After exiting the pipe and filling Rainbow Dash in on everything that had happened, as well as upgrading her Skill Tree with their bits and Power Orbs, the heroes found themselves in a large cavern with blue lava and big, glowing mushrooms that came in blue, purple, green, and orange.
"I really missed all of that?!" Rainbow groaned in disappointment.
"Sorry, Rainbow." Applejack apologized. "Maybe next time."
"Can't believe I missed the chance of fighting a vine monster and a roasting ghost."
"Don't worry, Rainbow Dash, you came back just in the nick of time to save Spawny from certain doom." Beep-0 assured her before turning to look at Spawny, who was following the group from close behind. "Any longer with Chrysalis, she'd have no problem conquering Equestria with a new army."
"Well, it's a good thing we put a stop to that!" Pinkie cheered.
"Bwa-Bwaaah!" The Rabbid 6 cheered in agreement.
"That could change quickly, though." Beep-0 explained. "Chrysalis is still lurking, not to mention, we're still deep inside an active volcano!"
"We better get out of here fast, then!" Fluttershy agreed.
Before they started moving again, everyone saw a Rabbid on top of a nearby pipe running back and forth on all fours and trying to fly by flapping his arms like wings.
"He's practicing to be Twilight's replacement." Beep-0 explained. "SORRY, we're not accepting any more Rabbid heroes for the time being!"
"I appreciate you being thoughtful, though!" Twilight assured the Rabbid.
The group left the Rabbid to his "training" and entered a few small pipes, which eventually led them to the first battlefield, which had a safe zone on the opposite end of it.
"Alright, everypony." Beep-0 explained. "Like the Crusaders and Spike, Spawny is unable to fight back in battles, so our best option is to led him to that safe zone over there. Do everything you can to protect him from harm!"
The heroes nodded and took the places on the battlefield.
Escort Spawny - 2 Peek-a-Boos, 2 Valkyries, 1 Supporter
Twilight started by activating her M-Power, empowering the other heroes and Spawny.
Rabbid Rarity moved to a partial cover set near the middle of the battlefield.
Spawny moved to a nearby full cover that was close to Rabbid Rarity.
Rainbow got a Team Jump from Rabbid Rarity, and did a Ground Pound, which shakes the ground and does damage to everything in range, next to a Peek-a-Boo, damaging him. She then used her Rumblebang to rapid blast the enemy Rabbid, triggering an Ink Effect that defeated him.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Rarity before landing next to a partial cover set on the left side of the battlefield. She blasted the Supporter, which triggered a Bounce Effect that sent him flying out of the battlefield before he respawned a moment later.
Rabbid Rarity sent a Sentry towards the remaining Peek-a-Boo, which stopped halfway through its journey.
The Peek-a-Boo teleported to a full cover that was close to Rabbid Rarity, then blasted Twilight, which triggered a Push Effect that sent her rolling before she stopped in the same spot where she was.
A Valkyrie activated her Protection technique, absorbing the damage dealt on her fellow Valkyrie and the Supporter, then moved to a full cover where she rapid blasted the Sentry. The other Sentry got a Team Jump from the first one, and Ground Pounded in the middle of the battlefield. She rapid blasted the Sentry.
The Supporter moved to a nearby full cover, where he used he Heal technique to heal himself before he tossed a Grenaduck towards the Sentry, which exploded when it got in range.
The Sentry moved towards the Peek-a-Boo, then exploded when it got in range of him, triggering a Honey Effect that defeated him.
Rainbow got a Team Jump from Rabbid Rarity and Ground Pounded in the middle of the battlefield, damaging the Valkyries.
Spawny quickly moved a different full cover.
Rainbow activated her Lightning Beater, which operating like a Hero Sight, then rapid blasted the Valkyrie in front of her, sharing the damage dealt with the other one.
Rabbid Rarity moved to a full cover the was in front of Spawny's, where she blasted the Valkyrie, defeating her and sharing the damage with the other.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rainbow, then stomped on the remaining Valkyrie, defeating her, before landing beside the Supporter. She blasted him, triggering a Bounce Effect that sent him flying out of the battlefield, defeating him.
2 sets of Rabbid ears burst from the ground near the entrance of the battlefield, signaling that new enemies were going to appear.
Spawny moved to a different side of Rabbid Rarity's full cover.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rainbow and landed at the partial cover set Rabbid Rarity was at originally.
Rainbow ran over to join Twilight at the partial cover set.
2 Valkyries burst from the ground, and one of them activated her Protection technique before moving to a full cover, where she blasted Rainbow. The other Valkyrie got a Team Jump from her ally, and Ground Pounded near Twilight, damaging her and destroying the partial cover set, then rapid blasted her, triggering a Burn Effect that sent Twilight running.
2 more sets of Rabbid ears burst from the ground near the battlefield's entrance, signaling that new enemies were going to appear.
