Wanderers of Weyard

Dancing hops up and grabs the green flower, he pulls it taught, down to the pool for some 'fishing'.

At its full length, stretched and taut, the vine is locked into the groove over the edge of the pool... the party briefly resumes examination of the area, before a terrible SNAP is heard... looking back, a cascade effect occurs... the shadow in the water bites the flower, dislodging the vine and pulling him up with it at top speeds, the force of the flying creature knocks down one plank from a hit at the exact right spot - sending the others down too, the planks fall into small recesses at the perimeter of the cave, glued in there by the vines, the wood's placement forces the gas to stop leaking into the rest of the room, and a spark set off somewhere in the distance blows the boulder into the room, the gas only moving behind it now... after the smoke clears, the cave is empty and charred, save for 3 ponies and a venus djinni who quickly hops into Icy.

"I'm Algae, I'm leaving, so are you, and none of this is ever being spoken of again."

You leave the damn cave and are soon to meet up with the other half of your party.

Spoiler:

Keen quickly looks to see if one of the remaining flowers was still intact after the calamity, figuring it might be of use later, then follows the newly opened path so they can reunite with the rest of the group.

The party emerges from the swamp, meeting up on the other side... A mysterious force draws the djinn from Pumpkin, and he flees, shocked...

You should REALLY try to figure out what just happened.

Spoiler:

The "eyes" of this party quickly gets to looking around to what the buck just happened.

Perception Check:

Off in the distance, but rapidly approaching, you see what looks to be an enormous sphere of water with an indistinct figure leading it... The sheer volume of the thing appears to be distorting the distance, but you likely have time for but a single action...

"EVERYPONY WATCH OUT! WE GOT INCOMING!" Icy quickly calls out with panic seeing the ball of water coming for them.

Icy must have spotted something and with what she said about her wings there's no way they could run from it. With thoughts rapidly running through her head, Keen could only think of one thing to do. Grabbing her hammer, she swung at the nearest tree with all her might in the hopes of knocking it down. A makeshift wall would hopefully slow down whatever Icy saw.

Spoiler:

"Wait what? Incoming? who? where? And maybe when?"
Gusty dismisses her air guitar and flies up. A bit of lightning might help if whatever Icy is shouting about turns out to be unfriendly.

Maybe lightning strikes...once?:

Dancing thinks about conjuring up a forcefield, but instead ducks down behind Keen's makeshift wall.

Silver ducks down and covers her head, somehow managing to conjure a force-field as she does so.
(Activating Jack of All Trades for the second time this day to get the Forcefield utility talent.)

Forcefield:

Roll! (Arcana. Force-field strength)

Roll:

An azure alicorn quickly comes into view at the head of the orb of water. She slams down on top of the dirt wall, crushing it, and gives a tentative poke to your forcefield before stepping back and waiting patiently... deciding NOT to break it.

Getting a closer look, you can tell that the alicorn stands tall and graceful, with a cutie mark like a wave of nebulae and a coat like the purest water. Her mane and tail flow around her like snowdrifts.

"Well, at last Trixie meets the heirs of the so-called warriors of harmon...
...
You are not related to the warriors...
..."

The alicorn stamps a single hoof and the sphere of water vanishes.

"Good for you, Trixie supposes. Ignoring 'hereditary destiny' and all that nonsense. The Mare With One Eye On The Future told Trixie, for a basket of muffins, that the adventurers emerging from the swamp on this day would be the key to her plans to... 'be heroic', one way or another. Trixie would like to take this opportunity to make some allies...

Trixie graces you with her presence, her wealth, and YOUR replacement earth adept."

"Trixie" unceremoniously drops a copper colored, apparently unconscious zebra in your trench, then shouts:

"SHEAR, SLIME, GET OVER HERE!"

A pair of mercury djinn appear out of nowhere:
"Uhuhuhuhuh..."
"Yes, oh great and powerful Trixie?"
"Acquisition of assorted trash is your only talent. Follow these loser... fine ponies around and make sure they can stay equipped for the situation."
"Anything for you, Trixie"
"Huhuh... Sure."

"Spectacular, now, Trixie cannot be seen with you... because it would deprive you of valuable learning experiences and glory. So, she bids you farewell."

With a crack, the alicorn vanishes and you are left alone again, with two dopey looking djinn.

Spoiler:

Icy blinks a few times. "...ah...What the buck just happened...? And...the hay was that about 'warriors of harmon'?"

Keen gives a displeased snort as she eyes her wall that had been so unceremoniously destroyed. Clearly her fortification techniques needed some work. Redirecting her attention to the two djinn she frowns. "I heard that 'loser' comment she made. You two aren't here to cause us trouble, are you?"

Dancing stands up, shaking a few pieces of wood off, and walks over to the zebra. "Hey, you all right?" He asks, poking it a little.

Silver stays sitting and tries to remember if she heard of warriors of Harmon before.
Roll! (History: Anything about warriors?)

Roll:

"That was extreamly random..." Icy comments as her mind slowly reboots after that really insane event that just transpired.

Gusty shakes her head to clear out the shock. Staring at the place where this...Trixie had just departed
"Wow. And I thought mom had an ego...."

Noticing the zebra that was apparently going to join them, she flies over to get a closer look.

Zebra inspection:

As the Zebra is approached, up she rises. The last thing she remembers is being put into hibernation mode after being told she is to be given to the Gods. She muses internally "Could these be the Gods?" Then, "These ponies look almost as bewildered as I." She looks around deliberately, wonders if she should remain quiet, then decides to offer a subdued "Hi."

"Hello... Some random Alicorn... Popped up... Called us lame... And dropped you off with us..." Icy said still a little in shock, just being upfront about what just happened. "You got any clue about this?"

"She also called us something like 'the heirs of the warriors of harmon'...."
Gusty scratches the back of her head.
"Don't think I've heard of a place by that name."

"Yet... Something about that kinda sound firmalar..." Icy mused, then it clicked. "Wait... Did she maybe mean the "warriors of harmony"? No... No way... No way at all... That'd highly unlikely... And makes even less sense..."

Keen realized that in reacting to the alicorn's words, she was ignoring the new arrival. Calming herself, she attempted to greet the quiet zebra. Outstretching a hoof, "Welcome. As long as you don't run off half crazy or randomly explode or something we're glad to have you."