//------------------------------// // A New Adventure Part 2 - Baboons, Manticore, and Enchantress, Oh my! // Story: The Legends of Magic: Enter the Dragons // by Phantom-Dragon //------------------------------// "Phew. I think we lost them!" Spike panted heavily, while taking a quick peek from behind a tree. Applejack looked up to the sky, pass the tree branches to see flocks of dreadwing bats flying overhead, "Looks like there ain't gonna be any flying from you, Dash," The country pony frowned. "The sky's too clouded out with those bat creatures." "Oh, you think?" Rainbow muttered. "Looks like we'll have to continue the search, on the ground then," Twilight sighed. "So how exactly are we going to find an old castle?" Spyro asked. "By chance, does that book come with a map, or something?" Looking back at her book, Twilight quickly skimmed through the pages, but was unable to find what she was looking for, "It's not in here," She shook her head in dismay. "Of course not. No pony has ever charted the ins and outs of the Everfree Forest," Applejack spoke. "Those who have tried, they were never seen or heard from again." "Well, that's not going to stop the Storm King’s goons from chasing us, now is it?" Spyro pointed to the dreadwings that were flying above. “Or them, either!” Pinkie pointed, to a platoon of baboons, jumping down from the trees, screeching maniacally at the heroes. “Oh goodness!” Fluttershy whimpered. “They found us! What do we do now?” Snarling in irritation, Rainbow Dash stomped the ground with her hoof, “They may have killed Princess Celestia!” She said. “But I didn’t came into this forest just to return to as a prisoner!” The ponies, Spike, and Sparx, all looked at the cyan pegasus in admiration, “Neither will I!” Spyro said, standing proudly by the pegasus’s side. “I’m all fired up for a good thrashing! So let’s do this!” With a kick of his legs, Spyro charged forward, with his horns aiming towards the monkeys. “Yeah!” Rainbow shouted in agreement, as she joined into the fray. Spyro caught one of the baboons with his horns in between the legs, before with a thrust of his head, he flipped the baboon in the air. From that position, Spyro quickly leapt to the air, did a front flip to slam his tail onto the monkey’s head, followed by a tail spin that knocked the baboon into a tree. Defeated, in a flash of light, the baboon's whole body dematerializes into several small multicolored gems. In the meantime, the other baboon lunged towards Spyro, only to be caught mid-air by Rainbow Dash, who tackled the baboon to the ground. Rainbow Dash and the baboon were both tumbling around, on the ground, in a vicious tussle. Rainbow Dash was punching the baboon in the nose repeatedly, with the evil monkey scratching the pegasus by the neck and pulling her on the mane. Then, another baboon dropped down from a branch and onto Rainbow Dash, pulling her by the mane in an attempt to get her off its comrade. “Hey! Get off of me!” Rainbow Dash screamed, jumping and kicking her legs wildly, struggling to get the baboon off. Just then, some ropes were hurled in the air, lassoing Rainbow Dash by the hooves and wings, with a muzzle secured tight around her snout. “Hey!” Pinkie shouted in outrage, pulling out her party cannon. “You can’t do that to my friend!” With a loud bang, Pinkie fires her cannon, blasting an explosive bomb at the baboons, getting them off of Rainbow Dash. With the monkeys gone, Spike quickly went to work, cutting the ropes, freeing Rainbow Dash from her restraints. A baboon was about to hurl some bolas at the pegasus, had Spyro not intervened, ramming his horn to knock the baboon to the side. The baboon quickly retreated with some of its comrades, while Spyro regrouped with the others. “You okay Rainbow Dash?” Spyro asked, as Spike helped the muzzle off her face. “Yeah, I’ll be okay,” The pegasus confirmed. “Don’t be so sure!” Sparx buzzed. “BEHIND YOU!!!” Heeding Sparx’s warning, Spyro and Spike looked behind them to see the danger was far from over. “Look out!!” Spyro shouted, as sticks of dynamites were thrown from the trees and