//------------------------------// // Aqua // Story: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep: Kingdom of Harmony // by Dawn Flower //------------------------------// Leaving Radiant Garden behind, Aqua entered the Lanes Between and set off for another world. She had to find Terra. She still didn’t know exactly what was going on with him, but from what she’s heard about what he has done in other worlds, it didn’t sound good and she was worried. As she was making her way through the Lanes Between, a new world was coming into view. This world’s icon included a small town, a forest, and an old castle, with clouds in the sky. As she got closer to this world, she also felt a warm light, the likes of which she has never felt before. Thinking that Terra might be in this world, since it was so close to Radiant Garden, she gripped her Keyblade Glider tightly, and charged straight into this new world. --- A shimmering portal opened up in the middle of a town and Aqua walked out, her Keyblade Armor disappearing as she walked. As soon as she had entered this new world, she suddenly felt different. She looked down to inspect her body and she was surprised to see that she looked like a pony. She had a light blue coat, and her mane was the same style and colour that her hair always was; a darker blue than her coat. As she examined more of her new form, she also saw that her Wayfinder was now emblazoned on her flank. As she tried to think and make sense of her new form, she placed her hoof to her head and she felt something on her forehead. She felt her way along the surface of it, and it felt like a horn. Was she a unicorn? “This must be a world that changes your physical appearance, like the Master told us about.” She thought to herself. However, before she could think more about her current situation, she was suddenly interrupted by a loud scream nearby. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!” Quickly looking over in the direction that she had heard the scream, she saw a white unicorn, with a stylish purple mane, surrounded by several Flood Unversed. The unicorn was backed up against the wall of a building, with a frantic look on her face, as the Unversed closed in on her. Seeing this unicorn in front of her, Aqua now knew for certain that she was a unicorn. Putting on her battle face, she immediately moved to summon her Keyblade and it suddenly appeared next to her, wrapped in a light blue aura. Looking at her Keyblade floating next to her, strangely, she made a thought and then saw her Keyblade move, and concluded that she controlled it mentally. Turning back towards the unicorn being surrounded by a horde of Unversed again, she quickly galloped over to them and threw herself between them. “Don’t worry,” she said, addressing the unicorn behind her. “I’ll take care of them.” She then turned back around to face the Unversed and got ready for battle. Rarity didn’t know who this pony was, but she was just so thankful that she was helping her. The battle begun --- As soon as the battle started, one of the Flood’s ran straight for Aqua. Aqua simply levitated her Keyblade between them and knocked it back, into another one; however, the strike wasn’t strong enough to destroy either of them. As more Unversed advanced on her, she performed a cartwheel to the side to avoid them. She didn’t seem to have any problem moving in her new form. Once she was a safe distance away, she then aimed her Keyblade at them and shot a Fira spell into a large group. The spell destroyed three of the Floods, and Aqua quickly followed up her attack by bashing one of the surviving ones with her Keyblade, destroying it. While she was focused on them, one of the two remaining Unversed quickly came charging up to her and knocked her back. She grunted from the force of the attack, but it didn’t hurt her that much. The last two Unversed then started moving towards her again. When they came in close, Aqua then raised her Keyblade up into the air and shouted, “Thunder!” A small beam of light then shot out of her Keyblade and two lightning bolts came down on the Unversed, destroying them. --- Once all of the Unversed had been defeated, Aqua banished her Keyblade and turned back around to face the unicorn from before. “Are you alright?” Aqua asked her. The unicorn stepped closer to her, holding a hoof to her chest and panting hard, from fear. “Yes, thank you so much for saving me from those monsters.” She then lowered her hoof again and smiled back at Aqua, thankfully. “My name is Rarity.” Aqua smiled back at her in response. “I’m Aqua; and it’s no problem at all. It’s what I’m here for.” Once formalities were out of the way, Aqua proceeded to ask her about the current situation. “So, Rarity, have you been dealing with those monsters for a while now?” Aqua asked her. While she was looking for Terra, she also had to