3 February 20XX...
In the Castle of Friendship's Library, Twilight was busy writing down and signing on lots and lots of fan mails and documents. Metalgear was cleaning and brushing off the dusts Often times, she has some of her quills break, which Spike responded by giving another one.
As the Princess of Friendship continued writing the reply, Spike yelped in surprise as he felt something funny in his stomach. He burped and burst out the green flames, which almost shot at her face. She luckily dodged the attack. The green flames formed and popped out of the scroll, it landed on Twilight's hooves
Spike sighed in relief, "Aw, thank goodness. I thought I had too many deep-fried gems."
"I warned you not to, remember?" Metalgear shouted as he was flying and dusting off the books.
Twilight giggled a bit as she opened and read the letter. She smiled, "It's from my parents! Spike, they won a Zeppelin Air Mobile Platform and get to take the whole family!" She gasped, "Maybe, it'll be perfect for Shadow Dragon's C.N.Y.! The mobile air platform has those events for five straight days!"
Spike smiled, "Awesome!" He stopped for the moment as he realized of what Twilight has said. He asked, "What's C.N.Y.?"
"China's New Year!" Twilight answered happily. She then stopped in realization. She looked at the pile of fan mails and documents. She sighed as she continued writing down the fan mails and documents, "I wish I had time to go with them, but there's just too many princess duties I have to take care of."
"Come on, Twilight. Even Princess Celestia takes a break sometimes, and she raises the sun." Spike insisted in concern.
Twilight ignored Spike's concerns as she continued working. Spike was annoyed by her ignorance of his concerns. He stretched himself out. He began to push and move his adopted parent out, which shocked and surprised her.
"You need a vacation!" Spike insisted firmly, "C.N.Y is the vacation for you to spend some time with yours and his family. You know get to know each other before getting married?" Twilight nodded in agreeing with him. He smiled, "I can keep track of the friendship log, boost community morale, and answer fan mail for a few days."
"On contrary, I'll handle the duty, Spike," Metalgear said happily as he pushed Spike to the front. He smiled, "You just leave everything to me while you all enjoy five holidays of C.N.Y. After all, tomorrow is the eve of China's New Year. It's the Family Reunion's Dinner."
"Are you sure, Metalgear?" Twilight asked curiously.
Metalgear smiled and nodded happily, "Do not worry, princess. You can count on me and Metal Ponies. We can handle it for days. After all, we androids do not require foods and drinks fore refreshment. Just couple of electrical batteries for us to recharge."
Spike smirked, "Can't argue you with that."
Twilight nodded, "I guess I could use a little time off from being a princess. Thanks, Metalgear. We've gotta tell the others about it! And then, we gonna go pack everything neatly into one suitcase!" And just before she could leave, she asked curiously, "Mobile Air Platforms have activities, right?! I should probably make a schedule?!"
Spike smirked, "Probably, you should. Just in case if anyone tried to book and take over it."
Twilight smiled, "Good point!. Let's go!"
Twilight and Spike headed off to find the rest and informed them about their China's New Year at for the Zeppelin Mobile Air Platform.
At the lounge, Shadow Dragon was instructing the Metal Ponies of how to set up the China's New Year decoration, which included the red cloths around the areas, setting up the Chinese Lanterns on the ceilings, Cherry & Peach Blossoming Flowers on vases, boxes of candies and chocolate bars, Chinese Tea sets, couple origami of 12 Chinese Zodiac, firecrackers, couple of candles and poppers, Chinese Lion Dance and drum sets, and many more.
Shadow Dragon was designing and writing down of Chinese Language on the long red Chinese Scroll. After he finished it, both Lance and Nyx, using their wings to fly, grab and hold the scroll up and attached it to the ceiling. They landed on the ground and regrouped with Shadow Dragon. Metal Ponies also joined the group as well. They looked at the designed Chinese Scroll, which revealed with '明智勇敢的贵龙年' with the symbol of golden dragon symbol on bottom, top of the long white square with Chinese 'Fortune' Patterns and a large 'Light' and 'Dark' Symbol formed together into Yin-Yang Symbol.
Everyone awed in amazement and surprise of what they were looking at. They smiled happily and proudly to see the complete C.N.Y. decoration.
Nyx sighed, "Wow. Who knew decoration could be so hard?"
Lance smiled, "Where's the fun with that, sis? This year is gonna be perfect for us to enjoy!"
"Yup. This is only the beginning, kids." Shadow Dragon said proudly and happily, "We're gonna bring two sides of family together for this year's celebration!" He sighed as he thought of something else, "It would be the perfect time for me to do it with her."
"Hey, guys!" Twilight greeted happily. Shadow Dragon and the children looked up and found her and Spike climbing down the stairs. She smiled, "Nice decoration! Everyone would love it!"
Shadow Dragon grabbed and hugged Twilight passionately and happily. They then departed. He asked, "What is it, Twi?"
Twilight smiled, "You're gonna love what my parents did for us and our families. It's perfect for China's New Year!"
On the next day's afternoon; Twilight, Shadow Dragon and the children met up with her family. They're all heading straight to the Zeppelin Mobile Air Platform, where the rest of pony passengers were going and entering it for their relaxing vacation.
"Oh, gee. I am really looking forward to a relaxing vacation." Twilight Velvet said happily.
Night Light scoffed as he whispered to his daughter, "Watch out. She won't admit it, but when your mother says 'relaxing vacation', she means 'doing something crazy'. Last time, she ended up bungee-jumping over Luna Bay!"
"Really? Is she alright? Did she get hurt or something?!" Nyx asked curiously.
Night Light smiled before patted Nyx's mane, "Don't worry about your granny. She survived anything worst than that. And trust me, nothing can kill her especially surviving the dragon's wrath when she gets curious about it and getting the jewel from it. I'd tell you she scared me more than that dragon. I hate to imagine it."
"Wow. That is crazy," Lance commented, "I'd never met and heard someone would be brave and crazy to do that."
Spike shrugged, "You have no idea."
"Trust me. Where else Twilight gets curiosity and bravery from, other than me being cautious and protective father," Night Light joked.
"What was that, hon?" Twilight Velvet asked curiously.
Night Light yelped, "Oh, I was, uh, just telling Twilight about my new, uh, bingo strategy book! It's a, heh, real page-turner!"
Twilight Velvet giggled a bit, "You and your bingo, honey."
"Well, I know my father would loved the game," Shadow Dragon said happily, "He's quite competitive when it comes to any sports or games."
Night Light awed, "Ooh! I can't wait to start."
Shining Armor smiled, "Oh, I can't wait to get on this zeppelin platform and fly like a Pegasus!"
"Really?" Twilight asked amusingly, "I remember you getting airsick on Admiral Fairweather's Wild Ride at Pony Island."
Everyone sans Twilight and her family was in shock and surprise by her comments. They turned and looked at Shining Armor amusingly and slyly. This made him uneasy and worried. He don't like the looks of them especially Shadow Dragon.
"Air sickness?" Shadow Dragon asked amusingly. He chuckled a bit, "I can't wait to try on you."
Shining Armor scoffed, "Oh, please! I grew out of airsickness a long time ago."
"Uh huh. And Lance got over his seasickness," Shadow Dragon joked.
Lance groaned, "Hey! That is so not funny, dad!"
"Yeah, yeah. Keep telling yourself," Nyx remarked amusingly.
Spike nodded, "Yeah. You still get seasickness. I wonder if he gets airsickness."
"One way to find out," Nyx said playfully.
"Hey! I heard that!" Lance snapped in annoyance.
Twilight and all of her family got boarded into the ship. They saw and found Tao's Family near to the entrance. They were chatting and muttering happily especially both Tao and Mama Heart were arguing and shouting at each other. They went and greeted happily to Shadow Dragon's family.
"It's great to see you again, father!" Shadow Dragon said happily.
Tao smiled and commented happily, "It's great to see you too, son! We're now doing the China's New Year together again!" He turned and looked at Twilight's family. He smiled, "And this must be Twilight's family. I have to say putting all of us together in one platform is a great idea for getting to know and befriending."
"So, that's his father?" Night Light asked curiously. Twilight nodded happily. He hummed, "I thought he'd be younger as me."
Twilight giggled, "Dad, he's a Mystic Pony. He's supposed to be old. He's over 3,000-years-old. Not every Mystic Ponies like to retain their young appearance, some use the old or adult forms."
"I see. Good point," Night Light nodded happily. He then shook Tao's and Dragon Kick's hoof, "Nice to meet the father and brother of my little angel's boyfriend!"
Tao laughed a bit as he shook the hoof back, "The honor is mine, Mr. Night Light."
Dragon Kick cleared his throat while shaking Night Light's hoof, "Actually, I'm his cousin, though I act like one. But I am honored to meet you too!"