Rabbid Rarity activated her Heal technique, healing all the heroes and Spawny.
Spawny moved to the middle of the battlefield, but was exposed.
Rainbow actiavted her Super Chance, increasing all the heroes' chance of a Super Effect to 100, then used her Rocket to blast one of the Valkyries, whose damage was shared with the other. She got a Team Jump from Twilight and Ground Pounded in between the Valkyries, damaging them both.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Rarity and stomped a Valkrie before landing next to her. She hit her with her Melee, which triggered a Bounce Effect that sent her flying, but her damage was shared with the other. Twilight then activated her Hero Sight.
Rabbid Rarity blasted a Valkyrie, triggering a Push Effect that sent her rolling, and she got hit with Twilight's Hero Sight, triggering a Bounce Effect that sent her flying out of the battlefield, defeating her, and since her damage was shared with the other, that Valkyrie was defeated too.
2 new Valkryies burst from the ground, and one of them activated her Protection, then rapid blasted Rainbow before getting a Team Jump from the other, but was hit with Twilight's Hero Sight, triggering a Bounce Effect that sent her flying out of the battlefield before respawning a moment later. The other Valkyrie moved to partial cover, then rapid blasted Twilight, triggering a Burn Effect that sent her running, but was able to transfer it to her as well when Twilight got in range of her, sending her running as well.
2 new sets of Rabbid ears burst from the ground near the battlefield's entrance, signaling that new enemies were going to appear.
Spawny moved to a spot that was close to the safe zone, but wasn't in range to make the full journey.
Rainbow dashed a Valkyrie, then got a Team Jump from Twilight before Ground Pounded near the enemy Rabbid. She activated her Lightning Beater, the rapid blasted the Valkyrie, sharing its damage with the other.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rainbow and stomped the Valkyrie before landing near where she was before. She blasted the Valkyrie, and she shared the damage with the other.
Rabbid Rarity moved to a full cover that was closer to her friends, then blasted the Valkyrie, sharing the damage with the other, defeating her.
2 new Valkyries burst from the ground, and the remaining one from earlier rapid blasted Rainbow, triggering a Burn Effect that sent her running, but when she tried to moved, she got rapid blasted by Rainbow's Lightning Beater, defeating her. One of the new ones activated her Protection, then rapid blasted Rainbow before getting a Team Jump from the other Valkyrie, Ground Pounding and damaging Rainbow and Twilight. The other rapid blasted Rainbow and moved to a partial cover.
2 new sets of Rabbid ears appeared at the entrance, signaling that new enemies were going to appear.
Spawny moved to the safe zone, ending the battle.
The heroes and Spawny cheered as the rest of their friends rejoined them.
They all quickly left the battlefield, and soon found themselves in face of a peculiar puzzle: there were 6 sections, 2 of each were red, blue, and green, and wooden blocks were blocking small, gate-like entrances. The matching switches that rotated them were each of the different sections in a different way. To solve it, they needed to carefully rotate each section in a way that they could continue to move forward, even if it meant they would have to backtrack just to gain access to a new switch. With Beep-0 using his "Smash" technique, the blocks were no challenge to the team, and after a few minutes of rotating the sections around, they reached the other side of the puzzle, where they found a gray switch, which opened a new pipe that lead the group further down into the cavern. One section in particular had regular, orange lava.
"Strange." Twilight observed. "I wonder why the lava in this cavern is blue while the batch of it isn't?"
"It'd be weird if those 2 had something to do with it." Applejack said as she pointed at something below the nearby edge.
The heroes looked down and saw 2 Rabbids sitting in the normal lava, talking amongst themselves.
"Tsk! Look at them!" Beep-0 exclaimed. "Life's a bwaaabeach, huh!?"
*Squeak* *Squeak* *Squeak* *Squeak*
The heroes stood in their tracks as they heard that all too familiar sound. They all slowly looked to the left of them and saw that the Rabbid with the rubber duck floatie had made his appearance once again.
*Crack* *Crack*
With a blank expression on his face, the heroes watched as the Rabbid cracked his neck, then took a deep breath before he jumped off the edge and into the lava with the other ones.
"Bwa Bwa?" One of the Rabbids asked the newcomer.
The Rubber Duck Rabbid said nothing, confusing the 2 Rabbids.
"How'd he even manage to get all the way down here?!" Twilight shouted in disbelief.
"I'm surprised his floatie isn't burning." Fluttershy said.
"I'm more surprised THEY aren't burning up right now!" Rainbow added, also in disbelief.
"I ain't surprised." Applejack told Rainbow. "We saw something like this earlier."
"I thought about joining in!" Pinkie added.
"We stopped her before she did." Twilight added. "Anyway, Rainbow, that Rabbid's been all over the place. I think he's been following us."
"Weird..." Rainbow said as she looked down as the Rubber Duck Rabbid, who sat in the lava, still unamused.
