Mathew-Swift-Fiction presents...

A Regular Show/Little Witch Academia series

"Regular Show: Magic Academy"

Regular Show belongs to Cartoon Network * Little Witch Academia belongs to Studio Trigger

Episode 01: The Maellard Ley Line

(Note: The early episodes of this series takes place a month before the LWA Netflix series, and Season 7 of RS.)

Maellard Park couldn't have looked more greener in the summertime. After all, it was the perfect temperature, the lake was pretty warm, and there wasn't a soul in sight. At least, a soul that doesn't work there.

Sitting by a tall and rather old house, a group of strange people were gathered by the staircase, as one of them stood up, holding a clipboard.

"Okay, everybody, listen up." Benson cleared his throat. "The park is in need of some major renovation, so for at least a week, the park will be closed to the public." This news caused a blue jay and a raccoon to celebrate.

"Awwww, yeeeaaaaaauh!" They cheered in unison. "Week off, baby!" Slapping himself, Benson sighed.

"I said that it's closed to the public!" growled Benson, pointing at both Mordecai and Rigby. "That doesn't mean you get off work!"

"Awwww..." Mordecai and Rigby whined.

"Okay, then," Benson looked at his clipboard, to assign jobs. "Now, Pops, you and Skips will be gathering any recyclables that were littered."

"Ooh, swell!" Pops clapped his hands together, in excitement. "I get to make the environment happy!" As he and Skips headed to do their duties, Benson called again.

"Muscle Man and High Five Ghost, you two will make sure that the hedges stay out of the way of the paths, so nobody would run into them."

"No prob, bro!" huffed Muscle Man, as he showed off. "You know who else likes to cut hedges to the brim? MY MOM!" Laughing and giving each other a high-five, Muscle Man and Fives headed towards the tool-shed, grabbing a pair of hedge shears. Benson looked down at the chore list again.

"I'll be mowing the fields, and Mordecai and Rigby," He looked towards the two, who still looked bummed about not getting a week off. "You're going to need to chop down the oak at the center of the park. It's very sick, and needs to be taken out. There's an ax in the tool-shed behind the house." A blue, feathery arm was raised, gaining Benson's attention.

"Aww, what?" Mordecai protested. "Muscle Man and Fives get to cut hedges, but we have to chop down a stupid tree?"

"Yeah, Benson," chimed Rigby. "Why couldn't you get them to do it?"

"Because I assign the jobs, and I say who cuts who!" Benson was beginning to turn red in anger. "Now grab an ax, and chop that wood, or you're fired!" He walks away, groaning and feeling his head, leaving Mordecai and Rigby on their own.

"Come on, Rigby," Mordecai sighed, in defeat. "We better get chopping." Rigby grunted in boredom, as they stood up and headed to the shed. Upon heading there, they saw the door left open, and headed inside. The tool-shed was especially crowded, with anything from rusty rakes, to outdated lawnmowers.

"Aw, come on!" Rigby lifted his arms, in protest. "He couldn't even get the ax for us? Laaaaaaame!"

"Dude, chillax." argued Mordecai. "It's just one little tree. Maybe it won't be so bad."

"Bro, have you ever seen our track record, when it comes to this stuff? If something can go wrong, then it will go wrong."

"Uh, I don't know if you're joking, or if you're actually proud of saying that." Mordecai raised an eyebrow, and stepped inside the shed, avoiding every object on the floor, as Rigby followed. After shuffling through the scattered gardening tools, they found their prize: a silver-edged ax, with an oak handle.

"Woah, check it out!" Rigby held up the ax, triumphantly. "Can I 'ax' you a question, Mordecai?"

"Shut up, dude. Let's just get to that tree." Mordecai gave his friend, who was laughing at his own joke.

"Aw, c'mon, man. Don't be such and 'ax-hole!'" Laughing hysterically, the joking raccoon followed Mordecai out of the shed.

"Would you cut it out, Rigby?" Mordecai complained, as he covered his ears.

"Ha! Wood you cut it out! Good one, man!" chuckled Rigby, as Mordecai punched him in the arm. "Ow! Don'y make me cut you down to size!"

"Dude, shut it! We made it to the tree." Rigby halted his horrible puns to take a look at the tree in front of them. It did indeed look to be very sick, with it's trunk looking very withered and grey, as well as it's branches and leaves, practically fading away. But the strangest thing about this tree is what was carved onto it's trunk. Rigby walked towards and looked more closely at the markings.

"Woah," Rigby stared in awe, placing his hand on the tree. "What kind of tree is this?"

"Well, whatever it is, we'd better chop it down before Benson comes and yells at us." Mordecai grabbed the ax Rigby was holding onto, and was preparing to swing at the tree with all his might.

