//------------------------------// // Episode 2 - Through The Looking Glass (part 2) // Story: Legends of Chima - The Knights of Chima // by GundamBrony //------------------------------// Previously on Legends of Chima - The Knights of Chima "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." "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!" "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. Opening 'Uggh, my head........ what happen?' Angel's eyes begin to open as his vision clear and saw that he was at what to appear to be a jungle. He got into his sitting position and look around at his surrounding. So far he couldn't find one of any of his animal friends. 'Winnoa...........Gummy.............Peewee............Owlowiscious.............Tank.........Spike......? Great, this is Spike's fault? Wonder why we ever listen to him?' he glare as he about to hop, he trip onto his chest as a groan he glance at his foot but what happen that he probably freak at this change. His white foot had not only turned into white stubby square like foot but also he grew legs, as he look at his arms, they were longer than his cute small arm as on the back his puffy tail retain the same but the biggest change is his head. His bunny features retain the same but they changed to that of his cute muzzle is longer along with his ears. And the biggest thing that scared him the most is something that he wouldn't forget in his entire life and possibly getting back at Spike. "What the hay happen to me!!!!!!!!" He closed his mouth at this event as he about to hop again to the nearest water pond, he tripped onto his chest again. "Really? Again?!" He grumbles at this as he tried to walk but he wobble at his footing until he able to walk slowly and look at his reflection which he paled at this. "W-wha-wha-WHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "No that can't be me! I'm too ugly!" he splashed at the pond which he sighed at his changed appearance. Then to his reflection he saw 5 figures behind him as he whip his head at them. He jump away from them into the pond and tried to back away from them. "Stay back, you freaks! Stay back!" he tried to swipe away as each of them tried to calm him down. "Angel, it's all right, it's us!" A female voice halted his swiping attack as he glance at her then widened his eyes in surprise. This person is like a bipedal dog but also her muzzle had been longer like his along with certain changes similar to him but her chest is covered in white fur. "Winnona?!" "Angel, it's okay......." she said in a calming voice but that doesn't help him. "All right?! You call this........" he snapped as he prove by showing his left arm "All right?!" "We don't know how, but we find a way, together." She placed her new hand onto his shoulder. "Cause that's friends do." Tank said in a gruff voice. His appearance had change like the others. His shell had grown like the size of a table to fit in his new appearance as his face has his sharp mouth little longer. For Peewee, being like a pre -teen phoenix, had wings on the back along with his beak being shorter. Opal, being a Persian cat, has fur covered around her arms as her muzzle is shorter than the others along with her tail being short too. Gummy almost change to that of a teen but has his light green replaced with dark green. Finally Owlowiscious had drastically changed from the others. His beak is smaller like Peewee but his ears become outwards as his feathers had covered him in all around of his body. Angel calmed down after hearing his friends' voice but to his glance around there's somebody or somedragon that's missing as his anger returned. "Where's Spike? I want to give him a piece of my mind for dragging us into it!" Angel smack his fist but Peewee growled at him. "Hey don't blame him, it wasn't his fault! That giant hand thing snatch him away from us! Beside he's my adopted father and best friend!" Angel glare at him but soften as he sighed. True to Peewee, even at his pre teen age, he still care deeply for Spike as he's the one who adopted him. "All right, you and Spike are a family, I get it." he said earning chuckles from the rest of the pet group but got back to the topic. "To be honest, all of us were here, but we couldn't find him in this place." Owlowiscious take glance around the jungle "We must be separate from him when we enter here. I advise we should stick together, so that we don't get lost." The others nodded as they take on the west of the jungle. However, unknown to them, a pair of yellow eyes was follow them through the darkest part of the jungle. "I hope that Spike is okay.........." Peewee moaned and look up into the clear sky, wonder where his dearest father is as Owlowiscious pat his left shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll find him. If I was him, he'll might even thinking about you and won't stop trying to find you." he assured him which