Chapter 10: Island of Darkness

Sensei Wu was sleeping in his quarters as a ceiling fan was spinning around overhead. The sounds of a clock ticking were heard, as far into the island, the Celestial Clock was counting down the seconds until the Final Battle. Sensei Wu woke up with a gasp at that sound.

Out in the jungle, two scouts, a Samu-Taur and a Darkling, were patrolling the area. "Hmm, nothing yet," the Samu-Taur remarked, looking through a spyglass. Little did they know that both Flash and Trail were laying low to the ground watching them before they left.

Once the coast was clear, they both got up and ran over to a hill of sand, which was really an illusion charm meant to cloak the Destiny's Bounty while the others were doing their best to hide it.

"This whole island is swarming with both indestructible Samu-Taur Warriors and Chrysalis's new Darklings," Trail whispered to the others.

"Ha! Good thing we're Ninja and we know how to hide," Thunder bragged as he placed down a coconut tree leaf.

"Who wants to run when you can fight!" Rainbow retorted. "I'm sick of always hiding with our heads in sand, I wanna fight these bozos!"

"But Rainbow, they have no apparent weakness," Rarity reminded. "It would be unwise for us to start something we cannot finish ourselves."

Wu then stepped outside. "That is why we must find the Temple of Light."

They all soon gathered in the bridge where Misako unraveled a scroll and spoke up. "The Scrolls says there is a hidden temple on the island," she told them. "If you find it, it'll give the Ninja pure elemental powers, as well as powerful magical abilities to Princess Twilight, her friends, and their students," she explained. "Powers that can destroy the indestructible Stone Army."

"So you're saying we get to fight? Whoo-hoo! I got happy hooves!" Rainbow cheered.

Misako then turned to Lloyd. "And you, my son, it is written here: 'For once the Light Ninja finds the Instrument of Peace, he will strike it and know the power of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master.'"

"'Ultimate Spinjitzu Master'? What's that?" Lloyd asked curiously.

"It means you will be able to invoke the power of the Golden Dragon, an ancient fighting style only practiced by the first Spinjitzu Master," Misako explained as the others looked like they were just getting the shorter ends of the stick.

"Wait. So, we get powers to beat the Samu-Taurs, but he gets a major power boost?" Landrush asked as Lloyd let out a laugh.

"Jealous?" Lloyd taunted.

"No!" they quickly denied.

"Besides, it can't be that easy," Flash said, "What's the catch?"

"The catch is that the Temple could be anywhere on the island," Celestia explained as she pulled out a golden medal with three holes in it, "and the only thing we have to find it is this."

"What is it?" Cozy Glow asked before Dr. Gear took it to examine it for a moment.

"A medallion," she answered. "It's like a compass. When the three holes match up, the medallion will reveal where the temple is hidden."

Everyone in the room looked at her with an impressed look. "Uh, how'd you know that?" Thunder asked.

"When you're trapped on a lighthouse prison for a long time, you do some reading in your spare time," Dr. Gear told him. "Adventure stories were my favorite." She then gave the medallion to Frost.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Frost asked the others. The Ninja and the Mane Six got up to search for the Temple of Light, before Sensei Wu stopped Lloyd.

"Not you, Lloyd," he told him, which made Lloyd give an irritated look.

"Oh, seriously? Are we still doing this?" Lloyd asked.

"Wu is right," Scorpan spoke as he walked forward. "If you were to come across your father, it could prematurely start the Final Battle," he explained.

"And with the Overlord somewhere on this island too, we need to be at full strength before we take any risks," Luna added.

The others smirked, knowing Lloyd was once again benched. "Hahaha. Jealous?" Gaia mocked.

"No!" Lloyd pouted.

"Well, I could use some help around the camp," Dr. Gear said. "We should get working on vehicles that might help give us a fighting chance."

"And we could squeeze in a bit more training while we wait," Smolder added, bumping Lloyd's shoulder.

"So, while we do that, you lot find that there temple," Capper told the Ninja and the Mane Six.

"But remember, the villains don't know we're on the island. It's imperative that you stay out of sight," Wu told them.

"Of course, Sensei. Don't worry. Have you ever known us to veer from a plan, huh?" Thunder asked as everyone looks at them unamused. "Uh, on second thought, don't answer that."

"NINJA-" The Ninja and the Mane Six started, a little loudly, before Celestia shushed them.

"Not so loud! Are you trying to let the whole island know we're here?!" she whispered harshly.

The Ninja and The Mane Six realized their mistake and whispered, "...go." The twelve of them soon went their way into the jungle in search of the Temple of Light.

Meanwhile at Garmadon's camp, things were busy as the Samu-Taurs and the Darklings were hard at work. In Garmadon's tent, he sat on a throne as Sombra, a four-armed Samu-Taur in red armor (Kozu), a female Samu-Taur with no mask covering her face (Kozu's lieutenant), and another Samu-Taur stood before him. The Samu-Taur Warrior was carrying a tray filled with Dark Matter before he spoke in their native tongue. "What did he say, General Kozu?" Garmadon asked the four-armed Samu-Taur.