"Wait, don't you wanna see what those carvings mean?" asked Rigby, inspecting the carvings. The marking were almost unrecognizable, with all the strange runes all over the bark. "

"Dude, even if it is important, we can always find out once this thing is out of the ground and in the trash." Gulping, Rigby stood back from the armed blue jay. In a sudden movement, Mordecai swung the ax at the trunk at a rapid speed, it's blade piercing the bark of the ancient tree. As it did, an ear-piercing scream roared, echoing throughout the park. This sudden shriek caused Mordecai and Rigby to cover their ears. The shriek slowly died out, as the two groundskeepers got back on their feet.

"Aah!" shouted Mordecai. "What the heck was that?!"

"Dude, I think it was the tree, man!" Rigby pointed at the tree, shaking in fear. "I think it's evil!"

"Whaaaaat? There's no such thing as an evil tree." doubted Mordecai.

"Uh, yeah there is, dude. Haven't you ever seen that Evil Dead movie?!"

"So? It's just a movie, dude. Let's just power through it." Mordecai approached the tree and prepared to swing with the ax. Before he could, Rigby ran in front of him, his arms reaching out, blocking Mordecai.

"Dude, I think we should leave this tree alone! What if we chop it down, and a demon comes out? Huh?!" panicked Rigby.

"Like who, the Lorax?" Mordecai rolled his eyes and nudged Rigby out of the way and headed to the tree. He held the ax, and swung at it's trunk. The piercing sound returns, noticeably louder than before, but that didn't stop Mordecai from chopping away, even though his ears rang like crazy. The shrieking kept getting louder and louder, for every swing from the ax.

"Mordecai!" Rigby shouted, lying down on the ground, covering his ears. "Please stop! You're making it worse!" But it was too late. As the last swing plunged into the tree, causing it to slowly fall backwards, the tree landed on the grass with a loud thud. As it did, the shrieking from the oak suddenly died out, making everything silent. Uncovering his ears, Rigby perked up, seeing a victorious Mordecai, a sappy ax, and a fallen old tree.

"Hmm! Hmm-hmm!" hummed Mordecai, with a triumphant look. "See, dude? There's no demons. It's just a stupid tree." Wiping the sweat off his face, he hears the rev of an engine, that they'd recognized anywhere. It was the golf cart, being driven by a furious Benson, with Skips and Pops in the backseat.

"What did you two do?!" growled Benson, turning red. "And what the heck was that deafening scream?!"

"I dunno, Benson!" Mordecai gulped, showing them the fallen tree, causing Skips' eyes to perk up at it. "All we did was chop down this old tree, like you said, and..."

"You two cut through the Maellard Ley Line?" Skips asked.

"The Maellard what now?" Rigby raised an eyebrow. Skips skipped over to take a better look at the fallen oak. Pops began to tear up.

"That poor tree." He sobbed. "At least it lived a full, rich life."

"Yo, what was all that screaming?" Muscle Man rushed in, with Fives, not far behind.

"Yeah, it nearly made us deaf!" Fives nodded.

"I don't know! Ask Mordecai!" glared Rigby, pointing to Mordecai. "He was the one who chopped down the tree!"

"Well, if Benson hadn't made us chop this down..." Mordecai looked towards Benson, who perked up at the sudden accusation.

"MY FAULT?!" yelled the park manager. "Now listen here! If you and Rigby would've done your jobs-!"

"EVERYONE, QUIET!" Skips yelled, making everyone zip their lips. He looks at the stump, with a finger on his chin. It was just like every other tree, but the stump had so many rings, it'd be impossible to count them all. But there was something else on the stump, Skips noticed.

It was a glowing green portal at the center of the stump, and it seems to be growing bigger.

"Oh, no..." Those were all the words that Skips said, before turning to the others. "EVERYONE, HOLD ONTO SOMETHING, QUICK!" Everyone began to run away from the glowing stump, as Skips followed. The portal was getting bigger and bigger, until it swallowed up the stump, from whence it came. The wind also was picking up, but whatever was lying around was being sucked into the green vortex, including the golf cart and the ax, which summoned this portal.

"Dude," Mordecai screamed, as he held tightly onto a bench. "It's sucking up everything!"

"Just hold tightly!" Skips responded, holding onto a nearby tree trunk. "The Ley Line will close shortly, so just as long as nobody jumps inside..." As if on cue, a mustard-covered pretzel flew by, causing Muscle Man to scream.

"HEY! THAT'S MY LUNCH, BRO!" He shouted, letting go of the 'No Feeding Ducks' sign, and flew after the pretzel. "I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THAT PRETZEL!"

"NO, MUSCLE MAN!" Fives reacted, grabbing onto his leg. "IT'S NOT WORTH IT!" However, due to Muscle Man's large quantity of body-fat, Fives let go of the same sign.

"FIVES!" Mordecai jumped, grabbing Fives' free hand, making him let go, as well. Rigby gasped in horror.

