Enter Homika

Double-D was just waking up ready to take inventory for the Steamworks Manager. After Ed's Sleepwalking and Eating Fiasco, the standard security measures had been doubled.

"Ok, let's get started," He pulled out a clipboard and pencil. Double D had made a proper inspection of the supplies and materials in the Steamworks making sure that nothing was out of place, "Yes. Uh-huh. Good. Good. Ooh, nice."

Once Double D had made sure that everything was intact he decided to treat himself to some breakfast before going with Victor to check on the Skarloey Railway Fleet.

"I'm famished," He went to the food stock. When he got there he saw a Dragon of the Poison Element already snacking on some waffles and eggs, "Hey, who're you?"

"I'm Homika. A Dragon of the Poison Element and I have light green scales. Who are you?"

"My name's Edd with two 'd's, but you can call me Double-D."

"I see. Anyway I suppose you'd like to know why I'm here."

"Why yes. I mean I've seen plenty of dragons around here. But I've never seen you before."

"You wouldn't happen to have seen Tsutsuji, Asuna, Kamitsure, Suzuna, and Huuro would you?"

"Actually, yes. You know them?"

"Yes. They're my pals and I'm due to join their group soon and so is my partner. Along with another Dragon and their partner. But don't tell anybody yet. With the Forces of Darkness having taken over Halloweentown and the forces of light having gathered all the Demon Chi and moved it to a secret location we can't afford the Dark Forces retaliating."

"I quite agree with you."

"Anyway I put waffles on for you if you want." Homika returned to eating her waffles before Double D spoke up.

"Thank you very much. And I'm glad we have another dragon ally to keep up in the fight against the forces of darkness."

"Don't worry about it. Anyway you'll see my partner this Monday. But I have to ask are you in school and if you're not then why are you here and not there?"

"I've actually got a job here."

"I thought it was because Peach Creek fell to the Darkness and was turned into a Shadow Town. But tell me about your job."

Double-D sighed, "Well, that was one of the reasons, but I like to block that fact out. Anyway I'm the supply inspector for inventory."

"Okay, but that doesn't explain the extra security around the food supplies."

"We've had some issues awhile back with our food."

"I'm afraid to ask, but what happened?"

"A friend of mine went on an eating binge while sleepwalking."

Homika wanted to ask more but she smelled a foul smelling stench, "By the ancestors what is that hideous odor?"

Double-D smelt the air and gasped, "Oh, dear lord. Only one can smell that bad."

"Who?"

"Ed!"

Ed was running around the whole place. The Cutie Mark Crusaders who got jobs on the Skarloey Railway noticed Ed and Applebloom got another idea to try and help her and her friends gain their cutie marks.

"We can earn our cutie marks in round up. He can be our challenge." Applebloom began.

"And clean him." Scootaloo added.

"And get him to eat healthy. Like that broccoli stuff Aang likes so much." Sweetie Belle put in.

"Let's do it, crusaders!" Applebloom declared. The Crusaders all agreed to go and round Ed up.

Ed meanwhile just kept running around like a lunatic. Monica who was almost finished being restored was getting annoyed by Ed's smell.

"What the fuck has this lad been rolling in? He smells worse than a fucking barnyard near a pile of livestock shit."

"Look at me run!" Ed laughed. Every spot he ran around left his stench in the air.

Double D and Homika showed up on that note much to Monica's joy, "Another Dragon. I'm glad you're here. That boy smells worse than ten piles of cow pies on a hot day."

"The sad fact is that's his normal smell." Double-D sighed.

"Somebody needs to get some soap and clean him up." Homika said.

"Sadly Ed is terrified of soap or any cleaning material." Double-D warned her.

Homika pointed to the CMC, "Somebody might want to tell them that."

"Girls, what in sam hill are you doing?!" Double-D cried.

"We're about to clean Ed." Sweetie Belle answered.

"And get him to eat broccoli." Applebloom added.

"Girls, you mustn't be rash about this. Ed can get very panicky when forced to do something he's uncomfortable with!"

"We can handle this." Scootaloo dismissed the warning.

Ed ended up turning around and running in the opposite direction. The girls saw him barreling right for them like a bull.

"I'm having second thoughts!" Sweetie Belle panicked.

"Stay strong, girls. We can do this." Scootaloo stood tough.

Ed was closing in on them and the girls screamed. The girls brought out the soap and broccoli hoping to keep Ed contained.

Ed screamed as he skidded to a halt.