"The mining, they've dug to new depths and have struck Dark Matter," General Kozu told them as the Samu-Taur stepped up to them and showed them. This Dark Matter looked more darker than what was initially dug from the pit.

"Amazing," Garmadon said in an impressed tone. "I can practically smell the dark magic coming off it. The most powerful Dark Matter."

"Unfortunately, he also says they lost many Warriors down the Mouth of Eternal Shadows just to obtain this one piece," the Samu-taur lieutenant told him.

"Then you both tell him we'll throw him down ourselves, because we need five-thousand more just like this one to make the Ultimate Weapon," Garmadon told the three Samu-Taurs before they gave a bow to him.

"I'll see to it personally," Kozu answered as they walked out of the room.

The Overlord then floated in. "They respect you. This is good," he said pleasantly before pausing as if to sense something wrong, "But I feel a shift in the balance."

"Yeah… I also felt like you weren't menacing enough when you ordered them to dig for more," the Storm King told Garmadon as he sipped a coconut drink. "Maybe you should have added lightning bolts thundering behind you for a more dramatic, more evil effect."

"No-no-no, you should've shaken your hoof more!" Sombra argued.

"Perhaps flipped over a table?" Tirek suggested.

"Blasted the ground with your magic!" Chrysalis guessed.

"Or maybe even-" Nightmare Moon tried to say before the Overlord interrupted her.

"No, you myopic mortals!" he shouted. "The Ninja. The Elements of Harmony. I cannot see them, but I sense their presence."

"Here, on the Island?!" the Storm King asked in an angry and shocked tone. "But we knew they were coming and I had that storm put out to slow them down!"

"Well, clearly it didn't work!" Garmadon declared. "Alert all the Warrior Bikes! If they're here, we'll find them!" The six villains the walked out of the tent and outside.

Nightmare Moon then approached Garmadon. "Garmadon, I believe we need to talk about the Overlord," she said.

"What about him?" Garmadon asked with a raised brow.

"There's something about him that doesn't feel right," Tirek whispered to him. "He was so insistent on helping us, and yet he's not even telling us what this Ultimate Weapon does."

"More importantly, none of what we've been doing seems to benefit him," Sombra added.

"He's up to something and we need to figure out what it is," Chrysalis told in a low tone.

Garmadon just let a low chuckle. "Don't worry. Once the Ultimate Weapon is complete and Equestria is ours, I'll simply have the Army overthrow the Overlord and leave him on this chunk of rock," he told them.

"Oooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, I love a good backstabbing!" the Storm King said eagerly, rubbing his hands together.

"For now, we must find those Ninja and their little friends. They would be fools to set hoof anywhere near our camp," Garmadon told them.

Little did he or the other villains know was that they were literally just a hoof outside their camp.

"Check it out. I think this Garmadon's camp," Pinkie whispered.

"Really? I thought it was a pop-up beauty salon," Gaia said sarcastically.

"It looks like they're building something, but building what?" Twilight asked as they saw some construction work happening.

"We'll figure that out later once we find the Temple of Light," Flash reminded them before he turned to Frost. "You still have the medallion?"

"Yes, let me see," Frost answered as he looked around. "Nothing match-Wait!" He stopped upon noticing something.

"You found the Temple?!" Thunder asked taking the medallion.

"No, but look!" Frost pointed to the armory where they saw a familiar friend.

"Your Falcon," Fluttershy said with relief when they saw it laying on a table in the camp.

"I thought it got shot down and was lost for good," Trail said before Frost stood up.

"Not if I retrieve it and get the pieces back to my mother," he told them before Applejack grabbed his leg.

"Whoa there, partner. Just look at that place," she pointed towards the camp. "If y'all go in there, it'll be like waking up an ornery swarm of bees from their hive."

"She's right, Frost. You're veering from the plan!" Landrush told him. "We're supposed to be finding the Temple of Light and staying out of sight."

"If I were any of you, I'd do the same," Frost told them as he stood up. "I have to get my friend back." He then jumps down from the ledge and over to the armory.

"Not without me!" Fluttershy said as she followed him from behind.

The others tried to follow, but Flash and Twilight stopped them.

"The more of us that goes the more chance we'll get caught," Flash said.

"We just have to stay here and hope they don't get seen," Twilight added as they stayed hidden.

"Aww, I wanna fight!" Rainbow whined as they watched Frost and Fluttershy sneaking around camp and trying not to be seen by the Samu-Taurs.

Meanwhile, as the Celestial Clock continued to count down to the Final Battle, Scorpan was showing a picture of its clock face to the Royal Sisters and Sensei Wu. "This is the clock you saw in your dream?" he asked Wu.

"Indeed," Wu nodded.