"I'LL SAVE YOU GUYS!" Rigby jumped and grabbed Mordecai's feet, but realized that he had let go of the bench. "Oh, crap!"

"AAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!" Pops screamed, as his strength wasn't enough to stay on a nearby pine, as he was sent flying towards the crew. He grabbed Rigby's arm, as Skips grabbed Pops'.

"I GOT YOU!" Skips was skipping towards the flying groundskeepers and grabs Pop's foot, grasping it tightly. His feet dragging into the grass and holding with all his might the yeti anchored against the sheer force of the Ley Line portal, putting them all to a halt. They all blew a sigh of relief, until...

"HELP!" Benson shrieked, holding onto a fire hydrant, as he kicked his legs in the air.

"JUST HOLD ON! IT'LL CLOSE SOON!" Skips shouted to him, but as luck would have it, Benson's hands slipped off the hydrant, as he was sent flying towards the vortex.

"HEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPP!" Benson flipped in the air, and was sucked into the Ley Line, screaming as he went deeper and deeper.

"BENSON!" Mordecai and Rigby shouted, as everyone held on.

"WE GOTTA GO AFTER HIM!" Skips suggested, as everyone else did a double-take towards him.

"WHAT?!" They screamed in unison.

"IF WE DON'T, HE'LL BE STUCK THERE FOREVER!"

Everyone looked towards each other, and after a while, nodded. They looked towards Skips, who nodded as well.

Skips finally lets go, causing Mordecai, Rigby, Pops, Muscle Man and Fives to be sucked into the portal.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH" They all screamed, as they were swallowed by the green vortex, as it began closing behind them. They are trapped inside the Maellard Ley Line, with no way out.

Wherever this portal goes, nobody knows.

There was no turning back now.

Through the morning sky, and across the clouds, flew a rather strange crow. It's feathers were white and withered, and gleaming cyan blue eyes. It also beared a four pointed star across it's chest. Flapping it's wings, lowering it's altitude, the crow flew towards an academy. More specifically, the observatory part of it.

Landing on the window below the large, sapphire-colored telescope, it began cawing and pecking at the closed windows. It didn't take long, before the shutters opened, revealing it's owner.

"Alcor?" The tall woman asked, in a reassuring voice. "Is something wrong?" The raven, known as Alcor, cawed again, causing the eyes of the woman to widen. "Disturbance in the Ley Lines? Are you sure?" Alcor nodded.

"Hmm, let me see..." The woman gestured Alcor, to enter, as she closed the windows behind the old familiar. As the raven rested on it's perch, the woman, dressed in a long-navy blue robe and wearing a pointed hat, closed the curtains, making the entire room dark. Adjusting her glasses and navy-blue hair, she takes out her wand.

"Linus Dyrete!" She called, swinging her wand in a circular motion.

A sudden flash of green escaped her three-pointed wand, as it showed a map. A map of all the Ley Lines from across the world. It didn't take her long to find what was causing the disturbance.

Seven green dots, one a little farther from the rest, were flowing down a line, known as the Maellard Ley Line, and they were heading towards another route, known as the Arcturus Ley Line. The furthest dot branched off another path towards another Ley Line, labeled Luna Nova. The witch gasped.

"The Arcturus Ley Line?" Her eyes widened, as she gulped. "Oh, that's not good." The Map faded to nothing, as the surrounding candles lit back up, giving the room an orange-sunset-like glow. She headed towards the door, her broomstick in hand, as she turned to Alcor, who was cleaning his feathers.

"If the professors asks where I am, tell them I'll be back soon." She told the raven, as it nodded, and the professor ran towards the exit.

"I hope that I'm not too late..." Ursula Callistis said to herself, as she hopped onto her broom, muttered "Tia Freyle!" and flew off towards the Forests of Arcturus.

"AAAAHHHHHHHH!" Mordecai and Rigby screamed in unison, hugging each other tightly. "WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

"Bros," Muscle Man nudged them a bit, causing them to stop screaming. "You guys have been screaming for like, half an hour. It's not cool anymore."

"Yeah, just chill out." Fives chimed in. They looked around, as they were still flying through the Ley Lines, as everybody else was calm, even Pops.

"Wait, where's Benson?" Mordecai looked below them.

"I don't know," gulped Pops. "He was thrown into another pathway. I do hope he's alright, or it'll be a jolly bad show, indeed."

"Yeah, I hope so, too." Rigby nodded. Everyone never said a word, until Skips spoke up.

"There's a way out!" He pointed towards their feet, where there was a slight opening in the Ley Line, causing everybody to cheer. The opening looked rather dark, with a bunch of spooky looking trees. "It's going to be a bumpy landing." Skips grabbed Rigby's hand, which made everyone else grab a hand, forming a circle, as they finally escape the Ley Line, arriving in what looked like a forest, from a horror movie. The gang, as they flew into the new environment, breathed in the horrible air, causing them to cough.

