Chapter 26: Framed
It was a beautiful day in Ponyville as some ponies were in line at a comic book store. In the line, Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio were there waiting in line for a new comic book. Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Starlight, Clay, Pinkie, Spike, Rarity, Fluttershy, Sokka, and Nyx were with them as well.
Rainbow taps her hoof on the ground as Antonio looks excitedly at the line.
"We've been standing in this line for two hours and it hasn't budged an inch!" Rainbow whined in annoyance.
"Yes, couldn't we have picked another day to just come back here again?!" Rarity shouted while she whined.
"Come on, Rainbow and Rarity! It's a small price to pay for the new addition of the Power Ponies comics!" Antonio said with an excited smile as Chase rolled his eyes a bit.
"You know, Antonio." Chase said as he turned to Antonio, who looked back at his cousin. "Not to criticize you, but don't you already have this comic book?"
"Uh, hello? This is Power Ponies vs the Dinopony drones volume two! It shows the latest addition to the series when the heroes prepare to take on the evil monsters of transforming Equestria into Emperor Two Claw's liking," Antonio explained. "Duh."
"At least I was able to pack some food for us to eat. Can't go on without an empty stomach." Pinkie said with a smile as she brought out some cupcakes to stuff herself.
"You know guys, there's a nice air condition bookstore over there." Twilight said as she points to the bookstore behind them. "Maybe we could wait a bit until this line thins out a bit?"
"Now that you mention it, darling, I could use some nice relaxation." Rarity said with relief.
"Oh yes, that way we can feel the nice breeze." Fluttershy said in agreement.
"And lose our place?" Jade asked with a smirk. "Not an option."
"You all go," Chase said. "We'll get our stuff and meet you guys back at the castle."
"I'll stay with them while you guys go." Nyx said as she stood next to Chase as her father smiled in reply.
The others then turned to leave for the store before Twilight turned back towards her husband and his family.
"Want us to pick up anything for you from the book store?" Twilight asked.
"We're taking a few days of vacation from working at the school. Why would I read anything?" Sunray asked as Trini rolled her eyes with a smirk along with Chase.
"Could you pick me up a new jiu jitsu skills book there?" Chase asked.
"You got it, honey," Twilight said as she and the rest of the group left.
(Scene changes)
Later, the rest of the Mane Sixteen left the store, having picked up their items, and walked back to the comic book store.
"So, you think the guys have gone stir crazy in that line yet?" Rainbow asked with a smirk.
"Either that or Chase may have told them to act a little patient and their age." Sokka replied back as the rest of the group chuckled at that.
Suddenly, they heard a loud crashing sound as ponies ran away screaming out of the comic book store as a loud explosion rang out. Jumping out of the store and landing in a crouching position as Jade and Sunray as they had a malicious look on their faces.
But the difference about them is that this Jade looked a little pale with a few hair strands sticking out and she had a single war fan with a fire symbol embedded in the center.
The other Sunray had a few hair strands sticking out of his mane and tail as well as equipped with a spear with a very sharp end of the blade.
"SUNRAY?! JADE?!" The group shouted in shock as the clone Jade unleashes a beam of water at a few stands while the other Sunray sets some stores on fire as more ponies flee in terror.
The clone Sunray uses his magic as he picks up and tosses a cart at a few other, laughing out loud as he grabs two cart stands and shakes them down.
"Uh, why are Jade and Sunray going berserk and wrecking Ponyville, without a reason?!" Starlight asked in shock.
"Good question, Starlight." Twilight said just as shocked as the others were. "But where are Chase, Trini, Antonio, and Nyx?"
The clone Sunray tosses the carts at the fourth wall.
*Main theme*
The clone Jade and Sunray continued to rampage as they shot fire and water beams around the area. Rainbow frowned as she flew up to them.
"Jade, Sunray, what are you guys doing?!" Rainbow demanded. "Why are you attacking the village?"
The clones turned to smirk at Rainbow deviously as they dished out their weapons before they jumped into the air and kicked her in the chest, making her yelp as she was sent flying to the ground in front of the others. Sokka helped her up as they and the rest continued to watch in shock of the two unicorns terrorizing the town.
"I don't get it! It's almost like Jade and Sunray didn't recognize you, Rainbow!" Applejack said in shock.
"But why would they do that?!" Pinkie asked, feeling just as shocked as her friends were.
"They must've snapped their caps! All this for a comic book?!" Sokka asked in shock.
"I don't believe it." Twilight said in surprise of why members of her family would cause damage to their town. "What's Chase going to say when he finds out about this?"
"And I think we have a bigger problem, guys." Spike said as he pointed behind them and they all looked back, only to be surprised to see tons of Luna's Lunar Guards arriving.
The armored ponies then made way for one that is bigger than most of them with a horn and has a scar going across his muzzle and his fur coat is colored in a darker blue with grey eyes.
"Who is that?" Clay asked as he and the others gazed at
"That's princess Luna's new captain of her guard: Captain Blaze! I've never met him before. But Celestia told me about him last time I visited her to help out with her school." Twilight answers Clay and the rest in a whisper.
"Sir! All civilians are evacuated! Meaning we're free to stop this thing as we please, sir!" A lone unicorn guard salutes as he nods in response.
"Unicorns! Form up! Fusion beam blast!" Captain Blaze ordered firmly.
The unicorns of the Lunar Guard all line up as the light up their horns, firing beams that all combine together into a large energy ball of it as they sustain it in place as Twilight, Starlight, Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Sokka, Clay, and Spike were surprised and worried about it.
"That doesn't look good!" Spike said with worry.
In response to Spike's statement, Twilight teleports in front of the rampaging clones fo the two unicorn siblings.
"Jade! Sunray! What are you doing?!" Twilight demanded.
But the clone Sunray snarled as he was about to slam a huge crate on top of the alicorn as Twilight gasps.
"Twilight, get away from there!" Starlight said with worry.
But Blaze was quicker as he fired from his horn at the ball, causing a chain reaction that caused the orb to send out a massive magic energy blast that nails Jade and Sunray, sending them crashing into some empty houses.
"GUYS!" Twilight cries out in shock.
But the two clones emerge with a few scratches as clone Suray hurls a piano at the guards as they quickly throw up a shield as the unicorn clones of Jade and Sunray then leap off to who knows where. Twilight, Sokka, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow, Pinkie, Clay, Applejack, Starlight, and Spike looked at each other.
"There has to be an explanation for this!" Twilight said to her friends with concern. "Right?"
They looked on the carnage as a familiar figure as she stood on a rooftop. She smirked at the sight with satisfaction.
"Perfect. Just three more places to go and Chase will get the blame soon enough." The figure said with a sinister chuckle.
(Scene changes)
Back at the Castle of Friendship, the rest of the Mane Sixteen marched inside the throne room where they found Chase cleaning his katana swords, Sunray and Antonio reading their new comic books, Nyx meditating, and Jade working on mastering her water element with Trini doing the same with her wind element.
"Are you two demented?!" Rainbow shouted as the Elite Ninja and Nyx stopped what they were doing and looked back at them. "Smashing up buildings and scaring ponies for no reason just to get a stupid comic book?!"
"Uh, what're you talking about, Rainbow?" Chase asked as he and his family were legitimately confused.
"Jade and Sunray going all freaky in front of that store, Chase! That's what we're talking about!" Sokka said angrily as Jade and Sunray blinked in confusion.
"What?" Jade asked, really confused.
"Um, we were with them the whole time we were at the store, Sokka." Trini said with a puzzled look on her face. "And they never did that. Trust me, if he did, I'd know about it."
