//------------------------------// // Haunted Tower Boss-Tree Topping // Story: Fluttershy's Mansion: Dark Moon // by Shazam 25 //------------------------------// Ghost Studies was busy fixing the Key and Fluttershy was talking to her friends. Celestia and Luna listen to Fluttershy story though the Haunted Towers and Ghost Studies cry out, "AH HA!." "What is it?" Rarity ask. "I fix the key and I think I know what behind the door in the Hollow Tree." Ghost Studies said. "Really?" Fluttershy ask as she step up. "Yes, I believe the ghost are try to stop us because there a Dark Moon piece inside!" Ghost Studies said happily. "Yeeehaaaw!", Applejack cheer, "Those ghost varmints thought they could keep us out! Now we can get the Dark Moon piece!" "Hold on! This time I'm going!" Rainbow Dash said. "Huh? Are you sure Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy ask surprise. "You bet the Wonderbolts I'm going! Applejack help you last time and this time I want to see some action instead of watching it!" Rainbow Dash said not letting anypony talk her out of it. "Well if you are so sure then." Ghost Studies said and hand Fluttershy the Key. "Now like before, once you get the Dark Moon piece, just call us and we'll bring you back." He said before nodding to the Princesses. "Now remember Rainbow, Fluttershy will be brave during the battle but make sure she help her out." Apple Jack said remembering the last fight she help Fluttershy with. "Hey! I got it cover! Me and Fluttershy will get that Dark Moon piece in ten seconds flat." Rainbow said before they were teleported to the Hollow Tree. "She always thinks that." Applejack said, rolling her eyes. Without a moment later, both Fluttershy & Rainbow Dash had been magically teleported to the location within the big tree. Now the only problem, was when the two yelped from landing on their flanks, feeling the soar feeling of the impact. "Ow, not to complain, but the princesses need to work on the landing stuff." Rainbow Dash moaned off from feeling that landing ached badly on her behind. "Yeah, I...guess so." Fluttershy responded before the two ponies stood up on their hooves. Soon, both ponies came near the wooden door with the scary face, where Rainbow Dash cough to get some attention for her friend, to take the moment to open it. "Oh yeah, the key." Fluttershy responded, & took out the wooden key she got back, before fitting it in the keyhole of this wooden door. There, she turn it, and heard an unlocking noise, which made her step back. "Ah ha! We got this made." Rainbow Dash smiled in seeing they gotten the first part here done...or was it? "Hugh? Wooh..." Suddenly, she & Fluttershy yelp from feeling the entire area shake a bit, but it was only cause the scary door was opening up before them. "Oh boy..." Fluttershy responded in seeing this, as she & Rainbow felt a breeze kick off from inside, where a little stair way lead to something. "Ugh, we need to step to it, come on Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash shook her head to snap her attention back to reality, and issued her friend to have them explore now. "Uhm...right?" Fluttershy slowly responded before slowly lifting her back legs to get in while her friend leaped across. "Uh-oh...?" The pony yelped from almost tripping over the wooden teeth at the bottom of the open door. "Ohh..." Now the yellow pegasus brought forth her flashlight to light up the two's way. After passing through that little spot in question, did the two brave pony explorers reach some place? "Hmm...hmm..? I don't get it. Is this where the gem is or not?" Rainbow Dash asked off from looking around while her friend light most of the left & right, but saw nothing close of the Dark Moon Gem. "Ugh...ugh...Rainbow...?" Fluttershy slowly looked forward, lifted her head, almost...gasping in surprise. "Yeah Fluttershy, what'cha looking at?" Rainbow Dash saw the weirdness, & followed where it lead, & got the same reaction too. "Woooohh..." Both pegasus ponies gasped out in surprise, for before them was another challenge for heroes to face in the calamities of danger, which were; steps! That's right, ahead was a long forward approach of stairs with middle boards to stop climbing, & there were three paths to take. Not to mention, there were torches lit with the same blue flame color Fluttershy seen before. "Bwahahahah-hahahah!" Suddenly without warning, a big ghost resembling the type Fluttershy fought from the first spider boss, was here in the white form appearance. "WOhohohoaaauughh!" Fluttershy yelped backwards to bump against a surprise Rainbow Dash that saw this ghostly before them that tried to scare them, which only made the latter pony flinch a bit. "Wha-wha-wha-what