Ponies, Pirates, and Navy
Chapter 3: Devil Fruits
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI awoke to an unfamiliar sight. I was staring at a purple ceiling rather the usual white. I turned over and fell off of the bed, bouncing to the middle of the room. Sitting up, I looked around the room, then turned to the bed and I saw Tashigi sleeping peacefully. Everything came flooding back.
'Right, me and Ashley were transported to an anthropomorphic version of a show from our world that was for little girls as Luffy and Tashigi... The amount of strange things in that one sentence isn't even funny,' I thought. I walked over to the bathroom and got into the shower. After showering, I got dressed in the same clothes I had worn yesterday. 'Going to have to get some more clothes soon,' I thought, hanging my hat around my neck from the string attached to it. There was a knock on the door and I opened it to see a guard standing there. "Yes?" I asked.
"The Princesses wish to see you and the other human," he said. "I'll escort you to them."
I narrowed my eyes, "She's my wife and her name is Ashley." I got in his face, "Understand?" The guard nodded. "Good. Now hang on, I have to wake her up." I closed the door and approached the bed. I began to gently shake Ashley, "Ash, hon? You need to get up. The Princesses want to see us."
She slowly opened her eyes and gave me sleepy smile when she saw me, "Good morning, Luffy." I stared at her as she closed her eyes again. After a second, her eyes snapped back open and she shot up, "Luffy!?"
I smiled, "Morning Tashigi."
She looked down at herself, "So, everything that happened was real."
I chuckled, "Seems like it. Come on, apparently the Princesses want us."
She got up and walked into bathroom, "I'm going to take a shower. I'll be out in a minute."
I leaned against the entrance to our room and waited for my wife to finish. After a while, she exited the bathroom wearing only a towel. I could feel my face heat up at the sight.
She noticed my face and gained a seductive look, "See something you like?"
"I'd be lying if I said no," I said, my face still flushed. She strode to me, keeping the same look on her face. "Hon, you know that I would love to--" I was silenced when Ashley pressed her lips against mine. When we separated, I stared at her, "You know I love when you do things like this, did you really have to do it now? When your pretty much naked and the Princesses are waiting for us?"
She just smirked and started getting dressed. "We need to talk to Rarity about getting some new clothes," she said.
"Yeah, I'd rather not wear the same clothes every day, but why don't you make some?" I asked.
"Well, for one I don't have anything to make some with," she said. "For another, Rarity is a professional seamstress, so she'd be better to ask."
"I see your point," I said. When she was dressed I opened the door, "We are ready to go, sir."
The guard nodded and started walking through the castle.
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We soon reached our destination and he opened the doors, "Sean and Ashley are here, Your Highness's."
"Thank you, you may go," Celestia said. The guard bowed and stepped aside.
We entered the room and slightly surprised by what we saw. There was a large table in front of us with breakfast spread across it. Everyone that we had met yesterday was seated at the table, including Dinky, Amethyst, and the three fillies that had tackled me. Even Discord was there, except that he was floating above everyone. The newlyweds weren't there of course, probably on their honeymoon. I noticed three ponies I'd hadn't seen yet. Two of them wore navy blue military clothing. The stallion was light blue with a dark blue mane and the mare next to him was a brilliant gold with a fiery mane. Glancing over, I saw Rainbow was staring at them in admiration. I then looked at the other stallion, he was a white unicorn with a golden mane. He had a deep scowl on his face. I noticed that Rarity was glaring at the stallion for some reason, as was Amethyst.
Nightmare Moon looked at us questioningly, "Is something wrong? You look surprised."
"That guard only told us that you three wanted to see us, so we weren't exactly expecting breakfast, no," I said in slight annoyance.
Celestia sighed, "Yes, that's a problem that they have. No matter what we try they are always like that."
Ashley shrugged, "It's not really a big deal, it just would have been nice to know that you just wanted us to join you for breakfast and not for something else."
Before anything else could be said, the white unicorn stallion spoke up, "Aunties, must we really eat with these commoners?" He then glanced at Spike, Discord, and us, "And these creatures?"
Celestia looked ready to say something, but before she could, Ashley let out a loud groan. "Not this prick," she said. Everyone looked at her in shock.
