Blade was walking through the streets of Canterlot, when he looked out onto the soccer field where Rainbow and Applejack were playing against Casey and Gabby.
As the rainbow haired girl was racing for the goal, Casey managed to steal the ball from her. Unfortunately, he failed to watch where he was going and tripped over the ball, landing into a patch of mud. The girls couldn't help but laugh at him.
"You okay, Jones?" Gabby asked, offering her hand.
"Yeah... just like you are!" Casey answered, grabbing her hand and pulling her down in the mud with him.
"¡Oye! ¡No puedes hacer eso!" Gabby gripped. Casey laughed until Gabby splatted a handful of mud in his face.
Rainbow laughed. "Looks good on yah, Casey!" She continued to laugh until Casey flung mud at her.
Applejack laughed. "Looks good on you too!" Then she was flung with mud by Gabby. "Oh, so y'all wanna mud wrestle, huh?" Then she and Rainbow tackled the two and they all rolled around laughing.
Blade watched them before he left, feeling a little down, as if remembering something. Next, he passed by the arcade where he saw Mikey, in disguise, playing against Caitlyn in a dancing game, while Pinkie, Shinigami, and Zach cheered.
"You may think that you got what it takes, Caitlyn," Mikey said. "But in the end, Michelangelo knows how to groove!
"Yeah? Well groove this!" Caitlyn rebuked, and pulled off a big dance move that helped her score bonus points, even wowing Mikey.
"Wow! Nice move, Caitlyn!" Pinkie said.
"Yeah! You definitely one upped me," Mikey admitted.
Shini patted his shoulder. "Don’t worry. You still got the best moves, Michelangelo."
"Good game, Mikey," Caitlyn said.
"Good game," Mikey replied, and the two shook hands.
"I didn't know you dance like that?" Zach said to his sister.
Caitlyn smirked. "There's a lot you don't know about, little brother."
Blade left, feeling more down. Then he passed by an outdoor table where Keno and Indigo were seated. The Filipino boy was telling his girlfriend about one of his training days.
"You actually missed a kick and fell flat on you're back?!" Indigo laughed.
"I was still learning," Keno rubbed the back of his neck.
"It's no big," Indigo waved off. "When I played basketball for the first time, my aim was off and the ball bounced off the basket and nailed me in the face!"
"Seriously?" Keno asked.
"Yeah," Indigo nodded.
The two shared a laugh and Blade walked on. As he passed the skate park, he saw Bright Eyes and Lancer practicing skating.
"Now just a little on the left," Lancer instructed as they skated in a big circle. "There you go."
"I’m glad to see you’re feeling better after the tournament," Bright Eyes said.
"Yeah, the healing hands Leo taught me really helped with that," Lancer replied. "After that, my mom was just glad all I had were scrapes and bruises."
"You haven’t been picked on by Viper Kai or Shark have you?" Bright Eyes asked in worry.
"Nope," Lancer shook his head. "Since the tournament, it’s like they disappeared off the face of the earth, but I have feeling that Shark will show up when I Ieast expect it, even if Diamond Tiara assured me he won’t. Anyway, I’ll show you how to swerve."
"Okay," Bright Eyes smiled, as they resumed skating.
Blade smiled at the sight but still felt down as he walked away. Later, he approached the farm, where Donnie and April were in the garage with Big Mac. The smart Turtle and the oldest apple sibling were working on what looked to be an old taxi cab.
"Okay, April, try it now!" Donnie called.
April turned the key and the engine sputtered for a bit before it came to live. "It works!"
"Yes! Ha ha!" Donnie cheered.
"Eeyup!" Big Mac added.
"Perfect! I knew we'd get this old taxi we found in the junkyard to work!" Donnie stated. "I just need to make a few modifications, and it'll be ready."
Sighing to himself, Blade walks over to the makeshift dojo where Leo, Twilight, Karai, and Raph were sparing. Fugitoid was watching the scene as Blade sat on a stump and watched as well. Leo caught Twilight after she almost fell before she blocked an attack meant for him by Karai.
"Nice move!" Karai admitted.
"Showoffs! Raph laughed while dodging Leo's attacks.
"Hello, Blade Swipe," Fugitoid greeted, before noticing his moody face. "Blade, is everything alright?"
Leo noticed too and called, "Whoa! Hold up, everyone." Everyone ceased their spar as they all noticed Blade as well. "Blade? Is something wrong?"
"Forgive my attitude, I just feel lonely," Blade said.
"What do you mean?" Karai asked.
"I … Miss Fizzlepop," Blade confessed.
"Oh. I know what that’s like," Raph said, recalling the time he was missing Mona before they fought Newtralizer and Lord Dregg.
"We’re sorry, Blade," Twilight said.
"It’s alright," Blade replied, as he took out a photo of him and Fizzlepop at the Friendship Festival. "It’s just, ever since we made amends after defeating the Storm King, I was hoping we could be… more. But I respected her wish to travel around Equestria and destroy what’s left of his empire. It’s…. Just been so long and even though we keep in touch, I still miss her."
"I get it, Blade," Raph sympathized. "It's just like that time when I was missing Mona Lisa."
"The Salamandarin from your space travels?" Blade inquired, having heard about it.
"Yeah," Raph confirmed. "We really got to introduce you to the Mutanimals sometime."
"Perhaps, if this helps, you could do something that'll take your mind off it," Fugitoid suggested.
"Like what?" Blade asked.
"I think I might have an idea?" Twilight chimed in. "I'm going to the planetarium later to catch up with some of my old friends. Maybe you and the Turtles can come along and I can introduce you."
"The planetarium? You mean where you had that date with Timber?" Raph teased.
