//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: War for the House // Story: Giggle at the Ghosties // by JusSonic //------------------------------// Chapter 4: War for the House Pinkamena is reading, while speaking, "Hmm things are going to be intense and Ben's training Chase but little does that fool not realize I am not the only one keeping an eye on him." "Indeed ." Omega remarks in agreement. The Light Elf adds, "Even I know not to train an enemy." "Yep but we all must be on alert and Goldie is with the Princesses waiting." Pinkamena said while looking over the latest name. "True on that," Jack remarked with a nod. "Wow; 4 names meaning light and another name but I can only pick one." "Indeed ." The Light Elf commented. Pinkamena can only take one. She looks on her paper. Pinkamena remarks, "Ok so the name's number 4 will be Valge; one name left till I pick the name for my Light Elf." ----------------- Spike's group goes into a room via a wall that spins around after crashing into it. They look around and saw some sort of invention room. They all said, "Wow..." "This looks great." Nyx said in amazement. "Is this your dad's invention room?" "Yes. And look." Calpepper said as he grabs a sheet off something big, removing it. For a ghost, he sure can hold stuff. The friendly ghost reveals some sort of huge machine with a panel nearby. "This is it..." Spike spots an newspaper article and picks it up. After blowing the dust off, he reads it, "'Dr. Seymour Joe McPonyeon was declared a local nut today. He claimed to be haunted by the ghost of his son who died of pneumonia about a year ago today. The stallion claimed to have made some sort of device which he calls the 'The Mangani Machine', named after the legendary ghost that can bring back the dead. It is unknown wherever or not Dr. McPonyeon would be confined or not'." "This is it, my dad's machine. If it works, I could be a colt again!" "But how 'ta power it up," Apple Bloom ask puzzled. She spots a vial of something weird nearby, picking it up. "What's 'dis?" "Whoa! Careful!" Calpepper exclaims as he flies over and takes the vial. "It's something my dad found years ago. It can power the whole thing..." "Well, then, let's test this baby out!" Spike exclaims with a smile. The Dragon takes the vial from the ghost and puts it in some sort of slot . "Well, you ready to be part of the living again?" "Well, I am so excited that I could burst!" Sweetie exclaims with a squeal. Suddenly the slot begins to grow bigger, much to the alarm of the living and Calpepper. "Wait! I didn't want that to burst!" Suddenly without warning, the slot turns into Porko who smiles while saying, "Wow! Great stuff," Luckily for the gang, the vial is inside but didn't dissolve inside his stomach as seen through him. The other two ghosts appear, laughing madly. Scootaloo sighs in annoyance, "Aren't you guys supposed to be in therapy?" "Aren't you supposed to be in school? Wow, good question." Putrid remarks in amusement, making the ghosts sigh. "We got bored so we left. What are you doing now?" Stringbean ask suspiciously to the group. "And what are you doing in bulb head's old colt's place?" "They're going to bring me back to life!" Calpepper explains happily, much to the shock and disbelief of the ghosts who heard this. "BACK TO LIFE," The Three Phantomteers screech in fury, shock and worry, maybe a combination of all three. "What are you thinking?!" Stringbean exclaims angrily to the fresh in disbelief. "What's wrong? I mean it Calpepper's alive; you don't have to be worried about him being too nice to scare ghosts. You can scare without him being a problem." Nyx said in concern to the Three Phantomteers. "No offense, Cal." "None taken; besides, wouldn't it be more better for you guys?" Calpepper ask his adopted uncle with a smile. "I mean, to be living again?" The Three Phantomteers may not show it but they are secretly worried. If Calpepper become living again...then they fail in their duties as guardians to make him scary and that could bring Kaboomka on them three! The trio got to put a stop to this nonsense and fast! "You look here, ponytail!" Stringbean sternly begins to scold the ones that are trying to make Calpepper alive again. "The laws of nature are clear. You live, you die, you either go to heaven or be a ghost to haunt the world of the living." He points out the facts in which case, no pony has a say in it. "And there ain't no going back." Porko waved off his arm in stating that once you die, you can't be alive no more. "The idea that a ghost can turn fleshy again is against the course of law." Putrid proclaimed how doing such a thing would be foolish. "Hey, what's wrong with Calpepper getting another chance at life and finally being with us?" Spike sternly snaps at these guys in what the issue was. "YEAH," The CMC responded in agreement here. "Cause, in case you didn't notice, ghosts being friends with fleshies that aren't ghost can't work because....they never STAY Friends!" Stringbean sternly issued off in saying what the problem was that ghosts & living fleshies can't be friends forever. "What?" Calpepper yelped off in hearing this right. "It's true. Calpepper, why do you think we insist you don't become friends with the living." Putrid stated out in wanting the nephew to see their point. "Sure you can have fun, go out for treats, actually, I wouldn't mind doing that." Porko was stating while starting to get off track here. "The point is! They aren't everlasting like ghosts are!" Stringbean was issuing here that those that ain't ghosts don't stay together. "Unless they feel bound to stay here as ghosts, then it might happen, but then what about their family in heaven, they might wanna be there instead." To those that die, they either feel an attachment to the living plain to stay as ghosts or join those in heaven as souls to live in eternal peace. "Well gee, when you say it like that...then..." Calpepper was really having a harder time trying to argue here. "It's the hardest thing to deal with