My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 7

History Lesson

Young Derpy backed up in fear as a giant monster rose out of the lake where she and eTu`nes have been using as a camp for the past week.

The monster, in truth, was a Leviathan, a massive sea serpent with a tendency to cause tidal waves and sink ships.

The monster roared into the air, not even noticing the duo beneath it. It roared again and shook it’s snout. It happened to look down and notice the pony and dragon. He chuckled as he saw who the dragon was.

“Well, well, well. Look who it is. Little eTu`nes.” the Leviathan(Michael Clarke Duncan) chuckled. He bent down to the dragon and pony. “last I checked, you were forsaken by your clan by being the weakest Dragon ever born and beaten within a inch of your life. By all statistics, you should be dead by now.”

“I got better.” eTu`nes snarled.

“so I heard.” the Leviathan turned his attention to the pony. “heard stories from birds and other animals that a pony nursed you back to health. Goes to show that you are nothing but a weakling. You were a weakling before, and you’re a weakling now.”

“Shut up.” eTu`nes sternly replied.

“Hahaha. Oh, this is rich. The weakling, acting all tough. Hahahahahaha. Hohohoho. Brings a tear to my eye. Hahaha!”

“shut up!” eTu`nes exclaimed.

“or what, weakling? You can’t do anything right. Not only are you weak, but also a burden to everyone around you. No doubt your pony friend can tell you the same thing.”

“now that’s not fair. Talking down to eTu`nes like that. He’s more kind then the rest of your kind. And how can you tell that he’s a Weakling? He’s just a baby.” Derpy retorted.

The Leviathan laughed again. “a baby? In your age numbers, he’s around, oh I don’t know, 17. That’s as big as the runt is ever going to get. And he’ll never prove anything for himself. everyone would be better off if he had never been born.”

Rage built up inside eTu`nes, eventually reaching a boiling point. “SHUT UP!” eTu`nes yelled at the top of his lungs. He took a deep breath and fired a laser-like breath out at the Leviathan. The beam hit the Leviathan in the head. It roared in pain as it fell back into the water.

eTu`nes panted in fear, seeing what he had done. Derpy was in shock as well, surprised that eTu`nes was able to that. The dragon looked back at her with fear in his eyes.

The Leviathan burst out of the water, roaring as loud as he can. “you’re gonna pay for that, you mistake!” he yelled. The serpents reply was his own breath attack, similar to what eTu`nes pulled off.

The blast hit the ground, unfortunately hitting Derpy, or at least near her. Derpy was sent flying to a tree, knocking her out.

“DERPY!” eTu`nes yelled. She didn’t respond or even move. eTu`nes angry reached a new high as he started to glow dark red. The Leviathan chuckled at the sight. What was the runt going to do? eTu`nes roared and jumped at the Leviathan.

20 years later…

Jax groaned in pain as she opened her eyes. She was back on her room at Derpy’s house. She sat up but winced as her head hurt like it was going to split in half.

“dang migraines.” she groaned, holding her head. “What happened? Last thing I remember is…” last thing she remembered was fighting the Changelings. “…that’s right. I was fighting those mutant insect-ponies. Then I cast Gravity’s Void and… and then I blacked out. Always forget that that high-level spells leave me dirt tired. But when I get caught up in the moment…”

She sighed as she got out of her bed. She held her head in pain and leaned on the wall a bit. “damn. This is a bad one. Hope they have Tylenol here.” she groaned as she headed for the door.

She opened it up to see… nopony home. They were all gone. “finally, a good morning.” she groaned happily. She walked over to the kitchen and fumbled around for any painkillers.

“let’s see… Cinnamon… Cilantro… Blueberries…. AH! Here we go. Painkillers.” she said as she reached up onto a shelf and grabbed a bottle of painkillers. Jax opened the bottle and popped a couple in. she swallowed them and put the bottle back where she found it.

Jax walked out of the kitchen, still suffering from a migraine, and noticed a note on the table. She walked over and picked it up.

‘Jax,

Not long after you blacked out, Dinky, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Applebloom, as well as Big Max and Cheeralie, carried you back into town. They explained that you fought off a swarm of Changelings by yourself. Needless to say, we were all impressed. Your sister, Sora, and that Ash guy put you to bed. She said that whenever you do high-level spells, you have a tendency to black out…’

“Boy, ain’t that true.” Jax snickered.

‘…and that they usually last for a few hours. So, you should get this the next morning. Princess Luna was pretty curious about you and what you can do…’

“Princess Luna?” Jax wondered. She shrugged and continued reading the letter.

‘… we told her how you have a bit of a hatred for us Ponies as well as being a powerful magic user. Well, probably fourth best on Equestria…’

“Arrogant much?” Jax sneered. “and how am I 4th best?”

