//------------------------------// // Carnival Chaos // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Magic in Manhattan // by Wildcard25 //------------------------------// Out in the city, Jake in Dragon form was flying around, while down below, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Mikey, Donnie, April, and Luz were building jumping. Jake flew down further getting closer to the others. “So what're we doin' again, Jake?” Applejack inquired. “Gramps and Fu said a bunch of magical creatures have been disappearing around here as of late.” the AM Dragon explained. “And this is Coney Island.” Rainbow noted. “We've had at least two fights around here.” Mikey recalled. “You think Finn's behind these kidnappings?” Luz wondered. “Well, she is a monster hunter.” Donnie reminded her. “Yeah, this is right up her alley.” Mikey agreed. “And who knows what she'll do with them?” April asked in concern. “All the more reason we have to find them,” Jake replied, “We should split up from here. If anyone sees a clue message us.” Donnie turned to Mikey, “And by 'clue', he means an actual clue, Mikey.” “Alright, you don't have to always spell it out for me.” Mikey grumbled, before they all split up. Jake flew around the area while flashing back to the time he, Trixie, and Spud went to Coney Island for his day off only to end up saving a unicorn from a group of carnies. He was brought out of his thoughts as he heard a cry for help. “Help! Someone get us out of here!” “That voice. Stan!” he gasped knowing he was one of the missing creatures. He followed the sound of Stan's voice leading right into a tent. As Jake looked around he suddenly spotted several cages containing all the missing magical creatures from Stan the troll, a leprechaun, some brownies, and fairies. “American Dragon!” the leprechaun cheered. “Thank goodness.” Stan sighed in relief. “Hang on, I'm gonna get you all out!” Jake said, only for an orb to roll out in front of him and release a gas around him, “What the?! Oh, sleeping... gas.” Jake said groggily before passing out. “Rise and shine dragon!” came an obnoxious voice as Jake was suddenly splashed in the face with water waking him. “Whoa! What the?! Ow!” he banged his head on something, only to look and see he was inside a cage, “Hey, what is this?!” “Your new home, dragon.” came a familiar voice. Jake looked and saw the carnies he dealt with before, Strongman, Bearded Lady, and Fire-Breather. But he spotted with them were the two Huntsboys 88 and 89. “You guys?!” he asked in shock. “That's right, fella.” Fire-breather answered. Jake turned to the former Huntsboys, “What're you chumps doing with these guys?” “What's it look like, dragon?” 88 asked. “What we were trained to do.” 89 added with a smug look. “Yeah, you were trained to hunt magical creatures but fail miserably. I'm betting these three did all the work.” Jake snarked them. “That ain't true!” 88 argued. “Shut up, boy.” Strongman said to him. “Yes, sir.” he cowered. 89 spoke up, “We've been helping them capture these magical creatures as part of their freak show. And now you're gonna be part of that show permanently!” he laughed mockingly. Jake growled at 89 who cowered behind the Bearded Lady who spoke. “This is payback for you costing us our unicorn ruining our business!” “FYI, that unicorn was not yours to begin with.” Jake reminded them. “Nevertheless!” Strongman shouted, “You will be our new star attraction.” “As much as I love the attention. The best kind is no attention at all.” Jake frowned, but knew he'd need help to get out. He just hoped the others would be able to find him in time. Meanwhile, the others had met back up with Leo, Sunset, and everyone else, “Any word on those missing creatures?” Fu Dog asked. “Nothing.” Applejack sighed. “We haven't even heard from Jake.” Luz added. “I hope he's ok.” Fluttershy voiced concern. “Relax, Fluttershy,” Mikey calmed her, “This is Jake we're talking about.” “All the more reason to worry.” Fu Dog said dryly. “Wow! Jake's a star!” Pinkie cheered alerting everyone. “A star?” Eda asked. “Whatever do you mean, Pinkie?” Rarity asked, as they went to the bouncy girl who was looking at a poster on a wall. “Look.” Pinkie showed them a poster for a freak show, and Jake's dragon face on the side. “Jake?” Rose gasped. “Does Jake lead another secret life outside the American Dragon?” Gus asked the group. “Not that we know.” Spud replied. “Wait, this is all too familiar.” Trix said suspiciously. “What do you mean?” Sunset asked. “Last time we saw a freak show, the carnies there had a real life unicorn.” Trix recalled. “A unicorn?” Fugitoid gasped. “That's right,” Spud remembered, “We had to get the girl back to her herd before the portal closed up.” “Well, it looks like your carnies found themselves a new attraction.” Raph said. “And I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the other missing magical creatures were.” Twilight suspected. “This is bad. We need to get Jake out of there.” Leo said, until a portal opened up out of nowhere. “A portal?” Raph asked before turning to his smart brother, “Donnie!” “This isn't me. I don't even have my projector on me!” “Look!” Willow gasped, as they saw a