My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 14

Heading Home

eTu`nes snored under a tree, laying back underneath it as the sun reached mid-day.

Derpy silently flew up into a tree branch over him, carrying a water balloon. She silently snickered. She carefully aimed it towards his head and just let it fly.

The balloon hit eTu`nes square of the jaw, waking him up. He shot up and spit out water, even doing it as a water fountain at one time.

Derpy was laughing up a storm. She fell off of the branch and onto a cloud she’d positioned earlier.

eTu`nes wiped off his face and snarled at her. “think that’s funny, huh?” he asked, a bit peeved.

“Very!” Derpy laughed, now started to have trouble breathing. “oh. Oh. Oh. I’ve been laughing so hard, my sides ache.” she painlessly stopped. “you have to admit, that was a good joke, e--” she noticed him taking up a pose similar to a cat when they pounce. “Oh, No! No no no no no!”

“Payback!” eTu`nes proclaimed. Derpy tried to run away. eTu`nes pounced up and plucked her off her high horse.

The 2 made some goofy sound effects as they rolled down the hill and right into the river, creating quite a big splash.

Derpy and eTu`nes burst out the water on their backs, bodies facing different directions and their heads right next to each other. They looked at each other and tried to hold in laughter. But they couldn’t.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU8N64BAzTg

Destiny’s Union - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST

they both laughed loudly into the air, causing a flock of birds to take off. Seeing them in flight made Derpy and eTu`nes stop laughing.

“Pretty birds.” Derpy distantly.

“think they’re cockatoos. Probably flying south for the winter”

The dragon thought for a moment on how to ask this. “Derpy, you sure you don’t wanna go back home? I’m sure everypony will understand if you explain everything.”

“I told you, eTu`nes. I’m not going back ever. Why, just because some bullies can continue to make fun of me and my new ‘derp’ eyes till I want ta kill myself? Fat chance.”

The dragon gave a exasperated groan as he pinched his eyes. “well, we can’t stay here.”

“I know.”

The duo floated on down the stream for a moment and just stared up into the sky, watching the clouds roll by and the day continue. It was a good 5 minutes before Derpy spoke again.

“oh, I know. How about the Gryphon Kingdom?” she suggested.

“The Gryphon Kingdom?”

“yeah. Nobody knows us there. we can start a new life. My pen pal says the capital city is quite the happening place.”

eTu`nes ‘sat’ up in the water and just thought for a second. “you really want to go, don’t you?” Derpy nodded while making a puppy dog face. eTu`nes couldn’t argue with that cute face. “Okay. We’ll go. B--”

“oh thank you thank you thank you!” Derpy happily exclaimed, hugging eTu`nes to death. “Oh. I have something to give you.” Derpy flew out of the water and headed back to their camp site. “be right back.”

eTu`nes waited a moment but got impatient and couldn’t hold his excitement in. he flew out of the river and after the Pegasus. He landed at the outskirts of their little camp as he doesn’t attract attention.

Derpy could already tell he was there. She grabbed what she was looking for. She hid it behind her back as she turned around. “close your eyes.”

eTu`nes chuckled a bit before doing just that. He felt something cold on his left hand, followed by something clicking.

“Okay. You can open your eyes now.”

eTu`nes slowly opened them and looked down at his left hand. What he saw brought a smile to his face. It was a bracelet made out of seashells and gems.

“like it? I found the shells in the river and you’d be surprised how many gems are just lying around out here. As for the string, I just barrowed it from Zecora.” she noticed tears forming in his eyes. “you okay?”

“yeah, it‘s just… no one’s ever giving me a gift before.” eTu`nes softly said.

“Well… they just don’t know you like I do.” Derpy smiled. She suddenly hugged him, leaving him confused on what to do next. She broke the hug and walked back to camp. “Come on. We better start packing.” she said, already started to do so.

eTu`nes just stood there as a smile formed on his face. He looked down at the necklace and smiled. “thanks, Derpy.” he softly said. He head on over to help pack himself.

20 Years Later…

Deep in a underwater cave, the giant monster that stranded Requiem and her friends on this world sat in it.

It looked down at his left hand, fidgeting with a seashell and gem bracelet.

He closed his right hand on it. It softly growled as a single tear ran down his face.

End Song.

Beep… Beep…Beep…

That was the first sound Twilight heard when she woke up.

“Hey… I think she’s waking up…” Spike’s voice echoed though her mind.

She lazily opened her eyes to find herself staring up at a ceiling. “what the…” she groaned. “why am I… in the hospital…?”

