Ultraman Tiga Chapter 10

Festival of Hell

Intro Music: Take me Higher

Why not give you guys the lyrics

Slowly the morning light awakens, the peaceful and sleeping land,

As always, the sun rises up above..

So it happens within a cycle, in a sense of repetition

Its been that way, since the beginning of time

I try to remember a time when I was, just a simple man!

Fighting to forever protect your smile, that means so much to me!

Wanna take you baby take me higher!

I will never give up on love!

Gonna take Tiga take me take me higher!

You will surely reach your goal!

Wanna take you baby take me higher!

Nows the time to embrace your love!

Gonna Tiga t

Believulsation within you

Our story takes place with Cory, sweeping the wooden floors of Sugar Cube corner Bakery. There was heck of a mess to clean up since that apparent Pinkie Pie Duplicates incident occurred a few days earlier, thankfully he was assisting in Princess Celestia's Spa day. His hands came in handy when it came to having to massage the back of the Alicorn, but at the same time felt awkward about it all afterwards. He looked forward to the Upcoming Valley festival and being able to hang out with his close friends, He not done so since they were gone for a few days saving some sort of "Crystal Empire".

From the entrance way, Twilight looked at him, looking over his body with interest. Her attention was broke when she heard a giggle from behind her, who was none other than Mrs. Cake.

"So, got a little thing for the "Human" Twilight?" Mrs. Cake winked.

Twilight felt Mortified, she blushed red and traced her hoof along the wood floor. Twilight was typically out with what she thought or said. But when it came to truly feeling for somepony, it was a whole different story. "I, well, I think he's, somethin special. But it's just, I mean how am I supposed to let him know?"

Mrs. Cake shook her head, "Twilight, I know how you feel, but he's a completely different pon-, I mean, "Individual" He's still not truly accepted here, and as much as I'd hate to say this, but, if you were to go with him, you would be an, outcast.".

Twilight lifted her head, "But AppleJack's cousin is dating a buffalo, and Spike has crush on Rarity. Were not supposed to judge on species!"

Mrs. Cake nodded her head, "I know Twilight, but like I said, he's completely different than the Buffalo's, Spike and us Ponies. It jouldn't be accepted."

Twilight knew that what Mrs. Cake did know what she was talking about. Mrs. Cake laid a hoof on her back, "But you should never let anyone tell you who you can and cannot love." She told h

Moments later, Applebloom came walking into the bakery, "Howdy Twilight, hi Mrs. Cake, hey, wheres Cory at?"

Cory speed walked to the hallway entrance, "AppleBloom! How yah doin?"

The little filly sped over to Cory where he picked her up, cradling the little pony like an infant, " Are you comin to the Festival?" she asked Eagerly.

Cory poked her snout, "You know it, are Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle going with you?"

AppleBloom snuggled down in his arms, "Yep, all three of us are goin! Jus hope no Monsters come and show up,".

"Ahh don't worry about that, besides, if one does, we all know who'll be there. But Promise me you'll keep the crusading, "safe"? Last time you guys almost ruined Rarity's dress fabric."

AppleBloom looked at him with her big Magenta eyes, "Awwww, please Cory?"

"Fine, why not" he sighed. She rubbed her snout against his and leapt out of his arms, " Ah gotta go, I'll see ya'll at the festival!"

She left before they could say their salutations, leaving them with a somewhat awkward silence. Mrs. Cake walked back up the stairs as soon as she heard Poundcake crying, "Oh dear, better go see whats goin on up there, you two have fun at the Festival!".

"Bye Mrs. Cake!" Twilight called back.

Cory opened the front door to the bake shop, "Well, wanna go? The festival is about to start."

Cory and Twilight walked through the festival, the two of them telling jokes and sharing some cotton candy they got from Pinkie Pie. Twilight really took a liking to Cory. In the beginning she became close friends with the new comer, but she immediately realized they had a lot in common, more than either of them could imagine.

Cory stretched, "So Twilight, what do you got planned for today?"

She thought to herself, "Hmm, let's check out the Roller Coaster, never been on one of those."

In the midst of all the street celebration, outside the festival grounds was what appeared to be a horn of some sort, slowly rising a couple of meters from the Earth. It let out a few bright flashes,casting some sort of Invisible force field around the entire valley. From beneath the soil, a muffled roar could be heard.

Close by, the three Cutie Mark crusaders bobbed for apples, but neither of them could possibly hold their heads under long enough to bite down on a single apple. Sweetie Belle was the last to give up, her curly mane was not straight from the water, "I guess were not Cutie mark Crusader apple bobbers" She said with disappointment.

