Chapter 18: Hall of Mare-ers
In the funhouse, Sparky looked at a silly mirror that showed him as a fully grown dragon as his reflection gave a roar while Sparky giggled as he held his cheeks with sparkles in his eyes from seeing his grown up reflection.
Then Hitch showed up, while in the silly mirror, he is a foal while looking up at the grown up Sparky while the real Hitch looked down at the baby dragon. "Sparky! There you are!" Hitch said in relief as Sparky rushed up to his adoptive father and hugged his hooves as Hitch layed down to hug him. "Aw, you're too little to wander off all alo— Aah!" He then yelped when he saw Sunny in the mirror as Nightmare Moon looked down at him with an evil smirk.
"You two ready for the Funhouse?!" Sunny cheered to her coltfriend and adoptive son as Sparky and Hitch then turned and saw Sunny behind them as she gave a cheery smile.
"You know, Sunny, when you picked on where we were gonna spend time together, I didn't even think it would be the Funhouse." Hitch said with a small smile before looking around in concern. "Though, it's a lot bigger than I thought it might be."
"But it's so much fun and makes it even more exciting!" Sunny said cheerfully before she turned around as Hitch got up and placed Sparky on his back. "Come on!" She called as she rushed down with Hitch smiling as he and Sparky chased after her.
(We're Lost Song)
(Sunny)
Is this real or is this a dream?
'Cause nothing's as it seems
Sunny sang as she ran up to multiple mirrors as she looked at one of them that showed her reflection as a filly while the other showed her as an elder mare with her mane a bit faded from it's purple color as it was tinted purple while having elder glasses on her.
(Hitch)
Are we going up
Or are we upside-down?
Sparky then entered another part of the silly mirrors where the middle showed his giant head, the one on the left shows him as a red dragon, and the one on the right shows his body a bit taller.
(Sunny)
Left, right, right, left
Spinnin' 'round
Spike looked at his reflections making silly faces as he laughed at his silly reflections.
(Hitch)
We're goin' 'round in circles
(Sunny and Hitch)
We may never be found
Hitch was looking around the silly mirrors while looking for Sparky in concern before he saw a reflection of himself as a muscular stallion, which he smirked at the reflection as he flected his left hoof, wondering if Sunny would love that image.
(Sunny)
'Cause we're lost, we're lost (L! O! S! T!)
(Sunny and Hitch)
It's just you and me
Hitch then check out the other reflections of himself, one of them shows him having a white mustache, the next shows him as an Alicorn like Sunny, the next one shows him having a bussy mane, the next reflection shows him in black and white with a monocle and a top hat, something from an old classic black and white show, and the last one shows him as a critter of a raccoon.
(Hitch)
Don't know which way to go
With all these versions of me
Hitch sang as he looked at his reflections dancing, singing, and smiling together before he saw Sparky going through a heart curtain door.
(Sunny)
We're lost, we're lost (L! O! S! T!)
But no need to fright
Sunny and Hitch followed Sparky before they saw a room where there is a giant gap abyss below them with platforms floating around to the way to the otherside. Hitch got a nervous look while Sunny and Sparky smiled excitedly.
(Sunny and Hitch)
Because we got each other
So just hold my hoof tight
Sunny and Sparky then jumped onto each platform, but the second they stepped on them, they disappeared. Hitch got a panicked look for Sunny and Sparky as he then stomped his hoof down and used his Earth Pony magic to create a giant vine to ride on.
Ooh, we're spinnin'
Ooh, ooh, we're spinnin' 'round
Ooh, we're spinnin'
Ooh, ooh, we're spinnin'
Sunny was about to hop on another platform, but she landed on Hitch's vine as they kept moving. Sparky hopped on another platform, but he lost his balance as he was about to trip but the platform disappeared. But luckily, Hitch came in with the vine and Sunny as he caught Sparky and they made it to the otherside.
Hitch put Sparky down, but then the baby dragon and Sunny ran past him in excitement as Hitch sighed as he followed after them.
Hitch then entered the next room, which showed crazy stairs and doors in different and weird angles, which surprised the stallion from how the Funhouse made something like this.
(Sunny)
'Cause we're lost, we're lost (L! O! S! T!)
(Sunny and Hitch)
It's just you and me
Hitch then saw Sparky and Sunny running on stairs on the ceiling upside down, which made his eyes widened as he ran to catch up to them. Then Sunny ran up to another staircase with Hitch behind her before he saw Sparky running upside down on another staircase near the entrance as Hitch panicked and ran back.