helps him cheer up by his small smile. After a few hours, walking in the jungle, they finally made out and saw something that they never seen : a large chunk of mountain was floating at another part of a mountain. From their eyes, they can see each part have shapes of animals, from lion, crocodile, bear, eagle, and rhino. " *whistle* Well who ever done this, they'll give anypony with architecture skills a run on their bits! Except there's one thing missing," Winnona said earning glances from her friends "where's the water to come down?" "Now that you mentioned it, I don't know nor I seen those kind of mountain with magic." Owlowiscious commented. "Who cares? Let's just find something or someone to tell us to get back home! All of this jungle stuff is ruining my clean coat!" Opal whinned as she wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Yeesh, it's like we got our own 'Rarity' here." Peewee whispered to Angel "Here, here." he replied "I'd heard that! My ears can pick up sounds from a thousand miles!" Opal angrily shouted which Winnona rolled her eyes. As they about to continue walking, they heard a noise. Noise of those swarms of bees or wasp making. "What's that noise? Bees or wasp?" Tank said as the others glance around for the source of sounds. Suddenly, Peewee widened his eyes in horror. "Uh, guys?! Look!" The others turned to his direction as they adopted the same expression. A massive black swarm cloud was heading towards them as they ran fast as they can with the exception of Tank as Angel and Winnona lift him and hid in the bush. Then they peak to see something that surprise them : from all of the black swarm clouds, each of them came down and revealed to be bipedal bats creatures. "What the, who are-?" Peewee asked but Angel placed his hand onto his beak and signal them to be quiet. Then they carefully peak as the bat creatures begin speaking. "Can't you believe it?" one of them said "Yeah, we manage to get enough Chi from those tribes." another replied "Well, that and we manage to capture those leaders of their tribes." The other replied, raising question to the pets. What's a Chi? Who did they captured and why? "Well, we better head back to the others. The Scorpion tribe just reported that they manage to captured a creature. What's that thing called again?" "I don't know.....maybe a lizard or something?" "C'mon, you seen lots of lizards such as the Crocodile Tribes." "True, but their leader said that this creature is the key to do something in the legend." Legend? What legend that they talking about? Unknown to the pets, five shadows spotted them as the crawl slowly to them. "I don't know, it's bunch of myths or rumors in my case. Well we better get going." With that, they all flew to the skies as they swarmed to the side of the mountain. "Do you think that those guys might capture Spike?" Peewee asked "I don't know, but we can't be sure about this, we need to stay on guard." Owlowiscious said as the others nodded as the shadows loaded something on a object. "Owlowiscious, does this Chi remind you of something?" Tank asked as he shook his head "I don't know nor even heard it. This place might be running with their own source of power." he replied as the shadows point the object at them. "Okay, so they run on different power, big deal. We just find Spike and find a way back home." Angel said "It won't be that easy, Angel. We don't know if there's a way to get back home!" Owlowiscious retorted. Just as they about argue, Opal yelp in pain as the others turned to her as she dropped on the floor, knocked out. "Hey what's with her?" Peewee asked as he also felt pricked on his tail as he yelp then knock out. Then one by one, Owlowiscious, Winnona, Tank, and Gummy were darted behind and knocked out. Then coming out of the shadows, a bipedal scorpion creatures came into view. "Ohoho! This is going to be interesting!" Discord said, laid on a couch, munching on popcorn with a 3D glasses watching the events on a tv from who knows where. Then he snapped his finger as sets of mini figures with brick like toys appeared on a floating table with a box that said 'Lego Legends of Chima'. Then another snap, the Cutie Mark Crusaders appeared as they zip their heads around bewildered. "Who-huh-wha?!" all of them said as they glance at Discord then gave a deadly glare. "Discord?! Can you at least stop doing that?!" Applebloom angrily shouted "It's starting to be annoying!" "Oh, sorry my dear invaders-" "Crusaders!" Scootaloo shouted, annoyed. "Right, whatever. I just want to show this to you girls about our lovely pet's adventures!" The Crusaders gave confusing glance as they turned to the tv as they watched, they saw 6 bipedal figures being unconscious and taken to a prison by other bipedal creatures inside what look like to appear to be a cave. Each of the bipedals reassemble to scorpion, bunny, owl, cat, dog, owl, and a phoenix. "Who are those