One day, Bright Eyes and Scootaloo were walking together in a neighborhood. Scootaloo then turned Bright Eyes. “Thanks for helping me with my assignment, Bright Eyes.”
“My pleasure. I love assignments! So what's it for?”
“Well, I have to do a report about an inspirational person in my life.” Scootaloo explained.
Bright Eyes raised a brow. “And that person would be...”
“Rainbow Dash! No one inspires me more than she does!” Scootaloo then held out a book. “I'm making a scrapbook of all the amazing things she's done. From the Battle of the Bands, the Friendship Games, and all her soccer wins!”
“Wow! That looks impressive.” Bright Eyes nodded before she muttered to herself. “If not a bit stalkerish.”
“Yeeah.” Scootaloo raised a brow before changing the subject. “So how are those skating lessons with Lancer going?”
“Going great. He’s confident that we’ll do just fine at the rally in a couple days. And he’s been teaching me pretty well.”
“We’ll definitely be there to cheer you both on. I’ll probably be cheering for Rainbow as much, but I’ll still cheer for you.”
“I just hope I don’t do anything to mess up.”
“Like what?” Scootaloo asked.
Bright Eyes winced while remembering Pony Dash grilling her for smiling before changing the subject. “So how much further till Rainbow’s house?”
“Okay, so all we gotta do is-“ Unfortunately for Scootaloo, she hadn't watched where she was going and tripped. She fell on the ground and accidentally threw the scrapbook. “No!”
The book flew through the air and landed with a bonk, square on a man's head. “Ow!”
Scootaloo ran over. “Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean-“ she then gasped in shock when she got a good look at the man.
“Uh, that's okay. It just took me by surprise.” The man smiled before he noticed Scootaloo was staring. “What?”
Bright Eyes was equally confused. “Scootaloo?” She waved a hand in front of her face, but she kept on staring.
She had noticed that the man had short rainbow hair. Just like a certain teenage girl she knew. “You're... you're... RAINBOW DASH'S DAD!” She then let out a piercing squeal that made the man and Bright Eyes cover their ears.
“Uh, yes. Bow Hothoof, at your service.” The man shouted. He held out a hand, but Scootaloo just squealed even louder.
“Ah! She's louder than I was when I met Star Swirl!” Bright Eyes cringed.
At that moment, a woman came out of the house, holding one ear. “What is going on out here?”
Scootaloo paused her squealing when she saw the woman. She had Rainbow's blue skin and her magenta eyes. Then the girl squealed even louder.
The Woman covered her ears. “Ah! What is she yelling about?”
Bow tried to shout over her. “I don't know? But you just made it worse.”
“Scootaloo! Scootaloo!” Bright Eyes shook her friend.
Finally, Scootaloo realized what she was doing a clamped her mouth shut. “Sorry. It's that, you're RAINBOW DASH'S PARENTS!” She shook their hands wildly. “My name's Scootaloo and this is my friend Bright Eyes.”
Bright Eyes waved nervously as the woman smiled.
“Well... It's nice to meet you. I'm Windy Whistles. So what brings you both here?”
“Oh!” Scootaloo showed them her scrapbook. “I'm doing a report on an inspirational person in my life. And no one inspires me more than your daughter!”
“And in case you couldn't tell from squealing, she's Rainbow's biggest fan.” Bright Eyes pointed out.
Bow Hothoof raised his brow. “Her biggests fan? That's impossible. Because there's no bigger fan of our Rainbow Dash THAN WE ARE!” He opened his button shirt to reveal he was wearing a t shirt just like Rainbow's. Windy nodded at her husband's statement while Bright Eyes jawdropped.
Scootaloo however smiled. “Whoa! That looks exactly like one of Rainbow's shirts.”
“It is!” Bow gleamed before he added in sheepishly. “It's um, laundry day. But pretty great, right?”
“Totally!”
Windy Whistles walked up. “I think it's a total blast meeting someone who loves our Rainbow as much as we do.”
“How can we help you?” Bow asked.
“Well, I only know all about her time at CHS.”
“And I only know about her from... elsewhere.” Bright Eyes then frowned at the memory of pony Rainbow Dash accusing her. But she shook it off quickly.
“But neither of us know about her time before that?”
“Well, you both came to the right place.” Bow grinned as he welcomed the two in the house.
Soon, Bow and Windy were showing the girls a wall of family photos. Bow then explained.
“As you can see, our Rainbow was a fast learner. A so rambunctious.”
“And she really loved sports. Especially soccer.” Windy motioned to a photo of a young Rainbow kicking a soccer ball. “Once, she kicked the ball so hard, it went sailing past four houses and smashed our neighbor's bird bath.” Windy then pointed to a photo next to the first one. In it, she was smiling and holding her daughter, who was grinning nervously while glancing at the neighbor who was glaring at her. A destroyed bird bath was in the background. “And here is her trophies she won over the years from soccer to races. And here.” Windy then pointed to a display case with a tooth in it. “Is her first loose tooth!”
Scootaloo took a couple pictures left and right while Bright Eyes looks at the other trophies.
“Wow! You even keep her participation awards?” she asked Windy.
“But of course! To remember her rise to the top.”
Scootaloo had noticed some trophies that were for minor things. “Best skateboarder. Best guitar player. Best napper? She then turned to Bow. “Did you make these?”
“Yep. Pretty cool huh?”
“The coolest!” Scootaloo then noticed something else. “So, where are all her Kunoichi stuff?”
Both parents looked confused as Windy asked. “Kunoichi?”
“Is that some kind of contest?” Bow raised a brow.
Bright Eyes shook her head. “No, a kunoichi is a female ninja. I'm training to be one. Didn't Rainbow tell you?”
“Tell us what?” Bow blinked.
