A month have passed since Ember's visit in Canterlot and Asha's death at the hands (or even-toed hooves) of Akeno, who then brainwashed all the adult okapis and turned them all to his slaves, and as for the young okapis, including one female whose name was Opey, they're all doing fine because they're living with all the other animal herds, who mixed together to protect and keep all the young okapis safe until all the adults and elders will be released from Akeno's evil magic, and then an elder okapi (either male or female) will be chosen to replace the now deceased Asha.

Anyway, it was now 57 months (4 years and 9 months) since Chloe first arrived in Equestria, and it was also 45 months (3 years and 9 months) since Aylene became her beloved Pegasus pony sister, and the two often go to visit the herds in the Everfree Forest, who are all caring for and protecting the young okapis from any source of harm, and as for Opey, she became best friends with Kyra the Indian elephant, Albert the Sumatran rhinoceros and Milton the tapir, and they all ended up making friends with a male gorilla youngster from Angalifu's troop whose name is Georgie, and he's not older or younger but is just around their own age, and the five young animals formed an unlikely friendship that was unlike anything any other creature in Equestria have ever saw before with animals which are not ponies, yaks or other non-animal creatures (changelings, griffons, Hippogriffs, etc).

One day, Chloe, Aylene, Stephan and their friends went to the Everfree Forest to meet the herds and see how all the young okapis were all doing after Asha's death and their parents and elders' brainwashing and abduction (by Akeno), and upon meeting them all again, Opey, Kyra, Albert, Milton and Georgie all ran towards them to meet them, and the five young animals also wanted to show them all how they're been doing and getting along well with the other herds for over the last month since Asha's death and their parents and elders' brainwashing and abduction (by Akeno).

Opey showed Chloe and her friends how she managed to find and make new friends with Kyra, Albert, Milton and Georgie, despite none of them were okapis like her, but the five still like to have each other like anything nopony and no other creatures have ever seen before, and then Opey said "One day, we will find that Akeno, and then we'll teach him a lesson for messing up with my family and for destroying grandma Asha! Together we're strong and we won't let Akeno win ever again like he already did against poor grandma Asha!", and then Kyra said "He have the nerve to kill someone older than him just to seize and gain control on everything he wants!", and then Albert added "But he will pay for underestimating good animals and for his cruel and heartless behavior towards everyone but these four non-okapi best friends of his he have!", and then Milton added "He will pay for taking all the dearest adults and elders away from Opey and all her siblings and cousins, just to use them all as his and his evil friends' personal slaves!", and then Georgie spoke up and said "When we find that monster okapi and his four friends, we would like to give them all a taste of their own medicine! And also to have them all send to Tartarus for all of their inexcusable crimes, before and after they all met each other!".

Then, they all heard Lin Raju's voice calling "Hey! Hi there, everyone! Hello!", and when they all turned to the right, they saw Lin Raju coming towards them before he then stopped right in front of all of them (and in front of all the herds as well), and then Opey and all the other young okapis ran and raced up to meet him before they ended up trying to hug at his massive and half-woolly frame and size with their forelegs, much to Chloe, Aylene, Stephan and their friends' joy to see the Mammophant whom the young okapis all loved so much for he was the one who comforted them all ever since Asha was killed by Akeno.

Then, when they all let go of Lin Raju and stepped aback to let him have some personal space, Opey said out of all the young okapis "I'm so happy you're back, Lin Raju! Out of all of us, I'm the one who truly missed you so much for the most!", and then Lin Raju said back giving her a kind smile "Thank you, little one.", and then he turned to the herds and asked "How is it going? Did any of you found any traces of Akeno which may lead to him or to his evil friends?", but then Queen Tukta said to him "No, not yet. But we're still trying though.", and then Mekong added "We know we still have to try and track them down or at least learn of their whereabouts so we can find and save all the adult and elder okapis, and then we'll take them all away from that despicable Akeno and from his friends!".