"Yeah, that just doesn't sound like Jade and Sunray." Antonio added in agreement.
Twilight appeared to be more calm as was Pinkie, Fluttershy, Starlight, and Applejack.
"Now, I'm sure my husband and his team have a good explanation, guys." Twilight said firmly yet gently to her friends as she turned to Chase. "Don't you, honey?"
"Yeah, Twilight. We don't know what you guys are talking about." Chase replied back as he continued to clean his katana swords.
"Oh really?!" Clay asked with an angry look. "Your brother and sister are innocent! Right! Just like when Antonio turned invisible to prank Fluttershy and Sokka by making their kitchen haunted! Or the time Sunray used his fire element to beat Spike in a burping contest and burned down his gems! Or the time both Sunray and Antonio used their element powers to send some mini earthquakes around Sweet Apple Acres as well as turning most of the apples on fire?! They never do anything wrong, do they?!"
Chase sighed as he stopped cleaning his katana swords and puts them away.
"Okay, okay. I know, they did most of that stuff just for fun, but I did lecture them and made them clean up the mess they left behind." Chase said with an unamused and annoyed look on his face.
"And we've been with them at the store the whole time and came back here, Mom." Nyx said with a confused and concerned look as Twilight turned to her daughter.
"Besides, I don't know where you guys got this idea that we went on a rampage or something. But even if Sunray and I did, how would Chase not know about it? We're family! We're all as inseparable as it gets! We go everywhere together, do everything together." Jade said firmly.
"And you all have no evidence that we did anything wrong." Sunray added as well.
Twilight and Starlight turned to one another with unsure looks on their faces before they turned to Chase.
"Well…" Starlight said as she and Twilight used a spell on the Map to have it display a recording of everything earlier of what looks like Jade and Sunray attacking the part of Ponyville savagely, much to the Elite Ninja's shock as well as Nyx's.
"That's not us!" Sunray shouted in shock as Trini stumbled backwards, falling to the floor in shock before she recovered and looked on at the grizzly scene before her as she gasped and put her fore hooves to her mouth.
Chase was the first to recover as he shook his head a bit.
"I don't get it!" Chase said in shock and surprise. "This is impossible!"
"Oh no?" Spike asked, folding his arms. "I'm sure they're just some other unicorn ninjas going postal in front of a comic book store!"
"Spike!" Twilight said with a sigh.
"It's possible," Chase suggested. "Remember when Grazer turned out to be a good guy when he became one of Zhao's monsters before he broke free? In fact, from our last adventure in the Underground, Pakku and his clan were the same."
"That's true." Applejack said to the others as they turned to her. "Besides, Chase and his family would never be irresponsible with their elemental powers like that."
"Yes, and Chase is the most mature one of his family to never do something so horrible." Fluttershy said in agreement.
"Yeah. I'm sure they might've gone a little berserk at some point just to have a little fun." Pinkie added as well.
"Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, darlings, please." Rarity said with a stern look.
"Alright, maybe you've got a point." Applejack said as Pinkie and Fluttershy sighed in defeat.
Chase thought about it for a minute before he and his team nodded at one another as they stood up.
"Well, nopony's gonna ruin our reputation except us." Chase said as he, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio walked out of the throne room to check out the damage.
(Scene changes)
At the wrecked Town Hall, ponies were busy on cleanup duty as Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio looked through the rubble. Chase uses his magic to pick up a brick just as the rest of the Mane Sixteen came over.
"Guess the culprit returns to the scene of the crime!" Spike points out with crossed arms as Chase rolls his eyes.
"Will you give it a rest, Spike? We're trying to solve a mystery here." Chase said annoyingly.
"Now, honey, what do you and your family expect to find that everypony else couldn't?" Twilight asked her husband curiously.
As Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio continued to look at the damage, they heard a sound as they turned to see the two unicorn clones glaring at them before they quickly ran off.
"There they are!" Antonio said as Chase flew as fast as he could while his family used their magic to perform a floating spell to join him as the others followed them.
Chase flew in at full speed as the two unicorn clones performed their own elemental chi as they began to ride on water and fire waves toward Canterlot.
"Looks like they're heading for Canterlot, guys!" Chase said to his team, who caught up with them.
"But why go there?" Jade asked, confused.
"I don't know, but we're about to find out." Chase said as he and his family went after the two unicorn imposters.
The Elite Ninja landed on a rooftop of one of the buildings in Canterlot as they jumped onto the upper part to get a good look around to find any sign of the clones. They then saw the two imposters heading into a bank.
"The Mint!" Sunray said with a surprised gasp.
"They're going to rob it and blame us for it!" Jade said in realization.
"Let's get them!" Chase shouted as the Elite Ninja followed the clones inside as the others went in a few mins later.
(Scene changes)
Twilight, Starlight, Pinkie, Spike, Nyx, Sokka, Clay, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Rarity ran through the building, trying to find the Elite Ninja.
"Are you guys sure they came in here?" Twilight asked with concern when they heard an explosion from nearby.
They quickly ran into an open vault to see two clones of Trini and Antonio stomping toward a few worker ponies.
These clones were also pale with a few hair strands sticking out as the clone Trini had a two double bladed spear and the clone Antonio had a war hammer.
The clone Antonio uses his war hammer to slam it to the ground, creating a crevasse between the workers, scarring them.
"Okay! That's it! Sunray and Jade we can deal with, but Trini and Antonio causing trouble as well?! That can't be a coincidence, Twilight!" Sokka said with an angry look as he and Clay turned to the two imposters. "We're stopping this right now!"
"Honey, wait!" Fluttershy shouted toward her husband.
"Clay, wait a second!" Applejack cried out as well, but the two stallions didn't listen as they ran into the middle.
"Trini and Antonio! STOP!" Clay shouted, gaining the two imposters' attention as they turned to them.
"The town hall and square, we can possibly forget. But attacking innocent ponies and stealing money!? That's going too far!" Sokka said sternly.
"Now if ya both take the responsibility for all the wacko stuff you and your family have been doing lately, I'm sure we can help ya!" Clay added.
That's when the real Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio dropped down from the rafters and got their game faces on as they looked in shock at the imposters. Twilight and the others were surprised to see two members of Chase's family.
"We knew it!" Chase said in shock.
"Sokka! Clay!" Trini shouted in alarm.
"Not now, Trini!" Sokka said annoyingly. "Can't you see we've gotta deal with-"
Clay and Sokka froze with widened eyes as they turned to see the real Elite Ninja standing behind them.
"Trini?! Antonio!?" Sokka and Clay shouted in shock while looking at the real members off the Elite Ninja and the clones as fake Jade and fake Sunray jumped down next to the other two imposters.
"B-b-b-b-b-b-b-but if you're you, who are they!?" Clay asked in shock while pointing at the four clones.
"Us? We're all hotties." The clone Sunray said with a smirk he shared with the other clones while using his fire element. "Can't you two tell?"
The clone fires a fire beam at Sokka and Clay as they braced themselves when Jade jumps in with her horn lit, aura hands replacing her front hooves with them spread out as she created a water shield to block the fire.
"Now do you and the others believe us?!" Jade asked the still shocked Sokka and Clay as they nodded back.
Fake Sunray stops using his fire element as Jade stops using her element as well as her family joins her with their horns lit, the five standing on their hind legs with aura hands replacing their front hooves and getting into fighting stances.
"Twilight, you and the others get the workers out of here! We'll take care of this!" Chase said to Twilight as his wife nodded back in agreement.
The others all ran out, using their magic and skills to help other ponies out. Chase fires a bolt of lightning at the clones as they dodge it.