Scootaloo explained. “Told you about how she and her friends went to New York, met four mutant turtles who were ninjas, and trained in ninjisu before becoming a full ninja?” She then noticed Bow and Windy just looked confused. “Wait, you don't know that your daughter's a ninja? And I got to tell you?!”
Bow and Windy both gasped in surprised. “Uhh?!”
“Wow! You should see your faces right now!” Scootaloo gleamed before she took a picture. “See? That's what your faces look like.”
After a moment of silence, Bow and Windy exclaimed. “Our daughter's a ninja?!”
“Yeah! She and her friends are all ninjas. And they've fought all kinds of bad guys and threats!”
Bow thought for a second. “This sounds like a comic book. You sure she didn’t read the best comic book?”
“It’s true! The turtles did train her and her friends!”
Bright Eyes blinked as she realized that she and Scootaloo might be giving too much info. “Uh Scootaloo? I don’t think she told them about the turtles.”
Windy studdered. “I just... It's... Unbelievable!”
Scootaloo took her hand. “You two were kind enough to show me the Rainbow Dash you know. Now please, allow me to show you the Rainbow Dash I know.”
Back at Sweet Apple Acres, the Rainbooms were sparring with the ninjas in their makeshift dojo while Fugitoid, Zach, Caitlyn, and Buffy were watching sitting on some haystacks.
“Now this is something I never get tired of.” Zach smiled.
“Yeah.” Caitlyn agreed.
Buffy looked over to Blade who was sitting on another haystack polishing his sword a bit away. “So how was Blade’s date with Trixie last night?” she teased.
“He doesn’t want to talk about it.” Zach shrugged.
“All I got from him was that he was just happy Trixie didn’t embarrass him the whole time.” Caitlyn recalled.
“Well, he won’t like hearing I saw Trixie writing and drawing hearts in her notebook.” Fugitoid pointed out and the four chuckled.
Back at the spar, Raph disarmed Rainbow of her spear. “Is that the best you got?!” He swung a kick, but Rainbow dodged before she flipped over him. When he threw a punch, she grabbed his arm and threw him over her shoulder and right into a tree.
“Nope.” She smirked.
Suddenly, loud shouting filled the air and caused everyone to wince and cover their ears. Blade got startled and fell on his back from the haystack he sat on.
“What's going on?!” April shouted.
“I don't know?!” Twilight shouted back.
“Is the circus in town?” Casey hollered.
“Not for another couple months!” Pinkie bellowed.
“Where is all this shouting coming from?” Leo cried.
“Um, guys...” Mikey pointed towards the backyard entrance. Everyone looked and gasped.
Bow and Windy were standing there, cheering into megaphones, with Scootaloo and Bright Eyes standing next to them as Bright Eyes waved nervously.
Rainbow’s eyes shrank. “Oh no.”
The Turtles flinched, realizing they were seen. Mikey quickly threw down a smoke bomb and they vanished.
As the cheering died down, Casey asked the big question. “Who are these two?”
Sunset got a better look. “Wait. Are those, Rainbow Dash's parents?”
“What in tarnation are they doing here?” Applejack tapped her foot.
“I guess they’re with me?” Rainbow groaned and face-palmed before she walked up to her parents. “Mom, Dad. So... good... to see you.”
Windy rushed up and hugged her. “Oh, honey, it's so great to see you, too! And wow! You were so amazing with all those ninja moves!”
“Uh, how did you know I was here?” Rainbow asked.
Windy motioned toward the two young girls. “Scootaloo and Bright Eyes filled us in on everything, you modest person you!”
Bright Eyes looked sheepish while Scootaloo took a picture and gleamed. “I can't believe I'm documenting the moment your parents first saw you as a ninja!”
April spoke up as they all walked up. “So…. Rainbow, are you going to introduce us?”
“Yeah yeah. Everyone, this is my mom and dad, Windy Whistles and Bow Hothoof.”
“Hi.” April waved.
“Hi there.” Karai greeted.
Shini tipped her hat. “How do you do?”
“Hey.” Keno smiled.
“Sup?” Casey nodded.
“Yo.” Zach grinned.
“Hello.” Caitlyn waved as well.
“Pleased to meet you.” Buffy bowed.
Rainbow introduced, dryly. “Mom, Dad, these are our friends from New York. April O’Neil, Casey Jones, Karai Hamato, Shinigami, Keno, Zach and Caitlyn, Buffy Shellhammer, and you remember Professor Honeycutt.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you all.” Windy smiled.
“Same to you.” Karai nodded.
Bow then pointed to Casey “Say, are you Rainbow’s new boyfriend?”
“Wait what?” Casey turned red before Rainbow pulled Bow away.
“NO! He is not my boyfriend!”
Keno whispered to Pinkie. “Glad Gabby wasn’t here to hear that.”
Pinkie chuckled while Casey shot them a stink eye.
“And that over there is Blade Swipe.” Rainbow pointed to Blade, who was being helped up by Sunset.
“Pleased to meet you.” Bow shook his hand.
Blade nodded and shouted, as he was temporarily deafened. “NICE TO MEET YOU! AND WHEN THE RINGING IN MY EARS STOPS, IT'LL BE NICE TO HEAR YOU TOO! NEVER HEARD SHOUTING THAT LOUD BEFORE!"
Rainbow then turned to the trees. “You guys can come out, they know... apparently.”
One by one, the Turtles dropped down from the trees. As they walked up, Leo muttered to himself. “The more people find out about us every day.”
“Ohh, so those must be your Turtle friends.” Windy beamed as she went up to them. “Hello, turtles! I'm Windy Whistles, the mom of the best ninja ever! Yeah! Just kidding. You guys are great too! Go, team!”
“Moooom!” Rainbow groaned as she turned red.
Leo spoke up. “Hello, ma'am. I'm Leonardo and these are my brothers, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael. It's, uh, pleasure to meet you...”
Windy quickly shook his hand. “And it's a pleasure to meet all of you! And I love those masks! You know, I have a mask too. But I mostly wear it on Halloween. Oh, and costume parties.”