Then, Lin Raju said "For now, none of us really knows about Akeno and his friends' whereabouts, but we'll find out sooner or later where they went and where they currently are!", and then Stephan said to him "I think you have a point!", and then Chloe added "You've got it!", and then Aylene added "We'll eventually find Akeno and his friends and we'll teach them all a lesson for what they all did to poor Asha!", and then Bluebell said in agreement "And we will!" and then she added "We can't and we won't forgive for that inexcusable crime Akeno have done when he destroyed Asha like he did! We're going to find him and his friends and banish them all to Tartarus!", and then everyone cheered for what the human, Pegasus, two centaurs and Mammophant all said, and they all knew that Akeno, Lysander, Sayla, Ganda and Terrence cannot hide away in the shadows forever, and that sooner or later, the five will all be eventually caught for their crimes and will be sent and banished all together to Tartarus for the rest of their lives.

Meanwhile, in a big cave in the Badlands, Akeno, his friends and the brainwashed adult okapis (and the three last jackals) were all planning to use a young foal, a baby animal or any other young creature as a bait for Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, and so Akeno decided to send three of the brainwashed okapis to bring him and his friends someone whom they can use as the necessary bait (or if more - so baits) for Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, and so the three brainwashed okapis went out of the cave on a mission to kidnap someone young and bring him/her or them back to Akeno and his friends and use them as baits for Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, and after searching for the perfect place where they can exact and start with their plan, the three brainwashed okapis ended up reaching to Ponyville, and so they decided to go there and search for a colt or a filly they can kidnap and bring back to cave and use as a bait.

Eventually, the three brainwashed okapis stumbled upon four young foals whom they decided to kidnap and bring back to the cave to use as baits, and these four were none other than the CMC - Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Randall, the only main member of the CMC who is a colt and not a filly. The okapis decided to follow them and then they decided to snatch them all one by one, starting with Sweetie Belle. The okapis managed to slowly and carefully bite and grab Sweetie Belle by her tail, and then they threw her into a sack and then they closed and tied it up to prevent the Unicorn filly from having any way to escape.

Then, the okapis decided to take Randall next, and so they started to follow him from behind and while he's not even noticing them, one of them successfully snatched him by the tail and threw him into another sack and then they closed and tied it up to prevent the Earth pony colt from having any way to escape. Then, the okapis decided to take Apple Bloom next, and so they started to follow her from behind without she even noticing them, and while she's not looking back, one of the okapis seized her by her tail and threw her into a third sack and then they closed and tied it up to prevent the Earth pony filly from having any way to escape. Then, the okapis decided to kidnap Scootaloo as the last thing they will do before they will leave Ponyville and go all the way back to the cave, and so they all decided to follow behind Scootaloo and they waited for the right movement where they can abduct her as well, and once they got close enough to her while she's still completely unaware that they're right behind her, the okapis then grabbed and snatched her by the tail and then they threw her into a fourth sack and then they closed and tied it up to prevent the Pegasus filly from having any way to escape, thus having all four young foals captured.

Then, the three brainwashed okapis turned tail and started to run away and leave Ponyville with their four young hostages, and so they went all their way back to the cave in the Badlands, and upon finally arriving back there, the three brainwashed okapis untied and opened the sacks and showed the four young and terrified foals to Akeno and to his friends, and when Akeno saw the CMC, he said evilly "What a four-time surprise!" and then he laughed evilly before he then said to the three okapis who abducted "You may leave us be so my friends and I can speak to these four stupid stripeless little zebras!", and the brainwashed okapis obeyed, and so not only the three who abducted the CMC went deeper and darker into another part of the big cave, but also the rest of the brainwashed okapis all did the same thing their three friends did, thus leaving the CMC alone with Akeno, Lysander, Sayla, Ganda and Terrence.

Then, the five evil animals smiled and laughed evilly at the four terrified foals before Akeno stepped forward and said to them "Welcome to our cave, stripeless little zebras!", but then Scootaloo asked him "Why did you brought us here?", and then Terrence said "So we can use you four for our own benefits, of course!", but then Sweetie Belle asked "Like what?", and then Sayla came close to her and said evilly "Like help us capture and destroy Chloe, Aylene and their centaur friend Stephan, of course!", and then she gave the Unicorn filly a lowly chuckle, which did managed to scare her as she looked up at the adult female gorilla and recognized her by her evil face.

However, Randall said "Well, we're not staying here, and we're not going to help you either!", and then Apple Bloom cried "We're leaving!", but before they can turn to go, Lysander blocked their path and stopped them and said "I don't think so, my sweet little treats!", and then Ganda came and got right behind them and then she poked at their butts with her front horn and said evilly "You're all going to serve us and help us get our job done as soon as possible!", and then Terrence grabbed Apple Bloom by the waist with his trunk so not to choke and/or to kill her and then he said "You're going to be our cute and sweet little baits!", and then he wildly threw her into a cage, thus knocking her out cold.

When Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Randall all saw their unconscious friend lying down inside the cage, Sweetie Belle cried and yelled "How dare you?!", but then Ganda said evilly "You're next, Unicorn filly!", and then she grabbed Sweetie Belle by the tail with her mouth and then she tossed her and threw her into the cage, and she got knocked out cold as well. When Scootaloo and Randall saw their two unconscious friends lying down inside the cage, Scootaloo yelled "That's it! You five asked for it!", and then she charged at Sayla, but the gorilla moved out of the way and then she managed to grab Scootaloo by the right hind leg and hoof, and then she tossed her and threw her into the cage, and she got knocked out cold as well, thus leaving only Randall the only one who is not knocked out cold and/or thrown into the cage.

However, this made Randall angry to see his three friends being knocked out cold and inside the cage, and so he jumped on Akeno, climbed up on his neck and yelled at his in the face "You jerk!", and then he added "You let me and my friends go!", and then he started to bite hard onto the center of Akeno's snout just between the nostrils and above the upper lip, mouth and jaw, thus causing the okapi to scream in pain as he tried to shake Randall off himself, but the Earth pony colt still held tightly onto the okapi's face with his forelegs and hooves to prevent Akeno from throwing him off and into the cage, but then Terrence used his trunk to grab Randall by the tail and pull and get his grip off Akeno's face, before he then shook the colt wildly and then he threw him into the cage and knocked him out cold as well, before he then locked the cage to prevent the four foals from having any way or any chance to escape.

Then, Terrence turned to look at Akeno, but then he and the three other evil animals had shocked expressions on their faces when they saw what Randall actually did to Akeno's face - there was a painful bite mark from a colt's teeth on the center of Akeno's snout just between the nostrils and above the upper lip, mouth and jaw, and then Terrence asked in shock but also in horror "What did that monster for a stupid colt did to your face, Akeno?!", and then Akeno asked "What do you mean? What did he do to me?", and then Ganda cried "There's a scar running down the center of your snout, just between your nostrils and above your upper lip, mouth and jaw!", and then Sayla added "And I think it's starting to bleed!", and when Akeno heard what three of his friends said, he asked "A scar?!", and then Terrence used his new magic to make his forehead glow red and then he made a mirror appear out of thin air and then he levitated it and then placed it down in front of Akeno's face so he can see for himself that he indeed has a new scar right on his face.

When Akeno saw himself in the mirror, he screamed in horror when he saw the bleeding scar running down the center of his snout, and then he yelled "Doom on that stupid colt!" and then added "He will pay for giving me that scar on my face!", and just then, the CMC slowly got back to their consciousness and stood back up on their hooves, but then Akeno lowered his head down to the caged foals and yelled at them in anger, particularly at Randall in the face "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!", but then Randall asked him "What are you talking about?", and then Akeno yelled "You bit me and scarred my beautiful face!", and then he showed the four foals the new scar running down the center of his snout, before he then used his magic to clean all the blood from his new scar and then he said "As a punishment, you four are going to help us have our revenge on Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, stripeless zebras!", and then he turned tail and stormed off in anger, leaving the four foals shocked and also a bit confused.

Then, Lysander, Sayla and Ganda followed in the direction Akeno went and they wanted to find him and cheer him up, and Terrence was about to come with them too, but before he did so, he turned back and then he looked down at the CMC and said to them with evil eyes "When we destroy Chloe, Aylene and Stephan, my friends and I will have four pony skins hanging on our cave's walls!", but then Scootaloo warned "Don't you dare!" and then Sweetie Belle cried "You're a monster!", and then Apple Bloom yelled "You leave them alone!", and then Randall spoke last and said "And we're not going to help you draw them here to you, you manipulative jerks!", but then Terrence yelled at them all in the faces "YOU WILL! YOU ALL WILL!", and then he finally turned tail and stormed off in anger and followed his friends, thus leaving Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Randall all behind, and the four foals were all locked in a cage all alone (and they have just each other for support). However, the four still hoped their friends and sisters will come to rescue them all.