//------------------------------// // Once upon a Turtle PT. 1 // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Easter Time // by WarriorofFaith18 //------------------------------// After the Annual Egg hunt settled down and they helped clean up, The Turtles, Rainbooms, CMCs, Allies, and Mutanimals had Easter dinner at Sweet Apple Acres farm. Some of their friends, including Wallflower Blush, Sapphire Night, Juniper Montage, and the Rock n'Beats, joined them as well. As they enjoyed themselves, They were getting to know their newest friend, Hokum Hare, who in turned was getting to know them as well. "And then those varmits ran away. Then I got acquainted with Celestia and you know the rest." Hokum finished before munching on a carrot. "Wow! You sure are tough, Hokum." Pete chirped. "Least he's fighting on our team." Bandit smiled. "And I'm looking forward to it. Sure has been lonesome since my mutation." "Trust me. I was like that when I had to live in the ocean before I met these guys." Ray sympathized. Hokum then looked at the automatic Easter egg machine. "So you guys made that thing that made the eggs for the hunt?" "Yep. It was a team effort." Donnie spoke for him, Twilight, and Rockwell. "Pretty impressive." "Well, we had a bit of an adventure to finish on time." Twilight added. "We helped as well." Lancer pointed out for him, The Rock n'Beats, and the CMCs who all nodded. "So what happened?" Wallflower asked. Leo decided to start the story. "Well, it all started after Mikey fell into the machine and we stopped for breakfast......." ---------- Earlier that day.... Before the egg hunt, and the meeting of Hokum Hare, the Turtles and Allies were cleaning up the mess while Donnie and Twilight were fixing the Easter egg machine. The Mutanimals had gone to deliver the unbroken eggs. Mikey, as punishment for causing the mess, had to be a make-shift mannequin for Rarity's new bonnet. And he also had to deal with Raph, Casey, and Rainbow Dash laughing at him. "Looks good on yah, Mikey!" Casey chuckled. Rainbow snapped a picture on her phone. "Oh, that's a keeper!" "Hey, text me that photo," Raph said. "Mmmm!" Mikey grunted. He wasn't allowed to talk until Rarity was done, either. "Alright you three, you had your fun," Applejack walked by, carrying a bucket full of egg yolk. "We still got some cleaning to do." "Eyup." Applebloom followed. "Fine," Raph grumbled. "Besides, we gotta think of some bonnet puns." The three walked away, still chuckling, while Mikey though to himself, 'I am so gonna get them back for this!' “I’m sure Michelangelo has learned his lesson.” Leatherhead tried to vouch for Mikey. “Trust me, Learherhead. It takes a while for Rarity to forgive anyone who damages clothing.” Pinkie warned. “Tell me about it.” Rainbow cringed, remembering the time in Gotham when she and Mikey crashed into Rarity and she got pizza in her hair. Just then, the Rock N Beats along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo came in. "Hey guys," Half Note said. "We came to see if you needed-" Lancer began. "Whoa!" They all exclaimed when they saw the mess. "What happened?" Sweet Note asked. "Mikey," everyone answered in unison. Then the kids saw Mikey in the bonnet and could help but giggle. "That's uh, nice bonnet, Mikey," Patch said, through giggles, while Mikey huffed and crossed his arms. "So what happened?" Scootaloo asked. “Donnie and Twilight were showing us their automatic Easter egg machine while making Easter eggs for Canterlots annual Easter egg hunt.” April began to explain. “But Mikey accidentally got caught in the machine and kinda broke it.” Mondo grinned. “And damaged Rarity’s new bonnet.” Rockwell pointed out. Sweetie Belle patted Mikey on the hand. “Trust me. I’ve been there.” "We'll, the machine's all fixed," Donnie said, wiping his forehead. "Now we can finish the rest of the eggs," Leo stated. "Just one problem," Twilight pointed out. "The kraang crystals we were using to power the machine got destroyed in the explosion." "So does that mean we get to go to Dimension X to get more?" Mikey asked, until Raity pulled