The scene opens up to what looks like a tower room, but inside the tower was what looked like something strange was going on. As we find six spheres that have imprisoned the Mane Six are being….rotated in a clock circle form pattern. And the one making the mares rotate to be getting some dizziness was seen sitting in a throne, concealing himself within his cloak, the one called Loki A. Fool.

“Tell me, little ponies, are you enjoying yourselves?” Loki asked off with a smile across his sly conceal face.

“I’m feeling…dizzy.” Fluttershy yelps to say from feeling a bit dizzy from such action.

“Loki, let us go right now!” Twilight spoke off in demanding that they be release.

“Tsk, tsk, princess, you must learn that Loki A. Fool likes it best when his subjects are entertained.” Loki toyed with the princess in seeing that she does not understand the situation at all.

“Oh, I know what the ‘A’ stands for before your last name! Your middle name is…April! Kinda like saying April Fools Day.” Pinkie Pie spoke off to randomly state this factor of realizing the truth behind Loki's name which caught her interest.

There was a sudden silence that filled the air while Loki was shown being quiet. Then Rainbow Dash was heard bursting with laughter in having heard that claim from Pinkie Pie.

“Ahahahaha…..your middle and last name are…April Fool as in April Fools, oh man, now THAT’s Ironic!” Rainbow Dash laughed so hard, she wipe a tear off her eye in finding that was too funny.

“Oh, think it’s funny, do you? Then maybe you’ll like this instead!” Loki made a remark measure in deciding to show who shall have the last laugh.

Then without warning, Loki made the six mares form up into a row of six. Then he held his cane which was forming a magical sphere which he fired off and…. Upon impact, caused the Mane Six to scatter off like Loki was playing pool table and the mares were the balls that were bouncing off the walls; literally.

“Gaaaugh! No more, no more of this! I’m getting more dizzy than before!” Rarity yelps out to say in feeling herself spin more and more while bouncing off the walls.

“Rainbow, ye gotta not taunt villains when we’re their prisoners!” Applejack yelled out to scold her friend for opening her big mouth.

The mares were yelping around from bouncing around all over the place, and they couldn’t do anything about it.

“Gwahahahah….” Loki laughs off in finding this to be both funny and entertaining for him.

“Loki! Loki!” Suddenly, some voices are heard before what look like two Munchkins that were males were seen.

“The Munchkin Brothers? Can’t you see I’m busy entertaining some guest?” Loki spoke off to the Munchkins that were brothers while stating that he’s busy here.

“But Loki, those folks that came into the Castle of Illusions just beat one of the Gem Keepers.” Munchkin One spoke up in stating about something that has happened.

“What?” Loki raised an eyebrow to look back, one of the Gem Keepers was defeated by those new visitors that followed him here.

“And they’re going after the others too.” Munchkin Two pointed off that now the Rescue Team that were coming to help the Mane Six are going after the other Gem Keepers.

“Humph, be as it may, so what if they defeated one Gem Keeper, the others are more trickier than the Wood Beast.” Loki huffs to say in not being bothered at all, it only shows the ones that defeated one Gem Keeper were lucky and that’s it. “They won’t be able to make it, and soon…I’ll gain a power that will aid me…and my curse…shall be at an end!” He spoke off to say this in having everything within his control, nothing will get in his way now.

With that, everything begins to fade out as Loki seem to smile off in watching the yelping mares bounce around in which he was giving out a fun entertainment for all; course the Mane Six could find a ton of reasons while this wasn’t fun for them, oh well…

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The scene opens up to where a red portal appears in the Castle Entry, where Ben and his Rescue Team appear in. After they have return, the empty suits of armor where gone from the staircases on both left and right sides. So the group decides to explore more of the Castle Halls, now that they have one of the Rainbow Gems that would help them rescue the Mane Six. But as brought up by Armor Stark, they all knew there were more gems to find and the Masters of Illusion that held the other six wouldn’t give them up without a fight. When reaching the second floor, some saw a painting of the Wood Beast they defeated along with other wooden creatures from the Enchanted Forest they succeeded in. Then while searching, Gemini reached over to a lock door, phase through and let it be weaken enough to undo with the glow chains that faded afterwards.

“Hey guys, over here! This door is already unlocked!” Phobos called out in having spotted something that they should see.

The others were curious and went through the door that was not locked, but saw it had a picture logo above that showed a ’tower’ symbol. And as the group went through, they met with some stairs before finding themselves outside on a balcony. And just ahead of them a tower part of the castle with a door there, that must be where they need to go to reach their captured friends.

“Sir, I’m detecting the magic auras of the Mane Six ahead of where that isolated castle resides.” JARVIS spoke from the armor suit to inform Armor Stark of what lies ahead.

“Then that’s where Twilight and the others are kept.” Armor Stark stated to say in seeing what they got looking here.

“Then shouldn’t we just fly over? Or make a bridge appear with unicorn or Alicorn magic?” Spike asked off in thinking they can get across this easily.

“Let’s see…” Pinkamena stated in using her Blades of the Pinkie Pie thrown over to make a chain bridge path, but a magic barrier repel them away. “Guess not.” She stated in seeing that the way to go ain’t easy to go through at all.

“Looks like our only shot is to make the Rainbow Bridge appear when all 7 Rainbow Gems are collected. There’s a lot of work to still do.” Goldie stated to say in seeing that they need the Rainbow Gems after all, or else they aren’t going to get through this.

Now everyone leaves the balcony area, Ben was slow along with his family, they felt so close to save Twilight and the rest, but they need the other gems to do it. So upon reaching the seal room Gemini got as they went through it, the group found three more doors where only one was left unlocked and the other two were locked up tight.

