Spike woke to see Luna leaning over him while casting a healing spell.

“Please tell me that it was all a dream…” Spike said hopefully.

Luna just shook her head. “I am afraid we are still in danger.”

“Darn it…” Spike said, letting his head fall back.

“Come, you’ve rested long enough.” Luna gestured for Spike to follow.

“Just five more minutes...” Spike began to close his eyes.

…

….

…..

“UP AND AT ’EM SPIKE!” a familiar country voice spoke out loudly.

“AAAH! OH NO! THEY FOLLOWED US HERE!” Spike flailed in a panic. Luna had to rush back over to calm him down.

“Calm yourself Spike! It’s just Applejack! You saved her, remember?” Luna said.

“Wait… I did?” Spike said, beginning to calm down.

“Eeyup, ah appreciate it.” The voice came again and Spike turned around to see Applejack. From what Spike saw she was back to normal, but she was faded like a ghost.

“Applejack?” Spike asked.

“Yes, she is still but a spirit,” Luna confirmed.

“Ah’m alright, Spike. No need to worry,” AJ said as Spike walked up to her.

“Where’s Big Mac?” Spike asked. Applejack looked at Luna as if to ask the same question.

“Unfortunately you couldn’t retrieve his soul, but you needn’t worry. The nightmare has collapsed and he has joined the rest of the souls to be saved.”

“Needn’t worry? Mah brother’s the prisoner of some nightmare monster and ah shouldn’t worry?!” Applejack shouted.

“Calm yourself. We will save him eventually. For now, let us continue.” Luna gestured over to the next portal which was adorned with three cutie marks.

An apple, a music note, and a thunderbolt.

“No… mah sister is…” Applejack said, her legs shaking.

“I'm afraid so,” Luna confirmed.

“NO! Doing it to me is one thing but to innocent fillies!?” Applejack exclaimed.

“The Shadow force cares not for its puppets, only how useful they are.”

Applejack turned away in sorrow, unable to accept it. “Ya don’t understand! Ah remember everything! How those things nearly killed ya Spike, the horrible things ah was gonna do to you… Ah don’t want mah sister to go through that, nor Sweetie and Scoots.”

Luna trotted up to Applejack and patted her shoulder comfortingly.

“We know. That is why you and Spike must rescue them as soon as possible,” Luna assured Applejack.

Applejack still looked down but she turned back toward the portal.

“Then failure ain't an option,” Applejack said resolutely while approaching the portal.

“Hold on there, Applejack. Before you leave, we must show you your new… set-up.” Luna said.

“The longer ah wait the longer mah sister is a slave to that thing!” Applejack barked.

“If you go through that portal you’ll be its slave again!” Luna barked back.

“What?” Applejack paused.

“You're just a spirit now, Applejack. If you venture into a nightmare without a physical anchor you’ll just be reclaimed by The Shadow,” Luna explained to her.

“And so ah sit and do nothin’ while Spike risks his own life?” Applejack asked.

“As we have said you need a physical anchor, and Spike is that anchor,” Luna said.

“What? Me?” Spike said incredulously.

"Yes, you. Now that Applejack needs a tether to remain free of the Shadow, she can lend you her power and strength to save those fillies," Luna explained.

"I'm gonna get superpowers?!" Spike said, getting excited.

"In a sense, each spirit you link yourself to can grant you different powers, but only for a short time," Luna said.

"And how do we do that?" Spike asked.

"Leave that to us. Now, stand closer together," Luna instructed, the two did as was asked. Luna charged a spell and a flash washed over the area.

When the light died down, Applejack had vanished.

"Applejack?" Spike said, looking around.

"Ah'm down here, partner." Applejack's voice came out of nowhere and Spike nearly jumped out of his skin at the suddenness. When he looked down at his hand, he saw a ring with an apple-shaped gem on it.

"Are you in the ring?" Spike asked.

"Ah think so," Applejack's voice said.

"Yes, she is. she is now linked with you, so long as you wear the ring." Luna trotted to the portal.

"So, what power did I get?" Spike asked, walking alongside her.

"The power of Applejack's strength, perhaps greater than your own," Luna said.

"Awesome," Spike cheered. "So how do I activate it?"

"Simply focus on your connection to Applejack and you can use her power to fight back, but use this power only in self-defense. These monsters cannot truly die, because they are connected to The Shadow's power,” Luna warned.

