Ahem! Today!

I’m going to tell you a story… a story about a mother and her child…

An awfully long time ago in a strange and far-off land, a large city in the middle of a forest thrived. It was a town where all people lived happy lives and it was said that in that city were two very powerful beings who ruled and protected the land…

The Princess of the Sun…

and…

The Princess of the Moon…

But because of their power, others felt intimidated by them… this led them to live a rather lonely life with only themselves to keep each other company…

But one day… something strange happened.

Out of the sky… came an egg. This egg was then found by one of the rulers of this land… Seeing the egg fall from the sky, the guardian sought to return the egg to its mother…

But try as she might, she was nowhere to be seen.

Saddened by the fact that she couldn’t find the egg’s mother, she took it upon herself to raise the egg.

One day, the egg hatched into a being that had never been seen before, a cross between a dragon… and a turtle…

The being was odd compared to most children… he was smart… he already understood speech… he was scared… but like a normal hatchling, he still could not speak and could only cry.

As time went on, the two became close to each other, and the guardian had finally found someone other than her sister to fill the void in her lonely life.

Excited, the guardian announced to her subjects the news of her now adopted son…

…To say the least, they were outraged….

There were a few who were open to the idea of the guardian adopting a child of a different species… but many were not…

They attempted to separate the two many times…

But try as they might, nothing would stop the guardian from loving her son.

As time went on the populace slowly became open to the idea of their guardian keeping the child…

Years passed and the child grew to be a respectable young man, whenever the city was in trouble he would come to protect it…

The populace came to see the child as a new guardian!

But one day… tragedy struck…

And the two were separated…

...Never to see each other again…

The mother mourned…

She searched the land, the sea, the skies…

…to no avail…

The guardian was distraught…

No longer did she have her child…

...But still the guardian clung to hope…

Hope that one day they would see each other again…

This is a story about a mother and her child… The graceful guardian and ruler of the land… and the monstrous kind prince…

Celestia… The Princess of the Sun…

...And…

Bowser… The Koopa Prince…

Twilight groaned, having teleported herself into a crack in a large rock. “And just when I thought I was getting my teleporting under control...”

“Princess Twilight!” a loud voice commanded, instantly getting her attention.

“Tirek!” she gasped, her mind racing.

“You have something that belongs to me!” Tirek bellowed. Twilight took a deep breath, doing her best to calm herself before she burst out of the rock, utterly destroying it. She zipped past Tirek and made a quick u-turn, trying to land. She skidded across the ground, eventually bumping into something. She looked up, gulping as Tirek glared down at her. She quickly backed away, trying to come up with a plan.

“You're going to give me what I want!” Tirek asserted, opening his mouth wide. Twilight seized the chance, teleporting on top of the library. She quickly grabbed her telescope, zooming in on Tirek, watching as he fired a blast of magic directly at her. She dove into the library.

The demonic centaur watched in amusement as the library exploded, chunks of wood and burning books flying everywhere. The lavender alicorn flew out of the library, an owl held safely between her hooves.

Gasping, Twilight looked back at her home, distraught. Exchanging a sad look with the owl, she released it, letting it flee from the scene. Shaking her head, she held back her tears and glared at the large centaur. Spreading her wings, she teleported directly into Tirek’s face, unleashing a massive blast of magic, which blew him back and carved out a path in the ground.

Grunting, Tirek emerged from the blast, almost completely unscathed. “Now I understand what your fellow princesses have done.” He started, raising his hand to block the incoming magical blast. The black centaur roared, charging straight at her.

Twilight flew straight up, firing another blast of magic, aiming it onto Tirek’s face. He let out a scream of rage, slapping the blast away, and sending out a magic pulse that caused her to flinch. Taking the opportunity to backhand her, Tirek sent the alicorn hurtling into a nearby mountain.

Twilight groaned, her eyes widening in fear as she saw Tirek charge straight at her. Grunting in pain, Twilight ignored the feeling of rocks breaking on her back. She growled, teleporting above him before hurtling down, driving him deep into the earth, burying him under several tons of dirt.

Twilight panted, resting on the ground above Tirek. Before she could do anything, a blast of magic tore out of the ground, cutting a circular pattern around them. “Oh no…” Spreading her wings quickly, she dashed towards the sky just as Tirek ripped out of the ground with a roar of pure fury.