Fake Sunray fires another fire blast at the Elite Ninja, but they manage to duck down and the flaming ball flies past them before it makes contact with the windows, destroying it. The five ponies looked back to find the clones gone.
"I don't know who you four are, but you're giving us a bad name!" Chase shouted as he and his family looked around for any sign of the imposters.
"So why don't you five cry about it?!" Fake Jade's voice taunted out of nowhere.
"Or are you all gonna go run and tell on us on to your pretty wife, Chase?!" Fake Sunray's voice taunted the five heroes as well.
"Or those other pesky ponies you call your friends?!" Fake Antonio's voice added as well when a lightning bolt shot hits a vault above the Elite Ninja, blasting open a bunch of gold coins as they buried the good heroes under it as they grunt in surprise.
The four evil clones made their appearances.
"Hey, it's raining money!" Fake Sunray said with a smirk as the real heroes looked at them in shock.
"So you four have been behind this, haven't you?" Jade asked with a glare.
"Yeah, but we can't take all the credit, Jade. Our leader has been helping us do that as well." Fake Jade said with a smirk as a figure dropped down behind the clones.
The figure walks up to reveal Dark Chase as he had a sinister smirk, shocking the Elite Ninja even more.
"Dark Chase!" Chase shouted in surprise.
"Hey, pal. Miss me?" Dark Chase asked deviously as the five heroes glared at the five imposters.
"Not really. You disappeared after Chrysalis lost control over you." Chase retorted with an angry look he shared with his family.
"Yes, but now they are under my control." A voice of a female came out of nowhere as a dragon that looked like Ember with a dark red and purple scale colored body appeared.
The Elite Ninja looked at the dragon with a suspicious look.
"Who are you?" Chase asked with a glare.
"You wanna know who I am? Don't you remember me?" The dragon asked tauntingly. "Maybe this will help."
Just then, the dragon started to twitch in pain as she began to morph her hands into hooves as her forehead grew a unicorn horn on it.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio looked shocked by this.
The morphing finally finishes as a familiar unicorn witch was smirking at the Elite Ninja, who instantly recognised her with great surprise and shock.
"Wuya?!" Chase asked in shock as Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio were surprised by this as well, but they quickly shook it off as the five glared at the evil unicorn.
"I don't get it. I thought you were destroyed by the Dragon Mojo back at the magic mine in Manehatten." Chase said while glaring at Wuya as she was still smirking.
"That's what you and your family get for thinking, Chase." Wuya said while smiling evilly as Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio stood up. "It turns out I absorbed enough of that powerful energy so I can turn into any dragon I want if I just concentrated hard enough."
"After that, she met up with me after Chrysalis flew off from your last battle with her." Dark Chase said. "When we went back to the Quinkan, we were able to create four clones of your family as well so we can do the dirty work she assigned us for."
"Also, we can't wait to hear when the rest of Equestria sees you guys as the villains now." Dark Antonio added with a smirk.
"Why are you doing this, Wuya?" Chase asked with his eyes furrowed at the unicorn witch.
"Revenge. The problem is that while I can become a dragon, I can only stay as a unicorn for a short time." Wuya answered as she glared at Chase with a twitching eye. "You made me into this freak, Chase."
Hearing this caused Chase to scoff as he and his family glared at the six.
"Like this is my fault?! Who's idea was it to absorb all of the powers from the Dragon Mojo?! Not mine!" Chase said angrily.
"I DON'T CARE! Because now it's payback time, 'your majesty'." Wuya said angrily before she grins as she goes on. "Everything fifty fifty! We do the crime and you five'll do the time!"
"You'll never get away with this!" Chase said as he and his family glared at their six enemies.
"Wrong! You'll never get away with this." Dark Chase said with a smirk as he pointed at the five heroes. "We're not us. We're you guys! Remember?"
BOOM!
Chase and his family turned to see the soldiers bursting through the glass windows from other rooms as Dark Sunray used his fire element and blasted the five in the back, making them grunt in pain. They turned back to the six as they smirked at the five glaring heroes.
"Keep the bits. You chumps can use them to pay your bill." Dark Sunray said with a smirk.
Wuya turns back and she smirks as she then morphs into her dragon form.
"We gotta fly!" Wuya said as she, Dark Chase, and the other clones, who used a floating spell, took off through the skylight as the Elite Ninja watched them leave with glares.
"THERE THEY ARE!" One of the Lunar Guard soldiers shouted as Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio turned to see the unicorns all pointing their horns as the pegasi are armed with enchanted crossbows as they surrounded him the five heroes
"Oh man." Sunray said with a scared look he shared with Jade, Trini, and Antonio.
"Sorry, Master Chase." Captain Blaze's voice came from behind the Elite Ninja, who turned to see him stepping forward with a glare. "No unauthorized withdrawals on my watch!"
"But you don't get it, Captain Blaze! The bad guys are getting away! We're the good heroes!" Jade explained, but Captain Blaze wouldn't listen.
"Yeah right… like all the other times you caused trouble in the news? I'm not buying it! To me, you're nothing more than a bunch of kids dressed up to cause mischief!" Captain Blaze said as he narrows his eyes at the Elite Ninja, ready to blast them at the blink of an eye.
"Wait, Captain Blaze!" Twilight's voice came out as they all turned to see her and Celestia flying down as Santos and Jewel dropped down from the rafters to join the two princesses. "Listen! They're telling the truth! There were actually clones that-"
"Sorry, princess! But this is my job, not yours!" Captain Blaze said with a glare.
"Blaze, you leave my family alone! You should be more open minded rather than react." Santos said with a stern look.
"And don't even think about harming my children, my niece, and nephew!" Jewel added angrily.
"I'd rather follow my own way, Santos and Jewel." Captain Blaze retorted as he turned his attention back to Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio. "We'll let the EEA decide who's been good and bad! Fillydaphia, Manehatten, Applewood! You and your family have been keeping me and my squad busy in the last six days, Master Chase! But you five won't escape this time!"
"'This time?'" Chase asked before he turned to Jade. "Jade, you got a water technique we could use?!"
"Yeah, good call!" Jade said as she quickly spins around and uses her water element to form a beam of water, blasting all the guard away as the Elite Ninja used their jiu jitsu skills to jump in the air and out a window, getting out of the bank.
"Get them!" Captain Blaze shouted.
The guards were in pursuit as the unicorn teleports. The princesses, Jewel, and Santos look at each other in worriment and teleport as well.
(Scene changes)
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, Antonio were leaping from rooftop to rooftop as they ran on their hind legs with their horns lit and aura hands replacing their front hooves as fast as he could. They stop on a bridge as they looked around, only to hear something charging as they look up, only to get blasted down by a magic beam from a couple of unicorn guards, above.
They both high-hoof each other, only to get blasted into the pond below by Chase since he used his lightning element power. He and his family notice more magic beams coming from the side as they see Blaze and some of his squad running towards them and firing energy beams and magic arrows. But Antonio quickly slams his fists into the ground and uses his powers to make a huge pillar that erupts in front of them, making them stop as the five use this chance to run away.
They look around for any place to hide before spotting a dumpster. They quickly dived in and shut the lid as the guards ran past them. Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio stumble out, shaking garbage off them as Sunray swipes off a banana peel to his disgust.
"I can't believe you made us go dumpster diving, Chase." Sunray said with a glare.
"Not the point, Sunray. We needed a place to hide." Chase said firmly as he then peeks around the corner as he looks out for guards.
Twilight, Celestia, Santos, and Jewel teleport in front of them.
"Are you guys okay?" Twilight asked with concern.