I glanced at her, "You know him?"
"Yes, he appeared in the show. He was an absolute--" she looked ready to call him an ass, but remembered that there were fillies present and instead said, "jerk to Rarity. I'm not saying he had to do everything she wanted him to do, but he treated her horribly. He actually used her as a shield to protect himself from a cake."
His hand started to glow, as he yelled, "I will not be insulted! Especially not by some bitch that's not even a pony!" Before anyone could say or do anything he fired his magic at Ashley.
My anger sparked when he insulted and attacked my wife and I focused all of it on my arm. It turned black and I swatted the magic blast away. Everyone stared at me in shock, but I was too pissed to pay any attention to them. Throwing my arm forward, I stretched and grabbed the bastard by his collar. I then pulled him towards us and threw him through the doors. I walked through the doorway and, ignoring the guards with their spears at the ready, I approached the injured unicorn.
I lifted him by the collar and glared at him. "You dare insult and attack my wife," I said darkly.
"Sean, that's enough! I know you're angry and I promise you, Blueblood will be punished, but you need to calm down!" Celestia shouted.
I continued to glower at him, before releasing him. "You do that again and not even the Princesses will be able to save you from me," I threatened him as he hit the ground. As I walked back to the dining room, he left as fast as his injured body could move. The doors were then surrounded in a golden aura and lifted back into place. In a bright flash, the doors were completely fixed. After he was gone, I took several calming breaths, trying to rid myself of my anger.
Ashley walked up to me, "Thank you Sean."
"Of course. I'd do anything to protect you Ash." She smiled softly, but then suddenly smacked me upside the head. "Ow! What?"
"I'm glad you'd do that for me, but even for Blueblood that was a bit much," she said.
"I actually wish he'd gone a bit farther," Nightmare Moon spoke up.
I saw Luna and Rarity nod in agreement and even Amethyst was smirking. A smile crossed my face. Seeing the smile, Ashley bopped me again, "Ah! Are you going to be like Nami? Smacking me upside the head all the time?"
"If you need to be, yes," she said. Practically everyone started snickering. "Besides, I'm not really worried about what you did, though I wouldn't want you to go too far, but I don't want him trying to get back at you," she looked at me with worry.
"He can't do anything to me, Ash," I said softly. "Especially now." I pulled her into a hug, then sat down next to Twilight and Ashley sat next to me.
"Now that that's over, there are a couple ponies I would like to introduce you to," Celestia said. She motioned to the two military looking ponies. "This is Soarin' and Spitfire. Spitfire is the Captain of the Wonderbolts and Soarin' is her second in command."
'Wonderbolts?' I thought. 'Are they the one's that helped Amethyst and Dinky?'
As if reading my thoughts, Celestia said, "They are the ones that led the two you helped to safety. I thought that it would be a good idea for you all meet."
I turned to them and inclined my head, "It's nice to meet the two of you."
"So you're the one that came up with the idea of playing dead?" Spitfire questioned.
"I only thought it up when Amethyst told me that she knew some illusion magic," I told her. "If she hadn't known that, I don't really know what I would have done. Plus, I doubt even with my fake blood, that if it weren't for how realistic her magic made the wounds look, it wouldn't have worked." I saw Amethyst blush at my words.
"It's still rather impressive that you came up with it," Soarin' said.
I started to get my food when Twilight asked, "That's the second time you've done that with your arm. The first time you block a sword and this time you swat a beam of magic like it was nothing. What is that?"
"I suppose we could answer some questions while we eat. I have a few questions myself if you all don't mind," I said. They nodded in agreement.
Before I could say anything however, Celestia spoke up, "Before we start, I'd just like to make sure. Is all this food okay? I don't know the diet of humans."
I looked around the table. There were pancakes, waffles, several different kinds of eggs, and a good amount of fruit. There was also some grass and flowers, but I ignored those.
"Most of this stuff is fine, Celestia. We don't, really can't, eat grass and flowers. However, humans are normally omnivores," I told her.
"Normally?" Celestia asked.
I nodded, "I'm a vegetarian, although I do occasionally have fish." I heard Ashley giggle. Turning to her, I asked, "What?"
Still giggling, she said, "I'm j-just imagining the looks on fans f-faces from hearing you s-say that."