“It’s just like the last room.” Nyx stated to say in seeing what they got going here, it’s like what they saw before.

“Not really, the other doors down there were unlocked one by one with the last one being where the Wood Beast resided in.” Gemini explained some things while sounding as if knowing what was going on from when they left, but how could he be in two places at once?

“How do you know that?” Spike asked off in being puzzled by such stated claims.

“Maybe I’ll tell you when it comes time to reveal my other ability.” Gemini smiled off to say this in thinking he’ll show the group the answer when it comes time.

“For now, let’s see where this next illusion world holds for us.” Ben stated off in making claim of what they best do here now.

Having gotten the courage to prepare what to face next, the Rescue Team ventures forth into the next door where another world of illusion awaits them. Everything goes dark at this time, as we await where we’ll end up in next….

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The scene changes to show what looks like the separate castle door opening to let the Rescue Team out in another area in which they find themselves in a…shrunken state or that everything else is gigantic. But everything was different, instead of trees like the Enchanted Forest, things were….more fun. There was toys all around, building blocks shaped like walls and buildings, and different structures, you name it…it’s like a land of toys here. And like before, the door to leave this place vanished to leave the group where they stand.

“Wow, being a Pinkie Pie, I say this looks fun.” Pinkamena smiled off to say this in liking what she is seeing here.

“Someone wanna tell us where we ended up in?” Goldie asked off in to knowing what new area they have stubble upon.

“Sir, the new world of Illusion you are standing in is called Toyland.” JARVIS was heard speaking from the armor suit to explain where they are now.

“Great, just what every foal ever dreams of visiting. Looks like we emerged into a toy box of peril, no doubt it’s another of Loki’s illusions.” Armor Stark shrug off his shoulders in seeing this was another of Loki’s work to catch them off guard with a place of wonder.

“Look, there’s the exit!” Phobos pointed to see and approach the door they can take to leave, however…

“But it’s locked!” Spike stated that the door that had a sign that said ‘EXIT’ was chain and lock shut.

“Let me see.” Gemini approached to phase his hoof through, but narrow his eyes and retracted his hoof. “No good, we probably need to accomplish something here to unlock it and move on to the next area.” Gemini Sparks explained that they aren’t going to get this open without getting through more of this illusion world.

“Then I can only think of where to go…up.” Ben stated off to claim in staring up in where they may have to go.

As the group moves on, they encounter some Toy Soldiers marching to them, but one swipe from Armor Stark’s Repulsor tech sent them packing. And as Ben said, up was the only way to go, but it seem the toys were eager to keep playing their games with the Rescue Team, they’ll just have to improvise against it. There were signs of toy planes that flew near, but Pinkamena threw a dagger that clip its wings down. Surprisingly, those that saw flatten deck toy boats just jump on them like stepping stones. The next tricky part was watching out for toy jack-in-the-boxes with ‘?’ marks as they pop out from the side or the top to trip the gang up while letting off giggles.

“For a place that’s supposed to be fun, I ain’t having any!” Phobos groans to complain in seeing this is anything BUT fun.

“I know, and this place would make many feel like singing the Toyland song that it’s a place of dream and wonders.” Pinkamena sighs to say this in wishing this was the place to enjoy one’s self.

“I know me and the other CMC would love to have come to see this place.” Nyx sighs to say in feeling like this place be a dream come true to visit…if it wasn’t used for bad things.

“Come on guys, let’s just keep going and not let what we see distract us.” Ben stated off in knowing they need to keep going here without fail.

The group seem to have climb up to what maybe a shelf covered with building blocks, and as they climb up, found a red spring that launched them higher up into the air. When they landed, they appeared to keep climbing up until they came across more Toy Soldiers which Ben & Golden Heart used their swords to cut their way across when they vanished. And now the group stand before a giant magician’s top hat where they stare down into a deep hole.

“My scans aren’t finding anything, it’s weird.” Armor Stark spoke off to say that his armor can’t determine something of what’s at the bottom of the hat; how strange.

“Should we check it out?” Golden Heart asked in being curious if they need to investigate.

“You think it’s safe?” Spike asked in feeling that would be kinda dangerous.

“Remember, when dealing with magicians and their hat tricks, we just gotta get by and not get suckered by what tricks lay wait.” Armor Stark issued off in an advice of what they gotta do to stay alert and not be caught off guard by the magic acts; it might be what Loki wants them to do.

“Then looks like we’re going in.” Gemini Sparks stated to say in seeing how things are gonna go here.

Then against much else of reasons, the group soon jump down to go inside the magician’s hat. Everything fades out here, as we’re unsure what tricks are gonna be seen inside.

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The scene opens up to to a realm void of violet color and a stack of play cards set all around. The gang landed on what was a play card bridge and saw it was slowly making more things to lead somewhere. But at the same time, the stuff behind them was showing the cards dropping into the abyss. The Rescue Team knew they had to move quickly & carefully to get by this place, for the cards were not playing fairly for them. Some cards appeared on the right that others had to jump to while rushing and other cards with laughing JOKERS showed they drop instantly if one steps on them.

“Yikes!” Nyx yelps to almost fall off the JOKER card, but…

“Careful, we said there were tricks to be seen here.” Armor Stark helped catch Nyx from almost falling as they continued to run.

“Great, I’ll never speak badly about ponies that use magic again if they can do this stuff.” Phobos stated off that he’ll never question the stuff about how ponies do magic acts again.