AppleBloom thought for a second, "Ey! Why don't we y'all go and try the hammer? Its the only one we haven't tried yet!"

"Hooray! Cutie Mark Crusader carnival hammers!" they shouted in unison.

They zoomed past Spike and Twilight, making the purple dragon spin and fall to his back. Twilight giggled and helped her little protégé up, "You alright Spike?" she asked.

He dusted off his scales, "Yeah, I'm fine. What's with those three anyways?"

"Oh Spike, they're just out there trying to find their talents. If you were a little filly or colt, then you would understand too." She bumped him with her foreleg.

Spike simply rolled his eyes, "Yeah yeah, But still I mean OOFF!" He then suddenly bumped into something. He got up, scratching the back of his head, "What the?"

Twilight bumped into the invisible wall as well, "Ouch, what is this?" Few moments later, Cory showed up with a a bag of popcorn. "Hey Twilight, what's all this standin around about?" Rainbow asked.

Twilight looked a Cory, "Hey, extend your arm, do you feel anything?"

Cory slowly extended his arm. Before he could lock his elbow, his hand came in contact with some sort of force field. He reached out with his other hand, "Is this some kind of trick?" He glared.

RainbowDash splayed her wings, "Hey, lemme go see if I can fly over this!" She took off full speed into the sky, but her head soon made contact with the shield. She rubbed her head, and flew around some more before flying back to her group of friends. "Your not gonna believe this, but I think this force field stretches all the way across this valley, maybe some Unicorn is playing some kind of stupid joke..."

Twilight thought to herself, "I don't think this is some kind of joke, RainbowDash."

Dash thought to herself, "Maybe I can do a fly around and check if there are any ways out, I'll be back in a few!"

Dash flew around the area some more, discovering that there was indeed some sort of dome covering the valley. As she was flying, something immediately caught her eye. The Cyan Pegasus flew down to the strange object, looking it over. It gave off some sort of Aura that the Pegasus felt , as well was a great deal of heat. The closer she got, the heat would push her back; the heat was way too much even if she only took a few steps towards it. "I better go tell Twilight about this…" she immediately took off towards he opposite side of the valley where she last saw Twilight

Not too far from there, The three Crusaders walked slowly through the festival, all were down on their luck. Scootalo lifted her head up to speak, "Wow, that was embarrassing, we couldn't even lift up the hammer!"

"Maybe we could try apple bobbing again?" Sweetie Belle suggested.

From behind they heard a voice, that familiar snobby voice, "Or, why don't you blank flanks just give it up?"

It was none other than Diamond Tiara and Silver spoon. "I mean really, you three are already the only blank flanks at school, do you really wanna embarrass yourselves in front of everypony at the festival?" Scootaloo glared at the two spoiled ponies while AppleBloom and Sweetie Belle fought back tears.

"Thats enough, Diamond Tiara!" yelled somepony, or someone. It was Cory, walking up the street towards them.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon huddled, "Oh great, here comes the hairless monkey" Whispered Silver Spoon.

Cory stepped between the five of them, "Now tell me, what gives you two the right to talk to them like that, and you better give me a pretty good reason." He said sternly.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were shocked, never had they heard anyone talk to them like that. Silver Spoon was about to say something, but closed her mouth. Cory held his glare, "Well?" he angrily asked.

Silver Spoon finally spoke, but Diamond Tiara covered her mouth, "Come on Silver Spoon, we don't have time to deal with Hairless Apes". Silver Spoon nodded in agreement and the two walked off. From behind The Crusaders were looking in almost pure disbelief, nopony had ever spoke to them, or told them off like that before.

Cory turned to face them, "Hey, you guys alright?"

AppleBloom nodded, "Yeah, Were all ok, thanks"

Cory knelt down to them "You know, when I was young like you guys, I was bullied a bit too. But you know, I always kept one thing in mind, and you know what that is?"

They three of them had thoughtful expressions, but neither of them got what he meant. Cory thought of a way to make his point more clear, " Sweetie Belle, look to your left".

She did , her eyes meeting with AppleBloom and Scootaloo. Now Cory looked at Scootaloo, "Look to your right. When she did, she saw AppleBloom and Sweetie Belle. "Now AppleBloom, look right and left."

When she did so, they all looked more confused than before. Cory smiled, "You see, bullying is tough, but you three have each other, and you both have an unbreakable Friendship. Now, remember, even though it may get tough, you three will always have each other to help one another. Even if you don' have your Cutie Marks, It'll all come in good time."

