Putting Topaz onto my shoulders and walking into the maze again, our group just talks with one another, Spike talking with Blueblood with Selene on his shoulder and me talking with Scarlet. “So, how did a batpony like you get together with the ‘spoiled prince of Equestria’ anyways?” I ask the night guard.

“Well, not long after Princess Luna’s return and the reinsertion of the night guard, the plan was for my family to come and move up to Canterlot so we could stay together as opposed to to my parents staying in the Hollow Shades while I move here.” She explains, “Unfortunately, due to the still common held fear for batponies, my parents couldn’t get approved for a loan to get a house. I couldn’t help them either as my salary was just enough for me to rent a good single room apartment and sustain myself.”

She looks to the back of Blueblood’s head and smiles. “Then I was assigned as the princes personal night guard. At first I didn’t say a word to him, trying to be professional and also hearing from the locals his apparent attitude. After a week, I was talking to Blueblood’s personal solar guard, telling him about my parents situation. What I didn’t know was Blue was already awake and listening. Less than a week later I get a surprise visit from my parents, finding out they got an anonymous letter with a deed to a house on the edge of town, just down the street from Captain Armors parents. I happened to notice Blue walking by the hall when he looked at me and winked. I doesn’t take a genius to figure out what happened.”

Me and Topaz had our eyes as wide as dinner plates at her story. ”Wow. That was really nice of him. Who would have thought a prince like him would be so nice to one of his guards just because he wanted to for now real reason.” Topaz says in surprise, me translating for Scarlet.

“You’re not wrong Topaz. After that I stared to actually talk to him. At first both of us were cautious of the other, but after a while we both let our guards down around each other. We ended up going out after he took me out for some breakfast to some awesome donut place after placing an illusion spell on himself, changing his appearance. It was great until a trio of hungover stallions walked in and started to harass me. Do you know what he did?” He asks us, the two of us just shaking our heads.

“He got up and threw his coffee into one of their faces. After that they tried to hit him, but he just pinned them with his magic before using them for target practice for donuts. A few other patrons and even Donut Joe, the owner joined him in making them a trio of pastries art pieces. After they were thrown out, Blueblood took Joe and me to the back and lowered his illusion and payed for the mess before walking me back to my apartment.” She says, a dreamy smile on her face.

“Best first date ever.” She says with a smile, the two of us smiling with her.

“Wow. That actually sounds awesome, aside from the harassing part. Who knew Blueblood would be so legitimately chivalrous.” I say, looking back to the boys and Selene, before hearing some voices ahead of us.

“It’s no good princess. We can’t find the damn thing. There are just too many places for it to hide here.” Rainbow says, the other adding in their ‘reports’. I quickly get an idea on how to introduce our new team member. Quickly taking out her Luxury ball and Selene’s Dusk ball and placing a finger over my mouth for her and Selene to be quiet I return them to their balls and nod to the others. We walked past the corner and see that everyone but our group was gathered around a map of Canterlot Castle.

“Ok it is rather small so there could be potentially thousands of spots for it to hide in. After the others get back we will talk to the guards and make some search teams for the castle.” Shining Armor said. I just smile to the others and they get my plan.

“That won’t be necessary captain.” Blueblood says as we walk up. The others look to our group in curiosity and confusion. The other back away from me as I take out both of my Pokeballs. The others look confused as they see the Luxury ball in my left hand.

“Selene, Topaz. Come on out girls!” I say tossing the two pokeballs. The flashes go off as my two partners come out.

“Zorua/Mawile!” They call out as the light bursts away from them. Everyone looks at the new addition in shock, likely just from her defence mechanism (second mouth).

“T-thats it! That’s the creature I saw!” Hedge Length exclaims, pointing to Topaz, said Pokemon looking at her then smiling and waving. She just stares for a second before waving back. I walk to her and pick up Topaz in my arms.

“Everypony, meet Topaz. She is a Mawile, another species of Pokemon. She is a steel and fairy type.” I tell them, only to get several confused looks in response.

”Umm, Nat? We haven’t explained types yet.” Sora tells me, to which I blush slightly and rub my head.

“Umm, Twi? Can I have a piece of paper and quill?” I ask, to which she immediately teleports in said items. I quickly take the items and begin to write the Pokemon types and their advantages and disadvantages to each other.

