//------------------------------// // Chap 29 // Story: Magic Paint Brushes 2: A New Canvas To Paint On // by Ugly-Duckling123 //------------------------------// "Huh," Discord said tilting his head at the screen back in the library, "Will you look at that. Well looks like I was wrong then. Here you go Luna." he said handing the Princess of the Night, the only one other than him not stunned at what they were seeing, a bag of sweets. "Thank you Discord," the midnight princess said tugging on the bag a few times before finally getting it out of the Draconequss' paw. "Err... mind telling everypony what you two are talking about?" a mothering voice said as they turned to see a room looking at them and Celestia totally confused. "You remember that prophecy the filly's found Sister?" Luna asked getting a nod from Celestia and the room "The second part said Only when two warriors of harmony become one Can this be undone With the love in their hearts they hold Together they can save the world did it not?" More nods. "It didn't say which warriors of harmony," Discord concluded "It only said when two become one," he said nursing a just swatted away from the bag of sweets tail. "Umm... Messter Discord, Preencess Luna?" Amber asked speaking for everyone "How did Jack get to be one?" "A very good question little filly," Discord said sapping up a detectives outfit complete with a bubble pipe, and pretended to think. "Well we were told that Sarah got her's by having all the elements in her right Zecora?" he asked making everyone turn to the Zebra. "That is right, believe you me, I was there with her when she first came to Equestria you see." Zecora said nodding not understanding where this was going. "So One," Discord began "or two, or four or eight, or..." "So it would appear that Jack has all the Elements in him as well," Luna said halting Discord and getting to the point. "Honesty, he gets people to see truth about things..." Discord began. "Kindness, towards the children and others when he's not upset at something..." Luna continued. "Laughter... Do I really need to say the reason?" "Generosity, he's giving up his own time to help us in our time of need..." "Loyalty, towards his friends and cousin..." "And the Magic of Friendship, being how fun he is, he can make friends anywhere with anyone, after they get to know him." The room was silent aside from the screen that was still playing 'Whitetail Wood' and the ponies there were going over what was just told here. "Ok," Celestia said thinking learning after her first few years on the throne of this place to just go with things like this. "So who's the second since Sarah is Eric's but it's Jack who seems to be the warrior in question?" "Well..." Discord began 'puffing' the pipe "I would think it 's dear sweet..." "...Suzy," Eric said answering Twilight's question. "How ya come to that weirdo..." Rainbow asked helping Pinkie draw on Sombra's face much to his displeasure - she was bored. "Well, I'm not really sure where mine came from," Eric said on the ground, letting Fluttershy re-bandage his wounds. "As I remember I only got them because I asked for someway to save Sarah from Nightmare Moon. So it might be something to do with elements or the person the first warrior loves and loves back, or something." "So why is it Suzy?" Rainbow asked as if she didn't hear a word that was just said. "Because they both love each other," Cadence said smiling sensing it. "Thank you," Eric said "At least somepony here gets it." "Ok," Sarah said getting in on the conversation but watching the fight between her cousin and the Changeling Queen trying to destroy him so she could get to Suzy and the other 'traitors to the Hive' "So sensing she doesn't know or whatever... How exactly do we tell Suzy she needs to step up and take this roll, with out That hearing us, or stopping us along the way?" she asked pointing to Chrysalis. "Have you ever been a Breezie before Sarah?" Fluttershy asked "A what?" Sarah and Eric asked never hearing about these creatures before. "Oh they are just the rarest, tiniest, most adorable magical creatures in the whole of Equestria." "There a bit like pony fairies," Cadence said the only one besides Fluttershy to of heard of these creatures. "So why am I the one being picked?" Sarah asked having learnt to just go with things like this. "Just a feeling that she might listen to you or Eric more than she would us but Eric's hurt," Fluttershy said hiding behind her mane. "Fine..." Sarah said sighing "But this better not hurt," she said towards Cadence feeling herself shrink, antenna pop out of her head, her feather wings turn into butterfly or were they dragonfly like ones and her body shift from a human to a pony. "Well how do I look?" she asked in a squeaky voice, buzzing her wings looking at everyone wanting an answer. "Perfect, now get over there and tell Suzy, what's going on and that she's the second half to Jack's warrior of harmony pair." Cadence said softly so Sarah's new tiny ears don't blow out or she gets swept away by the power of her voice. Saluting, Sarah buzzed her wings and after a shaky start made it over to Suzy. ~~*~~ Suzy watched in amazement as she watched Jack fight Chrysalis, to protect them. 'Protect me...' she thought feeling her cheeks warm up a bit not caring anymore if anyone knew she had a crush on the Student of Discord. "Suzy..." a small voice called out making her look around to see if one of the filly's had found their way there. "Suzy, it's me Sarah, look down," it said again making the Changeling to see a Breezie in a rainbow colored outfit waving at her. "Sarah? But how..." Suzy asked holding her hoof out tilting her head a bit confused on how this came to be. "There's no time for that," Sarah said really hating her new voice. "You need to get up there with Jack and somehow defeat Chrysalis." "What do you mean I have to do it?" Suzy asked shaking her head. "Are you not one of those two warriors of harmony that piece of paper described. Is that not why Sombra wanted you?" "I am A warrior of harmony," Sarah said nodding "But with this new, lets call it 'information'," she said pointing over to Jack using sword and shield to fight Chrysalis who had turned herself into a dragon and swiping at him with her claws, the others staying out of this, though if it were an order or choice that was uncertain. "We believe the two the Prophecy were talking about are him and his love. Now who could that be I wonder?" she asked smirking a smirk on that tiny face of hers. It took a