This story is a sequel to Power Ponies: Harmony Forever
Three months after Discordant Convergence, hundreds of ponies started to gain superpowers. To solve the mystery of why or where they came from, the Power Ponies will have to travel the world in search of the New Heroes. Along the way, they encounter betrayals, faces from the past, and secrets hidden from those close to them.
Oh this is good. I expected Spike to run into Terry in the woods
Let's see, Tirek, aka Arcanus is the Dread to the point where Darkmatter, aka Sombra has heard of him and seems scared, the Dazzlings, or rather the Sirens here, are working for him, the Power Ponies's pets now have powers, and Spike/Hum Drum is now indestructible, or at least made of diamond, add that to him being a small dragon which includes imperviousness to heat and fire breath (If he is a dragon) and he might actually be pretty useful.
So Wynona can turn intangible, Gummy can turn into metal, hopefully for him, mobile, Opal can create waves of energy by scratching the air, Angel can teleport, (his name is GENIUS!), Tank can fly even without his magitek copter and Owlowicious, or whatever, leave it to Twilight to give him a complicated name, can create tornados like Taz. Nice, I do hope we get an explanation for why this happens, albeit this is a comic book universe so, as long as it sounds semi plausible if we suspend our disbelief, then I'm good.
You mean Gryphon Galore has some degree of Genre Savvy?
Well at least she's aware that she's insane.
I'm not sure if I should laugh or feel bad... though by this time, Mane-iac is probably on a first name basis with her psychiatrists, luckily she isn't as skilled in manipulation as Joker or else she might be even worse, but there's still Anar D and Lord Arcanus who are skilled with words and Adagio, or whatever she's called here, is pretty good with them too, but, we'll see.
This feels a bit clunky, perhaps it's work better if they went back to their HQ where they saw the pets demonstrating their new abilities and how they are in a sense, related to their owner's powers/personality, for example, Saddle Rager is a perfectly nice, if very shy pony when she's not mad, and probably wishes she could just teleport away sometimes which Angel can go, for Whirly Bird, Wind is one of the 4 traditional elements and Matter Horn can fire elemental beams from her horn, Gummy turning to stone is the exact opposite of Fili-Second's Super Speed, Wynona turning intangible would negate Marevelous trying to catch her with her lasso, Opal's energy slashes remind me of Radience's energy constructs but for pure attack with less finesse and Zapp is a pegasus and now her pet can fly. Unintentional Fridge Brilliance.
Fili, while Arcanus is undoubtably dangerous, and good at manipulation, but, that seems a bit far fetched for him to affect the pets.
He has a point, short of possibly powerful sonic vibrations shattering his diamond form, I don't really see any downsides, he's practically indestructible.
Never say that again, please.
Transformers reference ahoy!
Also, I had a weird idea for a superhero, using Fancy Pants, aka The Dirigeant, his powers are mainly hypnosis and mental suggestion, it's based off of how influential he is, he's essentially capable of mind control, but not overtly, but a mental suggestion like a Jedi Mind Trick, planting the seeds of an idea in someone's head making them think it's their idea in the first place, or outright hypnosis if he has to, however, due to his abilities and his name, other heroes tend to be weary of him, thinking that he could easily become a supervillain if he so chose. So, waddaya think of him?
5479194 Fancy Pants/the Dirigeant, eh? Um... We'll see. Not making any promises, though.
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For realzies?
5479364 We'll see.
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Yay! Thanks.
Flash Sentry?
That doesn't sound good...
So that's what they're called instead of the Dazzlings, nice.
*grins* This is like the exchange in Rainbow Rocks.
That sounds sinister.
Fair enough, not to mention that they're not exactly very nice, with only one of them being particularly nice, Black Canary, or here, Carol, though Carol I see as Affably Evil, she's a perfectly nice girl, but also a sadistic Siren.
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW! PICK ME! PICK ME! It's Waifu Stealer! Sorry, Brad Boring! Sorry, Flash Sentry! Did I get it, did I get it, huh, huh, huh?
Do you know any other Anar D?
Reminds me of when a Discord went under the alias of Drocsid.
Wirewolf, very clever.
That is f*cking awesome, what with the Power Ponies universe having much higher tech.
So a cross between Groot and Hulk.
I dunno, this feels a bit off somehow, maybe instead of that, it could be like this: (Could being the key word, your choice in the end)
The Princesses paled in horror "No." whispered Luna, hoping against hope she had misheard, or that there was some mistake.
5487766 When did Discord use an anagram?
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Not in your fic, but I remember seeing it somewhere.
5487766 Yeah, that surprise is better. I just had a shortage of surprised reactions in this chapter.
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It's OK, noone's perfect, I just thought it felt off for the Princesses to react like that,they're obviously horrified, but for them to react so openly? Celestia is usually calm and composed,the only time she's ever lost it is when Discord got loose where she was obviously hiding her terror, probably hoping against hope that Discord wasn't free, then in Lesson Zero when she managed to nullify the Want It Need It spell, then Canterlot Wedding against Chrysalis and before against Twilight, she doesn't take well to the thought of her little ponies being hurt in any way, Luna seems a bit too prideful to react like that and seems more like the kind to react with more subtle horror and Cadence, while younger then the other 2, has shown to be level headed and while she may be good at thinking on the fly, such as Shining throwing her in Crystal Empire, even she has limits such as her growing annoyance in Glass of Water. Basically I felt a more subtle reaction would work better, but that's just my opinion.
