A/N: Hello and welcome to the new chapter of the All Worlds Alliance Chronicles - Assorted Stories and I'm glad that everyone enjoyed the previous chapter.
It's the first day of October and so many animes I plan on watching this month! That includes Akiba Maid War, Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition, Bibliophile Princess, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Blue Lock, Bocchi the Rock!, Chainsaw Man, Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanazawa, Do It Yourself!, Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit, Eternal Boys, Exception, Four People and Their Respective Lies, Golden Kamuy Season 4, Housing Complex C, I'm the Villainess So I'm Taming the Final Boss, I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills, IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! Part 2, Immoral Guild, KanColle: Someday in that Sea, Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal, Love Flops, Management of Novice Alchemist, Megaton Musashi 2nd Season, Mob Psycho 100 III, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, More Than A Married Couple But Not Lovers, Muv-Luv Alternative 2nd Season, My Hero Academia Season 6, My Life After I Became a Dummy Head Mic One Morning, My Master Has No Tail, Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time: Super Extra, Play It Cool Guys, Pop Team Epic 2nd Season, Pui Pui Molcar: Driving School, Raven of the Inner Palace, Reincarnated As A Sword, Reiwa no Di Gi Charat, Romantic Killer, Shinobi no Ittoki, Spy x Family Part 2, The Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From His Party Meets a Cat Girl From the Superior Race, The Eminence in Shadow, The Human Crazy University, Tiger & Bunny 2 Part 2, To Your Eternity Season 2, Umayuru, Urusei Yatsura (2022), Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Double, Vazzrock The Animation, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3 and Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break, and I very much looking forward to watch all of these shows this month.
Number01BlazblueFan - Pretty much every titles of the aforementioned franchise.
And with that done, let's get this chapter on the go!
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters appearing in this fic except if it's my OCs which rarely makes an appearance.
-EARTH 615-
Hollyhoof City
Rainbow Dash continues to chase the dark figure around the studio, the chase then continues on outside where the dark figure once again eluded the rainbow-haired athlete and after a few minutes of chasing, Rainbow arrives at one part of the backstage area and started looking around for the dark figure but is nowhere to be seen.
"I can't believe I lost that guy!" Rainbow complained in annoyance when Aine Yuuki, Mio Minato, Raki Kiseki, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity Belle, Applejack Smith and Ben Tennyson catching up with her while Rarity is panting heavily, "My crystal gives me super speed but I guess being awesomely fast doesn't help when the person you're chasing knows their way around better than you do." she grumbled.
"When your opponent is an expert in sneaking, speed can be proven ineffective." Ben stated.
"But the presence of that strange figure really proves that there is someone messing with the set." Mio concluded, "But the question is..." she uttered, "... who is it?" she questioned.
Ben rubs the back of his head, "Guess we'll have to figure this out." he beckoned.
As this is going on, Edwin "Ed" Horace Hill, Sting Eucliffe, Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy Breeze, Pinkie Pie and Spike the Puppy arrives at the area, "Hey, guys." the bacon-haired girl greeted with a wave which caught everyone's attention.
"Any luck findin' Chestnut?" Applejack asked.
Sting shook his head, "She's nowhere to be found.'' he replied.
"But we did find a cupcake fountain!" Pinkie cheered while pulling out a cupcake from her hair before gobbling it.
Ed then brought out a whole tray of cupcakes, "And it's free!" he declared with a big grin.
"Then we got lost and somehow ended up here." Sunset added, "What have you guys been doing?" she asked.
"We spotted this super-suspicious cloaked figure but the guy got away." Rainbow explained before crossing her arms in anger, "They're here somewhere..." she grumbled.
Then a man with a distressed look on his face arrives and took notice of the group, "There you are!" he chimed in, "W-Where are your costumes?" he asked with a stuttered tone, "We've got to hurry!" he exclaimed while placing his hands on Applejack and Rainbow's shoulders, "I-I-I'm so gonna be fired if you aren't ready." he stammered in panic, "The director wants to shoot in three minutes!" he finished before pushing the members of the Rainbooms & the puppy off.