“Use only in self-defense, got it,” Spike said, feeling a little more confident this time.

“Ah’m not going to be stuck in this ring forever, am ah?” Applejack asked.

“No, you can project yourself at will.” As Luna spoke, Applejack appeared next to Spike.

“Alright, I’m feeling a bit more confident this time around,” Spike said.

“Do not get cocky, Spike. It will be your undoing,” Luna warned.

“Ok.” Spike took a step back from her sharp tone.

“C’mon! Before mah sister is lost forever!” Applejack said impatiently.

“Ok, ok!” Spike said, getting tired of being yelled at.

“Once more, Spike. Be careful. Things will only get more difficult from here on,” Luna said.

“I’ll be careful,” Spike said, managing to shake off the remnants of his previous exhaustion.

“Good luck, then.” Luna waved him off as Spike went to his next destination, Applejack in tow.

“AH’M COMIN TO GET YA, AB!” Applejack yelled.

Stepping through the portal was less disorienting this time. When Spike and Applejack got through the portal, they stumbled onto a tiled floor.

“Tiles?” Spike said, looking around and seeing a rather familiar sight.

“Wait a sec… is this Mrs. Cheerilee’s schoolhouse?” Applejack said looking at the familiar classroom, the only real difference is that a door was where the chalkboard would have been.

“Heh, maybe the monster is homework this time?” Spike joked but a sharp look from AJ put a stop to that. “Just trying to lift the mood...”

“AB! SWEETIE! SCOOTS! HOLLER IF YA CAN HEAR ME!” Applejack shouted.

“Calm yourself, Applejack. Even if they heard you, they're not in any condition to listen!” Luna snapped.

“Mah sister wouldn’t hurt-”

“No offense Applejack, but wasn’t it you who almost ate me like several times?” Spike said, hoping to get her to realize Luna’s point, but all it did was make AJ look sad.

“Darn it, Spike…” Spike scolded himself. “I meant that Luna is right. We need to save them first.”

“Al-alright... “ Applejack said. As the two walked on, Spike noticed arrows scrawled in crayon pointed to the door.

“Something tells me we need to follow the arrows,” Spike said with a sinking sensation of dread.

“Eeyup. Good luck Spike,” Applejack said, returning to her ring.

Spike opened the door and carefully peeked in, making sure that nothing was waiting for him.

“Hello?” Spike stared down the long dark hallway at the flickering lights and creepy drawings on the walls, but he walked down it anyway.

Child-like laughter echoed down the hallway and sent chills down the spine of the baby dragon.

And behind him the shadows of fillies followed, being cast from nothing the shadows pranced along the walls following the little drakling.

“H-h-hello?” Spike stuttered, feeling more scared now. Eventually, he came to a pair of eerie double doors that filled him with more dread.

“Not getting anywhere standing here,” Spike said before slowly pushing the door open……

And a blast of confetti hit him in the face.

“AGH!” Spike yelped, jumping back. When he managed to clear all the confetti off of his face, eyes, and from his mouth, he saw an auditorium with a bunch of empty chairs and a banner that said:

WELCOME NEW CRUSADER

Which was also in crayon…

“What the?” Spike said as the shadows behind him pranced across the walls and stopped at the stage.

“Howdy there new crusader!” one of the shadows said.

“We’re happy to have you,” said another shadow.

“Let’s see what your cutie mark will be!” the third shadow chimed in. Suddenly, a warbling black mass flowed from the shadows and formed into three pony shapes.

Applejack came out of Spike’s ring. “Apple Bloom?” she said with hope.

“Sorry sis, it’s Zombloom now.” As Apple Bloom left the warbling mass, Spike and Applejack couldn’t help but gasp at the sight of her.

As her name suggested she looked like a zompony. There was rotten flesh on her body, her mane a mess, and her cheeks were gone, exposing teeth and gums which were also rotted. And she had only one eye, the other eye socket being without an eyeball.

“Oh AB… What has he done to you…?” Applejack said with tears in her eyes.

“He made us better than ever! Sweetie Doom, at your service!” Overall, Sweetie Belle looked similar to her old self except for the fact her unicorn horn had become a pair of devil horns, and her tail was feline-like with a barb at the end. Her eyes were black and red, while her teeth were sharp.

“Why not join us as a fellow crusader?” Scootaloo came out licking her lips with a forked tongue, looking like a vampony, with bat-like wings and fangs as well as blood caking her mouth.

