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// Chapter 9: Po Kong and her Hunger 
// Story: Road to the End 
// by JusSonic 
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Chapter 9: Po Kong and her Hunger


On the rooftop of one of ponies' homes, Dragon Kick continues to spy on ponies in Ponyville through his telescope. He saw many ponies continuing their best to hold and fast their stomachs. Some are still upset and disappointed, other fainted and slept. Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy and Pinkie help around to make comfort to both grown up and foals, and making sure that they won't fall to their hunger.

Rarity and Sweetie Belle gave small pieces of vegetables to stallions, mares, foals and fillies. They ate them. Fluttershy remain nice, gentle and kind to the foals and fillies whose complained and wanted foods, telling them to remain strong and brave. They did. Pinkie made jokes and funny faces to make all ponies be happy with smiles.

Dragon Kick removes his eye from his telescope, speaking in concern, "This is bad."

"No kidding." Jade who is nearby Dragon Kick spoke while shaking her head, making him glare at her.

"Remind me why did I bring you here?"

"Well, let me see. I finish my homework, I helped Mighty Heart and he asked me to get some cookies for him while he continues to work on the protection spell, just in case. So, in other words, I'm helping him."

Dragon Kick rolls his eyes while saying, "More like giving the same excuses."

Suddenly, a bright light appear in the middle of Ponyville. Dragon Kick and Jade turn to their attention to the light. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, and some ponies came to the light to see what's going on. They gasped as everyone saw some new visitors AKA Gwen and her ponies.

"Who's that?" Rainbow asks her friends puzzled, wondering who the newcomers are this time.

"Just hope it's not 'de same mistake like 'de former cannibals." Applejack said, not wanting to make the same mistake twice.

Celestia, Luna and Dragon Kick gasp upon recognizing the alicorn, "Gwen Fillyson?"

Dragon Kick's tears come out while smiling. Jade smirks upon noticing, making her say, "It looks like your fillyfriend and Ominidrex ponies are freed from their imprisonment."

Dragon Kick rub his tears off while saying, "Yes, I know. It's a mir-" The pony stops as he realizes something. "How did you know my fillyfriend? Jade, did you go to 'The End of Equestria', again?" Jade smile uneasily making Dragon Kick groan, "What am I gonna do with you?"

"Hey. Just be glad that granduncle Tao, Twilight and her gang saved and rescued your fillyfriend and her ponies."

Dragon Kick sigh, knowing that Jade is correct on this, "I guess you're right."

"So what are you waiting for? Go and see her, dragon boy!" Jade insist anxiously. Dragon Kick coughed a bit, reminding her of a certain rule. "Oh right, we're not supposed to talk right in front of the ponies."

"I guess I'd have to wait."

Dragon Kick shivers in fear. Jade notice as she asks, "Dragon Kick, what's wrong?"

"I don't know what to do! It's been thousand years since she's been turned into stone! I feel guilty, selfish and irresponsible! I don't know how she'll react to me! She's so gonna hate me! She and I -" Dragon Kick sigh in sadness, "We'll never be together again." Jade hits on Dragon Kick's head, making him yelp in pain.

"Get a hold to yourself, champ! Don't you dare say stupid things! Listen! Do you miss Gwen that very much," Jade demand to Dragon Kick who nod meaning 'yes'. "Do you even care for her like you and her are meant to be?" Dragon Kick nods. "Do you really, really and really like and love her so much since you met her at the Ominidrex Kingdom?"

Dragon Kick nods, saying, "Of course; more than anything; I'll do anything to help and protect her."

"Then, go out there and talk with her! Prove to her that you're sorry for not rescuing her in time! And of course, show her how much she means to you. I don't know much of yours and her relationship. But I bet that she feels the same way as you are."

Dragon Kick smile, saying, "You're right, Jade. I don't know what to do without you."

"Just be glad, that I'd always go for the adventure." Jade commented. Dragon Kick was about to come down when she stops him, "As soon as the ponies leave first, Dragon Kick. You so do not want your uncle to hit your head again."

Dragon Kick nods, he knows that is true. Now down below, Gwen saw two familiar princesses, smiling as she exclaims, "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna! You're alright!"

Gwen hugs her friends. Celestia smiles as she comments, "Old friend, you're alive and back."

"We thought we would never see you again." Luna said with a smile. It has been centuries since what happened to Gwen and the Ominidrex Kingdom. Now the two alicorns are relieved that their friend is back after so long.

Gwen smiles as she explains, "It's all thanks to Twilight and her friends."

"Twilight; Yew mean Twilight Sparkle an' her family," Applejack gasps in surprise as the others look hopeful. Their friend and her family were able to rescue Gwen from a terrible fate! "Are they alright? They're not hurt, are they?! Please, Ah need 'ta know!"

"You must be the one who has the farm that Twilight wanted to save?"

Applejack sob as she admits, "Yes, ma'am. Ah'm Applejack. Twilight is mah very best friend, an' a sister-like 'ta me."

Gwen pats her on the back, assuring the sobbing Earth pony, "I can assure you that your friend is fine, as well as saving our lives from Bai Tza."

"So how it happened?" Rarity asks, wondering how Twilight and her friends was able to complete their task.

Gwen explains the ponies of Twilight and her family's journey, as well as the ingredients that they retrieved. The other members of the Mane Six were shocked and surprised to hear this. Twilight, Ben and their group were able to avoid getting hurt or worst in the End of Equestria! Amazing!

After Gwen is done, Applejack is the first to speak, "Twilight an' her family had managed 'ta git 7 ingredients."

"Flash's right; we'd never give up or lost our faith on our great friend." Rarity said with a smile.

"Yeah; Go Twilight! I hope they can get back home ASAP." Rainbow cheers on wildly, anxious for Twilight and those with her to get back home safe and sound.

"I'm sure she'll." Fluttershy assures Rainbow gently. "Remember what Flash said: don't give up on our best friends."

"In other words, we've gotta be strong and has some faith that Twilight and her family be back!" Pinkie exclaims as she bounces up and down happily.

"Hsi Wu isn't the only Demon Lord that escaped from his imprisonment but Dai Gui, Xiao Fung, Bai Tza and Tchang Zu as well." Celestia said, now seeing what Demon Lords that Twilight and her friends were able to defeat so far. "We're glad that Twilight, Ben and others have managed to banish them."

"Indeed, sister. Though these Demon Lords are very tenacious and determined to get Nyx, I wonder if this has to do anything with Nightmare Moon." Luna said in concern, suspecting that her former evil side is involved in this.

"Perhaps; But I can only hope that Twilight and others must remain cautious and strong, when it comes to Shendu or Tso Lan. They're the most powerful and dangerous Demon Lords that we ever faced."

"Though Po Kong may not be a clever Demon, she could be dangerous due to her ability as the Mountain Demon Lord."

Gwen nods as she say, "I pray they'll be in a safe journey."

Celestia smiles and nods; suddenly, they heard a whistle. Celestia, Luna and Gwen turned and saw Dragon Kick and Jade, making the Alicorns gasp a bit. Celestia and Luna turn to each other and nod their heads. They both know what this means.

Celestia turn to the ponies of Ponyville as she advises, "Citizens of Ponyville; do not give up your hope and faith. Remain strong and brave. Twilight Sparkle and her family will return sooner or later. Ponyville will survive for another day. Now go and do your best to stay firm and strong."

The ponies cheer happily and wildly. Everypony left and do their own business. Celestia, Luna and Gwen turn and head to the back of house. Luna comments to her sister and Gwen, "Although this might not satisfy their hunger, this will boast their morale to stay firm."

"Indeed."

Applejack and her friends discuss this. The Earth pony spoke to the others, "Alright, y'all. Twilight an' her family did their part, but we had 'ta does ours hard; Ah'm believing 'dat Twilight and her family will be back home."

"You said it, AJ! Rock on!" Rainbow exclaims, giving a hooves up big time.

Rarity smile as she says in agreement, "Absolutely."

Pinkie Pie bounces up while cheering, "Let's do our part hard and best!"

"Yeah." Fluttershy said meekly.

"Alright, Mane Six, let's roll! Ah've gotta tell Flash an' Twilight's family about 'dis first." Applejack say, knowing that Flash and Twilight's family wants to know how Twilight and her group are doing.

Applejack and her friends separate and went to help the ponies and find some vegetables. Celestia, Luna and Gwen look around, making sure that no one is following them. They meet up with Dragon Kick and Jade as they went back to the house's back.

Dragon Kick sheepishly looks to Gwen, speaking, "Hello."

"Hi." Gwen comments. They both blushed as the two look away for a while before glancing and looking at each other. The two lovers haven't seen each other in somewhat ages.

Dragon Kick breathes in and out before speaking, "Gwen. Listen, I know I promised that I'll always be there to help and save you. But I failed. I... wish I could be stronger and braver." The Mystic Pony begins to sob. "I'm really sorry for leaving you behind! I really am. But please! I really do and really like and love you so much in my heart and my soul; if you want anything. I'll make up everything. Anything just for you -"

Gwen hug and kiss on Dragon Kick's lips. The Mystic Pony, surprised and happy, kisses her back. They both closed their eyes while their tears flowed down; Jade smiles and sob and so as Celestia and Luna. This reunion has been a touching one indeed.

"It's always good to see them both together again, sister." Luna said to Celestia with a smile.

Celestia nods, commentating, "Indeed. This reminds me of how much my son and student loved each other."

Dragon Kick and Gwen depart from kissing while smiling at each other. The Mystic Pony spoke in surprise, "I don't understand. I thought you'd be mad at me."

Gwen shook her head, explaining, "I'd never be mad. I, too, was afraid of you for losing your love for me after I turned into stone."

"You would never be second, Gwen. Not in my heart or soul."

Dragon Kick and Gwen hug together. Jade smile as she approach and took a picture of Dragon Kick and Gwen with her camera. They got surprised as the two turn to her. Jade spoke up eagerly, "Now, this is a best romantic moment."

"This is...?" Gwen asks, wondering who this little filly is.

Dragon Kick sighs, rolling his eyes as he answers, "Jade Adventure; My niece."

Gwen smile as she held out a hoof, saying, "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," The niece say as Gwen and Jade shook their hooves. "I hope you don't give my uncle problem."

"Now why would I do that?"

Jade smiles as she laughs, "Just kidding; I'm just want to make sure that Dragon Kick doesn't get a heart attack."

Gwen chuckles, "Nope, I won't."

Gwen and Jade giggle. Dragon Kick turns to Celestia and Luna, saying, "I'll keep the update to you." In other words, the Mystic Pony will do his best to give out updates of Twilight and her friend's progress.

Celestia smiles as she said, "We know, Dragon Kick."

"Try to stay out of trouble. You remember the last time you came here." Luna said, giving a word of warning as to what happened the last time trouble like this was made.

Dragon Kick chuckles, "I won't."

"So, why don't you and Dragon Kick date for today's special?" Jade ask eagerly, much to Dragon Kick's embarrassment.

Dragon Kick blush, exclaiming, "Jade!"

"That's an excellent idea, Jade." Celestia said with a smile. Perhaps Dragon Kick and Gwen would go on a date after not seeing one another for so long.

"That's considered a best gift for both of you. Of course not here. In our palace where no ponies bother to see you," Luna said, deciding to let Dragon Kick and Gwen have their date at the palace to give the two lovers privacy.

Gwen nods, saying gently, "We have so much to discuss about here. This will be like our old times."

Dragon Kick says, "Yes. It will be. I'll tell you how it happened in Equestria."

Dragon Kick and Gwen smile. This will be a date to remember indeed.

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"You saw Mystic Tao?!" Shendu yells in shock and rage. Bai Tza has informed the Demon as to whom she saw with Twilight and her group back at the Realm of Demons. The Demon of Fire is engaged that his old enemy was in fact helping the new Alicorn Princess and her group the whole time!

Bai Tza nods, saying, "Indeed, brother. He's the one who had helped them since Hsi Wu's defeat."

"That sly pony is going to be sorry for this!" Hsi Wu yells out in fury. If it weren't for that old pony, he would've kept his hold on the cannibals by now! "So what's the next plan?"

"We certainly cannot let our enemies get away with this!" Tchang Zu remarks angrily.

Xiao Fung nods as he said, "Indeed. We have to stop our enemies at once, especially Twilight Sparkle."

"How do you propose to do that?" Po Kong ask Xiao Fung in concern. "We had lost five battles to them! We had three pets left, unless we sent one of our servants to deal with them. The one I suggest is the best of the best."

Tso Lan shakes his head, saying, "No, Po Kong. He is our triumph card. He is not allowed to join in the battle, but rather to study them carefully. For he has great knowledge in winning the battle; we will not use him as a frontline unit. In fact, I want Twilight Sparkle to suffer by his hand."

Dai Gui chuckle, saying, "Do not worry, brother. We will not use him, but the other servant."

"Whose servant will that be?" Tchang Zu ask Dai Gui, pondering what his sibling meant.

"Mine."

"Seriously; since when did you had a servant?" Hsi Wu asks Dai Gui, bewildered that his sibling even has a servant at all!

Dai Gui smirk, answering, "Since you escaped from this world, with the help of a pony."

Hsi Wu gasp in alarm by this answer, "What do you mean?!"

"Dai Gui is not stupid. A pony is the one who helped you escaped before you took care of him. Dai Gui met this pony when he touched my Dark Item. He speaks to me as he wants to live. So I gave him a special gift. Thus, he is my powerful and brutal servant."

"Well thought, Dai Gui." Tchang Zu said thoughtfully. Whoever this servant is, will be the one to get rid of the ponies once and for all.

Po Kong smile as she said in agreement, "Good thinking."

"For a buffalo Demon, you sure know how to use your head." Xiao Fung chuckled, amused that Dai Gui was able to do some thinking for once.

"Dai Gui chose not to be smart sometimes." Dai Gui remarks to Xiao Fung proudly.

"Well, that explains why you relied on your strengths before your plans." Shendu said in ponder.

"Indeed, Dai Gui had."

"Well thoughtful, Dai Gui. Sent your servant to deal with this matter," Tso Lan orders Dai Gui; Time for the new servant to deal with the ponies and the Dragons once and for all.

Bai Tza hiss eagerly and furiously, "Make Twilight Sparkle pay and suffer for not only my defeat but for ruining my empire!"

Dai Gui open a portal to a black figure to make the order. He spoke to him carefully, "My servant. It is time. Listen carefully, my loyal servant."

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Twilight and her friends continue their journey until they spotted Tao nearby. Spike exclaims, "Its Tao!"

"Doesn't that old pony get tired of appearing and disappearing?" Phobos asks in frustration and annoyance by how Tao kept disappearing and reappearing by magic.

"Phobos, behave yourself. That's Tao's ways." Nyx said to Phobos with a frown.

"Whatever he's doing, he might know something." Ben said thoughtfully, expecting that Tao knows what's to come next.

"Let's find out." The Alicorn suggests. Twilight and her friends approached Tao. "Mr. Tao."

Tao turn and smile, saying, "Ah, Twilight, family and friends, welcome."

"So, what's an old pony like yew been doing?" Tough ask Tao, wanting to know how he was doing since not too long ago.

Tao smile as he turned to some old relics as he checked and analysis them. The old pony explains, "Why doing research. It's one of my hobbies."

"Really; Wow, I thought I'm the only pony who is been doing the research." Twilight said with a smile. It's great to know that she isn't the only pony who does research from time to time.

Spike chuckled in amusement, "Who wouldn't?"

"So what are you researching for?" Ben asks Tao curiously.

"Learning the old pasts of The End of Equestria such as the Demon Lords you spoke of. I overheard that you have manage to banish five of them." Tao explains, showing how much he knows about the group's efforts so far. "I'm very curious as to how the Demon Lords managed to escape from their prisons since they have been banished once by Princess Celestia, Luna and the brave Mystic Ponies."

"Yeah, we've been wondering of that, Mr. Tao. So do you know how they escaped?" Nyx ask Tao, wondering if the old pony has an answer.

"Well, there is one item I know of: Pan'ku Box."

"Pan'ku Box; I did remember what Hsi Wu had said something like that." Twillight said, recalling something from a past adventure. She then realizes something, "Of course!"

"What?" Spike asks, wondering what Twilight just realize.

"The Pan'ku Box is the reason how the Demon Lords passed through here."

Tao nods, confirming Twilight's answer. He spoke, "Correct. But that box can only open the portal for once and for one being to leave the prison. In order to do so, one must solve it with the right puzzle. How did you know?"

"Hsi Wu told us that an archaeologist pony solved the Pan'ku Box and opened his escape route." Nyx explains to Tao.

Tao nods, pretending to be surprised while saying, "I see."

"So the Pan'ku Box is like a puzzle box?" Bocolix ask, scratching his head at this.

"To open the door for the Demon Lords to come out," Dumbledore ask, puzzled as his colleague is.

Tao nods as he answers, "Precisely."

"So if we get it first, there won't be any Demon Lords to come out. Am I right?" Ben ask Tao, wondering if the Panku Box is gotten, then the Demon Lords will no longer cause any trouble for the gang.

Tao nods as he answers once more, "Indeed."

"Yeah, hate to break it to you. But where are we gonna find the Pan'ku Box?! It could be anywhere!" Phobos complains a bit to Tao.

"Or anybody who has it. This is going to be difficult." Spike said with a frown. Whoever has the box won't give it up so easily.

"So what, partner? Ah mean we beat those no good five Demon Lords. So no biggy," Tough remarks, not seeing what's the big deal here.

"Tough's right; Even we can't find the Pan'ku Box, we can beat them with the help of the voice and the Mystic Banishment Ingredients." Ben said in agreement. The group was able to beat the Demon Lords with the voice's help and the Mystic Banishment Ingredients before, they can do again!

"You said it, daddy." Nyx said in agreement.

Tao nods while saying, "Wise and brave words, Ben."

"By the way old pony, do you think that banishment thingy has permanently sealed the portals and keep the Demon Lords from coming out?" Bocolix ask Tao in concern, not wanting to deal with the Demon Lords again in the near future.

"Of course."

Dumbledore sigh in relief, "Phew. I thought we would be dead if one escaped again."

Tao however adds sternly, "But even if you had sealed the portals, they can be weakened for the next thousand years, unless the Pan'ku Box must never be used again."

"In other words, we've gotta find it, right?" Tough ask Tao, knowing there's no other way out apparently.

Tao nods before adding, "But do not worry. Your mission must come first, but if you ever see anyone holds the Pan'ku Box, you know what to do."

"Snatch that box." Spike said, knowing the answer already.

"Beat that crap out of the creep." Phobos remarks, cracking his Dragon knuckles anxiously.

"We'll make sure that no Demon Lords could ever walk on Equestria ever again." Twilight said in determination.

"I don't have to worry about them anymore." Nyx said happily. If the Pa'nku Box is found, those creeps would never bother her again!

"Then, it's settled; Thanks for the advice, Tao -?!" Ben stops as he saw that Tao's gone once more. "There he goes again."

And like before, the voice that gave the riddles is heard, "Freed the poor soul from the Demon Lord of Earth's curse."

"Another riddle?"

"Freed the poor soul from the Demon Lord of Earth's curse."

"Poor soul; Demon Lord of Earth's curse," Ben ask, pondering what this riddle mean. Apparently Dai Gui has got somepony in a hold but who could it be?

"So what does he said?" Twilight ask Ben curiously.

"’Free the poor soul from the Demon Lord of Earth's curse.’"

"You know, daddy, I've got a feeling that there's gonna be lots of ponies being cursed or used by the Demon Lords." Nyx said in concern, suspecting that a lot of ponies and creatures in this area may be cursed or used by the Demon Lords in the End of Equestria.

"Whoever the poor soul was, hope he's friendly for us to help." Spike said in concern.

"Hopefully, it's not like the Hydra again." Phobos remarks with a cringe. Facing something like the Hydra again is something he wishes to avoid.

"Don't remind me. C'mon let's go." Twilight said as the group heads onward to where they gotta go to next.

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Right now, it looks like Twilight's group is doing fairly well in where they are currently at. Justin was pulling their cart into some weird little field of a deserted forest and the area they are in was wide-range enough for either a large crowd or to duke a battle. But right now, the focus comes from…something unexpected…

"Quicksand," A sudden voice was heard off from the distance during this moment that broke the silence.

