My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 24

Further adjustment may be necessary

eTu`nes walked though the Gryphon Capital, trying to find a place he read in a brochure. “where is it?” he muttered. He pulled out the brochure and looked at it again.

On the front, it had a black Unicorn in front of what appears to be a study filled with a assortment of gadgets and items. It also read: ‘come one, come all. The great Mary Hoofdini will make all your dreams come true. For a reasonable price.’

eTu`nes held up his left hand. In it was 5 bits he… borrowed from Shine. He had to do this, for Derpy’s sake.

After what seemed like hours, eTu`nes finally found Hoofdini’s shop. He entered though the door, causing a bell to ring.

“Hello?” he called out. “Hello? Is anyone here?” he walked further in, towards the center. In the center was a big globe of the world. eTu`nes wings could block out both Equestria and the Badlands.

A flash of white came from above. eTu`nes looked and saw Hoofdini walk down from the second floor. He noticed eTu`nes and reacted. “Oh. A customer.” he jumped on down and landed on his hind legs. “welcome to Hoofiini’s Magic Shop, where I can make your dreams come true. For a reasonable price.” eTu`nes rolled his eyes. “So, what can I do for you?”

“I need a round-trip teleportation spell. I need to get to Ponyville.”

“Ponyville? I just came from there.” he pointed to the door eTu`nes came though. “whenever that bell rings in any of my world-wide shops, I get to it ASAP. Unless I’m busy at the end I’m at, of course. If you don’t mind my asking, why do you need to get there?”

“it’s personal but I need a round-trip.”

“I see. I see. Hmm… well, I can take you there for 30 Bits.”

“30 Bits?! That’s highway robbery!”

“sorry, but that’s my price for a round-way trip.”

“what about 5 Bits? What can I get for that?”

Hoofdini held up a jar. “this jar of frog mucus.”

“that’s it!?!”

“yep.”

“Dang it!” eTu`nes threw his coins down and fell onto his behind in a huff. “I don’t believe this.”

Hoofdini, horribly confused, walked over while using his magic to pick up his coins. “did I say something wrong?”

“I was…” he started to yell but didn’t. he took a deep breath, calming himself down. “I was going to Ponyville to help take care of a problem a friend of mine has. It forced her to run away here.”

“oh.”

“she hasn’t tried to deal with this and isn’t planning too, but this is something that will haunt her, I’m sure of it.”

“mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. Do you care about her?”

“immensity. If it wasn’t for her, I would be dead. This would be my way of returning the favor.” eTu’nes sighed. He lifted his wrist and stared at the bracelet Derpy gave him back in the Everfree Forest.

Hoofdini looked over the drakes shoulder at the bracelet then at the bits he threw down. Denying him this felt bad. So, he came up with a idea. “you know, I just had a special just open up: round trip anywhere in the world. Only 5 bits.”

eTu`nes was a bit stunned when he heard that. “really?”

“yeah. I know what this feeling is like. I have still to repay my debt to a friend of mine.”

eTu`nes suddenly hugged him. “thank you, thank you, thank you. I will repay this, I swear.”

“yeah. Okay.” Hoofdini groaned. When eTu’nes hugs, he hugs tight. “Just stop hugging. Not a touchy-feely kind of pony.”

eTu`nes took notice what he was doing and put him down. “sorry.”

Hoofdini led eTu`nes into a room with a orange rune in the middle. “What’s that?” the drake asked.

“that is your ticket to Ponyville. Instant Transport, as I call it.” he trotted on over to a console. “just jump into the middle of the rune and we’ll get started.”

Nervous about this whole thing, eTu`nes slowly stepped onto the rune. The rune glowed bright orange and sparked a bit. “huh. It’s never done that before.” Hoofdini muttered.

“so… why can’t you just teleport me there yourself. You are a Unicorn, after all.”

