Chapter 3: The Rescue

The group begin their search for the hanging Digimon. They first go to one of the walls, not far from Cherrymon. They soon find one of them in hiding.

"There you go, listen we will deal with Discord's lackey, you go back to Cherrymon." Shining said to the Digimon with a nod.

"It should be safer than, go on." Twilight insists to the hanging Digimon who nods and heads off.

The group kept on with the search. Soon they find another hanging Digimon hiding under a bridge in another part of the graveyard.

"Silly Digimon, as much as we want to play 'Hide and Go Shriek', now is not the time to." Fluttershy said to the Digimon. "Go on, go right back to Cherrymon."

"Right, besides those creeps will find you under there anyway." Lorcan points out to the Digimon who then heads back to Cherrymon.

The gang search a thick patch of weeds, discovering a hanging Digimon struggling inside. They nod and use their strength to remove patch to free the thing.

"It's safe now; you can go back to Cherrymon now." Shining said to the hanging Digimon gently.

"Better get going though. Discord's goons are probably coming back to this spot at any given moment!" Rainbow exclaims to the hanging Digimon

Once the next hanging Digimon is gone, they saw another one hanging on a tree over a ledge. The group tries to get up to it while struggling. Lorcan on the other claw took the easy way: he floats up to it and screams, "Boo!"

This causes the Digimon to scream and fell right onto Twilight who said, "Wasn't easy finding you. Go on back to Cherrymon."

The Digimon left. The gang found the last of the hanging ones hanging on a branch of a giant tree right near Cherrymon. They have to climb up there; Rarity appears to be having a bit of problem.

"Oh dear, why must I go into this kind of madness," Rarity complains a bit.

"It's okay, Rarity, we should be up there soon." Spike said to Rarity with a nod.

Shining soon got to the top and spoke to the final hanging Digimon, "It's okay, do not be scared unless you wanted to be scared. Go back to Cherrymon."

The last hanging Digimon left, everyone slides down as Lorcan ask, "So is that all of them?"

"Yeah, it should. Cherrymon has five hanging Digimon in all. Come on."

The group goes back to Cherrymon who smiles as he said, "Thanks for finding all of my Digimon, everyone. I wouldn't be much of a hanging tree without them, would I?"

"Good to hear that." Twilight said to Cherrymon with a nod. "Where did all these skeletons came from though?"

"Right, they kept showing up all over the place in the graveyard!" Rainbow exclaims to Cherrymon with a frown.

Cherrymon looks thoughtfully as he explains, "I did notice that some of the tombstones are overturned. Perhaps the skeletons are coming from there."

"So we have to put them up?" Fluttershy ask Cherrymon meekly.

"Looks like the case here." Spike said to Fluttershy with a nod.

"All right, we will get them faster if we split into two groups. Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike, you take the first half. Lorcan, Twilight and I will take the other one." Shining advises his group, deciding up the groups.

"Right, and I will see if my hanging Digimon has found anything about the whereabouts of Cadance and Princess Luna." Cherrymon said to the ponies. After all, Shining will need all the help that he can get to find the missing Cadance and Luna, right?

"Here's hoping." Spike said with a nod.

The groups split up into two. At some of the grave, Rainbow's team fight off the four skeletons at the different graves while Shining's group got rid of the remaining ones quickly. That got the task done.

Everyone reunites at Cherrymon who smiles while announcing, "You have all done well. I know that with all of you here, Halloween Town will be back to its scary old self. Also, I have good news. One of my Digimon informed that they heard a mare singing from under the ground."

"Mare," Shining ask Cherrymon in worry.

"Singing," Lorcan ask Cadance puzzled.

"Under the ground," Fluttershy ask Cherrymon curiously.

"Heard?" Twilight ask, making her pals look at her. "Sorry, that's the only world that I can say that wasn't taken."

Suddenly a paper plane flew by the group, tapping Shining on the back. The stallion turns just in time to see it fell to the ground. The stallion asks in surprise and hope, "What's this?"

"It looks like...yes! It must be a paper plane message from Cadance!"

