After their interactions with the students, the ponies decided to head to the library and check on Twilight. There, they found the princess snout first in a book, as usual, using her magic to levitate a pencil to take notes.

"Hey Twilight, what'cha reading?" Pinkie asked.

"Girls, I'm glad you came, you won't believe what I've discovered," she said to them.

"I have a feeling you're going to tell us," Rainbow commented.

"I've been reading up on these Greek gods and their history, and I've found something incredible," Twilight said "Rainbow, you know how those kids weren't surprised to learn you were a Pegasus?"

"Yeah, that was kinda odd."

"It's because Pegasi exist in this world."

"What? No way!" Rainbow exclaimed "then how come I haven't seen any?"

"And it's not only that; manticores, chimeras, griffins, hydra, even Cerberus, all of them are mentioned in these stories," Twilight told her friends happily "they even have Tartarus, and they use it for the same reason we do; locking up dangerous creatures. This Cronus character apparently escaped from there. "

"I must admit, this is quite a coincidence, darling," Rarity said.

"I don't think it's mere coincidence," Twilight told her "this could mean that these gods were somehow involved in Equestria, or vice versa. I mean, what else would explain the similarities?"

"Twins from some kind of parallel universe?" Pinkie suggested.

"No Pinkie, I'm convinced these two worlds are connected somehow, and I plan to find out how and document it. So, who's gonna help me?"

"Wow gee Twilight, I'd really love to…" Rainbow lied "but I've got this race I need to prepare for. That Atlanta girl is fast and I need to see if she's faster than me."

"And I promised to make a wonderful outfit for Neil, to go along with his other exquisite clothes," Rarity added.

"Ooh, I'll stay and help you Twilight, I don't have anything else going on," Pinkie volunteered.

"Thank you Pinkie, but if you don't want to stay, I won't force you…"

"Okay then, see ya!" Pinkie said happily as she zipped off.

Twilight watched her friends leave and sighed "well, looks like I'm doing research on my own; never thought I'd have to deal with this again."

"Hey Twilight, enjoying yourself?" Theresa asked, as she came in the room.

"Oh, hello again," Twilight replied "yes actually; I've been doing research on the Greek myths and I've found that there are many similarities to Equestria."

"Really?" Theresa asked "how can that be?"

"I don't know, but I plan to find out," Twilight told her "would you like to help me?"

"Sure, I have nothing else to do," Theresa replied and watched as Twilight moved another page with her magic "oh, you have telekinesis?"

"I have what now?"

"Telekinesis; it allows you to move things with your mind," Theresa told her "I have a limited version of it, but Persephone is teaching me to improve it."

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I just have plain old magic," Twilight told her "wait, did you just say you have powers?"

Theresa nodded "I've always had this sixth sense that allows me to see things or look into people's minds. Just recently though, I've been developing other ways of using it, like moving items."

"Wow, and I here I thought there was no magic in this world," Twilight said "perhaps meeting you today wasn't an accident."

"Well, meeting a pony princess wasn't high on my list of life goals, but I'm really glad it happened."

The two said nothing for a moment, taking in this special bond that they shared, which was promptly shattered when Jay ran in.

"Sorry to bother you, but Hermes is getting reports of a disturbance downtown," he said "I think your 'pals' are back for round two."

"Looks like duty calls," Theresa said with a sigh.

"Lead the way," Twilight said to Jay, as they headed off.

Soon the kids and heroes were gathered together in the main part of the school to discuss the problem at hand.

"I can't believe those guys are back; didn't they learn anything when we beat the tar out of them earlier?" Archie asked.

"Guess they must be gluttons for punishment," Herry suggested.

"Well we need to stop them before they hurt someone," Jay told them "come on."

"Um, little problem," Theresa interjected "what about our new friends?" she asked, gesturing to Twilight and the others "I doubt there's enough room in Herry's truck for them."

"Don't worry about us, we'll get there as soon as we can," Twilight assured her.

"I'm assuming by flying, but not all of you can do that," Odie pointed out.

"Let's just say I know a little trick that will get us in there in record time," Twilight explained "you all just go ahead."

"If you say so," Jay told her "okay gang, you heard her, let's move out."

"The kid's right Twilight, we could just fly there," Rainbow pointed out.

"Pardon me Rainbow, but perhaps you've forgotten that not all of us have the gift of flight," Rarity reminded her.

