My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 6

Summer Sun Celebration

Young Derpy found herself back home with her family. Her mom offered and Derpy squealed with joy when she found a plethora of Muffins right in front of her on a silver platter.

“muffins!” she squealed with envy as she jumped for them.

As soon as she reached them, the muffins, family, and house disappeared into thin air, leaving a disappointed Derpy behind.

A voice called out to her, out from the surroundings. “--rpy… derpy…. Derpy!”

“Derpy! Wake up!” eTu`nes yelled. Derpy woke up to the dragon hovering over her.

“eTu`nes?” Derpy asked in confusion. She got up and looked around. She was still in the Everfree Forest. She scratched her head in confusion. “how long was I asleep?”

“quite a while.”

Derps got up and stretched. She and eTu`nes have been exploring the forest for over a week now, hoping to try and find a way out. Unfortunately, they didn’t find one. Instead, they found a lake with plenty of fish to keep eTu`nes satisfied and plenty of roughage for Derpy to live off of. If Derpy’s stuck in the forest all her life, this would be a good place to live.

Derpy went to the lake to get a drink of water as eTu`nes uncovered a map he made of the Everfree forest using his memory. His wounds have mostly healed up, with the ones on his stomach and back halfway gone. The one over his left eye, however… the scar shaped like a J leading from his left cheek up above over his eye, that is showing no signs of healing.

“okay… so we searched in all for directions except for south. Odds are, if we head south, we might find a way out. Hopefully.”

“how would we even know which way is south?” Derpy asked, wiping away the water.

“Sun rises in the east and sets in the west, right? And it’s currently early morning, so…” e looked up at the sun, which was still rising. He used his claw and pointed to the right. “south is that way.” he said with confidence.

“if you say so.” Derpy chuckled.

So, the duo headed south, hoping to find a way out. Unfortunately, a good chunk of the paths were blocked by rockslides or other natural disasters. They were eventually forced to give up around midday.

“well, that’s encouraging.” Derpy sarcastically and angrily said as the 2 walked back to camp.

“so we didn’t find a way out today. We might find one tomorrow.” eTu`nes tried cheering her up.

“let’s face it. I’m gonna be stuck in this darned forest for the rest of my life…” her stomach growled, adding sadness to her face. “…which may not be long.”

eTu`nes got nervous and couldn’t bear to look at her.

The lake started bubbling but they didn’t notice.

“Listen, Derpy… there’s something I didn’t quite tell you.” he nervously said.

“What?”

“um… well… I may know of a way out.”

The lake started bubbling even more as Derpy got angry. Very angry. “WHAT? You knew of a way out and didn’t tell me? Why? Why would you keep this a secret?”

“well, I…”

Something massive burst out of the lake, getting their attention and scaring them both. It’s shadow cast over them as it roared.

20 years later…

Decorations, banners, and all sorts of streamers and balloons were going up all over Ponyville as they got ready for the Summer Sun Celebration.

Requiem grunted as she hammered in a banner above Carousel Boutique.

“there. Perfecto.” she said with a Italian accent. She jumped down and landed right at the entrance, which was wide open. Inside, Sora was getting measured by Rarity. “all done. Banner’s up.” Req said as she walked in.

“Excellent. Now, please stand still, Sora. This is a delicate procedure.” Rarity said, concentrating on Sora.

“you really don’t need to do this.” Sora nervously said. “I can tell you my waist measurements so please stop.”

“Nonsense. You want to look presentable for the Princess’ tonight, darling. Can’t go out dressing like homeless peasants.”

Requiem sputtered, then gave a growling sigh. “Rare, you don‘t need to do this. We got our own ball dresses and tuxs.”

“oh.” Rarity said, disappointed that she won’t be designing new clothes for a new species. Sora and Red looked at each other and sighed.

“although…. They do need some work. Maybe you can fancy them up?” Sora suggested.

“well… it’s not what I initially wanted to do but it’ll work. Long as you bring them before midday, I can get them all ready for you by the time of the party.” Rarity agreed.

“perfecto. I’ll be right back with the clothes. Shouldn’t take more then 3 minutes.” Requiem said. She turned around and headed for the door.

“3 minutes? Darling, it’ll take longer then 3 minutes for you to get to--”

“Wait for it.” Sora interrupted, stepping down from her perch.

Requiem walked out of the shop, her back starting to glow. Within a few seconds, a pair of black angel wings shot out of her back. Rarity’s mouth shot open in surprise. Requiem took to the air and flew towards Orion.

Rarity’s mouth hung open by the sight she just witnessed. “ho…wh…wa…ho…wi…wh…” the rest of the thing just turned into nonsense gibberish after that.

“Something we should’ve mentioned is that Req is something of a Demi-Goddess.” Sora said.

“De…de….de….de….de…..de….” a shocked Rarity just repeated the words over and over.

Spike walked in though the open door, a bit confused by the door being wide open and ever more confused by Rarity’s stunned expression. “What’s with her?” Spike asked.