destroy the Unversed. Rarity nodded her head gently from side to side. “Actually no. They only showed up here a while ago, but they stayed close to the Everfree Forest, so we didn’t have to deal with them often. However, a short while ago, they suddenly became a lot more organised and violent, and they started attacking the town. We’ve managed to evacuate Ponyville, so everypony is safe for now, but we’re having a hard time dealing with them, I’m sad to say.” Aqua took in everything that Rarity said to here. “Well don’t worry. I’m here to help defeat them. Is there anything specific that I can do to help?” Rarity looked Aqua up and down for a moment before continuing. “Well, you do seem to be able to handle them quite well. I suppose if you really want to help, the best thing that you could do, would be to just to search all over Ponyville and deal with any you find.” Aqua simply nodded back to her. “Alright, I’ll do that.” She then turned back around and started running away, to search the rest of the town. As Aqua was leaving, Rarity called out to her again. “Oh, and while you’re out dealing with those monsters, keep a look out for my friend, Twilight. She’s also engaging with these ‘disgusting’ things.” She put extra emphasis on the word ‘disgusting’, showing her distain for these monsters. Aqua stopped and turned her head back around to face her. “Alright, I’ll keep an eye out for her.” She then turned back around and continued on. --- Aqua headed off to find and defeat all of the Unversed in Ponyville. She was currently in the middle of a large courtyard, with a statue of Princess Celestia in the centre. To her right was a path that led to a clearing on the outskirts of the town. To her left, there was an open field, with what appeared to be a city made of clouds directly above it. In front of her and behind her, there were several buildings. Between the buildings on both sides, there were three long and narrow alleyways, that looked like they converged at the back. Since there weren’t any Unversed left in the courtyard, she walked straight ahead, into the alleyway on her left. --- The alleyway that she entered was about five ponies wide. It looked like it stretched on for quite a bit. As she proceeded further in, several Unversed appeared. Aqua simply defeated them by using a combination of her Keyblade and her magic. After she had defeated the Unversed, she proceeded on. After a few more steps, more Unversed appeared and she did battle with them again. She simply repeated the same process as before and used her magic and her Keyblade to defeat them. After she had defeated them all, she continued on down the alleyway again. After she took a few more steps, more Unversed appeared. The same thing happened two more times on her way through the alleyway. When she reached the end of the alleyway, she stepped out into the next area. --- The next area she entered was another courtyard, but it was smaller than the last one and it was completely empty, of Unversed or landmarks. Being fully aware of the Unversed spawning patterns by now, Aqua walked into the middle of the courtyard and a huge wave of different kinds of Unversed appeared. The amount of Unversed that appeared in the courtyard was much larger than the groups that appeared in the alleyway. She had to slightly change up her tactics against this group. She first used her Aerora spell to gather the smaller Unversed together in the air, and then jumped up and bashed them with her Keyblade. She then used her second tier spells on the large groups, instead of attacking them one at a time. About one minute later, she had defeated all of the Unversed in the courtyard. After checking the courtyard one last time for any Unversed, she then headed back to the main courtyard, through the middle alleyway this time. --- The middle alleyway was exactly like the first. After she had taken a few steps forward, several Unversed appeared. She simply defeated them with her magic and directly with her Keyblade. After she had defeated this group of Unversed, she continued on. She encountered four more groups of Unversed as she made her way to the other end of the alleyway. She managed to defeat them all easily. --- When she stepped back into the main courtyard, she decided that she should check every part of Ponyville for any Unversed. She then turned and went down the third and last alleyway that led to the smaller courtyard. --- The trek through the third alleyway was exactly the same as the previous two. She took a few steps, Unversed appeared, she defeated all of them, she continued on, and she encountered another four groups of Unversed. When she was finished with all of the Unversed in this alleyway, she stepped into the smaller courtyard at the end again. --- Once Aqua had stepped back into the small courtyard, she first walked into the centre again, but