exploded. The baboons have returned. This time, with reinforceds who carry firearms and ammunition. “Watch out for those bombs!” Spyro shouted, holding his good wing, protectively over Spike. “Get behind me!” Twilight said, springing into action, casting a shield spell over herself and her friends, saving them from the explosions. Undeterred, the baboons took out more bombs, lighting up their fuses with the burning matches that were located in a compartment on the baboons’ wristbands. Then, the monkeys hurled their explosives at the heroes. The bombs exploded upon impact with the shield, creating cracks in the spell. Twilight was barely holding on, “I can’t keep this up!” She strained. “Twilight,” Spike looked anxiously at the unicorn, petting her hoof to calm her. “Hang in there, Twily.” Spyro looked at the unicorn, seeing the pain and stress she was in, together with the frightened looks on all the ponies face, and Spike’s. In that moment, the haunting memories of the tragedy he had witnessed from the past came rushing back to Spyro as a tidal wave washing over the dragon, flashing before his eyes. “No!” Spyro muttered. “Not again!” His eyes opened up with determination burning in his eyes. “Spyro?” Applejack looked at the dragon. Before she had time to ask, a bomb exploded, breaking a sizable hole in the shield. Not wasting another second, Spyro leapt through the crack and charged towards the baboons. “SPYRO!!” Everyone shouted after the dragon. Before the baboons readied another wave of bombs, they were caught by surprise when Spyro charged and knocked one of them off its feet with his horns, before the dragon quickly whipped his tail, and sent it flying into the rest of the group. In retaliation, some of the baboons held up their shields, raising their maces and screeched at the top of their lungs, charging into battle. One of the baboons swung his mace at Spyro, hitting the dragon in the face. Shaking the blow off, with a few drops of blood from his bruise, Spyro rammed his horns into the baboon's shield, before dodging another swing of the mace from the baboon, and repeated his horn attack. Another baboon snuck up from behind, raising his mace up, ready to strike the dragon from behind, "Spyro! Behind you!" Sparx buzzed, warning the dragon just in time to duck his head, evading the attack. Not wanting to stand idly by any longer, Spike jumped through the crack and ran after his brother, "Spike, what are you doing? Get back here!" Twilight shouted to the little dragon, who didn't heed to another word from Twilight. "Spike!" As the baboons continue their battle with Spyro, Spike snuck up from behind one of the baboons, took its tail, and with clamped his jaws, hard on it. *CRUNCH "AHH!!!" The baboon screamed, turning around to see Spike puffing his cheeks to blow a raspberry at it. Distracted, the baboon failed to notice Spyro charging from behind, ramming his horns into its bright red buttocks, and sent it flying away. "Nice chomp there, Spike!" Sparx complimented the young dragon, who could only blush in response. One of the baboons was about to throw another stick of dynamite at the dragons, when a rope lasso came flying and swiped it away from the monkey's hand, "Uh uh!" Applejack said in disapproval, while holding the stick. "I don't think so!" "Applejack! Get rid of that!" Twilight screamed, alerting and reminding the rest of the girls of the bomb. "Here Dash! You take it!" Applejack panicked, tossing the bomb to the pegasus's hooves. "No way, you have it!" Rainbow said, returning the bomb back to the pony. "No, it's for you! It's your birthday! Happy birthday!" "No, it's for you! Happy Apple Family Day!" "It's too early for the family reunion!" "Will you girls stop fooling around and just get rid of it?!!" Twilight screamed angrily. "I'll get rid of it!" Pinkie said, taking the bomb away, and puts it in her mouth. "PINKIE!!!" The ponies shouted in horror, just as an explosion went off, muffled in Pinkie's stomach, and she belched up a burst of fire. "Ooh, that's one spicy meat-a-ball!" Pinkie said in an Italian accent, before coughing up a