//------------------------------// // Dragon Metamorphosis! Part 3: Chaos in Chinatown // Story: Dragonfire 🐲 Enter The Dragon Hero 🐲 // by Phantom-Dragon //------------------------------// [TMNT Background Music Original Shredder Theme] "Yes," Nightmare Moon said in satisfaction, while contacting the Shadowbolts via mirror. "The young dragon has taken the bait. He is on his way now." "It won't be long now," Somnambula replied. "The Dragonfire will soon be ours!" Nightmare Moon arched an eyebrow at the witch, "I-I-I mean, yours, your majesty. You know I'm only taking all of our interests at heart." "Secure the Dragonfire, for me," Nightmare Moon instructed. "And your interest shall be your reward." "Of course, your highness," Somnambula bowed, as the communication ended. Turning around, Somnambula walked through a portal, and into the park, to see the Shadowbolts, securing the restraints on the girls in place, along with a younger one. Rarity was tied in chains, with her wrists in the air and her legs on the ground, with Applejack being restrained the same way. Rainbow Dash was tied to a tree with Twilight, Pinkie was hanging upside down, and Fluttershy was trapped in a cage. Lastly, the young captor, by the name of Sweetie Belle, the girl whom Button had a crush on after he laid eyes on her in gym, and Rarity's little sister. "Rarity, I'm scared," Sweetie whimpered. "There, there darling," Rarity assured. "Everything will be alright!" "Well, well, well," Abacus smirked, as she walked to Twilight Sparkle. "If it isn't my former prized student, 'Melody Ravenclaw.'" "Or should we say, Twilight Sparkle," Sunny added. "The 'Princess of Friendship!'" the girl mocked at the last part. "I see you haven't changed since I've left the academy!" Twilight frowned. "I could say the same thing to you!" the girl replied. "You really make me sick with your whole philosophy on the 'magic of friendship.' It's not magic, it's just a word that defines a series of relationships. Nothing more." "Then you know nothing about friendship than you thought!" Twilight replied. Sunny growled, about to give the girl a piece of her mind, only to be stopped by Somnambula, "Enough, Sunny!" the witch ordered, raising her staff, and catching the girl's hand with her magic. "One scratch, and you'll ruin the deal!" Swallowing her pride, Sunny bowed her head, "Sorry ma'm," With that, Sunny took her leave. "You won't get away with this, Somnambula!" Rainbow growled. "You'll get exactly what's coming to you!" "Indeed I will, Rainbow Dash," the witch smirked. "For once the Princess of the Night obtains the Dragonfire, not even your Elements of Harmony, or Princess Celestia can stop her when we return to Equestria!" Somnambula cackled, "Yes, little ponies. Soon, it will be Princess Celestia's turn to be banished! After her, you, her faithful student, will follow! And the five of you will make decent slaves to the Supreme Princess of the Night!!" The girls kept on putting their brave faces, as the witch continues to cackle. Just then, they noticed the sky turning dark, causing them to look up to see the sun being blocked out by the moon, and dark clouds forming from the latter. "It has begun!" Somnambula cackled. Just then, Indigo came, "In case you girls miss your precious dragon, while we wait," Indigo smirked. "Here's a little show for you. Enjoy!" With that, the girl left behind a projector of some sort, which projected a video, showing Spike, in dragon form, with Peewee carrying him, on their way to for the rescue. "SPIKE!!" the girls exclaimed. "Omigosh!" Sweetie Belle gasped. "It's really him!" Somnambula grinned deviously, while the Shadowbolts girls smiled in amusement, and in respect. "Wow," Sunny commented. "Such chivalry, such persistence." Smirking in admiration, Sunny blushed, "As much as I hate to hear myself say this, but he's not that bad. I'm starting to like him." "You're telling me," Indigo smirked. "I'm going to enjoy another chance for a rematch with him!" "Yes, of course," Sour Sweet began sweetly. "You girls have your fun with him, and I'll have mine!!" she said demonically at the last part. "Hey Somnambula!" Some Shadowbolts called, arriving with some creatures in cages. "Check out what we've found in the shy girl's backpack!" Fluttershy