//------------------------------// // Chapter 15: Find Out (S1E10 - E15) // Story: The Elemental Manipulation // by GalaxyEmpire //------------------------------// Find Out It's been a while since the Zecora incidents and a few things have happened. First, there were the parasprite incidents which happened when Fluttershy found a parasprite and it bought into town to show her friends. All of her friends became enamoured with the creature except for Leo and Pinkie since she told him in the nick of time of what parasprite are and stormed off with him to get a musical instrument which can be used to put the parasprite under a spell so she could get rid of them. Leo used the Elemental Split to make it faster to get the instruments for Pinkie, Wind and Lightning go with her while Earth warned his sister and her friends of the parasprite are but it was too late. The parasprite devour the crops and food, that's not all but their can reproduce asexually by coughing up another parasprite. Twilight and her friends did the best they could to watch the parasprites but the bugs were sneaky enough to eat enough food to reproduce into a giant horde that tried to eat everything single food in Ponyville. Twilight used a spell to stop the parasprites from eating all of the food but it gets worse, the creature starts eating an object instead of food and before Ponyville became a food mart for the parasprite, Pinkie came in as she used all of the musical instruments she could get to play a song that put the parasprites under her spell with Leo in front of her while holding a baton as a leader to keeps the tempo goes on smoothly and sent them away into the Everfree Forest. Then Winter came to Equestria for a while and when Winter came to an end, the ponies of Ponyville had their annual event called Winter Wrap Up that involves cleaning up winter to bring in the season of Spring but without using magic. Twilight wanted to help out with Winter Wrap Up she didn't know what to do until Leo pointed out she could help with the planning of Winter Wrap Up since she loves to organise things when she arranges the book at the library and Ponyville has failed to clean up winter in time for spring due to lack of planning and coordination in the past. Thanks to that, Twilight became the All-Team Organizer for Winter Wrap Up and her planning allowed the ponies of Ponyville to clean Winter up just in time for spring. Then there was the time Leo stood up for Apple Bloom and her new friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo when they were being bullied by Diamond Tiara and her friend Silver Spoon because they were Blank Flank, ponies that don't have Cutie Marks and defend them from the bullied. Twilight mention that they have potential and could end up with an amazing talent that will give them amazing Cutie Marks but they have to not to rush getting it and just go with the flow. And thus the Cutie Mark Crusaders were born. Then there was the competition between Rainbow Dash and Applejack where they decided to see who was the better athlete by having an Iron Pony competition, a series of sports events which Rainbow Dash won mostly thanks to her wings which annoyed Applejack who called it and then she challenged Rainbow Dash to the Running of the Leaves, a competition where ponies run through a track where their pounding footsteps cause the autumn leaves to shake off of trees. Many ponies join Rainbow Dash (who was not allowed to use her wings) and Applejack in the event, including Leo and Twilight which made them think she was going to lose because she's only read books on races. The race was on its way with both best athletes in the lead until they started to sabotage each other and in the end, they both tied for the last place while Twilight got fifth place and Leo got first place. Considering there's no rule of no lion can participate in the game. Eventually, both Applejack and Rainbow apologise over their poor sportsmanship and got too over competitive with each other so they made up. And then there's a problem with the dresser, which were made by Rarity. With her generosity, she will make all dresser for the gala that will come eventually. Twilight asking her to fix her dress for the gala but Rarity won't allow it because...old one. So she decided to make a new one for her and all of the Mane Six plus Spike and then they decide to hold a fashion show with their new dresses. Leo volunteers himself to help her make the outfit for them which Rarity gladly except since he won't be able to join. Thanks to him and his Elemental Split, the dress for the gala were done with beautifully. However, went Twilight and the other examine it, the pony (except spike who like his outfit made by his brother) stand awkwardly in silence, then struggle for words to said. After finding out the dresses aren't what they had in mind. Rarity overcomes the disparaging reception and resolves to redo the dresses with the help from Leo, wanting