It had been minutes since the start of the game and the heroes were wondering around aimlessly.
"OK," Midnight said, "so where we supposed to start looking?"
"Well," Applejack replied, "Desmond and Christine said we had to go the four corners of Equestria Land to retrieve our powers and equipment."
"So?" Wiccan stated, "how does that help us?"
"So," Twilight answered, after taking a moment to think, "if we check out the rides, attractions and stands around the park."
"We might find a clue or some of our powers and equipment," Amethyst finished.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Rainbow Dash declared, "let's go."
"Wait!" Sunset interrupted, "we need a plan."
"Sunset's right," Fluttershy nodded, "if we want to win this game we need to split up and cover all the area's of Equestria Land."
After some debate, the heroes split into four teams, consisting of:
Team one: Twilight, Midnight, Magik and Wanda.
Team two: Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Kate Bishop and Miss America
Team three: Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Captain Marvel Jr. and Raven
Team Four: Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, Wiccan and Amethyst.
Once the teams had been formed, they all picked a section of the park and separated.
Team One.
"Ok," Twilight said, "I think a good place to check is the Neighagara Falls Barrel Flume."
"That would make an obvious spot to look," Magik replied.
"I agree with Twilight," Midnight stated, "we should check out any leads however obvious they may seem."
"I think we're in agreement," Wanda said, "let's go."
Team Two.
"We should check out the stands, side-games and arcade," Rainbow Dash suggested, "our powers and equipment could be prizes to be won."
"Sounds plausible," Kate Bishop remarked.
"I don't like this," Miss America said, "if I had my strength and my flight, I'd give those two little twerps what for."
"You and me both," Applejack nodded, "once I get my geode and my ring back, those two are going down."
Team Three.
"I think that we should check the haunted house," Raven said, pointing towards Nightmare Moon's Haunted Castle.
"Do we really have to go in there?" Fluttershy asked, without her ring or geode she felt completely helpless.
"I understand you're scared," Captain Marvel Jr. smiled, "but if we want to get our powers and equipment back we need to be brave."
"Freddy's right," Pinkie nodded, "it's like my granny Pie told me when I was little 'you've gotta stand up tall, face your fear, laugh and your fears will disappear."
"Right," Raven agreed, she didn't quiet understand Pinkie's ideology but she understood the intention behind her words.
"And if that doesn't work," Pinkie continued, "you tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming because we are superheroes!"
"Ok, right," Fluttershy said, a small smile on her face, "I'll try to be brave."
"That's the spirit," Pinkie smiled, "now let's go, Nightmare Moon's Haunted Castle awaits."
Team Four.
"We should try Appleloosa's Runaway Train," Sunset said, "there might be some of our powers and equipment there."
"Sorry I can't teleport us there," Wiccan sighed, "every time I try and access my powers it feels like static on a TV."
"It's alright," Rarity smiled, "even if we don't have our powers or equipment, we can still prove that we are true heroes."
"Rarity is right," Amethyst nodded, "it is not powers or fancy equipment that makes the hero, it is the one who wields the powers or equipment."
That made Wiccan smile a little, his confidence restored ever so slightly.
Team One.
Twilight and her team approached their target of investigation, Neighagara Falls Barrel Flume.
Normally, the ride looked like it had ripped straight out of an old western movie.
But now, the ride had been twisted and warped into something that would only make sense to a prankster.
The water had been replaced by molasses, the animatronic characters had been made rusty and raggedy and the fake creatures had been replaced by the real thing.
The rides controls had also gone haywire with carriages stopping and starting at random.
"Well," Twilight said, "I think we picked the right spot to check."
"Totally, Midnight nodded.
"Than let us go," Magik declared, "we must find and locate our stolen powers and equipment within the twist ride."
"I think we should proceed with caution," Wanda added, "whatever's in there will stop at nothing to ensure we don't find what we are looking for."
With that, Twilight and her team walked to the entrance of the ride.
Team Two.
Rainbow Dash and her team were still looking around for any sign for the stolen powers and equipment.
They suddenly noticed a commotion coming from the arcade.
"What the?" Rainbow Dash said, "wonder what's going on in there."
As they approached, the door to the arcade flow open unleashing all manner of enemies from various arcade games.
These included: The Ghosts from Pac-man, Pookas and Fygars from Dig Dug, Goombas and Koopas from Super Mario and some baseball themed enemies from Ninja Baseball Bat Man.
"Well," Kate Bishop stated, as she and the others did there best to fend off the fictional enemies, "I think we're on the right path."
"Agreed," nodded Miss America, "we just have to follow the chaos."
"Well," Applejack said, "if it's chaos we're looking for we've found it."
Team Three.
Fluttershy's team stood at the entrance to Nightmare Moon's Haunted Castle.
The building looked ominous and unsettling, the air around it seemed to encourage the powerless heroes to turn back.
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Freddy said.
Freddy's feeling proved to be right, as seconds later, the giant hands on the side of the ride started moving and the front of the house transformed into an angry snarl.
"Well," Raven stated, "that's new."
"I really don't want to go in there now," Fluttershy whimpered, as she cowered behind Pinkie Pie.
"Come on, everyone," Pinkie said, "remember what I said earlier, laugh and your fears will disappear."
"Right," Freddy nodded.
Team Four.
Sunset's team approached Appleloosa's Runaway Train, the area around the ride was themed after a town from the old west, but now, it had been made more realistic, like it had been ripped straight out of the actual Old West.
"Stay alert," Sunset said, "we don't know what could be waiting for us here."
"Sunset is right," Amethyst nodded, "with how everything is in chaos we should expect the unexpected."
As the heroes continued on their way, they couldn't help but feel like they were being watched.
before the heroes could enter the ride, some figure sprang from the nearby buildings.
The figures were some minor supervillains: Slyde, Razor Fist, Ten-Eye Man and Catman.
All of them moved like they were zombies and had blank eyed expressions on their faces.
"Desmond and Christine must be controlling them," Rarity said.
"We have to get past them," Sunset insisted, "we have to find our powers and equipment."
Wiccan and Amethyst both nodded, all the heroes prepared to battle without their powers.
Back with Desmond and Christine.
The two teens watched the four teams deal with the obstacles in their way.
"The game is going well so far," Christine said, "who knew that powerless heroes would be so entertaining."
"Yeah," murmured Desmond, "very entertaining."
Christine noticed that her brother was watching Fluttershy's team with dreamy look on his face.
"You okay, bro?" she asked.
Desmond acted like he had snapped out of a trance, "Arrr, yeah," he said, trying to recover, "what did I miss?"
Christine looked suspiciously at her brother, something was going on with him.