“See, Pokemon are able to harness the powers of nature the same way unicorns can harness magic. There are 18 different types and a Pokemon can come in one or two of said types. Selene is a Dark type and, again, Mawile is both Steel and Fairy type.” I finish the chart and give it to the ponies to look at.

“So these ‘Pokemon’ can use the powers of nature from fire, water, electricity and...dragon?” Shining Armor asks, to which the three of us nod. “Can you show us?”

That request caught us off guard but we recovered quickly. “Sure, if you can get us some targets.” He nods and flashes his horn then two dummies appear a few feet from us. My two Pokemon nod to each other then to me as we get into position.

“Alright. Selene use Shadow Ball! Topaz use Fairy Wind!” I tell them. Selene tilts her head back and gathered dark energy into a ball the size of her head and fires it off destroying her target. Topaz takes a deep breath and then blows out a sparkling stream of wind knocking her target into a nearby bench. I smile at the two and go up and rub their heads.

“Great job you two.” I say with a smile, picking up Topaz and putting her on my shoulders and holding Selene in my arms. I turn back and see everypony with their jaws on the floor (literally for Pinkie). The three of us just laugh at their expressions.

“Oh jeez, you should see your faces right now.” I tell them, causing them to come out of their stupor. Of all ponies Fluttershy is the first to respond to us.

“Oh my! That was incredible! To think something so small can do so much!” She says looking between Topaz and Selene, the others agreeing. Before we could continue however, we heard the growls of three different stomachs going off. One from each Pokemon and Spike.

“Well, I believe we have a lot to talk about over dinner.” Celestia says, to which everyone nodded. We begin to walk into the castle again when I speed up to talk to Twilight.

“Hey Twilight? Can you do me a favour?” I ask, to which she nods. “Before we eat could you run the library and see if you can find a universal translation spell so me and Fluttershy don’t have to translate for Selene and Topaz?” She smiles and nods before teleporting away.

Our group get to the dining hall after about five minutes and we all find some seats, Celestia teleporting in two high stools for Selene and Topaz to sit in with us. After a couple of minutes Twilight quickly comes in with a few tomes floating around her. I notice that there are two more empty seats at the table, and have a pretty good idea on who they belong to. A waiter comes by and begins to ask the girls what they want.

“Oh, I almost forgot to ask, Natali, Selene, Topaz. What are your diets?” Celestia ask us. I look to Topaz as she just points to Selene.

“We are all omnivores, but I can’t digest things like flowers, hay, grass, you know stuff like that. Same with Topaz and Selene.” I answer. Celestia just nods as the waiter comes to our side.

“Oh, just a moment sir. Nat, I think I found the spell we need.” Twilight says before looking at Topaz and Selene. “Ok, I need you two to stay calm and still.” She says, the two Pokemon looking to me. I just nod and give an encouraging smile. They nod and sit up straight.

Twilight lights her horn and closes her eyes. After a second two small pale purple streams of energy leave her horn and go to the Pokémon’s foreheads. The stay like that for about a minute before the three of them flinch back and begin to rub their heads groaning.

“Urg. That was definitely not something that has happened before.” Twilight says rubbing her head near her horn.

”What exactly was that spell supposed to do again?” Selene asks aloud, causing all eyes to go to her.

“Oh my! She just talked!” Rarity says in surprise, Selene realizing what just happened.

”I could always talk Rarity. You just couldn’t understand me. Though this will certainly be useful.” Selene replies, Rarity realizing her mistake and blushing lightly.

”So you all can understand us now? Topaz asks, to which everyone nods and she smile. The waiter clears his throat getting the attention of the two Pokemon. ”Oh, sorry! Umm, can I get a tomato soup with basil?” she asks to the waiter who nods then looks to Selene.

”I’ll take a fruit salad please.” he nods again and turns to me.

“Can we get a Caesar salad please?” He nods on last time before taking the list to the kitchens. Before any could start talking the doors to the dinner room open again and a familiar alicorn walks in.

Princess Luna, Princess of the night. Luna was as she was in the show, a dark blue, almost black coat and a mane that like her sister waved in the non existent wind, with what looked like the calm night sky in it. She was wearing a black and purple dress reaching down to her mid-calf and a onyx jewelled necklace.