I snickered as well, "Yeah, they'd probably flip out hearing Luffy say that."
"What are you talking about?" Twilight asked.
"Well, in the show, the character I am is practically a carnivore," I said. They all looked at me questioningly, so I explained, "One of the biggest things about Luffy is his love for meat. He loved food in general, but would eat nothing except meat, and probably candy, if he could."
"You'll have to get meat yourselves, I'm afraid," Celestia said.
I nodded, "Of course." I returned my attention to the excited looking lavender unicorn. I chuckled at her enthusiasm to learn something new. "Right, now as for your question Twilight."
[POV Change: Twilight]
I grabbed a quill and parchment as Sean began his explanation.
"What you saw is a form of haki," he said.
"Haki?" I questioned.
He nodded, "It's a mysterious power that is inside of every living being. You all could learn how to use it if you wanted. The version you saw me using is called Armament Haki. Rather self-explanatory, especially after seeing it in action. Another one is Observation Haki. It allows someone to sense another's presence."
"Is that how you noticed my sisters before the rest of us?" Celestia asked.
"Yes, it is. However, I don't have complete control over it, so I think I only noticed them because of there impressive presence and the fact that they were about to attack me," he said. "That's actually what I felt in Nightmare Moon's case. I felt a blaring in my mind telling me to move. That's the other way you can use it. To 'predict' your opponents attack and try to dodge or block it."
"Those sound very useful," Spitfire said.
"They are. However, even with the Observation Haki your ability to dodge is limited to how fast you can move. Even if you see it coming, if you can't move fast enough it doesn't mean anything," Sean explained. "There's one last form of haki. It's very rare and this one can't be learned. It's called Conqueror's Haki. The user of this haki is able to exert their willpower over others."
"And what does that do?" I asked.
"Depends on how much of your willpower you exert. If someone has a weaker will then you, you can knock them unconscious," he said. This caused all of us to widen our eyes in shock. "I'd show you, but for one I don't want to knock any of you out and the other is that I don't have control over that either. It's going to take a lot of training before I get to be as good as Luffy was in the anime." He looked at his hand for minute before continuing, "If you only exert a little, you can intimidate something. This way is more often just used on animals. Showing them that you aren't to be messed with."
I finished writing down what Sean had explained when Rarity spoke up, "Darling, there's something I've been wondering." He gave her his attention. "You crashed into the ground completely unharmed, yet Ashley just smacked you upside the head and it seemed to hurt you. Why?"
"That was also haki," he said. "It's a form of Armament Haki, it increases your strength and, when imbued in a weapon, makes it much more effective. However, unlike with what I did, just using that can't block a sword or other things."
"Speaking of yesterday, will you explain about the creatures from that Greek mythology you were talking about?" I asked.
"Sure, but before I do, you all should know that I know practically nothing of your world."
"Didn't Ashley explain things to you?" Rainbow Dash questioned.
"She told me all of your names and a little bit about you, but that's it. I asked her not to tell me too much," he said.
"Why?" Applejack asked.
"Because I wanted to get to know you all myself. Not just learn everything from someone. Now, then creatures of Greek mythology. There's manticores, hydras, Cerberus, harpies, griffons--" Sean continued to rattle off creatures and inhabitants of our world and we just stared at him in shock. That he knew nothing about our world, but listed so many things that lived here didn't make any sense.
Eventually I interrupted him, "How? How do you know about so many of the inhabitants of our world? Some of them aren't here, and I'd never even heard of until now, but you still named a lot of them."
He shrugged, "It's either humans with their overactive imagination or they did live a long time ago, but are now extinct." He finished what was on his plate and looked at all of us. "There are a few things that I've been wondering," he started. "This is going to sound weird, but have any of you seen any kind of strange fruits?"
We all looked at each other in confusion. Except for the Princesses and, surprisingly, Applejack, who spoke up.
"We have." "I have."
They glanced at each other in slight surprise.
"May we see them?" he asked.
Celestia nodded and stood up, as did her sisters, "If you'll follow me." She turned to me and my friends, "Twilight, if you and your friends would come as well." The Royal Sisters then walked into the hall. Me, my friends, Sean and Ashley followed them.