are you doing here?" Fluttershy muttered out from her nearly chattering teeth in being surprise to see this familiar ghost boss foe from the first mansion. "Wait, isn't that thing...the one from the spider boss?" Rainbow Dash slowly shook her head to figure something out here, but never got further... Suddenly, that same boss ghost flew up to leave the two stun ponies in the dust, went over the long flank of stairs to vanish through the wooden structure. But when it turn to leave, it's middle section glow purple, it almost reminded Fluttershy that the same ghost boss she fought, had a Dark Moon piece inside itself? "Waahh...what I don't get is, if it's the same, or just another ghost that's similar from the captured one?" Fluttershy questioned how the same ghost she beat from the first mansion from the giant spider, was doing here, or...was it a different ghost, just similar to a precious encounter? "Don't matter, we'll figure that out for ourselves, but here's a REAL tough question. Getting YOU, up those stairs!" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes about the thought of the last boss ghost her friend dealt with before issuing the problem of going up a long flank of stairs. "Why's that?" Fluttershy asked before seeing a dry look from her friend & head signal turns to look at what the mare was wearing, as if to say the answer was clear. "Oh right, the Ghost Seeker 5000 cuts off my use of wings." Fluttershy spoke sheepishly in recalling that little thing that keeps her down from using her wings. "I'm telling you Fluttershy, you can probably still fly, if you trained your wings against such heavy luggage, by then, you could be zipping through this faster then, well, maybe not 'as' fast as me, but you get my point." Rainbow Dash signed in telling her friend, that if she was gonna have to deal with such difficulties, she could at least workout her Wing Power to handle such heavy backpack luggage. "Yes, sorry." Fluttershy nods to apologize for the matter of not being as athletic as her friend, but that's just the yellow pegasus for yah in being more of a gentle soul. "So which one should we take?" rainbow ask Fluttershy who been thought this before. "Um...I'm not sure. The last ones I came to, I guess which way to take." Fluttershy clear up. Rainbow roll her eyes and walk up the first set of stairs. "Um Rainbow? I don't think we should take that one." Fluttershy said. "Why is thaaaaaaaaah!" Rainbow Dash said as she slide down the stairs that turn flat. A Greenie appear laughing at her as she slid back down. Rainbow Dash stood up and stare at the green ghost. "Laugh it up, Green Ball." Rainbow Dash said. The name wasn't very good but enough to make the Greenie mad. It try to attack Rainbow Dash but miss as Rainbow flew over it. "Oh! You what to do this the hard way?", Rainbow ask smiling, she was glad for some action, "We'll do this the hard way and my way!" Rainbow started to fly around the Greenie who follow her. The Greenie spin around and around as a rainbow cover it. Fluttershy was able to keep herself from getting suck in Rainbow's move, the Rainbow left and said, "Get ready to catch some ghost Fluttershy." Fluttershy watch as the Rainbow tornado fade away and leaving a dizzy Greenie. Fluttershy use her Bright Flash and caught it. The Purple gates raise and Fluttershy turn to the Stairs again. "Well we know not to take the first set of Stairs." She said. "Then let's take the second set." Rainbow said and walk up them. Fluttershy watch as the blue flame turn red as a sign that they took the right one. "One down and about 19 more to go." Rainbow Dash said and look up the stairs. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy continue trying to climb the stairs, A few times they were wrong and slid back to the bottom where they fought a Greenie, a Slammer, (which Rainbow call it a dummy and it didn't take the name lightly.) and a Sneaker that caught Rainbow Dash and was save by Fluttershy using the Bright Flash. They try again and again sometimes failing and fighting ghost and some time getting closer to the top. Things seem to have going almost crazy, been almost 15 to 30 minutes of this crazy up & slide down the stairs before facing ghost, beating them, & trying again. It was only a matter of time before somepony...finally snap & lost it. "URRRAArrughh! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" Rainbow Dash shouted out loud in letting her anger out in feeling this entire situation has left them in a bundle. "We've wasted enough time getting our flanks handed to us by these tricky stair cases! Fluttershy, grab my tail." She issued that enough was enough, & issued her friend to grab her tail. "But...why?" Fluttershy asked off a bit bothered in why her friend wish for such an action? "Just trust me okay, I got a faster way to get us moving." Rainbow rolled her eyes before stating this while setting herself, like a runner about to take off. "Okay, I suppose so?" Fluttershy slowly gives in to the demand, and used her hooves to grab ahold of the blue pegasus' tail. "I'm readyEEEEeehhhh!" Just before Fluttershy could speak, she was pulled off quicker then a flash, make that a dash, by Rainbow Dash. As we see the lead dare-devil pegasus zipping through the flank of steps by zip-zagging the right lit torch areas, saving a lot of time walking, and coming to where the question remains if they could make it up to the top of the last few steps without failure. And it was bit easier but they still kept fall back down and fighting ghosts. "Haugh-haugh...haaaugh..." Finally, from Rainbow Dash's extreme quick flight work, she & Fluttershy made it to the top, with the later out of breath from the fast run they did while letting go of the former pony's tail she held onto during the ride. "Woooh, haugh..." When they both stop to look around, almost tired out, they saw behind them that the middle stairs drop to show a scary face on it, what was that deal was anyone's guess? "Ah-alight, that was something tiring, but now we're here?" Fluttershy spoke off in seeing they managed to finally get up here on top of the long flank of stairs. From looking around, there was nothing but some grassy plants in this spot, plus a dangling plant pod that Fluttershy has seen before. So after sucking it up, Fluttershy began to pull it, which broke bits of the door. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, seeing her friend was still tired, came behind the pony, and in two quick & strong pulls from the fast flier, they managed to break down the wooden wall to reveal, a secret channel. Course, once they came up, they saw a bridge row of a stairway around this leafy terrain decorum place, which Rainbow signed in seeing it's another climbing up the steps task again, only easier. Fluttershy was using the vacuum to see if there was any hidden bits and was able to find some. Finally, they made it up to the part where there was a bell rope above the wooden deck, which Fluttershy suck in, and Rainbow Dash helped her ease some tension to pull the thing. And it soon revealed a hidden cellar stair ladder that lead upwards. "Well, hopefully, this is the last bit of climbing we have to do?" Rainbow rolled her eyes in seeing how much they've been dealing with stairs lately. "It's okay Rainbow Dash, I'm sure we're almost done. I think?" Fluttershy assured her friend, as she was climbing up first while Rainbow Dash flew up behind her friend leading. Soon the scene changed to reveal the two ponies location after climbing up the cellar stairs, which the lid closed afterwards without them knowing it. And saw they have entered what looked like a tree house cabin structure? They were on the lower deck with a fence around the sides to make it look like an open field, and just up a staircase lead to the cabin that looked like the lights were on? Only problem to be seen was the blue torches for those that go up the steps. "Oh great, the moment we get on those steps, something bad is gonna happen?" Rainbow Dash moans in seeing this familiar situation, & feels something bad may just happen here. "Oh, I don't know Rainbow Dash, maybe we've lucked out now? I mean, there's nothing scary here, no spiders either." Fluttershy tried to speak on a positive side to her friend for being a little paranoid after they went through the trouble of 20 steps up a flank of staircases already. "Let me check." Rainbow Dash spoke to fly around, scouting the area, even looking underneath the staircase for anything; but nothing? "Hmmm...I'm not seeing any creepy ghost or spiders, so there might not be any living or ghostly creature to face us?" She shrug off before landing near her friend, seeing that maybe she's needing to let loose some tension, everything seems okay. "You see, now come on, lets just walk up these steps, and maybe find our ghost that has the dark moon piece?" Fluttershy smiled to her friend for getting a little nerve up over nothing. Rainbow Dash sign in giving in to that logic, and came near Fluttershy, as they both prepared to walk up the staircase steps to reach what could be the final goal to their hard climbing; the cabin? But... "WAaugh-hahahaugh!" Suddenly, Fluttershy & Rainbow Dash yelped from the staircase, bounced a bit, & thrown them off. "Uaaugh?" Once the two landed on their backs, they got up to notice...something screwy going on here? "Uh-oh?" Both ponies gasped in seeing what was happening here. "Arrfh-Arrfhmm!" The staircase turns inside-out to turn into a giant mouth. The wheels that allowed the staircase to roll now forms a hinge that allows the mouth to open & shut. A blue flame burn on each of the steps of the staircase while a pair of lit torches forms its eyebrows & eyes, & it's tongue was a red cord. "RARRRrughhhh! Rrugh-Raarughmm!" It seem to bark, & then gave a mighty roar at it's trespassers. Causing both ponies to yelp on their hoofs, looks like they have one more challenge to face. "What did I tell ya? Something bad. A staircase mouse-trap, aim to get US!" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes to make a 'I Told You So' comment about the situation. "Oh dear. First a giant spider, now a moving staircase monster? What next?" Fluttershy muttered with a stun face in never expecting this next new enemy to appear. "Us getting EATEN if we don't get moving, come on!" Rainbow Dash snapped off to say before pushing her stun friend out of the staircase monster that leaped off the ground to attack, but miss them. They watch as the Monster Staircase roar at them again and try to jump on them again and again. Rainbow Dash was pulling Fluttershy along, the monster staircase was just your average monster head, so all it could do was leap up from it's jaw to bounce over to tackle them, but the fastest dare-devil pony was too quick for it. "Hah! What's a matter slowpoke, can't keep up?" Rainbow Dash laughs to see the enemy stops for a moment in the middle of the deck, it couldn't keep up with them. "Um Rainbow, maybe we shouldn't taunt it too much." Fluttershy spoke with caution in what her friend was doing. "Why, it's only a head, what can it do?" Rainbow Dash push off the worries like they were not big deal. "ROOUUArrrughh!" As if to answer Rainbow Dash's unfortunate question, the staircase monster roared before leaping up higher then it ever did. Only the shadow was seen moving directly, under the ponies. "YIKES!" Both ponies yelp, and dash off the spot quickly. The monster staircase smacked onto the spot, but then it seem to have stopped moving. "Man, what is the problem today with us & staircases?" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in how their situation involving staircases, has not been a pleasant time. "Rainbow Dash, look! That thing that's it's tongue?" Fluttershy pointed to the tangle cord that lie out from the creature that wasn't moving. "Oh, I get where you're going at Fluttershy, lets suck up it's tongue!" Rainbow Dash smiled in seeing the idea, the tongue thing must be it's weakness. Soon Fluttershy gets over to the unmoving foe, and sucks up the 'tongue', and she began to pull until... "BRAArrughh!" Suddenly, a purple implosion force of magical ghost energy erupted under the staircase, and out came the ghost enemy that knocked the ponies back from that display. "Ugh, guess we found our target's hiding place." Rainbow Dash rubbed her aching noggin when the two ponies got up, saw the big ghost land on the deck, it's tail side exposed. "I'll try to stun it!" Fluttershy spoke, as she approached the ghost, & just as it got up to look at the ponies, the Bright Flash blinded it. And that's when Fluttershy tried to suck up the ghost, but it was trying to give her the slip. "Hang on Fluttershy, let me help out!" Rainbow Dash came behind her friend, grab the vacuum hose, and together, they tried to pull the ghost & weaken it. But from another familiar sense, the white ghost was letting it's white skin get pilled off, and allowing the gold one to come out to escape suction. "Hehehe-hahahah!" It laughed at the two stun ponies, before going back to the staircase. "Hay! You can't just ditch us when we almost caught you!" Rainbow Dash snapped at the enemy that tried to pull a fast one on them. "Weird, that's the same as the last time Applejack & me fought the first boss." Fluttershy raised an eyebrow in seeing that familiar display from the first time she fought a boss ghost. "And how'd you win then?" Rainbow Dash looked to Fluttershy, hoping for an answer so they can perform it too. "Well, we had to suck up two ghost shell forms, & the last one got sucked in." Fluttershy slowly explained how she & Applejack beat the last one, reveal the shell forms covering it, & when it has no more, it's easy to suck in. "URRARrughhh!" A sudden glow of purple energy from the staircase after the ghost re-merged with it, revealed the staircase monster again. "GRAAUURRguhh!" "WOooh! Today is not our day for stairs?" Rainbow Dash yelped while Fluttershy & her held onto the fence when the beast roared & blew it's breath over them. "Ugh, I can't tell if it's non-existent breath stinks, or if we stink from being bathed in it." Rainbow