Twilight Velvet spotted Mama Heart patted her son's head gently. She gasped, "Oh my! Are you Mr. Tao's wife?"
Mama Heart gasped in shock as she looked back at Twilight Velvet, "Billy goat's wife?! T-That's ridiculous! I would never be his junk wife!"
Annoyed and angered by Mama Heart's insult, Tao turned and glared at her, "I'll show you who's junk, octopus lady!"
Mama Heart groaned, "I'd like to see you try!"
Tao and Mama Heart groaned and roared angrily at each other, making Dragon Kick yelped in concern. He jumped in between them as he shouted and pleaded them not to start the fight. Night Light and Twilight Velvet looked surprise and shock of what they just saw. Nevertheless, they tried to talk and calm them down from fighting.
Mighty, Lance, Nyx, Jade and Spike groaned, "Here we go again..."
Shining Armor whistled, "Wow. That was tense. Have they always been like this?"
Princess Cadance rocked Flurry Heart while shaking her head, "Since ever. They never ever change or grow up from their silly rivalry."
Twilight giggled a bit, "Well, at least, they're getting along well."
Shadow Dragon smiled and nodded a bit, "I suppose it's better than nothing."
The announcer's speaker activated and announced assertively and rudely, "I hope you ponies feel welcomed aboard, because you are!"
Ponies looked and chatted in surprise about the announcer's way of welcoming his guests to the platform. This is unusual and surprise.
"Well, that was an... assertive welcome." Shadow Dragon commented uneasily.
Twilight hummed thoughtfully, "Where have I heard that voice come from?"
Twilight, Shadow Dragon and their families marched and headed to the platform's entrance. Unknown to them, some ponies looked happy and amaze as they glanced at the families for unknown reasons. With everyone boarded on the platform, it activated and flew off to the sky, beginning its journey to travel around the Equestria Realm now.
Both Twilight and Shadow Dragon's family have entered a large well-designed hotel room-like that is filled with many bedrooms, Chinese decorations, peace and cherry blossoming flower vases, living room, kitchen and library. They all chatted and awed in amazement of what they saw.
"This is so awesome," Jade said happily as she jumped and landed on the sofa, "This is relaxing..."
Nyx nodded in agreement, "Yeah! We really got an awesome room especially if it's C.N.Y. designs. A perfect fitting for all of us."
Lance nodded happily, "You've said it."
"Grape soda," Mighty said happily as he grabbed and drank it, "My favorite drink."
Mama Heart sighed as she leaned on the mechanical relaxing chair, "I feel so relax. I can finally enjoy my vacation."
"Not bad, I supposed," Tao remarked dryly as he sat down on his sofa chair. He hummed thoughtfully of how good and effective the room especially with Chinese Decoration. He then noticed something funny about items' symbol - '乐'. He groaned in annoyance as he changed and wrote down on it, "They've got the wrong Chinese Characters! That is not for China's New Year! It's '幸福'! These are the right ones! Honestly! Can't even get the right of our Chinese words! It's insulting! And not to mention, the writing is horrible!"
Night Light and Twilight Velvet looked at Dragon Kick, who shrugged and smiled uneasily, "My uncle can be stubborn and strict with tradition."
"I see. He reminds me of my little girl a lot when it comes to follow rules and tradition," Night Light laughed a bit as he sat down his chair, "Guess this is what it's like to be big-time prize winners. I just wish I could remember what contest we won."
"Say what?" Spike asked in surprise. Twilight, Shadow Dragon, Lance and Nyx were surprised as well.
Twilight asked, "You don't know where this prize came from?
Twilight Velvet shrugged, "When somepony offers you a free vacation, you just sign the paperwork and don't ask questions!"
"Especially when it means we all get to fly off together." Night Light commented happily.
Mama Heart sighed as she still feel relax on the chair, "I agreed. No risk, no reward."
"Sounds suspicious to me..." Tao remarked dryly as he was changing and writing down on symbols, "And not to mention, these symbols are insulting to C.N.Y.!"
"Either way, what should we do first?" Night Light asked curiously, "I've always wanted to try some Chinese Activities and some event."
Twilight Velvet nodded, "I heard that Chinese Cuisine are delicious and best!"
Twilight smiled as she levitated the platform's schedule out, "Well, I did categorize the ship's activities and make a schedule organized by each of our interests, and not to mention, combining with Shadow Dragon's C.N.Y. Relative Visits for five straight days." She then shown the 'Bingo' activity period, "Dad, you're easy. Bingo competition right here."
Night Light smiled, "Oh, I just love how the numbers and letters are organized in their little boxes. It's so satisfying."
"Ooh! I would like to enter the Bingo too," Mama Heart said, "I'm the champion, and better than that billygoat."
Tao groaned in anger and annoyance, "I'll show you who's the champion! I will win this competition! You can count on it again! Tao never lose!"
Mama Heart laughed sinisterly, "We'll see, billygoat. Bring it on."
Night Light gulped, "Wow. T-This is something. Competition is getting tense now..."
Twilight Sparkle turned to her older brother, "Shining Armor, they've got a tiny boat race in a tiny pool here."
"Hmm... That looks fun," Spike commented.
Shining Armor smiled and nodded, "Aw, sis. Only you would remember I love tiny things."
"Can't wait to try it. Sounds fun," Jade said happily.
Mighty laughed a bit, "Me too. It's better than riding the boat."
"And Cadance, there's a Peewee Princess Playtime here that Flurry's gonna love!" Twilight said happily.
"Did you hear that, cousin?" Nyx asked happily as she was holding and rocking Flurry Heart. The baby babbled and giggled happily. She continued, "We're gonna have some fun at Peewee Princess Playtime!"
Princess Cadance smiled, "Oh, wonderful!"
Twilight Velvet hummed thoughtfully as she looked at the schedule carefully, "This barrel jumping at Neighagra Falls sounds interesting."
"Are you sure that's a good idea, Mrs. Sparkle?" Dragon Kick asked in concern, "It sounds dangerous."
Lance nodded, "Yeah. No offense. I think you should do something else."
"Are you saying I'm weak and coward to do the stunt, boys?" Twilight Velvet asked playfully and darkly as she turned and glared at them. Both Dragon Kick and Lance looked worry and uneasy when she looked scary at them. She continued, "Well, I challenged two boys to do this stunt!"
"WHAT?!" Dragon Kick and Lance yelped and asked in fear and concern.
"Go ahead, Kicker. You do your own stunt when you're working for the Mighty Lee," Jade commented amusingly.
Nyx giggled, "Yeah. The courageous and heroic Lance can do the awesome
Twilight smiled happily as she levitated and pinned the platform's schedule on the walls, "I just want to see you all have a good time. And this works out perfectly, because we have room for the one thing I wanna do!" She levitated and shown the book before her families. She opened and revealed the picture of shooting stars, "Our air mobile platform passes the Frozen North at sunset, which is the only time you can see the astrological phenomenon known as the Northern Stars. It's like the stars are shooting out of the setting sun!"
Everyone awed in amazement and surprise while looking at the book.
"Well, we definitely don't want to miss that." Shadow Dragon said calmly. He sighed, "This might be the only one chance I have to get with her."
"Then it's settled." Twilight said happily. "If I'm not mistaken, we're gonna have family reunion dinner, right?"
Shadow Dragon nodded, "I hope you're ready for Chinese Cuisines. It's gonna be the best."
"Certainly, not the worst," Tao complained dryly as he threw some black shirts with white skulls out of the windows. He scoffed, "They'd better not put something funny to our China's New Year! And the food better be Chinese Cuisine, not westerns! Using black and white colors before and during the New Year is disrespect! They were meant for funeral!"
Everyone looked at Shadow Dragon, who laughed and shrugged innocently and uneasily about his adopted father's complains about China's New Year.
At the Fearsome Five's Fortress of Dark Mystic Realm, Fearsome Five are a completely mess and disorder. Titanus is dead. Killerdestroyer's soul dispersed while his armors are being restored and repaired to the original forms. Venom Death was training and strengthened his skills and abilities. Devil Destroyer has once again left the gang for his personal reasons.
Dragoclaw remained still in his personal chamber. He did nothing but growling and snarling darkly and angrily. He even muttered 'Yami' & 'Zerstor' for odd reasons. Dark Curse and Maul have arrived and entered the chamber.
"What seems the problem, Maul?" Dark Curse demanded darkly.
"Ever since Shadow Dragon and those fools resealed Demon God back to his imprisonment, he keeps on muttering about 'Yami' and 'Zestor'." Maul said calmly. He then whispered to him, "Think he remembers his past?"
Dark Curse hummed calmly and darkly, "Maybe... We just have to wait and see."
Maul nodded, "Should we tied him up or something, my lord? Making sure he doesn't destroy us."