“You do and Twilight will really let you have it.” Spike lectured the guy to not say that to Twilight’s face.

“We’ll have to rely on flying to get us by.” Goldie stated that if they wanna avoid falling, they need their wings to help.

Nyx transform to her Adult Form to carry Spike & Phobos as Golden Heart fly carrying Pinkamena, Armor Stark used his Buster Armor to fly off with Ben riding with him while Gemini Sparks was jumping across the cards. The path was a bit long, the path split into two parts that the group took separately while avoiding to fall into the magic void.

“If we fall, there’s no telling what may happen. Keep moving as fast as possible.” Gemini issued to say that they gotta keep going.

The group continues to either run on cards that seem safe or fly off while avoiding the tricky JOKER cards that appear and then drop off. They are rushing to get away and reach someplace, but where they are going in this place is a mystery.

“Sir, I’m detecting an exit back to where you started from ahead.” JARVIS spoke out in alerting Armor Stark of what they are about to come across.

“Look alive gang, this is it!” Armor Stark spoke out in seeing their way out is ahead of them.

Soon they reach a card appearing structure leading upwards and heading for a pyramid card formation. And as they pass through the top of the triangle center, they went through a portal out of there. Everything faded out here as they seem to have transported to somewhere…

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Then in another surprise twist, the gang find themselves popping out of the magician’s giant hat, and then as if by magic, the play cards launched out and some form a stairway leading upwards for them. Some sigh in relief to be out of that magician’s hat, many now knew how it felt to be a rabbit in a magic act. And soon they continued to climb up the building blocks, took out more Toy Soldiers, jump on a spring that shot them up. And soon they were jumping from spring to spring, and then on a floating sail boat to reach the high shelf spot with a railroad track and a toy robot in the middle.

“Hey look, there’s a juggling clown.” Phobos pointed to see a cubby Toy Clown rid a unicycle while juggling yellow balls, looked entertaining.

“Watch out, it’s one of those evil Toy Clowns!” Pinkamena suddenly felt uncomfy in being around such a bizarre creature.

“How can you tell….waaaah!” Spike was about to ask when he was almost hit by a red ball the Toy Clown threw.

“Golden Fireball!” Goldie soon was creating a golden fireball from his horn and blasted it that took care of the Toy Clown, but not the unicycle.

“Yikes, what’s with that unicycle?” Ben yelped to dodge that incoming unicycle which ended up taking down some Toy Soldiers & jack-in-the-box opponents.

“It’s coming back.” Gemini warn the group in seeing that a crazy uncontrollable unicycle was coming back towards them after making a return trip.

Soon the Buster Armor took a stand and then punched the dangerous unicycle into the ground, which took care of it from harming them anymore while they reach the other side. Then the group was jumping up to reach the hovering sail boats and dodge more jack-in-the-boxes by taking care of those popping head guys. When seeing Toy Planes fly by, Spike & Phobos used their respective Dragon Breaths to shoot them down as the group jump across a straight path of Toy Boats.

“Looks like we’re halfway up in this giant size room.” Armor Stark stated in seeing they are passing a toy setup castle.

“Think going down will be easier?” Ben asked off in wondering about the idea of getting down after this.

“I think you best not know until we cross that bridge.” Armor Stark stated off in thinking that it’s best not to think that far ahead, especially when they are going so high up.

“O…kay.” Ben raised an eyebrow in thinking that maybe is a good point to make.

Now the group jumps up more toy boats and bounce off a spring to get them up higher now. They were getting closer to reaching the ceiling now and as they climbed up more building blocks, more Toy Soldiers march down to them, but Pinkamena trip up their works with her chained blades that sent the Toy Soldiers falling off, easy for her part. As the group continues to go higher and higher, Golden Heart noticed a play card on a shelf to fly over to take it and bring it back to the group.

“Here Nyx, it’s another of those play card things.” Goldie handed a play card over for the black filly to take.

“Thanks, they must be important.” Nyx smiled off to say in not knowing what they got, but maybe they’ll figure it out.

“For what, playing Fifty-two Pickup?” Phobos asked off in thinking the play cards are for a game.

“Who knows, really?” Spike shrug off in not knowing what they may get out of it.

“Guys, look! There’s a key ahead!” Gemini pointed in spotting what looks like an important object.

As the group reached the top of a toy built castle, on top of it was like a display center with a jack-in-the-box. And there was a silver key that was glowing and hovered where it’s place.

“That must be to help unlock the door down below us. Let’s grab it and head down!” Ben stated in thinking they found what they were looking for to continue on.

“I don’t know…there’s something about this I just can’t shake.” Pinkamena rub her chin in finding this a bit strange; finding a key in the middle of nowhere, it’s so weird. Wasn’t long before everyone got on the thing and Ben reached up to grab the key.

“Alright, we got it!” Phobos cheered in seeing they grabbed the key here.

But then suddenly, the group felt a strange vibration from under their hooves, claws, and metal body feet. When it was over, the shaking stop, as if stating that whatever was gonna happen didn’t happen.

“Hugh, for a second, I almost believed we were gonna…” Nyx was about to say in thinking they were expecting something worse until…

Then without warning, the giant Jack-In-The-Box POPS its head out and launched the Rescue Team off its top by a surprise. While completely unaware of what happened, without knowing it, the group was suddenly going down quickly on the fast triangle form ramp.

“We’re running too fast to stop!” Golden Heart yelps off to say in seeing that they can’t stop down rushing here.

“Don’t stop! If we try, we’re gonna end up rolling down!” Pinkamena warned the group in seeing that they can’t stop once they are running this fast going down.