As we walked through the castle, Rainbow Dash asked, "You found a strange fruit Applejack?"
"Sure did. Just before the picnic and Twilight got the wedding letter. I was going to tell ya'll about it, but, well, after everything that happened it slipped mah mind," she said.
"You wouldn't happen to have it on you, would you?" Ashley asked.
Applejack took off her hat and pulled a rather weird look fruit out of it. "I remembered about it this mornin', so I brought it to show ya after breakfast. Seems like you two beat me to it," she said.
Sean chuckled, "That's one way to carry things. May I take a closer look at it?"
Applejack nodded and handed him the fruit. He held it in front of him and studied it. As he examined it, I took the chance to get a closer look at it. It looked like a normal light green apple except for a few things. It was the size of a cantaloupe, it had swirls all over it and the stem was curled.
"Huh, I wonder what Devil Fruit this is," he said.
"What in the hay are ya'll talkin' about? Except for the size and the swirls, it looks like a normal apple," Applejack said.
"The swirls are a sign of a Devil Fruit," Ashley said.
"And what is a Devil Fruit?" Rarity asked, obviously not liking the name of the fruit, though I didn't like the sound of them anymore then she did.
"A Devil Fruit is what made Luffy what he is," Sean said.
I stopped in my tracks, "Are you saying that fruit would give you powers?"
The two nodded. "I'm guessing it's not called a 'Devil' Fruit for nothing," Luna guessed.
"That's right. You see, while it does give you powers, it also makes you a hammer," Ashley said.
"You're able to turn into a hammer!?" Pinkie shouted excitedly.
Sean chuckled, "No, I can't turn into a hammer Pinkie. It means that if I were to fall into a lake or in the ocean, I would sink like a hammer."
"That doesn't sound very horrible," Rainbow Dash said, unimpressed.
"Rainbow, have you forgotten that you have to sail practically everywhere? All of the countries are separated by ocean. Even if somepony were to take an airship they'd be over the ocean," I reminded her.
"Oh, yeah," she said. It wasn't that surprising that she'd forget. None of us had any reason to leave Equestria.
"So this Equestria is similar to One Piece?" I heard Ashley mutter.
"What do you mean?" Nightmare Moon asked.
"In the anime, the world is practically all water. Even though there were countries like Equestria, most were just islands spread out across a humongous ocean," Sean explained. He then asked, "Have you found very many Devil Fruits?"
"I believe we found two before I was banished," Luna said. "Did you find anymore sister?" she asked.
Celestia thought for a minute then answered, "I found three more since then, so we have five Devil Fruits locked away. We've kept them in separate rooms." We finally reached a door that looked similar to the one that Celestia had kept the Elements in. "Here's one of them," she said.
We stopped in front of it and I saw a difference in this door. The difference was that instead of a slot for Celestia to insert her horn and open it with her magic, there was one panel on each side of the door and, strangely, above it. Celestia, Luna, and, surprisingly, Discord approached the door and they each placed a hand/claw on a panel. They charged magic into them and the door opened up.
"Why is one of the panels calibrated to Discords magic?" I asked.
"After Discord was reformed, I thought that it would be a good idea for him to help us keep this locked. After all, he's the only one capable of using chaos magic," Celestia explained.
"What about the fact that there are only two panels for alicorn magic?" Ashley asked.
"We only really need two of us to use the magic. It doesn't matter if it's me, Celestia, Nightmare Moon, or Cadance," Luna told us.
We walked inside and in the middle of the room was a pillar with what I assumed was another Devil Fruit. The look of this fruit shocked me greatly. It had six-pointed magenta stars all over it, similar to my cutie mark. Except that they had swirls in the middle of them just like Ashley had said.
"I wonder what that fruit is," Sean said, taking a few steps forward.
"Wait!!" Nightmare Moon called out.
However it was to late, as he stepped on a panel and it sunk down, activating something. A second later, a stone pillar descended from the ceiling. We all screamed in horror as the pillar crushed Sean under it. Fluttershy and Rarity looked ready to faint, I felt rather faint as well, but we managed to keep ourselves somewhat composed.
Before we could fully process what had just happened, Ashley sighed in exasperation and Discord started laughing, even Pinkie was giggling.