"Uh, sir, I think you're..." Ben tried to reason with the man but they're long gone, "... mistaken.'' he finished.
"What's up with that?'' Raki asked in confusion.
"Let's go and see." Aine beckoned.
Moments later, the Rainbooms and Spike found themselves wearing different superhero costumes on a city street setting with various film crew around, much to their confusion and discomfort.
"Uh, I think there's been some kind of mistake..." Applejack voiced out
At the same time, Ben's group arrives and upon seeing the Rainbooms and the puppy in costumes, Aine, Mio and Raki looks at them in awe while Ben, Sting and Ed began to laugh like hyenas.
"The Rainbooms as superheroes?" Ben uttered in amusement, "It had to be seen to believe it." he mused.
"Hey, how come Sunset is dressed as a villain?" Sting complained.
"How did you know that she's dressed like a villain?" Raki asked in confusion.
"I think it's the hair." Mio pointed out
The director then noticed something amiss, "Wait, wait..." he interrupted while taking the binocular around his neck and used it to look at the girls on the set, "Who are these girls?" he asked towards the same man next to him.
"They're the Power Ponies!" the man replied with an anxious grin which caused the director to groan angrily while pinching the bridge of his nose, "I'm fired, aren't I?" he guessed in realization while slouching down.
"So, fired." his employer confirmed rather bluntly.
The Rainbooms looks at each other in confusion when Applejack took notice of the cloaked figure lurking in the alleyway, "Hey!" she cried out while pointing towards the dark figure, "There she is!" she pointed out.
The Rainbooms began to ran towards the dark figure when Rainbow and Pinkie tried to squeeze their way into the alley but got stuck on the process, much to former's discomfort while Pinkie smiled sheepishly.
And with that the chase is on!
"Should we help them?'' Aine asked.
Ben nodded in response, "Let's meet them at the other side." he beckoned.
The chase sequence then went on different settings inside the studio.
In a noir-like city street setting, we see Houtarou Oreki, Eru Chitanda and Hinata Kawamoto looking around when the dark figure and the girls ran past them, much to their confusion.
Then in a royal throne room setting, we see Brock Harrison, Mikoto Mikoshiba and Chiyo Sakura checking the throne when the dark figure and the girls ran past them which baffled them on the process.
Then in a colorful city streets settings, we see Hisui Hearts, Kor Meteor and Stahl checking on two cars displayed on the set when the dark figure and the girls ran past them with Pinkie sliding on one car's hood which caused the alarms to make some noise, Pinkie flinched in response before running off while Hisui brought out a remote and turns the alarm off.
Then at a spaceship settings, we see Rogue Cheney and Kiba Inuzuka sitting on a pair of crates while having a conversation when the dark figure and the girls ran past them, Rainbow looks fine while the others are getting tired from running.
"What's up with them?'' Rogue questioned in confusion.
"Something that we shouldn't get involved with." Kiba replied with a blank look.
The Rainbooms then went through the doors to another stage while breathing heavily and panting before stopping with Pinkie leaning against Rarity.
Applejack looks around the place, "Uh, what's this place supposed to be?" the cowgirl questioned.
Everyone then looks around and found themselves inside a city setting with buildings coated by brown substances.
"And where did she go?" Rainbow demanded.
"She must be around here somewhere." Twilight pointed out while Pinkie looks around in excitement, "Wherever here is..." she added.
Pinkie gasped in delight before turning around with a hop, "Are you kidding?!" she exclaimed, "This is the set of Stormy with a Side of Pudding!" she revealed in excitement.
"Stormy with a side of what, now?" Applejack asked in confusion.
"Uh-ugh, it's only my all-time favorite movie!" Pinkie grunted in reply while everyone stares at her in confusion with Rarity smacking a hand on her face, "I've tried to get you all to watch it, like, a kazillion-billion times!" she screamed in frustration before realizing something, "I've heard they use real pudding!" she noted in excitement before zipping over to the wall and fingering a smudge to taste it, "Oh, they do!" she confirmed happily while licking her lips.
"Ugh!" Rainbow groaned in frustration, "We're running out of time!" she exclaimed, "We're supposed to be hunting down the missing relics and catching the bad guy and not eating pudding!" she complained.