no Unversed spawned. She then decided to check the rest of the courtyard, but there no Unversed anywhere. When she was confident that there were no more Unversed here, she then headed back through the middle alleyway again. --- When Aqua had entered the middle alleyway again, she took a few steps forward, but no Unversed appeared. Considering that no more Unversed had appeared in the courtyard either, she deduced that she had cleared out all of the Unversed in this part of Ponyville. She then broke into a gallop and ran forward, towards the main courtyard. --- When Aqua was back in the main courtyard, she first walked back over to Rarity, over by the statue of Princess Celestia, in the centre of the courtyard. When Rarity saw her coming, and she stopped in front of her, she simply asked her, “Have you found my friend, Twilight, yet?” Aqua simply replied, “No.” She then backed away from Rarity again and proceeded towards the three alleyways at the other end of the courtyard. When she reached them, she chose the first alleyway on her left. --- These alleyways were exactly the same as the three on the other side of the main courtyard. She took a few steps forward and a small group of Unversed appeared. She took care of them easily and continued on. She encountered four more groups of Unversed as she made her way along. She then made it to the end of the alleyway and proceeded ahead. --- Aqua stepped out of the alleyway, into another small courtyard, exactly the same as the one on the other side of the town. She immediately ran towards the centre of the courtyard, but she was confused when no Unversed appeared. She then checked the rest of the area, but none appeared. Aqua was confused at this for a moment, since she knew that she hadn’t been to this part of the town yet. However, she then remembered that Rarity had told her that her friend, Twilight, was also around town, fighting the Unversed. Guessing that Twilight had probably cleared out this area already, she then turned back around and headed back through the middle alleyway. --- The middle alleyway was exactly the same as the one she was just in. She took a few steps forward and a small group of Unversed appeared, just like clockwork. Aqua simply summoned her Keyblade and charged towards them, defeating them with key and magic. When she was finished with that group, she continued on and dealt with the other four groups ahead. After she had dealt with all of the Unversed in this alleyway, she stepped out into the main courtyard again. --- When Aqua had entered the main courtyard again, she immediately turned to her left, towards the last alleyway. Right before she stepped into it, she quickly looked back at Rarity, over by the statue. She still hadn’t found her friend, Twilight, but she’d worry about that after she dealt with the Unversed. She then turned back around again and ran into the last alleyway. --- When Aqua had entered the alleyway, she took a few steps forward; however, she was confused when no Unversed appeared. Again, she was certain that she hadn’t been in this area before. She then took another step forward, but no Unversed appeared. She then broke into a gallop and ran through the alleyway quickly. As she made her way along, no Unversed appeared at all. When she reached the end of the alleyway, she stepped into the smaller courtyard again. --- Aqua ran into the smaller courtyard, but then stopped when she a purple unicorn ahead of her. She was in the centre of the courtyard, staring down a huge horde of Unversed. She was slumped down on one knee and was panting hard. She was obviously tired. With a worried look on her face, Aqua quickly galloped over to her. The unicorn heard something approaching behind her and turned around to see Aqua. When Aqua reached her, she stopped beside her and looked at the purple unicorn, worriedly. “Are you Twilight?” Aqua asked her. Pausing for only a brief moment, trying to figure out who this pony was, Twilight nodded back to her. “I am. Who are you?” She asked, wincing a little in pain. “I’m Aqua. Don’t worry, I’m here to help.” Aqua then summoned her Keyblade and held it over Twilight’s head. “Heal.” She called out. Twilight looked at Aqua strangely when she saw her Keyblade appear out of thin air. The Curaga spell then appeared above Twilight, healing her. All of a sudden, Twilight felt her injuries disappear and she had the strength to stand up straight. After briefly inspecting herself, she turned back to face Aqua and smiled. “Thank you.” “It’s no problem,” Aqua nodded back at her. She then turned her attention to the horde of Unversed. “Now come on. We need to deal with these things.” Twilight put on a fierce look of determination and nodded. “Right.” She then also turned towards the horde of Unversed and got into a battle position. The battle begun. --- Aqua and Twilight both spread