"What do you think will happen, if the clock reaches zero?" Celestia asked with a concerned look on her face as she looked at the clock.

"I am unsure, but that skull-and-crossbones on the top can't possibly mean anything good," Scorpan answered as he stared at said symbol.

At the same time, Dr. Gear and Aqua were working on the vehicles they were talking about while the Young Six was training with Lloyd.

"That's it; keep up!" Cozy cheered Lloyd on as he and Gallus spared.

Wu then came by with some more supplies. "Thank you, Wu. If you could fetch some more creek water, that should pretty much do it," Dr. Gear said as Wu left with some buckets.

Lloyd noticed his mother giving Sensei Wu a smile before he left with a couple of buckets as he smiled back. "So how did you meet him?" Lloyd asked his mother.

"Who, Sensei Wu?" Misako asked.

"No, my father," Lloyd corrected as he looked down.

Misako sighed as she held her son. "You know he wasn't always like this. It took years for his poisoned heart to turn him evil," she expressed before a warm smile appeared on her face. "There was a time when I loved him very much. And he was very proud."

Lloyd raised a brow. "When was that?" he asked.

"When we had you," Misako answered as they hugged.

Lloyd then frowned. "Now it all comes down to me, fighting him," he said as they looked saddened. Lloyd then looked back at his mom and smiled, "So, how did you meet dad?"

Misako just giggled and recalled the day. "Well… it was right when the Great War had just begun, when Serpentine invaded the village where I once lived for a time," Misako explained. "An Anacondrai caught me by surprise, but then Garmadon saved me. After that, he invited me to rest and recover at the Monastery. There I learned the art of Spinjitzu. Even succeeded in beating your father... twenty times."

Lloyd chuckled, picture his mom kicking his dad's flank several times over in his head, "So when did you two fall in love?"

"To tell you the truth, I was in love with both Garmadon and Wu, but my heart couldn't decide on either one," Misako admitted. "While Wu was kind and gentle and Garmadon was cold and distant, I always felt something drawing me towards him. I decided unless Garmadon proved to me that he loved me more than as a friend, I would choose Wu."

"So, what convinced you?" Lloyd asked.

"The day Garmadon gave me a letter with the most beautiful words I'd ever seen. But the words weren't what set my heart ablaze," Misako explained. "It was the fact that the letter wasn't written by your father at all."

Lloyd was shocked, "Dad lied to you?" he breathed out.

Misako tilted her head a bit. "In a way. While I couldn't tell whose words he used in the letter, I could tell the feelings he held for me in them were." She then smiled. "When I saw he wanted me so badly that he'd use somepony else's words, it was proof enough to me that he loved me." She then frowned, and Lloyd did too.

"He doesn't know you're alive, does he?" he asked.

Misako shook his head, "The only thing that scares me more than seeing you fight your father, is me reuniting with your father."

Meanwhile, Wu was filling up two buckets with creek water just as he was asked to as a butterfly flew by and landed on a rock. He then heard the Samu-Taurs speak in their foreign language and quickly took cover with the buckets. He looked up and saw three Warriors and two Darklings patrolling.

He tried to move away from them but he accidentally stepped on a twig which caught their attention. Realizing he was caught, Wu had to take off as the Warriors and Darklings trailed him. Both the Warriors and the Darklings pulled back a catapult before launching buzzsaws right at him.

Wu bobbed and weaved his way through the bamboo trees and the buzzsaws as he got further and further away. "Run him down!" one of the Darklings ordered as the Warrior Bike roared and zoomed over to Wu. The elder however broke off a piece of bamboo and, once the Bike got close enough, flipped the Warrior on it off.

But when he turned to strike the other one, it caught his weapon and threw it away. Wu tried to punch the Warrior but it did nothing and it kicked him flat on his back and into some bamboo. The Warrior spoke in its native tongue as it picked up four bamboos with sharp ends and prepared to launch them at Wu. Wu gasped before flames burned down the bamboos. He turned to see that nearby was Lloyd, who was the one that unleashed those flames, his horn glowing fire red.

The Warrior looked at the bamboo in surprised before Lloyd's horn glowed earth orange as he shot Earth at the Warrior, trapping him in dirt as a bird landed on top of its helmet and pooped on it. Then the Warrior Wu knocked stood back up and charged at him.

"Watch out!" Misako shouted as she dropped down and pinned the Warrior under Bamboo. She and Wu shared a smile, but once she was distracted the Warrior grabbed her foot, only for Lloyd, his horn glowing electric blue fired a blast of electricity at her, zapping her fiercely.

Then the two Darklings tried to charge at them but Lloyd's horn glowed bright yellow, trapping them in a cyclone before Scorpan and Celestia jumped in and knocked the two away. The remaining Samu-Taur was readying more Buzz saws to be thrown at them before Lloyd used his ice element to freeze the catapult solid. The Warrior trying to make a run for it before Lloyd's horn glowed life green and travel down his Hooves before he stomped the ground and trapped The Warrior between bamboos.