Twilight blushed. "Hang out with Timber!" She corrected in annoyance. "But yes."
"Wait, I thought you didn’t have any friends before, Twilight," Karai asked.
"During Crystal Prep, I didn't," Twilight explained. "But back at elementary school, I had a couple friends. But they transferred to another school while I went to Crystal Prep. Since then, we lost contact. Until I ran into them at the mall a couple days ago."
Blade thought about it. "Well I could use that. I do like meeting new people and ponies."
"You guys go ahead," Karai said. "I need to check in with Adagio on the status of the Foot."
"Okay," Leo nodded.
"And I got some school work to finish at Canterlot High. I’ll see you all later," Fugitoid added.
"Cmon let’s go," Twilight said.
Soon, the Turtles in their trench coats, and Blade had arrived at the planetarium with Twilight and Spike.
"So, who are these old friends of yours, Twilight?" Donnie asked.
"Well, there's Minuette, Twinkle Shine, Lemon Hearts, and Moon Dancer," Twilight listed off.
"So what was it like back then?" Mikey asked.
"To be honest, I only have vague memories about them," Twilight answered.
"Why's that?" Donnie inquired.
Spike popped out of her bag. "Because she spent more time studying than actually hanging out with her friends."
Twilight frowned. "Well, in my defense, so did Moon Dancer."
In a flashback, at a school playground, a younger Twilight and Moon Dancer were sitting against a wall reading, while their friends were off playing.
"But according to this book, you're supposed to add the sodium chloride first," a young Twilight told a young Moon Dancer.
"I read ahead," Young Moon Dancer retorted. "And to make a proper salt lick, you need to add the molasses first."
"Well, I read ahead too, Moon Dancer," Young Twilight rebuked. "And I'm sure it said sodium chloride first."
"Oh. I've got the wrong book," Young Moon Dancer said dryly. "That's so hilarious."
When the flashback ended, Raph coughed. "Agh-nerds!" Which earned him an angry nudge from Twilight.
"Now then, Moon Dancer said she was going right around here. I wonder-" she bumped into a figure, knocking them both down.
"Not what I was thinking when you said I’d run into you here," it was a girl with red hair tied into a top ponytail.
"Moon Dancer!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Good to see you again, Twilight," Moon Dancer smiled, as the two stood up and embraced.
Mikey whispered to his brothers, "Is it me? Or does she resemble Twilight in more ways than one?"
"How have you been?" Twilight asked her old friend.
"Oh you know. Same old. Same old," Moon Dancer replied. "Still studying and hanging out with the girls. Anyway, who are these guys?" She motioned to the Turtles and Blade.
"These are some of my friends visiting from New York and... elsewhere," Twilight introduced.
Leo stepped forward and introduced himself and his family. "I'm Leonardo, and these are brothers. Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo."
"What up!" Mikey grinned.
"And I am Blade Swipe," Blade chimed in
"Nice to meet you all," Moon Dancer said, and whispered, "Even if most of you are mutant terrapene."
"Wha?" Mikey asked in confusion.
"That's the scientific name for turtles," Donnie explained.
"Oh."
"Glad you’re taking us being mutants well," Raph said.
"I’ve been working on expanding my expertise on friends," Moon Dancer shrugged. "Besides, I’ve heard how you helped Twilight and how you’ve saved the world multiple times. Also, I’d like to study mutant analogy."
"Analogy?" Mikey asked.
"Comparison for study and explanation," Donnie explained.
Raph whispered to Blade. "Mikey’s learning a lot today."
"Isn’t that a good thing?" Blade questioned.
"C'mon everyone," Leo said, and they all went in.
Once they entered the Planetarium, the Turtles and Blade looked around the building in awe. Especially Donnie.
"Holy Chalupa!" He gushed, in excitement. "This planetarium is amazing!"
"Oh it is!" Moon Dancer agreed in equal excitement. "They even have a statue of it's founder!" She motioned to a large statue of a familiar figure they met in Equestria.
"Star Swirl?!" The Turtles and Blade gasped.
"Oh, you know of Star Swirl?" Moon Dancer inquired.
"Uh, in a way," Blade answered. "We've heard of him."
"Star Swirl was the greatest astrologist in all of Canterlot," Twilight explained.
"Yep," Moon Dancer added, "He and his apprentice Stygian discovered many constellations."
"Whoa," Mikey said.
"Impressive," Donnie added.
"Amazing," Blade put in.
"Yawn," Raph remarked, and Twilight glared at him.
"That is pretty cool," Leo admitted, then whispered to Moon Dancer. "You’ll have to forgive my brother. He tends to get bored easily at this kind of thing."
"Cool but rude. Got it," Moon Dancer nodded. "I’ve dealt with guys like that."
"Twilight Sparkle!" Everyone turned to see three girls waving towards them.
"Girls!" Twilight exclaimed, as she ran over and embraced them. "It's great to see you all again!"
"It's great to see you too, Twilight," Minuette said. "Hey, Spike!" She petted the dog's head.
Twilight smiled. "We've got a lot to catch up on. And I have some friends to introduce you all too." She motioned towards the Turtles and Blade.
Later, the group were sitting at the base of the Star Swirl statue as the brothers, Blade, and Twilight had explained about all their adventures. Needless to say, the girls were amazed.
"Wow! So you guys are ninjas?!" Minuette asked, in excitement.
"And turtles?!" Twinkle Shine chimed in.
"And you trained Twilight and her friends to be Kunoichi?" Lemon Hearts added. "And Spike can talk now?!"
"That about sums it up," Donnie confirmed.
"And I get that a lot," Spike said.
"It's all so fascinating!" Moon Dancer smiled widely. "And did you all really travel to outer space and to the prehistoric era?!"