him back. "Up-up-up," she said. "I'm not done." "Actually, we don't need to go to dimension X," Donnie said, and pulled out a device. "According to the Utroms, the Kraang have crystals stashed away in other dimensions. I just need to pinpoint one that has enough crystals." "And Vola!" Rarity proclaimed, showing everyone the bonnet still on Mikey. "I am finished. What do you think?" "I think Mikey looks like Little Bo Peep," Rainbow joked. "Ha ha!" Mikey grumbled. “I don’t suppose they would be in dimensions we’ve been to like Gotham or Moo Mesa.” Sunset pointed out. “I doubt it. Bishop was strict on keeping any remaining Kraang from coming back to those universes.” Donnie added. “Is there anyway we can help?” Lancer offered. “We’re aware it could be dangerous but we could also use the training.” “I suppose if it’s not too dangerous.” Leo pondered. “But y’all better stay close to us at all times!” Applejack pointed out. “Well we’ll see once I find a dimension with the crystals.” Donnie added before his device started beeping. “Bingo!” "You find one, Don?" Keno asked. "Yep," Donnie assured. "But it's an unknown location, so we'll no idea what we'll find." "We gotta do this," Pinkie declared. "For the Easter egg hunt!" "Alright then," Leo said. "We'll stay behind to deliver the finished eggs," Slash said, on behalf of the Mutanimals. Donnie pulled out his portal ray. "Good thing I brought along my portal projector." Then he opened the portal. Leo turned to the kids. "Remember, stay close," he reminded them. "Got it," they replied. Then the Ninjas and kids went through the portal, as the Mutanimals left with the eggs. But as they all did, the gate opened and two girls walked in. One had pink skin, lilac eyes, and wavy black hair with a bun and white streaks. The other girl had grey skin, crimson eyes staring through glasses, and wavy dark red hair. "Pinkie Pie, we're here to help with the... eggs..." the first girl trailed off, as both she and the other girl saw the portal. "Uh, Mag," the other asked. "Yes, Losty." "What the heck is that?!" "I don't know?" The two walked closer to the portal and when the first girl was reaching out, she stepped on a egg yolk that hadn't been cleaned up, slipped and fell into the portal. "Mag!" The other girl jumped into the portal after her as it closed. Soon, the ninjas came out of the portal and into a bright meadow. "Wow, we just walked into another dimension!" Clover gushed with excitement. "I hope there's nothing dangerous here," Sweetheart said, in worry. "Chill, SH," Ace assured. "We're ninjas, we can handle a little danger." "Actually, there doesn't appear to be anything dangerous here?" Donnie said, looking around. "So where are those Kraang crystals?" Rainbow asked. "Well, according to this, there are multiple signals here," Donnie answered, looking at his device. “Then we better split into teams so we’re back in time.” Leo said before putting the teams together. “Lancer, you’re with me, Twilight, Sunset, and Karai. Raph, you take Casey, Rainbow Dash, Ace, and Patch. Melody Note, Sweet Note, and Half Note will go with Donnie, April, and Rarity while Clover, Logan, and Sweetheart go with Mikey, Pinkie, Shinigami, and Fluttershy. Keno, you’ll take the CMCs. Now, each team goes to a location, find the Kraang crystal and we’ll meet back here in an hour at the latest. If you have trouble, call our T-phones. Let’s move.” And after choosing their destinations, the teams headed out to find their Kraang crystals. After they had gone, the two girls fell out of the portal and into a heap on each other. "Dang it!" The second girl grumbled. "Uhhh!" The first girl known as groaned. "Lost are you okay?" "If by okay you mean, falling through a freakin' portal and crash landing in some flipping unknown place, then NO!" The second girl know as Lost said, in sarcasm. The other girl rolled her eyes as they both stood up. "Where are we?" She wondered. "How should I know, Magpie?" Lost retorted. The girl known as Magpie sighed. "I agree to Pinkie Pie request to help her and her friends with the eggs for the Easter