“whoa, whoa, whoa, back up. So you’re saying you’re an actual god!?” Vinyl asked, I nodded “I call horseshit on that” we were all stood in the town square, and we’d just caught a break from helping to clean up

“How else would you explain me dying and coming back to life?” I asked

“A miracle?” Boris suggested “I’m still with you on this, Vuur, I’m just throwing the possibility out there”

“Also” Minion said “if you’re a god, how comes you didn’t just use your god powers and erase the Makuta and their Rahkshi from existence” I deadpanned.

“Did you really think Fantasia…or rather my mother, would just give me unlimited power and make me omnipotent just like that?” I asked “Right now, all I’ve got is more power, more knowledge, and the ability to shape shift. And unless I can prove to my mother that I can be responsible enough to handle that power, it’ll stay that way; you don’t see many omnipotent gods takin part in mortal conflicts for a reason, because they have to keep the universe as a whole in balance, I only fight because I’m fighting to protect my home, my family”

“That still doesn’t make you a god, powerful? Yes, but not a god.” Vapaa said, sitting on a broken wall “No offence to you, but there’s only one god in my book, and he doesn’t look like you” I sighed in exasperation

“Aue, he whakaaro ki nga atua!” I said, before shape shifting, my armour and internal workings rearranged themselves until I resembled a robotic Alicorn “Is this proof enough?”

“I don’t think it’s necessary to go to these lengths to prove yourself” Celestia said, walking over, before rolling her eyes “and did you really have to make yourself look like that, brother?” I shrugged.

“I decided to take some artistic liberties,” I said, turning back into my Neu-Toa form “And half-brother, technically” she smiled with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

“Well then” she said, “I could always just forgo making you a prince of Equestria”

“hamuti” I muttered.

“But Vuur is right” Celestia said “Whilst some of you might not worship our order of gods, that doesn’t make us any less than gods”

“Also, there is a difference between a god and a deity” I said “The Christian God? He’s a deity; people worship him. The Norse gods? Deities. When you compare gods to deities, it’s like comparing a politician to a king, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve got enough to worry about with Teridax without people bowing down to my every whim”

“Then why don’t we go after Teridax?” Natrix asked.

“Except we don’t know where he is headed.” I said. Bhradain snorted

“Well I don’t want to just stand around with mister ‘god’ over here whilst Teridax does who knows what to who knows where” He said, I snorted, shifted into my Alicorn form and galloped a few metres before taking off and accelerating away, breaking the sound barrier in the process. I needed to let off some steam, somewhere where no one can get hurt.

*POV 3rd Person*

“Remarkable” Teridax said, examining his new form, it was similar to his original from all those millions of years ago, but much more in keeping with the aesthetic of the Makutacons, who he was now leading.

“It uses the latest technology, my lord” Icarax said, bowing “Chose a form, and you will be ready to bring earth to its knees”

“Not yet” Teridax said “I want the Neu-Toa to be there to watch their world burn”

*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning*

I slowly lowered myself down to the ground, what had once been a mountain range deep in some uninhabited desert was now reduced to a smouldering canyon. My metal hooves touched down on the glowing hot rock with quiet clinks, but all I felt was a slight warmth emanating from the rock; all the same, I wasn’t going to risk changing my form just yet. I sighed and sat on my haunches, I absentmindedly watched the heat haze rising off the desert surface whilst I allowed my mind to wander. After some time I heard the flapping of wings approaching from behind and I turned my head to see Celestia coming into land.

“What do you want?” I huffed, but I absorbed the heat around me, cooling the ground enough for Celestia to land.

“No don’t have to hide your emotions from everyone” She said “Though I’ll admit, it was probably for the best for you to find a secluded spot to release your anger” I remained silent for a few moments before answering.

“Ever since I spoke with mother after I…died, the others have been wary of me” I said “I can see it in their eyes, they fear me” I slumped into a laying position and changing my Alicorn form to be more organic, I now had a golden coat with an orange and yellow mane and tail. “So you think I’m worthy of this, becoming a god?” She laid down next to me and draped a wing over me before pulling me close.

“Mother wouldn’t have chosen you if you weren’t” she said, nuzzling me “And don’t worry, if you need anything, whether it’s advice or merely a shoulder to cry on, both me and Luna will be here for you as your big sisters”

“Thank you” I said, suddenly my horn began to spark and Celestia gasped before jumping up. “What’s happening?” I asked, I could feel something building.

“You’re still adjusting to your new powers" she said "meaning you’ll get random outbursts of magic” My horn was now shooting off bolts of lightning.

“Oh Shi…!” was all I managed to get out before I teleported “…it!” I looked around to see myself on a planet infested with Xenomorphs, just as they all pounced I teleported again, to who knows where…

…a lush, jungle filled world inhabited by dinosaurs…

…A world filled with countless plateaus that reached past the clouds, whilst different species battled each other on flying bikes and airships…

...London, England, on my home planet…

…Cybertron…

…a city of some sort, three streams of light; one pink, one blue and one green, streamed across the sky…

…the main stage of a concert, where the band ‘Sabaton’ was paying, interrupting them mid song.