"Pinkie!" I shouted. "Why are you laughing!?"
She continued to giggle and said, "Because he must be flat as a pancake!"
"It seems Pinkie Pie has figured it out," Discord said.
"I've known the whole time Dissy. I was just playing along," she said, cheerfully.
Discord stared her for a minute before chuckling, "Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if you were a draconequus Pinkie Pie."
We all felt a shiver run down our spines at the thought of Pinkie being able to use chaos magic.
"He needs to be more careful. He's lucky that was regular stone," Ashley said.
"Ahahaha! I get the feeling he's going to be an endless source of entertainment," Discord said, happily.
"Why aren't you three worried about him!?" Nightmare Moon shouted.
Ashley pinched the bridge of her nose, "We really should have fully explained you abilities, Sean."
All of us, except for Pinkie Pie and Discord, looked at her in confusion and slight anger, when suddenly we heard a muffled voice.
"Where's the fun it that?" it said.
We all spun around and looked at the pillar. Discord snapped his talons and the stone pillar lifted back to the ceiling. Underneath the pillar was the squashed form of Sean. However, before we could react, he bounced back to normal. We all gaped at him, as he shook himself, while Pinkie and Discord started laughing again.
"Whew, so that's what it's like to be squashed," he said. His eyes suddenly widened and he quickly reached behind his head. He pulled a hat from behind him and he began inspecting it. Apparently not finding anything wrong with it he let out a sigh of relief.
Ashley stepped toward him, "I guess that our clothes have taken to the rule of being nigh indestructible from the anime."
"Thank, God," Sean muttered.
It confused me a great deal that he was so worried about a hat, but I was more interested in the fact that he survived being crushed by a pillar.
"How in the hay did you survive that!?" Rainbow Dash shouted, voicing all of our thoughts.
He smiled, "Easy, I'm made of rubber."
We all just stared at him. "Made of rubber?" I asked.
"That's right. You saw it yourself. How I was smashed by that pillar, but completely unscathed," he said. He then glanced at the Princesses, "Speaking of, a pillar falling from the ceiling? Were you not wanting anyone to survive getting in here?"
"Well, when even Discord didn't like the feeling he got from the fruit, we decided that we should make sure that it stays in here," Luna said.
"I see your point I suppose," Sean said. "Though I wonder what these fruits are."
"You mean you don't know?" I asked in shock.
They both shook their heads. "Neither of them showed up in the anime," Ashley said.
Sean walked up to the Princesses. "Well whatever they are, to avoid them being misused, how would you feel about Ashley eating one?" he suggested. "You should probably find someone to eat the other one as well."
"What, me?" she questioned.
"I know that you're strong, but you having a Devil Fruit power would ease a lot of my worries. Especially if it turns out to be a Logia-type," he said.
"Logia?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, that's something else we need to explain huh?" Ashley said. "You see, there are three different kinds of Devil Fruits. Logia fruits allow the consumer to create, control, and transform into a natural element or force of nature."
"Hang on, are you saying that if somepony ate one that involved fire, they wouldn't just be able to use fire, but turn into fire?" Rainbow Dash asked. Sean and Ashley nodded. "That's so Awesome!" she exclaimed.
"So it'd be like with you?" I asked.
"No, it's completely different. Logia users actually have to will themselves into their element. Where as I just am rubber," Sean explained. "It's one of the other types. Which is called Paramecia. These types of fruit affect a person's body in some way. Such as the Chop-Chop fruit. It allows the user to separate their body and they can be cut without being injured. In terms of weakness, it's the polar opposite of my Gum-Gum powers."
"What's that mean?" Pinkie asked.
"It means that where he's immune to blunt forces, the other fruit user can be hurt by them and where the other one can't be cut, Sean can," I explained.
"Exactly," he confirmed.
"So are there any other Paramecia's like you?" Celestia asked.
"Not that they've shown," he said. "The others that were similar, all showed that they either coated themselves in whatever their fruits gave them power over or they had to concentrate on becoming it."
"Wait they had to concentrate? Wouldn't that make them a Logia?" Luna asked.
"Not really because the one I'm referring to called the Dice-Dice Fruit. Which allows the user to turn parts of their body into blades," he said.
