Chapter 16
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Road
"YOU!" Sephiroth stated again, only louder this time. His index finger extended at the pony figure just ahead.
The six heroes took a defensive stance, all except for Latisha who in fact could not do anything of the sort. She instead remained still and silent, like a boss. #cooltaco
"I understand your hostility, and it is perfectly justified." The small pony on the opposite side of the heroes. He took a step forward out of the nonexistent shadows and revealed himself to the only person who didn't know who he was, other than himself. "It is I, The Great and..."
"WE ALREADY KNOW WHO YOU ARE!" Everyone in the current vicinity yelled.
Tristan turned his face away in embarrassment. "I don't really say it that much, do I?"
"Hmmph mmh hmm hmmph hmm, hmmph hmm hmmph phmm." The Pyro stated bluntly.
"Agreed." Sephiroth said extra bluntly. "I thought we had seen the last of you back in Hogwarts."
"Well see..." Tristan started, but was soon interrupted by Yakko.
"Some people... er... ponies, just can't take a loss gracefully." Yakko said, correcting himself.
"No, listen I-" Tristan once again opened his mouth hole to speak, but was again interrupted.
"We just got done with another member of your stupid cult. You don't stand a chance now." Vinyl stated, readying her cannon for fire.
"Listen! Please! I'm not here to fight!" Tristan yelled among the accusations and threats.
"Then why are you here?" Sephiroth asked, motioning for Vinyl to hold off on the whole bass cannon thing.
Tristan cleared his throat and spoke. "I... was... wr-... wrrrr..." His face struggled to form the last word, stretching into all manner of funny faces.
The others just looked back and forth between each other, sharing looks of both confusion and concern. Finally, after about the fourth hilarious look on Tristan's face, GLaDOS suggested, "Wrong?"
Tristan beamed in excitement. "YES! THAT ONE!"
"You were wrong." Sephiroth folded his arms. "And what exactly does that mean?"
"It means I was wrong." Tristan said with no problems whatsoever, a dumb smile plastered all over his face.
"Soooooooo... That's it?" Yakko asked, wondering if there was a point to all this, since the script ended a few chapters ago.
"Not exactly!" Tristan stated, holding his hoof high in false triumph. "I never liked working for that fool, Captain Planet. All he ever did was boast his ego and belittle the rest of us. It was awful!"
"... Yeah... awful..." Vinyl sarcasmed, thumping her bass cannon with her hoof.
"IKR!?" Tristan nodded. "So I started thinking, when life gives you lemons-"
"BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN!" GLaDOS shouted completely out of nowhere. The others just stared at the potato with a general look of confusion. "Sorry about that. Please continue Mr. Johnson."
Tristan shared the look of confusion, but shook his head and continued. "Anyways, Lemons, lemonade, the point is I don't want to work for Captain Planet anymore. In fact, I have half a mind to march there myself and put him in his place."
"So, you want to join us then?" Vinyl asked hesitantly.
"Nope!" Tristan shook his head, "but I would like to see the Captain put down. So instead, I'm going to help you guys get to him."
"And how exactly are we going to get to him?" Yakko asked, gesturing to the tree. "I don't know if you've noticed, but we've been going in circles for the past 6 months."
"What my hyperbole-inducing little friend means is that we have no way to get out of here." Sephiroth said, stepping closer to Tristan. "Even you seem to be trapped here. Unless you have some sort of magical trump card. Then again, your magic is... less than overwhelming."
"Thank you!" Tristan misinterpreted. "But right now isn't the time for compliments, because I do happen to have a magical trump card!"
Tristan stepped past all of the heroes and went a good 10 yards away before his horn started glowing bright blue. "Behold! The Great and Powerful-!" He glanced back to see the irritated faces. "Heh heh, well... you know who I am."
With an incredible discharge of magical energy and a blinding light that made our heroes turn away to shield their eyes, they turned back around and saw an unbelievable sight.
"Behold! Rainbow Road!"
Ahead laid a long, winding road of rainbow-like colors. Star rails lined the edges and many constellations in the starry space sky resembled that of famous video game characters... but not Sephiroth.
The heroes were befuddled at this new development. They could barely form words.
"Is it safe?" Sephiroth asked, forming words.
"Absolutely!" Tristan assured, bringing a hoof to his chest. "This is the pathway to Norwegia, Captain Planet's base of operations! He taught this spell to each of his minions in case of emergency. But he never expected that one of his minions would use it against him like this!"
The heroes took turns testing the rainbow road to make sure it was stable. It felt soft but sturdy, as it held them all without challenge.
"So..." Sephiroth turned back around, "we just follow this road all the way down?"
"Yes indeed." Tristan looked proud of himself. "See? Isn't the Great and Apologetic Tristan the best Tristan?"
"I gotta hand it to ya Tristy, you came through in the end." Yakko said, jumping excitedly on the colorful road.
"Huzzah!" Tristan shouted. He dropped a smoke bomb from nowhere, and ran off in the opposite direction of the heroes, tripping once, but getting to his hooves almost instantly. Eventually, he vanished into the mist of the moon.
"Well, I guess we just keep walking."