It has been two days and Kuuga continued to sit in his seat in depression as he idly tossed cards at a picture of Kamen Rider Gold Drive on the wall before he managed to struck the center with an Ace of Spades. He groaned as he leaned back and turned his head to stare at the safe containing the Displaced Tokens.
"How am I going to tell James about this new piece of information?" Kuuga whispered as he summoned his Two Becomes One keyblade before he aimed it at the picture intending to blast it with a Blizzard spell he just recently learned; however, he decided against it and dismissed his keyblade when he had a thought that another Displaced might cosplay as Gold Drive, "It's not like I can just picked up his Token and send a telekinetic e-mail to his dimension."
Kuuga paused in his muttering and suddenly got up from his chair and opened his safe to retrieve James' Summon Charm and started to put his thoughts into it.
James,
I'd just remembered something when I was performing a mental and DNA examination on myself and a piece of Daguva's armor. Do you remember how the Amadams are powered by the user's willpower and extended their lifespan? It turns out, due to our strong wills when we arrived in Equestria, that the Amadams inside Daguva and me have locked us in our forms permanently. They have also extended our life span when we were sealed away by Star Swirl. It also explains why I haven't lost control in my Ultimate and Rising Ultimate forms when I used the forms temporarily. Hope this information is clear enough for you to understand.
- Kuuga
The Summon Charm glowed as it send the mental message over to its creator.
"Okay, that takes care of that," Kuuga stated as he placed the Token back in the safe before he closed it, "Now all that is left is for me to tell my brother, Sunset, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata about this information."
"Tell us what?" A voice spoke from behind Kuuga causing him to turn around to find Sunset, Twilight, and Adagio standing them with a couple of bags in their hands.
"Sunset! Twilight! Adagio! What are you doing here?" Kuuga asked as he got up and went over to them.
"Well, we haven't heard from you ever since you went inside this place!" Adagio explained before she held out the bags, "so we brought you some food in case you were hungry!"
"Me? Hungry? Please! When was the last time my stomach growled?" Kuuga asked in playful tone until his stomach disagreed with him by making its presence known, "On second thought..."
Kuuga quickly swiped the bags of food from the smug Sunset, Twilight, and Adagio's hands and quickly ate through them.
"Wow, I guess he was really hungry just like Daguva told us," Twilight stated as she watched Kuuga tore into some meat buns.
"He really does care for his brother," Adagio added as Kuuga slurped some ramen noodles in one gulp.
"But what was he going to say before we arrived in here?" Sunset said in confusion.
Daguva could only stare in complete befuddlement at the sight of Pinkie baking something in the oven while wearing a SWAT uniform with a riot shield.
"Pinkie, why are you wearing that when you are just baking a simple cake?" Daguva questioned while he set up a shield of flames just in case.
"Because Daggy," Pinkie cheerfully, yet seriously, stated, "This isn't just a simple cake! It's a one of a kind Poker Cake!!"
"A what?"
"A Poker Cake!" Pinkie repeated as she stepped beside Daguva to give him more protection, "Unlike regular cakes when they puff up when they finish cooking, the reaction of a Poker Cake varies from the combination of ingredients! It can either explode into confetti, go crazy with a chainsaw, or play rock and roll music!"
"Not helping with my opinion of the cake!" Daguva stated as he tensed when the oven dinged and whispered nervously, "Is it done?"
"Yep! Brace yourself!" Pinkie cheerfully warned.
The oven door opened slowly as a completely normal cake with multiple card symbols around its circumference slid out. It sat there silently as Pinkie walked up to it and picked it up with oven mitts and placed it on a wire rack to cool off.
Daguva blinked as he lowered his flame shield and walked up to the cake to take a better look.
"It didn't do anything...?" Daguva questioned as he reached out to poke it.
The cake suddenly growled as it tried to bite Daguva's hand if he hadn't drawn it back quickly while Pinkie slammed a cage on top of it!
"Okay! Make 'Acting like a angry dog' another reaction to the Poker Cake!" Daguva stated as he stepped back from the chocolate foaming layer cake, "How long will this last?"
"Oh, until it cools off!" Pinkie answered cheerfully as she took some powdered sugar and started to sprinkle it on top of the crazy cake as it started to calm down before it settled down on the wire rack, "It is going to take about 5 minutes to cool off completely and when it does, it will be just a normal delicious scrumptious chocolate cake for tonight's Poker Party!"
"Poker Party?" Daguva asked in confusion while he and the cake looked at her with question marks hovering over their heads.
"Yeah! It's the perfect way for me and all of my friends to get along and socialize with each other!" Pinkie cheerfully stated as she tightly half-hugged Daguva, "You, Kuuga, Adagio, Sonata, and Aria spend too much time in that silly cube! You gotta come to this party! It will be fun!"