"That was close. You're lucky we noticed you were gone for too long," Celestia told Wu as she helped him up.

"Our presence on the island cannot be hidden for much longer," Wu said as the others tied up the Samu-Taurs and Darklings. "I just hope the others have located the Temple."

"Knowing them, they have probably already found it by now," Scorpan assured.

Meanwhile, Thunder was looking through the medallion while on his back as the others watched Fluttershy and Frost in the camp. "I spy, uh…" Thunder said as looked through the three holes and looked at one of the trees, "...another tree!"

"Thunder, how did you ever become a Ninja? Seriously," Landrush complained as Flash let out a groan.

"Would they just get the bird already and get out of there?" he exasperatedly asked as he saw both Frost and Fluttershy hiding behind some barrels while some Samu-Taurs were inspecting the Falcon.

Gaia soon turned her back and brought out her grandfather's compass. She then flipped open the cap and what she saw inside really baffled her. The dial inside was spinning around until it was pointing towards where the mountains are. As this happened, Thunder stood up with the medallion and looked in the same direction the compass was pointing to and saw three lights shining through the three holes matching up.

"Guys, look!" Thunder told them as he gave Twilight the medallion and pointed towards the mountain. Twilight looked through the holes and saw the lights matching up with them.

"It matches up," Twilight gasped.

Gaia then held her compass to where the mountain was pointing. "And my grandfather's compass is pointing to that mountain too!" she said before realizing something. "My mother told me this compass always guided my grandfather to where he wanted to go. That must be where the Temple of Light is!"

"Excellent!" Rarity cheered.

Landrush laughed and turned to Thunder. "Thunder, I take back everything I said. You are a fine Ninja," he said before adding. "Not finer than Gaia or me, of course, but still-"

His boasting was interrupted when they heard voices and looked down to see Frost and Fluttershy managed to get the Falcon but also got spotted.

"Oh, ponyfeathers," Applejack grumbled.

The Nindroid and pegasus were surrounded, slowly being backed up into a corner as Frost held his Falcon close.

"I sense we may have gotten ourselves into a predicament, my friends," Frost said as Fluttershy held her fore-legs tight around him as the Samu-Taurs and Darklings are coming closer.

"A Ninja and one of the Council, here?!" Garmadon growled as Fluttershy gave a nervous wave. "Seize them and make them tell us where the others are."

"Get those two!" Kozu ordered in both Ponish and his native tongue, as the Warriors and Darklings continued to close in on them.

"OK! That's it!" Rainbow declared as she stood up and slammed her hooves together. "I'm fighting."

"We can't, they're indestructible!" Twilight reminded as Rainbow prepared to take flight. "If we go in there, they'll know we're on the island too!" Flash then quickly jumped forward towards the camp.

"And if we don't, we'll regret it for the rest of our lives," Flash told her. "Come on, no friend or Ninja left behind!" He then made his way into the camp with the others following close behind. The Samu-Taurs were closing in on Frost and Fluttershy before a large tank rolled in and knocked them back.

They were surprised to see their friends jumping down from it. "What are you two waiting for, a red carpet?!" Gaia asked sarcastically, "Hoof it!"

The twelve then took off. "They're getting away!" Tirek yelled before turning to Kozu. "Do something General!"

The Samu-taur general then spoke in their foreign language as he shouted the other Warriors to go after them.

"Remember when Sensei asked us to stay out of sight?" Trail asked the others as they ran well the Samu-Taurs chase them.

"Yeah, that was good advice!" Landrush shouted as their path was blocked by a wall. The Ninja then tried stacking on top of each other before spears were being thrown and blocked them from going over.

"Why didn't we listen to him?!" Thunder asked before they ducked when more spears for being thrown at them.

"Why don't we ever listen to him?!" Gaia asked as they were cornered.

Rarity looked to her right and pointed, "The gate! That's our way out, hurry!" She said as they rushed for the exit. As they made their way across the rope type bridge, Pinkie Pie accidentally broke one of the boards on the bridge and saw it fall into a deep hole. Trail then looked behind them and saw the Samu-Taurs coming for them.

"Hurry up! We're halfway there!" Landrush shouted before he saw more Samu-Taurs coming from the other side. There was nowhere left to go as both sides had them blocked and both sides were closing in on them.

"Ha-ha! Excellent!" Lord Garmadon said as he and his Legion sat in lounge chairs and got out some popcorn as they watched the Ninja and the Mane Six's demise closing in on them.

"This is gonna be good!" Chrysalis said eagerly.

The Darklings and Samu-Taurs started getting closer as the heroes were sandwiched from both sides. "We've been in situations like this a hundred times," Flash said. "Quick, who's got an idea?"

Thunder then spoke up. "Um, we jump into that hole!" He pointed down to a pool of Dark Matter.