guys?" Sweetie Belle asked "Oh, you don't know?" Discord replied "Well, it seems like that dear Angel and his pet buddies are captured by the Scorpion Tribe." "Wait! That's Angel?!" Applebloom shrieked "And the others are our sister's pet?! What's the Scorpion Tribe?!" Discord beginning explaining of what happened to not only the pets but also Spike too as they continue to watched at the tv. "Hurry up there!" a hissing voice angrily shouted as Angel moaned, still drugged from the dart as the other pets also in the same state, were dragged by bipedal Scorpions. Then they threw them into the cages as the Scorpions locked the cage and begin walking away. "Oww my head......." Angel moaned as he got up, rubbing his head as the others groaned. "What the hay happen?" Winnona asked. "It would seem that we been darted and captured." Owlowiscious replied, looking at a pricked hole on her back. "By who?" As on cue, the gate is open as two Scorpion bipedal beings with spears as a captain walk in. "All right, get up!" the captain grabbed Opal's arm which she doesn't like. "Hey!" With a loud hiss, Opal begin swiping her claws at the captain as the captain Scorpion use it's tail as it sting on the back of her causing her to be drugged as she faint on the floor. "Gah, and I thought the Lion Tribe are very vicious." the captain muttered. "What do you want from us?!" Peewee frighted by them as he hold onto Owlowiscious. "Relax kid. Just want you guys to dig up the tunnel for our king for network of all of the tribes." the other one sneered as more of them grabbed each of them as the last one about to grab Opal. "No. Not that one. That thing is very unstable." With that, they left Opal drugged as each of them were chained as they're taken to a underground mine as pets gasped at what they saw : more of bipedal creatures resemble animals were forced to dig through a network of tunnels. As they been pushed, each of them got their pixaxe as they slammed their pixaxe onto the wall as rocks crumble down as they kept going. Angel saw the other being tired as one of the Scorpion Tribe use their whips on them. While the others quickly trying to dig faster, their muscle begin to weaken each time they hit another rock and another. Peewee was about to faint, Owlowicious help him as both dig together. "So how we going to get out of here?" Winnona ask whispered "I can't stand digging that much. Not to complain but my muscle begin to tired out." "Hang tight, I'm trying to think a way out." he said in deep thought. Unknown to them, a shadow was watching them as he quickly hid into the shadow, passing through the guards without being seen, and landed on top of the pillars where the pets kept digging. 'Interesting.........I knew those guys would come back.........or are they?' he thought as when the guards pass through him, he whip his head saw nothing and shrugged away. After a few minutes, the pets were forced to return to their cell as the guard lock it and leave them in the empty caves with the other animals, sleeping on the floor. "Owlowicious, do you think we'll find a way back home? Including Spike?" Peewee asked as he rub his head to calm him down. "Of course we will. We'll find Spike and find a way back home. Don't worry." That soothe him as he laid his head onto the floor for much needed sleep as he glance at the others rested too. He sighed as he rubbing him like a father caring for his child as he glance at the big hole in the caverns showing the night skies. "I just hope we can find a way to get home." he whispered "Oh Twilight, where are you......." "Wishing to find your friend and a way back home?" a unknown voice was heard as all of the pets woke up from that including Opal from being drugged. "Ugh, who say that?!" Opal whipped her head around the surrounded. "I can help you 7 escape.......or am I?" the unknown voice said. "Yes, we want to break out!" Peewee cried. "If you 7 want to breakout of your prison, then you must listen to my plan." The pets were unsure of this. Being landed on another land is one thing but also capture by a bipedal Scorpions and force to work labor, they had no choice but to listen to him. "Okay but you need to show your identity." Winnona said as the whip their heads and saw a figure coming down. When the moonlight shine, the figure revealed to be an dark blue and red armored warrior with a helmet that shaped that almost like a mammoth figure with the tusk indicated and a scarf wore in a tribal like form along with the chest and legs. The pets were speechless at this figure until the figure decide to break the silence "So admiring the looks huh?" "Who are you?" Tank asked. "You can say that I'm a friend.......or am I?" the figure said which the pets share confusing glance at his last sentence. "You can call me, ShadoWind." "Well it's nice to meet you ShadoWind." Opal said feeling impatiently "But do you think we can hurried up and get