This past week has not been easy for everyone to say the least. Gizmo got wet and spawned five new Mogwai, Gizmo and those Mogwai have been kidnapped by the evil Mrs.ColdHeart, the five Mogwai have been a pain in the necks, the arcade at the mall caught fire while the other stores had their problems, and it has been discovered the five Mogwais were the ones that caused all that trouble. Not only that, those Mogwai also did things like breaking presents for loved ones, eating all the apples in the farm house, and have caused some of the pets grief.
Yet despite all that, Fluttershy believes she can teach the Mogwai how to be good, causing an argument with her and her friends. Fluttershy didn't like it when she, or her friends argue. But Fluttershy believes she can make it happen. They don't know if Gizmo was just as bad, no one really knows. If he was, then surely it means these Mogwai can change like him, so she has to try.
Fluttershy entered her home with the big box in her hand. Due to the weight of it, she struggled to hold on to it. She used her foot to close the door and sets the box down, cracking her back.
"Phew. Well little ones, welcome to your new home." Fluttershy smiled.
The Mogwai look around the house to see Fluttershy's house is... bland, compared to the homes they previously lived in. But it'll have to do for now since they clearly can't go back to their last homes.
Fluttershy took a deep breath before picking up the box again and carried it to her room. Angel, who was in his cage, saw Fluttershy bring in the box and was shocked to see there were now more Mogwai in the home. He didn't know what to think at this point, or knew how there was more of them.
Once Fluttershy set the box down, she took off her backpack and pulled Gizmo out, holding him in her arms and sits on her bed. Fluttershy watched the five Mogwai move around in the box they're in, examining Fluttershy's room as she thinks what to do.
"Hmm... how to teach them to be less... misbehaved." Fluttershy thought to herself.
Then Fluttershy thought of an idea. Fluttershy grabbed her phone and ordered some Chinese food. After she did she looked at the five Mogwai.
"Okay little ones, now I know all the things you did have been... wrong... and dangerous... and pretty cruel." She's recalling all the things they've done that's undeniably terrible. "But I know deep down, you're all kind souls that need to be taught how to restrain your bad behaviors."
As she said this, the five mogwais gave her flat looks, believing that's the most stupidest thing they've ever heard.
"You all like music right? So let's start with you, Wacko." Fluttershy hands him her tambourine. "Now, what do you think you should do with that?"
Wacko looked at the tambourine. Then hits Tuck in the head with it, causing him to laugh.
"No, Wacko, no hitting." Fluttershy waved her finger. "You either hit it against your hand, or shake it."
Wacko looked at the tambourine and thinks about what Fluttershy said. He then smacks the tambourine against Scamper's face, making him laugh.
"No Wacko." Fluttershy took the tambourine back sighing.
She tried thinking of something else she could try. Then she thought of something. She grabbed a few bean balls and gave them to the Mogwai.
"Now these bean balls are for playing with, but not too aggressively, do you understand?"
Suddenly Fluttershy yelped as she was greeted by a barrage of bean balls. The five Mogwai laugh as they threw the rest around her room. She sighed as she tried thinking of other options.
After awhile she heard her doorbell ring. "Oh, that must be the food. Watch over them for me Gizmo, I'll be right back."
Fluttershy walked out of her room to answer the door. As soon as she left, the mogwai gave each other evil grins as they immediately tip the box over. Angel jumped as they did so, and his ears dropped when he sees the Mogwai staring at him with grins on their faces.
They started walking towards the bunny, who backed into a corner of his cage and quivered in fear. Gizmo saw this and immediately climbed down Fluttershy's bed and stood infront of them holding his hands out. He let out little babbles, trying to get them to reconsider whatever it is they're planning. Stripe glared at Gizmo, looking at Tuck and Wacko and snapped his fingers.
Tuck and Wacko quickly grabbed Gizmo and started pulling him away from Stripe's path, and dragged him over to the trash can. Once there, the two Mogwai dumped Gizmo in the trash can, head first, as he started kicking his legs from inside the can.
Stripe looked back at Angel and grinned again as he motioned Terrance to move towards the cage. The big Mogwai chuckles as he moved towards the front of the cage, grabbed the bars and pulls them open with his strength.
Angel cowars in fear as the five Mogwai begin to enter his cage and reach out for the rabbit. But once they hear Fluttershy's footsteps coming, they quickly exit the cage, even Terrance pulling the bars back into place before they all enter the box again. Angel was still quivering, too shocked to relax once the mogwai left his cage, before fainting completely.
"Okay little ones, I brought-" she stopped when she sees Gizmo's legs sticking out from her trash can. "Gizmo?"
She sets the bag on her bed and pulled the Mogwai out of the trash can as Gizmo shook his head.
"How did you get stuck in there?" Fluttershy wondered.
Gizmo just let's out dizzy babbles as Fluttershy sets him on her bed. Fluttershy opens the bag of Chinese food and pulls out the containers. Once she does so, the five Mogwai began sniffing the air, instantly smelling the food.
"Alright, I got Chinese food here." Fluttershy began to explain. "Now, if you wanna eat, you have to-"
Fluttershy was immediately silenced when the mogwais began shaking the box, jumping up and down and chanting "Yum-yum!"
Fluttershy tried to get the mogwais to calm down, but with no luck. She quickly pulled out a egg roll and held it over to the Mogwai, instantly getting them to be quiet.
"Now, if you wanna eat, you're gonna have to calm down, and behave, understand?"
The Mogwais just stare at the egg roll, not acknowledging her whatsoever. Thinking they've calmed down, she slowly lowers to egg roll to one if them.
"Now, you're all gonna get some each, so sit patiently and-"
Before Fluttershy could finish, three of the Mogwai grabbed her arm and pulled it down while the other two tried getting the egg roll. Fluttershy yelps as she tried pulling her arm back.
Once Fluttershy freed her arm, she lost grip of the eggroll and the five Mogwai fought over the one food, tearing it to pieces and eating the little bits. They then look at Fluttershy and demand more.
Fluttershy gave a stern, yet warm look at them as she shook her head. "Now you five, if you want more, you're gonna have to behave. Look at Gizmo. See how he's sitting quietly and eating properly?"
She points at Gizmo who was eating an egg roll, but froze when Fluttershy puts the spotlight on him. He looked at the five Mogwai who were glaring at him, making the nervous Mogwai gulp his eggroll nervously.
"Now, let's try this again." Fluttershy said as she grabbed another eggroll. "Now, just-"
Suddenly Fluttershy was pounced on by Scamper and Tuck who forcefully grabbed the eggroll and ripped it in two. The other Mogwai got out of the box, climbed on Fluttershy's bed and began going through the Chinese food.
They started eating and tossing bits of food everywhere as they rummage through eggrolls, noodles and fried rice while they ignore the vegetables, tossing them aside.
"N-Now now little ones, this isn't how you behave!" Fluttershy panicks as she has Scamper and Tuck climbing around her while the other three make a mess on Fluttershy's bed.
As this was going on, Fluttershy's brother, Zephyr, walked in curiously.
"Hey sis, I smell Chinese, did you get-" he froze when he sees all the five Mogwai in her room. The mogwais stopped what they were doing and turned their attention towards Zephyr.
"O-Oh, hi Zephyr." Fluttershy slightly waves, still having Tuck and Scamper on her. "Um, you remember these five, right?"
Zephyr indeed remembers, not forgetting they dog piled on him and basically 'played' rough with him on the floor. "Hehe, boy do I. My fun playmates... why are they here?"
"Oh, um... well there's been-"
Before Fluttershy could explain further, the mogwais jumped down and scurries over to Zephyr's direction. Zephyr let out a high pitched shriek as he braced himself. But quickly saw the Mogwai going around him and leaving Fluttershy's room.
Moments later they hear their mother shrieking. "Oh dear." Fluttershy frowned.
The two quickly make their way to the living room and saw their mother standing on a chair as the mogwais were roaming around and getting their hands on whatever they can get. Posey Shy looks at her two kids and stammered over her words from the Mogwai scaring her.
"H-Hello kids. U-Um, F-Fluttershy? Are these Mogwais?"
"Um, yes mom." Fluttershy sheepishly answered. "These are the ones Gizmo spawned when he got wet."
Fluttershy started introducing the mogwais all over the house.
"That's Scamper, over there is Tuck, the one hitting the pots and pans is Wacko, that big one is Terrance, and that one with the stripe on his head is, well, Stripe."
"I see." Posey's legs shook. "So, why are they all here? Are they having a play date with Gizmo?"
"Um, not exactly... there has been.... complications with my friends who were watching over them, so I offered these five could live here for awhile..." Fluttershy explained, though not telling her mom the whole truth, not wanting to scare her.
"I see... well, I suppose they're welcome here." Posey smiled nervously.
"Thanks mom." Fluttershy smiles.
"As long as you keep them in your room." Her mom added quickly.
Fluttershy nods understanding. Posey slowly got down from the chair she was standing on and quickly made her way to her room. Seeing the Mogwai scattered, Fluttershy looks at her brother.
"Zephyr, mind helping me gather the Mogwai back to my room?"
"Oh, I would sis!" Zephyr smiled nervously. "But uh, you see, I just uh... came back from my... afternoon jog! Yeah that's it! And I am beat, so I need to go get some rest and-"
Zephyr stopped when he sees his sister shooting a look at him. He sighed in defeat, hanging his head low. "Okay."
The two scattered over there house to gather the Mogwai. Fluttershy went over to pick up Scamper, but he instantly started to scurry away. She chased after the Mogwai, pleading him to come to her arms. He then started climbing on the curtains by the window, instantly making Fluttershy nervous.
"N-No no Scamper! Please get down from there!"
Zephyr was chasing after Tuck, who was tucked in a ball and bouncing all over the house. He tried catching him mid-air a few times but constantly failing.