‘… but needless to say, she was curious about all you humans. She must’ve been thinking hard about it cause she left for Canterlot the second the sun rose. Clearly, Luna is being her old self again. Oh, listen to me. I’m starting to pander on. My bad. Anyways, when you get this note, please head on over to my house for a orientation of life on Equestria. If all of you are going to be stuck here, you may as well learn of our history, culture, mannerisms. I got Spike and the others ready to help me on that. And we can learn about you humans as well. Some ponies who were interested in you humans are also joining us, such as Lyra, The Mayor, Octavia, Vinyl, Berry Punch, Colgate, Derpy and her cousin Doctor Whooves, Carrot Top, and Sparkler. Hurry, though, we won’t wait for you.

Sincerely,

Twilight Sparkle’

Jax put the letter down and sighed as she leaned on the table. “a class? A history class? That was my least favorite subject in school, now I have to go though it again? She groaned and lowered her head. “well, guess I better go, or else Sora will bean me.”

Jax walked out the door and headed for Twilight’s house.

“and not long after that, we…” Requiem began to explain. She was explaining what happened to her and her friends when Jax opened the door, getting her attention.

She clamored in as tons on ponies tried to talk to her. She slammed the door behind her and fell to the floor, tired. “the whole town is out there. Guess they’re very interested with us.” Jax panted. She felt something underneath her. She reached down and pulled out a microphone. “What, are they listening on us?” Jax tapped the microphone. “Don’t you people have anything better to do?” she asked into the mike.

“NOPE!” everyone outside responded.

Jax tossed the mike to the side, causing a loud feedback outside.

She looked up and saw the humans and ponies inside looking at her. “do I have the right address? I thought I was supposed to be at 343 Baker Street.” she joked. She started to duck back out the door.

“Get in here!” her friends yelled. Jax gave a wheezy snicker as she entered. She sat in the chair in the farthest back. Unfortunately for her, Derpy was also in the back but she didn‘t notice till the last second.

“So… where are we on this fun-filled trip though time?” Jax joked, not really caring.

“oh, nowhere in particular. We finished up both our cultures and are starting to get started on our histories. For us, it’s up to the part where we saved the Universe from my brother, is all.” Requiem smirked.

“oh. Well, then by all means. Continue on.” Jax joked, gesturing Req to continue.

“un, ahem. Yes, well, my brother was going to use the power of the stars to try and destroy the Universe, as well as the afterlife and everyone in it. Basically, wipe out all, and I mean ALL, existence.”

“*impressed whistle* dang. that’s one bad brother, Req.” Rainbow whistled.

“Yeah, well, fat lot it did him. We beat him and saved the universe. However, during our final bout, he said something to me, something deeply disturbing.” Everypony leaned in, including Req’s friends. “that there’s more like him out there, that the ‘little’ war between Heaven and Hell we ended on Earth would be nothing compared to what’s out in the stars.”

“Yeesh. Well, did you find any?” Colgate asked.

“well, not what we would call worse…” Ash said, leaning on a wall in the very back. “… but they gave us quite a challenge.”

“like those things on the projector last night during Req’s concert?” Octavia asked.

“Well, they weren’t our foes on those worlds. They were our allies and the bad guys were actually their foes. We just helped beat them.” Aura said.

“how so?” Applejack asked, very curious know.

“well, on the first world we visited, which was actually a solar system called Lylat, we teamed up with a merc group called Star Fox and helped beat a mad scientist called Andross from conquering said system.” Satoshi said. “Fox McCloud, Star Fox’s leader, delivered the final blow as I kept Andross at bay.”

“and I thought Nightmare Moon was a pain.” Rarity joked.

“That ain’t nothing.” Sora reprimanded. “next world we visited, which was called Sylvarant AND Tethe’alla, I teamed up with the heroes to help take out revived clones of their old foe, Mithos Yggdrasill, which messed up their world in a bad way. Almost lost too.”

“hey, ain’t your last name Yggdrasill?” Doctor Whooves asked, feeling a wee bit suspicious.

“there’s no connection. It was merely coincidence.” Jax explained. “of course, Lloyd didn’t think so at first. Hell, none of them did tell we saved their hides from a giant shark.”

Whooves retracted his comment and sat down, little bit embarrassed.

“The next world we visited was actually a massive heart-shaped nebula in the middle of a bout between Light and Darkness.” Ash proceeded. “the heroes, who wield special weapons called Keyblades, were fighting a mean group called Organization XIII, whose leader, Xemnas, was trying to obtain Kingdom Hearts, a powerful entity which is the heart of all their worlds. Needless to say, Xemnas was defeated and their little universe was saved.”

“We also met another Sora, but that’s for another day.” Sora chuckled.

“Next on the list was Berk, a world inhabited by Dragons and Vikings.” Aura went on. “they had just finished a 300-year long war when Romans came and started attacking. Me and their heroes Hiccup and Toothless beat them back, but not before taking out half of their fleet.”

“un… Hiccup and Toothless?” Rarity asked.

“their custom. Very strange names. Stranger then yours.”

“And what’s wrong with Berry Punch?” B.P. asked.

Requiem gave a groaned sigh as she rolled her eyes and held her head. “anyway, if we can move on, I think the next world we visited was one Bahamut had a big impact on.”

