> Equestria Girls: Disney Odyssey: Fantasia > by Mister V > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A Concert In The Works > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- People start filling up seats while listening to the orchestra being assembled. There were people who played bowed string instruments such as the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass, and the harp, people who played woodwinds such as the flute, the oboe, the clarinet, and the bassoon, people who played brass instruments such as the horn, the trumpet, the trombone, and the tuba, and people who played percussion instruments such as the timpani, the snare drum, the bass drum, the cymbals, the triangle, the tambourine, and people who played mallet percussion instruments such as the xylophone, the glockenspiel, and the bells. When the orchestra was assembled, Mr. V stepped foward along with dapper gentleman in formal attire. (Pause at 1:50) "How do you do?" The gentleman said. "My name is Deems Taylor." "And I am Mr. V" Mr. V replied. "And it's our very pleasant duty to welcome you here on behalf of Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski and all the other artists and musicians from Hasbro and Disney whose combined talents went into the creation of the third installment in our series, Equestria Girls: Disney Odyssey: Fantasia." "What you're going to see are the designs and pictures and stories that music inspired in the minds and imaginations of a group of artists." Deems stated. "In other words, these are not going to be the interpretations of trained musicians, which I think is all to the good." Mr. V replied. "Now, before we start the story, you should know that there are three kinds of music on this program." Deems explained. "First, there's the kind that tells a definite story. Then there's the kind, that while it has no specific plot, does paint a series of more or less definite pictures. Then there's a third kind, music that exists simply for its own sake." "And with that, we'll begin our story." Mr. V concluded with a bow. Intro Our story begins one afternoon when the Rainbooms, Trinity and Jiminy Cricket joined the rest of the students in a assembly arranged by Principal Celestia for a big announcement. "Attention everyone." She said. "I am very happy to announce that we will be having our first ever Canterlot High School concert." This announcement made everyone interested, except for Rainbow Dash, who was just a little concerned. "We'll start practicing tomorrow, and will have the concert in 2 months. That should give you more then enough time to pick your ideal instrument and perform with it in flawless beauty." Our heroes then met at Trinity's house to discuss the event. "This is pretty exciting, us all being in a concert and all, ain't it?" Applejack asked in equal excitement. "Yeah, exciting." Rainbow Dash said, not shairing Applejack's enthusiasm. "What ever is the matter, Rainbow Dash?" Rarity asked in curiosity. "I'm gonna be honest with you guys." Rainbow Dash said in embarressment. "I've never played in a concert ever in my life." "What are you talking about?" Sunset asked in confusion. "You perform a lot all the time with the Rainbooms." "Well it's different." Rainbow Dash said. "I played to my own rhythem. As part of a concert, I'd have to follow someone else's lead." At that moment, the group heard a concert playing in the kitchen, conducted by Sheldon the cat. This concert consisted of tomatos, cucumbers, asparagus, gourds, peas, and many other vegetables all playing a rather fancy sounding musical number, and Sheldon was conducting them with poise and finess. The band was playing some very swingin' music, worthy of a group of looney toons. At the end of the concert, the vegetables returned to the fridge after bowing to the audience as Sheldon turned to the group. "What do you think of my veggie band?" He asked. "I think above of the rest, they'll stand." "It was beautiful." Fluttershy said. "And you conducted it so well." "Yeah, how did you learn how to conduct so well?" Twilight asked. "I obtained this skill in a world musically made." Sheldon answered. "If it were a class I'd have a good grade. The Symphony of Sorcery, it is called. Memories from there are greatly recalled." "Do think we can find out what we are good at there?" Trinity asked. "There's a big concert coming, and we'd need to know what instrument is fit for us." "Why sure, you can find your talent there!" Sheldon answered. "The results will give you grins to bear!" The group then went to map, as it glowed an showed a world filled by musical notes, with a mountain surrounded by water. A logo beneath it showed that is was indeed called Symphony of Sorcery. "That must be it!" Jiminy said in excitement. "This will be my first time in a new world." "It sure will be!" Sunset said. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get going!" The group then entered the portal to begin their quest of musical proportions. Disney and Hasbro proudly presents: Equestria Girls: Disney Odyssey: Fantasia Starring: Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash Andrea Libman as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie Tabitha St German as Rarity Cathy Weseluck as Spike Kira Buckland as Trinity Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket Kimberly Brooks as ??? Julie Andrews as Spiritina, The Spirit of the Book of the Disney Martin Short as Sheldon, The Shapeshifter Christopher Lee as Yen Sid Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse David Kaye as Nomis, the Necromancer Robert Englund as Serpentinas Ernest Borgnine as Bulk Charles Nelson Reilly as Lank Garry Chalk, Terry Klassen, & Lee Tockar as Triad, Trion, and Triout Boris Karloff as Chernabog and Narrated by Morgan Freeman as Mr.V > Meet Louis and the Fantasound Orchestra/"Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Now, as we stated earlier, there are three kinds of music on this Fantasia program." Mr.V said. "the kind that tells a definite story, the kind that paints a series of definite pictures, despite having no specific plot, and the kind that exists simply for its own sake." "Now, the number that opens our Fantasia program, the Toccata and Fugue, is music of the third kind, what we call absolute music." Deems Taylor added. "Even the title has no meaning beyond a description of the form of the music." "What you will see on the screen is a picture of the various abstract images that might pass through your mind if you sat in a concert hall listening to this music." Mr.V explained. "At first, you're more or less conscious of the orchestra, so our picture opens with a series of impressions of the conductor and the players. Then the music begins to suggest other things to your imagination. They might be, oh, just masses of color, or they may be cloud forms or great landscapes or vague shadows or geometrical objects floating in space." "So now we present the next chapter is this tale set to the tunes of the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, which was interpreted in pictures by Walt Disney and his associates, and in music by the Philadelphia Orchestra and its conductor, Leopold Stokowski." Deems Taylor concluded. The scene then changed to show the group entering an orchestra room, with people tuning up all kinds of instruments as they started warming up for the coming concert. "Whoa!" Sunset said in astonishment. "Look at all the instruments!" "Yeah!" Applejack said. "We're sure to find something for us to use." It was at that moment that a man with bright orange hair and eyebrows dropped down infront of them. Unlike the rest of the group, who are all wearing formal clothes, he's wearing a white shirt with red suspenders, a red bow tie, light blue jeans, brown shoes, and glasses. "WARNING!" He exclaimed, scaring the group silly as he held a plastic up of sea water . "Never drink sea water, tempting as it is, it will just make you thirstier." He then got down to the floor and tossed the cup in the trash. "We're you trying to get a better view of the show from above?" Twilight asked. "I was just setting up the lighting while releaving stress from the, uh what's the thing that does the thinking, BRAIN!" The guy explained. "I'm Louis, The Fantasound Orchastra's top notch stagehand!" "It's nice to meet you." Sunset replied. "I'm Sunset Shimmer. This is Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Spike, Jiminy Cricket and Trinity." "So what brings you guys here?" Louis asked in curiousity. "Well, we're trying instruments that fit us for a concert of our own." Trinity explained. "Sheldon said that we could find them here." "Sheldon!?" Louis asked in suprise. "Why didn't you say so? That guy was the best student in the class! He was also the most unpredicable, what with him changing his shape all the time, but that's a trivial matter. If you guys are looking for instruments, then you've come to the right place." "Great!" Applejack said. "Just point us to where you keep the surplus instrument and we'll be out of here faster than a hyperactive rattlesnake." "Oh, it's not that easy." Louis said. "I'll need lead you guys on a musical spirit quest through some of the worlds here in the Symphony of Sorcery in order to obtain your instrument, and master it. Did Sheldon not tell you that?" "Uh, no?" Fluttershy said. "But it kinda sounds like fun to find our instuments that way." "Yeah, I like that idea too!" Pinkie Pie replied. "I like it when we have to go on a spirit quest, musical or otherwise." "Yeah, it does sound like fun." Sunset said. "Where do we start?" "Well, we could start with Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach." Louis answered. "One of you should be able to find your ideal instrument there." "Great!" Twilight said. "But, how do we get there?" "Well, that what these guys are here for." Louis said before turning to the orchestra. "Hey, guys! How about playing Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for these girls." The conductor nodded, tapped his baton on the stand, and prepared to begin the music. As the music started up, a flash of green light appeared on the left side of the conductor for only a moment before dissapearing. Then, a yellow light appear on the right side before doing the same thing. Then a red light appeared right infrount of the conductor, but unlike the first two lights, this one grew and grew until the entire room was filled in this light, forcing the group to cover their eyes. (Pause at 0:43) "Wow!" Sunset said in amazment as she was reopening her eyes. "Yeah." Applejack said before seeing something odd. "Hey, anyone else remember seeing that before?" The group looked in Applejack's direction and saw things like oddly shaped instruments moving around, various shapes flying through the sky, strange shadows dancing about. "Oh, that's the magic of this world." Louis said. "Any music that is played will transport us into a world that was created when that music was composed." "That sounds both fancinating and unusual at the same time." Twilight said, unsure of which is more accurate a way to describe what Louis just said. "We better get moving." Louis said. "One of you is sure to find an instrument at the end of the trail." (Resume Video) The group began walking down a long winding trail, taking many twists and turns, ups and downs, lefts and rights, norths and souths, easts and wests and all kinds of different which ways until the came to wide river, slowly going past the numerous rocks sticking out it's waters, like chocolate chips on a cookie. (Pause at 1:22) "Well this a very intresting river." Jiminy Cricket said. "How are we suppose to get a cross this?" "One stone at a time, Jiminy." Applejack answered. "One stone at a time." "And we'll need to be careful so that I don't get my hair wet." Rarity replied. (Resume Video) The group then began to jump from rock to rock, each member of the group following the one infront of them. It seems that the music played with every movement they make, but they didn't seem to mind. First they jumped on small rocks, then medium sized rocks, then large rocks, each time feeling as if they are getting in tune with the musical energies of this world. They then reached the over side of the river. (Pause at 2:01) "That was easy." Pinkie Pie said in joy. "Where to next?" Louis then pulled out a map "Next, we need to cross that." He said as he pointed at a log bridge over a second river, not as long as the first one, but was moving twice as fast. "Whoa nelly." Applejack said in worry. "Well, we're gonna have to be careful." (Resume Video) The group began to cross the log bridge, but slowly and carefully, so they don't fall into the river. Spike stayed in Twilight's bag while Jiminy stayed on Sunset's head. It took lots of consentration not to fall in but the group made it to the other side. (Pause at 2:18) "We made it!" Rainbow Dash said in amazment. "We are getting close, I can feel it." (Resume Video) She then began to lose her footing before falling into the river, causing a big splash in the river. "RAINBOW!" Everyone cried out in terror as their friend went down the stream. "Come on!" Sunset said in determination. "We've gotta help