Just outside the entrance to the Everfree Forest, Twilight, Sora, all their friends walked in silence to their greatest challenge yet.
Rarity was the first to break the quietude, "Seems like only yesterday we were heading into these woods to find the Elements of Harmony."
"Seems like only yesterday I was foolish enough to think I should go after them on my own." Twilight added, beginning the trek into the forest, "I don't know what we're going to face in there, but whatever it is...I know we need to face it together."
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Sora declared.
Everyone else voice their agreement as they pushed forward, ready for the trials that lie before them.
After an undetermined amount of time, they found themselves at a swamp within the creepy woods. Searching for a way to press on, Twilight noticed a line of stones just above the murky water.
"We can use those to cross," she said, then hopped on one of them, only to lose her balance as they wobbled.
The stones rose up to reveal that weren't just stones specifically, it was a type of crocodile made completely out of solid rock. It swung its tail, tossing Twilight back to her friends as it roared and chased after them.
Rarity gasped in fear, "A cragadile! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
Everyone ran in different directions, leaving Twilight and Spike cornered at a stray tree as the cragadile stalked them. Twilight tried to fly, but it was no use. The rocky reptilian roared as it got close enough to clamp its jaw on the princess and her baby dragon, only to have its meal denied by her friends wrapping one of the black vines around its tail and pulling it away from her. Applejack launched a bunch of lassos made from the vines around its limbs with Twilight using her magic to tie them to the trees, restraining the beast of burden.
(stop music)
"That...was close." Twilight said.
"A little too close, if ya ask me," Applejack added, "You sure yer alright?"
"I'm fine, I just can't seem to get these new wings to do what I want them to do when I want them to do it."
"Uh, you'll figure it out eventually." Rainbow said.
"Yeah! Then you'll be a great flyer," Goofy agreed.
"'Eventually' isn't soon enough." Twilight countered.
"You have been havin' an awful lot of trouble with those thangs," Applejack began, "and, well...who knows what else is gonna come after us? Y'know...maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea for Twilight to back to Ponyville and let us look for the Tree of Harmony without her."
"What? Why?" Twilight asked, offended.
"I second that; what!? Why!?" Sora asked.
"For starters, you jus' about got eaten by a cragadilly." Applejack said.
"We all did," Twilight corrected, "he wasn't after just me."
"Sure, but...well...the rest of us aren't princesses."
"What's THAT got to do with anything?"
"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are gone; if somethin' happened ta you, A-Ah jus' don't think Equestria can risk losin' another princess."
"Applejack does make a valid point," Rarity jumped in, "even if we managed to save the Tree of Harmony, it won't necessarily mean that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will return. Equestria will somepony to lead in their absence."
"But the Tree of Harmony!" Twilight tried to argue, "I'm the only one who has seen it and knows what it looks like!"
"Yeah!" Donald agreed, "We need her to help us!"
Rainbow flew down to eye level with Twilight, "Huge tree, Cutie Marks on the trunk, probably being attacked by something hideously awful, plus the Heartless? Yeah, I'm pretty sure we'll know it when we see it."
Twilight looked down with tears in her eyes, "All of you feel this way? Feel like I shouldn't be here?"
Everyone except Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy shifted their gaze away from Twilight, not baring to meet her eyes.
"It is probably for the best." Fluttershy says.
Twilight held a disheartened expression as she went back towards Ponyville.
"Twilight..."
She whipped her head back around to see Sora with his brow furrowed.
Twilight lightly gasped, while the others screamed, "WHAT!?"
Rainbow flew towards him with a scowl, "Are you outta your mind, dude!? What if we come across a massive Heartless!?"
"Hey, if she's not going with you, then I'm not either!" Sora shot back, making Rainbow recoil.
"Sora...don't." Twilight said.
"Twilight?"
She looked sorrowful as she gazed into his ocean blue orbs, "They need you more than I do right now; the Heartless are a threat that we can't fight on our own, and I doubt Donald and Goofy can help them without being overwhelmed."
