//------------------------------// // Old Clockworks Boss- Showtime // Story: Fluttershy's Mansion: Dark Moon // by Shazam 25 //------------------------------// Ghost Studies has finishes looking at the Strong Sneaker and turn his work to the Clock hands. Sweetie Belle's fear of clocks was now gone thank to Celestia and Luna. Fluttershy sat down and told Rarity what happen after she save Sweetie Belle. Finally Ghost Studies turn to his friends. "Well, I was able to figure out what with the Clock Tower Gate. But, I'm not sure what awaits for Fluttershy pass it." He said. "Um, maybe this will help?" Sweetie Belle said and pull an picture out of her mane. Ghost Studies took the picture and turn to the Princesses and held it up. They nod and the picture grew. In the picture was a lot of gears and some Ghost as well as two Shadowbolts that carry the sack. "Hmm...another Possessor? I wish I could say I'm surprise. Then again we seen him twice so far." Ghost Studies said. "Well guess that answer the question me and Fluttershy had back at the Haunted Towers." Rainbow Dash said. "Hey, look! It those Shadowbolts-carry-a-sack-again." Pinkie said pointing to them. "Looks like the same ones and this time the portrait has been turnaround." Applejack said. They all look and thought they could make out mane with a horn, but the rest was just cover up, so they couldn't tell who it was. "Hmm, I'll try looking into that more later, right now look at those ghosts. They planning something." Ghost Studies said. Then he turn to Fluttershy and said, "It kind of strange, that they been holding on to the Dark Moon pieces as if they told to guard them. But by what...or who...?" They all try to think on it but a answer never came up. "Any woo, You still have that Rotor, Fluttershy?" Ghost Studies ask. "Oh! Yes! I almost forgot." Fluttershy said and pull it out. "Hahaha! Great! Just have to place that on the Clock Tower Gate and you can get up to the top of the Tower." Ghost Studies said and turn away for a second then turn back with the Clock Hands Fluttershy found earlier. "Here don't forget the imported Clock Hands." He said and threw them to Fluttershy. Fluttershy was able to catch them as the rattle in her hooves. Then she put them away and Ghost Studies laugh. "It a good thing you had a deep mane, Fluttershy." He said. "Now that he mention it, how does Fluttershy kept all those stuff in her mane?" Apple Bloom whisper to Sweetie Belle, who shrugs. "Okay, we're ready to go & help ya Fluttershy!" Both Rainbow Dash & Applejack spoke in union in wanting to go help out. "Hugh? What You Say?" Both the two ponies replied puzzled in catching attention from the others. "It should totally be me! She'll need speed & flight with whatever is up in that clock-tower!" Rainbow Dash issued about her skills in what's about to happen. "You went last time, so I should go, she'll need some strength to tussle them ghosties!" Applejack protest in stating that she should go again & help out in her own way. "Girls, please...we can debate this in a more social manner of decision making." Rarity popped up between the two arguing ponies to make this argument cease the bickering time of who's accompanying Fluttershy for the next boss round. "And for who's going to help Fluttershy on this difficult case, is myself." She went off strength to say that she, & she alone, will take the job. "YOU?!" Both Rainbow Dash & Applejack responded off surprise to hear Rarity say that. "Wooh, Rarity is volunteering to go on a scary mission, didn't see that coming." Pinkie Pie responded totally off guard there in what her delicate friend just stated. "Me neither, & I'm basically the very smart one." Ghost Studies spoke surprised in seeing Rarity was more a citizen then a fighter. "My reason for going is simple. For too long, those ghost have toyed us from imprisoning us in portraits, but they've gone too far now!" Rarity issued with a stern expression in remembering how the last time, the ponies here were trapped in a haunted mansion by Nightmare Moon, & Fluttershy saved them, & now this act is almost a repeat of that adventure. "They even trap my dear sister, Sweetie Belle, & I refuse to let that action go unpunished!" She declared with a serious motion of not letting the ghost that tried to harm her sister get away with this. "Wow Rarity, you do that for me?" Sweetie Belle spoke surprise in hearing her sister wants to avenge her. "Of course, just as Applejack would do if it was Apple Bloom in trouble." Rarity calmly stated how she do it, just as Applejack would, if either their sisters were in harms way. "Can't argue with dat logic right there." Applejack shrug off her hooves in not arguing with that fact right there. "Yep, she got ya there sis." Apple Bloom nods to her sister in hearing Rarity make a solid case there. "Alright, but what could you bring to the table?" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes before asking what could Rarity do to help Fluttershy out in the next tough challenge here. "Table? What table? We having a party?" Pinkie Pie asked off in completely not following what the gang are talking about. "Well if you've forgotten, I've managed to handle myself finely well against Diamond Dogs, this will be...slight, like that? Plus, I 'to', have ways to help our Fluttershy. I'm not just a unicorn with a pretty face, after all." Rarity tap her chest in stating with a calm dexter about her quality to handle herself very nicely, she's not as defenseless as many think, she too, can even surprise those around here when she gets to it. "She's right, maybe this time, unicorn magic maybe needed for some close callings?" Ghost Studies pondered off in thinking, this case, they can have unicorn magic in helping with ghost hunting. "Well Rarity, if you don't mind the thought of doing this, what with the..." Fluttershy was about to state some concerns Rarity might feel about objecting, but was cut off here. "Please darling, don't say another word, I won't hear of it. I'm going to help, & that's that!" Rarity held up her left hoof to clearly state her involvement, weather Fluttershy wants to accept it or not, she will go and teach those ghost some well deserve lesson & some manners maybe. "Well okay." Fluttershy smiled in accepting the help of another pony accompanying her. "Okay princesses, send these two on a trip!" Ghost Studies signal Celestia & Luna to begin sending these two ponies to the destination spot. Suddenly, Fluttershy & Rarity are teleported, but are in mid-air, and they dropped to the floor which make them flinch from landing on their flanks. A bit sore, but the yellow pegasus shines her light around for any ghost enemies, sings to see none before the two ponies get up. "My goodness, the princesses certainly need to fix the problem in where we land." Rarity responded from rubbing her bottom that felt somewhat soar now. "Well yes, but...it's mostly, not so bad?" Fluttershy lightly spoke about the subject, the fall isn't bad after one tries to get use to it...at least, that's trying to look at a positive view. Soon the two ponies approach the clock gate in question, the only place left that they need to enter. "Hmmm...?" Fluttershy hummed to star at the clock face without it's hands to tell time. "Ahh...? This could work." Then she brought out the hands, study them, and started to place them on the clock. "Oh...hmm...oh..." Fluttershy put one hour hand up, thought before placing the minute hand up next. "Um..." She then pressed on the hands to set them tightly in place. "Oh my, well done Fluttershy." Rarity spoke from observing her friend who's finished placing the hands on the clock. "Oh...you're right Rarity." Fluttershy responded after pressing one hand down & then after stepping down from the small stair rack, as both ponies to a moment to look afar in seeing. "Hah...hmmm...I think we need the rotor next?" She muttered from noticing, they need to add in one more piece to the clock puzzle. "Let me help you there darling." Rarity spoke from using her horn's magic to levitate the rotor out of Fluttershy's 'special' storage area to prepare to dock the gear in an open mechanism of where the rotor should go. "Uhm..Murragh...my, this rotor is no lightweight?" Rarity finally managed to push the rotor in the spot of where it needed to go. "Hmm...oh my?" As Fluttershy obverse Rarity's work on the rotor, both ponies stared in surprise in seeing...the rotor was turning and moving the clock's hands. "Oh...time is turning back? Oh..." The pegasus gasped slightly in seeing the clock reversing itself until it reached & said 12 O'Clock. Also referring to the ghostly midnight hour, for spooky themes, etc. "Well while we may have put the parts together, shouldn't we be entering?" Rarity question off why they aren't getting the door that will take them to the top of the clock tower? "I think we have to set the time to open it?" Fluttershy spoke in seeing the clock read a different time after they return it's parts, "Well do tell darling, what time combination code could unlock this?" Rarity asked her friend in what they could do to unlock this gate & enter it. "Well last time, I set something similar, to 4:30." Fluttershy spoke off a suggestion about how to enter from last time she came to this place & face a similar event. "And do you think that could work here?" Rarity wandered off if perhaps what Fluttershy used before the first time, may help in opening this gate too? "Well, we can find out." Fluttershy spoke forth in thinking, it's worth a shot at least. Now the ponies stared at the clock gate, as Fluttershy brought out her vacuum to start blocking of it's suction force to turn the rotor to turn the clock's hands to set the clock. It wasn't long before the clock soon read the set time, 4:30. Noting happen expect the hands moving back to the 12 and a ghost laugh was heard. Fluttershy quickly wave her flashlight around not wanted to be attack by ghost. When none show up, she relax again. "Guess that wasn't it." Rarity said looking at the Clock Tower Gate. Fluttershy sign and then notice a hole by the gate and walk up to it. "Fluttershy dear, what are you doing?" Rarity ask