unicorn step out from it. “A unicorn?” Sunset gasped. “Wait, Uni?” Spud asked in surprise. “Girl, come here!” Trix cheered, as the two hugged their old equine friend. “Well, this is a surprise,” Fu Dog said, “But how's this possible?” Suddenly the unicorn spoke, “Sorry, but I just had to come.” Spud and Trix jumped back, “Whoa, you can talk?!” the girl asked in shock. “Well, naturally.” she replied. “But how come you didn't talk before?” Spud wondered. “Well, I don't talk for just anybody. But since you saved me I felt like you earned it.” “So then, ya got a real name?” Trix inquired. “I do. My name is Starry Night. And I'm pleased to meet the rest of you.” “Likewise, Starry.” Sunset smiled. “But why're you here?” Twilight asked. “I had a bad feeling in my magic that someone close to me was in trouble,” Starry began while noticing someone wasn't there, “Where is the American Dragon?” The group was concerned about how to tell her, as Starry gasped in realization, “He's in trouble, isn't he?” “I'm afraid so, Starry.” Twilight confirmed. “Looks like them carnies that held you captive just made Jake their star attraction.” Applejack showed the unicorn the poster. Starry frowned and made horse noises, “They won't get away with that. We have to save him.” “Way ahead of ya.” King agreed. “But can you really help us?” Rose asked Starry. “I'm not just a one trick pony. I've been learning some magic spells that could help us.” Starry smirked. “Good enough for me.” Leo said. “Let's rescue Jake!” Hooty cheered. “For once I agree with you.” Eda replied. That night at the Freak Show's big top, crowds were pouring in eager to see the show. Especially their newest attractions. “This is just whack!” Jake grumbled. “I hear ya there, laddie.” the leprechaun agreed. “If I wasn't in here, I'd bust the lot of them!” a brownie cursed. “Jake, is there anything you can do?” Stan asked. “I'd wish, but these bars are too strong for me to break or even melt,” Jake sighed, “I hope everyone's looking for me.” Outside the big top, the heroes watched outside, as Donnie looked through heat reading binoculars and spotted Jake's heat signature, “Yeah. Jake's in there alright. As well as the other magical creatures.” “Any ideas on how we save Jake from the carnies?” Gus asked everyone. “I think I have an idea of how we can save Jake.” Leo spoke up. “How?” Luz inquired. “We use Ninja bread and butter, Joge-nin.” “Joge-nin?” Willow wondered. “Disguises.” Twilight explained clearer. “One group acts as a distraction.” Leo continued. “And the other group breaks out Jake and the other creatures!” Luz concluded. “I'm liking this plan already.” Eda smirked. “So am I. I've always wanted to do some entertainment.” Mikey said. “I'm with you!” Pinkie hugged him equally excited. “And I can use this as a chance to brush up on my skills.” Trixie added. “Well, you'll need better disguises to look like your part of the act.” Rarity said ready to give them makeovers. “Oh, Amity, we should do a duet stunt together!” Luz told her girlfriend as her excitement grew. “Yeah, though we could use some real good looks to keep the crowds attention on us.” Amity said. Before Rarity could once again offer her service, Emira spoke to her sister, “Me and Ed can help with that. Luz and Mittens can use our concealment stones.” Edric tried to creep away, but Emira grabbed him. “Concealment what now?” Applejack asked confused. Emira still held onto her brother who was trying to break free, “To put it simply, this isn't our natural look.” “Whatever do you mean, darling?” Rarity wondered. “She's lying!” Edric cried, as Emira reached into his sleeve and took out a blue stone. Then in a poof, Edric's appearance had changed. His green hair was brushed back in a black headband with his peach fuzz around his upper lip, and wore glasses. He was dressed in a purple t-shirt that said 'Bad Girl Coven', grey sweatpants, and brown loafers in hairy legs, “Mmm!” he fumed at his sister. “No I'm not.” Emira said before she took off the green gem on her shirt and in another poof, her appearance changed as well. Though she still wore the same outfit, her green hair was out of it's braid and messy and her face was covered in zits. Rarity let out a low gasp at the sight with her eye twitching, while Mikey and Pinkie had stupefied looks on their faces, and everyone else stared in bewilderment. “Wow.” Keno gasped in disbelief. “Wow is right.” Trix agreed feeling the same as the pizza boy. “Is that what you two...” April began before Amity finished for her. “Really look like? Pretty much.” Spud spoke up, “I have no comment.” “Just when you think you know some people.” Fu Dog put in. Raph broke the shocked atmosphere when he burst out laughing, “Man! You both look like total geekwads!” he continued laughing hysterically. The Twins frowned before they smirked and used their magic to lift Raph up and toss him into a dunk tank. “At least we're not all wet!” Emira mocked, as Raph climbed out of the tank, spitting out some of the water with a growl. The twins gave Amity and Luz their stones, as Leo spoke, “We all have our missions. Let's move!” And with that the group split up. The acts the carnies hired were all ready