“Whoa.” Mikey wowed.
Rainbow pulled Windy away. “Mom, please! They don't don't wanna hear about all that stuff.”
She was then taken by surprise when Bow hugged her. “I can't believe it! My daughter, a ninja!” He then began to sob. “So proud!”
Rainbow struggled to get free. “Dad, hold it together. We're in public.”
As everyone looked awkward at the scene, Zach whispered to Caitlyn and Buffy. “Man, those two are embarrassing.”
“Oh yeah!” Caitlyn agreed while Buffy nodded.
"They are a bit, uh, much," Fugitoid admitted.
Scootaloo took a picture of Rainbow and her parents. Rainbow then pulled out of the hug and went over to her and Bright Eyes, then spoke to her parents. “Could you give us a moment?” As she pushed the girls toward the edge of the yard, the others following.
Before he left, Blade turned to Bow. “Sir, I just want to say, you raised a great daughter.” As he left, Bow started to sob again, as Windy consoled him.
Once they were out of ear shoot, Rainbow turned to Scootaloo and Bright Eyes. She did not look happy. “You told my parents I'm a ninja?!”
Scootaloo raised a brow. “You didn't tell them?”
“No, I didn't tell them!”
“But you told me.”
“That's because I 'thought' you could keep a secret!” Rainbow exaggerated.
Applejack then spoke up. “We had no choice when the guys had to reveal themselves at Camp Everfree, but even then it was a big risk!”
“And we had no guarantee our families would accept the turtles as we do!” Rarity huffed.
Bright Eyes felt bad. “We.. didn’t know you didn’t tell them.”
“Secrecy is a sacred rule of the ninja. And you both just broke it!” Leo scolded.
“If Sensei was alive, we would be grounded for life let alone back to the hashi!” Raph yelled.
As they continue to scold them, Blade looked over to Bright Eyes who was beginning to break into tears. Remembering from what heard about what happened at the Friendship School, he did not want to hurt her like this. “ENOUGH!” everyone stopped as they were surprised by their friend’s outburst.
Fluttershy also had enough. “Now, hold on! You can't really blame them for this. They didn't know.”
“Fluttershy's right, you guys. You shouldn't be so hard on them.” Karai scolded.
“Yeah. So cut them a little slack. After all, you guys broke the secrecy rule before.” April added.
“True...” Leo admitted sheepishly.
“We're really sorry!” Bright Eyes begged.
Scootaloo however was confused as she asked Rainbow. “But why didn't you tell them?”
“Don't get me wrong. I love my parents and we're super close, but there's another reason I didn't tell them I'm a ninja. In case you didn't notice, they're kind of... embarrassing.”
“We noticed.” Caitlyn popped in.
“Really?” Scootaloo asked.
“Yes really! And now you both invited a whole lot of crazy into my life!” And Rainbow stormed off as Scootaloo followed.
“What's wrong with a little support?”
Bright Eyes, feeling guilty, looked down. “I didn't think it was such a big deal...”
Blade laid a hand on her shoulder and gave a comfort smile. “It's okay, Bright Eyes. We all make mistakes.”
“And I guess it was only a matter of time until one of our relatives found out.” Applejack admitted.
Pinkie then jumped up. “Yeah, I mean you guys just met Maud, Fluttershy’s brother met them, heck, they’re staying at your family’s barn, Applejack.”
“And I also told my big brother about you guys.” Twilight admitted.
“Huh?” The Turtles looked at her.
“After Crystal Prep met you guys at the field trip to New York, Cadence and I both agreed that he should know too.”
“Well, I guess that couldn’t be ignored.” Keno shrugged.
Buffy looked over to Rainbow being smothered by her parents. “Though I’m beginning to agree with Caitlyn about why Rainbow would be embarrassed about it.”
“Especially with how loud they are.” Shini agreed.
Raph sighed. “This is going to be a long day!”
“I don’t know. Least they’re friendly.” Mikey figured.
As they headed back, Leo muttered to himself. “I think I need a psychiatrist after this.”
Zach then looked at his phone. “Well, I gotta go take care of something. I’ll see you guys later. Nice to meet you both.” And he left the farm. Caitlyn stared after him in suspicion.
For the rest of the day, the Turtles had explained their story to Bow and Windy. Needless to say, they were surprised.
Bow then spoke. “So you boys were normal turtles until this chemical called mutagen made you into this?”
“That's about it.” Donnie confirmed.
“That's amazing!” Windy cheered.
Bow then continued. “And this Splinter who trained you was human and became a rat?”
“And his real name was Hamato Yoshi.” Mikey leaned over.
“How wonderful!” Windy cried before asking. “And your enemy was his brother who turned on him and killed his wife and was called The Shredder?”
“Well, technically they weren't biological brothers, but in a sense they were.” Donnie stated.
“Oh no!” Windy gasped.
“And Karai was his daughter, but Shredder raised her into thinking he was her father?”
Karai nodded to Bow. “Unfortunately, but Leo was able to help me discover the truth.”
“How wonderful.” Gleamed Windy.
“But then Shredder fused with the mutagen and became Super Shredder and killed Sensei.” Raph sighed.
“Oh no!”
Bow patted Mikey on the shell. “We're sorry about that.”
“Thanks. Thankfully, we all avenged him by Defeating Shredder for good and now Karai leads the Foot Clan.”
“Hooray!” Windy cheered.
“And this mutagen came from an alien race called The Kraang?” Bow asked.
“Who we've defeated multiple times.” Leo confirmed.
“Alright! Boolakasha!” Bow then leaned to his daughter. “Did I say it right?”
Rainbow groaned as Mikey spoke up. “It's Booyakasha.”
“Oops.”
Mikey patted Bow on the shoulder. “Don't worry. We'll work on that.”