her. Fluttershy peek through the hole and stood still for a few seconds before moving away and back to the Clock Tower Gate. She use the Ghost Seeker 5000 again to move the hands and kept going until the time read 7:30. Suddenly, the clock gate made a gonging bell noise, steam escaped below, and the locking rams moved a bit to allow the opening. And from there, the whole thing was going up to allow a hidden door access for the ponies. "Fluttershy, how did you know that was the right time to open the gate?" Rarity ask in surprise. "Well, when I look through that hole, I saw the numbers 7,3,0 and notices they say 7:30 and thought I try it.' Fluttershy answer. Soon the ponies entered through the door that was hidden behind the clock gate, and found themselves in the Movement area. Like the picture image they saw with Ghost Studies & their friends, this was a large room with a metal walkway on the ground & a huge wall covered with gears of many sizes. The door on the top (a bit to the left) leads into the area where they find the ghost boss with the Dark Moon piece. "Ugh, it seems higher up than I imagined." Fluttershy gasped a bit in seeing how high up that looks to her, she could fly, but the Ghost Seeker still weigh too much & carrying Rarity be another challenge. "Guess we better..." She was cut off before she could even say another word. "Wait, hold on Fluttershy!" Rarity suddenly spoke off in cutting her friend off while her horn, glimmer with a rainbow color. "Yes, yes...oh, I knew it!" She spoke off with a prideful smile on her face. "Knew what?" Fluttershy asked confused, what was happening now? "My Gem Finding Spell is reacting, there must be a gem in the room! This way!" Rarity issued to have her friend follow where she was able to find something very interesting nearby. "It's out there, out the window, on the sand darling, quickly!?" Rarity lead them to the left window, where she issued about a gem outside, & truth enough, there appeared a gemstone. After some vacuum works from Fluttershy, the ponies yelped as what came flying from outside a glassless window was...the gem in question. Soon Fluttershy picked it up, as she & Rarity marvel at their finding, who have guess it was hidden in this area while the pegasus only found so many except this last one. "Oh, it's even more glorious to see them after recovering them that gives...a certain sparkle of thrills for a gem-lover?" Rarity quoted off in just staring at the lovely piece. "Thank you Rarity, I guess you helped me find this one where I couldn't? If you like, it could be yours, um...seeing you did find it & all?" Fluttershy spoke off a bit shyly if Rarity was interested in keeping this gem, since she was responsible for finding it where she couldn't. "Much obliged Fluttershy, but...you keep it. After all, you've been collecting them while on the job, I just help make it easier with a spell." Rarity spoke with a smile in being happy for the offer, but turn it down much to any other pony's surprise. "Well, this one shall be something special, as one we found together." Fluttershy smiled in stating how this little gem will share a nice memory for the two of them here. "I'm sure everyone will just love to hear about it." Rarity waved off a hoof in thinking how the others will be surprise to hear this news of their latest finding. Soon afterwards, Rarity suggested Fluttershy use her Ghost Seeker in forward reverse order, on the three separate valves, which helped to turn make where they stood, a metal plate-boardwalk, rise up by rope connectors (kinda like they were on the thing window cleaners rid on to clean tall building windows). Along the way, Rarity also develop a spell to track bits, she & Fluttershy found some on shelves, behind spider webs which they suck a few, even Bright Flash a red spider or two, even stop at a hidden access path within the gears to find a tool case. They reach the top while getting the last hidden bits, then before going to the door, red spiders, plus a gold one, almost caught them, but the ponies dealt with them & got some bits. Now both Fluttershy & Rarity went up to the door they saw from the picture of ghost entering through, & enter through the door. Fluttershy & Rarity enter what was a two story room, the Belfry if you would. The first part of the room has many crates & a ladder. Ghost Studies said that the ghost they are after that has the Dark Moon piece, is at the top, meaning at the top of the Belfry is the Belfry Clock? "Oh my Fluttershy, could the ghost be somewhere in this room? Quickly, try your Dark-Light, maybe it's hiding?" Rarity spoke with much activeness in looking around, expecting any sneaky ghost surprises to pop up and frighten the two while they hid? Fluttershy was shining her Dark-Light, but throughout the entire room, no Spirit Orbs were hiding anything, no Shadowbolts were hiding neither, there was nothing around here that was remotely a ghost, not since they pass getting up to this point from the Movement area. "No, nothing is hidden, there's only crates." Fluttershy shook her head to stop shining