out on their front hooves, staring down at the large group of Unversed in front of them. The horde consisted of a wide variety of Unversed, including, five Flood’s, three Bruiser’s, two Thornbite’s, and two Archraven’s. They all simply flitted about, getting ready to attack them. Aqua began the fight by immediately casting an Aerora spell, pulling all of the smaller Unversed together. She then jumped up and started bashing them with her Keyblade. When her Keyblade combo had ended, she then cast a Fira spell on them. “Fire.” She shouted out. The spell had completely incinerated the enemies that had already been weakened by her prior attack. Aqua had destroyed four of the Flood’s and one of the Thornbite’s with this combo. Twilight, however, quickly jumped to the side as soon as the battle started. Her horn then started glowing in a purple aura and she shot a small, magic beam out of her horn, at one of the Flood’s. The attack was strong enough to destroy the weak Unversed, and it disappeared into nothingness. As soon as they had destroyed those Unversed, two more Thornbite’s quickly spawned to take their place. One of the Bruiser’s then started charging and crashed right into Aqua, knocking her back. Aqua recovered quickly from the attack and then cartwheeled to her left to get away from it. She then turned to face the Bruiser that hit her, and shot a Bizzara spell at it, freezing it solid. She then took her Keyblade and started bashing against it, destroying it after several hits. One of the Bruiser’s then charged at Twilight, but she simply jumped to the side to avoid it. After the Bruiser kept going after it past her, she then charged energy into her horn again and shot another magic beam at it. The attack hit, but it didn’t seem to do much damage. The Bruiser then turned back around and charged at the purple unicorn again. Aqua jumped up into the air and started hitting one of the Thornbite’s with her Keyblade. She defeated it with just a few hits and it disappeared. When she landed on the ground again, she looked over at Twilight and saw her get charged by a Bruiser and knocked back. An Archraven came down to attack Aqua, but she saw it coming and simply cartwheeled to the right to avoid it. She was amazed that she was still able to cartwheel so well while in this form. Snapping back to the fight, she turned back towards Twilight and cartwheeled over to her. When she was right behind the Bruiser that had hit Twilight, Aqua launched into a Keyblade combo and then finished it off with a Fire spell. “Thanks.” Twilight said to Aqua as she got back to her hooves. She then started walking towards the now-smaller horde of Unversed. She then shot another magic beam at the Archraven, destroying it. When the two of them turned back towards the group of Unversed, two more Archraven’s and three more Flood’s spawned. One of the Flood’s spawned near Twilight, and she simply struck at it with her hoof and then shot a magic beam at it and destroyed it. Aqua, meanwhile, cartwheeled into the centre of the group of Unversed. She then raised her Keyblade and used a Thundara spell on the whole group. She then quickly started striking at the last Bruiser and destroyed it after several hits from her Keyblade. A Thornbite then flew down and hit Aqua while she was distracted. The Keyblade Master was knocked back slightly, but she recovered quickly and just shot a Fire spell back at it, destroying it. She then jumped up and started hitting another Thornbite with her Keyblade and destroyed it after a single three-hit combo. One of the Flood’s moved to attack Twilight, but she quickly jumped back to avoid it. She then fired another beam from her horn and destroyed the Unversed. An Archraven then swooped down to strike at Twilight, but she simply jumped back again to avoid it. After Aqua had destroyed another Archraven with her Keyblade, she then quickly did several cartwheels away from them in order to get to a safe distance away. Once she was far enough away, she decided that this fight was taking too long. She then activated her shotlock and began targeting all of the remaining Unversed. While the Unversed were either moving towards Aqua, or focusing on Twilight, Aqua finished charging up her shotlock. She then fired her Bubble Blaster, shooting several high speed bubbles at the two Archraven’s, two Thornbite’s, and one of the Flood’s, and destroyed them. Twilight then fired another magic beam at the one remaining Flood, and the fight was over. --- After the battle had ended, Aqua banished her Keyblade and turned to face Twilight, who was trying to catch her breath. She was clearly not used to fighting, and was worn out after that battle. The purple unicorn then lifted her head back up to see Aqua walking towards her, with a warm smile on her face. Seeing her, Twilight returned the smile with one of her own. “Thanks