"True, but we unicorns do have the gift of teleportation," Twilight pointed out.

After a few minutes, the armored truck of Herry arrived downtown, where the villains were currently wreaking havoc.

"Yup it's those same three again," Archie commented "good, I was getting bored anyway."

"These are the guys you fought while I was doing research?" Odie asked "they look like something out of a comic book."

"Yeah, and I say we send 'em back there," Herry added, cracking his knuckles in readiness.

"Hey, it's those kids again," Hater said, taking time out from his attacks to address his cohorts.

"Remember the plan," Dr. Octopus told the others.

"I remember; I just wish we did not have to be defeated by these mere children to do it," Tiger Claw added.

"Okay, we'll give you a choice; stop attacking the city and we'll let you leave," Jay said.

"And if we choose not to?"

"Then we kick your butts," Atlanta told him.

"Hmm, a hard decision," Tiger Claw said, "I think we will have to go for the second one; destroy them!"

"Come on, we beat you losers the last time; what makes you think this will be any different?" Archie asked.

"Because we have learned from our previous mistakes," Tiger Claw assured him "and, we have brought reinforcements."

Upon saying that, a humanoid warthog & rhino suddenly emerged and tackled Herry.

"Alright, we got the strong one," Bebop said "and I thought this was gonna be hard."

"Da, is not difficult at all," Rocksteady replied, moments before the strong teen lifted up both villains and threw them aside.

"Might want to rethink your reinforcements next time," Archie replied.

With that, the two groups began battling each other. Moments later, a bright flash of light appeared as Twilight and the others teleported in.

"Alright! Looks like the fight's just started!" Rainbow said happily.

"Come on everyone," Twilight told them "with our help, we'll defeat them double time."

Indeed, the three villains found themselves pretty much outnumbered and not only having to deal with 7 fast and skilled teens, but four ponies, a ninja, and a spider-themed hero. They soon realized they would not win; but then again, that wasn't the point of their mission anyway.

"I believe it is time for us to make our retreat," Tiger Claw addressed the others.

"Works for me," Hater replied "later ladies, good luck catching up with us" he added, as he ran off down the street.

"Does he really think he's gonna get away that easy?" Atlanta asked "come on Theresa, let's cut him off."

Theresa nodded and followed her friend as Atlanta used her super speed to easily catch up to the skeletal villain.

"Hi, hope you weren't planning on getting away," Atlanta told him.

Hater responded by firing lightning bolts at her, and when she avoided them, ran down a nearby alley.

"Oh no you don't!" Atlanta said, as she and Theresa pursued him down the alley.

Meanwhile, the heroes had surrounded the remaining villains.

"Okay tiger boy, talk," Jay told him, his sword at the ready "we know your boss Chrysalis is working with Cronus. Where are they and what are they planning?"

"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't give out that information; but rest assured, you'll find out soon enough."

"Look furball, you'd better tell us what's going on, or I'm gonna…" Rainbow began.

"Sorry little pony, but I'm afraid we must be leaving now."

"Oh yeah, and how exactly do you plan to do that?" Herry asked, "in case you haven't checked, we've got you surrounded."

"True, but we have more than a few tricks up our sleeve," Tiger Claw replied "now!"

Before anyone could react, Bebop threw several of his tiny bombs to the ground, emitting clouds of smoke. As the heroes coughed, Twilight and Rainbow did their best to use their wings to blow the smoke away. But the villains had already escaped.

"Terrific, now what do we do?" Archie asked.

"Let's go back to the school and talk with Hermes, maybe he can help us figure out where Cronus is holed up," Odie suggested.

"Okay, come on then," Jay said, moments before Theresa & Atlanta returned to the scene "hey, did you get him?"

"Nah, he gave us the slip," Atlanta replied "he's a lot more clever than his appearance lets on."

"Did you get anything out of the others?" Theresa asked.

"Nope; we're going back to the school to plan our next move," Jay told her.

"Sounds good, let's go," Atlanta replied.

So the teens headed back to Herry's truck, frustrated over their failure to capture the mysterious villains wreaking havoc across the city. As they walked back, Theresa turned to her fellow female and gave her a sinister grin, which Atlanta gave right back, as their eyes briefly glowed blue…

Next time, the villains plan is put into effect, but will they be too late to stop it? And Twilight learns about Greek mythology from a very surprising source.