"But...But..." Sora began to cry. This isn't fair, he thought, it doesn't matter what dangers there are, friends should stick together, even when things are at their darkest.
Twilight, noticing Sora's anguish, walked up and pulled him into a tender hug, which he recuperated. Once they separated, Twilight turned around and heading for the forest's exit with Spike following closely behind her. Until she was out of sight, Sora didn't budge or even averted his eyes from her retreating form, and when he did, he gave the group of ponies a brief glare and continued on the path.
"Oh, just give him some time, he'll cool off." Donald said.
With that said, the others continued on with Sora and, knowing his present anger toward the mares, keeping their distance from him.
(stop music)
Back in Ponyville, Discord was reclined on one of the vines, sharpening his eagle claw on a floating baby alligator, ignoring the cries of help from two of the townsponies.
Twilight and Spike arrived and scowled at Discord for his ignorance, "Discord!" She chastised.
At the sound of her voice, Discord made the alligator disappear and snapped the fingers on his bear claw, making the vine the ponies were trapped in vanish and them fall to the ground, then they ran away from him, making Discord call out, "You're welcome!" He huffed, then turned to the princess, "No luck finding your tree?"
"We, ran into some trouble," she turned and sat down as Discord floated down to her with his full attention, "and my friends decided it would be best if I returned to Ponyville while they continue the search. Equestria will need me if Princess Celestia and Princess Luna don't return."
"I'm just surprised that you agreed to their plan, I never you'd be the kind of pony who'd think she was better than everypony else."
"I don't think I'm better than anypony!" Twilight quickly defended.
Discord appeared above her and Spike, "Oh, well, how silly of me to assume that you would think that," then, out of nowhere, a purple cape with a white trim and black spots and a gold scepter with a ruby at the hilt and Twilight's head with a goofy smile on top, "all you did was choose to keep your precious 'princess self' out of harm's way while your friends thrust themselves right into it." Twilight tossed the scepter and the cape aside as Discord continued his monologue, instantly appearing in a shrunken form poking out of Twilight's ear, "I'm sure you'll all be the best of pals again when they return from their terrifying, yet deeply bonding experience that they're having without you." He concluded with a chuckle.
Twilight looked unsure for a moment, but then shifted into determination as she rushed back towards the forest with the mini Discord falling out of her ear and Spike following behind her.
"I never should've agreed to come back here." Twilight said.
"C'mon, Twilight," Spike began, "Discord may be reformed, but he's not THAT reformed, he's just trying to get under your skin."
"Well, it's working!" Twilight replied as she levitated Spike onto her back and continued galloping into the woods while Discord teleported in front of the entrance, waving them off with a smirk.
Deep within the Everfree Forest, Sora, who is still at the front, and the rest of the gang are still searching for the Tree of Harmony. Even now, Sora's mood still hasn't improved after what happened with Twilight.
"Anypony else starting to think this is a lost cause?" Rainbow asked. "We're almost at Celestia and Luna's old castle. Maybe whatever Twilight saw when she took that crazy potion wasn't real, maybe there is no Tree of Harmony, maybe—"
"Maybe it's right down there!" Applejack interrupted, pointing at a ravine just outside a ruined, old castle.
"It can't be!"
They all noticed a cave below the end of the ravine, the inside glowing a blue light as the black vines had already made their way in.
"How are WE supposed to get to it?" Rarity asked.
Pinkie grunted in pain as she stumbled down the ravine from something they didn't notice before until she made it clear, "Take the stairs, silly!"
"I had faith in Twilight when she said the Tree of Harmony would be here..." Sora began as turned to the mares and glared, "...which is more than I can say for you girls."
With that angrily said, he went down the stairs Pinkie mentioned. Rainbow scowled and was about to charge at him, but Applejack held hoof in front of her, with a sad look, she shook her head, and they all went down the steps just behind Sora and Pinkie.
Twilight and Spike followed the path into the forest, beginning to lose hope when they couldn't hide nor hair of their friends.
"Are we there yet?" Spike asked.