Dark Curse scoffed, "Leave him be, Maul. Even if he does regain his memories, he has his eyes on one enemy. Whether he succeeds his mission or not, he still can provide us the advantages to achieve our goals."
"Whatever you say, boss," Maul said amusingly.
Dark Curse and Maul turned and left Dragoclaw alone for muttering to himself. The mechanical dragon warrior-like growled angrily and scarily as his eyes glowed in dark red light. He muttered darkly of one or three words.
"Must... Find... Yami..."
In the evening, Twilight, Shadow Dragon and their families have gathered at the dinning hall. They weren't alone as more ponies from Canterlot and China have also joined for their family reunion dinner as well. All of them were sitting down and ate their Chinese Cuisine dinner, consisting of various fruits and vegetable dumplings, Bak Choy Buns, Fried Dumplings, Ginger Soup and so on. They enjoyed their dinner very much.
And at the same time, the dinning hall's floors began to transform and made some transparent view of Equestria Realm. They all enjoyed the view very much.
While two families were enjoying their dinners, they also chatted playfully and happily to each other. Night Light talked with Tao and Mama Heart about enjoying sports and games including bingo, mahjong and poker games. Twilight Velvet talked with Dragon Kick, Mighty Heart and the children about her wild adventures and crazy stunts during her vacation. It shocked and surprised them all. Shining Armor looked weak and sick whenever he looked down. Princess Cadance giggled a bit as she helped and looked after her husband and baby.
Shadow Dragon and Twilight looked please and happy to see both sides of their families getting along well. Nothing bad has happen to them now.
"Enjoying you dinner, sir?" The calm yet funky voice asked.
"Yeah. We do. Our families got along well," Shadow Dragon said calmly as he looked up. He looked surprise as he found three familiar ponies were now waiters. He gasped, "You guys again?"
"Wow! Boss, long time no see!" DJ Red greeted happily.
Shades smiled, "How have you been?"
Clumsy Rat nodded as he showed off new plates of Chinese Cuisines, "Like the Chinese Food? I like the Seaweed Dumpling."
Twilight sighed happily, "This ought to be good. Everything seems to be fine. Nothing could ruin our vacation."
However, their vacation for China's New Year have went wrong suddenly. The announcer making an unusual yet random and embarrassing announcements. Twilight, Shadow Dragon and their families noticed lots and lots of ponies have come and surrounded them. Some readied with cameras and autograph booklets. Others worn some T-shirts and cosplays, which involved of two princesses, their husbands and the children. Most of them chatted and talked with them about their lives and stuffs.
The ponies' surrounding and chatting with two families have made them uneasy and uncomfortable. Night Light and Twilight Velvet enjoyed talking and answering the fans' questions and chat. Tao, Mama Heart and Dragon Kick were uneasy and irritated as they unable to eat their lunch. Mighty, as usual, was camera shy and muttered uneasily. Jade and Spike enjoyed bragging and talking about themselves and family. Lance and Nyx did their best to smile and be nice to them. Shining Armor, Princess Cadance and Flurry Heart looked uneasy yet did their best to smile to the crowd.
This uncomfortable and disruptive have not only ruined their families' vacation, but irritated both Twilight and Shadow Dragon.
"Okay, that's it!" Shadow Dragon snapped in anger, causing the ponies to back off. He groaned, "I don't know what's going on, but I don't like someone messing up with our family's holiday!"
Twilight nodded. "Agreed. No one messes with our vacation! Does anypony know where the platform announcer is?"
DJ Red, Clumsy Rat and Shades raised their hooves uneasily, making both Shadow Dragon and Twilight to glare at them. They gulped fearfully as they helped and led the couple to the location of platform announcer.
DJ Red and his gang led Twilight and Shadow Dragon to the platform's bridge. Both of them were still annoyed and angered about their ruined vacation.
"They're mad, right?" Clumsy Rat asked in concern.
DJ Red nodded fearfully, "Definitely."
"Boss is gonna lose his cool," Shades said in concern.
"Excuse me, sir." Twilight demanded.
The familiar Minotaur slowly turned and looked at both couples with a smile, "You can call Iron Will 'Iron Will'!"
"Who the hell are you?!" Shadow Dragon demanded.
"Iron Will!" Twilight snapped in anger, "What are you doing here? And why do you keep announcing random things about me and my family?"
"The assertiveness seminar market dried up," Iron Will explained, "so Iron Will started a new career organizing themed vacation packages!"
"I don't like it..." Shadow Dragon said in concern.
Twilight nodded fearfully, "And the theme of this vacation is..."
Iron Will pressed the red button and convey announcement through microphone, "Everypony, stomp your hooves if you are here for the premiere Platform of the Princesses Experience for China's New Year!"
Twilight and Shadow Dragon looked at the window, where they found ponies cheering and stomping their hooves wildly and happily for their vacation. And they even found the banners unfolding down and revealed the pictures of princesses.
"They're mad," DJ Red, Clumsy Rat and Shades remarked in fear.
Back at his meditation chamber, Dragoclaw grew and became restless and uneasy as he growled in anger. In his head, he could see unusual numerous visions that has nothing to do with him, but another person.
The first vision involved of a mysterious muscular Spartan Warrior-like was training and sparring with the black warrior. The second was about them sharing the drinks and having fun with their allies. Third was about them fighting off and battling the army of Mystic God and his Mystic Guardians. Fourth involved of him making ad having fun with his own family. Fifth revealed the mysterious Spartan Warrior lost his temper and unleash rage after witnessing the death of his family. Final vision unfolded both Spartan Warrior and Black Warrior battled bloodily and ferociously until one of them must fall.
Awakening from his visions, Dragoclaw panted heavily as he is becoming restless and uneasy. He then growled softly and darkly.
"Yami... Must... Find... Him!"
Dragoclaw stood up and exited the meditation chamber. He then flew off to find and hunt down 'Yami' without the order of his master. Unknown to him, he was being spied and eavesdropped by Maul. The Demon Changeling King chuckled evilly and sinisterly as he flapped his wing and chased after him.
Twilight and Shadow Dragon managed to escape the crazy fan ponies while they gathering both families and Iron Will to their room. They have serious discussion involving Iron Will using the vacation theme on the family without their permission. The families were angry with him.
Twilight snapped in anger, "Iron Will, I'm not sure it was entirely honest of you to offer this cruise to my family without telling us that ponies bought tickets just to see Cadance and me!"
Shadow Dragon glared at DJ Red, Clumsy Rat and Shades, "Did you three know about this?!"
"NO, SIR!" DJ Red, Clumsy Rat and Shades exclaimed in fear.
Iron Will huffed as he shown his documents to the families, "Iron Will outlined all the details of the cruise in the Prize Acceptance and Consent Form that you signed."
Twilight Velvet levitated and read the document. She laughed uneasily, "Well, when somepony offers you a free vacation, who reads the fine print?"
"Are you kidding me?!" Tao and Mama Heart exclaimed in anger and frustration, "ONE MORE THING! This is unacceptable!"
"Like it or not, Iron Will prides himself on providing a quality vacation experience." Iron Will said firmly, "But if Twilight Sparkle and her family don't want it, Iron Will can cancel the cruise and break the hearts of every princess-adoring pony on board."
Angered by his manipulation and blackmail, Shadow Dragon grabbed and slammed a punch on Iron Will to the walls hard. He screamed in anger as he launched multiple hard punches on the Minotaur's face. The families yelped in shock and concern.
Jade gulped, "Oh boy! That's not good."
Nyx nodded, "Yeah. My dad is really angry."
Spike sighed, "Some ponies just have to piss him off."
"You bloody son of a bitch!" Shadow Dragon snapped in anger. Lance, Dragon Kick and Shining Armor quickly stopped and held him back at once. He screamed, "Do you have any idea of what you have done?! Do you have any idea of how important the C.N.Y. is to me and my family?! Do you have any idea how tired and busy we all have?! All we want is some peace and quiet vacation! And you ruined it! I'll kill you now!"
"Easy, dad! Don't do something stupid! He's not worth it!" Lance, Dragon Kick and Shining Armor exclaimed in concern and unison while calming Shadow Dragon down, "Forget about it. Just ignore him!"
Iron Will coughed painfully and heavily while spitting some bloods out, "Damn it. Iron Will gotta learn not to make Mystic Ponies angry."
"As much as I want a family vacation," Princess Cadance said in concern while looking at her baby, "I don't think I could entertain all these cruise ponies. My hooves are pretty full taking care of Flurry Heart."
Nyx nodded, "Yeah. We came here to relax, not do duty."
Twilight Velvet sighed, "I guess we were just so excited by the idea of a family cruise."
"Maybe we should go home and celebrate our China's New Year." Mighty suggested, "I mean, it's peace and quiet for us to enjoy rather than here. If you wanted it."
Tao and Mama Heart nodded, "I think it's better. Home is best place to have our vacation."