"Yes, and yes," Twilight answered. "Although, that last one was by accident and we ended up creating a dark paradox."
"Yeah the hard part was getting back home," Leo added.
"Amazing!" Minuette exclaimed. "Have you guys ever thought of writing a comic book or something?"
"That be one series I’d read," Moon Dancer admitted. "I just usually read textbooks and novels. Wasn’t big on comic books."
"Well, there was that Mutant Apocalypse comic our friend Sunset Shimmer wrote a while back," Mikey noted.
"She sent it to a couple comic writers to see if they’ll publish it," Raph added.
"Cool. Hope it does. Sounds interesting!" Lemon Hearts said.
"So, Blade, how did you become a mutant?" Moon Dancer asked.
"Well, I was in training to be a royal guard," Blade began. "But one night, I saw a strange portal open up and, consumed by curiosity, I went through and was captured by the Kraang."
"Those are the unfriendly brain aliens you guys mentioned, right?" Minuette inquired to Twilight and the Turtles.
"Unfriendly doesn't even began to describe the Kraang!" Raph stated.
Blade continued. "They experimented on me and mutated me, changing my front hooves into hands. I managed to escape back home. But the other ponies saw me as freak." He showed them an old cut out news paper article that had a picture of him as a pony and all the other ponies running away in terror.
"Oh I don’t know. You look alright to me," Lemon Hearts admitted.
"I lived in exile for years, training in ninjitsu," Blade went on. "Then one day, I discovered a old grimoire which contained an evil spirit named Dark Codex. He manipulated me to hating everypony, making me believe I couldn’t have a normal life. That’s when I met these guys. After a couple battles, they brought me to my senses and I destroyed the grimoire, destroying Dark Codex."
"Wow!" The girl exclaimed.
"After that, they reunited me with my old training friends and they apologized for shunning me all those years ago. Then after some community service, I finally became a royal guard."
"And since then, Blade has been a great ally and helped us in many adventures," Leo chimed in.
"Cool!" Twinkle Shine said.
"Impressive," Minuette smiled.
"Awesome!" Lemon Hearts exclaimed.
"You’ve really been through a lot," Moon Dancer said, in sympathy.
"That I... have!" Blade looked up and gasped in alarm. "Uh, hey! I think I'll go check out that uh, new exhibit!" And he raced off before anyone could question him.
"But, there is no new exhibit?" Moon Dancer said, in confusion.
Spike looked at Blade had seen and grinned. "Oh, I don't think that was the reason he ran off." He pointed.
Standing near by, looking around as if searching for something, was Trixie. The Turtles and Twilight all laughed.
"She's a stalker," Raph grinned.
"Hey, it's that magician girl, Trixie," Minuette said. "I think I've seen some of her shows."
"Doesn’t she go to CHS with you, Twilight?" Twinkle Shine inquired.
"Yeah," Twilight confirmed. "She has helped us before, in a matter of speaking."
"And since Blade came to town, Trixie's had a mad crush him," Mikey grinned.
Lemon Hearts pouted. "Lucky!"
"Don’t envy her yet. Blade has a love back home" Raph stated.
Minuette patted Lemon Hearts on her shoulder. "Don’t worry. You’ll find someone."
"We all will," Moon Dancer added.
Trixie walked past, calling out, "Yoo-hoo! Blade! Are you here?"
She passed a meteorite display where Blade was hiding. As soon as she left, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Hi, Blade," Minuette said, from behind him.
Blade whipped around. "Waahh!"
"Shhh!" Twinkle Shine hissed.
"Don't worry about Trixie," Lemon Hearts said. "Twilight and the others are taking care of her." They all peeked out around the display and saw Twilight, Moon Dancer, and Turtles talking with Trixie.
"Why, Trixie, I had no idea that you were into astrology?" Twilight said, acting surprised.
"Well, no, the Great and Powerful Trixie is actually here too-" Trixie was cut off by Moon Dancer.
"You should see the planetary show with us!" She took her hand.
"Trixie has no time for planet shows," Trixie rebuffed. "Trixie could've sworn she saw-"
Donnie interjected. "If I recall, Trixie, you said you were studying astronomy."
"I have no recollection of that," Trixie said, in confusion.
"That's okay," Raph put an arm around her. "Think of it as something to nap at."
"Are you sure you're not hiding-" Trixie was about to accuse them of distracting her from Blade, when Leo broke in.
"You could learn something from it."
"Okay fine!" Trixie relented. "I'll see this planetary show. Maybe my Blade will be there."
"See? Show hasn't started and she's already seeing stars!" Mikey said. As they all led Trixie away, he glanced back at Blade's hiding spot and gave him a thumbs up.
Blade sighed. "It's good to have friends like them."
"It sure does," Twinkle Shine agreed.
"So, Blade, just out of curiosity, who's this other lover of yours?" Lemon Hearts asked, with a knowing grin.
"Um... Tempest Shadow. But her real name is Fizzlepop Berrytwist," Blade showed them the photo he had earlier.
"Ooo, what's she like?" Minuette asked.
"Well, like me, she's a reformed villain," Blade explained. "She used to be the commander of an evil tyrant known as the Storm King until she helped us defeat him. Like me, she's also different as her horn was broken as a filly."
"Ouch!" Twinkle Shine winced.
"But the two of us bounded over our dark pasts and it soon turned to love," Blade put in.
"Aw!" Minuette cooed.
Blade finished. "Right now, she's traveling around, telling everyone the Storm King is gone as well as destroying the rest of his hold. We do keep in touch through letters. But even so, I really miss her."
"I bet," Lemon Hearts said.
"You know, Blade, you and Moon Dancer are kind of the same," Twinkle Shine said.