"Bwa Bwah" Rabbid Jack shouted as she pointed at something.
Not too far away from that pair of Rabbids was a giant, glowing, blue mushroom growing near a blue lavafall that strongly resembled a jellyfish with purple-tipped tentacles. Rabbid Rarity was already taking selfies in front of it.
"My sensors tell me that the mushroom slime is either deadly poison or candy." Beep-0 explained to the others. "Too bad you can't lick it to find out."
"I've read enough 'Daring Do' books to know that we DEFINITELY shouldn't." Rainbow agreed.
"Can I just have one--" Pinkie started asking.
"NO!" The Ponies and Beep-0 shouted.
"BWA!" The Rabbid 6 shouted.
"Ok, sorry!" Pinkie apologized. "Jeez, can't do anything fun in this volcano!"
The group continued along the trail until they reached the next battlefield, also having a safe zone on the other side of the zig-zag shaped area.
Escort Spawny - 3 Peek-a-Boos, 3 Hoppers, 1 Supporter
Twilight started the battle by activating her M-Power, empowering the heroes and Spawny. She then entered a pipe that went through one of the 3 small high areas that made up the middle of the battlefield, then stopped beside a full cover in a cover set.
Spawny entered the same pipe, and stopped at a different side of Twilight's full cover.
Rabbid Twilight entered the pipe, then got a Team Jump from Twilight before landing beside a full cover part of a cover set on top of the 2nd high area where the Supporter and the Peek-a-Boos were. She blasted them which her Boomshot, triggering a Vamp Effect that healed her with half of the damage dealt, defeating them all.
Fluttershy entered the pipe, got a Double Team Jump from Twilight and Rabbid Twilight, and landed beside a partial cover set on the left side of the battlefield. She sent a Sentry through a pipe that led up to the 3rd high area where the Hoppers were, and it exploded when it got in range of them, defeating them and releasing the energy.
Spawny quickly moved to a nearby partial cover set.
Fluttershy simply moved to a smaller partial cover set that was behind her.
Rabbid Twilight moved to a different full cover in her cover set.
A set of Rabbid ears burst from the ground near the entrance of the battlefield, signaling that a new enemy was going to appear.
Spawny entered a pipe that led through the 2nd high area, then stopped near Fluttershy.
Twilight activated her Hero Sight.
Fluttershy moved to a full cover that was close to Spawny, then activated her Hero Sight.
A Valkyrie burst from the ground, then entered the 1st pipe, but got hit twice by Twilight's Hero Sight and by Fluttershy's, all of which triggering a Bounce Effect that sent the enemy Rabbid flying out of the battlefield, defeating her.
A set of Rabbid ears burst from the ground near the entrance of the battlefield again, signaling that a new enemy was going to appear.
Fluttershy activated her Flee Feet, increasing the range of movement between Spawny and herself.
Spawny quickly entered a pipe that led through the 3rd high area, and ran to the safe zone, ending the battle.
The heroes cheered as they were healed and rewarded 2500 bits and 480 Power Orbs
Everyone quickly left the battlefield, and they reached the end of the cavern, which was teaming with glowing crystals, and flourishing with glowing plant-life.
"Oooh! I'll have to take some photos for the Pan-American Fern Society." Beep-0 told the group excitedly. "They'll HAVE to let me in, now!"
"Bwa-Bwa" Rabbid Rarity told Beep-0 as she quickly went up to the plants and started taking pictures (mainly selfies) for him.
"That's very kind of you, Rabbid Rarity." Rarity told her counterpart.
"Now, before we proceed, I want to remind everyone that keeping Spawny safe MUST be our top priority." Beep-0 explained while having his back towards the heroes. "NOPONY is to take their eyes off of Spawny for a single SECOND!"
"Don't worry, Beep-0, he's right behind us." Fluttershy explained as she and the others turned to look back at Spawny, but he was gone!
"The very fate of Equestria depends on us returning him home safely" Beep-0 continued while the heroes frantically looked around for Spawny before he notices. "I'll admit we've had some missteps - perhaps one or two were even mine, but now that Spawny is with us, we can't afford to let ANYTHING stand in our way... right, Spawny?"
He didn't get an answer.
"Uh... Spawny?" Beep-0 asked again, turning around to see that the SupaMerge Rabbid was missing!
"Look!" Pinkie shouted as she pointed to something.
Everyone turned and saw Spawny was still close, however, something was wrong with him.
Spawny seemed to be in some sort of trance, as he walked and moaned like a zombie towards a nearby tunnel, all while red and orange pixels emitted from the SupaMerge.
"Great! You guys spooked him." Beep-0 berated the group, while ignoring the fact that he took his eyes off of Spawny for a second too, but he didn't seem to notice that something strange was happening to the little Rabbid. "Well, don't just stand there, go get him!"
"Quickly, now!" Twilight added, as she and everyone else quickly went into the same tunnel after Spawny.