I would have finished this chapter, but I had a family trip for the weekend. For my granny's birthday and going fishing. All I catch was a bush sticks and no fish.
It took me a long time to do this chapter.
"Where do you suppose this house of stone might be?" Rarity inquired.
"Gloria said that it is in the middle of this forest." Twilight reminding. "If I know what that means."
"The house of stone is in the deepest part of the forest." Said Jasmine. "I don't know if will find it or not."
"You mean there's something around here?" ask Spike in fear.
"Come on Spike." Said Ember, "There's nothing to be afraid of, we perfectly safe."
Ember was close to be right, just in the shadows under the trees, the goblin cats were watching them. They trying to follow the ponies, so they can lead to the house of stone where the golden heart maybe hidden.
"Do we have to be here?" complained Black Claw, "There's some sunlight around here and we hate the day light."
"Be quiet." Snapped Azrael quietly. "We have to keep on their tales. Let's get in the trees, they won't spot us from above."
The goblin cats climb up the trees, but it will be hard for them. They hate the light so mush, that they were so close to it. But they can see will in the trees, as they leap from branch to branch.
Pinkie Pie could feel her twitchy tale, which means something will happen.
"Watch out girls," she warn, "something is close."
"What kind of something?" Fluttershy squealed.
Whiskers was just behind the two cats, when the branch he was on snap off and got clumsy by fell down and got the ponies attention.
"A goblin cat!" yelled Rarity with a shock.
"Here now!?" cried Twilight, "How that possible!?"
"Wait a minute," inquired Ember noticing that Whiskers is the only one they saw, "Where's the other two?"
The two goblin cats came down from the trees, they were now mad of Whiskers for blowing their cover.
"Curse you Whiskers! Why do you have to be so clumsy!?" shouted Azrael.
"So you're they goblin cats you've told us about." Shooting Star utter.
"That's them." replied Rainbow.
"I don't know how you've find us!" Twilight snapped at the monsters, "But you better not stand in our way!"
"It was you who should not stand in our way," Azrael trying to remind them, "and now it's time to teach you a lesson!"
"Oh really?" smirked Ember, "Well now you have reviled yourself, we can take you on."
"Oh yeah?"
"That's right." Applejack declared, "It's our hoofs vs your claws."
"I don't have hoofs." complained Spike, because he only got claws.
"But first," suggested Azrael was a smirk, "I like to see you try and catch us."
The goblin cats move quickly in to the bushes, the ponies couldn't be fast enough. But they knew that they'll pounce on them any second.
The ponies hear the bushes moved, that is where the monsters are hidden. And they must know that the goblin cats are trying to be cunning.
Black Claw was up in the tree again and about to strike on Applejack.
Jasmine spotted him and cried, "Applejack! Heads up!"
Applejack notice, when Black Claw launch in attract, but then Applejack and use her kick to hit Black Claw, right in the face and then he bang himself on the tree he was in.
"Take that you varmint!" She smirk.
"Why you." moaned Black Claw and then hiss for another ponce.
But it was Jasmine turn to kick, when she did and Black Claw had another brose.
Applejack and Jasmine turn to each other and made a high hoof.
Just then, Whiskers is now about to put his claws on Rarity. She let out a cry, but then Spike got in between them and use his fire to stop Whiskers.
Whiskers almost got fired, but his tail was on fire. He yelped about in panic, because his tail is burning.
"Look at him dance!" Pinkie laugh, then made herself a mud pie and then splatted it in Whiskers face.
Then Rarity give him good kick. "Don't you ever trying to get you claws on me." She snapped. She then turn back to Spike, "Thank you for saving me. My little Spiky Wacky."
Which made Spike blush.
Twilight stay still, until Azrael came out to strike her. But use her teleport to save herself and had Azrael miss.
"Hey kitty." Said a voice next to Azrael.
It was Ember, when she charge at him with her horn and had him toss to the air.
Rainbow Dash give him a good kick once Azrael is in the air and had him hit the ground. "That will teach you to mess with us!" she mutter.
As for Lofty ad Fluttershy, when she could hardly do anything. They notice the goblin cats cannot stand the light. So the flew up above the trees, remove the tree leave block the sunlight and had them shine on the goblin cats.
"You guys could use a little sun." said Shooting Star to the goblin cats.
They screamed, that they really hate the light and then they dash off, being beating by some ponies for the second time.
Merissa watch the whole thing and she not please, for her goblin cats are supposed to keep on the ponies' tales nothing being notice.
"If those ponies think they have won," she mutter, "I don't think so, I have the claws in this party. Let's get the roots on them."
She summon a crystal shard, add some of her spells in to them and zapped it into the mirror. To send it to where the ponies are.
"Great team work, every pony!" Twilight said proudly and then all of the ponies cheered.
"We show them!" whaled Rainbow Dash with a flying loop.
"Does this mine were safe?" ask Shooting Star.
Her question was so close to answer, when they feel a chill in the air and then they hear a sound of lightning coming from the skies.
"Do tell me the storm is back." mutter Applejack.
A lightning bolt hit a big tree of the forest, but it didn't set it on fire. Because the lightning bolt is Merissa's shard. When a facing appeared on the tree, not very friendly face with glowing eyes and moaned at the ponies. The tree have come to life, but under an evil spell by Merissa.
"What this!?" Ember wonder, but in fear.