"Come on, little dude! This is more of a workout than I really want!"
Tuck then bounced off Zephyr's forehead, making him fall backwards. Fluttershy, now having Scamper in one arm, tried pulling Stripe off of a shelf, but had a firm grip on it.
"C-Come on now Stripe..! Time to get down..!" Fluttershy grunts.
But Fluttershy looses her grip and falls backwards, making Stripe laugh. Zephyr got a hold of Tuck, and Wacko, but Wacko was constantly hitting Zephyr in the head with a wooden spoon, making him wince each time.
"Ow-! Hey-! Stop it-! Youch-! Come on, work with me-!"
Once they managed to have two Mogwai each in their arms, the two siblings carried them back to her room and sets them down in the box. Fluttershy then places the box on her now food covered bed as she lets out a huff.
"Four down, one to go." Fluttershy sighed.
"Who's left?" Zephyr rubbed his head from Wacko hitting it.
They both went to the kitchen and found Terrance just casually sitting on the floor, eating an entire plate of chicken legs, already having g nothing but the bones on it. The two siblings looked at each other and gave each other a nod, letting out sighs.
The two were now carrying the large mogwai back to her room. Both struggled to keep him lifted up as Terrance just kicks back with a grin. Once back in the room, they put Terrance in the box with the other Mogwai, letting out exhausted huffs.
"Okay... now that we've all calmed down, lets-"
Once again, Fluttershy was cut off when the Mogwai tipped over the box, rolling over on Fluttershy's bed and started eating what's left of the Chinese food on the bed. With no other choice, Fluttershy has one more option she could do.
"I really hoped it wouldn't have to come to this, little ones, but I'm afraid you leave me no choice." Fluttershy said in a stern, yet apologetic tone. "I'm gonna have to use... The Stare!"
And so, Fluttershy gives the five Mogwai The Stare! Making them all stop their misbehavior and look at Fluttershy. She kept her stare locked on all of them, and one by one, their ears slowly lowered. Even Gizmo, despite not misbehaving himself, felt affected by the stare, as he grabbed Fluttershy's blanket and puts it over himself shaking.
Fluttershy leaned closer to the Mogwai, specifically Stripe, keeping her stare going as they all slowly lifted their shoulders and backed up. But once Fluttershy was close to Stripe, he instantly spat out the food he had in his mouth, directly hitting her face. All the Mogwai then started laughing historically, as they were pretending to be scared of Fluttershy's stare before continuing to go back misbehaving.
Fluttershy stood still, food chunks dripping on her face, completely shocked that her infamous stare had no affect on these five Mogwai whatsoever. Zephyr looked at his sister and pointed at her face.
"You got a little... something, on your face."
Fluttershy stood quiet, grabbing a napkin from the bag and wiping the food chunks off her face, going to a chair in her room and sitting down with her head hanging low.
Zephyr walked up to his sister. "Hey sis, you okay?"
Fluttershy stayed quiet until she answered finally. "Oh Zephyr... I'm trying my best to get these five to behave... but they seem to instantly find a way to misbehave no matter what I do." Fluttershy hung her head low.
"Oh come on sis, you'll find a way somehow." Zephyr tried to assure.
"How? Not even my stare worked. It worked on every animal I used it on, but these guys weren't affected at all." Fluttershy sighed and slumped on her chair. "Mabye... the others were right... mabye I had no chance to changing these creatures..."
Fluttershy, for once, seems to doubt herself with animals, which specially took Zephyr by surprise.
"I don't know what to do... the winter dance is tomorrow, and if I don't find a way to help these little ones change their behavior, the others will for sure send them away somewhere..."
The mogwais perked their ears up as Fluttershy was talking. Once Fluttershy mentioned the winter dance, they looked at each other. Dance? Meaning with people? And food? And lots of things they could break and play with? Instantly the mogwais were intrigued.
"What am I gonna tell the others?" Fluttershy continued. "What am I gonna say to them? I know for sure Raph will say he told me so, making me feel worse... I just... don't want these little guys to be cast aside like nothing..."
Fluttershy then began to cry in her hands. Zephyr scratched his head, unsure of what to do. Stripe sees this, and ordered his Mogwai companions to follow him. As Fluttershy began to cry, she felt something touch her leg. She took her hands off her face and saw Stripe, who had his hand on her leg.
She saw all five Mogwai by her feet, frowning and giving her sympathetic, and apologetic expressions. They quivered their mouths as Tuck and Scamper hugged her leg apologetically. Fluttershy wiped her tears and was surprised by this. Were they sorry? Could this be real? Do these guys actually have a chance of rehabilitation? Fluttershy could hardly believe it.
She lowered her hand and gently rubbed Stripe's head, who purs at that. Fluttershy sniffs and wiped her tears as the Mogwai gave her reassuring and innocent smiles. Fluttershy smiled back as she took a deep breath. Zephyr was especially surprised by this.
"Wow, looks like they're sorry."
"Yeah, they do... which means these little ones might actually have a chance." Fluttershy sat up from her chair, more determined. "So let's get to work."
So a montage of Fluttershy's progress happens. All the Mogwai had toy instruments and began playing with them. Wacko had a tambourine again. He looked at it, and saw Scamper facing away from him. Wacko grinned and raised his hand to hit him on the head. But stopped once he saw Fluttershy staring at him, shaking her head no at him. Wacko looked at Scamper and the tambourine, and slowly lowered his hand, hitting the tambourine against his other hand. Fluttershy smiled at his restraint.
Later Fluttershy brought the Mogwai microwaved burritos, and they instantly started jumping in their box, chanting "Yum-yum!". Fluttershy held the plate away as she rose her eyebrow at them. They looked at each other as they slowly started to calm down before sitting patiently in their box.
Fluttershy smiled and grabbed a burrito, about to set it down which made the Mogwai lunge for it, making her pull her arm back. Stripe cleared his throat and offered Scamper to go first, giving him a sweet smile. Scamper smiled and stepped forward, patiently waiting for the burrito.
Fluttershy gives Scamper the burrito, which he calmly takes. He stared at it, wanting desperately to just chow it down, shaking a bit. But he slowly opens his mouth and gently takes a bite out of the burrito, chewing it calmly. Fluttershy smiled as she decided to set the plate of burritos down in their box. They all wanted to dog pile on the burritos, but knew they had to behave, so one by one they grabbed a burrito and ate them calmly.
Fluttershy smiled as she watched the mogwai eating, with Gizmo on her lap eating a burrito too. Tuck finished his burrito and was gonna grab another one, but saw there was no more, which made him frown. Terrance finished a burrito as he was about to eat the other one in his hand, but stopped when he saw Tuck frowning as there were no more burritos. So Terrance decided to rip his burrito in half, and hand Tuck the other half.
Tuck smiled with joy as he saw Terrance handing him half of his burrito. He happily takes it as both took bites of their food. Fluttershy smiled with joy seeing Terrance sharing.
Angel was eating a carrot in his cage, minding his own business. But that's when he heard his cage open, making him turn his head to see who opened it. That's when he saw the Mogwai standing by his cage, giving him grins as Terrance reached out for the rabbit. Angel quivered in fear as he braced himself for what's coming.
Fluttershy, who left her room, came back with her blanket sheets as she had them washed. When she walked in, she gasped at what she was witnessing. The mogwai... were all petting Angel smiling, leaving the white rabbit visibly confused. But Fluttershy sees this as a sweet moment, making her drop her bed sheets on the floor.
Night fall rolled around, and Fluttershy stuffed little blankets in the mogwais box so they'd be comfortable.
"I hope you'll all be comfortable sleeping in the box." She looked down at the mogwais.
They gave her sweet smiles as they snuggled in the blankets. Fluttershy smiled and shuts her lamp off. She tucked in Gizmo next to them and wished them all a good night. Gizmo looked down at the other mogwai. Stripe looked at Gizmo back, yawning and stretching his arms. Gizmo smiled, mabye they really have changed. But that feeling went away once Stripe suddenly gave Gizmo an evil grin, chuckling quietly as Gizmo's ears drooped down with a frown.
Friday, 6:30pm, The Day of the Winter Dance.
The Turtles, April and Casey were in the Party Wagon, driving to the Mighty Mutanimals' lair to pick up Mona Lisa. They were all excited that the dance was finally here. Casey had a festive winter tux, as April had a Christmas themed dress. The Turtles on the other hand, had jackets on. While Donnie looked unsure, Mikey just smiled. Raph looked ticked out of all of them.
"I can't believe you're actually making us do this!" Raph yelled with his arms crossed.
"Come on Raph, it's suppose to be fun." Leo smiled as he kept his eyes on the road.
"It's embarrassing, that's what it is!" Raph rebuffed. "You know Mona is coming, I don't want her to see me in it!"
"Oh relax, she might love it." Leo said with a hint of smugness in his voice.
Soon they arrived at the Mutanimals' base, and see the Mutanimals standing outside waiting for them. Once they stepped out of the party wagon, Mondo starts pretending to play a trumpet. Once he finished, he began speaking.
"Ladies, gentlemen and turtles! We bring you, New York's very own, Winter Princess!"
Once Mondo finished the introduction, Slash and Leatherhead stepped aside to show Mona was standing behind them. She had a winter blue gown dress with white, sparkly dots on it. She stood and smiled shyly at the group, who were taken aback by Mona's dress.
"Wow Mona!" Mikey said.
"Incredible." Leo nods
"You look amazing!" April gasped.
"Very amazing." Donnie agreed.
"Beyong epic!" Casey smiled.
"Ain't she gorgeous?" Slash smiled proudly at the salamander girl.
Mona walked towards the group and stopped in front of Raph who was love struck.
"Mona, you look so beautiful."
Mona blushed as she gave Raph a shy nod. "Thank you, Raphael."