to perform, until the heroes grabbed them, before bounding and gagging them up before taking their places. “Send in the clowns!” the Strongman announced. Suddenly out came Pinkie Pie and Mikey who were all dressed as clowns while wearing makeup as well. They walked around performing traditional clown acts Pinkie performed an endless handkerchief gag pulling it right out of her sleeve that looked like it could go for miles. Mikey walked around before slipping on a banana peel he dropped while looking through his attire dropping other things in the process. When Mikey slipped the crowd laughed, while the Strongman looked curious. “Those don't look like the clowns we hired.” “So what if they're not?” the Bearded lady asked. “They're making a killing out there.” the Fire-Breather noticed. When the Strongman noticed the crown laughed as Pinkie threw a pizza pie at Mikey who licked it all up, he smiled, “Well, they can remain on board.” After Mikey and Pinkie's clown acts next up were Trixie, Shinigami, Gus, and the Blight twins using the illusion magic to wow the audience, while dressed in more flashy magician attire. Trixie was feeling so proud of herself she was really getting into the act. Applejack started performing a strong girl performance by using her magical strength to lift things super heavy like giant heavy weights and more. This however provoked some jealousy out of the Strongman but said nothing knowing this was at least entertaining the crowd. Following Applejack was Fluttershy who acted as an animal tamer with Spike, Fu Dog, and King doing tricks, “Up!” she ordered, as the three got on their hind legs, “Now hop this way!” she continued, as the three hopped in a straight line. “This is embarrassing.” King grumbled. “Hey, they love it.” Spike noted the pleased crowd. “And remember this is just to keep these whackos occupied.” Fu muttered to King. After the animal act, Casey and Rainbow were on motorcycles performing stunts, while making sure not to crash and burn. Backstage, the Huntsboys were keeping an eye on Jake and the other creatures. They pace back and forth but when they weren't watching where they were going they ended up walking right into each other and fell to the ground. Jake and the creatures laughed, feeling somewhat entertained while being kept imprisoned. Watching from behind a bunch of crates were the others who witnessed what happened. “Those two are very unprofessional.” Karai told her friends. “But those are Huntsclan uniforms,” Rarity noticed, “Rose, do you know of them?” “Unfortunately,” Rose sighed, “Those are Huntsboys #s 88 and 89. Around the time I was sent back to the academy, these two were drafted into becoming recruits, but Jake and Spud captured them and went undercover as them to find me at the academy.” “Good times.” Spud said in nostalgia. “But after they were found out the real ones arrived and continued on as members. But don't be fooled, these two aren't that bright nor that brave.” Rose continued. “So how did they not get erased from existence like the others?” Raph asked. “They said they quit the clan when the wish started taking effect. But somehow I wouldn't be surprised if they really weren't destined to be dragon slayers at all.” the former Huntsgirl answered. “How do we get past them?” Willow asked. “I'll handle this.” Karai said, as she went snake mode and slithered around hiding before knocking something over alerting the two. “What was that?!” 88 asked in fright. “I don't know!” 89 answered equally scared. “Well, go check it out!” “You go check it out!” “Alright, we'll both check it out.” 88 suggested. “But what about them?” 89 motioned to their captives. “They're not going anywhere.” 88 reminded him. “Oh, right.” he laughed obnoxiously. So the two boys crept over to where they heard the noise and when they looked over a pile of crates out popped serpent Karai who hissed at them. The boys screamed and tried to run only to end up running right into each other hard enough to get knocked out. “Karai!” Jake cheered. Karai shifted back into human, “Not just me.” The others popped out, “Jake!” Rose ran to the cage. “Hey, girl.” Jake greeted flirtatiously. Rose leaned against his cage, “Part of me wants to let you out, and yet part of me wants to take you home like this.” she flirted back. “Which part are you leaning at the most?” Jake grinned, as they stared into each others eyes. “Barf.” Raph gagged. “Alright, love birds, enough with the mushy stuff.” Eda broke them up. “How'd you know I was here?” Jake asked them. “Well, we saw your face on one of their posters.” Fugitoid explained. “And an old friend of ours came to help us spring you and the others.” Spud added. “Old friend?” Jake asked, until Starry trotted up, “Hey, it's you!” “Hello, Jake.” she greeted. “What? You can talk?!” “I can. And the name's Starry Night.” “Well, nice to be this much acquainted with you now,” Jake said before noticing not everyone was around, “Where are the others?” “They're masquerading as circus acts to keep the carnies occupied.” Edric answered. When they heard a final applause, Luz looked out seeing Casey and Rainbow just finished their stunts, “Casey and Rainbow just finished. Amity, that's