“oh, yeah. Next was Warfang, another Dragon inhabited world where they are the dominant species, like you all.” Bahamut gestured to the ponies. They all looked at each other. “anyways, I teamed up with their heroes, Spyro and Cynder, to help defeat their revived foe, Malefor. Before, they had him sealed in a massive crystal at the center of the world. With me, we were able to take away his powers and turn him… slightly good again.”

“Slightly good? How’s that possible?” Twilight asked.

“I dunno. But it worked. PLUS, I met the future Ms. Bahamut there.” Bahamut snickered, raising his eyebrows up and down like a playa. “Ah, Sapphyre, how I miss ye, let me count the ways.” he went on, forgetting that everyone was still there.

“Oooookay, moving on, we visited the last world before we came here. They didn’t have a proper name for it so we just called it L-Sama.” Requiem continued. “I teamed up with a group who earned the nickname ‘the Slayers’.”

“why’d they earn that nickname?” Spike asked.

“cause they saved the world more times then our combined efforts on other worlds. And most of the time, they went up against powerful Monsters. I helped Lina Inverse, their worlds best sorceress, prevent her old foe Shabranigdo from destroying her hometown. We combined our most powerful spells to take him down; for Lina, it was a signature spell called the Dragon Slave. For me, it was a spell called the Judgment Ray. We combined them both and sent them at ol’ Ruby Eyes. He ain’t sitting high and mighty now, let me tell you that.” Req chuckled. Nobody else did so she gave up before it got embarrassing. “ah… then, not long after that, we ended up here and, well, you know the rest.”

“yeah, yeah. Giant monster strands you here. We know the story.” a bored Colgate said.

“not much of a people person, is she?” Bahamut jokingly asked Carrot Top.

“here we go again.” Requiem muttered. “ANYWAY, with our history and culture out of the way, can we move on to your history?” she asked Twilight.

“okay. Might take a while.”

“We just did ours in 15 minutes flat. think you can barrel though it.” Requiem said as she sat down.

“well, ahem… where do I begin?”

“how’s about the founding of this place? This kingdom?” Ash asked.

“I think you mean princess-dom, Ash.” Sora joked. Not even a chuckle from anyone. “oh, you guys don’t know funny.”

“un…. Ahem. Well, Equestria was founded 2000 years ago. Before then, the 3 kinds of ponies lived apart, deep with resentment for the other races for, well, being different.” Twilight started.

“that sounds familiar.” Satoshi whispered to Ash. Ash nodded in agreement.

“however, it was due to a deadly blizzard brought on by Windigoes; winter spirits that feed off of hatred and anger, that Everypony was able to except each other and live in harmony, and brought about the Elements of Harmony. We remember it as Hearth‘s Warming Eve.”

Whooves began whistling non-chillingly as he slowly headed for the exit. “what’s with the whistling, Whooves?” a suspicious Twilight asked.

Whooves quickly stopped and turned around, laughing nervously. “un… nothing. Nothing at all. Just un… just un…”

“oh, no. Cous…” Derpy groaned.

“I didn’t do anything. Honest. I had nothing to do with Windigoes and Hearth’s Warming Eve.” Whooves chuckled nervously. Derpy face-hoofed herself.

(here you go. Explanation for the nervous breakdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBC06cWuUNs )

Everyone looked at him suspiciously. “what are you talking about?” A.J. asked.

“un… da…pa…wa…be….ahe *nonsense sputtering*. N-N-N-N-Nothing. Nothing at all.” Whooves chuckled nervously. “just going crazy, is all.” he chuckled nervously. He sat down on the floor. Everyone looked at each other, not really convinced.

“okie dokie loki…” Pinkie Pie droned, not really convinced like the rest.

“ANYWAAAAY…” Twilight interrupted. “…getting back to history… 50 years after that, the first Alicorns, Celestia and Luna, were born to the first ruler of the newly founded Equestria. Unlike other ponies, Alicorns can live forever and have the most powerful magic around. Even I can’t overpower them.”

“well, course they would be powerful. They can raise the sun and the moon.” Aura muttered.

“after the first ruler died 30 years later, Celestia and Luna ruled over us with gentleness and kindness. Least that’s how it was for the first 999 or so years.”

“huh?” Sora asked, taking a bite out of a bagel.

Twi pulled down a picture, showing off… “Discord, the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. He appeared and nearly sent the world into chaos. Thanks to Celestia and Luna, he was sealed away in stone, but not before Discord was able to plant seeds of doubt in Luna. Eventually, though Discord’s tricks, Luna became Nightmare Moon and almost pledged the world into Eternal Darkness. With no choice, Celestia used the Elements to banish Nightmare Moon into the moon itself. The celebration following her banishment was the first Summer Sun Celebration.”

Jax tossed several chips into her mouth as Twilight then went on the explain what happened in the show in a whole, such as Nightmare Moon’s and Discord’s return, the various troubles the Mane 6 all went though, eventually ending with the Changeling attack during her brother’s wedding.

“…then 3 months after that, you guys and that giant monster showed up and… we’re now here.”

“that’s it? And in…. 11 minutes time. Shorter then me. Congrats.” Req joked. Twi accepted it regardless.