"I see. So when concentrating their body takes on the characteristics of steel," Nightmare Moon said.
Sean nodded. "However, not all of them affect the body. Some give them power over something. For example, there's a fruit called the Calm-Calm Fruit. It let someone create a sound barrier around themselves, making it to where they can't hear anything outside of it and noone on the outside can hear what's going on inside."
"Sounds pretty useless," Rainbow commented.
"Unless your an assassin," Ashley countered.
As she fell silent, Sean continued. "The last one is what Rob Lucci had," he started. This got all of our attention. "The type he is, is called Zoan. These fruits allow the user to transform into an animal. There are three levels to Zoan users. Their normal form, as in whatever they were to begin with, whatever animal that fruit corresponds with, and a combination of the two."
"What do you mean a combination of the two?" Spike asked.
Sean and Ashley glanced at me, my friends, the Princesses and Discord. "Allow me to show you," Discord said. He snapped his fingers and a projection of Rob Lucci in his hybrid leopard form. He stood taller than even the Princesses, but that was mostly because of his muscle mass.
Sean stepped toward it, "As you can see he still stands up straight, but has the attributes of a leopard."
I glanced over and saw Spike staring at the image in shock. "You girls fought this guy?" he asked.
"I'd hardly call what we did fighting," Rainbow Dash said.
As Rob Lucci's image disappeared, Sean stepped toward the Princesses. "So, would it be alright if Ashley ate one of these?" He then glanced at her, "If she wants to of course."
Celestia, Luna, and Nightmare Moon glanced at one another, then walked up to each other and began discussing what to do.
[POV Change: Sean]
As I waited for the Royal Sisters to decide, I approached Ashley and asked, "If they do agree, are you going to eat one of the Devil Fruits?"
She thought for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, to keep these away from someone who might want to abuse it, I'll eat one of them. Before I do though I'm going to ask them something."
The three alicorns eventually came to a decision and turned to us. Celestia stepped forward, "Normally we would be wary of giving you something that, as you described it, can very powerful. However, because you helped us deal with Chrysalis and have shown that you aren't anything like Rob Lucci, we don't mind if Ashley wants to eat one of these Devil Fruits."
My wife stepped forward and bowed, "Thank you Princesses. I will eat one of them, but before I do, there's something I'd like to know."
"And that is?" Luna inquired.
"Are there spells that can scan things?"
"There are. In fact, I know a few," Twilight answered. "Why?"
"I was wondering if you could scan these and tell me anything you know about them," Ashley requested.
The lavender unicorn looked at the fruits, one that was on a pedestal and the other in my grasp. "I suppose I could try," she said. Her hand was surrounded a magenta aura, which soon enveloped the fruit that, now that I was actually looking at her, had the same image that was sewed onto her indigo shirt. Almost immediately, her eyes shot open and she flinched back.
"What's wrong Twilight?" Celestia asked in worry.
"Nothing, it's just... It felt like there was an immense amount magic emanating from it," she said in shock. Shaking herself, Twilight then focused on the second fruit and her brow furrowed, "I can't really feel much, but I'm getting a sort of healing vibe from this one."
"Ah, then it might be the Heal-Heal Fruit," I said.
"I thought you said that you didn't know about it?" Rainbow questioned.
"The actual fruit's never been shown before, but the power has," I explained. "If I'm right anyway."
Ashley stepped toward the magenta fruit and was about to grab it, but then hesitated. She glanced at the Princesses, "Nothing's going to happen if I grab it, right?"
"Nothing will happen," Discord said. "I deactivated everything when I raised the pillar."
Nodding, she grabbed the fruit. She stared at it for a minute before taking huge bite out of the fruit. Immediately, her face turned green and she gagged. The others jumped back, while I couldn't help but snicker, Pinkie giggled, and Discord began laughing.
Still having a look of utter disgust on her face, Ashley grumbled, "Forgot that these things taste like rotten eggs dipped in sweat wrapped in rancid meat."
Disgust crossed everyone's face and several even looked green at the thought.
"How do you even know that!?" Rarity questioned.
I chuckled, "She doesn't. She's just comparing it to something that would taste absolutely disgusting. Completely forgot that Devil Fruits taste horrible."