“Wooooo…maaaannn!” Ben yelps out to say in seeing this is gonna be one heck of a rush to get back down to the ground.

Deciding to just go with what’s happen, everyone was just letting gravity help them and were running down the ramp that was helping them get down to the ground quicker. They ran and race around the railroad track spot to go around it and then as they went down another ramp, they were pushed back against a magic play card stack of a wall. And soon the group were running down more and more until they finally came to the bottom of where they started and they had to step on their brakes then…and sigh in relief.

“Hugh-High….that was the most running I’ve done since…ever.” Phobos pants out from being out of breath here from so much running.

“Yeah…hugh…no kidding.” Spike panted in agreeing that they ran a lot down that ramp.

“I think…pant…we’re good.” Nyx slowly was smiling in thinking they were good.

“JARVIS, how’s the suit and everyone’s health looking?” Armor Stark asked his AI for any details about the case of everyone’s stature.

“Readouts show the armor is in tack, the others appear a bit exhausted, but they will be fine as long as they don’t rush.” JARVIS spoke up in having done a scan of things of their condition at this time.

“Well, shall we go through the door now?” Pinkamena slowly spoke off in feeling that they can now move on now.

“Hey, how come it’s already opened without the key?” Golden Heart asked in noticing the door that was locked with chains is gone the moment they return.

“Weird, I don’t have the key now.” Ben searched himself, and wasn’t finding that silver key no more.

“It may have vanished and unlock the door. For now, we best continue on.” Gemini exclaimed to say in thinking that the key did what those needed of it, so now they can just move along without any problems.

Soon those that had a few minutes to rest a bit began to walk through the next door that lead to the exit of this place. And soon the door closed itself while the scene fades out from where the gang ends up next will be another surprise…

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Soon the same castle door appeared in a new area of the world illusion of Toyland. And the Rescue Team appear out of the door to witness another part of this place. Everything was like a giant’s toy room made to look like building block structures, dominos, pin-wheels, you name it. But while moving onward into the land of toys while the door vanished, the group knew these playthings were somewhat less than playful. Course reminding Phobos & Pinkamena were on a few noted matters. Spike touch a wrap present which popped out with confetti while making path for them.

“I didn’t expect to see presents that pop like that.” Spike stated to say in seeing something that Pinkie Pie would try someday to surprise folks.

“You know, I think that was used by some small blue creature that gave out surprises that explode.” Pinkamena broke the Fourth Wall in stating a random fact of someone that used such a thing.

“Is she always so random at times?” Gemini asked Ben in seeing the random act that has earn some attention.

“Believe me, she, Pinkie Pie, even Nyx says some random stuff.” Ben pointed out in mentioning this was a common thing to get used to.

“Stay alert fellas, we’re about to meet more company here just like before.” Armor Stark issued off in knowing that they are gonna come across more bizarre toy creatures of this place soon.

Now the group continues ahead, watching out for any more bizarre creatures in this part of Toyland here. Course other surprises was when they duck down from a giant airplane flew down and almost got those that were flying too high. More Toy Soldiers, Toy Planes and the jugging Clown were coming. Armor Stark fired a Repulsor on the clown and the unicycle ran off to take care of the front enemies and the group jump or dodge that and let it come back to take care of more coming troops before scrapping the runaway unicycle. Once that was done, they approach a spot of seeing a large block mess with a drum that was used to let a large toy rocket land on it…this place was strange.

“First giant flying toy planes, now giant toy rockets, and they don’t look like any giant kids playing with them.” Goldie spoke off in finding this to be a weird thing to be seeing all the time.

“Probably more of Loki’s illusion work, pay no mind to it. It’ll only distract us from our task ahead.” Armor Stark stated to say that what they saw are probably distractions to divert their attention.

“Right, getting out of this place and find who’s got another Rainbow Gem.” Phobos nodded off in getting the big picture of what to do here.

“Look, the next path’s got more sail boats!” Nyx pointed ahead in seeing what was ahead of the group.

The group came across a cliff where there was yellow sail boats that had strings where one’s weight makes them go up, so it was tricky to do but Gemini Sparks used his incredible speed to determine what path to take. And the rest followed while seeing toy seagulls heard from a distance. Once they made it to the other side, they walk to approach what was another magician’s giant hat in where a wand was inside, but once one goes down, well…they know what to expect.

“Gulp….are we really going back down in there?” Spike swallowed hard in remembering the last magic hat they went into.

“JARVIS, anything here?” Armor Stark asked the AI for anything to report of what’s ahead of them.

“No sir, the magic wave-flow of this place seems different, perhaps it will be more reasonable to proceed with careful procession.” JARVIS spoke off in stating this magic hat may be different from the last one they jumped into.

“Like we can expect that from Loki.” Armor Stark sighs to remark in thinking that would be what their foe wants, to surprise them with more tricks and illusions at play.

“Well maybe if we complete it, we’ll be able to continue off like before.” Ben stated to say in what they can get out of this when they make it through.

“Like magic card steps, yah, that seems to be it.” Phobos nodded off in thinking that was the next step to take here.

So from getting ready in what to expect once again, the Rescue Team soon dives down into the magician’s hat here. And then everything was fading out around this time from where the gang shall magically be seen…

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Unlike the last time, the Rescue Team land in a strange violet void where they apparently need to navigate an inside building block bridge path. It was hard to see how far, but one thing’s for certain, one will need to not go too far to the left or right or they’ll end up somewhere else…

“Well, this place is better than last time.” Pinkamena stated to say in seeing a major improvement than last time they saw this place.