"Yeah, Twilight. Except we smell like five-day-old leftovers." Jade replied back with a disgust groan as she washes herself off.
"At least it wasn't that difficult to handle from hiding from the guards." Santos said to his daughter with a smile.
Just then they heard hoofsteps coming their way as Chase uses his magic to perform an invisibility spell on him and his team just in time as Blaze shows up with his squad.
"Your highnesses. Did you, Santos, and Jewel see them come by?" Captain Blaze asked.
"If you mean Chase Young and his team, then no we haven't." Celestia replied back. "If there is anything we know, we will tell you."
"Oh, my!" Jewel spoke as she went to escort Twilight and Santos away while the Elite Ninja followed them closely while still being invisible. "Look at the time! I really need to get my daughter-in-law and my husband home. You keep up the good work, Captain Blaze!"
Blaze nodded briefly as Celestia flew off for her castle. But as Twilight, Jewel, and Santos leave, Captain Blaze watches them with his eyes narrowed.
"Keep an eye on the Princess of Friendship. Something tells me she knows more than she is saying." Captain Blaze said to a mare guard.
"Yes sir!" The mare salutes in response as a few follow after them.
(Scene changes)
The group were back in the throne room as Chase explains everything with Twilight pacing around in the air as Jade sits on Applejack's throne. The three ponies were even shocked by the news of Wuya behind all of this as well as Dark Chase.
"It was Dark Chase with Dark Sunray and Dark Jade trashing Ponyville as well as having the other two clones of Trini and Antonio together destroying Canterlot. They were all set ups so Wuya can ruin our good name!" Chase explained to his parents and wife.
"Yeah, those attempts were all revenge Wuya wants on us." Trini added with concern.
"That would explain a lot, Chase." Santos said to his son with his eyes narrowed while looking down. "I'm guessing the entire time Wuya spent her time away from Zhao's army must've made her unstable in her mind."
"And if adding the Dragon Mojo she absorbed from wasn't bad enough, it doesn't help her one bit." Jewel added as well with a grim expression.
"But I don't understand, Mom." Sunray said to his mother. "Why does Captain Blaze think we're bad now?"
It wasn't long before Starlight teleported in, holding some newspapers with her magic.
"Because of personal experience, Sunray. I asked the others to help me gather information, and you guys won't believe it." Starlight answered as she looked at Chase with concern while showing a picture of Dark Chase rampaging and stealing money. "Check this out, Chase. Your 'friend' has been busy with those clones and Wuya, but not just in Ponyville and Canterlot. Look here. Antonio terrorizing Fillydelphia! Jade in Applewood! Chase, Sunray, and Trini in Manehatten!"
"Wuya and those clones have been all over Equestria, ruining our good name of the Elite Ninja! We're getting blamed for all that stuff, and we didn't do any of it!" Chase said in alarm as Twilight joined her husband.
"That's what I'm afraid of, honey." Twilight spoke out with concern as Jade looked at one newspaper.
"Uh, I think they're also the least of our problems. Check it out, guys." Jade said while showing the newspaper to her family and Starlight of a picture showing Chancellor Neighsay released from prison. "According to this article, it looks like Chancellor Neighsay has been released from prison and has the EEA tracking us down!"
Chase, his family, and Starlight were shocked by this turn of events.
"What?!" Chase said in shock. "But Woody, Quarry, and Stan took him away in custody after we closed Flim and Flam's fake university."
"He must've had higher connections with Captain Blaze as well as other EEA associates." Santos said with a grim look.
"Ugh, now that's just one thing we have to worry about. Doesn't that idiot have any idea that we're not the bad guys?!" Sunray asked agitatedly.
"Doesn't look that way to me." Antonio said with a concerned look when they suddenly heard screaming.
Quickly rushing outside to the balcony, they look out to see the Friendship Express zooming past the station as the ponies inside screamed in terror. On top of the train, Dark Chase was using his own lightning element to take control of the train.
"Dark Chase!" Chase said with a snarl as he and his family lit their horns, stood on their hind legs, and aura hands replacing their front hooves.
"He must've performed his own lightning element power to take control of the Friendship express!" Jewel said with concern for the ponies.
"Well, whatever he's got in mind to frame, it can't be good." Chase said with a determined look as he turned to Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio. "Come on, guys!"
The Elite Ninja jumped down on a rooftop and began to chase after the train while Twilight, Santos, Jewel, and Starlight watched. But they were unaware of two Lunar guards peeking out from an alley as one of the two soldiers took out a walkie talkie.
"Sir! The Elite Ninja have just exited the castle and are leaping on the rooftops. They're heading for that runaway train." The male guard spoke to the radio.
"Keep a visual! I'm on my way!" Captain Blaze's voice replied back through the walkie talkie.
(Scene changes)
The pony conductor inside the front of the train tries to hit the brakes, only for Dark Jade, Dark Sunray, Dark Trini, and Dark Antonio to appear before him as he stumbles on his back while backing away.
"Now why are you doing that?! We're just starting to have fun!" Dark Sunray used his fire element to blast the brake as Dark Antonio tossed it out.
"And this party is about to begin once it heads for the lake!" Dark Jade added as she laughed maniacally before she noticed something. She noticed that on the reflection of the window the Elite Ninja were coming after them. She groaned in frustration as she looked out to glare at the five heroes that were jumping from rooftop to rooftop. "They just have a bad habit of ruining everything."
"Yeah, but not for long." Dark Trini said with a devious smirk.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio made the last leap for the train as they landed on top of it.
"Ride's over, Dark Chase!" Chase shouted angrily. "Stop the train now!"
Dark Chase chuckled sinisterly as he turned his head toward the Elite Ninja.
"Sorry, Chase. But I'm just getting started!" Dark Chase replied back with a smirk before he fired some lighting bolts at Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio, but they managed to dodge them.
Then they dodged some pillars sprouting from the inside of the train, curtice of Dark Antonio.
The five real heroes jumped inside through an open window as the residents of Ponyville still grew scared of the clones in the train.
"Come out and fight, you cowards!" Sunray shouted as he and the rest of his family looked around for any sign of their counterparts.
Suddenly, a rock struck the Elite Ninja as it sends them against some chairs. They looked up to see Dark Chase, Dark Jade, Dark Sunray, Dark Trini, and Dark Antonio smirking at them wickedly.
"You asked for it, now you're gonna have fun while swimming with the fishes." Dark Jade said as the five evil ponies jumped out of the train and landed on top.
"Alright, guys. Let's see. The brakes are out, the heroes are trapped, and everypony is about to go in for a dip in the beach. Our work's done. Let's head back to Kai so Wuya can handle the last part of revenge." Dark Chase said to his team while looking back to see the train was about to head for the river with the bridge out.
With his wings spread out, Dark Chase flew into the air while the other four unicorn villains performed a floating spell and the five flew off to meet up with Kai and the Quinkan.
Antonio managed to push the rock off him and his family as they saw that they were heading towards the river.
"Guys, we gotta stop this thing!" Chase said as he and his family jumped out of the train before they landed at the front. "Now!"
The Elite Ninja used their magic to fire a beam from each of their horns right at the train, attempting to slow it down. Twilight, Jewel, and Santos arrived just in time as they saw it before they used their magic as well to engulf the train and pull it back as hard as they can, slowing the train down until it stopped before it could reach the end of the bridge.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio slumped down from exhaustion as the rest of the ponies cheered at them while Twilight, Jewel, and Santos sighed in relief.
(Scene changes)
Towards nighttime, Rarity, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Starlight, Spike, and Nyx wait for Twilight, Jewel, and Santos to arrive. The three managed to arrive as out of the bushes came Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio as they all got together. Twilight then hugs her husband with relief.