Meanwhile, at the Canterlot Diner, Gabby sat at one of the tables, drumming her fingers impatiently. When Sunny Sugarstocks skated up. “Hey, Gabby. What brings you here?”
“I got a text from Casey, asking me to meet him here for lunch.”
“Ooooo, so he asked you on a date?” cooed Sunny.
“Apparently. But he hasn't shown up yet.” Gabby huffed.
“I'm sure he will. Can I get you anything?”
“No thanks.” Gabby shook her head.
Sunny then saw another customer wave her over. “Well, good luck.” She said before she skated off to serve the other customer.
Gabby sighed. “Jones, you better not have stood me up!”
Then her phone buzzed. She looked at it and saw she had another text, from an unknown number. It read 'Look outside!' Gabby looked outside and her eyes wided. Two boys in punk style clothing were trying to steal an old lady's purse. The old lady was Sour Persimmon, who Pinkie had tried to get a five star review from. And the two boys were Riff and Clubs of the Purple Nightmares.
“Help! Police! Thieves!” she cried.
Then Clubs hit her in the back of her head with his bat, knocking her down. Then he and Riff ran off with her purse, into a nearby alley. Gabby glared at the scene. The two Nightmares stopped and laughed.
“Robbin' from old ladies is too easy!” Riff grinned.
“Yeah!” Clubs snickered.
“Hey, broncudos!” The two whipped around to see Gabby standing at the alley entrance. “I'm gonna have to ask you to give the lady her purse back. Now!”
The two just laughed as Clubs asked, “Or what? No one tells the Purple Nightmares what to do!”
“Now scram before we mug you next!” Riff barked.
Gabby stood unfazed. “Yeah, the last guys who tried to mug me, ended up being very sorry afterwards! So I'll say this one last time, give. The purse back. Or else!”
Riff and Clubs just laughed again, and Clubs grabbed her arm. “Or else what?”
“This!” Gabby then punched him left and right in the face and kicked him down.
“Hey!” Riff charged and threw a punch, but Gabby ducked and upper cut him the jaw, grabbed him by the vest, and threw him, face first, into a wall. Clubs came up from behind and put Gabby in a headlock. Gabby struggled before she head-bashed Clubs, making him let go, then kneed him in the gut before grabbing him by head and throwing him to the ground on his face.
Gabby dusted her hands off. “I warned you.” She picked up the purse and walked away. She helped up Sour Persimmon and handed back her purse. “Here's your purse, ma'am.” Sour Persimmon just took her purse and walked away without saying thank you. “You're welcome!” Gabby called, before grumbling in Spanish, “¡Aye! ¿Es tan difícil para un simple gracias? And I thought New Yorkers were rude.”
Unfortunately, Gabby didn't notice that Riff and Clubs had gotten up and were creeping up behind her. Until Clubs lifted a trashcan and threw it at her, knocking her down in surprise. Then Riff stepped forward with a pipe raised over his head about to finish her! Then out of nowhere, a wooden sparring stick came twirling through the air and nailed him in the back of the head, knocking him down.
“What the?!” Clubs turned back toward the alley. Gabby sat up and looked too.
From out of the shadows stepped a girl. She had light brown skin, purple lipstick. She wore a black sleeveless hoodie with the hood pulled over her head, purple sports tape rapped around her arms, black fingerless gloves, jeans with cuts running down each leg, and purple sneakers. In one hand, she carried another wooden sparring stick.
“Who the heck are you?” Clubs glared.
Riff stood up. “Whoever you are, you're gonna pay for that!”
The girl just smirked and motioned for them to come get some. The two Nightmares charged at her, but when Clubs threw a punch, she dodged with a spin-flip and whacked him in the back of the head then kicked him back.
Riff tried to hit her next, only for the girl to stop his arm and whack him in the side and nail his face, before she spin kicked him down. The two got up and attacked her, but she dodged their hits, causing them to attack each other instead. Then in one swift move, she swept Riff's legs and whacked Clubs across the face. They rushed her, only for her to backflip spin out of the way and the two Nightmares crashed into each other. The girl retrieved her other stick and stood ready. Riff glared at the girl who stuck her tongue out taunting him. He screamed as he charged at her only for her to step aside and he crashed into a wall. Then finally, the girl did another flip spin, knocking their weapons away and kicking them in the heads, knocking them out.
Gabby stood there in shock. “¡Que susto!”
But at that moment, the girl took off running and disappeared around a corner.
“Hey, wait!” Gabby ran after her, but by the time she reached the corner, the mysterious cyclist raced past, the girl sitting on the back of his bike. “Who was that?” Then she got a text message from the same unknown number that said 'Tell your friends about those Purple Nightmare punks'. More confused than ever, Gabby headed toward the farm.
“And then I came back here.” Gabby had finished telling the Ninjas and Rainbooms about what had happened.
Casey was confused. “I never texted you, Gabby.”
“Really?” Gabby raised a brow.
“Seriously! I haven’t texted or called anyone all day and-“ Casey reached into his pocket and realized something before looking into the pocket. “Wait. Where’s my phone?”
“Did you leave it in your room?” Leo asked.
“No way! I know I had it this morning before sparring but now it’s gone!”
“Could you have set it down or maybe dropped it during the spar?” Sunset figured.
“Let’s see.” Pinkie started jumping to and from places around the barn. “Nope. Nope. No phone here.” She then popped out of a basket of apples holding up a ring. “By the way, I found your mood ring, Buffy!”
Buffy smiled as she accepted it. “Oh yeah, I was wondering where that was. Thanks, Pinkie.”
Everyone rolled their eyes before Twilight pointed something out. “This cyclist. Do you think it was the same guy who helped us when the Party Wagon got possessed?”
“Either way, this is bad!" Raph said. "If somebody did swipe Casey’s phone, then we could be in big trouble!”
Donnie nodded. “Raph’s right. Somebody could try to use it to lure us out!”
