SZ: We back to this, but this time...to set something up.

GT: I am back again to help since the setup involves something else we're working on.

SZ: Eeyup...something for our shared toku-verse...we won't say what yet, but it'll connect once ya see it.

GT: Indeed. So we'll move on to Disclaimers: we do not own any franchises involved with this story. They are owned by their respective owners/companies/etc. Z0, blow up the stage.

Z0: …*scratches chin for a moment before blinking* Okay I was saving this for when next time the government tries to mess with the internet but seems fitting *pulls out a giant bomb the size of a sky scraper* I'm sending us back to the dark ages, and I plan to rule the Mad Max/Fist of the Northstar wastelands, *flips switch as countdown begins*

SZ:...ahh sh-!

An alarm clock ticked in time with the second hand moving. The owner of the clock was currently beneath pale-rose covers with butterfly patterns on it, giving a soft snore as they slept peacefully. The alarm soon went off, waking the owner underneath the covers as she raised her head up, revealing Fluttershy...with a bit of bed hair as she gave a small yawn. After the yawn, the hand she used to cover her mouth quickly shut off the alarm. Within thirty minutes, she had showered, gotten dressed, and brushed her hair straight.

"Okay...what to do first?" Fluttershy whispered to herself, "Hmm...School's canceled right now to prep for the upcoming dance...maybe the vet or help out at the Milk Dipper?" she yelped when a pillow hit her in the back of the head, making her turn to look at a small white rabbit..with a rather irritated look on his face, "Oh! Morning, Angel." the bunny tapped a foot before pantomiming eating, "Oh! I'm so sorry. I forgot to make you breakfast. Don't worry, I'll get right on it."

Angel just huffed a bit as Fluttershy left to go get some food for him. As Fluttershy headed downstairs and headed for the kitchen, she heard something outside. It sounded like something had crashed into some trash cans.

"Oh, I hope the raccoons aren't stealing trash again," Fluttershy noted, "I just refilled the goodie box for them last night, too."

She went outside through the door in the kitchen. Due to the time she had set, the night sky was still there with the full moon twinkling in the night. Looking around, she found the trash cans and gasped on seeing flames. Yet...the flames seemed to not burn anything that they were touching and even seemed to take the shape of a tail of sorts. Gulping, she quickly transformed and slowly approached.

'Is that...an Imagin? No...I think it's something different,' Fluttershy thought, cautiously approaching the figure before looking over the turned over trash cans to get a closer look.

Her foot hit something and she looked down. Her eyes widened on seeing a solid gold cannon of sorts with a gold Eastern Dragon wrapped around it with a large red firework acting as the ammunition. She looked back at the owner of the tail and gasped. Lying amongst the spilled trash and bent and banged up trash cans was a humanoid wolf. Their fur was a rich crimson with a fiery orange muzzle with a fire going up the middle of its head like a mohawk of sorts. Pitch black armor resembling a Chinese soldier's covered most of its body with a yellow sash around its waist, armored black leather fingerless gloves to let its bright red claws, and black armored bracelets on its ankles with its feet exposed. A red scarf completed its look. What she quickly took note of was how damaged the armor and cloth were. A few nails were chipped and even broken fully. A bit of blood was trickling out of its mouth while scratches and bruises covered his form that were managing to be visible underneath the fur. It grunted, managing to get up and not even notice her, slowly opening its eyes to reveal them to be a rich gold.

"Oh my…" Fluttershy whispered, making the creature tense as it turned and stood defensively, "Ah! W-wait. I'm not here to harm you."

"St...Stay ba…" it managed to get out before hissing as it fell over, grabbing its left leg, "GH! Wǒ de tuǐ!"

"...Stay still. Let me have a look at it," Fluttershy spoke, speaking in a soft reassuring voice.

The creature said nothing as it shot a cautious look at her...but gave a small nod as the soft-pinkette knelt down to look at its leg.

"It looks like you twisted it in a fight…" Fluttershy whispered before looking up, giving the creature a soft reassuring smile, "Don't worry...I can heal you."

"...Xièxiè," the wolf thanked softly.

"...The heck's keeping Fluttershy?" Rainbow muttered a few days later, tapping her finger on the table as the group met at the Milk Dipper as usual, "We all agreed to meet here for a game plan today, especially since school is out right now to prepare for the dance."

"Maybe she's helping her mom with the garden or helping at the vet," Twilight suggested.

"Or she stayed up late again with an anime marathon," Pinkie shrugged.

"Normally she texts me to wake her up when she does that," Rainbow added.

"It could be that secret you mentioned yesterday," Rarity noted.

"Maybe," Rainbow noted before cringing, "Still can't believe the moon went kablooey."

"That took us all by surprise," Applejack admitted.

"Heh...She's probably just lost chasing some kitten again," M-Ryotaro scoffed.

"Nope."

"...What did you do, kozo?"

"Ryuta, did you steal all the homeless animals again?!"Urataros panicked.

"No...that was last week...Shy-chan found them and took 'em...meanie...but that's not it." Ryutaros responded.

"Then what is it?" Twilight asked.

"I think she's making fireworks,"Ryutaros replied.

"...Fireworks?"

"Yeah, yeah! Lately, I've been smelling gunpowder on her and sometimes there's soot hiding in her hair, too!" Ryutaros replied, "I think she's making lots of fireworks for something fun! Ii jan? Sugei jan!"

"Ryuta…"

"Momo-baka did it…"

"I'm right here, you stupid brat!"

"What do you mean Fireworks, Ryuta?" Ryotaro asked.

"Well, you use gunpowder for fireworks, right? Then you set it on fire and 'BOOM! BOOM! BANG! Oooh~All the pretty colors!'" Ryutaros laughed happily, "Ah! Shy-chan needs to come now! I wanna see the fireworks~!"

"That would be awesome!" Pinkie agreed, the smile on her face threatening to split her head in two, "All the colors and shapes! Oh, it'll be so sweet~! Could make a party out of it!"

"I think we've lost them…" Ryotaro noted awkwardly before the door opened and Fluttershy entered quickly.

"I-I'm sorry for being late!" Fluttershy apologized.

"WHERE ARE THE FIREWORKS?!" Pinkie asked, instantly before her fellow pinkette

"Eh?"

"Please share the detes! I must see 'em!"

"Pinkie, down!" Twilight snapped, grabbing her by the cheek and pulling her back, "Honestly...what is with you?! ...You didn't secretly have those Phenomenomnoms again did you?"

"...Maaaaybe…"

"Ah! She's on to us! Flee!" Ryutaros panicked.

"Seriously Fluttershy, why were you late?" Rainbow asked, "...You really weren't making fireworks, were you?"

"Fireworks?" she asked, confused.

"The brat knows all...now talk, woman." M-Ryotaro ordered.

"...oh! My…" Fluttershy pause, taking a deep breath, "My brother, Zephyr Breeze, sent me some fireworks...that were improperly made."

M-Ryotaro raised his hands and began pulling on her cheeks, "Don't lie to me! I lie more than all of you combined, and you still don't know I run an illegal fight club in town!"

"You own a what?" Twilight frowned at that, makign him tense as he let go of Fluttershy's cheeks.

"...uh…."

"Wait…" Applejack began with a frown, "Where did ya get th' money fer that?"

"Not gambling…" M-Ryotaro blurted.

"..." Applejack just raised her brow at that.

"This is about the shy one! Not me!" he snapped.

"We'll be talking about this later," Twilight informed.

"Rats."

"...Sorry Shy, but I'm with Momotaros on this," Rainbow spoke...before sighing, "Then again...Zephyr always does things halfass...while not trying to flirt with me."

"Meeting him was fun...I got to kick his ass all day and she never once got mad at me," M-Ryotaro smiled as Fluttershy whistled innocently.

"We're getting off track here," Twilight sighed, "Fluttershy, were or were you not making fireworks lately?"

"No."

"But Ryuta did hear them at your house?" Rainbow asked.

"...Yes…" she slowly replied.

"So what's going on?" Applejack asked.

"Well...it's more than a little complicated." she admitted.

"Did you kill your annoying brother? 'Cause if you did...no judging."

"What?! No!" Fluttershy complained.

"Like I said...no judging. I'd have done the same."

"You tried…" Twilight sighed.

"He ended up in that cement pit under mysterious circumstances...none of which related to me who was with Rainbow all afternoon."

"That he was," Rainbow nodded, "So then...what's up with the fireworks?"

"Um...I'm not sure how to explain this…" Fluttershy admitted before a scream went off outside, "?!"

"What was that?" Rainbow asked as she looked out the window in time to see a teenager being carried off by something big.

"Imagin!" M-Ryotaro exclaimed.

"Will ya stop screaming?!" the Imagin snapped, carrying the screaming boy who had on a black cape and a magician's hat.

"Oi vey...Where did we go wrong?"

"When we took a guy who screams like a little girl."

"HEY!"

"...Sorry, Sister…"

"Ah, I'd apologize as well for the slight of sight. But I'm a skeleton, so I have no eyes! YAHAHAHAHA! SKULL~ JOKE!"