“True, but as great as I am, I haven’t exactly mastered teleportation. Heck, I’m still having trouble teleporting a apple from one end of a table to another.” that didn’t exactly fill eTu`nes with confidence. “but don’t worry. I had a more powerful Unicorn build this for me. And it works. Been using it for 5 years; no abnormalities.” he pulled down on a lever. The sparks from the rune shocked up to the top of the room, opening a rift. “now… you may feel a slight tingling.”

“What?”

Hoofdini slammed down on a big red button. eTu`nes disintegrated into particles and was pulled into the rift.

18 years later…

Lord, there’s a lot to catch you guys up on. First off, Rainbow Dash decided to commit Suicide thanks to her causing Shadow to leave, her chance to enter the Wonderbolts being shot, and her mother dying. Thankfully, Scootaloo was able to save her, alone with unexpected help from a baby Draconequus female named Eris.

Eris hit it off with Scootaloo but Dash wasn’t so sure about her, on account of her being the same species as Discord. Her anger with her came to a boiling point when Eris took a sunflower Dash’s mother gave her. Dash was ready to send her to the moon when she saw that Eris lead her to a Sunflower field. Believing that Eris brought her there to let go of the past, Dash said goodbye to her mother and Shadow and tossed the Sunflower in. during this process, Dash warmed up to the Draconequus.

While on the way back, Dash and Scoots noticed that whenever Eris claps, her power over chaos goes off, similar to Discord and his Finger-Snapping. The biggest problem caused by that is bringing some of the human’s old friends to Equestria.

These visitors are: Fox from Star Fox, Lloyd and Emil from Tales of Symphonia, Riku from Kingdom Hearts, Hiccup and Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon, Spyro and Cynder from Legend of Spyro, and Lina and Gourry and Amelia and Zelgadis from The Slayers.

Needless to say, each party is confused and the new guys are angry that they’re here. Unfortunately, Dash returned just as they were talking about this and may have told them that Eris was to blame. And, well…

Eris chewed on her tail down in the library’s basement, being trapped inside a impenetrable cage.

“overkill, don’tcha think?” Req asked as she, Twi, and Dash left the basement.

“Trust me Requiem. It’s best for everyone.” Twi said. “that particular species has caused a lot of trouble for Equestria over the years.” the trio walked into the main part of the library. “she’s better off in there and we’re better off as well.”

“but she’s not like Discord, Twilight.” Dash retorted. “She’s nice, she’s kind, she’s caring…”

“AND THERE’RE MISSING!” Req yelled, referring to the missing off-worlders.

“what’s wrong with that?” Dash asked.

“They all seemed nice.” Twi added.

“they all are, But Lina’s the one I’m worried about. If she get’s mad, she put out a spell that could destroy Canterlot AND Ponyville in the same spell.”

The color left Twilight’s and Dash’s faces. “that’s not good.”

“I’ll go find them. You guys keep an eye on the baby.” Requiem said as she ran out.

“Right. You do that.” Dash said, not really caring about the problem with Lina.

“hope Spike sent that letter with no problems.” Twi muttered.

“What letter?”

“I just wrote a letter to Princess Celestia, telling her about what just happened with Eris and the newcomers.”

“What?” Dash nervously asked.

“She, Luna, and Cadence will be here in a hour and decide what to do with that… thing in the basement.”

Twilight walked off for the kitchen, leaving Dash alone. She was stunned by what Twi said. “Celestia’s… coming here… to deal with Eris?” there’s no way this would end well.

Fox:

“So… this giant monster came out of nowhere and completely messed up the Orion.” Fox repeated, making sure he heard that correctly.

“Yes, Indeedy.” Satoshi said. “what you’re seeing is just half-done. When that monster messed it up, he REALLY messed it up. Like you couldn’t tell it was Orion anymore.”

“Damn. Not even the Aparoids could bang this thing up and all it took was a giant shadow cloaked monster.”

“yep. Thankfully, I had some help rebuilding it from the locals.”

“The pony things?”

