//------------------------------// // Enter the pony // Story: Xiaomane Showdown // by DreamWings //------------------------------// Chapter 1-Enter the Pony The Xiaolin dragons were a tough bunch of people, all of which had dedicated their lives to defeating evil and collecting all Shen gong wu that has been activated. They each represented one of the elements: Omi- dragon of Water, Kimiko- dragon of Fire, Clay- dragon of Earth, and their leader Raimundo- dragon of wind. Together they had brought down numerous villains who had wanted to put the world into darkness, even mighty villains like Chase Young, Wu-ya, and Hannibal Bean knew of the strength the Xiaolin monks all held and knew that defeating them was not an easy feat to do. Jack Spicer, evil boy genius, didn't treat the Xiaolin Warriors as anything special but he knew that if he didn't have his robots or accomplices that they would not take pity on him when fighting. A new element had been brought to light; a new element that was to be represented by a new Xiaolin dragon; and the dragons eagerly awaited to see their new team member. Omi did not seem as excited as the rest, it had taken him a long time to accept that he was definitely not going to be made the leader of the team and he didn't like to think that this new dragon would be better than him at fighting. The others did not notice these worries however because, like usual, Omi pretended that he was going to teach this new warrior because he was the best Xiaolin dragon. Raimundo shook his head, Omi didn't seem to have learned his lesson after their last quest, his head was as big as ever (although this wasn't his fault because his head was the shape of a melon). "Look someone's coming" Kimiko shouted spotting a shadow coming near to the temple. The shadow then separated into two and the warriors noticed that it wasn't just one person but two people. This led them to the thought that it was another attack from their enemies and not the new element at all, they prepared themselves for battle. The shadows came closer to the temple muttering to each other as they went. The Xiaolin dragons got into their respective poses that they used to fight and Master Fung glided up behind them without them even noticing. "Students" he said, making the monks fall "Meet our new elemental Warrior, Twilight Sparkle the element of magic". A purple unicorn with a saddlebag came up the steps of the temple to see the other dragons laid out all over the floor. Spike, the other Shadow, stood next to her confused at these strange creatures that napped wherever they pleased, he wished Twilight would let him do that. Master Fung bowed to Twilight in his usual calm, 'this is all perfectly normal' behaviour. "I expect you to show Twilight around, young dragons". And with that he left them to get acquainted with one another. The dragons all stood up, looking at their new strange partner and then turning to each other and pulling faces of confusion. Omi, of course, was the first one to say something to the nervous little mare. "Did you know you look like a pony?". "Did you know you look like a monkey?" she asked in return, not realising there was a World where it was humans, not ponies, that ruled. "Well it's good to have another girl around" said Kimiko trying to sound positive "You are a girl, right?". "Is a girl like a mare or a filly?". "Yes, I think so". "Then yes I am a... Girl". Twilight stared round at the strange creatures trying to remember all the information she had read about this species in the Canterlot Archives. So far she was during a blank. She couldn't even figure out what these creatures special talents were because they didn't seem to have any cutie marks; unless they hid them under all the clothes they were wearing that is. There was an awkwards moment silence as all of the Xiaolin monks stared at each other, wondering what to do next. "Eh...well... I suppose we'd better show you were you're staying" Raimundo said before leading Twilight into the temple rooms while his friends stared after them. ---------------------------------------- Soon Twilight had seen everything within the temple, and was ecspecially excited at the thought of reading all of the scrolls contained in the library. Raimundo had shown Twilight all of the Shen Gong Wu locked up in the vault and Twilight couldn't help but notice the resemblence to the Elements of Harmony; it was almost as if they were all of the same collection of magical objects. Twilight couldn't help but notice how similar her new team were to her old friends back in Ponyville; this only made her miss them more. Clay's cowboy style and rope-twirling antics reminded her of the time Apple Jack had tried to show up Trixie when she had come to town, how honest a friend Apple Jack had always been to her; and how supportive she had been when Twilight had been trying to decide whether she was leaving or not. Raimundo loved football, was incredibly sporty and loved nothing more than to get his adrenalin rushing with some dangerous activity; that and the fact he could control the wind so he could fly made Twilight think of how much she missed Rainbow Dash, the loyalest of all her friends and the only friend who had tried to stop her coming to this place. Rainbow always made everything cooler for the group and right now Twilight wished she could have her nearby to back her up against these strange talking monkeys. Kimiko was definately Rarity with her explosive temper and high-demanding ways but she was also quite generous with her video games and time; she even let Twilight have a go at her new game that she herself had not had a chance to play yet. Not that there was any point because Twilight only had hooves and the buttons were too small for her actually to be able to play 'Goo Zombies 16'. Twilight missed Rarity; she had given her and Spike each a present when they had left; of a belt to go with her new Monk uniform "No reason you can't look good while you're fighting those ruffians" she had said. Omi's position in the team seemed to be a lot like Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. He made everybody laugh with his adorable antics but everyone also felt the need to help him the most because he was only young and needed to be taught more than the others. Twilght tilted her head looking at Omi for a second and realised, he was like her, he didn't understand much about having friends and needed to be taught about what it meant to have friends. He was just as out of place as she was when she had entered Ponyville. "Huh..." Twilight sighed "I miss you Ponyville".