her Dark Light, there was nothing here to surprise them, how odd. "Apparently empty crates, not much important things to find around or in if you ask me?" Rarity spoke from peeking in some of the crates & the timely moment, even behind them, found nothing at all, no gems or bits, nothing but collected dust if that even counts. "Well, if the ghost came through here from that picture, then they must be above?" Fluttershy spoke with some thought, they saw the ghost enter where they came from, but if they aren't hiding around here, then maybe it's somewhere higher up in this clock tower? "Then we best take that ladder? Hugh, it'll be slow work climbing up this high tower, but I suppose we don't have much a choice in the manner?" Rarity signed to state off about taking a ladder to climb up further in this tall tower, it'll be tiresome, but they have to push forward here if they wanna get to the bottom of things...or up in a way of speaking here? Now with things settled, the two ponies were walking over to prepare to climb the ladder that take them to the top...or so that was the plan? Without any warning, a spring board was activated from the two's weight and launched them upwards. "WAugh!..." Fluttershy & Rarity yelped from this trigger action, as they were shot up so suddenly. "Wauuuugh-Hahaaa-Haaaughhh!" Both ponies, mostly Rarity, were screaming and waving their hooves around in being unable to stop themselves from their accelerated speed going up. During the moment, the scene changes to where a lone crow is sitting in a spot, minding it's own business? "WAaaahhhh-Haaauuhhhh..." But there were screams that were getting louder on closer contact before... Suddenly, the crow yelped in being shot off by the door beneath it that got shot opened, with something else that came out with it? "WOoooohhoooohhhh..." Turn out what came launching out were Fluttershy & Rarity, as they stopped in the mid-air in a spinning form before... " ..." Gravity took over, and soon brought the two ponies falling down from where they came? "GOOwww-hohoho..." And their impact on the ground was not too pleasant with Fluttershy first, then Rarity, both were soar. "Ooow, that was possibly the...WORST...THING...EVER!" Rarity moans to complain, and ushered off that it was the worst thing to ever happen to them. "Ohh, maybe we should have watch that first step to the ladder?" Fluttershy responded a bit sore from seeing what they experienced was not fun, not fun at all. After a bit of dizzy eye & shaking the head to get rid of the dizziness, did the two ponies stand up a bit. "Hughh...?" Fluttershy suddenly took in to notice where she & Rarity are, and got another shock. "Ooohhhoooohhhh?" Fluttershy yelped to the point where she pushed Rarity off of her, as they both stood up to see...where they are. It was the very tower top of the clock tower, the Belfry Clock was where the ponies stood on the face with it's hands on the 12 hour, & from all the gears, there was even a coo-coo-clock over the 12 part, like this entire place was set up like a field of a clock theme? "Dear me...I almost thought we were on the face & would slip off, but...I didn't think there was such a structure place at the top?" Rarity ushered out surprised in almost thinking they fall if this was not the ground, but the side from the clock's actual face, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. "Ohh my, this is strange?" Fluttershy hummed to herself in looking around, this area was just as strange as the last two areas she fought like the boss ghosts? "Humm...?" Then Rarity tapped the open glass door they popped up from, back into it's place. Course if either pony notice that behind that clock frame door they closed, was the big white boss ghost that had the Dark Moon piece, as it lay in wait in stacking the prey and... "GWAaaugh/Haahahhaaaaughhh!" The ghost popped from behind the ponies, giving them a crying scream response by the surprise scare treatment while this boss cackled at their suspense. "Hah-Hah-Hahahahaaaahhhh!" Then the ghost swirl around the two ponies that were yelping a bit, watching with spooked out eyes in where this ghost was going while confused. "Hohohoho-dear?" Fluttershy nervously responded in pointing her flashlight up where the boss ghost hovered over the coo-coo-clock rooftop. "Good heavens, what's it doing up there?" Rarity asked off stump in what's about to happen next here? Both ponies watch this ghost hovered, but then it raised it's hands together, a glow escaped, and raised them glowing hands to try something. "BWaahah-huaghhaughhaugh" The boss ghost laughs while unleashing a blue/violet color mix of whirling swirl of ghostly magic, down to the ones below it. "Oh...whatever could it be doing?" Fluttershy pondered off in not knowing what was, nothing so far, or was it... "WAaugh! Pull back Fluttershy!" Rarity cried out, as she grabbed Fluttershy, pulled her away when suddenly...the clock's 12 glowed violet, & the minute hand moved backs to almost collide into the two ponies that were too close to the center & had to get farther to the