cloud of smoke, much to the other ponies' bewilderment. Back in the fight, both Spyro and Spike have developed a routine in their fight against the baboons. When some of the baboons were fighting against Spyro, Spike would run up to the monkeys and burn their butts from behind, distracting them to turn their shields and mace on the little dragon, thus leaving their behind exposed to Spyro, and vice versa. Spyro flipped a baboon into the air with his horns, before he jumped up, did a front flip to slam his tail down into a Tail Hammer, and smashing the baboon into a flash of light and gems upon impact to the ground. Spike breathed a burst of green fire, burning a baboon's buttock, causing it to yelp as it angrily turned to face the baby dragon. With a second, Spyro slashed his claws at the baboon's butt. "You burn!" Sparx instructed to Spike. "You spank!" He said to Spyro. "You burn! You spank! You burn! You spank! Teamwork dragons! Oh yeah!" "Wow, look at them go!" Pinkie smiled. "It's like they're made for each other!" Rainbow Dash nodded in agreement, before she shook her head, "What are we doing sitting here then?" She said. "Come on! Let's fight! YEAH!!!" With a loud scream, Rainbow Dash flapped her wings, taking flight into the fray, and threw several punches and kicks at the baboons, along with the two dragons. At last, the monkeys have had enough. One of the baboons sounded a call for retreat, in which the entire pack was called back, disappearing in the thickets. "Yeah, that's right!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "Run, or you'll have to deal with me!" Spike breathed a sigh of relief, as he fell to the floor, taking the moment to catch his breath, "Hey Spike," Spyro said, walking over to Spike, putting the tip of his good wing onto Spike's shoulder. "You did great back there," The older dragon complimented. Spike smiled, feeling pleased with himself, "Same as you, Spy," Spike replied. "We do make an awesome team, don't we?" "Hey? What am I? Chopped liver?" Sparx buzzed indignantly. "I was the coordinator for the fight back there!" "Oh chill out, Sparx," Spike smirked. "Of course I included you." "Spike!" Twilight shouted, as she galloped over to inspect the little dragon. "Are you alright? Are you hurt? Do you still have your fingers and toes?" Spike was about to answer, when his eyes widened in alarm, “Twilight! LOOK OUT!!!” But too late. Before the unicorn had time to react, a stick of dynamite combusted in the air, throwing the unicorn off her hooves, screaming into a fissure. “AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” “Twilight!” Spike shouted desperately, as he and the friends all ran to the edge, and looked down to see Twilight, clinging onto a single branch for dear life. "Talk about a cliffhanger," Sparx commented. "Cliffhanger~" Pinkie sang in an operatic voice. "Hanging from the clifffffffffffff~" "PINKIE!!!" Spyro and Spike shouted at the pink pony, getting her back to focus. "Hold on, Sugarcube!" Applejack said, after she finishes securing one end of a rope to a tree stump, and tied the other end around her waist. "I'm coming!" "Do I look like I have a choice?" Twilight frowned, before she felt her hoof slipping. "Hurry! I can't hold on much longer!" Once she was fully secured, Applejack carefully lowered herself down into the fissure, with the others holding onto the other end of the rope. But by the time the rope reached its limit, Applejack was only able to grab onto the tip of Twilight's hoof, "Twilight!" Applejack shouted. "Let go of the branch!" "What?! Why?!" The lavender unicorn shouted. "So I can FALL to my death?" "No, so I can pull you up!" Applejack reassured. "Ya gotta trust me on this, Sugarcube!" "Why should I?" "Sugarcube! I give you the honest truth! It's going to be okay. I'll save you! But you must trust me! Let go of the branch!" Deciding to go for it, Twilight lets go of the branch with her other hoof and makes a quick grab for Applejack's hoof. Using both of her front hooves at once, Applejack heaved Twilight up, allowing the unicorn to wrap her hooves around the country pony's