As they all entered the party wagon, the Mutanimals waved goodbye to everyone.
"Have fun guys!" Mondo waved.
"Enjoy yourself Mona." Slash waved at the alien salamander.
"Give my greetings to the professor for me." Rockwell requested.
Once they entered the party wagon they drove off. The group can't help but admire Mona's dress.
"Wow Mona, that dress is incredible." April smiled.
"Thank you, April. Slash and Rockwell have helped picked it out for me." Mona explained.
"Wait, they have?" Casey said surprised.
"Yes. The entire team has helped me prepare for the dance actually. Rockwell has been teaching me how to have a conversation with others at a party, Leatherhead and Slash have taught me how to restrain myself from hurting anyone who insults my friends no matter what, and Mondo has been showing me how to do... sick moves." Mona quoted the last part. "Which turned out to be dancing."
"Huh. I'm sure he's shown you some... pretty interesting moves." April chuckled lightly.
"Yes, but Rockwell in the end stepped in and taught me how to slow dance." Mona adds.
"Well this party is gonna be epic!" Mikey cheered where everyone agreed.
The Rainbooms were car pooling in their tour bus with their instruments packed. They were wearing Christmas themed outfits for their performance at the dance. They are on their way to picking up Fluttershy as they were excited the dance is finally happening.
"Can't believe it, the dance is finally here!" Applejack cheered behind the wheel.
"I know! This has been the longest week of my life!" Rainbow Dash said, with a slight groan.
"Really? Felt like it's been a whole year waiting for the dance to arrive." Pinkie Pie scratched her head.
"Well either way, it's so exciting!" Twilight smiled.
"Rarity, I gotta say, for making last minute touches to your dress, it came out great." Sunset complimented.
Rarity's dress, that was once ruined by Scamper, now was stitched up as best she could. It was now a short dress with some gems still on, and the skirt was a shape of snowflake tips.
"Well, had to work with what I got, but I'm glad the results are acceptable." Rarity admits.
After some silence Twilight decided to speak up.
"How do you think Fluttershy is doing?"
"Not sure." Sunset shrugged. "Things were really heating up yesterday."
"I haven't seen Fluttershy so..." Applejack tried to find the right word.
"Stubborn!" Rainbow Dash added. "Why can't she see those Mogwai, minus Gizmo, are big trouble?!"
"Well you know how she is with animals." Twilight said. "When it comes to them, she's determined."
"But those little creeps set the arcade at the mall ablaze, and hijacked a snowplow!" Rainbow Dash reminded.
"And that's not the only mean things they did!" Pinkie Pie griped, still thinking about Wacko destroying her present for Maud. "Little Boulder was suspicious of Wacko from the start!"
"Boulder?" Sunset rose her eyebrow.
"Yeah, Maud told me that Boulder had a suspicious feeling about Wacko from when he showed up, and he was right to do so!" Pinkie explained.
"Okay, but let's not bring any of this up to Fluttershy, okay?" Twilight pleaded. "Seeing none of us backing her up yesterday must be hard for her to process."
Everyone agreed, not wanting to start things up, especially tonight. Applejack parks the tour bus infront of Fluttershy's house. Fluttershy came out waving, and seemed happy.
"Huh, she seems okay now." Rainbow Dash said surprised.
Fluttershy had her backpack on that of course had Gizmo inside. But then they see her bending down to pick up something, and their faces immediately dropped when they see what it was.
They see her carrying the box containing all five of the Mogwai.
"Oh no, oh no no no!" Rainbow Dash said before opening the door to the bus and stepping out. "Fluttershy, what're you doing?!
"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.
"I mean with them!" Rainbow Dash points at the mogwais. "You can't bring those things with you!"
"Yeah!" Pinkie Pie poked her head out the window. "They'll ruin the winter dance, and you KNOW how I take parties seriously!"
"Girls, you don't understand, I taught them how to behave." Fluttershy assured.
"Oh really?" Rainbow Dash said doubtfully.
"You managed to teach those five trouble makers how to be good in less than a day?" Applejack added.
"I find that hard to believe." Rarity stuck her head out another window.
"I agree, Fluttershy." Twilight adjusts her glasses. "Teaching those five how to be good in a day doesn't seem believable."
"But it's true!" Fluttershy tried to assure. "All night I've been teaching them how to behave, and be good. Now they're much calmer, nicer, and well behaved. They even learned how to share."
The mogwais gave them sweet smiles to prove Fluttershy's point. But they were all hesitant/unconvinced, and still resented them.
"Sorry Fluttershy, but we can't risk them at the party." Sunset shook her head.
Fluttershy frowned seeing her friends not believing her. "Don't you girls trust me?"
"It's not that we don't trust you Fluttershy." Twilight assured.
"Yeah, it's them we don't trust!" Pinkie added, pointing at the Mogwai who frowned.
"Well... if that's how it is, then I'm not going!" Fluttershy states.
"What?!" Rainbow Dash gasped. "Fluttershy you can't be serious, we need you!"
"Well if you're not gonna trust me and bring them with me, then I won't go! I'll just stay home and miss the party."
"Wow, Rainbow Dash was right about her being stubborn." Applejack whispered.
They all looked at each other, unsure of what to do. On one hand they want Fluttershy to join them at the dance and perform. On the other hand, they don't wanna risk those trouble making Mogwai causing trouble at the dance either.
At Canterlot High, students started arriving at the school either wearing Christmas themed clothes or regular dress wear. The Party Wagon pulled up front as everyone exited the vehicle. Mikey looks at the school and pumped his fist in the air.
"Ah yeah! Time to get our party on!"
"How you feeling, Mona?" Raph asked his girlfriend.
"I am looking forward to be attending this dance with you, and everyone else." Mona smiled.
"Great, I'm glad you can be here." Raph held her hand tightly.
They then heard the sound of a motorcycle. They look to see Karai arriving in front of the school with Shinigami sitting behind her.
"Hey, you two made it." April smiled.
"Wouldn't miss this for the world." Karai took off her helmet as she and Shini got off the bike.
"Wouldn't be a party without us." Shini smiled.
"You know it Shini." Mikey said, making the witch girl chuckle.
They then see the Rainbooms' party bus parking. They walked toward the bus and started greeting the girls stepping out.
"Hey girls." Leo waved.
"This dance is gonna be so metal!" Casey cheered.
"Can't wait to see you girls preform." April smiled.
"Oh, thanks guys." Sunset said, not sounding enthusiastic at all.
In fact, they all seem discouraged, which they all noticed.
"Is everything okay?" Donnie asked.
"You don't seem very excited." Karai glanced at the Rainbooms.
"Especially you, Pinkie Pie." April looks at the frowning drummer girl. "You would typically jump out of the bus in excitement."
"Oh no, we are excited!" Twilight assured.
"It's just..." Applejack sighed.
"We got some situations." Rainbow Dash deadpaned.
"What kind of situations?" Leo asked.
As to answer the question, Fluttershy stepped off the tour bus, carrying the cardboard box filled with the mogwais inside. They all immediately were shocked to see Fluttershy actually brought the Mogwais with her! Mona on the other hand was confused.
"Yo, you seriously brought those things with you?!" Casey said baffled.
"Are you crazy?! They'll ruin the dance!" Raph shouted.
"Fluttershy, why did you bring the mogwai here?" Leo asked urgently.
Rainbow Dash answered the question in quotes bluntly. "Because she changed their ways."
"Oh, is that so?" Raph asked skeptically, while everyone else was also skeptic.
"It's true." Fluttershy spoke up. "Last night I've been teaching them to be good and not be destructive. Now they are good little critters."
The five Mogwai all smiled at the group, giving them sweet gestures. But the group didn't buy it one bit. Some even glaring at the mogwai.
"Fluttershy, saying you've changed their behavior over night is hardly plausible." Donnie stated.
"Not to mention hard to believe!" Mikey added, earning him a deadpan look from Donnie.
"Fluttershy, you can't take them in with us." Leo shook his head.
"I already had this conversation with the girls, and I already made up my mind!" Fluttershy stood her ground.
They look at the other Rainbooms, who shook their heads sighing.
"It's true." Applejack tilted her hat.
"No matter what we say she won't change her mind." Sighed Sunset.
They all stayed quiet until Donnie broke the silence. "Well, I actually predicted Fluttershy might do something like this, so I thought ahead and thought of a solution."
Then Donnie went to the Party Wagon and pulled something out from the back. When he came back, it's shown he had what looks like a white metal box with purple light patterns on it.
"What is that, Donnie?" Asked Twilight.
"It's a special containment box." Donnie starts explaining. "I built it out of spare Krang scraps I had, so it's much more secured, and hard to bust out of."
"You want to put the mogwais in there?" Fluttershy gasped as the mogwais whimpered.
"Not all of them." Donnie shook his head.
"Yeah, Gizmo can stay with us, we know he's good." Mikey added.
"But that's not fair." Fluttershy rebuffed. "These little ones should have fun too."
"Their version of fun is causing destruction, and starting fires!" Raph harshly said.
"But-!" Fluttershy was interrupted when Leo stepped in.
"Fluttershy, you might think you've changed them, but we just can't take that risk. They need to be in that box."
Fluttershy was quiet. She looked at April who was in agreement with the others.
"They're right Fluttershy. I'm sorry, but having them out is just too risky."
Fluttershy frowned. She looked at the Mogwai who were giving her sad faces, making her feel more guilty. She didn't want to do it, but everyone else was pretty much in agreement. Her heart began to ache when she slowly hold put the cardboard box.
Donnie nods and one by one started putting the mogwais in the metal security box. Once they were all in, Donnie sealed the box shut and presses his thumb on the pad of the metal box, making it light up until they hear a click.
"You sure that box will hold them Donnie?" Sunset asked a little skeptical.