her friends to think they're perfect. Unfortunately, after spending an hour redo and some suggestions for, they succeed. Rarity presents the dresses to her friends, and they all happily proclaim they're exactly what they asked for. Spike arrives at the door and excitedly reports that he happened to mention Rarity's fashion show to Hoity Toity, which Twilight identifies as "the bigwig fashion hotshot in Canterlot", and that Hoity Toity is coming to Ponyville from Canterlot to see Rarity's work. Rarity shrinks in horror at the thought that Hoity Toity will see the dresses her friends helped design. Following Rarity in Carousel Boutique, who not coming out for a day. So the ponies came out an idea, hanging Opal on the tree branches. Rarity runs outside to rescue her and finds Rainbow Dash next to Opal, chiding her for stranding Opal on the tree. With quick apologise to the group, Rarity still wails about her ruined career. Fortunately, Hoity Toity agrees to attend a revised fashion show at Rarity's boutique. After a showcase of the original dresses, Hoity Toity expresses his amazement at the designs, calling them a bunch of awesome complement. So things have been okay for the time being. Some Week Later... Leo is outside with Twilight and Spike as the Unicorn is practising her magic with her little brother wearing a necklace made out of leaves, a rock on his head and he is holding a stick. The Mare uses her magic to change the leaf necklace around Spike's neck into a tuxedo but then she notices that he is distracted. "Eyes over here, Spike!" "Uh, sorry." He apologises as her sister turns the stick he is holding into a fancy cane. "For this to work, it's crucial we keep our concertation totally on the-" "Ooh!" Came a female voice which cut off Twilight and her concertation as the rock she turned into a top hat transformed back into a rock and was about to land on him but Leo swipes him out in the nick of time. "You okay, Bro?" "I am. Thanks for that Leo." "Spike! This magic needs our full attention to make it happen. There's no other way!" Twilight said. "I can't help it. Look!" Thee Drake pointed at Pinkie Pie who was darting around frantically with an umbrella hat on her head as she looked rather intimidated and nervous. "Uh, should we do something about her? She kinda makes me worry." Leo asked concern. "Never mind her. She's just being Pinkie Pie." "Super-extra Pinkie Pie today," Spike added. Then the trio looked to see Pinkie whose tail is twitching. "Hmm... Twitchy twitcha, twitcha, twitcha." She said as the sibling approach her. "Pinkie Pie? What in the wide, wide world of Equestria are you up to?" Asked Twilight. "Oh! It's my tail! It's my tail! It's a-twitch a twitching! And you know what that means!" "Actually Pinkie, I haven't the slightest idea." "Oh! It is some sort of sense like mine?" The Cub smiled. "That's right, Leo! The twitchin' means my Pinkie Sense is telling me that stuff's gonna start falling! You three better duck for cover." "Oh Pinkie, it's not gonna rain." The Unicorn said while Leo heard a sound as he looked up to see Fluttershy flying above while carrying a large number of frogs in a giant wooden cart, her saddlebags and ever her fore-hoovers. "Wait a minute, one of those frog gonna slip off." He thought as one of the frogs fall out of Fluttershy's hooves. "Why, there's barely even a cloud in the-UGH!" Twilight was cut off as a frog landed smack on her nose which made her stare at it and the frog croaks. "He just said " nice catch" in frog language." Pinkie translate. "Oh, I'm so sorry." The Pegasus mare called out which made everyone look at her above. "You okay Twilight? I just couldn't stand to see the pond getting so over-populated, what with the frogs all hopping into each other and all so I decided to fly as many as I can on over to Froggy Bottom Bog." She explained. "Of course you did." Said the annoyed Unicorn. "Froggy Bottom Bog?" Leo said in curious. "Oh! Can I come along, Fluttershy? Pleeeease? I wanna see that place for my first time. I won't make any trouble." "Oh, sure. I could use some help as well." She smiled as she flew away with the frogs she has her while Leo follows her from the bottom. "Bye, you guys!" He waves his paw to the trio as he proceeds to the Froggy Bottom Bog with Fluttershy. The group wave back as the sight of the duo disappear. "Um, Twilight? You gotta little something on your face there." Pinkie said. "Oh really?" Later, Froggy Bottom Bog... "Oh... This is not what I imagine." Upon reaching the destination, the place seems doesn't have the same image from the lion, it is a swampland consisting of mangroves and bubbling swamp water. There, Fluttershy at next to the small wagon, fill with frogs in it, ready to be released since they overpopulation so she sent them to the bog. "Now little guys, it's time to go." She smiled as the hatchback open up as the frogs hop-to-hop before away for the prisoner and diving into the water. "Hope