"What do you mean?" Blade asked.
"Well, she wasn't always so open," Twinkle Shine explained.
"Yeah, she used to be pretty shy," Minuette chimed in. "Twilight was the only friend she really could connect with."
"For a while, she started to come out of her shell. But when Twilight left for Crystal Prep, we stopped seeing each other," Lemon Hearts added. "Moon Dancer threw her a party but she never showed up, and she was heart broken. After that, she sorta threw herself into her studies."
"But then, after she transferred to CHS, Twilight reconciled with us, but Moon Dancer was reluctant," Minuette continued. "After Twilight told us about her not so good time at Crystal Prep and what happened to her at the Friendship Games, she and Moon Dancer made up and now we're all great friends!"
"Huh? It really does remind me of myself with the Turtles and Fizzlepop," Blade realized.
"And I’m sure wherever this Fizzlepop is, she misses you just as much as you miss her," Lemon Hearts assured.
Blade smiled. "I thank you three for your words. I do feel feel much better. Hmm?" He noticed something.
"What is it, Blade?" Minuette asked.
What caught Blade’s eye was a wisp of Equestrian Magic floating around.
"Trouble," Blade muttered. "Could you excuse me for a moment?" He stood up and walked off. He looked around, but he had lost sight of the wisp. "Where'd it go?" He wondered, unaware the wisp appeared behind him. As he turned around, it flew right into him, knocking him down.
Minuette, Twinkle Shine, and Lemon Hearts saw the whole thing. "Blade! They cried and rushed over to him.
"Are you okay?" Twinkle Shine asked, as the girls helped him up.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Blade replied. Just then, his body suddenly glowed bright pink, much to his confusion. "Odd?"
"Why are you... glowing..." Lemon Hearts trailed off.
Blade, not noticing her reaction, answered as he was still looking himself over, "I think I got hit by Equestrian Magic. It's loose in this world and it has random, chaotic effects on objects and even people, as it doesn't work the same as it does in Equestria..." He then noticed that the three were staring at him. "Why are you girls looking at me like that?"
Instead of answering, the girls' eyes rolled back a pink hearts appeared. Then they smiled widely.
"Blade... you're so handsome!" Minuette exclaimed.
"A dream boat!" Twinkle Shine cried in delight.
"I want you!" Lemon Hearts gushed
"Uh?" Blade began, and before he knew it, the three tackled him into a dust cloud. After a few seconds, he crawled out, covered in kiss marks. "What is wrong with you three?!"
"Didn’t anyone tell you that glow makes you look so radiant!" Minuette popped behind him.
"That scar makes you look tough," Twinkle Shine said. "I love that in a man!"
Lemon Hearts pushed them away, "Hey! Back off! I saw him first!"
Minuette got in her face. "No you didn’t! I’m treating him to a cup of cocoa!"
"Cheapskate!" Twinkle Shine snapped. "We’re going for pizza!"
"You both lose! We’re going to that expensive restaurant!" Lemon Hearts argued.
"I see you girls have a lot to talk about," Blade said, backing away. "So I gotta go. Bye!" He threw down a smoke bomb and disappeared.
"Wait, Blade, don’t go!" Minuette cried.
"Come back, Lover Boy!" Lemon Hearts called.
"Find him!" Twinkle Shine exclaimed, and they all hurried away.
In a hiding spot, Blade said to himself, "What was that all about? It had to be Equestrian Magic! Great. A love attracting magic. I gotta tell the others."
Meanwhile, after ditching Trixie at the show, the Turtles, Twilight, and Moon Dancer walked out and high-fived.
"Well that should keep Trixie busy for a while," Raph smirked.
Then they all noticed the three girls looking all over the building.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked.
"Did we miss something?" Donnie inquired.
"Guys! The group turned and saw Blade's hand wave to them from behind the Star Swirl statue.
"Blade? Is that you?" Leo asked, taking notice of his pink glow.
"Are you glowing?" Moon Dancer asked, about to peek around.
"Don't look at me!" Blade cried. "It's Equestrian Magic!"
"What?!" Twilight gasped.
"Equestrian Magic?" Moon Dancer inquired.
"We'll explain later," Spike informed her.
"What’s it doing this time?" Donnie asked.
"I noticed a wisp of it earlier and tried to get it only to get hit with it," Blade answered. "And it appears that every female that looks t me like this wants to be my lover."
"Really?" Moon Dancer looked around at Blade.
"No! Don’t!" Blade cried, but hearts already appeared in Moon Dancer's eyes.
"Hubba hubba!" Before she could pounce on him, Leo quickly pulled her away.
"Moon Dancer! Moon Dancer! Snap out of it!" Twilight said, shaking her a little.
"Huh wha?" Moon Dancer' s eyes returned to normal. "Oh yeah. Blade. Man that's powerful stuff!"
"You know I’m surprised that no guys are chasing after you," Mikey noted.
Raph clamped his mouth shut, "You wanna jinx us?!"
"I don't think we need to worry about that," Donnie said. He was looking at Blade from around the other side of the statue. "Cause I'm looking at him and so far, I'm not affected."
Twilight peek around and nothing happened to her. "Neither am I!"
"What? How is that possible?" Moon Dancer asked, while hiding her gaze from Blade.
"I think I might have an explanation for that," Donnie stated. "Sunset told us that when the Dazzlings used their singing on CHS, she and the rest of the Rainbooms weren't affected because of their own Equestrian Magic. So I think it's safe to say that your magic keeps you from being effected, Twilight."
"So how come you guys aren't affected?" Spike asked.
"I might have an explanation for that," Twilight said. "It's possible that, because Blade misses Fizzlepop, the Equestrian Magic attracts females alone."