complained in what just happened to them now. "GRAUUUaughh!" Then what happened next was a shocking, as the creature was throwing blue flames from it's eyes at the two ponies. "Aye!" Fluttershy squalled before Rainbow Dash quickly used her speed to make them dash out of that attack, as the blue fames burn one side of the deck. The staircase monster roared again, aim where the targets where to fire the same blue flames. "Aye-aye, the eyes have it?" Rainbow Dash moans to have them duck again from another flaming eyeball attack. They dodge a second and Rainbow sign. "Why do have to fight stairs after climbing them?" She ask. Fluttershy turn to her friend and said, "We may deal this one if we what the Dark Moon piece." Suddenly, after the beast performed it's third blue flame throwing, it began to lunge at the two ponies, but suddenly, it's speed got faster which almost had it bite Rainbow's wings. "Hay! Watch the wings!" Rainbow Dash snapped at the beast for cutting that close. "Watch out!" Fluttershy warn her friend, as they dodged another lunge attack. "Looks like it got faster after we took out that ghost?" She stated on a fast progress from it's new revival. "So it gets faster if we do that, it still won't catch me! It can act & bark like a dog, but won't catch our tails!" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in stating that fact in not letting some possessed staircase head-dog figure whatever, get the best of them. After dodging the next attack, it leap in the air and they watch as the Shadow appear below them. "MOVE!" Rainbow Dash shouted and the two Pegasus jump out of the way. Like before the Monster Stairs land on the ground and stop moving. Fluttershy ran over to the 'tongue' and suck it up. With a pull the ghost pop out of the stairs and Fluttershy stun it and suck it up. Rainbow grab the hose so Fluttershy won't get drag. With another yank the Ghost golden layer came off and laugh before going back to the stairs. "Hey! Get back here so we can catch you, you scarily coward!" Rainbow Dash shouted, not whated to deal with the stairs again. The Monster Stairs stood back up and roar again, blowing it breath on them. "Ahg! Ok, your non-existent stinks more then us bathed in it." Rainbow Dash said holding her nose. The Monster stairs threw the blue fire ball from it eyes again and they dodge them. "Ahg! This better be our last time fighting this thing." Rainbow said as she dodge the second fire ball. "I do believe so, the Ghost only as red skin so nest time we'll catch it." Fluttershy assure her while dodging the third fire ball. The Monster Stairs roar again and try to jump on them, only a lot faster and Rainbow was almost was bit. Fluttershy gasp and sign as Rainbow dash out of it mouth. "Ok! That it! You are going down!" Rainbow said and gave it a good buck. But all it did was roar at Rainbow blowing her to the fence. Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy cry out causing the Monster Stairs to turn to her. Fluttershy dodge the attacks and watch as it jump high and drop faster, Luckily a rainbow blur push her out of the way and the Monster Stairs miss her and lay still. "Thanks Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said as Rainbow out her down. "Any time, now get that thing tongue!" Rainbow said and reminded her the task at hand. Fluttershy suck up the rope and yank, making the Ghost pop out. Fluttershy stun it and both she and Rainbow Dash caught it. "Oh yeah, who's bad, we bad, and...what's wrong here?" Rainbow Dash was smiling to brag in beating the enemy, but noticed the vacuum acting up on them with purple sparks. "Um, I think the Ghost Seeker is about to repeat itself?" Fluttershy slowly stated in having a feeling what's gonna happen now? "And that's good, right?" Rainbow raised an eyebrow if this was good or not. Suddenly, a purple smog implosion happened around the two ponies, but during the action, a Dark Moon piece flew out and landed on the cabin's front porch deck spot. "Cough-cough, tell me the ghost didn't escape & will attack us with the staircase again? Haven't we dealt with that enough?" Rainbow Dash coughed from the smoke, & worried that if this was a bad sign, then they gotta fight the enemy all over again. "Um...heheh-um...?" Fluttershy nervously approached the staircase cautiously if the possessed beast is down. "Eh-eh!" She kicked the staircase that was unmoving "Grrumm,...Augh! Wohhh?" She bent down to lift up the staircase, only to yelp back, as the flatten thing reset itself up for one to walk up it again. "Come on Fluttershy, I could fly up to get the thing?" Rainbow Dash took to the skies, stating they can get their prize with their wings now. "It's okay, I don't