“yep. They helped with rebuilding the structure of the ship. The technical stuff, that’s all me.”

“ah.” Fox continued to look up at the ship. Not even the Aparoid Horde could dent Orion and a giant monster was able to turn it into splinters in 5 seconds flat? he was intrigued by the possibilities of what the monster is.

Lloyd & Emil:

“This… is food?” a grossed out Lloyd asked, staring at a dandelion sandwich.

“it is here.” Rarity said. She took a bite out of her sandwich.

“rrrright.” Emil said, not really feeling like hay fries. “is there any… meat?”

“ask Ash. He always seems to find it.” Spike said. “Think he hunts in the Everfree Forest.”

“the what now?” they both asked.

Riku:

“so what have you been up to, Riku? I thought you guys returned home to the Islands.” Ash asked as both them and Halo sat in another part of the restaurant Lloyd, Emil, Spike, and Rarity were at.

“well, turns out that defeating Xemnas caused Master Xehanort, someone worse then Xemnas, to be reborn. So, me and Sora were sent on by Yen Sid on a Mark of Mastery Exam to free 7 worlds from sleep. I was in a technological world when I suddenly appeared here.”

“that explains the techno look.” Halo said, looking at Riku’s black and blue cyber suit.

“in fact, I was just about to fight a Dream Eater called a Gygamantis when I appeared.”

A confused Ash interrupted. “wait wait wait wait wait wait. Gygamantis? Dream Eaters? Master Xehanort? Yen Sid? This is new to me.”

“Oh, right. You weren’t there.” Riku thought for a moment. “Well, grab a pencil and paper. There’s a lot I got to tell you.”

Hiccup & Toothless:

The rare Night Fury roared as it zoomed though the sky, 3 of the group’s 4 Pegasi and one Sol-Aura trying to keep up.

“Hold up, Hiccup!” Aura exclaimed as he caught up. “Fluttershy and Marble aren’t exactly the best of flyers. Edge, on the other hand…”

“Think you can slow down, bud?” Hiccup asked Toothless. Toothless sputtered and slowed down considerably, allowing the ponies to catch up.

“Thanks… for slowing down…” Edge panted. He wheezed and acted like he’s going to hack up a lung. “Sorry. Haven’t flew this high and that fast in a long time.”

Fluttershy ignored him and turned her attention to Toothless. “what species of Dragon is he? We never saw anything like him anywhere on our world.”

“This… is a Night Fury, a very rare breed of Dragon on Berk. They are the unholy offspring of Lightning and Death itself. Faster then the Orion and just as deadly. He can out-fly any creature on this planet.”

“Really?” Marble asked, not really convinced. “can he out-fly Rainbow Dash?”

“I don’t know but I think yes.” Aura said, answering for Hiccup.

“Ain’t he confident?” Edge jokingly said to Marble.

Fluttershy flew a bit closer to Toothless’ face. “This cute guy, a offspring of Lightning and Death? It can’t be. He’s so cute.” Toothless felt both flattered and embarrassed that a pony is calling him cute.

Spyro & Cynder:

Spyro and Cynder flew up alongside them. “This place is something.” Spyro said in admiration. “no wars, no death, nobody dying. I could get used to this.”

“Don’t get to comfy, Spyro. We aren’t staying.” Cynder said.

“I know.” Spyro flipped on his back and flew on. “But I might as well enjoy it while I have the chance.”

Hiccup and Toothless looked at each other. “you know, that’s not a bad idea. Take in the now, worry about the future on your own time.”

The group all heard screaming coming from down below. “something someone should take into consideration.” Marble joked.

The Slayers:

“AAAAAHHHHH! I can’t take it anymore!” Lina shouted. “I’ve only been here half a hour and already I hate this world.” she grabbed a nearby snake (poor guy) and stomped him into the ground. “I hate it! I hate it! I hate it!” she repeatedly said, jumping on the snake.