"Perfect," Blade frowned. "Twilight, I don’t suppose you have your tracker on you?"
Twilight nodded. "Yep, I've got it right... She reached into her bag only to gasp in horror. "Oh no! It's not here!"
"What?!" The Turtles cried.
"Seriously?!" Blade exclaimed.
"I must have left it back at the farm!" Twilight realized.
"Great!" Raph grumbled. "Can things get any worse?!"
"Yeah, you shouldn't say that," Spike advised.
Then they heard collective squeals and looked to see that Minuette, Twinkle Shine, and Lemon Hearts had appeared behind Blade. "Hi, Blade!" They said.
Mikey smirked at Raph. "And you said I'd jinx us."
Blade quickly fled before the three could tackle him.
"Come on, guys!" Leo ordered, and the Turtles ran after them.
Moon Dancer was about to follow, when Twilight took her glasses. "Hey! Twilight!"
"Sorry, Moon Dancer," Twilight apologized. "But I figured if you can't see Blade clearly you won't fell under the spell again."
Moon Dancer snatched her glasses back and answered, "Fine, but next time warn me first." Twilight took her hand and the pair ran to catch up with the Turtles.
Mikey hurried over to a door and opened it. "Blade! Quick! In here!"
Blade ran in as Mikey slammed the door shut. Blade sighs in relief before noticing something. "Oh no."
Mikey happily dusted his hands before Donnie noticed something, "Uh, Mikey? Where’d you hide Blade?"
"I think it’s the broom closet?" Mikey shrugged.
"Well, unless someone’s pulling an April Fools joke," Raph began. "OR YOU HID HIM IN THE PLANETARY SHOW!" He pointed to the sign next to the doors.
Mikey noticed and realized his blunder, "Uh oh."
They heard multiple girl squeals from inside as well as Blade screaming, "GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
Blade burst out of the room with a mob of girls chasing after him. The Turtles, Twilight, and Moon Dancer quickly followed. After they had gone, Trixie came out, but she wasn't affected by the magic. Instead, she just looked curious.
Meanwhile, as music filled the air, Lemon Hearts flipped her hair, Twinkle Shine snapped her fingers, and Minuette tapped her foot to the beat and the three began to sing...
Blade peeked out from behind a moon rock display. Unfortunately, he didn't realize till too late that three girls, Lyra, Bonbon, and Blueberry Cake, saw him and fell under the spell. Then they lunged at him but Blade quickly flipped over them and ran.
As he passed by another display, Ginger Owleyes, Fleur De Lis, and Garden Grove saw him and after felling under the spell too, chased after him as well.
Blade was just entering a doorway, looking back at the girls chasing him, when the Turtles grabbed him and pulled him off to the side while Twilight and Moon Dancer stuck out their feet, tripping the girls into a pile.
The group looked out from around a corner, and seeing no girls in sight, they nodded to each other and hurried off, keeping a lookout. However, they didn't notice Velvet Sky, Sophisticata, Mystery Mint, and Watermelody round another corner. They too fell under the spell and squealed, alerting the group, before they tackled Blade. Mikey snickered at the sight and Raph conked him on the head before the Turtles pulled the girls off Blade and tossed them away before they all ran.
They then hurried to the astronomy section and stopped to catch their breath. But the pause didn't last long as they saw Octavia and Vinyl see Blade and begin to fall for him. Acting quickly, Leo and Donnie dropped wastebaskets on them and rolled them away as Twilight led the group away.
The group then got annoyed to see Mickey stopped in front of a vending machine getting a candy bar. Blade hurried over to get him over before he stood in fright. Mikey looked to noticed Maud Pie was next to him who still had a blank face but had hearts in her eyes and smiled a little. The party turtle freaked as he pushed Blade away as Maud slowly walked towards him. She was so slow that Mikey went back and got his candy bar.
While everyone kept running from the screaming mob, Mikey painted a cardboard cutout of Blade with an arrow pointing in the wrong direction. He put it up just after Raph pulled Blade behind a diorama of Saturn. The mob saw his sign and followed it. When it looked like the coast was clear, Raph and Blade came out and followed Mikey back to the others. But Lyra saw them and signaled to the them and the mob followed in hot pursuit.
Hiding behind a giant globe, the group wondered what to do, when Moon Dancer spotted the observatory building and got an idea. While the mob of girls were looking for Blade, they heard a whistle and saw him waving before bolting out some doors. Squealing, the girls instantly ran after him.
Blade ducked into the observatory with the girls right behind him. Once the last of mob had gone inside, the Turtles slammed the doors shut and Twilight levitated a chain around the handles then Moon Dancer fastened a lock on them, trapping the mob inside.
Blade then climbed out through the telescope hole and jumped down to the group. They all hi-fived and walked away. They would come back and free them once they got the Equestrian Magic out of Blade.
However, as soon as they entered the Planetarium, they heard loud banging and slowly turned back at the observatory to see the doors jarring as if being rammed by something. Then, the doors were knocked open, the chain breaking, and the mob of girls stampeded towards them. The group screamed and ran away.
Finally, just as the song ended, the group burst out the doors and slammed them shut. Panting from all the running, they slid to the ground.
"Now I know how boy bands feel!" Mikey said, out of breath.
"Tell me about it," Raph agreed.
"Do you guys always have adventures like this?" Moon Dancer asked Twilight.
"Pretty much," she replied. "We need to get back to the farm and get my magic tracker."
"I don't know if we can make it back without running into any more girls?" Donnie said, in worry.
"I can help you guys," a smug female voice said. Everyone jumped and saw Trixie standing next to them.
"Trixie?" Twilight gasped.
"How long have you been standing there?" Donnie asked.
