//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 // Story: My Little Pony X Bionicle // by GundamBrony //------------------------------// Flashback At the Castle of Friendship, Spike was doing some cleaning around the halls as he finished the last one on the rug. "There, that should be done." he pulled up a list check on it "Got the floors done, check! Now the next one is more quills, ink, and parchment. And I better do it before dinner." As Spike exit out the castle and head into Ponyville, he notices some noise as he turned around and saw nothing and shrugged. But the noise continues to get louder as he begins to turn and angrily shouted. "Okay, Discord if is this some sick horror prank that you saw in movies then stop! I got no time for your games!" Nothing as he slowly backing away as he turned back, he rushed fast as he can. If there's something that stalking him, then he needs to find somepony to help him. As he kept running, the noise is getting louder and louder as he turned, he saw Ponyville as he rushed his body fast as he can, but not when a large scorpion landed on his back, trapping him. "Uggh, what's going on....?!" Spike struggled as a skeletal hand picked up as he glances, his eyes widened in horror of the sight of a skeletal being, glowing with pure dark energy. 'Ah so you must the dragon that belong to one of the 'Harmonics'.' Skull Grinder grinned evilly. 'How nice to find something that can be useful....' "Uhhh......." Spike frighted by it but trying to put a brave face upon realizing something. That is one of the Skull Army creatures that the Toa mention. Kulta the Skull Grinder that's its name. "Let me go, you bony freaks or you'll be sorry!" Kulta laughed that shiver anyone down the spine 'Such pitiful creature thinks that can scare me? I think not.' He then bends down and picked up a Skull Spider 'I'll be happy to have one of the Harmonics face someone dear to you.....' Spike widened his eyes in fear "No, please, don't......no.....no......" Inch by inch, Kulta moved the Skull Spider to Spike's face, making him squirm in fear. "NOOOOOOO-!!!!!!!!!" At the 'Chaos Dimension', Discord's spine shivers down as he glances around in his house. "That's weird. My chaos sense telling me something evil is about to happen in both worlds. Or someone is hanging out with Fluttershy....." Decide to check, he snaps his claw as he appeared in Fluttershy's cottage. "Fluttershy, it's you know who, Discord!" he said with some fireworks in the background as a few silence, he knock again only for the door to open, but instead of Fluttershy, it was Angel. "Oh, it's you, have you seen Fluttershy? I just have a tingling in my bones and I want to see her for a bit." Angel shook his head and pulled a letter to him which he grabs it and snaps a glass to read it. Upon reading it, his eyes bulging upon this. "I knew there's something happening that give me the willies! And it takes about 3 days to get rid of it!" Discord sighed as unknown to him, several Skull Spiders glanced down at him and prepare to pounce until...... "If you thinking of controlling me that's a mistake you should not do." Discord's face appeared in the trees, causing two Skull Spiders to screeched in frighted and fell down on the ground. "Yeesh, I should have to know that this day has come. If those things are here, that means that this prophecy is already starting. I better go find Fluttershy!" As he snaps his finger, he was riding on a pig with wings and a knight armors with a sword and shield. "March forward, my steed!" he points his sword as he flew to the skies of Equestria, then multiple arrows were shooting at him as Discord glanced down and saw multiple Skull Warriors. "Out of my way, bone-heads!" he snaps his finger as he got a strange launcher filled with 4 glowing blue spheres with an extended on top as he fires on them, reducing them to dust. "I got no time to waste with these guys, I better hurry and-" At the last sentence, a magic beam hit him on the chest, as he screamed in pain as he fell down from his flying pig and crashed down on the ground. "Uggh, my head..." he got up as he turned his eyes widened at the sight of a familiar face. "Well, well, well, we meet again, Discord." Lord Tierk smirked. "That can't be, how can you......" "Let's just say " he grabbed his neck "I made a deal with a devil." Before Discord can snap his finger to escape, Tierk opens his mouth as Discord's chaos energy begin to sucked out of him. "Don't even think of escaping from me. Besides, " he snapped his finger as a Skull Spider appeared "my master want you to help him defeat the Toa and the Harmonics." Discord grunted "If you're going to persuade me into joining you to endanger both worlds than no thanks. I fall for that once, and I'll never do that again!!!" Tierk laughed "So naive, but if you won't join, then maybe this will." At the last words, the Skull Spider lunged at Discord with the Spirit of Chaos screaming. At the rock farm, Maud Pie was finished with her chores. "Okay, my