Unbeknownst to them, the dark figure is seen hiding behind one set, "We're trying." Twilight reassured while the dark figure held up a net with a grin, "Maybe we should make our way back to the Daring Do set." she suggested, "There might have been some clues we missed." she pointed out.
As this is going on, Ben and the rest met up with the girls at the set, "Hey girls!" Ben called out which got their attentions, "You managed to catch whoever that was?'' he asked.
Sunset shook her head, "Sadly, no.'' she replied.
"That is one fast culprit." Aine commented.
"Could we be dealing with a person that had super speed?" Mio assumed.
"It's possible." Ben considered.
Suddenly, the dark figure threw the net over and caught the Rainbooms except for Rainbow, the girls yelped in shock while trying to get the net off them, the rainbow-haired athlete took notice of the dark figure at the doorway before running off.
"Don't worry!" Rainbow reassured while activating her powers by grasping her geodes, "I've got this!" she declared while still zooming away while knocking over a bucket of pudding, leaving a trail on the process.
"Ben, go assist Rainbow, we'll help the rest out of the net!" Sting ordered.
Ben nodded in response, "Roger!" he complied before running out of the room.
Meanwhile Rainbow arrives in another part of the studio, "I saw you come in here..." she grumbled while walking around carefully, "Where are you?" she asked before spotting the dark figure rushes-by and entering a room. Wasting no time, Rainbow entered the room and was greeted by the sight of numerous props, she carefully looks around and got startled when she spotted a fake monster in the corner which caused her to yelp in surprise before she sighing in relief, she then took notice of an open locker in the back where she saw a red & orange dress that was hanging inside of it, "Hey!" she yelped before grabbing the dress, "This is just like the outfit Daring Do wears in the nightclub scene." she pointed out, "But what's it doing here?'' she questioned in confusion.
Unbeknownst to her, the dark figure sneakily ran towards door and slowly closes it while letting a creak on the process which caught Rainbow's attention, the rainbow-haired athlete turns around to see the dark figure closing the door shut.
Rainbow quickly ran forward, "Hey!" she called out before grabbing the handle and tried to get the door open but to no avail, "Er, ergh!" she grunted while struggling to open the door, "Hello? Anybody out there?" she called out while shaking the doors once more, she then let's out a sigh before sitting down on a box while crossing her arms when an idea came to mind, "No problem!" she quipped, "We'll just call our friends and let them know...'' she was saying looking over her attire when she realized something, "Oh...'' she groaned in realization while smacking a hand on her face, "Except we can't because security took all our phones when we got here..." she grumbled in disbelief, she then grabs the handles and began to shake it once more, "Help! I'm trapped in here!" she called out while banging on the door.
Meanwhile back in the pudding-coated city setting, Aine, Mio, Raki, Sting and Ed are still trying to get the Rainbooms out of the net, and after a few minutes of struggling and lack of coordination, they managed to get the net off the girls.
"Thanks for letting us out." Sunset expressed in gratitude.
"No pleasure." Sting reassured while helping his girlfriend up.
Applejack stood up, "We need to go after Ben and Rainbow." she beckoned while looking around.
"I don't see how..." Rarity uttered, "She moves so fast, she could be anywhere on the lot by now." she pointed out, "Why she felt it necessary to wear the geode that gives her super-speed to a movie set, I'll never know..." she grumbled while Pinkie, Spike and Ed are seen checking out the spilled bucket of pudding.
"I wish I'd brought mine." Sunset admitted, "One touch and I'd be able to see Chestnut's memories and get to the bottom of this whole thing." she noted.
"I know how to find Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie exclaimed which got everyone's attention, "Follow the pudding!" she declared while holding a wad of it upon her finger which she immediately ate while everyone looks at her in confusion and the party-goer responded by pointing her finger to a trail of pudding tracks, "See?" she pointed out while Spike sniffs on it.
"Follow me!" Spike beckoned before running off to the door with Ed behind him.
"You're a genius, Pinkie Pie!" Twilight complimented.
"I know!" Pinkie sheepishly replied in agreement.
"C'mon! This way!" Sunset beckoned.