"Um, next plan, please!" Rarity requested.

"I say we fight!" Rainbow Dash demanded.

"With what?!" Trail asked. "We don't have any powers yet! Uh, what about you Frost?! What do your computers say?!" Frost was looking at the boards as the Stone Army was getting closer to them and he noticed the ropes were not holding for much longer.

"I got us into this mess, I'm going to get us out," Frost said before the bridge finally broke and they fell. "Grab a plank!" Frost ordered as they all did so.

"NINJA, GO!" They all shout as they used Spinjitzu to ride upwards and then used their planks to sled above the trees.

The Villains were not happy. "Get them!" Nightmare Moon ordered.

"We're falling!" Rarity shouted as they ran out of trees to sled on.

"For those of you without wings, use your hood as a parachute!" Frost shouted as Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie grabbed Landrush, Gaia, and Thunder as they parachuted to safety.

The group soon ran back to home base where the others noticed they returned. "Hey, they found the Falcon!" Dr. Gear said when she noticed Frost holding it.

"But why are they running?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Prepare for battle!" Gaia said as they came to a stop, "We've got company!"

"You were spotted?! By one? Two?" Wu questioned.

"How about… all of them?" Pinkie answered sheepishly.

"What matters most is the Temple of Light," Luna reminded them. "Did you find its location?"

"Yeah, it's at the top of the mountain," Flash answered. "I hope those vehicles are ready, because we could sure use them now."

"Guess you're gonna have to figure out this baby out on the fly," Dr. Gear said as she pointed towards a large vehicle with a large drill on the front. The Ninja, and the Mane Six quickly rushed and hopped into it.

"We've also packed a couple of other surprises in back," Aqua told them as she pointed to two red and green chests in the back. "Perhaps it can be of use." She then gave Thunder a kiss.

"More Aqua surprises?!" Thunder asked excitedly.

"You all better go too," Misako told Lloyd and the Young Six. "Be safe,"

"We will," Lloyd promised as they hopped into the car as well.

"Whatever you do, do not stop until you get to the Temple of Light," Scorpan told them. "Our survival depends on it."

"This time, we'll stick to the plan," Flash assured them before the glass to the cockpit sealed tightly.

"Good luck to you all," Celestia told them as Landrush put the vehicle in full throttle and drove off.

Then out of the jungle, the Samu-Taurs and the Darklings chased them down, "Attack!" Kozu yelled as they chased the heroes down.

The heroes turned to see the enemy right on their tails and Landrush increased speed, driving in zig-zags to shake them, but they still stayed with them. "Um, you do know how to drive this thing, right?" Sandbar asked nervously.

Landrush had a look of determination as he turned the steering wheel and the vehicle went faster as it made a turn. Two of the Samu-Taur Vehicles was able to pass them before blocking their path.

Landrush then quickly steered to the right and launched the vehicle into the air before starting up the drill and boring under one of the Samu-Taur vehicles.

"Get them!" Kozu roared as his vehicle stomped the ground as the Warriors and Darklings went up to the hole.

Elsewhere, the Driller managed to dig right at the base of a mountain. Gaia checked her compass. "Yup, this is the place alright," she said, as the Compass pointed forward.

"Well, there's no way this baby is going to climb that," Landrush said, gesturing to the mountain. "We'll have to do the rest on our own."

"But Yona and friends not reach Temple in time, before nasty Stone Army and Darklings find us," Yona said as Trail and Gaia stepped.

"Well let's see what my sister packed!" Trail suggested.

Trail and Gaia pressed the buttons on the two chests as they popped out of the Driller. Both chested unfolded into two Mechs, one red and one green. The Red Mech had a fire blaster on its right arm and the Green Mech had a seeding mechanism on its left arm.

"Trail, I love your sister!" Gaia told him as she was so excited about her own mech.

"Me too!" Trail said before they both climbed into their Mechs.

The Samu-Taurs and Darklings barreled up to them just as Trail and Gaia activated their Mechs. "Leave this to us!" Trail said as the two Mechs leapt in front of the Warrior Bike as the driver looked at them in surprise.

"Congratulation darling, you're the first," Gaia said with a smirk. "And do you know what you win?"

"A little of this!" Trail shouted as he picked up the bike and spun around before he tossed it and the Warrior a very good distance away. "Who's next?" Both him and Gaia took a few steps back as both sides looked ready to charge at each other. The two Ninja then ran and slammed into the ground with their Mechs' arms, causing the rest of the Bikes to be knocked over and damaged.

Kozu then rolled up to the Bikes, lifted his vehicle's back leg up and… well, extinguished the fire. He then noticed the two Mechs running back to the others and glared, turning to his remaining soldiers as he ordered, "Go!"

"These guys just don't stop!" Gallus commented as the Bikes got closer.

Trail and Gaia then walked up to them. "Anyone who can't fly, climb onto me and Trail!" Gaia ordered.