“We better be careful, who knows what we gotta do to make it through here?” Golden Heart stated in sounding concern of knowing where they are here.

“Let’s chat while we move, shall we.” Armor Stark gave some good advised that they should follow along.

“Right, we got no time to waste.” Ben nodded off in agreement as they best get going now and try to make it out of here.

Trending lightly now, the group moves out while taking down easily Toy Soldiers marching. While going through, everything was like an upside-down structure of one’s view of this place. They came across a floating yellow jack-in-the-box toy that was over a hole with a floating block above it. Armor Stark was hovering over the spot, but his big armor touch the object and then the whole place got turn upside-down before he landed on the flatting block under his metal boots.

“Well now we know what to expect in this world.” Armor Stark stated to say in seeing what they can encounter than from before.

“What do you mean?” Nyx asked off in being curious about the question.

“Those yellow cube jack-in-the-boxes that hover and glow, if we come in contact, they may flip this thing from up to down and vice-versa.” Gemini explained what he was following by Armor Stark stating about how this next part of the world of illusions they entered in works.

“So in short, we can’t tell up from down.” Phobos rolled his eyes to state in guessing how things are gonna work out.

“But look, we saw that it made a pad for us to walk over then jump over that hole, right?” Ben pointed that what was a hole they needed to jump over, when the room flip, a hover pad above the ceiling became a bridge for them.

“Maybe we just gotta know how to make this room flip.” Goldie rub his chin in pondering the matter of how things work around here.

“Sounds tricky and we can tell who thought it up.” Pinkamena stated to say that Loki must have thought up this little trick which they know how to use now.

Now understanding the trick to this place, the gang will need to play by how such rules rule over this area. Course some still weren’t sure if they were upside down, downside up or a bit of both. But as the group moved, Toy Soldiers appeared from both sides to march towards them. Ben saw a jack-in-the-box object with the same up & down arrows, and touch it. That cause the room to shift, and while they stay where they stood, it caused the Toy Soldiers to be on the ceiling and fall down on the ground to disappear.

“Hey, that was kinda fun.” Ben smiled a bit in having done something that wasn’t so bad…for once in this place.

“I guess this place can be fun sometimes.” Nyx smiled off in thinking positive over their situation.

“Look, more of them. But this time, one above the other over a plate block & above is a hole.” Gemini pointed to see two jack-in-the-box arrows where they are above a block bridge, but above the ceiling was a hole.

“Then to avoid falling to our misery, get the top one after the bottom since the room’s shifting doesn’t affect us.” Armor Stark stated to theorize what to do, how to perform things and how to make sure they can get by it.

“Like this?” Phobos jumped up to touch the top cube and the room shift and he yelped before he touch the bottom cube that made everything right. “Phew, I thought I plunge to my doom there from above…or was it down? Ugh, this is too much!” Phobos sighs in sweating with relief, for a second, he almost was gonna fall to his doom.

“Next time, tell us before doing something like that.” Spike scolded Phobos as he and the others made it across to the other side.

“Like this?” Pinkamena saw another object cube to swing her chain blade out to hit it which made the room flip and caused new Toy Soldiers to fall from above and vanish on the ground impact.

Then three more jack-in-the-box room flippers are seen, Armor Stark had to calculated the right ones to touch if the group were gonna make it across without falling through the open holes. They managed to pull it off and made it to the other side, but there was a Toy Clown waiting. Nyx used a little magic blast the clown off and did the same for the unicycle; nice touch on her part. Then they made it to a room with more hover pads and glowing room box flippers that they had to activated and stand on one pad to not fall. Then as they made it through that, a white portal was seen below them.

“Where’s this gonna take us?” Golden Heart asked off in seeing this thing and wondered about where it would take them.

“Maybe back to the Toyland place.” Pinkamena shrug off to say to her brother about the idea.

“JARVIS?” Armor Stark was getting his I.A. ally to give them anything from this portal.

“There’s a 50 percent chance of that being accurate, sir.” JARVIS stated to say when it comes down to it of where this portal leads.

“Hate to ask what the other 50 is, but we’ve run out of areas of where to go next.” Gemini shrug off to say in seeing how things are, and they may as well just go with this.

“Okay, on three, we jump!” Ben nodded off to say in when they go in together.

“THREE!” Spike, Phobos & Nyx responded without warning to just skip to ‘three’ then count ‘one & two’ before that.

Seeing the way out, the gang took a dive of fate, and went down the white portal. Everything began to fade out from there as some hope they are getting out of the upside down or downside up place.

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The scene changes to what looks like the bottom of the messy building block and toy structure area. And appearing from a white light, the Rescue Team lands on the ground, finds more present boxes in the way of continuing forward. At least the group succeeded in getting out of such a place, though not without getting a bit turned around.

“Well, let’ all agree not to go through that again.” Armor Stark stated to say in feeling like most have had enough going through magic hats and ended up in unusual magic void places.

“Sir, I’m detecting the presence of another Rainbow Gem nearby.” JARVIS spoke out in telling the group that there’s a gem they seek nearby.

“It’s near?” Spike asked off in having heard that news.

“But where?” Nyx asked off in looking around, but all these present gift boxes are in the way.

“Let’s cut through here!” Pinkamena was using her Sword of Pinkie Pie to chop through the presents. “Hugh?” Then as the group was moving, a familiar giant Jack-In-The-Box wobbled from on the ground, and then suddenly it was rattling itself away. “Man, that was weird, and I usually see random stuff!” She rub her noggin in feeling there was something strange about that Jack-In-The-Box.