“Easy, Scootabat. We don’t want to rush things too much,” Zombloom reprimanded.

“Ah shut up! I'm just eager to eat… uh I mean meet a new crusader!”

“You better save some fer me at least,” Zombloom teased.

“ENOUGH!” Applejack shouted, getting their attention. “AB, look what he’s done to you! Ah get what you're going through right now. You feel like you need to obey the Shadow but you don’t! Ya have to fight it!” Applejack cried

“Oh, save it sis. Ah like the new me, and as soon as the master gets Spike, you’ll be back to being under his control where you belong. As will Spike.” Zombloom laughed.

“We’re going to have so much fun!” Sweetie Doom said.

“Yeah, we could even be friends! And friends share everything, right?” Scootabat looked at her friends.

“That’s right! They share their joy!” Zombloom said.

“Their regrets!” Sweetie Doom added.

“And their fears. Don't you agree, Spike?” Scootabat finished.

“U-um, well I-” Spike stammered.

“Tell you what, let’s find out if you have a cutie mark in running for your life, or perhaps screaming your lungs out, or even… bleeding to death!” Sweetie Doom said with a mad chuckle.

“Good idea. Come through those doors when you're ready to go find your purpose,” Scootabat said and with a trio of laughs, the three fillies disappeared.

"Apple Bloom…" Applejack fell to her knees and sobbed. Spike, seeing Applejack's distress, patted her on the shoulder.

"It's okay, we'll get her back," Spike assured her.

"Promise me…" Applejack said out of the blue.

"I promise we'll save her," Spike said.

"No, promise me we'll make that Shadow thing pay for what it did to my sister and her friends!" Applejack snarled.

"We’ll do that too, but for now, Apple Bloom needs help," Spike said with a mix of determination and nervousness at her vehemence. With a nod, Applejack went back into the ring and Spike approached the double doors and opened them. Upon traversing a hallway or two he came to a red wall of energy.

“Uuum, Luna. There’s a big red wall in my way. How do I get through?” Spike asked.

“Simply use your strength power to force your way through,” Luna informed him.

“How do I do that again?” Spike asked.

“Concentrate your magic and focus on your bond with Applejack,” Luna said.

“Uum…” Spike said clearly not getting it.

“Just tense your muscles and think about your objectives and how Applejack can help you.”

“Ok.” Spike did as Luna had mentioned and he felt a tingle overcome him, as though he was the strongest baby dragon ever.

With a blow from his fist, the red wall shattered and disappeared.

“Let the record show I didn't let this go to my head…. Much,” Spike said, barely hiding his joy.

“Ready or not, HERE WE COME!” three haunting voices suddenly sang, shattering Spike’s jubilation.

“Oh great,” Spike mumbled before hurrying through a set of doors and finding himself amidst several hallways, soul shards lined the hallways and he wasted no time in collecting the shards.

“Where are ya, Spike?” Spike heard Zombloom call out and saw a shadow around the corner. Spike quickly ducked behind the corner as the deformed filly rounded the corner. Bloody saliva dripped on the ground as she looked.

“Ah've always wondered what dragon meat tastes like,” Zombloom said, licking her rotted lips.

“She’s only tryin to psych you out, Spike. Get moving,” Applejack whispered.

"Ok," Spike whispered back

“AH HEARD THAT!” Zombloom rounded the corner and lunged at Spike.

“AAAH!” Spike yelled as the two of them tumbled across the ground. Zombloom pinned him, and only his claw around her throat was keeping her snapping jaws away from his neck.

“IT AIN’T KIND TO DENY A GIRL A KISS, SPIKE!” Zombloom said as she snapped her maw at Spike's face again.

“GET. OFF. OF. ME!” Spike tapped into his strength boost and he was able to lift her up into the air and throw her against a wall hard enough to crack it. Zombloom just got up and shook it off.

“Not bad, but it’ll take more than that,” Zombloom taunted.

“Mind if I tag in?” Spike heard a voice behind him and he spun to see Scootabat standing there.

“Uh oh!” Spike said as the usually ground-bound pegasus took to the air and swooped at him. He narrowly ducked it and saw her rebound off of a wall. When he jumped out of the way, she u-turned and dove at him again. Meanwhile, Zombloom charged, unfortunately timing it so when Spike jumped out of the way, the two collided with each other.