"For sure. With the krang tech I made it with, the box will be impossible to break out of. And it can only be unlocked by my thumbprint through the scanner on the pad." The tech Turtle explained.
"That's a relief." Rainbow Dash Rarity.
"Now, let's put them back on the bus and-" Donnie stopped when Applejack interrupted.
"Now hold on, we can't leave them in the tour bus."
"Yeah! Not saying your box won't work Donnie, but what if they do manage to escape and hijack our tour bus?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"Hmm, you do have a point." Donnie thinks.
"Mabye we can leave them in Fugitoid's science class?" Mikey suggested.
"And leave them with the Mogwai the professor has in there? That's a even worse idea!" Raph rebuked.
"Well where else can we put them?" Donnie wondered.
Leo starts thinking before looking at Sunset. "Sunset, has Fugitoid had any problems with his Mogwai you may know about?"
Sunset thinks before coming to a realization. "Huh. You know what, no. I don't think he has. In fact, i dont think he ever mention his Mogwai doing anything at all."
"Hmm, so his mogwai might not be as active as the others." Donnie theorized.
"Only one way to find out." Leo said as they all finally head inside the school.
Inside as everyone was walking through the halls, they spot Fugitoid who was just coming out of his classroom. He spots them all and greeted them.
"Ah, hello everyone! You all ready for the dance?"
"As ready as we'll ever be." Leo smiled.
"But before we do, we were wondering if we could do something." Donnie said.
"And what would that be?" The robot professor asked.
"Well, we've been having some situations with our mogwais that's a long story of itself." Donnie explained. "But long story short, we have those five Mogwai sealed in here."
Donnie showed the metal box to Fugitoid as the professor examines it. "Oh dear."
"And we were all wondering." Leo began. "Has your Mogwai ever been... um..."
"Has your Mogwai shown any bad behavior whatsoever?" Twilight finished.
"Oh heavens no." Fugitoid shook his robot head. "He hasn't shown any of that behavior. In fact, he's not a very active creature at all."
Hearing this made everyone confused. Fugitoid walked them inside and showed the Mogwai he had in a cage. They see that this mogwai wasn't like Gizmo, or the other five in any way. It looked.... jaded. Showing no emotion and looking tired.
"After running a few experiments on him, he hasn't been much active." Fugitoid explained. "He hasn't shown much energy or activity other than moving to different sides of the cage. Only entertainment he has is watching cop shows on the TV in here."
Mikey stepped forward to the cage and tapped it a few times. The mogwai didn't react to it whatsoever.
"Wow, it's like his mind is somewhere else." Mikey stared at the Mogwai.
"It probably makes sense since he's pretty much been locked in a cage since the day he was spawned." Twilight guessed.
"Almost kinda sad." Casey looked at the Mogwai.
"Well, since that's the case, can we leave our mogwais here?" Raph asked.
"Until the dance is over." Leo added.
"It's alright with me. But you're gonna have to explain why yous locked them in that contraption." Fugitoid nodded.
Donnie sets the metal box on the counter next to the caged Mogwai as they all exited the room as the professor locks the door. Once they were gone, the five Mogwai frowned in anger as they started growling with rage.
In the gymnasium, the area was decorated with Christmas themed decorations and a Christmas themed disco ball hanging from the ceiling. The lights were dimmed and students were spread around the room. Vinyl Scratch was playing Christmas music as everyone was either dancing or mingling. Gizmo was wowed by the scenery as he looked around the gymnasium, never been to a winter dance before.
Mona glanced around at the party, haven't seen anything like it. "This is.... gorgeous." She smiled.
"Ah yeah! This party is gonna rock!" Mikey cheered.
"Well, let's head down and-"
Before Donnie and the other brothers could go anywhere, Leo stops them.
"Hold it, aren't you guys forgetting something?" Leo said with a grin.
Donnie and Raph groaned.
"Leo, please..." Donnie begged.
"Do not make is do this!" Raph grunted.
"Wait, did you guys actually?" Rainbow Dash began to snort as she and the others knew what Leo was referring to.
"Come on guys, you know there's no turning back now." Leo smiled smugly.
The two turtles groaned as they all began to unzip their jackets. Everyone waited in anticipation to see what they've got on. Once the four turtles finally took off their jackets, everyone had either the same or different reactions. While most were chuckling or speechless, Casey and Rainbow Dash began laughing seeing the Turtles' ugly Christmas sweaters.
Leo had a blue Christmas sweater with a picture of a snowman wearing sunglasses and finger gunning. The writing on the sweater reads I bring the Cool in Cold.
Donnie had a purple Christmas sweater and his had a reindeer on it. His sweater reads, This Christmas will be, Rein-dearing!
Raph had a red Christmas sweater and his had a picture of Santa's head and hands doing peace signs. His sweater reads, I'm feeling extra jolly this year! Which is the complete opposite of what Raph's feeling right now.
Lastly Mikey had an orange sweater with a picture of an elf with sunglasses, and holding a boom box. His sweater read, I'm the Elfin' life of the party! Out of all of the brothers, Mikey felt more proud to show off his ugly sweater.
"Oh wow, those are... interesting sweaters to say the least." Twilight chuckled abit.
"Definitely lives up to being ugly sweaters." Sunset smiled.
"Oh man, you guys look ridiculous!" Casey laughed, only to be elbowed in the gut by April.
"I think they're... kinda cute. Especially yours, Donnie." April smiled politely.
"Heh, thanks April..." Donnie chuckled sheepishly.
"Man, this is almost as embarrassing as when Mikey made us dress up as Pilgrims!" Raph grunted.
Mona Lisa had no words for their ugly sweaters. Especially Raph's, as she tried to think of ways to compliment it.
"Um... Raphael... your sweater is quite... the eye catcher?"
"It's okay Mona, you don't have to be polite, I know it looks stupid." Raph assured his girlfriend.
"No no, I mean it." Mona shook her head. "It's actually quite... humorous in a way."
Raph formed a little smile at Mona. Karai walked up to Leo as she crossed her arms.
"I gotta say Leo, I'm impressed you went through with it." Karai smiled.
"I'm a turtle of my word. Now, the real question is, have you gone through on our deal?" Leo grinned.
Karai grinned back as everyone waited for a response. Karai then slowly start to unzip her jacket, taking everyone by surprise as they wait to see what she has underneath. Soon, she revealed she had a gray Christmas sweater with a picture of a polar bear with two jugs of eggnog on both paws, and the words above reads, Got Nog?
Everyone was surprised Karai actually got herself an ugly Christmas sweater and actually wore it. Leo smiled impressed as he examined her sweater.
"Wow Karai, you actually went through with it. I gotta say, I wasn't expecting you to actually do it." Leo admits.
"Well it's not everyday I can have opportunities like this, so might aswell." Karai shrugged.
"Now what about Shini? Got her a sweater too?" Leo asked curiously.
Everyone looked at Shinigami who still had her coat on.
"Come on Shini, take off the coat." Karai crossed her arms smiling.
"Um, n-no thanks, I'm good." Shinigami smiled nervously. "I'm pretty cold anyways."
"You are?" April raised her eyebrow.
"But you're sweating a lot." Mikey points out.
Shinigami was indeed sweating. Both due to her nervousness, and being very hot wearing her coat inside.
"Yes, but..." Shinigami tried to think of an excuse.
"Come on Shini, you know you gotta at some point." Karai grinned.
With no other choice Shinigami sighed in defeat. "Okay..."
Shinigami slowly started to take her coat off. Soon she revealed her purple Christmas sweater with a picture of a black cat on it, wearing a Santa hat. The label reads, Meowy Christmas! Everyone stared and reacted to her sweater as Shini blushes from embarrassment.
"Aww, yours is adorable!" Mikey cooed.
"Yes, I suppose..." Shinigami mumbled sheepishly.
"So, what shall we do first? Get a picture of all of our Christmas sweaters?" Leo grinned as he motioned to the picture stand where Photo Finish is taking pictures of students, with her two assistance Violet Blur, and Pixel Pizzaz.
Donnie, Leo and Shinigami were immediately hesitant, as they stammer over their words and try to think of an excuse to not do that. Thankfully to them, April stepped in.
"How about we all mingle abit before doing anything like that?"
"Good idea!" Raph immediately agreed.
"I can deal with that!" Donnie added.
"I agree!" Shini nodded quickly.
With that, everyone spreads out. While the Rainbooms prepare to get their instruments set up backstage, everyone else either went to the snack table, or just mingle around. April looked around and saw Fluttershy sitting by the bleachers, looking sad as she held Gizmo in her arms. April can't help but frown seeing her friend upset. Donnie noticed and checked on April.
"April, you okay?"
"I feel bad, Donnie." April said. "I know Fluttershy said she taught the mogwais to be good, but I just don't think they've changed... but it makes me feel bad because it's like I'm doubting Fluttershy's ability to change the Mogwai for the better. It's so confusing..."
Donnie understands what April is saying. While deep down they know the mogwais couldn't have changed overnight and it feels sketchy, but it's also saying they doubt Fluttershy from doing so.
"Mabye I should go talk to her." April suggested as she started to go over to Fluttershy.
But April stopped when students started to gather around Fluttershy as they start awing at Gizmo. Lyra and BonBon cooed at the Mogwai as Sandalwood, Micro Chip and Blueberry Cake asked questions about him.
"He is so adorbs!" Bonbon cooed.
"Totally!" Lyra agreed.
"Such a fascinating creature." Micro Chip examined Gizmo.
"Where can I get one?" Blueberry Cake eagerly asked.
"What is he?" Sandalwood asked.
"Um... this is Gizmo, everyone. He's a Mogwai." Fluttershy answered as Gizmo repeated the word mogwai.
As Fluttershy was talking to them about Gizmo, April steps back from going over to her.
"Mabye give her some space. Give her time to take her mind off things." Donnie suggested.
