A full month have passed since Stephan was fooled and was tricked into turning all of his real friends by his own father and also by Brandon and Biff, but now he already knows of his father's evil tricks and so he won't fall for his father's evilness anymore, and so now he's already back in Ponyville and he's enjoying living there with his twin baby siblings, Andy and Zoey, and have his new neighbors somewhere nearby, which are in this case - Zach, Layla and Timmy (all of whom are the three good Zebrataurs who betrayed Brandon, Biff and the rest of the herd), who decided to go to live in Ponyville as well and enjoy new good lives together near Stephan and far away from Brandon, and Zach became Stephan's newest best friend.
It was now also 55 months (4 years and 7 months) since Chloe first arrived in Equestria, as well as it was also 43 months (3 years and 7 months) since Aylene became her beloved Equestrian Pegasus pony sister, and they too enjoy their lives in the royal castle in Canterlot, but they also enjoy having best friends with Stephan, since last month, the friendship bond between Chloe, Aylene and Stephan grew even more tighter, even more stronger and even more rock-solid than ever before, thus making all three of them strong and powerful all together.
One day, Chloe and Aylene went out of the royal castle and they went all the way to Ponyville to meet Stephan again, who is now happy and okay for real this time, and when the two arrived in Ponyville and started to make their way towards Stephan's house, Stephan decided to make a surprise to Chloe and Aylene when they will come to visit and meet him again, and so he went all around his house and he closed and shut all the windows and turned off all the lights, and when he heard Chloe and Aylene knocking on the front door which led to his house, this is when Stephan called for them "Come in, girls!", and then he quickly went to find a place where he can hide in and then he found some white linens and he decided to cover himself with them to disguise as a ghost so he can both surprise and scare Chloe and Aylene in case they come to find him inside his dark house.
When Chloe and Aylene opened the door and went inside, they saw that Stephan's house is so dark inside, and then Chloe called and asked "Hello? Stephan? Where are you?", and then Aylene added "Please, show yourself! We just came here to say hello! If you want to come with us and play in the meadow, just come out from wherever you are and show yourself!", but Stephan didn't answered and so Chloe and Aylene had no choice but to search for Stephan everywhere inside his own house, and Stephan himself stayed down under the white linens and waited patiently for Chloe and Aylene to stumble upon him so he can both scare and surprise them both at the same time.
When Chloe and Aylene finally reached and entered the room where Stephan waited for them to come, Chloe then called for Stephan "Come out, wherever you are, Stephan!", and then Aylene added "Please come out! We just wanna say hello!", and then Stephan decided to come out for them while he was covered in the white linens and then he yelled "BOO!", and when Chloe and Aylene turned and saw him covered in the white linens, this is when Chloe and Aylene screamed and cried together "Ahhh! A ghost!", and then they decided to turn and run away together in fear, and then they quickly went out of the room with Stephan, who is still covered in the white linens, is following after them close behind and giving a hot pursuit after them, and then he started to chase after both Chloe and Aylene all around his own house and tried to catch up with them.
Eventually, Stephan managed to catch up with both Chloe and Aylene and he managed to go past them and trap them before they can both escape and leave his house, and then he tried to sound like a scary ghost and he said "Give me your souls!", and this made Chloe and Aylene start to cry in fear and hug each as they both thought that the 'ghost' is going to kill them and steal their souls, and this when Chloe cried "Please, go away!", and then Aylene added "Leave us alone!", but then Stephan (who is still under the white linens) approached them both very close, and this is when he removed and threw the white linens away and off himself before he pointed at them both with a human arm and hand and happiny yelled "Gotcha!", before he then burst into a laughter from having his prank on Chloe and Aylene coming out successful.
However, when Chloe and Aylene opened their eyes and saw Stephan standing there and laughing at them, the two pulled away from each other before they both asked together "Stephan? It was you all along?", and then Stephan looked at them and said while still giggling "Yes, I just pulled a prank on you two, that's all!", but this made both Chloe and Aylene a bit angry and mad at him for his prank which clearly managed to scare them to death, and then Chloe said with a hint of anger in her voice tone "Do you realize that you almost caused us both a heart attack?!", and then Aylene cried and added "Stephan, what were you thinking?! You managed to scare us both to death!", but then Stephan said "I'm sorry! I just wanted to see how would you both react when you both see me disguised as a ghost, that's all!", but then Chloe said to him "Don't ever do this to us again, Stephan!", and then Aylene added and said "Do you understand?!", and then Stephan said "Okay, I apologize for what I did!", and then he apologized for his prank he pulled on both Chloe and Aylene and said "I'm sorry my prank managed to scare you both to death!", and when Chloe and Aylene heard his apology, their angry expressions changed into happy ones as they both suddenly started to giggle before Chloe said "It's okay, Stephan! We both already know this prank!", and then Aylene added "And even though your prank did managed to scare us both to death, we can and we will still forgive you because you're our best friend!", and then Stephan said "I knew you both probably already knew this prank I pulled on both of you!", and then the three burst out into a laughter and started to laugh all together.
Later, when they all stopped laughing, Chloe explained to Stephan that when she was just four years old, her older brother, Mike, and their parents, Jeff and Jane, pulled a prank on her by disguising each other and themselves as ghosts by covering themselves in white linens and then they tried to scare her, and she even explained that their prank did not only scared her to death but also made her cry in fear and terror since she didn't knew it was nothing more but a whole prank. Aylene then said and explained that she too experienced the same prank when she was much younger, when her mother, Black Heart, and her father, Wild Berry, disguised each other and themselves as ghosts and tried to scare her by chasing after her while being disguised as ghosts and yelling 'Boo!' at her, but she also explained that despite the prank did managed to scare her to death and caused her to cry, she still forgave her parents when they both realized how wrong they were when they pulled the prank on her and then decided to apologize to her for scaring her with their prank.