Not more then 20 feet away, Gourry, Zelgadis, and Amelia were having a lovely spot of tea. “How long do you think she’ll be like this?” Amelia asked.

“Probably our entire stay.” Zel said before taking a sip. “and odds are she’ll starve of hunger.”

“or maybe get a more pleasant personality.” Gourry said. The snake Lina stomped on hit him in the head.

“I HEARD THAT, GOURRY!” Lina fell to her knees and moaned. “This is it. This is the end. I’m gonna die now.” she eyeballed her friends but they weren’t doing much.. “How can you guys be so calm with me dying of hunger?”

“Lina, we were eating when we teleported to this world. You can’t possibly by starving already.” Zel said.

“I’m a Sage! You know how we act!”

“No. we know how you and Gourry act when it comes to food. You’re bottomless pits.”

“Besides, did you happen to look in town?” Amelia asked. “There’s bound to be food somewhere in there.”

“the main inhabitants of this world are PONIES, Amelia. Odds are they eat what PONIES would eat, not HUMANS!”

“She’s got a point.” Gourry said. “Maybe we can ask Aura or Ash if they have me--” Lina interrupted him by forcing his head into his teacup.

“Shut your gob before I turn it into mince meat!” She snarled though her teeth.

“Yes ma’am.” Gourry fearfully said.

A shadow flew overhead. They looked up to see a carriage fly by. Spyro and Fluttershy barely had time to move to the side and avoid it.

“What the heck was that?” Hiccup asked.

“looks like… the Princess’s.” Aura said.

“Princess’s?” Hiccup, Spyro, and Cynder asked, looking at each other.

The princess’s royal carriage touched down outside of the library. Twilight looked out the nearest window and saw all 3 of them. “They’re here. They’ll know what to do with that thing.” she said to Dash.

“Her name is Eris!” Dash angrily said.

“Erys?” a VERY Familiar voice asked. Dash winced as she noticed a stunned Celestia standing in the doorway. “did you say… Erys?”

“Oh. That’s right.” Twi winced. “Celestia’s daughter was named Eris.”

“she had a daughter?” Dash asked in surprise.

“please… please, let me see my Erys.” Celestia pleaded.

Dash and Twi looked at each other. They never saw the princess plead before. Neither did Luna, Cadence, or Armor. Twi’s horn glowed and Eris appeared in front of them. Luna, Cadence, and Armor were taken aback by her Draconequus appearance. Celestia bent down and looked at the creature that has the same name as her daughter.

A small, black camera slithered in from the kitchen. On the other side were the west of the gang; ponies, humans, and newcomers. “turn up the volume, Fox-boy. We can’t here a thing.” Trixie asked.

“It’s just Fox, okay? And this ain’t exactly rocket science, you know. This isn’t like flying a Arwing.”

“a what?” the newcomers asked each other. Fox shushed them.

Celestia cried a single tear after looking at Eris. “Celestia?” Twilight sympathetically asked. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.” she with a choke. She stared down at Eris who looked up at her with a blank expression. For the first time in her rule, Celestia said something nobody thought she would say: “kill it.”

“What?” Twi and Dash asked in surprise.

“What?” Cadence, Luna, and Armor asked, again in surprise.

“What?” everyone watching though the camera exclaimed.

“Kill it. That… thing killed my daughter and took her name. to make it worse, she’s a Draconequus. She doesn’t deserve to live.”

Eris was scared by the tone of Celestia’s voice and hid behind Dash. “you can’t do that. She’s just a baby.” Dash said.

Celestia’s horn began to glow. “Move aside, Rainbow Dash. You don’t want to get caught in this.”

Dash looked back to Eris. She is scared right now. Deathly afraid. She looked up at Dash with a expression of fear that would make Darth Vader back up. She was probably be sent to the moon because of this but she had to do it. “No.”

“What?”