“I helvete!?” the singer; Joakim Brodén, exclaimed.

“Sorry, just been ascended to a god, getting used to my powers, expect to see me on planet earth soon, bye” I then teleported away…

…I teleported back into the desert, only I was embedded in a bolder a couple of meters away from Celestia, with my head poking out. My outburst seemed to be finished, so I called over to Celestia.

“A little help” I said. She smiled mischievously.

“Say the magic word,” she said.

“Abracadabra” I deadpanned.

“I think you’re forgetting something,” she sang.

“You’re taking advantage of your position as my big sister, aren't you?” I asked.

“Maybe” she said.

“Please let me out” I pleaded.

“Better” she said, before ripping the boulder apart with her magic, I changed into my robotic Alicorn form.

“Let’s get back to Ponyville” I said before kicking off from the ground, causing a small crater “I really need to work on controlling my power”

“You think that’s bad, just remember what Twilight was like” Celestia said.

“Don’t remind me” I said “Oh, by the way, I’m now able to pinpoint the location of earth”

“As in your home planet?” Celestia asked, I nodded and she beamed “That wonderful”

“Yeah, except I kind of stage-crashed my favourite band mid show” I said, pulling a nervous face. “Speaking of bands, I might talk to the mayor, see if she’d let me do a show at some point” When we got back to Ponyville, snow clouds were hanging in the sky and a thick layer of snow covered the ground. As we landed, an almighty shout filled the air.

“NO, I DO NOT WANT TO BUILD A BUCKING SNOWMAN!!!” Winter Chill shouted, as Minion, Natrix and Vapaa ran away from a flurry if ice blasts curtesy of the Neu-Toa of ice. One hit Minion in the back and sent him falling to the ground at my hooves with bunch of ice sticking out of his back.

“Still worth it” Minion said, getting up and glancing at the ice on his back “A little help?” I changed into my Neu-Toa form and blasted his back with flames.

“Better?” I asked, I was then hit in the face by a snowball, and some of it went through the vents on my mask, I wiped the snow off to see some of the ponies that we had rescued from the rainbow factory looking around nervously. I bent down and picked up some snow before clumping it into a snowball; I then held it up before looking at the kids with a smirk on my face. I made to throw it at the kids before turning and hitting Celestia directly in the face.

“This is for earlier, isn’t it?” She asked. I made another snowball.

“Does this answer your question, sister?” I asked, before hitting her with another snowball and running, I then opened up my comlink “I’m calling a game of snow-Regicide, Celestia is the King!”

“Oh it. Is. ON!” I heard her call over the comlink, I looked behind myself and went pale, she was making a mountain of snowballs with her magic and promptly launched them like artillery fire, I had to jump around a corner to avoid the barrage “Damn Alicorn magic…oh wait” I smirked and changed into my robotic Alicorn form.

“Do I hear the sound of a snowball fight?” I heard Jack Frost say, I looked up to see him sitting on the gutter of a building.

“Fancy a game of Regicide?” I asked, forming a bunch of snowballs even as more snow began to fall.

“What’s that?” he asked.

“A bit like tag but with snowballs, hit the ‘king’ and you become the king, you have to survive for as long as possible without getting ‘killed’, everyone on the Jörmungandr often pays it with paintball guns as a training exercise”

“So we’ve got a 70’000 person snowball fight? He asked, I nodded and he smirked “That’s my kind of snowball fight”

“Think you can give us some more snow?” I asked, he nodded and began to summon more snow clouds. I chucked a comlink to him “It’s so you know whose king, see you on the battle field” I then picked up my collection of snowballs and peeked around the corner. Celestia was directing her attention on a group of Ice Toa, picking their snowballs out of the air and hurling them back at the Toa. I took my chance and hurled the snowballs as one, practically burying her. A monotone voice droned over the comlink.

“Regicide. New king selected; Vuur Koning” I quickly dived back behind the building as a storm of snowballs went my way.

“Probably not my best decision” I said.

“Hey Vuur, need a hand?” I turned to see Terra’s C.M.C.s and this worlds C.M.C.s.

“Think you can cover me?” I asked, they nodded and I levitated a pile of snowballs over to them “hope you can handle 20 Toa of ice” I then bolted for a bank of snow on the side of the road, before gathering up a bunch of snow and clumping them into snowballs. I then picked up the snowballs and charged at the ice Toa, calling out three, immortal words as I charged.

“GOTT MIT UNS!”

I walked into the Town Hall in my Neu-Toa form. The snowball fight had long since wound down and some semblance of normality had returned to Ponyville. I walked over to the reception area and the receptionist, a unicorn mare, looked up from some form of document and gasped at my large stature.

“C-can I help you?” she asked.

“I would like to speak with the mayor about arranging an event” I said, she nodded nervously.