Then, Stephan asked them "These two things happened to you two before your families turned on you and before Black Heart killed Wild Berry?", and then Chloe and Aylene both nodded and then Chloe said "Yes, indeed!", and then Aylene added "And now that we already now this prank, we're not really scared of it anymore!", and then Stephan said "I see.", and then he asked "Anyway, do you wanna come outside with me and play with me in the meadow?", and then Chloe said to him "You said it!", and then Aylene added "Let's go and have some fun together!", and so the three went out of Stephan's house and they all went to play in the meadow all together.
In the meadow, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan all enjoyed playing and having fun together, and once they all got tired, they all went to sit and lie down under the tree, and then Stephan said "Now I finally enjoy my life with you two much more better than before!", and then Chloe said to him "We're both happy to hear that, Stephan!", and then Aylene added "We too enjoy having you as our true best friend as well!", but then an awfully familiar male voice said "Well, well, well! Isn't it Stephan the centaur and his hairless ape girl and stripeless, chicken-winged zebra friends!", and when Chloe, Aylene and Stephan turned to look up and forward, they all saw Akeno with Lysander and Sayla standing right behind him, and all three were looking at them with evil smirks on their faces.
When Chloe, Aylene and Stephan saw their three animal enemies looking and glaring at them evilly, Stephan then asked "What's is going on?", and then Aylene added "What do you three want from us?", and then Chloe cried "Go away and leave us alone!", but then Akeno said "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, you three think my friends and I here will all just listen to you this easily, don't you?", and then he added "Well guess what, I have a surprise for you!", and then he suddenly lit up his forehead in a red aura similar to both Lysander and Sayla and then he used his magic to transform himself into Stephan, much to Chloe, Aylene and Stephan's shock, and thus showing them all that Akeno learned to use and control magic and finally became a shape-shifter, and in his case - a shape-shifting okapi.
Then, Akeno (in the form of Stephan) said evilly in Stephan's voice but sounded evilly compared to the good and real Stephan "I became a shape-shifting okapi, and now my friends and I we're all ready to get our revenge on you three just as we promised when Sayla told you so!", and then he, Lysander and Sayla all laughed evilly at Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, who then quickly stood up on their feet and hooves but then they all decided to run away together for their lives to avoid being picked on by their three animal enemies.
However, Lysander and Sayla froze the three in place by using their own magic and then Akeno also used his own magic to make a set of chains appear out of thin air, and then he used them to chain up Chloe, Aylene and Stephan by their necks, wrists, ankles and hooves, and once he was done, Akeno, Lysander and Sayla all released their magical grip from the now chained up Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, whom are all now unable to escape their three animal enemies, and no matter what they all tried to do, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan's struggling to escape from their chains are futile, and they soon realized that their animal enemies have finally managed to capture them and have them all for themselves, much to Lysander, Sayla and Akeno's delight as the three evil animals then started to laugh evilly all together, before Akeno then used his magic to transform back to his normal self and to his original okapi form and then he said evilly to Chloe, Aylene and Stephan "You're not going anywhere! But with us!", and then he, Lysander and Sayla all gave them evil smirks once again.
Then, Lysander, Sayla and Akeno all used their magic together to levitate Chloe, Aylene and Stephan and they soon placed them down on their backs, before the three evil animals turned tail and left the meadow together while taking Chloe, Aylene and Stephan along with them, thus having the three of them hostages. While continuing to walk away with the human girl, Pegasus pony and centaur as their hostages, Lysander said "I know a great place where we can treat our three punching bags with lots of disrespect for the bitter experience they've all have given us!", and then Sayla asked "Which place did you chose for us to go to so we can have our revenge on these three stupid scums?", and then Lysander answered and explained "I've heard about a crazy and dumb place which most ponies and most non-ponies know as Yakyakistan! We can take our three stupid scums to torment them all in there!".
However, then Akeno asked "Wait a second, isn't that where all these weird, dumb, fat and ugly bisons live? You know, the bison kingdom?", but then Sayla corrected him and said "I think you mean 'yaks', not bisons, Akeno. Yakyakistan is where all the yaks live. It's also less commonly known as the yak kingdom.", and then Lysander said "You're right, Sayla. We're all going to Yakyakistan - the yak kingdom. When we reach there, we'll figure out what kind of harassment we'll all give these human girl, Pegasus pony and centaur for everything bad they've all done to us!", but then they all suddenly heard Stephan yelling at them at the top of his lungs "Let us all go home!", and then Chloe joined him and yelled "Yes, get and remove these stupid chains away from us or else you will all regret it!", and then Aylene added "That's right, set us all free, you're a trio of jerks!", but then Lysander yelled at them all "Shut up your mouths, you three disgusting rats!", and then Sayla added "When we all get to Yakyakistan, this is going to be the last of all three of you!", and then Akeno yelled "Yeah, so be all quite until we finally reach our last stop and final destination, you stupid little children!", and then he added "My friends and I we're all getting fed up with everything all three of you were all saying to us!", and so Lysander, Sayla and Akeno all continued to walk towards their final destination, which is in this case - Yakyakistan, with Chloe, Aylene and Stephan were all held hostages and in chains to prevent their escape before the animal villains' arrival at their final destination.