"I'm so glad you're okay." Twilight said with a smile.
"Me too, honey." Chase said in agreement with his wife while hugging her as well.
"Hey, Chase." Sokka said with a guilty look with Clay along with the rest of the Mane Sixteen as Chase turned to them. "We're sorry for jumping to conclusions about you guys thinking it was you. We should've believed in you. This is like when Chrysalis took Cadance's place at Shining Armor's wedding."
"It's alright, Sokka. But at least the clones are the least of our worries right now." Chase said with a grim expression after accepting the group's apology. "Now we need to find out where Wuya is and stop her."
"Yes, if Wuya is going to continue ruining your good name, then it's only a matter of time before we're caught in the act." Santos added in agreement as they others nodded as well.
"But where would she run off to cause trouble some more?" Jade ponders out.
"FREEZE!" A voice came from behind the group, making them whip around to see Lunar guards surrounding them and Captain Blaze approached the scene with Chancellor Neighsay.
"You all are going nowhere." Chancellor Neighsay said with a stern glare.
The Mane Sixteen, Santos, and Jewel were shocked as well as seeing the last pony who went to prison.
"Oh no." Chase said with an annoyed look of seeing Chancellor Neighsay.
"Chancellor Neighsay." Twilight said in shock as Captain Blaze and Chancellor Neighsay approached them.
"At long last you five have been caught in the act. Now I can finally have my revenge on you for humiliating me." Chancellor Neighsay said sternly as the Elite Ninja glared at him. "Now you five have two choices: tell me what you have been doing or be thrown in the dungeons while the Princesses have to answer for a lot of things!"
Chase Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio glanced at each other with worry when they were seized in magic chains as Chancellor Neighsay loomed over them.
"It has something to do with your husband and his family, doesn't it, Princess Twilight?!" Chancellor Neighsay demanded while glaring at the Elite Ninja as they glared back at him. "Have they been using their magic to cause trouble around Equestria to put other ponies in danger?!"
"No we haven't!" Jade said angrily as Sunray uses his fire element to melt the chains off the five ponies. "If we were you, Chancellor Neighsay, you better watch what you say or else we'll report this behavior you brought upon us to Princess Celestia!"
"That will be of no concern for Celestia and Luna or Pakku." Chancellor Neighsay said angrily as he turned his attention back to Chase. "As for you, Master Chase. It is time for you to pay for the crimes you and your family have done."
Chase groaned angrily and annoyingly over Chancellor Neighsay's reckless behavior about thinking creatures are the enemy.
"We don't have time for you, Neighsay!" Chase said with a firm glare. "More to the point, we had nothing to do with this!"
"If you five didn't do it, then who did?" Chancellor Neighsay asked while the two glared at each other.
"Sir!" A female Lunar guard shouted, making the others turn to her landing down next to Chancellor Neighsay and Captain Blaze. "We're getting reports of a strange dragon wreaking havoc on the Golden Horseshoe bridge in Manehatten! It looks like it can bring down the whole bridge if it isn't stopped."
Captain Blaze and Chancellor Neighsay turned back to Mane Sixteen, Jewel, and Santos with glares as they did the same.
"Everypony! Head to the bridge as quickly as possible! I'll meet you there!" Captain Blaze ordered as the Lunar Guard flew off and teleported to the bridge. He and Chancellor Neighsay glared back at the Elite Ninja. "We're not done."
"And we will have your banishing plans ready, Chase Young." Chancellor Neighsay as he used his magic to open a portal and he went back to join his EEA associates while Captain Blaze teleports away as well.
"MAN! That was close!" Spike sighs as he wipes his head.
"Yeah, but Captain Blaze has no idea who he's up against!" Starlight spoke out with concern.
"Yeah! He looks and sounds tough, but he and the other guards don't stand a chance against Wuya! We have to stop her!" Chase spoke out.
"We better get to Manehatten before he goes way over his head, especially Chancellor Neighsay!" Twilight said with concern.
"I'm afraid he has." Jewel said with concern. "Twilight, Starlight, Chase! Get us over to the bridge before it's two late"
The royal couple and Starlight nodded to Jewel as they made their horns glow, teleporting the group in a flash of light.
(Scene changes)
At the bridge, the ponies' gasp in shock as they look up to see Wuya in her dragon form on top of the structure, creating and throwing magical energy bolts that cut through a few cables, making them tumble down as the ponies flee for their lives.
"YES! HAHAHA!" Wuya laughs as she notices teleporting magic nearby and she turns around to see a glaring Blaze with his magic active. "Captain Blaze! It's been a while."
The unicorn witch turned dragon narrows her eyes with a smirk as the Unicorn captain charges at her.
(Scene changes)
The team arrives at the bridge in a flash of light as Antonio and Sunray feel sick, holding their stomachs.
"Ugg…. I don't feel so good." Antonio said while feeling a little green at the moment.
"I hate teleportation like this." Sunray said while moaning a bit with nausea as Chase used his magic to heal his two family members, which made them feel alright again.
"Alright, guys. We made it to the bridge." Jade said to her family and friends.
"Yeah, but where's Wuya?" Sokka asked while looking around the area.
"LOOK!" Spike shouted in alarm as he pointed upward at the fight.
"Great… Just one more thing we're gonna get blamed for." Chase groans out as he, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio jump onto the cable before climbing up.
(Scene changes)
Blaze slams into a wall and tumbles down, bruised and hurt as he struggles to stand up. Wuya approaches him and made her dagger appear in her hand. She lifts the Unicorn up as he struggles, but the unicorn witch rears back the dagger, preparing to punch and stab him until...
"LET HIM GO, WUYA!" A voice angrily shouted.
Both of them turn to see Chase looking down from a platform with his horn lit, aura hands replacing his front hooves while glaring at Wuya.
"This is about you and me. So, leave him out of this!" Chase said sternly.
"Sounds good to me." Wuya said with a sinister smirk.
She tosses Captain Blaze on a beam, making him struggle to stay on it and lay down, resting. The unicorn witch walks up to the alicorn stallion.
"Still trying to be a hero, Chase? Let me guess: You just want to help me?" Wuya taunted as she chuckles to herself.
"You had plenty of chances to do the right thing and get help! But you always mess it up! This time: You're getting what you deserved!" Chase said sternly and boldly.
"He's right!" Jade's voice shouted as Wuya glanced back to see Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio glaring at her with their horns lit, aura hands replacing their front hooves as well. "Wuya! You've tormented our family and friends for the last time. All of the crimes you did for Emperor Zhao have gone far enough to frame us. It's high time you finally be punished for all your misdeeds!"
"And we're about to make sure that you won't get away with it this time!" Sunray added in agreement with his sister with a glare as Wuya smirks out.
"Aww… does this mean we're not all friends anymore?" Wuya asked mockingly.
She then blasts lighting at Chase, only for him to leap down and block her punch, countering with his own and knocking her on her back.
"You risked thousands of innocent lives, just to get even with me?!" Chase demanded angrily with his family joining him as Wuya turned back to them with a glare.
"No pony is innocent! They just haven't had the chance to make fun of me yet!" Wuya replies back venomously before she charges at the Elite Ninja.
(Scene changes)
As the others watched, they saw a bunch of Lunar guards gather and start charging their horns.
"STOP! You can't do this! My husband and his team are trying to help!" Twilight shouted pleadingly.
"Sorry, your majesty. But our orders come from Captain Blaze and Chancellor Neighsay himself." One of the male guards replied back.
"No!" Clay shouted with worry.
"You can't be serious!" Rainbow exclaimed with concern.