Luna looks to us and smiles at the main six, before noticing me, Selene and Topaz and tensing somewhat and putting on her neutral royal mask. Likely thinking we were foreign dignitaries or something. Celestia gives me a magical nudge, nodding to her sister.

“Oh, right. Proper introductions.” I clear my throat before turning to the new princess. “Hello, my name is Natali Basatin. These two are Selene the Zorua and Topaz the Mawile. It is a pleasure to meet you Princess Luna.” I say, Selene and Topaz nodding to her as well.

“Yes, well met. I am Luna of the night and-”

“You don’t have to be so formal with us Princess.” I interrupt her, “I already know about you and honestly would prefer if you would relax around us. I am just a friend of the Elements after all.” Luna just looks to me in surprise before turning to her sister, who just nods with a smile.

“V-very well, young Natali.” She says, slightly unsure of herself.

“Please just call me Nat. Though there is someone else here who would like to meet you. But you must Pinkie promise you will do nothing drastic.” I tell her in a stern voice, Luna just looking confused.

“Natali, is that really necessary?” Twilight asks me.

“Need I remind you how Celestia acted when she met her?” I say back, the princess in question flinching slightly and hanging her head down in shame. Luna looks to her sister then to us and does the motions associated with the promise.

”Wait, what is going on?” Topaz asks, having not met Sorano yet. I allow Sora to take control, after waking her up from her impromptu nap in my head.

”Hello Princess Luna. I am Sorano. I am an alternate personality living in Nat’s head and Natali’s younger sister.” Sora introduces herself in a rather monotone way. Both Luna’s and Topaz eyes widen in disbelief. Looking at the night princess I see that she is almost unnoticeably lowering herself, her horn lighting up only a little bit.

“Princess you Pinkie promised.” I tell her with a glare, causing her to flinch and shiver as Pinkie gives her a glare that could give Lucy a run for her money. We all stay there, seemingly frozen when Topaz suddenly jumps onto our shoulder and looks at us upside down.

”You have an alternate personality!?! That’s awesome! You two must never be lonely since you literally have a second person in your head.” she says exited. Both me and Sora chuckle at her, our voices overlapping one another.

“You said it.” we say in unison. Looking back at Luna again, she is no longer prepping to attack but still has her guard up.

A minute passes and a few waiters come by and give each of us our ordered meal, all of them sending wayward glances at me and my Pokemon. As we begin to eat I notice some of the girls glancing at Topaz. I clear my throat getting their attention and raise a brow at their antics. “You guys do know if you have questions you could just ask right?” I say, the offending ponies blushing for being called out.

”Actually, why don’t we have a continuation of the question game from the train?” Sora suggests, the main six and Spike nodding in agreement. The royals look confused so Spike gives them the rundown on what we did and talked about on the train ride here, the newcomers looking at me shocked from hearing how Sora came to be.

“Alright, why don’t we start at the head of the table with Celestia and go clockwise. Feel free to ask any of the four of us any question you want.” I say to the gathered ponies. We all look to the sun princess to start us off.

“Hmm, Topaz. I must ask, can that flytrap like protrusion be used to eat?” She asks the Mawile.

”No princess. If someone were to actually look into my second ‘mouth’ you would find it actually stops just short of the connection. It is used as a trap for catching prey, self defence and I also use it to carry things like berries and gems around.” Topaz explains, both Twilight and Fluttershy writing what she says down onto separate notepads.

“That reminds me! Rarity?” She turns to me, “do you think you could make a necklace for Topaz using this?” I ask, tossing her the Mawilite. Rarity looks at the mega stone curiously, before summoning her sketch pad.

“It will take a bit, however I should be able to make a wonderful necklace for Topaz within a few days.” she replies. I nod to her in thank with a smile before turning my attention to the younger princess at the table for her question. She sits there with her hand on her chin for a bit, and as I was going to say we could come back to her she seemed to get an idea. She looks to me. For some reason I got a bad feeling down my spine.

“Young Natali, my question is this. What are you?” She asks. Immediately, both me and Sora were put on defence by instinct. The others don’t seem to notice as Twilight takes out some more notes.