"Well..." Daguva drawled as he shifted his head to the side. He would loved to come, however someone has watch Surprise while they are gone, but then he remembered Luna as she can see Surprise and knows how to deal with her, "Sure! We'll come! I just need to call Princess Luna to watch over someone in the Cube of Infinite Storage!"
"But can Gouram do that?" Pinkie asked.
"Sorry, he's busy patrolling the Everfree Forest to make sure none of the monsters try to sneak out," Daguva explained.
"Huh, Okie doki!" Pinkie shrugged cheerfully as she dashed off to write off the invitations leaving a confused cake as it growled questioningly at Daguva.
"To be honest, I'm not sure what is going on through that head of hers," Daguva answered as he watch Pinkie continued to write on multiple pieces of paper at a speed rivaling Rainbow Dash's, "Maybe my brother has a right to fear both her and Surprise!"
"Wait! Are you saying Daguva's and your lifespan has been expanded by these Amadams?" Twilight asked as she examined Kuuga's Arcle while tapping the gem.
"Please don't touch that," Kuuga said as he brushed Twilight's hand away from the belt.
"Sorry," Twilight said sheepishly.
"When you are going to tell the others about this?" Sunset asked.
"I don't know," Kuuga admitted as he slurped some pasta, "It's going to take a social event to tell them all at once, maybe even a party for that matter..."
"Did I hear somebody say 'party?'" Daguva said out loud as he entered the Laboratory as he held out five invitations in his hands, "You're in luck Kuuga! We are going to Pinkie's Poker Party at the Apple Family's Basement tonight at 7 o'clock PM!"
"We're going to do what now?" Kuuga asked in surprise as he wiped his mouth guard with a napkin.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," Kuuga muttered as he sat at a poker table that Pinkie managed to set up while he messed with his white bow tie around his neck.
"Come on, Kuuga," Daguva whispered from Kuuga's left side, "This may be the only chance for you to tell all of them at once on what the Amadams did to us?"
"Wait! You knew!? Who told you?!" Kuuga snapped as he grabbed Daguva by the black necktie.
"Gak! Twilight told me, Sonata, and Aria while you were looking for a bow tie! She said we need to know more now than later!" Daguva choked as his face started to turn blue, "I'm not sure, but Pinkie seems to know as well! I didn't tell her! Honest! She just knows!"
Kuuga glared at Twilight who was sitting across from him as she smiled sheepishly while wearing a star design embedded purple gown with fingerless dress gloves. He then stared at Applejack as she wore an orange dress with apple designs on it while still wearing her traditional stetson as she talked with a pearl dressed Rarity who was wearing a pearl necklace and feathery scarf. The timid light green dressed Fluttershy was also there sitting next to a grumbling Rainbow Dash who was dressed in a blue gown while a cyan dressed Sunset was shaking her head at Twilight.
"Why do I have to come here?" Rainbow Dash muttered.
"Please Rainbow Dash, this night is important for Kuuga and Daguva," Fluttershy reminded as she tried to calm down the irritated pegasus.
Kuuga sighed as he released his hold on Daguva's neck tie, much to his relief as he straighten it out.
"Kuugy?" Sonata spoke up from Kuuga's right, making him turn around to look at her as she was dressed in an aquamarine gown, "Are you okay?"
"I'm alright Sonata," Kuuga said as he slumped on his shoulders, "It's just that it's a little sudden for me to be here while at the same time I have to make an announcement to everyone."
"Come on Kuuga," Adagio, in her goldfish colored dress, spoke up from beside Sonata, "You can do it!"
"Yeah!" Aria, in her coral pink dress, spoke as she got up from between Adagio and Rainbow Dash and went over to Kuuga, "I'm sure saying a few words is nothing to be scared of! Maybe you should make this announcement now before it's too late!"
"Sigh Very well," Kuuga stated as he got up from the table and banged on it a few times, "Ladies! May I have your attention please!"
Everypony in the room went quiet as they immediately sat still, waiting for what Kuuga has to say.
"If you are all wondering why I brought you here, it's because I have an announcement to make!" Kuuga stated, "You see, when we were sealed away by Star Swirl the Bearded, the Amadams inside our belts reacted to our state of dormancy and activated their power to expand our life spans!"
Everypony (with the exceptions of Sonata, Aria, Adagio, Twilight, Sunset, and Adagio) gasped at this sudden fact.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Are you saying you are like the Princesses now!? Immortal?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"Uh... guys..." Kuuga attempted to speak up.
"Oh dear..." Fluttershy gasped softly as she held a hand over her mouth.
"THIS IS. THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING. EVER!" Rarity cried out before she fell on her 'fainting couch,' "What is going to happen to my boutique if it closes down?"