"Try some broccoli. It's tasty." Applebloom ordered.

"No! Not the broccoli!" He ran for it while screaming.

"After him, girls!" Applebloom announced. They chased after Ed who ran all over spreading his stench.

At the Skarloey Railway Sheds Skarloey was getting set to take the old coaches, Agnes, Ruth, Jemima, Lucy, and Beatrice out today when they smelled Ed's stench.

Beatrice gagged, "Oh, did something die?"

"I hope not. That would be bad for the railway's reputation." Lucy replied.

Skarloey spoke, "I don't think that's the cause."

Ed ran past them followed by the Crusaders, "Stay away puffy green stalky thing."

"Come on, Ed. It won't kill you." Sweetie Belle ordered.

"Just one bite." Applebloom added.

"Run away!"

"Eat it, Ed." Scootaloo ordered.

"Broccoli bad for Ed!" Ed continued running away.

"What on earth was that?" Agnes asked.

"Just another of Ed's loony antics." Ruth answered.

Agnes spoke, "Well, that boy smells worse than Beatrice used to. I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm glad Camille used her magic to clean her out and do something about Jemima's hearing."

Skarloey spoke, "Now if only the same could be done for him."

"I can't believe I'm saying this Skarloey but that's something I'd expect to hear from Sir Handel or his Standard Gauge friends, Gordon James or Natalie." Jemima said.

"Well, I can't stand the smell, who here can stand it?!" he asked rhetorically. The coaches got the message as they followed Skarloey to the station.

Meanwhile Ed was already running through all of Crovan's Gate, "Ed don't like broccoli! Make it stop!"

Sweetie Belle spoke, "Calm down, Ed. Broccoli's good for you."

Ed just kept running without looking back. The Crusaders kept after Ed but they were starting to tire.

"For a big guy he can run fast." Applebloom panted.

"I wish Rainbow Dash was here. She could catch Ed." Scootaloo panted.

The Crusaders slowed before falling down, "That was a lot tougher than we thought." Sweetie Belle panted.

Homika had found them and went to see the Crusaders, "Let me guess. No luck finding Ed?"

"Too fast for us." Applebloom answered.

"Perhaps we can chase him into Equestria and let your sisters deal with him?" The dragon suggested.

"Good idea." Sweetie Belle smiled.

"Get on my back. I can catch Ed." Homika lowered herself down. The three climbed on.

Ed meanwhile had run all the way to Vicarstown where he thought he'd be safe from the dreaded broccoli, "Ed is safe at last."

Right on cue Homika showed up with the Crusaders, "Ed. Time for you to get a shower and eat some broccoli."

"No shower for Ed!" Ed ran for it with Homika hot on his tail.

"Ed. Get back here this instant!" she demanded.

But Ed just kept running, "Ed don't like shower or broccoli!" Ed ran into a portal that led to Ponyville with Homika following.

"Hopefully we can get Ed cleaned. I can't take much more of his stench." Homika gagged.

"Neither can we." Sweetie Belle answered.

"At least we're going to Ponyville. Hopefully we'll have better luck there." Applebloom said. Her fellow crusaders nodded in agreement.

At Sweet Apple Acres Applejack, Geoff and Benjamin were working hard to repair the damage done to the farm. Geoff and Benjamin had even brought along their respective girlfriends, Akane and Edna to help out as well.

Akane had long silvery hair with red streaks, emerald colored eyes, and a bust approximately 87 CM, a silver furred fox tail that also had reddish streaks in it sticking out of her butt, and on her head were fox ears. Her attire included fishnet stockings, sandals, silver shorts, and a white buttoned up top that was able to contain her assets, but still looked ready to bust out.

"That just about does it." Geoff said.

"What a work out." Akane stretched.

"Now this is what I call progress." Benjamin said.

"You said it." Edna agreed.

"I'm still getting over the fact that Akane's not from planet Earth." Applejack said.

"Well, other planets do have populations, A.J." Akane answered.

"Like my girlfriend's home planet." Geoff added, as Akane nodded.

Applejack gave her honest opinion about Akane's attire, "Ya certainly like to dress like you're trying to make a statement aren't ya?"

"Just trying to blend in like the humans do." she replied.

Edna was about to comment before she smelled a foul stench, "Guys, we might want to move to the left."

The five did so as Ed came running past at full speed plowing through the entire apple orchard.

"NO!" Applejack cried.

"All our hard work." Benjamin gasped.

"What was he thinking?!" Akane snapped.