neck and shoulders, "I got her!" Applejack shouted, giving the rope a tug with her tail. "PULL!!!" Spike shouted, as he and the other friends all pulled on the rope, bringing both Applejack and Twilight back up to safer grounds. "Step back everyone! Give them some space!" Rarity beckoned to the group, as Twilight and Applejack were both breathing heavily. "Y'all alright, Twilight?" Applejack asked. In response, Twilight looked up at Applejack with watery eyes and quivering lips. Before Applejack could react, Twilight tackled Applejack and cried on her shoulders, "There, there, Twilight," Applejack said gently, stroking Twilight's mane to calm her. "It's alright. It's alright. Yer safe now." "I owe you my life, Applejack!" Twilight sobbed tearfully, before she looked to see Spike, looking at her worryingly. "Spike!" She wailed, as she scooped up the little dragon and hugged him, together with Spyro, and Sparx. "You guys!" She cried. "Twilight! Get it together!" Spike grunted, as the unicorn squeezes the hug even tighter. "Choking! Not breathing!" Sparx moaned. "Curse me for this genetically tight exoskeleton!" "Ow, my wing!" Spyro groaned. Twilight continued to sob tearfully, "I've never felt so scared in my whole life," She blubbered. "I just...just...you're all I have left!" The unicorn continued her sobbing, and held the boys closer. "Oh you poor thing," Fluttershy whimpered in sympathy, joining in the embrace to comfort the unicorn. "Shhh, everything's gonna be okay, Sugarcube," Applejack said, trying to reassure the unicorn. "We're all in this together." "Til' the end," Rainbow added. "Not to mention we're Equestria's last hope," Sparx buzzed. "Come on, Twilight!" Spike groaned, until he finally manages to slip his way out of Twilight's hooves. "Crying won't solve anything. Remember, what we're here for! And remember why we are doing this!" Twilight slowly calmed herself, with her breathing coming to a steady rhythm. The unicorn released her grip off of the boys, as she wipes the tears from her eyes, "Y-Y-You're right," She sobbed. "I'm sorry." "No need for apologies, Twilight," Spyro said. "Now let's go look for those Elements of Harmony and save everyone and Equestria." The unicorn nodded her head in agreement, as the friends all got back up on their feet, to resume their adventure while keeping their wits about for anymore troubles, be it dreadwings or baboons. Speaking of which, Spike looked back at the site where his brother and friends had their fight with their adversaries. The little dragon was more curious as to why the baboon's bodies had become piles of gems. "Hey, Twilight?" Spike asked. "Any idea why most of the baboons we've defeated earlier all just turn into gems, whenever we beat them?" "Beats me, Spike," Twilight sighed. "I think we're dealing with some powerful magics that are beyond Equestrians." "We'll figure out what sort of hocus locus we're dealing with later," Rainbow said. "Now let's find those Elements of Harmony and give the Storm King's troops and that Nightmare beast a pummeling of a lifetime." Everyone all exchanged agreements with the cyan pegasus. Little did they know, they were all being watch. Ponyville "Knowing his all powerful, high and mightiness," Red grumbled, rolling his eyes in disgust. "The likes of Ponyville is, to put it bluntly, cute for his taste. So let us prepare a proper welcome for his majesty, the Storm King, for when he arrives in Ponyville!" "Cool!" Grubber said in agreement, as he chows down on a slice of apple pie. "Then let's get it started then." "Yes. Let's," The red dragon snarled, snapping his fingers to summon a troop of gnorcs who were carrying stacks of dark crystals that are pulsating with evil magics. Knowing what to do, the gnorcs planted the crystals, into the ground. Grubber watched in shock and awe, as the dark magic flowed from the crystals, into the soils of Ponyville, turning the once colorful, cheerful town, into a desolate, dark land of horror. The trees were twisted in odd shapes, each with a menacing face that formed on the side of their barks. Then, jet black, spiky