“Whew, Spike said as kept moving while the two were picking themselves up off the ground.

Spike ran along the hallways of the eerie school, collecting soul shards as he went, he was getting more confident of his ability to handle this until he heard Scootabat and Zombloom running after him.

“Go away!” he yelled as he rounded a corner.

“You're only delaying the inevitable!” Scootabat said as she swooped for his head. Spike ducked and paused at the corner, swinging a locker door just in time to make it collide with the vampony.

“Oof!” She grunted as she hit the ground.

“Ya varmint!” Zombloom ran around her downed friend and punched at Spike who ducked it and her punch dented the lockers.

“I gotta run!” Spike yelled as he ran off and when Zombloom helped her friend up they pursued him around another corner.

They ended up running past Spike, who was hiding in a locker.

“Whew… Lost them” Spike said, getting out and running on. He seemed home free as he collected more shards on the other side of the school, he made some good progress and hid in a locker when one of the CMC came near, he finished one side and worked his way over to the other side when he suddenly heard a poof down the hall and he saw Sweetie Doom grinning widely with her sharp teeth.

“Hey, Spike!” Sweetie fired a magic blast from her horns which blew a hole in the wall next to Spike.

“What the? Ah know for a fact she isn’t that strong!” Applejack spoke out.

“Maybe the Shadow empowered her, I don't know! But I need help, AJ!” Spike shouted, avoiding another several blasts.

“Ok” Applejack and Spike concentrated to use the strength boost. Spike picked up a bench and threw it at Sweetie Doom who made no effort to dodge and she took the bench right to the face snapping her neck backwards.

“WHOA!” Spike yelped.

“That was too hard, ya idiot!” Applejack said in horror.

“........Teehee” Sweetie gave a creepy giggle and she reached back, grabbed her head, and snapped it back into place. “That tickled”

“...That is messed up on so many levels.” Spike bolted away as Sweetie fired several more magic shots.

“Coooome baaack Spiiiiike!” Sweetie Doom sang as she pranced down the hall after him.

Spike collected more gems while he was fleeing and when he couldn’t see anymore shards he dove behind cover. It was just in time, as Sweetie nearly took his head off with another shot.

“Spike! Be careful!” Luna cried.

“I’m pinned!” Spike said frantically.

Suddenly a strange tendril snaked out of a nearby vent, before Spike could react it whipped out and grabbed his leg and tugged him out into the line of fire.

“AAAH! WHAT THE?!” Spike cried as he was set up and all he saw was Sweetie’s horns flash when he blacked out.

---

When he came too he was back in the classroom. “Uugh… what hit me?” Spike said looking around.

“You have collected all the shards in this area but the barrier is still too strong. You need to explore further in the school to find the rest.” Luna informed Spike

“I'm trying, they're too strong, Sweetie has strong magic, Scoots can fly and AB can nearly out muscle me. The situation is against me.” Spike remembered the tendril as well. Where did that come from?

“You must try, Spike!” Luna encouraged.

“I know…” Spike said getting up and hurrying back out into the hallways.

He proceeded on, listening for the Cutie Monster Crusaders. He got to the playground without encountering any of them and went across it to see three souls floating about.

“I’ll save you three, don’t worry.” Spike continued on, entering what looked like a gym.

“Yer doing good so far, Spike,” Applejack assured.

Just then they heard an earsplitting shriek.

“What the?!” Spike said when he saw a vent launch from the wall and something black crawl from it, scaling the wall like a spider.

“What is that?!” Applejack cried out in horror.

The creature in question resembled Miss Cheerilee but she looked like some kind of black gecko-like monster with a cone shaped face that bobbed back to stare at them. The tip of a long tongue slithered out to whip at the air before the creature climbed into a hole in the ceiling.

“I guess we know what the tendril came from now…” Spike said, trying to conceal his fear.

“We call her the substitute creature…” a voice from behind Spike said and he spun to see the three gruesome fillies staring at him coldly.

“But more importantly you’ve proven to be a bit of a challenge to catch Spike,” Scootabat said with a growl.

“Looks like we’re gonna have to step up our game if we want to catch this varmint,” Zombloom said.

“Hear that Spike? We're not playing around anymore. New crusader or not, we don’t tolerate persistence from our prey. Prepare for a real test!” With that, Sweetie Doom’s horns glowed and they teleported away.

"Oh great, now they’re getting serious," Spike groaned.