"Crusvhmmm.../Waaaugh," Suddenly, the gang screams from a sudden breeze of sand blasting around them, but the worst of it was…their cart was sinking in quicksand that shouldn't even be in this area.

"Wha in tarnations; where 'dis come from?" Tough shouted off surprise that suddenly, the ground that the groupp stood on turn into quicksand, what is this; some hocus-pocus sprung trap?

"Everypony, leap off the cart!" Ben instructed the others to abandon their cart for the time being.

During the moment of jumping, something popped out from below the sand, some rope that bind the Mechbull along with only the other pets while the rest had escaped.

"Mruwaaawughhhh," Justin cried out in being stuck and unable to escape the quicksand's grasp and trap.

"Looks like something grabbed the bull here!" Dumbledore responded stump in seeing what had just happened now.

"Yeah, and it ain't by the horns, but the whole thing!" Bocolix issued about a pun used with Justin, but with a different vice-versa method.

"Since when did quicksand ever try something like that?" Spike asked off in never seeing a quicksand that not only tried to suck anyone down, but also restricts movement with ropes.

"Since we entered an area that's different from Equestria, duh,” Phobos remotely issued that answer for Spike, nothing in this place made sense since the gang entered it.

"Well we gotta free Justin & the other animals somehow!" Nyx spoke with worry in seeing that Justin, Rabbitchu, Koga and Owlowiscious that were tied up at the moment.

"Question is was this an unnatural event or some magical force?" Twilight pondered with a serious face in wondering, was this quicksand a normal thing of a natural course in the End of Equestria that got sprung now or….did it get triggered by someone near?

"I can answer that one!" The same rogue-like voice stated in being extremely arrogant and yet dense at the same time.

Soon the ponies and Dragons soon see some strange figure from a tall hollow dead tree to drop down. "Kapowwfruvhmm…." By the sounds of it, this guy must be a heavy weight from when he stomped on the ground about nearly shook the entire area for Twilight's group to feel that strong force tremor. The opponent appeared to be a largest & bulkiest humanoid creature, wearing a blue uniform getup of a ninja, white stripe lines around his feet with sandal pads, a dark violet loincloth hanging in the front of the waist and from the back is a bit ripped to dangle behind the knees, wears a gray net shirt inside the blue uniform, wears red bulk shoulder pads with gray spikes on them, brown gauntlets under the sleeve cloth, a brown cloth around his shoulder, upper chest to over his head region, even dangles behind his back down to the waist, and wore a white mask with a red eye mark with an inner dark blue eye center hole and on the four top, bottom, right & left corners were dark green cloud streams. Just the mere sight of this guy was enough to make some ponies respond in surprise of never seeing such a creature, or if it was even human while keeping its identity secret.

"Wooh; Dat fella sure looks big," Tough yelped in seeing who was showing up before them suddenly.

"Is he even human?" Spike asked off if this guy was human or something else.

"I say more along the lines, an ogre." Phobos rudely stated in judging this new opponent as a creature close to ogre size.

"But he almost looks like a big ninja!" Nyx issued in how this big guy behind a mask seems like some ninja to blend in.

"Real….big," The Enforcers slowly responded in seeing that this opponent look about as big as some enemy would rather than a giant size beast.

As the group was getting defensive, seeing that they may have a possible enemy…the guy before the ponies and Dragons soon spoke again.

"Are you the group that's been traveling in the End of Equestria?" The mysterious masked mini-giant addressed the gang before him. "And if you are, are you the ones that have been fighting the harsh creatures & even the Demon Lords?" He was questioning if this was the traveling group of ponies and Dragons that have been doing stuff since entering the End of Equestria.

"Yeeeeah; that would be us," Ben slowly responded to this strange new opponent in addressing them as such.

"And why is it you wanna know?" Twilight asked from feeling that they may have another obstacle to face, and by that, she means fighting this foe that stands before the gang.

"My name….is Kouga; The Powerful Soldier of Demons," The revealed giant figure introduced himself for those to register who he is. "I have been given two assignments by the Eight Demon Lords, first is to capture & bring back the Nightmare Moon reincarnate & the stallion with the Triforce. Second is to kill off the rest of you lot along with the traitorous Dragon called Spike and the mare called Twilight." This guy went froth in telling the gang of what his assigned task are; to get Ben and Nyx and kill off the rest in which is pretty much all there is to do.

"Oh come on, again with Demons wanting me dead!" Spike complains off in hearing this again, why is it that Demons he has no beef with say that he's a traitor and should be dead?

"At least he recognized you. What am I, chop-liver to not being a threat to Demons or what?" Phobos complained off in seeing that he was left out of even being registered as much of a threat, how insulting is that.

"Listen pal, ye think we's gonna let yew git away wit' any o' dat?" Tough issued this off with a stern tough guy talk in not just give up Ben & Nyx to roll over and die, ain't happening.

"If you're wishing to go against me, then you’re welcome to it." Kouga responded off in seeing if this group will not do things the 'easy' way, then it'll have to be the 'hard' way instead. "Daimonji!" Suddenly from a few hand-sign movements, a puff of smoke enters Kouga's spot to reveal spinning in mid-air before he caught it in his right hand was…a giant, five-bladed shuriken. The guy pose in a stance when he called forth the weapon in a unexplainable red background light, like what some folks have seen in ninja-base film theme movies or something.

"Wooh, he can really perform ninja stuff!" Bocolix responded in never seeing such a ninja-performance action until now.

"That's something you never see coming!" Dumbledore issued how seeing such an action, even in modern pony age, it's a rare thing to see.

"Well then get prepared you two!" Nyx spoke to snap the Enforcers to the attention while magically transforming. "Cause here he comes!" Battle Form Nyx spoke with her mature sounding voice in seeing they'll have to face this unknown foe.

"Durrearrrrughhhh," Soon Kouga was seen charging straight towards the gang without any signs of stopping.

"Guys; Watch yourselves while he tries to attack!" Ben instructed the others in what to be wary of against this opponent.

"Grrruuaarughh," Soon Kouga swung his weapon against Ben who dodged around that one swing "Druuuargh-Deeeaaaugh!" Then Kouga was just brutally swinging his weapon to clash the ground that almost got Spike & Phobos if they didn't jump quickly enough away, "Taaaaugh-Grrruaaghhh!" Kouga continued to swing relentlessly at any of the targets and the gang just knew enough to keep a distance.

"Alright, we got this guy on the ropes." Phobos cheered in seeing their worries were for nothing against this masked ninja wannabe.

"Hey, maybe since he doesn't seem so fast, we may have a shot." Spike responded in thinking that the group's chances are higher than expected.

"No, something is strange about this isn't right." Twilight spoke with her narrow eyes in being serious in watching what their fight is starting to be.

"Hugh?" The two Dragons responded puzzled and confused, what did Twilight mean by…'this isn't right' anyway?

"Bang-Bang-Bang," Tough was firing his rifle, but the enemy used that big weapon to block the shots. "Dag gum! Dat weapon ain't just for offense, it's sturdy & big enough 'ta help him block mah shots!" Tough complained.

"Then I'll try to do something with my own weapon. The Master Sword," Ben issued off before summoning his sword in his hoof to become able to fight with this weapon, "Hiuuuuaaaghh!" Soon the stallion with the blade charges forth and clashes his sword against the giant shuriken.

"Geeieghh-Hrrrughhh….Nrruaghh…Geeeuuaaghhh," Soon Kouga is swinging his giant shuriken off left and right to clash his brutish strength against the stallion.

"Geh…Heehh…Neeeigh," Ben is showing much easier blocking against the big guy's attacks with defending with his sword.

"Nrrruauuaghhhh," Soon Kouga drives his next attack downwards…which caught the Master Sword in a weapon-lock hold, "Gruuuaarughhhh!" Then the giant brute lifts his weapon up and thrown Ben up in the air.

While the Enforcers & Tough were worried at first, they realized when Ben used his Triforce to hover down behind Kouga.

"Hmph; Uuuuagh," Kouga turn his head from up to behind him in noticing, Ben landed with grace in his spot, "GRUUARRRRUGHHHH!" Now Kouga turns to wave off his weapon to attack again.

"Not this time, Huuaaghh!" Soon Ben made a counterattack in striking at the right moment.

"Clashfruvhmm…." During a flash of light in quicker than the eye, Ben was seen pointing his Master Sword to Kouga who was weaponless. "Duupoofruvhmmm…." And soon the giant shuriken fell to jam itself right in the ground a bit far by a distance of the fight going on.

"Father did it!" Adult Nyx responded with a tiny smile in flapping near Twilight in watching the fight play out without so much their own involvement.

"Nice work there Ben," Dumbledore cheered in seeing that their friend had this Kouga guy weaponless now.

"Yeah, finish him off!" Bocolix exclaimed that the Earth stallion end this fight right now here.

"Guys, something's strange here." Twilight responded with a stern puzzled face that earned the others to turn to the mare with confusion. "I'm sensing something strange; this guy's magical power seems too unorthodox for a human." Twilight focused her eyes in studying like she always done, but this time, studying the enemy's patterns to better figure them out, at least with Kouga. "His attacks are barbaric and he leaves too many openings." Twilight could see this opponent was big with his bulky muscles but lack speed to be slow.

"Also, he moves slowly." Phobos bluntly pointed out how Kouga was really slow, like this guy could be hard to fight and catch them.

"Yah, we probably rank this guy in the middle of the nearly-above villains at best." Spike rubbed his head in pondering where from high villains like Grimmore, the Superior & the Demon Lords to the middle class of villains of being about stronger than the usual performance of the Brotherhood group.

"Then why is someone like him out there? Why would the Demons send him to fight us?" Nyx asked in pondering this very tricky question in why this foe that wasn't as stronger than the Brotherhood's own Boris the Red Devil was doing here to fight them.

"Maybe it just means yer special-lover's that much stronger!" Tough responded off to state that Ben was just stronger to beat Kouga easily. "Yo Ben, go off an' beat him until he can't move no more!" The tough stallion cheered from nearby in wanting the Earth stallion with magic and the sword to end this battle.

"We should help too." Dumbledore responded with feeling cockiness with worry leave him.

"Yeah, we're pretty nimble!" Bocolix nods in agreement, they'll use their speed & magic to win this.

Soon the Enforcers dive through with their wings and teleportation magic to back Ben up. And soon Dumbledore & Bocolix were aiding Ben by appearing and disappearing in a repetitive work around Kouga that made it hard for the guy to follow such movements.

"Nrruaghhh," Kouga let off a snarling growl in seeing more of the ponies trying to act 'cool' to be going around him. "Dammit, these guys move around like a rat." Kouga responded in seeing that the fighters were moving so quickly with their magic & wing power, it was hard for him to catch a glimpse, "MRUUWAARRRRUGHHHH!" Soon Kouga lifts up his right fist in the air before throwing it downwards.

"POWWWFUFRUVHMMM…" And that one attack bashed through the ground to leave a giant hand crater while Ben & the Enforcers dodged away in time.

They and the others could see this opponent was tough, but very much slow, so Ben decided to act.

"Hrruughhh," Ben soon took a swing of his sword that fired off a Sword Beam from a far enough range of safe point.

"Kapowwww/Gaaaauuuaaghhh," That attacked smacked across Kouga's mask face that made him yelp off a cry, "Grrugrraaaughh!" And soon the giant brute lauded across the ground on his back, apparently down for the count.

Ben soon landed on the ground as well by floating down from his own special magic.

"Way to go Ben!" Dumbledore cheered for the pony that dealt that blow.

"You knock him flat!" Bocolix responded in seeing a victory moment.

"No, something is off with this guy." Ben responded with a stern expression on his face.

"Hugh?" The Enforcers responded a bit puzzled, what did Ben even mean?

"Is that all you got?" Ben asked off in finding this fight to be almost 'too' easy. "Are you sure you're the guy that the Demon Lords interested to capture me and Nyx?" Ben questioned the fallen brute on the ground if he was even

Soon Kouga was sitting up with his right hand holding him up while his left hand rested on his left knee, apparently not done yet. "Wipe that proud look off your face." Kouga spoke off with a sound of making an arrogant remark towards what Ben was showing, just as this guy slowly rose up to stand up again. "You've ticked me off to the core!" The ninja foe declared off in being annoyed much by Ben by a strange meaning, "Quicksand!" Suddenly, Kouga performed some hand-signs of ninja work before aiming his right hand outwards. "Crsusufruvhmmm…." And then suddenly, a familiar burst breeze of sand brushes pass the guy towards the others.

From everyone's shock, Ben, Twilight, Nyx, Spike, Phobos, Dumbledore, Bocolix, and even Tough suddenly find that their own hooves are caught in a made sand trap.

"Hey! This is what happened before!" Spike yelped from recalling this happened to their vehicle transport.

"Only now, it got us!" Phobos remarked off in issuing this fact in finding this subject not to pleasant.

"Hrugh-hrugh-hrugh-hrugh, hrruuuuagh…." Kouga lets off a deeply brutish chuckle in watching his captive foes be helpless by the surprise. "Once you're caught by this, you won't be able to get out." Kouga responded out in explaining what contexts the gang is now facing as he has something else happen.

Then in another feat of surprise, what caught the group's cart & Justin soon appeared from the sand to capture & tighten with binding ropes around the ponies’ legs, waist, and heads along with the Dragons' own arms to their chest and faces. The gang yelps from this sudden action as they see they were caught, and once more, they were having a hard time moving.

"Now you can't even move, can you?" Kouga addressed out to the gang that had free mobility of movement, for someone that was slow, he's turn the tides with this surprise trick. "Hmph-hmph-hmph-hmph-hmph-hmph…." He lowers his right arm to let off an inner chuckle while slowly walking over towards the gang restricted of their movement and movement of their body by the ropes. "First things first, I'll take Nightmare Moon." He issued about planning to take the target that the Demon Lords want, their weapon.

"Try it, and I'll show you how terrible I am, even when I'm caught!" Adult Nyx protest with an angry face in showing even a caged creature will show it's fangs.

"Urragh…." Ben tried to pull up his Master Sword, but it's positioned downwards and it's hard for him to move it right.

"Darn it! He's sealed our bodies tighter than Granny's nit-sweaters!" Tough curse in seeing what the enemy has gone and done to them now.

"But…you forget buddy, we're not just ponies without our own unique traits." Bocolix spoke off in feeling that the group still had a way to fight even with their bodies and wings sealed off.

"As long as we can use our horns, we won't have a problem." Dumbledore issued this off that as long as they can do magic, even with their bodies tangled, they can still fight.

"Take this! 13 Totem Poles," The Enforcers roared off from waving their glowing horns now.

And then suddenly in a surprising event, fully sized dark-gray totem poles with pony faces rises up from the ground, like they were bursting from the ground at high speeds.

"What?" Kouga yelped in seeing this sudden surprise from the two male Alicorns. As the totem poles were popping out of the ground like magic, went in a straight line until…they reached and one rise from underneath the enemy. "Gwuuaaauuuughhh…." Kouga let off a cry from being sent flying upwards in the air without any signs of defending against that. "Guuaawwughh…" Then he landed on his head in the dirt, and then his body tipped over to where he was seen laying on his front and back exposed from the dust clouds.

"They did it!" Adult Nyx responded surprised in seeing what Dumbledore & Bocolix just did here.

"Pinch me, I must be dreaming in seeing those two pull that out of nowhere. Owwww," Phobos spoke with much disbelief in seeing what happened as a complete shock, only to yelp in feeling Tough pinch him.

"Well ye asked 'ta be pinched, right?" Tough spoke off puzzled to the confused expression he gave at the upset Moon Dragon.

"Where did you two learn that spell? I never thought anypony could still use it!" Twilight exclaims, surprised that the Earth ponies turned Alicorns can do a spell like that.

"What'cha talkin' about Twilight; ye know what they did?" Tough ask in surprise by Twilight's reaction.

"That spell allows the user to cause a number of giant totem poles to rise from the ground. The number of totem poles can vary every time it is used. Using the totem poles, there are many ways to attack the opponent." Twilight spoke of the first explanation of how the spell; 13 Totem Poles, is performed. "The user can cause the totem pole to emerge directly underneath the opponent which will send them flying. One can also make one totem pole burst through the ground at high speeds to attack an opponent with a surprise attack. Once the totem poles have surfaced, they can be directed to charge at the opponent at great speeds. The totem poles can also separate to fire individual sections at the opponent. This can also be used defensively where a totem pole is fired out of the ground to intercept an attack before it can hit." Now everypony was well aware of how such a spell could work, there was just one bigger question to answer. "But there hasn't been anypony magic user that pulled off that in so long, how'd you two come across such an old tactful maneuver meant for combat?"

"Eh, a friend of ours introduced us to it as something to protect us." Dumbledore responded off in stating how a 'friend' of theirs introduced the two Enforcers to such a spell.

"Yeah, she wanted us to practice it until we perfected it." Bocolix responded off in knowing that the two had to make the spell completely usable to them for when they fight.

Course in both the Enforcers' minds, the spell was given to them as a learning experience from Warring Malice, having obtain such magic as something used from old wars in the past. And seeing that such a spell hasn't been used much and to anyone's minds of how to combat with or against such a magical trick, it was taught to Dumbledore & Bocolix, which they now finally show such a unique ability to the whole gang.

"Hugh, I guess all in all, Kouga doesn't come close to what he claims to be." Spike responded in feeling some reassurance overseeing the defeated ninja giant foe fall in such a display.

"Sorry to break this pleasant moment of congrates you guys, but….not yet." Ben spoke with a serious face in noticing something that would break the good moment for them.

"Urrarugh…" Soon we see Kouga moving his face from being stuck in the dirt, "Grruagh-Urrruagh!" Kouga not only got the front face with the mask out, but he bend it to left and right sides to make 'crack' noises of the jolts to check for any cramps. "Huuugh-Huuuaaah…" Kouga had actually chuckled that feeling out of his systems like the attack barely harmed him.

"Uuuugh," The Enforcers stared with wide puzzled faces, that spell should have dealt a pretty good amount of damage, so why didn't it?

"Heeeh-Heheeeh…" Kouga soon stood up again while letting off a deep chuckle afterwards.

"What happened? Our spell was cast perfectly?" Bocolix asked off to his pal in what happened just now that left them baffled.

"I know! 13 Totem Poles were ineffective!" Dumbledore responded confused, this wasn't something to be brought up suddenly.

"He stood up." Spike responded shock to see Kouga stood up after being hit with that one blow.

"Unbelievable." Tough exclaim in finding such an act hard to believe, especially when one didn't guard.

"Hmmm, Twilight, do you think…" Spike hummed to himself in thought of what was going on, did the smart pony notice what she found suspicious of Kouga?

"Yes Spike, I guess that's what makes him the idle man the Demon Lords request him to fight us." Twilight responded in starting to see what was going on here. "This might take some time." With their stuck state and with how their opponent is, he maybe more a problem than they gave credit for.

"Mwuhah-heheeh, geheheheheeheehee…." Kouga was now seen walking across the spot in laughing off what he felt like nothing even affected him.

"Grrrr….this guy's looking down on us." Bocolix growled in finding this masked ninja to be too cocky in thinking they were nothing.

"Like we're gonna be humiliated by this!" Dumbledore responded in thinking it's time to show more of their stuff than just their appearance.

"13 Totem Poles," The Enforcers announced from having their horns glow with magical aura again to re-perform the same spell.

And just like before, the tome poles were emerging from the ground from their spinning drill force.

"Guwaaaaughh," Soon Kouga was once again making a yelp cry in being impacted by another totem pole that emerged to launch him upwards. "Pow-Pow-Pow-POwwvhmmm…" And during the guy's fall, four more totem poles burst up to bash Kouga like a bean-bag, "Guuaaaaaughhh!" And then Kouga smacked into the ground by his front side. "Urrragh…" But when the dust cleared, the guy rose up with his hands pushing the ground to look forward. "Huch-huch-huch-huch, hechechechee…." And soon stood on his feet to begin once again, walking towards the captured gang in his Quicksand bind.

"Oh no; He's risen again!" Tough yelped in seeing this ninja foe is up and coming towards them.

"13 Totem Poles," The Enforcers shouted in repeating the same tactic move as before now with emerging totem poles spinning out of the ground.