“Please take a seat and wait to be called through” she said, I sat down at one of the chairs and after a few minutes she called for me to go through…

I walked back out into the streets of Ponyville with a noticeable grin on my face; request accepted, now I just needed to gather the other members and discuss the set list for the show. I also needed to get hold of an orchestra, and I knew just the pony I needed to speak to.

“My, you seem in a cheery mood” A female voice said in a refined, canterlot accent, I looked in the direction of the voice to see this world’s Octavia; during the short time that we had been staying in Ponyville, it was inevitable that Vinyl would find this world’s counterpart to herself, and in the process, her cousin, Octavia. As a result, in time the rest of my team had come to call them our friends.

“Ah, perfect” I said “You’re just the pony I need to speak to.” She gestured for me to go on with a hoof “OK, so myself and a few of the other Neu-Toa have a heavy Metal band, and in a few weeks we’ll be doing a concert for just after Hearths Warming. Some of the songs have an orchestral accompaniment so I was wondering if you and your friends would be willing to give us a hand…of hoof” She put a hoof to her chin in thought before nodding.

“It shouldn’t be too much trouble” She said “Do you by any chance have sheet music?” I smirked.

“OH, don’t worry about that” I said “It’s as simple as casting a memory spell on you, and then you’ll have the notes in your memory, may I?” she nodded and I snapped my fingers before bringing the relevant information into focus. A shocked expression came over her face before she composed herself and nodded.

“I can work with this” she said “Come see my friends later so you can give them the knowledge to play the songs as well” I gave her a quick salute as I started to walk away.

“I’ll let you know when we’ll begin rehearsing” I called, before walking off to find the rest of the band members.

*POV 3rd person. Location: Earth

Teridax’s Makutacons fell through the atmosphere above Europe like comets.

“Kimihia huna teretetiera, me te mahino [Find terrestrial and airborne disguises]” he said, before veering towards the U.K.. Trixie and Antroz followed him. “Na ka tūtaki ki runga ki te motu te rohe rite 'Great Britain' mohio, kia mau whakapā ki nga tangata ki te iti, e kore matou e hiahia ana ki te heheu mai ia tatou i mua i te wā [Then rendezvous on the island known locally as 'Great Britain', keep contact with the humans to a minimum, we don't want to reveal ourselves before it's time]”

“Kino piri ahau kia rite ki te tahi hauwarea [I hate hiding like some coward]!” Icarax protested, before angling his descent and heading toward Germany, followed by Krika and Gorast. The rest all went to various other countries.

*England*

RAF pilots flew Vulcan bomber XH558 flew back towards its home of Robin Hood airport in the north of England, the pilot and co-pilot were making light conversation when a large, black metallic mass flew into view, projected a beam of light which scanned across the bomber and then shape shifted into an exact copy of the Vulcan, but in black, before accelerating away.

A Eurofighter typhoon flew over the Lake district on a test flight after it had been overhauled with updated systems and electronics, suddenly two beams swept across the aircraft before two exact copies, one blue, and one red & black, accelerated away.

Teridax flew towards an army base and used his scanners to pick out a suitable terrestrial form from the air, he settled on a large tank with angular armour, which his scanners identified as a Challenger 2, he stored that form away for later before banking away and descending towards the ground. He changed back into his humanoid form before crawling up the side of an embankment and peeking over to reveal a Motorway on the other side. After watching the traffic go by he noticed a car that stuck out, it was sleek looking, but at the same time rounded, it gave it a sense of presence and power. Teridax scanned it and altered the performance and weight before leaping onto the motorway, shifting into the car and speeding off.

Antroz and Trixie creeped through the streets of Doncaster; a city located in the north east of England. They came across an exotic car dealership and, when they were sure there was no chance of them being spotted, they quickly scanned two cars that appealed to them and swiftly transformed, Trixie’s vehicle mode had the words ‘Kiss my great and powerful flank’ painted on the bumper.

Icarax, Krika and Gorast landed in a German Military base and quickly ran for cover.

“Wāhia ake, ka kitea e ngā puka waka [Split up and find vehicle forms]” Icarax said. “Ko te kino ake, te pai [The more destructive, the better]” they split up and Icarax quickly found a bulky tank that took his fancy.

“Yes” he whispered, scanning the tank “you’ll do nicely.” He then scanned a large Helicopter and shape shifted before taking off, the Helicopter had the words ‘Anzugreifen, behindern, versklaven, Schlacht’ painted on the side.

Krika crept around like some alien insect, his long, stilt like legs keeping him aloft as troops patrolled below him. He came across a tank, with a flail attached to the front and quickly scanned in the form before scanning the turret of one of the main battle tanks. He then snuck over to a line of Helicopters and scanned one before shape shifting and taking off.

Gorast Soon found a compact jet fighter and scanned it, before scanning a compact, armoured vehicle, changing to her new jet mode, and flying off just as the sound of a siren started blaring. Next Chapter: Chapter 42 (Christmas/Hearths Warming special) Estimated time remaining: 50 Minutes