“Saw Requiem’s wings and I told her of her background.”

“Oh, of how she’s a Demi-God?”

“You know?”

“she told us the first night she stayed over, about how you all met, her crazy brother Catalyst, your world nearly ending…”

“wai…ya…wha?” Rarity asked, still in shock.

Sora looked at Rarity with a weird ‘WTF’ expression. “methinks we should wait till later to tell everyone what happened on Earth.” she told Spike.

“if you say so. It’s your world, not mine.” Spike muttered.

Requiem returned from Orion, everyone’s fancy clothes in her hands. She landed and her wings magically retracted into her back. “okay. Got ‘em.” she said as she walked in. she set them down on the table. “now… they need a few repairs and may need some new accessories. We’ve been using them for quite a while now. Think you can handle that?”

Rarity shook her head and regained her senses. “oh, un… anything for a Demi-Goddess. I’ll get started on them right away and get them ready by nightfall.” she said as she trotted on over and went to work.

Requiem turned her gaze to Sora, who whistled like she didn‘t do anything wrong. “you told her, didn’t you?”

“well, I think flying away on magical wings that appear out of your back would’ve been a dead give-away. Plus, Dragon-boy here pretty much spilled it when he came in.”

Requiem gave Spike one of her glares. “What? If you didn’t want anyone to know, you shouldn’t have told me and Twilight. We can’t keep secrets.”

Requiem didn’t reply but instead gave a mean glare. “I was hoping my past would be a secret this time around. On all the other worlds we visited, someone always manages to blurt it out and people start treating me like a pampered princess. Not exactly a big fan of it. I was hoping that only two people would know this time around and keep it a secret. Guess I was dead wrong. No matter the world or the species, there’s always someone who likes to gossip.”

“w-w-w-w-w-w-w…” Spike couldn’t form any words, He was too nervous. Sora hit him in the back of the head and he regained his cool. “well, I only told Rarity and I’m pretty sure Twi will keep it a secret. She doesn’t gossip much.”

“I hope so for your sake.” Sora joked in a singsongy style. “So, what did you come over here for?”

“well, I came to see if Rarity finished my hat yet?” Rarity used her magic. His hat floated by his head. Spike jumped up and caught it. “Thanks. Still not sure how I ripped it. Think Peewee may have gotten to it again.”

“Peewee?” Sora whispered to Req.

“his pet Phoenix.” Requiem explained.

“pet Phoenix?” Sora exclaimed out loud.

Req groaned and pinched between her eyes. “I’m really gonna have to tape your mouth shut.”

Jax lay underneath a tree as the sun began to set, arms behind her back and just relaxing, far from any horses. “now this, I could get used to.” she sighed, content that she’s far enough away.

“JAX!” someone angrily called out. Jax groaned angrily and got up. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were running up towards her.

“not you 3 again.” Jax groaned. The trio dog-piled on her, holding her down. “hey hey hey. What’s with this?”

“you got a lot to explain.” Sweetie Belle said angrily in Jax’s face.

Jax rolled her eyes and picked Sweetie Belle off of her and dropped her off to the side. “okay. I’ll bite. What’s this, Cutie Mark Crusaders Interrogators?” Jax joked, having already heard of their exploits from Derpy and C.T. the night before.

“don’t try to distract us. It’s because of your advice this mess happened.” Scootaloo exclaimed.

Now Jax was confused. What the hay were they talking about? “you lost me.”

“remember when you told Dinky to try to talk things out with Tiara yesterday?” Applebloom asked.

“I remember. What of it?”

“well, Dinky told Tiara that she wanted to talk and try to avoid trouble and you want to know what happened?”

“What?”

“Tiara and Spoon just went and beat her up. Got in a fight. Took Cheeralie AND Big Mac to break them up.”

Jax groaned and held her head. “oh brother. Every species, there’s always a prick. You’d think their parents would step in.”

“trust me, Tiara and Spoon are gonna get a stern talking to, but Dinky…” Sweetie Belle stopped before she went further.

“What about her?” Jax asked, feeling a little bit concerned.

“Well, after the fight, she just ran away. Nobodies seen her since.”

“uh-oh. Well, when did school get out?”

“a couple of hours ago, which we had to spend trying to find you so you can help us look for her.” Scoot said.

“oh, boy.” Jax sighed. She looked at the sun. it was just about to set. “*agitated sigh* fine. I’ll help look for her.”

“you will? Really?” a surprised Applebloom asked.

“yep. My advice that got her in trouble in the first place. Plus, I think her mom and her friends would wring me like a towel.” The Crusaders looked at each other with confusion, not really sure what Jax meant by that. “you wouldn’t happen to know which way she left, did you?”

“un… think towards that mountain over there.” Scoot said, pointing a fairly close mountain. It would still take awhile to get to it.

“hmm… reasonable distance for a filly.” Jax muttered. She looked back towards the village. “think we can make it back in time before anyone notices we’re gone?”