The Imagin in question was unusual in looks. It's body was muscular and covered in dark-silver/dark-gold scales with two tails. Chains wrapped around its wrists/lower arms, ankles/lower legs, and around the base of its neck. Its chest was exposed, revealing a muscular torso and abs covered in a barely-light set of scales and a pair of black tattered pants along with a large blue spiked shell on its back. What made it very unusual was that it sported four heads, none of which matched the body. The first head seemed to be made of roots and leaves to make scales with solid gold eyes and four horns growing out of its head in the shape of a jagged crown and three dark-green spikes coming out of its lower jaw. The second was a slender head resembling a sea serpent made of ice and water with solid orange eyes and coral acting as 'fins' on its head. The third was just actually a skeleton's head with a gold glow in its empty sockets with two long black horns on its head and two smaller spikes on its lower jaw. The final head was made of obsidian with magma glowing beneath the cracks on it and multiple horns resembling volcanoes grew around the back of its head and on the back of the lower jaw.

"Oh for the love of…" the magma head growled, its voice crackling like flames, before spinning around to glare at the teen, "SHUT UP!"

"EEK!" the teen screamed before passing out, foaming from the mouth with blank eyes.

"Aw great, Magma...You made the guy pass out," the green head sighed, groaning and cracking of wood heard in its voice.

"At least it's silent, Arbor."

"BANZAI!" M-Ryotaro shouted while crashing his bike into the imagin, making all four heads panic as the Imagin was sent flying, "Hahaha! I hit at full speed...that almost never happens. I wonder how much it hurts getting hit at over a thousand km's per hour…"

"BWAH!" the skull head exclaimed, shooting up, "That frightened my so much I have goosebumps on my skin! Ah! Wait, I am a skeleton so I don't have any skin! YAHAHAHAHA! SKULL~JOKE!"

"Not the time, Skelly…" the water head groaned in a woman's voice with a hint of water splashing mixed into it.

"Okay...What am I looking at?" M-Ryotaro asked.

"Oi, the magic guy alright?" Arbor asked.

"Yeah, he's still knock out," Magma huffed.

"OI! PAY ATTENTION, DAMMIT!" M-Ryotaro barked, jumping off his bike as he tossed his helmet and beaned Arbor across the face, "When the hero arrives, you're supposed to gasp and panic!"

"...Did you just hit me with a helmet?" Arbor asked, his eyes glowing, "Big mistake." he inhaled before letting out a roar, unleashing a green-tinted vortex from his mouth littered with leaves that slammed into M-Ryotaro, sending him crashing through a wall of a house, "Hmph. How rude."

"Well, back to delivering the magic man to our Contractor," Magma noted.

"Surprise attack!"

"Hmm?" all five heads blinked before they were suddenly shocked, then frozen over, then smacked away by a giant fist of stone, "GAH!"

"Alright! We got th-what the h-e-double hockey sticks is that thing?" Rainbow blinked once she and the others arrived, the girls already transformed.

"It is…" M-Ryotaro groaned, pushing himself out of rubble as he strapped his belt on, "Going to be another tally mark on my victory board!" he declared, pushing the red button and swiping the pass, "HENSHIN!"

=SWORD FORM!=

"Ore...Sanjou!" Den-O shouted as his armor locked into place.

"And I thought today would be an easy day," the water head sighed.

"Shaddup, Aqua…" Magma growled as they shook off the bits of ice still on them.

"...I'm getting deja vu vibes from this thing," Pinkie muttered, tilting her head lightly, "It reminds me of that hydra thing we fought at the beach a few months back."

"A what?" Applejack raised a brow.

"Oh right. You weren't part of our team at the time," Pinkie recalled, "We fought this giant hydra...and what was strange was it wasn't a Gigandeath or an Imagin!"

"Seriously?" Applejack raised her brow once more.

"Yahahahaha! We may be a Hydra, but we're not like the Hydra you know…" Skelly chuckled as the glow in its sockets grew stronger, "Let me show you..."

"Don't be another skull pun!" Den-O snapped.

"How dare you mock my jokes!" Skelly snapped before inhaling, "Undead Roar!"

"Barrier!" Den-O snapped at Twilight.

Skelly let out a roar...and a pale purple-tinted vortex erupted from his mouth, horrific screams and wails coming from it. Twilight quickly made a barrier and grunted as the vortex hit it. It began to crack as the trees and plants near them began to decay and wither away to dust until the attack ended, Twilight's shield shattering the moment the attack stopped hitting it and she stumbled back, holding the side of her head.

"That...That was magic…" Twilight panted, "Some...type of dark magic."

"Wait...This thing can use magic, too?" Applejack blinked.

"Let's turn up the heat," Magma growled as the air began to grow sweltering hot.

"Here comes a fire breath!" Den-O exclaimed.

"WRONG!" Magma roared as they slammed their free hand down on the ground, causing it to crack with magma escaping through the cracks before the ground before them swelled up and exploded into a tidal wave of magma, "MAGMA WAVE!"

"Ahh! Bubble Barrier!" Pinkie yelped, summoning a bubble around her and the girls before it managed to lift them up, the resulting explosion sending them flying up in the air, "Ahh! Bad idea!"

"We're gonna die…" Den-O sighed before flashing as his suit changed to gold.

=WING FORM=

"Oh what trouble you are, brother of mine," Den-O sighed as he grew his wings out and slowed his fall, "More so that this horrible thing would attack my Hime. It sure is the ugliest Imagin I've ever seen...which says a lot given how most of them pale to my handsomeness." he snapped his fingers as his wings dispersed into feathers that caught the girls mid air and slowed their fall, "Now then, let us…" he landed and turned to where the Imagin had been...only to find nothing, "...be distracted with rescuing my hime and the others so that it could escape. Yes."

"Just hurry…!" Twilight grunted, the girls stuck in a mini-dogpile inside the bubble.

"Mm...I just did my hair this morning," Rarity grunted.

"Pinkie, that better not be your hand on my butt!" Rainbow snapped.

"Mhpmhmphmph!" Pinkie gave a muffled yell.

"Mmm…" Fluttershy whimpered, eyes wide and cheeks bright pink since Pinkie's head was in her chest...while Fluttershy's hand was on Rainbow's behind which was being pressed down on by Applejack's with her lying atop Pinkie and Fluttershy.

"Can someone just get us out of here already?!" Applejack snapped.

"Okay...but you asked for it," Den-O sighed as a feather popped the bubble, the Rider's hand swinging out as he scooped up Twilight in his arms and let his feathers slow the girls decent and then dropped them on the ground from just a few feet.

"...At least he dropped us safely," Rainbow muttered as Rarity quickly pulled out a comb and began to brush her hair back to its original shape.

"I'm not cruel…" Den-O argued as he floated down, ignoring Twilight's attempts to get out of his arms.

"And just our luck that they used that attack as a cover to escape," Pinkie noted with a pout, "I can't believe that they're coming into our territory! Casting spells...What's this world coming to?!"

"The fool makes a point," Den-O spoke.

"Hey~! I'm a Party Fool. Get it right."

"Magic of that scale is odd even for our kind."

"You know magic," Rainbow argued.

"Zu ga takai!" he said shrinking her, "But this and that is different." he sighed.

"He's right," Twilight spoke, a pondering look on her face, "That magic was different than ours…"

"Could it be from Equestria?" Fluttershy asked.

"No...This magic doesn't feel the same as ours. It feels...as if it's from another world of magic entirely."

"Are there other kinds of magic?" Rainbow asked.

"Well of course there's other worlds of magic," Celestia informed, playing chess with Urataros.

"Eh?!" everyone exclaimed.

"You really thought that Equestria is the only world filled with magic?" she asked, "No. It's more of just one in hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other worlds, each with their own unique magic."

"Doesn't that sound important to tell me?!" Twilight complained.

"No...Because then you'd ask questions, and if you ask questions, you worry, and then you become scary," Celestia smiled, "You can't handle not knowing things. Like the time with the Pinkie Sense."

"I can handle not knowing things," Twilight defended.

"Again: Pinkie Sense," Celestia stated, making Twilight pout, "Still...How did this magic feel to you?"

"...Well for one, it used a type of dark magic...one that drained the life from the plants near us," Twilight explained, "And then it made a wave of magma erupt from the ground."

"And then there was the big ol' blast of magic that sent me through a wall," Momotaros huffed, munching on a pudding, "Looked like it was making all the plants and living stuff more active. Either that or I gave Ryotaro a concussion and was just seeing things due to it."

"No, I mean how did it feel? Knowing how it feels can help in knowing where it came from," Celestia noted, "Did it feel as if the magic in the air and the magic of the body become one? Did it feel like it came from just the being? Or from just the environment?"

"...It felt like...everything about the Imagin was made of magic," Fluttershy noted.

"?! The Magic of Skylands…" Celestia gasped.

"The magic of where now?" Pinkie blinked, currently looking up from a pile of cupcakes with Ryutaros.