They quickly climbed aboard while the others flew up to the mountain's peak with the others following behind. Trail and Gaia were going as fast as they can up the mountain while the Bikes were riding up it.

"Oh, they're still coming!" Thunder said as he looked down.

"One of these days, we're gonna have to fight!" Rainbow said.

"We're not climbing fast enough!" Ocellus said as one Samu-Taur jumped onto the foot of Gaia's mech.

Gaia then noticed the Warrior. "Hey! No free rides!" she complained as she shook her mech's foot. They continued to climb their way up before both Ninja got an idea.

"Activate hook!" They both shouted as they held up one other Mech's arms while hooks shot out from them, latching on near the top. Everyone aboard the two Mechs then ziplined straight towards the top. Trail and Gaia turned to see the army still coming.

"We made it to the top!" Thunder cheered but stopped when he saw nothing. "But where's the Temple of Light?!"

"Are ya sure ya used that medallion right?" Applejack questioned.

Thunder retorted, "Of course I used it right!"

"My compass says it should be higher up the mountain," Gaia said. "You go and take a look!"

"While we keep these guys from catching up!" Trail said as he and Gaia created a small rockslide that sent the Stone Army and the Darklings tumbling down the mountain. "That should be us a little time!"

The other Ninja, the Mane Six, and the Young Six started to climb higher until Lloyd spotted a light coming from just up ahead. He climbed higher and saw the place they were meant to find.

"The Temple of Light!" Lloyd said in awe. "Up here guys!" he called out to the others.

Soon, they finally managed to reach him and open the doors to the Temple of Light and walked inside. The temple interior was covered in dust and then along the walls, were stained-glass window like in Canterlot.

And Pinkie noticed something. "Hey, check out it guys! It's us!" she said. True to her words, the windows detailed major events that happened in all their lives.

"Impossible. It's everything we've ever done in Equestria," Twilight said when she saw the stained-glass windows. "Finding the Elements of Harmony, freeing Luna from Nightmare Moon, defeating and reforming Discord, turning the Changelings good, uniting Equestria."

"Not just what you girls did," Landrush said as noticed a few stained-glass windows with the Ninja on them. "Finding the Destiny's Bounty, defeating the Devourer, even right now!" He pointed to one that was exactly what they were doing.

"But it doesn't look like anypony's been here for years," Fluttershy wondered. "How could this all be here?"

Lloyd knew the answer. "Destiny," he said before he noticed one window with him surrounded by the others, lending him their power. "I think I know what we need to do."

Outside the Stone and Darkling Army were getting closer. "Get the Ninja and Council!" Kozu ordered.

Back inside the Temple, Lloyd dusted away the floor and saw a dragon head symbol on the floor, "Look," he said as the others dusted the floor too.

Twilight dusted another spot and was shocked by what she saw, "My cutie mark," she breathed out. Flash found the emblem for Wind in front of a pillar, with Twilight and her cutie mark on the right while Gallus found a picture of Grover's Crown on the left.

The same was said for the others, Trail was in front of a pillar with the symbol of Fire in between Rainbow hovering on her cutie mark on the right and Smolder on the picture of Knuckerbocker's Shell on the left.

Landrush was in front of a pillar with the symbol of Earth in between Applejack standing on her cutie mark on the right and Yona on the left picture of Yksler's Helm.

Gaia was in front of a pillar with the symbol of life in between Rarity standing on her cutie mark on the right and Ocellus on the picture of Mirage's Talisman on the left.

Thunder was in front of a pillar with the symbol of lightning in between Pinkie standing on her cutie mark on the right and Silverstream on the picture of Aurora's Amulet on the left.

Frost was in front of a pillar with the symbol of ice in between Fluttershy standing on her cutie mark on the right and Sandbar on the picture of Clover the Clever's Cloak on the left.

Lloyd looked down at his symbol and raised a brow. "Okay now what?" he asked before they heard the army getting closer.

"Seriously?! Why does everything have to be so hard?!" Rainbow complained.

Lloyd took a moment to think it over as he remembered what his mother said. "'For once the Light Ninja finds the Instrument of Peace, he will strike it and know the power of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master.'"

As his mother's word rang over and over in his head, he looked up and saw a large bell above him.

"The bell! It's an instrument!" Lloyd pointed out.

"Wait! You mean… that's the 'Instrument of Peace'?!" Thunder asked Lloyd who was a little unsure, but…

"Only one way to find out. Are you guys ready?!"

"Let it rip, guy!" Smolder shouted.

Lloyd charged at one of the pillars, jumped off it, then struck the bell with a kick. A powerful loud chime was sent out, one that could be heard outside. Once Lloyd landed on the ground, a bright light shine down on him as something was happening.

"Whoa, what's happening?!" Lloyd asked when the light shined down on him and he felt something inside.

"No one move!" Frost told the others.