Egg hunt, while also getting to meet these "special friends" of her's from New York, only to fall into some... portal thing-" She was interrupted when they felt the ground shake. "Whoa! Earthquake!" Lost turned around and froze, her eyes wide. "Mag... not an earthquake," she said, pointing up. A giant shadow fell over them as Magpie looked behind them and then looked up. "Oh.. my..." was all she said, before she and Lost screamed as the some big reached down and grabbed them! Meanwhile, Leo and his group were walking along a road searching for the crystals. “According to Donnie's intel, the crystal should be around here.” “I wonder what kind of dimension we’re in?” Karai wondered. “At least nothings going wrong.” Twilight pointed out. Suddenly, a blur ran past the group, causing Leo to spin like a top. “I gotcha this time, Tortoise!” The blur shouted as it ran past them. “And now something happens.” Spike grumbled from Twilights bag. “What was that?” Lancer gasped. Then, the blur came back, revealing it to be a humanoid hare. He stopped in front of a dizzy Leo. “What’s the matter, Tortoise? Loosing your A game?” He taunted. "Is that a giant rabbit?" Karai asked. "I'm a hare," the Hare replied, then he pointed to Leo. "And as you can see, Tortoise and me are in the middle of a race." "Me?" Leo asked, in confusion. "Yes, you," the Hare replied, and started hopping around him. "Now quit lollygagging! We got a race to finish! Can't beat you if you stop to talk to folk." "Race? What race?" Twilight inquired. "The one Tortoise and I are in," the Hare stated, like it was obvious. "Did you you not hear me?" "What are you talking about?" Karai demanded. "Oh, well Tortoise once beat me in a race!" The Hare grumbled. "Which wasn't a fair race, because I stopped to take a nap. So I challenged him to a rematch." As they talked to the hare, Lancer pondered and then realized something. "Listen. You probably have me confused for someone else." Leo tried to reason with the Hare. "You think that disguise is gonna get you off the hook? We. will. Race!" The Hare scoffed. Sunset was about to lose her cool with the hare when Lancer nudged her. "Could I talk to you guys for a sec?" "Excuse us." Twilight politely told the hare as she, Sunset, Karai, and Leo huddled to Lancer. "What's up?" The others huddled to Lancer as he spoke, "I know this is gonna sound impossible but, I think he might be the Hare from 'The Tortoise and the Hare'!" "The Tortoise and the Hare?" Karai said, in surprise. "But that's just a fairytale." "Well, technically, it's a fabel that was told by the greek philosopher Aesop," Twilight noted. "We get the idea." Spike rolled his eyes. "Could we be in some sort of fairytale dimension?" Sunset breathed. "Looks that way." Karai looked around. "Either way, that hare is not gonna let us pass unless I race him." Leo glared. "What are you guys talking about?" The Hare butted in. "Your not planning some kind of cheat to win are you?" "No," they answered dryly. "Alright," Leo said. "I'll race you." "Perfect," the Hare clapped, and pointed. "We'll race all the way toward Prince Charming's castle. And you won't beat me this time. Cause I'm not taking any naps." "Let's just get this over with," Leo said, in annoyance. He wanted to get this over with so they could look for the Kraang crystals. "Winner gets bragging rights," the Hare stated. "And this shiny rock I found." Then to their surprise, he held up a Kraang crystal! “That’s..... a Kraang Crystal!” Gasped Twilight. “You got to be kidding.” Karai said bluntly. Leo glared at the crystal. Now he had to race the hare. “Very well. But all I’m getting is that crystal.” He then got in position and the hare followed. Soon the two lined up as Twilight started them off. "On your marks... get set... GO!" Then the Hare shot off down the road, kicking up a cloud of dust on Leo. The turtle leader coughed and heard the Hare calling, "See yah at the finish line!" Then Leo took off running after him, while the others followed along. "I hope the others are having better luck then we are," Sunset said. To be Continued