"Guys," Kuuga again spoke up in a louder tone.
"Sweet applesauce!" Applejack spoke up in surprise, "This is gonna take some getting used to."
TWEET!!
"GUYS!" Kuuga bellowed in a strong voice after he whistled to get their attention before he continued his explanation in a more gentle tone, "I didn't say I'm immortal, I said the Amadams merely expanded my lifespan."
"How can those weird stones do that?" Rainbow questioned as she leaned back in her chair.
"These Amadams are powered by our will power," Kuuga explained as he gestured to the mentioned stone in his belt, "The stronger the user's will, the more power it will give them; however, if a weak willed user tries to use these, it would corrode them. We were able to control them thanks to Daguva's and my strong wills when we arrived here."
"Huh, Interesting..." Rainbow Dash muttered, "One more question, how many of these so called 'Amadams' are there?"
"Counting the ones Daguva and I have, I say we have three," Kuuga answered as he pulled out a deck of cards and started to shuffle through them.
"Three?" Applejack asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Gouram has one that acts like a stabilizer to ours. Originally it was supposed to stabilizes Kuuga's, but we found out it can stabilize mine as well," Daguva stated as he took the cards and cut them multiple times before strapping a rubber band around them and tossed them to Pinkie who was dressed in a pink card-dealer's outfit.
"Ante up!" Pinkie called as she tossed the cards to the players with perfect pecision.
"Now then, who's up for a one-turn game of five card draw?" Kuuga asked in a smug tone as he held his cards in one hand while he tossed a bag to the table, "Are any of you feeling lucky?"
No one said anything except for three bags were thrown onto the center of the table by Adagio, Applejack, and, surprisingly, Daguva!
"You bet we are!" Daguva smirked as the others got up so they can provide room for a fair play.
"Saa... Card Time!" Kuuga smirked as he cracked his knuckles.
It took about an hour, but Applejack was able to win the entire pot in a landslide with a Royal Straight Flush of Spades.
"Hah! You fellas are 5 years too early for gambling against me!" Applejack mocked as she scooped the bags towards herself... and tossed one bag to Adagio, Daguva, and Kuuga, "Yet, you did a great job keeping your poker face straight! I admire that!"
"Thanks," Kuuga said before he turned his bag over to reveal a bundle of snacks, "Just to let you know, you could have kept this bag of apple related snacks! I'm sure Apple Bloom would like these."
"How did you know my sister's name?" Applejack asked.
"One, I met her yesterday when I was out taking a walk and two, she's under the table with her friends," Kuuga stated as he slammed his fist on the table causing three yelps to sound off as three figures quickly crawled out. One of them revealed to be Apple Bloom, while the other fillies were a filly with light grey fur and a curly grayish mulberry mane and wearing a white skirt with a grey shirt. The other filly was orange with a purple mane and is wearing a purple jacket with blue shorts as she gazed nervously with her friends at the stern group before them.
"Don't you know it's rude to eavesdrop on important conversations?" Kuuga chided as he crossed his arms.
The trio of fillies hung their heads in shame as they started to walk out of the base if a pair of arms hadn't grabbed them just as they were about to step on the stairs.
"Oh come on Kuuga!" Pinkie pouted as she mercilessly hugged the unfortunate trio, "Can't Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo just stay for the hour?"
"No! They must head back home and think about what they- What's that on your shirt?" Kuuga stopped his statement as he noticed something sticking out of Sweetie Belle's pocket. It was a piece of paper with the words:
Cutie Mark Crusaders,
I dare you to go to the stag beetles' party at the Apple Acres basement. If you refuse this dare, you will be called a chicken for the rest of the year while wearing a chicken suit! HA HA HA HA!
Sincerely,
Rough Coal
"Rough Coal? Who's that?" Kuuga asked as he sent a questioning gaze towards the trio as they looked away, "Kids, what's wrong?"
"He's a big mean prankster who likes to play dares on our classmates after school," Sweetie Belle explained.
"Every week, he picks random students to pull a dare on and sends them to do the crazy dares!" Scootaloo exclaimed, "They always take the blame while he gets away scotfree! He just dared Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to wear dirty rags for two weeks after he took their tiara and glasses!"
"Wait! Aren't Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon trouble makers for you three?" Daguva asked.
"They were, but when they heard you were invited to my house for dinner. They immediately turned nice all of a sudden! That's when Rough Coal showed up and started these crazy dares!" Apple Bloom explained.
"Rough Coal, huh?" Kuuga muttered, "Pinkie! Down periscope!"
"Aye! Aye! Captain!" Pinkie spoke cheerfully as she lowered a periscope for Kuuga.
