teleported away.
Back in The Ruins of Directions…
By now, the heroes had recovered from their encounter with False Deathbringer and they were going back to what they had originally planned to: Decide which Core to go for first.
"Okay everyone, now a-that we have taken care of our problems, we can pick up our conversation that we a-had before we were attacked." Mario said.
"What were we talking about again?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"I believe we were talkin' about which core we were going to go for." Applejack said.
"Oh, yeah! She's right. We were talking about that before… you know, stuff happened." Clay said.
"It's good that you remembered. After Mario was hit by that fireball, I just forgot everything after that." Luigi said.
"So, what have we decided?" Twilight asked.
"Well, we haven't a-really decided yet." Mario said.
"Wait, what?" Clay asked.
"I think what happened was that we were ABOUT to decide, but then bad things happened and I guess we were focused on not dying." Gumball said.
Then, out of nowhere, Gold teleported right in front of the heroes, causing them all to jump in shock, a few screaming.
"Hello, my friends." Gold said.
"Geez, dude! Don't pop in like that!" Gumball said.
"Yeah, I almost shot you with my shotgun." Judy said.
"Forgive me, but I have some good news to tell you all." Gold said.
"Oo! Are you going to give us all special abilities so that we can never get hurt or die!?" Pinkie Pie asked as she bounced up and down in front of him.
"Um…. No." Gold said.
"Oh." Pinkie said sadly as her hair deflated like a balloon.
"Well, then what's the good news?" Penny asked.
"Well, to start off, I just want to say that I am very proud of all of you. You have all showed persistence and strength." Gold said.
"Don't forget the fact that we almost DIED!" Donald said.
"Calm down, Donald. We're still alive, aren't we?" Mickey asked as he patted Donald.
"I guess so. But where were YOU!? How come you aren't coming with us? It would make our journey a little bit easier." Donald asked.
"Dude, Gold can't come with us because if he did, he would be O.P. and this story wouldn't be as fun for the readers if it was just Gold taking out all our enemies." Gumball said.
"Gumball, stop breaking the fourth wall and Gold can you continue please?" Nick asked.
"Ah, yes, of course. Moving on; despite the fact that you are all doing very well, you still more land to cover and we are kind of wasting time." Gold said.
"Well, sorry if we're not the fastest heroes alive." Glory said.
"I understand, but I did not come here to insult or criticize you. I have decided to perform a spell that will bring back a few of your fallen friends." Gold said.
"Wait, you mean you can revive ALL of our friends!?" Sunny asked.
"Um, no, I said only a few." Gold said.
"Aw come on!" Sunny said.
"But, what about your power limit? Isn't this too risky to do?" Twilight asked.
"You've already used a couple of your chances. Is this worth it?" Rarity asked.
"Don't worry my friends, this will not affect me." Gold said.
"Sweet! But what are they supposed to do? I mean, they have no clue what's going on, and we won't be there to do that snappy thing." Judy said.
"Carrots is right, what will they do?" Nick asked.
"What if more monsters attack them?" Luigi asked.
"What if they get lost and never find us ever again!?" Fluttershy asked.
"Don't worry everyone. I agree, they won't know what's going on or where they are or the dangers they might encounter. But I have a solution to that." Gold said.
"What's a-your plan?" Mario asked.
"I may not be able to fill them with all the knowledge that you all have, but I can fill their heads with the knowledge that they must find their way to theses ruins and try to revive any other statue they find along the way." Gold said.
"But, will they attack each other?" Emmet asked. "Cause, that could be bad news."
"You are correct. I will also make them aware that everyone they are revived with, are ally not enemy. But I can't promise that they still won't be hostile towards each other." Gold explained.
"Well, that's very reassuring to hear." Judy said.
"Don't worry, it is safe." Gold said.
"But what if they encounter monsters? I'm not trying to say that anyone is weak or anything, but someone of the fallen heroes may not be fully capable of defending themselves from the monsters. Will they get upgrades?" Spike asked.
"As a matter of fact, I can provide them upgrades. However, I won't be there to physically give it to them. When they are revived, they will be given an upgrade of my choice. Or a weapon of my choice." Gold said.