for your help back there. I really appreciate it.” “Don’t mention it.” Aqua responded. “It’s what I’m here for.” Twilight then held her hoof out in front of her, and Aqua shook it, while smiling kindly back at her. Suddenly, they both heard a voice calling out to them. “Yoooohoooo!” Both unicorns turned in the direction of the voice, and they saw Rarity, who had just entered the courtyard, waving at them. She then lowered her hoof and ran over to them. When she reached them, she let out a sigh of relief. “Oh Twilight, thank Celestia you’re alright.” She said, placing a hoof over her chest, in worry. Twilight simply gave a comforting smile back at her. “I’m fine, Rarity.” She then faced Aqua. “Thanks to Aqua here. She saved me.” “She did more than that, darling.” Rarity continued. “I’ve just received word that Ponyville has now been completely cleared of monsters; and we have Aqua to thank for that.” Aqua blushed in embarrassment. “That’s nice of you to say, but I really just helped out. This was because of all of us.” Twilight nodded at Aqua, with a smile on her face and then turned back to face Rarity again. “That’s good to hear, Rarity. Getting rid of these things is really important, but we also need to stop them for good. Has anypony found out who’s responsible for these strange creatures attacking us, yet?” “Yes,” Rarity responded immediately. “We finally know who’s responsible. Pinkie Pie said that earlier she saw a scary looking pony over by Fluttershy’s cottage. According to her, he made Fluttershy cry and then walked off into the Everfree Forest.” Twilight gasped. “That sounds awful. I can’t believe someone would do that?” She then started scowling. “Who is it? Do we know exactly who it is?” Rarity put her hoof to her lips. “According to Pinkie Pie, he was a scary looking earth pony, with a spiky brown mane, and he had a strange key-shaped sword, like Aqua has.” Aqua’s eyes suddenly shot open in realization. “That’s Terra!” She shouted out. Twilight and Rarity both suddenly turned and looked at her with confused looks on their faces. “You know the pony who’s behind this attack?” Twilight asked her, unbelievably. Aqua just shook her head furiously from side to side. “No! There’s no way that Terra’s behind this. Where is this ‘Everfree Forest’? Where can I find Terra?” She asked frantically. Twilight looked back at Aqua and could see that she was really worried. After a moment of hesitation, she then pointed away towards the centre of town. “Uhhmm, it’s just to the south of Ponyville, just past Fluttershy’s cottage.” She then turned back to face her. Aqua looked at where Twilight had pointed and then nodded back at her. “Thank you.” She said, still with the angry look on her face. She then quickly galloped away, through the middle alleyway. Twilight and Rarity both simply watched her in silence as she left. “What do you think that was about?” Rarity asked, finally speaking up. “I’m not sure.” Twilight responded, looking at her unicorn friend, with an unsure look on her face. She then turned back towards the alleyway that Aqua had disappeared into, and she smiled again. “But I’m sure that whatever it is, everything will be just fine.” She then mentally wished her new friend luck with whatever problem she was facing. --- Aqua galloped through the alleyway quickly. The whole area had been cleared of Unversed, so there was nothing to slow her down. She made it back out the other side in no time at all. --- When Aqua had reached the main courtyard, she looked to her right and saw the path leading out of Ponyville, and a cottage and a forest in the distance. She then quickly ran off towards the forest. --- After she had left Ponyville, Aqua found herself in a small clearing, with a cottage just to her right and the forest entrance straight ahead. Aqua simply continued galloping towards the forest. When she got closer to the forest entrance, several Unversed suddenly spawned in front of her. However, Aqua didn’t even slow down. As she continued galloping, she summoned her Keyblade and pointed it at the Unversed in front of her. “I don’t have time for this!” She shouted out. She then shot a Fire spell at the Unversed and incinerated them all instantly. With the Unversed destroyed, she continued on, into the forest. --- When Aqua had entered the Everfree Forest, there was a dirt path in front of her to follow, with the thick foliage of the forest on either side. The path twisted and turned as she made her way along, and it went on for quite a while. The Everfree Forest had much more Unversed than in Ponyville, and they appeared in larger groups as well. However, Aqua still managed to defeat them easily, with her magic and her Keyblade. In addition to the Unversed, she was also attacked by timberwolves. The timberwolves only spawned one or two at a time and never alongside the Unversed. While they