you guys have a nice home to relax." Leo came near her, looking at the jumping toad in awe. "Great, so uh...are we done?" "Not now, Leo." She said, pointing at the carriage that carries the frogs, there some leftover from it. "We need to place them at the other locations so they can have much space to settle down." "Pawesome! Can I help too?" The mare chuckled. "Why of course, come on." While they continue to another place, deep inside of the mangrove, a giant some sort of rope (you know what it is) just chilly pass by until it saw the duo. Suddenly, something grumbling underneath it, and it looks like it finds something to satisfied it. Now, it just needs to wait. "Hm?" The cub energy sense feel strange as if something gonna popped up and strike- "FLUTTERSHY!! LEO!!" Shouted some familiar voice. "Did you hear that?" The Pegasus asked. "What-" He was about to reply but an accident bump at the wagon causing it to fall into the swamp. "Oh no! I'm sorry, Fluttershy!" "That's okay." She smiled at him while dumping the bucket that has some little bit of frogs. "Is not that deep, so we can pull it out." "Leo! Fluttershy! You guys alright!" Came in Spike all of sudden as he hugs his brother. Flinch from the outcome, Leo stares at him. "Why yes, bro." "Oh, what a relief." Said Applejack joins in with Pinkie and Twilight. "I'm so glad everything's all right!" "Sorry, I know it's not nice to gloat but...AHA!!! I told you not to worry about and I was right." Twilight chided. The lion blinked. "Seriously, Sis? Are you still obsessed with the Pinkie sense? I mean you could just...just..." He stops his trial, awe to something with the other doing the same thing. "What? She went on about this twitching nonsense and now it turns out that it's not... What are you guys staring at?..." Twilight questioned looking back behind her at the bog, a mass of steam and mist rolling over the water as a massive form lifted out of the bog towering even above the trees. It was quickly joined by three other forms stretching up just as tall, looming over the group. "It's that a Hydra!?" The pink pony shouted. "Who cares?! RUN!!!" Spike scream before running at the opposite from the Hydra, following by Applejack, Fluttershy, Twilight and Leo except for Pinkie who is standing frozen in fear and the hydra is about to attack. "Pinkie run!" The Unicorn shouts out, turning her head looking at the party maker. The golden lion halts his fleeing as the right paw raised and begin to glow bright green as a tiny piece of leaves gather around him. ELEMENTAL POWER!! ELEMENT LEAF!! He transforms into the leaf from, shocking his siblings and other ponies as Twilight stop trotting, jaw dropped. "A-a new element?!" Binding Vines!! Leaf sends a long vine, directing towards Pinkie as it wraps around her stomach. "Urghh!... Heeyah!" He yell, stands on his hind legs and pulling as hard as he could, launching Pinkie in the like mad. The action makes her flung overboard passing by other ponies and dragon. "Oh no...!" "Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Pinkie shout, expressing wild excitement being lunches unexpected. The beast roar as the other one of them strikes using its head toward the manipulate. Creeping Vine!! He summons the vine from the ground quickly, moves out of the headbutt attack and swing across the swamp, his sister looking at him as he passes her by with grin on his face with shining larger pupils. "Hi, Sis!" Still, in her current emotions, she shook her head before trotting off until she manages to side with Leaf. "Leo! When did you get that new power?!" "Oh! About while now." "While?!" "INCOMING!!" Shouts Applejack, as the duo turned to see Hydra closing in by now. The group ran through the swampland while dodging the hydra's heads which tried to attack them but thanks to the swampland's environment, they survive the assault for now. "Haha! Can't catch us!... OW!" Leaf teased the monster until he got hit by the mangrove, guess that what happens if you mocking someone. The Hydra launch all four head, trying to finish him off but lucky that Twilight grab her brother with her magic as she levitates him in front of her while still running. "Why you much like naive and childish, your all-grown-up aren't you? Why didn't you tell me once you got this new power?" She said, deadpan. "Oh! Guess I forgot." He chuckle in playfulness while sticking his tough out. "Besides, nobody even asked for!" "What?! That's your excuses? You know it's bad for not telling your big sister! Especially for something that can't be discovered how or where it came from! Also you-" "Twilight! Eyes on the road!!!" Spike yelled out, but it was too late. The Unicorn suddenly feels like the ground was on her hooves now. When she looked down, she shocks to see she now walking on a non-dirt path and instead, her hoof waggle at the chasm as the gravity pull her down while losing focus on lifting Leo. "TWILIGHT! LEO!" The other shouted, seeing them falling