"Great! Of all the times for Luna to be away for a diplomatic mission." Starlight groans out as one of them brought out a walkie talkie.
"Target has been locked on! Order to fire?" The male guard that brought out the walkie talkie spoke through it.
"Fire on my command only! Repeat! My word only!" Captain Blaze's voice replied back through the radio.
"I say we take those ninjas down as well as the dragon!" One Lunar Guard mare snarls out, but a stallion glances at her with a raised eyebrow.
"You really want to disobey a direct order from the captain?" The male guard asked, making the mare soldier flinch back in realization.
"...Okay. Maybe I can wait a few minutes." The mare said as she sheepishly smiled, rather than face her boss's anger.
(Scene changes)
Chase unleashed a barrage of dragon punches and phoenix kicks that knocked Wuya around, leaving Antonio and Trini to come in.
They both went behind the unicorn witch and kicked her in the back as Jade then comes in with a spinning back kick to the villain's face and a palm strike to the stomach.
Sunray came right at her with a punch to the gut, a kick to the knee before grabbing her and knee kicking Wuya in the face, sending her on her back.
Chase was ready to finish Wuya off as he powered up his lightning element to send an electric bolt at her, only for Wuya to form a fireball in her hands and blasts a dual stream at the alicorn stallion knocking him a bit away.
She fires out a huge stream of flames, only for Sunray to jump to his older brother's aid and fires his own stream of flames at Wuya, knocking her back a bit. This left Chase an opening to charge at her with his lightning element ready as she sidesteps to avoid him.
Antonio then uses his earth element and then slams his fists on the floor, sending Wuya flying up. Wuya spreads her wings as she starts flying around as Jade tries to stop her with her water element while Trini uses her wind element to send some gusts of wind at the same time at Wuya, but they both missed as the unicorn witch single handedly knocks the Elite Ninja down at full speed as they grunted in pain.
She then dives down at the five ponies, as they were ready. But just then, Wuya screams as she suddenly changes back to her real form and collides with Chase's magic blast as she bounces back onto the floor. The alicorn master then approaches her as Blaze watches. Wuya was coming around when she looked up to see Chase glaring at her. He then cries out as he raises his aura fist and brings it down as the witch prepares for the blow.
BANG!
Only… she felt no pain at all. She opened her eyes to see the aura fist smashed into the metal floor on the side of her head, missing. The unicorn was confused as she sat up as the Elite Ninja stared at her with a glare and they walked away.
"Get back here and fight, Chase Young! I'm not done with you and your family yet!" Wuya demanded angrily as the five ponies turned their glare back to her while stopping.
"But we're done with you. You're not worth it, Wuya. You never were." Chase said as he and his family continued to walk away.
Wuya glares at him with rage building inside her like a volcano as her horn glows intensely. Just then, she suddenly felt pain as her horn started sparking out of control. Like thousands of little needles poking through her skin while gaining an intense sunburn at the same time.
Her left front leg started bubbling as it mutated, and scales grew all over it. The unicorn witch got more buffier, while retaining a female figure. She became biped as wings came out of her back and transformed into a dark purplish-red color. A tail sprouted out as her back legs became biped as three sharp toes poked out. She kept mutating when…
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Wuya screamed so loud that it echoed across Equestria.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio turned back to her upon hearing this as Captain Blaze narrowed his eyes. Twilight and the others saw it from down below as they became shocked by what they were seeing.
"Is that… Wuya?!" Applejack exclaimed in shock.
"What has she become?!" Santos asked in surprise and horror.
Wuya breathed heavily as Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio were shocked by what they saw as well.
"Huh?" Chase said in shock.
The former unicorn witch is now some kind of demon dragon. With the combined energy of the Dragon Mojo, she has the body structure of legs and arm count of a female and slightly slimmer darker skin tone. Her hands now had four sharp claws, very sharp spikes on her back, three sharp claws on her toes, her wings were incredibly dark with a combination of blue and purple, her tail was also long with a sharp spike coming out of the end, and her eyes were dark red.
"What are you all staring at?!" Wuya exclaims as she notices the looks and notices her different voice that has a demonic tone. She looks down at her body, only to be shocked by the limbs and new look. She tries to turn back but couldn't as her magic keep dying out. "I can't turn back! I'm stuck as this mutant freak! CHASE YOUNG! LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME!"
She charges at The Elite Ninja, more specifically Chase, like a raging bull.
"Oh, man! Is there anything I'm not going to get blamed for today?" Sunray asked his family.
"We'll worry about that later." Chase replied back.
The monster charges while using a new fire power to engulf her and uses her new wings to tackle Chase, causing his family to fall to their backs, into a wall as the alicorn master grunted in pain as he felt the side of his stomach have a broken rib.
Wuya then threw in a punch just as Chase lit his horn and aura hands replaced his front hooves as he caught the demon's hand just in time as well as catching her right hand. Then she uses her tail to grab Chase by the throat, making him gasp in surprise before she punches him two times in the chest, knocking the alicorn stallion into the wall.
He was now covered in bruises with the right side of his stomach having a nasty shade of black and purple.
"LET HIM GO!" Sunray shouted as he, Jade, Trini, and Antonio charged at Wuya with their weapons ready as they jumped toward the villain.
But just as they were about to fight her, Wuya easily blocked their attacks and destroyed their weapons, making them gasp in wide eyed shock. Then the monster knocks four unicorns aside with a blazing flame punch as they grunt in pain.
The evil creature then turns her attention to Captain Blaze and fires a beam of lightning at him, only for him to teleport back down to join his crew.
Wuya then noticed Chase had gotten out as he struggled to get up when she grabs him by the wings and chucks him behind her, making him crash into a wall as he screams in excruciating pain as he felt his right wing was broken in the process with a black eye as well as his katana swords falling into the river before he managed to grab the ledge.
"CHASE!" Twilight shouted in horror as the others were also terrified by what they were seeing.
As Chase struggles to to pull himself up, Wuya stomps her foot on his hoof and the alicorn stallion grunts in pain as she snarls.
"You'll never beat me, Chase!" Wuya said with a smirk. "Because you're weak and one of the good guys! And good guys never have the guts to finish villains like me!"
"He doesn't, but we do!" Jade's voice was heard behind Wuya, making her turn around to see the four members of the Elite Ninja glaring at her while channeling their elemental powers. "NOW, GUYS!"
Together, the four shot powerful beams of water, wind, fire, and earth at Wuya, sending her off the bridge.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Wuya screamed as she fell into the river.
SPLASH!
The wicked unicorn witch now turned demon went down into the river.
Chase struggled to get up as he fell on his hind legs just as his family came over to his aid.
"Are you okay, Chase?!" Jade asked with great worry.
"I'm fine. But, I-I think my wing is broken." Chase replied back while wincing in pain as his family helped him to stand up.
"Come on, we gotta get you back home." Sunray said as the Elite Ninja were about to find a way down when they were stopped as a portal appeared in front of them.
Coming out was none other than Chancellor Neighsay.
"Now, where were we?" Chancellor Neighsay asked with a stern look as the Elite Ninja glared back at him. "Ah, yes, having you banished for life."
"You're making a big mistake, Chancellor Neighsay. We all still had nothing to do with this!" Jade said angrily.
"Save it for your proposal to join him. It is time for you to pay for the crimes you have done, Master Chase Young." Chancellor Neighsay said firmly. "Agree with us or I shut your school down for good."
Chase glared at Chancellor Neighsay even more before he sighed in defeat.
"Fine." Chase said, shocking his family. "I accept the charges."
"Chase, no." Trini said with concern and shock of what the four were hearing.