"I don't know where we are, we're lost!" She sat down as her forehoof reached for Sora's necklace and clutched it tightly, "I never should've left my friends."
Spike hopped off her back, "We can't just give up," he said as he looked up at one of the trees, "maybe if I get up there, I'll be able to spot 'em," he climbed the tree and made his way across one of the branches, he pulled a brush of leaves away and found the others heading down to the ravine, "well, whataya know?" he went back the way he came to tell his caretaker what he found, "Twilight?" He called, but then his eyes went wide at what he saw.
Twilight was surrounded by a bunch of moving black vines, but these were different; they had clamping maws that sprayed blue-green gas at her, making her cough as they prevent her from getting any fresh air to breathe. The sight made Spike gasp in panic.
When they all made it into the cavern, they saw the Tree of Harmony, but in a weakened state; it's turned completely gray and the black vines wrapped around it every which way and strangling it, causing a bunch of green goop to ooze from it.
Fluttershy gasps, "I think it's dying!"
"So let's save it already!" Applejack declares as she bites down on a vine and pulls it, only for it to snap her off, sending her back toward the group.
"Nice try," Rainbow comments as she flies up and tries to karate kick the vines, but was whipped out of the air by another one of the vines.
(stop music)
"Valiant efforts on both your parts, but the tree remains in jeopardy," Rarity says.
"An' Ah suppose you got ah better idea?" Applejack asks, making Rarity look unsure, she is pulled to her hooves by Fluttershy, "That's wut Ah thought."
Before they knew it, Sora had already dispatched three Shadow Heartless that sprang up from the vines and dismissing his Keyblade when he was sure they wouldn't come back for now.
"I know who would know what to do," Fluttershy said, then came somber as she continued, "but we sent her home."
Everyone looked down in sorrow and hopelessness, knowing that they sent away their best chance at saving Equestria, except for Donald, who was chuckling at the irony of the situation.
"Not very bright on your parts, huh?"
They all glared in his direction, including Sora, Goofy, and Jiminy.
"...What? Was it something I said?"
To Be Continued...
You ponies f'ed up big time.
Hey Golden? you probably answered this sometime in the prequel, but how and why in hell are you shipping Sora with Twilight? its pretty solid canon in KH that Sora and Kairi are literally destined for each other. Kairi is gonna be pissed when she finds out
I can imagine the next chapter, but Sora will have to give a reason for his anger because of Twilight left the group would have to use an excuse for what happened at the ball fall, because we know that Twilight had help from their friends and they supported it to the worst, but in the next chapter that apareza Ansem Xemnas or possibly as Ansem controls the Heartless, Braig, Saix, the young Xehanort or another character as Riku, who came to the aid.
Sora's feelings for Twilight begin to grow.........and it'll continue in the next stories.
Golden Flare, u are so Awesome at making the best KH crossover stories!
okay maybe he cried a bit to fast, isn´t he the once that only get´s sad, and mostly tries to smile?
I mean i like it if he has other emotions as well, i just thinks he cried to fast there.
good one Donald. I honestly thought it would be a bit more different, or at least it is strange that she listen to Discord, but Sora didn´t managed to change her mind a little bit.
However nice story, since the last to chapters came a bit later, i could use a chapter with some time for Twilight, and Sora alone, or at least focused on their romance a bit.
Nice! So, will this go through the entirety of Season 4?
6253910 Thanks
6253980 Not the entirety, first the key episodes, then the Equestria Games episodes, and along the way, I'll be putting up voting polls for some of the normal episodes to be written
somebody from the orginzation is controling the hearless and knew about the tree? awesome chapter by the way goldenflare cant wait to see the next chapter in few months
i like that how you made the mare's non likeable in the chapter i understand what they were doing but Sora right friends always stick togther no what how dark it seems just look at Sora in the kingdom hearts series he never gave up on his friends and this season the mares need to get his trust back again. which is why Sora isn't just an element of harmony he is every single one and i think the key episodes are not just about trusting in yourself but also gaining the trust back of Sora and everybody else
http://www.deviantart.com/art/The-Boy-of-Harmony-452017598
and here what make Sora so special
" A heart that can see everybody and everything, and connect to so many. A heart that shines a light so bright that it casts a shadow so dark upon itself. A heart that crosses through realms and even the place of dreams and waking to connect to all. A heart that has been fought over and lost before being found again."