Twilight growled, firing off another blast of magic. Tirek responded in kind, the two beams slamming into each other, their power mixing together, creating a sphere of energy on the battlefield until it burst outward in a massive explosion. A few moments of silence occurred before the two emerged from the rubble, looking rather battered and worn.

“It appears we are at an impasse.” The demonic centaur grinned, his horns glowing. “How about a trade, Princess Twilight?” He snapped his fingers, not a moment later, a group of seven bubbles appeared, the rest of the element bearers appeared, suspended in bubbles, along with Spike and Discord. “Their release for all of the alicorn magic in Equestria!”

“Girls!” Twilight cried, feeling helpless.

“Don’t do it Twilight!” Rainbow yelled.

“We aren’t worth it!” Fluttershy cried.

“Oh, but you are, Fluttershy,” Discord said, surprising Fluttershy. “You were the pony who taught that friendship is magic…” he said remorsefully. “I had magic and friendship, but now… I don’t have either.” He turned away in shame.

“Enough!!” Tirek yelled, slamming his hooves against the ground. “I want an answer and I want it NOW!”

She watched as they all began pounding on the bubbles, screaming. Looking at Discord, he gave a quick apology, then looked away in shame. Her eyes widened as she saw the bubbles glowing. Taking a deep breath, she glared at Tirek. “I will give you the magic… in exchange for my friends.” The ponies gasped, their eyes widening.

Tirek smirked. “As you wish.” He snapped his fingers and most the bubbles floated down next to the lavender alicorn and popped, releasing their captives.

Twilight glanced at Discord’s bubble, then glared at Tirek. “All of my friends!”

Tirek raised an eyebrow, “After the way he has betrayed you, you would still call him a ‘friend’?” he asked.

“Release him!” Twilight ordered, stomping her hoof.

He frowned, “If that’s what you want.” He snapped his fingers, releasing Discord.

Discord turned towards Twilight, bowing his head gratefully. “Thank you Twilight.” He glanced at Fluttershy. “I’m sorry,” he whispered apologetically.

Fluttershy looked away, tears threatening to escape her eyes. “I know…”

Tirek turned away, disgusted. He glanced at Twilight, a smirk quickly growing on his face. “Your turn.” He opened his mouth and drew a flow of energy from Twilight's horn into himself.

Panting in exhaustion, Twilight collapsed onto the ground. The group of friends ran towards Twilight, Spike helping her up. “Twilight, what were you thinking?!” he asked.

“RRRAAHHHH!!!!!” They turned around to see Tirek roaring, his size and power growing to practically titan sized. “YES! YES!” He laughed maniacally, feeling the power coursing in his veins.

“Your highness! Stop this at once!” an elderly woman's voice cried out, “You’re putting too much power into this spell!”

“Quit your nagging, Kammy! I know exactly what I’m doing!” the gruff voice assured. “You taught me everything I need to know about magic! I got this!”

“Darling, I really think you should listen to Kammy.”

“Ma! I’m telling you, don’t worry!”

“Stop! This is too much! You're going to overshoot your destination!!” a second elderly, a male, voice yelled.

“Aw come on Starswirl! Not you-!!! TOOOO!!!!!!!”

“Your Cluenesses!!!”

“BOWSER!!!!!”

Tirek laughed, testing his new strength on a couple of trees. He smirked as the trees burnt to ash. “AHAHAHA! YES THIS POWER! I’M UNSTOPPABLE!!!!” He laughed maniacally, not seeing the tear in reality that opened up behind him.

“ARGH!!!” a loud deep voice yelled, a more feminine elderly voice soon following after.

Tirek’s head snapped towards the source of the two voices, but he narrowed his eyes at the sound of the familiar voice. “That voice… it can’t be…!” He stomped towards the source of the yelling, hoping to find out where it came from.

I groaned, feeling a massive ache pounding in my head.

“Your Tiredness! Wake up!” a familiar elderly voice yelled.

I growled at the sound of my grandmother’s voice. Groaning, I pushed myself to my feet, shaking the fog out of my head as I started to feel the magikoopa’s spells heal me.

“That oughta fix you up!” the witch said smugly.