roots split up from the grounds, intertwining themselves within the houses and streets of the town. The dark clouds above the town trembled, as they grew even more darker. "Whoa, so cool!" Grubber gasped. "Oh please, this is merely a parlor trick," Red sneered. "Imagine the powers we'd be capable of, when we spread more of these beautiful gems, throughout all of Equestria!" To make his point, Red slammed his staff into the ground, in which the dark magics came rushing through his staff, up to the dark gems at the tip, then into the malevolent red dragon himself. "Ah, the power!" The red dragon cackled. Everfree Forest Spyro looked up, sensing trouble back in Ponyville, "Spyro?" Spike asked. "Is everything okay?" "No, it's not!" Spyro replied, gravely. "Look up!" Spike complied, in time to see the clouds above them, growing darker and darker. "That can't be good," Spike frowned. "Gee, what's your first clue, huh?" Sparx asked rhetorically. "The way the clouds are twisting themselves? Or the darker they're getting?" "I spy with my little eye...." "A tree." Applejack answered. Pinkie gasped, "How did you know? Okay, this time, I spy something scary...." "Is it a dreadwing?" Fluttershy whimpered. "Oh please, don't be a dreadwing!" "Nope! Not a dreadwing!" The buttercup pegasus breathed a sigh of relief, "Just an angry manticore." Pinkie said with a smile. "An angry manticore?!!!" Sure enough, standing before them, letting out a thunderous roar, is a ferocious beast that has the body of a lion, wings and ears of a bat, and the tail of a scorpion. The manticore glared at the friends, baring its fangs, before it pounced forward, thrusting its paws out for a slash. Luckily, everyone scattered away from the beast, evading the attack. "He's angry alright!" Sparx buzzed. "And he's taking it out on us!" "Well, he just messed with the wrong dragon!" Spyro snorted, as he got himself into a fight stance. Fluttershy, however, noticed something, "Wait," She said quietly, which of course, nobody listened. With a kick of his legs, Spyro charged towards the manticore, with the beast doing the same thing. At the last second, the manticore lunged forward, snapping its jaws, only for Spyro to curl himself into a ball and rolls underneath the massive beast, where he uncurls himself and rockets himself, thrusting his head into the manticore's stomach, knocking it off balance. The manticore landed on the ground with a tremendous thud, on its back. The beast looked up, in time to see Spyro twisting his body into a front flip to bring his tail onto the beast. But the manticore quickly rolled to the side, evading the tail hammer strike. Once back on its feet, the furious manticore lunged towards Spyro, snapping its jaws at the dragon. "WHOA!!" Spyro yelped, ducking his head just in time to avoid the fangs. "Wait!" Fluttershy spoke, again. Rarity jumped in and kicked her legs out, striking the beast, "Ooh! Right in the schnoz!" Sparx complimented. "Take that you ruffian!" Rarity spatted, before she was replied with a loud angry roar that messed up her hair. "AH! My hair!" With a frighten yelp, the marshmallow unicorn took off running for dear life, with the angry manticore close behind her, when it came to a sudden halt. Everyone all looked up to see Applejack riding on top of the manticore's mane, "Yee-haw!" She hollered. "Get along, little doggy!" "Wait!" Fluttershy spoke up again, a little bit louder this time. "Yeah! Ride 'em, AJ!" Spike cheered for the farm pony, as the manticore jumped around the area, thrashing and shaking itself relentlessly to throw Applejack off. But Applejack was undeterred, as she took out her rope, and lassoed a muzzle around the manticore's snout, "Yee-haw! I'm Filly the Ki-AH!!" Applejack spoke too soon, when the manticore pulled her off its back, by the ropes and started to repeatedly thrash her in its paws, like a tetherball, before it tossed her away. "Yer turn," Applejack pointed to Rainbow Dash. "Thank you," Rainbow dipped her head, before she flapped her wings and took off as a blur of rainbow. "Wait!" Rainbow Dash quickly spins herself