A quiet breeze flowed through the gardens of Castle Canterlot, the silver moon high above illuminating the statues down below. Two figures were distinctly unlike the rest of the statues. Though both were as much stone as all the other creations in the garden, both were not of pony make. No, these two figures were bipedal, possessing features not unlike a very strange ape. The differences continued from there, however. Both statues were carved in the likenesses of strange armor, one design calling forth the imagery of a bat due to its eye-lenses’ strange shape- curving up into points like bat ears, and coming down as if creating a fanged mouth. The second one was much less clear when it came to design inspiration. For one, there was the large ‘A’ stamped upon the figure’s chest, along with the ‘A’ shaped lenses forming another pair of pointed ‘ears’ upon its head.

The breeze blew away, instilling a stillness upon the silent garden that would be difficult to match on any other day. A quiet crackling dispelled the stillness, however. The cracking increased in scope as a faint violet glow filled the garden. And with a great big CRACK, a massive burst of violet light filled the garden as a statue fell from its pedestal and flopped to the grass, heaving for air, even as its armor dissipated and left a barely conscious human girl on the ground, and a tiny, white bat-like creature fluttering weakly around her.

Stillness returned, if only for a few minutes. As the girl caught a second wind, she stood shakily and braced herself on her partner statue, looking up at the armored form’s aggressive stance.

“Haruka… You awake?” She whispered, grabbing the tiny white creature in her hand and placing it in her pocket. No reply save for another tiny breeze. Then, a brief flash of red from the stone figure’s belt caught her attention.

‘Well, I wasn’t until you woke me up by pelting me with your stupid marble crust. Why do you get marble? Obsidian sucks!’

“Haruka… your armor is black. Now would you hurry up? The guards are probably gonna come soon.” The as-of-yet unnamed girl whispered urgently, eyes darting back and forth.

‘Yare yare, Natsumi… or should I say… Natsumelon?’

“Will you shut up about that stupid nickname!?” Natsumi hissed, grabbing the bat-thing out of her pocket and raising it aggressively, “Don’t make me Henshin and Sonic Saber your card-themed ass!”

Another flash of red formed into a large rectangle and slid over the obsidian statue, shattering it and releasing a red and black figure, one that promptly dissolved into another human girl with a startling similarity to the previously released Natsumi.

“Ohhhh that hurts….” The second girl whined, grabbing at her midsection and attempting to catch her breath.

“C’mon, Haru, we gotta go.” Natsumi helped her shorter haired twin to her feet, already preparing to leave the premises as fast as possible.

Said twin stood up and dusted herself off, noticing her leather riding jacket, ‘Fuck You’ t-shirt and bell bottom jeans. “Oh man it’s been forever since I saw these!” She spun around and hugged herself, not caring that her sister- who was clothed in a simple set of hoodie and jeans- was trying frantically trying to get her to calm down.

“Haruka, calm down! You’re gonna get us in-” “HALT” “-... trouble…”

“Shit. My bad.”

Bright floodlights destroyed the serenity of the moonlit gardens as scores of guards armored in golds and blues filed into ranks, pinning the two sisters down on all sides.

“Haruka?” Natsumi deadpanned, arms already raised into a combat position.

“Yeah, sis?” Came the reply, her sister mirroring the pose.

“For the record, I blame you for all of this shit.”

“Wouldn’t be the first time, o’ 12 second older sister of mine. Now, should we show them why we were called the baddest bitches of the age?” Both sisters smirked at each other, preparing themselves for the battle ahead.

“Try not to fall too far behind this time, little sister. As I recall, my superior strategies won me the battle quite a bit more than your reckless charges.”

“Fuck you!”

“Not even if I was an incestuous lesbian. Henshin!” A dazzling light filled the air as Natsumi held her tiny companion aloft and her armor formed around her, the tiny bat fading out of existence.

“Okay, one: Ew. Two: Henshin!” Haruka cried, inserting a card into her belt, generating another red rectangle that slid over her form, leaving behind her armored self, ‘A’ motifs and all.

“Kamen Rider Kivala!”