I opened my eyes, seeing my old teacher and grandmother grinning at me. “Thanks, Kammy,” I said a bit reluctantly.

Kammy was a old magikoopa. She wore purple robes covering her whole body, with a matching purple hat atop her head. Her face reminded me of a turtle, probably because turtles and Koopas are kinda the same. She wore a pair of glasses, covering her eyes. Kammy wagged her finger at me. “What did we learn today?”

I growled, crossing my arms. “Always pay attention to when my elders are talking or giving me advice?” I flinched in pain as I felt the magikoopa hit me with her golden wand.

“Yes, but that’s not all,” she said a bit angrily. “You should’ve also learned to listen when your elders-!” She stood rigid, smiling apologetically. “Um, yes. You’re right… sorry for hitting you sweetie,” she apologized, pinching my cheek.

“Kammy!” I yelled, pulling myself away. “Stop treating me like a kid! I’m an adult now!” I stomped my foot, not being to stop the blush coming.

Kammy grinned. “Oh I know, your Shyness, but you just make it so easy to mess with you.” She pulled out her broom, got on, and started to fly above me. “We seem to be in a forest… perhaps we’re still in the Everfree…?”

I sighed in relief, “That’s good, we should go back with Mom, she’s probably worried sick!” I flicked the dirt and grime off my body. “Which way?”

Kammy, using her broom, flew above the trees to scan the area. I watched in concern when she grew pale and darted towards me. “Kammy, what’s wrong?”

“It’s terrible Your Cluelessness!” she yelled, panicking, “It’s Tirek! He’s free and coming towards us!!!”

“WHAT?!”

Tirek stomped towards the source of the yelling. He slowly began to worry… he knew one of those voices sounded familiar; he didn’t recognize the elderly one, but he knew the first one. His horns glowed, a ball of magic growing between them. Grinning, he launched the orb towards the source of the yelling, causing a large cloud to cover the area.

When the cloud of smoke disappeared, his eyes widened when he saw the source of the familiar voice. “Bowser…” he hissed.

Groaning, he saw the familiar face emerge from the rubble. The creature from the rubble was large compared to most of the creatures living in this land. He had a large turtle-like shell with spikes covering it on his back. His body was dragon-like, with yellow scales and a green head with a red mohawk, along with two bull-like horns. He wore several spiked cuffs around his wrists along with a spiked collar. His eyes widened when he saw the large centaur glaring at him. “Tirek…” he whispered.

“Hello Bowser.” Tirek sneered, his eyes glaring hatefully.

“Tirek.” The large Koopa gulped.

“It’s been a long time since I last saw you… Koopa!” he spat, clenching his fist.

Bowser glared, standing straight up and getting into a fighting position. “Not long enough it seems…” He grinned. “What’s with the whole giant thing, Tirek?” he asked. “Taking a page off my book? I practically invented that thing!” The Koopa chuckled. “I should sue you… but I think sending you back to Tartarus would be much more rewarding…”

Tirek shifted his attention towards the smaller turtle-like being wearing witch’s clothing, and he glared at her suspiciously, not knowing what to make of her. “And who are you…?”

Kammy yelped, hiding behind Bowser. “K-Kammy Koopa, sorceress...”

“A sorceress…” Tirek growled, already placing Kammy as a high level threat. He preferred not to take any chances.

“Kammy,” Bowser whispered, getting the old Koopa’s attention. “I need you to give me a boost… and I need you to use that Super Size spell…”

Kammy nodded hesitantly. “Yes, your highness…” She waved her wand. “Please be careful…” She pointed the wand towards Bowser and a rainbow-like aura surrounded him, causing his muscles to expand and his body to grow.

Tirek scowled as he watched Bowser slowly begin to grow, his size beginning to rival Tirek’s.

“What’s wrong old man?” the giant Koopa jeered, his transformation complete. “Scared? Or perhaps you’re already complementing defeat?” Bowser let out a laugh, his voice sounding much deeper and more monstrous than before. “Not that I blame you! I already kicked your butt once before, you're probably remembering how it was with this transformation that I beat you last time!” the Koopa boasted.

Growling, Tirek launched himself towards the titanic turtle. Bowser raised his fist, letting out a roar.

“Oh my…” Kammy whispered. “I think it’s time for me to go!” She got on her broom, floating above the battlefield. “Call me if you are in need of any help your Giantness!”

