Chapter Two

Cloud shivered. Although she loved Winter, this was too cold for her. "My wings are freezing!" she gasped.
"It'll be fine. M-mother told me how to get to where we need to be," Thunder replied. He was clenching his teeth, trying not to shiver too hard.
Crunch groaned, "Seriously? When me an' my Father were out on the Mountin', it was much colder then this."
"You're a Pony of Steel, Crunch! Good ol' 'Father' was probably freezing his hooves off!" Calamity laughed.
"Come on, Calamity- try to pity poor Apple Juice and his Steel Son," Cloud giggled.
"Guys, you should hurry- Thunder's leaving without us," Harmony said quietly. Everyone looked over to see the Alicorn going down a small hole.
"Come on, every one!" the white stallion shouted as he continued going down. The other ponies followed him.

"HELLO!?" Calamity shouted. It echoed across the small sewer's tunnels.
"Calamity! We're nowhere close to them, so can't you just-" Apple Crunch began- but he was interrupted by a sweet, melodic voice.
The new character said, "Uh... hi?"
"Told you!" Calamity smiled, glancing at Crunch. The Earth Pony mumbled something that no one else could hear.
Another strange voice joined the first one, "Who are you talking to, Darling?"
"There's some one over there," the first voice replied. Hoof-steps were heard before the two ponies came into view- a white unicorn with a royal blue mane another white unicorn, with brown, black-streaked hair, dark green eyes, and... a shell? They both wore bandanas- the older ones' sky blue, and the younger's gray-turquoise.
"Oh! It's you! Princess Twilight told me you were coming," the older one smiled. "My name is Rarity, and this is my daughter, Shell Gem."
"Hello, Miss Rarity- has Twilight told you about us?" Harmony asked.
"No, I'm afraid not- it's very hard to send long letters through dimensions. She said you would introduce yourselves. She told me we passed down the Elements of Harmony to our children. Does that mean our exact children?" Rarity asked a load of questions.
"Before anything is explained, can we go somewhere... lighter?" Harmony shivered.
"Of course," Shell nodded. The latter and Rarity turned around and trotted away- the others followed.

"These are the turtles, and this is our... ah... lair." Rarity frowned. She didn't like that word- it made her feel evil.
"Meet my uncles. Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello. And this is my father, Raphael." Shell explained. The newly introduced mutants nodded.
"Alright- time for you to introduce yourselves!" Michelangelo said.
"Oh, right," Thunder said, "I'm Prince Thunder Bright, Element of Magic, Son of Princess Twilight Sparkle and Prince Flash Century."
"I'm Cloud Cover..." the deep blue mare paused, remembering to sound sort-of like Thunder, "Element of Honesty, Daughter of Rainbow Dash and... an Anonymous Stallion."
"Oh, I see- that's how Rainbow and Pinkie have a daughter..." Rarity said quietly.
"Eh'm Apple Crunch, Element o' Loyalty, Son o' Applejack Apple and Apple Juice Apple."
"Um... I'm S-silent Harmony. Element of... Loyalty, son of Fluttershy Flap and Discord."
"I'm DISCORD CALAMITY! ...But you can call me CALAMITY! I'm the Element of Laughter, Discord was my father, and Fluttershy was my mom!"
"Interesting- so I see the passing of the Elements wasn't done with genetics. So, Shell Gem is the Element of Kindness?" Rarity blinked.
"From what Mother has studied, yes." Thunder nodded.
"So, I guess we're going to start looking for the Nightmare?" Cloud said.
"Well... as long as no one leaves the sewers. You got here too late- we can only exit the Underground at night." Shell explained. Thunder nodded in understanding.
Crunch yawned, "Can we go too sleep instead? It's like a reverse time zone here- in Equestria, it was about 9:00 PM."
"Wow- you're really living up to the title of the Pony of Steel," Cloud giggled, "I bet I could make a better one!"
"Really? That's because it's nighttime. You're the lousiest pony in Equestria during the day!" Crunch countered.
In other circumstances, Harmony would've stopped them from fighting- but he knew it wasn't too extreme. Apple Crunch and Cloud Cover had been rivals since they were foals.
"AHA! But it's daytime here!" Cloud smiled smugly.
"Guys, can you finish your rivalry later? Calamity made more water beds," Thunder said. He then collapsed tiredly on one of the beds, which spontaneously made a watery explosion. After getting soaked, he fell onto the hard, rocky earth. Calamity giggled.

Meanwhile, in Equestria, Twilight was very tired. She was so tired, in fact, she couldn't bare hearing Flash's snoring. Although it usually brought her sleep after awhile, she didn't want to wait tonight, so she woke him up and kicked him out of the room. Nicely. How could she have kicked me out of the room as politely as that? the Prince wondered. But, then started thinking about where he was going to sleep tonight. ..There was Thunder's bed. But his son would never forgive him if he set foot in the white Alicorn's room. Suddenly, he remembered what Calamity had done. He galloped into the main room of the castle and jumped down on it, face first. And the whole room was suddenly soaked.
But that's not what concerned him. If this were Twilight, she would have thought of that more. But Flash's comment on this?
"OW... I think I broke my nose..."