around the manticore, trapping it in what looked to be a large tornado of multicolors, landing several kicks and punches on the beast, "How'd you like that, Pussycat?!" Rainbow taunted. "You want a piece of the rainbow, huh? I'll give it to ya! Here! Taste-THIS?" She squeaked, when the manticore finally grabbed her and pinned the pegasus onto the ground. The beast then let out a loud roar in Rainbow Dash's face, causing the pegasus to lose her colors from her face, in fright, "Yipe," She squeaked. "Rainbow!" Spike shouted, before he turned to the group, "All together everyone!" Spike commanded, picking up a stick as he lead the attack. "CHARGE!!!" "WAIT!!!" Fluttershy finally screamed. With that, everyone, including the manticore, all froze in place. Though, Pinkie Pie, being Pinkie Pie, was able to stay in mid-air. Seeing that she has the full cooperation of just about everyone, Fluttershy walked over to the manticore, who let out a threatening roar, snapping its jaws, and thrashed its paws furiously in its attempt to drive Fluttershy away. "Fluttershy! What are you-" Rainbow was silenced, along with the manticore, when Fluttershy shushed them both. "It's okay, it's okay," Fluttershy said sweetly, as she begins to work her magic on gaining the manticore's trust. First, she sniffed one of the beast's paw, beckoning it to reveal a large bruise and several scratch marks on its sole pads, "Oh you poor, poor little baby," The pegasus mare cooed. "Little?" Spyro, Spike, Sparx, and Rainbow Dash all exclaimed in bewilderment. "Pinkie Pie?" Fluttershy called, in which the pink pony arrived to her side in a quick blur of speed. "Do you have the first-aid kit on you?" "You bet!" Pinkie smiled, taking out a first-aid kit from her mane and gave it to the pegasus. "Now hold still. This might sting a little," Fluttershy instructed the manticore, as she went to apply some medicines to the manticore's wounds, before she dons up some dressings and finishes it with a bandage. "There! All better," The manticore suddenly let out a loud roar. "Fluttershy!" Everyone screamed. But thankfully, rather than mauling the pegasus, the manticore expressed its gratitude by giving the pegasus a wet, loving, slobbery lick. Fluttershy giggled, as the manticore purred, "Aw, you're just a cute, little baby kitty aren't you?" She cooed playfully. "Yes you are! Yes you are!" Everyone could hardly believe their eyes, "Wow," Spyro said, finding his voice. "This was....unbelievable." "Hey, it's Fluttershy," Sparx buzzed. "Caring for creatures is her thing." But the celebration was short lived, when a loud bloodcurdling scream filled the air, and the group, plus the manticore, found themselves surrounded by dreadwings. "Well, well, what do we have here?" One of the soldiers snarked. "We heard some flea bitten manticore screaming, as if it had gotten a taste with one of our traps, and we ended up finding some escapees!" "Yeah! And not just any escapees!" Another soldier spatted. "It's Spyro and his little pony friends." "We're gonna enjoy ripping you to pieces, and then we'll tear those little pieces into even more little pieces! Just like you did to our king, Gaul, before you escaped!" "Whoa, Spyro?" Rainbow exclaimed. "What exactly did you do to them?" "What they deserved," Spyro snarled, as he got into fighting stance. "Aw, how cute," The soldiers continued to taunt. "I think I'm getting all emotional, to see how he takes after his old man!" "You don't talk about my dad!" Spyro roared, charging towards the soldier and his dreadwing. The dreadwing countered the dragon's attack, with a strong swipe of its claw, knocking him to the side, where he was rammed by another dreadwing. "Spyro, no!" Spike shouted, holding his claws out desperately for his brother. Spyro was struggling to get up, but the dreadwing above won't let him, as it slammed its feet, pinning the dragon down, "Why you oversize ugly bat!" Rainbow growled, flapping her wings at a burst of speed, flying towards the bat creature. "Get off of him, you!" Rainbow shouted, throwing her hoof out in a punch. Angered, the dreadwing viciously