Night Light sighed in disappointment, "All right. I guess we better turn this mobile air platform around."
After thinking about her family and other ponies, Twilight didn't want to upset or disappoint them because she wanted them to be happy and enjoy their vacation, even though she wanted vacation. She gave some thoughts of how to not upset them. She gasped in realization as she has the idea.
"Wait!" Twilight spoke. Everyone looked at her. She continued, "Iron Will, what if I offered you a deal? If I agree to do whatever princess activities you want, will you promise that my family gets to do the activities they want?"
Everyone gasped in shock and concern by Twilight's proposal.
"No!" Shadow Dragon protested, "You don't have to do this. We want you to enjoy yourself, too."
Shining Armor nodded, "Yeah. This is family reunion gathering and get-to-know. And besides, it's not worth it."
"Please, mummy, don't do this," Nyx pleaded.
Spike nodded, "Yeah! You need vacation, not another assignment!"
"I know. But I don't want the vacation to end now or let down all these ponies who were looking forward to seeing us." Twilight said calmly. Though everyone is not keen to the idea, they reluctantly agreed since they're already board on mobile air platform and China's New Year could start tomorrow. She smiled and looked at Iron Will, "So what do you say, Iron Will? Do we have a deal?"
After some thinking, Iron Will smiled and shook Twilight's hoof, "Princess Twilight has a deal!"
Twilight smiled as she released from shaking his hand, "Great! So it looks like we have some time before Dad plays Bingo for tomorrow morning."
Iron Will cleared his throat, "Actually, we have just enough to pick the winner of our grand-prize raffle."
"Oh. Well..." Twilight said in shock before chuckled, "who doesn't like prizes?"
"Hold on a second! Iron Will, may I say something before you go?" Shadow Dragon said firmly. Iron Will turned and looked at him. He gave the dark glare at him while pulling the Minotaur's beard down. He continued, "If you even think about disrupting our family time on this cruise, well..." He held Dragoking's Summoner Gem, which was hissing. He snapped darkly, "...you'll just have to talk it out with the complaint department."
Iron Will gulped nervously, "Uh...Iron Will will do whatever you say!"
Shadow Dragon smirked as he left go of Iron Will's beard before kicked him out. The Minotaur muttered angrily and grumbling as he exited the room door. DJ Red, Clumsy Rat and Shades laughed uneasily as they headed off at once.
"Was that necessary?" Twilight asked.
Shadow Dragon smirked as he nuzzled Twilight's face, "Just giving him the warning if he tried to be funny again. That's all. Nothing to worry. Just make you easy for your vacation."
Twilight sighed, "I supposed so. Thanks, Shadow Dragon. You're the best."
Shadow Dragon smiled, "I know."
Throughout whole day and night, Dragoclaw was searching thoroughly across the Equestria Realm for hunting down 'Yami'. If anyone tried to get in his way, he just have to ram and defeat them while continued his searching. Maul was following the Demon General from behind while hiding within the clouds. He sensed someone was contacting him via Mental Link as he responded to it.
"Maul, I was wondering where you have disappeared to since I only found your two top lieutenants - Rippersnapper and Snarl," Dark Curse's voice said dryly and darkly, "What are you doing now?"
Maul laughed amusingly, "Keeping an eye on Dragoclaw. Looks like he's gone mad to find and hunt down Yami about his visions."
"I'd never thought you'd be concern of him?"
"I don't. Just making sure that idiot don't ruin our master plans. Not to mention, you've said that he's important arsenal. We have come so far to reach our accomplishment."
"Yes. What you said is true. However, Dragoclaw belongs to us. He will not betray us, even though he may learn the truth of himself. The enemy will be him, not us."
"I'm aware of that. But anything happens to him, I'll bust and save his ass."
"I see. Well-played. Make sure he comes back in one piece."
"Will do."
Dark Curse's voice has been silenced since he disconnected his Mental Link with Maul. The Demon Changeling King continued flying and following after Dragoclaw.
On the next day, two families have awaken up early in the morning. Shadow Dragon and his family are preparing for the first day of China's New Year. All of them were now at the living chamber. Tao was sitting down on his cushion. Shadow Dragon, Dragon Kick, Lance, Nyx, Spike and Jade were squatting down while holding cups of tea.
Twilight, her family, Mama Heart and Mighty were standing aside to watch the event.
"Ooh! I wonder what they're doing," Twilight Velvet asked curiously.
Twilight smiled, "They're doing the tea ceremony. Each family members must present a cup of tea to the elder, grandparents and parents for the symbol of respect and love as well as said some humble and gentle words to them. And in return, you get the red packet."
"Red packet? What's inside the red packet?" Shining Armor asked curiously.
Princess Cadance giggled, "Bits."
"Wow..." Shining Armor looked surprise and amazement, "That's something. I thought it should be present or something else."
Twilight giggled, "Shining Armor, giving red packet to the children is considered as gifts. It doesn't matter how much it got from inside, but how much the ponies care and love you."
Night Light sighed, "That is so sweet."
"Yuck," Mama Heart groaned in disgust, "Billygoat can't even afford that lots of money to give his grandchildren."
"Mother. Be gentle," Mighty scolded Mama Heart firmly.
One-by-one, each of them present the cup of tea and said nice things to Tao before receiving the red packet. They did the same thing to Shadow Dragon, Twilight and her family, and even even Mama Heart as well. All of them received their own red packets. Spike and Jade looked greedily as they got their own red packets while Lance and Nyx remained calm and humble with it. Everyone was happy with it.
"Well, that ends with the tea ceremony, we'd better get going now," Tao said happily before grumbled, "If only that stupid Minotaur hadn't ruin our China's New Year, we would have some games to play while looking and visiting some cousins of ours for chats and gifts."
Mama Heart scoffed and agreed, "Tell me about it."
"Save the argument later, you two. Let's get going," Shadow Dragon said firmly.
The families met up with Iron Will at the deck stage, where they all are facing to the crowd for announcing the prize. The Minotaur grabbed and held the microphone stand as he began to announce.
"All right, cruise ponies! When the zeppelin flies, it's time for a prize!" Iron Will announced proudly. Shadow Dragon stomp his hoof hard on the ground, scaring the Minotaur off. He gulped, "And of course, whoever wins the grand prize, he or she will be spending five whole days with Twilight as an honorary member of her family!"
"WHAT?!" Twilight, Shadow Dragon and Tao demanded in anger, scaring off Iron Will. They asked in anger, "Is this some kind of a joke?!"
Iron Will gulped, "Nope. It's real deal."
Shadow Dragon hissed, "That's it. We're gonna-!"
"We're gonna be honored to have anyone to be our honorary member to our family!" Twilight exclaimed happily, shocking the families and even Shadow Dragon. He was about to argue, but she shushed him. She continued through the microphone, "So, Thank you all for being so gracious and respectful to me and my family. And now, without further ado, the winner is..."
Using her magic, Twilight searched through the barrel of papers. She picked one of them up before unfolded and announced, "Star Tracker!"
Ponies clopped and stomped their hooves happily on the ground. The purple Earth Pony with three freckles on each sides of cheek, yellow mane and tail with white streaks and his cutie mark was a large star with three huts worn a necklace-like with Twilight's cutie mark symbol. He looked happy and excited but nervous as well. He climbed up to the stage, where he face to them.
Twilight smiled, "Congratulations, Star Tracker! Welcome to our family, honorary family member."
Star Tracker laughed nervously, "Thank you, I'm honored. I'll do my best to be good family member!"
"You're not serious about this," Shadow Dragon asked in annoyance,
Twilight shushed, "Don't be rude, Shadow Dragon. Just try to be nice and gentle with him. After all, he's our family."
Shadow Dragon groaned, "He is still not, Twilight!"
After the grand prize announcement, the families split off to enjoy their entertainment and have fun as well. Twilight and Shadow Dragon accompanied their fathers and Mama Heart for Bingo Competition. Shining Armor, Dragon Kick and Twilight Velvet went to the pool. The children accompanied Princess Cadance to Peewee Princess Playtime. They're now at the hallway of various rooms.
"Wow. Shadow Dragon must be really angry now," Jade commented.
Lance nodded, "Definitely. China's New Year was supposed to be perfect vacation and celebration for all of us, not doing something silly event for that stupid Minotaur."
"Not to mention, we have Star Tacker to be our honorary family member," Nyx complained in anger and frustration, "Could this day get any worse?"
"Believe me or not, I'm not happy about it," Princess Cadance agreed while rocking her Flurry Heart. She sighed, "I just hope Twilight don't stress herself too much or Shadow Dragon lose his temper again."
Nyx sighed, "Let's hope so."
"Who's there?" Mighty asked in concern and suspicious.
Everyone looked up as they found and came across a group of familiar family.