"Since the moment you came out those doors," Trixie answered.
"Wait," Leo noticed she was looking at Blade, but wasn't under the spell. "You aren't affected by the magic?"
"Well, duh," Mikey said, as if it were obvious. "She's already in love with Blade."
"Yeah, that would be the logical explanation," Donnie agreed.
"Of course it is," Blade frowned.
"What do you want, Trixie?" Raph asked, in annoyance.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie couldn't help but notice your little predicament," Trixie said. "But not to worry, I know how you can all get to town without any other girls seeing Blade."
"Really? Awesome!" Mikey cheered.
"Hold on," Leo interjected, knowing from Sunset that Trixie wouldn't be this generous without getting something out of it. "What's the catch, Trixie."
Trixie smirked. "If I help you guys, then Blade has to go on a date with me."
"Absolutely not!" Blade refused, standing up.
"Well, it's either that, or them?" Trixie pointed and they all saw the girls inside shouting for Blade.
Blade sighed in defeat. "Fine."
"Yay!" Trixie cheered.
"So how are we going to get to town, Trixie?" Raph inquired.
"Simple," Trixie answered, smugly. "I know a short cut..."
Soon, the group were trekking through some maintenance tunnels with Trixie leading the way.
"Maintenance tunnels? Fascinating," Donnie said, looking around.
"How’d you gain access down here?" Twilight asked.
"A magician never reveals her secrets," Trixie replied.
"You use them for your disappearing acts," Moon Dancer deduced.
"Smart mouth," Trixie mumbled, in annoyance, before changing her mood. "But it’ll be worth it!"
"These tunnels remind me of home only cleaner," Mikey noted.
Leo glanced at Blade, who was walking in the back, "You doing okay, Blade?"
"Just the sooner this is over, the better," Blade grumbled. "Not one of my better days."
Later, after peeking to make sure no one was around, Trixie opened up the hatch and they all climbed out and found themselves in an alley.
"And voila!" She announced. "We're here!"
Blade looked out and saw they were indeed back in town. "Wow! I'm actually impressed, Trixie," he admitted, and Trixie giggled from the complement. "Don't let it go to your head."
"Now the only issue is getting through the streets without any girl seeing Blade?" Moon Dancer stated.
"No problem for ninjas," Mikey noted.
As some girls were walking the street, the Turtles and Blade were leaping across buildings while Twilight, Moon Dancer, and Trixie followed on the ground. They regrouped in another alley.
"Okay. So far so good!" Twilight said.
"But how long until a random girl sees him and the party starts all over again?" Raph asked.
"Not only that," Blade added. "But even when we get to Sweet Apple Acres, there’s a risk that April, Karai, Shinigami, Caitlyn, Buffy, even Bright Eyes might see me."
"There’s got to be a way to get you back sooner," Leo said.
"Yeah, because those girls are tougher than Kraang droids," Mikey added.
"I think I got an idea!" Donnie said, pulling out his T-Phone and making a quick call. "Hello, April? Do you still have the keys to the Party Wagon?"
"Donnie, April will see me!" Blade protested.
"I think we can fix that," Raph motioned to something.
A few minutes later, April pulled up in the Party Wagon. "Hey, guys."
"Glad you could bring the Party Wagon, April," Donnie said.
"Well it's a good thing I passed driver's ed before we came to Canterlot," April stated.
"Oh, April, this is my friend Moon Dancer," Twilight introduced her friend.
Moon Dancer: shook April's hand, "Nice to meet you."
"Like wise," April smiled. "So, what happened? And where's Blade?"
"Right here," Blade walked out, wearing a tarp over his whole body with only his feet showing, and being led by Mikey and Raph.
April looked puzzled before she asked, "Why's Blade wearing a tarp."
"We couldn't risk you seeing him," Donnie explained.
"What? Why?"
"Well..." Twilight began.
"Does anyone hear something?" Spike interrupted, craning his neck to hear.
Everyone listened and sure enough, they heard a faint sound coming from around the corner of a building. And it was getting louder and louder and sounded like cries of excitement. Until finally, the mob of girls appeared and looked in their direction.
One of them, Desert Sage, looked in their direction and noticed Blade's boots sticking out from the tarp. "There he is!" She pointed. Screaming in joy, the girl mob all ran towards them.
"Move move!" Leo ordered, and they piled into the Party Wagon and it raced it away with the mob of girls following behind.
Twilight explained to April fast paced, "Okay, long short, Blade got infected by Equestrian Magic and whenever a girl looks at him, they fall crazy in love with him. So now we need to get back to the farm cause I accidentally left my magic tracker there!" She took a breath.
April blinked. "Wow."
"April Look out!" Donnie shouted, pointing. Some live sick girls were in their path.
"Whoa!" April swerved, narrowly missing them. "Whew! That was close!"
Suddenly, they all heard car horns and looked to see some love crazed drivers.
"Oh come on!" Raph groaned.
"At least they’re not after you," Blade noted.
Mikey heard sirens and noticed one of the girls, Velvet Sky, had swiped a police car. "Whatever you do, April. Do not slow down for the police!"
April drove fast and when the cars sped up to catch them, she quickly stopped and gave them the slip before turning.
"I think you lost them," Moon Dancer said, then Lyra and Bonbon jumped on the Party Wagon’s windshield causing everyone to scream.
"You we’re saying?" Raph retorted.
"I said I THINK, not we Did lose them!" Moon Dancer argued.
"Not now!" Leo slammed the wipers on getting the girls off.
"At least kiss marks aren’t the worse thing I had to wipe off the Party Wagon," Donnie sighed.