"Perhaps we can ask them." Edna pointed and saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders riding a Dragon that nobody had ever seen before.

"Sorry, guys. We're just trying to clean Ed. He smells and needs to eat right." Homika began.

Applebloom looked all around, "Did he do all this?"

"This is Ed we're taking about." Scootaloo reminded her.

"Let's go after him." Sweetie Belle suggested.

"My thoughts exactly. By the way, who's the new dragon?" Applejack asked.

"The name's Homika. But we have no time for this. We gotta catch Ed so we can clean him and make him eat right."

The others agreed as Applejack joined Homika and the Crusaders on their quest to clean Ed while Benjamin, Edna, Geoff, and Akane stayed at the farm to repair the damage Ed did.

Ed was running towards Ponyville and he found himself heading to the Sugarcube Corner, "Shelter!" He jumped right through the door and slid on the floor, "Safe!"

Pinkie Pie greeted him, "Hi, Ed."

"Pinkie, ya have to hide me!"

"Funny. I invited friends over for a gathering. Would you like to meet them?"

"Sure."

Pinkie Pie led Ed to where she was holding the gathering and saw Sally Sinister, Spike's Dragon friends as well as Homika, Applejack, and the Crusaders.

"Hiya, Ed." The crusaders greeted him. Ed's eyes widened.

"Applejack wants a word with you." Homika said.

Ed seeing the crusaders still had broccoli screamed, "No broccoli for Ed!" He made a run for it.

"Get him!" Homika called.

Homika, Applejack and the crusaders chased after Ed who destroyed part of Sugarcube Corner in his haste to escape.

"Oh, this is gonna get deducted from my salary." Pinkie groaned.

Applejack replied, "How do you think I feel when he destroyed my orchard? Let's get him!" They took off after him.

At Carousel Boutique Rarity was working on some new dresses, "This will be my finest work yet," Rarity was about to say more before she smelled something, "My goodness what is that vile odor?!"

Rarity's answer came in the form of Ed barging in through a wall and out through the other side of the building. Rarity screamed in a panic, "My dresses!" she sobbed.

Right on cue Homika showed up with the others, "Rarity, you wouldn't happen to have seen Ed would you?" Applejack asked.

"Yes! Look what he did to my home!" she bawled.

Sally spoke, "I'll call some Skylanders to clean this up, but we've got to go find Ed."

"Come on, everyone!" Pinkie announced.

The group continued chasing after Ed who was now on course for Twilight's Castle which was created with the Golden Oak's Library as part of the Castle itself.

"Run! Run Away!" Ed screamed.

Twilight was confused, "Run away from what?"

"Icky yucky broccoli!"

"But it's good for you Ed. And so is a shower." she gagged.

"Shower and broccoli bad for Ed!" Ed ran away smashing right through the Library in the process.

"Oh, not the library!" Twilight groaned.

As if on cue the library took a lot of damage just as the ones chasing Ed showed up and Pinkie Pie was the first to speak.

"Was Ed here?" Pinkie asked.

As if on cue the sounds of crashing and smashing could be heard from inside the castle.

"Does that answer your question?" The princess asked.

The group entered the Castle and found the Library in shambles and an Ed shaped hole in the wall leading outside.

"This is crazy." Twilight said.

"You said it. Who doesn't want to be cleaned?" Rarity asked.

"Someone like Ed apparently." her little sister answered.

"He ran away when we tried to get him to eat broccoli and make him take a shower." Applebloom explained.

Twilight spoke, "You probably shouldn't have approached him like that."

"Well, do you have a better idea?" Homika asked.

"We lure him into it." Twilight answered.

"With what bait?" Rarity inquired.

"Something he can't resist."

"That's easy. Ed loves chickens. So let's talk to Fluttershy. We'll need Rainbow Dash to help us as well." Homika said.

"Then let's go." Applejack ordered.

The group went to put their plan into action as Twilight teleported herself to Fluttershy's cottage.

"Fluttershy?"

"Hello, Twilight. Is there something you need?"

"Yes. First where is Rainbow Dash, and second we need to borrow your chickens."

"Rainbow Dash was having a nap in that tree over there. And what do you need my chickens for?"

"It's a long story." Twilight explained everything that happened up to this point.

"Oh, my goodness." Fluttershy gasped.

"Yeah so now do you see why we need your help?"

"Yes, but I just hope my chickens won't get hurt."

"Don't worry, they won't." So Fluttershy went to get some of her chickens.