out?" "Patient, kitty, we still need to discuss with the plan .......or are we?" Opal twitch her left eye at that word 'kitty'. "Sorry about Opal, Mr ShadoWind." Owlowicious said "So do you think you can help us escape?" "Sure thing." With that, ShadoWind begin to explain the plan which all of the pets listen. Meanwhile at the farthest tent of the Scorpion Tribe, each of the Scorpions carried a bowl of jewels as they enter, they bow down and place it on the floor. "Oh your majesty, Spike, we found the gems that we can muster to find." One of them said as Spike wearing a tribal crown with a robe, came down from the throne. The only difference is that his eyes somehow shown grey than his normal emerald green color. "Let's see...." he taken a bite of them and chew then spat them out into the face "Those are the lowest standard gems that I ever tasted! I need the highest quality that you can find now, you stinger brains!" One of the guards angered by this was about to attack him until another holds him "*grunted* No problem, your majesty, we'll find more." With the other two headed back outside of the tent, he let go of his comrade "Listen, you need to calm down." "And what for? I can't believe that King Scorm decide to appoint him as another king. Having one bad king is enough but thanks to that hypnotic crown that he made when we found him, he's even worst of them all!" "I know, but the king told us that he's the key, so we need to play it along until the time is right. Beside," the other one carried a bowl "Your not the only that we want to get even with him." With that, they hurried outside to find more gems. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were speechless at this event : the pets were forced to work by the Scorpion Tribe and Spike seems to acting very selfish. "I don't understand. Why Spike is acting like this?" Scootaloo asked "He never acted like this before!" "Didn't you pay attention?" Discord respond as they shook their heads which he sighed "Those Scorpion Tribe founded him and use some kind of hypnotic crown to turn your friendly green baby dragon into a selfish king." "But why would they need him?" Sweetie Belle asked. What would those Scorpion Tribes want with him? "I don't know but, hey, let's leave the pets to handle this." Discord said as he snapped his finger and open up another set 'The Speedor Chase'. At the dungeon area, Angel and Gummy were playing cards while Owlowicious and Peewee were talking, Opal was taking a nap, and Tank drawing something on the ground. While the guards continue monitoring every tribal animals, one of them caught of them playing cards. Angel smirked as he placed his hand consisted of higher numbers while Gummy just smile and place his hand with jokers which Angel deadpanned at this. "Well that's game." Gummy said as Angel groaned as he bang his head on the table. Then he gave him 25 bits as Gummy smiled. "Now I know how Rarity feels about Pinkie's winning streak........." "Hey." All of them turned to the guard staring at the bits "What are those things?" "Uh, bits. You don't have here?" Angel asked. "No, but where did you get them?" another guard asked not taking his eyes off of the bits. "We. not. telling. you." Peewee sing which the guards twitch their eyes. "Listen, here! You better tell me where you get those bits things!" the first guarded angrily said grabbing the rails. "All right, all right, we'll tell you." Angel said as the guards unlock the cage as the enter, unnoticed, a shadow swoop down behind them and slammed their heads with their armors on like a bell as both guards fell down unconscious. ShadoWind gesture them to the open door cage "And this where your escape begins." The pets nodded as they ran out of their prison with Tank trying to walk as Opal and Winona grabbed him quickly. The pets quickly hide in the pillars as two Scorpions guards walking down as Angel peek quickly, the pets continue infiltrating the caverns as they follow ShadoWind who kept jump and cling onto the ceilings as one point, Peewee trip on the floor which Owlowicious helped him quickly as they follow him until they stopped at the other cavern place with seven vehicles each with large wheels on the front with shaped of that of the Scorpions Tribes with the exception of a black lion shaped. "What are those?" Winnoa asked. "Speedorz. A ticket way out. " ShadoWind said as he got into his own as blue energy light it up. "Wait, what about Spike?!" Peewee asked. "We can't just leave him here! We got to rescue him!" "In due time, but not is the time for that. Escape is your option now or is it?" ShadoWind said which Opal twitch her eyes. "Can we just escape now?!" Opal screeched as her echo traveled across the caverns alerting all of the Scorpions Tribes. "Prisoner are escaping!" One of the Scorpion Guards said. "We got to catch them!" Another said as all of them rushed to the source as all of them got into their