weren’t very difficult to defeat on their own, whenever they were defeated, they simply collapsed into pieces and would then reform after a while. The only way to stop them completely was to hit them with fire. --- As Aqua continued running through the Everfree Forest, she eventually reached the end of the dirt path and reached a large clearing. She then slowed down and looked around carefully for anything that might jump out at her. When she reached the centre of the clearing, she suddenly heard a loud roar, that shook the nearby area. “Rrrrrrrraaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwrrrrrrrr!” Aqua stopped in her tracks, with a worried look on her face, looking around for whatever made that roar. There was then a rustling in the foliage nearby and giant timberwolf leapt out and landed in front of Aqua, shaking the ground on contact. This timberwolf was at least ten times the size of the lesser timberwolves that she had already come across. Aqua instinctively took a few steps back when the giant timberwolf landed in front of her. She had a look on her face like she couldn’t believe her eyes. The giant timberwolf then roared at her again. “Rrrrrraaaaawwwwwwwwrrrrr!” The force of its shout pushed back the grass and plants in the area. Aqua had to dig into the ground with her hooves to anchor herself, to keep herself from being blown back. She then also placed her hoof to her nose as the stench of its breath hit her. Putting her hoof back down on the ground, she faced back at the giant timberwolf that towered above her, with a strong look of determination. She then summoned her Keyblade and got ready to fight it. The battle begun. --- As the battle commenced, Aqua stared back at the Alpha Timber, with her Keyblade hovering next to her in her levitation field. She had to defeat this thing in order to continue on, and that was exactly what she was going to do. The Alpha Timber simply stared down at her with the look of a feral creature, just like the Unversed. It then furrowed the two branches on its head that served as its eyebrows, and growled through its teeth at her, with its eyes flashing green. As soon as the battle started, the Alpha Timber immediately raised its head up and howled. “Awooooooooooooooooooooo!” After it howled, several smaller timberwolves immediately appeared around it. Aqua quickly ran forward and jumped over the smaller timberwolves and started hitting the Alpha Timber with her Keyblade. Once her Keyblade combo had ended, she then immediately shot a Fira spell at it. “Fire.” She shouted out. The Alpha Timber was knocked back slightly from the force of the attack. After Aqua had used her Fira spell, she fell straight back down to the ground and was immediately scratched by one of the smaller timberwolves and knocked back. She managed to recover quickly, however, and cartwheeled away from them, before they could attack her again. After she had put a good bit of distance between herself and the timberwolves, Aqua turned back around to face them. The Alpha Timber was still recovering from the Fira spell she used against it, and the lesser timberwolves started to run towards her. Remembering the timberwolves weakness to fire, Aqua then quickly activated her shotlock and started targeting all of the timberwolves in front of her. Just as the timberwolves were about to reach her, Aqua finished charging up her shotlock and shot her Flame Salvo at them. The flames hit all of the small timberwolves in front of her, destroying them instantly, and hitting the Alpha Timber as well, dealing more damage to it. As soon as her shotlock was finished, Aqua then started running towards the Alpha Timber; however, once it had recovered from the attack, it raised his head up and howled again, and more timberwolves appeared. “Awooooooooooooooooooooo!” Aqua grew frustrated seeing that more smaller timberwolves had appeared after she had just gotten rid of them. Charging towards them, she took her Keyblade and started bashing one of the smaller timberwolves, shattering it into pieces. As her Keyblade combo ended, one of the other timberwolves bit her, knocking back a little. Before she could be attacked again, she quickly cartwheeled to the side. She then turned back around to face them and cast a Fira spell and destroyed all of the timberwolves. Because the timberwolf that she had smashed to pieces was still there, the Alpha Timber didn’t howl to summon more timberwolves. The Alpha Timber then charged towards Aqua to attack her. However, Aqua quickly jumped up to avoid the giant timberwolf swiping at her with its wooden paw. She then started striking at it with her Keyblade, and then immediately followed that up with a Firaga spell; the third tier Fire spell dealing massive damage against the wooden beast. After Aqua had cast her spell, she fell back down towards the ground again. The