//------------------------------// // Allura's Wicked Plans/The Chase Begins // Story: G5 Adventures in Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie // by ponydog127 //------------------------------// The Mane 6 were angrily confronted Allura and Twitch with Barney, Mrs. Goldfinch, Gentle Rain, the Night Lights, Cody, Abby and Marcella behind them, just after the dream-maker egg slipped their fingers and hooves and onto the back of Mr. Millet's truck. No one was sure what Allura wanted, but whatever it was, it wasn't good. “Spill the beans, cat!” Zipp snarled. “We know you’re here, but we don’t know why.” “Isn’t it obvious?” Allura asked with a snarl. “Whatever you want, I want… especially if it’s a dream-maker egg.” “You know what it is?” Abby asked nervously. “How?” “It’s simple, dearie,” Allura purred villainously. “I heard the legend time and time again when I was a cub, but I never believed it to be real until the stars aligned just a few nights ago. And once that putrid little egg is in my paws, I’ll use my magic to absorb its power, so I can travel between realms with or without that putrid star! And then, your realm of Equestria and any other realm I come across will be MINE!!! AHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!” Suddenly, fearing that their friends would be hurt, the Night Light dragons leapt in front of the Mane 6 and growled fiercely, even stopping Allura in her tracks while Twitch yelped in panic. “Guys, what are you doing?!” Sunny gasped. “She’s dangerous! You could get hurt!” “You guys could too!” Bat pointed out. “And we’re not gonna let her do that!” “Yeah,” Ripper agreed. “You and the rest of our new friends mean too much to us.” The others couldn’t help but smile at this selfless act, but while they seemed touched, Allura just chuckled wickedly. “You think a few lizards can stop me? Please… I am a superior breed!” “Well, guess what, freaky feline?” Ripper asked. “We have imagination on our side, and our mom said besides friendship, that’s the most powerful thing there is!” “...wow,” Hitch blinked after a few short moments of silence. “I’m a little jealous of that speech.” “Your imagination can’t protect you while I'm around!” Allura said before sending one of her hypnotic purrs at the group, frightening them and causing them to brace themselves. Fortunately, the dragons had a plan of their own in mind. Closing their eyes tightly, they stomped their front right paws, causing a shield of magic to spread outwards, causing the purr to deflect into a nearby tree, surprising Allura greatly. “What?!” “Uh… did you know they could do that?” Cody asked Gentle Rain, who looked just as bewildered. “No, I-I didn’t!” Gentle Rain said, shaking her head. “Their imagination must be stronger than any of us thought.” Allura continued to try and get through the shield, but the baby dragons kept their focus, causing each beam to reflect (one even got close to hitting Twitch, but the rabbit dodged in time). Eventually, Allura snarled in frustration and turned to look at the Mane 6. “Your so-called imagination may have saved you this time, but NOTHING will save the dream-maker egg… and then, I WILL REIGN SUPREME!!!” And just like that, the snow leopard spread her wings with Twitch on her back and flew off in the direction of the truck, letting Bat, Ripper and Noir lower the shield. “Whoa!” Noir shook his head to clear it. “That was unusually crazy.” “You guys… that was the most… ridiculously brave thing I’ve ever seen!” Zipp said, impressed. “You had no fear when it came to her!” “Eh, it must be a dragon thing,” Ripper shrugged casually. “Forget what you guys just did!” Cody told the others. “Let’s get on the horse and go!” “But we can't all ride on Agnes!” Abby pointed out. “And I don’t think us ponies will be able to carry Barney either!” Sunny exclaimed. “Not to mention,” Bat said, “I don’t think us dragons can fly very far yet-- especially at the speed that a horse goes.” Marcella looked around the yard and suddenly, an idea filled her head. “Izzy, Gentle Rain? Misty? I need your help with an idea. Follow me.” “Right behind you!” Misty said as she, Izzy and Gentle Rain galloped after Marcella. “Oh-ho, great!” Barney cheered before stopping, realizing he wasn’t aware of Marcella’s plan. “Uh… uh, what is it? Uh...” Gentle Rain, Izzy, Misty and Marcella ran all around the yard, gathering pieces of scrapped wood, wheels, poles and whatever else they could find before regrouping right near Agnes. Then, with Marcella's idea in mind and Izzy's unicycling skills, they managed to turn whatever they could find into a full-blown chariot! The perfect thing needed to catch up to the truck and to Allura. “This is amazing, guys! And us ponies can run alongside you and find Allura along the way!” Sunny said. “Exactly,” Marcella nodded. “Everybody on Agnes’ back!” Once Abby, Cody and Marcella got on Agnes’ back with the Night Lights, Barney went up to Agnes and spoke to her sincerely. “Okay, Agnes, it's all up to you. Just use your imagination.” Agnes nodded and whinnied sincerely as Barney left her side and went to get on the chariot. “You expect a horse to use his imagination?” Cody asked before noticing the ponies and Gentle Rain glaring at him. “Oh, no offense.” “Oh, a horse?” Barney chuckled. “Why, of course!” The ponies weren’t sure what lay inside Agnes’ imagination, but they were sure to find out when all of a sudden, Barney, the Night Lights and the kids were all dressed in Roman attire! “Whoa!” “Wow!” “Look at that!” “Totally Roman fashion change!” “So cool!” “Come on, everyone! Allura flew off in this direction!” cried Gentle Rain, beginning to gallop in that direction. “We have to catch up to her!” “Right behind you, Gentle Rain!” Zipp said as she and her sister took flight while the others galloped behind the kirin, and Barney managed to get Agnes and the chariot going. “Hi-ho, Agnes!” Barney cried. “Away!” Mrs. Goldfinch waved them farewell, hoping that they would be able to catch up and get the egg back before anything crazy happened. XXXXXXXX Allura flew high above the Birdseed by the Barrel truck, knowing that she had to wait for the perfect opportunity to swoop down and grab the egg before making a getaway. Unfortunately, before she could make her move, Twitch began to squeak like crazy. “What is it, Twitch? Can’t you see I’m in the middle of something?!” But before Twitch could try and make her turn around, Zipp and Pipp tackled her in mid-air, causing them all to tumble, just before Allura saw who had attacked her. “YOU!!” “Allura, please! This rare event only happens every thousand years!” Zipp tried to plead. “If you take the egg’s power, the balance will be upset!” “Not to mention, you’ll be robbing all of us social media influencers of a totally ponygram-able moment!” Pipp agreed with a huff. “Oh, yeah, and it’ll be an event totally ruined too!” “Do you think I care?!” Allura swiped a paw at the sisters, causing them to quickly side-fly out of the way. “Twitch, take care of them while I get the star from the truck!”  But before Twitch could leapt on Pipp’s back to bring her down, Sunny shifted into alicorn form and flew upward, blasting Allura and saving the sisters. “Phew! That was close!” Pipp sighed in relief. “Thanks, Sunny.” “Don’t thank me yet!” Sunny said as she deflected another one of Allura’s purrs. “The others are gonna keep chasing Mr. Millet, but we have to keep Allura distracted for a while and give them some time!” “On it!” Zipp and Pipp nodded at once before diving toward Allura.  And Sunny could only hope that their friends would be able to catch the egg in time before something worse happened.