edge part. "Wahahaahhhaahhh?" Rarity was gasping in horror to see what Fluttershy also saw as a gaping event, the clock's hands were turning back time, from 12 to the other numbers while showing a violet glow effect. "Hugh-hugh-hugh-oh dear, time doesn't appear on our side?" Fluttershy was gasping in shock from that close call, to see what this boss ghost was trying to pull here. "WHah-Hahah-Haaahhh!" Suddenly, the boss ghost laugh off again, as it dived to hover over the clock & an opened door in the coo-coo clock's room. Then afterwards, the ghost turned around, went into the open coo-coo-clock room where the doors shut & the clock's hands were reset on 12, strange as it seem, but that's how it seem to work? Now that action left both ponies, a little lost for words. "Fluttershy, does this usually happen when you fought the final area of a leader ghost?" Rarity raised an eyebrow to her friend in not knowing if this happens all the time or not when Fluttershy hunts ghost. "Well there was a spider & staircase, but I'm not sure how a ghost using a clock tower could be dangerous?" Fluttershy shrug off to say in not knowing how this boss will do things from the last opens she fought, with some helpers. "GONG!/ WAaugh!" Suddenly, both ponies yelped from the loud gong noise of the clock tower sounding off. Suddenly, the long minute hand was glowing red while ticking a bit left & right, before quickly going in it's clockwork movement. "Waaugh!" Both ponies yelped back, but got lightly injured, that glowing hand was burning hot? "DON!" Then it reached the hour, made it's ring sound, as the hour hand was one 1, which glowed violet strangely. Then a Greenie appear out of the one number. "My word, is that one of the ghost?" Rarity spoke surprised in seeing that action. "It's a Greenie, & it pop out of that number label on the clock?" Fluttershy spoke off. The Greenie laugh at them and disappear. "I'll leave this to you, dear." Rarity said knowing the Pegasus won't need help for this ghost. Fluttershy caught the Greenie ease. Suddenly at the moment, the clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was one seem to appear; the number 1. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 2, which glowed violet like the last one. Now what came out from the next set time were three Greenies that surprised the ponies. "Three more, and on 2 O'Clock hour, hardly seems fair?" Rarity spoke off to complain in seeing this little action seem a little unfair then the last one. "Be-careful Rarity, it can be three times worst if we're not careful?" Fluttershy warn her friend in seeing they need to be extra careful. "Hold on Fluttershy, I have an idea? Gehum, excuse me mister ghost?" Rarity spoke to get the Greenies attention. "Since there are three of you, which of you be the leader of this band of tricky trio, & is the handsome of the bunch?" Rarity spoke with a sly wink of her eye to them. Then one Greenie tried to stand forth, but then the second & third tried to cut the other, then were arguing in wanting to be seen as the leader. Course, they never saw Fluttershy Bright Flash them, stun them before getting sucked into the Ghost Seeker. "Wow, I never thought of trying to trick them like that?" Fluttershy responded surprise by her friend's tactic. "It works with a certain decor, darling." Rarity declared how to handle that situation, vaguely well. Suddenly at the moment, the clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was one seem to appear; the number 2. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 3, which glowed violet like the last one. Now what came out from the next set time were five Greenies this time. "Uh-oh! Five times the trouble?" Fluttershy yelped in getting ready, this time it's five foes. "Not if we outsmart them. Watch.", Rarity spoke while having a secret plot to use here, "Oh boys, try and catch us, we're standing right here." She issued off a challenge, much to anyone's confusion. Before Fluttershy could ask why, the ghost were accepting to catch the ponies where they stood. Then at that instant, Rarity used all her might, to levitated them with her magic that made the ghost miss them. Then with a quick Bright Flash, the Greenies were stun, and Fluttershy tried to suck them up, which got easier when Rarity used her magic to keep the five ghost from forcibly pulling her friend all over, before they got sucked in. "Thanks Rarity." Fluttershy said a little confuse of what happen earlier. "Any time Dear, Now I see why you do this." Rarity said thinking about some that she could do later. Suddenly at the moment, the clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was one seem to appear, the number 4. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 4, which glowed violet like the last one. Now what came out from the next set time were 2 Slammers this time. "Oh no, bruisers!" Fluttershy yelped in seeing they got more tougher foes now. "Ow!" And then the two red ghost sucker punched the girl behind her when they went invisible. Then the Slammers were laughing it up, finding that funny. "Now see here!" Rarity spoke with rage to approach the laughing ghosties. "You brutes can't just go and hit a lady by such rudeness! Why, how'd you feel if one of you hit the other? Example?" From Rarity's magic use, made each of the Slammer sucker-punch the other. Which in turn, cause them to either laugh from one hit, but made the other frown, this gone on until it got tiring. "Now you see, neither of you liked hitting the other, & it made you angry. And did it felt good when you hit the other for no reason, only to feel that you'll get hit after enjoying a chuckle or two?" Rarity scolded the two who nods in agreement, very surprising. "Good, then why don't you say you're sorry to the other." Now both Slammers turn to speak in ghost, showed sign-language in telling they were sorry to the other, and shook on it. "Excellent, now I also must say sorry to you, for this." Rarity spoke with pride in seeing this, just before apologizing too. Soon Fluttershy Bright Flash the Slammers, and sucked them up right into the vacuum. "Gee Rarity, that was...unexpected?" Fluttershy raised her eyebrow in seeing how her friend managed to...handle that situation. "When it comes to brutes, you just need to know what button to push Fluttershy darling." Rarity declared off in how one must handle even brutes like that. After the 2 Slammers were gone, the Possessor was knock out of the coo-coo house and started to attack the two ponies as the clock face started to spin. "AHH!" Fluttershy yell as she dodge the Possessor charge attack. Rarity was quick enough to dodge the second charge and frown at the ghost for try to hit her after getting the Slammers to learn their lesson. After missing the third time Fluttershy stun it and started to suck it up. Like the two before it, Fluttershy was started to get drag. Rarity soon saw what happen and quickly ran over to help her friend. "Hang on Fluttershy, I'll help!" Rarity spoke to grab the pegasus' vacuum to pull it up to help the girl suck more of this boss ghost in. But during the moment, the white shell was peeling off, and the golden form popped out while both ponies yelped back. The ghost looked to them, laugh while going back to hid in the coo-coo clock spot, and soon the rotating field of the clock's face cease action. Then one more,the clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was one seem to appear; the number 5. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 5, which glowed violet like the last one. Now sand blew across the clock and Rarity whine to herself before the Bugs from the underground appear. "Eek! Why did it have to be creepy-crawlies? Shuu!" Rarity yelped before using her magic to make a perfectly mimic Bright Flash that got rid of the pest coming near her. With Fluttershy help, all the bugs were gone in no time. The clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was one seem to appear, the number 6. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 6, which glowed violet like the last one. Suddenly, Sneakers appeared and surprise the ponies by scaring them before disappearing again. "Oh, how dare they pull such a trick?" The unicorn growled at this, as one ghost was about to scare her behind, but... "Hiiyyaah!" Rarity suddenly delivered a spinning back hoof-kick in the ghost's surprise face that knocked him back. Now Fluttershy used Bright Flash to stun this down foe, then suck it up. "Wooh?" Fluttershy responded surprise by Rarity's ability to use such close combat moves. "No time to admire my acts darling, be on the lookout for two more of those sneaky fiends?" Rarity issued that they best be on the lookout now. One Sneaker appear behind Fluttershy and scare her. The second one appear and was about to push her before Rarity once more cast her mini Bright Flash spell that caught both Ghosts off guard. Fluttershy then act by sucking and yanking to catch the ghosts. "Thanks Rarity." Fluttershy said after a close call from the fight. "No problem Fluttershy and I got a feeling the hands are going to move again." Rarity said. She was right, the clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was one, seem to appear; the number 6. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 7, which glowed violet like the ones before it. Then three weapon and shield Greenies appear out of the number when sand blew once more over the area. "How are we going to deal with this ones?" Rarity ask her Ghost Hunting friend. "Well I like them try to attack and stun them after words." Fluttershy answer and quickly dodge a Greenie. She stun and caught it. Rarity use her magic to pull away the weapon and shield from the last two Greenies. Fluttershy stun and caught them without problem. The clock's minute hand glowed, ticked a bit before rushing off faster, making the ponies jump back in surprise while the number it was seven, seem to appear; the number 7. "DON!" Then as both hands reached their next designated hour, it now read: 8, which glowed violet like the ones before it. Then more sand blew in and three Greenie appear before diving in the sand. Then