As the paper airplane disappears from sight, Cherrymon glances to where it came from: the other part of the graveyard. The tree said, "Hmmm, down that way lie the Underground Burial Chamber."

"The Burial Chamber," Shining ask Cherrymon.

"The largest grave in this area; It is filled with spiders and cobweb; How romantic."

"Of course, yes! That must be where Cadance and Luna be at!"

"Come on, let's go even though I despite the idea of cobwebs and spiders in my mane." Rarity sighs as the group heads off to the Underground Burial Chamber. They are a step closer to saving Cadance and Luna.

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The group arrives at the burial with Lorcan ask in determination, "Where is that chamber place? I must save Luna...oh, and Cadance too, I guess."

"It's in the other part of the graveyard, right where we found the hanging Digimon behind the weed bush." Shining explains to Lorcan clearly.

"Come on, let's get up to the building! If whatever's in there hurts Luna, I am kicking some butt!"

The others knew how Lorcan will do anything to save Luna, even if it means hurting anyone who gets in his way. They rush to the other part of the graveyard. Upon arrival, Twilight saw another note and uses her magic to pick it up.

"Hmmm, we're getting closer to finding her." Twilight said thoughtfully.

Soon Shining's group arrives at the burial chamber where Cadance and Luna should be. But before they could get closer, a familiar Diamond Dog came out, snapping, "Why must you and your friends must try to ruin our fun?! This will be the last time you all get in our way!"

Just then metal fences and more skeletons appear in the area, much to Lorcan's annoyance as he snaps, "Great! Brilliant! And here I thought it was gonna be easy, but nooooo! Make things harder for us, why don't ya?!"

The group quickly fights off the skeletons, using their spells and magic. Fido then jumps into the air, using an ariel attack causing them to yelp and move out of the way. The Diamond Dog fights off with his mallet but they dodge the attack.

Shining's group kept on fighting off Fido until the Diamond Dog fell to the ground, resulting in the chamber to become unlocked automatically.

"Ouch, you win this time." Fido groans as he got up from the ground.

"Trust me; there won't be a next time." Shining snaps to Fido in a face that means 'there better not be a next time'. The Diamond Dog put his arms behind his back as if playing innocent again.

"Of course, sure; whatever you say."

Fido leaves the group who frowns at him. Rarity snaps, "He better not appear again or I will make him regret it."

"How? By whining," Lorcan jokes a bit to Rarity, making her scowl at him in annoyance.

The group goes inside the chamber, going through some sort of maze that has coffins that spit out spiders and ghosts, much to the fright of Rarity and Fluttershy. Shining, Twilight and their friends fight off the creatures that attacked them.

Much later in the main room, the group enters and looks at each side; where's Cadance and Luna? Shining looks up and gasps upon seeing a familiar pink alicorn in the center.

"Cadance," Shining exclaims with a smile on her face. Cadance saw her love, making her smile right back.

"Shining," Cadance exclaims as the two lovers rush to each other, holding each other's hooves while smiling. It's like a lifetime of them being apart.

"Cadance..."

"Shining..."

"Wait, where's Luna? Where..." Lorcan asks in concern. The ghost dragon looks up and gasps in alarm, "LUNA!"

"Lorcan, what did you see?" Spike asks his brother. Lorcan points up causing everyone to look up to see what the scarred dragon just saw.

On the ceiling is a giant spider that is holding Luna in its web. The monster snarls and uses the same thing to grab Cadance, causing her to scream as she got hoisted right up to the ceiling.

"What is this?!" Shining demanded angrily. The spider jumps to the ground, landing on its ground legs before roaring into the heroes' face.

"Holy muchamole," Spike gasps in shock and alarm. "That is one huge spider!"

A familiar evil laughter is heard while leaving, "Sorry to leave you in the dust, everyone, but I got more chaos to spread. Ciao!"

"Discord," Shining exclaims in anger upon recognizing the shock. Discord left them this spider to be killed by.

"Come on, Shining, time we take this guy down!" Twilight exclaims. The group goes the spider's attacks as they battle it. Another song begins to play.