Back with Ed he was still running as far as he could hoping to get away from the broccoli, "Where do I hide? Where do I hide?" Ed then saw some chickens, "Chickens!" He started running for them. The chickens began running for it as fast as they could, "Chickens are fast!"

The chickens were fast but Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were herding them to the rendezvous point.

"The fish has swallowed the bait." Rainbow spoke.

"Great work now keep moving." Homika ordered.

The two Pegasi continued to herd them as Ed was in hot pursuit. They managed to get to where the others were waiting with the cleaning station which Twilight was able to conjure up.

"Are you sure this will work, Twilight?" Sally asked.

"It has too, otherwise Ed will not only leave his foul stench in Ponyville, but he'll break everything."

Edna spoke, "And my uncles say that Monica's already cursing up a storm about Ed's stench. It took Edward everything he had to keep Monica from swearing any further."

"She's like a Great Western Railway version of Nicole." Benjamin added.

"Keep it down. Here he comes." Twilight hushed them.

True to Twilight's word Ed was getting closer.

"Ed's getting closer." Rarity said.

"Wait for it..." The group waited as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy came running past with the chickens, "Now!"

The group sprung the trap as soon as Ed was in range and within minutes Ed found himself in the cleaning and scrubbing machine, "NO!" He struggled to escape but the suds were blinding him.

Sally spoke, "Good thing we Ed-Proofed this machine otherwise he'd destroyed it by now."

Rarity replied, "Capital idea, Sally, and I even used the strongest soaps and brushes to make sure Ed's cleaned properly."

"I kinda feel bad for doing this to him, though." Applebloom said.

"Same here. But his stench is horrible. And that's not even the worst part." Homika said.

"What do you mean?" Scootaloo asked.

"This is his normal smell." Homika explained.

"That's disturbing." Sweetie Belle said in surprise.

"That's something I'd expect to hear from Double-D." Geoff noted.

When the procedure was done Ed was released with his body sparkling.

"Now that smells good." Applejack said in relief.

Ed spoke, "I smell like fresh cut spring flowers spewed across a babbling brook with a hint of lemon."

"Sounds like my kind of place." Fluttershy smiled.

"I miss my stench." Ed sighed.

Homika motioned for Applejack to tell Ed how bad his stench was, "Ed, forgive me but your stench just wasn't doing our town good. We're sorry to have tricked ya. But it just wasn't doing anyplace good."

"Not to mention what you did to my home." Rarity put in.

"And the Sugarcube corner." Pinkie added.

"And my library." Twilight finished.

"Ed sorry."

"Just stay clean and we won't hold it against you." Rainbow ordered.

"I'll try."

"Now that we've got that settled let's go check out the map in the throne room of Twilight's Castle. I want to know how it works." Sally suggested.

Twilight nodded as they headed to the castle. Once inside the team headed to the throne room where the map was.

Homika spoke, "Good thing this is a big castle or I'd have trouble fitting in here."

"I know what you mean." Twilight nodded. They took their spots by the table map.

To the groups surprise the table map showed a location in Skylands. It showed a prison like fortress made out of crystals and it was calling Sally.

"Looks like you're needed in the Skylands, Sally." Twilight noted.

"But it doesn't sound like a friendship problem. It's more like a Portal Master Problem that only the Skylanders and I can solve. I'll see you guys when I come back."

"Good luck." Rainbow Dash said.

"Thanks everyone." Sally then opened a portal that would take her to Skylands. She entered the portal followed by Spike's Skylander friends.

"So now that Sally's been called what shall we do?" Homika asked.

"Relax and rest up." Rainbow suggested.

"Sounds like a plan." Pinkie agreed.

"That makes three of us." Geoff agreed. So they left the castle.

Once they did Akane started getting closer to Geoff.

"Akane, you alright?" Geoff asked.

"Geoff, I'm getting that feeling. Like I want you more than ever."

"Don't tell me. Let me guess. You're getting close to that time of the month for Female Hanyouians?"

"Yes. And I can't help it. Oh, I want you so bad." she moaned.

"Well, it just so happens that my cousin and her friends have a place in Edinburg that we can go to. It serves as their hideout when they're over in Scotland collecting bounties. How does that sound?"

"Anything so long as we have someplace to ourselves so I can relieve all this build up."

"Then let's go."

So Geoff took Akane to the place in Edinburg that he was talking about so as to help her relieve all that build up while the others headed off to enjoy their plans.