Then they heard thumping and looked out the windows. Some of the girls had jumped onto the roof. Trixie frowned in determination, "I'll handle this!" She kicked open the roof access and climbed up before fighting off the girls with a plunger. "Back off! He’s mine!"
"Oh!" Blade face-palmed. "If we survive this, nobody breathe a word of this to Fizzlepop!"
Then they saw the girl drivers had doubled back and were driving straight at them. April looked around before she noticed the entrance to the park.
"Guys, hang on, I'm about to do something very reckless!" Then she swerved the Party Wagon to the left, driving through the park entrance. But Velvet Skies in the police car followed after them.
"Are you crazy, April?!" Twilight exclaimed.
"I said it was reckless," April rebuffed.
"Turtles of justice! Tracked by the cops! Hunted night and day!" Mikey narrated their chase.
"MIKEY!" Everyone yelled.
"She’s not even a police officer!" Raph stated.
"Watch out!" Leo cried.
April saw they were heading for a bridge with a couple standing on it. She honked the horn, getting their attention, and they dove off the bridge and into the pond, as the Party Wagon and police car passed over.
Knowing they had to lose the car, April looked around before she saw they were approaching a stone statue and got an idea. As the police car got closer April swerved at last minute, Trixie almost losing her balance, and missed the statue.
Velvet Sky stepped on the brake, but the car smashed right into the statue's base. Luckily, Velvet Sky wasn't hurt and the statue remained intact.
"Hope she don't get in big trouble for that," Mikey said.
"Hey!" Trixie shouted at April. "Trixie is still up here you know!"
"Just a little further!" April said, ignoring the magician girl.
Finally, Trixie knocked off the final girl. "And that is why you never challenge the Great and Powerful-oof!" She hadn't noticed a low hanging branch until she smacked into it and was left hanging there. "Trixie is okay!"
Blade grinned. "Well, that's one good thing that came out of this."
As the Party Wagon then drove on a gravel parking area, April hit the brakes. The girls from before came running at them from one direction and the girl drivers came speeding toward them from another. However, looking at gravel road gave April an idea.
"Everyone hang on! I’m taking her for a spin!" She stepped on the gas and started spinning the Van around, causing the dirt to go flying, creating a small dirt storm. Everyone held on while Leo held onto Twilight.
"Faster! Faster!" Mikey cheered in excitement. "Hey, dudes, put your hands up! It’s funner that way!"
Moon Dancer fell a little, losing her glasses. When all the girls and drivers went into the storm, The Party Wagon drove out.
"Thank goodness it hadn’t rained recently," April said.
Moon Dancer was trying to find her glasses when Spike handed them to her. "Here!"
"Thanks," she said, taking them, before she paused. "That’s not you, Blade, is it?"
"Nope, it’s Spike."
Moon Dancer put her glasses back on and saw that it was the dog, "Oh thank goodness!"
"Good thinking, April," Leo said.
"A little something I picked up from those truck rallies Casey keeps watching," April stated.
"Hopefully it buys us enough time to get to Sweet Apple Acres and get the tracker," Donnie said.
"Right! Let’s move!" Twilight said, as they drove off.
At last, they made it back to the farm and exited the Party Wagon.
"Now let's hurry and find the tracker before all those girls catch up with us," Leo said.
"Where was the last place you remember having it, Twilight?" Donnie asked.
Twilight thought for a moment. "Hmm? I think it was... ah! I had it on while we were sparring! It must somewhere in the backyard!"
"Well that should be simple enough," Raph said.
"So how do we find it?" Moon Dancer inquired.
"Blade, you go first," Twilight said.
"Huh?" Blade asked.
"Since you’re full of magic, the tracker will start beeping if your close to it and boom! We’ll have it!" Twilight explained.
"Sounds fair," Blade admitted, and they all went into the backyard and began to search, while April and Moon Dancer kept their gaze away from Blade.
As everyone continued to search, Spike's ears picked up the sound of the tracker beeping. He followed the sound as it led him to a tool shed. The door was open and he walked in only to stop in shock and horror.
"Uh oh!" As the others were still looking, he called out, "Guys, good news and bad news! Good news, I found the tracker!"
"You did?!" Twilight exclaimed, as they all hurried over to the shed as Spike backed out. "Where?"
Spike pointed. "That's the bad news..."
They looked and gasped. Stepping out of the shed were Minuette, Twinkle Shine, and Lemon Hearts. Minuette was holding the tracker.
"Hi, Blade!"
"Oh no!" Moon Dancer gasped.
"How'd they get here?!" Raph asked in shock.
"How'd they even know to come here?!" Donnie added.
"Girls, please, give me the tracker," Twilight begged.
"Sorry, Twilight, but I'm afraid we can't do that," Minuette replied.
"You'll use this to stop us from loving Blade," Lemon Hearts stated.
"It's nothing personal," Twinkle Shine shrugged.
Then Minuette threw the tracker and it went sailing over some houses.
"No!" Twilight cried.
"She's got a good arm," Mikey admitted.
The girls started towards them. "Great!" Raph grumbled, as the group backed away. "Now what do we do?"
As the love struckers came closer, Blade glanced at each of his friends and winced as he made a decision that he didn't like, but knew there was no choice.
"Get the tracker!" He said, with grim determination. "I’ll draw them away! It’s me they want anyway!" He called out to the girls, "Hey, ladies, come and get me!" He dashed off and leaped over the fence with the three girls in hot pursuit.
"Blade! No!" Twilight cried after him.
"What a hero!" Mikey gasped in awe.
"Twilight, he’s buying us time!" Leo said.
"We gotta use it!" April added.
"Hurry before they come back!" Donnie said, and the group hurried off to find the tracker.