Cadance: We should've known not to believe
Then things would not have turned so bad

Shining: It's true his plan was to deceive
But that should not make you so sad

Cadance: But danger waits at every turn

Lorcan: And we are ready
To set things right here

Luna, trapped and unable to help, sang while the battle continues.

Luna: How can you say
That you will be okay?
And come back another day?

"Hang on, Cadance, we will save you! Give us a moment!" Shining calls out to Cadance.

"Shining," Cadance calls out. The group saw the spider shooting venom at them, causing them to dodge in time. The monster is now half the size it originally was.

Cadance: What will become of our dear town?
Now that we let our leader down?

Shining: You know, dear Sarah, that's not true
We can take this town, me and you

"And us." Everyone in Shining's group said.

Luna: There's so much danger yet to face

Spike: But we're not worried
Back home Shining hurried

All: Now we must stop
That evil Discord's scheme
And save our Halloween!

"Hang on, you can do it!" Cadance calls out to her friends hopefully.

"Yeah, you betcha we can!" Rainbow exclaims while hitting the spider in the face, causing it to roar in anger and pain.

Cadance: We should've known not to believe
Then things would not have turned so bad

Twilight: It's true his plan was to deceive
But that should not make you so sad

Lorcan: But danger waits at every turn

Rarity: And we are ready
To set things right here

Luna: How can you say
That you will be okay?
And come back another day?

"Stupid spider, you are making me angry!" Shining snaps at the spider angrily.

"Watch out!" Cadance warns the others as they dodge the spider's attacks.

Cadance: What will become of our dear town?
Now that we let our leader down?

"What?" Fluttershy ask in concern.

Shining: You know, dear Cadance, that's not true
We can take this town back, me and you

"And us!" The others in Shining's group call out in determination.

Cadance: There's so much danger yet to face

Rarity, Rainbow and Fluttershy: But we're not worried
Back home Shining hurried

All: If we work hard
We'll overcome our shame
And beat him at his game!

Soon the spider is at the size of a regular one. Rainbow frowns and stomps on it, killing it while snapping, "Good riddance!"

The group looks up to see that the rope is about to snap right out. Shining gasps, "Cadance!"

The rope snaps causing Cadance to scream as she fell. Luckily, Shining jumps up and grabs her in time. Lorcan grabs Luna and helps her out of the ropes as they land near their friends.

"Shining..." Cadance said to her love with a smile.

"Thank you, Lordcan." Luna said gently, relieved that her love has saved her.

Just then a dark portal appearing, the group saw a door that looks like a heart floated down in front of the group. Twilight takes it while asking puzzled, "Why is there a door shaped like a heart here?"

"Who cares? Let's get out of here." Rainbow said with a frown.

"Yes, I've have enough of this tomb for one after lifetime." Luna said as the group leaves the Underground Burial Chamber.

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As the group stops near Cherrymon, Shining ask Cadance, "Cadance, are you all right?"

"Shining, you came back." Cadance said to Shining with a smile.

"We got your note and came to rescue you." Twilight said as Cadance takes out a key.

"You must rescue Lord Chester. This key will open the next gate to his manor."

The group took the key, Shining smiles as he said, "Thanks, Cadance. I'm glad that you're safe."

"We're all safe now that our Zombie Pony King has come back." Cadance said with a sigh. Shining pauses then realizes something.

"'Zombie Pony King'; Yes, of course, Cadance! That's it!"

"What is?"

"Yes, I am the Zombie Pony King! I can use my pumpkin fire to fight off Discord and his army!" Shining exclaims eagerly to Cadance. "Good thinking, Cadance!"

"Thanks, Shining." Cadance said with a happy giggle.

"No, thank you."

As everyone leaves, Lorcan looks bored as he remarks, "Mush."

"Now, now, Lordcan, don't be like that." Luna said while nuzzling Lorcan, making him blush like mad. Why did he have to go and say that around her for?

Author's note
Cool. Cadance and Luna have been saved. In the next chapter, we find out what happened to Lady Lesille and heads to Lord Chester's Mansion but must get a biscuit for Igor to get by him. Then they must fight off Rover.

Spike: Again?

Me: Yes. And again as well; Read, review and suggest.