chores are done" she turned to the house "better go make dinner for everypony." As she walked towards the farm, she opens the door and before she can react, a skeletal hand grasp her vision. At the caverns, Fluttershy and Onua reached to a crystallized temple sprouting with gemstones that reflected the sun and the moon. It was old yet foreign that nopony ever was seen. Upon entering it, both of them take a few glanced at the carved walls. It was in strange symbols with pictures of figures , each shown different of them, one of them running from a black shadow creatures, the next all six prayed to what appeared to be a solar system, another shown all the solar system send down six figures and fighting against the dark creatures, next they found six golden masks as they hold their weapons up high. "What are those pictures and those languages?" Fluttershy asked. With carefully read it, Onua turned to her "This is the Prophecy of Heroes." "You mean the one that you mention before?" she asked as he nodded. "Here I read it for you," Onua said as he read the languages carefully "When times are dark and all hope seems lost, the Protectors must unite, one from each tribe. Evoke the power of past and future, and look to the skies for an answer. When the stars align, six comets will bring timeless heroes to claim the Mask of Power and find the Mask Maker. United, the elements hold the power to defeat evil. United, but not one." "Wow...." Fluttershy was amazed then she caught something else in the carvings "There's something else in there." Onua looked at what she's pointing as he wiped the dust out of it, revealing another set of pictures, depicting the six heroes encounter six ponies, each bore of familiar cutie marks that he and his siblings know, fighting creatures of darkness while the six ponies rushed to the pedestal of crystal mask. "And when time seems to be in dark, the heroes shall call forward six other timeless heroes, bore of the Harmony, to reclaim the Elements of Harmony, and unite together to find the Mask Maker and defeat evil." "That looks like us!" Fluttershy said. "So it looks like Ekimu was right. It was meant to happen that was written." Onua mused. "What do you mean?" "I mean, that our fate towards you and your friends was intertwined." Onua said, "Ekimu must realize this part of the prophecy and he must carve the six crystals into the Crystal Mask to sealed it away into your world." "But does the Protectors known of this?" Fluttershy asked. Onua shook his head "To be honest, I don't think they notice it other than the prophecy was incomplete." The Master of Earth got up "We better head to the Crystal Mask." Fluttershy nodded as they hurried towards the shrine. At the Shrine of the Crystal Mask of Loyalty, Tahu and Rainbow stopped at pillars of lava like crystals flowing with fiery lava from the inside protruded across the area. Languages of Okoto were surrounded across the pillars with the descriptive of the Prophecy of Heroes. From the middle, a pedestal with the Crystal Mask of Loyalty floating, waiting for its master. "There it is!" Rainbow pointed as both made a quick dash to it. A fiery blast hit the ground stopping them as they turned and saw 3 Skull Hydras floating as it roared at them. Tahu pulled his Lava Blades "Rainbow get the mask! I'll handle them!" "Are you crazy?! You can't face them by yourself!" "There's no time to argue! Hurry, before Kulta's creations get it!" Tahu shouted as he rushed towards them with one charging at him as they trade blows from their swords/claws. Rainbow grunted, closed her eyes and rushed towards the shrine but two more Skull Hydras swoop in and knock her to the ground. "Oh, you want to do this the hard way?! We'll do this the hard way!!!" Rainbow lunged at them knocking them down but another swipe it's claw and knocks her back to the ground but she manages to get back on her hooves. The second flapped it's skeletal wings as it lunged at her knocking her down. "Rainbow!" Tahu shouted as he roundhouses kick the first one and rushed towards her. Just then, the third one dive towards him and knocking his mask off which the first one, grasp it. "TAHU!!!" Rainbow screamed as the first Skull Hydras place Tahu's mask on it, siphon his elemental energy. "Give that back, you creeps!" Rainbow shouted as he charged at them only for two others swoop at her knocking her down. Rainbow grunted in pain as she got up weakly. "R-Ra-Rainbow......" Tahu struggled, whispered to her "H-Hurry.......y-your..... m-mask........" "I know, but I can't leave you........" Rainbow grunted glaring at the Skull Hyrdras. "P-please.......b-before....." he was unconscious as Rainbow saw Tahu's mask begin to turn translucent orange. "Okay........" Rainbow nodded as she flared her wings and soar through the shrine. Most of the Skull Hydras charged at her but she dodges quickly as she can as the first one, launched the torrent of fire as her eyes widened at first but gather enough speed, a sonic rainboom zip through it as she reached to the shrine and grabbed her mask. "I've got it!" she said but her cheer is short lasted upon seeing more of the Skull Hydra coming. 