“we’ll be fine. The Celebration lasts all night and ends with Celestia raising the sun in the morning. We’ll have all night to find Dinky.” Bloom said.

“well, I still don’t want to miss a party, even if it is thrown by… horses.”

“Ponies!” the Crusaders exclaimed.

“Whatever…” Jax groaned as she ran off towards the mountain, the crusaders not far behind her.

Deep in a cave, in the same mountain that the group is heading to, Dinky cried as hard as she could. She had 2 black eyes and bruises all over her body and even some cuts from Tiara’s… well, tiara.

Even deeper in the cave, something big woke up as large red eyes opened up and glowed.

The sun had set and the Summer Sun Celebration was in full swing. All over Ponyville, there were games, rides, and stands for food. Everyone was having a great time.

The humans and the Mane 6 gathered at Carousel Boutique to get ready for the celebration.

“*wolf whistle* dang, Req. you look good.” Aura chuckled, acting like a idiot.

Requiem, dressed in a very beautiful purple low-cut prom-style dress and with her silver-blue hair tied up in a ponytail, showed it off. Thanks to Rarity, it was fixed after the fiasco back on Warfang.

Same holds true for everyone other human in the place. Sora was dressed in a gorgeous blue lacy ball gown; Satoshi, Ash, and Aura were dressed up in tuxes, only differences being the tie color; Satoshi’s is blue, Ash’s is red, and Aura’s is black. Even Bahamut had a stylish hat going for him. Practically the only ones in their group who aren’t dressed are Fenrir and Cobalt.

While repairing them, a little Rarity flare was thrown in as gems are donned on it. For the girls, it was the bottom of their skirts and their gloves, and for the guys, it was the ties and also the gloves.

Resting on a nearby mantel was Jax’s dress, a combo of Sora’s from the waist down and Requiem’s from the waist up.

“I must say, Rarity. You did a good job fixing these up. Really swank.” Satoshi said, looking his tux over.

“I try my best.” Rarity said, also dressed in fancy clothes, looking as she did for Armor’s and Cadence’s wedding 3 months back. Heck, the entire Mane 6 looked as they did for the wedding. “but working on another species can test one’s self.”

“well, we can surely tell you that you passed with flying colors.” Ash said. Rarity blushed a little. Sure, it came from a human but it was still a compliment. Spike, on the other hand, took it the other way.

Bahamut looked at himself in the mirror and noticed Jax’s dress. “Something tells me Jax is not coming.”

Sora heard him and looked back where he was looking. “guess not.”

“well, that’s a shame. Jax has always been one for parties. But I guess one being hosted by hor…. Ponies was more then she could bare.” Req said.

“Guess you’re right.” Sora somberly said. She shook her head, getting back to her old self, and headed for the door.

“HOLD ON!” Twilight said, cutting Sora off of the exit. “there’s still a few things you should know about these customs, since you’re new.”

“She has a point.” Aura said as he straightened his tie. “mind filling us in?”

“well, for starters, keep on a lookout for Lyra. She’s been fascinated with humans for a long while.” Applejack said. Twilight got a little peeved that she got interrupted.

“Lyra? Interested with us?” Req asked, checking her hair.

“well, more like the species in general. On our world, your kind basically faded into Myth. Nobodies seen one for over 3000 years.”

“Wow. We’re legend.” Aura joked. Req chuckled. “so, what else do we have to worry about?” Aura asked.

“Well, you may see Zecora in town as well. She’s a Zebra and we’re not sure if they’re on your world.” Rainbow said. Twilight got even more angry.

“They are, though none of us have seen one.” Ash said. “anything else?”

“well, there’s also likely to be some guards around, with the botched Changeling Invasion 3 months ago.” Rarity said. Twi started to get steamed.

“Changelings?” Bahamut asked, picking something out of his teeth.

“think of them as insect-like ponies that can change into copies of other ponies.”

“like what, 2 Dashs or 2 Pinkies?”

“you could say that.”

“Come on come on come on. We’re gonna be late for the party.” Pinkie bounced, giddy with anticipation. Everyone else was ready so they headed for the door, leaving behind a very irritated and confused Twilight.

Jax and the Crusaders walked down a path, following a trail Dinky left behind.

“Thing about horses, you’re very easy to track since you leave deep impressions in the earth.” Jax smirked.

“why do you call us that?” Scoot asked.

“What, horses? Cause that’s what you are; beasts of burden, though miniature.” the Crusaders looked at each other with un-convinced expressions. “ugh. Never mind. Let’s just find Dinky and get this over with.” she groaned as she walked on ahead.

“she really needs to take a chill-pill.” Bloom said as she and the other 2 ran after her.

Jax stopped for a moment as she sensed something evil nearby. Wasn’t the monster that stranded them but something more… familiar. The crusaders saw this and got curious.

“Un… Jax? You all right?” Belle asked.