Soon after he said that, the whole ground began to shake. The horn that created the forcefield rose even higher from the ground, and from beneath it, was the head of a monster. It bellowed as it rose even more from the ground, its upper body now clearly seen. Ponies screamed and fled in all directions, but all were obtained by the force field. Gagi used one of his whips to snag a small mare and toss the food into his mouth. He chomped down once, crushing half of the blue Mares body, with a second bite ending her agonizing screams. The other ponies such as Rarity fainted as Fluttershy vomited, much to her embarrassment. RainbowDash zoomed towards the beast, "Your gonna pay for that!" she yelled, but then saw the beats horn cackle with orange energy.

If she were to hesitate even for a second, the beam would have completely incinerated her, as she swiftly dodged it. Seeing there was nothing she could do, she went to assist finding a way to break through the dome. On the ground below, AppleJack and Cory crowded with the other terrified ponies.

Cory reached into his pocket, feeling the pulsating energy coming from his Spark lens. He made his way to the outer parts of the crowd before sprinting off. He made a great distance away from the ponies, and he pulled the hand held relic from his pocket.

AppleJack and Rarity were huddled close, "Where's Ultraman!?" cried rarity, her whole body shaking.

Rarity looked around, "More importantly, where in the world is Sweetie Belle!?"

AppleJacks eyes widened, "Oh no, AppleBloom and Scootaloo! Where are they!?"

AppleBloom and the other Crusaders ran as fast as they could from Gagi, the monster closing in on them very quickly. His yellow eyes burned with hunger, and he could not wait to dine on the rest of these fillies. He brought his left whip down, bashing it to the ground, the shock from it knocking the three of them off their hooves. They huddled together as they waited for Gagi to feast upon them, when suddenly a silver foot made contact with the wretched beats head, pushing Gagi onto his back. Landing before them was the hero, Ultraman Tiga.

"Its Ultraman Tiga!" they all said in Unison. The rest of the trapped Ponies cheered as well, their savior had come at last. Tiga took no hesitation in attacking the gnarled Monster, kicking Gagi but not without dodging the violent whip lashes he dealt out. Tiga felt one lash his side, with the other striking his neck. Ultraman grabbed hold of one of Gagi's arms, and flipped him over his shoulder. Gagi rolled away a bit, making a great deal of distance between the two of them, and bashed Ultraman away as he jumped in for another attack.

Tiga fell to the ground, and soon felt Gagi's whip arm wrap around his neck, and the other around his waist. Gagi pulled Tiga back to his feet, and tightened his grip around Tiga's neck. He would slowly strangle the hero to death.

Even in Gagi's wildest dream, this would never happen. Ultraman switched to his power mode, grabbing hold of the whips. He ripped them off of his body and tossed the torn appendages back at Gagi. Gagi shrieked in agony, but was far from giving up. He grasped Tiga's neck between the two claws on his hand, but Ultraman's enormous strength splinted them off his hand, making Gagi stumble back, screeching in agony.

Spike and RainbowDash punched the air before them, "Yeah! That's the way to do it Ultraman!" Cheered Spike.

Tiga was coming in for another move, when he then felt Gagi's orange ray lance into his chest, the shock of it making his body jolt back. He dodged the second and the third before jumping into the air, landing beside his foe. He grabbed hold of Gagi's horn, and punched it, shattering it off of the beasts head.

Ultraman jumped back, his color timer blinking red. Gathering energy into his hands, he charged up for the Delacium Light stream. He tossed the ball of Energy at Gagi, striking him square in the chest. The broken monster slowly fell back, but exploded into thousands of pieces before his body made contact with the ground. Now, without Gagi, the dome disintegrated, leaving all of the trapped ponies free.

Ultraman took one last look at them all before taking off, slowly disappearing in the great blue sky. To everyponies surprise, only a few stands were damaged from the recent events, meaning they all could still complete their celebration. Cory pushed through the crowd of rejoicing ponies till he found his friends, they were equally happy to see him.

Rarity held Sweetie Belle close, "My, if it wasn't for Ultraman, you would not be here, I owe him a thousand thanks!"

Cory chuckled, "I'm sure he's just doing his job."

Pinkie Pie cutted in, "Hey everypony! Let's do some Apple Bobbing at AppleJacks stand! Come on!"

Everypony and Cory thought why not, they came for a festival, didn't they? They had quite an eventful day, especially, for Cory.

Ending theme: Brave Love Tiga

For a tid bit, here are the lyrics

Tiga! When I, lack, true courage!

Tiga! Please grant, me true courage!

Even if, you think that your pretty strong

One, cannot fight all on their own

Even by, seeking your future with strength

One cannot reach it on their own!

Breaking down this veil of sadness, that covers the vast blue sky!

Always receiving an S.O.S, from a future our hero awaits!

Tiga! It is love! That is, Necessary!

Tiga, please watch, Over the Earth!

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