Ashes In The Wind
Chapter 7: Side adventures
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I dodged a huge burst of purple fire as Symbol began attacking me. He had decided that the best way for me to learn how to use my new logia powers was to be in a fight with a strong opponent, said opponent being himself. I put my arms up and concentrated my focus onto them, a second later they went black like metal and blocked the next purple fireball that was thrown at me.
Switching to offence I held out my hands and they glowed green, dozens of tiny glowing green orbs shot out of them and surrounded Symbol. "Firefly!" They all exploded and Symbol was caught in the blast.
He jumped out of the dust cloud and shot two flame pillars at me. I countered them with my own and they collided, causing an explosion of purple and orange. I breathed heavily before falling to my knees.
"I think that's enough training for a while, we don't to be doing this constantly or it will exhaust you." I looked up to see my teacher looking down at me with a smile. "You did well, you're learning how to control your Mera-Mera No Mi abilities faster than I expected." I brightened up at the praise I was given and he helped me up.
"You're right about the training. I'm not the kind of girl that likes a lot of physical activities." He rolled his eyes and placed my hat on my head.
"Come on, we still have a few hours before the mane six reach Canterlot. How about we go on a little adventure?" I looked to him confused.
"What?" He stood on a rock and closed his eyes.
"While we were fighting I decided that it would be best that you met another displaced, and I found a world that should be a good place to start."
"Can you get my shirt from my house then, if it's a male displaced I don't want them staring at my chest the entire time." He rolled his eyes and tossed me a yellow button shirt.
"And this is a problem now?" He asked teasingly.
"I already know you aren't that type of guy from stuff I learned from Abi, so I don't need to worry when it's just you." I said as I buttoned up the shirt. "Hey wait, I don't have a token yet."
"No problem, we'll use mine." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a glowing purple diamond. A small portal appeared and he threw it in. "There, we just need to wait until the displaced finds it in a few minutes." I nodded and sat down beside him.
"Wanna play twenty questions?" He facepalmed.
Ponies, Pirates and Navy, Sean's POV
After being introduced to Trixie, I felt something small collide with the side of my head. We all looked down and saw a glowing purple diamond. ‘I’m really glad I’m made of rubber. That would of freaking hurt otherwise,’ I thought. I knelt down and picked the diamond up and was shocked when I heard a voice in my head.
To anyone that is in need of assistance, I will answer your call, Symbol Shattered.
“What in the world?” I questioned.
“What’s wrong Sean?” Ashley asked.
“Hold this for a second,” I said, holding out the gem to her. When she took the gem, she froze and her eyes widened. “I guess I wasn’t hearing things.”
“Symbol Shattered?” she wondered. “What is this thing anyway?”
“It’s a diamond what else?” Rainbow Dash said.
“It’s more than that Rainbow,” I said, taking the diamond. “From the message, I’m guessing we can summon him. Symbol Shattered if you’re there, we would like to meet you.”
Suddenly the diamond glowed brighter and suddenly a portal opened up near us. We all stared it in shock. From the portal a figure walked out and made itself known. The figure was a boy that looked around the age of nineteen. He had long grey hair and purple eyes, he wore a grey trench coat, purple shirt, grey trousers and purple boots.
He looked around until he spotted us and smiled. "Ah, so my token did get here safe and sound then." He turned around and called into the portal. "It's ok, you can come out, it's safe." Just then another figure walked out, and the best I can describe her is a gender swap of Portgas.D.Ace or Fire Fist Ace from One Piece. However, unlike Ace, she was thankfully wearing a shirt.
We all looked between the two in shock. We were not expecting someone else that looked like a character from One Piece to show up, at least not so soon after learning they were here.
“What in Equestria is going on?” Twilight asked, surprised and confused by the appearance of the two humans.
Symbol turned to her and looked shocked. "Wow, so we're in an anthropomorphic Equestria, that's a new one for me." He shook his head and began explaining. "Let's start by introducing ourselves shall we. As you two know from my token you just used, my name is Symbol, pleasure to meet you." He held his hand out to me.
"My name is Sean." I grabbed his hand and we shook. We both turned to the girls.
"My name's Ashley." The both said at the same time, then they looked at each other surprised while Symbol and I facepalmed, however a smirk worked its way across my face.
Ashley, my wife, shook herself and said, “I suppose you can call me Tashigi.”
I then turned to Symbol. “That’s the second time you’ve mentioned a token. Are you talking about this thing?” I asked, holding up the diamond. Symbol nodded and took it from me.
"Yes, this is what is known as a token. Mainly used for contacting beings in other universes or to summon displaced."
"Displaced?" My wife and I asked.