"Howdy, partners! Mind if we join the party?" Flare Tiger asked happily.
"Flare Tiger!" Lance, Nyx and Jade exclaimed happily.
Lance, Nyx and Jade came and gave Flare Tiger and her family a warm and passionate hug, as well as greeted to each other. And at the same time, they gave each other red packets.
"So, you came to join C.N.Y celebration with us?" Mighty asked happily, "In this timeline, and not yours?"
Flare Tiger smiled, "Well, it's family reunion, isn't it?" Everyone nodded a bit. She smiled, "So, I thought that bringing my family to get to know their own great-great-great grandparents, and best of all, enjoy the celebration with them. Do we agree about it?"
Lance smiled, "Don't we?"
Nyx giggled, "Welcome to C.N.Y's Party!"
"So, what's been happening?" Flare Tiger asked curiously.
Ponies were gathered at another deck for playing the bingo competition. Night Light, Tao and Mama Heart were among the players. Twilight, Shadow Dragon and Star Tracker were on the judge stage as they will be the one for providing and giving the numbers for competitors to find and win the bingo.
Twilight used the loudspeaker to speak and announce, "Ahem! Is everypony ready?"
"Sure are, sweetie! Give that cage a whirl!" Night Light declared happily.
"Are you ready to lose, billygoat?" Mama Heart asked amusingly.
Tao scoffed, "You wish, octopus lady! I'm gonna win this round! No one beats me in bingo or mahjong! You hear me?!"
Night Light whistled, "Wow. Competition is getting tense. I love it! This makes the game fun!"
"Did they say something?" Twilight asked in concern.
Shadow Dragon smiled, "Let's just start the game. Wouldn't want to make the crowd impatient?"
Twilight nodded in agreement. And just before Shadow Dragon could do anything, Star Tracker turn and spin the bingo cage for the moment before halting it and dropped the purple ball. He passed it to Twilight. He smiled happily to both Twilight and Shadow Dragon, who both looked uncomfortable and uneasy.
Twilight cleared her throat and announced, "I-19!"
The Bingo Players looked through the papers to find the numbers. Both Night Light and Tao found it as they put the stamp on it. Night Light whined happily while Tao blew a raspberry at Mama Heart, who groaned in annoyance and anger.
"Did they get it?" Twilight asked in concern.
Shadow Dragon hummed thoughtfully, "My guess is that both of our dads got it."
"They did, sir!" Star Tracker reported happily, shock and surprise the couples. He laughed uneasily yet happily, "Twilight-Shadow is my favorite time of day." He laughed a bit, "And it's also both of your name." He laughed again, "So I just thought that was cool."
Twilight was forced to laugh uneasily, "Yeah, cool."
Shadow Dragon groaned in annoyance as he whispered to Twilight, "I am not happy with this idea especially it was supposed to be for our family's reunion!"
"Will you relax?" Twilight snapped in annoyance, "He hasn't done anything stupid and embarrassing yet."
Twilight, Shadow Dragon and Star Tracker rushed off to find other family members at the lake. They found Shining Armor, Dragon Kick and Twilight Velvet were there. Mighty Heart, Jade, Comet Star, Blaze Leo and Midnight Moonlight have arrived as well. Both Blaze Leo and Midnight Moonlight gasped in surprise as they charged and gave both Shadow Dragon and Twilight a warm hug.
"It's great to see you, Grandma Twilight!" Midnight exclaimed happily.
Blaze Leo nodded happily, "Yeah! Just arrive on the nick of time! So, what are we doing now?"
"Tiny boat race. Ready for the action?" Twilight asked happily, making both Blaze Leo and Midnight nodded happily. She smiled, "Get into the boat now! We're gonna start soon!"
"YEAH!" Blaze Leo, Midnight and Jade cheered.
Shining Armor has gotten on his boat. He wasn't alone as Twilight Velvet, Dragon Kick, Mighty Heart, Jade, Blaze Leo and Midnight were on the boats as well. All of them worn the life jackets.
Comet Star smiled, "Sounds like fun. Can't wait to see how it goes. My little two kids loved challenging each other to see who's the winner."
Twilight giggled, "That kinda reminds me and my big brother. We enjoyed challenging and trying to win the challenges and races. We enjoy it much."
"Can't say I'm surprise," Comet Star commented, "Just make sure that they don't overdo it. When it comes to win the race, they will literally do anything to win it."
Twilight scoffed, "It can't be that bad."
Noticing the white unicorn's face in green, Mighty asked, "Shining Armor, are you alright?"
"You don't look too good." Dragon Kick said in concern.
"Airsick again?" Shadow Dragon asked amusingly.
Shining Armor groaned a bit before answered queasily, "No way. How can I be airsick? I'm in the water, so it totally cancels out!"
Mighty hummed, "I don't believe so..."
"I agree. That only makes you sick," Dragon Kick said in concern.
"Either way, I'm ready if you are." Twilight said happily as she took her life jacket.
Iron Will cleared his throat, "Technically, Princess Twilight Sparkle should officiate the princess paddle boat race." Shadow Dragon approached and slammed the Minotaur into the pool tub, making him yelped and bubbled in shock and uneasy under the water. He brought Iron Will out. The Minotaur coughed heavily, "On second thought, I think someone else should do that in her place..."
"I warned you..." DJ Red said calmly and amusingly.
Shadow Dragon helped Twilight to get onto her boat. She smiled at him, "Thanks. But seriously, you don't have to be rough on him for his job."
"Screw his ass. I warned him that one," Shadow Dragon cursed angrily, "He'd better stop messing with my family holiday."
DJ Red marched to the front of pool, where he held and readied with the finishing line flag, "Racers, are you ready to rock your boats?!" Ponies cheered wildly and happily. He whistled, "Get funky!"
Star Tracker squealed happily, "I'm gonna write about this race tonight in my journal! It's just so exciting!"
Shadow Dragon groaned in annoyance, "Unbelievable!"
DJ Red cleared his throat as he readied with his flag, "On your mark, get set—"
Star Tracker interrupted DJ Red as he grabbed and swung the flag, "Go!"
DJ Red growled, "Hey! Cut it out!"
And just before anyone could start, both Blaze Leo and Midnight screamed wildly and happily as they began paddled their boats in the rush while ramming and splashing on everyone. They all reached to the finishing line. Everyone was in shock and surprise of what they just say.
"I win!" Blaze Leo and Midnight cheered. They gasped, "You win?! No! I win! Quit it! Stop copying me! I win it fair and square! Stop it! Will you just shut up and say 'You win'?! I win, not you!"
"Wow..." Shadow Dragon said in shock and surprise, "You weren't kidding that your kids were very competitive about the race."
Comet Star shrugged, "Runs in the family." He shouted, "Hey, you two! You're both tie! And look at the mess you did again?!"
Blaze Leo and Midnight stopped their argument. They turned to the front, where they found most of ponies including their ancestors were all wet and coughing out loud. Shining Armor looked very sick than before as his face became more green than before.
"Oops!" Blaze Leo and Midnight looked surprise and concern, "Sorry, everyone..."
Shining Armor groaned sickly, "I don't feel so good..."
"Oh no! Shining Armor's airsick!" Twilight Velvet said in concern.
Dragon Kick hissed, "We'd better get him to the room now."
"I might have the remedy to fix it," Mighty said calmly.
Twilight nodded, "Do it."
Twilight Velvet, Dragon Kick and Mighty Heart helped and carried him on their back as they headed straight to the room for the white unicorn to rest and get some remedy. Twilight gave her older brother a kiss on his forehead, making smile sickly yet relieved. The family headed off now. Comet Star, Blaze Leo and Midnight followed them to help them out.
"I hope he's okay," Twilight said in concern.
Shadow Dragon patted Twilight's back, "He'll be fine. He's a tough stallion. He's been at the worse than this."
Twilight smiled, "I guess you're right, Shadow Dragon."
On the next day...
At the Peewee Princess Playtime, Flurry Heart was playing happily with toys and the babies. Nyx, Aurora and Iris Heart loved to play with them but also kept their eyes on them, making sure they don't get themselves hurt and trouble. Iris Heart taught them about tea party. Aurora played with them about garden and flowers. Nyx and Spike were playing with Flurry Heart for some magic tricks. Clumsy Rat also took the picture of them.
The parents including Princess Cadance were there to watch and keeping their eyes on the babies. Though the parents were too excited and happy due to their babies were playing with Flurry Heart, the princess was uneasy and concern as she doesn't like it one bit. She approached to both Nyx and Flurry Heart for comfort and keeping an eye on them.
"Cadance," Twilight called. Princess Cadance and the children turned to their back, where they found both Twilight and Shadow Dragon arriving to the scene. They both worn the rodeo hats. The princess asked happily, "I'm so glad you got in the Peewee Princess Playtime!"