“Then we need to as well,” Luna said. Spike nodded and ran into the second area only to pause at the burnt and run-down atmosphere of the school. There were giggling sounds and he saw shadowy fillies and colts clawing at the windows of classrooms, then a vent opened slightly-

“Nope…” Spike said going back into the playground.

“Ya can’t give up now Spike!” Applejack yelled.

“Did you see that back there? I'm traumatized enough as it is!” Spike deflected.

“Get back in there or ah’m coming out of this ring!” Applejack scolded and Spike sighed and went back. Carefully he opened the door and saw no sign of the substitute creature. Moving quickly, he rounded a corner, collecting some soul shards. Spike opened a set of doors and found some more gems, but as he moved in to collect them, a tongue wrapped around the baby dragon and lifted him into the air.

“AAH!” Spike cried as he looked up and saw the black gecko-Cheerilee monster holding him with her tongue.

“Let me go!” Spike thrashed before hearing some giggling.

“Look what the creature dragged in.” Scootabat trotted in, flashing her fangs.

“A big ole meal is what,” Zombloom said while closing in.

“Let’s eat!” Sweetie Doom cheered and the three dove at Spike, who shut his eyes.

He found himself at the playground again.

“We… cannot do that again Spike… next time is the end…” Luna panted audibly.

“O-ok, no pressure.” Spike took a deep breath before running back into the second zone, this time hitching a right instead.

Spike found more gems, but had to pause at a corner when he heard Scootabat flying through the hallways giggling mischievously.

When the coast was clear he continued on only to hear a teleport sound behind him. Not pausing to look behind him he continued on running hearing the clopping of hooves behind him.

“GET BACK HERE, SPIKE!” Sweetie Doom yelled.

“Nope!” Spike said back.

“Spike! The strength! Use it!” Luna shouted.

“Ok!” Spike said pausing and using his strength boost. Sweetie Doom lunged only to be caught by Spike and thrown through a door, causing it to break.

The filly lay broken on the floor before her body began repairing itself.

Before Spike could think about it, the Substitute Creature crawled through an opening in the wall and ran at Spike, who fled down an adjacent hallway.

“Ya going somewhere partner?!” Zombloom lunged at Spike as he ran through an intersection in the hallways. Spike ducked the attack and continued running as the zombie pony resumed chasing him.

He did a good job of collecting soul shards while fleeing his enemies, until he rounded a corner and was tackled by a flying Scootabat. She snapped her fangs at Spike’s neck.

“GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD!” Scootabat growled.

“No!” Spike yelled trying to tap into his strength to throw her off but there was no response. Instead, he had no other move but to bonk heads with Scootabat to throw her off and make her crash.

Spike wriggled out from under her and ran off.

Spike ran into a cafeteria and across food trays swirling through the air, collecting more shards. A magical shot nearly took his head off and he saw Sweetie Doom entering the cafeteria at the same time he left.

Spike rounded a corner and avoided another blast from the persistent unicorn devil filly. Sweetie Doom pursued him, firing off shots from her horn.

“You're nearly there, Spike!” Luna said as Spike entered a classroom with objects levitating all over the place. He saw gems floating around so he ran around collecting them, although when he grabbed the last one, the school bell rang and he bolted just as Sweetie Doom entered.

“That’s all of them, Spike! Hurry to the playground!” Luna shouted.

“Ok!” Spike said, running through the hallways.

“Skreeee!” The horrible noise was the Substitute Creature exiting a vent and pursuing him, Spike ran as fast as he could but the gecko-Cheerilee wasn’t giving up. She climbed on the walls and leapt at him several times before Spike entered the gym. He nearly made it to the playground before the creature pounced on him and pinned him.

“NO!” Spike said, turning to see the creature's face split open vertically to reveal a maw of sharp teeth, then it lunged down to eat him.

“SPIKE!” Luna cried seeing the dragon in danger.

Spike managed to grab the creature's mouth and hold it back. Although the long tongue whipped him in the face a few times, Spike didn’t let up. Years of being Twilight's assistant had given him enough strength to resist this creature.

With a yell he shot flames into the mouth of the creature and it reared back bellowing in pain. Spike took the opportunity to grab it and use the strength power to hurl it through the doors.

“Spike! You ok?” Applejack said. Spike laid there panting heavily, shivering.

“I can’t… this is too hard…” Spike whimpered.