"Skylands," Celestia explained, "An ancient world of wonder and mystery. Magic flows through everything there. Every rock, every tree, and every beast. Many speculate that all forms of Magic originated from Skylands thanks to those known as 'The Ancients' utilizing special devices called Rift Engines to travel all of creation."

"The Ancients?" Twilight repeated.

"Beings so old that no one remembers what they look like, but their powers...It is said they had the power to alter reality itself with their thoughts by channeling magic through those thoughts," Celestia explained, "They could create structures from the very air, turn structures into other things...even create life itself. If this Imagin is truly using the magic of Skylands...it means that the Contractor is a either someone that has learned of the stories of Skylands...or a native is here and become the Contractor."

"?!" Flluttershy tensed at that.

"You mean there's an alien here?" Rainbow asked, "Awesome!"

"How would we know if they're from this Skylands place?" Applejack asked.

"They'd feel like the Imagin," Celestia replied, "Even a human could be from Skylands."

"There are humans there?"

"Humans, Trolls, Mermen, Mermaids, Unicorns, Dragons...It is said to be the origin of all magic for a reason," Celestia replied, "Though there might be a chance that the Contractor could be a Portal Master."

"Portal what?" Pinkie asked.

"Portal Masters are spellcasters who have the power to summon others that are contracted to them. One of the greatest groups that can be summoned by a Portal Master are known as the Skylanders," Celestia informed, "Protectors of Skylands, they are masters over one of ten elements to use for the sake of protecting others." she waved a hand and the discarded chess pieces changed into ten differents symbols and pointed to each one, starting with a red fire, "Fire…" a blue water drop, "Water…" a brown mountain, "Earth…" a light-blue swirl, "Air…" an orange/bronze gear, "Tech…" a green set of three leaves, "Life…" a grey skull, "...Undead…" a gold sun, "Light…" a black crescent moon, "Dark…" and finally a purple starburst that looked familiar to them all, "...and Magic."

"And our mystery baddie used half of those!" Pinkie gawked.

"Uh, Pinkie, they only used Fire, Undead, and this Life thing if what Momo said about what he saw wasn't caused by a concussion," Rainbow pointed out.

"Uh hello? The other two heads?" Pinkie reminded.

"There were only four heads," Rainbow replied.

"It looked like a hydra," Twilight recalled.

"That's not good," Celestia noted with a cringe, "If it is indeed a native of Skylands that made the Contract, then this Imagin would be a Skylands Hydra."

"And the difference between the one we fought and one from Skylands is…?" Rarity asked.

"They have an insatiable appetite and are so powerful that it takes entire armies to defeat just one. Each head is the living embodiment of one of the Elements with them growing another head as they age, adding another Element to them until they have ten in total," Celestia replied, "Dark Portal Masters can even control them to do whatever they want, even those with ten heads."

"...We need to find it and the Contract Holder," Twilight spoke, realizing how bad this could turn out.

"If only we knew where the latter was…" Rainbow muttered.

"Well I guess if we ask around to see if anyone knows the term 'Sky Lands,' we'll have a lead." Ryotaro offered.

"Skylands. One word."

"Sounds made up and random...so chances are anyone who replies in any way that isn't 'WTF,' you're golden," Momotaros agreed with his partner.

"Meaning we can split up to get a better search of the town. Right Shy?" rainbow spoke, earning silence, "...Fluttershy?" she turned...seeing no sight of the shy pinkette, "..."

"Oh crap. She's involved in this somehow, isn't she…" Momotaros realized.

"Yep/Maybe/Hai/Absolutely…" the other Imagin all nodded.

"AFTER THAT SHY PINK GOOBER!" Pinkie shouted.

"Well that was a bust," Aqua deadpanned, the teen no longer with them.

"Ah, no worries, dear sister. I'm sure we'll find someone," Skelly assured.

"We got stuck with the weirdest Contract holder," Magma grumbled, "Sure, it gave us this power, but the wish is a pain to grant."

"Ahem."

The four heads looked to the left to see Gaoh, "GAH! G-Gaoh-sama!"

"Ack! I think my brain just rattled in my skull! Ah! But I am a skeleton, so I don't have a brain! YAHAHAHAHAHA! SKULL~ JOKE!"

"Shut it, Skelly," the other three hissed in fear.

"What an odd creation…" Gaoh noted, "Never have I thought a person in this time could imagine such a form."

"Well, the guy we're contracted to has an odd form, too," Magma snorted.

"A visitor from a different land...in more than one sense," Gaoh spoke, "Truly...amazing. I will have to invest in this prospect."

"Invest, sir?" Aqua asked.

"Yes, call it a hunch…" he smiled, "A hunch you shall bring me something amazing."

"Ah...That statement made my bones shiver. Ah, but I'm a-oh wait. I am a skeleton. Failed Skull Joke."

"CAN IT!" Magma barked, slamming his head on the skeletal head, "What do you want us to do, Gaoh-sama?"

"Continue as intended...but I'll keep certain individuals from foiling your plans. I can tell with a little more time, something I've searched for shall make itself known to me," Gaoh spoke, "Though with your power...I doubt you'd really need my help. But if by chance you are put in danger, I'll help."

"Thank you, Gaoh-sama," the four heads thanked as their shared body bowed.

"A little contingency plan might not hurt either…" he walked off.

"Alright! We have our orders!" Arbor barked at the other heads, "Now we have to find what our Contractor wants! ...Otherwise we're all gonna be nothing but bones...or even not that."

"Ah! That would be horrible! Ah, wait! I am a skeleton, so I am all bones! What's wrong with being bones?!" Skelly demanded, an eye socket twitching in annoyance.

"Focus, boys," Aqua demanded as she extended her neck to look over some rooftops, "...Oh, someone's doing slight of hand with some cards to the right."

"After the magician!" Magma shouted as her head retracted and they ran off.

"Something tells me they will be at it for a very long while…" Gaoh realized, "Best move fast then."

"You are quite devious," the wolf muttered, looking repeatedly between his hand of cards...and then at Angel Bunny, who also had a hand of cards inside of a small tool shed with a crate acting as a table between them, "...Do you have any threes?" Angel shook his head, making him slump and draw a card, "Bàopò."

Angel tapped his foot five times to indicate which number, making the Wolf slump again as he handed over a card. The bunny smiled, taking them and moved to continue before both turned to the door opening, revealing a slightly panicked Fluttershy. Both quickly shoved the cards away and tried to act natural at her appearance.

"Wènhòu," the wolf greeted before looking at her, "Is something unwell?"

"Okay...This might be bad…" Fluttershy began, "But somehow...an Imagin in the shape of a Hydra from your world has appeared. You...wouldn't happen to have maybe...possibly just accidentally...made a contract with one...did you?" she asked as Angel took a second to process that...and jumped off his seat and walked off with a sassy air around him.

"There is a Hydra here?" the wolf asked with wide eyes before pulling out the gold dragon-themed weapon, "Where is it? Are there more than four heads?"

"No just four...but it's not a real Hydra. It is an Imagin." Fluttershy explained as she pushed his weapons down, "Imagin take their forms based on the imaginations of the contractor. And well...you are the only one in our world who might know of Hydras like the ones of your world. So again...did you make the contract? Like...on accident?"

"I am...not sure," the wolf replied, "You told me of these beings of sand, but I have not encountered one." his eyes widened, "But if one was made based upon the Hydras of Skylands...Then it means I may not be alone here!" he laughed happily, "Huīhuáng! I was terrified I was the only one! Well, there's also the fact that an Imagin is a Skylands Hydra...But that can be conquered as easily as filling the night sky with the brilliance of fireworks!"

"Well that's good," Fluttershy sighed, "That maybe a friend of yours is here, and that we can stop it. Not the...Hydra parts, of course…" she muttered as the wolf nodded in understanding, "I guess I'll have to introduce you to my friends."

"It would be an honor," the wolf replied with a bow.

"Gonna have to be careful though...Momotaros is too excitable and likely to confuse you for an Imagin...but then again you are also Dog like...so…" she muttered, "Then there's Pinkie Pie, who…"

"THERE SHE IS!" Pinkie's voice exclaimed.

"...Is just as excited and…" Fluttershy began before a pinkie blur ran her over, "KYA!"

"There you are, young lady! What have you been up to?!" Pinkie exclaimed, laying on top of her as she stared her straight in the eyes," Details! D-"

"GET OFF!" Rainbow snapped as she kicked Pinkie off of Fluttershy.

"I'm okay!" Pinkie shouted as she was stuck to the wall of the shed.

"Honestly, Pinkie. Can't y'all.." Applejack began as she and the other girls walked in...before they noticed the wolf, "..."

"Nǐ hǎo," the wolf greeted with a small wave.

"Fluttershy, what did you do?" Rainbow asked simply.

"Nothing," Fluttershy rapidly shook her head, "Well...besides hide a magical creature from a different land that knows Chinese in my shed for an undisclosed amount of time as he healed up...but other than that…"

"Whoa! Your tail is on fire!" Pinkie gawked.

"Actually, my tail is fire," the wolf corrected with a chuckle.