“Twili!” Armor happily exclaimed. He hugged his sister, who was a bit confused by her brother’s actions.

“Armor? Wh--” she looked up and saw Cadence and Spike in there with her. “what are you 2... What’s going on?”

“oh, Twilight. Thank goodness you’re all right.” Cadence happily said, hugging her as well. Spike also joined in as well.

“Guys… what’s going on? Why am I in a hospital?” she suddenly remembered last night, but when she was… er, violated. “wait? Where’s Trixie and Derpy? Are they all right? What happened to those guys who attacked us?”

“Trixie and Derpy are fine.” Spike said. “They’re back at the beach house with the others packing for the return trip home. Derpy got out relatively unharmed while Trixie got some broken bones.”

Twilight groaned as she rubbed her head. “I feel like I got hit by a ton of bricks. How long was I out?”

“a week.” Cadence and Armor looked at each other with worry. “do you… remember what happened?”

“ugh. Vaguely. I remember those ponies and gryphons jumping us but… after that, it’s all a blur. What exactly happened? And why does my stomach feel funny? Feel like I haven’t ate in ages.”

That’s when the feeling got even worse as the 2 royals and Dragon looked at each other with worry. Twilight started to feel worried now as well.

“Listen, Twili...” Armor depressingly said. “…I tried to get there as fast as I could, but… I was too late.”

“Too late? Too late for what?” it took Twi a moment but she pieced it together. “oh, no.” she gasped. “was I…” Armor slowly nodded. Twi then remembered everything; the dark room, the chains, and that Pegasus’ voice. She wasn’t going to forget that voice anytime soon. “well… at least you stopped me from being a prolonged victim. Otherwise I wouldn’t be here, right?”

“that’s… partially true.” Armor depressingly said. He didn’t want to say anymore, which left Twilight with a sinking feeling.

“that’s not the real reason behind what Armor said, Twilight.” Cadence began saying. “Twi… you’re pregnant.”

The entire world seemed to halt in a screech when Twi heard the news. Truth be told, a floor waxer just broke down outside the room. “Sorry about that. These olds models are always giving me trouble.” the pony said as he kicked the machine. It suddenly turned on and sped off. The cord wrapped around his back-left foot and dragged him off.

Twi couldn‘t believe it. “pregnant? Me? I’m… I’m pregnant?”

Cadence comfortingly hugged her sister-in-law. “I’m sorry, Twilight.”

Twi just stared off into space, still not believing it. “I’m…Pregnant…?”

Pinkie pulled on the cord to her knapsack, closing it up. The group made preparations to leave for home now that they accomplished what they set out to do.

“still can’t believe Twilight’s pregnant.” Rarity said as she used her magic to put her make-up away.

“Things are certainly going to be different, that’s for sure.” Applejack said, airing her Stetson out.

“but though… that… she’s gotta be devastated by this.” Req said. “I know I would.”

“anyone weak-willed would be traumatized. But Twilight’s not weak. She’ll get though this.” Dash said. She jumped up on her suitcase and jumped down on it.

Trixie, covered in bandages and her right-front leg in a brace, slowly closed her bag. She depressingly sighed. “why do I feel… that this was somehow my fault?”

Zilver sighed as he placed his head on his hoof. “Trixie…”

“it’s true!” she exclaimed. “If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have to have come here, then Nightmare Moon wouldn’t have come back, and then Twilight wouldn’t… wouldn’t…” Trixie broke down and started crying.

Sora comforted her and patted her on the back. “it wasn’t your fault, Trixie. Besides, no one saw all this coming. You can’t blame yourself for what happened. Some things… you just can’t control them.”

Trixie sniffled and wiped her eyes. “you’re sure?”

“I’d listen to Sora. She’s always been the uplifting one of our little group.” Ash said.

“but I just…” the door closed, interrupting their talk as Spike walked in. “how’s Twilight? How’s she taking this?” Trixie desperately asked.

“she’s… she’s in shock over all this. I don’t think she wants to accept it.”

“none of us wants to.” Rare said. Spike walked over to his and Twilight’s bag and saw that everything was already packed.

“Who…”

“that was from all of us.” Fluttershy said, gesturing to everyone in the building.

“well, thanks, but Twilight’s the one who needs help right now, not me.” Spike said as he looked though it.

“Speaking of Twi, where is she?” Req asked.

“she, Armor, and Cadence will be meeting us at the port. Armor and Cadence asked me to pack for them. They’re coming back as well.”

“what about the Slave Trade?” Whooves asked.