her!" the group then raced after their friend, who struggled to keep her head above the water at first, but then felt as if she was one with the river. She then swam the river to a shore where it slows down, making it easier for her to reach shore. Using her super speed, she then shook off all the water like a cool headed duck as the others approached. (Pause at 2:44) "Are you alright, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked in worry. "Yeah, I'm pretty good." Rainbow Dash answered. "I felt as if it the river and I were one and the same. Plus, being head of the swimming team helped too." "Well, it seems that we're still on track." Louis said before pointing at a big mountain. "Now we just need to climb this mountain." “You have got to be kidding me!” Rarity said in shock. “I wish.” Louis said as he looked at the map. “The trail ends at the top of Mount Serenade.” "Well, we better get started." Sunset said. (Resume Video) The group then began to climb the mountain, slowly making progress with each rock they grab, and each climbing stone they step on while Jiminy stayed with Spike in Twilight's bag. The group soon found a spot 20 or 30 feet above the ground to stop and take a breather. (Pause at 3:29) "Phew, that was quite a workout." Applejack said in relief. "I hope we don't have to do anymore climbing." Rarity said in worry. “These rocks are doing damage to my nails.” “Fortunately, we won’t need you.” Louis said before turning to a tunnel entrance. “We can take this tunnel the rest of the way to the top of the mountain. Come on.” (Resume Video) The group then began talking down the tunnel, a tunnel that seemed to go up. As they walked up the mountain, they noticed stalactites that look violin bows hanging down from the ceiling, stalagmites that look like drum sticks sticking out of the ground, and lots of beautiful lights glowing everywhere. They then passed strings that seemed to play music as the wind flew past them. The tunnel had many ups and downs before leading our heroes to a place with glowing stones and shapes flying around like birds. (Pause at 4:43) “Wow!” Sunset said in awe. “This place is more beautiful than anything I’ve seen.” “Yeah, it’s like seeing a house made entirely out of dog treats.” Spike said in wonder. "We should take some pictures for the memories." Pinkie Pie said. "That's a good idea!" Rarity replied. (Resume Video) The group took several pictures of the mushrooms and flying shapes as the winds blew, making more beautiful music through the entire world in the mountain sounding like a set of violins followed by a single flute. As they reached the end of the area, a few circles passed by them before they entered another area with moving floors (Pause at 5:19) "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said in a mix of awe and worry. "How are we going to get across this?" "Maybe we can let the floors carry us." Twilight replied. "Let me show you." (Resume Video) Twilight than jumped onto the floor, which caused her to move without using her feet as everyone else shrugged and did the same thing. The floor took the group along the room made of stone, making several lefts and rights like a flat escalator. As they reached the end of the room, strange yellow lights appeared along the sides of the room, lighting up the place before the group entered a room made entirely of ice. (Pause at 5:58) "Brr, this place is way too cold!" Rainbow Dash said. "It needs to be 20% warmer." "Well luckly for all of you, I packed some ice skates so we can get across without slipping." Rarity replied. (Resume Video) So, everyone put on their ice skates and skated across the ice. Pinkie was doing a few tricks and moves while the others were watching, all the while being careful not to slip and fall, resulting in broken bones and bruised bodies. It wasn't too long before they made it to the other side, completely unharmed, and saw a stair case leading further up the mountain. (Pause at 6:42) "We're almost at the top." Louis said in excitement. "we just have to climb these stairs, cross the tunnel at the top, and one of you should retrieve an instrument there." "I can hardly wait!" Trinity said sharing Louis' excitement. (Resume Video) The group then began to walk up the stairs, with the walls lighting up by a stream of liquid gold and the same yellow lights from before. The steps got bigger and bigger, but our heroes continued inspite of the growing size of the steps. They soon reach the top of the stairs where they see the entrance of a large tunnel decorated in glowing gemstones from all sides. (Pause at 7:36) "Oh my goodness!" Rarity said in awe. "There are more gemstones then I've ever seen. Many of these remind me of our friends at Beach City." "You're welcome to as many as you want as long as you remember why we're here." Louis said. "Yes, ofcourse." Rarity replied before she started collecting gemstones. (Resume Video) Rarity must have gathered a multitude of gemstones before the group stopped at the other end of the tunnel, where a great big stone elevator stood ready for them. (Pause at 7:57) "Well, would you look at that." Jiminy said in amazement. "An actual elevator made of stones." "This world is really amazing." Sunset replied. "Let's see if it works." (Resume Video) The group then take the elevator up as they reach a well lit area near the top of the mountain, where Rainbow Dash sees a blue light over head. (Pause at 8:17) "Hey, I see something up ahead." She said with a keen eye. "I'll go and check it out." (Resume Video) Rainbow Dash then races off using her superspeed to approach the blue light, before it transformed into a multicolored violin with a bow shaped like a lighting bolt. (Pause at 8:31) "Aw, man, a violin?" She said, a bit dissapointed. "Well, it looks cool so I guess I could give it a try." (Resume Video) And with that, she grabbed the violin and the bow and started playing fine music with it, suprisingly like a pro. As she played, the wind seemed to carry the rest of her party to her location and the clouds seemed to dance to the music. And as the sun sets beneath the clouds, Rainbow Dash finished a masterful performance on the violin that she never imagined doing. The rest of the group applauded the performance. "That is amazing Rainbow Dash!" Rarity said in astonishment. "I never imagined you to play the violin." "Me neither." Rainbow Dash replied in humility. "But I guess I suprise myself." "Well, we should return to the concert hall." Louis said before opening a portal back. "We still need to find instruments for the rest of you." The group then entered the portal at it closed behind them. > The Land of Faries/"The Nutcracker Suite" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "You know, it's funny how wrong an artist can be about his own work." Deems Taylor said with a bit of a chuckle. "Now, the one composition of Tchaikovsky's that he really detested was his Nutcracker Suite, which is probably the most popular thing he ever wrote." "It's a series of dances taken out of a full-length ballet called The Nutcracker that he once composed for the St. Petersburg Opera House." Mr.V replied. "It wasn't much of a success and nobody performs it nowadays, but I'm pretty sure you'll recognize the music of the suite when you hear it." "Incidentally, you won't see any nutcracker on the screen." Deems said in honesty. "There's nothing left of him but the title. But that doesn't stop our heroes from finding another instrument for their big concert." The scene changes to show our heroes passing the portal back to the concert room. "I must say Rainbow, that violin is really good." Rarity said. "And you play it quite well." "I know!" Rainbow Dash replied in suprise. "I never thought of myself as a violin person." "Well, that's one down." Sunset said before turning to Louis. "Where do we go now?" "Next up, we'll go to The Land of Faries, a world made from the music of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite." Louis said with a grin. "The magic there will certainly guide us to another good instrument." "Oh, I love The Nutcracker Suite." Fluttershy said in excitement. "I think the music is just so calming and sweet when it needs to." "So do I." Louis said before turning to the conductor. "Hey, play The Nutcracker Suite for us." The conductor nodded before leading the band. And as the music began to play, the room started to disappear and a forest appeared it's place, all lit up by small lights flying around. (Pause at 0:11) "Wow!" Rainbow Dash said in suprise. "I got a feeling that is going to be amazing everytime." Just then, a light zoomed past Rainbow's nose. "Whoa, what was that?" "I don't know." Spike said before another light landed on her nose, revealing itself to be a little person with wings. "Hey, who are you?" "I'm Sprinkler, a dew sprites." The little person said. "We provide dew to all the plants in the forest following the evening mist. What are you?" “We are visitors to your land, looking for instuments for a big concert." Sunset said. "Do you think you can help us?" "Sure I can!" Sprinkler said in excitement. "I can guide you to the Kingdom of the Mushrooms. They'll know where you need to go in order to find an instrument." "Okay, Sprinkler!" Pinkie said. "Lead the way." (Resume Video) Sprinkler then motioned to the group to follow her, all the while providing dew to many of the flowers. Many other dew sprites joined in from near and far to provide light to the group. (Pause at 0:55) "Hey, I want to introduce you to my friends." Sprinkler said before making introductions. "This is Dripper, Mildew, Goldy, Auroran, Brightly and Shelly." "Hello!" The dew sprites all said in unison. "Hello!" Our heroes replied in pleasure. "It's nice to meet you all." Sunset added. "I'm Sunset Shimmer. This is Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Spike, Jiminy Cricket, Trinity and Louis." "So, how do you guys get dew to all the plants here?" Rainbow Dash asked. (Resume Video) "Like this." Sprinkler said before she and the other dew sprites spread out, distributing dew to all the plants. Many of them worked like lightning, moving from one plant to another at super speed. Before toolong, they transformed the entire field into a gleeming glen of glimmering grass. (Pause at 1:25) "That's amazing." Fluttershy said in awe. "Thanks." Sprinkler replied in modesty. "But if want to see something really good, then follow us." (Resume Video) The dew sprites led our heroes down a small trail that let the group to a small area surrounding a tree with a small spider web on a high branch. Sprinkler herself started work on the spider web, putting dew drops on each intersection, making it a fine example of natural jewelry, while the rest of them decorate the rest of the area in dew, transforming it into something from a wonderful dream. Upon complition of their work, the dew sprites flew off in multiple directions with Sprinkler landing on Fluttershy's head. "It's so pretty!" Flutterhsy said in amazment. "Thanks, we do our best." Sprinkler said in pride before pointing at an area full of mushrooms. "And over there is the kingdom of mushrooms, just like I said. Just pass on through, head up the river of the reed flutes, tread through the arabian pond, cross the Trepak bridge, and go to the land of eternal snow through the golden forest and you'll find what you seek." "Thank you Sprinkler." Jiminy said as the dew sprite flew off. "You're quite welcome." Sprinker said in pleasure to have met our heroes. "Goodbye my friends." "Goodbye, Sprinkler." Our heroes replied in equal pleasure to have met the dew sprite. They then entered the kingdom of the mushrooms, and were greeted by the residents with a dance. The mushrooms do a few bows and marches around our heroes all without saying a single word. (Pause at 0:21) "Uh, hi there." Sunset said. "My friends and I are just passing through. We won't be any trouble." (Resume Video) The Mushrooms bowed their heads before continuing to dance their welcome dance. Then the mushrooms formed two straight lines on either side of our heroes. (Pause at 0:36) "I guess that means they'll let us pass." Applejack said in relief. "We should problably get going." Louis replied. (Resume Video) The group walked down the trail as the mushrooms continued to dance a line dance, making the group feel comfortable. As they reached the end of the trail, the group turned to their large group of hosts who gave them a unanimous bow. "Thank you." Twilight said as she and her party gave a returning bow. "We are truly grateful for this." The mushrooms gave another bow as if to say goodbye before returning to their domain. "Each one of those mushroons sure was a fun guy." Pinkie Pie said with a grin. "Yeah, but we better get going." Applejack said. "The river of reed flutes is just up ahead." Our heroes soon walk down a trail before reaching a big river that was always filled with flowers falling from a long line of trees. (Pause at 0:18) "This must be the river of reed flutes." Jiminy said. “And Sprinkler said we need to go up the river in order to reach the Arabian pond.” Spike replied. “So what are we waiting for?” Pinkie Pie asked before bounding ahead. “Let’s go!” (Resume