//------------------------------// // Episode 1 - Through The Looking Glass (part 1) // Story: Legends of Chima - The Knights of Chima // by GundamBrony //------------------------------// "It's been 5 months since the defeat of Lord Tierk and Princess Twilight Sparkle now gain a new castle as well as a purpose : to spread the magic of friendship. With that, Equestria is at peace as ponies now return to their daily lives as the magic of friendship continue to spread around. However, at one point lies in the Canterlot Castle, lies a portal in the form of a mirror, identical to the one that Twilight and Spike traveled to a year ago. From it, lies a new paradise world ruled by highly advanced animals that walk and talk like humans called Chima. All of one natural resource that gave them : Chi, a power that is both a source of life and holds the power of destruction as all of the eight tribes now live in peace. To make sure that the Chi will be shared properly, each of the tribes use the chi to traveled to Equestria to select eight special animals to defend their homes as their knights. However, with the rise of the Ice Tribe and turning Chima into a ice age, the knights united to face against this threat. Each of them learns about the important of friendship, compassion, kind, and love as the knights prevail against the Ice Tribe with the help of the Fire Tribe. But the leader of the Ice Tribe, Sir Fangar discovered one of the knights possess a special power that unlock the other world and plans to capture it and use that power to go to the new world and conquer it along with Chima too. As the Ice Tribe ambush the eight knights and captured one of them, the knights now traveled to their land and save their comrade, as the Ice Tribe almost succeed of open a gate way to Equestria, the Fire Tribes used the eight artifacts to produce the "illumination" to return Chima to its primordial state and the knights sacrifice themselves to seal the gateway and allow the Fire Tribe to trapped the Ice Tribe into the Gorge of Eternal Depth in ice. With the Ice Tribe now sealed, the eight tribes honor them as the Fire Tribe's home, Mount Cavora was lifted into the sky and surrounded by an energy field, making the phoenix tribe isolated from the eight "newborn" tribes. However, there also rumored that one day when Chima is threaten once more, the knights will returned, reincarnated as new animals to defend it. But their legends begin to be forgotten by each years pass...........until now." At the ball room at the Canterlot Castle, everypony was celebrating of a special day called, 'National Pet Day' which Pinkie Pie set up for as she brought her pet baby toothless alligator, Gummy as she let him playing with the Mane 6's pet at the garden. Angel, Fluttershy's bunny, was taking a nap under the tree until, a screech interrupted as he look up, annoyed and saw a Persian cat, hissing at a certain dog, barking at it as it wants to play with the others but the Persian cat kept hissing back as if it trying to say no. Then an brown owl flying to Angel side as it hoot, asking him if he wants to play with them. Seeing that as both Winona and Opal are making a noise, he shrugged and start to play with the others. Inside of the ball room, the Mane 6 watches as their pets doing their times together, holding their smiles while they chat each other with only Spike only sighed sadly as Twilight notice of this, "What's wrong, Spike?" "Well, it's just that.........." he look down a bit "It would be nice is Peewee can come." She patted his shoulder and gave her gentle smile, "I know that you miss him, Spike and it would be great if he comes by too, but remember what you said." "Yeah, I know...." he sighed " Even if you love something, sometimes the best thing to do, is to set them free. But it's just.......I miss him." "We all do." Twilight gave him a hug which he felt better at her effort to cheer him up. As for the pets, Tank take one of Opal's toys that she hissed at him and starting to scratched his shell which Angel and Winona along with Owlowiscious deadpanned at this scene as they speak in their language of trying to at least calm them down to the which of making a cat nip that Opal became doozy upon contact which Gummy just stared at it with blank expression while Angel just talk to Tank of giving her toy back which he nodded as he dropped from his mouth a mouse toy as Angel threw to Opal, snapping out of her doozy and starting to play with her toy. Suddenly, the pets saw something from the sky as both the pets and the Mane 6 look up as they saw two phoenixes swooping down along with a another one to the tree as the middle one flew to Spike and gave him a nuzzle. "Wait, Peewee, is that you?" he asked the full grown phoenix which it nodded as continue to nuzzle his cheek. Spike then hugged him, eyes now filled with watered tears. "Looks like your pet is now a full grown phoenix after you return him to his parents." said Fluttershy as the others watch the two reunited each other. "My guess is that Peewee missing you, Spike that their parents allowed him to stay with you for a while." Twilight guessed as Peewee's parents gave them a happy glance as Peewee broke their embrace and flew to the pet's side which they introduce to themselves before they start playing with each other. Winona begin teaching Peewee of playing tag while Opal was sleeping on the medow, Angel and Tank jump into the lake, causing a splash as drips of water splash around Opal, shivering in freezing and hissing at the two. While the two begin splashing around with Gummy just poke his eyes and nose out, being blank, Owlowiscious just rolled his eye and hold a small smile as he swoop down and watch them playing on a branch of a tree nearby. However, when Peewee and Winona chased around in the lake, Peewee jump and flap his wing, causing Winona to dive into the lake and made another splash onto Opal, irritated in the process. However, the pets then laugh at this as Peewee landed near Owlowiscious, also watching them playing in the water. "Aww, they enjoying themselves." Fluttershy said with the others nodded. "Princess Twilight Sparkle." A voice spoke as the others turned and saw a Royal Guard pony. "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna wished to speak with you." The girls called their pets as they return to their owner, they follow the guards to the throne room where Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were at their thrones, with Princess Celestia feeding Philomena which she nuzzle her owner. "Princess Twilight, glad to see you and your wonderful friends here along with your pets too." Princess Celestia descend out of her throne as both princess gave a hug to