kid. The rules are there for reason, and when a fleshy goes, it's hard saving if they'll stick around." Putrid shrug off his shoulders in seeing this was the hardest thing to deal with. "Right, you remember the fox you made friends with, but he died, and it's only luck he visits to play with you as a ghost fox." Porko pointed off in remembering how Calpepper had a living pet fox but something happened that he died and by a miraculous miracle came to the colt as a ghost. "You have a ghost fox for a pet?" Nyx asked off in looking to Calpepper surprise to hear this. "Well yeah, I do." Calpepper shrug off to say, funny that he never brought this up. "But guys, what about Nyx, she's an Alicorn that lives long." He pointed out that Nyx and him can be friends, she won't die of old age. "Oh sure, and while she's around, these other fleshies won't mean nothing to you." Stringbean rolled his eyes to sarcastically say while being a little rough about the subject. "Face the facts Cal, sooner or later, even she will die." Putrid sternly stated that eventually, Nyx will not always be around and living. "Yeah, she's very sweet and all, but one incident is all it takes and then you'll be out of friends." Porko pointed out that even if Nyx grows up and lives for a long time, if something happens and she dies, then Calpepper will be out of friends, and that depends on how many years have gone by. Calpepper stared at this hard fact truth and somehow ended up accepting it. With one look to his friends, he looked away, and vanished from sight by invisibility. "Calpepper wait!" The CMC cried out for their friend, but he was long gone. Soon the three other ghosts vanished from sight by going invisible to. "Great, now all the ghost have flown the coop." Spike rolled his eyes in seeing everyone's left, just great. Suddenly the fourth wall is burst, startling the gang. Pinkie peeks in, smiling as she exclaims, "Ha! I knew I would break the Fourth Wall someday!' "Pinkie," Twilight said with a sigh as she came in through the hole in the wall. "Hey, you girls seen three naughty ghosts around here?" Spike and the fillies looks worried then they explain what happened, especially with Calpepper disappearing. Applejack sighs while saying, "Well, as much as Ah hate 'ta say 'dis, those fellers has a point. Ah mean, someday we y'all must die someday." "Though to be honest, ghosts not being friends with the living are wrong." Rarity said with a frown. "I mean, the tribal leaders after they are free of their evil and their friends are pals with us." "Right; we should find those fellows and maybe get that vial back." Rainbow remarks with a smile. "Wouldn't it be cool to see someone come back to life that day?" "If it works and if Calpepper decided to come back to life on his own free will." Twilight said as she got her ghost busting device out. "Come on, we got some ghosts to bust." ----------- "Let's get out of here!" Stringbean snaps as he, his siblings and Calpepper are leaving the house, "Right now." "Why? I thought you wanted to stay here." Calpepper said in concern. "I mean, first you told me the reality that freshies and ghosts can't stay friends forever but now this?" "There's another reason: if you go back to life, we failed as guardians!" Putrid exclaims in worry. "And if we stay for too long that would mean..." "Hey, is it raining now or is it just me?" Porko ask puzzled. The ghosts look up and see a thunder cloud, getting massive and bigger by the moment. "BOYS," A booming voice came out of the clouds. The Three Phantomteers looks frightened and terrified. There's one creature in the afterlife that voice belongs to. "KABOOMKA," The Three Phantomteers screams out in terror and alarm. Calpepper's eyes widen in worry. Not Kaboomka again!!! "WHERE ARE YOU?!" An angry voice demanded, making the ghosts yelp. "Err, no one panic, just no one panic." Stringbean said nervously. "Maybe if we're lucky..." "Err, Stringbean? Cal blew the coop." Putrid said in concern. Sure enough, Stringbean turns and saw no sign of Calpepper. "Now what," Porko ask Putrid in concern. "We panic." Stringbean said meekly to his pals. "AHHHH," The Phantomteers scream in terror as they flew away. The trio need to find Calpepper and get away before Kambooka catches them all! "I WANT CALPEPPER!" Kaboomka's voice yelled The voice sounds loud enough to get the Mane Six, the fillies and Spike's attention as they came out. The eleven looks concerned as the trio of ghosts are flying off from the house with the storm following. "Where are those fellers going off 'ta?" Applejack asks in concern. "We don't know but Calpepper may be in trouble." Sweetie said in worry. "We got to find him." "No worries." Twilight said holding up a device that is beeping. "I put in the eco-slimes left by our ghost 'friends' and their nephew. We could use them to trace the ghosts that way." "Well, come on. I want to save our ghost friend from those guys." Nyx said in hope. "Right, let's go." Rainbow agreed. The group quickly left the house in hopes to rescue their friend Calpepper and deal with their ghostly problems. ------------------- Pinkamena glances at the letter, scratching her mane as she comments, "Hmm I never thought that this strange man came from a long far Bloodline but I would remember a fight; you know anything Omega?" Omega answers, "Records are unknown for the time until more is known." The Light Elf said in agreement, "Indeed ." "Um, okay. I wonder if JusSonic knows this guy." Pinkamena remarks puzzled and clueless as well. No one knows... ---------------------- Chase took Ben, Flash, Phobos, Big Mac and Tough to Froggy Swamp Bottom. Upon arrival, the disguised villain spoke to Ben, "Your movement had proven quicker and swift, but your Tiger and Aura Instinct are still lacking. This time, we move to the next level to increase your strength." Ben spoke, "I'm ready. Give your best shot, Chase." "Don't get overconfident and arrogant as Brave Heart. Because of that, he lost to Unity. So be careful and cautious." Chase