Blade ran down the block. Minuette, Twinkle Shine, and Lemon Hearts were surprisingly quick as they managed to keep up with him. However, he managed to ditch them when he turned a corner and swung around a lamp post before running back the way he came.
He looked back for a moment to see if they had followed, when he crashed into someone, causing the person's hat to fall off.
"Hey, watch it!" A female voice snapped. Blade froze. It was another girl. Unbeknownst to him, it was the same girl Mikey and Bright Eyes had met in the hall. She dusted herself off and retrieved her hat. "Why don't you watch where your... going?" She paused and stared. Blade waited in dismay for the girl to fall under the spell and chase him too. But instead... "Are you glowing pink?"
Blade was dumbfounded. The girl wasn't affected by the magic. "Wait, why aren't you-" Before he could finish, he heard the sound of the three girls squealing behind him. "Can't talk right now! Sorry for crashing into you!" And he took off, leaving the girl standing there in confusion. "Don’t know how but I’ll accept it!" He said to himself, running into a wooded area with the three girls in hot pursuit.
"Blade wait!" Minuette called. "We have a date for the movies!"
"You have a date?" Twinkle Shine scoffed. "He’s taking me dancing!"
"Like Tartarus!" Lemon Hearts rebuked. "We’re going skating!"
Blade jumped over some fallen trees, trying to avoid them, before he turned a corner to find a dead end. He turned to see the girls had caught up with him. "Not good. Girls! Please! This isn’t what you want! I told you I’m already seeing someone!"
"Well you’re about to trade up, Stud!" Lemon Hearts said, as they all closed in.
Suddenly a voice from above shouted. "Hey!" Blade and the girls looked up. Standing on the cliff was Trixie. "Get away from my Blade Swipe!" Before anyone could react, Trixie threw a smoke bomb at the girls, covering them in smoke. Then she pulled out a multi colored bandanna chain from her sleeve and jumped into the smoke. When it cleared, Trixie stood in triumph while Minuette, Twinkle Shine, and Lemon Hearts were tied up.
Blade stared in disbelief before he said, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but thanks, Trixie."
Trixie leaned up to him. "Anything for you, Blade."
Just then, The Turtles, April, Twilight, and Moon Dancer hurry to them. April and Moon Dancer quickly covered their eyes from Blade.
"Blade! We are here to save you from-" Mikey noticed the three girls tied up. "Oh, never mind. You’re okay."
Twilight held up her tracker. "We got the tracker back! We’ll have you fixed up in no time." She opens the tracker and absorbed the magic out of Blade and he stopped glowing. The tied up girls then shook their heads in confusion. "It worked!" She spoke to April and Moon Dancer, "You can look now."
"Whew!" April sighed. "Glad that’s over."
"You and me both," Blade agreed.
Moon Dancer looked at the tracker. "I have to admit I’m impressed with your tracker, Twilight. So now what do you do with the magic?"
"I’ll use my portal Tracker to send it back to its place of origin," Donnie explained.
Minuette groaned. "Twilight? Moon Dancer? What’s going on?"
"And why are we tied up?" Twinkle Shine asked, in confusion.
"And why do I feel as embarrassed as the time I got my finger stuck in a test tube?" Lemon Hearts added.
"It’s kind of a long story," Twilight said.
Back at the farm, Blade, Twilight, the Turtles, April, and Moon Dancer had explained all that had happened to the three as well as the others
"And just as you three had me cornered, Trixie showed up and you know the rest," Blade finished.
"Oh no!" Lemon Hearts gasped.
"Blade, we're so sorry!" Minuette apologized.
"We didn't mean-" Twinkle Shine started when Blade cut her off.
"It's alright, girls. You weren't in your right minds."
"And this isn't the first time we've tangled with Equestrian Magic since we got here," Leo noted.
"Whoa!" Buffy gasped. "Good thing I was at the spa with Rarity when that happened."
"Indeed," Rarity added.
"We could've fallen under the spell!" Pinkie cried.
"Well, given how I wasn't effected because of my magic, I think it's safe to assume the rest of you wouldn't have been affected either," Twilight stated.
"Yeah, I guess that would make sense," Sunset agreed.
"Can't say the same for the rest of us," Karai pointed out.
"Yeah," Caitlyn said.
"Aye," Gabby added.
Shinigami turned to Blade. "And all that just because you missed Fizzlepop?"
"Yeah," Blade nodded. "But on the bright side, the whole thing did distract me from my loneliness."
"But to see all those girls chase you sounded funny!" Zach laughed.
"I'll say!" Rainbow chuckled.
"Yeah!" Casey added.
"Don't be rude, guys!" Caitlyn scolded.
"It's alright, Caitlyn," Blade said. "I'm sure as time goes on, we'll look back on this and laugh at it."
"Well, we're glad everything turned out okay in the end," Fluttershy smiled.
"Oh, Blade!" Called Trixie's voice.
Blade winced. "Not everything."
Trixie showed up, wearing her fall formal dress. "I'm ready for that date you agreed to!"
Blade frowned, before he spoke to the Turtles and Sunset, "Not a word of this to Fizzlepop."
"Hasn't even crossed our minds," Sunset stated, as Blade begrudgingly got up and walked off with Trixie.
"A deal's a deal," Blade frowned.
"And as promised, Trixie will control herself," Trixie smiled, immediately hugging Blade's arm.
"And make sure you’re back by ten you two!" Mikey called.
"Michelangelo!" Blade snapped.
Raph bonked Mikey on the head. "Never mind him. Have fun."
"You know?" Moon Dancer spoke up. "One thing I don't understand is how that girl he ran into didn't fall mad in love with him after looking at him?"
"Oh, I think that answer's obvious," Pinkie stated. "But I don't wanna ruin the surprise in future. And she winked at the forth wall.