A Flurry of Emotions

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**A Flurry of Emotions** is the twelfth episode of The Pillars of Time and the one hundred ninth overall episode of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship*. The episode is based on LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu episode, *The Attack*, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode of the same name.

Twilight Sparkle agrees to babysit her niece Flurry Heart despite already having a very busy schedule. The Ninja celebrate their escape from the Vermillion Army and their retrieval of the Slow-Mo Time Blade, but with Acronix and Krux determined to get their Blade back, the Airjitzu Temple becomes a battleground.

## Summary

### Best aunt ever

At the Castle of Friendship, Nurse Redheart speaks with Twilight Sparkle about her visit to the Ponyville Hospital later that day; Cheerilee's class of foals all recently came down with the horsey hives, and Twilight plans to bring them presents and treats and read to them to cheer them up. Twilight and Spike thus have a full day of buying get-well presents at the toy store, borrowing a book from Cheerilee, and picking up treats at Sugarcube Corner, but Twilight is certain that they'll get everything done as long as they stick to the schedule.

Just then, Shining Armor, Princess Cadance, and Flurry Heart appear on the castle doorstep, and Twilight is excited to see her infant niece, showering her with affection and toys. Needing a day off from raising their daughter, Shining Armor and Cadance are hoping to attend an art show hosted by Spearhead, one of Shining Armor's old friends from the royal guard. Despite her already packed schedule, Twilight—calling herself the "best aunt ever"—agrees to babysit Flurry Heart for them. To equip Twilight for this task, Shining Armor and Cadance give her diapers, baby food, and Flurry's favorite stuffed snail toy named Whammy.

After seeing Shining Armor and Cadance off, Twilight spends some time playing with Flurry Heart, learning what new magic spells she knows in the process. When Spike reminds Twilight of their day schedule, Twilight suggests feeding Flurry Heart before they leave.

### Shining and Cadance's day off

At the Ponyville Cafe, Shining Armor and Cadance look at some of Spearhead's abstract art pieces before he arrives to greet them. While they don't understand some of the art pieces, Shining and Cadance are relieved just to have a break from changing diapers and cleaning up baby food messes.

Meanwhile, Flurry Heart has made one such mess of mashed peas at Twilight's castle, causing Twilight and Spike to fall behind schedule. However, Twilight is certain that they can get things back on track. First, they go to the toy store to buy get-well gifts for the sick foals at the hospital. In an effort to both be time-efficient and keep Flurry Heart entertained, Twilight races through the aisles with her shopping cart. But before they can check out, Flurry Heart takes the cart on a joyride and topples a toy display. Twilight and Spike fall further behind schedule as Twilight cleans up the mess.

Next, Twilight and Spike go to the Ponyville Schoolhouse to borrow a storybook from Cheerilee. Spike tries to keep Flurry Heart appeased with her Whammy toy, but Flurry eventually ruins what Cheerilee had written on the chalkboard with baby drawings. After falling so far behind schedule, Spike suggests cancelling their visit to the hospital, but Twilight refuses, not wanting to disappoint the sick foals waiting for her.

Lastly, they go to Sugarcube Corner, where Twilight not only picks up snacks for the hospital foals but also apology treats for Cheerilee and the toy store's salespony. While she places her order, Flurry Heart plays with Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake. When Pound and Pumpkin get into a fight over one of their toys, Flurry tries to make peace by splitting the toy into two pieces and giving half to each of them. Unfortunately, this only makes Pound and Pumpkin mad, and they throw cupcakes at Flurry in anger, making a mess in the bakery.

### Hijinks at the hospital

Twilight and Spike finally arrive at the Ponyville Hospital only a few minutes late. There, she reads a story to the sick foals about a heroic pony named Gusty the Great and a villain named Grogar. While trying to get Twilight's attention, Flurry Heart throws a brief tantrum, causing her to lose her Whammy toy on a hospital cart. Upon realizing she lost her Whammy, Flurry Heart flies and teleports around the hospital searching for it, but she fails to find it. In her distress, she levitates Twilight, Spike, the sick foals, and their hospital beds into the air.

Twilight angrily snaps at Flurry to stop, causing her to cry and distance herself from her aunt. Realizing what she's done, Twilight apologizes to Flurry for neglecting her all afternoon. Flurry Heart forgives Twilight, and Twilight proposes that they spend the rest of the day playing together.