"Wise decision. Your banishment will take place in the wasteland by tomorrow morning." Chancellor Neighsay said as he went back through the portal as it closed.
Chase just glared at the unicorn's retreat.
(Scene changes)
Unknown to them, Kai watched everything from the flames as he smirked evilly while turning his attention to Dark Chase.
"You and your team have done well, Dark Chase." Kai said sinisterly as Dark Chase bowed in respect to the yak. "Now we can begin our plan to drain Equestria its magic for life. Very soon, this world will belong to us."
"And we'll make sure Chase's friends and family are dealt with for good too." Dark Chase added with a wicked smile.
(Scene changes)
At the Castle of Friendship, Chase resting on his and Twilight's bed with his right wing bandaged up, two bandaids on his cheek, and his stomach bandaged up as well. Twilight was sitting beside him on a chair and gave him a cup of green tea.
"Here, honey. Drink this." Twilight said as she handed her husband the cup and he took it with his magic before swallowing most of it. After he was done drinking the cup, Twilight became concerned. "So is it true, Chase? Are you really accepting Chancellor Neighsay's demand for banishment?"
"I'm sorry, honey. But it's the only way that I can't let him cause more harm." Chase replied back as Twilight pours some more tea for him. "It looks like Chancellor Neighsay isn't gonna give up so easily. He's just as blinded by his own pride and judgment."
"But it's still not fair. I can't let you go, Chase. I love you more than anything." Twilight said as she let a few tears drop. "If you're getting banished, then I'm going with you."
Chase looks at Twilight sadly and closes his eyes for a moment before he turns back to his wife.
"Honey, you know we can't do that." Chase said sadly. "Somepony has to be headmare of the School of Friendship. You must look after our students with our family and friends by your side now. The only way for that to happen is for me to leave."
Twilight felt more tears coming out of her eyes as she looked at her husband sadly.
"Chase. You're the only thing that matters to me so much. You're my family too. If you think that if we hadn't gotten together as a couple and get married, I would never have wanted to trade you away for any stallion in the whole wide world. We need you more than ever. Nyx needs you to help look after her." Twilight said with a cracked tone as tears streamed down her eyes and Chase looked at his wife sadly.
"The Magic of Friendship has to continue on without me." Chase said sadly yet firmly as Twilight uses her magic to take a wet towel out of a bowl of water, wrenching it out a bit before she gently wipes some of the sweat off of Chase's forehead. "And that means you need to lead the others while I'm gone at all costs. You guys are too loyal to me. If I stay…" Chase then stops Twilight from wiping his neck with placing his right hoof on her left hoof as well as they looked at each other. "If I stay, dangerous mistakes could be made. Like having Neighsay closing the school down. I can't let that happen."
"Are you sure, sweetie?" Twilight asked with a heartbroken tone.
"You have to be the leader of the Elite Ninja, Twilight. It's your turn to lead our family and friends." Chase replied back solemnly.
Twilight sniffled as she sat next to her husband while wrapping her forelegs around him as she sobs lightly and Chase held his wife securely with much comfort.
Unknown to them, Nyx was hearing everything behind the door leading to her parents room and became shocked by what she heard and ran off to the throne room to find the others.
(Scene changes)
It wasn't long before she eventually found the others and explained everything to them. Needless to say, they were all shocked and horrified by what they heard. Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio were the only ones who weren't shocked by this.
"So that's it? He's accepting his banishment?!" Rainbow asked in shock and concern.
"But we can't let him go!" Applejack said with concern. "This isn't like Chase!"
"I agree. We all shall have to join him for this ridiculous plan of Chancellor Neighsay banishing him." Rarity added firmly.
"No. it's not that simple, guys." Nyx said as the others turned to her. "We can't do that. If we do, Chancellor Neighsay is gonna keep finding ways to shut the school down and have the ponies turn against the creatures."
Sokka looked at the alicorn filly and nodded in agreement.
"She's right, guys. We can't join Chase if we leave the school unattended." Sokka said in agreement with the alicorn filly.
Fluttershy was very sad about this as she remembered the times Chase has helped her become more confident.
"It was Chase that brought us together. Somehow, fighting beside him against the Quinkan made me feel strong and confident." Fluttershy said with a few tears streaming down her face.
"It's just not fair for us to let him go!" Pinkie added while burying her face on the Friendship map. "We can't let him do that!"
"So what are we supposed to do?!" Sunray asked angrily. "Just forget about him like he never existed?!"
"Of course not." Trini replied back. "Sunray, you remember what Chase said. We have a duty as the Elite Ninja to protect the world from the Quinkan."
Jade heard what they were saying with her eyes down in deep thought for a moment before she turned back to the others.
"Well, he also became our leader of the Elite Ninja. And if there's one thing we've learned about being a team, it's that we never go alone" Jade said, getting the others' attention. "And that's why me, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio are going with him to make sure he doesn't do it alone."
"She's right. We also got framed as well." Sunray said in agreement as the rest of the group were stunned by this.
"But guys-" Trini tried to reason with her family members, but without question.
"We do it together, Trini. Do you really want him to suffer more?" Antonio asked with a firm yet concern look.
Trini looked at her family and friends before she looked down in deep thought as well. Then she realized they were right.
"You're right. And we can't let him get hurt out there either. We're in this together with our leader." Trini said, coming to her senses as she turns to the rest of the group. "It's up to you guys to help Twilight out at the school any way you can."
Nyx, Rainbow, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Clay, and Sokka turned to each other before they looked back at the four members of the Elite Ninja with determined nods of agreement.
"We won't let you guys down while you're away with Daddy." Nyx replied back with a salute.
"Okay. Starting tomorrow, we sneak into the police zeppelin cruise that will take Chase to the wasteland being undetected." Jade said firmly as her family nodded in agreement with her.
(Scene changes)
The next day, a zeppelin police cruiser was flying in the air before it went deeper to a mysterious desert. Once it landed, the hatch doors open up as two members of the Lunar Guard were escorting Chase out into the open before the three stopped.
Coming was Captain Blaze, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, Santos, Jewel, and the rest of the Mane Sixteen. Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio weren't with them for some reason.
"By order of the Equestria Education Association, for heinous acts and crimes against the ponies, you are hereby banished to the wasteland for life." Captain Blaze said firmly.
"This is a foolish plan, Captain Blaze." Luna said with concern. "There must be another way."
"I'm afraid this is out of my hooves, Princess Celestia." Captain Blaze said firmly yet regrettably. "Chancellor Neighsay made it very clear that this alicorn stallion should be left out here."
"But it still isn't fair." Shining Armor said, not liking the idea of having his brother-in-law banished.
"Honey, there's no other way to argue about this." Cadance said to her husband regretfully.
"This is insane!" Dojo said from behind them as they turned to see him coming to the scene. "I am angry beyond words! Although, I do have something to say to Chancellor Neighsay. Not everypony and creature agrees with this ridiculous decree!"
That's when the Young Nine joined him as well after hearing their headstallion being banished to the wasteland. In fact, the rest of the creatures were outraged by Chancellor Neighsay banishing Chase.
"Yeah! We want a recount!" Korra added angrily as her friends glared at Captain Blaze as well.
"It's so not cool!" Sandbar said angrily in agreement.
"Let him go!" Silverstream demanded furiously as well.
"This is out of my hands, kids. It be best to watch what you say if want to join your former headstallion." Captain Blaze said sternly.
"Actually, we are not that outraged." Dojo said as the Young Nine glared at him. "Farewell, Chase! Stay out of the sun… Drink lots of water, if you can find it…"
Chase glared at the serpent as his family and friends approached him with sad looks.