three Mummies appear and both Ponies jump in surprise. "Rarity be careful, we need to make them hit a wall or each other so I can unwrap them and catch the Greenies inside." Fluttershy said telling Rarity how to beat the Mummies. Rarity didn't have time to say anything because a Mummy was right on top of them. Fluttershy scream and use the Bright Flash by pure instinct. The Mummy cry out in pain and charge at the two Ponies, were they jump out of the way and the Mummy hit the wall and fell over. Fluttershy unwrap it and caught the Greenie inside. After Fluttershy managed to get one mummy/ghost, two more were approaching, but Rarity took the leftover bandage wrap...and smile. "Fluttershy, I just had the most marvelous of ideas, keep them busy, won't you?" Rarity spoke off while leaving her friend for a moment. "Ugh..." Fluttershy was about to protest, but was little use. Now Fluttershy was about to be cornered by the mummies, if nothing was done, then... "Youhoo!" Spoke a female voice, everyone turn to look & be surprise was; a female glowing aura of magic mummy with eyelashes & a bow. "Can you find mummy ghost help a lovey she-mummy ghost in her lost course?" Rarity was behind the thing, using a puppet show to fool the foes to taking the bait. The Mummies got heart eyes to stumble clumsily towards the female figure, but the collision knock them over. Gave Fluttershy to suck up their loose bandage, expose the Greenies, Bright Flash & suck them up. "Hehe, that one was actually kinda...fun, Rarity?" Fluttershy giggled in how silly her friend trick those ghost. "Well, might not be the fun Pinkie Pie could cook up, but, it'll do." Rarity issued how their pink friend could have done better. The Number 8 appear and once more the Possessor appear out of the Coo-coo clock house and attack the two ponies. this time charging four times. They both dodge it and Fluttershy stun and started to suck it up. Rarity grab ahold of the hose and the two fought back. With another yank, the Gold layer was replace with a Red layer. "How many layers does this thing have?!" Rarity ask as the Ghost retreat back in the Coo-coo Clock house again. "That the last layer, once we catch that one the fight done." Fluttershy answer as the they the hands that move until it stop on the number 9. Once more the bugs appear and both Fluttershy and Rarity use their Bright Flashes to get rid of them. Then the number 9 was show and the hands more to the 10 spot and four puddles appear on the clock. Fluttershy was about to warn Rarity that those were Creepers when at the moment, one of the Sneaker's body engulf Rarity, she panicked to struggle free, as Fluttershy tried to reach in to pull her out...which was a success. But when that ghost went back to being a puddle, the unicorn noticed her...icky situation. "Ugh...that was disguising! How dare they ruin my mane and hoof manicure? GIVE ME THAT!" Rarity was furious, took Fluttershy's Ghost Seeker to man-handle the Bright Flash that got all foes. Soon without warning, she was sucking them up until the were gone. With them ghost dealt with, Rarity was busy drying her mane. "Ugh...you okay Rarity?" Fluttershy careful retook control of her vacuum, almost speechless by that furious reaction that spooked her more than ghost. "In a moment Fluttershy...hugh...that act made me lose myself a bit, sorry you had to see it." Rarity apologized for that act after she fix herself, maybe those ghost will learn not to mess with her. The number 10 appear and the hands move to the 11 spot before Ball Bombs appear and Fluttershy look worry as a whole lot of them appear. Rarity got so spooked by the bombs, she used her magic to levitate them all up in the air, where they exploded. The 11 appear and the hand move to the finally hour, 12 O'Clock. Two Greenies one plain and one weapon and shield appear follow by Sneaker, Slammer and a few Ball Bombs that appear. Rarity use her Magic to pick up the Ball Bombs and waited for the Ghost to come near them. Things looked bleak for the ponies, but then Rarity's stun them with the bombs she had by making them fall around the ghosts, surprising them to get hurt, left them stun at the moment. Fluttershy quickly use the chance to catch all the ghosts and the number 12 appear and the Possessor appear for the last time. It charge four times again and they both dodge it. After that Fluttershy stun it and started to suck it up. Finally, from help from Rarity, Fluttershy managed to trap the boss ghost completely in the Ghost Seeker. "Bravo Fluttershy, we've finally...wait, what's this development?" Rarity was speaking for joy, but then her notice eyes caught the purple sparks coming from the Ghost Seeker that was shaking unfriendly wise. "Um, another backfire?" Fluttershy spoke in having the feeling, what happened the last two times, is about to happen again. Then without another warning, another implosion of clouds escape near the two ponies. But what came out of the vacuum, and then tapped against the coo-coo-clock doors, landed on the clock field face; another piece of the Dark Moon. "Rarity