(Hitch)
Don't know which way to go
With all these versions of me
Soon, Hitch, Sparky, and Sunny are all running around the crazy mixed stairs while Hitch tries to catch up with them, but each one of them ends up in different sections.
(Sunny)
We're lost, we're lost (L! O! S! T!)
After running around the crazy stair room, Sunny and Hitch crashed into each other as they looked at each other before they looked up and saw Sparky above them as he was upside down, or were they upside down is hard to tell for them.
(Sunny and Hitch)
But no need to fright
Because we got each other
So just hold my hoof tight
Sunny and Hitch touched each other's hooves just as Sparky fell from above before Hitch caught him, which made Sunny give a small laugh from that. Then Sunny turned a corner as she saw a portal as she gave a gasp. "This way!" She said as she rushed ahead.
Sparky got out of Hitch's hoof as he ran up next to Sunny as the Earth Pony mare then entered the portal. "Sunny!" Hitch called out to his marefriend when he saw her enter the portal as Sparky waved to his adoptive father and was about to follow his mother-figure, which made Hitch panicked as he jumped towards him. "No!" He called out as he grabbed Sparky before he entered, but they rolled on the floor as the wall opened all suddenly and they fell down a hole.
Hitch and Sparky yelped as they slid down the cobwebbed tunnel before they fell out from up top as they landed on the floor with a thud as the hatch closed. Hitch and Sparky got up as the two coughed as they realized they're in some kind of maintenance tunnel underground.
Sunny exited the portal as she did a front flip before landing on her hooves as she looked at the room she is in as she gasped with sparkles in her eyes as she saw the room is decorated like night with three gems, one on the floor, one on the ceiling, and one on the wall.
We made it! The last room!" Sunny cheered before she went up to the gem on the floor. "Wow, what is this?" She asked as she pressed the button, which made ethereal chimes while both the gem and her Cutie Mark started glowing from each press, which made Sunny smile excitedly. "Incredible!" She cheered.
Sunny then looks at the other gems buttons as she realizes how separated they are before she then rubbed her chin while thinking before she smiled and pressed the button on the floor, which chimed and glowed as the other buttons' marks glowed next, which made her discover the answer.
"Okay. Looks like we need to hit all three at the same time." Sunny theorizes as she turns to the portal. "Ready, Hitch? Sparky?" She asked, but when she turned around, she saw her son and coltfriend were gone. "Hitch?" She asked as she looked around the room, but no signs of them. "Uh-oh." She said in worry.
Back with Hitch and Sprky, they are still walking in the tunnels trying to find a way out. "Hello?" Hitch called out.
"Yoo-hoo!" Sparky called as he and Hitch walked down a tunnel
"Sunny?" Hitch called for his marefriend as Sparky babbled out to Sunny, hoping she could hear them. "Anypony?!" He called out in worry.
After a bit of walking, Sparky got tired as he gave a yawn and leaned back, which Hitch stopped him with his hooves as Sparky fell asleep as he started snoring. Hitch gave a small smile at him. "It's okay, bud. Let's take a break." He said as he laid down and curled around Sparky before he frowned in guilt. "Sorry I got us into this. I know I need to let you spread your wings and do things your way sometimes. Sunny would've let you do that if I hadn't been so protective of you." He said, feeling bad for being so protective of Sparky that it resulted in them getting lost in the tunnels.
Sparky kept snoring before he started whimpering and waved his paws before he grabbed Hitch's hoof. "Da-da…" He said in sleep.
Hitch smiled tearfully when Sparky said that before he closed his eyes. "I'm the pony of the law. Coolest dragon dad you know." He whispered as he leaned towards Sparky as his Cutie Mark glowed. "My cutie mark comes to life, and my kindness overflows." He said as he then gave Sparky a nuzzle, who then saw the glow as he gave a gasp.
Back with Sunny, she then had a bright flash in her head that gave her a vision of Hitch and Sparky together while Hitch's Cutie Mark was still glowing. "Ah! Sparky and Hitch are lost!" Sunny said in concern for her coltfriend and adoptive son before she gave a determined look. "I have to find them!" She said as she then brought out her Alicorn form.
Sunny then stomped her hooves down as orange flowers then grew around the entire room. "Or... help them find me!" She said, having a plan to help her two loved ones find her.
In the tunnels, Sunny's flowers sprouted as Hitch unknowingly used his Earth Pony magic to sprout blue flowers, which Sparky noticed as he got up with sparkles in his eyes as he babbled in awed.