"Flurry is having a wonderful time." Princess Cadance said happily. She turned and looked at the children, "Thanks to Nyx and her little descendants. She learned a lot."
"Yeah. Mummy said that playing and teaching the babies are always the best," Iris Heart said calmly. She then giggled, "She was right."
Aurora nodded happily, "Yes. And they're very cute too."
"I've got the proof!" Clumsy Rat said happily as he passed the pictures to Twilight. He awed, "They're so cute!"
"That's great." Twilight said calmly, "I'm just on my way to take some old-time Appleloosan photos!"
"Themed photoshoots are the best." Star Tracker said happily yet nervously.
"Do you mind?!" Shadow Dragon scolded Star Tracker, who back off at once. He sighed, "We're gonna some stupid question-and-answer session. I hate giving out the secrets."
Twilight patted Shadow Dragon's mane gently, "Relax, Shadow Dragon. It'll be the quick one. And then, we'll go for Mom's barrel ride at Neighagra Falls! I really hope I don't miss that."
"Mummy, are you sure you don't mind doing all of these princess activities?" Nyx asked in concern.
Princess Cadance nodded a bit, "Nyx's right. You're getting exhausted and tired after three days for doing the activities and visiting some of Shadow Dragon's relatives."
"Maybe you should quit it, while you still can," Spike suggested.
"Mind? What?" Twilight asked in shock and surprise, "Absolutely not. I mean, you guys are having fun, right?" Everyone was unconvinced and concern. She sighed, "Besides, I have to make sure these cruise ponies are happy if I want to be a good princess."
Shadow Dragon shook his head in disagreement, "You're already a good princess, Twilight."
"Honestly, as long as I get to see the Northern Stars tonight with everypony, I'll be happy." Twilight said calmly.
Shadow Dragon held and patted his girlfriend's shoulder, "You'll get it. I promised you for that." He then found Star Track poking both him and Twilight. He groaned, "Do you mind?!"
Star Tracker yelped, "Sorry! Picture time, you know?"
"Right. We'd better go now," Twilight said calmly.
Twilight, Shadow Dragon and Star Tracker headed off to deal with themed picture for cruise ponies. Princess Cadance and the children can't help but feel worry for both Twilight and Shadow Dragon. They turned back and found parents were holding the babies while smiling at them. They became worried and uncomfortable as they decided to leave at once.
The Zeppelin Mobile Air Platform has arrived at the Neighagra Falls. Thanks to Shadow Dragon's willingly to answer the question in her place but also threatened Iron Will if he disagreed and denied it, Twilight was able to join her parents for barrel ride.
Mighty Heart and the children accompanied and followed Jade, who was heading towards the edge of the waterfall. She stood firm while looking at the landscape. She took the picture of herself and her parents but in black and white colors. She sniffed tearfully while looking at it. She turned it to the front while looking at the landscape.
"Are you seeing, mom, dad?" Jade asked hopefully. She then smiled, "We're here - Neighagra Fall! I hope you're seeing this. Happy China's New Year!"
"What's going on?" Iris Heart asked.
"Why is she crying?" Aurora asked in concern.
Mighty sighed, "Her parents passed away in 1800s while she became the Mystic Pony at the age of 40. Every China's New Year, she will bring her parent pictures for visiting any places in Equestria or Mystic Realm to remember her time with them and joy she has."
"I see..." Midnight said in understanding. She sighed, "I can't imagine of how much she missed them."
Blaze Leo nodded, "Yeah. Parents will always be in our hearts, no matter how many years have passed. They're our family."
Nyx approached to Jade. The latter turned and looked at the former, who smiled and hugged her sadly yet passionately. Jade sniffed a bit as she hugged her cousin back. Mighty approached to join the hug, along with the rest of Flare Tiger's children. Even though she missed her parents, she's still happy that she's not alone and her family is with her.
After finished answering some questions, Shadow Dragon and Star Tracker headed to find Twilight and her family. Arriving at the barrel ride platform, both of them found couple of barrels brought before them by Shades and couple of goats. The barrels opened up and revealed Twilight, her mother, Lance, Dragon Kick and even Ace Swift. All of them are wet.
Twilight Velvet gasped happily, "Neighagra Falls was amazing! The endless open air, the water in my mane! Oh! The small confines of the barrel!"
"I know! And it's crazy and amazing!" Twilight cheered happily.
Ace cried happily and wildly, "Woohoo! That is so awesome! Can we do that again?!"
Dragon Kick and Lance yelped in shock and concern, "NO! NO MORE! PLEASE, NO MORE!"
Shades laughed, "Wow. For the great fighters, you two are big chickens. I thought you guys can handle some crazy stunts and battles, but not this?" He scoffed, "Awesome clip of you two!"
Flare Tiger whistled, "Wow. You weren't kidding that Twilight Velvet was crazy as my little boy about 'relaxing vacation'."
Night Light chuckled a bit, "That's my wife." He then kissed his wife's lips, "She's always love the adventures especially the challenging and dangerous like this."
"Glad that everyone enjoy it," Shadow Dragon said happily.
Twilight got out of the barrel. She approached and gave him a warm hug, "Shadow Dragon, I'm so sorry that you have to stay back and deal with some questions, which doesn't concern you."
Shadow Dragon scoffed, "As long you're happy, then I'm fine. All of us enjoy C.N.Y. vacation. Totally worth everything."
Twilight sighed, "Good to hear it."
"I just don't want you two to forget." Twilight Velvet said happily, "It's your vacation and China's New Year, too."
"Thanks for speech, mom. We'll be fine," Twilight said calmly.
Shadow Dragon nodded, "Yeah. Next stop - Northern Stars."
Night Light nodded, "Alright. Can't wait to see them!"
Both families of Twilight and Shadow Dragon regrouped and headed back to the Zeppelin Mobile Air Platform. Flare Tiger remained behind as she spoke to her grandparents.
"Whatever happens, guys, just remember that both of your families will love you no matter what," Flare Tiger said calmly and happily. Both Twilight and Shadow Dragon were confuse and uncertain. She smiled, "Enjoy your China's New Year."
As Flare Tiger headed off, Twilight and Shadow Dragon can't help but feel concern and curious of what she has said. Nevertheless, they just have to enjoy their holiday as long as they can.
In the evening, Twilight and Shadow Dragon arrived at the deck. They were halted by Iron Will and his employees. He looked badly injured due to Shadow Dragon continued threatening and attacking him.
Iron Will sighed, "Iron Will lived up to his side of the bargain, and Princess Twilight only has one more thing to do for the day." Shadow Dragon readied with his Summoner Gem. He yelped, "Just asking her to sign the autographs for the ponies!"
"Well, it can wait for tomorrow," Shadow Dragon said firmly. He continued, "If you denied it, then I'm gonna-!"
Twilight halted Shadow Dragon, "Enough with threats, Shadow Dragon. Iron Will has enough. Let's just finish this up for good."
Iron Will sighed, "Thank you, Princess Twilight." He clapped his hands, making his employees to set up the table, quill, ink bottle and pile of papers for both Twilight and Shadow Dragon to sit down. Using his microphone, he announced, "It's your last chance. Come get in line if you want the princess to sign!"
The ponies cheered wildly and happily as they all lined up at once and readied to get the princess's autographs. Twilight and Shadow Dragon sighed in annoyance as they began to sign the signatures for them. It's gonna be a long day.
Spending whole evening until nighttime for signing the autograph, Twilight and Shadow Dragon came across to Star Tracker, who looked both happy and nervous that he's about to get his autograph. Though they were annoyed, nevertheless, they signed it for him.
Shadow Dragon noticed on the sky. He realized it's nighttime. He nudged Twilight's shoulder, "Twi, we've gotta go! Northern Stars!"
Twilight gasped, "Oh no! I almost forgot about it! Let's go!"
Twilight, Shadow Dragon and Star Tracker headed off at once to find and meet up with the rest of their families. They found the whole deck is covered by many ponies sitting down on their blankets. They looked worry and uneasy as they have no idea where their families are. They then found both Lance and Nyx waved to their parents, giving them the location where they're sitting.
Twilight, Shadow Dragon and Star Tracker moved to the location, where they sat down together with the rest of their families.
"You made it! Just in time for Northern Stars!" Spike said happily.
Nyx nodded as she looked up at the stars, "I can't wait to see what kind of Northern Stars are. I'm so nervicited!"
"I'm sure we all do. Let's enjoy it while it last," Lance said happily.
"Hey, what's that?!" Star Tracker asked in concern as he pointed up at the sky.
Everyone looked at the sky, where they found a familiar metallic dragon-like warrior flying and slammed on the ground, causing a powerful shock wave in knocking them off. The ponies gasped in shock as they all screamed and panicked in fear before they headed off at once. Twilight, Shadow Dragon and the rest of their families are facing the sight of Dragoclaw, who growled and snarled at them.