"GWUUAAAGHHH," And again, Kouga gets bashed up by a totem pole by below up into the air. "Powvhmmm…Powvhmmm…" And then gets an upper-jab by the old one-two performance by two more totem poles. "Bashhfruvhmmm…." And lands hard o the ground while the totem poles laid around i the land area from being popped out; But then Kouga slowly gets up from his down state to stand up to slowly walk once again. "Huch-huch, huagh-huagh, hechechech-hee…." And from behind that mask, he lets of another deep voice chuckle in not reacting in being in pain from what harmed him even at this moment.

"I don't believe this! He's taking so many direct hits with that 13 Totem Poles spell, and yet…" Adult Nyx responded from where she and others around her showed caution and concerns in what display Koaga is letting them witness his constant standings.

"Is he invincible?" Phobos asked off in almost seen gritting his teeth, just what was Kouga, an opponent that can't be knocked down no matter how many times they hurt him.

"We've never seen anyone like him. He's different from the Hydra, but still…" Spike responded with concerns in seeing that the group face an opponent that just won't go down so easily, just like when they fought the Hydra, and that was a really difficult task to overcome.

"What are we gonna do Twilight? Tell us ye got a plan?" Tough asked the smart pony if she has a way to get them out of this stuck position of being trapped and facing a rising foe.

"13 Totem Poles," Dumbledore & Bocolix shouted anion in redoing the same tactic that is not as terrible as when they cut too many Hydra heads off, this strategy should be working.

"Huagh-huagh…huuuagh…" Kouga was seen slowly walking while the next attack was coming, but did not show any resistance to dodge away, "Guuaaaughhh!" And once again, the guy was impacted from below by another totem pole head-butt attack, "Powwvhm-Poqwwvhm-Powwwfruvhmmm!" And then after being sent flying did the foe get hit by three more totem poles again. "Kabammfruvhmmm…." And soon Kouga crashed onto the ground with enough force to create a dust cloud. "Uaaughh-Huagh-huagh-huagh…." But then the guy ends up re-standing himself after another crash fall without batting an eye. "Huagh-huagh-heheheh…." Kouga was again slowly just walking across the field without a care or concern. "Gehe-heheheheehh…" And from behind the mask, it sounds like this guy was quite likely enjoying seeing his opponents struggle.

"Grrr….this guy just won't quit from upbeats!" Bocolix growled in seeing that Kouga kept taking attacks and kept standing back up, unbelievable.

"In that case…let's try a separate approach!" Dumbledore exclaimed in gazing at the foe approaching their pals, time for a change in plans.

"Wait, you two aren't gonna?" Ben was about to ask what these two aAicorns would do next until…

"Yep; watch," The Enforcers responded to Ben in having to pull off a different move to fight this tough foe.

Soon the standing totem poles brook off into separate head sections that floated around. And then in an instant, the sections were fired off like projectiles at their target. "Pow-Pow-Pow-Powvhmm…" And a few of the sections of the totem poles' heads crashed around Kouga's marching path. "Bammfruvhmm…" Course the enemy was not bothered by this assault of bombarding projectiles to continue to move, but…. "Kaplowwwfruvhmm…/Gaauughhh," Course that was until one section clashed that knocked Kouga backwards from getting it tackle his entire body.

Soon afterwards, everything was done when the gang saw nothing but a large pile of totem pole head sections piled up top of the ninja giant. The Enforcers were at a loss of wonder from their loose breath between their teeth, they ponder if that move helped them protect their pals to defeat the enemy or not. The other ponies and Dragons were pondering this exact same thought with concerns.

"Is it over?" Spike asked in wondering if that finally did the foe in.

Once the dust cleared away from the totem pole pile, the gang was still strap in by the rope binds and quicksand. "Gungvhmm…" But just then, the first top pile of totem pole heads were shot off suddenly. "Grrruaughh…" And coming from underneath them was Kouga as he held one head section over his head from digging himself out of being buried alive.

"What!" The Enforcers responded in utter shock, they thought that move would have taken down an opponent, it was different, but effective, so why?

Tough, Spike, Phobos and Adult Nyx gasped in shock in seeing the giant ninja-theme opponent rising again after that assault. Twilight & Ben gritted their teeth, not liking how despite their friends wanting to help out, their hard effort tactic was proven useless against this opponent.

Kouga stood there like a giant holding up a big piece of boulder over his head like a mighty titan, "Drruuugh-Arrrrrughhhh!" Then he pulled his arms back and then thrown with all his might, the totem pole section directly for the Enforcers & Ben in front of the others.

"Quick! Dispel it before it hits us!" Ben shouted for the Enforcers to cancel their work before the next targets of their spell becomes their allies.

"Ri-right," Dumbledore & Bocolix responded with gritted teeth to focus their magic here now.

And in a split second, the totem pole head section that almost collided to hit the ponies vanished in a pixilated dust of magical particles in the air by its caster. And from that moment, the other totem pole head sections scattered around Kouga that tried to bury him were vanishing after the users were ceasing such use. Now with that plan in a failed motion, Kouga was free to approach the captured gang.

"Hmph; that didn't even warm me up," Kouga held up his head to look above his view in remotely stating that such an effort barely even made him get warmed up for the real show. "Now it's my turn." He looked back towards the trapped captives and those that showed to be the more resilient ones, "Centipede!" Then from performing some new ninja hand-signs, another weapon came out after Kouga stretched his left arm out. And he was soon coated by a weapon attached to his hand from the shoulder joint that looks like a gray centipede with red insect eyes. And from him lashing this insect weapon to extend itself, Kouga pose in a ninja-pose with a red background in showing his new summon weapon; Centipede.

"First a shuriken, now a centipede," Bocolix responded in seeing another weird ninja-theme use of a weapon appear now.

"What else does this ninja giant have?" Dumbledore responded in not knowing what other crazy stuff they'll be seeing here.

"Brace yourselves you guys, he's gonna attack now." Ben struggled in his spot of the bind ropes, their enemy will now attack.

"GRUUARRRUGHHH-WRARRRRUGHHH," Now Kouga was lashing his Centipede weapon left and right in making a few strikes, "Greee-Yehyeh-Yraaahhhh!" The big guy was really letting loose a lot of his attacks on those he's attacking.

"Gaaaughhh…" And Ben and the Enforcers were sadly the ones in front of the others, receiving these blows against their bodies while being caught in quicksand and moves restricted by ropes.

"GRUUARRRRUGHHH," Kouga was seen expending his weapon to continue to slash and whip the two Alicorns and Celestia's son that had no defense with a battle cry.

Twilight, Tough, Spike, Phobos and Adult Nyx could only watch their friends and love ones getting attacked so brutishly.

"Ben…" Twilight muttered under her breath in witnessing her love take a beating without much defense or aid from them at this moment.

"Father…" Adult Nyx muttered in watching her adoptive father get hurt, she was not liking this display, not a bit.

"Grr…lett'me at him," Phobos growled to struggle to get out of his bind trap to attack the enemy.

"Urgh, if we weren't bind here, we aim our fire breaths without hurting the others." Spike struggled to say, he and Phobos can't attack without worrying about being unable to move and for hitting Ben's front group ahead of them.

"Guuuagh…" Ben yelped off from that last strike as the Enforcers were letting off exhausted breaths from just barely hanging in there from such attacks.

"Huagh-hechechhechheeeeh…" Soon Kouga was stopping his barbaric acts to look up in staring at the ponies he's dealt blows to. "You're starting to look better." Kouga cruelly remarked off in addressing how Ben & the other two Alicorns are looking.

Ben soon turns his gaze eye focus on Kouga when he was done harming him, Dumbledore & Bocolix. But from Ben's eyes, they were the eyes of being serious and focus on trying to play in beating this character.

"There's a reason why you or the others can't beat me." Kouga remarked off to say about why the gang has no shot of beating him. "Do you have a clue what that might be?" He asked off in questioning those here that can answer this tricky riddle of his.

"Hugh; got me." Bocolix responded off in stating he hasn't a clue what Kouga meant.

"Not a clue." Dumbledore responded off to shake his head in being lost here.

"Who knows…" Ben responded to shrug off; he doesn't know the answer either.

Soon Kouga points his free right hand's index finger to the stallion with the Triforce and the alicorn males. "It's that face of yours…that and those other Alicorn males…" Kouga exclaimed in stating off the obvious, much to anybody's confusion at first. "You don't have a face of a strong man." He issued this claim of what the stallion before the Alicorn males don't show.

Ben snorted off in hearing such a response out of nowhere.

"A face o' a strong man," Tough repeated off in hearing this sentence right.

"But Ben's a pony." Spike pointed off in recalling what Ben is, a stallion.

"Unless he meant a pony of a man," Phobos pointed off in making a different theory statement.

"What are you talking about, Kouga?" Twilight demanded in what this foe was even blabbing on about.

"I'll show you all what an actual strong man's face should look like." Kouga responded off in declaring he'll show the gang of what an 'actual' strong man's face should even look like.

Soon Kouga raises his right hand to grasp the bottom chin area of his mask and begins to tip it up. Now the others stare off in wondering, what sorta face does Kouga have behind the mask? The answer came to the question as Kouga removed his mask to reveal his face. It was indeed a man's face, a human man's face that looked a bit, well…ugly. With a scar over the nose, an unfriendly smile and overshadow over the eyes, blood veins over his forehead where any hair seem far from possible, truly….he did not look good looking.

"Brother, if that's the face of a man, I'm glad to be a Dragon." Phobos spoke off in liking to keep the face he has.

"An' me a pony." Tough responded off in liking to have his face be the same.

"Me too, on the former part before that last one." Spike responded in stating in agreement to Phobos on the Dragon part only.

"This is it. Do you get it?" Kouga responded off in addressing his fact out to the group here. "Because of this ugly face, I've been treated miserably since I was reborn. I've been making all those who mistreated me pay for what they did, no matter how many times they tripped over me." He's been struggling to survive from having such an ugly face that others mistreat him so, but he stood up each time. "To me, this face is a medal." He smiled in proclaiming this fact with an ugly smile of wickedness before putting the mask back on. "A guy or pony with a clean face like yours has a nasty heart." Many that heard that comment towards Ben were either shock or appalled to believe such nonsense. "My heart is clean and pure, so I'm going to clear out all the trash in this End of Equestria." Kouga declared off in what he'll continue to do as always, clear out any that are 'impure' of hearts.

"That's all just really disturbing." Adult Nyx remotely issued this in finding such logical way out there.

"Kouga, what do you mean you were reborn?" Twilight asked with a focus face in finding something about Kouga very off.

"This may come to you as a surprise, but before I became a Powerful Soldier of Demons, I was once like you all…" Kouga responded off in stating this tricky fact, until he made it clear… "Yes…a Pony!" The guy actually went off to state in whose he used to be.

"What!" Tough, Spike, Phobos, and the Enforcers heard this in almost complete shock, can such a thing happen?

"I was just a pony archeologist that found a magic item called the Pan'ku Box, a magic item that when solved, unleashes a portal to the Demon Realm, and I meant with one." Kouga responded off in explaining his story of who he 'once' was long ago. "Yes, the Sky Demon, Hsi Wu, killed me and took an idol that would enslave a pony tribe's mind." The gang instantly recalled Hsi Wu telling them how he got free and what he did, so Kouga is an unfortunate soul in this land. "But when he left, I still carried with me this curse mask of Dai Gui, the Earth Demon, and for wearing it changed me into a powerful solider." The foe explained how he became what he is now because of the mask he has in his possession.

"Wait, so you turn from a pony into a large, ugly human creature with less IQ, to serve them Demons & do their biddings?" Tough questioned off in seeing that this fella was once a smart guy, but when he was on close to death, he was given new life, but it came with a price to serve evil demons.

"Correct, I abandon my old life to begin a new as Kouga. My soul must do the Demons' biddings without question or I'll lose myself again." Kouga explained this critical principle that he himself is now a servant and must always follow it to the letter. "And now I stand by my own principles of my new life while extending my rage against others with good fortune. Starting with those of you with a handsome face and a happy life that alone, will not give you true strength," Kouga declared off in making this issue claim that many were shocked to hear this off now.

Suddenly, Ben lean his head down to make a 'huff' sound in almost making a chuckle with a smile. "You know Kouga? You're all wrong." Ben addressed off in stating this claim out of nowhere.

"Hmmm," Kouga looked upwards at Ben in being puzzled, what did the stallion mean?

"This battle is not to be fought based on a face." Ben calmly addressed the matter they are currently doing that has nothing to do with their appearance, butter their skills.

"Silence You!" Kouga snapped off towards Ben for speaking off all cool like. "That stud face of yours & those Alicorn males, I'll make sure that you'll never want to look into a mirror again!" The big ninja foe declared in going to make certain he'll crush these targets so they'll look so bad, seeing a mirror will be the least of their concerns, "DRUUARRRRRUGAAAAAAAHHHH!" Then Kouga raise up his weapon Centipede to extend it to attack Ben i the front center of the Enforcers and of the others.

"Okay you two, try that spell of yours one more time, but under us instead, but gently." Ben quickly instructed the Enforcers to redo that earlier spell work they did, but different targets this time.

"Um, okay." Dumbledore & Bocolix responded off in not arguing if Ben has a plan to help them out.

Soon from Ben's focus eyes in seeing the attack of the enemy coming, before it reached them, the Enforcers managed to fire off a totem pole from below all the caught members in the quicksand and bind ropes. And during their uprise to freedom, the weapon Centipede clashed against the totem pole in bouncing off by the hardness.

"What?" Kouga yelped in seeing this sudden display happen before him now.

Soon when the totem poles vanished again, Twilight & Adult Nyx focused their magic to make the bind ropes disappear to give them and everyone else the chance to move freely; Twilight & Adult Nyx grabbed Tough, Spike & Phobos to fly in the air while Ben decided to lead the Enforcers with him downwards.

"Darn you." Kouga cursed the ponies for their trickery in escaping his clutches. "Suffer Centipede! DRUUARRRRRARRRRUGHHHH-UARRRRUGHHH," Soon from moving his left arm forward, Kouga was letting his weapon extend to its furthest to reach for the targets up in the skies and coming towards his area.

"Not gonna take that one again! Master Sword!" Ben soon recalled forth his Master Sword out of thin air and held it above in preparing…to jab it downwards, "Huuuuaghh!" Soon Ben pulled off a new stunt, a force of magical pressure from below his blade as he was dropping down fast to smack his blade-downwards.

And soon when the sword's tip was in the Centipede weapon's mouth, Ben was slicing through the steel components like knife with butter. Soon Ben leaped backwards when he finished slicing the Centipede towards Kouga's hand point, "Kaboomfruvhhmmm!" At that moment, the weapon from the enemy giant ninja exploded in light from being defeated, "Gauwwaaaughhh!" Kouga let off a cry in being blasted backwards from that explosive act from the cool stallion.

As Ben stood, Dumbledore & Bocolix landed next to the guy in surprise, as they never thought of that plan to escape until he stated it out from his power of Wisdom. "Sorry about that you two, we could have gotten out at any time. I just was measuring this guy's strength if he's really among tougher villains thus far." To Ben, he wanted to know if Kouga's strength is what made him the opponent the Demon Lords could expect him to take down the gang.

"Well, we're just glad to be free." Bocolix responded in feeling glad to be out of that trap.

"Yeah, all of us are now. See!" Dumbledore pointed in seeing Twilight & the others now free.

"Ugh….what are you studs blabbing about? What did you say?" Kouga slowly was looking up from his sit position in hearing what Ben was stating out here.

"The results are clear. You became recognized by the Demons from that unusual toughness. Due to your vast amount of strength and a sturdy stamina which takes in unusually low damage from the most destructive attacks, no doubt the only power you received from a mask by Dai Gui." Ben explained with a serious face towards Kouga in figuring out this guy's abilities and his limits. "But your magical powers and weapon strength are more along average opponent class. Your no better than the Brotherhood Of Tadaka compared to the seriously stronger foes we fought after those guys." Kouga was indeed strong, a powerful soldier, yes, but he is only another opponent who's power can't be near the scale of the Demon Lords, the Superior or Grimmore.

"Hump; so what if it is?" Kouga rose to his feet to remark off in not caring what Ben was saying, like he cares what his strength is at now. "You're a wimp. Can't you win without relying on magical power from your Triforce?" He issued this off in stating that without that powerful magic stuff, Ben is not so tough, "How about this? Let's fight without any magic, only with our fists, or in your case, hooves. Eh, stud?" Kouga responded off in making a challenge to be interesting, they all fight without any aid of magic at all.

"What?" Ben responded puzzled, what was this big enemy up to now?

"Smokescreen," Soon from performing new hand-signs, Kouga was having his hands near his mask to blow out some gray mist.

Soon upon Ben's notice and everyone else's senses, the strange mist was covering the entire desert forest.

"What's this?" Phobos asked off in seeing this stuff all over them.

"Smokescreen," Spike responded off in noticing what this stuff is.

"Darn! Ah can't see much a thing in 'Dis place?" Tough cursed off loud in being unable to see much with this stuff around.

"Everypony, this isn't an ordinary smokescreen." Twilight issued with a serious face in knowing what type of smokescreen this stuff is was not normal.

Within the gray mist, Ben was unable to see anything all over the area. From all sides, corners, tops and below his hooves, was all covered in this strange smokescreen. Dumbledore & Bocolix tried to use some magic to light their sights, but…then the magic just vanished.

"What," The Enforcers yelped from seeing their magic failed them, why was that?

"Everypony, this smokescreen…it's affecting our magic." Adult Nyx cringed a bit in feeling a bit weaken, this mist was affecting her Battle Form, almost making her reverts to her filly form.

Even Ben's own Master Sword vanished from his grip, "My sword! Gaaugh," But suddenly, Ben was suddenly punched by an unseen fist from the mist.

All through the mist, anyone of the gang was suddenly being attacked by an unseen foe. Ben, Dumbledore, Bocolix, Twilight, Adult Nyx, Spike & Phobos; The fist came out of nowhere to delier a punch to their faces without them being on guard. When the attacks cease, everyone in the mist showed an upset expression, this was Kouga's work and he hid from their sights to deliver sneak attacks.

"How is it? This smokescreen has the power to nullify any magical power. Making me hide my own from you all," Kouga's voice spoke from with the mist "Now none of you can use your magic anymore." The guy's voice was very confident in having the major upper-hand

"Grrr….that's a fine dirty trick you've come up with. Gaaaugh," Ben growled in seeing such a disadvantage before he got punched in the face again by an unseen hand.

"Come on, bring it on. Heheheeehh…" Kouga's voice bellowed out in wanting more out of Ben Mare here while letting off an evil snicker.

"Ugh, Ben is…" Phobos groans in having a bad idea that somewhere in this mist, Ben is in trouble.

"Where is Ben?" Spike called out in not knowing where his friend is.

"What's going on in here Twilight?" Tough asked off with worry in what was happening to their pal at this time.

"Ben…" Twilight silently spoke her love's name with concerns for him.

Right now, Ben was down on the ground, struggling to push himself up from being attacked.

"I can't stand that stud face of yours!" Kouga snapped off to say from with the mist in seeing the face of what Ben has.

"Guuuaaugh," Just then, Ben let off a cry from being kicked from a boot below to his face, "Guuagh-huugh!" Ben soon stood up again, but was having a hard time keeping it up.

"I can't stand the cities and the sceneries of Equestria. I lost sight of that when I lost my life to become this and serve Demons. I'll break them, Equestria's peacefulness all into pieces." Kouga stated off his upsetting issue of breaking everything that is beautiful, as he can't stand the sight of it, "Powfuvhmmm!" Then another unseen fist collided to smack into Ben's face that pushed him backwards again. "The Demons said to bring back Nightmare Moon in one piece and alive, but…I'm sure they won't mind seeing your face ruined beyond repair before they take your power." Kouga issued off this other part in what shall happen afterwards.

"Gruuagh..Huuraaaugh…" Ben soon dropped on his knees after that last punch to grit his teeth to not lose himself or this battle.

"Father, don't give up! You alone have much strength even with the Triforce & Master Sword cut off from you! Remember the trip to the other world! Remember your beliefs that made you strong!" Adult Nyx's voice was heard from within the mist in trying to encourage her father to not give up when the chips are down, he's overcome such obstacles before and stood just as strong, he just needs to remember.

At the moment, Ben recalls the events that played out in his mind; From the Demon Pony to Lorcan to Tirek's Return, the Three Tribes to the eventful battle against Sunset Shimmer and the Superior. A memory from that last encountered help remind Ben that so long as he had faith, hope, friendship and love, even if one was powerless, they still had 'inner' strength to draw forth.