"A heart forgotten by man and then remembered again."
6253927 You know the way you phrased that makes it sound like you think Twilight is a shallow mare. Am I wrong in thinking that?
6255418 Yay it's back this must have took longer to make
Great job man and keep going
6257345 you'll have to wait and see what we have next also do you know anything about the next chapter for superdale's equestria girls crossover because it's been over 3 months since he last updated it
6259550 Nothing yet but he updated Lost and Fallen so I think he's gonna update
Friendships turmoil next
Or maybe do a triple update like last time who knows
But I got a feeling he's gonna blow us up with good content I can just feel it
6261826 i hope so i really want to read it
6259550
6261826 Also remember, when he DOES update, he (as of recently) updates with MUTIPLE chapters. So... there's that to factor in.
You always have a knack for this Flare. Keep it up.
6266017 He does, doesn't he?
6266167 yeah he does.
Watch this
6274695 Already did yesterday
6274695
6275740 Surprised they're going ANOTHER collection of shorts prior to the new movie. Don't know why, I just am.
Equestria girls Legend of Everfree
Look this
6286854 *sigh* Interesting to say and thank you for sharing this, really. But.... THE THIRD MOVIE EVEN AIRED YET (though, yes that day isn't far from here). MY POINT IS, ONCE AGAIN, ONE THING AT TIME HERE!!
6288327 watch the new shorts
6290321 Which has WHAT to do with my statement? (Not being mean, just honestly asking.)
6292090Big hero 6 confirmed for KH3
6327027 I HEARD! AND THE WORLD TAKES PLACE AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE MOVIE; THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING!!!
6327172 the first sneek peak of Equestria Girls Friendship Games is this August 29th.
6333800 OH; something like what they did with the RR shorts and slice of life?
6334685 no the sneak peek of the movie
6337082
I see this short and i suggest you that put the part when donald did like a horse
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Look, i have a idea for Kingdom Hearts Friendship Games, Midnight Sparkle like Xion, that Midnight should be a nobody and the Twilight's heart is united with the princess Twilight's hearts, like the case of Ventus and Sora, and Lingering Will (Terra's Armor) fight with midnight and free the Human Twilight's hearts and Riku and Sunset make wake up the Human Twilight unloking her Keyhole.
6337803 well we have to wait and see what happens in the movie in order to see if we can fit this in but i do like the idea but that transformation is giving me an idea for a nobody's destiny
6337082 HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK?
oh i cant wait for the next chapter to relased how soon will you have it published and i like how you aproach the episode and going to aprpach the key epsidoes
https://mlpforums.com/topic/136508-a-new-scene-in-brazilian-friendship-games-trailer/
Look this
to everyone reading this if any of you have an iphone if you have the my little pony mobile game please pm me and send me your friend code because i really need to get hearts i'll tell you mine too
TO PEOPLE WONDERING WHEN'S THE NEXT CHAPTER COMING: READ HIS LATEST BLOG, THEN KINDLY CUT HIM SOME SLACK!!!!!!!! (Celestia forbid LIFE isn't giving him THAT privilege. Poor guy. )
6370152 today is the first sneak peek of Equestria Girls Friendship Games
6371136 Knew that, but... not really the "appropriate" response to my post, don't you think?
6376802 oh, i understand
6377568 Good.
Oh i have a idea when Twilight have the repeted vision, she have a another vision when Terra turn in Terra-Xehanort.
6380202
Look This
6427094 Did that before coming here.
6429490
6429490 tomorrow is the theatral debut of EG3 in Angelika Film Center in NY
6432768 Didn't even know it WAS getting a theatral release!
6432780 yeah cathy the spike's voice tell this