Chapter 2: Search for Cadance and Luna

The siblings arrived at the front gate as a familiar corpse filly is there. Upon spotting Twilight and Shining, she gasps happily, "Shining, Twilight! Yew two came back!"

"Apple Bloom, good to see you safe." Twilight said to Apple Bloom with a smile.

"What has been going on?" Shining ask Apple Bloom in concern.

"Shucks, those Witches' Shop has opened when yew two were away." Apple Bloom explains to Shining in fear, and not the good king. "Things had gone bad since yew two were gone, terrible things."

"I know, I know." Twilight said to Apple Bloom, hugging the filly gently. The trio looks over to the Witches' Shop...and saw three familiar victims being carried off by skeletons. "Look! It's Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy!"

"Hey, you creeps! You aren't taking our pals away!" Shining exclaims sternly to the skeletons.

The two unicorns use their tactics and such to destroy the skeletons. The victims remain unconscious as some familiar Witches came out, gasping upon seeing who has returned.

"Shining, you are back!" The third witch exclaims happily as she hug Shining.

"Tell me, is it true? Has this town truly become booby trapped?" Shining ask the Witches seriously.

"Unfortunately yes; it is too embarrassing to talk about. We placed this all on ourselves." The first witch said in regret. "Say, want to buy anything? We got some prime heads and torsos, which could cost you both a lot of forelegs."

"Not at the moment but can you wake our friends up?" Twilight ask the Witches while glancing at the unconscious ponies. "I would myself but my magic is exhausted from fighting."

"Hang on." The third Witch then casts a spell on the unconscious ones. Soon they slowly woke up.

"Oh dear, what happened; we were fighting those things but then we got knocked unconscious. What..." Rarity then spots Shining and Twilight, making her smile. "Oh, Shining! Twilight, you're back!"

"Oh dear, we missed you both!" Fluttershy exclaims as she rush over to hug her two friends who came back. "Discord is back."

"Yeah, man, those creeps are messing up our town big time." Rainbow remarks to her friends with a frown. "We tried to fight them off to get our town back...but you saw how that went."

"Rarity, what happened while we were gone?" Shining ask Rarity in concern. "How was it that Discord came back?"

"I've heard that the Diamond Dogs has gotten a hold of a magic book...and used a spell to bring anything back to life, no matter the loss of body parts." Rarity explains seriously, much to the other unicorns' shocks.

"That explains it." Twilight said with a groan. "They must've stolen the Forbidden Book of Spells from the library. No one is supposed to touch it because the spells in that book are dangerous!"

"Give me those stupid mutts, I will teach them to bring Discord back!" Rainbow snaps as she waves her hooves into the air.

"But...wouldn't we get hurt doing so?" Fluttershy ask her friends meekly.

"We got to get into Lord Chester's mansion and get him to tell us where Discord's at or at least get his help." Shining said seriously to his sister and his friends, "If only to stop Discord's evil plot."

"Right, come on, let's find Discord and kick his tail!" Rainbow exclaims as the group heads off, making Fluttershy a bit worried.

"Are you sure? We, I...oh," Fluttershy gulps as she follows her friends to Lord Chester's Mansion.

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The gang arrives outside the main gate of the mansion. Fluttershy tries her best to open it but to no prevail. The undead yellow Pegasus pony said meekly, "Oh, it's stuck. I guess we can't go in. Too late."

Fluttershy prepares to leave but Rainbow grabs her by the tail, snapping, "We aren't quitting that easily! We got to find a way in!"

"Oh dear."

"We can't open the main gate. Any idea why," Shining ask Apple Bloom in concern.

"Ah done think Mr. Mime got 'de key 'ta open it but Ah don't know where he went since 'de madness happened." Apple Bloom explains to Shining. The group needs to find Mr. Mime and get that key back to open the main gate to the mansion.

Just then the gang heard a commotion coming from a sewer. Twilight nods while saying, "I believe we found him. Come on."

The gang goes into the sewer. Upon entering, they saw Mr. Mime running up to them...being chased by more monsters. Rarity screams, "Oh dear Halloween! Not more of those brutes!"

"Unfortunately," Rainbow scowls in annoyance. The heroes got their magic/weapons out and attack the monsters, wiping them out all.

Once all is clear, Mr. Mime came out of hiding and came back to the heroes, smiling while saying, "Shining; Twilight!"

"No need to panic...right now. You can calm down now." Shining said to Mr. Mime with a smile.

"Is that you two really? I had to hide since the monsters started to cause trouble! I mean, I like a good scare like the next monster and those things bite!"

"Ugh, don't remind us." Twilight said with a groan. "Listen, we need you to unlock the main gate to the mansion for us. Do you have the key?"

"Sure do but ever since it started getting dangerous up there, I had to hide it. Hmmm, did I eat it? Anyway, I will make sure to unlock it for you all once I find the key."

"As long as you aren't hurt," Fluttershy said with a nice smile.

Outside the sewer, more of those monsters appear. Shining's group nod in determination and charge at their enemies, using their skills, magic and attacks to dispose of them. Once the enemies are gone, the gate is heard opening.

"That sounds like a gate opening." Rainbow said as the group turns to see Apple Bloom and Mr. Mime near the opened gate. "Oh yeah, I was right."

"I got the gate opened for you guys." Mr. Mime said with a nod. "You can get into Lord Chester's place now."

"Oh wait, Ah done remember something else! Cadance an' Luna got kidnapped an' taken 'ta 'de cemetery!" Apple Bloom exclaims in worry and realization. "Ah sure hope they're okay."