"A displaced is someone who was sent to Equestria as the person they were dressed as at a convention. Ashley here is a Fire Fist Ace displaced and you two are Luffy and Tashigi displaced. I am what is known as a displacer, a being that creates the displaced with careful selection. However, there is a being known as the Merchant that will send a person to Equestria for shits and giggles, you two were unlucky enough to have suffered this fate." He explained with a sympathetic look. "I am afraid you are stuck here forever."
The sadness from before began to fill me again at this. Not being able to see my friends and those that had become my family again. I wrapped an arm around my wife and pulled her close. She returned the hug and I could see tears in her eyes.
"If it makes you feel better I can go grab the son of a bitch that sent you here so you can beat the shit out of him." Symbol folded his arms and waited for an answer.
I stood there and contemplated his offer. It would be great to teach the bastard a lesson, but I got the feeling that if he could send us to another world and change us into who we were dressed up as, then I wouldn’t really be able to do much. At least not now.
I shook my head, “No, that’s not necessary. Besides at least he had the decency to send my wife with me.”
My wife smiled and gave me a quick kiss.
"Suit yourself." Symbol suddenly froze. He slowly looked around the area with an ice cold glare.
"What are y-" My question was cut short as he put up his hand to silence me. His head turned to the direction of my wife and he began walking towards her. The instinct to protect her kicked in and I stepped in front of her. He effortlessly pushed me out of the way and placed a hand on her shoulder. He then pushed her to the side and punched a dark being that suddenly showed up behind her.
The creature was sent flying and crashed into a rock. Symbol clenched his fists and purple fire burned from them. "Everyone, get to Ponyville." He began to slowly walk towards the creature.
I ran up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, if there's something dangerous here let me help you." He just looked at me from the corner of his eye.
"That wasn't a request, get to Ponyville, now!" Ashley ran up to him and looked at him worriedly.
"Symbol, let us help with th-"
"DO IT ABIGAIL!!!" He suddenly yelled out, causing all of us to freeze. "Ok, so we are going to forget that ever happened, get out of here now!" I looked at him cautiously and turned to everyone.
I glanced at the children that were with us, then said, "Let's go." Everyone nodded slowly and began running towards the town. I looked back to get a good look at the creature. It was made of some kind of dark purple substance, had two yellow circles for eyes and had four tendrils growing out of its back. Symbol and the creature stared each other down before charging each other. When their fists collided a large gust of wind swept across the area as they continued pushing against each other.
Deciding it best to not mess with something with that amount of power I followed my wife and Ashley to Ponyville, where I was going to ask the girl what that thing was and why it tried to attack my wife.
Ponyville
“So do you have any idea what that was and why the hell it tried to attack my wife?” I asked, some anger seeping into my voice at the thought.
"I really don't. I don't even know why Symbol was that angry at it. I've only been in my Equestria for less than twenty four hours."
“Well, it tries that again and, no matter what Symbol says, I’m going to teach it not to try and harm my wife,” I said.
“Sean, I’m glad that you’ll try and protect me, but don’t do anything reckless,” my wife pleaded. I took deep breaths to keep myself calm. "If it makes you feel better, maybe you can just go check to see if Symbol is ok, and to make sure that creature is dealt with." I nodded and was about to shoot off in the direction of the battle but felt my wife pull me back. "Don't you do anything reckless. Symbol knows more about that thing than you do, so if he spots you and tells you to do something, you do it. Understand?"
I nodded and began running towards the battle. Once I got there I hid behind a rock and peeked over. My eyes widened as I saw the creature trying to crawl away from its foe. Symbol approached it with a death glare cold enough to turn water to ice. He placed his foot on its back and grabbed its head and began to pull. Eventually its head snapped off and it disappeared into a small puff of purple smoke before creating a small purple orb. Symbol picked it up and crushed it effortlessly in one hand. "I told you to go to Ponyville Sean."
I was taken back by his words. "Well, that thing did try to attack my wife, I wanted to make sure that this...thing, was dealt with." Symbol sighed and walked over to me.
"That kind of mindset will get you killed one day, trust me...I know." He shook his head and began walking towards the town. "Come on, everyone is probably worried about us."
I took a second to let his words sink in before running up and stopping him. "Look, I haven't known you long, but I can already tell that you're dangerous." He just looked at me with a neutral glare.
"That's understandable, not many people trust demons." He just continued walking.
"Woah woah, hold up! What do you mean by that?" I asked, confusion filling my mind. ‘Demon?’
"That's none of your concern, come on, we need to get back to Ponyville. And that's final." He stared at me before turning and continued walking.
I gazed after him for a moment, before following him into town.
Next Chapter: Piece of history Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 46 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
This is a crossover with Wang-Tangs story Ponies, Pirates and Navy
You would imagine my surprise when I realised there was another One Piece displaced where the female character was also named Ashley.
Anyway. This is actually a segment from the current document we are using to make the crossover. I will only be using segments to balance out the word count per chapter. The other story will be updated when the crossover is complete.