April nodded but still frowned as she watched her friend talking to some of the students.
In Fugitoid's classroom, the metal box containing the five mogwais is violently banging. Terrance is hitting the walls and ceiling of the box over and over, trying desperately to at least dent the box. But no matter how hard he tries, it wouldn't budge. Soon Terrance gets tired and slumped down, breathing heavily.
Strip growls in frustration and puts his hands on the door of the box and pushes it violently, trying desperately to open it. With no luck, he stops and peeks his eyes through the eye hole of the box, looking around.
As Stripe looks around, he spots the mogwai sitting quietly in his cage, not moving. Stripe tries getting the mogwais attention by letting out a psst! twice. The mogwai glances at Stripe's direction as Stripe tries to convince it to help them out. But the Mogwai just turns his head away and goes back to staring at the floor.
Stripe thinks for a moment, trying to think of a way to convince the Mogwai to help them. Then something pops in his head, as he speaks to the Mogwai again.
"Hate robot?"
This causes the Mogwai's ear to perk up once Stripe said that. Knowing he has his attention, Stripe continues.
"Hate robot. Help escape. Revenge~." Stripe grinned after finishing that sentence.
The Mogwai slowly turned his head towards Stripe's direction. His face had an angry look, showing very well he does indeed hate Fugitoid. After being spawned in the classroom, it's been nothing but non stop experiments and being trapped in this classroom. Not to mention he's still bitter on Fugitoid extracting blood from him.
The Mogwai nods as it agrees to help them escape, making Stripe smile. The mogwai squeezed his arm out through the bars and unlocked his cage. He opens the cage and scurries over to the metal box the five Mogwai are in. It examined the box carefully, and noticed the pad looked like a finger scanner. Remembering seeing something like this on TV, he gets an idea as he scurries down and goes through Fugitoid's equipment.
Back in the gymnasium, everyone was enjoying themselves, April, Donnie, Casey, Sunset, Applejack, Raph and Mona were at the punch bowl with cups in their hands. Donnie and Raph are still embarrassed wearing their ugly sweaters at the dance for everyone to see.
"Come on Raph, I thought you were feeling extra jolly." Casey teased.
"Careful Jones." Raph warned.
"Well, at least Leo and Karai can tease each other with their Christmas sweaters." April shrugged.
"Hmm... you know, it looks like they're laughing at themselves more than each other." Donnie points out.
They looked and saw the two with cups in their hands laughing.
"Mine is so ridiculous! 'Got Nog?' That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" Karai laughed.
"Are you kidding? 'I bring the cool in cold.' That's so dumb!" Leo laughed at his own sweater.
"I saw another sweater I was considering me or shini to wear. It's like the one she has now, but had a picture of a duck on it." Karai exclaimed.
"I saw that! It said, 'Merry Quack-mas' on it. Who comes up with that stuff?"
"I know right?" Karai laughed with Leo.
The others watched with smiles on their faces. "At least they're enjoying themselves." April smiled.
"More or less." Sunset said as she spot Shinigami next to Karai, who had her arms folded, trying to hide her ugly sweater.
Donnie glances to his right and spots Mikey with Snips and Snails. "Well, those two aren't the only ones who seem to be enjoying the Christmas sweaters."
"Wow Mikey! That sweater is so cool!" Snips wowed.
"Looks better than the one my mom gave me." Snails frowned.
"Ain't it cool? I think I have the best sweater out of my brothers." Mikey confidently said as he showed off his sweater.
Donnie and Raph rolled their eyes as April, Sunset and Applejack let out chuckles.
"At least the dude's confident." Casey shrugged.
"So, Mona?" Raph began. "How did it go with Stockboy?"
"It went rather well." Mona answered.
"So what was he up to?" Donnie asked.
"Well, we found out he was stealing electronic Christmas toys to make... a Christmas toy army." Mona scratched her head.
"Uh.... that's the best he could come up with?" Applejack rose an eyebrow.
"I'm afraid so. He sounded so confident in his plan too." Mona shook her head.
"Did he... succeed?" Sunset asked.
"He did. But it ultimately backfired immediately." Mona sighed.
"How so?" April tilted her head.
"Let's just say he didn't predict his own creations would attack him instead." Mona answered.
This caused everyone to laugh. Raph looked at Mona as he was still laughing.
"Oh man seriously? I wish I could've been there to see that." Raph wiped a tear from laughing.
"It was quite humorous." Mona smiled. "Me and the other Mutanimals actually watched for a little while till we finally decided to help him."
They all continued to laugh. Soon Sunset spots Twilight motioning her to come over.
"Well, we better do an instrument check. You guys enjoy yourselves." Sunset said before she and Applejack go backstage.
Back in the classroom, the professor's mogwai got some equipment from Fugitoid's classroom closet. He sets them down and examines the big cage and thinks of a spot Donnie could've touched. He then grabbed a duster he had and started dusting a spot of the box for prints. Soon it revealed a thumb print on the metal box. The mogwai then grabbed a clear duct tape, ripped it and placed it on the thumb print. He smothed it out so the tape could grab as much of the print as it could.
The Mogwai then carefully removes the tape and now has Donnie's thumb print sticking on it. The mogwai then places the tape on the scanner, pressing it down. the pad scans the thumb print, as Stripe and the other Mogwai wait in anticipation. Once they hear a beep and click, their hearts jump from excitement.
They see the gate of the box opening and see the mogwai standing out waiting for them. They all quickly rushed out of the box and stretched their bodies, finally free from the box.
Stripe looked at the Mogwai and patted him on the back for a good job. Stripe examined the room, knowing the door is locked. He then spots an air vent on the floor and motioned the other Mogwai to follow him. Once there, he ordered Terrance to open the vent, which the Mogwai did so by pulling the vent off.
They all grin with excitement as Stripe has them all huddle together. Once huddled, Stripe begins whispering to the five Mogwai what they're gonna do.
In the gymnasium, Leo is dragging his brothers to take pictures as Donnie and Raph are reluctant, Mikey meanwhile is stoked.
"Leo, I'm begging you not to do this!" Raph grunted.
"Come on, don't you guys wanna make memories?" Leo asked with a grin.
"Is it an optional choice?" Donnie asked rhetorically.
The Rainbooms, who just finished setting up their instruments backstage, walked over curiously.
"What's going on here?" Sunset asked with a smile.
"Oh, just gonna take a family photo with our sweaters." Leo said smugly.
"Ooooh this I gotta see!" Rainbow Dash chuckled.
April noticed one member was missing from the group. "Hey, where's Fluttershy?"
They all looked around to see where she was. They then see she's still sitting on the bleachers, and a few more students by her to look at Gizmo.
"We should ask her to join us." April suggested.
"Mabye we should give her just a little more time." Leo said, but April shook her head.
"Look, we haven't really been... supportive of Fluttershy lately."
"Can you blame us?" Rainbow Dash said with a raised eyebrow.
"She brought five destructive mogwai into the school." Raph added.
"Still, we should at least be comforting and supportive of Fluttershy instead of berating her choices. I'm not saying we should agree with her bringing the mogwai here, but we should at least let her know we still support her."
After hearing what April said they started to think it over. She's right, they really haven't been supportive. While they still don't think it was a good idea to bring the mogwai here, they shouldn't treat Fluttershy like she's an idiot for doing so. They look at Fluttershy again and know deep down she's doing all she can with the Mogwai.
"I'm gonna go speak to her." April said before walking over to the animal lover.
As April was walking over to Fluttershy, the students near her started to go back to the dance. April stopped infront of Fluttershy, but Fluttershy doesn't look up to meet eye contact.
"Hey Fluttershy." April rubbed her arm.
"Hey April..." Fluttershy said quietly, still not meeting eye contact.
April stood there for a moment, thinking what she was gonna say before speaking. "Um, we were gonna get some pictures taken. Wanna join us?"
"No thanks, I'm good..." Fluttershy declined politely.
"..... look Fluttershy, I know me and the others haven't been... nice about your decision to bring the mogwai here. But you do understand why we're so skeptical of them right?"
"But they're not bad anymore." Fluttershy argued, finally looking at April. "I changed them. Why don't you guys trust me?"
"It's not that we don't trust you, Fluttershy. But after what they-" April stopped herself from saying anything else.
April knew if she brought up all the things the mogwai did, it will only remind April of how bad they are. April took a deep breath and began speaking again.
"Fluttershy, we're not doubting you can change them, or doubting you for that matter. We trust you can completely. We just don't wanna see you disappointed is all. But I guess we haven't been doing such a good job on the ladder." April rubbed her neck sheepishly.
Fluttershy starts thinking about what April is saying before April speaks again.
"I understand why you're not very happy with us, Fluttershy. I'd be too. But please believe we do trust you completely."
Fluttershy continues to think. She does understand why everyone is skeptic, but she also knows that the Mogwai did change. She was there to see it.
"Fluttershy, we don't want you spending the whole dance feeling sad. So how about you join us and have fun? Wouldn't be the same without you." April smiled.
Fluttershy looked at her. She then turned her direction towards the group, who were waving at her. After giving it some thought Fluttershy nodded.
"Okay." Fluttershy quietly said.
April smiled and the two walked towards the group. Now they stood in line to take pictures. Once one group had their photo, they stepped aside for the next group.
"Okay, next group please!" Photo Finish said in her accent.
Once Leo and his brothers stepped up, it took a moment for Photo Finish to look at them and see what they're wearing. While Donnie and Raph look completely embarrassed, Leo and Mikey had smiles on their faces. Photo Finish and her two assistance stared at the four turtles for a brief moment before Photo Finish finally spoke.
"I'm not even going to ask. Get in da frame and let me do my magics."
The four brothers stood together as Photo Finish took their picture. Mikey had a big smile, Leo winked at the camera while Donnie just smiled sheepishly while Raph had a sour face.