"Ah…" Pinkie gasped, "A tail made of an element...I must practice this!" she ran out.

"Oh great, she's inspired…" Rainbow sighed, she turned back to Fluttershy, "Okay...by chance...does your magic friend come from the same place as the Hydra?"

"You refer to the Imagin?" the wolf asked.

"I don't think he's the Contractor," Fluttershy replied.

"So what...someone else from his world is here, too?" Rainbow arched an eyebrow.

"I can only hope that is true," the wolf noted, "I worried that I was the only survivor of what sent me here."

"What sent you here, Mr. ...um…" Rarity began to ask.

"Ah. Bàoqiàn. I am Flare Wolf, Skylander of the Fire Element and Sensei of the Bazooker Class," the wolf introduced before bowing, "Hěn gāoxìng rènshí nǐmen."

"What did he say?" Rainbow asked.

"That it's a pleasure to meet us," Applejack replied, earning looks, "...What? My family has relatives and clients in China."

"I...sarcastic questions for later…" Rainbow held her hands up while taking a breath, "Nice to meet you, Flare Wolf, before we continue...you are a wolf-wolf, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay good. Momo should not do the bit then..." Rainbow sighed.

"Who called m-" M-Ryotaro paused, "HELLHOUND! AND IT'S ON FIRE! KILL IT!" he panicked, jumping away and climbing up a tree.

"I am the wrong Skylander for being mistaken for that species," Flare Wolf noted.

"He's scared of dogs...but not wolves…" Fluttershy muttered.

"Momotaros, he's not a hellhound. He's a wolf," Twilight corrected before seeing Flare Wolf look at her in surprise, "Huh?"

"You bear the mark of the Magic Element," Flare Wolf noted.

"IT TALKS! Kill it before the dog revolution begins!" M-Ryotaro cried.

"In a way, yes," Twilight replied, "But I'm not from where you're from."

"Ah...A pity," Flare Wolf sighed, "Still, it is nice to see something that reminds me of home and my friends."

"Would you believe we're reincarnated ponies from a place called Equestria?" Rainbow spoke.

"Lady Fluttershy has already told me of your tale as I have told her mine," Flare Wolf replied, "Have to admit…" he chuckled, "Your story is quite the time burner."

"He's a very good listener," Fluttershy nodded with a smile.

"Uhm...Momotaros passed out from fear...can someone help me down?" Ryotaro spoke before a cracking sound was heard, "Nevermind!" he cried, falling to the ground with a branch.

Flare Wolf whipped out his weapon, aiming it at the ground before firing it, sending him up to catch Ryotaro and landed on his feet all within a few seconds. He spun the weapon around and quickly loaded another firework into it.

"There we go. Hope things didn't get fired up in that fall of yours," Flare Wolf noted.

"That is the first time I haven't been hurt after my bad luck hits," Ryotaro blinked...before a second branch fell on his head, "Nevermind…" he groaned.

"Hmm…" Flare Wolf looked up at the tree, "The bird nest is safe. None of the chicks seem to have been startled enough to fall out."

"Ryotaro-kun's luck never seems to hurt anyone else." Fluttershy noted, "Unless they deserve it."

Flare Wolf nodded, "Alright. Now then, should we head out and find this Imagin?"

"Indeed," Rarity nodded.

"Well at the very least we have someone to help us fight fire with fire," Twilight spoke, "How do we walk around with him though?"

"..." Rainbow held up a dog crate.

"You try that and I'll burn it up faster than a fuse for a firework," Flare Wolf growled, his ears flattening against his head as the flames on his body flared up.

"I have an idea," Fluttershy noted, "He could hide as a cosplayer."

"What?" Twilight asked.

"They're people who make a career wearing costumes," Fluttershy explained, "More often than not, their outfits are based on things in different media, but mainly anime."

"I know what a cosplayer is, Fluttershy," Twilight deadpanned, "I'm more or less asking why?"

"Oh. Well…"

"Also, the only way people could buy the cosplayer bit is if we dressed up almost like him," Rainbow pointed out, tensing a bit when a gleam appeared in Rarity's eye, "...Forget I said that."

"Too late," Rarity stated, a sewing kit and some cloth already on her.

"Am I the only one with a bad feeling about this…?" Ryotaro asked.

"No...I feel it too," Twilight whispered before tensing when Rarity pulled out the measuring tape.

"I was warned of this by Fluttershy...But seeing is far more believing in this case," Flare Wolf noted, "Hope they don't get burned out by her fiery spirit."

"Rarity...now calm down a-"

"Too late. The creative juices are flowing!" Rarity declared.

"EEK!"

"Okay...That should do for today's list," Sunset whispered, looking over a list of tasks, "Now to head back to Zeroliner to make sure Yuuto...well doesn't act like a…" she blinked for a moment as she stopped, turning to see what looked like a group in Chinese clothing walk by, "...why do I feel this has Pinkie and/or Rarity written all over it?"

"Mmm…" Rainbow muttered, her hair dun into a bun as she was dressed in a sky-blue chinese dress, "Told you not to make me girly...if anything you could've made me look like Chun-Li, Rarity."

"Oh posh. You look far better in this," Rarity assured.

"Mmm…" Applejack frowned a bit in annoyance, wearing an apple red and gold dress with her stetson.

"Oh come now. Least you got to keep your hat...you were very adamant about that."

"There is that…" Applejack admitted.

"I feel like I'm insulting you in this, Flare Wolf-san…" Ryotaro admitted, wearing a copy of Flare Wolf's outfit with his face made to resemble Flare Wolf's.

"Méishì," Flare Wolf waved it off, "It only helps to blend in. I find no offense to it and compliment the excellent detail."

"So what's this Bazooker thingy anyway?" Pinkie asked, dressed in a purple and gold chinese dress while Fluttershy was dressed in a forest-green and soft-gold chinese dress with her hair pulled into a pony tail.

"The Bazooker Class is what I teach others to use," Flare Wolf explained, patting his bazooka, "We are not as fast as the other Battle Classes, but we deal out far more damage than the others." he smirked, "I can even teach those that want to learn how to become a Bazooker Class a secret special technique that is absolutely smoking hot!"

"..."

"No," Twilight instantly spoke.

"Darn," Pinkie and Rainbow grumbled.

"So there are other classes?" Rarity asked.

"Yes. Bazooker, Brawler, Ninja, Sorcerer, Smasher, Bowslinger, Knight, Quickshot, and Swashbuckler," Flare Wolf replied, "I teach the Bazooker Class along with my companion Chompy Mage."

"I'm sure you are an amazing teacher...but...I don't trust Pinkie to have anything that either shoots or causes explosions of any kind," Twilight spoke, "I don't know how, but she started a fire in a water park...so you can see why we don't trust her."

"There's actually a liquid that can be caught on fire," Flare Wolf noted, "Diethyl ether. I tend to use it to make my fireworks when I need fireworks while fighting underwater or in heavy rain."

"Understood...however...Pinkie, how did you start the fire?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know...It involved sunscreen, a can of soda, and Ryo tripping into the pool," Pinkie explained.

"Not the strangest thing I've seen or heard about," Flare Wolf chuckled before pausing while his left ear twitched, "I hear screaming." he sniffed the air to the left, "There is a strong mixture of aloe, sea water, bones, and burnt marshmallows in that direction." his eyes narrowed as he pulled his bazooka out, "It approaches."

"?!" the girls tensed as they quickly transformed.

'...Okay. Whatever they're talking about can't be good,' Sunset thought, grabbing an o-fuda from her jacket as she stood behind a tree for some cover.

"Gotta find the Contractor...Gotta find the Contractor…"

"Will you stop repeating that under your breath, Magma?!"

"Shut up, Aqua!" Magma snapped as they broke out of the wall of a building and ran through another.

"...Was that Derpy under their arm?" Rainbow asked.

"That depends," Flare Wolf replied, sniffing, "Do they smell like muffins?"

"...It's Derpy," the girls sighed.

"After that Hydra!" Rainbow shouted, flying after the Imagin.

"Ready to Rocket!" Flare Wolf howled before jumping onto his bazooka with a smirk...before stamping on it and shot off after them, "Riding the Rocket!"

"He can fly on it?!" Pinkie gawked, "I wanna be a Bazooker!"

"You already have your Party Cannon!" Twilight snapped before tensing, "...Don't even think about it."

"..."

"No!" Twilight snapped.

"Phooey...Phooey on you, Twilight…"

"Come on!" Applejack called, grabbing the two and running off.

'...Was that wolf on fire?' Sunset pondered before pulling out her phone, "Yuuto, we have a weird situation going on."

=Okay...on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being 'world ending now' and 1 being 'maybe I can stay behind'...how would you rate this adventure?=

"I think a...seven," Sunset replied, "It involves an Imagin with four heads and a wolf that has a tail make of fire riding a bazooka."

=Meh. Not high en…= Yuuto replied before a smack went off =GAH!=

=We'll be there to see the fireworks= Hana informed before hanging up.

"...Fireworks?" Sunset pondered.