Soon at the moment within the mist, another fist from Kouga was about to smash into the defenseless Ben Mare…or was it? For suddenly at this moment, Ben lifted up his left hoof that ended up stopping the incoming right hooker shot.

"What?" Kouga responded puzzled in seeing this while he struggled to push his fist, but Ben was not budging at all.

"Thanks to you beating the snot out of me, I've been reminded of an important memory." Ben responded off in giving thanks to this foe in making him remember something that has just helped him out.

"Grruauaghh.…" Kouga struggled to try to press his fist through Ben, but the stallion's strength…where was it coming from?

"You can't beat me." Ben responded as he slowly stood himself upwards now. "Do you know why?" The guy was asking Kouga these exact words the foe questioned to the others.

"Wh-What did you say?" Kouga responded off puzzled while struggling to pressure his fist to Ben, but was not even able to do that much.

"You don't have the heart of a truly strong man, or rather, the heart of a truly strong pony." Ben rephrases these words in a dignified matter in a better approach to how Kouga issued off such a statement. Soon the stallion opened his eyes to stare off towards his foe, as without warning, Ben's Triforce glowed within a golden aura around his entire being.

And then what happened was a swirling vortex around Ben that was pushing off everything from the mist to Kouga, "GURRARRUGHHH!" Kouga let off a yelp cry in being pushed backwards from that force while the mist completely evaporated, "Guuuaaauuaghhh-hughhughhhh!" Soon Kouga clashed against the ground on his bottom and fell on his backside from that magical pressure force.

"The smokescreen's gone!" Bocolix responded surprised by this surprise stunt now.

"And our magic is not affected anymore!" Dumbledore responded in feeling that the magic users can cast spells again.

"How'd Benny-boy pull 'dat off?" Tough questioned off in never seeing such a feat be done before.

"Impossible! Your magical power should have disappeared in the smokescreen. Just like the others and even among alicorns couldn't perform so!" Kouga slowly stood up baffled, how did Ben pull that off suddenly when not even Alicorn magic could defeat the smokescreen to nullify magic, it's simply impossible!

"He did it!" Spike cheered forth in seeing that Ben has truly turn the tide around.

"That was great, Ben!" Phobos cheered in feeling that the heroes are now back in business.

"But how did father managed to do such a deed?" Adult Nyx questioned how when their magic was cut, Ben was able to outdo the mist that nullified their magic since it covered them, she almost lost her Battle Form if not for this surprise.

"Ben released all the magical power that he had stored from all three form elements of the Triforce: Wisdom, Courage, & Power." Twilight issued off in exclaiming the basic method in what Ben did just now that turn the tide. "My guess is that Ben's level of magical power from the Triforce overwhelmed the smokescreen's suppression." She smiled in seeing that her love managed to pull off a real surprise that would even leave Pinkie Pie speechless, for once.

"Now it's time we finish where we started." Ben issued off from re-summoning his Master Sword in his hoof to charge forth against his opponent.

"Grrr…Curse You!" Kouga growled to curse Ben before deciding to just charge forth to fight Ben as he was coming, "Giieeeeughhh!" When they came close, Kouga grabbed his giant shuriken nearby to about to clash with the pony…

"Hirrarughhhh," But Ben reacted faster to swing his sword in a thrust manner.

"Hugh…Huurgh-Hrrugh!" Kouga was suddenly backing away from when Ben's sword was almost cutting pretty close to his mask. "H-H-E-E-He's fast." He was dodging those attacks while being unable to block or counterattack, Ben was too fast for him to read, "Gruuarrughhh!" Suddenly, one strike against Kouga's Daimonji pressed it back to clash against the mask that made the giant ninja foe cry out in pain backwards. "Gruuarugh…Gruuaarrughhhaahhh." As he lied on his backside, he was almost feeling overwhelmed by this pony's newfound strength, "Huuaagh!" Now Kouga dodged a sword tip that pierces the ground if he didn't move where his head was to get back up again, "Hugh-Huuogh-Hoohohaaaughh!" Now Kouga was just trying to keep himself distant from Ben as the stallion was showing much agility to try out a few thrust shots that the foe couldn't block or attack with his own weapon; he was trapped with nothing but to avoid the attacks.

"Yeah; Go Ben!" cheered forth in seeing that Ben was having the enemy on the run now, big time!

"To overwhelm an opponent with a sword after Dumbledore & Bocolix couldn't beat him with a pole, looks like both Ben's speed and power increased." Twilight issued off in studying the change in how Ben is now having a better chance in facing off this once hard foe.

"No matter how tough the opponent is, if the opponent's attack doesn't hit, victory is only a matter of time." Adult Nyx addressed that just causes Kouga was tough to be durable, if he can't harm Ben when her father attacks, victory will come to them in a matter of time.

"Hrugh-Nrrugh…" Kouga was trying to keep away from Ben's attacks; they were getting too close to his curse masked.

"Huuuagh," Ben threw another strike that completely made Kouga nearly out of breath.

"Why you…" Kouga growled in feeling anger rising when he finally managed to stop to catch himself a cease moment of fast onslaught attacks. "Don't think you can beat me with speed alone." The giant ninja foe remarked off declaring that just ’cause Ben's fast, doesn't mean he'll still be beaten by terms of increased speed and power from his adversary. Soon Kouga reached into his cloth by his chest to pull something out from his right hand to unveil….a gray necklace chain with an egg-shaped pendent with purple spots at the bottom and yellow dots on the four corners.

"Wait, is that…?" Tough responded off in seeing and recognizing that item from staring at Twilight's necklace of Guardian Rings & other trinkets.

"A Guardian," Spike responded in recalling how tough they had in just fighting those types of foes in this land.

"But of what?" Phobos questioned what kinda Guardian will they soon be facing now?

"Hugh-hugh-huuuagh, a little something the Demon Lords presented to me for my services. Everything I've done for them has earned me recognition, and now, you'll face my true terror!" Kouga issued this message out for all of those that are opposing him and the Demon Lords, shall soon see this guy's true power come forth. "Appear….Amphibian Martial Artist Guardian…" Soon the necklace glowed bright blue while Kouga held it before his very presence, "Kung Kuu Frog!" The guy announced forth the name of the Guardian while the necklace vanished for a moment.

Then a swing of Kouga's right arm and then appeared a hole in the ground before an implosive steam popped up and then…something just 'hopped' up when the ground resealed to show…the foe's Guardian creature. As it stood up, it took a strange martial arts stance as its appearance was that of a huge red frog with a dark-violet color top for the back with yellow spots, biddy-eyes & a thin long mustache, a chubby belly & blotted cheeks in giving the impression of a Kung Fu Fighter Master. From its very form and name, this was Kouga's Guardian, Kung Fu Frog the Amphibian Martial Artist.

"Tuuoooaaghh," Soon Kouga made a leap movement to suddenly position himself in a sitting position on the frog guardian and position his hands in a ninja-theme hold. Now both ninja and summoned frog stood before all while a strange 'gong' noise was heard, almost like a reacting of a martial arts film, how that happen is beyond understanding, "Wohohohhoahahahaah! Your luck just ended when you allowed me to use this." Kouga laughed off boastfully in declaring that now Ben & the others are at a lost, since he summoned his own personally guardian.

"There it is, another ninja performance!" Bocolix spoke off in seeing before the group and other act of using a ninja like skill to perform such ninja task.

"The art of summoning an animal," Dumbledore issued this display as another ninja skill where one calls an animal; it's truly not seen every day.

"A-A frog," Spike responded with a wide-eye gasp responsive face in not believing what just appeared.

"What is that?" Phobos requested with a sweat-drop in finding this creature unheard of as if frogs are scary.

"Duh, a frog no less," Tough pointed out like that question was an easy thing to answer.

'I've seen frogs from Fluttershy, but nothing like…this one." Twilight responded in remembering when Fluttershy brought frogs to Froggy Bottom Swamp and this Guardian was way different from those simple creatures.

"What abilities could it have?" Adult Nyx questioned her mother in not knowing what kinda foe her father is facing, even if it's a, well, a huge frog.

"Kung Fu Frog's speed is in the top class amongst the Guardian Creatures." Kouga was explaining this while his guardian was moving about its legs and arms in feeling flexible to get moving anytime now. "You won't be able to follow him." The guy stated that with such a speedy creature, not even an average fighter could follow such speeds.

At that moment, Kung Fu Frog vanished like a shifting blur down the left side of where Ben was facing it until it was gone.

"Hugh? Where'd they…" Ben yelped in surprise to look where the frog guardian is, only for Kouga to zip pass his right side, "Hmmph?" He looked from his right side, but Ben was unaware that danger zipped by to his left exposed side.

Then the huge red frog held up its left hand to then bring it down a-thunder, "Poowwfruvhmmm!" And that one moment of its attack smashed the spot to make a sizable crater where what should be Ben…is not here.

"Eeehhhh," Ben used his Triforce to fly away from being hit by that attack just now, "Ehhh, that is one tough frog!" Ben responded with surprise eyes while he hovered in the air for a moment.

Then without warning, Kung Fu Frog opened its mouth to let out a long stretching pink-violet tongue right at…Ben's mid-air state.

"Guuuaaghh," Ben yelped off in being tackled by the frog's long lashing tongue that smacked him quite a few distance spaces away.

The others were very surprised that Kouga had such a guardian, some more surprised of other reasons of this foe's secret weapon unleashed.

"'Ta think frogs were dat tough." Tough responded in never knowing such a degree with an amphibian.

"Try telling that to frogs really big, with really long tongues, and move swiftly fast." Phobos remarked off in stating how if there are other frogs like this one, they'll be harder foes to beat.

"I-I think this is the only one." Spike responded in feeling like this is a nervous moment for them to face.

"Oh boy…" The Enforcers responded with worry if Ben can even beat a frog, course when one thinks about that, it sounds silly.

"Gaaugh…" Ben managed to land on the ground to stare up at his new opponent. "Boy, for a huge frog, its fast." Ben quoted in recognizing this Guardian didn't earn the rank class of fastest for nothing, "Guuagh!" Then Ben had to dodge another tongue pierce lash fro the frog that broke apart of the ground he stood on to get further back.

"You said that I couldn't beat you, didn't you?" Kouga spoke from still sitting onto of the Guardian frog creature in what he heard Ben say to him earlier. "I'll make you take that back!" He issued in preparing to have Ben take back what he said to him.

"Sorry, but I won't take it back." Ben issued off with a sly smile in stating he won't take back what he said to the guy.

"What?" Kouga responded astounded to hear that Ben refuses to give up even at this stage.

"Since you will be done with my next attack and I'll completely destroy that mask you said cursed your second chance at life with unhappiness." Ben exclaimed off saying while keeping his confident expression still on his face.

"I don't know what you're up to, but it's too late." Kouga remarked off to state this that no matter what Ben is gonna try; he'll end this battle quicker. "Final Move, Kung Fu…" Soon a yellow background appears behind Kouga & his Guardian, as Kung Fu Frog was starting to prepare some final move by doing strange stances.

"Sorry, you're the slow one!" Ben responded off stating from activating his Triforce mark on his flank as a familiar golden aura begins to cover over the stallion's body is showing the symbol of his Triforce.

Now Kouga & Kung Fu Frog were facing before them the strange power that Ben was unleashing.

"Wh-What is that?!" Kouga asked off completely surprised in seeing this all of a sudden.

"By the time you find out, you'll be beaten by then." Ben responded off in answering that question with a different response.

"Mother, isn't that move father's…" Adult Nyx was about to ask in recalling what move Ben was about to use here.

"Looks like he won't be able to go anywhere anymore once Ben uses 'that' move," Twilight addressed off to say in seeing how Ben is going to stop the enemy's movements with this technique.

"Th-This looks like a bad one." Kouga responded in feeling himself a strange sense of caution in what he's facing of Ben's inner power. "Kung Fu Frog, get the stallion with your finishing move!" Kouga instructed to his Guardian that they'll get Ben before he can even strike them. "Finally Move, Fung Fu…" Soon Kouga & his Guardian are in a background of an orange color to have the frog move in a strange motion of moves to unleash its final move to end this….

Then without warning when Ben opened his shut eyes, a ray of light stuns Kouga & his guardian that was horizontally in front of the stallion.

"What? What's going on?" Kouga yelped to notice he and his Guardian were trapped in something, caused by Ben's handy work that was two images of the Triforce. "Grughmm-Mrruvhmmm…." Both Kouga and his Guardian tried to break this strange substance, but their pushing hands to hand-slap martial art moves weren't cutting it.

"Sorry, but once I start this and you get caught, you'll be done for." Ben responded with feeling like he's about to finish this battle now.

"What?" Kouga responded in utter disbelief in hearing this, he'll be done for, for real, "Gruauaghh! Dangit, I can't get out." Kouga groans from seeing neither he nor his frog guardian could escape what kept them trapped.

"So, are you ready to say any last words?" Ben spoke in holding his sword in preparing to unleash his best move.

"Hold on! Stop! Stop," Kouga press his hands against this trap in trying to plead for the stallion to not be hasty. "Studs are supposed to be kinder, right?" He was trying to get Ben to not perform something while the mask was glowing, warning Kouga of the dangers if he doesn't escape.

"Sorry, I'm not a stud." Ben responded off in saying he ain't no stud even if he has the looks. "Well those last words were odd. And you know something? Your face doesn't matter." He opens his yes in preparing to address this serious matter about Kouga and about his own problem with looks. "What's really ugly is that your heart that some Demons mold for you to become what you are. I'm about to end such sufferings right now."

"You-you don't mean that." Kouga responded in feeling extra nervous while the mask was glowing in feeling Ben's power nearly about to touch them both.

"Triforce Slash!" Ben announced forth the name of his move in now going to unleash it now.

Ben dashed at the stun opponents before striking Kouga & his frog guardian with a fury of slashes for immense amount of damage. 

"GRUUARRRUGHHH/Crack, Crack-crackvhmm…" Kouga let off a silent scream, but during the moment, his mask was beginning to crack.

"HRUUARRGUUHH," Ben was pausing for the final blow while giving a mighty battle cry. "Powwvhmmm…" Then with one strike, it launched Kouga & Kung Fu Frog off from enough power to about KO'd them.

"GRUUUARRRRRUGHHH!Urrarrrughhh!" Kouga & Kung Fu Frog let out cries and was sent crashing against the ground and plowing through the desert trees. Once things settled down, the opponents were down for the count, this time showing plenty of damage that hurt them that even through Kouga unique toughness would not stand up anytime soon here.

"Alright, Ben actually did it!" Dumbledore cheered in seeing they scored victory here.

"He won against that giant!" Bocolix proclaimed in seeing Ben took down Kouga.

"No, not yet, where's the mask?" Ben spoke with feeling this was not over yet with a serious face.

At this moment from Kouga's struggling position from what he suffered through, the cracked mask was floating off of him. And soon the mask was floating straight towards Ben's group as if by magic.

"Look out! A freaky floating mask," Tough yelped in warning in what he sees is coming.

"How's that mask moving on its own," Spike asked off in finding this little magic display, odd.

"It really is cursed and now it wants us!" Phobos exclaimed in seeing this mask was magically cursed and wants them next.

"Nyx; It's trying to get you!" Twilight spoke in seeing the cursed mask going for her daughter, just as the Demon Lords order Kouga to do.

"I got this mother!" Adult Nyx spoke from suddenly casting a magic barrier around herself that repelled the attacking mask.

Kouga's mask felt daze, but was not aware of Ben coming up from behind until… "Slissssivhmm…" The stallion used his sword that sliced the evil mask in half, making it drop as two before fading away into complete darkness. "That's what you get for thinking you could destroy us and take me or my daughter. Now it's finally over."

"Oh Ben, thank Celestia you're okay after that!" Twilight came to hug her love in feeling glad that Ben was okay after that fight.

"Sorry if I had to take the challenge away from you guys." Ben sheepishly apologized to his friends for stealing anyone from joining in, this was sorta something he had to deal with…personally maybe.

"Ehh, no problem, and looky here; Thanks to you, Justin's finally free from his own trap," Tough spoke from seeing that not only did Ben win, but from Kouga's defeat, their cart and MechBull are out of the quicksand trap.

"Mwrruaaarghhh," Justin responded in feeling glad to be out of that sticky situation.

"Looks like everything gets a happy ending," Spike smiled in thinking that now all things will end well now.

"No, there's still one last detail we need to see to." Ben spoke with a stern face that the group still had one last task to complete here.

"Hugh?" The Enforcers responded puzzled, what was the last thing to do after beating an tough foe that kept standing up after each time until now?

Soon the gang approach the defeated Kouga and see his frog guardian are both unmoving at the time being. The giant ninja human with the ugly face struggled to lift his head in seeing he's about to be surrounded by his foes with no way of escape.

"Ehhh…so you've come to finish me off, have you?" Kouga sop softly in seeing the group of travelers is near him, probably to finish him off now. "No point in resisting, looks like my second life ends now." He closes his eyes to awaits for his death to be upon him now.

"Kouga, were you truly happy being a servant to Demons?" Ben asked off with a look of pity on this defeated sad sight of a foe.

"Eh? What are you rambling about stud?" Kouga responded confused in what on Earth was this pony talking about.

"You don't get it, the cursed mask you wore is now destroyed, you're no longer a prisoner to the Demon Lords." Ben issued off in explaining this concept for Kouga to know, he doesn't have to heed the words of Demons anymore.

"Shut it! How can you understand me? Wherever I went, every creature saw what I look like and fled in terror and hated & laughs at me!" Kouga snapped off in annoyance, how could Ben truly know what he's been through to lose what he was to become something no one else wants to be around.

"Believe it or not, a couple of jerks tried to prank me and turn me into the Demon Pony. Years of being that creature, I almost began to lose myself to it." Ben explained with a serious face about what happened to him was almost like what happened to Kouga, both were ponies and became ugly monsters to the world. "But I overcame that curse because there were those that were my friends and love ones that helped me out of my dilemma." Ben smiled to Twilight, Nyx & Spike, for they were there to help him when he was down. "The same can be for you, now be honest with yourself. The fight is over already." Ben asked again in wanting this fallen fighter to be truthful, there was nothing to be afraid of now that the battle was over.

"Grruraghh…" Kouga let off a growl in losing to this debate and sighed before giving in. "All I…ever tried to do, was search in this forsaken region called the End of Equestria, hoping….to uncover a way to return it to its former glory as the Valley of Peace." Kouga explained about what he was once trying to do, trying to make a difference in the world and help out. "But Hsi Wu killed me, I began to have doubts in my heart and just wanted to live and the mask I found was the Earth Demon promising me a new life at a cost in return with service to the Demon Lords." He sighed in knowing that it's ironic, a Demon that killed him; he gets saved by Demons and now must abide to their wishes as a muscle-bound soldier lackey. "After I put the mask on, my body warped and I changed from a pony into a human." Kouga remarks how once he wore the curse masked from Dai Gui, his life changed in more ways than he ever thought would happen.

"So is this what you would look like in another world, per-say?" Phobos asked off in questioning this puzzling question of his.

"Phobos, I don't think this form would have been Kouga's first choice either." Adult Nyx issued this off to her friend for believing Kouga, being a pony before, would be like this human appearance, this was by Demon sorcery after all.

"Well shoot, if yew hated what yew became, why serve them no good varmints?" Tough asked puzzled to scratch his head, why would someone wanna work for such bad creatures in the first place?

"Because the mask forced me to do their bidding and over time…I began to lose myself in darkness, and finally gave in to become who I am now," Kouga sighed in sorrow in slowly coming to terms, he lost his good side of a pony, and began to become a big monster that despised its own existence.

"So with the mask destroyed, then the unfortunate soul…" Bocolix slowly was understanding what Kouga's situation is now.

"Had to do the biddings without question of suffer, right?" Dumbledore pointed off in seeing how this guy had been force to do manly labor.

"Yes, but now….I'm unsure of what to do…are you just wanting answers before I slowly perish?" Kouga nods before questioning what the gang are wanting, just a few questions answered and then he'll just fade away…like he should have been before being saved by a cursed mask.

"No, you were evil, but only because of the mask manipulating you by the Demons themselves. Twilight…" Ben responded in telling Kouga this bunch of facts before looking towards Twilight in requesting something.

"Alright Ben, seeing it's already over with." Twilight nods in accepting this little moment in knowing what the two of them shall do with Kouga's defeated state.