gasped in horror, while Somnambula cackled, "Don't you hurt my creatures!" Fluttershy yelled, with tears in her eyes. "Oh don't worry," Somnambula grinned. "They're just the escorts," as the evil witch raises her staff, and casted a stream of dark magic on the creatures. "And they'll hurt Spike, more than he and I would hurt them!" The girls watched in horror as the animals' horrible mutation takes effect. From the Previous Chapter The boys all fist bumped together, before they cheered, "Let's do it, to it!" With a cheer, the boys all ran after their friend, leaving Sunset alone, with Zecora and Fleur. "Wow, they weren't kidding about that whole 'friends till the end' thing," Sunset mused. "Indeed," Fleur agreed, before she gets out her phone. "Though, I think it'd be best if they had some backups." "So that you do," Zecora said, before she took some potions and walked to the warrior girl's side, "Now let's see what we can do for you." The boys soon jumped from the magic door, "Hang on Spike!" Button exclaimed, as the boys quickly got in their fighting stances. "We got your.....back?" The boys realized too late, they had jumped right into a demolition zone. "MAMA MIA!!" Button cried. "MOMMY SAVE ME!!" *Super Mario Death Sound* [TMNT 2003 Soundtrack - The Foot Clan] Spike and Peewee, in the meantime kept on flying, when they both noticed the change in weather and the sky, "Bad day," Spike muttered, as he and Peewee kept on flying. Suddenly, a winged monkey, posing as a gargoyle, leapt off from its perch, and tackled the dragon. Caught by surprise, Peewee struggled to keep a firm grip on his owner, who didn't hesitate to fight back with the monkey. "Let me go!" Spike growled, before he breathed a huge stream of green fire, burning the monkey away. Before long, Spike and Peewee looked to see a whole pack of winged monkeys flying towards them. To make the situations even more dire, the monkeys were accompanied by strange looking creatures that appeared to be made of smokes, with piercing red-yellow eyes. One of the shadow creatures flew at Peewee, and knocked the bird, causing him to lose his grip on his master. Spike was sent plummeting to the streets below. "SPIKE!!" the girls screamed. Doing a flip, Spike straightened himself, as he landed on a flag pole, and launched himself up to a building, rocketed himself off its walls, and onto the rooftops of another building. The Mane Six, let out a sigh of relief. Spike continues on his way, only to be intercepted with more shadow creatures. Among them, were a group of ninjas, clad in the Shadowbolts' color. "Should've suspected the Shadowbolts pulling a stunt like this," Turning himself back into human form, and getting in fighting stance, with Peewee flying close by, Spike bravely said, "Bring it!" With that, the ninjas all jumped after Spike, throwing kicks and punches, which the young boy was able to block and dodge, before he rolled beneath them, and kicked one of them from behind. After recovering from the stumble, the ninja unsheathed a black sword, with its comrades doing the same, as they lunged at the dragon boy, slashing their blades at him. In retaliation, Spike's hands shifted into dragon claws, as he blocked their sharp blades. With that, Spike jumped over their heads, flipping in the air, while letting out a stream of fire, before he landed on a all four. One of the ninja charged in with his sword, but Spike blocked it, before he lets it slide, and elbowed the ninja in the back. Then, some other ninjas followed, equipped with naginata: long wooden poles equipped with long curved blades at one end. Spike ducked, getting a few of his hairs cut off by the bladed poles. Then, grabbing the poles with his arms, he broke the tips of with a quick chop of his elbow, before he threw the blades at the ninjas, who all quickly dodged the projectiles. "Yee-ha!" Applejack cheered. "That's how ya wrangle them varmints!" The ninjas soon pulled out their shurikens as they all threw them at the dragon boy, who quickly ran, jumped, and hid behind an electric box, trying to avoid getting hit the stars thrown at him. Peewee soon swooped in, and snatched a discarded katana, and dropped it into Spike's claws. Getting the message, Spike jumped back into the fight, with the