“Just like I did.” Karai sighed.
Then, Caitlyn thought of an idea. “Maybe, I could call Casey's phone, then Donnie and Twilight could trace the call? That way we could find it. And the person who stole it.”
Raph scoffed. “That is the dumbest idea ever!”
“They're probably be expecting us to do that.” Rainbow agreed.
“Yeah so they can try to trap us!” Applejack added.
“Well, do you guys have any better ideas?” Caitlyn sneered.
“Well, when you put it that way...” Donnie looked at Leo, who sighed.
“Make the call.”
Caitlyn then made the call and they waited a moment as it rang. Then finally a male voice answered.
“Well, took you guys long enough.”
“Who is this?” Caitlyn demanded.
“Sorry, but that information is classified. Unless you happen to be the elusive Turtle ninjas?”
“Dudes, that caller knows!” Mikey gasped before Raph conked him on the head.
“Ooo, a mystery caller!” Windy awed.
“Yeah!” Bow cheered.
“Shhh!” Everyone shushed them before Leo spoke to the phone.
“We're here, who is this?”
The mystery caller continued. “So, you must be one of the Turtles, I take it? A pleasure to meet you. In a manner of speaking. And I'm assuming you're allies and the Rainbooms are also with you.”
“Yeah, we're here too.” April spoke up.
“And again, who is this?” Sunset asked again.
“I'm aware you all have a lot of questions. And rest assured, they will be answered in time. But for now, you just know that I am not your enemy.”
Raph scoffed. “Yeah right! We've heard that one before!”
Casey yelled at the phone. “You stole my phone! How does that show you're not an enemy?”
“That was purely a necessity. But that's beside the point. Look, the reason I did this was because I need your help.”
“With what?” Donnie asked.
“Are you guys aware of the Purple Nightmare gang?”
“Yeah. We busted those varmints and sent 'em to jail.” Applejack recalled.
“And my sister Maud knocked out their leader Night Terror.” Pinkie put in.
“Well, I'm afraid Night Terror and his gang didn't stay in jail. They just broke out!”
“What?!” April shouted.
“Oh no!” Fluttershy gasped.
“Oh yes.”
Keno leaned towards the phone. “How do you know that if they broke out?”
“Cause, your friend Gabby just roughed up two of them.” As the mystery caller talked, two pictures of Clubs and Riff appeared.
“Hey! Those are the same guys that tried to rob that old lady.” Gabby cried, when she suddenly realized something. “Wait, did you send me that text earlier?”
“Not exactly. An associate of mine saw they were in the area, so another associate 'borrowed' Mr. Jones' phone to get you there to stop them.”
Gabby said dryly. “So, you tricked me?”
“It was all in good intention. Anyway. Back to the matter at hand. We got word that the Nightmares are planing a heist.”
“A heist? What kind of heist?!” Rainbow raised a brow.
“They’re gonna hijack a supply truck at the Canterlot warehouse at midnight and sell the cargo on the black market.”
Rarity gasped. “Why those fiends!”
“Yeah, but we got a plan to foil the heist, and you guys are a part of it.”
Everyone looked at each other in concern before Karai spoke. “What's the plan?”
“Unfortunately, I can't give you guys the full details.”
“And why not?” Raph quizzed.
“Let's just say, it's a very complex plan. But I can tell you guys this, once you get to the warehouse and the Nightmares show up, just be yourselves. I'll leave Jones’ phone at the location. Ciao.” And, just like that, the call ended. Everyone still had concerned looks as Twilight said the obvious question.
“Should we trust them?”
Leo rubbed his eyes. “I don't know. They know who we are. But if The Purple Nightmares are out again, we got to stop them again. But we should take caution with this mystery caller.”
As everyone headed out to prepare, Bow spoke up. “Can we tag along?”
“For support?” Windy added.
“Me too?” Scootaloo beamed.
“Absolutely NOT! This is a serious situation! The Purple Nightmares might try to take you hostage let alone this mystery caller.” Rainbow stated.
“We'll be careful.” Windy assured.
“And out of the way.” Bow added.
“And I'll....... also be careful.” Scootaloo said, hesitant as she almost told of her secret training.
“No way!” Casey shook his head.
“Out of the question.” Donnie stated.
“Too dangerous.” April crossed her arms.
“Please?” The parents pleaded.
Having had enough, Leo sighed. “Okay! You can come, but you have to obey orders!”
“Sure thing.” Bow saluted.
“Absolutely.” Windy nodded.
“Promise.” Scootaloo grinned.
Caitlyn poked Leo on the shoulder and whispered. “We'll keep an eye on them.” She pointed to Buffy who nodded in agreement. Leo nodded back before Pinkie declared.
“C'mon! Let's go get those Purple bullies!”
“Bluewackawash!” Bow cried.
“it's Booyakasha.” Mikey called to him.
Rainbow could only groan in embarrassment.
Later, at midnight, the Ninjas arrived at the warehouse in the Party Wagon, Applejack's truck, and Buffy's car, parking in an alley next to the building. They saw Casey's phone was taped to one of the walls. Gabby got out of the Party Wagon and retrieved it.
“Well, at least the caller kept his word about returning this.” She said before handed it to Casey.
“Yeah!” he agreed.
“This still could be a trap though.” April warned them.
“Agreed.” Blade drew his sword.
“Let's stake out the place. And be on guard.” Leo instructed.
“Right.” Everyone agreed.
Soon they exited their vehicles and Raph made gestures to Bo and Windy, who were sitting in Buffy's car with Bright Eyes and Scootaloo, to stay put. Buffy shut off her car lights. Scootaloo took a quick picture of Rainbow in ninja mode.
“Wow! I'm actually on a ninja mission! So cool!”
“I know, right!” Bow gushed.
“Amazing!” Windy smiled.