Video) The group walks up the river while watching several flowers fall into the river in multiple colors, creating beautiful designs in the water. Then a single white flower landed into the water gently and caused the other flowers gather around it, making our heroes curious. (Pause at 0:46) "Ooh, I wonder what's going on?" Rairty said. "Shh, let's watch and see what happens." Sunset replied. (Resume Video) The flowers then danced a strange beautiful dance around the singular while flower as it spun around like a top inside the circle. Then all of the flowers continued going down stream, with the white flower going last, looking as if it was bowing to the small audiance it had. (Pause at 1:30) "Now that is quite a performance." Applejack said. "I agree." Tritity said in agreement. "Look!" Pinkie said in excitement. "The Arabian Pond is just up ahead. Come on!" (Resume Video) The group followed Pinkie Pie to a large pond that was srrounded by grassland, and on the other side is a fine looking bridge with flowers all over it. "Here it is!" Louis said. "The Arabian Pond." "Now all we gotta do is get across it." Applejack said. "But I don't see a boat we can use to cross it." Twilight replied. "Who needs a boat?" Rainbow Dash said as she approached the lake. "We can swim across." But just as she set one foot onto the water, she dissapeared with out a trace. "What the..." Sunset said in suprise. "Where did she go?" "I'm down here!" Rainbow Dash said, suprising everyone in showing that she had transformed into a blue fish with rainbow fins. "I guess this is one way to swim. Come on guys, let's get swimming." Soon, the others join Rainbow Dash in the lake and were transformed into brightly colored fish. Sunset turned into a red fish with yellow fins, Twilight turned into a purple fish with magenta fins, Applejack turned into an orange fish with tangerine fins, Fluttlershy turned into a yellow fish with light pink fins, Pinkie Pie turned into a Pink Fish with lightblue fins, Trinity turned into a golden fish with yellow fins, Louis turned into a white fish with red fins, Jiminy turned into a green fish with black fins and spike turned into a purple fish with green scales. The group only swam a little ways before seeing a pair of eyes peer at them from the darkness of a tunnel for only a moment only to dissaprear shortly after seeing the group approach. (Pause at 0:16) "Hey, wait!" Sunset said. "We won't hurt you. Come on guys, we better catch up." “Okay, but we’ll need to be slow so as not to scare him.” Twilight replied. (Resume Video) They then swam into the tunnel to see what looked like some transpartent plants swaying gently in the water, but is revealed to be a couple of fish who swim off upon seeing the group. (Pause at 0:34) "My, everyone certainly is nervous around here." Rarity said. "Let's keep going and see where their going." Applejack said. (Resume Video) Then as the approach a small spot bathed in light, they see another fish swimming around admiring herself before she sees the group and swims behind some plants. Then when she sees the group approach, the fish swims into a cave. (Pause at 1:00) "He went into that cave." Fluttershy said. "Well let's go!" Pinkie Pie replied. (Resume Video) The group then entered the cave and saw shadows of fish swimming on the wall. A rather dapper looking fish then swam forward and began to speak. (Pause at 1:11) “Ladies and gentle fish, it is my distinct pleasure to present the Moroccan minnows.” He said. (Resume Video) It was at that moment that the shadows are revealed to be goldfish with sparkling tails. They swam around the area as gracefully as ballet dancers, gliding around our heroes with style and finesse. They then formed a ring in the center of the area as the dapper fish prepares to speak again. (Pause at 1:55) “Ladies and gentle fish, it is now my honor and privilege to present to you, Madame Goldeen, the Mistress of the Deep.” (Resume Video) Six black fish then meet up at the bottom of the floor and use their tails to form a pod that opened soon up, revealing a beautiful gold fish with a tail and fins decorated in stars. She began to dance an exquisite dance of grace and beauty that has not been seen in many years. With each movement, she seems to make the stars on her tail sparkle and shine like little diamonds. Then the time came for her performance to end as the black fish make their tails into a pod around Madame Goldeen as our heroes applaud the it, causing bubbles to form around them. The bubbles then took the troupe to the surface on the other side of the pond, where they all reverted back to their normal forms. “Now that was a truly riveting performance.” Rarity said in awe. “Indeed.” Trinity replied. “And look, we’ve reached the the Trepak bridge.” “It’s smoothie sailing from here on out girls!” Pinkie Pie concluded as the group entered the bridge. But just as soon as the entire group got onto the bridge, everyone started bouncing up and down as the bridge started to dance wildly. Some of the steps spun, the ropes shook up a storm, and the beams swayed back and forth. There were times when our heroes thought they were going to fall off, but the bridge seemed to catch them and put them back on. Then, as the music reached it the end, our heroes reached the other side one by one, starting with Sunset Shimmer and ending with Trinity. “Well that was pointless.” Rainbow Dash said. “Yeah, but it gives an opportunity to use one of these.” Pinkie Pie said as she snapped her fingers and a voice saying Was heard. The group just shrugged and continued down the trail to the golden forest. Upon entering the forest, The group soon noticed some wings appearing from a bush, and upon closer inspection, sees a small group of fairies gathered in the bush. The fairies see Fluttershy and gather around her in curiosity. (Pause at 0:32) “Oh, hello.” Fluttershy said. “We are looking for the land of eternal snow. Do you know where it is?” (Resume Video) The fairies did not say a word, but they nodded their heads to say yes. A large group of them banded together to form an arrow pointing in a certain direction. (Pause at 0:51) “That’s got to be the way to go.” Applejack said. “Then let’s get going.” Spike replied. (Resume Video) The group followed the fairies across the forest as all the leaves turned red, orange and yellow all around them. Some of the leaves fell down from the trees as the group enjoyed the tranquility of nature. Soon, the fairies stopped as some strange plants. (Pause at 1:42) “What do those do?” Trinity asked one of the fairies. (Resume Video) The fairy made a small gust of wind and sent to feather like seeds flying before grabbing one of them and riding it to a pod like plant. Then with a wave of her hand, the pod opened up to reveal umbrella like seeds that just float in the wind (Pause at 2:13) “Wow, now that’s pretty amazing.” Rainbow Dash said. “But do you guys could make me fly in the wind.” (Resume Video) The fairies nodded before flying around Rainbow Dash in a circle, causing her to fly in the air. She soon found her self flying across the air like an eagle in the clear warm skies up above. With the rest of the group close behind, she soon lands in a snow covered forest while their clothes turn into winter clothes. (Pause at 3:03) “Wow!” Trinity said in wonder. “This must be the land of eternal snow.” “You’re right.” Fluttershy replied. “One of us is sure to find an instrument here.” (Resume Video) The group traveled just a little ways down the snowy trail before seeing a leaf land in the water of a lake. Then, some new fairies landed on the water and started skating on it, turning the water into ice behind them. As our heroes followed the fairies, Fluttershy felt a strange aura growing stronger and stronger inside her soul with each step she took. And when they reach the other side of the lake, Fluttershy noticed a yellow light in the middle of a clearing. (Pause at 3:42) “Hey, there’s another light.” Rainbow Dash said. “It looks like it’s for you, Fluttershy.” Fluttershy became nervous, but toughened up knowing that it will be okay. “Well, here goes.” Fluttershy said. (Resume Video) Fluttershy walked up toward the light and upon reaching it, saw it transform into a golden flute with pictures of butterflies and birds decorated on it. (Pause at 3:55) “Ooh, this is a beautiful flute.” She said in awe. “Let’s see if I can play it.” (Resume Video) And as snow flakes fall all around her and fairies dance a marvelous dance, Fluttershy began playing her flute like a master, playing each note with grace and finesse. She soon played as the fairies danced around her like ballet dancers. Then when the music reaches it’s end, Fluttershy too reaches the end of her performance to the awe of her friends. When her performance ends, the group applauded for their friend, who blushed upon seeing them. “That was amazing, Fluttershy!” Louis said in amazement. “Thank you.” Fluttershy said. “I guess I was able to play a good flute.” “You sure do.” Sunset said as the portal opens up. “Well everyone, I guess we better go.” The group entered the portal as it closed behind them. > The Mysterious Tower/"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And now we're going to hear a piece of music that tells a very definite story.” Deems Taylor said. “As a matter of fact, in this case, the story came first and the composer wrote the music to go with it.” “It's a very old story, one that goes back almost 2,000 years.” Mister V replied. “A legend about a sorcerer who had a small group of apprentices. one of them was a bright young lad, very anxious to learn the business. As a matter of fact, he was a little bit too bright, because he would often practice some of the boss's best magic tricks before learning how to control them. One day, for instance, when he'd been told by his master to carry water to fill a cauldron, he had the brilliant idea of bringing a broomstick to life to carry the water for him. Well, this worked very well, at first. Unfortunately, however, having forgotten the magic formula that would make the broomstick stop carrying the water, he found he'd started something he couldn't finish, even with the help of his friends.” Our heroes entered the room through a portal while admiring Fluttershy’s flute. “Your flute is absolutely amazing, Fluttershy.” Rarity said. “Thank you, Rarity.” Fluttershy said in gratitude. “I guess I was meant to play the flute.” “Well, I hope you guys are ready for a truly epic tale.” Louise began. “Because next up is the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a piece of music that tells the story of a sorcerer with magic powers, and how that magic almost flooded his workshop at the hands of an apprentice.” “Ooh, that does sound pretty epic.” Pinkie Pie replied. “In fact, I’d say that we will barely come out of this one alive. So what are we waiting for, Easter? Let’s do it!” As the music began, the world around our heroes changed to a deep dark hall way with a light at the end of it. Upon reaching it, they see a powerful sorcerer with a hat atop his head decorated with moons and stars, a long gray beard reaching down underneath his chest and small eyes with tiny pupils as well as a long aqua-colored vestment that covers his entire body, save for his arms and feet. (Pause at 0:32) “Hey, don’t that fella look familiar?” Applejack asked. “Yes, that’s Master Yen Sid, the sorcerer The Blue Fairy told us about.” Trinity said in surprise. “The one that might just help me figure out who I am.” It was then that they also saw an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a red robe with big round ears, cute eyes and a small nose walk up some stairs with two buckets in his hands. “Who’s that little guy?” Sunset asked. “I don’t know, but let’s give him a hand.” Twilight replied as she and the rest of the group walked up the stairs. The little mouse stopped half way to catch his breath when he sees Applejack lift up one of the buckets. “Thought you could use a hand, friend.” She said as she carried the bucket with ease, while the mouse carried the other bucket with the others behind them. Applejack and the mouse take the buckets to a cauldron, where they poured all the water into it. “Gee, thanks pals.” The mouse said. “I’m Mickey Mouse.” "It's nice to meet you." Sunset replied. "I'm Sunset Shimmer. This is Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Spike, Jiminy Cricket, Louis and Trinity. What are you doing?" “I’m just taking water to this cauldron for my master Yen Sid.” Mickey answered. “It’s one of the many chores I have to do everyday. But I don’t mine, because someday, I’m going to be a powerful sorcerer myself. Just look at what he can do.” (Resume Video) The entire group then watched as Yen Sid made some smoke take on the form of a giant bat before it changed shape and color to be come a brightly colored butterfly, much to the surprise of the group. (Pause at 1:01) “Wow!” The entire group said in wonder. “I know, right?” Mickey replied. “That part of why I became an apprentice, so that I can do great magic like him.” (Resume Video) Yen Sid then retracted the magic back into a skull, resulting in a flash of light that nearly blinded the