“turns out the place Twilight was kept at was a… I guess you could call it a main hub or something. Had a map to all of the… un… joints all over the country. According to Jason, they should be taken out in several weeks or so.”

“well, that’s one piece of good news out of this.” Derpy said.

Halo kept quiet during all this, slowly packing his bags. This was going to change everything.

The ship began to load up as the Royals, Mane6; minus Twilight, and Req said their good-byes to Gilda, Jason, and the King.

“Sorry you have to leave. Just wish it were under better circumstances.” Zaltan said.

“you and me both.” Req said. “still can’t believe Twilight’s pregnant. And with some perverts kid, no less.”

Dash growled in anger. “when I find that guy, I’m gonna hit him so hard, his own mother won’t recognize him!”

“when you do invite him, be sure to tell me. I want to give him a piece of my mind.” Applejack said.

“Us too.” Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Spike angrily added.

Req looked at Cadence and she back. They were both worried about what they’ll do. “well… we best get going. I’m sure Twilight wants to get home as soon as she can.”

“I don’t blame her.” Jason said. “this place is going to be a bad memory to her now. Hope you find that creep.”

“you and me both.” Armor said, angrier then all of them. They can see the fire in his eyes.

The bell on the ship began to ding, cutting the conversation short. “well… we better get going.” Req said. She, A.J., Rarity, and Spike left for the ship. Armor and Cadence bowed to the king and left as well.

Dash, Pinkie, and ‘Shy turned to leave. “Guys…” Gilda suddenly said. The trio looked back to her. “take care. Okay? And Fluttershy, again, I‘m sorry for what I did 2 years ago.”

That was a surprise to them, even Jason and Zaltan.

“Thanks Gilda.” Fluttershy smiled. “and you take care too.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrTqz8pSyQ

Strange Whispers - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST

The monster continued fiddling with the bracelet, not wanting to let it go. It was the only thing that reminded him of his past life.

A flash came from his left. He slowly turned his head to see Orochi walk on thin air, out of a dark portal. “well, how’s my favorite monster doing today?” his Fulmen personality asked. The monster looked away. “well, that’s the hello we get? Gee, thanks Oscurita.”

“I think he’s being his moody self again, Glacies.” Ventus said.

“don’t worry. I’ll have a heart to heart with him.” Glacies said. He floated on down to Oscurita’s head and sat down on a invisible chair. “Oscurita, Oscurita, Oscurita. It’s been, what, 3 months since we saved you from that terrible blizzard?” the monster growled at him. “and yet… you’ve done nothing but cause trouble for our plans. We asked you to destroy those humans, especially the Silver Blue-Haired one, but instead you stranded them. Lady Kyra isn’t exactly happy with this.”

“but, thankfully…” The Lucis personality took back over. “… you’ll get another chance. The boat carrying those humans will be over us pretty soon. All you have to do is blow it up. Simple as pie.”

Oscurita looked up at Orochi with hopeful eyes.

“of course, if you fail again, we’ll have no choice but to kill her.”

“yeah. Just like what we almost did last week when that Nightmare Moon fella came back.” Ignis blurted out.

The hope turned to anger as Oscurita snarled like a Predator.

“nice going, hot head.” Aqua sarcastically said. The monster roared as he tried to bite Orochi.

End Song.

The ship sailed along to the other side of the river and to Equestria. To some, it good to be going home after half a month away. To others… well, they were just glad to be leaving. Speaking of which…

Twilight stood on the bow of the ship, quietly and sadly looking over the edge and down at the water below.

“well… she’s taking this better then I expected.” Cadence said to Trixie. Trixie didn’t care as she too did the same thing. “Trixie… it wasn’t your fault.”

“look back on this, Cadence. I cast the spell which forced her here. I’m the one who insisted we go for a girl’s night out. I’m the one who--”

Cadence shut her up by suddenly slapping her. “listen to yourself. ‘it’s my fault. It’s my fault.’ Listen to me, Trixie: it wasn’t your fault! Someone else who had a crush on Twi would’ve cast the spell and someone else would’ve insisted on a day out. It wasn’t. your. Fault.”

Trixie just stood there for a moment before reacting. “did you just slap me?”

Cadence groaned as she hit her head on the railing. “least it got your mind off of blaming yourself.

Halo stood by himself, looking at Twi. Ash and A.J. walked up behind him.

“you just gonna stand there or are you going to her?” Applejack asked.

“and what would I say?” Halo asked.

“nothing. Just be there for her. These are going to be a hard 11 months for her and she’ll need someone to comfort her.” Ash said.

Halo scoffed. “she’s got her brother and all you guys? Why would she need me?”