mind...hmmm..." Fluttershy spoke to struggle in pushing the staircase to get it in place. "Hugh, I'll help!" Rainbow signed at seeing her friend's determine face, & decided to pitch in & help. "Really?" Fluttershy smiled to seeing her kind & loyal friend not gonna leave her to do this hard labor. "Yeah, you taking down that enemy, even with my help, you deserve some credit, so I'll help you since you can't fly up with that thing on, & we'll get the gem the earth pony way." Rainbow Dash pointed off her own reason of being in not letting her friend struggle, she's had a tough time, plus, what loyal friend would she be if she didn't. Both pegasus ponies smiled, & struggled together to push the staircase, and finally managed to re-assemble it where the cabin's porch & the gem are located. Afterwards, both ponies walked up the stairs, no problems, & reached the prize. "Oh...wow? So that's the Dark Moon gem up close, nice! Rarity be jealous to not see it after a battle." Rainbow Dash responded in awe, as Fluttershy picked it up to have them marvel at the thing. "Hooray! That's our third piece!" Fluttershy jumped for joy at this, she & Rainbow Dash obtain the third piece of the Dark Moon, what a great pegasus team they make. Then Fluttershy Ghost Looker went off and she answer it. "Hello?" "Fluttershy!, Rainbow Dash! Did you get it?" Ghost Studies ask "We sure did, Fluttershy here took care most of the battle, but I help out in a cool way." Rainbow Dash said bagging. "Ya, ya, sure you did." Applejack voice was heard. "Anywhere are you ready to be bought back now?" Ghost Studies ask. "YES!", Rainbow Dash shouted before Fluttershy could answer, "I never climb another set of stairs as long as I live!" "We had to climb up 20 staircase to get up here and it took us like 15 to 30 minutes to get up before Rainbow lost it." Fluttershy explain. "Ok, I'll have the Princesses bring you both back now." Ghost Studies said and the view turn off. "Hoho boy! Come on Fluttershy, lets celebrate!" Rainbow Dash proudly jump for joy, and wanted the two to revel in this proud moment. "Um...okay! Yippy!" Fluttershy shyly spoke, and let herself go to have the two pegasus dance for joy. This would have gone on a bit more, until suddenly, something was caught in Fluttershy's tail. "Um Fluttershy, isn't that one of those spiky seedpod things you shot to stop those fly trap plants?" Rainbow Dash suddenly notice something on her friend that needs attention. "Oh my." Fluttershy looked behind herself in noticing the thing was stuck around her tail by her flank spot. "How that get there?" She was puzzled in not noticing that happened while so busy enjoying the victory dance. "Come off little fella." She reached behind herself to try to reach & pull until she finally got the spiky pod off. "Oh, good thing no other pony notice that but us." She spoke with some relief in how if she return with a plant spike ball pod on her tail flank, it be a bit embarrassing to have the others seen that. "Yeah, now get rid of it before we get returned back & everypony ask why you brought a spiky pod seed in." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in seeing that with the problem off, time they got rid of the thing, however... "Ugh, Fluttershy, any day now?" She noticed Fluttershy hasn't thrown the plant spiky thing away. "Um...I'm trying, but...it's stuck again." Fluttershy spoke to shake the pod off her right hoof that she held it in, but now the thing wasn't coming off after a few shakes. "You're kidding me?" Rainbow Dash lowered her eyes in not believing, her friend is having a hard time getting the plant off herself. "Maybe...this way? Nrrugh!" Fluttershy set her right hoof to the ground, and had her left back hoof to press down to help free the other. "Urghm...hugh?" But misfortune happened that she freed her front hoof, but now had the spiky pod on her left back hoof. "Hugh, how odd?" Fluttershy responded puzzled by this little display of removing the thing. "Ugh, just kick it off already?" Rainbow groans in seeing this is taking forever to be done. "Ugh!" Fluttershy then did all her might to throw the spiky pod off her hoof, good news, after a few tries, it got off... Bad news however... "Oops! Sorry." Fluttershy apologized cause she thrown the spiky pod off, but it got caught in Rainbow's mane. "Ugh great, now I'M stuck with it!?" Rainbow Dash groans to complain in seeing she's got the thing that Fluttershy had a hard time getting off, was stuck on her. "Here, let me,..." Fluttershy was about to offer that she remove the thing from her friend, but... "No, no...you've struggle enough as it is. I'll get it off, my way!" Rainbow Dash Then Rainbow Dash tried to get the spiky pod off her mane by