"Ugh...Now where is the Contractor again?" Magma growled.

"They moved on us! Of all the rudeness!" Aqua fumed.

"Um...The mountain symbol on her fell off," Skelly noted.

"...What?" Arbor deadpanned.

"Turns out it was just some muffin residue," Skelly noted.

"...Does this mean I can go buy more muffins?" Derpy asked.

"...We are so sorry for taking off with you like that," Arbor apologized as they put her down, "Having trouble finding someone for a friend of ours and just grabbed the first person that had one of the symbols they showed us."

"It's okay," Derpy smiled, "Oh is that your friend?"

"Yay!" Den-O Gun form cheered while tackling into the Imagin, he then climbed up to its back, "Hyah!" he cheered, grabbing two of the heads as he began leading it around, "I've always wanted to ride a dragon like creature into battle! Charge!" he shouted, moving the two heads in his hand back and forth as he kicked the other two like pedals.

"AH! Get offa us!" Arbor yelped as they ran through another wall and out the other side of a building.

"Ah! Careful now, careful! You're gonna pull the skin off my bones! Ah, but I am a skeleton so I have no skin! Ahahahaha! SKULL~ JOKE!"

"SKULL~ JOKE!" Den-O laughed.

"Now there's two of them…" Magma grumbled.

"Oh! Can you go underwater?! Let's go underwater!" Den-O cheered as he led them down the street.

"Get it off! Get it off!" Arbor panicked.

"No backseat driving…" Den-O pulled out a mallet as he smacked Arbor across the back of the head, making him go limp, "That's better."

"Oh that is it," Aqua growled, "DOOM SHARKS!"

"Doom what now?" Den-O asked before a shark made of black-tinted water formed from the moisture around them and chomped on his head, "AHHHH! BAD SHARK! BAD SHARK!"

"He's not letting go...just throttling us!" Magma complained.

"Summon lightning!" Den-O panicked making the Hydra Imagin blink in panic.

At that, a purple bolt of lightning fell from the sky striking both Rider and Imagin. Both now laid out on the ground, twitching every now and again.

"Ugh…" Arbor groaned before inhaling, "Breath of Life." he exhaled a green mist on their shared body before the burns vanished.

"Dang stupid Kamen Rider…" Magma growled as they got up.

"He can heal too?!"

"You bet we can!" Magma growled before fire erupted on their left fist, "And you can…"

"FEEL THE BURN!"

"What's huh?" Magma looked in time to see a Firework the size of a bike hit them, "GAH!"

"You summoned that lightning?" Flare Wolf asked as he helped up Den-O.

"They didn't see it coming!" Den-O laughed excitedly, revealing he suffered no pain actually.

"That is so cool. ...I mean, hot!" Flare Wolf corrected himself.

"THERE YOU ARE!" three of the four heads barked.

"Wait, what?" Flare Wolf asked.

"Stupid four headed monster say wha…?" Den-O blinked behind his mask.

"Ugh! We try to find a dang person that'd remind you of your home and you go and run off!" Aqua growled.

"...Ohh…" Flare Wolf slumped, "So there isn't another Skylander here…"

"You have to be kidding me," Twilight groaned as the girls ran/flew over, "You are the Contract holder!"

"Guess he made the wish in his sleep," Pinkie guessed.

"I told you three that he didn't seem awake either time we were there," Skelly noted.

"Oh...well then I guess we just kill it," Den-O replied simply as he pulled out his DenGasher in gun form, "Neesan...begin the action music track!" he shouted as he began shooting at the Imagin.

"On it!" Pinkie shouted, pulling out a radio from her har before hitting play.

"Get back here and let me shoot you 'till you blow up!" Den-O snapped.

"Alright," Skelly replied before they spun around and let the shots bounce off their shell, "Absolutely not!"

"I know you are, but what am I!" Den-O spoke jumping over the Imagin, as it turned to face the Rider, it was met with a kick that struck all four heads in order from right to left.

As the Hydra Imagin stumbled back, all four voices cried in pain when Den-O swung his arms and began shoving the heads all around. After a few moments of struggle, he succeeded in tangling all the heads into a messy knot of sorts. Den-O laughed as the Imagin stumbled around confused, dizzy, and humiliated that it allowed such a thing to happen. Their hands shot up and quickly unknotted their heads.

"Hm? Hey, look at the purple one," Magma whispered to Arbor.

"Eh?" he looked and blinked twice, "Huh…" they jumped over Den-O's kick and grabbed Flare Wolf and spun him to Twilight, "That familiar to you? The tiara."

"It is the symbol of the Magic Element. Why?"

"Does it remind you of home?"

"Well, yes, actually," Flare Wolf replied.

"Contract Complete!" all four called out.

"Why'd you say that?!" Twilight exclaimed in frustration.

"The Wolf Scouts taught me to always be honest in public," Flare Wolf replied before he was grabbed and pulled open like a door, revealing a vortex that the Imagin quickly got into, barely avoiding a few shots fired by the others, "WHOA! That was weird!"

A nearby door opened and Hana ran out, dragging a tied up Yuto followed by Sunset. She held up a blank card to the wolf. It glowed before an image of the Hydra Imagin appeared on it with a time labeled '2-12-8991' stamped over it.

"That is a lot of years," Pinkie noted.

"Ne, what was important on this day?" Hana asked.

"...Ah. That was the day I became a Sensei Skylander," Flare Wolf recalled, "I was the Official Fireworks Launcher for Skylander Academy when Master Eon ran it and on that day, there was a big attack and I participated in fighting off the forces of The Darkness and he offered me the title of Sensei Skylander after all was said and done."

"So we're going to the future?" Rainbow asked.

"Huh? No, this was fifteen years ago," Flare Wolf replied.

"..In your world, right?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, in Skylands," Flare Wolf replied as Den-O took the ticket.

"So...we need to go back in time...and to a different dimension!" Den-O spoke in an excited tone.

"Sweet! Interdimensional travel!" Pinkie beamed.

"Say what?" Sunset asked.

"Oh! Sunset, Yuto, Hana, this is Flare Wolf. Flarey, these are Sunny, Yuty, and Hana," Pinkie introduced.

"...You did not just call me 'Yuty'..." Yuto deadpanned.

"Well then..back to Yuyu then!"

"I will end you woman!" he shouted, chasing Pinkie.

"...uh…"

"You get used to it," Sunset sighed, earning a nod from Flare Wolf, "So what's going on?"

"Flare Wolf is from a place called Skylands," Twilight explained.

"The place that many magical worlds that are aware of multiple worlds believe it's the origin of all magic?" Sunset asked.

"How did you know that?!" Twilight gawked.

"I don't get obsessed with knowing everything," Sunset replied, earning a pouty face from Twilight.

"...Let's just hurry and go after the Imagin."

"Train time!" Den-O cheered as he put the card into his Rider Pass while DenLiner drove up.

"I'll stay with him," Hana spoke.

"Huh?" Flare Wolf raised a brow.

"You can't go to that time," Hana informed, "Because you're already there."

"Huh?"

"Time travel rules, you break 'em...they break you," Den-O explained.

"Ah…" Flare Wolf nodded, "Then take care and, er...don't be surprised by the diverse amount of Skylanders there are. Oh, and don't mock the beard."

"Huh?" the group blinked.

"Seriously. Just...uh...just don't," Flare Wolf cringed, "You'll know the beard I'm talking about when you see it."

"...Fair Ah guess?" Applejack blinked.

"Alright, alright…" a younger-looking Flare Wolf muttered, his armor replaced with a black and gold set of robes with a gold dragon print on the right side of his chest, as he stood before a large bundle of fireworks, "You've got this, Flare Wolf. It's your first time being in charge of the finale of the celebration...with a lot of people coming from all over Skylands for it...and one wrong move is gonna ruin everything you've been doing…" he paused for a few moments before running towards a bush and threw up in it before getting back up straight, "ALRIGHT! TIME TO LIGHT IT UP!" he took a step...before a massive pile of sand spilled out of him, "What the charcoal?" it reformed into the Hydra Imagin, "Tián yānhuā (Sweet fireworks)!"

"Ugh...that was a trip," Magma grunted.

"It feels quite nice here," Arbor noted, "A pity we're gonna thrash it."

"Thrash the place?!"

"Oh yeah…" Magma noted as they looked at the younger Flare Wolf, "Forgot we come out through the younger version."

"...Shall we thrash him too?"

"Eh why not."

"Wait, what?" Flare Wolf asked before yelping as he barely dodged a gout of flames fired by Magma.

"I took the left turn!" Den-O Gun Form complained, "It's just more desert! Where do we get off to enter another dimension?!"

"Hmm...it's been a long time since DenLiner has entered a different world," Owner spoke.

"Nani?!" Den-O snapped, "There has to be something to do, right!?"

"Hmm...mayhaps," Owner spoke as he walked off.

"Oi...oi?" Den-O complained, as everyone began following him.

"Come along…" Owner pulled out a pocket watch, "They should be here...right about…" he stopped on the door to the last train car, "Now." he spoke as a light shone from under the door, "A little late...but I take into account they didn't expect the next world would open...two doors."