Firaga spell had kept the Alpha Timber knocked off balance, so it didn’t immediately hit her when she stopped. As she got back to her hooves, the smaller timberwolf that she had defeated earlier had reformed itself, and ran towards her. Aqua saw the timberwolf coming towards her, and simply jumped over it to avoid it. She wanted to avoid destroying the smaller timberwolf so that the Alpha Timber wouldn’t summon more. The Alpha Timber the regained itself, and used its giant size to bite at Aqua from far away. The force of the attack knocked her back and she yelled out in pain. “Aaahhh.” After she had recovered from the attack, she quickly cartwheeled away in the opposite direction, to put some distance between her and the Alpha Timber, and to avoid the oncoming attack from the smaller timberwolf. After she had gotten further away, the Alpha Timber then coughed up and shot a big ball of concentrated stink at Aqua. As the attack came towards her, Aqua raised her Keyblade up to block it. The ball of stink hit Aqua, damaging her a bit, but didn’t cause as much damage because she blocked it. The smaller timberwolf then charged towards her to attack her; however, Aqua simply jumped over it and continued on, towards the Alpha Timber. When she came in close to it, she started bashing it in the face with her Keyblade. When her Keyblade combo had ended, she then hit it with a Fire spell. When Aqua fell back down to the ground after her Fire spell, the smaller timberwolf came up behind her and scratched at her. The attacked pushed her back slightly, towards the Alpha Timber, who then bit at her itself, dealing even more damage to her. After Aqua had recovered from the attack, she quickly ran away from the two timberwolves. When she had put a good bit of distance between them and her, she raised her Keyblade above her head and said, “Heal.” The Curaga spell opened up, above her, restoring her health. After she was healed, she turned back towards the timberwolves, both of which were running towards her. She then jumped over the smaller timberwolf, and hit the Alpha Timber with a Firaga spell. She then immediately launched into another Keyblade combo. The Alpha Timber let out an annoyed grunt after being hit. “Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.” --- Aqua jumped back after that last attack, tired from the battle, panting to herself. The Alpha Timber then suddenly started clutching at its throat, in pain. The smaller timberwolf stopped its advance on Aqua and turned around to look at it. The Alpha Timber then leaned forward on one leg, and the next moment, it exploded into pieces. The smaller timberwolf was also caught in the blast. Aqua raised her Keyblade up in front of her face, to shield her from incoming debris. After everything had past, Aqua looked around the clearing, to see pieces of wood everywhere. Letting out a sigh of relief, she was about to continue onward, but then all of a sudden, all of the pieces of wood around her became enveloped in a thin, yellow, magical aura, and started all floating towards each other. Aqua stared back wide eyed, as the Alpha Timber started to reform itself. “Oh, you have got to be kidding me.” Aqua sighed in annoyance. She was feeling completely worn out from that last battle, but she still needed to get past this thing. Hesitating for a moment, she got back into a battle position, as the Alpha Timber finished putting itself back together, now bigger than ever. When its eyes started glowing yellow again, the Alpha Timber took a step forward and bore down, towards her. Aqua then telekinetically gripped her Keyblade tight and prepared for the attack; however, a large, golden beam of magical energy then suddenly came out of nowhere, shot right at the Alpha Timber and blew it to pieces again, scattering all of the pieces even further away from each other. Aqua again raised her Keyblade up to protect herself from incoming debris. After everything had past, she looked up again, confused, and started looking around for the source of the blast. Her eyes then landed on a tall, winged unicorn, over by the forest exit. She had a pure white coat, and a regally flowing, rainbow-coloured mane, that gently blew about in a non-existent breeze. She was currently bearing down at where the Alpha Timber had stood just moments, with her horn glowing in the same golden aura as the magic beam that had just destroyed the Alpha Timber. Aqua then noticed two other ponies behind her. One was a small, butter-yellow pegasus, with a beautiful, pink mane. The other pony was another winged unicorn, and her size was between the other two. She had a light azure coat, and her mane also flowed independent of the wind, and shone with the stars of the night sky. When the first pony finally saw Aqua, she lifted her head up again, and all three of them walked over to her. “Are you