Ashley groaned, "Ugh, I need to get that taste out of my mouth." She snapped her fingers and a glass suddenly appeared in her hand. The glass looked like it was filled with soda. She took a big drink, "Ah, I was kind of worried I'd never be able to drink that again."
We all stared at her in shock. "Ash is that what I think it is?" I asked.
She glanced at me and said, "Yep, Dr. Pepper. My absolute favorite soda."
"How?" several of us asked simultaneously.
"She used chaos magic," Celestia said in shock.
"What!?" the Mane Six shouted.
"She's right. That fruit was apparently an Equestrian Devil Fruit. The Magic-Magic Fruit would probably be an accurate name for it," she said.
Discord floated over to her, "Oh this is just wonderful! Someone else who can use chaos magic." He paused, then said, "Although you probably wouldn't want to cause any chaos would you?"
Ashley thought for a moment, "As long as it didn't get out of hand, I don't see why not." She smiled mischievously, then said, "After all, life is just plain boring without a little chaos in your life."
Discord laughed loudly, "Very true my dear, very true. Things would be very dull without chaos." He then glanced at me, "What about you my rubbery friend? Even without magic, you'd probably be able cause a good amount chaos."
I shrugged and, with a smile, said, "Sure, could probably be a bit of fun."
Nightmare Moon then spoke up, "Hang on, you said that it would be called Magic-Magic. Does that mean there's more than just chaos magic you can use?"
My wife nodded, "That's right. Let's try and--" She began to concentrate and she slowly lifted off of the ground. A wide smile spread across her face, "Yes! I can fly!" She flew all around the room, she was rather slow, but that was to be expected since it was a new experience. She eventually came to a stop next to me and started to concentrate again, however as she did, she fell out of the air and hit the floor.
"Are you okay?" I asked in worry, helping her up.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Seems like I can't use two different types of magic at the same time," she said, sighing.
I wrapped an arm around her, "I'm sure it will only be like that until you get better at using it." She smiled and leaned her head against my shoulder. I then looked at the Devil Fruit in my grasp. "Now what to do with this?" I wondered.
"If it really is the Heal-Heal Fruit, I think that Fluttershy would be the perfect pony to have it," Ashley said.
The mare in question let out an adorable surprised squeak, "Me?"
"It would fit Fluttershy rather well," Applejack said. The others nodded in agreement.
Fluttershy looked really nervous. Seeing this, Twilight stepped toward her. "You don't have to eat it Fluttershy. We're just saying that the property's of that fruit would fit very well with you," she told the timid pegasus.
When she still looked rather anxious, I approached her. "You don't have to decide now Fluttershy. It's a pretty big decision to make, so take all the time you need, all right?" I told her. She looked at me and nodded shyly. I noticed Celestia smile warmly at me. Probably because of how I was treating her subjects. I then placed the fruit on the pedestal.
"You said that you had some other things you wanted to know," Nightmare Moon said.
"Only one at the moment. Has anyone come across any stones that they couldn't find out what they were?" I asked.
"Not really," Celestia said. She then seemed to remember something, "Although." The Royal Sisters all looked at each other, "About a thousand years ago we found an odd stone that we weren't able to identify." They glanced at Discord, who nodded and snapped his fingers. A stone suddenly appeared in his hands that looked sea green. "Why do yo--? Is it something else that you know of?" she asked.
"That's what I'm going to find out," I said, approaching Discord. I reached out and, as soon as I touched the stone, I felt my strength leave my body and I fell to my knees. "Ugh, that does not feel good," I muttered. I glanced up and saw everyone was looking at me in shock.
"What just happened?" Twilight asked.
Pushing myself up, I told them, "That's what is known as Seastone. It's a special type of stone with the property's of the sea, which means that it's able to cancel out our powers and, depending on density and composition of it, sap our strength."
"What do you mean depending on its density and composition?" Luna asked.
"There were several instances where the stones were used. When used as bars for jail cells or in nets it completely robbed a Devil Fruit user of there strength, like that stone did. But when it was used for handcuffs, it would only cancel out their powers and still allow them to walk around," Ashley explained.
"She's right. Which is why I think you should make cuffs made of this stuff and probably some weapons as well," I suggested. "In case you come across another hostile Devil Fruit user."
