Let's skip time a bit.

As in the party standing before Celestia, a tall alicorn mare with a snow-white body and gravity-defying mane and tail consisting of teal, light pink, sky-blue, and off-whitish yellow-green. Her cutie mark was the sun itself. Golden horseshoes were on her hooves; a gold chestpiece with a purple gem carved into its center. A tiara sharing the same patterns as the armor sat on her head.

"I am not sure what this evil is that has imprisoned GodCat. But I am certain you need more help than ever before. Especially since the Elements of Harmony were stolen." Celestia sighed as she looked at the humans who were surprisingly respectful. "I still ponder why it sent you all here."

"Another human?" Asked Natalie.

"No, though she looks human." Celestia answered before turning her glance from the humans to a guard in the room. "Guard, bring our guest!"

"Yes, your Majesty!" Replied the one and only guard who immediately ran off.

"What is she?" Asked Matt, who looked puzzled.

"You'll see soon enough." Celestia replied.

Everyone was stopped and jolted with shock as Anna's Friendly Dog came up to her barking and wagging its tail. It started licking the palms of her hands as if they were soaked in bacon grease.

"These the humans I'm working with?" Sounded a neutral-tomboyish voice as the humans looked at its source. Their jaws dropped.

There standing alongside the guard who first ran off was a young woman with dark brown hair--it looked dark brown but was actually a dark-as-all-hell ginger as evidenced by the sunbeams that hit its mass--and grey-blue eyes. She stood at five feet tall and literally wore nothing except a bandage wrapped around her chest. Her torso and face were very much human, but her fox-like ears jutted out on the top of her head. Her arms were fuzzy starting from the elbows, ending in sharp talons. The fuzz on her arms and from the knees down were black, as were her aforementioned ears. Her lower body was obscured by blood crimson fur with a grey underbelly as a fuzzy, long fox tail swished back and forth behind her. Yes, she was nude, and she looked like a potential child Lance and Natalie would have in the future. No, scratch that, Matt glared at her because her bangs covered much of her face in such a way she somehow looked very much like Lazarus--the only enemy he fought who had to use an eBay cannon to try and defeat the swordsman (and fail doing so...twice). Sure, her hair was a bit longer and it looked much messier; now add the fact she was more fox-like in physical appearance. And don't forget the female endowments!

"Um, who are you?" Asked Anna, who noticed the fox-girl would be at least a c-cup as well as small, black feathered wings on her back.

"Name's Katie. Who're all of you?" Replied the fox-girl gleefully.

"My name's Matt. I see you have a bunch of fuzz."

"I'm part fox, what're you expecting? No hair?" Katie suddenly retorted, her ears perked.

"I'm Anna."

"Name's Lance. I hope you don't mind my gun collection."

"I'm Natalie. I use magic."

"What kind of magic?" Asked fox-woman.

"Both black and white." Natalie corrected.

"So," Katie started, turning her gaze from one human to the next, "You're a swordsman, you're a gun freak, you're a ranger, and you're a mage. Correct?"

The humans nodded. "What are you?" Asked Anna.

"I am a Berserker." Katie answered. "As in, I bring in the pain!"

"Do you specialize in anything aside from fist-fighting?" Asked Lance, who was less than convinced.

Katie didn't need words here to answer his question. She simply held a hand in front of her head...and lit it on fire with blue flames.

"Okay then!" Lance said in shock.

"So, we get stronger, recover the Elements of Harmony, beat this evil and all's well that ends well?" Katie said for Celestia, putting her hands behind her head.

"Yes. But you must traverse throughout Equestria to do so. Who knows, you may even find your lost items again." Celestia said wisely as the humans left the throne room. "And put some clothes on."

"I will, I just have to find what suits me." Katie sighed as she ran out the door to catch up with the humans.

____

"So, you can use some magic?" Asked Natalie as she played on her dual-slot DS. Today's game was The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.

"Yeah." Katie answered as she chowed down on a muffin. She was swishing her tail back and forth.

"Anything else you can do?" Lance asked with a sigh, polishing his gunblade once more.

"I use illusions. If the foe can't break them, they do some real damage." The fox-woman replied with another smile. She had finished her muffin and discarded the wrapper. "One time I ran a bitch over with an illusionary truck. She had skid-marks for quite a while."

"So, since you've been here longer, what do we do first?" Asked Matt, who scratched the back of his head. He sat next to Lance.

"We go to the Gryphon Kingdom first. We start going tomorrow and we should be there in a week." Katie answered, sounding surprisingly wise for once. "I think an Element rests there under the tyrannical Gryphon King's watchful eye. He may be old and frail, but I am over thirty-three centuries old. So, like me, don't underestimate him."

"You don't look like an old hag." Anna commented, taking a sip of crisp, cool Equestrian water. It was comparable to Greenwood's river-water.

"Yet." Katie retorted, not getting angry at all. "Don't underestimate the residents, either. They might have some magic in store. Hell, they may have a damn guardian squid or some shit like that!"

"Nah, they won't see us coming." Lance commented with a grin as he ate some KFC.

"What would explain, say, the Blitzkrieg, Hitler-wannabe?" Katie asked with a chuckle as she leaned close to his ear. Her face almost darkened due to the proximity of Lance's bubble she was in.

Anna spit out the water she was drinking. She soon burst out laughing.

"WOW. OH MY GOD, JUST WOW." Natalie snickered with a cat's grin on her face. "That was good!"

"OUCH. She's got ya there." Matt stated, making sure to keep his tone of voice low enough for Lance to hear.

NoLegs meowed.

"Whose turn is it to feed the kitty?" Katie asked, pointing at NoLegs and waving her arm up and down.

All eyes were on Lance.

He took out a walkie-talkie and sighed. "Maggots, bring me some cat food. High-quality, no toxins, and preferably tuna. Also, bring some dog food of the same requirements--just switch tuna with beef."

Author's Notes:

Yep, a fox-woman is the help.

Deal.