Two of the tree branches became like hands, as they are about to grab the ponies, when its roots are pull out from the ground. Now the ponies are facing three giant monster trees.
They were now in terror, as they gasped with widen eyes. Same thing as Spike.
"What shell we do?" Fluttershy ask while she is frighten from the look of the moaned trees.
"Run!" cried Twilight.
The others agreed and they ran for their lives.
The tree monster moaned with anger, they stagger its roots which they were now foots and march away the ponies.
"I don't understand," said Jasmine in terror, "we never get trees like this on in the Shimmering Forest and they were supposed to be friendly trees."
"Not that tree," complained Rarity, "and that's not a trees, that's a monster tree!"
"And this one is worse than the Timberwolves!" added Applejack.
"From the look of that lightning bolts," Twilight thought of it and with Spike riding on her, "it's the work of another dark spell. How could this happen?"
"Worry about that later!" Ember suggested, "We need to keep alive!"
She was right, as the ponies could see that the monster tree are close behind them and they are now rampaging in the forest, breaking down the other trees in its path and focusing every animals to flee with fear.
The ponies came to a steep hill and a bit high up top, the ponies with wings can fly up easily, but the others who don't have wings is going to climb the hill and the monster was close behind them.
Applejack is strong enough to reach the top, Pinkie Pie and Rarity had found it hard to climb the steep hill, but Applejack and Twilight through down some vines to pull them up as they climb.
Ember and Jasmine follow behind them.
"Hurry up," whaled Rainbow Dash, "that thing is coming fast!"
They were half way there, when the tree came along and slam the ground to make it sheik.
It cause Ember and Jasmine to tumble down the hill, then suddenly the monster grabbed the two ponies in each hand.
"Ember!" cried Twilight.
"Jasmine!" cried Shooting Star.
"Some pony do something!" Pinkie yelled in panic.
"I'm on it!" said Rainbow Dash. She charge down to monster, Twilight followed, so does Applejack when she slide down the hill with some vines.
Twilight unless a beam on to the tree face, but it didn't take any damage and made the tree mad.
Rainbow Dash had try to bash the tree, but the tree was too big and too rough. Applejack use the vine like a rope and got a hold of the arm where Jasmine is. She pull with all her might, but the monster was strong too that it slow Applejack slowly to it.
Just then, something came out of no way and unless a sword to slash the trees' hand where Ember is, then to where Jasmine is.
Rainbow Dash quickly catch Jasmine and Twilight catches Ember.
"What just happen?" wonder Ember to Twilight.
"I don't know," said Twilight, "and where that sword come from?"
The sword that help Ember and Jasmine had disappeared, then appeared in front of the monster was a young blue stallion unicorn, with indigo and blue streaked hair. Also had a white star on his forehead close to his horn. His cutie is a grey four star, with a light blue sphere in the middle and two small white line in between the below point of the star, like it was been stab down in a flash. He a bold stallion with brown eyes and a sort of charm.
"Arthur!" cried Shooting Star, Jasmine and Ember with joy. He a friend to the two ponies and Ember.
Her eyes were wide open with surprise and with silent.
The tree monster was getting angry with the blue unicorn. But then Arthur was not afraid, he lit up his horn which is blue colour and use his magic to make him disappeared, as he is now invisible.
The tree was shock to find him disappeared. But then felt a blast from beside from.
"Over here!" cried a voice. It was Arthur, he was standing near a cliff.
The tree charge on to him, but as the monster go closer. The brave unicorn disappeared again and got behind it. Then he use his powers to blast the tree and push it down the cliff.
The tree tumble down off the cliff and with a crash, the tree monster landed some big rock on it back, which cause it to brick in to bits. Just then, the shard that was in the tree had shattered, because of the blast and then the tree reviser to its old self.
"Who is that?" ask Fluttershy looking the blue unicorn.
"That's Arthur Cailburn." Shooting Star explain, "The coolest and most amazing unicorn in Galloping Valley. He's one of friends and…"
"And such a hero," whaled Rarity feeling amaze from Arthur heroic rescue, "And how creaming he is."
Which made Spike jealous.
Arthur went to seeing Ember, when she embrace him with a hug.
The other ponies rush over to meet Arthur, which Twilight and her five friends notice what Ember is doing.
"Does Ember tell you?" said Jasmine with a smile then she whisper to them, "Arthur is Ember's boyfriend. Well…I mean…at less he going to be."
Twilight and her friends were surprise, they didn't realized that Ember had a secret coltfriend.
Ember notice that, then suddenly feel embarrass. Then quickly move away from Arthur with a blush.
"It's great to see you again Arthur." She said slowly, "But where were you?"
"I doing some training after you have left," Arthur explain, "Taking sometime on my own. But when I heard about what happen. I hurried back and I was shocking to see the valley in a big mess. Because of the storm yesterday.
"Then when I hear you've have return and on to something imported. I hurried here and it's a good thing I did."
"Well if it wasn't for you bravery," said Rarity, "We wouldn't been killed."
"That was awesome battle." whaled Rainbow Dash but then get surprise by it. "I mean…me and Applejack could have taken care of it."
Applejack notice that.
"I thought you can use some help," said Arthur, "just in case something else happens."
"Glad to have some help." said Twilight, "Come on we need to get to the house of stone."
I also made the new pony Arthur and part of his name Cailburn is that I thought of the sword from Sonic and the black knight. I also wonder what sweet moment between him and Ember, Like Twilight and Flash.