Meanwhile, back at the Ponyville Cafe, a number of Spearhead's art pieces remind Shining Armor and Cadance of various cute and funny incidents that Flurry Heart caused in the past. As they are reminded of Flurry Heart more and more, Shining and Cadance realize they deeply miss spending time with their daughter, and Spearhead gladly excuses them to leave.

### Epilogue

At the castle, Shining Armor and Cadance find Twilight and Flurry happily playing together. Despite the fun they appear to be having, Twilight admits to Shining and Cadance that Flurry caused a bit of mischief throughout the day and that she shouldn't have agreed to babysit with such a full schedule. Twilight learns that being the "best aunt ever" to Flurry isn't about spending the *most* time with her but spending *quality* time with her.

Shining and Cadance agree to give Twilight more advance notice in the future about needing a babysitter. Meanwhile, at the hospital, Spike reads stories to the sick foals about a heroic storybook dragon.

The Ninja (Jay, Zane, and Cole) use the Slow-Mo Time Blade for their own amusement (while slicing Jay's favorite toy in the process), while Nya is on her laptop, obsessed to find the whereabouts of her missing Samurai X suit, and Kai delves through books to find the meaning of the mark. Lloyd was explaining to a resting Wu of the team retrieving the Slow-Mo Time Blade, and Misako calmly asks Lloyd to quiet down and let Wu rest, but Lloyd accidentally knocks the platter of tea from her hands, and he still does not notice. Wu is still fast asleep when Lloyd finishes his tale, leaving him a little confused.

Meanwhile, back at the Time Twin's base, Krux and Acronix both fume in front of Raggmunk and Blunck at how the two carelessly lost the Time Blade. The two commanders confess at how Jay came riding in on a lightning-powered motorcycle, but the Twins are not pleased as the commanders had used the blades and yet still lost it. However, Blunck states they can get the blade back if they trade it with Cyrus Borg, but Krux retorts that they need him to complete the apparatus; then Blunck improvises, saying they get the blade back, and not trade Cyrus Borg with them; however, giving the Ninja the whereabouts of their headquarters, while also allowing the Ninja to learn of their plan and try to stop them. While the four of them discuss their plan, Cyrus Borg takes the opportunity to try to sabotage the apparatus; however, Machia comes from behind and warns him. She then tells the Time Twins that, because of the BorgWatch's temporal scanner, they know the location of the Slow-Mo Time Blade; all they needed to do was go get it.

Meanwhile, Jay, Zane, and Cole continue to amuse themselves when Lloyd comes in and tells them to not use the Time Blade; with Cole admitting that, with Lloyd as their temporary master, it wasn't going to be as fun. Master Wu later comes in and discusses with the Ninja about how they should not take their victory close to heart—to not allow their pride to cloud their vigilance; Wu expresses that he made this same mistake once. Kai, using this moment, tries to find the meaning of the mark on the snake helmet by asking him. A moment passes when Wu suddenly figures out where the marking comes from. At the exact same moment, Krux and Acronix take this chance to attack their base. Lloyd leads and heads on in battle alongside the others.

They arrive outside just as the first wave of unarmed Vermillion form. While Jay boasts that they are not armed, another egg filled with weapons comes crashing beside them. Jay complains that the unarmed warriors pretty quickly became armed Vermillion warriors and Kai snickers at the name of the warriors. Hearing this Zane immediately replies that the name fits quite perfectly as the snakes are a color of red with a tint of orange. The Ninja swiftly defeat the first batch of enemies, with Raggmunk complaining about why they should have let Machia be in charge, but she retorts that they were merely the first salvo.

The remains of the Vermillion then merge into a larger humanoid figure, and Ninja have trouble defeating it. When both Kai and Nya were tossed aside, Kai reminds her of their old babysitter, and asks if she remembers what they did if she made them go to bed early, to which Nya easily replies "of course." As Jay, Cole, Zane, and Lloyd are knocked off their feet, with the "big boy" towering over Lloyd, Nya charges in complaining that it wasn't her bedtime. She leaps over the Vermillion towards the edge of the floating island, and Kai ducks at the Vermillion's tail, causing it to flip and fall of the island, with Jay commenting that whatever the siblings did, their babysitter wasn't paid enough.

Nya suggests to head into *Destiny's Bounty 2.0* to take a good look at the force from below them, but the warriors from below start to launch rocks at their ride. The Ninja watch with dismay as *Destiny's Bounty 2.0* sinks to the ground from the overwhelming force. At that moment, as Misako was preparing more tea for Wu, an egg smashes into the kitchen, revealing an armed Vermillion. Misako greets the Vermillion by throwing the pot of tea at the Vermillion, takes a quick sip of her own cup of tea before taking a saucepan to engage a fight.