The Princesses nodded their heads. "That's a good idea. We will search for more of this material and start manufacturing weapons and handcuffs," Nightmare Moon said.
Celestia glanced down at her watch. "You girls should get going. The train to Ponyville is going to be leaving soon," she said.
The six mares left the room, most likely to get ready to return home. Which brought up something we needed to discuss.
I cleared my throat and, when they looked at me, asked, "Is there somewhere specific you want me and Ashley to stay?"
Celestia raised a hand to her chin in thought. "I suppose it doesn't really matter. The two of you don't have to stay in Canterlot, but if you go Ponyville, like I assume you will want to, you'll have to find yourselves accommodations until we could work something out," she said.
"Is that where you want to go?" I asked my wife.
She nodded enthusiastically, "I've always wanted to go to Ponyville. Besides, I don't think I could put up with the 'nobles' of Canterlot."
The Princesses chuckled at that. "Yes, they tend to test ones patience," Celestia said.
"You think someone could show us to the train station?" I asked.
Discord spoke up, "I can just teleport you there."
"Before you do," I said. "I was just wondering what you plan to do with the other fruits. If you don't mind my asking."
"Not at all," Celestia said. "After we've scanned them and get a feeling for what they'd be, we'll probably try and find suitable ponies to give them to. And you don't have to worry, we will tell them everything that eating it entitles."
I nodded, "Good, but there are a few more things I should probably mention."
"And that would be?" Nightmare Moon asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Well, as you could probably guess, some powers are either weak or strong against other Devil Fruits," I said. "For example there's a fruit that gives you the power of electricity."
"And you would be immune to it correct?"
"Right you are, Nightmare Moon. Which brings me to my next point. There are some fruits that have similar traits, but one is superior to the other. There is a fruit called the Flame-Flame Fruit and, along a similar vein, one called Magma-Magma Fruit," I told them. "Magma is obviously superior to fire, so, even though it's a Logia-type, the Magma Human can seriously harm the Flame Human."
"I see, it makes sense I suppose," Luna said. "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, I want you to tell this to anyone who happens to get a Logia-type Devil Fruit," I began, a serious expression on my face. Noticing this, they paid close attention. "They are far from invincible. Like we mentioned before, they have to will themselves into whatever element they wield, so unless they are always aware of their surroundings, a sneak attack would work on them. You also don't have to have a Devil Fruit power or use Haki to hit a Logia user."
This seemed to confuse the Princesses. "What do you mean?" Nightmare Moon asked.
"Well, for instance there's a fruit called the Sand-Sand Fruit and as we all know water solidifies sand," Ashley said.
"Ah, so if you coated yourself or your weapons with water you'd be able to hurt them," Celestia concluded.
"It could be any kind of liquid, but yes that's exactly right," I said.
The Princesses nodded. "We'll be sure to let the guards know about what you've told us involving Devil Fruits and their users," Celestia said. "Discord?"
"Are you guys ready?" the draconequus asked.
"Yes, we are," Ashley said.
He nodded and snapped his talons and, in a white flash, we were at the train station. I was surprised to see Amethyst and Dinky there and they seemed surprised to see us. Although Dinky quickly smiled and rushed over to me.
"Sean!" she shouted.
I laughed and knelt down to pick her up in a hug.
"How did you get here?" Amethyst asked.
"Discord sent us here," I said. "You haven't returned yet?"
"We missed the first train because of breakfast and missed the second one while walking down here from the castle," she explained.
Suddenly we heard hoofsteps getting closer. We looked over and saw the Mane Six, along with Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, or the CMC for short, approaching us. They all looked shocked when they saw us.
"How in the hay did ya'll get here before us?" Applejack asked.
"Discord," Ashley said, simply. Her eyes widened and she snapped her fingers. Our backpack suddenly appeared in her grasp. Amethyst, Dinky, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders gasped at the sight of her suddenly using magic. "Almost forgot this."
"That would have sucked," I said. "Glad you remembered it."
We heard the whistle of a train and, when it pulled into the station, we quickly boarded. We all sat in the same car, Ashley sat on my right while Dinky sat in my lap. Amethyst and Twilight sat across from us. Soon after we got seated the train began to move and we were on our way to Ponyville.
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