"Let's hunt them down!" Sting declared.
And with that, everyone ran out of the room while Pinkie, Twilight and Mio stayed behind for a bit as the party girl grabs the bucket of pudding and stuffed it into her hair, freaking out Twilight and Mio on the process.
Pinkie shrugged her shoulders, "Eh, for the road!" she admitted before following the others.
"I hope Ben and Rainbow are having better luck than us." Mio uttered in concern.
Back outside the locked props closet, we see Ben arriving at the area while looking around for either Rainbow Dash and the culprit.
"RD, where are you?!" Ben called out.
"Ben! Help!" the voice of Rainbow replied from behind the door of the props closet, much to young man's surprise.
"What the?!" Ben squawked, "Hold on, RD, I'll get you out!" he declared before running towards the door and tried to open it but it's locked, so Ben had no choice but to break the door knob with his bare hands and upon doing so, the door swung open and Rainbow fell onto his chest, "Woah! You alright?" he asked.
Rainbow then looks up at him and blushed upon realizing how close they are right now, ""I-I'm fine...'' she stuttered in response.
"What the heck are you doing in there anyway?'' Ben asked in confusion.
Before Rainbow can utter a reply, the others arrives at the area, "Rainbow?!" Applejack called out.
Rainbow gently pushed herself off of Ben before turning to the others, "Guys!" the rainbow-haired athlete exclaimed in joy.
Upon regrouping with everyone, Rainbow explained that the dark figure got away while locking her in the props closet before Ben got her out, she then shows them the missing costume that she found from the closet.
"I say we head back to the scene of the crime." Applejack suggested, "Maybe there's somethin' there that could lead us to the relics." she said while petting Spike's head.
"Or..." Twilight uttered, "... we could let the culprit lead us to them!" she proposed with a smile.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow, "How?" she questioned, "I just told you we didn't see who locked us in there." she pointed out.
"I've got a pretty good idea that she's the thief." Twilight claimed with a smile.
"She?'' Ben uttered in confusion when his eyes widen in realization, "Oh! 'Her'!" he exclaimed.
"Who are you talking about?" Aine asked.
Ben crossed his arms, "You'll find out soon." he replied before turning to the bespectacled girl, "So, what should we do, Twilight?'' he asked.
Twilight smiled in response, "I had a plan.'' she said, "But we're gonna need Canter Zoom's help to catch her." she mentioned while looking over at Sunset and Sting.
Later that day, everyone are seen gathered around the village setting alongside Canter, Chestnut and Juniper Montage.
Canter held up he dress in his hands, "You found this in a supply closet?" he uttered in surprise.
"We didn't find the relics." Twilight admitted, "But we don't think the thief had a chance to take them off the lot yet." she reassured, "We wanted your permission to search the Tricorners Village set from top to bottom." she explained while Pinkie and Ed are seen searching the place with magnifying glasses in hands, "Maybe we'll find a clue that would lead us to where they're hidden." she suggested.
"Of course." Canter replied in agreement while handing the dress to Juniper, "Chestnut, I need you to get into hair and makeup..." he advised while holding up a clipboard, "As soon as we get the relics, we're gonna start shooting again!" he declared pumping his fist.
Chestnut scoffed in response, "We'll see." she uttered before walking off.
Juniper looks around with a grim expression when her uncle spoke, "Juniper, can you do a smoothie run?" Canter advised getting her attention, "I'm sure all this sleuthing is gonna make everyone thirsty." he noted.
Juniper saluted in response, "Absolutely!" she complied before running off.
A few minutes later, we see the dark figure running somewhere backstage before approaching a crate and then opening it, then they pulled out the relics when the hood came off which reveals the figure to be none other than Juniper.
"I told you all it wasn't Chestnut!" a voice spoke to which surprised Juniper while dropping the relics on the process.
Juniper then turns around to see Aine, Mio, Rarity and Applejack looking at her with smug expressions while Sunset and Sting arrives with disapproving looks.
In panic, Juniper picks up the relics, "Look!" she pointed out rather coyly, "I found the missing relics!" she claimed.
"Because you're the one who stole them!" Sunset pointed out.