Kuuga took the periscope by the handles and looked through its viewing ports. So far all he could see is crops, apple trees, and a trio of shapes near the entrance of the basement. He quickly stopped and turned a dial on the periscope to zoom in. The shapes revealed to be a duo of miserable fillies in rags as they watched a rather large unicorn colt holding two familiar items in his hands as he laughed rudely.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! You rich dorks are bunch of babies!" Rough Coal laughed as the duo cried silent tears of agony and fury.
"You bully! Give us back our stuff or you'll regret it!" Diamond Tiara yelled as she comforted Silver Spoon.
"Hah! It's your fault for taking this dare! Once those stupid Crusaders are done with their dare, I'm going to dare them to call that stupid red stag beetle a dung beetle and get them to steal that flying machine of his! And then, I will be the greatest Evil Dare Master in the world!" Rough Coal laughed evilly as thunder suddenly clashed in the skies.
"Oh, so that's how he's going to play huh?" Kuuga growled as a tickmark formed on his head while his hands clenched around the handles in anger as he flipped a plastic cover to reveal a red toggle switch, "Pinkie! Load the Bad Poker Cake!"
"Aye! Aye! Captain!" Pinkie rushed off somewhere and immediately returned with a growling cake as it snapped against the bars in hopes of geting free.
"Wait, I thought Pinkie told me that cake would turn to normal after it cool off after five minutes," Daguva reminded as he scratched his head in confusion, "It should have been a normal cake by now!"
"Silly Daggy! That was the good cake! This is one of the bad ones I made earlier!" Pinkie cheerfully explained as she stuffed the rabid cake into a tube and closed the hatch.
"Maybe I should be more careful with those questions..." Daguva muttered as he slumped in the corner of the basement while Sonata and Adagio tried to calm him down.
"Aria! Begin countdown t-minus 10 seconds..." Kuuga whispered as a targeting scope appeared in the periscope while he took aim at the mean colt.
"10, 9, 8..." Aria spoke as she and the others cringed while they stood back.
"Is he always like this?" Rainbow Dash whispered to Daguva who could only covered his eyes in horror.
"Only when he declares vengeance on the wicked who bully the weak!" Daguva whimpered, "This one is so far the craziest!"
"7, 6, 5..."
"What was the last one?" Fluttershy asked.
"The last one involved a catapult, some honey cream pies, and a hive of angry bees! It wasn't pretty!" Daguva exclaimed in fear.
Everypony in the basement gulped at the terrible thought.
"4, 3, 2, 1..." Aria groaned as she and the others covered their ears.
"FIRE!!" Kuuga screamed in a maniacal tone as he pressed the switch on the handle.
The cake yelped as it was suddenly shot out of the tube through a drainage pipe as it soared through evening air and splatted against the rotten colt! The cake was shocked for a moment before it growled and started to attack the colt with the fury of a 1000 angry cats!
"AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF ME! MAKE IT STOP!" Rough Coal screamed as he dropped the glasses and tiara to the ground while he ran off screaming in pain.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon watched as the yellow striped black mane dark grey colt ran off to get the crazy beast off him.
"Who did that?" Diamond Tiara asked as she place her tiara back on her head.
"I don't know, but whoever or whatever did this should be thanked by giving them a small reward for getting our stuff back!" Silver Spoon exclaimed.
"Why don't you thank him yourself?" A voice suggested from behind Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon as they froze and turned around to see the legendary Stag Beetle of Light standing before them.
"Kuuga!?" The duo screamed in disbelief.
Kuuga chuckled as he helped Sonata clean off the last bit of branches off of the rich duo's manes while they sat in awkard silence as they were watched by the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"There we go!" Kuuga declared as he pulled the last twig off, "Now, before you go I want you and Silver Spoon to apologize to Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo for bullying them."
"We're sorry," The duo spoke in a shameful tone.
"And I want you three to apologize for sneaking in here at this time of night! You should no better than to accept that dare!"
"We're sorry," The Cutie Mark Crusaders groaned.
"Good, come on guys, I think we all had a pretty big night and we all need to get some sleep!" Kuuga declared, "Tomorrow, I'll make sure to report this to your teacher! This will put an end to that colt's reign of mean dares! After that, how about all of you take a tour with me to the Cube of Infinite Storage!"
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon gasped before they cheered really loudly as the former enemies hugged one another.
"Really Kuuga?" Daguva whispered, "Giving them a tour? And why are you being nice to those two?"
"I think the best way to deal with an enemy is to make them your friend," Kuuga stated before he was tackled hugged by the happy children.
Sunset, Daguva, The Sirens, and The Mane Six sighed as a tired smile appeared on their faces while Kuuga laughed with the children as they forget the bad times of that night.
Meanwhile back at the Cube of Infinite Storage, Princess Luna laughed as she watched Surprise performed a comedy routine by tap dancing and splatting herself with pies while accompanied with humorous jokes!