“Kamen Rider Larc!”

The ‘Baddest Bitches of the Age’ stood back to back, Natsumi raising her saber and Haruka readying her Larc Rouzer.

Haruka muttered to Natsumi, “So… escape plan B?”

“Yup.”

“Great.”

At some unseen signal, the pair leapt onto a high up terrace, dodging javelins and crossbow bolts in midair. Backhanding one of the guards with her saber, Kivarra beat off another pair, snap kicking the unlucky unicorns into some of their navy-armored pegasi comrades.

Larc spun on her heel, swiping several pegasi out of the air with a flaming kick, using them to springboard herself onto the nearest rooftop, her sister following directly after.

Both saluted jauntily, waving their arms and giving a semi-flirtations pose.

“Bye boys~” They called in stereo, leaping out of the castle and Canterlot faster than the guards could follow.

Back in the garden, Captain of the Guard, Shining Armor dropped his head into his hooves and set his lance down in exasperation.

“Princess Celestia is not going to like this… it’s worse than Discord…” he muttered, tail lashing in irritation.

The wounded guards around him slowly stood and limped their ways to the infirmary, supported by their healthy comrades and their own iron will.

In a hidden cave about halfway down the mountain that Canterlot rested upon, our two heroines rested, still low on energy after being freed from their prisons.

“Oi, Natsumi, why’d you think tonight was the night we got free?” Haruka idly wondered, scratching lightly at her belly.

Her sister leaned against one of the cave walls and sighed, “I got nothing, maybe this world really likes the concept of nice, round numbers. It’s been two thousand years, y’know?”

“You’ve been counting!?”

“Yes. Why wouldn’t I? I mean, considering that this place has magic, and that we spent a good three years wandering around the place and learning bits and pieces, I figured that there’d be significant numbers- just like in most earth fantasy series.” Natsumi stood straight with a wince, cracking her spine. “Now help me seal up the entrance a little. We don’t want to get caught while we sleep, yes?”

“Fine fine….” Haruka mumbled, already half asleep.

In the rural little town of Ponyville, seven residents assembled in a large, crystal castle, five normal ponies, a newly crowned princess, and a tiny dragon. The topic of discussion was two statues that had gone missing and the mysterious appearance of two beings that immediately followed.

“Alright girls, Princess Celestia just sent me a letter detailing the situation.” Twilight spoke, pacing back and forth to keep her nerves in check. “We have two unknown beings somewhere out there, both of which have some sort of special transformation that grants them unique armor, weapons, and abilities. The Princess wants us to just hold down the fort for now and notify her immediately if we see either of them.”

“Uhh, Twi? What exactly do those two look like?” Rainbow asked, leaning back in her throne.

Twilight started, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, “Ah, right! Well, these two are tall, about twice as tall as the average pony, which puts them at about the same size as Princess Celestia-” “Those are some tall ponies…” “-They’re not exactly ponies, Rainbow. These two are bipedal, resembling hairless apes more than anything, and appear to be female.”

Rarity’s eyes quietly sparkled as she thought of the fashion opportunities.

“And,” Twilight continued, raising a hoof, “they’re also very dangerous with their weapons- their armor is also very difficult to get through. That’s why we’re being held in reserve; we may be needed to use our Rainbow Power on them.”

Uneasy looks went around- just what was so special about these two beings that had Princess Celestia so worried? And if the Princess was worried, what would that mean for them?

In a cave deep in the Everfree forest, two mechanical beetles glowed within their stony confines, trapped within the cave’s stony embrace.

Two whispers carried across the wind, leading to the sisters high up and far away.

‘Change… Beetle’

‘Change… Stag… Beetle’

Author's Notes:

HENSHIN!

Haha... what am I doing.

In all seriousness, this came to me due to the fact that a lot of the authors I associate with on a regular basis seem to feel like creating opposite gendered OCs, ergo, bandwagoned.

And I've been doing a lot of Kamen Rider research lately (Don't ask), so these two were my first ideas... well, okay, I woulda chosen different ones IF THERE WERE MORE FEMALE KAMEN RIDERS.