Canter then steps in alongside Twilight and Raki, "She..." the director uttered, "... she wouldn't." he stated.
"She would..." Twilight confirmed, "And she did." she added, "What she didn't expect was for Rainbow Dash to come to the Tricorners set before she was able to sneak them off to a safer hiding place." she began, "So she was forced to hide them in the first place she could find but she knew she couldn't leave them there, so the first chance she got, she tried to sneak them away." she furthered, "Unfortunately for her, we spotted her!" she pointed out.
"But Juniper knows 'every inch of this place like the back of her hand' and was able to trap us and lose Rainbow." Ben continued, "For a while but when Rainbow managed to figure out where she'd run off to, she locked her in a closet with a set of keys that gives her access to 'just about every door in this place' which gave her the time she needed to hide the relics here." he concluded.
Rainbow scoffed in response, "When did you figure out it was her?" she asked.
"I started to piece things together when you locked in that supply closet and remembering Juniper having the keys." Twilight replied, "But I knew Juniper would never admit she was the one who had taken the relics." she said with her arms crossed.
"Unless, of course, she was caught in the act of trying to move them again!" Sunset pointed out with a smug grin.
"Which is why I told you to send her on that smoothie run." Twilight told Canter, "So she'd think she had the opportunity to get the relics off the lot where we'd never find them." she explained.
"So..." Juniper uttered in realization, "... instead of searching the Tricorners set, you all were secretly following me here." she concluded.
Canter then got into Juniper, "Why would you do this?" he asked with a look of shock from the revelation.
"I'm sorry! Okay? I'm sorry." Juniper quickly apologized, "I just can't stand Chestnut!" she admitted angrily, much to Canter's surprise, "She's always eating all the peanut butter praline crunch bars, which are the only candy bars I like!" she exclaimed in frustration while Pinkie and Ed secretly ate the said crunch bars.
Mio raised an eyebrow, "Really? For such a childish reasons?" she questioned in disbelief.
Canter pinches the bridge of his nose, "She is right." he uttered in agreement, "That's hardly a reason to go-" he tried to say but was interrupted when Juniper got onto his face.
"And I was mad at you for casting her as Daring Do!" Juniper exclaimed, "I mean, I have told you over and over again how badly I wanted to play Daring Do, and you just ignored me!" she reasoned in anger.
"Getting a role for a movie isn't easy as writing a script." Mio pointed out with Aine nodding in agreement.
"Once again, she is right." Canter said in agreement, "Juniper, you're too young!" he pointed out, "And you don't have any experience!" he added.
"I know!" Juniper admitted, "But I thought if enough things went wrong, Chestnut would maybe back out of the movie and then you would give me a chance..." she confessed with her hands held together.
"Not only did you jeopardize the production, endanger the safety of the actors and the film crew..." Canter listed off, "... but you also lied to me and took advantage of my trust!" he exclaimed in disbelief.
"I know..." Juniper uttered while rubbing her arm, "A-And I'm sorry..." she stuttered in apology, "I never meant to hurt anyone and I was going to return all the props, just as soon as Chestnut quit." she stated, "I hope you can forgive me." she begged with her head down.
Canter sighed in response, "You're my niece, Juniper, so of course, I can forgive you." he replied while placing a hand on her shoulder which made her smile a bit, "But I'm sorry to say you're no longer welcome on the set!" he admonished while pulling her aside, "And it'll be a long time before I consider allowing you back here!" he exclaimed angrily while snapping her fingers as a security guard came over.
The security guard is a tall and muscular man with grayish-skin tone, a balding head, a squared chin and blue-colored eyebrows. He wears a black t-shirt with a yellow badge, dark-green pants and black & white rubber shoes. He wears a pair of shades. This is Lockdown.
"Keys!" Canter demanded to which Juniper reluctantly handed the keys back to him.
As the guard escorts Juniper towards the exit, the girl spared one last glare towards the girls and the guys, shocking the girls on the process while the guys glares back at her in disapproval.
"I got a feeling that this is not the last that we've seen of her." Ben shared.
"I thought so too." Sting uttered in agreement.