“Don’t lose yer will now, Spike! Yer almost out!” Applejack frantically said.

“Why?.... Why did it have to be me?” Spike droned, meanwhile the creature outside was getting up.

“SPIKE! YOU’LL LISTEN TO ME! GET UP OFF YER REAR END RIGHT NOW!” Applejack yelled

“O-okay, I’m sorry it’s… I don’t know how much more I can handle…” Spike said, breaking out of his traumatic stupor. After getting up he ran through the park past the Substitute Creature and grabbed the souls. As he ran for the other door, it shut in his face and he heard a crash of thunder.

“So… you don’t wanna be a Crusader do ya?” Zomblooms voice said behind him. Spike stiffened and turned to see the creature hurriedly fleeing back into the building through a window, and three frenzied monster fillies standing there and glaring at him with their red eyes.

“Yeah, he just wants to steal our things!” Scootabat growled.

“Well fine, if you don’t want to be our friend we’ve got a different plan for you then,” Sweetie Doom said with a sneer. “Girls, let’s teach this loser how we deal with disobedience at our school!” And with that, the three melted into the shadows again and the shadows merged.

“What now?” Spike said with dread

A giant figure emerged from the shadow, a monster that was bigger than Big Mac and looked more powerful as well. And its head… it had three! Zombloom on the left and Scootabat on the right with Sweetie Doom in the middle.

“Time for the teacher’s pet to come in! The Crusaberus!” the three-headed monstrosity growled.

“Seriously?! A three-headed monster?!” Spike exclaimed.

“Cutie Monster Crusaders! Dragon slayers!” The three heads yelled before the beast charged forward. Spike leaped aside with a yelp as it plowed through the door.

“GO NOW!” Applejack hurried Spike along as he ran through the opening presented and ran around the beast before it could get up.

“YOU WON’T ESCAPE US, SPIKE!” the monster roared as it charged after Spike.

“I’M GONNA DIE!” Spike screamed as he ran.

“No, you won’t if you just keep running!” Luna urged Spike.

The monster fired some magic shots at Spike who swerved around them the best he could.

The two continued running through the hallways, Spike barely keeping out of the reach of the monster. As Spike made a sudden stop at a hallway intersection and changed direction, the Crusaberus missed the turn and Spike managed to lose the hybrid.

“The auditorium is just up ahead! Luna said

“Finally!” Spike said as he ran.

Suddenly the Substitute Creature dropped down from the ceiling in front of the door and hissed at Spike, who stopped.

“Well great…” Spike said, wondering how he’ll get around this creature. Suddenly, a crash was heard behind him and he turned to see the Crusaberus.

“OH, COME ON!” Spike exclaimed

“Do somethin, Spike!” AJ ‘helpfully’ said. Spike had an idea but didn’t like it.

“Let’s hope this works!” Spike activated his strength boost again and ran towards the Substitute Creature. As it dove for him, he grabbed it and hurled it at the hooves of the other monster. He was shocked to see the Crusaberus not even pause as it just stepped on the creature’s head, crushing it.

“OUT OF OUR WAY!” the monster’s middle head roared.

“Good work, Spike!” Luna said.

“Don’t thank me yet!” When Spike ran into the auditorium, the door back to the portal shut itself, and he paused.

“This is getting tiring.” He turned to see the Crusaberus standing there and glaring at him with their red eyes.

“ENOUGH OF THIS! You're ours now Spike!” The creature said, Spike was beginning to wonder if this was it when suddenly the doors glowed with a midnight blue aura and were forced open.

“NOW SPIKE!” Luna shouted, getting an affirmative nod from Spike as he ran through the room at his best speed, much to the shock of the creature behind him.

“LUNA! STAY OUT OF OUR ROOM!” The monster bellowed, chasing after Spike with a trio of feral screams.

“Hurry!” AJ shouted.

“I’M RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN!” Spike screamed as the Crusaberus tore through the narrow hall after him, collapsing the walls and ceiling as it rampaged past.

“ALMOST THERE!” Spike burst into the classroom and at the same time, the Crusaberus tore through the doorway.

Time seemed to slow for them, the monster was in mid lunge, and just as it was about to reach Spike, he jumped through the portal.

Spike managed to escape the haunted school with his life, can he continue to press on despite the trauma?

Thanks ever so much for tuning into this long worked on project.

Look forward to next time.