Lloyd then felt something and then he reflected the light off the armor on his hood which then bounced off the crystals around the room. The light soon reached the pillar where Flash, Twilight, and Gallus as the pillar glowed bright with the light. The three of them felt power coursing through them as Flash's changed to a Master Elemental Gi with the ancient equestrian symbol for wind on it and in his hoof is a grip with a dragon head on the top.

Twilight wore a crown resembling her old Element of Harmony, with a magenta star in it, a gold neck collar, wing armor and shoes and violet cloak. Gallus gained golden armor that formed on his claws, wings, and tail, along with a circlet on his head that oddly looked like a crown.

The light continued to reflect off the crystals around the room as each pillar was being lit up by the light and the Ninja's Gi's changed as well as formed a grip with a dragon head on the top. Trail's Master Gi had the ancient Equestrian symbol for Fire, Gaia's for Life, Thunder's for Lightning, Frost's for Ice, and Landrush's had the one for Earth.

The rest of the Mane Six, minus Twilight, absorbed the light's power as well, transforming into Alicorns. They each gained armor around their horns, their wings, their necks, their legs, and their hooves. On each of their chests were jewels that resembled their old Elements of Harmony and cloaks in their respective colors.

Each of the Young Six also gained armor, along with special items. Along with Yona's dark-orange armor, she found herself wearing a helmet with sharp horns, much like the Helm of Yksler, as well as iron gauntlets on her hooves.

With her aqua blue armor that had her pearl shard invented in it, Silverstream also found her armor had an amulet much like the Amulet of Aurora.

Ocellus had grown small antlers much like Thorax and Pharynx, along with golden armor similar to the Changeling guards, and a charm much like Mirage's Talisman on her right forearm's armor.

Smolder golden armor also included a golden charm necklace around her neck, the main one looking much like Knuckerbocker's Shell but in whistle form.

Meanwhile, Sandbar's arm also included a metallic cloak of chainmail, yet it did not seem to weigh him down.

Lloyd then levitated upwards as his suit changed to a Master Gi as well. As Lloyd began to spin around in mid-air, blades in each of the grips that looked to be made of crystal and the Ninja's own elements formed on them.

"Everyone! Send him your powers!" Flash ordered as they all sent magical and elemental beams at Lloyd. Suddenly, in a massive explosion, a golden ethereal dragon roared out as Lloyd collapsed onto the floor, his armor having turned gold before the light vanished. "Lloyd!" Flash called out to the colt who managed to get back on his hooves.

Before long, the Samu-Taurs and Darklings had just arrived and were ready to fight off their enemy.

"Let 'em have it!" Lloyd shouted as he got up and they all took a battle stance.

"Finally, we get to fight!" Rainbow Dash shouted excitedly. Trail clash blades with one of the Samu-taurs but instead of breaking the blade, it actually withstood the attack as flames burst out when it did.

"Sweet!" Trail said in awe as he looped around the Warriors creating a wall of fire. Trail then charged in knocking them all away.

Smolder saw some of the Samu-Taurs charging at her, so she took a deep breath, blowing through the Shell which blew out a blizzard of ice that froze the soldiers in place. "Cool!" she exclaimed before breathing through the Shell again, which let out a tornado of wind that blew them away. "Ha-ha! My Shell turns my breath into Elemental Breath!"

Rainbow then saw Darklings approaching her. She then lit her new horn and from it fired a blast of rainbow-colored magic that split in six colorful beams that shot them all away. "Awesome!" she cheered as she fired again.

Some of the Samu-Taurs were charging right at Thunder with spears in hand. Thunder waited patiently before jumping on top of the two Spears there are thrusted at him. His Elemental Blade then charged up power before he jumped off and electrocuted each Samu-Taurs as they tumbled backwards like dominos.

Silverstream found herself sandwiched between Samu-Taurs coming at her from both sides before she smirked, concentrated, and turned into water, melting away as they crashed into each other. She then reformed behind them and laughed. "Gotcha!" she taunted before she flapped her wings and washed them away with a wave.

Pinkie Pie was hopping around in circles while avoiding attacks from the Samu-Taurs. Pinkie Pie then charged up our horn and threw glitter at them which exploded after a couple of seconds. "Glitter bomb power!" she shouted as she continued this pattern.

Some of the Samu-Taurs charged at Frost before he climbed up the pillar behind him. They soon stacked on top of each other before he used his Elemental Blade to freeze them solid before giving a powerful kick that shattered them when he reached the bottom.

Sandbar found himself facing some Darklings, but then his eyes glowed blue and then he could see that a rock behind him was just a Darkling in disguise. He jumped when the Darkling behind him transformed and tried to pounce on him and then he gave a powerful kick. "Whoa… I can see life energy? Cool!" he cheered.