few minutes before Suzy got what she was talking about. "But how can I be a warrior of harmony Sarah?" she asked "Changelings and born and trained to be liers, as far as I know none of us really know what kindness is until we've been given it, we don't know how to laugh, noling is ever generous, we are loyal, but only to the Hive, and we don't have any friends. Everyone here to each other are just, what's the word, workmates." "I don't know," Sarah said a hand (hoof?) on Suzy's face to cheer her up "But you don't know unless you try... And if you don't try Equestria and everyone in it including Jack will go poof thanks to Chryssalis." This getting Suzy's attention, she looked up at nodded a new look of determination on her face. ~~*~~ Over at the battle between Jack and Chrysalis, Jack finally got a hit with the sword causing a gash right across Chrysalis' underbelly, a dragon's weak spot, weakening her because of the blood loss meaning she needed to shift back to her true form to save energy. "You, Jack, are like that zit on a teenage girls face that never goes away..." she said panting a bit hissing at the boy in blue. "And you Your Highness, are annoying as new born baby siblings," he said back "And as beautiful as Liz the First..." he added not really getting the message across as no one other than Sarah and Eric knew what he was talking about. But sensing something amiss, at what he said, Chrysalis shot at him a bit too fast for Jack to react to. Good thing he was knock out of the way by Suzy then wasn't it? "Well what too you so long?" Jack asked her as Suzy shifted into a human girl to stand out to everyone wearing a midnight blue dress with slip-on flats, black and purple fingerless gloves, and hair flying free. "Why?" she asked smirking slightly blushing "Miss me?" she asked as they kicked off of the ground and into the trees for safety "Oh and word to the wise Jack... She doesn't like to be called ugly." she said tilting her head to Chrysalis. "What you mean?" Jack asked giving her Eric's shield which she turned into a bow and arrow and began firing. "I didn't say she was ugly. I have no idea what your talking about." "So what was that comment about 'Liz the First' for?" Suzy asked as Jack turned his sword onto a baseball glove catching Chrysalis' newest attack and threw it right back before it burnt through to his hand. "Ok so maybe Lizzy wasn't the best of the bunch, but she insulted me first," he said as they jumped to the next set of trees dodging a green fire ball heading their way. ~~*~~ "Ah the memories right Eric?" Sarah asked back to normal sitting with her head on Eric's shoulder his arm around her. "Let's hope it finishes better for them than it did us right princess?" Eric asked smiling. "Mind filling us in you two?" Applejack asked seeing them a bit too comfortable with this than she thought they should be. "That's right, you were all knocked out weren't you," Sarah said sitting up a bit remembering "Well, even though nearly everything is different, this is playing out almost exactly to how it was with us with Moony when we first came here." "Yeah but hopefully, since Jack has the powers of Chaos and more fighting skills and Suzy's has her training," Eric began listing things off "Hopefully no one will get hurt when they're tending to the other." he said getting a slight punch on the arm from Sarah. "A night out with dinner and a movie that it does turn out that way" she said as Chrysalis told them she didn't care who fought her. "Your on," Eric said signing the Pinkie Promise with her as they turned back to the fight. ~~*~~ "Any ideas how to stop Chryssy then Suz?" Jack asked Suzy, hanging upside down from one of the trees a basket of water balloons tied to his waist and using a sling shot to fire them at her wings knowing a Changeling with wet wings cannot fly. "Other than a giant shoe, fly swat, of love bubble," Suzy on the same branch he was hanging from batting away the beams her old queen kept firing at them "I can't think of too many. I mean it's not like we can say 'Please' is it?" "Does she even know the true meaning of that word?" Jack asked stopping to think for a bit looking towards Suzy looking lovely in that dress... "Focus Romeo, deal with the bug first then get the bride." Discord said lecturing his student. "Will you get out of there?!" Jack asked groaning as he went back to work. "Besides how do you know what's going on?" "Set the screen up after you left with everyone," Discord answered "Been watching the whole thing. Gold star for your word skills on turning Chryssy's Changelings against her like that." "Yay," Jack said as joyful as he felt at the moment two cans of silly-string in his hands firing at Chrysalis burying her under two piles of blue and white silly sticky stringy mess. "Now can you go so I can complete that order?" "Ok, ok I get it. Just be careful Jackie" Discord said signing off letting Jack to focus, on trying to think of a way to stop Chrysalis, looking all around the winter wonderland he made, seeing no Changeling, or pony was over by the pond. Spinning around so he was the right way up Jack told Suzy his plan giving her a quick peck on the cheek in case it all went wrong and jumped down. "Ah so you've finally come to see reason then have you?" Chrysalis said standing tall and as dignified as she could with soaked wings and silly-string all over her. "I've come to see that water balloons and silly-string aren't working to stop you," Jack said snapping his fingers and poofing up on the lake right in the middle "So lets see if a frozen lake can do any different." "Jack! What are you doing!?" Sarah cried out being pulled back by Applejack trying to stop her from interfering with a fight that wasn't hers. "What's it look like Cuz?" Jack said doing a few tricks "I'm skating. Don't worry it's perfectly safe." "DON'T YOU SAY THAT TO ME WHEN YOU'RE ON A FROZEN LAKE JACKSON JONES!" Sarah said now needing Rainbow and Shining Armour to hold her as well making Jack smile a bit. "Don't worry... It wont end like last time," Jack said waving a hand "You're there this time and Emma... Well..." he said sighing but then snapping out of it and turned back to Chrysalis. "So Your Highness, want to put your frozen lake attack skills to the test?" he asked smirking towards her. "Jack knows what he's doing right Discord?" Celestia asked eyeing the one in question shocked that Jack was doing this. "I sure hope so..." he said coming back with an extra large box of pop-corn and glass of chocolate milk.