sword in hand, and used it to skillfully deflected the ninja stars. With that, Spike finds himself engaged in a close combat with the ninjas, blade to blades. Meanwhile Sunset had finished patching Fleur's wounds, "Aye me!" Zecora exclaimed. "How could I let it be? I forgot to inform, of a critical condition to Spike's changing form!" Spike was fighting off the ninjas, with the sword in hand, when suddenly, he started to feel a spasm in his hand. "What?" Spike looked, as his right hand twitches, as plates of jades started to form. "What the?!" Spike gasped. "What's happening to him?" Rainbow asked. "It can't be," Twilight gasped. "Is it?" The Shadowbolts meanwhile, were fascinated, "Interesting," Abacus scratched her chin. "Very interesting." "Perhaps this news would be of some interests to the mistress," Somnambula said, as she walks away, and back into the tent. Spike quickly retreated from the ninjas, and jumped to another rooftop, examining his hand. Just then, the winged monkeys arrived, as they landed on the roof, and flew after the boy. Seeing the growing number, Spike quickly changes himself into a dog, before Peewee grabbed him by the collar and flew off. Suddenly, the two were quickly ambushed by a whole swarm of flying monsters. Looking around, Spike got an idea. "Sometimes, what goes up, must go down!" Spike said, as he and Peewee swooped to the streets below, with the monsters giving chase. Flying through the cars and trucks, Peewee made several sharp turns, turning his whole body to the side, as he and Spike flew through, while some of the monsters continue to give chase, while the shadow creatures crashed into some of the vehicles and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Just then, a bloodcurdling scream was heard. Spike turned his head to see a now possessed Jersey Devil, flying right on their tails. "Bad day!" Spike's eyes widen in fear, as Peewee flapped his wings even harder. The Jersey Devil flew after the boys, snapping its jaws at them, and slashing its claws, trying to catch them. Peewee quickly emitted a flash of light, blinding the devil, causing it to fly out of control, before crashing into the back of a huge truck that was pulling a flatbed of pipes, causing the pipes to come lose and spill on the creature. Several cars made a quick stop, as the pedestrians all gathered, and witnessed in shock, to see the Jersey Devil, bursting out of the rubbles, lets out an angry howl, as it resumes its chase. The chase didn't stop there, as the Mothman and the Owlman, joined the chase. Looking around, Spike directed Peewee, "Go that way!" With that, Peewee complied, as he took Spike down in the streets of Chinatown. [Chinese Battle Music - Xian] From there, Spike and Peewee flew threw a stand, selling kites, before emerging as a runaway dragon kite. The winged monkeys, shadow creatures, and the three big flying monsters all gave chase, as the phoenix cleverly flew through an ally, a noodle shop, and through a firework storage area, where the phoenix lit up one of the fireworks, resulting in an explosion that took out most of the shadow creatures in pursuit. Finally, one of the flying monkeys grabbed one of the kite's string, and pulled it, revealing that Spike's gone. The creatures shrieked in frustration, realizing they've been duped, as Peewee flew off, laughing. Just then, Gilda appeared before the phoenix, cladded in black, spiky armor, and her eyes glowing redder than before. Spike meanwhile, in human form, and with a bamboo hat over his face. More jade plates were forming on his cheek, and he didn't want anyone to see it. He was walking casually through the streets, until a kanai flew his way, from behind. Luckily, despite all the noises and the clatter, Spike's ear perked, hearing the blade coming, and dodged to the side, catching it by the tail, moments before it struck a little girl. Glancing back, Spike could see the ninjas catching up, and immediately broke into a run, trying to get away. Then, ahead was a still, selling gardening equipments, which includes shovels, picks, and rakes, and there wasn't enough room run around it. Taking his chance, Spike jumped at the last second, doing a split, before he landed safely on the other side. From there, he kept on running, with the