"What?! Cadance got kidnapped?! All right! No more Mr. Nice Corpse Pony!" Shining exclaims angrily as he rush off to the cemetery. Cadance has been kidnapped along with Luna. This cannot stand!

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The group arrives at the cemetery. They head over to the tombstones of Spike and Lorcan, in needing their help and knowing that Lorcan himself will need to know of Luna's kidnapping. Of course, Shining tapes his lower foreleg but nothing happened.

"Hmmm, Spike and Lorcan aren't here right now." Shining said thoughtfully. "We should search this place some more and come back later."

"Hopefully not too late," Rarity said with a shiver. "I hate this place even undead."

The group moves on until they saw the undead tree named Cherrymon...with his ropes on his branches empty. The tree, spotting them, calls out, "Ah, Shining, Twilight; You both have returned."

"Good to see you too, Cherrymon." Shining said with a nod. Glancing at the ropes, he then asks, "Cherrymon, where are you hanging Digimon?"

"They have gone into hiding ever since Discord and his monsters appeared in the graveyard. They aren't very brave, sadly."

"Have you seen Luna and Cadance?" Rarity asks Cherrymon in concern. "They have gone missing or worst."

"To be honest, I haven't seen either of them but I betcha my hanging Digimon have." Cherrymon suggests to the heroes with a nod.

"Come on, let's go and try to find Spike and Lorcan again." Twilight said to her friends. The group heads back to the entrance but upon arrival, they heard three familiar voices singing.

Diamond Dogs' Voices: Laa, la, la, la, la, laa!
La, la, la, la, laa!
Laa, la, la, la, la, laa!
La, la, la, la, laa!

"What? Oh, I know those voices!" Rainbow exclaims in annoyance as the singing continuse.

Hail to Evil Discord Man!
Shining will never win!
When you find our booby traps
They will do you in!

Sure enough, the heroes saw a familiar walking bathtub coming through the gates, heading to them. Once they stop, the Diamond Dogs call out their names with Fido saying, "Fido!"

"Rover," Rover exclaims evilly.

"Spot," Spot remarks with a laugh.

"Ugh, of course, I should've known." Shining said with a frown. He knew that he himself would run into these mutts sooner or later. And if what Twilight suggests is true, then the Diamond Dogs are the reason that Discord has returned.

"You three again," Rarity exclaims to the Diamond Dogs angrily and in disgust.

"Welcome home, Shiny, Twilight." Fido said to the siblings with a wicked smirk.

"How was your trip?" Rover asks the two ponies eagerly.

"Are you having fun yet, Shining?" Spot ask Shining hopefully.

"Guys, something has gone wrong in Halloween Town...you wouldn't happen to know who cause it, do you?" Twilight ask the Diamond Dogs suspiciously.

"Who," Fido ask in pretend innocence.

"You're talking to us?" Rover asks as if pretending not to know what's going on.

"Well, err...err..." Spot said, trying to coming up with an excuse himself.

"Look, it isn't too late now." Shining said with a sigh. "Return this town to normal and we will consider giving you a light punishment for bringing Discord back."

"Come on, why would we do that?" Fido asks Shining as if being told a poor joke.

"Right, the fun has truly begun!" Rover laughs madly.

"Yep, plus we are on secret mission to stop you ponies but don't tell anyone though. Ha ha ha," Fido laughs stupidly. This causes Spot to hit his fellow Diamond Dog with a mallet before jumping out of the tub to confront the good guys.

"Later, ponies," Rover exclaims with a laugh as the bahttub leaves the scene. Metal fences appear around the group, leaving them with Fido.

"All right, ponies, you have to play with me now!" Fido taunts the good guys madly. Some skeletons appear from out of nowhere, "And my skeletons."

"Bad idea," Fluttershy mumbles as the group prepares themselves.

The skeletons charge at the heroes who attack them and dodge their attacks, fighting as hard as they could. Despite how tough the enemies are, Shining and his group manages to get rid of them one by once.

Soon no more skeletons were left. Fido, unaware of this at first, tries summoning more while yelling, "GET THEM! Huh? Hey, where did they go?" The Diamond Dog yelps as the group glares at him. Pretending to act innocent, Fido put his arms behind his back while saying, "Sorry! I be good from now on! Promise; Gotta go!"

Twilight frowns as Fido rushes off in a hurry. She remarks, "Right. I would believe that when I see it."

"Time to call Spike and Lorcan again," Shining said as he patted his lower foreleg twice.

Sure enough, the group heard familiar growls as two familiar dragon ghosts came out. Spike exclaims, "Shining, Twilight! You're back!"

As Spike hugs Twilight, Lorcan remarks, "About time! Halloween Town has been crud since you two left."

"We're sorry but we will fix things." Shining said in determination. "Listen, Spike, Lorcan, we will need your help in finding some hanging Digimon."

"Oh, I am not sure." Spike said in hesitations but notice Rarity smiling warmly to them.

"Please Spikey Wikey, do this for us? Please?" Rarity asks, batting her eyelashes.

"Oh, why not; we're coming with ya."

"Yeah, no way are we gonna let you two have all the fun." Lorcan said with a smirk.

"May as well since we're looking for Cadance and Luna who has been kidnapped by Discord and his goons." Rainbow explains to Lorcan, making the dragon looks shocked.

"What; Again; No one does that to my...come on!"

Spike and Lorcan floats off, making Fluttershy exclaims, "Come on, follow them!" The group rush off in hope to find some hanging Digimon and maybe Cadance and Luna as well.

Author's note
Spike and Lorcan has joined the group. In the next chapter, the gang goes looking for the hanging Digimon, fight Fido once more then fight a huge giant to save Cadance and Luna. Read, review and suggest.