'Put on the mask'. a voice was heard as she looks around frantically. "Who said that?" 'Hurry, put it on and your powers will be awakened.' She glanced at her mask and gave a determination look, put it on her muzzle. Energies of her Element of Harmony begin to surge around her body but unlike when she used it as a necklace, another energy surged on her. To her amazement, her entire body begin to transform. Her hooves take shape in a bipedal shape as crimson armors shaped up almost like Tahu's, and from her muzzle changed shape. Her wings turned into blades identical to Tahu's and a fire rainbow sword appeared in her right hand. After the light's faded, Rainbow look over at herself in shocked and amazement. "WHOA, what just happened?!" Rainbow looking at herself "What happened to me?!" However, the screeched from the Skull Hydras stopped her shocking thoughts as she prepare herself, but notice that on her back, she have bladed like wings as from her thoughts told her to fly, she swoop towards them, knocking the two down and land a punch onto the first one, knocking Tahu's mask off of it as she grasp it and swoop down to him. She places the mask onto his face, as the Elemental energies regain his conscious as he got up, rubbing his head "Ugh, what happened?" "Tahu, you okay?" Rainbow asked as he turned to her, he was surprised at her new look. "Rainbow, what happened to you?!" he asked "You look different! You look like a Toa!" "I know, I'm trying to figure things out but," she helped him get up "my guess is my Crystal Mask have something to do with it." However, the Skull Hydras growled at the two as both prepare their weapons, however, a large rumble knocking them to the floor as the ceilings of the cave begin to break. Web of cracks appeared as lava poured out, making the lava rising. "We need to get out of here!" Rainbow shouted and they turned only to find the entrance was sealed. "We'll use that!" Tahu points a cavern under the ceiling. Turning his Fire Blades into Lava Surfboard, Tahu jumps into it and riding across the lava with Rainbow following him. With the Skull Hydras now chasing them, the Master of Fire and the now Harmonic of Loyalty dodge every stalagmite falling down on them but the Skull Hydras did the same and getting closer. "We can't shake them!!" Rainbow shouted, dodging more of the stalagmites and dark magic from the Skull Hydras. Tahu glanced back at Rainbow who was almost caught by the claw of the Skull Hydra, using his elemental power, he conjured a small lava geyser, burning it in the process. "Whoa!" Rainbow glared back at Tahu "Watch it! You almost burn my tail!" "Sorry!!" All of them continue dodging the stalagmites as they saw a light shining on the farthest. "There!" Tahu pointed "A way out!!" "But we got these skeletal freaks coming!!" Rainbow shouted "At this rate, they'll catch us even if we've escape!! Tahu look around and got an idea "Then we need to seal the entrance! And we need to make sure we get there fast!!" "How?" Rainbow asked. "We need to use the Sonic Rainboom!" Tahu shouted and Rainbow widened her eyes at his idea. "Are you mad?!" Rainbow exclaimed, "I can do it, yes but I need more speed to do that and it will be impossible to do it while those guys are chasing us!!" "Use your Crystal Mask!" Tahu said. "It will give you power like never before!" With the Skull Creatures closing by, Rainbow reluctant nodded and halt her flight, passing by 3 Skull Hydra and one chase her while she dodge stalagmite falling onto her and once she got her distance, she dashes forward, trying to gather speed. However, with the stalagmite and lava waves closing in along with the Skull Hydra, she closed her eyes, focusing her element to gain enough momentum than at the moment, everything went slowly........ 'BOOM!' At the moment, a Sonic Rainboom appeared and she went through the Skull Hydra, reduce it to rumbles and ashes. The impact from the Sonic Rainboom causes the cavern to collapse even faster. As she sped through, she knocks the second Skull Hydra's Wings, then grab Tahu who quickly got his Lava Board and both fly out of the cave leaving the final Skull Hydra to be trapped in and melted. "YAHOOOOO!" Rainbow whooping in joy and both landed near to a safe ground. "Did you see that?! My Sonic Rainboom was even cooler than it was back at Cloudsdale Best Young Flyer Competition!!" Rainbow giddy at this and Tahu chuckled. "That's because your Crystal Mask gave you it respond to your thought." He looks as the part of Foal mountain having one black smog from the cavern they escape. "Well, we better head back to Ponyville for now and wait for the others to come back." Rainbow nodded and they start walking back to the train station. "I just hope the others are doing fine, getting their Crystal Masks." "Don't worry, Rainbow, they'll be okay" he looked to the clear blue skies "I hope so"