"He's talking in nonsense…" Momotaros muttered as Den-O reverted to normal.

"To get to the Skylands, we shall need, First: A being with the power to open a door between dimensions. And Second: A magic user from the Skylands." Owner explained as they could hear muffled arguing on the other side of the door, "And both...have just arrived to help us with that."

"I don't care if you went first last time! You're going first again, Kiina!" a voice shouted.

"I am not going out there if it means I'm getting stuck in a skirt again, Kadoya!" another argued, "Seriously, it is always a skirt! Why?!"

"...Rock, Paper, Scissors!"

"Alrighty! You're on!"

"Rock, Paper, Scissors...Shoot!"

"...Oh, you suck," the second voice groaned before the door opened and a purple-haired, teal-eyed girl wearing a blue button blouse and jeans emerged.

"Hello there…" Owner smiled, "You're late to saving the world, young lady."

"Huh? Wow. Haven't heard that in a long while," the girl noted, "My apologies. Do you need something, sir?"

"Who the hell is this?!" Momotaros snapped.

"This...is someone who will help save Earth...and the Skylands." Owner smiled.

"You know about Skylands?" she asked.

"I'm an old magical man," Owner explained, "And didn't you know? All Old men know each other." he winked.

"Ohh…" she nodded, "So, um, what do you need help with?"

"First...bring out the boy." Owner pointed.

"I do not like this mood…" the one called Kadoya complained.

"Come on, Kadoya!" the girl called, "Do not make me come back in there!"

"I'd like to see you try, woman!"

"Can I try?" Pinkie's voice asked, making the others look to see the excitable pinkett was no longer in the room with them.

"Yeah right. Y-WHAT THE HELL?!"

"HI, NEW FRIEND!"

"LET GO OF ME!"

"Huh…" the young woman looked into the room on the other side of the door, "Reminds me of Trigger Happy when someone dropped a single drop of juice on his tongue."

"Get rid of it!"

"Oh you'll never get rid of me, handsome~!" Pinkie giggled.

"BEGONE, THOT!"

"WHOO!" Pinkie laughed as she was kicked out of the room and into one of the seats, "...I'm okay!"

"CAN'T YOU RESPECT SOMEONE'S PERSONAL SPACE FOR A CHANGE!?" Twilight and Rainbow snapped, pulling hard on Pinkie's cheeks.

"Bwut bi got bim bout…"

"I will allow her back in if you don't come out," the girl warned.

"Alright, alright!" 'Kadoya' barked as a handsome young man walked out with an annoyed look, "That was worse than when I let that little gremlin eat a Snickers."

"Trust us...that wasn't even her at her worst," Rainbow deadpanned, "Just don't give her coffee."

"Why would you give her more energy!?"

"Unless it's a last resort, we don't," Applejack sighed.

"Oh, Kadoya. We need to help them real quick," the girl informed.

"How much are they gonna pay me?" he asked.

"Pay?!" Rainbow gawked.

"It involves Skylands," Owner informed.

"Pro bono!" the girl declared.

"You lose me more money than a mortgage…" Kadoya sighed, "Alright let's save the world," he walked off past everyone and all the way to the front, "Hmm…" he walked to the DenBird before he pushed the red button.

The tracks began to split and form a second path which went off to the left and into a reflective veil like wall. Kadoya paused as he looked at the veil before he walked off...picked up the girl and stood her down next to the bike. He hummed to himself before pointing at the veil as if ordering her to try something. She tilted her head while putting her hand on the bike...before yelping when a spark came from her hand into the bike. The exterior of DenLiner turned purple and gold that let out a pulse before the veil vanished. Kadoya dusted his hands as he walked off with the girl following.

"Wha...how did you?" Twilight blinked.

"I don't know…" Kadoya shrugged, "I'm an amnesiac with super powers...you tell me."

"Amnesia?" Fluttershy repeated.

"Woke up in a random land, with super powers, and no memory of who I was," Kadoya explained, "I'm either the chosen one...or I'm the embodiment of the end of the world."

"...I call bullhonkey on that last one," Pinkie bluntly spoke, "Plus we already have something like that to deal with later. Discord."

"The hell's a Discord?" he asked, "Wait. Let me guess…" he put his hand on Pinkie's head, "Force of ultimate evil you are fighting but have yet to really meet?"

"Yep! That's completely right!" Pinkie replied before gasping, "You can read minds?!"

"No...I'm just genre savvy," he shook his head, "But you are thinking of...cupcakes...with...jalapenos?"

"You can read minds!" Pinkie gasped.

"...Was she dropped on her head as a kid?" Kadoya whispered to Twilight.

"At this point, I"m thinking most likely…" Twilight deadpanned.

"You keep saying you have powers…" Rainbow began, "What kind of powers?"

"I can become any Kamen Rider I've ever met." Kadoya explained simply.

"Eh?!" Pinkie gawked.

"Thank you," the Owner thanked.

"You're welcome!" the girl beamed.

"Ah! It's slipping!" a voice called from the door.

"Hurry up out there, you two!" another called.

"They are so noisy…" Kadoya sighed.

"But they're our friends and my big bro," the girl giggled as the two quickly went back into the room, closing the door behind them.

"That was weird," Rainbow stated.

"Who cares?! They gave us a way to find that damn hydra and kick its combined ass!" Momotaros declared as he went to drive DenLiner, "Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!"

"Hopefully we're not too late…" Fluttershy whispered in worry and concern.

"UNDEAD ROAR!" Skelly roared, bellowing his decaying vortex and dissolving several buildings as furry villagers, fish-like humanoids dressed as farmers and mechanics, humanoids made from plantlife, and a skeleton or two screamed and ran away from the Imagin.

"MAGMA WAVE!" Magma roared, slamming a fist down and sending up a tidal wave of magma at more houses.

"Hydra!"

"Where are the Skylanders!?"

"Ah geeze…" Flare Wolf gulped, hiding behind a broken wall while watching the attack, "A hydra of all things…what a burnout..." he looked around at the panicking and fleeing villagers and visitors and then to the fireworks he had made, "...Oh, this is gonna suck…but someone's gotta delay this thing for the Skylanders to get here." he ran over and quickly began to stockpile the fireworks as a motorcycle's engine roared out.

"HERE I COME!"

"Oh what now…?" Aqua asked before Den-O Sword Form riding on his bike rammed into them.

"Heh. Ore futatabi sanjou!" Den-O declared.

"Grr...you aga-!"

"Thunder Wave!" Rainbow's voice shouted before a blue bolt of lighting hit the Imagin, shocking and paralyzing it as it staggered back, "Woah! That...was stronger than usual!"

"Rainbow, remember what my sister said!" Twilight called out as she and the others ran/flew in, "This place is the origin of magic, meaning our magic will receive a significant boost!"

"You gotta be kidding me…" Magma growled, "Alright, that's it! I'm explosive now!" he inhaled and the air began to heat up quickly, "VOLCANIC ROAR!"

"Not this time! Bubble Spray!" Pinkie called as she threw her hands out, sending a flurry of bubbles as they hit the Imagin, seemingly having no effect on it.

"Yahahaha! That is not g-WOAH!" Skelly yelped as the Imagin tripped, making Magma lose concentration. They tried to get up again...only to end up slipping once more.

"Why are we so soapy?!"

"My bubbles have been enhanced to the point they're literally soapy, so...slippy slip slip!" Pinkie laughed.

"It helps if you know how to skate." Den-O spoke, sliding around the ground before he jumped into the air and kicked the Hydra Imagin, making it fall over, "We've all had to learn how thanks to this maniac."

"D'oh...y-" Arbor began before looking up, seeing a spinning wheel of fire above before it came crashing down, revealing Applejack as she delivered a flaming axe kick on his head, "GAH!"

"Tennessee Axe!" Applejack shouted before jumping off, "Rarity, yer turn!"

"Ruby, sapphire, emerald, topaz, cobalt, indigo, amber," Rarity whispered as seven pillars of rock surrounded the Imagin, each having the specified gem stone in them, "Gem Cascade!"

"Oh no…" Arbor began before the pillars slammed into them, "GAH!"

"Alright, time to finish this," Den-O chuckled before the ground shook, "What's huh?"

"You…" the Hydra Imagin growled beneath the rubble before it exploded off them as hissing went off between Aqua and Arbor's heads before another head emerged from it, looking as if it were made of dirt, rocks, and several gems with diamonds acting as eyes, "...die NOW!" they stamped down and rocks covered their feet to prevent them from slipping as the heads inhaled, "QUINTUS ROAR!"

"?!" Twilight tensed before quickly summoning multiple barriers around her and the others.

"I hate all of this!" Den-O cried as a powerful multi-colored blast came at them, Den-O's hand moving and pulling out the K-Taros without Momotaro's notice.

A powerful explosion went off as a giant wave of smoke swept across the land. It went on for miles as the Imagin took a deep breath, chuckling in victory. It then gawked as the smoke slowly cleared away. Standing in front of Twilight and the others was Den-O, his suit and armor changed to Climax form, as all four masks floated around in front of him spinning around while bonded to a magical barrier.