ninjas still hot in pursuit. Making a sharp turn into an alley, Spike knocked on a window he just passed, "Who is it?" the person called, opening the window and bashed one of the ninjas in the face. Back in Battery Park, the girls couldn't help but laugh at their friend's clever move on the ninja. "Good one, Spike!" Rainbow laughed, together with Pinkie and Applejack. Rarity laughed, until she groaned, "Oh my sides." Back with Spike, the boy kept on running, until some ninjas finally got ahead of him, and attacked by slashing their swords at him. Luckily, Spike ducked his head down, before sweeps his leg, tripping the ninjas, before jumping on a large table, thrusting his legs out at the same time to knock a ninja, on the other side, away before he rolls to his sides, dodging the blades being thrusted down on him. Then, rolling to his left, he kicked one of the ninjas at the head, before he flips himself back up, narrowly evading a sword being slashed his way. The ninja slashed his sword at the boy again, but Spike did an impressive backward ariel flip, dodging the attack, before he landed back on the table, in a front split. From there, Spike did a Flare Breakdancing move to kick the ninjas around him, as well as disarming them of their swords. Then, a flying monkey swooped in, but was kicked in the face, by the dragon boy's spinning legs. Getting up, he noticed more ninjas coming and jumped away, just as more shurikens and kunai blades nearly got him. "Wow," Rainbow squealed. "He's just so awesome!! /) ^3^ (\." Zombie Zephyr Breeze flashed a smile, "Not you! Him!" Spike suddenly screeched to a stop, as he made a quick purchase for curry powders, while keeping his hat over his face. With that, he went on his way, running, and flipping over some ninjas and their creatures, and over some cars that were passing by. Suddenly, a truck was backing out, and out of impulse, Spike changed into a dog as he slid beneath the vehicle. Once he was on the other side, Spike kept on running, until he came across a wall, with a mural painting of a Chinese dragon doing battle with a tiger, with the sun in the center. Suddenly, Princess Celestia's face appeared in the sun, causing Spike to stop dead in his track. "Mom?" he asked breathlessly. "Spike," Princess Celestia said sadly. Spike held his hand out, walking towards whom he believed was his mom, until he hears an arrow flying. With that, he quickly dodged to the side, as the arrow flew past him, and struck the sun, freezing into a coat of ice, upon impact. Realizing what happened, Spike turned his head, to see more ninjas, shadow creatures, and flying monsters catching up to him. With that, Spike breathed a stream of fire, melting the ice, before he struggles to scale the wall. Unfortunately, at that time, his right hand started to spasmed violently, causing him to lose his grip, as his whole hand was coated in jade. "Spike!" a voice called, as he was grabbed by someone. Spike looked up, "Fleur?!" "Quick! This way!" Fleur exclaimed, as she pulled him up over the wall. "Follow me!" With that, the two started a run of parkour, down a street. While running, Spike took notice of Fleur's new change of attire, which consists a black jumpsuit with dark purple armor paddings on the shoulder, chest, back, legs, and arms, with her hair tied in a ponytail with a purple ribbon. "Nice style!" Spike mused, while running over some bicycle stands. "Merci," Fleur replied, as she made an impressive leap through a cart stand that was selling kites. "So what are you now?" the boy inquired. "A ninja?" Fleur chuckled, as she and Spike both skillfully scaled up a building's wall, "As Sunset would say, a kunoichi is more like it." "Well, you certainly look like one. Look, fight, and run like one I mean," Spike said with a blush. "Flatterer," Fleur smiled. "And I too must say, you've certainly grown stronger." "Thank you," Spike quickly did a flip, over a table, and used it as a shield against some arrows being shot. "So, how long have you been doing parkour? And what brings you here?" "Well, we french invented parkour," Fleur ducked her head, dodging a punch from a ninja. She quickly grabbed the ninja by the hand, before she flipped him into the others. "And don't forget. You made me like this before