“well, let’s see, because she loves you and you love her and she could use a silver lining in all this. That say anything at all?”

Halo blushed a bit and looked away. “what makes you think I love her?”

“we’ve seen the way you look at her, Romeo.” Sora said as she walked up. “We also saw how you reacted when you found out she was kidnapped, when Nightmare Moon almost turned her into Twilight stain-on-the-floor, and the fact that you’re blushing. Face it, you caught the love bug.”

Halo was going to counter but didn’t. he just thought for a moment before looking at Twi. Sora and A.J. nodded to each other and pushed Halo over to Twi. He sneered back at them but they just ignored it.

“um… Twi…” Halo strained. She turned around to look at him. “un… how are you feeling?”

“lousy.” she looked back out to the water. “Lousy lousy lousy.”

“oh. Well, is there anything I can do to help?”

“find the basterd who did this to me and kick his ass for starters.”

Halo gave a gasping chuckle. “everyone wants to do that to him.” Twi gave a slight chuckle as Halo walked up next to her. “so… pregnancy. That’s gonna be a tough 11 months.”

Twi gave a sad nod as her eyes watered. “you know… I wanted to become a mother someday. Have my own son or daughter with someone I love. But… ” Twi held her stomach. “not like this.” she softly cried. Halo comforted her by patting her on the back. She turned and cried into his shoulder.

“well… not what someone would call a great way to start a relationship.” Jax said to Dash. Dash gave her a mean glare. “okay, it’s the worst way to start a relationship.”

Bahamut groaned as he pinched his eyes. He looked out over the water. Something shot out of the water in the distance. Bahamut squinted his eyes and couldn’t make out what it was. “what in the world…”

The thing flew up into the sky. At the same time, the boat began to shake.

“whoooooooaoaoaoa!” Aura slid down and hit his head on a beam. “ow.”

“What the heck is this?” Shadow exclaimed as he fell back first into one of the masts.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tMqUYXe6VI

Hade’s Infernal Theme - Kid Icarus Uprising OST

0:00.

A area of the sea beside them began to bubble and boil.

“oh, that can’t be good.” Spike said, hopping to avoid falling.

The area bulged upward as something rose out of the water.

0:10.

The water fell away, revealing the shadow covered Oscurita to the group. His back was to the boat so he didn’t take notice of them. He snarled up at the sky and let out a single ear-shattering roar that sounded like a distorted, demonic trumpet.

It reared it’s head back and fired a beam into the sky.

“What in Tartarus is that!?” Armor exclaimed.

“That’s the monster that stranded us!” Ash replied.

It fired another beam into the sky, which left Bahamut confused. “is he shooting at the thing that came out of the water?”

Jax angrily snarled as she grabbed her Chakrams. “HEY!” she called out to it. Oscurita didn’t hear her and just kept firing his beam into the sky. “hey, ugly! I’m talking to you!” she yelled, she threw the chakram at the monster.

0:38.

It hit him in the neck, causing him to turn around and see who did it.

“JAX!” everyone yelled. Jax realized her mistake too little too late. “oops.”

The monster bent over till his face was at level with the boat. Wasn’t hard seeing as his head was as big as the fricken thing. It snarled, bearing his teeth. Everyone, even tough ol’ Armor, was scared to the bone.

Oscurita looked the ship over and saw someone familiar.

“what’s he doing?” a scared as hell Pinkie asked.

He looked in her direction. Pinkie went ’eep’ and jumped into a nearby barrel.

0:57.

Oscurita backed up from the ship, about 50 feet to us but 2 for him, and loudly roared.

He spread his wings and roared again.

He flapped his wings once and shot up into the air, creating a big sonic boom.

1:12. End Song.

The ship rocked from the sonic boom but it didn’t tip.

“anyone get the license plate on that thing?” Aura jokingly asked.

Twi and Halo held each other close with eyes closed, even after the boat stopped rocking. “you 2 do know the thing is gone now, right? Or should I just leave you 2 like this?” Req playfully asked.

Both Unicorns opened both their right eyes and took notice. “now we do.” they both said.

“That’s the monster that stranded you here?” a stunned Cadence asked.

“yep. Big, ain’t he?” Ash jokingly asked, wringing water out of his fedora.

“I’ll say.” Armor laughed. “I never saw anything that big before.” he said, looking back up at the sky. Despite being in the stratosphere, Oscurita was still visible. “this is gonna be a problem for you, isn’t it?”

“yep.” the humans said as they looked up into the sky. “it sure is.” Sora said as they saw the monster fly off to the south.