//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: Wizards and Lizards/Twilight's Triple Trouble/George's Plan Part 1 // Story: Toby Mason and the Bandicoot // by The Mysterious Lombax //------------------------------// As the gang woke up, they set courses. Joshua, Icezer, Bolt, Mike, Nyx, me, Serenity, Kelly, and Heaven warped to Wizards and Lizards, while Twilight teleported herself, Nathan, Mavis, Cory, Toby, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Scootaloo, Silver Spoon, and Rainbow Dash to Ponyville. "Wow! Real wizards!" Joshua cried as they got there. "Don't touch them!" Serenity shouted. "Just because they are wizards doesn't mean they are friendly. Icezer told me about these enemies, and we should avoid their blasts at all times." "Gotcha." Joshua agreed. I spun and body slammed crates while the kids fought the wizards and dodged their blasts. Then they encountered a bonus platform, which me and Aku Aku had entered. The rest of the gang decided to stay behind. I crawled under nitro crates and stomped on crates. Unaware to me, there was a figure watching my every move. "Hmm. A simple bandicoot and a flying mask? This shouldn't be too hard to get rid of them!" he said, as he snapped his fingers. I was making some progress until I've heard some crumbling. I looked up to see falling cement, which thankfully, I dodged just in time. I ran and ran while sliding and breaking some crates. I made it to the end of the bonus round, and the figure just cringed. "Rats! This will be a lot harder than I thought! But I got something planned for his friends." he snickered, while disappearing. "Alright, guys. We are next to the bonus platform, which Crash should appear by now." Joshua said, as I came floating next to the them. We later began to make progress of dodging bats, avoiding wizard blasts, and blowing out fires. But the real trouble began as we crossed the bridge. A huge Tyrannosaurs Rex raged towards the heroes while a dark figure was riding on top of it. "Face extinction, morons!" the figure said to the gang. "Run!!!" Kelly screamed. As we ran off, we jumped over pitfalls, dodged nitro crates, crashed into some regular crates, and finally crossed a bridge that the dinosaur stopped in. However, the chase doesn't end there. Therefore, George sent some crocodiles, tigers, bears, cyborgs, snakes, rhinos, and bulldogs to hurt the heroes. "Oh, come on! First we had to deal the T-Rex, and now these?" Icezer complained. "There's no time to complain! Just run again!" Joshua cried. Well, the chase is on again! Meanwhile on the other group... They had arrived to see Ponyville glued by a magnetic force. Twilight, Toby, Mavis, and the others suddenly got pulled away and landed in a nearby desktop. "Dear Celestia!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "Flying ducks!" "Duckies? This must be a dream come true." Mavis thought, as she began flying towards them. "Tiger, don't go flying away from us like that." Nathan called. Suddenly, a huge duck appeared, opening it's mouth, and before the girl can try to escape, it ran to her, and swallowed Mavis in a gulp. Nathan panicked and tried to pry the duck open, but it flew away. "No." Nathan panted, as he fell to the floor. "Mavis." Twilight tried to levitate the giant duck, but it seemed magic-proof. Suddenly, a orb floated, and it revealed to be a screen of Shadow Mavis. "So, come back crawling to me, eh?" the girl mocked. "Grr. Not you again!" complained Cory. "What now?" "I've decided to stir the pots on you, and since we joined major allies this time, things will be different!" Shadow Mavis smirked. "What do you mean?" Toby asked. "Not to spoil anything, but let's just say I've one of the villains messing with you and a marsupial friend of yours." Shadow Mavis said, as the giant duck flew off. Nathan tried to fly after it, but was suddenly grabbed behind, and he turned to see Toby pulling him. "Let me go, Toby. I've got to go after her to save my sister." Nathan barked. "I know, but we should try to find someone who can help." Toby said. "Toby's right. We need to find a way to reach inside there." Twilight said. "How about that workshop over there?" Pinkie Pie suggested. "Not possible. I don't see one floating one here." Nathan said. "Right over there." Pinkie replied, pointing to a floating workshop nearby. "Well, that can work." Rainbow Dash said, as Twilight teleported all of them