The next people to take their picture was Karai and Shini. Karai had her arm wrapped around Shinigami's shoulder with a smile while Shinigami had an embarrassed frown as her face was red.
Then all five of them had their pictures taken together as they showed off their sweaters, some reluctantly doing so.
Casey and April then had their picture taken together, being a rather normal one. But now Raph and Mona took a picture together, as Raph had a arm wrapped around her and Mona had her hands folded together as the two had smiles.
Donnie and April then took one together, but Donnie still had a sheepish look on his face. Leo and Karai then took one together as they pointed at each other's sweaters. Mikey and Shini took one together, though while Shini didn't wanna have more pictures of her in her ugly sweater, Mikey was more than happy to keep showing off his.
Soon the Rainbooms started taking pictures together with the group, but after telling Photo Finish to dim the lights and turn off her flash. Once they took one together, they started taking pictures with their New York friends. Twilight and Leo took one together, while Mikey and Pinkie Pie had one together.
Their last photo was with them all together. Fluttershy still had Gizmo in her arms as he had a smile on his face. Once they were done taking photos, they left the photo shoot with the pictures they had.
"These are definitely a keeper." Leo looked at his photos, much to Raph and Donnie's annoyance.
"Well, we still got time till we start to perform, let's enjoy it!" Rainbow Dash cheered as everyone started to enjoy the dance.
Outside the halls, a vent on the floor is pushed open. Stripe poked his head out from the vent and peeks around. Once he saw the coast was clear he stepped out of the vent. The other Mogwai followed him as Fugitoid's mogwai was the last to come out.
Once out, the mogwai looked around and was immediately taken aback. It was his first time seeing what was outside the classroom, and the hall itself was much bigger than the classroom.
Stripe's ear perks up once he heard music playing. He followed the sound as the mogwais followed him. He then spots the door to the gymnasium, and sees flashing lights from inside. He and the other Mogwai pushed the door open and poked their heads inside. Their eyes immediately go wide as they see the party inside.
The unnamed mogwai was especially taken aback, never seeing anything like this before. Stripe told them to follow him as they all scurry inside. They crawled around in secret as they took the time to look at the gymnasium.
They then spot a table and immediately started sniffing their noses. Once they figured out food was their, they wasted no time to get to the table. Stripe ordered Terrance to boost him up to see the food. Once Terrance places Stripe on his head, Stripe examined the food being served. There were mini sub sandwiches, Christmas cookies and other desserts, chips, pie and beverages.
Stripe reached out to grab some chips, but quickly pulled back and ducked when students came in and grabbed some food. Stripe and the other five mogwai crawled under the table as Stripe started whispering to them. After he finished whispering to Scamper, the mogwai nodded and scurries out of the table. He then whispers something to Wacko and Tuck and both nodded with a chuckle as they crawled/rolled out of the table. That just left Stripe, Terrance and Fugitoid's mogwai, which Stripe ordered to follow him.
As music changed, more students started dancing. April grabbed Donnie's hand and pulled him to the dance floor.
"Come on D, let's dance." April smiled.
"Oh, April I don't-" Donnie couldn't finish as April pulled him to the dance floor, as the turtle still felt embarrassed in his sweater.
Raph glanced at Mona, cleared his throat as he starts to ask her a question.
"So, Mona, would you like to dance?" He extended his hand.
Mona smiled and took his hand. "I'd love to dance, Raphael."
The two walked towards the dance floor. "Though I am still not sure if I got the hang of dancing." Mona admits.
"You'll be fine Mona." Raph smiled. "Just gotta feel the rhythm of the music and go with the flow."
Once they got to the dance floor, they started dancing with everyone. Mona was doing her best to dance with Raph while also trying to have a good time.
Tuck and Wacko were eating snacks as they look around to see what they could do, when a flash caught them off guard, making them flinch. They saw Photo Finish taking photos of students, and saw how she takes it seriously.
The two mogwais looked around to see what they could do to ruin it. Then they spot Flash Sentry dancing with his friends as they had a good time. But soon Flash decided to get some punch to refresh himself. Quickly Tuck got an idea as he whispered something to Wacko, who chuckles and scurries off.
Flash got to the punch bowl, filled his cup and sipped his punch as he let's out a light sigh. But he suddenly felt something pelt him on the side of his head. He looked and saw... a chip? He looked around to see if anyone threw it. When he didn't see anything, he turned around to walk away, when he suddenly started to slip. Flash panicked as he slipped and wobbles in place.
Once Flash fell, he tried grabbing the table to stop his fall, but ended up smacking the punch bowl off the table, sending it flying through the air. The bowl was heading towards a group of girls who were about to get their picture taken. But once Photo Finish snapped the picture, the girls got completely drenched in punch, making them all gasp in shock.
When Photo Finish looks at the picture, she saw that it turned out... terribly! The girls who were once smiling and in a perfect pose, were now were getting splashed punch on them, making them all make shocked faces.
"Gasp!" Photo Finish.... well, gasped. "The photo! It is a disgrace! My work of art, tainted! I faint!"
With that, Photo Finish faints, causing her two assistance to quickly catch her. Tuck and Wacko laugh at the sight, while Tuck held a plastic cup that once had punch in it, revealing he spilled punch on the floor, causing Flash to slip.
They then see Scamper scurry over to them, whispering something to them. They nod and quickly scurried to the back stage. Once there, Stripe, Terrance and the unnamed mogwai finished what they were doing. Scamper babbles something to Stripe, making him nod and chuckle. They looked around to see what else they could mess with, that's when they saw the big Christmas tree. They awed at the sight of it, knowing they can do many things with it. Stripe then snapped his finger, as he turned to the unnamed mogwai and babble something to him. He nodded and scurries off.
They heard a slow dance song play, making them all gag. Stripe peeked out from the curtains and saw everyone slow dancing. Raph and Mona were slow dancing together, along with Leo and Twilight, and April and Donnie. Stripe looked to see Vinyl Scratch's booth, and saw she was the one controlling the songs. He whispered something to Tuck and Scamper, and both instantly made their way towards the booth.
Raph and Mona were enjoying each other's company, slow dancing to the music as they stare in each other's eyes.
"Hope you're having a good time, Mona." Raph smiled.
"I'm having a great time, Raphael." Mona nodded with a smile. "Thank you for inviting me. It's wonderful to experience these holiday events and just.... hang loose, as Mondo puts it."
"Well I'm glad you can experience these things with us, Mona."
The two continued to slow dance, embracing each other as they do. But suddenly, the music changed abruptly from a slow dance, to something completely different.
"Everyday I'm shuffling!" Is the lyric that played as everyone was taken off guard and awkwardly started changing their dancing style.
Octavia looks over at Vinyl Scratch with a confused and slightly annoyed expression. "Vinyl, what're you doing?"
Vinyl Scratch shook her hands and head, implying it wasn't her. She's frantically pushing buttons until the slow dance music plays again. The crowd stares at her, as she waves her hand in a 'it's nothing' motion as they all go back to slow dancing.
Unknown to Vinyl, one of the Mogwai's arm slowly rises up, and presses a button, changing the song again as he quickly pulls his arm back down.
The lyrics,"Sell out! We meet oh yeah, sell out! We meet tonight." Played before Vinyl Scratch quickly switches back to the slow dance.
But then suddenly new lyrics played. This became a repeating factor as Vinyl Scratch was fighting back and forth for whatever was messing with her equipment.
Click.
"Never gonna give you up!"
Click.
"It's going down, I'm yelling timber!"
Click.
"I'm on the highway to-"
Click.
"Hey now, you're an all star!"
At this point Vinyl had enough and just pulled the plugs to her equipment, shutting everything off completely. She saw everyone was staring at her with confused expressions as Vinyl sheepishly smiled and awkwardly waved.
Soon enough Principal Celestia walked on to the stage with a microphone clearing her throat. "Um, okay, since our DJ seems to be having technical difficulties with her equipment, how about a performance from the school's very own students?"
Everyone cheered as that was the Rainbooms queue to go on. Fluttershy handed Gizmo to April as she and the others start going backstage.
"That was weird." Leo scratched his head.
"You're telling me. I had a hard time sticking to one dance move with all the song changes." Mikey wiped sweat off his head as he panted.
"What do you think that was all about?" Casey wondered.
"Who knows." Leo shrugged, not knowing the answer.
Backstage all the mogwais were doing something to the Christmas tree after the unnamed mogwai returned. They all giggled and whispered to each other until they heard footsteps. Quickly they turn to see the Rainbooms' shadows, and quickly scurried off to the far left side of the stage.
The Rainbooms walked towards their instruments and got to their spots. They can hear Principal Celestia voice as she gives them an introduction.
"Ladies and gentlemen, they have been practicing for quite some time to prepare music for this dance. Please give it up for the one and only, Rainbooms!"
Everyone cheered as the curtains pulled aside and revealed the Rainbooms standing on stage as they waved to the crowd. Rainbow Dash greets the crowd as the mogwais watched from afar, waiting for their show to begin.
"CHS, are you ready to get your Christmas cheer on?!" Rainbow Dash shouts as the crowd cheers.
"Hit it Pinkie!" Rainbow Dash points to the drummer girl.
Pinkie Pie began to clap her drumsticks together, when suddenly...
"One tw-!" Suddenly, her two drumsticks snapped in half, taking her and the audience by surprise.
The audience murmured to each other as the mogwais start chuckling to themselves. Pinkie Pie stared at her two broken drumsticks, till she gave a smile and shrug, tossing the two sticks aside.
"Good thing I always bring spares~." She cheered as she pulled out two new drumsticks from her hair.
The other Rainbooms sighed in relief as Pinkie clapped her new sticks together.
"One, two, three, four!"
They began to play their instruments, but instantly stopped when they heard.... a rooster call? Everyone looked around confused, wondering where that came from.