Soon the two lovers performed magic from their horn & Triforce together. It released a gentle glow of sparkling gold dust that rain down around everyone. And injuries from the gang seem to fade away like cuts disappearing.

"Krruvhhmmm…" Kung Fu Frog slowly was rising up from feeling much better and so was Kouga. It was here that the two realized that they were being healed up by their enemies.

"Wh-what is this? Why did you heal your enemy?" Kouga asked off puzzled in not understudying, why he was being helped at all?

"We didn't heal an enemy of the Demon Lords." Twilight spoke off in explaining the first part to Kouga.

"He helped heal a poor pony soul in need of help." Ben finished off stating in who they were actually helping out here, the real creature inside of Kouga.

"Quit fooling yourselves! I'm no pony anymore, I'm human now! An UGLY Human," Kouga snapped off in feeling upset, why would his targets pity him when he's not of the pony species no more and is more ugly to not even be considered a human transformation?

"True that." Phobos responded off in not disagreeing in where Kouga was standing out.

"Phobos," Adult Nyx sternly scolded her pet pal for pointing out the issue when they are trying to be nice.

"Well, can't we just change him back into a pony?" Spike asked off fro the rest if there was a way to change Kouga into a pony.

"Spike's right, can't any o' yew Alicorns or Benny-boy do it?" Tough responded in agreement, surely the magic users could pull something like a transformation spell.

"Can we?" The Enforcers questioned this fact for themselves, for they have never tried anything like 'that' before?

"The principles of changing some creature into another isn't impossible, but…" Twilight spoke that such a spell could be what an Alicorn can perform, but there was more to it than that. "This was done by Demon magic, and done when he was near the end of his life. I'm not sure if I could perform it unless it was written in the Forbidden Book of Spells." Twilight wasn't sure if any of them could perform such a complex spell done by demon magic, it may not even be listed in the Forbidden Book of Spells the ponies know that contains many secrets….but would it contain such a spell was a question.

"It would mean that if we did so, then he be a pony again, but would shortly live at the moments he has left." Ben explained with a serious face that if they did turn Kouga back to a pony, he would only live shortly before perishing afterwards.

"Hugh….it's okay; leave well enough alone." Kouga sighed to express that the group has done more than enough to let things stand. "This may just be my own punishment to atone for my mistakes and sins commented." He may have been a once good pony, but he has much to answer for from performing terrible deeds for the Demon Lords.

"Are you sure we can't help?" Adult Nyx asked the former evil foe if there was nothing that the group can do now.

"You've done enough in just beating me and making me able to walk to decide my own fate without Demons pulling my strings." Kouga exclaimed in telling Nyx this fact about his situation of being free from control, is plenty even without returning to his original self. "I may just carve a new wooden mask to hide my face, so no creature, human or pony, will see it." Kouga exclaimed from breaking off some bark wood to begin carving it.

"You know, the face part won't matter." Twilight responded to tell this guy that having a mask to cover his face isn't a problem to be so concern for.

"It won't?" The Enforcers, Tough and Phobos responded off a bit puzzled in hearing this.

"Cause maybe, if you tried to find actual friends that can see the you inside or what was once a pony, then you can surely get along despite what face you have on." Twilight explained that if Kouga leaves this place to venture out to find ponies and more friendly creatures that will wanna be friends with him, and not care what his face will look like.

"Are you certain of that?" Kouga responded off puzzled in hearing this with an astounded expression just after he finished making a new mask from wood. "Hugh, maybe….I'm not a hopeless cause after all. Alright, I'll give it a try." He sighed to actually show an honest to friendly smile in which was not evil in taking in that advice. "But I think I'll do this alone, by going on a long joinery to find myself. Kung Fu Frog," Kouga exclaimed this matter with a serious statement before putting on his new mask and called to his frog guardian.

"Kruuarrughhh," Kung Fu Frog leaped up to stand where he is while Kouga leaps up to get into a sit and pose position on the huge red frog's noggin.

"Before I leave, I shall give you two alert notice in giving you my thanks in stopping me & freeing my soul." Kouga looked down to the others in going to give them some heads up advise for helping him out here & freeing him of demon control. "First, continue this path and you'll probably find something else your seeking." The gang could almost think instantly that this meant another ingredient they seek. "Second, watch out for two other servants of the Demon Lords." Kouga forewarn this group of two other servants that serve the Demon Lords.

"There's two more?" Phobos asked off in disbelief in not believing this at all.

"Like the Witch Somnambula who served Bai Tza?" Spike questioned off in recalling the witch that served the Demon of Water they managed to defeat.

"Yes, one that serves the Thunder Demon; goes by the name of Maha Vailo; you might be able to beat him with enough luck." Kouga issued that what he speaks is true while warning the group of the first servant they might just beat. "But the bigger threat lies with a guy named Peta; he's more dangerous than us or even that witch Somnambula. Be careful when you meet him, he's the guy that helps see that the End of Equestria runs as it should." Kouga gave a serious warning about one enemy that was not just a servant to the Demon Lords, but maintains watch and control to the End of Equestria being as it is.

"Thanks fer de heads up, fella." Tough nods in feeling appreciated of this guy warning them of some other enemies to watch out for.

"One more thing….don't die." Kouga exclaimed in wanting these ponies and dragons to not die when they are here. "I travel to this place in hoping to bring back life to this place and help Equestria, but failed in my old life. But seeing you young folks and how you managed to beat me when I was under evil's service, maybe….there's a new hope rising from the ashes." To this guy that was a pony, only to be magically reincarnated as a giant human being, if anything, a new generation of heroes can help make a better difference then he could. "Farewell! Let's go, Kung Fu Frog!" Kouga responded in saying goodbye to the group before instructing his Guardian Martial Artist Amphibian to have them go.

Then without another moment, Kung Fu Frog boosted itself off the ground to zip across the air like it was flying at top speed. During the moment, Nyx changed back from her Battle Form back into her filly form. As the group see one victim that came to the End of Equestria before them, a former archeologist that died and was brought back to life as a soldier for the demons service. Many wonder from all the other lives they saved & helped out, that if there were truly other souls that failed here that needed aid in being free, so many questions leave many unsure…what to expect ahead.

"Mommy, we'll make it out of this and help our friends back home, right?" Nyx asked her mother in wondering, if they'll truly succeed in their mission.

"Of course Nyx, for the lost souls that were taken by this place & made to suffer, we shall succeed to honor others that back before us." Twilight smiled to assure her daughter with much gentleness in her voice, that they shall get all the necessary ingredients to help return the Apple's Farm back to how it was and they'll even honor many other brave souls from before that came to this place…to return back home victorious.

"That's a good way to look at it Twilight, now come on, let's continue our journey…together." Ben responded with a smile while offering his love and child to follow his hoof wave towards the rest of their gang.

Now the group quickly gets together near Justin, as he and the other animals were happy to be free from their sticky situation. After settling a few other things, it was time for the traveling ponies and dragons to get themselves back on the road with their assigned task; get all the ingredients & return back to save Sweet Apple Acres…alive. With that in mind, did the MechBull pull the cart to continue where they left off before being sidetracked….

Kouga continued to walk down, and then he encountered Tao in front of him. The former pony ask the old pony in concern, "What do you want?"

Tao smiles as he explains, "I'm here to help."

"How can you help me?"

"Trust me. There is more to me than meets the eye."

Tao approach Kouga as he places his hoof in front of his head while chanting. Kouga looked surprised as his hands and body is starting to change. He changes into a dark green Pegasus pony with short yellow and gentle mane and tail, and his Cutie Mark is hat, archaeologist pick and compass. He has a cowboy's hat-like.

Kouga looked surprised to see his body; even the Kung Fu Frog is astounded. The pony spoke up, "How did you-! Who are you?"

"I am Mystic Pony, Jones Venture." Tao said, calling Kouga by a new name...or in this case his former one.

"Impossible. I'm actually meeting one, and you know my name?!"

Tao smiles, saying, "Not important. I'll send you to Ponyville where you'll be safe from harm."

"Thank you, Mystic Pony." Jones said while patting Kung Fu Frog. "All right if I bring him along? It wouldn't be right if I leave him alone."

"That you shall allow to take him. One more thing, you must not reveal about me helping you. Tell them that Twilight and her friends did. They saved you from Dai Gui's imprisonment."

"Understood, Mystic Pony."

Tao chants as he sent Jones and Kung Fu Frog to Ponyville. The Mystic Pony smiles; Once again, another innocence saved from the Demon Lords at last.

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Inside the HQ of the Apocalypse Ponies, a shadowy figure was busy glancing on the Superior who is busy at work. As he does, a portal opens as someone spoke through it.

"Did you do well on your spying so far?" The voice asks causing the figure to turn around.

"Buck off, creature! You said that I-" The mysterious one said before the monster known as the Hole interrupts him.

"...would have your revenge. Yes, I know. But if you don't do what I order you to do, I can promise you this: your universe and your mechanical marvels will be a part of me!"

The figure growls as he said, "Fine! What must I do?" 

"Stay out of sight for now...kill as many ponies as you please, but do not enter the home village of the Elements of Harmony." The Hole instructs the figure calmly.

"But you-" The figure begins to say but the Hole cut him off once more.

"I KNOW!" The Hole roars as he turns a purplish color in its rage. "I KNOW WHAT I SAID, BUT I EXPECT COMPLETE LOYALTY IN RETURN!" The figure was silent. "Besides...don't you want to take your time with killing her this time?"

"Affirmative," The figure said.

"Good. Be sure you keep your identity a secret. Wear the skin suit as long as I command." The Hole said to the figure with a nod.

"If I serve you, I demand to see your face!" The figure demands as he hasn't seen the Hole's true face yet.

The Hole pauses as he answers, "Very well...Droid."

The Hole reveals his true face, much to the surprise of the figure known as Droid. He scowls in disbelief, "So...who would've guessed that you're an alternate version...of him?" 

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After Pinkamena and Golden Heart met Gwen Fillyson, they were in the secret dungeon that Pinkie keeps underneath Sugarcube Corner. Golden Heart said, "Never thought you made a secret tunnel from here to your room in Canterlot."

Pinkamena grins as she say, "You'd be surprised of what I can do and like I said before, I let you know of new info there is. The gang got another ingredient and saved another land but more dangers occurred and Somnambula is now a tree in the land."

Golden Heart as he asked, "Okay, but what you'd like to show me?"

Pinkamena makes it to something covered in a sheet as she said, "For some time, after seeing so many machines like the Garoozis and such, I decided to make something myself." 

"By the looks of things, it's pony size with a horn and wings." Golden Heart said while observing the sheet covered object in gentle. 

"Might be but it's not just an Alicorn." The pink pony said. Pinkamena then removes the sheet and we see that it's a robot cyborg as Golden Heart looks surprised.

"And I thought the return of Gwen Fillyson was surprising enough." Golden Heart commented in amazement.

"I know and this robot is designed with really durable alloy metal and can't be reprogrammed no matter how powerful a hacker is planning and no matter what kind or a powerful foe hits it, the robot will not get scratched or damaged and it is water proof and other kinds of weather and such and has wings that are not only as strong as the plating, but can take in sun and moon energy. It is also eco-friendly, there are more weapons and such but for now I will show the horn which is made the same like the rest and can blast a high powerful blast of pure powerful Harmony and is more powerful than the most powerful spells in all of Equestria and beyond." Pinkamena explains some more. "The horn can absorb magic spells from foes and sends it back to the user."

Golden Heart was really surprised and said, "I have to say, that's a lot of work you done and I'm asking what will its name be?"

"Its name will be Omega, and mind helping me get it to my room in Canterlot?" Pinkamena ask her brother curiously.

Golden Heart nods as he said, "Okay." 

Golden Heart uses his magic and lifts up the robot and carefully. Pinkamena says looking at the watchers as she follows her big brother, "This might take a bit, maybe next chapter so go and see how our friends are doing."

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"Noooooooooooo," Dai Gui roars in fury as he pounds the ground and anything else nailed to the floor. The other Demons do their best to keep out of his way. "Not only has my servant betrayed me, but my Dark Item is destroyed!"

Hsi Wu smirk as he remarks, "Knew it; so now what?"

"Twilight Sparkle and her family have proven to be more tenacious and determined pests, especially Nightmare Moon." Tchang Zu comments with an angry scowl. So far, there isn't anything stopping the heroes and their so-called allies.

"Masters," A familiar voice spoke calls out, much to the villains' notice.

Upon hearing the voice, Shendu open the portal to the goblin. The Demon spoke, "Speak, goblin."

The goblin with an eager face spoke, "Goblin saw the enemy going to Durian Valley!"

"Why, that's my territory! This might be my chance to get Nightmare Moon." Po Kong said eagerly. If five of her siblings have failed, maybe she can do better!

"You're not suggesting that you can handle this, are you, Po Kong?" Xiao Fung asks Po Kong dryly and unamused.

"Yes, she has to." Bai Tza said with an annoyed sigh.

"But Po Kong will get distracted by her hunger." Dai Gui points out to the other Demons with a scowl. "She certainly will fail her mission."

"In fact, all of us had planned the strategy. I'll be guarding the last ingredient while Tso Lan will prevent Nightmare Moon and her family, should they succeed their mission, from trying to leave." Shendu advises the other Demons. If by any chance Po Kong has failed, it will be up to Shendu and Tso Lan to finish the job.

"Shendu's right. Five of us have been imprisoned while three of our siblings are the only ones can enter the portal." Tchang Zu commented, knowing that only 3 Demon Lords are left.

"Tso Lan and Shendu, I can trust, but Po Kong, I'm worried." Hsi Wu said, not sure if he could trust Po Kong with going after the group this time.

Po Kong huff at the remark, "Don't worry for your big sister. I can beat them with the help of my ability."

Tso Lan smirks as he said, "In that case, do your best. If you wish to perform the Restoration Spell, that is fine, but make sure you sent Nightmare Moon to us. You'd better not think of your stomach. Deal with Ben later."

"I won't." Po Kong assures Tao Lan. She then turned to the goblin. "You know what to do."

The goblin smiled while saying, "Yes, mistress." 

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It took a while since the gang left where they fought Kouga. Twilight spoke up, "Okay, I think we should rest for a while."

"Good idea, Twilight." Ben suggests as Justin slows to a stop. "Boy, fighting most of the bad guys including Kouga sure tired me out a lot."

"No kidding. You know, I feel sorry for him a lot. I wish we could have helped him." Nyx said with a sigh. Of course, the filly is unaware that Tao has saved the group the whole trouble.

"I too think that, sweetie. But there's nothing we can do. He is under Dai Gui's powers. And it will be difficult for any Alicorns or Unicorns to remove that Demon Curse." Twilight explains to Nyx gently. "But the only way to remove that is Mystic Magic."

"It is very bad news since you never had that power before." Spike groans a bit, pointing out that Twilight doesn't have the powers needed.

"Not to mention that Mystic Ponies are a myth. It's so gonna hard to find and ask them to help us save that Kouga guy." Phobos comments with a shrug, believing that Mystic Ponies are nothing more than a myth to some folks.

"Nothing we can do, but 'ta believe 'dat Kouga is safe fro' trouble, partner," Tough suggest, wanting to hope that Kouga is safe for now.

"For once, we can rest at ease." Dumbledore said, falling to the ground in exhaustion.

Bocolix falls as well, remarking, "Eeyup. No monsters, no running for our live and best of all: No Demon Lords. Just be glad that there is no giant and enormous ones."

Suddenly, the ground shaken, and so as the trees shaken off the leaves and fruits, rocks shook and vibrate, as well as small ponds. Everyone felt that. They became worried as the land continued to shake even harder. Twilight and her friends quickly grab the trees tightly.

"Earthquake," Spike yelps in alarm, feeling the vibrations like mad.

"In the End of Equestria," Phobos yelps in shock and disbelief.

"I don't think so. There shouldn't be any earthquakes in this area, according to the map." Twilight said in concern. She's right; the map doesn't mention any earthquakes in the new area which is called the Durian Valley!

"You don't think it's Dai Gui? I mean, he is the Earth Demon Lord." Nyx said in concern, worried that Dai Gui has returned for another round.

Ben shakes his head as he said, "That's true. But he's been banished to the Realm of Demons."

"If it's not him, then who," Tough ask frantically. If Dai Gui wasn't the one causing the earthquakes then what was.

Everyone heard a loud roaring sound. Bocolix and Dumbledore turn to the location that they heard the sound from. Their eyes are in wide shock then both Bocolix and Dumbledore scream like girls.

"I think we're about to find out." Bocolix said in alarm.

"Everypony; Look," Dumbledore yelps as he and Bocolix points to a direction to show what they just saw.

Twilight and her family turn to Bocolix and Dumbledore's pointing. They gasp in shock as they saw something big or bigger.

The creature, revealing to another Demon, smirks as Po Kong booms, "There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you."

"WHOA NELLY! She's as big as a….a…." Tough yelped off to say, but the words just couldn't get out of his mouth.

"A mountain," Phobos finished that sentence in seeing this was a new big problem…to the EXTREME!

"That's a sister of the Demon Lords!" Bocolix asked off in not believing what they are seeing here, the other five were small compared to this one.

"Must be their 'BIG' Sister," Dumbledore stated off in thinking that out of the other seven Demons, maybe this one was the oldest for being the biggest, maybe.

"Mommy; who is that?!" Nyx gasp her mother frantically.

"That's Po Kong! One more thing: she's not the 'big' sister. She's the 7th younger sister of Demon Lords." Twilight corrects the two so-called Alicorns in concern.

"How can you tell? For us, seeing her size, I'd say she's supposed to biggest and oldest sister." Spike said, glancing at Po Kong and her size frantically.

Ben, in concern, spoke, "Twilight's right."

"Why'd ya say 'dat, Benny?" Tough ask Ben in concern.

"If she is, Po Kong shouldn't have her childish look." Ben said, noting how Po Kong appears to look like a child than an older sibling.

"Even so, we're in deep trouble!" Dumbledore yelps a bit in fright and horror.

"So, what do you think she wants?!" Bocolix ask, though he already knew the answer to his question.

"I found you. So do me a favor. All of you but Nightmare Moon goes into my stomach." Po Kong said with an evil hungry look on her face, much to the disgust of the others. "Then, I shall take her to Tso Lan."

"Think again, fatso!" Tough yell out as he blast his gun at Po Kong's shoulder. 

The female Demon, however, waved off the dust from her shoulder then snarled at him.

"Way to go! You're making her angry!" Phobos exclaims frantically. Po Kong is mad now!

"Twilight, the Size Spell!" Spike exclaims to Twilight. Maybe him and Phobos growing big can give the two the advantage over this Demon!

"Alright; Here I go!" Twilight exclaims in determination.

Twilight blasts her magic at Spike and Phobos as they grew bigger. The two Dragons smirk as they turn and are ready to fight. As the two Dragons did however, they looked stunned and shocked as they are facing Po Kong...who is bigger than Spike and Phobos are!

Po Kong smirked as she said in a mock gentle-like voice, "Hello, tinies."

Spike and Phobos gulp, "We're in trouble!"

"Mommy, can't you make them bigger?" Nyx ask her mother in worry. Spike and Phobos are in big trouble. Literally! 

Twilight shakes her head as she explains, "I don't think so. My magic for size is limited."

"This is bad." Ben said in worry.

"We still can fight!" Spike exclaims in determination.

"Yeah; the bigger they are, the harder -" Before Phobos could finish, Po Kong use her fists as she slammed both Spike and Phobos down to the ground. Both of them shift to their normal size. Phobos groans. "They hit."

"Ouch! She's way worse than Dai Gui and Tchang Zu!" Spike groans in pain.

"Let's try our 13 Totem Poles!" Bocolix suggests, planning on using a move that worked on Kouga temporarily.

"Let's see how she likes our moves!" Dumbledore smirks eagerly.

Bocolix and Dumbledore flew up, ready to attack. Po Kong however smirks at them. Ben noticing calls out, "Guys; don't! It's a-"

Bocolix and Dumbledore yell out at once, "13 Totem Poles!"

Ben groaned, "Trap!"

They both charge right at Po Kong. Just as they were about to hit her, Po Kong grab them with one hand. They got crushed. Po Kong moves her hand up and open the said hand as it revealed the crushed Bocolix and Dumbledore.