“Watch out Pinkamena, some of these presents contact a Toy Soldier!” Goldie stated in cutting a present that had a hidden Toy Soldier that he cut through with his Golden Sword.

“There’s the giant toy robot! Looks like it’s not doing anything to harm us while seemingly shorted out.” Gemini stated in seeing the giant toy robot was moving from its fallen place, sparks a bit like it was damaged.

“Let’s just find where the Gem Keeper is, he must be around if he has a Rainbow Gem.” Ben stated to say in getting straight to the point of what they have to do now.

Seeing they gotta find the next Gem Keeper, the gang chop, cut, and blast through more presents and any unwanted surprises, namely Toy Soldiers & Toy Planes. They soon found a spring nearby that launched the group upwards and after avoiding jack-in-the-box creatures, the gang were on a toy railroad track. The group had to take down more Marching Toy Soldiers, Toy Planes, but also a Toy Clown, and when the clown was gone, the unicycle it rode on ran wild. But with the right planning, the group let the unicycle take out the toys before blasting it and moving on.

“Look, another magician’s hat!” Nyx pointed ahead of them that they are approaching.

“Oh no, not another one!” Phobos groans to say in seeing they are going back in another magic hat.

“Wait, it’s on the bottom with the top facing upwards.” Goldie stated to say in seeing that this one won’t be open for them to travel back into.

“Guess that means we can safely head towards it.” Pinkamena shrug off to say this with a little smile on the face.

“Well at least it won’t be a place to saw us in half. I hate to be there.” Spike responded to say in being relieved, they had enough magic surprises from one magic hat for the day.

The group then walk over a wand that was used as a bridge to make it across and then went around the magic hat. And soon they were coming across what look like a magician’s case, and once they approach the open case, saw from the open top was a mirror and on the ground was red & black square marks. The square marks look to lead a path if one follows them and not fall into the holes.

“Alright, lets…” Ben was about to cross over, then the Buster Armor reach it’s big metal hand to stop the stallion.

“Wait, this seems fishy to me. A Magician’s magic case, and we have to cross, doesn’t that bother anyone?” Armor Stark stated to say in finding this a little strange, knowing Loki as a trickster, things aren’t always as they appear.

“Perhaps he’s right, there must be a trick if Loki wasn’t making this easy for us.” Gemini nods in agreement from thinking calmly, there must be something they aren’t seeing.

“Oh, good point. But what?” Pinkamena nodded off in feeling there was a good debate, there must be something they aren’t seeing here.

“Hey, what about the mirror?” Nyx pointed to notice the mirror reflected the square pieces, but there were some that seem like they weren’t there.

“Well now, I can see you inherited your mother’s smarts, kiddo. Good eye.” Armor Stark complimented the black filly for her sense of noticing such things which Nyx smiled proudly in inheriting that from Twilight. “Looky here, we see the floor of where we wanna go, but on the mirror, some pieces are missing.” He points in seeing some reds & black square pads are not in the reflected left or right spots.

“Then that means…if we take a step on the wrong piece?” Spike was stating in sounding worried as he touch a black that wasn’t reflected and then the thing vanished.

“YIKES! We fall into a bottomless magician’s kit!” Phobos yelps in seeing the horror that awaits them if they choose poorly.

“JARVIS, plan our steps carefully in where we wanna step, and wanna avoid.” Armor Stark issued forth in having his A.I. system help them know where they gotta go from what the mirror shows.

“Oh course, sir.” JARVIS responded off to say while inside the armor mech suit, digital frames of the mirror’s reflection of what floor pad was real and fake were being finalize.

Soon the Buster Armor took the lead point, and in a safety precaution, everyone decided to be passengers to ride on the bulky suit’s shoulders or in the big arms and hands. As Armor Stark moved his mechs-suit to the right step while avoiding the fake step, everyone watch the mirror in where to go. Soon the group were able to safely make it across, as the gang got off the Buster Armor to sigh with relief, but then yelp when Armor Stark fired a Repulsor that its beam only shot off some marching Toy Soldiers coming at them.

“A little warning next time?” Goldie asked that the guy warns them if an enemy was coming.

“Okay, lookout, Toy Soldiers coming at yah.” Armor Stark sarcastically spoke off in having ‘given’ a warning.

“Look, another spring board!” Nyx pointed in what was ahead of them.

“Up-up and away!” Pinkamena chanted off before she and the others were shot upwards to watch out for a plane, but then came too close to a steep ramp. “Uh-oh!” Pinkamena yelps in seeing this familiar set up again.

“Here we go again!” Ben remotely stated in seeing where this will lead them to; down and really fast.

Soon the group was ending up running down another ramp of blocks held up by wooden sticks before they jumped off. And as they ran, they saw that from a distance, the Toyland of building blocks made it look like a city with moving toy cars to be like active city drivers. They had to watch out from when they reach down to run across a flat ground when one big toy car almost ram into them. The group managed to avoid that, and soon another door pops out of nowhere with the sign label ‘EXIT’ on it, stating what this means.

“Sir, I’m detecting another Rainbow Gem beyond this door.” JARVIS stated that the next Rainbow Gem lies ahead of them now.

“Then that means the next Gem Keeper is already there.” Armor Stark stated to say in seeing what they gotta be prepared for.

“What do you think it might be?” Spike asked off in what they might find of the next Gem Keeper.

“Probably no Wood Beast.” Phobos rolled his eyes to remark how they won’t be facing such an enemy.

“For now, let’s just head in and see what we’’ll find.” Gemini stated with reason in what they best do now.