said, reminding Ben as to how Brave Heart has lost in the first place. "Got it." Ben said with a nod. Chase took out a blindfold, holding it out to Ben. "Put this blindfold on your eyes." Chase instructs Ben on what to do next. Everyone but Chase yells out in shock, "WHAT?!" "You are relying too much on your eyes and friends. But now, you must rely on not only your other four senses: listen, smell, taste and feel, but on another sense: Tiger and Aura Instinct." Chase explains clearly to Ben. "It is time to awaken your inner strength, not outside. Your objective: do not remove the blindfold until you had reached the Golden Oak Library." Flash had has enough; He steps in, snapping, "Okay! First, you'd better stop making Ben do difficult things! Second, Ben can rely on us because -!" "It’s okay, Flash," Ben interrupts, much to his best friend's surprise. "What," Flash ask Ben in surprise. "Chase's right. If I keep on relying on both weapons and friends, then I would lose them at once. But I'm not. In order to do that, I must strengthen my strength through Tiger and Aura Instinct, just in case if any of the senses go off." Ben explains calmly. He figures if he himself uses his other senses than his weapons and friends for once, this training will be okay. "Ben........" Flash said in concern. Ben pats Flash on the back, saying, "It's okay, buddy. I'm no longer a kid that you need to watch over. Besides, I don't want to be stuck as being a coward like Boris. I want to overcome the danger by anything." Chase smiled, speaking, "Well done. It appears you are ready. And good luck on returning home. Come, let's go." Flash nods and sighs. As he and the others are leaving, Flash spoke, "Ben, be careful." "Good luck." Phobos wishes Ben good luck before leaving as well. "Ye're gonna need it, Benny boy," Tough remarked in amusement. This part of the training can be a pain. "Eeyup," Big Macintosh said. Ben needs the luck that he can get to complete this training. Chase, Flash, Phobos, Tough and Big Mac left the Froggy Bottom Swamp and Ben as he put the cloth on his face. The cover is blinding his vision from seeing anything. Ben stood on the small hill as the wind breeze and blew on his mane and tail. Ben's vision turned into blackness as he concentrated carefully and hard on the world. He begins listening to the sounds of the wind blowing and with the water dripping and bubbling; the stallion si feeling the gentle and soft of the grass and leaves when falling to the ground; and Ben can smell the disgusting scents from the ponds. His surroundings slowly turned into grayish and greenish colors. Ben's thoughts are these, 'I feel it. I can hear the ponds bubbling the bubbles. I can feel the grass and leaves. I even can smell that scent. Chase's right, I can sense the aura. This must be my Tiger and Aura Instinct. Okay; Time to do it.' On the outside of Ben's vision, the stallion started to walk. Near the pond, Ben was about to fall. Instead of that, he walked over it. Ben continued to walk towards to the forest. Ben had arrived at the Ponyville, and most of the ponies are too busy in talking and minding business to notice what he's doing. Ben continued to walk and pass by them without bumping into any of them or getting tripped, fell down, slammed or knocked into something. He either dodged, passed and walked over or dodged, stopped and waited as taxi ponies, old ponies or foals and fillies passed by. Ben smiled as his vision on the world remained blackness, but the ponies and pets he passed by are glowing bluish color aura while non-living things are grayish or plants are greenish. Ben's thoughts are now this, 'Wow. This is amazing. Even though I'm blind, I can see them like I know what, how and when the ponies going to do or the next; Great. If I keep this up, I'll do great.' In front of Ben, the place is filled with golden aura while there are five bluish ponies in front of him. A familiar one, Chase, spoke, "You did well, young warrior. You had arrived at your destination. You can remove your blindfold." Ben removed and saw Chase smiling to him while Flash, Phobos, Big Mac and Tough looked in shock and worry and had their mouths wide opened, as well as in surprise. Their friend actually made it! "I've made it?" Ben asks in amazement and eagerness. "Whoa! You did it! Ben! You did it!" Flash laughs as he hugged Ben tight. "I can't believe my bro had grown up well." Ben groaned in pain, "Flash........ Let go of....... me." His pal is squeezing him too tightly. "Sorry." The Pegasus pony said as Flash let go and departed from Ben. That was embarrassing. "I was about to give doubt, but glad to see you make it back." Phobos remarks to Ben in amazement. He's glad that his friend is safe and sound. Big Mac and Tough said at once, "Eeyup." Chase looks pleased. So far, he appears to be winning trust with these stallions. "You had made it far to here. It appears you had awakened your power slowly." Chase said calmly to Ben. "Now we move to next level. Are you prepared?" Ben smiled while saying, "You bet ." "Then let's get to it." Chase said. As Ben heads off to prepare himself, Chase smiled and speaks in his own thoughts, 'Good thing. Ben's Tiger and Aura Instinct are still weak and awakened from his slumber. As well, I learn another trick to protect my true aura. But still, I must train Ben until I earn his trust, and sharpened his skills to overcome me and my allies. I want to see why Triforce Elements chose him as its new host.' ------------------- Soon we see the Three Phantomteers soaring across the skies in looking around before they reach a outdoor hut just a few miles away from their home. Their next search for Calpepper after yet another terrible event has really left them almost spent, and they aren’t alive either. Unaware, the Mane Six, the CMC and Spike have ended up around the same area before duck and covering to keep out of sight. They don’t know what the three ghosts would do if they spotted them. "There they are." Rainbow mumbles a bit. "I say we ambush those three