"I hope he doesn't make it worse," Lickety Split whispered.
"Maybe some more cold water to the face will help," Gingerbread suggested.
"I think we've already got a whole buckets worth of water on him," Masquerade said. "We want to help Mike. Not drown him."
"Besides," Truly said. "We've been doing that all day."
"Well, a little more shouldn't hurt," Cupcake replied.
"I'll go get some water from the pool," Posey said.
"If you can see it," Locket replied. "Molly, better take a candle and go with her."
"Okay," Molly said.
Molly and Posey went down to the pool with a bucket. It was hard to see it, but they managed to fill the bucket and walk back to the cave without any problems. Cupcake took a rag between her teeth and dunked it into the bucket. Then she wrung it out on Mike's face. Normally, Mike would have reacted by either waking up, or twist his face into some expression, or even smack Cupcake on the nose. But he was under a spell, so his face remained expressionless and his hands remained at his sides.
"This isn't going to work," Cupcake said, sadly.
"What do we do now?" Lickety Split asked.
"Looks like there isn't much we can do," Sundance said. "Except wait."
"And hope they make it," Cotton Candy replied.
The others nodded. Cupcake nudged Mike's hand, but she didn't get a response, like she hoped.
The Sea Ponies pulled the group across the huge lake. They were surprised to see the lake led directly to the river that took them to Midnight Castle.
"We made it!" Peter shouted.
"Not yet," Megan said, checking her watch. "We have until midnight to stop Tirac and Enchantra."
"But we don't know 'ow," Davy said. "All Paradise can come up with is all this talk about unicorn magic."
"I'm doing the best I can, Davy," Paradise replied. "I'm a little rusty with my legends."
"Uh oh," Peter said, as the Sea Ponies pulled our heroes up to the castle.
"What's the mattah?" Davy asked.
"Dead end," Peter said.
"How are we gonna get inside?" Fizzy asked.
"No sweat!" Fire Fly shouted. "I know exactly what to do!"
Fire Fly flew up to a gargoyle at the edge of the wall. She pushed down on it's nose with her legs. A secret door opened and our heroes walked inside. The corridor was dark and spooky.
"I think it's actually dahkah in 'ere than it is outside," Davy said. "Micky, ah you sure you didn't bring any batteries?"
"Come off it, Davy," Micky said. "I don't have any batteries with me, so shut up."
Davy shrugged and continued walking. Fire Fly wasn't surprised about how Midnight Castle was like a maze. It just drove her crazy because she had no idea where she was going.
"I can't for the life of me remember which way we came the last time," she said.
"Me neither," Twilight replied. "What about you two?"
"Beats me," Bow Tie said.
"I was turned into a monster," Apple Jack said. "I can't remember much from this creepy old castle and I'm glad!"
"That was a big help," Sparkler said, sarcastically. "Okay, Galaxy. You've got a sixth sense. Where do we go?"
"My sixth sense tells me we should've stayed home," Galaxy replied. "This place gives me the creeps!"
"Amen to that!" Davy shouted.
"Davy, shut your trap and let's get a move on!" Micky shouted.
Davy shrugged once more and walked on. He really wished Micky had brought some batteries. Walking through the dark corridor with only one unicorn's light didn't make the hallway any better to walk through. Plus it was hard to see where they were going, as the hall was narrow and they had to get into a single file line. Sparkler was at the head of it so she could give off light. North Star was at the end of it. She was looking around the hallway for a secret entrance. When she heard a creek, she jumped at least a mile high and crashed into Davy, creating a domino effect.
"Don't do that," all three Monkees said to North Star when every last pony and human (and Bushwoolie) were on the ground.
"Sorry," North Star said.
"Are we almost to the Rainbow of Darkness?" Fizzy asked.
"I still think we've got a long way to go," Fire Fly said.
"Especially if Tirac or Enchantra or even both of them are in the throne room," Megan said. "This isn't going to be easy without the Rainbow of Light."
Fire Fly nodded. The ponies had to find the Rainbow of Darkness before Tirac and Enchantra could plunge the world into an eternal darkness. They took at least a dozen twists and turns trying to find the throne room.
"Can't you remember the way you came the last time?" Gusty asked.
"It's been awhile," Fire Fly said. "Galaxy, give us your sixth sense. Where do we go?"
"I don't know," Galaxy said. "I feel so lost!"
"Welcome to the club," Micky said. "I'm beginning to think this is a lost cause."
"No, it isn't, Mick," Peter said. "We have to keep moving on or else the world's gonna be plunged into eternal darkness and we'll be pawns in the villains avaricious ambitions!"
"Where'd he get that?" Fizzy asked.
"Eh, it's in the script," Davy said.
The group continued around the maze. Galaxy kept running into dead ends. Fire Fly finally figured out why Midnight Castle was like a maze.
"It's amazing whether or not you can find anything!" she shouted.
Medley flew into the air and scouted around. Then, she finally saw a doorway with some sort of light coming from under it.
"I think I found something!" she shouted.
"What is it?" Fire Fly asked, flying up to see what Medley was looking at. "Ah ha! Follow us, everybody!"
"What've we got to lose?" Davy asked.
"Our shirts," Peter and Micky said in total unison.
The group followed Fire Fly to the door. Megan looked through the keyhole to see if she could find out whether or not it was Tirac and Enchantra's throne room.
"It's kind of dark," she said.
"They must 'ave the keyhole covered," Davy said, looking under the door. "Because there's light coming from the bottom of the door."
"But how are we gonna get in?" Lofty asked.
"Open the door," Twilight said.
Micky and Peter tried to open the door, but it was locked.
"Any other ideas?" Micky asked.
"Break it down!" Airedale said. "Stand back, everybody! Hiyo!"