The Grundles, Mimic, and Spike had reached the shoreline, and were crawling out of the river they were in.
"Now where are we?" Spike asked.
"I don't know," Mimic said with a sigh. "How are we ever going to get back to Dream Valley now?"
"Not to worry," the Grundle King said. "Grundles here to help."
"Some help!" Mimic shouted, suddenly. "We're wet, tired, cold, and still lost!"
"Minor set back," the Grundle King said.
"Not to mention the Smooze is on our backs," Spike said. "We need the Flutter Ponies."
"Flutter Ponies only ones who can stop Smooze," the Grundle King said.
"Well, let's keep going then," Spike said shrugging. There wasn't much else they could do.
Mimic, Spike, and the Grundles walked along, until Spike stopped.
"Listen!" he shouted.
The group listened and heard the sounds of birds. They looked up and saw a bunch of multi colored birds flying in the sky, with long, flowing tails. Spike, Mimic, and the Grundles ran through the bushes and came to the steps of a stone temple. The little ponies' friend, Princess Phyllis, was sitting there, holding a little red bird with red, white, and aqua tail feathers in her hand. The other little birds were gathered around her, but when they heard Spike, Mimic, and the Grundles coming, they flew off, chirping frantically.
"Oops," Mimic said as he skidded to a halt. "Sorry, Phyllis. We didn't mean to scare your birds."
"Spike, Mimic, what are you two doing here?" Phyllis asked. "And who's that with you?"
"I am King of Grundles!" the Grundle King shouted.
"We are rest of Grundles!" the other Grundles shouted.
"We're on our way to Flutter Valley," Mimic said. "To stop the Smooze."
"I saw the Flutter Ponies awhile back," Phyllis said. "They looked like they were on their way to Paradise Estate."
"Then how come the Smooze is still here?" Spike asked.
"Unless that stuff isn't Smooze," Mimic said. "It sure looks like Smooze, but maybe it isn't Smooze. I mean, for one thing, it's green."
Spike shrugged. He knew what Mimic was getting at, but he wasn't so sure of exactly what she said.
In the meantime, the Witch Trio was watching Megan, Anne, and the little ponies making their way to try and find the Fairy Tails. Witch Cat wasn't too happy.
"I know what will stop them," she said. "Go get Blurgh."
Witch Poodle and Witch Kitten looked at each other, disgusted. They didn't like going to see Blurgh. But they did it anyway. They didn't have much of a choice. They walked over to a cave of some kind and looked around.
"I've had it," Witch Kitten said. "Ma can do everything herself from now on."
"Right," Witch Poodle said. "I've had it with her."
The two witches walked along until they reached the end of the cave. Witch Kitten held up a triangle and began banging on it.
"COME AND GET IT!" she shouted. This was how they called Blurgh. Blurgh grumbled, and growled, crawling out of his hole in the wall. He knew when Witch Cat wanted him to do something.
Megan, Anne, and the little ponies continued walking along until they reached a clearing.
"At least we didn't have to go through Shadow Forest," Fizzy replied.
"We're not going to Flutter Valley, Fizzy," Magic Star said. "We're trying to find the Fairy Tails."
Fizzy nodded, and the group continued. Anne and Megan were looking over the map just then. Fizzy looked over and began walking.
"I'll betcha anything the Fairy Tails are right behind this mountain of slime!" she shouted.
"There's no mountain of slime on the map," Anne said.
"There isn't?" Fizzy asked.
Suddenly, the mountain of slime growled. Fizzy backed up and the others just stared at it.
"What is that thing?" Fizzy asked.
"Looks like a giant slug monster," Anne said.
"BLUUURRRRRRGGGGHHHH!" the giant slug shouted.
"Let's get outta here . . . ." Anne said nervously, as she began to back away.
The little ponies and their friends dashed behind some rocks, and waited for something to happen.
"That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen," Fizzy said.
"Kinda reminds me of my science teacher," Anne said.
"You haven't met Ahgg yet, have you?" Magic Star asked.
"How do we get rid of it?" Fizzy asked.
"I believe I may have an suggestion," Wind Whistler said. "What we require is salt."
"Salt?" Megan asked.
"Indeed," Wind Whistler said. "A common garden slug will disintegrate. It's like acid to them."
"But where are we gonna get salt?" Magic Star asked.
Anne began to dig through her pockets, and started digging things out of it. She finally pulled two packets out of his pocket.
"Lucky for you guys I saved the cafeteria salt packets from school today," Anne said.
Anne handed Megan the salt. She climbed on Wind Whistler. The blue Pegasus flew into the air. Megan ripped open the salt packets, and poured the contents over Blurgh. Blurgh looked up and swallowed some of the salt.
"It isn't working!" Magic Star shouted.
"Strange," Wind Whistler said. "It's always effective when Posey has slugs in her garden."
Suddenly, Blurgh began to shake and blow up like a balloon all of a sudden. Anne didn't like the looks of it.
"I think maybe we'd better . . . . ." she started. But before he could get anywhere else, Blurgh exploded.
KA-BLAM! Slime was everywhere. Including on the Little Ponies and their friends.
"Eeeeeuuuuwwwww!" they all shouted in perfect unison.
"Well, we got rid of it," Anne said. "Let's keep going."
The group shook the slime off of them, and walked off. Blurgh put himself back together, and crawled back towards his cave. He wasn't going to fool with the little ponies and their friends again. At least not on that day.