Charming Thunder walked on the path to Minotaur City and came across one of the minotaurs. "Excuse me," Charming Thunder said. The minotaur stood up and turned around the see young unicorn in front of him.
"Greetings, young traveler," the minotaur replied. "How can I help you?'
"We were hoping if you can point us to the direction to Minotaur City," Cadence said. "It's important."
"Minotaur City is just a little way up on the trail. It won't take much longer to get there, even on foot."
"Thanks." Charming Thunder rushed on the trail to the city as explained. He then encountered a minotaur charging toward him. He leaps in the air and dodged him. He then turned to him and shouted, "Watch where you are going, buddy." Entering the city, Charming Thunder and Cadence encountered other minotaurs inside who appear to be starving. One of them noticed the young unicorn and approached him.
"Welcome to the Minotaur City," the minotaur greeted. "What brings you here, young traveler?"
"I was told that you have the spiritual stone of fire here. Is it true?"
"You're looking for the spiritual stone? You must mean that delicious-looking red stone that was once displayed here! I was so hungry that I thought it would be OK to just give it one tiny little lick...so I snuck out here to get it for myself. But when I got there, it was already gone!"
"You guys tried to eat the spiritual stone?"
"We minotaurs eat rocks. If you are looking for it, our leader Iron Will has it. He always says that everyone is after that red stone! So he shut himself up in his room saying that he will wait for the Royal Family's messenger." Charming Thunder knew what he meant by Royal Family and thought about Twilight's Lullaby Luna taught him.
"You know where his room is?" Cadence asked.
"He is at the bottom level. Just try not to jump off of here. Its dangerous for your--" Charming Thunder suddenly teleported away from the minotaur which surprised him to know where he went. He then saw the young unicorn teleport to the bottom level and scratched his head with confusion. "Never mind." Charming Thunder then played Twilight's Lullaby in front of the stone door while standing on the carpet near it. The door slowly opened and Charming Thunder entered along with Cadence. He was then in the presence of a blue minotaur which appeared to be Iron Will.
"What the heck!" Iron Will shouted. "Who are you?! When I heard the song of the Royal Family, I expected their messenger had arrived, but...you're just a little kid!" Charming Thunder was not amused and rolled his eyes as he continued to speak. "Has Iron Will, the big boss of the minotaurs, really lost so much status to be treated like this by his Sworn Brother, the King? Now, I'm REALLY angry! Get out of my face, now!"
"Overkill much," Charming Thunder said. "Geez. Why are you in a bad mood right now?"
"Are you asking why I'm in such a bad mood right now? Ancient creatures have infested the Dodongo's Cavern! We've had a poor harvest of our special crop, Bomb Flowers! Starvation and hunger because of the rock shortage!"
"Perhaps I could be of assistance?"
"No! This is a minotaur matter. We don't need any help from strangers!" Charming Thunder then got an idea to calm him down so he took out his ocarina and played a tune his friend Carrot Top played. Upon playing the song, Iron Will began to start dancing wildly. After a while, he stopped and looked at Charming Thunder. "Heeey!! What a nice tune! Just like that, my depression is all gone! Something just came over me! I suddenly wanted to dance like crazy! I am Darunia! I'm the big boss of the minotaurs. Was there something you wanted to ask me about?"
"I was wondering if I could have the spiritual stone of fire."
"You too?"
"What do you mean? Was sompony else here?"
"Yeah. This red centaur asked me for the spiritual stone which is also called the Minotaur Ruby. I told him to leave then he released the Dodongo's inside the cavern. If you want it badly, you will have to do something for me."
"Name it."
"Why don't you go destroy the monsters inside of the Dodongo's Cavern and prove you're a real stallion. That way, everybody will be happy again! If you do it, I will give you anything you want, even the Spiritual Stone!"
"You got yourself a deal, Iron Will."
"Before you go, take this." Charming Thunder then received a gold bracelet from Iron Will and puts it on his arm.
"What's this for?" Cadence asked.
"If you wear this, even a little fella like you can pick up a Bomb Flower."
"That might be useful to blow up that blockage at the cavern. Let's go try it out." Charming Thunder then ran out of the room to leave the city to the entrance of Dodongo's Cavern. He then saw a Bomb Flower and picked it up. He then threw it and took a few steps back to let the bomb explode to blow up the rubble blocking the entrance inside the cavern. He then walked into the cave and begun his quest to destroy the evil inside the cavern. And he can't wait to bomb some Dodongos.