"I...ugh...hate...this…" Momotaro's voice came from the sword form mask as they stopped spinning around.

At that the masks flew back and locked into place on Den-O before Sword form's mask peeled and finished the transformation.

"Now we're Four heads on one body, too!" Ryutaros cheered, "You're not special anymore! And we're still cooler than you! Hahaha!"

"Don't be rude, Ryuta...I mean we are going to beat them soon anyway." Urataros spoke.

"Yes, let their cries of defeat be all the sound of victory we need!" Kintaros spoke.

"I'm just glad the dumb bird didn't…" Momotaros began before Wing Form's mask suddenly slapped onto Den-O's back, a wing symbol forming on his forehead at that same moment, "TEME!"

At that, Den-O spun around so the Wing mask faced the Imagin.

"Be prepared for a splendid defeat!" Sieg declared.

"Ah! This is a pain!" Momotaros snapped, stomping Den-O's foot.

"Wai! Tori-chan's getting in on it, too!" Ryutaros cheered.

"Ugh...Kintaros...Your elbows jabbing into my side…" Urataros noted.

"I can't help it! It's cramped in here!" Kintaros countered, stomping Den-O's other foot as he crossed his arms.

"Do not fight, my brothers! For Five surely offers greater power then Four! As it stands...it's not even fair," Seig smirked.

"Shut up! This was our thing! Why do you keep joining in on this form!?" Momotaros complained.

"Tch...Of course they'd do that," Magma growled before a whistling noise went off, "What's…" a firework slammed into his face, making him roar out as they stumbled back as more fireworks hit them and went off.

"Eh?! Okay, who's…" Momotaros began before turning to see Flare Wolf on a pile of rubble with fireworks strapped all over his body...causing Den-O to jump and land in Twilight's arms, "IT'S THE HELLHOUND!"

"He's not a dog…" the other Taros all spoke in unison.

"You're...heavy…" Twilight groaned, struggling to carry the fully armored Den-O.

"I blame Kintaros," Urataros stated.

"I too blame Brother number 3," Sieg added.

"Kuma-chan is pretty heavy," Ryutaros admitted.

"I'm not apologizing…" Kintaros replied simply and calmly, "I have grown fond of pie…"

"DOWN!" Twilight barked, dropping Den-O on Sieg's mask.

"Hey, ya big scaly salamander! Over here!" Flare Wolf shouted, throwing more fireworks at the Imagin.

"Will people stop hitting us with inef-GAH!"

At that, Den-O punched the Imagin, sending it skidding back against its will and tearing up the ground along its path before slowing to a stop. The Imagin walked forward a step on trembling legs as all five heads looked up at Den-O. The Rider rolled his shoulder as he began walking forward with a sigh.

"Terra Tremor!" the stone head roared as they slammed a foot on the ground, causing the entire area to shake.

Den-O ran forward before jumping into the air...and seemed to glide forward through the air. Once he was close, he began kicking his legs as he unleashed a bicycle kick to the Imagin's chest, making it grunt and stumble back with each strike. The Imagin stumbled back, only to grun as Den-O grabbed and lifted it back to its feet.

"Doskoi!" Kintaros shouted as Den-O landed a powerful open palm strike to the Imagin's chest, sending them flying back.

"DOOM SHARKS!" Aqua roared as several dozen sharks made of dark water formed and charged at them.

"Bàozhà!" Flare Wolf howled, using his tail to ignite all the fireworks on him body before throwing them all at the incoming swarm, causing the area before them to erupt in a multitude of color explosions.

"Ooh~! Ahh~!" Pinkie awed.

"Too bad...I wanted to see if I could catch all in one swing," Urataros sighed as Den-O swung his DenGasher in rod form as the bladed tip shot out on a cable and wrapped around the Hydra Imagin, "Guess I'll reel in the big catch then." Den-O pulled on the rod and swung the Imagin around, "Oh it's a fighter…" he laughed before Den-O swung down, slamming them into the ground once more.

"How...is he this much stronger? ...It's just five masks on one person."

"Heh...you think we're like you, losers?" Momotaros asked.

"After so long...we almost are like brothers...even if we do get on each other's nerves," Urataros sighed.

"Our bonds of brotherhood are only as strong as our partnership with Ryotaro." Kintaros added.

"It's the power of friendship." Ryutaros simplified.

"Also you're ugly." Sieg finished.

"?!" the heads of Arbor, Skully, and Magma paled.

"Excuse me?" Aqua hissed as the stone head growled.

"...Tori-yaro, I think you broke a big rule I've learned about girls," Momotaros whispered.

"That's a woman?" Sieg asked in such a way it felt like he was purposely being hurtful.

"Gravity Bind," the stone head growled.

A brown ring of magic appeared around Den-O, who looked around before grunting and fell to a knee as the ground under him began to cave in.

"Frost Bind," Aqua hissed as a mist formed around Den-O before slamming into him and turned into chains of ice that completely covered their belt.

"Gah! It had two girl heads?!" Momotaros exclaimed.

"Bad Tori!" Ryutaros panicked.

"A prince must be honest...even if it hurts commoners," Sieg argued.

"QUINTUS ROAR!" all five heads roared before their combined blast slammed into Den-O, sending out several sparks as he was sent flying over the village and crashed down on the clear other side of the area and tumbled until he fell off a cliff.

"HOLY SHIT!" Momotaros' voice screamed as Den-O managed to grab a root coming out of the ground.

"Oh so that's why it's called Skylands," Urataros noted as they looked down to see that they had been fighting on an island...floating in the sky without anything in sight below them.

"AH! WHERE'S THE GROUND!?" Ryutaros yelped.

"Brothers…"

"We're gonna die!" Momotaros cried.

"Brothers…"

"It was nice knowing you men…" Kintaros spoke...making Den-O smack his arm to his chest...the arm which was holding the root.

"KUMA!" Momotaros sobbed.

"Brothers...we can fly…" Sieg reminded them as the wing form mask grew out into giant azure wings of light.

"Oh.../Oh yeah/Ah.../Tori-chan is the best!" the others all spoke in unison.

"Also…" Ryotaro spoke, "None of it's attacks...actually hurt." he pointed out, "You were all only reacting in panic…"

"..." Momotaros grunted for a long while at the realization.

"Let's go in for a surprise attack," Urataros noted.

"Right! KICK THAT DAMN THING'S FREAKY ASS!" Momotaros roared.

"Ah...That guy…" Flare Wolf gasped.

"That's what he gets for insulting a lady," Aqua huffed.

"Can they fly with Sieg?" Rainbow asked in concern.

"I...don't know…" Twilight muttered.

"Now for the rest of you," Magma growled.

"Uh-oh," Pinkie gulped before shuddering, "A Doozy?"

"?!" Twilight looked at her before tensing and looking over at the shaking Flare Wolf.

"Wèishéme?" Flare Wolf asked.

"Hm?" Magma looked at the wolf.

"Why are you doing this? Why attack us?" Flare Wolf asked.

"It's not personal. But it's how Imagin work: we go back and destroy the past for us to take over in the future," Magma spoke, "We are beings without hearts."

"Wrong!" Pinkie shouted, getting the Hydra Imagin's attention, "You might not have one...but I know a handful of crazy Imagin who do have hearts."

"Hmph. How bothersome," Magma growled as the air heated up once more...far hotter than before to the point the ground around the Imagin began to bubble, "I don't care much for speeches, so take this! INCINERATION NUKE!"

"That's our pink idiot!" Momotaro's voice snapped, making the Imagin pause for a second.

At that, the ground beneath them exploded as Den-O flew up. The Rider swung his sword up, slashing them across the chest and leaving a glowing multi-colored gash in their body.

"No one gets to smack her for making no sense but us! Find your own idiot!" Momotaros shouted as Den-O floated down.

"You tried to hurt Neesan...I'm going to pull your heads off one...by….one…" Ryutaros spoke slowly.

"Too late for cancel the spell…" Magma chuckled as a red light began to shine above them.

"What's huh?" Ryutaros pondered before Den-O looked up to see a meteor made of magma falling down on the island, "Oh…"

"I hate magic," Den-O sighed, "Kozo...bring the noise!"

"I like the noise!" Ryutaros' mood flopped back to happiness as Den-O tapped on the K-Taros and swiped his pass over the front.

=CHARGE AND UP!=

The Gun Form Mask lifted up and opened like a dragon's jaw as a powerful light began glowing in the center. Ryutaros laughed as Den-O's wings extended out, four rings of light matching the first four masks formed as Den-O aimed at the meteor.

"Big Boom time!" Ryutaros cheered as the sound of a trigger clicking was heard.

Suddenly, a powerful blast of multi-colored energy shot out from Den-O's chest armor doubling in size with each ring is passed through. It crashed into the Meteor and tore through it, pushing all the debris to the side and away from the flying island.

"So...it upgrades from missiles...to a laser…" Urataros noted, Den-O still looking up.