They looked and saw Rarity blushing sheepishly. She pressed a key on her keytar and the same rooster sound plays. Everyone stared with both surprised and confused expressions as Rarity began pressing different keys as they all had different sound effects. Those sounds being a monkey sound, airplane engine, a clown horn, a cartoon boing sound, a random Yeah! sound effect, and a toilet flushing sound effect. The last one really made Rarity more embarrassed as the audience stared at her.
"Rarity, I didn't know your keytar had those sound effects." Pinkie Pie smiled.
"I didn't either darling." Rarity frowned as she tried fixing her settings on her keytar.
The mogwais watching the whole thing started laughing as they're enjoying watching Rarity embarrass herself. Rarity presses one of the keys and it finally plays a regular tone, much to her relief.
They start playing music more normally now as Twilight began to sing. Except that no one can hear her, and Twilight noticed. The Rainbooms stopped playing as Twilight checked her microphone. She tapped it and spoke in it, but nothing was happening.
Scamper was holding a plug that contained the microphone, hence the reason why it wasn't working, making him and the other Mogwai laugh. Once he saw Twilight banging on it, he quickly plugged the microphone back in the socket, causing the microphone to make a ear piercing noise, making the Rainbooms and the audience cover their ears in pain. Gizmo had it the worst as he was holding his ears crying in pain as April tried to comfort him.
The other Mogwai, who conveniently had napkins shoved in their ears, started laughing as they watch the audience in pain. Twilight apologizes as she blushed from embarrassment.
Soon the Rainbooms finally started playing music as they begin to sing a song.
Meanwhile, the Turtles and others glanced at each other confusingly.
"Well that was..."
"Odd." Karai finished Leo's sentence.
"Dudes, you don't think?" Casey stopped but everyone knew what he was referring to.
"It can't be, they're locked away in the professor's classroom." Donnie clarified.
"But then again, they did have us think they were inside their bags at the mall..." Leo recalled.
"So, should we check on them?" April asked, gripping Gizmo in her arms.
Leo thinks fir a moment before shaking his head. "Not yet. So far these can only be technical errors. But if more strange things happen tonight, then we'll definitely look."
Everyone nodded as they watch the Rainbooms preform. Soon their song ends and everyone applauds them. They soon start playing their second song, Jingle Bell Rock, and everyone started dancing to it.
Stripe and the other Mogwai watched from a distance, clearly not taking an interest to all of this. Stripe then looks up and saw the stage light above the Rainbooms. He gets an idea and whispers over to Scamper and Tuck. He points up and the bright light and whispers something to them
The two think about it at first, but then they nod and started climbing up to the stage lights. The girls continued to play and the audience continued to dance. Once Stripe, Tuck and Scamper got to the top, they grab hold on three of the stage lights and begin swaying them back and forth.
The beaming lights of the stage lights were moving everywhere and people noticed, but they immediately thought it was part of the show as they continued dancing and cheering. The Rainbooms were confused but continued to play the song as they didn't want to kill the mood.
The three mogwais grinned at each other and started shining the bright lights in different directions. One light shined on Bulk Biceps' face, making the big guy scream and cover his eyes.
"Aaaah! My eyes! It burns!" Bulk cried as he starts stumbling backwards.
As Bulk stumbles backwards, he was knocking other students over until he reaches to one of the food tables. After he slipped on the punch Flash slipped on earlier, he ends up falling backwards and smashing through the table, sending snacks flying everywhere, landing on students heads or on their clothes.
The mogwais laughed hysterically as they continued shining the lights everywhere. The lights shines at the teachers who were observing the band in a different area of the dance. Miss Cheerlie and Mr. Cranky Doodle were blinded by the lights as they shielded their eyes and Cranky Doodle fidgets everywhere.
"Get that blasted light out of my face!" Cranky Doodle grumbled as he flings his free arm everywhere.
"Mr. Cranky Doodle, please be careful!" Fugitoid said as he ran towards Cranky Doodle who was unexpectedly heading towards Cheerlie.
But it was too late as the two teachers collided, causing Miss Cheerlie to throw her drink in the air and hitting the social studies teacher, Miss Harshwhinny who grumbles to herself as she's now soaked with punch.
As the Mogwais were shining the lights everywhere, Stripe quickly spots Gizmo in April’s arms, who's helplessly watching everything happen. Stripe glared at Gizmo but quickly grew a mischievous grin as he gripped the stage light he was on. He quickly shifts the stage light towards Gizmo and April’s direction, shining the light on them.
Gizmo shrieks in pain as the light shines on him. April quickly turned away from the light and held Gizmo close to her to shield him from the light. Gizmo clenches into her as he repeatedly says, "Bright light, bright light!"
The Rainbooms practically stopped playing as they saw everything that's happening as the stage lights continued to aim at the unexpected audience. Principal Celestia got on stage, took the microphone and tried to calm everyone down.
"Everyone, please, keep calm! We don't know what's going on with the lights but we'll try to figure it out."
Leo turned to the group now fully convinced that these are no accidents.
"Okay, now this is definitely no coincidence! Donnie, Raph, Mikey, we're heading towards to the professor's class! Everyone else, stay here and make sure nothing happens."
"Sure thing." April nodded.
"You can count on-." Casey was interrupted when a light shined on his face, making him scream and cover his eyes.
"Come on guys!" Leo said before he started making his way towards the doors.
Stripe and the mogwais were laughing frantically as they were enjoying themselves. But soon Stripe sees Leo and the other three Turtles making their way towards the doors.
"Uh-oh." Stripe said before getting Tuck and Scamper's attention, pointing at the four turtles leaving.
They immediately got off the stage lights and climbed back down to the three mogwais below. He quickly tells them they gotta move and looks at the unnamed mogwai, telling him to light it up.
The unnamed mogwai grinned as he pulled out a lighter. He flicks it on, and moves it towards what looks like a fuse and has the lighter touch it. Instantly, the fuse lights and starts to go down. The Mogwai chuckles before rolling off stage, being sure not to be seen.
As the Mogwai rolled out of the auditorium, Principal Celestia was still trying to calm everyone as they tried getting food and drinks off their clothes, Derpy, Snips and Snails helping Bulk Biceps on his feet and others trying to adjust their eyes from when the lights shined on them.
April immediately noticed how the spotlights stopped moving around now. "Guys, look, the stage lights finally stopped moving."
"No coincidence they do when Leo and the others left." Karai adds.
"Then those creeps are definitely behind everything right?" Casey asked, though confident that it's the case.
"Yeah." April said, looking at Fluttershy who was looking worried about everything. April sighed with a frown. "Probably..."
The Turtles were running through the halls making their way towards Fugitoid's class. The mogwais were hot on their trail as they were curled into balls and were rolling on the ground. They stopped near a vent and Stripe anxiously told Terrance to open it up.
The big Mogwai quickly did as he was told and rips open the vent and they all quickly roll inside. The Turtles finally made it to the classroom and Leo grabs the doorknob to open it. But as he twists it, he quickly noticed the doorknob was jammed in place.
"Oh great, Fugitoid locked it, and we gotta get in fast." Leo groaned.
"Step aside, I'm gonna try to pick the lock." Donnie said as he got on his knees and tried to pick the lock.
Inside the classroom, the vent from the lower level bursts open and Stripe and the other five mogwai quickly follow as Terrance closes the vent. They can hear the doorknob jiggling and clicking as Donnie was still picking at it. They wasted no time and started climbing up the counter to where their cages are.
Donnie sweats abit as he tries both to take his time, but try to get the door opened as possible. Raph, who was anxious enough, rushes Donnie.
"Come on, Donnie!"
"I'm going as fast as I can Raph!" Donnie barked back.
The mogwais Stripe, Tuck, Scamper and Wacko were helping Terrance climb up the table as they were pulling on his arm. They grunted and pulled hard as Terrance was doing his best to use his feet to climb up the counter. Soon enough the big Mogwai was on the counter, all mogwais letting out exhausted huffs.
Their ears perked up as they heard the door clicking and wasted no time to get up. The five Mogwai quickly enter the metal box Donnie made and the unnamed mogwai shuts the gate. He quickly puts the tape that has Donnie's thumb print on it and presses it against the pad, locking it. It then quickly crawled in it's cage, locks it through the bars and quickly sat still as Donnie finally opened the door.
The four brothers stepped inside and looked around before looking at the counter. They saw the professor's mogwai sitting still in it's cage and not moving much at all. They then see the metal box Donnie made and started walking towards it.
"Well, it's still shut from when we left." Donnie noted.
"But the question is, are they still inside?" Leo pondered.
Donnie thinks to himself before stepping closer to the metal box. He pressed his thumb on the pad and it clicks open. He slowly opened the box and saw.... all five Mogwai in the box, seemingly sleeping peacefully.
"Well, looks like all of them are still inside." Donnie rubbed his neck.
"But that doesn't explain why there were a lot of problems in the auditorium." Raph points out. "They must've escaped somehow."
"Even if they did, we still don't know how." Donnie said as he rubs his chin.
In the auditorium things were slowly calming down as got as much food off them as they could, their vision finally being clear and the messes on the floor were being cleared up. But as everything seemed to be going fine now, the lit fuse was now getting shorter, now sparking down around the Christmas tree behind the Rainbooms. In the tree were little rockets strapped around it as the fuse now reaches them.
Once the fuse finally hits all the rockets, sparks start flying out. Everyone turned their attention towards the tree and saw it was sparkling. Everyone was entranced by the sparks as it looked beautiful around the tree. But that mood was short lived as the tree suddenly launches up in the air. The tree spirals out of control as it aimlessly flies around the gymnasium. Students and teachers screamed as they covered themselves from the sparks coming out of the rockets.