jerks." "Ssh. Not yet." Twilight whispers to Rainbow quietly. "Let's watch and see if we can learn something." "Huuagh, no luck." Porko responded in sighing in regret, the trio can't find Calpepper anywhere. "Ditto," Putrid shrug off his shoulders in issuing that he’s had no luck finding their nephew either. "A wimpy ghost is loose and it's our fault." Stringbean spoke off with feeling sorrow in his voice in speaking about Calpepper. "He's not wanting to change and be nice, just like his Aunt Spiffy." Course as he spoke, his mouth got covered by Putrid and Porko for speaking their aunt’s real name out. "Oh, we can't keep this up forever; we don't have enough hands or hooves.” Putrid complains to see they can’t keep the secret about Calpepper being like his aunt, and the little guy will learn the hard way of the truth. "It's so unfair, she was the sweetest thing ever and we loved her so!" Porko moaned in how this was just so unfair. "And after she got banished to Limbo for breaking the rules, it left an impact right here; in our hearts." He pounded his chest in saying their hearts for love was broken when their aunt went away. "If we had any, we're dead." Putrid shrug off his shoulders to say in knowing as ghosts, the trio have no organic hearts. “But you know, the moment we took in Calpepper, when he never went to the academy to train him to be a ghost scarier like us, it felt like how our aunt always encouraged us to keep doing our best and be ourselves.” Putrid spoke off with a little calm tone of his voice in remembering that memory. "Remember the invisibility trick that we showed Calpepper the first time we met the little guy, he picked that up real fast." Porky responded to say with a smile on his face in recalling how Calpepper used the first thing a ghost can do. “Yeah, but now it seems like we failed to make sure Calpepper doesn't keep being friendly." Stringbean signs to say in seeing they still failed to change what can’t be done. "We all saw how he reminded us of our aunt, and now, if he doesn't shape up…" He was unable to speak more, because his sibs took over. "It's bye-bye, Calpepper." Porko waved off his hoof in almost giving a goodbye wave. "And hello to another empty room of our family!" Putrid waved off his arms to throw them down on the ground. Unknown to the ghost trio, they are speaking too loud that those hidden could hear every word that they said. The Mane Six knew that deep down, those three cared for Calpepper, and this proves it, and even the CMC and Spike are shocked to see this. "My goodness; did I hear right?" Rarity ask her friends in surprise. "Those guys actually care for Calpepper despite their treatment." Sweetie said, agreeing with her sister. "Wow, makes me feel a bit guilty for wanting to blast those guys into the Afterlife." Pinkie said, feeling a bit downward. "As well as wanting to kick them out of their home." "Oh, what were we thinkin'?" Applejack asked rhetorically in a guilty tone. At the moment, the Three Phantomteers were still moaning over their loss of losing Calpepper to not being able to find him. "I'm telling you guys, this won't end well if word gets out about Calpepper being friends to fleshies." Putrid spoke off in feeling that the situation is looking grim. "Right, he'll be in loads of trouble and his scaring technique is only able to freak a cat out." Porko nods in knowing that Calpepper can barely scare a cat, much less a pony or baby Dragon. "If he doesn't do something that's SCARE-TASTIC, then it's all but over!” Stringbean held his head in seeing this was it; Calpepper would need to perform a big feat to cover up his mistakes, but what? "What could be worse?" He moans off to rhetorically say in how things can get anymore worse than they already are. "Oooooohhh…IT'S WORSE ALRIGHT!" Spoke a very loud and mean voice that made some yelp in hearing it to look up in the sky. And soon, something of a dark swirling vortex was seen spiraling and green lightning was flashing. "Okay…this is not a good thing!" Spike yelped in seeing that display in fear as he and the rest of the ponies had to sit tight from…a sudden storm. Soon a twister was spiraling down in front of the Three Phantomteers that was creating a suction that was taking everything not bolted tightly to the ground. And what’s more terrifying, were loose green lightning bolts were shot off that impacted abandon contraction vehicles by the workers that were blown to bits, further freaking the Mane Six, the CMC and Spike out in seeing such scary display; just what was happening here. And what became the next scary hour was when the cycle storm show was over; something appeared out of it, a creature unlike any other. It was a huge green Alicorn with a twisted dark long mane and dark long tail and with orange-red/yellow eyes (almost like a blaze of fire) that seem as scary as his whole appearance. Plus his sharp fang teeth were also a boost for being terrifying. Make no mistake, this Kaboomka, the King of all Ghost, and he’s as mean and scary that make the Phantomteers look small. "WAY WOOOORSE," Kaboomka announced off to smack his front hooves together in making his demeanor remark in how worse things will be…for the Phantomteers. And just following behind this huge ghost was a small pudgy stallion unicorn; he got a gray coat, red eyes and a short orange mane and tail. He was known as Snicker, Kaboomka’s assistant, a known pathetic grunt minion to his king, and also is the guy that most ghosts, specially the Three Phantomteers, give him the littlest of respect. “KABOOMKA,” Stringbean, Putrid and Porko yelp out in looking terrified to back away when this big ghostly Alicorn stallion flew near their spot. "Count on it!” Kaboomka responded to stand above these three ghosts in a dignified way to stand tall while the Three Phantomteers were shaking like a leaf. The Mane Six, CMC and Spike stared in almost terror in seeing who this new ghost was, he was as big as Boris was when he first change into the Red Devil Pony before being shrunken