alright?” Celestia asked her when she reached her. Seeing that she was not hostile to her, Aqua breathed a sigh of relief. “Yes, I am. Thank you.” She said in a grateful manner. Celestia simply smiled back at her in response, but then she suddenly started staring back at Aqua for a moment when she responded and started thinking. She then smiled again. “You’re probably not from around here. I am Princess Celestia.” Aqua’s eyes then suddenly snapped open. “Oh, I’m so sorry, Your Majesty.” She said, practically begging for her forgiveness, for her informal attitude towards her. She then took a knee and bowed to her. Celestia simply laughed gently before responding. “Oh, that’s alright. There’s no need to be so formal.” Aqua then stood back up again, looking slightly embarrassed and rubbed at the back of her head with her hoof. While Aqua was recovering from her embarrassment, Celestia then suddenly noticed the Keyblade in Aqua’s levitation field, and regarded it closely, knowing that it looked just like the weapon that Terra used. “That’s certainly an interesting weapon you have there.” She finally spoke up. Aqua snapped back to attention, and she brought her Keyblade in closer to her. “Oh, yes. It’s called a Keyblade.” She said, holding the Keyblade between her and Celestia, so that the Princess could get a closer look at it. After studying Aqua’s Keyblade with her eyes, she then looked back towards the Keyblade Master. Guessing that there was a connection between her and Terra, she then said, “Yes, I’ve seen one before. Terra wielded one as well.” Aqua’s eyes then widened again and she suddenly looked up at Celestia in surprise. “You know Terra?” She almost screamed at her. “Yes, I do.” Celestia replied calmly, with a smile on her face. “I met him earlier. Although, it wasn’t exactly under the best of circumstances. We actually fought briefly.” Aqua gasped in shock when she heard this. She then took a step closer to the Princess of the Sun, with a frantic expression on her face. “Princess, please, I know that that sounds bad, but please believe me when I say that Terra is not a bad person; and he isn’t the one behind the Unversed attack,” she added, remembering the theory that the ponies had come up with about him. However, in response to Aqua’s worried plea, Celestia simply smiled warmly back at her, and raised her hoof up in front of her, as if to tell her to stop worrying. “I know he is.” Aqua then backed away a little, in surprise. “He was just being manipulated and didn’t know who the real enemy was. Fortunately, he learned his lesson quickly.” Her smiled then brightened and she turned to face Luna. “He was even the one who saved my sister Luna from the darkness.” Aqua then turned her head to the side to face Luna. “It’s true.” Luna confirmed. “I was swallowed by the darkness and became Nightmare Moon, and I even started hurting those close to me.” She now had a sorrowful look on her face, and she raised her hoof over her heart and looked away. “My heart had grown so dark, that the light couldn’t reach it anymore.” She then suddenly started smiling again and turned back to face her. “But Terra managed to dive into the darkness to save me. He used the darkness to rescue me, and he used it without succumbing to it himself.” She thought back on the moment like it was a fond memory. “He really is amazing.” A smile started creeping on to Aqua’s face after hearing Luna’s story, and she held her hoof over her heart. “I see.” She then raised her head up towards the sky, through the hole in the trees, to see the Sun shining down on all of them. “Then there’s still hope, Terra.” After another moment, her eyes then suddenly snapped open again, and she turned back to face Celestia, Luna and Fluttershy. “Oh, right. The Unversed in Ponyville have all been taken care of.” “Thank you very much for all of your help.” Celestia responded, with a warm smile on her face. “You and Terra have both been a big help to us; but we’ll be able to handle things from here.” Aqua simply nodded back to her in response. When she was finished, she then turned to the side and started walking away. As she walked along, she pointed her Keyblade out in front of her, and a small beam shot out of it and created a shimmering portal, just a few feet away. Turning back to look at the ponies one more time, and gave them one final, friendly smile, which they reciprocated, she then turned back around towards the portal and walked through it. The portal then closed behind her. After Aqua had left, the three ponies left in the clearing, all looked between themselves for a moment, and then continued on their way, walking towards Ponyville. Forged a D-Link with Twilight Sparkle OBTAINED Element of Magic A Keyblade with short reach that does little for your Strength, but provides an outstanding boost in Magic. Hastens the Command Gauge when equipped.