shaking her head, no luck. Then she fly up, and did an in-air cartwheel stun, nothing. Finally having enough, she decided to use her hooves, got it stuck on one, then the back hoof press, got stuck under, even tried to use her teeth to pull it off...again, not very useful. That was it, Rainbow Dash was staring at the unwilling pod that was stuck to her face now. "There's only one way to get a stubborn pod off me now, the Sonic Rainboom!" Rainbow Dash made a serious face, seeing only one way to get this thing off now, by forceful means! Then quicker then anything, the pegasus pony was leaving rainbow trail, as she was driving up into the air. And then did a dive move which was making her face show a wobbly side from the extreme speed pressure. And then without warning, as Fluttershy duck down to expect an impact, instead, Rainbow Dash made a 'boom' noise and flew upwards when she almost came to touch the tree top. Not only did the spiky pod came off of her, but she unleashed what many ponies knew she could create, a sonic-boom with the seven colors of a rainbow, hence forth, a Sonic RainBoom, as it covered the entire Haunted Tower area, and giving all it's inhabitants, even ghostly ones, a nice view display. Then Rainbow landed on the cabin deck, with a stun Fluttershy seeing her proud friend's performance. "Wow Rainbow Dash, I didn't think you could perform a Sonic-RainBoom even in this ghost area!" Fluttershy spoke off amazed by that little performance her friend just gone & did, it really gave this dark place where there is no sunlight, a chance to have seen a rainbow. "Yeah, well just goes to show yah that, not only did it remove that annoying pod thing, but I just made myself be more awesome to give a little rainbow show. Who knows, maybe it'll help with the effects of this fog?" Rainbow Dash boosted out in rubbing her left hoof to her chest in making a good claim about herself & about the good that could help them out here. "Maybe, lets get back & find out from the others." Fluttershy responded in what they can do now, as they will need to head back soon. Fluttershy jump for joy as her Mission was complete. She open her Ghost Looker and saw her score, Then she and Rainbow Dash was brought to the shack. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash appear in the shack and fell on their flanks. "Ow! Ok, I'm right, the Princesses needs to work on their landing." Rainbow said rubbing her flank. "We're sorry Rainbow Dash, but there no light here and I have trouble using my magic." Celestia said. "And I don't have full control over Dark Moon Valley so my magic is not as strong here then at Canerlot." Luna added. "Well lets clean up that Dark Moon piece and empty the Ghost Seeker 5000, by the way, what was that rainbow ring doing in the sky?" Ghost Studies said then ask. "That was my Sonic RainBoom. I can pull them off if I get enough air time." Rainbow Dash said. "Why did you pull it off?" Pinkie ask. "Un...thought the ghost might what to see one and who knows it might help with the fog." Rainbow Dash said not telling the reason why she really pull it off. "Ok?" Applejack said with a rise eyebrow. Then the tube pop up and Fluttershy place the hose in it and all the Ghosts and Bits went to the vault. The tube disappear and the turn table appear and Fluttershy place the Dark Moon piece it. Four Brushes appear and started cleaning the Dark Moon piece. It glow and the fog outside fade away showing another Mansion waited for Fluttershy. Ghost Studies smiles as the third piece of the Dark Moon join the others. He turn to Fluttershy and said, "This is just like old times Fluttershy. With my smarts and your...um...your...we are a bit in a pickle here are we?" Rainbow Dash laugh as Ghost Studies try to think of a word that fit Fluttershy. Apple Bloom step up and ask, "What happen up there?" "Well, well, well, After me and Fluttershy appear inside the Hollow Tree, Fluttershy unlock the door and we step in. After walk a while we come to some stairs and there was over 20 of them!" Rainbow Dash explain. As she continue the story, Fluttershy sat down to rest. She was half way done now. She just got to find three more piece and she can go home. But what was taking Twilight so long? It not like her to be late. Fluttershy was worry and just decide to relax for now. Outside and high above the Dark Moon Valley, The shadow figure watch as the rainbow ring that was just seen a few minutes ago fade away and land in the fog and started to weaken it. "Huh, another piece was fond." It said to itself, "No matter, the recovery is all part of my plan. She doesn't know that I was planning on this." The Shadow figure laugh and floated away. A dark glow appear on it head.