“yeah just… just felt a shiver do down my spine.” Jax glanced behind her. “anyways, it’s gone now.”

“Owh. I hate it when a shiver goes down my spine. Gives me Goosebumps.” Scoot said, shaking in agreement.

“I know, and not knowing how they happen is more freaky.” Applebloom started going on as she and the crusaders walked on ahead, eventually out of Jax’s earshot. “I mean how…”

Jax continued to stand there for a few moments before walking after them. “thought I left you for dead back on Hollow Bastion.” she thought to herself, thinking back to her battle with ‘him’ on that world. She shook her head. She didn’t want to think about it. She ran on towards the trio.

Someone slowly walked out of the shadows, eyeing Jax’s every move. “you can run, but you can’t hide, Melody.” he evilly said. A geyser erupted from the ground, engulfed him, then quickly disappeared, taking him with it.

The Celebration kicked off into high gear when Pinkie entered the scene. Almost immediately, the party was kicked into overdrive as the festivities got more elaborate.

“guess Jax really didn’t come.” Sora said.

“And I can’t see neither hide or hair of Applebloom…” Applejack exclaimed, looking the crowd over.

“…nor Sweetie Belle…” Rarity added.

“…or even Scootaloo.” Rainbow Dash finished.

“well, just because they aren’t here in this spot doesn’t mean that they’re aren’t here at all.” Requiem said.

“if you say so… but I got a really bad feeling about this.” Fluttershy said.

“they’re fine. I’m sure of it.”

“Dinky! Dinky!” Derpy called out for her daughter but Dinky was nowhere to be seen. She did, however, notice the Mane 6 and the humans and went over to them. “excuse me, but have you seen Dinky anywhere?”

“Dinky? No, I don’t think we have.” Twi responded. “why?”

“Well, I can’t find her anywhere. I’m starting to get worried.”

“I’m sure she’s fine. She’s probably off with Applebloom and the others somewhere, trying to find their cutie marks.” Applejack said with confidence.

“if you say so, A.J. I just got this sinking feeling that something bad is going to happen.”

“hey hey hey. Pretty sure Jax will look after them.” Sora interrupted.

“but I thought you said Jax hates all us pony folk.” Dash replied.

“true. Well, then hope she doesn’t blow a fuse.” Sora chuckled nervously.

Everyone gave Sora a non-convinced look and she just gave up. Spike left for a refreshment stand, still looking back towards the group. Thanks to that, he ran into a certain regal Alicorn’s legs.

“oof.” he fell on his butt. “mind watching where you’re…” he stopped when he saw who it was; the well-known queen of the night, the dark-blue Alicorn who was once the demon Nightmare Moon, the pony simply known as… “Princess Luna. Sorry. didn’t watch where I was going.”

“Not at all, Spike.” Luna smiled.

“Well, least you’re not speaking loudly and with all that ‘we and thou’ stuff anymore.”

“Indeed. Twilight’s lessons last year were most helpful. Speaking of the Unicorn, where is she?”

“Over there, with the others.” Spike said, pointing to the group. That’s when Luna noticed the humans.

“and… what manner of creatures are they?” Luna asked, referring to the evolved apes.

“oh, the humans? Well, they landed here about… I think 4 days ago. Anyway, they’re stranded here due to some unknown monster that’s wrapped in dark clouds. Not even Twi can figure out what it is.”

Luna didn’t care about that. She still focused on the humans. She felt like she heard that word somewhere before. “un… Luna? Luna?” Spike asked, waving his hand in front of her face, snapping her out of it. “you okay?”

“yeah. Something about what you said… has me puzzled. Ah. It should pass. For now, could you grab me something to drink? Preferably something with a peppermint taste?”

“No prob.” Spike said as he headed to the concession stands. Luna returned her attention to the Humans and decided to investigate on whether these were trustworthy.

The group was chatting. Someone said a joke that made them all laugh. During which, Twilight saw Luna coming over. “oh. Princess Luna.” she called out. Luna nodded and reached the group. “thought you weren’t gonna make it. Where’s Celestia?”

“my dear sister had matters to attend to in Canterlot that made her unable to come here. Unfortunately, she’ll be performing the end of the Celebration there.” the Ponies of the group were disappointed while the Humans were confused. Luna turned her gaze to the other-worlders. “So, who pray-tell are these people?”

“the name is Requiem.” Req said with confidence. She turned and gestured to the others. “This is Bahamut, Ash with his pets Fenrir and Cobalt, Sora, Satoshi, and Aura. There is another with us, Jax, but she seems to have disappeared.”

“mm-hmm. Pray-tell, how did you arrive on Equestria? No humans have been seen here before.”

“we came on that thing.” Satoshi said, pointing to a dim Orion. Even though it was dark, you could still make it out, as well as the scaffolding and cranes surrounding it.

“I heard from Spike that a mystery beast took it down.”