Bulk Biceps screamed as he grabbed Derpy, and Snips & Snails in his arms and quickly ducks out of the way from in the incoming tree. Lyra and BonBon held on to each other and ducked as the flying tree nearly hits their heads. The tree lowered itself as it now crashes through the remaining tables, sending them flying everywhere as Casey, Karai and Shinigami quickly pushed students out of the way.
The Turtles, who were still in the classroom, heard the students screaming and were immediately alarmed.
"What's going on?" Donnie asked.
"Something must be happening! Let's go!" Leo said as he and his brothers rushed out of the classroom.
Donnie shuts the gate, locks it and they all left the classroom. Stripe and the mogwais had devilish grins and started chuckling to themselves as they know what's causing the screaming.
Once the Turtles enter the gymnasium they saw the chaos that was the Christmas tree airborn and flying dangerously everywhere.
"Holy chalupa!" Mikey screamed.
"What the heck is going on?!" Raph screamed as he watched the tree flying around the gymnasium.
The tree flies over and hits the Christmas themed disco ball on the ceiling, making it violently sway back and forth. Soon the tree flies and crashes through a window, flying sky high into the air. Everyone catched their breathes as they try to understand why that just happened.
Suddenly they heard what sounded like a cracking sound. They looked up and saw that the ceiling holding the disco ball was starting to crumble. Once the ceiling gives in, the disco ball falls straight down, causing the students underneath to quickly jump out of the way before they could get crushed by it. The disco ball hits the floor and shatters to pieces.
Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, along with the other teachers were checking on all the students, making sure they were okay and not hurt. The Turtles rushed over to everyone.
"Mona, are you okay?!" Raph asked frantically to his girlfriend.
"I'm fine Raphael." Mona assured.
"What just happened?!" Leo asked.
"That Christmas tree just... launched like a rocket!" Casey said baffled.
"It just happened when you guys were gone." Karai adds.
Soon the Rainbooms rushed over to everyone, just as shocked as the others.
"Dudes, that was crazy!" Rainbow Dash said.
"I know, look at the gymnasium!" Sunset said as she motioned to the nearly messed up gymnasium.
"How in tarnation did all of this happen anyway?" Applejack asked, scratching her head.
"I think we all know the answer to that!" Rainbow Dash frowned angrily as she glanced at everyone.
Everyone quickly caught on to what Rainbow Dash was implying, and Fluttershy immediately got defensive.
"N-No, it couldn't have been! They were kept away in Fugitoid's classroom! Right Donnie?" Fluttershy looked at the turtle.
Donnie rubbed his head as he nodded. The Turtles led everyone to Fugitoid's classroom and showed the still closed containment box and the little Mogwai still in it's cage. Donnie pressed his thumb on the scanner and it unlocks. It shows the mogwai still sleeping inside the box.
"They're all definitely still inside the box when we left." Donnie rested his hands on his hips.
"But they still could've escaped somehow!" Raph crossed his arms, convince they really did escape.
"But they couldn't have! There must be some other reason everything happened!" Fluttershy tried to reason.
"Fluttershy, come on!" Rainbow Dash began. "It's the only explanation! Like you really believe some of our instruments acting out, the stage lights going crazy, Vinyl Scratch's music set changing songs and the Christmas tree launching in the air is just a crazy coincidence?!"
Fluttershy tried to come up with an argument, but at this point, everyone else was already convinced the mogwais are behind everything.
"I'm sorry Fluttershy, but the Mogwais doing all that stuff is the only explanation." Sunset said apologetically as she didn't want Fluttershy to feel bad.
"Once Leo and the others left the gymnasium, the stage lights just happened to stop moments after." Karai pointed out. "That couldn't be a coincidence unless Stripe and those other four have been there watching."
"And I know for a fact I didn't have those atrocious sound effects in my keytar!" Rarity stated crossing her arms.
"And there's no way DJ Pon3 would just constantly switch music in the middle of a dance!" Rainbow Dash adds.
At this point Fluttershy didn't wanna hear anymore. She felt tears forming in her eyes and had the urge to scream. The mogwais are clearly in the containment box, so why are they still blaming them for everything that happened?
"Th-They couldn't have..! They've been locked in here the whole time..! There's no way they could've done it..! Were they not in the cage when you checked Donnie..?" Fluttershy pleadingly looked at Donnie.
"I mean sure..." Donnie scratched his neck.
"So there's no possible way they did all of that..!" Fluttershy states, hoping this would convince everyone.
"Unless they escaped!" Rainbow Dash repeated what Raph said.
"Fluttershy, there's no other explanation! They somehow escaped that box, and they caused trouble and ruined the dance!" Raph bluntly said to the shy girl.
Fluttershy looked around to see if anyone was willing to back up Fluttershy, but to her dismay it seemed everyone was in agreement with Raph and Rainbow Dash.
"I'm sorry Fluttershy, but... it's a possibility." Twilight frowned.
"As much as I don't wanna believe it, I'm afraid there's no other explanation..." April added, feeling just as disappointed.
"Now to figure out how they did it." Rainbow Dash said, already moving on from their argument with Fluttershy.
"It only scans Donnie's thumb print to open it right? Mabye they somehow got a print from Donnie's thumb?" Raph guessed.
"How? They were inside the containment box." Applejack reminded.
"Mabye they actually have no bones and slipped through the hole on the gate!" Mikey guessed, grossing everyone out.
"Not very likely." Donnie sighed.
"They couldn't have done it alone. Mabye... that other Mogwai had something to do with it?" Casey looked at Fugitoid's mogwai in it's cage, still sitting still.
"Fugitoid said his mogwai isn't very active." Twilight reminded.
"Though we have been tricked by them before." Leo states.
As everyone was making guesses and theories on how the mogwais escaped, Fluttershy was getting visibly angry. More angry than she's ever felt. No one is listening to her, or believes her when she said the mogwais couldn't possibly have escaped and caused all that mayhem. She didn't like that they were all so quick to start guessing how the mogwais possibly escaped, like they knew for sure they did. It made her angrier and angrier listening to all her friends making guesses to how they could possibly escape, instead of someone other than her argue of it not being the case.
Suddenly, Fluttershy snapped and screamed. "Enough!"
Everyone stared at Fluttershy in shock, never have heard her raised her voice like that. Even the mogwais were surprised. Fluttershy continued to speak to everyone.
"I can't take it anymore! You're all so convinced these poor creatures are the cause without any evidence! It's not right!"
"Fluttershy-" Sunset began to say, but Fluttershy immediately stopped her from speaking.
"No! I'm done listening to yous! I'm tired of you all not listening and ignoring everything I say because yous think you know better! But yous don't! You've all been wrong about many things, and this is one of them! You're suppose to be my friends, not a bunch of.... meanies!"
Everyone stood in shock when Fluttershy said those things. She grabbed her cardboard box from the corner and started putting the mogwais in them. Fluttershy then moved towards April who still had Gizmo in her arms and took the Mogwai she was holding.
"F-Fluttershy!" April tried speaking to her angry friend, but once Fluttershy had Gizmo she stormed out of the classroom and started to make her way home.
Everyone was in still complete shock as they couldn't help but watch Fluttershy leave the classroom without saying anything. Mikey was the first to break the silence.
"Whoa...."
"I've never seen Fluttershy so angry..." Sunset said in shock.
"You and me both." Karai said with Shini nodding.
"Aren't we gonna stop her from taking those things home with her?" Casey asked.
"You know, as much as I think we should, I dont think Fluttershy wants to see us right now..." April frown, feeling abit guilty she drove her friend to feel this way.
The group helped clean up the mess made in the gymnasium and are planning to fix the damages caused in it. Soon the Rainbooms and ninjas went to their vehicles, saying there goodbyes as they all drove home.
"I'm sorry the dance ended up being a disaster, Mona." Raph frowned.
"It is quite alright, Raphael." Mona assured. "Despite the outcomes, I did enjoy my time with you all. I just hope things will be okay with Fluttershy."
"So do i..." April whispered to herself, feeling worried about Fluttershy.
Fluttershy was in the bathroom of her home, wearing her pajamas as she was brushing her teeth. Once she rinsed her mouth, she stared at herself in the mirror with the biggest disappointed frown she's ever had. Her eyes were red, implying she's been crying ever since she got home.
"Oh dear.... did I really just lash out on my friends like that? That's not like me.... I know they were just worried but..." Fluttershy sighed as she hung her head low. "What's wrong with me..? I shouldn't have yelled at them like that..."
Fluttershy shuts off the light and exits the bathroom. She goes to her room and looks at the mogwais in the box. They were snoring peacefully as they slept. Fluttershy sighed as she climbs into her bed, shuts her lamp off and makes sure Gizmo's tucked in nice and cozy.
"I should give them a call tomorrow and apologize..." she said to herself before slowly dozing off, hoping to patch things up with her friends.
1:25am....
Fluttershy and Gizmo were in a deep sleep. But Fluttershy still had a frown on her face as she slept, feeling guilty even in her sleep. The mogwais looked like they were sleeping peacefully too. That is, until Stripe opened his eyes. He grinned mischievously as he sat up from the box. He quietly whispered to the other Mogwai, who were all secretly awake too as they all sat up.
They all quietly chuckled to themselves as Stripe looked at Scamper and asked him something in a whisper. Scamper nodded as he lifted the blankets in the box, showing snacks from the dance underneath.... Stripe had ordered Scamper at the dance to gather some snacks from the tables and hide them under the blankets in the box. They all stare at the snacks, quietly chuckling to themselves as they all started to grab a snack.
At Canterlot High, Fugitoid's mogwai looked at the clock and slowly grinned to itself. It lifted a newspaper from inside the cage and reveals a sandwich that was also from the dance. Scamper had put some food inside of the mogwai's cage too as it grabbed the sandwich and held it to it's mouth.
"Yum..." The Mogwai said, before it took a big bite of the sandwich.