to the workshop entrance. "Hello, there. How can I help you?" a pony said. "We are looking for a hot-air balloon, umm..." Nathan said. "Name's Tanker." the pony said. "Some type of those vehicles is just around the basement." "Thanks, Tanker." the gang said, as they rushed to the basement. What they saw was some airships, planes, and balloons. "Really?" Rainbow said. "Hang on, there is something that can raise our hopes." Cory said, as he walked to a pump. He grabbed a empty hot-air balloon, attached the pump, and started pushing it. Each pump, the balloon got bigger. Cory was panting, as the hot-air balloon was big enough. "Good job, Cory. You did enough." Rainbow complimented, as she carried him to the basket while the others got in. They flew out of the workshop, as Tanker pushed a button, causing the doors above the workshop to open. "Thank you for purchasing at Tanker's Workshop. Come back soon!" he called. The ponies and humans were off flying at the sky of Ponyville. They could see the giant duck flying. "All we need is some sort disguise to get in." Cory planned. "Maybe we could use these?" Toby asked, raising some enemy costumes and some mustaches and toupees. "Good idea." the others said. Meanwhile in the giant duck... Mavis yawned, as she opened her eyes and smacked her lips. She found herself in some sort of lab. "Where am I?" she asked herself. "Why, you are in my airship." a voice replied. Mavis turned around to see her evil twin sitting in a throne. "Oh, no! Not you again!" she cried. "Yep. Me, George, and the others have teamed up with new enemies to triumph your lands." Shadow Mavis cackled. "That will never happen!" Mavis cried, shooting a ray of magic at her twin, but she just flicked it away. "Pathetic." Shadow Mavis commented. "Guards!" she pushed a button, summoning crocodile-like men. "Take her off my sight! She knows too much!" The reptilian guards carried Mavis away while she tried to run off. As they left, another crocodile guard rushed in. "Your Highness! We found some allies coming to our base!" he said. "More minions? Well, let them in. The more, the unstoppable!" Shadow Mavis said. At another part of the airship, the beak was opening and in came a hot-air balloon. Our heroes came out, dressed as crocodiles. "What is your business here?" a reptilian guard demanded the gang. "We are just here for Shadow Mavis's orders!" Toby replied. "On what condition?" the guard asked. "For developing a giant cannon on this ship. That way, it can destroy our enemies more quickly than you could say "Blast Off!"''Cory explained. This made the guard more convinced. "Sorry to keep you waiting." Toby and the others went around the halls, looking for Mavis. While searching for her, they found many pictures of George Cunningham, Diddy, Klump, Krusha, and his friends altogether. It seemed all well for them, but the last image shown several pictures of George, Pavilion, and the others deformed by a magic form, which made our heroes cringe in fear. "Oh, crud." Cory muttered. Before anyone could notice, he saw a diary labeled "Shadow Mavis's Diary: DO NOT STEAL!!!". He then took and hid it on his pants pocket. The gang walked by other crocodile guards, carrying a crying Mavis by her arms. "What do you think you're doing?" Twilight deadpanned. "We are taking this girl to her doom." one guard said. "Well, leave that to us. We'll take care of her while you guys grab some Honey Smacks." Pinkie Pie said. "OK." the guards said, as they gave Mavis to the gang. "What are "Honey Smacks"? "It's one of these." Cory explained, as he unrolled a scroll containing a Wikipedia of Honey Smacks. It can be clicked here on the link.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjkvazF2rTKAhWEKCYKHWAuAyUQFggdMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHoney_Smacks&usg=AFQjCNHz09978b52x6MUbZ11IbD2IpAGHA&sig2=5hia8pw-LPN2rN9WABHdmQ "It's a good cereal. Would you like some?" Nathan said. "Sure." the crocodile guards replied. Unknown to them, Nathan ran up to them and smacked them in the face, making them fall unconscious. "You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!" Nathan shouted. "Are you all right, Tiger?" "Now that you're here, yes." Mavis said. "Well, please don't go flying like that again. You made us worried, even Dashie." Cory replied. "Hey, what's this?" Toby asked. He and everyone looked up to see a giant vault. To be continued...