Outside, more Vermillion form around the Temple of Airjitzu, preparing an attack on the Ninja. Lloyd says that the Vermillion are bringing the offense upon their temple, and so they must go down there to slow down the force. Jay questions how, and Lloyd summons his Elemental Dragon, only to have Kai and Zane worry about him summoning his dragon, as his fear caused his dragon to disappear in the past. Lloyd remarks that that was in the past, as he is a master now ("In training," Jay adds) and nevertheless continues his way down below, leaving the rest of the Ninja to fight off the Vermillion at the temple. While flying down, Lloyd limits the Vermillion by slicing "eggs" in midair before they could reach the temple and quickly flips over the catapults. One egg flies by and Lloyd's dragon shoots fire at it, but unfortunately causing the swords inside to plummet down. He avoids them, leaving the swords to impale themselves at where Krux, Acronix, Machia, Raggmunk, and Blunck stand.

Machia remarks that the Ninja aren't the only ones who can fly, and orders their "sky team" to make their way to Lloyd. As the Vermillion make their way towards him, Lloyd calms himself by saying there is no time for fear, but a Vermillion appears beside him, surprising Lloyd and causing him to lose concentration over his dragon. Cole, from the temple, yells at him to conjure the dragon again, but Kai summons his own dragon to rescue Lloyd. However, the flying Vermillion cause a fuss, and by the time Kai defeats them all, Lloyd was already too far.

But surprisingly, Nya's missing Samurai X suit appears, leading to the idea that the Vermillion did in fact steal her suit. However, Samurai X dives in and rescues Lloyd before he could fall into enemy hands. Jay, Zane, Kai and Cole then realize that Samurai X was not one of them, meaning that Nya must be Samurai X again, and she must have faked the whole stealing thing. However, Nya comes from behind questioning, still in her Ninja robes, confirming that Nya was not Samurai X.

Then Nya spots Samurai X just as Lloyd is set back on the ground, and throws a full rage at the imposter for stealing her suit, and demands to know who it was. While no one responds, Jay then shouts "Who—Are—You?!" at Samurai X, but it still does not respond, leaving Jay very confused. Lloyd then thanks the Samurai, regardless of who it was as it blasts off the temple's island, but Nya continues to rage that whoever it was, stole her suit, but Lloyd reminds her that it saved his life. Suddenly, a spiked ball fired from the Vermillion catapults struck the Samurai, and the Ninja yell with dismay as the suit plummets far down below.

Soon after, Wu cries out. A remaining warrior corners Wu with the Time Blade, and he knocks it out of his hand and prepares to strike the master. But Cole arrives just in time to use the blade, slowing the Vermillion down and allowing Zane to finish him off. As Wu collapses, Kai supports him while asking him to tell him about the marking on the Vermillion helmet. Before Wu could answer, Krux and Acronix arrive wearing the Vermillion's "sky team" armor. While Kai stays behind with Wu, the rest of the Ninja charge at the Time Twins. They, however, use the Forward Time Blade to teleport in front of Kai and Wu and knock them both of their feet. Acronix comes in for an attack on Wu with the Forward Time Blade, but Cole tosses the Slow-Mo Time Blade at Wu and he uses it to defend himself. He quickly uses it to slow Acronix down, and Wu knocks the Forward blade out of his hand, allowing Krux to gain a hold of it. Wu gives the Slow-Mo Blade to Kai, who immediately engages in battle with Krux.

Acronix's Slow-Mo time bubble bursts and he spots a katana lying on the floor. As he moves to retrieve it, Lloyd and Jay appear in front to intercept him. While Acronix taunts Lloyd being a boy pretending to be a brave hero, the duo attack Acronix, with Lloyd warning Zane, Cole, and Nya of the oncoming Vermillion. The trio easily defeats them, with Zane using his power of Ice to cause them to slip off the temple's edge. Meanwhile, Misako defeats her Vermillion opponent, soon realizing those outside need her help.

The Ninja move in to help attack the Time Twins, Cole using his scythe and knocking everyone to the ground. Lloyd soon orders Kai to give him the Slow-Mo Time Blade as he squares off with Krux. The two lock weapons with each other, Krux taunts Lloyd, saying that Ninjago will soon be the Twins', but Lloyd retorts that he will never give up, spinning Krux and sending him falling on top of his brother, losing his grip on the Forward Blade. Cole retrieves it and hands it to Lloyd, who strongly says that it will be a hard task for the Hands of Time to control Ninjago when they have none of the Time Blades. The Ninja then celebrate, knowing that they have won the battle.