down a bit. "Eep," Fluttershy squealed like a mouse to shrink down in being frightened by such a very, VERY scary ghost. "My goodness," Rarity exclaims in alarm. "Great horny toads," The Apple siblings cry as they held each other. "Mommy, what's that?!" Nyx ask her adopted mother while hugging both her and Spike. "I think I know." Twilight said, getting even scared by the size of the king of all ghosts. Scootaloo had the same look of fear on her face as when she had those horrible nightmares at her camping trip with Rainbow, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Applejack and Rarity along with Nyx and Ben. "See, I told you they were here. I caught them red-handed! Or red-hoofed," Snicker responded off to fly pass his boss in being a snitch to state about catching the three ghosts that were supposed to take care of Calpepper and done poorly. "So, where is Crisspepper?" Kaboomka glared down in a demanding tone in wanting an explanation now. "Calpepper," Snicker pointed out to correct his boss on the name; bad move. "Ow! Ow!" Soon Snicker was grasped by Kaboomka by his chest to be lifted up and not looking to please here. "Um, he's ah…um…um…" He was having a hard time seeing that the ghost they were seeking isn't near. "FIIIIIND HIIIIIM! GRARRR," Kaboomka yelled out in a scary tone to shake Snicker in wanting Calpepper to be found while giving off a growl. "I…owww…yeye-yes, your back…handedness,” Snicker respond in yelping in pain before he was let go and went off to find Calpepper for his boss. The Mane Six ducked the CMC and Spike down before Kaboomka's stooge flew over them. Once it was clear, they peeked out, and worried in knowing that if Calpepper is found then there will be trouble. “So that's Kaboomka.” Twilight gasped out in seeing such a ghost, and judging from his stature size, his power as king of all ghosts must be so true, it’s scary to think otherwise. "And he's de evil, cruel, vicious, mean-spirited king o' all ghosts?” Applejack stated off in not believing her eyes if this wasn’t true, but then again, she be lying if this wasn’t an honest fact. "No, Kaboomka the Country and Western singer. Who else," Rainbow Dash remarked off in seeing that this was one bad dude that even freaks out the Three Phantomteers. "Oh, we don't have anything to worry if he's a country western singer." Pinkie said happily. "That was sarcasm, Pinkie!" Rainbow snaps in annoyance to Pinkie. "What is he going to do?" Fluttershy ask her friends in worry. Right now, after Snicker left, the Three Phantomteers knew that problems may rise in being blame, so they have to get around Kaboomka’s good side. Good luck with that. "Ah-ah-ah, Big K," Putrid spoke firstly in approaching Kaboomka away from his brothers while they were all nervous, "Ah-ah, ah, what a surprise!" He responded in seeing that this big time ghost came out of nowhere and caught them…unexpectedly. "You're looking, um-um…." Stringbean pushes his brother away to try and brush up to the mean ghost, but the mean face of his said otherwise. "Trim." That was the only thing Stringbean could say at this moment, in truth, the three ghosts are scared out of their minds with the king here. "Silence," Kaboomka snapped off at such grovel work when he sees it. "I've been patient with you SLACKERS…." As he was speaking, he suddenly held up what was a bone box cage as it opened and began a…suction motion, "FAR TOO LONG!" He gazed his eyes at the Phantomteer ghosts in knowing that these three have eluded him for too long and now…the time has come for them. And soon, the next horror began here. "Aww, no," Stringbean yelps when he and his brothers tried to turn and flea from the sucking cage. "Not the cage!" Stringbean complained before being the first sucked in. "Niii, I HATE the cage!" Putrid moans off to get away until he’s sudden sucked into the cage next. "There's…no leg room!" as Porko spoke this, he was the last sucked in before the bone cage shut it's door. Soon, Kaboomka held the Three Phantomteers in his bone cage, as they were struggling while complaining about the small room. The Mane Six, CMC and Spike gasped out in true horror, this Kaboomka really did seem like a real mean king to imprison the ghosts that gave them all such a hard time…makes the group almost feel sorry for them. "Now, to find your foolish little protégé…Kamper," Kaboomka remarked off with his sarcastic claim of finding the nephew of these ghosts. “WHA-HA-HA-HAHA-HAHA-HAHAAH….HUHUHU-HUHUHAHAHA…WH-HAHAHAHAAahh…." Soon Kaboomka turns to take off into the skies with his prisoners while letting off a very convincing cackle of evil, if not still scary to top off his appearance. Now the ponies and baby Dragon pop out of hiding in seeing what has happened. Kaboomka has trapped Calpepper’s uncles and if he or Snicker’s find Calpepper, then it’ll really be bad news for the poor colt and his family. They have to do something to save the friendly colt ghost from Kaboomka planning to take him away because he hasn’t shown improvements in scaring, but how? "Girls, we got to find Calpepper before Kaboomka and his henchman does." Twilight said seriously. "But how; it could take forever to find him!" Spike exclaims in worry. "Well, we gotta work fast!" Twilight exclaims in concern. "Fast is my specialty!" Rainbow said in determination, "I'll see to it that he gets found in no time!" "That goes fer all o' us!" Applejack agreed, as determined as Rainbow. ----------------- Pinkmamena checks out the next name, commentating, "Ok there's Amras, Halo Slayer, Ignis, Valge, 4 cool names; hmmmmm maybe I can make it first middle and last name but first prize is of course an OC of your choice will join in JusSonic's Future fanfic; the others will be thanked greatly for the names and the ones who not; well I thank you for thinking of great names." The others nod. ----------------- Calpepper reappears in his dad's lab, breathing in and out. It was crazy but the ghost colt was able to get away. Not good. His uncles are in danger...all because of him. If only