snapped its jaws at the pegasus, allowing Spyro to slip away. Once freed, Spyro didn't hesitant to ram his horns into the dreadwing's head, combined with Rainbow Dash dropping a high kick from above. The other dreadwings sprang to life as they assisted their comrade, "You leave my brother alone!" Spike shouted, picking up some rocks and tossed them at the dreadwings and their riders. "Step aside, Spike," Applejack said, as she picked up some bigger rocks. "Watch how it's done, pony style!" With that, Applejack quickly bucked her legs, firing several rocks at the monstrous bat creatures and their riders. "Take that ya varmints!" Twilight was frantically skimming through a book, before she found what she was looking for, "Got it!" Twilight exclaimed, memorizing the spell and fired a bolt of magic at the dreadwings. "Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah!" Pinkie taunted a dreadwing in a furious rage, as it chased her through the fight. "I'm over here!" Pinkie chirped, appearing from a tree trunk. "Here!" She said, popping her head from a log. "No, no, no. Here!" She said, appearing from behind a boulder. "ENOUGH!!" The rider shouted, as he kicked his dreadwing in the sides, causing the creature to let out an earsplitting scream, which stunned Pinkie Pie and the other heroes, as they covered their ears from the irritating noise. "Owie-ow!" Pinkie groaned. "I like rock n' roll, but that's too much for my ears!" Rainbow said. "Oh goodness!" Fluttershy winced, from her's and Rarity's hiding spot. Having enough, the manticore from before roared thunderously, before it pounced towards the dreadwing, slashing and biting to silence the creature, knocking the rider off in the process. Just as the rider was about to get up, he was pinned down by Applejack, "Where do ya think you're going, bub?" She frowned, eyeing down the baboon in disdain. Hidden in his helmet, the rider smirked deviously, "Um, AJ?" Spike asked. "Do you get the feeling he knows something we don't?" Trusting her intuition, Applejack turned her head, looking at the branches in the trees, eyes wide, "Ah, shoots! Reinforcements!" She shouted in alarm. And sure enough, jumping from the covers of the trees, cackling menacingly at the heroes and the manticore are a whole platoon of baboons. "Oh, enough already!" Rainbow groaned. "Where are they all coming from?!" "There's just too many of them!" Fluttershy whimpered. "SOMEBODY HELP US!!!" Rarity wailed desperately. And sure enough, answering Rarity's call for help, stood a tall hooded figure, with glowing yellow eyes that pierced from the darkness of their hood. "It's the evil enchantress!" Pinkie screamed. Everyone watched as the enchantress walked her way towards the fight, and spoke, "Rise and fight!" Before anyone could respond, a loud bellow was heard, "Boom shock-a-lacka!" Everyone turned their heads to see, what appeared to be a tiki-masked creature, raising his staff in the air, firing beams of energy onto the dreadwings and baboons, shocking most them until they exploded in flash of lights and gems. The Storm King's troops and dreadwings were all too surprised to notice a little creature snuck up from behind them. By the time they noticed, it was too late. And the once little creature became a huge menacing monster that violently thrashed the baboons and the dreadwings as if they were rag dolls. "Uh, know any of these guys?" Spyro asked the ponies. "Nope," Applejack shook her head. "Can't say we have." "Oh, I do!" Pinkie chirped. "They're.....Oh, wait....I don't," The friends all face faulted at Pinkie's cluelessness. "Well, whoever they are," Spyro began. "They're obviously our friends, if they're fighting our enemies." All the heroes could do was watch as the two newcomers fought off their enemies, until at last, the baboons retreated into the thickets of the Everfree Forest. But not before most of them collected the gems that were left behind by their fallen comrades. Then, the two creatures looked at the heroes as they stood by the enchantress's sides, "Come with us," The enchantress spoke. "We have much to discuss."