each other as Princess Luna did too. "I ask you to come here, as we able to gather the remains of your belongs that Tierk had destroyed the Golden Oak Library." Celestia explained which Twilight cringed at that event "We're about to headed to your castle to sort yours onto it." The girls nodded as Rarity asked, "But what are we going to do with our pets while we work on moving Twilight's stuff in her new castle?" Just then, Fluttershy replied, "We can at least leave Spike to take care of them. He done that before, right Spike?" "Of course! You can leave your pets to me just like I done before." Spike said unknown to them, Angel gotten a annoyed look at him while the pets just nodded their heads "Plus, Peewee and I can take care of them together!" "Then I believe that you can take care of Philomena. And don't worry, she can help you and Peewee together." Princess Celestia said which the full grown grace phoenix nodded and landed on Spike's head, sharing smiles at each other. "We better get ready to go. We don't want to miss our train." Fluttershy said as the ponies nodded. After finishing up some work, the Princesses told them that they'll meet at Twilight's castle. With that, the ponies left to work on moving her stuff to her new home. 5 hours later....... "Angel, stop that!" Spike cried as he running towards him on top of the library as he jump off as scattered books fall on top of him while Peewee was laughing a bit at the top of the bookcase which Owlowiscious groaned, rolled his eyes. However, Philomena take a glare at him, giving her a 'not a good idea' stare which he quickly nodded and both phoenixes and Owlowiscious start to stop the pets from going into a havoc in the castle. It has been 5 hours since Twilight and her friends including the princesses left him and their pets while they working on transfer some of the stuff to Twilight's castle. Angel and the other pets proceed the plan to go wild as Spike tried to clean the stuff up while chasing Angel but so far, he kept crashing into a wall while Winona was tearing some of the books she found, Opal begin scratching the wall paintings and hangers, and Gummy........well only just do nothing but just sat there like a statue until when Spike pass around him, he bite his tail which he yelp in pain. Spike rubbed his tail as it shown to be in red. Then he glare at Angel which he stick his tongue, "Angel, stop acting like a child! You know I'm trying to watch over you and your friends!" However, Angel ran off which Spike groaned in annoyance as both Owlowiscious and Philomena flew to Opal and Philomena snatch her off before she can damage more of the wall painting which she goes hissing at her, swiping claws at her which luckly she grabbed on the back as Peewee distract Winona using a stick covered in dog food which she gone crazy chasing it. As for Tank, he just hide into his shell when he saw Angel coming with Spike on his tail as Angel push him, knocking Spike to the ground. "Ow!" Spike moaned then as he got up he growled in anger as his purple scales turned boiling red as steam come from his emerald horns as he gone in a rampage, chasing the mischief bunny. Then unexpected, a bright flash appeared as a draconeques appeared floating with a island shirt with a island hat as he was drinking a pineapple juice. "Oh Princess Celestia~~! Brought something from one of the mission you sent me!" he shouted in a happy tune as he spat out of his juice and saw the discord of the library with the pets going crazy and a reddish dragon going nuts, chasing a bunny. "What in the name of all things chaos?!" he exclaimed as he appeared in front of the anger dragon. "Spike, what's going-?" "Not now, Discord!" Spike interrupted, having a deadly tone as he continue to chase off the bunny, leaving the library while the Peewee flew to his direction, still distracting Winona including Owlowisicious and Philomena who both now have Tank and Opal, leaving Discord alone. As Discord look around at this mess, he winced that Spike would be in big trouble if Twilight, the princesses, or anypony see this or worst that Discord would be blamed at this. He sighed as he snapped his finger as a bright flash, the library was back to normal, spotless and clean, "Well, better to see what chaos that our little dragon and the pets have for us. Good thing, I picked up a map of the castle" With that, his tail changed into a hand as he digging into his bag, he found a map as he open it, it shows Spike and the pets under level of the castle and with a snap of his finger, he disappeared. Spike, now in his rampage, kept dodging of things that Angel spilled which Angel narrowed his eyes, not getting the dragon off his tail. As the other pets were right onto his trail, each of them begin running toward one room then another and another and so forth as one point, the pets were chasing Spike until a screeched noise was heard and said "Wait a minute!" Then resume the chase until Spike jump toward him and finally grab him which they rolled into another room. This room was different as if nopony ever gone here indicated with the cobwebs and dust. But what's interesting is a mirror was placed. Differ from the crystal mirror and the proto crystal mirror from before, this one has a tribal animals written on them and a light blue orb was placed on the top middle. The pets finally made to them as Spike, holding onto Angel "Gotcha, you got some nerves to cause so much trouble." Angel's only reaction is a raspberry to him as Spike sighed and said to him "Listen, Angel, I'm responsible for you. Twilight and her friends entrust me to take care each of you and your friends. Someday you need to understand that you need to understand your friends' feelings instead of being spoiled all of time." Angel huffed at his comment as he sighed, know that the rabbit is being hardheaded. Then the mirror begin stirred as Spike and the pets take glance as the glass begin to rippled. Before they knew, a giant claw shot out , scared them. "What the-?!" Spike exclaimed as they tried to escape but as if no time to react, the giant claw grabbed Spike and begin dragging him to the mirror. Peewee panic as he tried to pull his friend out as the others except for Angel joined as they tried to help him too. Then as Philomena glare at Angel, he sighed as he tried to help his animal friend but the claw able to pulled him and the pets into the mirror as Philomena was shocked to see their friends disappeared into the mirror as she rushed out to find Princess Celestia and her friends. Out of nowhere, Discord appeared in a bright flash as he viewed the mirror that the pets and Spike pulled through. "Ohhh, this is so going to be interesting." then disappeared in a flash.