"Guess we'll see her in the next chapters." Ed declared.
After Juniper left the place when Chestnut arrives, "Canter, there you are!" the actress called out with laugh, "So sorry I'm not in makeup but I've just gotten a call from my agent." she mentioned, "I no longer have to work on that ridiculous documentary about nests next month, I swear, when they approached me, I thought they wanted to do a documentary about my organization for homeless animals and not on various nests around the world!" she noted with a roll of her eyes, "Completely misleading!" she clarified, "But no matter!" she reassured walking towards the director, "That's all behind us!" she stated while wrapping her arm around his shoulders.
"Does this mean...?" Canter uttered in anticipation.
"No more scheduling conflict!" Chestnut confirmed cheerfully while poking his nose, "I can extend my contract and continue filming Daring Do." she assured which made him smile, she then noticed the props on Raki's arms, "Hey, are those the missing relics?" she assumed.
"Yes!" Canter confirmed, "And I don't think we'll have to worry about them disappearing again and it's all thanks to our visitors from Canterlot High and their friends." he expressed in gratitude, "First you save Camp Everfree, now the Daring Do movie..." he listed off, "Y'all are certainly on a roll." he admitted.
"Heh, heh..." Rainbow chuckled in response, "Uh, speaking of roles..." she mused, "Don't suppose you've got any extra parts my friends and I could play?" she asked while everyone gathers around her with eager faces, "You know, heh, as a reward for saving the day?" she mentioned.
Canter then observes them by using his hands to frame them before smiling, "I think we could figure something out." he replied with everyone gaining an excited look on their faces.
-BREAK-
The scene then changes to a village setting where Chestnut, now in her Daring Do characters, is seen running around with one prop clinging on her waist.
Along the way, she ran passed by the girls and boys acting as extras in the movie while wearing attires appropriate for the settings.
After passing by Pinkie, Spike, Twilight, Raki and Ed, she came across Fluttershy, Aine and Mio when another actor appears on set which caused the girls and the extras to flee, "You will give me the Sword of Altoriosa!" he declared with a staff in hand which then glows a bright red while her own ancient relic began to glow as well.
"I don't think so, Stalwart!" Chestnut retorted.
"Have it your way!" the man exclaimed, "Hostium prihobore..." he chanted while causing a swirl of energy to appear above the orb on his staff, "Give up, Daring Do!" he demanded, "The Sword shall be mine!" he bellowed while letting out an evil laughter while her relic flew towards him, much to her chagrin.
Chesnut then heard a whistle, she turns around to see Rainbow tossing a curled up whip which she caught and with the sound of a snap, she threw it out and struck the staff right out of the hands of her foe which made the items fall to the ground.
"This is so awesome!" Rainbow's voice exclaimed in the midst of the scene which made the actor slouch down in annoyance.
"Cut!" Canter yelled from his chair while the crew had a look of frustration on their faces, "Again?!" he cried out towards Rainbow whom had an excited look on her face.
Rainbow then noticed her friends looking at her disapprovingly, "Uh, sorry..." she apologized with a sheepish grin.
"Hold Rainbow down, I'm gonna glue her mouth once and for all!" Sting declared.
And that it's for the twelfth chapter of this story and the second part of Movie Magic, and I really hope you all enjoyed it.
This is the character that debuted in this chapter:
Lockdown from My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
In the next chapter, I'll be doing the first part of Mirror Magic, so please look forward for it.
Until then paalam!
At the front lawn of the Orange Dormitory, we see the Scout, Connie Springer, Cesaro Oohori and Yuuki Asaba gathered on one table while having a drink with Yuuki thawning a block of ice with an ice pick.
"I'm surprised you don't get offended whenever someone is calling you bald, Connie." the Scout admitted.
"He's not really completely bald." Yuuki pointed out, "His head is kinda like Jason Statham's or Vin Diesel which is kinda cool." he explained.
Then Shinpachi Shimura joined them, "Unlike some other people, who are really and completely bald, remains in-denial of the truth." he pointed out with a blank look.
Oohori then turn to Yuuki with a blank look, "Can I take a look at that ice pick of yours?" he requested.