“Shhh!” Caitlyn, Buffy, and Bright Eyes shushed the three.
“We need to be quiet. The Purple Nightmares could be around.” Bright Eyes whispered.
“Oh, right. Sorry.” Windy said quietly.
“The mute button is on.” Bow assured.
Buffy sighed as she and Caitlyn rolled their eyes. “This is gonna be a long night.”
“Oh yeah.” Caitlyn agreed.
“You know, I just don't understand why they wouldn't let us come along.” Windy wondered.
“Me neither.” Bow was also confused.
Caitlyn held up her hand. “1. Because it's dangerous. And 2. Because the last person they brought on a mission completely screwed everything up for them.”
“Who was that?” Scootaloo asked.
“Ever hear of the Pulverizer?”
Bright Eyes pondered a bit. “I think I have. He was guy named Timothy, who foolishly mutated himself into a blob that Mikey named Mutagen Man.”
“Oh dear!” Windy gasped.
Caitlyn then spoke up. “Don’t feel too bad for him, ma'am! When the guys met him, he let the Purple Dragons get away when there were only three of them. Three! And thanks to him, the Kraang stole a crystal that The turtles got from our friend Leatherhead that Donnie used to power the ShellRaiser. Don’t worry. He found an alternate source.”
“But didn’t he get better?” Bow asked.
“Nope. Later he joined the Foot Clan to help destroy the Shredder. When Shredder was stealing mutagen, he thought he could mutate himself and get stronger and beat Shredder. Even though the guys tried to talk him out of it, he mutated himself and, surprise surprise, he was uncontrollable and they eventually had to freeze him.”
“Poor thing.” Windy coaxed.
“Complete loser is more like it!” Caitlyn scoffed.
“Yeah and get this. That idiot even asked me on out on a date once. I so don’t regret not accepting it.” Buffy huffed.
“Ouch.” Bow cringed.
“Well, that's pretty mean.” Scootaloo said, while secretly frowning at them for slandering Timothy.
Just then, Bright Eyes saw something. “Get down!” And they all ducked from sight.
A big black van pulled up followed by two black cars, each one had a Nightmare Moon symbol on it. The driver door of the van opened and out stepped a huge bulking man with blonde hair in a ponytail.
Buffy peeked out. “Oh boy! Is that?”
Caitlyn nodded. “Yep, that's Night Terror.”
“I hope the Turtles and Rainbooms will be okay? They barely held their own against him last time.” Bright Eyes recalled.
“Remember you two, stay put.” Caitlyn gave a short glare at Bow and Windy, but she whipped back in shock. The two were gone. And so was Scootaloo. “Where'd they'd go?!”
Bright Eyes looked and saw an opened side door. “Oh no!”
Meanwhile, the ninjas and Rainbooms crept quietly into the warehouse.
“It’s quiet.” Fluttershy whispered.
“A little too quiet.” Leo squinted.
“You sure they gave us the right address?” Karai asked.
April felt her head. “They definitely were here. I feel their presence.”
“And that looks like a good clue too.” Shini pointed.
Everyone looked to see some Chinese boxes on top of a crate. Blade picked one up for a second and quietly put it back down. “Still warm.”
“Which means they’re nearby too.” Raph admitted as he smacked Mikey’s hand from trying to take an egg roll.
“So, our mystery caller was telling the truth?” Casey said.
"It would appear to be the case," Fugitoid stated.
“Question is who are they?” Gabby wondered.
“And why would they help us with the Purple Nightmares?” Donnie added.
Then, everyone heard a door creak.
“Someone’s coming!” Twilight gulped.
“Everyone hide! But do not engage!” Leo ordered. Everyone hid ninja style as the Purple Nightmares entered with Night Terror.
“Hey! Freeze!” a security guard hurried over only for Night Terror to punch him into a wall, knocking him out.
“Too easy. Alright, Nightmares, spread out and find the truck with the goods.” He ordered. Then he glared at Riff and Clubs. “And you two are on lookout duty for botching that purse snatching!”
“I hate lookout duty!” Riff griped.
“Those girls were way tough! Especially the one with the sticks!” pleaded Clubs.
“Get going!” Night Terror bellowed.
The two begrudgingly walked near the door. Then they saw the Chinese boxes.
“Hey, free chow.” Clubs grinned.
“Yeah!” Riff agreed.
“Aww!” Mikey pouted in his hiding spot before Raph covered his mouth, shushing him.
Twilight turned to Leo. “What's the plan, Leo?”
“Everyone, get ready. We'll take 'em by surprise.”
The Nightmares were still searching the warehouse, unaware of the Turtles, Rainbooms, and Allies moving around in the shadows, until Crunch Bar called out.
“Hey, boss, I found the truck!” She called as she pointed to a large white delivery truck.
“Nice!”
“Wait! The truck's over here.” Switchblade motioned to another white delivery truck that looked the same as the other one.
“What?” Night Terror turned to Stryke. “You said there was only gonna be one truck tonight!”
“There's supposed to be.”
“So, which one do we steal?” Pierce asked.
Night Terror grunted. “Let's just take them both!”
“I don't think so, Night Terror!” Night Terror looked up just in time for Leo to leap down from a beam and nail him with a drop kick. The rest of the Turtles, Allies, and Rainbooms came out of hiding and surrounded the gang.
Night Terror got up and glared. “You!”
“Hello, Night Terror.” Twilight grinned.
“What up!” Mikey waved.
“Did you miss us?” Sunset teased.
“It's those turtle freaks and girls again!” Crunch Bar gasped.
“Yep, us again!” Pinkie admitted.
“How'd they find us?!” Switchblade wondered out loud.
Rarity smiled. “You might say, a little birdie told us...”
Riff then noticed Gabby. “Hey! that's one of the girls right there!”
“Yeah! She's one of them who stopped our purse nabbing!” Clubs pointed.
“Someone had to stop you banditos!” Gabby glared.