he could be restore back to life again then maybe his adopted uncles won't be in trouble. "Ugh, I wish I could do something." Calpepper groans a bit as he hits the table in frustration. The colt ghost didn't know it but he unknowingly hits a button that causes a hidden panel in a wall to be missing. Calpepper turns upon hearing this and looks surprised: inside the hidden panel is a huge vial of mixture, making him fly over. The colt ghost saw a note and takes it. "'To those who find this; I didn't want to take the chance of my invention being in the wrong hooves so I put out a fake vial, which is really a lava lamp, out in the open so that the formula needed to power it will be safe.'" Calpepper said, reading the note. The ghost looks surprised. So all this time, Porko ate a lava lamp! That means...he can still be restored to life! "'Caution: I don't know if I would ever test this machine or not. Let it be known that it's best to find a scientist to test this. Calpepper, son, if you're reading this, I hope to someday see you.'" Calpepper smiles a bit. His father really misses him. Of course, he may have to wait. His adopted uncles, despite how jerkish they are, need him. The colt ghost takes the vial and put it into the slot . He pushes a button, causing the machine to be activated. "Okay, it's warming up." Calpepper said, noting a panel saying 'warming up: Wait a few minutes'. "Once this job is done...dad, I hope your dream can be realized." Calpepper flies off, ready to return to the land of the living. But should the ghost stayed around, he should've seen another sign flashing: 'Warning: substance in formula is unstable. Remove at once!' --------------------------- "Whoa I think this guy and me shared the same idea." Pinkamena said, reading the next idea given to her and is very impressed. The Light Elf, also impressed, remarks, "Hmm, I have to say a long name." "Indeed but it might just work; by the end of this fic, the Light Elf's name will be Known." The others nod. ----------------------- Meanwhile, Kaboom was resting in an area that he treated like it was his throne for being king of all ghosts. And near him was the bone cage that still held Stringbean, Putrid & Porky as they are heard moaning & groaning, but Kaboomka paid no heed to their cries. This big bad and powerful ghost Alicorn was awaiting his assistant’s arrival in reports of where Calpepper is so he may deal with the issue…once and for all. “Kaboomka,” A voice is heard that made the big green ghost look down to see the Mane Six approach him while it was Twilight who spoke with a firm tone. Spike and the CMC heads back to the haunted house to see if Calpepper has returned there. “Hmm….you knew my name, for a fleshy.” Kaboomka spoke off with some amused reply that a fleshy knows him. “And I know much about you & your five friends.” He knows very much about the former wielders of the Six Elements of Harmony. “Good, 'at makes it easier!” Applejack stated off with a frown tone in seeing this way, their discussion will go a lot faster if they all know each other. “We wanna talk with you about your mistake!” Rainbow Dash snaps off to say in seeing what this big ghost was doing was a mistake on both the no friends with fleshies and wanting to take Calpepper away. “Right, you’re wrong in your doing, mister!” Pinkie Pie also proclaimed with a serious face in making her statement. “YOU DARE TO CORRECT ME!” Kaboomka roared off to lean forward where his breath was a strong gale that blew against the mares in saying he’s wrong before leaning back up from being done yelling at the ponies. “Ahhh, my mane,” Rarity gasped in shock in seeing her mane was ruin by Kaboomka’s howling wail, why does this happen? “Gulp….he doesn’t seem like he wants to talk.” Fluttershy gulps a bit nervously in seeing that this was one ghost that may have more a problem than the Three Phantomteers. “Kaboomka, I know you're the King of all Ghosts, but why do you have a law that forbids any of our sides from being friends? Surely the 3 Tribes have shown that we can be friends with different species, like Dragons & even ghosts.” Twilight spoke in trying to make a stated voice of reason, there is nothing that doesn’t say they can’t all just get along with each other. “It’s because without order of the balance, all scary creatures, even ghosts, will be targeted by YOUR kind!” Kaboomka shouts off in glaring at the little ponies before him, making his own claim to the term of the discussion. “I thought the example from Discord was proof enough. Of what he did that strengthens the law.” Hearing this declare made the Mane Six gasp off, Kaboomka knows about Discord. “You know Discord?” Fluttershy asked off in never knowing that their chaotic little friend knew about the ghost or even the king of all ghosts. “He is a Spirit of Chaos & Disharmony, and from his actions, it showed that if we scare too much, the fleshies will rise against us!” Kaboomka issued off that what Discord did in the past proved that even terrifying the ponies too much with his chaotic ways would make those rise up against him. “The Royal Sisters had done so in stopping him and then your six came along to do the same.” He knows all about those that stopped Discord, but it proves that ghosts that scares too much was the wrong doing. “But Discord’s our friend now. Surely that means that we can…” Fluttershy was trying to say here, only to get cut off by a loud voice. “FRIEND,” Kaboomka yelled out a wind pressure against the mares from hearing that they consider Discord…a friend. “How can you be certain, he’s a spirit that likes causing chaos and disorder while I make rules & laws to keep things balance for us creatures of the night.” Kaboomka knew that he and Discord shared different opinions in their career work, neither was for the other. “Yeah, well if you don’t change them, you get these babies!” Rainbow Dash proclaimed off before showing what she and her friends are packing; their ghost busting equipment. “Thrussvhmmm….” Then Kaboomka charged his horn