“Very big thing. It must’ve been as big as 20,000 cupcakes.” Pinkie explained. “or was it 30,000 cupcakes? I could never tell cause with cupcakes, you always get some weird resultslikethisonetimeitriedtouserai…”

Sora shut her gob before she could jabber everyone’s ear’s off. “You really need to cut back on the sugar.”

“what is with the scaffolding and the cranes?” Luna asked, now starting to act like a interrogator.

“Well, the Ponies are helping us out and we didn’t even ask. We just explained the situation and they offered to help. Req even had a whole speech planned.” Bahamut said in a joking matter. Luna was not amused. “I know. I suck.”

“And we even offered them places to stay while they’re stuck here.” Fluttershy said.

“Yeah. It’s giving us both good chances to study the other.” Twi smiled. “For example, did you know Requiem is a Demi-Goddess?”

“Twilight!” Req exclaimed. “You really can’t keep secrets, can you?”

“A… demi-goddess?” Luna asked, curious of the term.

“Well, that’s if you’re a child of, well, a god or goddess.

“really…” Luna was a bit curious, but also a bit nervous. A Demi-Goddess human on Equestria, a world where Human’s weren’t seen in millennia. Luna couldn’t help but feel nervous.

“yeah, but rarely has Req had to use those uber-powers. Last time, it was to take down another individual with god-like powers. I think his name was… Xehanort?” Satoshi wondered, trying to remember.

“That was me and another Sora, genius.” Ash exclaimed. “and we barely won. Besides, Requiem used her power with that Lina chick to beat that Monster, un… Shabranigdo, I think his name was.”

“oh, right. Guess my memory is starting to go.”

“if it hasn’t already.” Aura joked. The humans started laughing, leaving the ponies confused.

Eventually, The group split up and went their separate ways for the evening. Only Luna and Twilight remained where they once were. “So, what do you want to do first, Princess? A game of Parcheesi? Horseshoes?”

“actually, I’m curious about these new friends of yours. They haven’t been seen on Equestria for who knows how long.”

“oh. Sure. What do you want to know?” Twilight responded as the 2 headed into the game part of the celebration. Spike ran up after them, carrying his and Luna’s drinks.

Dinky cried hard into the night, deep in that cave.

The large red eyes inched closer and closer. Dinky stopped crying and noticed the eyes. Sadness got replaced with fear as Dinky tried to run but her legs are frozen. She can’t move.

A massive reptilian hand came into view. Dinky got even more scared but noticed something odd wrapped around it. It was… green and adore with fancy markings. It looked like a bracelet.

The creature stared down at Dinky, curious. She looked… familiar, to say the least. He reached out to her but stopped just seconds after he started. A buzzing sound came out of nowhere, surprising them both. The creature retreated into the cave as Dinky became scared of what else is in the cave. She had no way of knowing how big it is or what else is in it.

Jax and the Crusaders followed the hoof prints and found themselves in front of cave.

“Well, that’s not good.” Scootaloo joked.

“no telling how big that cave is. Dinky could be anywhere inside.” Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

“well, got to do something.” Applebloom said. “Besides, Spelunking could be our special talent.”

“hey, yeah. Thinking what I‘m thinking?” Scoot smirked. Jax rolled her eyes. She heard of what happens when these 3 find something.

“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SPELUNKERS!” all 3 yelled. Jax covered her ears to lessen the blow.

“Iyiyi. Talk about a pair of lungs.” Jax groaned, wiping off any earwax she may have gotten. “may as well go in. standing around out here ain‘t gonna help us.”

The crusaders nodded and the 4 went in, unaware of the large unknown beast that just burst out of the top of the mountain seconds after they went in.

All over Ponyville, everyone was having a great time, even Luna, and that’s something that hasn’t been seen since Nightmare Night.

At the center of town, at town hall, Requiem, Satoshi, and a pony named Vinyl Scratch were busy working on something.

“Sure this’ll work?” Satoshi asked.

“Positive. Can’t be living in fear due to that giant beasty flying around. Got to let loose and have fun.” Req smirked.

“but everyone else is having fun.”

“*sigh* Satoshi, you have much to learn about people, or in this case Ponies. Got everything ready, Vinyl?”

“Ready to go. They don’t call me the best mix artist in Equestria for nothing.”

“yeah, we heard. DJ PON3.” Satoshi sneered. Vinyl laughed nervously and scratched the back of her neck.

“So, how are you going to do it? Last I checked, this is a song.” Satoshi asked.

“Simple.” Requiem grabbed a microphone. “Karaoke.”

The buzzing sound grew in intensity as Dinky curled up in fear, afraid of what’s going to happen.

“DINKY!” Someone yelled out for her, somewhere behind her. Dinky looked back. “DINKS? Where the heck is that pony?” Sweetie Belle groaned.

“Over here!” Dinky yelled out.

“DINKY!?” Scootaloo replied, a bit surprised. “Where are you?”

“FOLLOW MY VOICE!”