“No. you can’t just condemn a baby because she has the same name as your missing daughter. She didn’t do anything wrong and yet you’re going to kill her? Are you insane? She’s just a baby. She doesn’t know any better. She isn’t like Discord.”

“Dash. Shut up now.” Twi worriedly whined though her teeth.

“If you’re going to kill Eris, you’re gonna have to kill me too. Cause I’m not moving.”

Celestia’s horn glowed brighter. She was getting ready to fire her spell. She glanced at Eris, who looked at her in deathly fear. Celestia recognized those eyes. They’re the same eyes as her daughter’s. “Erys…” she silently said. The glow in her horn diminished before disappearing completely. Celestia fell to her knees, stunned by what she almost did. “I… was going to kill someone?”

“sis…”

Celestia looked at her front hooves. They shook violently, still reeling in the fact that she almost killed someone. A red flower suddenly entered her view. She looked down the stem to see Eris offering it to her.

“See. She’s innocent.” Dash said. “she doesn’t know any better but she does know when to make things better. Think it’s a sixth sense or something.”

Celestia ignored her. She took the flower and looked at it. She tearfully smiled at it and to Eris. “(this has the same color as my Erys’s eyes, and this Eris’s eyes.)” she glanced over at Eris who smiled back.

“You okay, Auntie Tia?” Cadence asked.

“Yeah. I-I’m fine. Just had a… random moment.”

“I’d say more then random.” Twi and Luna muttered.

“so… now what, your highness?” Armor asked. “what do we do with the Draconequus?”

Celestia looked at the baby then to Dash. “you really think she’s capable of good?”

“Think it? I know it. She helped me deal with a… still heart-breaking chapter in my life.” Dash groaned as she remembered the events that made her want to commit suicide. “she’s not going to be like Discord. I know it.”

Celestia looked back down at Eris who continued to smile up at her. “well… make sure that happens.”

“huh?”

“As of this moment, the Draconequus Eris will be under the care of Rainbow Dash. She will guide the child to make sure it does not became a agent of chaos like Discord. Is that okay with you?”

Dash nodded. “it’s perfect.” she walked over to Eris and gave her a noogie. “you hear that, kid? You’re gonna be living at my place.”

“Rainbow Dash.” Eris said.

“that’s right. Though, I guess pretty soon, I’ll be going by mommy.”

Celestia turned to leave, taking the flower with her, when Twilight stopped her. “Un… princess. We did make one observation of Eris’s powers.”

Celestia stopped and looked back. “oh?”

“it turns out, whenever she claps, her powers activate. This already happened a few times.”

“what did she do?” Armor asked.

“Nothing much. A few misplaced objects… some tough to put back.”

“how so?” Luna asked.

Outside, Emil was pleading to whatever gods they had on this planet. “Please don’t mention us. Please don’t mention us. Please don’t mention us.” one lavender glow later, the ENTIRE group reappeared in the library, right in front of Celestia. “she’s gonna mention us.”

The humans who were here already and the ponies tip-toed away, leaving the newcomers alone. “these are some of the… larger objects that Eris misplaced.”

The princess’s looked up at the newcomers. Cynder nervously laughed and waved at her. “hi.”

“They are from worlds that Requiem and her friends have visited. Not sure how Eris learned about them, but… here they are.”

“Can’t she just clap and send them back?” Luna suggested.

“We would but, as we said, Eris is a baby. And odds are, she might teleport the entire town into the sun.”

“good point.”

Celestia looked at the newcomers who just stood there nervous as heck. “Are they dangerous?”

“Pfft. Who isn’t?” Jax said. “but they can control themselves. Right guys?” everyone of the newcomers nodded in unison. “well… most of them can.”

“Why do I feel that that’s directed at me?” Lina asked, ready to turn Jax into a doornail with her fist.

“cause it is.” Jax said. Sure enough, Lina did it. She hit Jax hard enough to nail her into the floor. “worth it.” Jax dazedly said.

“Anybody got a giant hammer?” Riku joked.