that fired a green bolt that completely vaporized the ghost busting equipment. That was so fast, it left the Mane Six almost gasping in horror; this guy is no joke in being a powerful ghost. “Okay….now we’re left defenseless against ghosts.” Twilight rhetorically stated in seeing that the Mane Six have zero chances of ever taking down Kaboomka. “Look, 'de point here is 'dat we can get along if ye lighten up! Yer too strict,” Applejack proclaimed an issue that Kaboomka needs to de-stress a bit over the rules about their two different types; living & dead, or otherwise, from at least wanting to be friends. “Right, surely there must have been a time where you weren’t being so big, mean and super nasty. And were friends with the living.” Pinkie Pie nods in agreeing to make a claim that even Kaboomka wasn’t like this and he was more nicer long ago. “GRRRRRRR…” Kaboomka leans down to growl while releasing a mist steam from his mouth that blew against the mares. “Oh, not again,” Rarity complains in seeing her mane getting ruin after she just fixed it. Suddenly, Kaboomka settles himself down to lean back in his spot to rethink the question he was asked about. “Very well, what I’m going to tell you will be very unconventional.” Kaboomka issued off in going to tell these fleshy ponies something that is normal not allowed. “I’m allowing this because I owe you some gratitude in saving the balance & of Equestria from other threats that have happened.” The boss ghost has seen & heard much of the Mane Six’s actions to save this world, and its inhabitants, including ghosts too. “That’s alright, we’ll listen.” Twilight nods in understanding before awaiting to hear from this ghost; maybe it’ll help the group figure out why Kaboomka is being like this and why he has such strict rules. “I was once friendly to those long ago who were mortals. But those days were gone and without those you care for, none could say otherwise before coming at you with the intent to finish you.” Kaboomka issued in once being friends with fleshies, but his friends pass on, and without any friends of his, the living came after him because he was too scary. “I learn that growing up was hard, and being scarier were hard, I had to figure out how to make balance so that the living will not come to harm us creatures of the night.” He declared in this bold statement that after his years of growing has come to make sure such actions do not repeat. “Gee, that does sound sad.” Fluttershy spoke in feeling a little sorry for this ghost now. “So, who were your friends?” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow to dig deep in who were Kaboomka’s friends, maybe if the Mane Six has any info, they can get some help or something? “I…don’t remember. I have a picture of them, and…” Kaboomka shrug off from it being so long, he doesn’t have a clear memory, but the picture he has is to remind him of those he was friends with, “Wait, why am I telling YOU this!” He snaps in realizing from taking a double look at what he was doing. “I’ve given you your answer, now leave, I’ll have business to attend to in seizing Calpepper to make sure that he’s a proper scare material!” He smacks his left hoof on the side in wanting the fleshies to go and to wait until the wimpy ghost colt is in better custody. “Now hold on, ye can’t make folks be something they ain’t! An' then banish them!” Applejack spoke out in protesting the big tough ghost from trying to go after the little and friendly ghost colt. “Right; how many different folks did you send to Limbo cause they choose not to listen?” Rarity sternly object to the thought since any that didn’t be scary were sent away & are never spoken again, just to keep the nicest from spreading or being encouraged. “Everypony deserves to be kind and ghosts don’t need to be meany-pants!” Pinkie Pie declared off that all creatures should be along to be kind & friendly, nothing is bad about it. “What you’re about to do is tear apart a family, can you live with that fact?” Twilight stated off in making an example if anyone could live with such guilt in separating family from each other, she knows that pain all too well from with Nyx. “Yes I can, because….” Kaboomka was slowly stating while he leans down to tell the ponies this up close. “I’m NOT LIVING!” The Alicorn ghost shouted out that he can’t live with that guilt, cause he’s already dead. “Ohhh, bad example there Twilight,” Rainbow Dash cringed a bit in seeing that comment backfired on them. “Look, I’m sure if we make space, Celestia, Luna, and many of us Alicorns can make sure there will be no uprising, and you can still be ghosts to scare, but some can even be friends.” Twilight was trying to make a good democracy in how they can handle the situation so that both sides can be in harmony. “Yeppers, maybe you can be friends with the Mystic Ponies, and…” Pinkie Pie nods off to say before making another statement, but that was a bad move to bring up a certain type of group. “MYSTICS,” Kaboomka shouts off in sounding angry all of a sudden now. “I don’t wanna hear of them!” He yells off in feeling angry all too suddenly. “Um, pardon me if this brothers you, but….Why not?” Fluttershy shyly spoke in having some nervous motion in pondering why Kaboomka has an issue with the Mystic Ponies. “Because they have the power to torture us ghosts and have us leave this world to pass over.” Kaboomka sternly issued off in making this fact be known in what the Mystics can do. “We once had an agreement but soon our pack of peace was broken by the Dark Mystics that began to harm us ghosts FOR PURE FUN!” He roars out to relish a gale breath that almost pushed the ponies away from his angry tone. “Ohh, I’m guessing you never resolve the matters then of the good Mystics not at fault for the bad ones.” Rarity yelped in feeling that things are beginning to untangle of trying to make peace here. “It was ‘them’ that failed to keep charge of their members and WE paid the price!” Kaboomka roars off in making this remark fact in not sounding to happy. “The