group watching. When they regained sight, they saw Yen Sid yawn as he put his hat down. But as he left, the hat still shined with magical energy. The sorcerer then walked up the stairs with the small group of heroes sneaking up behind him, only to stop at the base of the stairs. Mickey looked back at the hat with a smile before racing over to the table to put the hat on his head. This made his new friends confused. (Pause at 1:45) “Mickey, what are you doing?” Twilight asked in concern. “I’ve got a great idea.” Mickey said as he pointed to a broom in the corner. “See that broom over there? If I concentrate, I can use the magic in this hat to bring that broom to life. Then, I can command it to get water from the well and take to the cauldron. Once Master Yen Sid sees how well I used the magic in his hat, he might teach me how to be a real sorcerer.” “I don’t know if this is a good idea.” Sunset replied. “I’ve learned the hard way that magic can be hard to control.” “Don’t worry, there’s a formula I can use to stop it if necessary.” Mickey stated. “Here we go!” (Resume Video) Mickey then said a series of magic words and waved his hands around as magic flew through the air and into the broom. Then, as he wiggled his fingers around at great speed, our heroes were surprised to see the broom actually come to life before their eyes. (Pause at 2:05) “Wow!” Pinkie Pie said in amazement. “It actually worked!” “See?” Mickey said in confidence “This is a piece of cake when you know how it works.” “I guess it’s okay.” Sunset said. (Resume Video) Mickey then proceeded to make the now alive broom hop over to him. Then when he was in between the two buckets, the magic inside the broom made it sprout two arms. (Pause at 2:16) “Now then broom, I command you to take those two buckets, go up to the well at the top of the stairs, fill the buckets with water, then take the water to the cauldron to be poured in. (Resume Video) As if to respond, the broom started marching to the staircase leading to the well with our band of heroes close behind. They watched as the broom flawlessly filled the buckets with water, then marched back down the stairs and to the cauldron, where he poured them out of the buckets and into the cauldron with perfect timing. The broom then proceeded to march back to the well to repeat the process over again. (Pause at 3:12) “What did I tell ya?” Mickey said in pride. “The broom is doing my chore with flawlessness.” “I guess it’s going well.” Sunset said. “But we’ll need that stop formula just in case.” “Okay, it’s on the big red book shelf on the wall.” Mickey replied, knowing that Sunset is the kind of person who doesn’t take too many chances. (Resume Video) Sunset and the others then walked to a big book shelf that was 10 feet and 5 inches tall. They did have to climb a bit, but they soon found the book they were looking for, and it was much bigger then they thought. Meanwhile Mickey soon got tired of watching the broom marching back and forth and decided to take a nap. Our heroes soon see Mickey sleeping like a log. (Pause at 3:50) “Aww, he’s actually kinda cute when he sleeps like a baby bunny in a bed of cotton.” Applejack said. “I wonder what he’s dreaming about.” Jiminy replied in wonder. (Resume Video) Inside Mickey’s head, we will show you readers what he’s dreaming about. We see Mickey climbing up the a stone staircase to the top of a huge mountain with the confidence of a powerful wizard. He started practicing making the stars twinkle in the night sky, just by pointing at them. Then, by motioning his hands, he made the stars race and dance around him. Then he turned the milky way Galaxy into chocolate ice cream, then strawberry, then pineapple, then raspberry. Then he made clusters of stars collide with each other, turning them into sparkles to decorate the water. Then he made the waters rise in waves high enough to reach him. Then dark clouds built up over head, and Mickey made the lightning flash with a wave of his hands as the waves continued to crash. (Pause at 5:10) “I am Mickey Mouse!” He said in everlasting pride. “I am the greatest sorcerer of all! Master over all of time and space itself!” Just then, he heard a voice from beyond. “Mickey…..” it said. “Mickey…..” The voice was coming from Rainbow Dash, who was trying to wake him up. (Resume Video) “Mickey!” She said in a panic. “Come on, man, wake up! We got trouble!” Mickey finally opens his eyes and sees his surroundings. Water sloshes around him as he is rocked off of his chair by an immense flood caused by the broom, who was still bringing water to the cauldron. (Pause at 5:20) “What?” He said groggily before noticing the situation. “What's happening?!?” “We're in a flood!” Applejack said in fear. “Like we’ve never seen before! If we don't do something quick, we're gonna sink!!” “I’m trying to find the for find the formula to make the broom stop, but this book is bigger then I thought it would be.” Twilight added. “You guys try and slow him down, Jiminy and I’ll keep looking. (Resume Video) The group nodded as they raced to stop the broom as it came down the stairs. They tried to block its path, but all it did was knock them out of the way. They tried dragging it down by holding on to the buckets, but even Applejack’s strength couldn’t stop the broom from pouring more water into the cauldron. Finally, after chasing the broom, they all grabbed axes and started hacking away at the broom, chopping it down into a million pieces. (Pause at 6:00) “Phew, that was close.” Mickey said in relief. “Maybe my idea wasn’t so hot after all.” “I’ll say.” Applejack said. “But at least we stopped it before it got out of hand.” “Yes, but we should clean up down stairs before Yen Sid gets back.” Trinity concluded. (Resume Video) The group were about to leave when they saw something odd going on with the small pieces of wood scattered across the floor. They saw the pieces jump up and down like jumping beans, almost in the blink of an eye, all those million pieces of broom had become a million brooms. The group locked and barred the door in fear before racing down the stairs. (Pause at 6:45) “Twilight!” Spike said in terror. “We got a big problem.” “Bigger then using a book for a lifeboat?” Twilight replied. “How’s that?” (Resume Video) Just then, the door upstairs bursts open and the army of brooms marches to the cauldron to fill it up with water. Our heroes managed to snag some stray buckets to bail the water out of the building, but the brooms were bringing in more water than our heroes were letting out. Soon our heroes found themselves in a magical bubble underwater. (Pause at 7:14) “Girls, I don’t think this is working.” Rarity said. “Well, we can’t just give up.” Applejack replied. “We’ll just have to thing of something else.” “Uh, does the book feel like it’s moving to anyone else?” Mickey asked in confusion. (Resume Video) The book was indeed moving. in fact, it was moving with the current so fast that Applejack was beginning to feel seasick from the rocking of the book. As brooms marched into the water, our heroes scoured through the book to find the stop spell. (Pause at 7:45) “Now, let’s see, we must hurry.” Trinity said frantically. “Love potions, no.” Trinity said. “Werewolves, nope.” Rainbow Dash said. “Llamas, nuh in.” Fluttershy said. “Warts, absolutely not.” Rarity said. “Soda fountain, maybe later.” Pinkie Pie said slyly. “Sponges, might help, but not much.” Spike said. “Waterfalls, oh heavens no!” Jiminy said fear stricken. “Where is the S section for sticks?” Sunset asked in a panic. “I thought we were looking for the B section for brooms.” Mickey replied. (Resume Video) The room was filling with water fast, and our heroes were stuck in a huge whirlpool. (Pause at 7:57) “Any more of this, and I’ll be blowing lots of chunks.” Applejack said, ready to burst. (Resume Video) Suddenly, a large shadow appeared. It was Yen Sid who had returned to investigate the noises coming from downstairs, only to see a huge mess of water. He spoke not a word, but waved his hands into the air and made everything stop. The water dissolved into mist, the brooms all froze and became lifeless, and our heroes crawled out of the big book to Yen Sid standing above them. (Pause at 8:37) “Uh, oh.” Sunset said in concern. The entire group stood up in a single file line, starting with Sunset and ending with Mickey, who sniffled and sneezed. “Oh, I’m sorry, Master Yen Sid.” He said. “I thought I’d impressed you by doing some magic. What are you going to do with me?” (Resume Video) Well, again, the sorcerer spoke not a word, but instead pointed to his hat. Mickey took the hat off his hat, noticed that the tip was bent and fixed it before handing it back to Yen Sid. The sorcerer then pointed to a broom next to Sunset, and she gave it to the sorcerer to. Then using his magic, Yen Sid moved Mickey to the other side of him, took careful aim, and swung the broom directly to Mickey’s posterior. Yen Sid then turned to the others and motioned for them to follow him upstairs. > Yen Sid Explains Everything > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We now join our heroes as they enter Yen Sid's study is the largest room in the building, with several shelves containing many books. There is a large wooden desk behind which Yen Sid is sitting, and behind it, large star and moon windows displaying the Countryside. Standing next to him are a small handful of his apprentices, including Mickey. “You wanted to see us, sir?” Trinity asked. “Yes, I did.” Yen Sid answered. The group looked at each other timidly before Sunset stepped forward. “My friends and I would like to apologize for the mess we made.” She said humbly. “Yeah, we probably shouldn’t have chopped that broom into so many pieces.” Rainbow Dash said, only to be elbowed by Applejack. “No matter.” Yen Sid said, surprising everyone. “You fixed the mess, despite overwhelming odds. That proves to me that you are brave souls.” “Uh, Mister Yen Sid, sir?” Trinity said in concern. “I have no memories of who I am or where I came from. I was hoping that you could help me.” “Hmm, interesting.” Yen Sid said before walking to the young girl. “Hold my hands, and we will see what we can find.” Trinity did just that, and the two of them found themselves in a white room, hearing a disoriented voice from beyond. “Listen to me, my child.” It said. “This coffin will purge you of all your memories, but it will preserve your body until the time is right. You will eventually go to the places needed to restore your memories. And remember that no matter what happens, you must keep The Book of Disney safe. It the magic inside were to be used for evil, it will only lead to disaster. I love you, my daughter.” Before anymore information could be found, the two of them returned to the room with the others. “What did you see?” Rarity asked. “It would seem that your friend here was meant to have no memory of who she is.” Yen Sid answered. “All I could find is that someone knew that she would come here. How that is possible, we do not know.” “Sheesh, it’s a good thing we didn’t mentioned that Nomis guy.” Applejack said. Upon hearing that, the apprentices all murmured to each other in shock. “You’ve met Nomis the Nightmare Bringer, and survive?” Mickey asked. “More then just survived him.” Rainbow Dash replied. “We beat him twice in a row.” “Wait a minute, you mean to tell me you know Nomis?” Sunset asked. One of the other apprentices, a monkey, shrugged his shoulders. “Not really.” He said. “But we did hear stories about him. I hear that he was a sea monster, who transformed into a human baby to get revenge of the sailors who killed his father.” “Well, I heard that he was a robot that was made out of hyper defective metals, resulting in him going haywire.” A pig apprentice said. “Don’t be silly.” Said a third apprentice with the features of a fish. “Nomis is just a ghost story to scare children.” “Enough.” Yen Sid said in a tone that was calm, but caught everyone’s attention. “I must admit, even I know not all of the history of Nomis the Nightmare Bringer, but I do know about the rise and fall of the warriors who defeated him, The Guardians of the Book of Disney.” He went to his bookshelf and picked up a book entitled ‘The History of Scala ad Caelum.’ and opened it up. “The story of the Guardians of the Book of Disney goes far back to the days when there was only one world named Scala ad Caelum.” He began. “It is believed to be the nexus from which all worlds spring, having once served as a seat of power for those who reside on it. They were known as the world forgers, being with the power to create a world out of stardust and cosmic fluids. One of these world forgers, Tawl Nesyid, created a book that acts as a map to all the worlds so he could traverse them at will. He also enchanted the book so that after his death, it would continue to make new worlds within its pages for all time. While it doesn’t say when, it also said he formed a order of heroes to protect the book from evil. This team consisted of 7 heroes chosen for their courage, strength, love, agility, joyfulness, wisdom and peacefulness. These heroes then passed their knowledge onto new generations of heroes so that the book will always be safe. This knowledge became handy when Nomis, the Nightmare Bringer led a large army to takeover Scala ad Caelum. These seven brave heroes, who became known as the Guardians of Destiny, defeated him and he was imprisoned inside the book for eternity.” “That. Is. Awsome!” Rainbow Dash said. “However, he vowed that if he could not rule Scala ad Caelum, then his forces would destroy it and watch its residents drown in darkness.” Yen Sid continued. “Using the book, these seven heroes led the people out of Scala ad Caelum and into a new world that would be their new home. Soon, the Guardians of Destiny found new heroes to train, heroes who became the Guardians of Peace, heroes would grow up to prove themselves worth by defeated a terrible darkness from their world’s past.” “That is good to know.” Fluttershy said. “So then what happened?” “I fear that this part of story does not have happy ending.” He continued. “Dark forces from Nomis’ army came to attack the kingdom and laid waste to it. Soon, the souls of the Guardians of Destiny ripped out of their bodies and into their loyal mounts. As for their students, they were placed into eternal slumber along with their allies, and the king was slain where he stood. In order to keep them safe, the mounts took these champions into separate worlds so no one would find them.” “Ouch.” Rainbow Dash said in sorrow. “Isn’t there a way to wake them up?” Sunset asked. “There is only one way.” Yen Sid answered. “First, you must find the maker of the book and seek his advice using a rare item called the Dreamstone, which you will need to find in a prehistoric world. Then, you must find the Guardians of Peace and the mounts who guard them. Then you must find the four pieces of the ancient amulet of Scala ad Caelum, and reassemble it. Only then will you be able to break the spell and reawaken the Guardians of Peace.” “Gee, is that all?” Applejack asked in surprise. “Yeah, I thought it would be harder?” Rainbow Dash said in sarcasm. “Do not fear.” Yen Sid said in assurance. “The spirits of the Guardians of Destiny will guide the way and aid you when ever you have need of them.” He then opened a drawer on his desk and pulled out a lavender piccolo decorated in stars. "Now, I believe that this belongs to one of you." Then, feeling as if she was meant to have it, Twilight takes it and begins to play. "That's really good!" Sunset said as she and the others applauded her. "Thanks, everyone." Twilight said shyly before turning to the sorcerer. "And thank you, Master Yen Sid. You honor me with this." "The honor is all mine." Master Yen Sid replied before using his magic to open a portal. "Now, I believe you have a quest to continue. Everyone in your world is waiting." The small band of heroes take a bow before the sorcerer and say goodbye to Mickey and the others before leaving the portal. > The Beginning of the Earth/"Rite of Spring: Part 1: Creation" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet, The Rite of Spring, his purpose was, in his own words, to express primitive life." Deems Taylor said. "And so Walt Disney and his fellow artists have take him at the word. Instead of presenting the ballet in its original form, as a simple series of tribal dances, they have visualized it as a pageant, as the story of the growth of life on Earth. And that story, as you're going to see it, isn't the product of anybody's imagination." “It's a coldly accurate reproduction of what science thinks went on during the first few billion years of this planet's existence.” Mr. V stated. “Science, not art, wrote the scenario of this picture. According to science, the first living things here were single-celled organisms, tiny little white or green blobs of nothing in particular that lived under the water.” “And then, as the ages passed, the oceans began to swarm with all kinds of marine creatures.” Deems Taylor added. “Finally, after about a billion years, certain fish, more ambitious than the rest, crawled up on land and became the first amphibians. And then, several hundred million years ago, nature went off on another tack and produced the dinosaurs.” “Now, the name "dinosaur" comes from two Greek words meaning "terrible lizard", and they certainly were all of that.” Mr. V noted. “They came in all shapes and sizes, from little, crawling horrors about the size of a chicken to hundred-ton nightmares. They were not very bright. Even the biggest of them had only the brain of a pigeon. They lived in the air and the water as well as on land. As a rule, they were vegetarians, rather amiable and easy to get along with.” “However, there were bullies and gangsters among them.” Deems Taylor replied. “The worst of the lot, a brute named Tyrannosaurus Rex was probably the meanest killer that ever roamed the earth. The dinosaurs were lords of creation for about 200 million years.” “And then... well, we don't exactly know what happened.” Mr. V stated. “Some scientists think that great droughts and earthquakes turned the whole world into a gigantic dustbowl. In any case, the dinosaurs were wiped out. That is where our story ends.Where it begins is at a time infinitely far back, when there was no life at all on earth. Nothing but clouds of steam, boiling seas and exploding volcanoes. So now, our heroes will soon find themselves out in space billions and billions of years ago, looking down on this lonely, tormented little planet, spinning through an empty sea of nothingness.” The portal opens up to show our heroes returning to the orchestra with Twilight’s piccolo. “That piccolo is very beautiful.” Trinity said. “Thanks.” Twilight replied. “I’ll admit it wasn’t how I expected it to look, but it is rather amazing.” “So, what’s next, Louis?” Sunset asked Louis in curiosity. “Our next stop is a world based on Igor Stravinsky’s ballet, The Rite of Spring.” Louis began. “It is a world that is in a constant time loop, starting from the creation of the earth and ending at the extinction of the dinosaurs.” “Awesome!” Rainbow Dash said in excitement. “It’s been quite a while since we saw real dinosaurs.” "You saw actual dinosaurs?" Jiminy Cricket asked in confusion. "It’s a long story.” Spike said, not to surprise of Jiminy’s not knowing of past events in her friends’ lives. "So, how will this work?” Fluttershy asked in concern. "Well, when the music starts, we will be magically given space suits to start with.” Louis said before turning to the conductor. “Maestro?” As if on cue, the conductor starts playing music and the room started to turn into a vast blanket of stars and planets, dancing around in the sky, and our heroes suddenly found themselves in high tech space suits look at all the vastness. “My goodness!” Rarity said in astonishment. “This is the most inspiring sight I have ever seen.” “It’s like looking deep into the frosting of a space cake.” Pinkie Pie said with a bit of drool dripping off her mouth. The group watched stars and planets pass by them. Constellations were made and galaxies started to form. "Oh look, you can see all kinds of constellations in the sky." Twilight said in awe. "Some constellations like Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces, are known as the constellations of the zodiac, and are made familiar through astrology. Others like Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are used for navagation and exploration." "And they all make such beautiful pictures." Fluttershy replied. "I can't believe that all of this happened billions and billions of years ago." Applejack said in amazement. "13.8 billion years ago to be exact." Jiminy Cricket replied. "Wow!" Rainbow Dash said in astonishment. "This beyond awsome!" "Yeah, we could float out here forever." Pinkie Pie replied in wonder. It was at that moment that Twilight saw something that surprised her. "Hey, that looks like the earth!" She said in wonder of seeing the planet. “I’ve been studying the formation of the earth and I always wanted to see it up close.” “Then let’s check it out.” Sunset replied. The group then approached the planet and, upon entering its atmosphere, saw a huge landscape consisting of nothing but boiling pools of lava and lifeless red rocks. (Pause at 2:51) “Wow, look at all those lava pools.” Fluttershy said in concern. "And here I was hoping I could find a water bath." Rarity replied in disappointment. (Resume Video) “I’m gonna be panting up a a storm in all of this heat.” Spike concluded. “Naturally.” Jiminy replied. “At earth’s beginnings, there was nothing but volcanoes and geysers for miles.” “That would explain the lack of life around here.” Trinity said. “Given time, those volcanoes would make the earth fertile and ready for life to grow.” Applejack concluded. "She's not wrong." Louis added. “You see, more than 80 percent of the Earth's surface both above and below sea level is of volcanic origin. Gaseous emissions from volcanic vents over hundreds of millions of years formed the Earth's earliest oceans and atmosphere, which supplied the ingredients vital to evolve and sustain life. Over geologic eons, countless volcanic eruptions have produced mountains, plateaus, and plains, which subsequently eroded and weathered into majestic landscapes and formed fertile soils. Ofcourse, the molten rock may be hazardous to one's health." (Pause at 3:23) "Let's take a closer look." Rainbow Dash suggested. "Ooh, bad idea." Louis said. "I see disaster, ruin, peptic ulcers. Years of therapy!" "I meant with the zoom function on these suits." Rainbow Dash replied. (Resume Video) "Oh, I knew that." Louis replied. Our heroes pushed a button on their suits, and a screen appeared on their helmets showing the area below as if it was upclose and personal. The first thing they see is several volcanoes of different sizes and shapes with lava bubbling in the surface. There were sparks of fire as embers flew out of the mouths of the volcanoes and through the sky. They also a tornado of steam transform into a tornado of fire several times through the heated air. (Pause at 4:06) "My, my." Jiminy said in surprise. "I've never seen a fiery tornado before." "Me neither." Spike added. "I bet that would cook a lot of hot dogs." (Resume Video) "Hey, guys!" Rainbow Dash said seeing something else. "Look over here." The others turned to see a pool of lava with huge bubbles emerging to the surface only to pop instantly. "Those bubbles look like they could hurt if some of it got on your skin." Sunset said in concern. Twilight then examined the area with the scanner on her space, and saw something that scared her completely. "Does, uh, anybody mind if we get a bit higher above the ground?" She asked nervously. "Like say, 12 feet or so?" "No, but why?" Applejack said in confusion as the group began to ascend into the sky. "Because 12 feet is about 2 feet higher than the height limit for this." Twilight answered as they all reached their destination. Then, all of the volcanoes in the valley erupt and explode, causing rocks to fly through the air. (Pause at 4:54) "My goodness." Trinity said in relief. "That was close." "Super close." Fluttershy replied. (Resume Video) "This is gonna look good on my social media account!" Rainbow Dash said while looking at a picture of the explosion that she took with her phone. Just then, Sunset saw something that amazed her. "Look!" She said as she pointed to a large river of lava flowing down from the biggest of the volcanoes. "Whoa, that would make amazing fondue if it was chocolate." Pinkie Pie replied in awe. "That stuff must indeed be super hot." Rarity added. “2,200 degrees Fahrenheit to be exact.” Louis concluded. "Well, would you look at that?" Jiminy said as he saw something that was both amazing and slightly terrifying. The lava was flowing down the mountain and heading to a nearby cliff. The lava and several rocks then fell into the ocean, causing a huge tidal wave to form as strong winds blew in, while a terrible storm began to from above our heroes. The waters then began to rise and move onto the land, consuming the lava and the earth at haunting speeds. Within moments, mighty mountains were submerged into the waters before the seas began to rise on the sides of the giant volcano. (Pause at 7:12) "The water’s coming this way!" Trinity said in shock of the rising waters. It was then that Applejack noticed a button on her space suit with bubbles on it. (Resume Video) "Maybe this button can help" Applejack said before pushing the button, which transformed her space sure into a scuba suit. The others did the same thing just in time for the waters to reach them. Soon, they were all completly submerged in the wasters and began to dive into the depths. "My goodness!" Trinity said in relief. "That was close." "You can say that again." Pinkie Pie added before seeing many underwater volcanoes . "Wow! Look at all of those volcanoes!" "Yeah, they are really hot." Spike replied. "2,200 degrees fahrenheit to be exact." Louis stated as the group passed through a mystical energy field which caused out heroes to shrink down to the size of amoebas. "Hey, what happened?" Sunset asked in surprise. "We must have shrunk to microscopic sizes." Twilight said before seeing many tiny animals around her. "Look, there are some amoebas. And