"We're gonna miss you, Chase." Sokka said as he and Clay hugged Chase with a few tears streaming down their faces.
"I'll miss you guys too." Chase said sadly as the three let go while Shining Armor and Cadance walked up to him.
"Be safe, Chase. I'll miss you." Cadance said as she and Shining Armor hugged their brother-in-law as Chase hugged them back in reply.
"Just promise us that you'll be fine, buddy." Shining Armor said once they let go of the alicorn stallion.
"I will. Take good care of Flurry Heart, okay?" Chase asked them both with concern as they nodded back in reply before they went back into the police zeppelin with Sokka and Clay following them.
Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy hugged Chase with all their might with a few tears streaming down before they let go of each other.
"We'll miss you, Chase." Rainbow sadly said.
"Do be careful out there, darling." Rarity added while wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"Be safe." Fluttershy croaked.
"It won't be the same without you, sugarcube." Applejack said sadly.
"We're gonna be really sad without you, Chase." Pinkie sobbed sadly with tears coming out of her eyes.
Chase held the girls before he let go of them as they joined the others on the zeppelin cruise. Jewel and Santos approached their eldest son with sad looks.
"Mom. Dad. I'm gonna miss you both. Thank you for helping me guide my way when I needed you both." Chase said as the three shared a hug.
"We've been so proud of you, honey." Jewel said to her son sadly as she and Santos let go of Chase.
"If there's one thing I've been proud of, it's that you've become an excellent leader to your family and friends." Santos added as well. "We'll always remember you, son."
Chase nodded as the two unicorns joined the others. Next came Twilight and Nyx as they hugged Chase with all their might.
"I don't like this idea, honey." Twilight said to her husband sadly as Nyx sheds a few tears from her eyes.
"I know, but it's the only way." Chase replied back as he and Twilight shared a loving kiss on the lips before they looked into each other's eyes.
"I love you, Chase Young." Twilight said with a few tears streaming from her eyes.
"I love you too, Twilight Sparkle." Chase replied back as the two alicorns nuzzled each other lovingly.
"Goodbye, Daddy." Nyx said as she nuzzled her father's foreleg. "I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too, sweetie." Chase replied back as he nuzzled his daughter on the head.
The two alicorns let go of Chase as Celestia approached him.
"Thank you for looking after our home for so long, Chase Young." Celestia said as she shed some tears from her eyes. "We'll always remember all the deeds you made to succeed in your grandfather's footsteps of being the leader of the Elite Ninja."
Chase nodded as he and Celestia shared a hug with each other before the regal alicorn joined the others, leaving only Luna with the alicorn stallion.
"I'm sorry, Chase. The EEA was too powerful. There was nothing I…" Luna tried to explain, but Chase understood why.
"I know." Chase said when Luna gave him a beacon, placing it in his right hoof.
"You just stay alive, you hear me? That's an order." Luna said firmly. "Somepony will find you. I promise, Chase Young."
She went back to join the group as they looked at Chase one last time.
"May alicorn masters have mercy on you." Captain Blaze said to Chase with a farewell before the doors closed as the police zeppelin flew back to Equestria.
As Chase looked at the beacon, he heard loud coughing and he turned around to, his shock, see Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio waving the dust away. Dojo was with them as well.
"Jade?! Sunray?! Trini!? Antonio?!" Chase said in shock. "What are you guys doing here?!"
"Don't thank us! We're only here because you wouldn't last a second without us!" Antonio said with a smirk.
The others just rolled their eyes with a smile before they turned their attention back to Chase as he joins them.
"What he means is we're a team, Chase. And we never let each other go alone no matter what." Jade said with determination. "We're with you all the way."
"And you can't stop us, buddy." Sunray added with a smile.
"Ahh! What a team we'll make!" Dojo said with excitement.
"Alright. Let's just get moving." Chase said while looking around the desert. "But which way?"
"That way!" Dojo and Antonio said simultaneously while pointing in opposite directions before they glared at each other.
"Oh, and I suppose you know where you're going, eh?!" Dojo demanded while poking Antonio in the chest.
"Better than you do, scale face!" Antonio retorted while getting into Dojo's face while Chase, Jade, Sunray, and Trini were unamused by this.
"Ugh! Let's just move." Chase said while going north as his family and Dojo followed him.
(Scene changes)
In the afternoon, the six were still walking through the desert. But by the looks on their faces they were really exhausted from all the walking.
"This was all your stupid idea!" Dojo said to Antonio.
"No." Antonio said with a sarcastic laugh before poking Dojo in the face. "It was Jade and Sunray's! Only they could've thought this one up!"
Trini rolled her eyes tiredly yet annoyingly as Antonio mimicked Sunray.
"Let's go with him! We'll help together!" Antonio said with a fake jolly smile before he shouted angrily. "You mean we'll die together!"
Jade and Sunray sighed while walking next to Chase.
"I can't believe the EEA hates us. I mean we saved Equestria from the Quinkan and this is how they repay us?!" Sunray asked angrily.
"They just don't get it, Sunray. Besides, it was probably for the best of our home." Jade replied back solemnly.
Chase nodded in agreement before the six continued to walk forward.
(Scene changes)
In the late afternoon, things were going from bad to worse. Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio were now feeling more exhausted from the walking as well as feeling dehydrated.
Feeling that he could no longer walk much further, Chase sighed tiredly as he came down on his knees.
"Right." Sunray said, now feeling a little crazy as Chase laid on his back. "Good plan, Chase." He then coughs while his eyes move around a bit. "A nap would be nice. Just a teensy little rest."
Sunray fell on his stomach as Jade and Trini fell on their sides while breathing heavily.
"I can't go much further, guys." Jade said tiredly. "This desert is crazy. There hasn't been any food or water for… for twenty minutes."
"Yeah. Let's face it, we're doomed." Trini said as Antonio falls on his back from exhaustion as well.
"Aggh! This dragon is overcooked!" Dojo said as he fell on his stomach as well while Chase coughed.
"Hang in there, guys." Chase said tiredly before he closed his eyes, falling unconscious with his family.
(Scene changes)
Later towards sunset, Chase and his family were still lying unconscious when footsteps were heard coming their way.
Out of nowhere two black panthers walked up to the six as they gave pur growls. Walking into the scene were three mysterious alicorns as well.
One of them was a stallion that had a white fur coat, spiked silver mane and tail, looked thin, wore a clothing mixture of jade and black, with red ribbons and his eyes were light blue.
The second was another stallion that had a similar white fur coat, wore a tall hat, had long sleeves that went past his forelegs, and had claw marks on his chin and cheeks as his eyes were dark blue as well.
Finally, the third alicorn was a mare with an olive green fur coat as she wore a dark green outfit, including a necklace, with a red belt, wore her hair in three plaits, and had bandaged hooves and her eyes were light green.
"Looks like we've found some live ones, Kon." The second stallion said with a deep voice as Kon scoffed.
"Barely." Kon replied back as he kneeled down beside the unconscious form of Chase Young and took the beacon from his right hoof. "Here's the beacon we were picking up." He grabs Chase by the chest. "Who gave you this?"
Then he felt something off as the wind started to change.
"We'll take them with us! Let's move, Chikara and Juto!" Kon ordered while glaring at the approaching storm. "I smell a storm coming."
The three alicorns used their magic to take the unconscious forms of the Elite Ninja before they teleported themselves as well as the black panthers away to somewhere safe from harm.
Author's note: Hey guys,
Here's chapter 26: Now I'm down to five chapters left. I did some twists and turns for this one. I hope you like them.
Peace out!