"Dragoclaw?!" Shadow Dragon asked in shock and concern, "What are you doing here?!"
Dragoclaw snarled as he grabbed and slammed Shadow Dragon against the walls, making the latter yelped in shock and pain. The families gasped in shock and concern. Twilight nodded to the families while gesturing them to move. All of them quickly moved aside at once. They also lead the passengers to safety as well.
Shadow Dragon groaned, "What the hell are you doing?! Don't you think I have enough problem, pal?!"
"Answers! Must... Find... Answers!" Dragoclaw demanded and roared in anger, "Yami?!"
Shadow Dragon gave a headbutt at the dragon warrior's head. He then readied with his Darkness Blade. Dragoclaw roared in anger as he began swinging and thrusting his claws at him. He dodged and blocked the attacks as quickly and swiftly as he can. He then swung and struck his Darkness Blade at the Demon General, who endured and doesn't feel the cuts or pain. The monster brushed it off before slapped his claw at the warrior to the ground. Dragoclaw flew and slammed some punches on Shadow Dragon's faces for few times.
As the families were still leading and guiding the passengers to safety, Twilight noticed Shadow Dragon got pinned down and attacked by Dragoclaw. She turned and unleashed her powerful Unicorn Burst at him off. She approached and helped her boyfriend up. She then summoned her Star Sparkle Sword. Both of them teamed up and faced off Dragoclaw, who firmly blocked the attacks while retaliating back at them. They struggled to fight him off due to him has proven to be strong. Dragoclaw roared as he unleashed his powerful Dragon Rage, which fired the blackish flames of dragon-like spirit in knocking them both to the walls.
Armed and readied his claws, Dragoclaw was about to finish them off. He got grabbed and held by Mighty for the moment. Dragon Kick and Flare Tiger jumped as they both began to punch and attack him by top and bottom for few times. Dragoclaw roared in anger as he stomped his feet on the ground to jump and slam Mighty on both Dragon Kick and Flare Tiger to the ground hard.
Dragoclaw got up for the moment. He got poked to turn his back and found both Tao and Mama Heart gave a powerful kick on his chest before landed their punches on his faces. The couples yelped in pain while jumping and complaining about their backaches and limbs. He got up and glared at them. He roared in anger at their faces, making Tao and Mama Heart to scream while hugging each other in fear. Luckily, Night Light used his camera to flash and blinded the dragon-like warrior for the moment, allowing Twilight Velvet to levitate and carry both of them to safety.
As he was recovering from being blinded by flash, Dragoclaw found Shining Armor fired his Unicorn Burst in pushing him away. Lance charged and swung his Dual Blades, injuring and wounding him as fasts and hard as he can. While both stallions continued battling and pushing the monster off, Princess Cadance, Star Tracker and the children threw some rocks, trashes and bowls at him hard. This has wounded and hurt him a bit. Shadow Dragon and Twilight got up as they both charged and thrust their kicks at him straight to the edge of deck. He was defeated for the moment.
Shadow Dragon and his team surrounded while remained vigilant for the fight. Dragoclaw roared in anger as he got up and slammed a powerful slam on the ground, causing and unleashing the shockwaves in knocking them off. Everyone fell on the ground hard including Shadow Dragon, who dropped the mysterious golden ring from his pocket. It got jumped a bit before rolling out.
Shadow Dragon gasped in shock upon spotting the ring, which was heading straight to the edge of platform. He quickly got up and chased after it. The ring almost reached to the edge, he quickly slide down and tried to grab it. Unfortunately for him, he was halted and pinned down by Dragoclaw. Shadow Dragon struggled to move the monster's legs while witnessing the ring dropped and fell straight to the abyss.
Shadow Dragon gasped and screamed in shock and anger, "Nooooooooooooooooooooo!" He turned and glared at Dragoclaw, "Damn you! Do you have any idea of what you have done?!"
Dragoclaw remained silent while glaring at him. Shadow Dragon the screamed in anger as his aura that surrounds his body began to glow darkly. He transformed into a demonically humanoid dragon with sharped lethal blades on hands, sharp spikes, tail and large wings worn a crimson Chinese-like armor and gauntlets. Everyone was in shock and concern of what they just saw.
Shadow Dragon jumped and slammed couple of punches at Dragoclaw while dodging and evading the attacks for few times. And just before the dragon-like warrior could do anything, Shadow Dragon swung his tail at him for three times before kicked him off. He then charged and rammed him straight to the walls, where he continued landing some punches violently and wildly on him for few times. Everyone looked shock and worry about it.
Twilight hissed in worry as she quickly fired her Unicorn Burst at Shadow Dragon Monster's head. He turned and glared at her. She shown her worried and scared looks. This shocked and worried him. He then looked up and found more ponies more worried and scared. He even found the wounded Dragoclaw, who struggled yet able to stand. Shadow Dragon breathed in and out as he calmed himself down while transforming from monster to pony.
And just before anyone could do anything, Maul appeared as he threw some smoke bombs on the ground, causing them both disappeared in smoke. They have escaped.
Shadow Dragon looked shock and disappointed, not only because of his transformation but also his China's New Year is ruined and lost the ring as well. Twilight looked worry and guilty as she can't help but feel that China's New Year is ruined and miss out the Northern Stars because of her and her deal with Iron Will. Their families looked worry and concern for both of them. And just before they could approach and ask him, they both trotted off at once.
The families especially Star Tracker were worry for both Twilight and Shadow Dragon. Shining Armor, Dragon Kick, Lance and Flare Tiger nodded as they decided to talk with Shadow Dragon. Princess Cadance, Nyx and Spike agreed to check on Twilight. The families and even Star Tracker looked at each other as they nodded firmly.
Iron Will sighed happily, "That was close. Iron Will is happy that the ponies are safe because of you all." Two families turned and glared at him. He looked worry and uneasy, "What?!"
"We need to talk," Tao said darkly.
Night Light nodded, "Agreed. You're gonna fix the problem now..."
Iron Will gulped in fear as he was about to escape but blocked by Mama Heart, Twilight Velvet, Mighty Heart and the children. They all glared at him. DJ Red, Clumsy Rat and Shades whistled innocently as they walked away while not getting involved of Iron Will's mess. The Minotaur is in big trouble now.
At the Fearsome Five's Dome, Dragoclaw was breathing and panting heavily as he has sustained injuries and exhaustion. And at the same time, he was growling in anger that he's unable to find Yami about the vision he has suffered. Dark Curse and Maul have arrived to visit him.
"What... What is happening to me?" Dragoclaw demanded darkly.
Dark Curse smirked calmly, "I will tell you everything, my creation. Once you learn the truth, you will finish what you have started. After all, you are the feared and powerful warrior among Demon Generals."
Dragoclaw snarled a bit, "Tell me now..."
Shadow Dragon was on top of the bridge center. Still upset and disappointed of his C.N.Y. and the ring, he looked at the sky, lamenting and thinking of what he could have done. He then heard someone calling him. He looked down and found Shining Armor, Dragon Kick, Lance and Flare Tiger stood before him.
Shadow Dragon sighed, "I'm not in the mood to talk."
"Xiao Long, please," Dragon Kick insisted, "We're family. We wanted to help you."
Shining Armor nodded, "Trust me. I'm not here to scold you for what you did. I understand you're very frustrated and upset that China's New Year is ruin. You just want ponies to be happy."
"It's more than that," Shadow Dragon said calmly as he climbed down before them. They looked at him curiously. He continued, "I've lost the ring."
"The ring?" Lance asked in surprise. He then gave some thoughts. He gasped, "You mean my mother's wedding ring?"
Shining Armor and Dragon Kick looked surprise and shock. Shadow Dragon nodded, "Yes. The very same ring that was given by my father. And the very same ring I proposed to Iris Crystal. I was gonna propose the ring to Twilight for marriage, as well as asking her family's permission to take her hoof." He sighed in defeat, "Now it's gone. I will never find another ring as it. And not to mention, I ruined the China's New Year."
His family couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Shining Armor smiled firmly as he approached and patted on Shadow Dragon's shoulder, "Even though you may not get the same ring or propose Twilight for marriage, I still allow you. After all, we're buddies."
Dragon Kick nodded in agreement, "Shining Armor's right. No matter what happens, you will always have the support of your family. We'll be there to help you out."
Lance nodded, "Yeah. Twilight will always love you. Nothing ever change that."
Shadow Dragon was surprised and touched by three stallions' speech. He couldn't help but smiled happily at them, "Thanks, guys. I'd better get back to apologize to them."
"Yeah, before you do that, you need this," Flare Tiger said happily. She shown the blue box before them. She even opened it and revealed the golden dragon ring with sapphire diamond on its top, which shocked the group. She smiled, "What do you think? Do you like the present?"