only one worse than the Mystics is the Overlord King: Grimmore, and even as terrible as I am now, I wouldn’t be caught ALIVE in working for him!” He made this statement very clear, the worse than being attacked by the Mystics is almost siding with Grimmore, even Kaboomka isn’t that foolish to side with Equestria’s most powerful Demon God that could wipe them all out. “Cause your dead.” Rainbow Dash remarked off in knowing that since Kaboomka said he wouldn’t be caught ‘alive’ is a reverse theory of not being caught ‘dead’ doing such a thing. “Not helping Rainbow." Twilight silently hush her friend in seeing their progress is slowly getting ugly here. “Lord Kaboomka! I’m back!” Snicker was soon entering the scene by the air in calling out his boss. “Snicker!” Kaboomka spoke off with an upset tone that made the grunt ghost yelp in terror. “You know not to interrupt me when I’m in the middle of a debate!” He snaps at the lackey & cowardly minion for interrupting him during an important issue. “Can you give me ONE good reason….why I shouldn’t SKIN you ALIVE!” He held up his hoof in stating while glaring down in being good to not tear this ghost apart. “Um, hugh…” Snicker was so scared, he had to think up a good reason, quickly before he’s finished. “I-I-I don’t have skin and I’m…not…alive!” He nervously exclaimed to make his clear statement over what he isn’t. “Grrrourghhh,” Kaboomka growls in about to be let loose, the Mane Six yelp in about to see something ugly until…. “But-but-but, I found where Calpepper is! He’s back at the haunted house!” Snicker quickly reported the issue, much to the living ponies' shock; this little weasel has located Calpepper already and right where Spike and the CMC are at! “Really; Excellent,” Kaboomka smiled deviously in seeing that at last, some good news has been heard while preparing to stand up. “Wait! You don’t have to do this Kaboomka!” Twilight spoke to protest in wanting this big ghost to continue doing this act that was wrong. “Yes, maybe you’re going at it all wrong, maybe with living friends, Calpepper can be a good scarier from good supporters to have him scare them.” Rarity spoke in suggesting; maybe Calpepper can practice scaring his living flesh friends to get an opinion if he’s doing alright. “Yeah, like maybe pranks, he can practice by scaring to prank ponies, it’s both being scary and it’s fun.” Pinkie Pie nods in saying that can be a work that can be not too bad. “Please, just give him a chance and to not have him or his uncles be separated.” Fluttershy pleaded for Kaboomka to reconsider the idea and not separate the family. “My answer will stand firm, unless Calpepper shows he has what it takes…to be a scarier!” Kaboomka sternly objects that unless proven otherwise, his statement will not change no matter what. “Look, even if he does, can’t he still be a friendly ghost to have fun with both dead & living?” Rainbow Dash was beginning to lose patience; this big ghost just won’t take a hick on what they are saying. “Rainbow’s right, every pony has fair game, ye can’t just make a different society 'ta cut off from others when ye never know if ye be needing’ help.” Applejack spoke off that no two sides should be cut off for it only divides them further than getting to know one another. “Right, that’s what comes in having friends, they can make us literally explode with enough energy to really surprise us!” Pinkie Pie stated off that from having friends can help make them better from their faults. “Oh please, like Calpepper can do that. His uncles are good, but surprising us is hardly a….” Snicker was about to make a remark over such a claim until…. “Enough Snicker, We’re going, lead ahead!” Kaboomka silenced the minion to not bother and to take him to where Calpepper is. Soon Kaboomka takes the bone cage of Calpepper’s uncles while Snicker’s was seen flying ahead to lead his boss where the friendly ghost is that needs to be taken away. The Mane Six saw the ghost leave, some by force from being caged, but the ponies need to do something before things get out of hand. “We have to get back to the others!” Rainbow Dash issued off that the Mane Six need to quickly return to where the CMC, Spike & Calpepper are before Kaboomka does. “And make sure that Kaboomka sees that Calpepper can be scary from having live friends than not at all.” Rarity issued that the Mane Six need to help the poor colt ghost, or else Calpepper’s fate may become….worse than death. “Right, cause any pony can be a friend if ye try.” Applejack nods that for any, if they try and wanna be friends, then ain’t nothing wrong with that. “Be ghost or no ghost, we’re all the same…sorta.” Pinkie Pie nodded in speaking out this claim, well the Mane Six were different, but they are still ponies even if they are alive and others are dead to be like ghost. “Oh dear, can we even get there in time?” Fluttershy yelped in fearing that the girls may not be able to arrive in time to help Calpepper out. “Gather around, I’ll get us there.” Twilight requested her friends to come around her; she has a way to get them there the quickest, “Comet Run!” And like that, Twilight’s group was engulfed by the spell to be shot off fast paste towards the haunted house before the ghost would. They’ll need to figure out how to really make things count or all is lost, this was not about clearing out the ghost for the orphanage no more, this was about helping to save a friend. ------- The scene now focuses over the skies where Kaboomka still held the bone cage that kept the Three Phantomteers imprisoned while they groan from the uncomfy room. “Once I grab that brat, Cappepper.” Kaboomka was boasting off in what he’ll do once he has Calpepper in his grasp. “It’s back to processing for all of you. For some ‘radical’ retraining,” He pointed what he’ll do to the Phantomteer Trio while shaking their bone cage, much to their worrying discomfort. “HAHAHA-HAHAHAAAHH…” And soon Kaboomka lets off another scary maniacal laughter while he continues to fly off towards his destination.