from the other side of the chasm. With the scream of his sister and the pointy stalagmites from the bottom of the pit, Leaf commands his vine coming from inside of his green bandana and head up and up to where there's a tree branch as he using it to swing, hold on to his sister who still screening. As they make a half-circle before used it as a boost to send them back to the group. "Twilight! Are you alright?" Applejack asked. "Y-yeah, I-i'm fine." She panting hardly since she screams out loud. While the ponies attend to look for any kind of bruise, the Drake looking at his brother, seeing him with extensively with his new form. "Woah, Leo! You got new power!?" "Yeah! It's great right?" He smiled, turned back to regular form. "LEO CONSTELLATION SPARKLE!!!" He smiled turned to horror as he slowly looks at his sister with force smile and to sees her using his full name, meaning he in trouble now. Whoever got angry usually say its full name to get the person full attention which is very embarrassing if the person with it friends. Pray to God to give mercy to them. Twilight, with unhappy noise sound and loud stopping hooves madly. When in front of him, using her deep voice and dark face. "When. Did. You. Got. Those. New. Power?" She snapped seriously. "U-uh, when t-the time after I put d-down the candy, I want to follow you and bro b-but I w-want to see Zecora," Leo explained to his sister, while the other stood behind her in silence. "That t-time we have been a-attack by Timberwolf, I fought the leader while Zecora h-handle the other." "THEN. WHAT. HAPPEN?" "U-uh! I got lunch off by the leader and before he e-eat Zecora I got the Leaf Element." "You went to the Everfree Forest on your own, you never tell me that you want to go and mostly, you got attack by thee Timberwolf?! Are you crazy!?" "I'm sorry sis!" The lion pleads. He ears drop down fell ashamed while laying down, belly on the dirty dirt. "I know that keeping something hidden to your family is bad, but I don't know or how or why it happens. If this elemental power I have has any proposals then, okay?!" "What are you talking about?" Twilight asked. "It just..." He hesitates, looking at his paws. "I now started to think that my power... This power, must have a reason why it exists, right? I mean, a lion who can control nature?" "That's weird, of all the chapter the reader have read, none of them has you saying about the power or talk about it." Pinkie said, clearly she should STOP what she doing now. "Aw, why not?" Please Pinkie in the love of my story! Don't break the fourth wall!!! "It's now chapter fifteen and you still not using my ability properly, silly." Pinkie, I'm new to making this story, okay? Now back to the topic. "Okie Dokie Loki!" She giggling before looking back at the staring in confused friends. "Who are you talking too?" Spike asked. "Nothing!" She said, before singing and bouncing off on the road, heading back to Ponyville. "Well, ah see the Hydra don't chase us anymore, so let's just get outer here." The farmer suggested. As the other march on back to the home, leaving the siblings hanging. Fluttershy next to Twilight before she said. "We leave you be, Twilight." She smiled before following Applejack. The silence between the trio as the golden lion staring down on the ground, don't want to look at his sibling's face until he feels something stroke his silver mane. "I'm sorry, Leo." Twilight apologise, who's the one stroking his mane. "I'm not mad at you, I just worry about you, that's all." She smiled, putting her hoof on his shoulder. "I'm almost thought you just reading a comic inside the library back then but knowing you, you not the type who likes to sit still for like ten minutes." She chuckles as well him. "When I didn't see you when a Unicorn name Trixie came to the town, I was scared you know?" "W-what?" The Unicorn nodded. "I'm scared that, something bad happens to you and you came back late at night! If mom were here, you'll be grounded for sure. And you know while you doing some crazy battle, I did something that will make you amazed." Leo blinked. "You create a spell that will make our face adorable like when we were baby?" "What? No! I calm down the Ursa Minor." She stated. "Ursa Minor?" "A big cosmic bear that running rampage until Twilight," Spike coming in, stand next to the cub. "Used her magic to make a lullaby song that making the Ursa Minor went to sleep and sending back where it comes from." "Woah... That's Pawesome." "And dangerous as well," Twilight added. "I'll handle a giant grizzly bear while you fight a Timberwolf. I guess Sparkle's do something hazardous huh?" The trio laughed, it seems to get better now. With some good talk and apologised, they heading back to Ponyville. "By the way, was there something that I forgot?" The mare asked. "Eh, maybe not an important one, like everyone said: if you don't remember it, then it wasn't significant at all." Spike chided. "Yeah, I guess you right."