our cue.” “Right.” Amity agreed, as the two took the Blight Twins stones and placed them on their person. In a poof he two girlfriends were now dressed as acrobats. Luz wore purple, magenta, and blue tights and had blue makeup around her eyes. Amity wore an orange and mango top, white tights, pink high socks, and magenta flats. She also had orange makeup around her eyes. “Nice!” Luz beamed. “Not bad.” Amity looked herself over. “You two look smashing.” Rarity clasped her hands together. “You two keep going as long as you can while we free the others.” Leo instructed. “And hey, give 'em a good show.” Eda encouraged them. “We will.” Luz smiled, as she and Amity got to their places. Soon the crowd and the other half of the group watched as spotlights shined above on Amity and Luz before they started to perform an acrobatic duet while singing. (Real Thing) The two performed above the crowd wowing everyone, as they performed together and spun while holding onto each other smiling at one another. Their friends watched in awe, while even Jake still trapped in his cage felt touched by such a romantic moment. “They do look adorable together.” he admitted. When the girls finished their performance, the crowd cheered and applauded, while the heroes smiled and cheered for them. Fu Dog and Hooty even cried together. “So touching.” Fu Dog wiped a tear from his eye. “I can't handle it!” Hooty bawled. Starry finally used her magic to unlock Jake's cage, “Oh, yeah!” he cheered, as he helped them free Stan and the other captives. “Now that they're free, let's meet up with the others and get out of here.” Donnie suggested. “Going somewhere?” came Strongman's voice, as he and his fellow carnies blocked their path. “Oh, man.” Jake grumbled. “So you were stealing our star attractions?” the Fire-Breather accused. “Your 'star attractions' don't deserve to be kept in cages.” Sunset argued. “Especially since we never agreed to work with any of you.” Jake added, as the other creatures agreed. “I say we cage all of them,” the Bearded Lady suggested, “Those Turtle creatures will really bring in the dough.” “And look they brought us back our unicorn.” Fire-Breather noticed. “I am not your unicorn!” Starry growled. “Let's get them!” the Strongman called, as they tried to grab some of the heroes only to spread out. “Eat hot breath!” Fire-Breather blew flames at them only to miss. “Take a mint!” Trix called. “And then some!” Rarity put in. Meanwhile 88 and 89 woke up, “Oh, what happened?” 88 asked, as they saw the heroes fighting the carnies. “What's going on?” 89 asked. “I don't know, but we gotta help!” 88 declared as they tried to recapture the fairies only to end up missing and run into each other. As the Strongman picked up some weights and threw it at Leo and Raph, Applejack slid in and caught it, “Now throwing stuff is rude.” Applejack chided him. Then Mikey and the others arrived, “Booyakasha!” “So you weren't our real acts?” Bearded Lady asked in shock. “Nah, but you can't deny we made a good performance.” Casey replied. “You guys are surrounded. So give yourselves up.” Rainbow pointed out. “Never!” Strongman declared. “Allow me,” Starry used her magic to knock the carnies and Huntsboys into the same cage they trapped Jake in, “And this was for holding me hostage!” she used her magic and the three carnies turned into monkeys. The three carnies hooted and hollered over what happened to them, while the Huntsboys shook the cage. “Let us out of here!” 88 begged, “Mama!” “Transformation spell?” Sunset asked Starry. “Don't worry, it'll wear off eventually,” Starry assured them, “Now let's get out of here.” “Best idea I heard.” Jake agreed, as they hurried off. Later on after Stan and the other magical creatures returned to their places the heroes were in the park, as Starry Night stood before Jake and everyone else, “Well, Jake Long, you saved me, and I saved you.” “That makes us even. Not that it matters.” Jake replied, as the two hugged. Starry opened a portal and spoke, “I'm glad I got to meet all of you. And I want to give you turtles and your friends a very special thank you.” “You're welcome.” Mikey replied, only to get smacked by Raph. “You're thanking us?” Leo asked. “What for?” April inquired. “You helped free my ancestor and his friends from Limbo.” she winked before going through the portal that closed. “Her ancestor and his friends?” Shini wondered. “Limbo?” Raph asked. Suddenly it dawned on Donnie, “Guys, I think Starry is a descendant of Starswirl the Bearded.” “HUH?!” the ninjas gasped in shock much to the Hex Squad and Am Drag crew's confusion. Later on, the Huntsboys after escaping the cage were once again walking away embarrassed, “I can't believe this!” 88 grumbled. “We got our butts handed to us!” 89 whined. “So what do we do now?” 88 wondered, as the two ended up bumping into someone and fell on the butts. “Hey, what was-” 89 froze as he and 88 looked up seeing Abigail Finn looking down at them smirking. “Well, you look like two fine lads,” she began, “You know I might have an interesting proposition for you boys.” The Huntsboys looked at each other before looking back at Finn with only one thing to say, “We're listening.”