“*ROAR!!!!*”

Everyone stopped moving, looking around frantically for the source of the roar. Fluttershy’s knees shook violently. “Wh-What was that?!”

Applejack paced around, worrying about their safety. “I-I don’t know, but whatever it is, I don’t think we want to find out.”

Twilight nodded, turning back towards their destination. “Come on girls, we have no time to lose.” Beginning to walk away, she stopped when she noticed Discord looking at the source of the noise with a disbelieving look. “Discord? What’s wrong…?”

Not paying any attention to them, he paced around, his eyes wide. “That voice... it can’t be… he’s been gone a thousand years… it’s not possible…”

Twilight and the others looked at each other nervously. “Discord… What’s not possible?” Twilight asked nervously.

Discord turned to look at them. “I-it’s nothing Twilight…” He clenched his paw into a fist. “I-I have to go!” Ignoring their protest, he quickly ran towards the direction of the battle.

“It can't be! He can't be here!… Yet… there is only one being I know with a voice like that.” Seeing a stray beam of magic heading towards him, Discord quickly jumped out of the way. “And judging by how deep it is… If it's really him, then he must be using that growth spell.” Discord stopped running, his eyes widening when he saw a torrent of fire passing through the sky.

Bowser growled, glaring at the centaur in front of him. The two glared at each other hatefully. Hoping to end the fight quickly, Tirek fired a ray of magic at his opponent, but Bowser was quick and countered it with his own flames. The two attacks collided and deflected skywards, whipping away in the winds as the two giants charged.

Tirek laughed, throwing the first punch, but Bowser countered it again, and snarled in frustration. “You know, you’re pretty quick for a turtle!” Tirek said before firing a blast straight onto the Koopa’s face.

Bowser roared in pain. He clutched his face, trying to ignore the pain.

“Your highness!”

Turning around, he saw Kammy flying directly towards him. “Kammy… what are you doing here?” he asked.

Kammy took out her wand and fired a healing spell at the injured Koopa. “I told you to call me when you needed help! Look at you! He’s tearing you apart out there!” Kammy yelled, putting her wand away.

Bowser groaned, feeling all of the pain vanish. “Thanks Kammy, but you should go, before Tirek catches you,” he warned.

“Of course.” The witch nodded, gripping her broom and turning away.

“And where do you think you’re going?!” Tirek asked, grabbing the magikoopa. “Did you really think you can just heal him and get away with it?!” he roared. “Well… unfortunately for you, that’s not the case.” He opened his mouth, absorbing all the magic from the wand and Kammy. After absorbing the witch’s magic, he dropped the old koopa, turning back to face Bowser.

“Kammy!” Bowser roared, charging straight towards her, slamming Tirek out of the way. As gently as he could he caught the magikoopa and set her down on a nearby cliff. “Kammy, are you alright?” He asked.

“Just… fine… your worriedness,” Kammy whispered, coughing.

Bowser sighed in relief, getting back up and facing Tirek. “Thank goodness… Kammy, I need you to stay here and rest, you got that?”

The witch nodded. “As you command, my prince…”

Discord stared wide-eyed at the scene in front of him, even his chaotic mind only barely able to process what was happening. “Bowser… But that’s not possible! He’s gone! He’s been gone for 1000 years!” he yelled, jumping out of the way from a large fireball.

“Discord…?”

His head snapped towards the tired rasping. His eyes widened even further when he saw the the elderly magikoopa. “Kammy?!”

The witch smiled, “Hello to you too, Discord…” She coughed violently. “Have you come to aid the prince?” she asked.

Discord shook his head. “I wish I could, but my magic was stolen from me,” he explained, still not believing the witch was actually there.

Kammy gave a sigh. “A shame… then again I guess that does explain why the demon is so big.” She struggled to get back on her feet, narrowing her eyes at the draconequus. “My, Discord… you look so much older… why is it you look a bit different?” she asked.

Discord gave a small smile. “Well yes, things do tend to change after a thousand years,” he answered. “Speaking of which, how is it that you still look exactly the same even after all the time that has passed?” he questioned.

Kammy looked at him, confused. “What are you babbling on about? We’ve only been gone for about thirty minutes.”