“Yeah, back in Ponyville I heard you mention to Selene that you were something called a Diclonius, and something about humans?” Twilight says, the others getting curious.

I sigh and begin to gather my thoughts as Sora takes over. “Well if you want a scientific answer, Humans or to use their science name Homo sapiens are a race of being that are evolved from apes that look exactly like me but without the horns. Humans are beings of progress, they are never truly happy with what they have, making it so they progress in the fields of medicine, warfare, food production and most of all technology.” Sora takes off our Aura Reader as example. “Take this Aura Reader. This device would have been nothing more that a thought, a passing idea to some species, but to humans, if they can think it, eventually it will become reality. It is just a matter of time. Literally.”

The others look at us in amazement, trying to think of the drive humans seem to possess to make these things possible.

“But, wait. That is what a human is. What is a Diclonius?” Twilight asks.

“That is what me and Sorano are. The Dicloni...it is a long and sad tale.” The ponies seemed interested and gather closer to the table. I sigh and begin the story. “A long time ago there was a child that was born unlike others. She was a mutant and as such was shunned for most of her life. Her name was Lucy. She was a Diclonius.” I look to the others seeing their enraptured looks. “Lucy was not like most children. Her mutation caused her to grow these horns and to gain the powers of the Vectors. Though she didn’t learn about the latter for several years. Abandoned as a child, she was subjected to constant bullying and discrimination. That changed when one night she met a stray pup and decided to befriend him. In spite of all the bullying, that little dog became her rock of stability in her life.”

The ponies smile at the story so far, but I knew, they were going to be sick. “It was not to last however. One day Lucy’s bullies found out about her furry friends and decided to make her watch as they-as they...” I began to choke up so Sorano took over and continued. ”They forced her to watch as they beat it to death.”

At this all the ponies present immediately paled, Fluttershy in particular turning as white as the fashionista beside her. “Why...?” She asked quietly, even for her.

”No one truly knows. What is known is after killing her only friend, Lucy lashed out, unleashing her Vectors for the first time. She tore those bullies to bloody shreds. After that she began to have a near insatiable bloodlust and killed whoever she wanted.” Sora says in disgust and anger. I quickly take over to make sure she doesn’t do anything rash.

“After that Lucy ran away and met a boy named Kohta. Even though she was defensive at first they eventually became good friends with Kohta showing her that not all of humanity was bad. Even though they were kids and she was rather disturbed, she began to fall in love with him. Unfortunately, she mind was still fragile and damaged. Her past torment split her mind, creating a being who only wanted to kill. When she went to a festival to see Kohta off for the summer, she saw him comforting a young girl. His cousin Yuka. She didn’t know this girl and thought Kohta was just pretending to be her friend. After that, she just snapped.”

”After being allowed to roam her country for maybe a year or so, she was eventually captured and taken to a remote island alongside other Dicloni. They were kept in secret and experimented on, trying to find the reason for their mutations and with hopes of stopping it.” Sora stopped talking and looked down at our lap in thought.

“Truly a dark and bloody tale for a species. But tell me, what does this Lucy have to do with you two?” Luna asks.

We just think for a bit before choosing to tell the truth. I dig into my purse and find my photo from the con and show the ponies. “Look at this picture. Do you notice what’s missing?” All the ponies pass the photo along before it ends up in Spike’s claws and he does a double take before looking closer.

“Y-you don’t have your horns...” he says in shock. The others eyes widen and look at the picture again and see that I am lacking my horns.

“The Dicloni. Lucy. Their story is just that. A story. It was a work of fiction. While at the convention with my friends Adam and Lex, we were all dressed as someone else. We were cosplayers dressed as someone from a different story, a different world. I bought a pair of fake horns from someone called The Merchant and after a flash I appeared in the Everfree. As Lucy.” I tell them, everypony and mon looking to us in absolute shock. Twilight thinks for a moment before something pops into her head.

“That explosion in the forest?”

I nod. “That was us. We had a run in with a pack of Timberwolves and ended up having to get a little serious with our Vectors. After that we made our way to Ponyville and saw the chaos caused by Discord. You all know the rest.” The girls look to each other and nod. The royals on the other hand...

“What do you mean? Twilights letter just said she would explain the details of her encounter with Discord face-to-face.” Celestia says looking at the main six and me.