“wait! Got a better idea.” Jax yelled out. Dinky waited a few minutes. A ball of blue light flew though the wall to her right, which surprised her. “other side of this wall.” Jax said from the other side.

“told you we should’ve taken a left.” Applebloom said.

“now what?” Dinky asked, pressing her ear on the wall.

“Step back, for one.” Jax said.

Dinky nervously backed up away from the wall. “STONE BLAST!” A large circle shaped hole opened up as the part cut out flew to the other side and broke apart into pieces.

Every pony had gathered at the town hall, hearing rumors of something going on.

“What do you think’s going to happen?” Bon Bon asked.

“I don’t know.” Lyra replied.

“I know what’s going to happen.” Bahamut smirked, sitting down beside them. “and it’s gonna be good.” he said, popping some popcorn into his mouth.

The entire town went black as the lights were shut off, leaving only a murmuring crowd.

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0:00.

The smoke cleared in the cave. Jax walked though from the other side and tripped on a stone, falling over. The Crusaders ran over her and over to Dinky.

“There you are.” Applebloom exclaimed.

“We were worried about you.” Scootaloo added.

“Why’d you leave?” Sweetie Belle finished.

Jax got up and dusted herself off. “how about we give her some breathing room first?” Jax walked over and looked Dinky over. “hmm… doesn’t look too bad. Just some bumps and bruises.”

Dinky pushed Jax away. “and it’s all your fault.” Dinky gritted though her teeth. Jax was surprised, to say the least. “I tried following your advice but Tiara and Spoon still beat me up!”

Applebloom heard something weird in the caves, like a buzzing sound.

“how was I supposed to know? In case you forgot, I’m not exactly a horse lover, you beast of burden!”

“you guys here that?” Applebloom asked Belle and Scoot, gesturing to the buzzing sound.

“Yeah. What is that?” Scoot wondered. They all felt like they heard it before.

“if anything, you’re the beast!” Dinky restored.

“Quiet!” Belle exclaimed, getting between them. “You can argue when we get back to Ponyville. Something about this cave is giving me the heebie-jeebies.”

“like what?” Jax asked. She didn’t have to wait long for a answer. The buzzing sound returned, louder this time.

“What is that?” Dinky asked.

Jax snapped her fingers and a fireball appeared in her hands, illuminating the cave. Crawling all over the cave walls… were Changelings.

0:44.

Stage lights illuminated from atop town hall, flickering like a concert hall.

“What’s going on?” Twilight asked.

“Shh.” Aura shushed her. “you’re gonna miss it.” he smirked.

Satoshi maneuvered the lights with a board while Vinyl was busy with the percussions. The music was being handled by a small stereo that happened to be on Orion.

Lights flickered rapidly. In the small seconds between each flash, the crowd could faintly pick out a Human standing in the center.

1:14.

Changelings crawled on the walls around Jax and the fillies. There must’ve been hundreds of them.

“un… what are these new horrors?” Jax asked.

“Changelings.” Applebloom gulped. “we saw them 3 months ago at Shining Armors and Princess Cadence’s wedding. They’re insect-like ponies that feed off of love and their queen thought that a wedding was a good idea to attack.”

“If they feed off of love, it was a smart move.” Jax smirked. She grabbed her Chakrams and took a battle pose. “but a bug is a bug, no matter what they look like. And bugs need to be squashed.”

One of the Changelings shrieked in fear. Like the ponies, they never saw Humans before, but it didn’t matter long. They sensed Love in Jax, love for a certain cowboy-like human, and that was enough for them.

The Changeling swarm disconnected themselves from the walls and started hovering in midair.

“now would probably be a good time to…” the Changelings charged them all. “…RUN!” Jax yelled out. She and the fillies bolted for the hole Jax had made, with the bug-like ponies in pursuit.

1:47.

The lights started to shine bright, illuminating the entire town hall area.

Standing in the center of the entrance was Requiem, her eyes closed and a wicked smirk on her face.

Vinyl tossed a microphone Requiem’s way. She raised her arm up and caught it.

♪You're giving me too many things Lately you're all I need You smiled at me and said,♪

Requiem began singing. (and in her own voice, not the one in the song with the link).

the humans in the crowd whistled, Aura being the loudest. Even though they never heard her sing before, even the ponies started cheering. Besides, everyone loves a good concert, right?

2:16.

♪Don't get me wrong I love you But does that mean I have to meet your father? When we are older you'll understand What I meant when I said "No, I don't think life is quite that simple”♪

Jax and the fillies ran though the caves, the Changelings in hot pursuit.

Jax quickly jumped in the air and flipped around.

“BLIZZARD!” she yelled out.

A torrential snowstorm blew though the caves from behind her and froze the first dozen or so Changelings but the rest kept coming.

Jax landed and ran after the others.

2:31.

♪When you walk away You don't hear me say please Oh baby, don't go Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go♪

Requiem was putting up quite a storm. The crowd was cheering.