Now the group soon went through the exit door in having completed this other part of Toyland and will be hoping to find the Gem Keeper ahead next. With that, the scene fades out with the door vanishing here, now the group shall be facing the next part of this illusion world, they best be ready.

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Soon the castle door appeared in a different place once more, and for a third act, everyone came out from the door. All saw a bunch of toys plied around like an inner wall with a large drum set the size of an arena in the down center they had to walk down to with red blocks. So many had gone into a new corner of the Castle of Illusion since their arrival. But many saw an odd color red & white square pattern box within the center of the stage. It seemed chillingly familiar to some that have seen many toys within Toyland. Wasn’t long before the castle door disappeared in leaving the group where they are.

“Hey, isn’t that the same Jack-In-The-Box that shot us off from the highest point in the first area and ran down real fast?” Nyx asked off in noticing the same box toy they got the silver key from.

“Yeah, and also, we saw him when we were cutting through gift wrapped presents. What’s it doing here?” Pinkamena held her chin in being suspicious of this toy, how’d it get from one place to the next, they wonder.

“The more I see things, the more I get a bad feeling about it.” Goldie stated to say in feeling things were just getting weirder by the moment.

Just as the gang walked down to investigate the only spot to walk on the drum, the play card they pass fell off, meaning the way back was a no go. That act seem 'too' suspicious, meaning there was something close here and they are stuck with it, but what….? Then the Jack-In-The-Box rattled a bit, then leaped upwards to spin, then pops its head out with confetti with a creepy laughter to gaze down at the prey. It appeared like a red & black stripe design jester with a white hollow mask with a big red nose and a big yellow grin teeth and had little arms out.

“Of course! The Jack-In-The-Box! He was the REAL Gem Keeper!” Ben responded off in seeing that the real foe that they were looking for was nearby all along.

“JARVIS, what do we got on our toy adversary?” Armor Stark asked his A.I. system to give them some clues about this opponent.

“Sir, he appears to be a toy version of someone called Shaco, the Demon Jester. Might I suggest, being careful in how to play with this.” JARVIS explained forth what sorta Gem Keeper they are dealing with here, even made a light joke that such a toy is prohibited to those of a certain age group.

“No worries, we’re big enough to handle him.” Armor Stark lightly commented in seeing that they are of the right age to play with such a rough toy.

“We are?” The baby Dragons asked off in feeling uncertain about that topic; they never played with something this BIG or menacing before.

“Oh no! Now we are in trouble!” Phobos yelps in feeling like this fight maybe stranger than stranger.

“Keep it together Phobos!” Nyx stated to her pet pal before transforming into her Battle Form to get ready.

“He’s got a SPRING!” Pinkamena yelled out in seeing a spring pop out from under Shaco’s box.

And soon Shaco bounced upwards around the drum that was a wide arena for the gang while it look like circus lights were moving around. Much of those were seeing that the enemy was just bouncing upwards to land where they stopped. But by watching where the shadow would come now, that alone gave them the edge to know what to look out for.

“Is that all you got?” Ben challenged the guy that was gonna fight them by bouncing and hopping around.

Then without warning, Shaco stops bouncing to be watching those in front as a punching boxer glove is seen, as he seems to be timing it before…He fired it off to punch the gang, seeing that it was coming for Ben, Armor Stark cuts between to guard, the boxer glove impacted but only skid the bulky armor against the floor while surprisingly…it got sent back to hit the evil Shaco into a daze back in his box.

“Note to yourself Ben, never try to ask for more from evil clowns.” Armor Stark issued off to mention this while Shaco pops up from the box, looking dizzy from the punch he got and threw off springs.

“Look, springs!” Adult Nyx stated in seeing what it was that they got here.

“Oh, lets bounce up and hit him, his head seems to be the weakness!” Pinkamena suggested what they do with an idea.

“I’ll take this! Golden Knuckles/Powfruvhmmm…” Golden Heart rushes over, bounce off a spring and then delivers his glowing golden front hooves to the Gem Keeper’s face.

That act caused Shaco to retreat back into his box again as the group got ready for the next act to come. And it came from when two sides of the Jack-In-The-Box revealed to extend punching spring gloves stretch out and it was rotating to hit the gang. The Rescue Team had to either jump up over them or fly over from being hit by that attack.

“I’ve heard of giving a punch line from Pinkie Pie, but not like this!” Phobos stated to say in seeing things were not at all funny.

“Yikes, any ideas?” Spike yelps in watching out for more punches.

“Watch his battle, get an idea in how to fight him.” Gemini Sparks stated to say, as he used his ability to go superfast to not get hit by the attacks.

Once the attack pattern was over when the spring punch gloves retracted to the box, Shaco pops out and begins to spring hop again to crush those underneath him. But then without warning, he got into position to prepare to time off his next punching glove against Armor Stark. And then he let it fly to harm the guy in the suit of armor.

“Not this time! Lights out/Punchfruvhmmm…” Then Armor Stark reel’d in his Buster Armor’s right arm and delivered a punch against the giant boxing glove that redirected it to impact Shaco. “That, was for trying to punch me.” Armor Stark remarked off to say as Shaco retreated into his box again and then the foe pops out with more springs while looking dizzy.

“Dragon Punch/Moon Punch/Punchvhmmm…” Then Spike & Phobos jump on a spring that they used their respected dragon type punches that knock the enemy in his box again.