Shadow Dragon grabbed the box as he looked at the ring, "H-How?! W-Where did you get it from?!"
Flare Tiger smiled, "I found it from a long time ago. I was told that when you lost the ring, you were given by someone else, who has the same ring. Guess who is it?"
"You?!" Lance nodded. He gasped in realization, "Then, the box the kids were trying to find and protect is..."
Flare Tiger smiled, "Eeyup. That would be the one."
"Flare... I don't know what to say," Shadow Dragon said in shock yet relieved. Flare Tiger smiled. He grabbed and hugged her passionately and happily, "Thank you so much."
Flare Tiger smiled, "You're welcome, grandpa. You're planning to ask her?"
Shadow Dragon hummed, "Maybe another time. Twilight need some time for herself. It's her vacation. I don't want to rush her."
Flare Tiger nodded, "Good idea."
Shining Armor, Dragon Kick and Lance looked at each other as they all smiled and laughed happily to see Shadow Dragon being happy for getting the ring back.
Princess Cadance, Nyx and Spike looked around as they were searching for Twilight. Then, they found her at the end corner of platform. She was looking at the clear sky. Sensing they're behind of her without turning and looking back, she sighed calmly.
"I only made that deal with Iron Will so my family and the cruise ponies could have the vacation and China's New Year they wanted." Twilight said calmly."
"But what about you?" Spike asked in concern, "You must have something you wanted."
Nyx nodded, "Yeah. It's your vacation, you know."
"I know," Twilight nodded a bit, "I just want everypony to be happy."
Princess Cadance smiled a bit as she approached and patted Twilight, "Well, sometimes ponies want more from a princess than you can give, and it can be hard to know where to draw the line."
"You seem to know pretty well." Spike asked in surprise.
"Once I had Flurry Heart, the line was easier for me to see." Princess Cadance said calmly, "You will always have obligations as a princess, but you also have an obligation to yourself."
Twilight gave some thoughts of what her sister-in-law has suggested. She sighed and looked at Princess Cadance, "You're right. I think I need to set some boundaries. But first, I owe somepony an apology."
Spike smiled, "I'm sure he'll understand. After all, he's your boyfriend."
Nyx nodded, "Plus, he doesn't blame you."
Both Shadow Dragon and Twilight's families confronted and told Iron Will off of the mess he has done to both their vacation and China's New Year. The Minotaur has little choice but to face the crowd and inform the cruise ponies of his manipulation and forcing Twilight to do his bidding. He was on the stage as he was making the announcement.
"First of all, I want to thank you all for coming here and enjoy your great vacation especially Princess Twilight made the best out of it." Iron Will said uneasily yet a bit of humble. He hissed as he reluctant to continue. But he found the families were still glaring at him. He gulped in fear, "However, Iron Will must come in clean! The truth is that Iron Will has fabricated the documents and posters to get more bits, without the princesses' permission! The princesses and their families are here for vacation, nothing more, nothing less!"
The ponies gasped in shock and upset. They all booed and chattered angrily with Iron Will for deceiving them and using princesses like tools. He was about to escape but held by Mighty as he was keeping an eye on him. This has make Minotaur very upset and disappointed as he has no choice but to refund the ponies. And at the same time, DJ Red and his crew were made as captain. They turned the Zeppelin Mobile Air Platform in returning to home now.
"That will teach him a lesson for tricking us," Mama Heart said firmly.
Tao nodded firmly, "Indeed! Respect the elders!"
"And no one messes with our vacation!" Night Light exclaimed firmly.
"Agreed. Hopefully everything is back to normal," Twilight Velvet said hopefully. She then noticed and spotted Twilight, Shadow Dragon and their group returned. She smiled, "Speak of Mystic, how's everything? Feeling better?"
"We are, mom. Thanks." Twilight said calmly. She turned and looked at Shadow Dragon. She sighed, "Shadow Dragon, I want to apologize for the mess we have gotten into. I'd never should have agreed with Iron Will's."
Shadow Dragon sighed as he patted Twilight, "It's okay, Twi. I'm just happy that you're safe and alright. Sorry for losing my temper and become monster. I lost something important to me, but Flare Tiger got it back."
Twilight smiled, "I'm glad you got it back. I heard that ponies agreed to leave us alone to have our vacation. What a relief."
Shadow Dragon nodded, "Looks like everything is back to normal."
Twilight and Shadow Dragon hugged each other for the moment before kissed passionately. Everyone and even annoyed Shining Armor awed happily to see them happy together.
"You and your family have been really kind to include me, but you deserve your own vacation together." Star Tracker said happily, "And I'm really glad we met, too! And I'm happy that I'm part of honorary family."
Twilight smiled at Star Tracker, "We're glad to."
Shadow Dragon passed the red packet to Star Tracker, "Here you go for being honorary member of our family. You're not bad at all."
"Thank you so much! Gong Xi Fa Cai to you, Master Shadow Dragon!" Star Tracker said happily. He gasped as he pointed up, "The Northern Stars!"
Everyone and even Iron Will looked surprise and shock to hear what Star Tracker has said. They turned and looked up as they found couple of shining stars were flying and passing by the mobile air platform. They awed, cheered and applauded happily for it. Twilight cried tearfully and happily to see it. Shadow Dragon patted her back gently and calmly.
Unknown to the group, both Yuko and Black Alpha were hiding behind the clouds as they used their magic to control the Northern Stars before them.
"I'd never thought that you asked me to help you with this," Yuko said amusingly, "That is unlikely of you."
"I was merely helping and returning the favor to her. That is all." Black Alpha said firmly.
"Alpha, you know she is not Hikari," Yuko said calmly.
Black Alpha nodded while sighed, "I know. But I missed her so much. Twilight Sparkle reminded me so much of her. I could never forgotten of her."
Yuko patted Black Alpha's back, "Me too, brother. Me too."
After their crazy vacation adventure, all the ponies turned in and returned to their rooms for their beauty sleep including Twilight and Shadow Dragon's families.
Within the couple's room, Shadow Dragon was sleeping on his bed while Twilight was in the bathroom. She was brushing her teeth. She gurgled up before spitting it up. She sighed happily before looked at the mirror. She is very happy that all of her families have enjoyed their vacation and China's New Year, and she gets to see the Northern Stars. Nothing could go wrong...
"Tell me. Did you enjoy it?" The voice asked coldly.
Twilight gasped in shock to hear the voice as well as looking at the mirror, which has the reflection of herself and the familiar navy Alicorn. She couldn't believe in her eyes. It's impossible.
"No... It can't be." Twilight said in shock and surprise. She turned to her back, "You're here?! Iris?!"
However, Twilight found no one behind her. While she was looking around to find Iris, she grunted in pain as she has the headache. She experienced the same vision involving Mane Six and Dragon Strike Force have intense argument, her confrontation with both Tempest Shadow and the mysterious shadowy fox-like figure, and Shadow Dragon was holding her in his hooves.
After escaping the vision, Twilight nearly fell down. She panted a bit, "W-What is going on? What are they telling me about?"
On the top of Zeppelin Mobile Air Platform, a familiar fox masked lady with nine tails was staring and looking at the full moon. She smirked darkly and sinisterly.
"We shall soon meet, Hikari. And I can promise you this. I will have Yami and your heart of light. And this time, I will make sure you died."
Kyuubi Lilith then laughed sinisterly and evilly before disappeared in darkness. What is she planning?
END...
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Main Casts:
Matt Lanter: Shadow Dragon
Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle, Twilight Velvet
Jesse McCartney: Lance Justicestrike
Kira Tozer: Nyx
Cathy Weseluck: Spike
Terrence C. Carson: Dragoclaw
Minor Casts:
Andrew Francis: Shining Armor, Night Light
Britt McKillip: Princess Cadance
Tabitha St. Germain: Flurry Heart
Sab Shimono: Mystic Tao
Jackie Chan: Dragon Kick
Cherami Leigh: Jade Adventure
Noah Nelson: Mighty Heart
Amy Hill: Mama Heart
Zach Leblanc: Star Tracker
Jennifer Hale: Flare Tiger
Jason Griffith: Comet Star
Jason Spisak: Blaze Leo
Emma Watson: Midnight Moonlight
Byrce Papenbrook: Ace Swift
Xanthe Huynh: Aurora Borealis
Lara Jill Miller: Iris Heart Shield
Trevor Devall: Iron Will
Adam Baldwin: DJ Red
Clancy Brown: Clumsy Rat
James Sie: Shades
Cameo:
Derek Stephen Prince: Metalgear
Latham Gaines: Dark Curse
Wil Wheaton: Maul
Colleen Clinkenbeard: Yuko the Black Witch
Kevin Convey: Black Alpha
Kelly Hu: Iris Crystal
Eva Green: Kyuubi Lilith