"Who goes there?!" Hitch asked as he woke up when he heard Sparky, but then he noticed the flowers. "These flowers." He started before he saw the blue flowers sprouting and making a trail. "Maybe we should follow them?" He suggested to Sparky.
"Yeah, yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Sparky said excitedly as he giggled and panted as he ran off as Hitch followed after him as they followed the flower trials.
(We're Lost Song continues)
(Sunny)
'Cause we're lost, we're lost (L! O! S! T!)
Soon, Hitch and Sparky then followed the flower trails through the tunnels.
(Sunny and Hitch)
It's just you and me
(Hitch)
Don't know which way to go
With all these versions of me
Soon, the flowers, both Sunny's from the top and Hitch's from the bottom, lead up to a pink wall at the end of the tunnel.
(Sunny)
We're lost, we're lost (L! O! S! T!)
But no need to fright
(Sunny and Hitch)
Because we got each other
So just hold my hoof tight
Both Hitch and Sparky stopped when they saw the flowers stopped at the pink door as Sparky tried to push it open, but was having trouble due to his size before Hitch walked up and pushed the wall open.
Ooh, we're spinnin'
Ooh, ooh, we're spinnin' 'round
Ooh, we're spinnin'
Ooh, ooh, we're spinnin'
Hitch and Sparky went through the wall and smiled with sparkles in their eyes when they saw the portal Sunny went through before they got lost. Sparky got on Hitch's back as he walked up to the portal, looking nervous before he turned to Sparky, who nodded with a smile as Hitch took a breath and smiled with determination.
In the other room, Hitch and Sparky jumped out of the portalas Hitch landed on his hooves with a proud pose. He didn't see Sunny, still in her Alicorn form, until she cleared her throat while giving her coltfriend a bored expression.
"Huh?" Hitch asked before he turned and saw Sunny behind him. "Oh. Hey, Sunny." He said with a smile.
"Where have you two been? I was getting worried." Sunny said to Hitch as he walked up to her with a small smile.
"We got a little…" Hitch started as he picked Sparky up and put him on his back. "...well, a lot… lost." He said with a sheepish smile.
Sunny gave small giggles from that as she walked up to Hitch and gave him a kiss on the lips, which surprised him before he returned the gesture as Sparky watches before he stuck his tongue out from seeing that, a little grossed out.
After a moment, Sunny and Hitch separated the kiss and gave each other warm smiles. "I'm glad you both are okay. But don't ever scare me like that again." Sunny said to him.
"We'll try." Hitch said with a chuckle.
Sunny then looked around the room. "I'm pretty sure this is the last room. There's three gems, but we have to hit them all together or—" She started before Hitch walked off with Sparky with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah. Magical gems." Hitch said with a smirk as he raised his hoof, which glowed green. "We can handle it." He said as he stomped his hoof down as a vine sprouted from the ground.
"Whoa!" Sunny said in awed as the vine went up to the blue gem on the wall.
Sparky turned to Hitch as he smiled at the baby dragon and nodded, knowing what Sparky was thinking. Sparky then climbed onto the vine with a determined look. "Go get 'em, Sparky!" Hitch encouraged him.
Sparky giggled as he then started sliding down the vine. "Yay!" He cheered while doing a loop on the vine before he stopped at the end of the vine in front of the blue gem as he turned to Hitch with a smile, who is giving a proud look with sparkles in his eyes.
Sunny then looked up at the green gem on the ceiling before she gave a smirk. "Guess that one's for me!" She said as she then flew up to the green gem as Hitch got into position of the red one on the floor.
Then all three of them pushed the gems at the same time, which caused it to make ethereal chiming sounds before confetti and streamers appeared all over the room before Sparky slid down the vine to the ground while Sunny flew down as the two landed next to Hitch. The room then started rumbling as it revealed the exit.
The three went through as they smiled and still saw the confetti come down as Hitch turned to Sparky. "You did it!" He said to Sparky.
Sparky jumped in excitement while he babbled something in baby talk as he smiled at the two ponies, who looked down at him with smiles.
Hitch gave a chuckle. "Oh, right. We did it." He said as he and Sunny raised each other's hooves as Sparky jumped up and high-five each of his parents' figures as the two ponies smiled warmly with sparkles in their eyes as they leaned down to Sparky and held him as the baby dragon nuzzled his parents' figures.
End of Chapter 18.