"Sweet!" Gumball said.
"Let's just hope they don't kill each other." Clay whispered.
"I say it's a-worth it, do it Gold!" Mario said.
"Very well, stand back everyone." Gold said.
When everyone had stepped a safe distance away, Gold began forming some sort of magic orb between his hands. He started chanting in an unknown language as the orb got bigger and bigger.
As the spell continued, the orb was getting so big that Gold had to raise his hands upwards as if he were carrying it. A few moments later and the orb was roughly about the size of an airplane wheel. After Gold finished his chant, he completed the spell.
"Revsi adas… Revive the selected heroes!" Gold yelled as he blasted the orb into the sky.
The orb went about 60 feet into the air before it spun in a circle and then it exploded into multiple beams of magic. The beams shot out and head for many areas across the land, hitting a total of 15 statues somewhere in the land.
"There we go. Now, I must return to the forge and being crafting the mold for the second glove. Farewell heroes, be safe on your journey." Gold said as he waved goodbye and teleported back to the Forge of Creation.
"Well, that happened." Penny said.
"Seriously, what is his deal. He comes in and does magic and then he just goes?" Donald asked.
"Yeah, that's kind of his thing." Starflight said.
"Believe me you guys, after a while, you get used to it quickly." Glory said.
"Well, now that he is gone, where were we?" Spike asked.
"We were talking about why we were interrupted before we could make any plans." Gumball said.
"Oh, yeah. Well let's get back to that before we get interrupted again." Spike said.
"Good idea, Spike. So, what a-core do you all want to go for first?" Mario asked.
"Well, which one is closer these ruins?" Luigi asked.
"Well, according to the map, it seems like the Core of Entertainment is the closest to us." Emmet said as he studied the map.
"So, are we going to that one first?" Nick asked.
"It would be the most reasonable one to go for first. As it is the closest to us." Mickey said.
"Then it is a-settled, we will a-go for the Core of Entertainment." Mario said.
"Awesome! Let's go!" Emmet said, excitedly.
"Actually Emmet, we need to make our 2 groups remember?" Judy said.
"Oh, yeah I forgot about that." Emmet said.
"Tsunami?" Mario called.
"Yeah, what's up?" Tsunami asked.
"You, Glory, Starflight, Sunny, Luigi, Penny, and Spike, will be in a-charge of reviving any of our fallen friends along the way and the a-rest of us will go for the a-core." Mario said.
"Sure, that sounds good to me." Tsunami said.
"Wait, don't tell me Tsunami is going to be our group leader." Glory said.
"Looks like I am, Glory. You got a problem with that?" Tsunami asked.
"Um, yes, I have a problem with that. You are going to get us killed." Glory said.
"No, I am not, if anything YOU will be the one that gets us all killed." Tsunami said.
"I highly doubt that." Glory said.
"Well, I am positively sure of it!" Tsunami said.
"Stop it you two! This is no time for arguing!" Sunny said as she stepped between the two.
"Yeah, Tsunami, this no time for that." Glory said.
"Why you!? You know what? Whatever!" Tsunami said.
"Well, now that you a-two got your argument out of the a-way, we can begin our mission." Mario said.
"Oh boy! Know we can finally get our story plot going and we can keep the readers stratified with our journey!" Gumball said.
"Gumball, can you please stop breaking the fourth-wall?" Nick asked.
"Nope. I'm going to stop doing it until we die, which will never happen because if we do, this story will die and Daniel will get hate comments for killing us." Gumball said.
"Gumball, just stop." Nick said.
"Let's be on our a-way." Mario said as they made their way down the path that led to the Forest of Laughter; to the Core of Entertainment.
And that is that! What did you guys think of this chapter? I'll tell you all right now that you can expect General Sombra to show his face to the heroes in the chapter after the next chapter I post. I say this because I will post another .5 chapter. This extra chapter will show you all which heroes have been revived and what to expect from them moving forward. Sorry that this is so late, school had been killing me and I have been stressed out lately. I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you all next time! ?