I joined the army," Fleur smirked, "And I'm willing to give my all for you, even without magic." Spike smirked, as Fleur turns her attention back to the matter at hand, "Now come. We've got some friends who are waiting for us." The Shadowbolts, mostly the boys, whistled in amusement, "Wow. That girl's dynamite!" "I'll say," another smirked. "Can't believe she's wasting her times with a punk like him." The Shadowbolts girls, scowled, resulting in some whimpers from the boys, as they all resumed watching. The Mane Six, and Sweetie Belle, meanwhile watched, in admiration, and anxiety, for their friends. Spike and Fleur kept on running, until Spike felt another spasm, this time coming from his foot. "Spike!" Fleur exclaimed, as she returned to the boy's side. "Are you alright?" "I don't know," Lifting up the hem of his pant, to reveal jade plates forming on him. "Is this a part of my metamorphism?" Before Fleur could answer, they both look up to find themselves surrounded by a whole army of shadow creatures, flying monkeys, and ninjas. "What now?" Fleur asked, pulling out her rapier. "You take the shadows on the right," Spike said, as he conjures up his dragon claws and tail. "And I'll take the one on the left." "Oui," Fleur replied, as the two leapt into battle. One of the ninja swung his sword at Fleur, only for the girl to parry with her rapier, before she kicked him away. Then, another ninja threw a kusarigama, snaring the girl's arm, pulling her towards him, with a sickle ready. Fortunately, Fleur blocked the sickle, before she slashes her rapier at the ninja, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke. "Spike!" Fleur said. "The ninjas! They're not real!" "Great!" Spike said, blocking a strike from a ninja. "Then I guess I don't have to hold back!" With that, Spike breathed a stream of fire at the ninjas that were jumping towards him, causing them all to disappear in a puff of smoke. "It also means, there's more where that came from!" Somnambula smirked, flicking her staff. From the shadows, more shadow creatures arrived, in the form of giant samurais on horseback. "Uh oh!" Spike exclaimed. "Reinforcements!" With a kick, the samurais galloped into battle, spears ready, as they charged towards the two heroes. Spike and Fleur both jumped to the sides, as the samurais rode past them, all the while fighting off more of the ninjas. Picking up a stray kusarigma, Fleur through the chain ball end to Spike, who caught it. "Get ready, mon ami," Fleur said, as the samurais returned on their horses. "Now!" With that, the two pulled hard, tripping the shadow horses, causing them to disappear in puffs of smoke. The samurais however, were a different story. The two giants landed hard on their feet, before unsheathing their magnificently large katana and charged after the two. [Sword Art Online OST - 25 Fight!] With a mighty war cry, Fleur charged in at high speed, dodging to the left, before she thrusted her sword out, making a direct hit to the samurai's chest plate. Still, the samurai was far from defeated, as it slashed its sword relentlessly at the girl, as she dodges and parry with it. Then, after another successful block, using the momentum, Fleur spins her rapier in one of her hands, as she backstabbed the samurai, hard in the abdomen, causing the samurai to disperse into smokes. Spike, meanwhile, was fighting off the other samurai, who was being aided by the ninjas and shadow creatures present. One of the shadow creatures snaked around the dragon hybrid, before they lunged, trying to strike the boy down, but missed on a broke a huge chunk of a brick wall down. The samurai lunged forward, and swung his sword, but missed as Spike dives through its leg, before leaping up, and did a spinning kick to the samurai's head, causing it to fall forward and crushing some of the ninjas beneath it, causing them all to disperse into puffs of smoke. "Guess it's true," Spike smirked. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." Then, Spike noticed a winged monkey, sneaking up to Fleur from behind. "Fleur! Behind you!" Spike shouted. Fleur quickly saw the monkey and kicked it away, "Merci, Spike." The two kept on fighting, until Peewee came flying, with the flying monsters on his tail. "Peewee!" Spike shouted, as the phoenix came and perched on the boy's shoulder. The two teens looked, to see they were outnumbered. "Enough already!" Fleur said, feeling fatigue. "Somebody help us!!" Spike shouted. Then, as if luck was once more smiling down on him, and Fleur, help did came, in the form of a certain gargoyle, coming to the rescue. Roaring like a lion, Scorpan successfully struck fear in most of the creatures' hearts, before he leapt forward in a flying kick, and knocked the one of the creature out, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke. Then, one of the winged monkey leapt up from behind, and grabbed him in a chokehold, only for the gargoyle to ram the monkey into a wall, knocking it out cold. Another shadow creature made a move on the gargoyle, but Scorpan heard him coming, and stepped to the side, before he grabbed the creature by its tail, spinning around, smashing the creature into one of its comrades, causing them to explode in several puffs of smokes. Just then, the ninjas arrived, as they leapt in the air, throwing a smoke bomb, blinding Scorpan for the moment. Luckily, it didn't stop the gargoyle from honing his hearing senses on their movements, as he grabbed one of the ninjas by the leg, moments before it tried to grab Spike. With the ninja in hand, Scorpan used it as a makeshift shield, and weapon against its fellow comrades, up until his eyesights returned. Then, tossing the ninja away, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke, Scorpan started to summon all of his strength, as he punched the ground, creating a shockwave, defeating all of the creatures, stunning the winged monkeys, and all the ninjas and shadow creatures disappeared in puffs of smokes. "Obviously, Nightmare Moon's forgot one thing," Scorpan smirked. "I'm the Dark Knight." "Awesome moves Uncle Scorpan!!" Spike gasped. "Then I hope you like this one," Scorpan replied. "I call it, the Vanishing Scroll!" With that, Scorpan got out a small piece of paper, with written spells, glowing in a yellow aura. With a karate yell, Scorpan casted the spell, blocking Shadowbolts' visions. Now, the only thing they can see was an old man, telling them, "One more thing!" before blowing a raspberry, over and over again. "Meddlesome gargoyle!" Somnambula snarled. "So much for that little 'escort' of yours," Sugarcoat said bluntly, before she quickly ducked her head, as Somnambula shot a bolt of lightning in her way. “Careful Somnambula,” Abacus Cinch began nonchalantly. “If you charbroil one of my students, the school boards will question me for one of my students suffering severe burns.” Regaining her composure, Somnambula went back to make some preparations. "Aw man!" Rainbow groaned. "It was starting to get good!" This earned her some weird looks from the girls and the Shadowbolts. "I mean, good as in Spike going all Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee/Jet Li and stuff." "I'll say!" Pinkie cheered, before she turns to a Shadowbolt. "Pay up!" "Oh darn!" the Shadowbolt groaned, as he gave the girl a $100. Spike, Fleur, and Scorpan, in human form, were later at a tea shop, catching their breath. Peewee meanwhile, was perched outside on a lamppost, keeping a sharp lookout. "I think we've lost them," Spike panted. "Thanks again for the save, uncle! You really saved our bacons back there!" "Don't thank me yet, Spike," Scorpan replied. "Apparently, there's still the matter of rescuing the girls." "You know about that?" "Of course. Zecora and some friends have been keeping me posted on the progress of your training. Unfortunately, the Shadowbolts have decided to strike back, and at a most crucial time for you." The man said, referring to the changes made on the boy's skin. "Then I'm afraid I've got no choice uncle. I'll just have to rely on everything I've learned so far and do whatever it takes to save my friends." "Very well, Spike. The least you could do now is try. The girls are heroes of Equestria, just as much as you were. If anything happens to one of them, the fate of Equestria will be sealed. The very end of harmony as we know it." "Yeesh, no pressure or anything." "But before you go Spike, I must teach you one last technique," the man said solemnly. "One that would prove most vital against some cunning adversaries."