Po Kong smirked as she said slyly, "How about one little finger flip two little ponies?"

Po Kong flip both Bocolix and Dumbledore to the ground. They fell to it hard before moaning in pain. Everyone became worried and scared as they slowly go back while facing Po Kong. She slowly approaches them with smirk.

"Better give up, tinies. You have no chance to beat me. Give me Nightmare Moon now!" Po Kong demands eagerly to her enemies.

"Never! Why won't you and your siblings leave Nyx alone," Twilight demands furiously to Po Kong. These creeps just won't stop until Nyx is theirs!

"Yeah, I belong to my own family!" Nyx exclaims in agreement.

"Adopted family; Tso Lan is your creator, Nightmare Moon." Po Kong remarked, pointing out a fact to Nyx. "So you belong to us and one of us. Nopony will ever accept you as theirs."

Nyx looked down sadly at this. Ben, however, snapped furiously to Po Kong, "Leave Nyx alone, Po Kong! We'll beat you somehow."

Po Kong scoffed, "Even if you did, do you actually think we're about to let you off that easily. Think again, chocolate pony. How will you able to protect her from us if you truly accept her as yours? We'll get Nightmare Moon back, even if we had to crush you like insects to bring out her anger and rage to become her true self!" Twilight look worried when hearing what Po Kong had said. "Mark our words, ponies, we shall not be stopped until Nightmare Moon is in our palms. No matter where you go, you cannot escape from us."

Twilight shook her head as she protests, "No! We will escape! I won't give Nyx to you! You can forget about it, Mountain Demon!"

"If you're hoping to bring me in, you can forget about it!" Ben exclaims in defiance, refusing to give himself up as well.

Po Kong laugh, "You are so funny! Too bad for me and you, I'm gonna have to eat you. I haven't eaten any foods." She then licked her mouth as water dripped from it.

"Got any ideas? We can't fight her like this, not to mention, we're really hungry!" Twilight exclaims, knowing that the group are at a disadvantage.

"Hay, Ah just got a good idea," Tough spoke off in getting the gang's attention here now?

"This oughta be good." Phobos rolled his eyes to say, they got a mountain size demon on them, and Tough's got a thought to fix this.

"If she's hungry 'ta gobble us up, why not overstuff her belly?" Tough spoke off in thinking they can just feed Po Kong enough that she won't chase after them.

"You're joking, right? That's just…" Twilight raised her eyes in finding the idea crazy, who agree to that?

"A GREAT IDEA; we'll stuff her so she can't eat us!" Spike shouted out in liking the idea, much to Twilight's surprise.

"Well, any of us know any food materialization spells?" Ben asked off in wondering if they knew how to make food appear out of thin air, it's a spell top magic users perform to be prepared with consecutive food supplies, but the trick is how 'much' one is trying to bring out, either for one, or an entire population.

"We do!" The Enforcers responded off in saying that they know how to perform the spell requested.

"You do? Gosh, that's a strange thing to learn." Nyx raised an eyebrow in hearing these two know the spell to stop Po Kong.

"Ehh, when you’re not around towns, you tend to make food appear before you." Bocolix shrug off to say that they don't stop much in towns, so they make their own food just in case.

"And now maybe that can help save us. Let's give it a go now!" Dumbledore responded in thinking that the two goofy ponies can do something good to take down a mountain size foe, this could be big.

Soon, the Enforcers had their horns glow to fire a double beam shot in the skies. Dark clouds formed to swirl around before it began to rain….SWEETS! Yes! All the sweets imaginable- pastries, cakes, donuts, cookies, cupcakes, you name it. And if Pinkie Pie were there, she'd almost call this the Sweet Rain of Plenty. And no sooner was the gang's Demon Lord Foe coming at them, until she noticed something that attracted her attention.

"Mmmmmmm….sweets; my favorite; Ahhh-Crumh," Po Kong smiled in liking this little surprise supply of food falling from the skies as she began to open her mouth, chow down while her arms reached forth to grab the sweet stuff off the ground.

"It's working, she's taking the bait!" Ben responded in surprise, they got the Mountain Demon eating out of their hooves, sorta speak.

"Aahhh-Crumh-Crumh! MOOOORE," Po Kong was seen grabbing what was a large mountain pile of collected pastries, cakes, ext. for her to take, but wanted more.

"We need another helping servicing, partners!" Tough shouted out to his buds that were casting the spell, they need to overstuff this Demon, she still got lots of room.

The Enforcers heard the plea and began to work a bit faster and focus more on the spell in the skies. Soon what was happening next was BIGGER food size portions were falling down. This caused some problem for Twilight's group because now they have to watch out for giant food servings. Some almost got crushed by a donut, a GIANT CHOCOLATE-GLAZED DONUT WITH SPRINKLES, FOR PETE'S SAKE! And that was just the tip of the icing when even ice creams, chocolate syrup, bananas, whip cream & with rains of cherries made like an ice cream mountain.

"Mmmm….Mmmmmhmmm….Bring Me MORE," Po Kong was chowing down a lot of the stuff around, and was surrounded by more large piles of food while wanting more. "AND THROW IN SOME SLUGS WITH SALT FLAVOR FOR MY MEAL WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!" The Mountain Demon instructed to her foes to give her some slugs, after all, Demons love those things.

"That's….a weird appetite." Nyx raised her eyebrow in hearing that request was a weird thing to consider it being…a meal.

"About as strange as a Dragon eating gems," Twilight sighed to shake her head in feeling that Po Kong has an even weirder appetite than Dragons like Spike and Phobos that eat gems.

"Ahhh-Crumh-Crumh; MORE; MOOORE, I SAAAAY," Po Kong was seen eating all the meals that were surrounding her like a pool canyon of tasty treats, but she was still wanting more; SERIOUSLY.

"Aaahhhh….I'm feeling a little woozy." Dumbledore groan from his magic from his horn was feeling a little off, and he was getting exhausted now.

"Me too; Aaahh, is she done yet?" Bocolix moans to say in feeling this spell going on for what seem like hours to him be stressful on him, was the enemy even overstuffed?

"No, Po Kong's still going, and she's asking for more." Spike shook his head to the alicorn males that their foe has not dropped at all from eating so much.

"JUST HOW MUCH CAN ONE DEMON EAT," Phobos shouted out to the heavens in not believing this, Po Kong must be a glutton; that much food could make even Ponyville citizens sink from eating too much.

"If you're a mountain size, probably a lot," Ben issued that they are dealing with a Demon of the Mountain, so unless they fill up a creature with an appetite that big, it won't matter.

"Aaahhh," Finally, the Enforcers dropped down on with their legs across the ground, exhausted and poof out. And with that, the spell was starting to cease with the dark clouds fading and now the materialized food piles around Po Kong were starting to almost get finished.

"They're tired out, and Po Kong's finishing the last of the meals. Quickly, we need to vacate from here!" Twilight instructed to her friends in seeing they need to get out of here to rethink their strategy, or they'll be the main course in Po Kong's meal.

With that said, the gang quickly was picking up the pace to get aboard Justin to have the MechBull pull them a bit far from this Mountain Demon. Course during the timing, Po Kong was licking her fingers in finishing the last of the meals from heaven, only to spot her other feast foes escaping.

"Come back here! How dare you make fun of me," Po Kong demands furiously.

Po Kong chase after Twilight and her friends as they went deep into the forest. Po Kong continues to push the trees aside. Twilight became very worried as she looked back on Po Kong.

Twilight said in thought, 'If what Po Kong said is true, how can I continue to save and protect Nyx if I died? No! I can't think of that now!'

While doing her walking, her feet stepped on splinter of the wood. Po Kong's eyes widen in shock. She screams out loud. The female Demon jump around while holding her foot. Everyone looked surprised.

Phobos commented, "Wow. Who would have thought that a splinter like that saved our butts?"

Spike nods as he comments, "Just be glad we're saved."

Twilight and her family gone into deep of the forest; Po Kong took the splinter off her feet. She glared at the direction that Twilight and her friends headed off to.

"My brother is going to kill me." Po Kong grumbles a bit.

Tso Lan's head appear from Po Kong's back as he said wickedly, "That can be arranged, Po Kong."

Po Kong yelps in concern, "Wait, Tso Lan! Give me another chance. I can get Nightmare Moon and young pony prince."

"Luckily for you, you haven't been banished yet so you can still get your chance." Tso Lan said to Po Kong, visibly upset. "Get going and don't fail again!" 

"Yes, sir!" Po Kong replied frantically before she headed off. 

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Twilight and her friends gasp as they are tired and exhausted in running away from Po Kong. The group begins to rest for a while. Twilight looks at Nyx who is now looking at the scenery.

Twilight said in her mind, 'Nyx, will you stay true to yourself if I'm gone and dead? I don't want to see that happen again. I'm afraid to lose you again. I don't want you or Ben to be gone again.'

Twilight sighs of worry. Ben notice her look, making him worried.

Phobos spoke in relief, "Well, we got away from Po Kong. That's good news."

"But bad news is we're hungry and exhausted." Spike groans as he can hear his stomach growling.

"So what are we gonna do?" Tough ask, pondering what the group can do for lunch or dinner or whatever.

"Try asking somepony." A familiar voice spoke up causing everyone to yelp. They turn and saw Tao who is behind them. That old pony always has a way of sneaking up on them like that.

"Tao," Twilight said, relieved to see a friendly face.

"Don't do to that to us! We barely escaped our lives from Po Kong." Phobos scowls to Tao in annoyance.

Tao gasped in pretend shock, "The Demon Lord of Mountain? Ai-yah! I'm glad that you're safe from being devoured like the Hydra."

"Tell me about it." Spike sighs as he fell to the ground, tired and exhausted.

"What are you doing here?" Ben asked, wondering what Tao is up to this time.

Tao smiles as he answers, "Why, I'm cooking the food for my lunch."

"Don't suppose yew mind about letting us in an' have lunch?" Tough asked the old pony hopefully and hungrily.

Tao smiled kindly as he replied, "Of course. I told you that I welcome to anyone who has both respect and manners."

"So what's on the menu?" Bocolix ask while licking his lips.

"The usual, especially mum-bean sandwich," Tao answers honestly.

"Boy, I'm a little hungry. So, don't mind if I start first without any of you?" Phobos asks hungrily.

Tao hits Phobos's head as he scowls, "Not until I set everything up. If the food is not set, then no one is allowed to eat. I told you that I welcome the guests as long they had manners and respects."

Phobos, grumpily, groans, "Sorry."

"Maybe we can help out. That way, we can get our lunch in time." Ben suggests, wanting to help out in making lunch for everyone.

Tao smiled, saying, "Thank you."

Twilight and her friends help Tao to set the food and plates up. They ate their snacks and told him about Kouga and running away from Po Kong.

"Oh my; the archaeologist pony you spoke of is alive?" Tao asked in surprise, though hiding the fact that he helped Kouga in the end.

Nyx sighs, "Yeah; Poor him. He wants to help save the End of Equestria and turn it back into the Valley of Peace."

"Yeah! It's all thanks to that no good Hsi Wu." Spike grumbles while biting into his sandwich.

"I'm truly sorry for him sincerely and deeply." Tao said in sincerely.

"Wish we could help him." Tough groaned a bit. Of course, Tao secretly smiled, knowing how he already took care of Kouga/Jones's problem.

"You did, didn't you? You freed him from Dai Gui. That is good enough." Tao explains gently to the group. "I'm sure he will be safe from harm.

"Better well is that we're safe from Po Kong for now." Ben said, hoping that the group has lost Po Kong for now.

"Don't know if she's coming or not. If she did, we'll continued 'ta run away fro' her." Tough suggests since the group got no way to fight Po Kong for now.

"Running away from your enemy will only create more complications. To avoid such catastrophe, you must defeat her, or she will succeed her mission." Tao explains seriously to Tough.

Twilight looked down while sighing before she said, "Tao's right. To defeat Po Kong, we need the Mystic Banishment Ingredient. So, we can keep Nyx and Ben safe from harm, no matter what the cost."

Ben notice Twilight's looks and tone. He said, "We'll find it later. But for now, we need a plan; A plan in beating Po Kong."

"Yup, you got it, Ben. But we're safe for now so, we should-!" The goofy Alicorn was about to continue but Bocolix got splashed. He glares at Dumbledore who is the one who open the drinks. He smiled uneasily, "Really?! Can't you be more careful of that?!"

"Sorry." Dumbledore said to his colleague sheepishly.

Bocolix rolled his eyes as he scowls, "Yeah, sorry for a pony to shout and lock the door from Castle Nowhere!"

"Hey, how am I supposed to know that my voice could attract unwanted attention?! At least, I didn't cut the Hydra's head as many times as you did!" Dumbledore snaps to Bocolix in frustration.

Bocolix snaps right back, "Well, at least I'm not drunk as you are!" The others watch as the two goofy Alicorns are arguing with each other like mad.

"At least I'm not the one who said to use the Totem Pole 13 against Po Kong!" Dumbledore growls at his pals, getting more upset.

"Want a bet, dummy?!" Bocolix snaps, getting in Dumbledore's face.

"Say that to my face!" Dumbledore exclaims furiously.

Bocolix and Dumbledore argued. Twilight and her family were in shock while Tao sighed and approach Bocolix and Dumbledore from behind. He hits their heads.

Bocolix and Dumbledore yelps in pain before they shouted in unison, "What was that for?!"

"You ponies are bickering like young colts! You are stallions now! So you should behave like some, not act like childish colts!" Tao scolds the two arguing ponies.

"Is arguing that necessary?" Twilight asked the two stallions in disbelief.

"I mean, yeah, there are some mistakes, but you didn't mean to do that. You just want to help." Ben said in agreement, wanting to show the two that no matter what,

"Daddy's right. You guys are good friends. It's just a small mistake." Nyx said in agreement with her parents.

Bocolix groaned, "You had no idea of how small that mistake can be when it comes to a dummy like him."

Dumbledore frowns as he snarls, "Wanna know why, pal?! Because of you, I've been holding back for too long!"

Phobos pauses as he comments, "I hear music coming in."

"If I didn't have you, I wouldn't be in this mess! And I can do whatever I want." Dumbledore argues with his friend once more. Soon he begins to sing a song.

In an imagination world, Dumbledore starts playing the drums, along with the band.

Dumbledore: I'd be rocking with the band!

Dumbledore flew around the area with the Wonderbolts.

Hanging with the Wonderbolts!
I'd be flying 'round this world in a minute

Dumbledore is dressed in king clothes and smile proudly in front of the crowds.

Dumbledore, they would sing
'Cause I would be the pony king

The scene shifted into another scene, Dumbledore threw a dart at a stuffed Bocolix on a dart wall. Dumbledore glare at Bocolix as he pushes his head against him to go back.

I would love this world without you in it! 
If I didn't have you!

"If you didn't have me," Bocolix asked in outrage.

If I didn't have you! 

"Well, how about if I didn't have you?!" Bocolix snapped before he got hit by one of Dumbledore's blasts. "Ouch!"

Dumbledore and Bocolix dance around before Bocolix takes over, and then Dumbledore took it over. Bocolix push him aside.

Both: Oh, what I could be if there was only me! 
Oh, what I'd do if I didn't have you!

In the real world, Ben spoke in concern, "C'mon, guys, it's just a small mistake."

Twilight nods, adding, "Ben's right. Stop bickering and get your act together."

Back in the imagination world, Bocolix is dressed in a black suit while he held Dumbledore down onto the ground. Bocolix continue to step on Dumbledore as he continue to walk and dance on his back. Dumbledore shout in pain.

"Act; did somepony say act? I can act!" Bocolix bragged with a smile before he began singing his part.

Bocolix: If only I had my own parts

Bocolix smiled proudly while holding the skull on his hand, and is dressed like William Shakespeare. He then act any kinds of actors in front of an audience.

My career would be the arts
I'd be the star of Canterlot
You'd be the half that the whole world forgot!

The scene shifted. Bocolix glared at Dumbledore who is glaring right back. He then put his hoof over Dumbledore's shoulder tightly and closely to him.

If I didn't have you!

"I should be so lucky!" Dumbledore remarked dryly.

If I didn't have you!

"Oh, wait! You'd be dead!" Dumbledore shouted.

Bocolix and Dumbledore look annoyed while glaring at each other before they start dancing and chasing around like dog chased the cat, as well as starting to fight.

Both: Oh, what I could be if there was only me! 
Oh, what I'd do if I didn't have you! 
Oh, what I'd do if I didn't have you! 

Bocolix is trapped in his prison while Dumbledore smirked. The former yells out, "Trapped! Aah! Trapped!"

Dumbledore said dryly, "Stuck here with you since our foalhood!"

"Oh, brother, it's hard to count." Bocolix remarks in annoyance.

Bocolix used his hoof and hit on Dumbledore's head. We now see the former, dressed in lawyer clothes while Dumbledore is dressed in prisoner clothes in a court room, both continue to glare at each other.

Dumbledore snaps angrily, "If you'd got me a good lawyer I would have split when we're foals, pal!" 

"Now, listen here, pal! I didn't come here to be insulted!" Bocolix protests to Dumbledore.

Then, lightning struck at Dumbledore's head. The scene shifts into a blue background with Bocolix and Dumbledore continuing to glare.

"Oh? Well, where do you usually go?" Dumbledore challenged Bocolix in amusement.

Nyx, watching, said to the others, "I don't like where this is heading."

Spike nods in agreement, saying, "Tell me about it."

Bocolix transform into a giant Dragon and breath fire at Dumbledore who stood proudly while stepping on Bocolix's body.

Bocolix: I'd be a fire-breathing lizard! 

Dumbledore: I'd be one high-flying wizard! 

Bocolix grab Dumbledore and starts fighting in a puff of smoke. Bocolix dressed as the hunter with his gun on his hoof step on Dumbledore who looked beaten up.

Bocolix: You'd be nothing without me!
You'd be extinct! You'd cease to be!

Bocolix and Dumbledore glare at each other.

Dumbledore: I'm so tired of your nagging! 

Bocolix: And I'm so tired of your bragging! 

Dumbledore: Without me, you'd have no brain. 

Bocolix and Dumbledore starts fighting by punching and kicking each other’s while having strange positions like Bocolix sitting on Dumbledore while drinking, the next is tying Bocolix with ropes while Dumbledore is dressed like a cowpony and so on.

Both: With which to think!

Dumbledore:I'd be rocking with the bands 
(Bocolix: If only I had my own parts) 

Dumbledore: Hanging with the Wonderbolts
I'd be flying 'round this world in a minute 
(Bocolix: My career would be the arts)

Dumbledore: Dumbledore, they would sing 
Cause I would be the pony king
(Bocolix: I'd be the star of Canterlot)

Both: I would love this world without you in it! 
If I didn't have you! 
If I didn't have you!

Bocolix holds Dumbledore tightly on the ground.

(Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)

"How did you like that, dummy pony?" Bocolix taunted.

Both switch their positions. Dumbledore held Bocolix down tightly.

(Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)

"Think again, moron horse!" Dumbledore snapped.

Both continue to fight each other in a puff of smoke. They then begin dancing around together. They then shifted into their Elvis Presley outfits.

Life could be so sweet if these were both my feet! 
What I'd do if I didn't have you! 
I got you, babe! 
Oh, what I'd do if I didn't have you!

Well, oh, if I didn't, 
Oh, if I didn't, 
Have you!

"Thank you very much!" Dumbledore said with a grin.

"Thank you very much!" Bocolix repeated.

"Thank you!" Dumbledore grinned.

"Bocolix has left the building!" Bocolix bragged.

"You've never sung before, have you?" Dumbledore asked Bocolix.

Once the song is over, a frowning Tao grab both Dumbledore and Bocolix and hit their heads hard again. They are both knocked out. Everything returns to reality.

Phobos sighs in relief, "I thought they'd never shut up."

Twilight and her friends shook their heads. Those two need to get their act together.

Tao spoke, "Somehow, sooner or later, Bocolix and Dumbledore will realize that they need each other to overcome the problem."

Tough ask Tao, "When will that happen?"

"You'd never know." Tao said mysteriously as usual.

"Tao, I need to speak with you privately." Twilight said, glancing at Nyx and is getting scared and worried.

"I do not mind." Tao said as he motions himself and Twilight to head on out.

Ben spoke up, "I also need to talk with you, Twilight."

"Mommy; Daddy," Nyx ask, getting worried.