The circus light show seem to turn red now as if stating a change in the fight here. Then from all four sides, boxer gloves are seen, but Shaco was spinning around, and launch itself to attack the group, but they scattered to avoid that. Shaco wasn’t giving up, as he followed whoever it choose’d to attack. Then afterwards the lights changed, it was done before hopping off and soon brought another boxer glove to time it right to fire against…Adult Nyx. It fired the attack, but Adult Nyx faded into her Night Dust form, and let the spring box glove return to punch the evil toy to be shut in his box.

“Don’t underestimate me.” Adult Nyx stated her claim as Shaco pops more springs out, and the mare jumped off one to attack. “Night Blast/Powwfruvhmm….” Then from her glowing horn, fired a neon red beam that impacted Shaco’s head.

With Shaco in his box, what came next was the four boxer punch gloves extended out to all sides of the drum. Then the foe was rotating to have any of the four boxer springs take down the others, but they were jumping up and watching their steps or flew above. But then the next surprise back when Shaco reverse clockwise his trick and that’s where it got tricky!

“Watch out!” Goldie yelled out in seeing this unexpected tactic coming.

“Man, this guy won’t quit?” Ben groans to say as they were jumping over and back tracking what they were doing.

“Just be glad he isn’t throwing explosive pies.” Armor Stark tried to make a light comment of the situation here of what they got.

Then Shaco retracts his four boxing gloves and hops around before targeting Pinkamena this time with another boxing glove it was winding up. Luckily, Pinkamena knew this gag to duck down, the spring glove missed her, but went back and impacted Shaco into his box.

“Silly, I know my gag routine and seen your tricks.” Pinkamena commented off while seeing Shaco pop out with a dizzy head and more springs lie around. “Now taste my steel/Slashfruvhmmm…” Pinkamena issued off to say as she bounce upwards to use her Sword of Pinkie Pie to slash against Shaco’s head.

That attack knock Shaco in his box, but now something else was coming when he bounced upwards. When he landed, he created a semis-quake that let a shock-wave blow against anyone that wasn’t far enough and it got most of the gang off guard. Shaco lets off an evil laughter as he bounce up and smacks down hard to blast the targets across, and was going after their unprepared actions. Gemini seem to be okay in being faster, but the others needed help…

“Looks like I’ll need to be a little more serious. Here goes!” Gemini stated in seeing his friends need him, so it’s best to get a little more active.

Then without warning, Gemini’s body glows before it splits off into…two directions. Then soon, Shaco soon corners the others from knocking them on their sides, and prepares to time up his boxing fist. Then he launched it off, but the glove was knocked backwards by Gemini Sparks with a golden right knuckle that impacted Shaco into his box. The gang was about to thank their friend but saw…two of them, but the other guy looks exactly like Gemini Sparks, but the biggest change was one was all white, the other is the opposite with black fur and the golden gauntlet appears on his left front hoof instead.

“What the, when were there two of you?” Phobos yelps off in seeing Gemini…& Gemini lookalike.

“We’ve always been two, one Light…one Dark.” Gemini of the dark stated off in issuing this fact out.

“We’re the Twins of Light & Dark; Gemini Sparks!” Gemini of the light issued of who they are together.

Soon Shaco pops his head out of the box, being all dizzy and from loose springs to take. And both Gemini Sparks vanish to bounce off the spring to act with the enemy weaken.

“Hey, shall we use our favorite signature?” Dark Gemini asked off in seeing what this calls for here.

“Heh, that’s not even a question to ask.” Light Gemini let off a chuckle that he was thinking the same thing.

“GEMINI THUNDER!” Both Gemini's get together on the center place their golden arm hooves in a hold up, charge up before pointing their hooves out and outer edges lean a bit while in a close pattern motion in the center. “POWWFRUVVHMM….Brriizzizivhmmm…” And fire a bolt of lightning that spreads down Shaco’s path of his head.

“Guaaaaugh!” With that attack, caused Shaco to yelp upwards in the air from being blasted backwards before he retreated into his box. But from the smoking toy, the Jack-In-The-Box foe toppled over….signaling his defeat. And soon to signal this win for the heroes, what floated down from above was…the orange Rainbow Gem.

“That was amazing!” Pinkamena cheered off to say in what they just saw.

“Really incredible!” Nyx stated to change back to her filly form.

“Man, that attack look like it really packs a punch!” Spike stated from what they saw when their ally, or allies dealt the final blow.

“So that’s what your element can do.” Ben stated in having seen this first hand of Gemini’s ability; he creates a twin.

“More accurately Ben, the Element of Twin is a unique deal indeed. They say it gain portions of other Elemental Elements that are connected to another, a twin of light to a twin of dark.” Armor Stark explained the case in where Gemini Sparks holds a ‘twin principle’ of usage of his abilities.

“Now you know the answer about how I knew things, what we see & hear is sent to another.” Light Gemini explained forth in how both twins work in fields to help another.

“Right, for now, let’s take our prize here and get going.” Dark Gemini stated off in knowing what they gotta be doing now.

Now both Gemini Sparks obtain the orange Rainbow Gem and let it shine brightly from having displayed the power of the twins. For many, this gem swelled with renewed hope of saving their friends, but the quest to save those captured was far from over. Soon an orange portal appeared and many knew this was their ticket to get out of the illusion world. And so they all entered the portal while things began to fade out, and for what he Rescue Team faces next…we shall see next time.

Author's Notes:

Sharo is base around a reference towards League of Legends for the Jack in The Box character seen in the game.

Well I managed to get another chapter up here. In the next chapter, the Rescue Team prepares to enter a world that is filled with....water! What sorta things will happen when it's sink or swim? Just what sorta bizarre creatures lurk within the watery terrain? Stay tune to find out...