Night Terror growled, before he suddenly gave a nasty smirk. “You know what, I'm actually glad you all showed up...”
Casey patted his hockey stick. “Oh yeah, why's that?”
“Because we've got an ace up our selves...” Then the Nightmares whipped out some Kraang blasters, taser sticks, and explosives. Night Terror held out a Kraang bazooka.
“Kraang weapons?!” The turtles and Rainbooms gasped.
“Where'd you get those?!” Donnie hollered.
“My new partner gave them to us as part of our alliance. Open fire!” Night Terror laughed and the gang started firing at the Ninjas.
“Scatter!” Leo shouted and the group dodged to blasts and fought the Nightmares.
Everyone was dodging laser fire while fighting the Purple Nightmares. Rainbow ducked before knocking a blaster out of one Nightmare's hands. Mikey looked like he was break dancing while he avoided rapid fire. Night Terror is about to fire from the Kraang bazooka before Pinkie crept up and sprinkled in some sprinkles and walked away as the bazooka exploded on Night Terror.
Blade fired his lighting bolts at some Nightmares as Fugitoid fired his blasters, "Run for the hills, you despicable hooligans!"
Rainbow dodged some shots from Stryke before she disarmed her and speed rammed her down. “Ha! Too slow!” Then she raced circles around some more Nightmares, making them dizzy.
What neither she nor the others knew, was that Scootaloo was ninja sneaking behind the crates and taking pictures of Rainbow fighting. She then added the pictures to her scrapbook. “This report is going to be awesome!”
“Scootaloo!” The girl looked up to see Bright Eyes slip out from behind some crates. “What are you doing here? We're supposed to stay out of the way.”
“Well, technically, I am out of the way. I wanted to get some quick pictures for my report, and I just did. Don't worry, no one's spotted me.”
Bright Eyes sighed. “Okay, now let's go before we do get spotted.” After checking to make sure the coast was clear, the two snuck away. “By the way, did you see where Bow and Windy went?”
“No. Why?”
Then at that moment, they heard loud cheering and peeked over some crates to find Bow and Windy standing on some other crates, cheering their daughter on.
“Go Rainbow Dash!” Shouted Bow.
“You show them!” cheered Windy.
“Uh oh.” Bright Eyes and Scootaloo gulped.
Rainbow was shocked. “Wha-What are you two doing here?”
“We came to show our support for you and your team.” Bow grinned.
“What is this?” Night Terror demanded.
“Our daughter is going to teach you punks a lesson!” Windy declared.
The Purple Nightmares began laughing. Caitlyn and Buffy peeked from behind a crate, trying to get the two’s attention.
“Psst! What are you two doing?” Whispered Caitlyn.
“Get out of there!” Buffy motioned.
But Bow and Windy didn't listen as they continued to cheer.
“Knock em silly, Rainbow!” Bow cheered.
“Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!” Windy chanted.
“'Go Ninja Go!'” Clubs taunted as the Purple Nightmares keep laughing their heads off. The others were just embarrassed at the sight.
“Anyone else feel embarrassed right now?” Raph asked nonchalantly.
“Very.” Karai deadpanned.
“Bolakakah!” Bow cried.
“It's Booyakasha!” Mikey called out.
Even Night Terror thought the cheering was ridiculous. “This is getting ridiculous.”
Rainbow groaned as The Purple Nightmares continued to laugh at her and make fun of her.
“Aww, Rainbow Dash couldn't be alone without her mommy and daddy?!” Stryke taunted.
“Is she scared of the big bad Nightmares?” Clubs teased.
“Our Rainbow Dashie's not afraid of you!” Bow hollered.
“She's the most awesome ninja around!” Windy declared.
This only made the Nightmares laugh harder at Rainbow.
“Isn't that precious!” Switchblade laughed.
“Little Dashie's parents are cheering her on!” Crunch Bar joked.
“What's next? Are they gonna shoot off fireworks?!” Pierce chuckled.
“Or dress up as mascots of you?!” Riff made fun of.
As the Purple Nightmares mocked her, Rainbow gritted her teeth in anger.
“Uh oh! I think you made her mad!” Stryke gestured.
“Either that or she’s running a fever!” Clubs teased some more.
The others watched with surprised looks on their faces.
"Oh my!" Fluttershy covered her mouth.
“Okay this is getting sad.” Blade griped.
Keno winced. “Man, poor Rainbow Dash.”
“She was totally right about her parents being embarrassing.” Mikey whispered.
But that was the least of their problems. Night Terror had noticed that the Ninjas were distracted and before they could react, he swung his arm and knocked Leo, Sunset, Blade, Karai, and April into some crates.
“April!” cried Donnie.
“Leo, no!” Twilight gasped right before she and Donnie were blasted from behind by Switchblade and Perice.
“Donnie!” Raph shouted before he and Casey charged at the two Nightmares.
“Goongala!” They leaped at them, when Night Terror grabbed them by their legs and body-slammed them all over the floor.
“Nooo!” Gabby hollered before running towards Night Terror.
“Hang on, guys!” Applejack ran with her followed by Shini and Keno.
“You're going down!” The witch stated.
“Banzai!” They all rushed forward only for Night Terror to slam Raph and Casey into them, knocking all six of them into some crates.
Fugitoid looked determined. "Alright! Now it's personal!"
"Hey, Tin Woodsman!" The cyborg looked up just as Stryke pushed a tower of crates right on top of him.
Night Terror turned to his gang. “Get the trucks! We're leaving!”
Stryke and Switchblade ran for the trucks with Mikey and Pinkie chasing after them.
“Oh no you don't!” Mikey stated.
“Booyahkasha!” Pinkie shouted.
But then Riff and Clubs stuffed the Chinese boxes over their heads before Clubs whacked them with his bat into a pillar, upside down.
“Not cool!” Both groaned as they slide to the ground.
