Stories: Cruz Crystal's Challenge (Issue Three of QotLRG Season 2)

Note from PeaVZ108: Second episode of the second season! QotLRG stands for Quest of the Legendary Rainbow Gem. To check out Season 1 episodes, click here. This is an entire new season, featuring new gemstones! Also featuring Green Shadow, Starco, Starcade and Kyoji!

Main Plot
The seven gemstones of the Legendary Rainbow Gem accidentally revive their old nemesis, Storm Cloud, who traps them in his body and absorbs the essence from the rainbow orb, stealing from the gemstones their superpowers in the process. Storm Cloud proceeds to change the weather for Earth to eternal thunderstorms and rain. Green Shadow, Star Butterfly, Marco Diaz, Starcade and Kyoji must go to the Rainbow Temple, where the rainbow orb was first created, before finding the elder gemstones to help recharge the essence back to the rainbow orb, so that the gemstones can transform into the Legendary Rainbow Gem once again and defeat Storm Cloud once and for all.

Episode Three: Cruz Crystal's Challenge
The gang discover the shimmering sights of Crystopia, where the next elder gemstone Cruz Crystal resides in. They strike a deal with Cruz Crystal, who agrees to give the next ingredient - an enchanted crystal - if they beat her challenge. It will take a lot more than brains and brawn to pull it off, as the gang face more difficulties and problems every step of the way.

Cast

 * Green Shadow
 * Starcade
 * Kyoji
 * Star Butterfly
 * Marco Diaz
 * Cruz Crystal
 * Bonk Choy
 * Re-Peat Moss
 * Storm Cloud

Story
The gang walk into Crystopia, a world of crystals and crystallic and cryptic contraptions.

Starcade: Honestly, this reminds me of Inventorville.

Kyoji: Only difference is, this is not Inventorville.

Starcade: I know.

Star: Is this Mewni?

Marco: No, Star, no.

Star: Drat, if it was, I could drop by Cloud Kingdom and pay Pony Head a visit!

Marco: Well, what about Tom Lucitor? He would...

Star: NO! *blushes wildly* Don't you dare mention him!

Marco: Never mind. *to Green Shadow* Moving on, what's the next ingredient?

Green Shadow: An enchanted crystal. Let's find Cruz Crystal and ask her to give one to us.

Marco: Sounds good, but we don't know what kind of enchantment.

Green Shadow: That's what we're about to find out. Let's get a move on!

Soon, the gang make it into the main city, where the residents are building contraptions with the help of...crystals?

Kyoji: Huh, that's new. I have never seen crystals being used as energy sources before.

Starcade: If Gary Garnet was here, we would have known why.

Kyoji: True.

Suddenly, Green Shadow's smartphone vibrates.

Green Shadow: A video call from...L.E.A.F. Headquarters? I wonder...*picks it up*

Bonk Choy: Hey there, Green Shadow!

Green Shadow: Bonk Choy, what did I tell you? Use the video call only in an emergency!

Bonk Choy: It IS an emergency, Green Shadow. We're under attack by a storm cloud monster...

Green Shadow: I know, his name is Storm Cloud. Right now, Star Butterfly, Marco, Starcade and Kyoji are with me to fix this.

Re-Peat Moss: *emerges* Oh by the way, Green Shadow, we've seen that monster making even more monsters. TRICKY, eh?

Green Shadow: Wait, did you say more monsters?

Re-Peat Moss: Yeah. Don't know why yet, but he's using his powers to turn clouds to life. We'll keep in touch and keep a TRICKY lookout on Storm's TRICKY actions.

Bonk Choy: Green Shadow, I found him! Re-Peat Moss, pass me my smartphone!

Re-Peat Moss: Right away! *passes Bonk Choy his smartphone*

Bonk Choy shows the gang a live footage of Storm Cloud turning a nearby cloud into one of his cloud entities.

Green Shadow: Oh my, this is terrible! He's messing with Mother Nature's creations!

Bonk Choy: Right. Please hurry, we're not sure how long Earth will last without you guys around.

Green Shadow: Got it. Let us know if you find out anything.

Bonk Choy: Roger that.

Re-Peat Moss: Yes. Oh, and ask Starcade if she'd like to go out with me on a date on Val...*gets dragged away by Bonk Choy*

Bonk Choy: Gotta go, bye! *shuts off the video call*

Back at Crystopia, Green Shadow puts back her smartphone.

Starcade: So what happened?

Green Shadow: Storm's using the gemstones' superpowers to create more cloud entities, which he would send after us soon.

Marco: MORE clouds? Just when I thought I had seen enough living clouds!

Star: Marco...how about Cloudy?

Marco: Yes, included!

Star: I'm sorry, I'll teach him a lesson when we get back to Earth...

Kyoji: So what if he sends another cloud entity after us? At least we now know how to defeat them.

Green Shadow: True, but we can't underestimate them. Right now, our task is to quickly find Cruz Crystal, ask her for an enchanted crystal, easy peasy.

Star: *snickers* "Easy pea-sy".

Marco: STAR!!!

Star: Ahem, sorry.

Kyoji: Funny, when I'm told that something is "easy", its reality is on the contrary.

Green Shadow: Back on topic, I'm wondering what's with the citizens of Crystopia using crystals as energy sources.

Starcade: Yeah, me too. Maybe it's this world's thing?

Star: Hey guys, check it out!

Star Butterfly points to a crystal-powered bouncy castle, where the kids are bouncing about happily.

Star: *controlled excitement* Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Marco: Star, wait!

Star Butterfly runs to the bouncy castle.

Marco: And there's Star, who has never listened to my lessons of proper etiquette.

(W.I.P.)