"Chance," Magma whispered before firing a blast of magma at the girls.

Twilight prepared to make a barrier when Flare Wolf jumped before them, holding a paw out. The magma slammed into his paw.

"Ah! The fireworks wolf!" Ryutaros gasped as Den-O looked...just as the magma dispersed, revealing Flare Wolf's eyes were glowing as he glared at the Imagin.

The dispersed magma quickly cooled into shards of obsidian. The shards quickly gathered around Flare Wolf, connecting to one another and becoming the amor the present Flare Wolf had. He swung an arm out and flames erupted around his neck, dispersing to reveal his scarf while the large firework he had been holding was now covered by his cannon.

"...Why does a dog have to do something so badass?" Momotaros whimpered.

"INU JANAI! OKAMI DA!" the others, minus Sieg, all screamed.

Flare Wolf tossed his cannon into the air before catching it. It glowed...before transforming into a larger set of four golden cannons, each fully loaded with fireworks as big as Den-O and his bike. He squeezed the trigger and all four began to fire multiple fireworks. Before the Imagin could move, the rockets slammed repeatedly into them, letting out colorful explosions that forced it into the air, going higher and higher with each shot. The four rockets combined into one and he pulled the trigger, firing a massive firework engulfed in flames that took on the shape of a wolf's head. It 'ate' the Imagin before swelling up and exploding into a series of colorful explosions. Flare Wolf panted and stumbled onto his behind, dropping the cannon to his side.

"Awesome…" Den-O in all his voices, Pinkie, and Rainbow awed.

At that, Den-O jumped into the air before his wings grew out and lifted him up into the smoke. He spun around as his wings dispersed the smoke to reveal the still intact Imagin...well...holding together. It looked ready to explode on its own with all the damage it sustained and had even lost the stone head.

"Do you ever die?!" Den-O snapped in all his voices.

"That has to be some level of dedication," Ryotaro spoke as Den-O flew up higher.

"I'll be sure to give it some respect," Momotaros spoke as Den-O's foot began glowing with sparkling rainbow colored energy.

"I'm going to miss having an enemy that is like us. Ah well…" Urataros spoke.

"It was for the best to protect this wonderful land," Kintaros added.

"Meh...it was a so-so enemy…" Ryutaros replied.

"Worthy of our power brothers!" Sieg cheered as Den-O lifted his leg up and kicked it out, aiming at the imagin.

"Yeah yeah...now all together you bastards…" Momotaros smirked.

"Ready?" Ryotaro chuckled.

"Hissatsu...Ore tachi no hissatsu waza...CLIMAX VERSION!" Den-O shouted as he shot forward, the energy on his leg forming a mach cone of light as his wings folded back letting him pick up more and more downward speed.

The foot slammed into the Imagin before tearing right through it. Its body glowed before going up in a massive explosion. Den-O landed and his wings retracted.

"Heh," Momotaros smirked, not seeing small black vapors go into the smoke of the explosion, "Next time, give us a better challenge."

"Gooooooaaaaaarrrgghhh…"

"?!"

Thunder rumbled inside of the smoke of the explosion. A massive clawed foot emerged followed by another, each bigger than a building. Four sets of eyes shined inside of the smoke before, with a roar, a massive dragonic form dispersed the smoke. It resembled the Hydra Imagin, but its arms were gone and the shell had completely engulfed its body save for the legs and five heads. All the eyes sported feral gleams in them, the intelligence long lost from before. The four heads belted out another roar that actually shook the island.

"...Baka isn't a word good enough that I can use to call you for what you just did," Ryutaros stated.

"Shut up!" Momotaros snapped.

"This isn't a normal Gigandeath," Applejack noted with wide eyes.

"This was the Doozy!" Pinkie panicked as Twilight shivered, "Do you have Pinkie Sense now, Twilight?"

"No...I...I feel something in it," Twilight replied, shivering, "Something dark…"

"Does it feel...like an abyss...as if no light...can be reached?" Flare Wolf asked as Fluttershy helped him up.

"Y-Yes…"

"The Darkness…" Flare Wolf growled.

"Hurry up with the train!" Rainbow shouted at Den-O.

"Right...who caught my pass?" Ryotaro asked, turning Den-O towards them, "Uhm...my pass...to summon the train? Who caught it?"

"...Uh…"

"Guys…" Ryotaro panicked.

"Pinkie, please tell me you grabbed it!" Twilight panicked.

"I thought Rainbow did!" Pinkie freaked.

"With what was going on?!" Rainbow snapped.

"Oh dear...I think someone might've grabbed it," Fluttershy whispered.

"And we don't have Yuto or Sunset with us…" Rarity added.

"SCATTER!" Applejack shouted as the group quickly dodged the Gigandeath's claw.

'Celeste, please tell me you have a pass to ride the Denliner to us!' Twilight mentally shouted, only to get silence, '...Celeste? Celeste!' "I can't get a hold of my sister!"

"We're in a different dimension!" Momotaros snapped.

"Who took the pass?!" Ryutaros cried.

"Bingo," a Cyan Kamen Rider holding a gun laughed, holding up Den-O's pass, "Don't mind me...I'm just gonna borrow this, and your train." he laughed, walking away from the scene.

"Do you have any twos?" Flare Wolf asked.

"Go fish," Hana replied.

"..." Flare Wolf slumped as he drew from the deck, "I have terrible luck with this game…"

"My turn," Hana began before Flare Wolf tensed and whipped out his bazooka, "Eh?"

"I feel a great...hunger...around here," Flare Wolf noted, looking around waringly.

"Hmm...So you were able to feel my appetite," a voice noted before Flare Wolf scooped up Hana and jumped out of the way of Gaoh landed where they had been, "Not bad. The scent coming off you...You're a Sensei, aren't you?"

"You know of my team?"

"Beings who have gained the secrets to a magic that the Ancients knew, teachers of several ancients arts," Gaoh replied, "I've done a little studying."

"Grr…" Flare Wolf growled, aiming his weapon at Goah while Hana went off to hide.

"Go ahead...fire at me," Goah challenged, "Show me the power of a Sensei."

"...You are not alone," Flare Wolf stated.

"Heh," Goah merely smirked just as a magic circle appeared underneath Flare Wolf.

"?!" the Skyland Sensei quickly jumped back just as the circle exploded; he was about to fire before a giant energy lion claw slammed him in the back, sending him crashing into the ground as the claw kept him in place, "GH!"

"Hmph. Told you Trixie's trap would work," Trxie smirked as she walked out from behind Goah, dressed in a pitch-black armor-like jumpsuit with periwinkle lines on it.

"Yeah yeah whatever, primadonna," Gilda muttered as a pair of faint eagle wings floated her down, her eyes slit as one of the sleeves of her jacket acted as the 'limb' for the lion claw that kept Flare Wolf in place.

"G-Gh…" Flare Wolf grunted, struggling to get out of the claw.

"Well it was mostly...wait...where did the little girl go?" Trixie blinked.

"Who cares? It's a kid...it's not like she could do anything to stop us," Gilda sighed.

"Who are you calling little!?" Hana shouted, swinging a street light through the wall and smacking both girls, "I'll have you know...in a few years, I'm way hotter than both of you combined."

"How the hell is that twirp so strong?!" Gilda snapped.

"Bleh! Jealous old lady?" Hana taunted.

"...old…" Gilda's eye twitched, taking a deep breath.

"Oh not again!" Trixie flinched as she covered her ears.

"RAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Gilda roared, sending out massive soundwaves that sounded like a mix of an eagle cry and a lion's roar as it tore through the area and headed towards Hana.

Hana ducked down in time making the sound wave miss. Everyone blinked before Gilda was suddenly yanked down. Trixie blinked, seeing the girl suddenly swung around...and slammed around a few times before being dragged away behind a corner.

"That...is not a normal little girl," Trixie blinked a few times before yelping as she was grabbed by the leg and pulled away, "Ahh! Let go of Trixie this instant!"

"Just so you know...this is for your own good," Hana spoke with a dangerously intense voice for a girl of her appearance.

"Wait...no! No! AAH! Spines don't bend like that!"

"How can you take more pain then the brawny one? Know what...I'm just gonna bash you on the head…" Hana sighed.

"Even the smallest of folks have a power one can't see at first," Flare Wolf chuckled as he got up before moving back from the punch thrown by Gaoh.

"I underestimated the child...she is that man's daughter and his niece after all…" Gaoh sighed, "She must have grown so powerful from the odd family she lived with. Either Way, I can't let you escape. So lets be smart here...we both can tell how strong we are...and how strong those girls are. It would be best...if you and I left. And left them be," he offered.

"..."

SZ;..Damn it, DiEnd!...No wait...Damn it, Taros!...Wait. Who's to blame here?!

Z0: All of them...all of them are to blame...but this is all part of one big crossover sort of chapter, this part 1 of 3. Catch the next 2 in the Decade chapter which will continue on.

SZ: Aye.

Z0: Well tune in next time cause the next chapter after this shall be the final few chapters of this instalment of the story.