“Thirty minutes…?” Discord looked at the Koopa in shock. “But that’s impossible! You and Bowser have been gone for around a thousand years!” he yelled.

“Now look who’s talking about impossibilities!” Kammy screeched. “How is it that we’ve been gone for that long?! I know for a fact that it’s only been thirty minutes at most!”

Discord frowned, giving the Koopa a light glare. “Kammy… what’s the last thing you remember…?”

Kammy rose an eyebrow, staring at the draconequus. “Why… I believe that it was when we were warning his cluelessness about using too much power into that time warp spell.”

“Yes,” Discord nodded, “Time Warp spell, emphasis on the word time.”

Her eyes widened as she started to piece together what the spirit was saying. “You don’t mean…?”

Discord sighed, patting Kammy in the back. “Well… welcome to the future…? I think?”

Kammy collapsed on the ground, trying not to faint. “Oh my…” She gave Discord a scared look. “I can only imagine what the princesses must’ve felt…” She gasped, looking back to the fight. “What am I going to tell the prince?! Surely he’ll be devastated by the news!”

Discord sighed, rubbing the back of his head. “For now… let’s just focus on one problem before we get to the other…”

“You wretched reptile!” Tirek roared, “You’ll pay for that!” He spat as he got to his hooves, looking livid. Focusing his power to one blast, he blasted Bowser, knocking him unconscious. Tirek laughed as he picked up the massive Koopa. “You’re pretty strong Bowser, I’ll give you that… it’s a shame that power had to go to waste on such a weak minded fool.” He frowned, opening his mouth to absorb his magic.

Tirek laughed, dropping the shrinking Bowser as he felt his power grow. “Now, with this power, no one will be able to stand in my way!” he screamed, his size and power growing once more. He looked down and glared at the unconscious Koopa. “This time, I’m going to make sure you stay down.” Before Tirek could deliver the finishing blow, a bright ball of light rose into the air, with six ponies inside of it. Tirek stared at it for a moment, firing a blast of magic at them, only for it to shimmer around the bubble of magic to no effect. “How is this possible?!” he asked. “You have no magic!”

“You’re wrong, Tirek!” Twilight countered, flying high with the rest of the elements, “I may have given you my alicorn magic, but I carry within me the most powerful magic of all!” Six different colored beams fired at the centaur, merging into a rainbow, causing him to stumble back.

He gave a grunt as he started to push back against them. His eyes widened when he felt some of the magic start to leave him. Tirek shouted in disbelief before the blast started to drain him of all of his stolen magic, eventually sending him back to Tartarus.

The six ponies rose up to the air and with a loud bang, they burst out, spreading magic all over Equestria.

Discord and Kammy both gasped, stumbling back a little as they felt their magic return to them. The two looked at each other and nodded, Kammy getting on her broom and Discord using his wings to get back in the air. The two quickly flew towards the site where they last saw Bowser and Tirek.

After about a few minutes of flying around, the two landed near the unconscious Koopa. Kammy panicked, firing a number of healing spells at Bowser. Bowser groaned, opening his eyes. “Prince! You’re alright!” Kammy cried, hugging Bowser. “For a second I was starting to get worried!’

Bowser patted the witch on the back, his gaze eventually settling on Discord. “Well if it isn’t Discord… where were you?” he asked, chuckling a bit. “You missed the fight! I was just about to send that old goat packing!” He sighed, looking around. “Judging how everything isn't a burning pile of ash, I’m assuming you guys put him back in his place?”

Discord grinned. “Well I can’t take any of the credit, it was actually the elements’ new bearers,” he said, helping Bowser up.

“New bearers?” He asked, “Why would the elements choose new bearers?” Bowser asked, not sure if he should really believe what Discord was saying. “And why do you look a bit older?”

Discord sighed sadly, putting his hand on the Koopa’s shoulders. “Well Bowser, you might want to sit down… it’s a long story.”

Author's Notes:

Welcome readers to my newest story! Please comment on this story to tell me what you think and please feel free to leave any suggestions or ask any questions, if you dislike it, please tell me why so I can improve. Also for those who follow me, don't worry, I'll be sure to work on my other stories, I just had to get this one up.
Also I got inspiration for this story off of Paper Mario and Yoshi's Island!