Fluttershy was facing the Samu-Taurs as she mustered up her courage, took a deep breath and charged at them. Suddenly, her horn glowed pink as the ethereal form of a rhino head appeared around her and she knocked them back then her tail was surrounded by an ethereal version of a scorpion's as she whipped at another Warrior. "I can use the powers of animals?... Yay!" she cheered as her voice turned into a powerful Lion roar, which blew some of the recovering Darklings away.

Both the Samu-Taurs and Darklings were charging right at Gaia before she stabbed the ground with her Elemental Blade and multiple vines shot up from the ground before whacking those Samu-Taurs and Darklings away.

Ocellus found herself cornered by the Darklings, she hyperventilated bit, remembering the times when she was bullied during Chrysalis reign. But she took a deep breath, remembering what she learned from the tree of Harmony. She then transformed into a big dragon and blasted them away with a fireball. She was surprised, as usually when Changelings transformed, they could only copy forms not powers, "Amazing!" She said to herself before she blew more fireballs.

Rarity was surrounded by Samu-Taurs as they prepared to launch arrows right at her. Rarity then channeled her magic as a crystal barrier formed around her which blocked the arrows when they fired. "Now that is beauty in battle!" she said with a toss of her mane, as she used her crystal barriers to use them as blades to strike back at them.

Flash flew at some Samu-Taurs before swinging his Blade, releasing a powerful wave of wind at them that blew them back against the wall. He then slammed the Blade downwards causing a mini-tornado to pick up the Samu-Taurs and tossed them across the temple.

Some Darklings were flying around and circling Gallus as he stood his ground. Just as they dived into attack him, he spread his wings and quickly shot up into the air and struck them back. "Now that's what I call high-speed flight!" he declared as he knocked down each Darkling.

Twilight was surrounded by Darklings and Samu-Taurs before she unfolded her wings and focused her magic. Swinging her horn downwards, she released a power wave of starry magic. "This is what happens when you mess with the Ruler of Equestria and her friends!" She declared in an advanced form of the Royal Canterlot Voice, before blasting out more star magic.

Landrush stood face to face with Samu-Taurs and Darklings as they looked ready to attack. Landrush then stabbed the ground with his Elemental Blade and rumbling occurred as the ground cracked before a mountain of dirt trapped the Samu-Taurs and the Darklings when it rose from the ground. Landrush let out a laugh before he moonwalked on his back hooves before backflipping and stomping on each head in the dirt. "Hee, hee!" he shouted as he spun around and held his head.

Yona found herself in front of some Samu-Taurs but was not afraid as she scraped the ground as her helmet's horns glowed. "…YAK SMAAAAAAASH!" she yelled as she charged with the horns glowing and knocked the Warriors away like bowling pins.

Applejack trotted her front hoof as she was about to charge at some Samu-Taurs and Darklings. Each time that she dragged her front hoof on the ground, it sparked up some magic before she finally charged at them. Once they charged back, Applejack quickly turned around as her back hose were glowing bright and she buck them clear out of the temple. "Now that's what I call Earth Pony strength, partner!" she declared before she bucked some more.

Kozu and the rest of the Army moved to finish them off. Lloyd then narrowed his eyes. "My turn," he said as the others gathered behind him before focusing his power, his white aura then turned gold and then from the orb of light transformed into a golden dragon.

Kozu's eyes widened, "Retreat!" He ordered his army as they all ran out of the Temple as fast as their legs could go.

Back at the ship the others were getting concerned. "Do you think they found the temple yet?" Spike asked before they heard a loud explosion coming from the mountains.

They all turned to see a giant gold dragon roaring from it, with eighteen elemental and magical beams, in the Ninja, Mane and Young Six's colors shooting off behind it.

"I think we have our answer," Tempest said with smirk. Everyone aboard the Bounty cheered as the Ninja, the Mane Six, and the Young Six had reached and completed their task.

"They did it!" Aqua cheered with so much excitement.

"Yes," Wu agreed before Misako pulled him in for a hug.

"Perhaps good will win after all," she said with hope as Wu hugged her back.

Meanwhile at the Celestial Clock, the villains and the Overlord had witnessed the whole thing, "Well, well," Chrysalis said turning to the Overlord, "looks like your 'indestructible' army isn't so unstoppable after all."

"Is it just me, or does anyone else think that every time we get a leg up in this race, those prissy pony do-gooders manage to pull a miracle from out of nowhere?!" the Storm King asked in an annoyed tone.

But rather than being insulted or angry, the Overlord was actually quite calm, "The Ninja and their friends may be getting stronger, but so are we," he assured them. "When the Celestial Clock reaches zero, the Ultimate Weapon will be complete, and then there will be nothing they can do to stop you all from turning Equestria into your image."

The villains turned to the Clock and saw it was only hours away from reaching the skull-and-crossbones symbol. "Hmm, the Ninja's days are numbered," Sombra said as the villains chuckled. Garmadon however remained silent as he knew that there was still one thing he had to do before Equestria would be his and his allies'...

...defeat his son.