"We'll be right back. Just stay here, okay?" Ben asked while patting his daughter on the head gently, assuring Nyx that she and Twilight will be back soon.

"Whatever happens, call us, we'll be back." Twilight said with a nod.

"Okay." Nyx said with a sigh. Hopefully her parents won't be gone too long.

Twilight nuzzled Nyx then turns to Spike, asking, "Spike?"

"You've got it, ma'am." Spike said, knowing that Twilight would want him to keep an eye out on Nyx at all cost.

Tao guided Twilight and Ben to a deeper part of the forest to have a discussion while leaving Tough, Phobos, Spike and Nyx to look after Bocolix and Dumbledore. Unknown to them, behind Nyx and her friends, a mountain nearby suddenly had a woman's demonic face.

Po Kong smirked evilly as she comments, "They're so gonna be sorry for making fun of me."

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Tao, Twilight and Ben headed down through the forest and stops near a lake. Ben, concerned for his love's behavior, turns to her, asking, "Twilight, what's going on?"

Tao ask, "So what is it you wish to speak of, Twilight?"

Twilight sighs sadly as she explains, "It's about Nyx."

"What is wrong with her?" Tao ask, noticing the scared look on Twilight's face.

"It's nothing wrong. It's just that..... I'm worried." Twilight said, scared and worried at the same time.

"Twilight," Ben ask, noticing that Twilight is getting more frightened than usual.

"What are you afraid of?" Tao ask suspecting that there's more on the poor mother's mind.

"I'm afraid that I can't protect and save Nyx. The Demon Lords are tenacious in getting rid of me, and trying to get Nyx." Twilight said, shivering in fear and sadness. "It's like I'm the plague to her. From what Bai Tza and Po Kong said, Nyx was Tso Lan's creation. If I died, I don't know what will happen to her. I'm afraid that the Demon Lords will take advantage of Nyx's emotions. They'll make her become Nightmare Moon."

"Twilight; Nyx won't become Nightmare Moon, not as long as I lived." Ben said while hugging Twilight gently. "I won't let them kill you. The Demon Lords won't have their ways without a fight."

Twilight nods while saying, "I know, Ben. But what if it really happen, is there something that I could save Nyx from becoming Nightmare Moon? I know we known you for three days, Tao. But I felt that you might be the only one to help us. That's why I want to speak with you."

"I cannot promise that, Twilight." Tao said making Twilight sigh while looking down. "But I do know what you and Ben can do. Remind Nyx of what is important, as well as my advice. If she keeps recalling all the things that she had done for good and family, then Nyx may never become Nightmare Moon. But remember, Twilight, this is Nyx's choice to make, not yours."

"That's what I'm worry. What if she chose wrong? What if I won't see her again? What if Nyx forgets about the good times, her friends, her family, Ben and me?" Twilight ask as tears came out of her eyes.

"Twilight; you must have faith that Nyx will not become Nightmare Moon. Recall the past of what Nyx did from your valuable lessons. You will realize that Nyx can handle that by herself." Tao assures Twilight.

Twilight look worry but decided to do it as she looked through her memories. Twilight remembered one thing. Despite being Nightmare Moon, Nyx is still herself. She's risked her life to saved Twilight from death, freed Spell Nexus and the possessed cult from the 'blessing' and defends Ponyville from monsters. She also remembered that Nyx chose to take the responsibility of the mess that she made from Princesses Celestia and Luna.

Twilight smiled. She opens her eyes and turn to Tao, speaking, "You're right. I must have faith for her. She's willing to do the right thing since that very day she and I met. I can only hope that Nyx remembers what is important than just relying on hate and anger."

Ben nuzzles Twilight, saying, "Because love, family and friendship make her stronger and possible."

Tao nods in agreement, "Indeed."

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On Nyx and her friends' side, Bocolix and Dumbledore woke up from their knockouts.

Spike chuckles as he asks, "So how's your dream?"

Bocolix and Dumbledore groans, "Fine."

Phobos asked the two goofs, "Still arguing over the problem?"

Bocolix and Dumbledore glare at each other before they turn away and huff. Tough remarks, "Ah'd take no fer them."

Nyx sighed, "C'mon, guys. Can't you make up for the mistake you made of? I know there are some you had made, but you didn't mean to do it."

Dumbledore roll his eyes as he say, "Of course, I didn't mean it. But Bocolix came in and ruin everything!"

Bocolix snaps to Dumbledore angrily, "Said to somepony who doesn't use his head."

"Why, you," Dumbledore scowls as he got into his colleague's face again, making the others sigh. Not again!

Bocolix snaps in a challenge, "I dare you!"

Just before Bocolix and Dumbledore could start the fight, they heard and feel the ground shaken. Everyone in the camp was scared and worried.

Phobos asks in fright, "Is it an earthquake?"

"Or maybe -" Spike yelps as he recalls what happened the last time this happened.

Nyx screamed while pointing at her direction, "PO KONG!"

Everyone turn and scream in fear and worry as a giant hand's coming to them to grab the group.

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Tao, Twilight and Ben heard the screams. They gasp in worry and went back to the camp as fast as they can.

Tao calls out to the others, "We must make haste!"

"Po Kong is onto us." Ben said, knowing that it wasn't long before Po Kong would find the group again.

Twilight gasp in fright, "Everypony, hold on!"

Twilight, Tao and Ben ran as fast as they can to their campsites. The trio soon found that Nyx and others were missingl the land has a large hole like something grabbed them and a large footprint.

Tao in concern said, "We are too late."

"Nyx... Spike... Our friends..." Twilight said as she begins to sob. Her family and friends are taken just as the Alicorn has feared, "Noooooooooo!"

Ben pats Twilight on the shoulder saying, "Don't worry, Twilight, we'll get them back."

Tao nods as he said, "Then, there is no time to lose. We must haste."

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Nyx yawn a bit as she wakes up somewhere, "Oh my head. That really hurts. What happen? I remember that Po Kong trying to grab me and the next I know is black."

As she got up, Nyx knock on something. She quickly shook her head in recovering and gasp. Nyx saw a glass in front of her and look around her surroundings to see where she herself is. She found out something shocking: She's in a jar.

"What's going on; why am I in a large jar?! What is this place?! Where am I?!" Nyx ask frantically while she looks around. The mare saw knives, plates, firewood, pots and more nearby. She realized something shocking. "I'm in the kitchen; How did I end up here; Where's Spike; Phobos; Tough; Dumbledore; Bocolix; Koga; Owlowiscious!"

"Nyx; is that you?!" Spike calls out. Nyx turn and saw all of her friends and pets are inside the jars: Tough, Spike, Phobos and their pets in one jar, Justin and Rabbitchu in the second jar while Bocolix and Dumbledore in another.

Phobos said in relief to Nyx, "Boy, glad to see you're alright."

"Well, at least Twilight an' Ben are safe wit' Tao." Tough said, knowing that Twilight, Ben and Tao are safe from Po Kong. "Don't know if they had noticed us missing."

"Where are we?!" Bocolix ask, looking around and freaking out.

Dumbledore answers his buddy in worry, "Don't know. I think it's a kitchen; But whose kitchen?"

Before Nyx could speak, she and her friends heard footsteps, very heavy and loud ones. Everyone turn and saw Po Kong approaching them.

"It's Po Kong!" Bocolix screams out like a girl of sorts.

"We're so in trouble!" Phobos yelps in worry. Po Kong is going to eat him and everyone else!

"This is not good!" Spike exclaims, getting worried and freaked out of course.

"Yer're gonna kill us?!" Tough ask Po Kong, fearing the worst.

"Oh yes, my little ponies; But first," The Demon begins to say. Po Kong turns to Nyx's jar. She smiles. Nyx gulp while shivering in fear, "Nightmare Moon."

Po Kong took and brings the jar towards her. Nyx shiver and scream in fear. Po Kong opened the jar. Her hand reaches and grabs Nyx tightly. The little filly try to get out of Demon's grip but to no prevail. Nyx gasp and so is everyone else. Po Kong put her in front of her as if she's about to eat the former villain. Before Nyx could do anything, Po Kong nuzzles her on her chin. Tough, Spike, Phobos, Bocolix, Dumbledore and their pets were shocked and confused as their mouths were wide opened. What just happened here?

Nyx begins to say in confusion, "What the-"

Po Kong interrupts Nyx with a giggle, "Oh my favorite little niece, Nightmare Moon is back with me and my siblings. We are family together again!"

"Family; What are you-"

"Better let your Aunt Po Kong kiss you."

"What," Nyx screams in terror.

Po Kong put Nyx near her mouth. The filly panicked while trying to get out. Everyone gasp. Instead of eating Nyx, Po Kong licks on her face. They became shocked about this along with being disgusted.

Nyx cringes while groaning, "Eww! That is disgusting!"

Po Kong looks upset as she ask, "Disgusting?! I thought you like it! You'd always let Po Kong give you the best kiss. After all, Po Kong made very good aunt to you than Bai Tza."

Po Kong continues to lick Nyx. Spike groans in disgust, "I rather think Nyx have Rarity, the Mane Four and Princess Cadance as her aunts than that fat Demon."

Phobo nods while saying, "Agreed. She's so ugly."

"Something's off, partner. It's like 'dat Mountain Demon trying 'ta be nice 'ta Nyx. Why?" Tough ask in concern and suspicion. Why is Po Kong being nice to Nyx than all the other Demons before her?

"I don't know. If we don't do something, we're so gonna be Demon chow for good!" Bocolix suggest, knowing that Po Kong will be eating the rest soon enough.

"How're we gonna get out?!" Dumbledore asks frantically, trying to figure out how to get out of these jars.

"Hit 'de glass hard, partner! Charge," Tough ordered his pal. He and the gang charge and try to break the glass. But instead, they bounced back.

Po Kong smirks as she explains to the attempted escapees, "Its magic. Using muscles would bounce you back."

Spike feels his forehead while groaning, "That hurt."

Phobos groans in agreement, "Remind me not to do that again."

"Now what," Dumbledore ask in worry; Po Kong will eat the group soon enough unless they come up with an escape plan ASAP.

"I don't know. Why don't you come up with the idea, dummy," Bocolix ask Dumbledore angrily, getting into another intense argument with his former friend.

"How about you come with that since you talk a lot?!"

Bocolix and Dumbledore continue to glare while Tough, Spike and Phobos groan in annoyance. This could take a while. To make matters worse, Po Kong smile at Nyx while nuzzling her. The filly looks worried and freaked out by this enemy's behavior.

"Why are you being nice to me? I mean most of the Demon Lords want to capture me by brute force!" Nyx points out to Po Kong in worry.

Po Kong explains eagerly, "Why you're my favorite niece! Why wouldn't I be nice to you?"

"It's kinda weird for a Demon Lord of Mountain."

"I maybe Demon Lord, but it doesn't mean I'm all bad. Well, I do make ponies as slaves. Besides, we get out lunch together. Then, we go home where your real daddy is waiting."

"Real daddy," Nyx ask Po Kong as if saying 'what the hay are you talking about?'

"Who's her dad?! I mean she already has Ben as her dad!" Spike demands to Po Kong in annoyance. After all, why would Nyx go back to someone who isn't her daddy when she got Ben as one already?

"Adopted father, traitor; She is one of us, and never be with you from beginning. After all, Tso Lan is her creator." Po Kong points out to Spike roughly.

"Tso Lan is my real father?! No way! I won't believe it." Nyx protests angrily. She refuse to believe that monster is her father! The filly wanted Ben as her father, not some monster who wanted to kill Twilight and her friends!

"It's the truth, little pony. Just face it. Anything you need, I'll be nice."

"Okay, now we know you're nice. But wouldn't you mind letting me and my friends off?"

Po Kong gasp as if hearing something mean, "Leaving so soon?! We haven't gotten eaten lunch, especially your favorite meal."

"What meal be that?" Spike asks Po Kong, getting worried by the hungry look on Po Kong's face.

Dumbledore gulps a bit, "I'm not gonna like it."

Po Kong smirks as she gave her wicked answer, "Pork and pony chop! Those are mine as well." Po Kong laughs evilly. Nyx and her friends gulp about this.

"Meats; I eat meats?! Yuck! That's even worst, ridiculous and stupid than Tchang Zu's wine!" Nyx exclaims to Po Kong in disgust. The mare has never eaten meat and she refused to do so now!

"She's a pony!" Spike points out to the villainess with a frown.

Phobos nods as he adds in, "What makes you think she eats meat?!"

Po Kong smile and laugh, "My brethren were right. All of you are very amusing and funny. Have you forgotten that she was Nightmare Moon's first fail-safe, her reincarnation? She has Tso Lan's blood, and she has our rage, anger and hatred. Thus, she is one of us. She's a Demon."

Nyx look down at this while sighing. Tough however snaps to Po Kong furiously, " Leave 'de filly alone, monster."

"Back off, fatty! She's Nyx and a pony! She belongs to Twilight and Ben. They're her real family." Bocolix exclaims to Po Kong in defiance. While Boris may not like Nyx, at least Bocolix and Dumbledore knows better than to force Nyx back to the Demon Lords!

"Yeah; you're barking at the wrong tree! Wait she's a dog Demon, right?" Dumbledore ask in confusion, wanting to make sure what Po Kong really is.

"She's a troll, dummy!"

"Don't call me that! I know that, you moron!"

Bocolix angrily demands to Dumbledore, "Why do you always steal my ideas?!"

Dumbledore snaps to Bocolix right back as the others watch on, "Hey, you're the one who always steal my foods!" Soon the two got into a hoof fight, trying to knock one another down.

"Take that back, dummy!"

"Think again, moron!"

Po Kong groan then yells to shut the two goofy Alicorns up, "SILENCE! I'm an ogre; Stupid ponies. No matter, I'll set mine and Nightmare Moon a lunch. First, I set the fire and pots first. Then, I cook seven of you. After our lunch, I'll take Nyx back to her real daddy." Po Kong approaches the jar and put Nyx in it. She put it on the table near the female Demon. "Don't go anywhere, little Nighty. Auntie Po Kong is going to cook the best meat meal in the world."

Nyx gags while snapping, "And I'm not going to like it. Not one bit."

Po Kong set all the kitchen equipment. Spike in worry whispers, "Twilight, Ben, Tao. Where are you?"

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Somewhere in the forest, Twilight, Ben and Tao ran as fast as they can while looking around their surroundings, hoping to find any sign of Nyx, Spike and the others.

Twilight spoke up, " Nyx and others had to be somewhere here. I can't believe that we didn't notice her from the beginning."

Ben nods while saying, "We know that Po Kong is a very enormous and giant Demon Lord. But why didn't we notice her from the distance? How she avoided that?"

Tao answers the worried parents, "Po Kong maybe the gigantic Demon Lord but she has the special ability to blend in and void being detected. And that is shaping herself as one of mountain."

"Well, that explains why she's Demon Lord of the Mountain." Twilight said, explaining why Po Kong is known as the Demon Lord of the Mountain. "I hope we can get Nyx and others before who know what Po Kong will do to them, especially..." The mare begins to sob. "Especially..." The worried mother sob some more, fearing what will happen to her poor baby filly.

Ben pats Twilight on the back, saying gently, "Easy Twilight. We'll get her. I promise. We won't let her eat our friends and take Nyx to her Demon Lords."

"Yes, we will get your friends back. But for now, I need a break. You must go on without me." Tao said, motioning his friends to deal with Po Kong by themselves, much to their shock and alarm.

"But, Tao-"

"Ben, I appreciate your worries and thinking of my well-being. But if you do not rescue your daughter in time, Tso Lan, the Demon Lord of Moon, will make yours as his."

Ben looks startled by what Tao just say. He then ask, "Wait, what do you mean making mine as his?"

Twilight gulps as she begins to ask, fearing the worst, "Tao, you're not saying that-"

Tao look serious as he explains, "Tso Lan is the creator of the Nightmare Seeker with hatred, rage and anger, from what you spoke of. However, the creation cannot be created without the means of having life to move and think."

Ben and Twilight both gasps as they came up with the same answer, "His Blood!"

"Correct. Without it, his creation would not have existed in the first place while Princess Luna would not have become Nightmare Moon."

"So that means Tso Lan is Nyx's real father! No way," Ben exclaims angrily. He will not accept that Tso Lan is Nyx's real father, not by a long shot!

"It's hard to believe, I know, my boy. But that is the dark truth." Tao said to Ben with a sigh. He knows how hard it is to accept the truth but there it is.

"Even so, Tso Lan maybe Nyx's real dad. But a true father is not about based on the blood or flesh, but how much you care for Nyx. From what I can tell, these Demon Lords wouldn't care for Nyx so much, but their own empire and winning."

Twilight agrees, saying, "Ben's right. Nyx may have Tso Lan's blood, but she has mine as well. Nyx has her freewill. She chose light and freedom, not dark and slavery. I'm not going to let Nyx be Nightmare Moon again."

Tao smiles, proud of what the parents just say; He said, "Well spoken. True parents are not necessary based on child's blood and flesh, but how much love and care for the child as their own. Go now. You must save her. She must not be restored to her demonic form."

Ben nods. But as he and Twilight are preparing to head off, he turn and ask Tao, "Will you be okay, Tao?"

Tao smile, answering, "I'll be fine. Even if I disappear, I'm sure we'll meet again. But the life of your daughter must come first. Both of you are her true parents."

"Thank you. We'll come back to you as soon as possible." Twilight promise Tao, hoping to come back ASAP.

Twilight and Ben left Tao behind. They gallop as fast as they themselves can in hopes to save Nyx and the others in time. Jade appear from Tao's behind. She frowns while saying, "You could have help them to save Nyx and others."

Tao sighs as he speaks, "Jade......"

"I know. We're not allowed to interfere in mortal's affairs until they succeed in their mission. But still, your prediction said that you'll help them soon."

"That is true, Jade. My nemesis is waiting for me to appear and make my move. However, I must put Twilight, Ben and their families’ safety first before I engage the battle with Shendu, with my powers. At the end of their journey and mission, I shall reveal mine and every Mystic Ponies to them."

Jade nods, saying, "I understand. I hope you know what you're doing."

"Everything will be fine, Jade." Tao said, hoping that what he just said is in fact true.

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Back to Po Kong's home, the female Demon continue to cook her breakfast while Tough and others try to figure out on escaping the prison. Meanwhile, two certain nitwits kept on with their foolish argument.

"This is all your fault!" Dumbledore exclaims to Bocolix furiously, making the others sigh in irritation.

"How is this my fault?!" Bocolix demands to Dumbledore in frustration.

"If you hadn't argued with me, we wouldn't be in this mess!"

"You're the one who messed up my mane! I bet everything we do is always your mistake, dummy! That's how we got into a mess in the first place!"

Dumbledore glares at Bocolix as he snaps, "Take that back, moron!"

Bocolix snaps right back, "I won't!"

Dumbledore and Bocolix start fighting again in a puff of smoke. Tough, Spike and Phobos got annoyed by it. Twilight's assistant yells at the two in annoyance, "Will you knock it off?!"

The two stop fighting, looking at their pals as Phobos asks, "Don't you guys get it?! Your argument is the reason how we got caught! If you both hadn't started it, we would have gotten out together."

Tough nods as he said, "'De dragons are right! 'Dis is not 'de time 'ta fight each other. We gotta git Nyx away from'Po Kong!"

Bocolix and Dumbledore both look down in regret, saying, "Sorry." Their allies are right. They got captured because of the fact that Bocolix and Dumbledore were arguing too much.

Po Kong licks her lips a bit as she smells the taste of the soup. The female Demon said eagerly, "The food is ready." She turns to Nyx. "Okay, Nightmare Moon, it's time to-!" Po Kong gasps upon noticing something, "What the?!"

Po Kong saw Nyx lying down on the ground. Her eyes are closed as if she's sleeping. Po Kong quickly open the jar's cover. She poked on Nyx's stomach three times. The filly didn't respond. Po Kong gasps, and so as other Nyx's friends. She's dead!

Everyone except Po Kong gasps in horror, "Nyx!"

"By Demon's beard! I'm in trouble! If my oldest brother sees this, I'll be in big Demon trouble!" Po Kong exclaims frantically. Tso Lan is going to kill her when he finds out that Nyx is now dead!

Tso Lan is heard yelling, "PO KONG!" His transparent face appears from behind Po Kong's back. She yelps in worry and getting scared. Po Kong, panicking, quickly closes the jar. She turns and faces Tso Lan while putting the jar behind her back.