looked, the other Dark Moon piece!" Fluttershy pointed out in seeing they've managed to get another gem from the boss ghost they've beaten. "Cough-cough, dear me. I've heard that finding gems can be dirty, and I know they are underground, but that was just...uncalled for." Rarity coughed a bit while trying to wipe off any dusted clouds on her coat and mane. "Oh well, at least getting a little bit dirty was worth the effort...to marvel at this beauty. You do the honor Fluttershy." She smiled in seeing the gem they've recovered, truly loving it while she tilted her head for her pegasus friend to take it, it was her reward as much as the unicorn to see this priceless view on finding the Dark Moon piece. "Ohh...okay." Fluttershy slowly spoke from coming up to approach the Dark Moon piece that hovered before the ponies. "Oh..." She held the gem to stare at it with a curious face. "Yeah! We did it Rarity!" She jumped for joy, she and Rarity managed to retrieve another Dark Moon piece. "Oh, better put it away for safe keeping." She stated before putting the gem behind her mane where she keeps her stuff well hidden. Then her Ghost Looker theme play and Fluttershy answer it, "Hello?" "Nice work both of you, That Possessor didn't stand a chance against the two of you. I guess you really...clean his clock! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Ghost Studies said then laugh. This Fluttershy smile at the joke while Pinkie laughter was heard in the background as she got the joke. Rainbow laughter was heard as well. "Finally! I got something to make you laugh." Ghost Studies smiling. "We get that one, Fluttershy and Rarity caught all the Ghosts on the clock, so the clean it!" Rainbow said laughing once more. "Well you two hang tight, I'll have the Princesses bring you back." Ghost Studies said and the view turn off. "Oh, lets have a sit darling, I say we're a little tuckered out." Rarity insisted, as both ponies sat on the sat on the hour hand while leaning their backs against the hour hand. "Hooh, you're right Rarity, each of these ghost seem to get more & more tougher, & tiring me out each time?" Fluttershy spoke off to say, as she wiped the sweat off her forehead. Just then without warning, the coo-coo-clock's doors busted open, and a coo-coo-clock bird came out near the ponies spot. "COO-COO! COO-COO-COO-COO!" And then was making a bunch of 'coo-coo' noises of a bird sounding off. "EEEeekkkk!/WAAAAughh!" Both Fluttershy & Rarity screamed to jump up with a wave of their hooves, and clamp their front hooves to their heads. "AAahhh.../UUuughh..." Both ponies moan from looking around, as they were too close that the noise was so loud & annoyingly scary that it took them by surprise. Then afterwards, the noise stopped, the coo-coo-bird retreated back into it's spot after it finished it's setting. "Wuagh...is it done?" Fluttershy signed with a short breath of relief, that surprise really surprised her as much as a ghost popping out. "Yes, and it nearly gave us a heart attack after surviving this ordeal. Now I'm rather furious!" Rarity sternly issued with a mad expression, if it's not about getting by with ghost hunting, it's the next thing when unexpected surprises nearly scare them to death. "Wooough, I think I may need another rest after this." Fluttershy then made a heavy sign in feeling that, she'll need to recover after everything here. "Yes, and I may have to ask Ghost Studies to maybe help fix this clock tower's coo-coo-clock." Rarity spoke with a bit of a serious expression in what to do when she gets back. Fluttershy open her Ghost Looker and saw her score, then she and Rarity was brought back to the shack. Fluttershy and Rarity land on their flanks once more. "Ohh, just went you thought they got it." Rarity whine quietly. "Welcome back, I trust you got the Dark Moon Piece?" Ghost Studies ask. Fluttershy nods and pull the Dark Moon Piece out of her mane and waited for the Turntable to appear. Once it did, Fluttershy place it on and the four brushes appear and clean the Dark Moon Piece. Once it normal purple glow was show, some of the mist outside fade away, showing a mine house in a wintering season. Buck inside Ghost Studies smile as her place the Dark Moon piece with the others. "Four down and two to go." He said. Fluttershy then fell over and her friends rush to her side. "Fluttershy! Are you ok?" Rainbow Dash ask. "Yes, I'm just tired. And hungry." Fluttershy answer. Ghost Hunting was tiring work for her. "Not to worry my Dear.", Ghost Studies said, "I have something whip up for you. What to try a Daisy sandwich again?" Fluttershy nods as she took off the Ghost Seeker and walk to the table that her friends set up. Rarity told them about the boss battle while they wait. Outside, the Dark figure was started to grow worry as the purple mist fade away again. "She getting closer.", It said, "I need more time to ready my plan." It turn away and being to think. "It look likes I may have to step in this time." It said and flew into the night. "It almost time my dear pegasus." The voice was heard as the scene fade.