Rainbow was in shock. “Guys!”
“Oh no!” Windy gasped.
Night Terror turned to the two adults. “Thank you both very much for the distraction. Here's a token of my gratitude!” And he threw a device at them.
“Uh thanks?” Bow said, unsure what the device was.
Rainbow gasped as she realized it was a Kraang explosive. Buffy and Caitlyn realized it too and screamed. In a flash, Rainbow activated her speed and raced over, grabbing her parents, Buffy, Caitlyn, Scootaloo, and Bright Eyes, zipping them out of the way just as the explosive blew up, and they were blown back by the shockwave. In the chaos, Stryke and Switchblade got in the trucks and drove them out. All the other Nightmares then ran out of the building. As the Rainbow and the others sat up, Bo and Windy immediately started cheering again. “Whooo!”
“Great save, Rainbow!” Bow cheered.
“You nailed that save!” Windy commented.
“Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah!” Both kept cheering on and on until Rainbow had enough.
“STOP! This is ridiculous! Cheering me on at a time like this?! This is exactly why I didn't tell you I was a ninja!”
Windy asked in concern. “Did... Did we do something wrong?”
“YES! First you totally embarrass me with your cheerleading! Then you distracted my friends and they all got beaten by the Purple Nightmares! And now those crooks just got away with the supply trucks, which is what we were trying to stop them from doing! You ruined our mission!”
“We're just trying to be supportive.” Bow tried to reason.
“Well, I'm tired of it! I've had enough of you two being so proud of every little ridiculous, insignificant thing I do!” Rainbow panted from her outburst and turned her back on them. “I think you should leave.”
Both parents were starting to tear up as Windy spoke. “First of all, great job yelling at us, sweetie. No one can make their parents feel more worthless than you!"
Bow through his tears smiled. “Your words were direct, clear, and... so painful! Is there nothing you can't do?!”
Then the two left out the door in tears. Bright Eyes and Scootaloo looked back at Rainbow in shock. Bright Eyes then protested. “That was crude, Rainbow.”
“Yeah! Granted they did mess up the mission, but you didn't need to be that harsh!” Scootaloo added.
Rainbow huffed as she glared at the two. “Oh really? Well, none of this would have happened if you two hadn't told my parents in the first place!” The two were taken aback by what she said before she continued. “That's the last time I ever tell you any of my secrets! Neither of you understand! Especially you, Scootaloo! I thought you would keep my ninja secret. But I was wrong! Maybe Rarity and Applejack were right to make me Pinkie Promise not to train you to be a ninja. If you are not good at secrecy, then you don't have what it takes!”
Buffy, Caitlyn, and Bright Eyes gasped in shock. Then Rainbow did a double take, as she realized what she just said. As for Scootaloo, now she began to tear up. She was crushed. “I met your parents hoping to learn more about you, but I don't like what I found out!” she then threw her scrapbook on the ground. “I'll find someone else to do my hero report on.” She huffed before she ran off in tears.
“Wait! Scootaloo! I didn't mean it!” Rainbow called out.
Bright Eyes squinted at her. “Oh, you meant it, Rainbow Jerk! You're just as mean as your counterpart!” And she ran off in tears after Scootaloo.
Caitlyn glared at Rainbow. “Low blow, Rainbow. And that's coming from me!”
“Oh please! Thanks to them, this has been the worse night of my life!” Rainbow denied.
“It’ll be a whole lot worse for you after what you just said! Now Scootaloo will never talk to you, your parents may be less supportive, and you had to hurt Bright Eyes more than your counterpart did!” Buffy scolded.
Rainbow raised her brow at the ‘counterpart’ part. “What do you mean? What did my counterpart do to her?”
Caitlyn bit her lip. “I…… can’t say. But you may want to talk to Leo and Sunset about it. But I think you need to talk to your folks first.”
“And apologize to Scootaloo and Bright Eyes for being cruel!” Buffy stated.
“But! But! ….fine.”
Just then a shadow fell on them. “You know, even I have to agree with them. Besides...” The girls whipped around just as Night Terror whacked Buffy and Caitlyn away and grabbed Rainbow by her head, holding her off the ground. “Cruelty's my gig!”
Rainbow struggled in his grip. “Let me go! What are you doing?!”
Night Terror smirked as he held up his fist. “A little something called, an insurance policy!” he then socked Rainbow in the face, knocking her out.
Scootaloo and Bright Eyes were sulking behind a crate when they heard the commotion and looked. Not only them, but Bow and Windy also heard everything and peeked in through the door. All four gasped when they saw Night Terror carry off the unconscious Rainbow.
Meanwhile, the Turtles, Allies, and the rest of the Rainbooms got up.
“Is everyone okay?” Leo asked the group.
“Not... especially!” Raph groaned.
Gabby rubbed her shoulder. “That Night Terror sure packs a punch!”
“You can say that again.” Blade huffed as he picked himself up.
“Well, on the plus side.” Mikey pulled the Chinese box off his head as an eggroll fell into his mouth and he chewed it. “I got an egg roll.”
“Me too!” Pinkie munched.
Rarity rubbed the zap mark on her back. “That, was unpleasant!”
Fugitoid sat up from the crate pile. "Quite right..." He said, in a daze.
“Tell me about it!” Donnie huffed.
Applejack looked around noticing someone missing. “Has anybody seen Rainbow Dash?”
At that moment, Bow, Windy, Scootaloo, and Bright Eyes ran past them in a panic. Curious, they followed them outside just in time to see Night Terror throw the unconscious Rainbow into the back of the van.
“Rainbow Dash!” The Rainbooms cried.
Night Terror turned back. “If any of you even think about coming after us, then your friend will pay the price!” And to prove his point, he snapped Rainbow's naginata in half and dumped it on the ground before he climbed onto the van as it drove off.
“NOOOOOOOOO!” Scootaloo fell to her knees.