"Tso Lan! Nice to see you drop by!"

"Skip the formalities, Po Kong. I wish to know. Have you completed the mission? Have you retrieve Ben, or at least my daughter?"

Po Kong nervously answer, Well, I had managed to catch some ponies and traitorous Spike."

Tso Lan glares as he speaks, "I told you before Po Kong. I want Nightmare Moon back here. If you want to perform the Restoration Spell or not on Nightmare Moon, it's fine. But I want her back to the realm! So I suggest you do it now at once, instead of your stomach!"

While Po Kong and Tso Lan are talking, Nyx open her eyes and wink at her friends. Tough, Spike, Phobos, Bocolix, Dumbledore, Koga and Owlowiscious gasp. The little filly was faking her death the whole time!

"She's not dead?!" Spike gasps in surprise yet relief.

Phobos said, "Correction: She's playing death; Why?!"

"Why would she do that?! She's giving us a heart attack." Bocolix remarks in relief though a bit annoyed by what Nyx just did.

"Is she trying to scare us or something?!" Dumbledore ask the others in bewilderment.

Nyx panic as she quickly goes back to her pretend 'death'. Tough frowns as he snaps at the others, "Idiots! Quiet! Yer're making things worst! Nyx's trying 'ta escape by faking her death at Po Kong!"

Everyone from the jar nod their heads. Tso Lan, hearing something, demands to Po Kong, "What is that noise?!"

"My.....uh.....lunch!" Po Kong said nervously, covering up Nyx's 'death'. "Boy, you know them, they're always like to panic when I'm hungry."

"I do not care for your stupid stomach, Po Kong! I want Nightmare Moon found alive! So get the job done!"

Po Kong nods her head. Tso Lan's head disappear. She then turned to Nyx's jar, looking worried and scared. Tso Lan is going to kill her when he finds out about his creation's death.

Po Kong groans like mad, "What am I gonna do?! What am I gonna do?!" 

Po Kong thought for a moment. She gasps upon getting an idea. Everyone look at the scene carefully as Phobos ask, "You'd think Po Kong will let Nyx out to the outside?"

Spike said hopefully, "I hope so."

"Look! Something's about 'ta happen! Ah hope she's escape." Tough said as Po Kong open the jar. She took Nyx out by pulling her tail. The filly continued to pretending to be dead as Po Kong glance at her.

Po Kong sigh, "It's always good to that know you're alive. But it is pity to see you like this. Oh well, goodbye, my beloved Nightmare Moon."

Po Kong licks her mouth as she move her hand up high. Everyone saw what happens. Po Kong's mouth opens. Everyone was in shock. Spike scream, "Oh no! Nyx's gonna get eaten alive again!"

"That's definitely not what we had hoped for!" Phobos exclaims frantically. Not good, not good!

"She's gonna eat Nyx! Darn it! We've gotta do something!" Tough exclaims in alarm. The group got to get out of the jars in hope to save Nyx in time before it's too late!

Bocolix nods frantically as he said to his colleague in privacy, "If we don't get out of here soon, Twilight will be very upset! Who knows what she's gonna do next after Nyx?! She could kill herself."

Dumbledore frantically said, "Boris will definitely kill us! Not to mention Ben and that old Earth Pony! We've gotta do something!"

Everyone from the jar attack the glass as hard as they can, though it keeps them bouncing back. Bocolix and Dumbledore then launch magic at the glass. The glass breaks. They fire right at Po Kong's hand. The female Demon yelp in pain while letting go of her grasp; she turn to the jar. After hitting Po Kong's hand, their magic shot straight out of the window's glass. 

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Outside, Twilight and Ben saw the glass breaking from a house as well as magic lights. Ben gasps, "Could that be -!"

"It has to be! Hang on, Nyx! We're on our way!" Twilight exclaims as she gallops towards the direction of where the commotion's coming from.

The voice from before said mysteriously, "Two must unite to defeat the Mountain."

Both Ben and Twilight heard the voice. The stallion asks his love, "Think that will help us?"

Twilight spoke, "We can think of that later, our friends and Nyx need us."

The couple follows the lights as they are heading to the house. Nyx and the others must hang in there!

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As Nyx continue falling down to the ground, everyone good gasps in fear, "NYX!!!"

Nyx woke up from her pretend death. She gasp and quickly fly up high. Po Kong gasps in alarm, distracting the female Demon enough to allow Bocolix and Dumbeldore to free Tough, Spike, Phobos, Koga and Owlowiscious from the glass jars.

Po Kong screams in anger to Nyx, "You deceived me! I treated you well! You dare lied to Aunt Po Kong?!"

"Even if you're nice, you're still a Demon!" Nyx scoffs to the fake aunt sternly. "Besides, even if you agree to what I want, you will kill them!" Nyx transform into her Battle Mode. "I won't accept you, Po Kong!"

Po Kong snarl, "Insolent brat! You will pay for your treachery, Nightmare Moon!"

"You're gonna had to beat me down first, Mountain Demon!"

"So be it!"

Po Kong took the pots, plates and any equipment and ate them one-by-one. Nyx was shocke to see this, and so as the others. Po Kong continue to eat, and her body starts growing bigger and bigger. Tough yelp, "What in tarnation?!"

Spike asks in alarm, "What's going on?!"

Phobos asks in disbelief, "Should she fighting us?" Po Kong appears to be eating than fighting!

Nyx gasps in realization, "Oh no! It's Po Kong's powers! The more she eats, the stronger and bigger she gets. So that's why she ate lots of them. We'll be in trouble if we don't stop her. Everypony attack her at once!"

Everyone, except Koga and Owlowiscious who sticks with Justin and Rabbitchu who are in their broken jar, charge at Po Kong who continues to eat the stuff. Tough use his gun and fire at Po Kong's shoulder, but she didn't feel pain. Spike and Phobos fire their Dragon and Moon Rage at her face. Po Kong yelp in pain but she did not stop but continue to eat the food as fast as she can.

Bocolix and Dumbledore fire their magic at every parts of Po Kong while flying around. Nyx attack at Po Kong's face, though she felt pain, Po Kong continue to eat the stuff and equipment.

Nyx calls out to the others, "Everyone, together!"

Nyx, Bocolix and Dumbledore fire their attacks on the front of Po Kong while Spike, Phobos and Tough attack from behind. Despite yelping and feeling pain, Po Kong continues to eat.

Spike groans in irritation, "Doesn't she ever stop eating?!"

"So how much food she can take," Phobos asks, a bit disturbed by how much Po Kong is eating.

Po Kong ate the chair lastly. She then burps loudly. Tough looks disturbed as he said, "Ah'd say now 'dat's enough fer 'dat Demon! An' we're in trouble!"

Po Kong roars at her enemies, "Prepare to be devoured!"

Po Kong charges at her enemies. She uses her fists and slam onto the ground hard, causing the others to dodge the attack. Tough was about to fire his gun, but instead Po Kong kick him up high. She continued to kick the stallion like playing soccer without touching the ground, just before the female Demon slap him to the kitchen's wall.

Spike and Phobos continue to run as fast as they can away from Po Kong. She walks towards them in 2 or 3 meters. The Demon is now in front of them. Spike and Phobos got panicked. Just before they could start running, Po Kong kicks them out to the wall. Spike and Phobos land on the ground hard.

Spike groans while rubbing his tail, "Ow! Ouch! She's worst!"

Phobos agrees while groaning, "No kidding! How on Dragon's name are we gonna beat that thing?!"

Po Kong roars angrily. Bocolix and Dumbledore blast their magic at her while flying up high. Po Kong jump and try to attack them with her palms. Booclix and Dumbledore dodge and avoid being hit by Po Kong. She became very frustrated and annoyed. The villainess took some rocks nearby and threw them at Bocolix and Dumbledore.

The two Alicorns dodge as fast as they can until big one hit them hard. They landed on the ground hard.

Po Kong snarls, "That get rid of nuisance. Now, it's your turn, Nightmare Moon!"

Nyx yells out to Po Kong angrily, "My name is Nyx! Wouldn't it kill you Demons to remember my name?!"

"Nightmare Moon is your real name. I'm going to punish you, you little brat!"

"Try me, Po Kong!"

Nyx charge and flew right at Po Kong. She was about to slam on Nyx but the mare blast her magic at Po Kong before flying up to the sky. Nyx repeat the same trick on Po Kong for a few times. Po Kong became very annoyed at it while she growl in anger. Nyx was about to launch the attack at Po Kong's back.

Po Kong turns around. Nyx gasp and quickly stopped until her enemy use her hand and grab the mare tightly. The female Demon smiles wickedly while saying, "Gotcha, my pretty." Nyx try to het free from Po Kong's grasps while groaning. The villainess brings Nyx close to her face. "Aunt Po Kong is going to spank you big time, you little brat! I'll teach you some manners! After that, I'll devour your friends for good!"

Nyx groans in defiance and determination, "I won't let you!" There's no way that this female Demon is going to get her, not a chance in Tartarus!

Po Kong chuckle sinisterly, "But what can you do? You're stuck in my hand now. You belong to us!"

Po Kong's hand got blasted, letting Nyx escaped. Both she and Nyx turn to the source of attacks. Twilight, her horn glowing, said sternly, "Correction, Po Kong; Nyx belongs to her real and good family!"

"So paws off our daughter!" Ben exclaims sternly to Po Kong.

Nyx smiled while exclaiming, "Mommy; Daddy!"

Po Kong snarls before chuckling, "Oh, good. I've been wondering when you're gonna show up!" Twilight and Ben armed themselves in the air. Nyx join her parents to fight off Po Kong.

"Mommy; Daddy; be careful! Po Kong will eat more food to not only stuff herself, but making her stronger."

"Then, we have to make our moves first! Sword Beam," Ben exclaims as he fires a blast from his Master Sword.

Twilight fires out a familiar attack, "Unicorn Burst!"

Ben and Twilight blast his sword and her magic at Po Kong's shoulders. The female Demon snarl angrily, "I'll rip you apart!"

Po Kong roars as she charge right at Twilight, Ben and Nyx. The trio flew far and far away from Po Kong while the Demon took rocks and dirt to throw at them with everything she had. Twilight, Ben and Nyx continue to dodge the attacks from her as fast as they can. They blast back at Po Kong.

Though the attacks affected her, Po Kong did not feel pain and only snarl as she keep on throwing the rocks at her enemies. As Po Kong continues to attack Twilight, Ben and Nyx, Tough, Spike, Phobos, Bocolix and Dumbledore recover from their injuries. They charge and attack Po Kong from behind.

Tough charge and grab Po Kong's hair as he try to pull her down with his strengths and temper. Po Kong yell in pain and anger, "Impossible!"

Tough smirks while saying, "One, fatty Demon: never mess wit' one angry pony like me! Try 'dis!"

Tough continue to pull her down with his strengths and temper. Po Kong was dragged down half way to her back. Spike and Phobos fire their Dragon and Moon Rage on Po Kong's face. She yell in anger as Po Kong pull herself out from her back with her might, causing Tough to hold onto Po Kong's hair tightly. Twilight, Ben and Nyx blast their attacks at Po Kong when she got up from her back.

Po Kong yells in anger as she grab Tough from her back hair. The female Demon threw him at Spike and Phobos hard. She then quickly grabs all three of them. Bocolix and Dumbledore charge at Po Kong from her left. She threw Tough, Spike and Phobos at Booclix and Dumbledore. The five of them got knocked down and fell to the ground. Po Kong then turn to Twilight, Ben and Nyx. Twilight flew right at Po Kong while calling out, "Nova Punch!"

Twilight use her hooves and punch right on Po Kong's face, knocking her down to the ground. Twilight turn and fire her magic at Po Kong when she's down. Ben and Nyx charge and blasted theirs as well. Po Kong yells in anger as she got up quickly. Twilight, Ben and Nyx turn and were about to fire at Po Kong. But she grab Twilight, Ben and Nyx tightly in her both grasps.

The trio tries to break free but got trapped. Po Kong smirks while looking at them. The female Demon spoke to herself, "Hmm...... It looks like I finally got my lunch. Which one should I do? Eat these ponies, or deliver Nightmare Moon to Tso Lan? Tough choice," Po Kong's stomach growl loudly. "I'll take food; Lunch time."

Nyx screams in alarm, "Nooooooo!" That Demon is going to eat her parents.

Ben, struggling, turns to Twilight, exclaiming, "Twilight! You think you can get us out?"

Twilight struggles as she answers, "I don't think so. I can't use my magic. They are ineffective against Po Kong. But my Nova Punch is the only ability to defeat her."

"No. This can't end like this!" Nyx exclaims in alarm.

Tough, Spike, Phobos, Bocolix and Dumbledore recover from the attack. They gasp as Spike exclaims, "Oh no! Twilight, Ben and Nyx are trapped!"

"We've gotta to do something!" Phobos exclaims in alarm. Something must be done, but what?

"Everyone charge!" Tough ordered. He, Spike and Phobos charges at Po Kong. Po Kong turns and kicks them into a jar. She quickly closes the jar tight.

Phobos slaps himself on the forehead in irritation, "I hate it when she does that!"

Spike said as he tries to break free again, "We've gotta do something."

Po Kong smirks as she turns to Twilight, Ben and Nyx. The daughter pleads to the female Demon, "Po Kong! Leave my parents alone! I'll do anything! Please spare them!"

Po Kong shakes her head as she answers, "Sorry, my tummy said it's lunch time. Say goodbye, Twilight and Ben."

Po Kong dip both Twilight and Ben on the salts while licking her mouth. They both cough as they two were being pulled up. Nyx gasp in worry. Dumbledore and Bocolix got panicked. This won't end well for not only Twilight and Ben, but them as well!

Dumbledore exclaims to Bocolix frantically, "We've gotta do something!"

Bocolix ask Dumbledore, "Like what?!"

"I don't know; something to do with a Mystic Banishment Ingredient, moron!"

"How are we gonna find it?!"

A drum hit on Bocolix's head, and then land on Dumbledore's hooves. He blinks while asking, "Is that a drum?"

Bocolix, rubbing his head, recognizes the drum and gasps, "Not just any drum, it's -!"

A familiar voice spoke up, "You two must be united. Bang the drum three times."

"Why should I?!" Dumbledore demands to the voice angrily. Why should he work with Bocolix after all the trouble he has caused?!

Bocolix agrees as he snaps, "After all, it's his fault!"

"I couldn't agree more since he start the mess in the mistake in the first place!"

"Even if I did, you're the one who repeats the mistakes as many as you did before!"

Dumbledore snaps to Bocolix angrily, "So not!"

"So too," Bocolix yells at Dumbledore right back.

The voice scowls, interrupting the arguing, "Stop bickering! Will you forgive yourselves if your friends are devoured? How will you repay the debt after what Twilight and her family did for you?"

Bocolix and Dumbledore turn. They became shocked and worried. The voice is right; the others help them so how will they forgive themselves for letting their friends get eaten like this? Po Kong held Twilight and Ben up high while her mouth open. Nyx sob in sadness. Tough, Spike and Phobos try to knock the glass out as hard as they can.

Nyx sob while pleading, "Po Kong; Please! Don't!"

Po Kong chuckles as she answers, "Sorry. I'm very hungry. Once I devour your adopted parents, you'll be the Nightmare Moon that we know of."

"Please! Don't!"

Twilight screams out while struggling, "You won't get away with this!"

"We'll beat you!" Ben exclaims while trying to escape but to no prevail.

Po Kong laugh, "I doubt of that. It's lunch time."

Bocolix and Dumbledore became worried and scared. The voice reminds them, "Remember: this is your heart desire, not Boris's order."

Bocolix pauses then spoke up, "Well, I did say I want to be actor so everypony can respect me."

Dumbledore say as he adds, "I want to be rock star. To be honest, being with Twilight and her family, kinda make me a better pony."

"Me too; I'm very sorry, Dumbledore."

"So sorry too."

The voice then asks the two gently, "So what is your choice?"

Bocolix and Dumbledore look at the drums before they said at the same time, "Helping our friends."

Bocolix turns to Po Kong then calls out to get her attention, "Hey freak!"

Po Kong turns and saw Bocolix and Dumbledore who held the drum. She gasps as Dumbledore demands, "Let go of our pals, or to the Realm of Demons is your last stop!"

Po Kong snarls furiously, "I'll rip you apart, ponies!"

Po Kong roars as she put Twilight, Ben and Nyx in another jar and tighten it. Po Kong charges at Bocolix and Dumbledore who glance and smirk.

"Ready?" Dumbledore ask Bocolix in determination.

Bocolix nods as he motions to the drum, saying, "Be my guest."

Dumbledore hits the first sound, followed by Bocolix hitting the second. As they were about to hit the third, Po Kong shook the ground. Bocolix and Dumbledore got shaken and fell to the ground. They turn and saw Po Kong in front of them. She glared at them while demanding, "Give me that drum!"

However the familiar voice calls out quickly, "Finish the last beat. Yu Mo Gwai Gwaai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gwai Gwaai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gwai Gwaai Fai Di Zao!"

Bocolix smirks as he taunts Po Kong, "You want it?"

Dumbledore finishes up, "You can have it!"

Bocolix and Dumbledore threw the drum right at Po Kong's face. With the third sound beats, the drum glow in green and blast at Po Kong. She screams in pain. A large door appears from Po Kong's back. She gasp and try to hold tight onto the ground but the current dragged her to the door.

Po Kong screams out in fright, "Nooooooooo! I haven't eaten my lunch!"

The portal closed. Twilight and her friends cheered proudly and wildly. Bocolix and Dumbledore cheer while hugging together.

Bocolix exclaims to his pal, "You did it, Dumbly!"

Dumbledore smiles while saying, "We did it, Boco!"

Bocolix smile as he said, "C'mon, let's help our friends."

Bocolix and Dumbledore help Twilight and her friends out from the jar. Ben smiles to, unknown to him still, his rival's minions while saying, "Thanks for the save, guys."

"See, Bocolix and Dumbledore, Tao's right. You guys should stick together no matter what, even the smallest argument." Twilight said, reminding the two as to what Tao said. No matter what, Bocolix and Dumbledore needed one another.

Nyx nods as she transform back to her filly self, saying, "You guys rock. You're heroes."

Spike nods as he said, "You said it, Nyx."

Bocolix and Dumbledore blush embarrassedly while both say at the same time, "Shucks, it's nothing. We're glad to help."

"But no more music about arguing; I find it irritating." Phobos scolds, having enough of the argument song from before.

"Just glad 'ta see yew git together again." Tough remark, relieved that Bocolix and Dumbledore has patch up their differences.

Ben ponders something as he said, "I wonder if this has to do with the riddle."

Twilight smiles as she answers, "I think so. Two must be referring to Bocolix and Dumbledore while Mountain is Po Kong. They have to put their differences aside and helped us defeat Po Kong."

"Just glad that's everything is over."

Outside Po Kong's home, Tao and Jade overheard and saw everything. The filly smiles while saying, "Those two sure cause a lot of problems."

Tao nods as he adds, "True, but if it weren't for them, Twilight and Ben would have be lost in the belly of Po Kong."

"So, you'd think that plan of yours work? Ya know about Boris?"

"It takes time. But first, Bocolix and Dumbledore had to understand the true meaning of heroes and friendship. If that happened, they and Trixie will help us in the future."

Jade nods while adding, "I hope so."

Tao and Jade turn and walk off. The old pony spoke of something else, "One more thing. Is Dragon Kick having good time with Gwen?"

Jade smile as they puffed out of sight in the smoke that appears. That means yes.

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Po Kong screams as she continue to fall from the top in the Realm of Demons. Tso Lan and his brethren notice her from below. They yelp in worry and fear as the Demons quickly escape except Hsi Wu and Xiao Fung who knocked their heads into each other. Po Kong slam onto them both.

Hsi Wu, struggling to escape, groans out, "Get off of us, Po Kong!"

"You're killing us!" Xiao Fung yells out frantically.

Po Kong got up slowly while rubbing her head. Hsi Wu and Xiao Fung are in flat shape. Po Kong turns and saw her angry siblings. She said sheepishly, "Sorry."

Tso Lan sighs in annoyance as he ask Po Kong, "Po Kong, what am I going to do with you?" Once again, another attempt to get his creation back...foiled!

Shendu reminds Tso Lan, "Remember, Tso Lan, it is not over yet."

"Indeed, it has not.