there are a few microorganisms, contacting with each other." The group saw a microorganism approach an amoeba, only to avoid being eaten by it. The microorganism then found another microorganism before contacting it. The two then went off as the amoebas started replicating and spreading across the water. "They're everywhere." Rarity said in wonder. "Like shiny shapeless jewels." "These amoeba are basically the first signs of intelligent life in the world." Twilight said as a black ink-like cloud began to form around our heroes. (Pause at 8:29) "Wait, what's happening?" Rainbow asked in confusion. (Resume Video) "It looks like time is changing around us." Sunset said as they saw sea creatures that were different from before, showing sea anemone standing like corn stalks eating microorganisms by grabbing them and shoving them into their mouths. "We must be somewhere in the Palezoic Era." Pinkie said, surprising everyone. "That era, by the way, is divided into 7 smaller eras. The Cambrian Era, The Ordovician Era, The Silurian Era, The Denvonian Era, The Mississsippian Era, The Pennsylvanian Era and the Permian Era." (Pause at 8:50) "How the hey do you know all of that?" Applejack asked in amazement. "These helmets basically explained everything." Pinkie answered. "These things are like high-tech dictionaries." Then the clouds started to form around them again. (Resume Video) "Here we go again." Jiminy said as the world changed again. This time it showed a bunch of hard shelled creatures crawling though the seafloor looking for food. "Looks like this is where the Horseshoe Crab started making his way in the world." Fluttershy said. "It is one of the oldest animals still living on the world." "That is a scientific fact." Twilight said as one more cloud of ink formed around them. This time, they emerged to all forms of sea life, creatures like small eel like creatures, jellyfish eating the eels, plenty of squids squids and fish swiming around. One fish in particular looked like it had little legs to crawl the ground. The group followed the fish as it swam just past the jaws of a bigger fish and up a rock toward the surface of the earth. "Looks like we're going to the surface." Applejack said. "I wonder what we're going to see up there." Sunset said in curiosity. "There's only one way to find out." Jiminy said as one by one, our band of heroes emerged from the waters. > The Land of the Prehistorics/"The Rite of Spring: Part 2: Evolution" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When we last left our heroes, they had just emerged from an aquatic world, unsure of what awaited them." Mr. V said as our heroes look at the surface of the water, just inches away from them. "Looks like we're going to the surface." Applejack said. "I wonder what we're going to see up there." Sunset said in curiosity. "There's only one way to find out." Jiminy said as one by one, our band of heroes emerged from the waters. They soon found themselves in a world of dinosaurs. Upon looking at the world around them, they were instantly in awe of what they saw. They saw mosasaurs and plesiosaurs swimming in the seas and hunting for food. (Pause at 0:42) "This is amazing!" Twilight said in wonder. "Real, living dinosaur!" "Uh, Twi, you do know we've seen living dinosaurs before, right?" Applejack asked. "Yes, but it's still amazing to see." Twilight replied. (Resume Video) "Wait, you guys have seen real dinosaurs before?" Jiminy asked Sunset in surprise. "It's a long story." Sunset answered with a smile. It was at that moment that calls were made from a huge rock not far from the shore. They turned and saw on top of the rock winged dinosaurs gathered in large groups. "Hey, look!" Rainbow Dash said in amzement. "Pterodactyls!" "Rainbow Dash, those are not Pterodactyls." Twilight stated. "They're Pteranodons. Pterodactyls are much smaller than Pteranodons. Yes, they are both winged creatures, but Pterodactyls often walked on land with the help of their hands. Pterodactyls also differ from Pteranodons in that their heads were soft, while Pteranodons have hard heads with large crests atop them." As they spoke, the pteranodons swooped down to hunt for fish in the sea for food. Several of them caught fish or squids, but one unlucky pteranodons caught a fish only to be eaten by a mosasaur. (Pause at 1:52) "Yeesh, that's a pretty graphic way to go." Louis said. "Yeah, but it's just survival of the fittest in nature." Twilight replied. "There are no badguys, even in prehistoric times." Just then, as if on cue, the party felt the presence of something hiding behind the bushes. They party turned to see dinosaurs rising out of the bush, growling and leering. They were velociraptors, and they were hungry. "Well. if it's survival of the fittest, then let's hope we're fit enought to surive these raptors." Applejack replied. "Spike, you and Jiminy get Trinity and Louis out of here." Sunset said while getting ready to fight. "We'll handle these guys." Spike nodded before leading the group to the bushes. The Rainbooms fought the raptors off well with moves unknown to their three new friends, but two more seemed to arrive with each one they take down. Pinkie leaped at one raptor, only for it to tail wack her, sending her flying to Fluttershy. One tackled Applejack and Rarity, ramming them into a tree. Another snapped at Twilight's behind and Sunset's arm. And Rainbow got jumped on a bright orange one, clearly the leader of the pack. The group soon became exausted as the raptors closed in from all directions. "Man, these raptors are tougher than the ones we faced before." Applejack said, unable to stand anymore. "We'd need a miracle to get out of this." Rainbow Dash replied, and as if on cue, a miracle was heard in the form of a battle cry. (Pause at 0:03) Just then, a tall, light blonde-hair, blue-eyed, prehistoric woman, twice as tall as any member of the Rainbooms came flying in, karate kicking a few of the raptors, before swiftly dispatching the rest. "Wow!" Pinkie Pie said in amazment. "She's tough!" "Who…who is that?" Fluttershy asked, unsure of the giant woman's intent. The cavewoman then turned to the party with a serious look in her eyes, even observing the members behind the bush. "Uh, hi." Spike said nervously. "Do you want something, madam?" Jiminy asked right before the cavewoman jumped infront of Sunset with a big smile on her face. (Resume Song) "You strong!" She said with enthusiasm. "What tribe name?" "We're, uh, the Rainbooms?" Sunset answered. "Rainbooms name? Good name." The cavewoman said in praise. "Me name? Me Ayla!" As the cavewoman started to sing a rousing song of heroism and courage, the party started to feel comfortable around her, almost as if she was a good friend. Ayla presented to the group her strenght and speed, then showed her eagerness to make friends easily. Ayla then turns to see Jiminy on top of Trinity's shoulder. "You!" She said to the little conscience. "You tiny, but strong, too!" "Well, I am a cricket, so it's understandable." Jiminy replied. "Crick-yett?" Ayla asked in confusion. "What that? Ayla don’t know!" "It's a kind of insect from the superfamily Grylloidea." Jiminy explained. "What you say?" Ayla asked with a smile. "No rubbish or Ayla head go boom! Where you from?" "I, uh, think it might be beyond your grasp." Twilight said while trying to explain things. "We’re from a world that's way older than the day after tomorrow." Ayla couldn't help but laugh at the way Twilight explained herself "You funny!" She said with a grin. "Ayla like funny person!" "It’s no use..." Twilight said exaustedly. Ayla then encouraged the party to come to her village for a celebration. Twilight said that they would love to accept the invite, but explained that they're searching for a dream stone. Ayla explains that there are plenty of dream stones in her village, so Twilight agrees to go. Ayla took the lead as the party followed behind her and introduced each member by name. Sunset and Trinity took up the rear of the group as thoughts came through Trinity's mind. "Uh, Sunset?" She began. "Where did you learn those combat moves?" "Oh, well, we learned them from some special friends of ours in a big city named New York." Sunset answered. "We'll have to introduce you to them sometime." Soon, our heroes arrived at a prehistoric village, where they saw many cave people living in the land. Among them was a young man in his early 20s, he has blonde hair tied in a ponytail and a half fringe on the forehead. His clothes seem to be made of the same fabric as Ayla's, consisting of grey fur. He wore a tunic that goes down to his upper legs and leaves his left shoulder and a part of his left chest showing. The tunic is held closed by a belt made from the same fur as the tunic. He also sported wristbands on both his wrists made from the same fur, and the same on his ankles, and a gold ring made of stone. They all seemed to listen when Ayla made an announcement with her booming voice. "Listen Ayla!" She said with a smile "We make new friends! New friends, Trinity, Sunset, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Spike. Louis, Jiminy!" "OOGAH!" Everyone of the cavepeople said in awe. "Now, dance Bobonga!" Ayla exclaimed in enthusiasm. "DANCE BOBONGA!" The whole tribe said in joy as the young caveman approached the group. "Me Kino." He said. "You no Ioka person, but you welcome in village!" "Uh, should I or shouldn’t I..." Fluttershy said, unsure of what to do. "Is this really the best use of our time?" Rarity asked in concern. "Come on, guys, let’s have fun!" Pinkie said in excitment as she joined in the celebration. The rest of our heroes then join in the party, eating the primitive yet delectable food, mingling with the friendly locals, and enjoying the music provided by the prehistoric band. At one point, Ayla passed small bowls contaning a kind of drink to each of the Rainbooms. "Friends try drink?" Ayla asked. "This, only special time drink! Good drink! Name skull-smash! Next day, skull feel like smash!" "This fluid contains immeasurable impurities!" Jiminy said in irritation. "Hey guys, you’ve got to try that stuff! It's good!" Pinkie said while enjoying the drink. "How were you able to drink that in one gulp?" Fluttershy asked in surprise. "These bowls are equal to a small glass of wine, so it's safe to drink moderately." Pinkie explained in honesty. "Really?" Louis asked in even more surprise. "Yeah, I mean moderation is important for a healthy lifestyle." Pinkie said reasonably. So, our heroes all drank their bowls of skull-smash, and they enjoyed it quite well. They then continued to mingle with the locals, learning bits and pieces of the tribe's past. Then, the group went to express their gratitude to Ayla for saving them from the raptors earlier that day. "Fastfeet hunt in packs." Ayla explained. " Fastfeet very smart. Want to destroy Ioka for food. But Ayla no lose! Only when Ayla dead, stop fight! No more talk that! Red rock look for, this rock?" She then pulled out a red rock from under her chair. "Y-yes!" Trinity said in excitment. "That’s the dreamstone!" "Rare, red rock." "Have rock, mean strong person. Ayla most strong Ioka village. So Ayla rock! Rainbooms want, Rainbooms challenge Ayla! Win, Ayla give!" "I really don’t think…" Rarity began in concern. "Rainbooms scared?" Ayla said with a grin. "Us, scared?" Rainbow asked in surprise. "No way! We'll take the challenge!" "Then Louis and Ayla battle!" Ayla said in excitment. "Ayla go, get more skull-smash!" "Huh?!?" Louis asked in surprise. "Why me!?!" "Party now, so drink!" Ayla proclaimed in power. "Louis and Ayla have battle, who drink more!" The two of them started drinking skull-smash in a race to see who can drink the most of the stuff. Bowl after bowl, drink after drink, the two competitors raced each other, but ultimately and to the surprise of all, Louis won the contest. The contest ended with a huge burp and a laugh from Ayla. "No more, Louis…" She said in merriment as he handed the Dreamstone to Sunset. "Ayla lose, give rock!" "Th...thanks… so much..." Louis said with a slur. "Louis drink good." Ayla said happily. "Drink one more! To strong Louis!" "Oh please no…" Louis said shakingly. "POUR!" Ayla proclaimed as the festivities reached their peak, although Louis felt a bit ill in the stomach following the competition. But before too long, everyone at the party went to sleep one by one until as Louis and Ayla were the last ones awake, and they were about to hit sack too. "No more skull-smash, please." Louis said sickly before falling asleep. "Maybe too much drink…" Ayla replied dizzily before collapsing onto the ground, snoring loud enough to shake the earth. The next morning, our heroes have awoken to breath in the fresh air of the land. "My, this land is very beautiful." Rarity said in awe of the scenery. "Yes, it's so peaceful and quiet." Fluttershy replied. Our heroes then found Louis and Ayla sleeping in one of the huts. "Five more minutes, ma..." Louis said in his sleep. "Rise and shine, sleepy heads." Applejack said before nudging the two of them awake. "Uhnn… Oh, friends early awake…" Ayla said with a groan. "Ugh… Urgh… Too much skull-smash…" Louis replied with a gurgle from his