“That was because of me, princess. Twilight didn’t want to risk telling you about my abilities and such until you got to know the type of person I am.” I tell her and sigh. “Twilight, how detailed was your report?”

“Up until our encounter. I didn’t tell her about the Vectors or how you actually helped get the girls back to normal.” Twilight tells me, Shining Armor and Luna looking surprised that Twilight with held info from Celestia. At this point all of us had finished our meals and were just talking.

“Princess. I believe we should continue this conversation in a more private area.” I tell Celestia. She nods and our large group get up to leave. After a few minutes of walking, we enter a large room that I guess is Celestia’s study. Though, I was confused as to why there was a grand piano in here. I look to the sun princess with a raised brow while pointing to the piano.

“Oh, well we all have ways to relieve stress. I sometimes play the piano to calm myself.” Celestia explains, to which I nod. Sorano and I actually learned to play the piano, as well as sing. Everyone got into a spot in the room, with me sitting on the bench in front of the piano with Selene and Topaz at my side.

“Well, lets begin.” After she said that, Sora, Twilight and myself began to tell her the events after we literally ran into each other. She was rather surprised that I helped in my own ways to get the girls back to normal. Though she was shocked to learn what Discord tried to do and that I was able to hold him off. I then explained the Vectors in greater detail, the levels of vibrations, lengths, etc. Afterwards Selene and Topaz explained how they came to Equestria, with Luna being pleasantly surprised by the way Selene talked about the nights back in Hoenn.

After nearly an hour of question and explanations we were all going to turn in for the night before I got an idea.

“Everypony,” they looked to me, “before we leave, do you think I could play a song on the piano?” They all looked to me in surprise.

“You play the piano?” Rarity and Luna ask at the same time.

I nod to them. “Yes, Sora and I also sing. There is a song we want to play before we go to sleep. I find it helps me relax.” I turn to the princess. “Do either of you know a spell that would allow Sora to be heard while she is in my head?”

The royal sisters look to each other before nodding. They both walk up and place a hand on the sides of my head, just below my horns and focus their magic. It feels like I get a bit of a brain freeze before they take their hands away.

”Did it work?” Sora asks in my head, to which the girls nod. We smile and turn to the piano and pause.

“This song is called Reversion.”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EoRobVthDl0&list=RDMMEoRobVthDl0&start_radio=1

I begin to play and sing. My audience is utterly stunned by the beginning of the song, only being more caught up as Sora sings with me in the duet. The lyrics to the song seeming to hit a soft spot for Luna and Scarlet, the night princess being held by her sister and the batpony by Blueblood. The girls and Spike are all together in a bunch. The song bringing them back to how Twilight, Spike and I brought them back together.

After I fade out the notes and my singing I sigh and suddenly feel two little arms and paws wrapping around me. Looking down I see Selene and Topaz looking at us with watery eyes. “What?” I hear sniffling so I turn and see Luna, Rarity, Fluttershy and even Blueblood crying.

“That...that was truly beautiful.” Rarity says, the other agreeing wholeheartedly. I can feel both me and Sora blushing at the praise. I carefully pick up Topaz with my Vectors and place her on my shoulders and pick up Selene with my arms.

“Well ‘sniff’ I believe that was a rather good note to leave you all to sleep on. Night court will be beginning so I must bid you all good night and safe dreams.” Luna says to us, quickly using her magic to repair her makeup and teleport to the throne room.

“Well my little ponies, Pokemon and Diclonius, I believe my sister is right.” After she says this several of the girls yawn and then leave the room, heading to their assigned rooms. I ended up getting a room with Rarity so me, the unicorn, Zorua and Mawile walked the halls for a few minutes before arriving.

Rarity gave me an extra pair of sleepwear and I quickly tucked myself in, Selene and Topaz snuggling up to me.

“Good night you Rarity, Topaz and Selene.” I say aloud, the three beings responding in kind. I close my eyes and begin to drift off.

‘Good night little sis.’

’Night big sis.”

Author's Notes:

So I have decided on four Pokemon for the next team member to choose from so I’ll let you commenters decide on which will make it in a week.
1: Flaffy
2: Luxio
3: Helioptile
4: Charjabug