Ash took Sora’s hand and pulled her up onto the stage. The 2 started dancing a ballroom style dance, but more energetic.

2:46.

♪When you walk away You don't hear me say please Oh baby, don't go Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go.♪

Jax threw one of her chakrams back towards the pursuing insects. It clipped one of the monsters in the wing and sent him rolling on the ground. He rolled right into a stalagmite and slumped to the ground.

Jax smirked, caught her Chakram as it returned to her, and continued running.

3:03.

♪The daily things That keep us all busy Are confusing me That's when you came to me and said♪

half of the crowd started dancing to the music. Even Luna was bobbing her head a bit to the beat.

Twilight’s drink ran out. She got up and went for more. On the way, she bumped into some pony from behind and both fell.

“Ow. Sorry about that.” Twilight said. She quickly went into shock and started blushing when she saw who it was: the most handsome stallion she ever saw.

“You say something, Miss?” he gently asked. His lavender mane flowed in the wind.

“un… I said I was sorry?” she asked, still dumbstruck by the handsome stallion. She shook her head and regained herself. “Sorry, what’s your name?”

“my name is Halos Light, but you can call me Halo.” Halo said. “and you?”

“Twilight. Twilight Sparkle.”

3:20.
♪Wish I could prove I love you But does that mean I have to walk on water? When we are older you'll understand It's enough when I say so And maybe some things are that simple♪

The Fillies ran as fast as their legs could take them.

Jax hopped up onto the ceiling, slammed one of her chakrams into the ceiling, jumped off, and slammed the other Chakram in the ground.

“INDIGNATION!” she yelled out.

a intense lighting field extended out of the Chakrams, centered at one point between the two, and fired a powerful lightning bolt.

it torn though the Changelings but didn’t decimate them. Jax scoffed in defeat as the Chakrams flew back into the hands and continued to run.

♪When you walk away You don't hear me say please Oh baby, don't go Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go♪

a screen extended down behind Requiem and started playing events from their past, including what happened on Earth, such as Bahamut hatching, Requiem’s and Aura’s hometown Teria on fire, and Requiem fighting a massive monster in the middle of a field which itself is in the middle of a intense beam.

3:48.
♪Hold me Whatever lies beyond this morning Is a little later on Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all Nothing's like before♪

Jax ran upside down on the ceiling, firing fireballs at the Changelings. In all of the blasts, the fireballs only took down 3.

“dang it. There’s just too many.” she grunt. That’s when she came up with a devious idea.

4:03.
♪When you walk away You don't hear me say please Oh baby, don't go Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight It's hard to let it go♪

the screen now started to play footage from the other worlds they visited and what they did, such as Sora and Lloyd Irving charging copies of Mithos, Yuan, and Kratos, Ash going back to back with Riku and Mickey, surrounded by Heartless and Nobodies, Aura flying alongside Toothless and Hiccup, Satoshi flying in a Arwing alongside the Star Fox team, Bahamut meeting a blue Dragoness on Warfang and fighting alongside Spyro and Cynder, and Requiem and Lina Inverse casting a joint spell that looked wickedly powerful,

4:18.

♪Hold me Whatever lies beyond this morning Is a little later on Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all Nothing's like before.♪

Jax skidded around a corner and bolted for the exit.

She turned around, threw her chakrams in to the wall, and yelled “STONE BLAST!”

Rocks blasted out of the wall and pelted the Changelings from the sides. Jax smirked but it quickly vanished as the roof started to collapse.

4:33.

♪Hold me Whatever lies beyond this morning Is a little later on Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all Nothing's like before♪

The footage now started to show the romantic side of the group, such as Requiem and Aura kissing, Bahamut and the blue Dragoness sitting on a hill staring at a sunset, and Ash and Sora holding each other.

“did you notice that Jax and Satoshi weren’t in the last one?” Spike asked Rarity.

“I did. Those 2 would make a cute couple, wouldn’t you agree?” Rarity asked in return.

“if you say so.” Spike shrugged.

4:48.

Jax ran for the exit as the cave started to crash in on itself.

The Fillies ran outside and panted, waiting for Jax.

Jax dove for it just as the cave collapsed. The force sent one Changeling flying into the bushes, knocking him out.

5:03. End Song.

The song ended and the crowd went wild. They all asked for a encore. Requiem, not being one to disappoint, decided to do so, but with a different song.

Jax and the Fillies panted as the dust began to settle.

“That was close.” Jax panted.

“Those… were some wicked moves.” Scootaloo panted.

“Ah. They were nothing compared to what I pulled off back home.” Jax joked. She got up and helped the other Fillies up. “man, what a night.” she looked up at the moon. “and it’s only….. Bah da bah…. 11:00 o’clock. I think we might make it in time for the end of the festival.”

“YAY!” the Crusaders and Dinky cheered.