throat. Sunset then noticed a picture of Ayla within a group of heroes, consisting of 3 humans as old as she is, one advance robot, and anthropomorphic frog dressed like a knight. “Hey, Ayla?” She asked in curiosity. “Who are these guys?” “Those Ayla friends.” Ayla answered as she got up. “Crono, Marle, Lucca, Robo, Frog good friends. Ayla and friends fight together, defeat Lavos.” “Who in the hay is this Lavos varmint?” Applejack asked in confusion. “Ayla people word.” Ayla explained. “La mean fire. Vos mean big. Lavos parasite. Sleep within planet, steal life force.” “That must have been terrifying.” Fluttershy said in fear. Hearing this made the cavewoman laugh. “Ayla no scared of Lavos." She replied before being honest for a moment. "But Ayla scared when old foe from home world take Ioka tribe from Ayla, worse when take Kino. "You like Kino, don't you?" Trinity asked, realizing Ayla's feeling for Kino. "Ayla like Kino BEST!" Ayla answered. "Kino and Ayla heartbound, and care for special Ioka person." Ayla then takes the band to a space in her hut where she revealed to them a baby, almost half a year old, sleeping in a nest held by vines. Upon seeing the bundle of joy, the girls cooed. "Awwwwww..." They all said. "Cute little fella." Jiminy said with a chuckle. "This Dirc." Ayla explained while rubbing the baby's head. "Son of Ayla and Kino." "You must be prouder than a show horse in a fair to have such a strong child." Applejack replied with a smile. "Yes..." Ayla said with a sigh. "Dirc strong." "What ever is the matter?" Rarity asked in concern. (Continue The Rite of Spring here at 1:52) "Ayla chief once, but Kino man…" Ayla explained. "Then Ayla have Dirc, now Kino chief. But Ioka tribe still treat Ayla like chief. Ayla not know what do." "I'm sure it will be fine." Sunset said before getting an idea. "Hey, why don't we all take a walk to clear our heads." "Walk sound good." Ayla said with a smile. Soon, the group began exploring the deep jungles, entering a swamp with several kinds of dinosaurs, eating, sleeping, and tending to their eggs and offspring. Among these dinosaurs is an elderly Stegosaurus, lumbering through the swamp looking for food. During the walk, the party the started to know each other. "So, Ayla, how did you get here?" Trinity asked in curiosity. "Ayla story begin after defeat of Lavos." Ayla began. "Ayla and Kino become heartbound and live happy. However, many days passed by, snow on land made food hard to find. Ayla thought Ioka starve. Then tall man with long beard, blue robe and pointy hat come." "Master Yen Sid?" Jiminy asked in amazement. "Yes, that tall man name." Ayla answered. "He say he have temporary home for tribe until homeland warm up. Tribe talk for while, agreed to the offer. Yen Sid lead tribe to a land that looked exactly like home land. He explain that land in endless cycle, start as a land of fire, then become land Ioka know, then then turn to desert becoming a land of fire again. When great circle go dark 10 times, that mean homeland warm and Ioka go back. This last cycle before Ioka return to homeland." "That must be very exciting!" Pinkie said, happy for Ayla to be going home soon. "Yes, but Ayla still miss adventures with Crono and others." Ayla replied with a bit of sadness before thinking of her past adventures. "When Ayla with Crono and friends, we fight battles, travel through time, and even fly in Epoch." "Your friends must all have interesting stories." Sunset said in amazement. "Sunset right." Ayla replied. "Robo from time Lavos destroy world, help prevent Mother Brain from ruling robots. Frog human knight once, turned to frog knight by spell. Marle part of Ayla family many, many moons past. Lucca smart builder, make gadgets to make life better. Crono want do thing others remember, then become hero of time. Only friend Ayla not mention name Magus, once prince name Janus, but Lavos destroy kingdom and pull people across time." "Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said in awe of such amazing heroes. "Almost makes what you're life seem minor, Sunset." This was responded by an elbow bump on the side by Applejack. "What Rainbow mean?" Ayla asked in confusion. "It's kind of a long story." Sunset replied before Pinkie Pie explained everything. "Sunset's from an alternate world inhabited by magical ponies and other talking creatures, such as griffons and dragons, where she was the student of an alicorn princess there, but had a bit of falling out with said princess, and years later, she stole a crown actually has a magical element embedded in it that helps power up other magical elements, and without it, they don't work anymore, and when she put on the crown, she turned into a raging she demon and tried to turn everyone there into teenage zombies for your own personal army, but an alternate version of Twilight helped Sunset to change her ways and has become a good friend ever since." "Well, maybe it's not as long a story as I thought." Sunset said, a bit embaressed about the shortness of her story. "But it goes a bit deeper then that?" "Ayla love learn more of Sunset and friends." Ayla said before turning in a different direction. As a storm grows, she smells the air. (Pause at 4:54) “What’s wrong?” Trinity asked in concern. “Danger come to swamp.” Ayla answered before racing off. (Continue music) The others followed her to the farside of the swamp, where they saw the most dangerous of all dinosaurs, The mighty Tyranosaurus Rex, stomping through the swamps like a giant figure of death. The sight of this terrifying monster causes the other dinosaurs to run in terror. “Black Tyranno.” Ayla said before pulling her club out. “Ayla fight.” “Wait, what?!” Sunset asked in shock. But before she can say anything, Ayla raced off as the dinosaurs raced into places to hide. Many of them, like a couple of triceratops, and some apatosaurus hid in a lagoon. Many others, most of which run on two legs, ran into the forest to hide in the trees. Only one dinosaur, the elderly stegasaurus was unable to escape as the T-Rex, who grabbed the stegosaurus' tail. (Pause at 5:28) “Oh no!” Fluttershy said in fear. “That stegosaurus can’t get away.” (Resume Video) "Wait, look!" Jiminy said as the group saw Ayla descend down on the T-Rex. She then took her club, and struck the tyranical lizard in the left eye! The monster roared in agonizing pain as a barbed part of the club broke off and lodged itself into his eye. It's roar then turned into one of rage as Ayla lept off the T-Rex and landed on the stegosaurus. (Pause at 5:50) "Wow!" Rainbow Dash said in amazment. "She's very brave." "Yes, I can she why she was a chief before having Dirc." Rarity replied. (Resume Video) "Shh, let's see what happens next." Sunset said as Ayla stared the T-Rex. Then, all of the dinosaurs started to appear as the stegosaurus and the T-Rex began to circle, each one of the combantent's bodies tensed up for the next move. Then, the T-Rex sank it's teeth into the stegosaurus' next as Ayla raced down to swing her club towards the barbed wood sticking out of it's head, cramming it deep into it's eye. (Pause at 6:18) "Ouch." Spike said with a wince. "That's gotta hurt." (Resume Video) “I’ll say.” Pinkie Pie said as she took a picture of it with her phone. Despite the pain, Ayla got thrown off of the stegosaurus as the T-Rex bit down hard against the his neck, dropping him to the wet ground. The Stegosaurus still had life in him, breathing heavily. He groaned slowly as Ayla approached. (Pause at 6:28) "Ayla know." She said as she took a stone dagger out from her pocket. (Resume Video) "What's she doing?" Applejack asked before Ayla rammed it into the heart of the stegosaurus, much to the shock of the entire group. "That answers that." Spike replied queasily as Ayla turned with a sad look on her face and took a solem bow at the T-rex. (Pause at 6:47) "Ayla offer Krog to Black Tyranno." She said with a broken heart. "Eat well and leave in peace." (Resume Video) The T-Rex roared loudly as if to annouce either his victory over the battle, or his gratitude for the offering. Ayla and the surrounding audience then left as the T-Rex began his feast. When Ayla rejoined the group, her heart was heavy with grief. (Pause at 7:08) "Are you alright, darling?" Rarity asked in concern. "Physically, yes." Ayla began in sorrow. "Emotionally, no. Ayla knew Korg when Korg hatch from egg. Once strong in body, strong in heart. Now Korg gone, join others who pass on." "Don't worry." Sunset said while holding the cavewoman's hand in comfort. "He'll still be with you as long as you remember him." "Thank you, Sunset." Ayla replied. "Ayla always keep Korg in heart." When the group returned to the village, it was high time for bed. "Well, time to hit the sack." Applejack said with a yawn. "Yes, sleep well." Ayla said with a smile. "Have big day." Ayla then return to her hut to be with Kino and Dirc. Everyone else went to one of the vacent huts, unrolled their sleeping bags and went to sleep right away. Within the next few days, the group watched Ayla's tribe gather food and water, as if her people are preparing for something big to come, and they spend their nights sleeping in the vacant hut within the village. (Resume Video) Then, one day, the group woke up to a blistering heat that they never felt before. "Good heavens!" Rarity said in shock. "Why did it suddenly get so hot here?" "Let's go outside and investigate." Sunset suggested. Upon getting outside, the group then saw that the valley had changed. No longer a lush green paradise, it was now a desolate desert. There was very little food and water throughout the land, and both Ayla's tribe and the dinosaurs knew the agony of hunger and thirst. Many of the dinosaurs had to eat the bark from trees, and scour through the mud for water. Whenever water was found, many dinosaurs gathered around the water holes to fight over the precious resources. Our heroes then turned and saw Ayla and Kino packing many of their belongings onto one of the dinosaurs, with Dirc sleeping in a napsack on Ayla's back and approached them. (Pause at 7:52) "Ayla, what's going on?" Twilight asked in confusion. "Time of great heat has come." Ayla answered. "Ioka tribe now go to great mountain. Wait for great circle go dark, return to homeland." "Dinos come with us, but many not complete journey." Kino replied. (Resume Video) "Well, why don't we come with you?" Sunset asked in curiousity. "We're looking for something, and I feel like traveling with you guys should help us find it." "Sunset and friends welcome." Ayla said with a smile. "But need to prepare for long journey." "Don't worry." Rainbow Dash said with a smile. "We've packed plenty of supplies in these bags." Each member of the group soon mounted a dinosaur and prepared themselves for a long trip. Trinity, Sunset and Twilight each mounted a stegosaurus, with Jiminy on Sunset's shoulder, and Spike on Twilight's lap. Rainbow Dash and Applejack both mounted a Triceratops, with competitive looks on their eyes. Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie each mounted an Iguanadon, ready to begin. Soon, the group then began quite possibly the longest journey that they have ever been on. They had not gone far before stopping at a piece of land that was extra hot and extra dry. "Mountain across great desert.” Ayla said while pointing to a mountain for in the distance. "Cross desert to reach mountain." "Easier said than done." Spike said as everyone began to cross the desert. The heat from the sun combined with the lack of humidity made this prehistoric dessert about less livable then the sahara desert during the longest and hottest day of the year. Along the way, they crossed many dangers, including sink holes, mud pits and dangerous pedators. They saw many wild dinosaurs collapes from exaustion, including a stegosaurus and even t-rex, but the group kept going. Very soon, it was dark and the group found a cave big enough for all of them. (Pause at 9:18) "This cave is perfect for us to sleep." Sunset said in satisfaction. (Resume Video) "I believe that you are correct." Trinity replied. "It's been a long day." Jiminy added with a yawn. "We could all use a good rest." "Then we sleep now." Ayla said with a smile. "Have big day next morning." The group unloaded and set up tents for the night, and sure enough, everyone went to sleep after a long and eventful day, unaware of the world changing and decaying around them. > The Great Earthquake/“The Rite of Spring: Part 3: Extinction” > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After a long night's rest, the group awoke to find the air was a mix of hot and cold, moist and dry. Sunset and Twilight were the first to emerge from the mouth of the cave, only to see a land littered with the bones of dinosaurs slowly being buried by sand. Gone is what was left of the swamp lands and forests, leaving only a vast desset, with no food or water visible for miles and miles. (Pause at 0:32) "Oh, man." Sunset said in shock at the sight of it all. "I knew it would come, but I wasn't expecting this." "The mass extinction of the dinosaurs is a sad story, but's a part of life." Twilight said with a smile. Just then, Ayla walked out to join the