speedorz and zoomed ahead. The pets widened her eyes as they glare at Opal which sheepish rubbing her head at her outburst. "Sure thing, kitty." ShadoWind said as Opal groaned as all of the pets got into the Speedorz and zoomed through following ShadoWind. Each of the pets were struggling with the controls of the Speedorz with the exception of Angel as he was confused at first. When did I know how to use it? Its like I know how and at the same time I don't. "Yahoo! This is so fun!" Peewee glee while driving the Speedorz. "Hold on, let's just slow down so that the others can control their own." Angel said as few blast hit the caverns as the pets saw the Scorpion Tribe coming after them with blasters on their hands. "On second thought, we gotta go fast!" With that, the pets quickly speed through the caverns while being chased by the Scorpion Tribe. (music pause) Meanwhile, the CMC continue watching the chase as the pets speed up while some of the Scorpion Tribe crashed into the pillars. "Wow, I wonder if we can get one of those things?" Scootaloo wonder as she imagine herself riding a speedorz through out Ponyville while preforming tricks. "I don't know, but I wonder what would happen to the pets?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Don't know, but hopefully they'll find a way back here." Applebloom said. Then they notice Discord is putting up another set using his magic as a flash, it shows the Speedorz chase like the one from Angel and his friends. "Oh, I'm certain that the pets will be fine." Discord said as the CMC were looking at the sets. (music play) The group speed towards a valley as more bipedal creatures appeared with the appearance of bats and spiders. Making their way, passing though the array of blaster shots, Opal kept gripping it until the impact from the blast nearly almost lose her balance as Angel grip her hand. "Gotcha!" Angel grunted as he pulled her up to his and drive away. "We got to lose those guys!" Winnoa shouted. "How?" Peewee asked. Angel trying to think about until a light bub appeared on top of his head. He turned to Tank "Tank, roadblock!" Tank nodded as with a sudden stop, he got into his shell as the Scorpion Tribe crashed into it and send them to the woods. "All right!" Owlowcious shouted as Tank catch up with them. Incredible. That bunny and his friends able to outwit them with quick thinking. I wonder if they are the ones or are they? ShadoWind wonder as he and the pets made to the deepest part of the woods. At night time, the pets got out of the speedorz as ShadoWind came to them as he remove his helmet, revealing to be a lion bipedal creature. "Is everyone all right?" Angel asked and they nodded. "Yeah, good thing that we got away from those guys." Winona said. "Well and good, but more will come after you and your friends." ShadoWind said "If you wish to escape, you will continue to follow me." "And why should we?" Angel argued. "For that, I believe that you six are what the ancient legends foretold to save Chima as-" "Listen, ShadoWind, we don't know how and why are we here in this 'Chima' but I think you got the wrong animals. We followed your orders to escape, now we need to find Spike and get out of this world, not to fight in this huge battle that we don't know of." Angel cut him off. "Or do you?" ShadoWind said which Angel groaned. "C'mon, guys, let get Spike back." With that, the pets got into the Speedorz and zoomed back to the the Dark Tribe territory. "They'll come back. They always do." ShadoWind said. At the top of the mountain range, the pets stopped as they glance at the Scorpion Tribe's hideout. "Angel, don't you think we should at least listen to ShadoWind what he's about to say?" Owlowcious asked. "Yeah, he might know why we're here in this Chima place." Winona agrees with her. Angel sighed "We're not heroes, guys. We're just pets to our owners. If this place needs help, at least our owners should come here and get us and Spike out of this crazy world." "Well at least we're going to save Spike, right Angel?" Peewee asked. Angel nodded as his thought echoed his head. And I'm gonna kill him for sending us in this crazy place once we save him. "WHAT?! You let the prisoners escape?!" Spike screamed at the scorpions guards after hearing six prison escaped. "Yes, apparently, they got help from an ally by the name of ShadoWind." one of them said. "Who's that?" Spike asked narrow his eyes. "He's a lion tribe who helped the legendary heroes along with the legendary beasts." another replied. Spike groaned, slamming his fist on the throne. After that, he got up and said "Well in that case, I'll just go get them myself." "Good luck with that, oh mighty king." One of them smugly smirked as a emerald flame scorched them, leaving them burn marks on their faces. "I heard that!" Spike yelled as he headed to the other side of the tribe as the some of the dark tribe are constructed a huge machine.