They got up and started for home when the buzzing sound came back again. Everyone froze in their tracks and looked back with frightened expressions. “You got to be kidding me.” Jax groaned.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzL4IA16k78

Zelda: Skyward Sword Music - Koloctos/Moldrach

The rocks exploded outward, raining down onto the forest. Jax cast Barrier, blocking any boulders heading towards them.

The Changelings buzzed out and took to the sky.

Jax lowered the barrier and ran a few feet after them. “no no no. they’re heading towards town.” she exclaimed.

“now what?” Dinky asked.

“how am I supposed to know?”

“how about running?” Scootaloo suggested.

Jax dismissed it and started thinking. She stopped after a few seconds and came up with a good idea.

The insect-like ponies buzzed though the air, closing in on their target: Ponyville.

A thin piece of wood zoomed across the ground, heading in the same direction.

“THIS IS CRAZY!” Belle exclaimed.

“YOU SURE? PRETTY NORMAL BACK HOME!” Jax yelled. She was using Air Thrust to propel the board along the ground.

They eventually overtook the Changelings, to which they cheered.

At the schoolhouse, without the involvement of the Crusaders, Big Max and Cheeralie were having a romantic time together. A time that was drawing to a close.

Jax and the Fillies yelled as they flew though the air. Their board snagged on a branch and sent them flying into the playground, surprising the 2 lovebirds.

“what’s going on here?” Cheeralie asked. The dust settled and they both saw who it was. “What are you 4 doing? Aren’t you supposed to be in bed?”

Jax rose up and shook dirt out of her hair. “we’ll explain later, but for now, can you hide?” she asked nicely.

“from what?” Big Mac asked.

Applebloom hopped onto his back and turned his neck to the Changelings. “From that!” she exclaimed.

“That would do it.”

Jax walked out, Chakrams in hand. “hide in the schoolhouse. I got this.” she smirked. The ponies did just that and ran into the schoolhouse.

Jax smirked as her Chakrams lit on fire.

End Song.

The crowd applauded once again as Requiem’s second song ended.

“thank you. Thank you.” she humbly said. “are they any requests you would like me to follow up on?” she kindly asked.

Begin Song:

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

Untamable - Kingdom Hearts 3D OST

The Changelings flew over the schoolhouse and headed for town. Jax jumped up and sliced one of them in half.

Jax landed on top of the school’s bell tower as the changelings turned their attention to her.

“why don’t you pick on someone your own size?” she egged on. Her chakrams started to hover around her wrists and spin. Fire appeared in Requiem’s hands as she smirked evilly.

Requiem sang her third song well but was being constantly interrupted by strange noises like explosions and screaming. And it wasn’t just her, everyone could hear it. They dismissed it as something natural, like distant fireworks, and returned to the concert.

Jax spun though midair, flames following her every move as she spun, twirled, and flipped around the Changelings, hitting and engulfing them in fire.

The ponies watched from inside, mesmerized by the surprising beauty of the battle.

Jax landed on the ground and panted. “there’s just too many. There’s gotta be a easier way.” she thought to herself.

She quickly came up with a idea that could work. She jumped back up onto the bell tower and started concentrating on a single spell.

“oh, unbreakable force that consumes all of the worlds, that binds us to our native lands…”

The wind started to pick up as it started to swirl all around her. The wind could be felt all the way back at Ponyville but they all dismissed it as a intense breeze. Thunder clapped all around Jax as the spell powered up.

“…I call upon thee to help me in this desperate hour so that we may continue to live by your mighty example and continue to thrive on our native soils.”

The spell reached it’s apex and Jax opened her eyes. “GRAVITY’S VOID!” she yelled out.

A large purple sphere appeared above the school and started sucking up all of the Changelings into it.

Once she was certain they were all in, she jumped down and performed another spell. “AIR THRUST!” a blast of wind came out of the chakrams, combined into one, and sent the sphere flying high and high into the sky, right into the atmosphere.

Jax landed on the ground and snapped her fingers. The sphere exploded like a firework, though nobody in Ponyville took notice.

End Song.

Jax panted heavily as she looked up at where the sphere was. She fell onto the ground and continued to pant.

“that… was surprisingly tough.” the ponies ran out and towards her.

“you okay?” Cheeralie asked.

“yeah. I’m good. Kinda tired, though. Think I’m gonna catch a few Z’s.” cheers came from Ponyville as Requiem’s third song ended. “and I missed Req’s little concert. Oh, she’s been planning that for you guys and we missed it. Oh well.”

Dinky chuckled and hugged her. “Thanks for saving me.” she smiled.

“Hey hey hey. I don’t do hugs. Especially from horses.”

“Ponies.” they all exclaimed.

“whatever, I’m going to bed.” Jax yawned and closed her eyes. The ponies looked at each other and giggled like a couple of idiots.

A lone man, dressed in a green tux, watched the spectacle from afar and smiled.

“She’s defiantly the one Lady Kyra is looking for.” he smirked evilly.

A tornado came out of nowhere and engulfed him. Within several seconds, he vanished.