two in the open air. "Sun rising." Ayla said in all seriousness. "Must reach mountain." "She sure can be determined when she wants to be." Sunset said to Twilight. Before too much time has passed, everyone packed up and made their way to the mountain, with Kino carrying Dirc in the napsack this time. Along the way, the group discovered a collection of dinosaur eggs that still have signs of life in them. Twilight, being ever the prepared one, stores the eggs into a device similar to an incubator, made from tools in her backpack and materials from the swampland. Soon, the group arrived at the mountain, which as much taller then expected upclose. It was so tall, that it even reached above the clouds. "So, let me get this straight." Applejack started as she turned to Rainbow Dash. "Are we really going to climb this?" "Looks like it." Rainbow Dash replied. The group then began the long climb up the mountain. During this trek, something has been bothering Spike and Trinity was the first to notice this. "Is something wrong, Spike?" Trinity asked in concern for her friend. "Yeah, but I'm not sure what." Spike replied in uncertainty. "It's almost like something that I think is coming is coming real soon, but that's impossible. The only thing I think would be coming would be a-" But Ayla stopped the group midway to the top of the mountain. (Resume Video) "Earthshake." Ayla said with a look of dread and urgency as she turned to the Rainbooms and her tribe. "Get to mountain top! Hurry!" "What?" Sunset said in confusion as the earth began to shake and rumble. The group then started racing up the mountain a massive earthquake started ripping the land apart. Mountains and canyons started to form around our heroes and the Ioka Tribe. "It's an earthquake!" Rainbow Dash said in panic. "This one must a real big one." Rarity replied. "Naturally." Louis began. "The earth is made of plates that are always shifting in a slow rate, but some times they can cause a major shift that causes earthquakes. "Hey, this makes my voice sound silly!" Pinkie Pie said in a funny sounding voice. "We must get to the top of the mountain." Fluttershy said as a massive body of water started to spread across the land and start to rise up the mountain. Soon, Ayla was the first to reach the top of the mountain, and made sure everyone else got there safely. Just as everyone made it safely, the chunk of mountain Ayla was standing on broke off and she started to fall. In a split second, Ayla felt someone grab her hand, and looked up to see Applejack holding on to her with all her effort with everyone else holding on to Applejack. "Hold on!" Applejack said while using all her strength. The group then pulled Ayla up to safety, much to her surprise. "Friends save Ayla..." She said in disbelief. "Well, we couldn't let you fall, could we?" Jiminy asked in generosity. "Ayla suppose not." Ayla said with a twinge of sadness. "Whatever is the matter, dear?" Rarity asked in concern for her prehistoric friend's sadness. "Kino explain." Kino began with a heavy heart. "Ioka have sacred law. When Ioka person saved by other tribe, Ioka person honor bound to join other tribe." "But that means..." Trinity began in shock. "She won't be able to go home." Sunset finished in regret. Ayla then approached her tribe with a look of sadness in her eyes. "Listen Ayla." She began with tears in her eyes. "Ayla fight for Ioka many moons. Fight as chief. Fight as warrior. FIght as defender. Now Ayla leave Ioka, join Rainboom by honor of sacred law." Ayla's people react to this with shock, but after a while. they chant Ayla's name to honor their champion. "Such devotion to a friend." Sunset said in admiration. Ayla then approaches Dirc, still resting in the knapsack. "Young one, remember." She said with a smile of hope for the future. "You, Dirc. Son, Ayla and Kino. Soon to be Ioka chief. Be strong, and Dirc no lose." It was at that moment that a portal opened up behind the Ioka tribe, and the everyone in the tribe said their goodbyes to Ayla before walking through the portal, with Kino being the last to do it. "Kino forever like Ayla best." Kino said with a smile. "Ayla forever like Kino and Dirc best." Ayla said with a kiss to Kino and Dirc. The two of them then entered the portal, and it closed just as a stone slab emerged from the mountain and revealed a trumpet decorated in rubies shaped like apples. Feeling as if it was meant for her, she picked it up and started to play it, as if to honor the bravery of her new friend. "That was beautiful." Rarity said in awe of the music. "Thanks, Rarity." Applejack replied before turning to Ayla. "Ayla, I want to apologize for everything." "Applejack no apologize." Ayla replied. "Ioka forever in Ayla heart, just as Crono and friends forever in heart." It was at that moment that another portal opened up and our heroes passed through it to continue their quests. > The Land of Myths/"Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") , Op. 68, I Allegro ma non troppo" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The symphony that Beethoven called the Pastoral, his sixth, is one of the few pieces of music he ever wrote that tells something like a definite story." Deems Taylor began. "He was a great nature lover, and in this symphony, he paints a musical picture of a day in the country." "Now, of course, the country that Beethoven described was the countryside with which he was familiar." Mr. V added. "But his music covers a much wider field than that, and so Walt Disney has given the Pastoral Symphony a mythological setting, and that setting is of Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods." "And here, first of all, we meet a group of fabulous creatures of the field and forest, unicorns, fauns, Pegasus, the flying horse, and his entire family, the centaurs, those strange creatures that are half-man and half-horse. And their girlfriends, the centaurettes." Deems replied. "Later on, we meet our old friend, Bacchus, the god of wine, presiding over a bacchanal. The party is interrupted by a storm, and now, we see Vulcan forging thunderbolts and handing them over to the king of all the gods, Zeus, who plays darts with them." "As the storm clears, we see Iris, the goddess of the rainbow." Mr. V stated. "And Apollo, driving his sun chariot across the sky. And then Morpheus, the god of sleep, covers everything with his cloak of night, as Diana, using the new moon as a bow, shoots an arrow of fire that spangles the sky with stars." Our group emerges from the portal as Applejack admired her trumpet while transporting makeshift incubator filled with dinosaur eggs back to Trinity's house with a note to Sheldon and Spiritina, asking them to take care of the eggs inside. "Your trumpet is truly beautiful." Rarity said to her friend happily. "Thanks, Rarity." Applejack said in gratitude before turning to Ayla. "Ayla, I just gotta say that it was very brave of you to give up a chance to return home for us." "Ioka brave when join new tribe." Ayla replied. "Ayla always keep Kino and Ioka in heart always." "Truer words could not be spoken." Louis said before clearing his throat. "Anyway, our next stop is Beethoven's sixth symphony, better known as his Pastoral Symphony." "Oh, that one is my favorite." Fluttershy replied with enthusiasm. "It's so soothing for the soul." "Is there anything we should know before the music starts?" Sunset asked in curiosity. "As a matter of fact, there is." Louis began with a small chuckle. "The world made from the Pastoral Symphony is set in the time of ancient Greece, including all of the legends and myths centered around it." "You mean like the gods of Mount Olympus and that sort of stuff?" Rainbow Dash asked in curiosity. "Yup, it's got all the trimmings of a Greek Story." Louis answered with a smile. "And we will be going at a good time, since they are preparing for a big festival held every year near the base of Mount Olympus." "Sounds like fun!" Pinkie Pie replied with a smile. "Let's get started." "Alright, Maestro, proceed." Louis said as the conductor began to play the music. Within moments, the orchestra faded away and was replaced with an open field with trees, bushes and a huge mountain towering over everyone. Our group was speechless by the beauty around them, simply wanting to enjoy the serenity of it all, until they saw a herd of unicorns raced by and went over a hill. (Pause at 0:31) "Unicorns." Sunset began in amazment. "Those were unicorns, just like I was." "Do you suppose they know anyone from Equestria?" Pinkie Pie asked in curiosity. (Resume Video) "I don't think so." Sunset replied with a bit of uncertainty. "Princess Celestia once told me that unicorns and pegasi left Equestria to live in other worlds, and that those who knew of their home in Equestria are long gone. Still, it wouldn't hurt to see where they're going." "Then let's go." Twilight said as the group went over hill to see the uncorns playing with satyrs, woodland creatures who had the head and body of a man but the legs of a goat. The unicorns and satyrs didn't seem to be frightened by the arrival of the group. Everyone soon had fun and played together out in the fields. "Hey, these guys are friendly." Spike said in joy as be stopped by a small column with a satyr on top of it. It played it's panflute a few times before freezing as Spike turned to see him, trying to pretend that he's a statue. "And quite mischievous." Trinity replied with a giggle as some of the unicorns licked her face and Applejack's hands. (Pause at 1:10) "And their tongues feel like sand paper." Applejack relied with a bit of a laugh. (Resume Video) "This place is amazing!" Pinkie Pie said in amazement, just as shadows passed over them. The group looked up to see a black pegasus stallion flying though the skies, followed by many multicolored pegasus foals. They also saw a white pegasus mare in a nest with a black pegasus foal under her wing. "Wow!" Sunset said in wonder. "A pegasus family. They look amazing." "And such beautiful feathers!" Rarity said in awe as the black pegasus foal jumped out of the nest in hopes of flying, only to fall and land one a lower branch with a dissaproved look on his face. (Pause at 1:45) "Looks like he's trying to fly." Spike with a chuckle. (Resume Video) "I think he's going to try again." Louis said as the foal jumped off the branch in hopes of flying, only to fall again and land into the arms of Fluttershy with a look of irritation on his face. (Pause at 1:53) "Oh, don't worry." Fluttershy said in assurance. "It takes some time to perfect flying." (Resume Video) The mother then came down before them and nuzzeled her foal caringly. She then picked the foal up by the tail and held on until the foal was in the air. "I think he's really going to fly this time." Sunset said with excitment as the mare let go of the foal's tail and nudged him up. The foal then grabbed his own tail and pulled it up just to make doubly sure that it would say airborn this time. "Smart move." Pinkie Pie said with pride. "I'd have done the same thing if I were him." (Pause at 2:18) "Just look at them." Fluttershy said in awe. "They are so beautiful." (Resume Video) "Indeed they are." Trinity said as the pegasus family flew through the sky with relative easem joined by the black stallion. They flew over the clouds and past entire flocks of birds. They looked like elegant dancers as they soared through the sky. Then they descended from the and landed gently into the water with the little black foal making a small dive before resurfacing. (Pause at 3:03) "Aw, that was so cute." Fluttershy said with a giggle. (Resume Video) "Why we not join them for swim?" Ayla asked before diving into the water. No one seemed to object, so they found a place to slip into their swimming suits and dived into the water. Even Jiminy and Spike dived in to enjoy the clear blue water. Like the unicorns and satyrs, the pegasus weren't afraid of our heroes joining them in the pool. Suddenly, more pegususes decended from the sky and landed softly into the cool waters. There must have been thousands of them coming down from every direction, much to the awe of our heroes. "As I live and breath." Jiminy Cricket said in amazment. "That's the most amazing thing I've seen." (Pause at 3:44) "Yeah, I've never seen this many pegasi before in Equestria." Sunset replied with wide eyes. (Resume Video) "Yeah, this is a pretty amazing sight to see." Louis added with a smile. Soon, everyone had lots of fun with the pegasi. Many of the foals even dived into the water from a nearby rock to make big splashes. The group enjoyed the cool of the water, the warmth of the sun, and the music of the satyrs playing sweet notes with their panflutes. Soon, our heroes decided that it was time to get out of the water to dry off. "Well, that was fun." Pinkie said in satisfaction. "I'll say." Fluttershy replied. "So, what now?" "What do you say we go explore?" Sunset asked in curiosity for what else this world holds. "There's no telling what else is here. And we should probably see what it has to offer." "That's a good idea." Trinty said as the group said goodbye to their friends and went into the forest to explore it and to see what it has to offer.