Wu then says to not let them be blinded by their pride, and now it is time for the greatest vigilance. But as their pride clouded their mind, Wu desperately cries out to warn the Ninja to look out. Machia flies in and snatches both Time Blades off Lloyd, landing next to Time Twins. When the Ninja recover from their shock, Machia uses the Slow-Mo blade to slow the Ninja down, and confirms to Krux and Acronix that the Time Blades are theirs to keep. Acronix then states that they should also bring Wu with them, and they board a Vermillion airship. Misako arrives outside just as the airship takes flight; she strongly tells Wu to be strong and that it isn't over.

The Ninja are unfrozen, with Kai sadly admitting that all that fighting was to just lose everything: Master Wu, both Time Blades, the *Destiny's Bounty 2.0*, their temple. Jay remarks that the Hands of Time had beaten them. Nya stares down at the wreckage of Samurai X, with her convincing herself that maybe it wasn't destroyed. All the Ninja turn their focus to Lloyd when he declares that the Hands of Time hadn't won; they had lost because they got over-confident, but they were going regroup.

In his frustration, Lloyd kicks a Vermillion helmet, the metal landing at Kai's feet, who picks it up and stares at the marking. He is pulled into a flashback, taking place at a very cluttered blacksmiths' workshop, a gong hanging on the wall with the same marking. Kai is shocked at this newly gained information and says it truly changes everything.

## Cast

* Acronix - Ian Hanlin
* Blunck - Brian Dobson
* Cheerilee - Nicole Oliver
* Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Flurry Heart - Tabitha St. Germain
* Foal 1 - Britt McKillip
* Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai - Vincent Tong
* Krux - Michael Daingerfield
* Lloyd Garmadon - Jillian Michaels
* Machia - Kathleen Barr
* Misako - Kathleen Barr
* Nurse Redheart - Ashleigh Ball
* Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Pound Cake - Tabitha St. Germain
* Princess Cadance - Britt McKillip
* Pumpkin Cake - Andrea Libman
* Raggmunk - Michael Adamthwaite
* Salespony - Tabitha St. Germain
* Shining Armor - Andrew Francis
* Spearhead - Jason Simpson
* Spike - Cathy Weseluck
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Wu - Paul Dobson
* Zane - Brent Miller

## Trivia

* The new Samurai X debuts in this episode.
	+ This marks P.I.X.A.L.'s first physical appearance since "The Legendary Friend."
* The way that Samurai X saves Lloyd from falling was the same way that Nya saved the Ninja and Wu from falling into Torch Fire Mountain.
* Machia reminds the Time Twins of her promise that the Time Blades would be returned to them: "As I promised, the Time Blades *are yours to keep*"—this could be a reference to Nadakhan's catchphrase of whenever he granted a wish, stating "Your wish is yours to keep."
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## Errors

* At the beginning of the episode, Zane throws the Slow-Mo Time Blade at a bookcase, which it slices. When he removes the Blade, no mark is left on the bookcase.
* When the Ninja pull out their weapons, Kai wielded a Katana, but after he and the other Ninja did Spinjitzu, He was holding a Vermillion sword.
* When the Vermillion swords fell and hit the ground after Lloyd dodged them, there were two Commander Bluncks running from the weapons instead of having both Blunck and Raggmunk.
* Just as Acronix corners Wu and is about to try and hit him with the Forward Time Blade, he doesn't have his hood on.
* The official description erroneously describes the Blue Slow-Mo Time Blade as the Emerald Time Blade. This also happens in the previous episode, "A Line in the Sand."
* When Cole said "Lloyd. Conjure the Dragon again," his mouth doesn't move.
* After Cole hits his Scythe on the ground of the floating temple during the Vermillion Attack, Acronix stands up and uses the Forward Time Blade and Krux is in front of him using a discarded sword, despite the fact the before Cole used his Scythe, Krux was the one using the Forward Time Blade, a second later they switch places and Acronix is the one using the sword and Krux is the one using the Forward Time Blade again.
* After Lloyd disarmed Krux with the Slow-Mo Time Blade, and the Ninja have claimed both Forward and Slow-Mo Time Blades, Krux's face is in Acronix's face, and Acronix's in Krux's. A second later when Machia retrieves the Forward and Slow-Mo Blades from the Ninja, Acronix's face is back in his body and Krux's face in his body.
* When Jay said "So cool," Nya's hair was missing.