"Ugh, this place smells like Muscle Man's rotting armpits!" Rigby complained, plugging his nose.

"Hey! Don't be disrespectin' the pits, bro!" Muscle Man pointed towards Rigby, giving him a glare. Then, after crashing through the dead branches of their unexpected destination, everybody looked all around.

"Woah," Mordecai said in awe, as he felt his aching head. "Where the heck are we?"

"The Forests of Arcturus." answered Skips, who cleaned off the loose branches off his fur. "It's a place where we shouldn't be allowed to be frolicking in. We'd better find a way out of here."

"The Forests of Arcturus?" questioned Rigby. "What is that, like a forbidden forest or something?"

"In a way." nodded Skips. "We'd better get moving, cause we don't wanna run into any unfortunate guests..." Skips walked towards a pathway, where the others began to follow. High Five Ghost looked towards Skips.

"Hey, Skips?" He asked, which Skips turned towards him.

"Yeah?"

"How do you know about that tree, anyway?"

"Well, it's a pretty long story..." Skips went on and on, as Pops, who was not far behind the rest was beginning to get frightened from his surroundings, gulping any courage he had. He noticed something flying overhead, but it was too far to make out what it could be. Turning his head, he sees something unusual: a small cat-like creature, snoozing nearby.

"Aww, how adorable!" Pops' eyes lit up, starry-eyed, as he slowly approached the waking cub, holding his hand out. The cub, ears perking, began to woke up, and looks towards Pops.

"Don't worry, little one. I mean you no harm." The naive man shushed, reassuringly, until a female voice spoke up.

"LOOK OUT! THAT'S A MANTICORE!"

"Huh?" Pops looks around, trying to find whoever said that. Nobody was in sight, and that defiantly wasn't the guys. "Hello?" Turning back to the cub, he sees that it was indeed a manticore, with a red mane, and a scorpion's tail on it's rear. It looked towards Pops, licking it's sharp teeth.

"AAAAAAIIIIIEEEEE!" He screamed, as the Manticore lunged towards him, it's tail stinging Pops' petting arm. "Ouch!"

Mordecai, Rigby, Skips and the others ran towards the commotion, seeing an injured and dizzy Pops, and the Manticore, crawling towards him, slowly.

"Pops!" The gang said, and ran towards Pops, dragging him away from the beast, it's eyes fixed on them for taking away it's free meal.

"Pops, are you okay?!" Rigby asked, but he didn't respond. Skips checked his pulse, which he felt slow heartbeats.

"Manticore poison. I've seen it before!" Skips gulped, and looked towards the cat-like creature, preparing to fight. "Keep him away! Manticores prey upon the weak! I'll take care of him!" Growling in fury, the Manticore lifted it's claw and struck Skips in the chest, causing him to land by the crew.

"Yo! Tag me in, Skips!" Muscle Man huffed his chest, and removed his shirt. Skips, withering in pain, high-fives Muscle Man, as he headed towards the fight.

"HEY, MUFASA!" The Manticore looked towards Muscle Man. "You know who else likes to poison her victims?" Mitch growled, in a serious tone. "MY MOM!" At that response, the Manticore roared like a lion (obviously) and pounced towards Muscle Man, it's tail prepared to swing. As it did, Mitch Sorrenstein fell to the ground, clenching his chest, which was covered in blood.

"MUSCLE MAN, NO!" High Five Ghost lets go of Pops and heads towards an unconscious Muscle Man and the ferocious Manticore, his three hands clenched into fists. "IF YOU WANT MY BEST FRIEND, YOU GOTTA GET THROUGH ME!" And like Muscle Man, Fives fell to the ground, unconscious.

Then, the Manticore looked towards Mordecai and Rigby.

"Dude, what do we do?!" Rigby looked up to his friend, hoping for answers.

"I... I don't know!" It was the only thing that Mordecai can respond with, as the Manticore came closer to them. It's paws scratching across the ground, and it's stinger pointed towards Mordecai. It was the end. The end of their lives was just beyond the jaws of this creature, as the Manticore showed it's teeth, towards Mordecai, who was just waiting for the inevitable.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a green light enveloped the beast and a massive explosion caused Mordecai, Rigby and the Manticore to fly across the forest. As the corpse of the Manticore fell well beyond the unconscious victims, the explosion survivors landed in a hard thud, not far from the impact.

"Ohhhh..." A broken and injured Mordecai moaned in pain, as he was beginning to lose focus. All he can see was a pair of blue robes, a broomstick and a pair of glasses. The glasses wearing blur looked towards Mordecai, and leaned towards him.

"Are you alright...?" The blur asked, in a calming and kind female voice.

That was all Mordecai saw before he passed out.

And that concludes the first chapter of Regular Show: Magic Academy. Thank you for reading.

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