Clever reference to G1 Tirek, nice.
Burn.
Best pony.
That's a new one.
Oh dear...
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That G1 Tirek thing... That was unintentional. I've never seen G1 Tirek.
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He's from the G1 premiere special, Rescue at Midnight Castle, he spends the first half of his appearances in the dark, which gives Hm a menacing feel, he weirdos the Rainbow of Darkness which mutates ponies into Dragons to pull his chariot of midnight so he can bring about the Night That Never Ends, so Nightmare Moon's plot was be same as his, which makes sense as FIM was going to be a reboot of G1. Anyway, Tirek when revealed looks fairly menacing for a 80's villain of a little girls show but less threatening then when he was in the darkness on his throne, Scorpan is his servant in this version whom he frequent,y mistreats and Scorpan only serves him because or else he'll kill G1 Spike, whom at one point Tirek threatened with decapitation. Dark.
That would just annoy him.
Or you for that matter I should think.
Should have seen that coming, incidentally,bulls are colorblind, they only react to the wild flapping movement of the cape.
Darkmatter had a brother? That's new, who is he? The good King Sombra ffrom the Mirror Universe arc in the comics?
It is.
He's Discord, Spirit of Heel Face Revolving Door. Plus, I'm half expecting him to either fall into the same trap that claimed Discord with Tirek and all that, or have some sort of backup plan in case they betrayed him, being one who is used to betraying, while it might be odd to be the one betrayed, it's not entirely impossible and since Anar D has been shown to be a bit more Genre Savvy then the original Discord, he might, or not. I'm interested in seeing where this goes.
Big Mac?
That'd oddly specific.
Doctor Whooves! or more commonly the Doctor, but the pocket watch thing makes me think of Professor Paradox from Ben Ten Alien Force.
Definitly Paradox.
KNEW IT!
I like this one!
Propecies, always so damn vague. And usually self fulfilling.
I love these small references to the appearances of these characters, like here, Rainbow Rocks.
You mean, she smacked their heads against each other?
*4th wall cracks* *sigh* I got it.
Fair enough, and he probably doesn't trust you much either.
The CMC?
Nice names.
Well I do hope somebody picks up that phone. Because I f*cking called it!
Oh dear, this can either be dismissed, or it will end up with the three fillies going Syndrome from the Incredibles, also, Carol's talk about having put "something else" in their song spell does not in the least bit reassure me, in fact, I think it's not going to end well for the heroes.
Diamond Dogs, this should be fun, since Radience not only has her wits and unicorn magic, but also her superpowers.
It would be, if the Sirens hadn't put something in the superpowers giving spell that will probably give Arcanus an army when he returns, also, think about it this way, if everypony is super, nopony is.
Please tell me you two are serious, because he could probably outsmart you, out fire breath you, and if he doesn't want to cooperate, I doubt you can do much.
Oh come on MM, they're fillies, they aren't as moral as you girls.
I find that hilarious for some reason.
Oh come on, Hum Drum isn't that bad, he's a dragon, he'll probably make it out alive since I doubt the Diamond Dogs have anything that can pierce dragon scale.
Well at least he's better then the canon Diamond Dogs, hopefully he's a nice guy and will be helpful later on.
Seems I might be right.
RAINBOW CONNECTION.
You actually never lied, last I checked, but you have a point.
I think I can see where this is going.
He has a point.
This reminds me of a book series called Tara Duncan, where the main protagonist has a streak of differently colored hair, just like Twi, has incredible magic, like Twi, becomes a Princess, like Twi, is awesome, like Twi, a girl, like Twi, and eventually gets a magical stone. Ironic.
So the gems would go into reinforcing his diamond armor, nice.
Goddamit.
That could kill him.
*shrugs* Everyone has hidden talents.
Clear you mean.
This is like that scene out of the Jungle Book, interesting...
This IS a shout out to the Jungle Book!
Oh pants.
Thought so.
Probably to them getting defeated, despite being a team and outnumbering them, Darkmatter is very powerful, the Siren Sister could probably cause a cave in, and they are experts in spreading disharmony, every little argument feeds them, making them stronger.
5513112 that is one long list/comment .
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I've made longer.
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Well, I'm calling it the Tarastone because it's named after Twilight Sparkle's voice actor, Tara Strong.
I , for one, have no complaints about your long comments, because I enjoy how you take quotes from my story and say what you think about them. Keep on doing it.
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Oh. Well, I'll gladly continue.
So, Scooby Doo doors, love this stuff.
Loyalty...
So he gets super strength, eh,a bit generic, but it works.
You're even dumber then Sonata/Carol and Fili-Second, Ok, that's a bit unfair, they're not dumb, especially Fili-Second, they're just a bit ditzy sometimes.
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Your Honor, this isn't possible, the Diamond Dogs, or Under Dogs here, may have hands, but they look more like paws, and they are far too large and thick to create a spool of rainbow thread like Coco had in the show!
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Oh dear.
I think Darkmatter is going to capture Matterhorn's friends, and then theres a note where to meet him, and then she trades herself in order to save her friends.
Hopefully this makes sense.
P.S.
its funny that Darkmatter and Matterhorn both have the word Matter in their Supper/Villian name's.
Daaaaw.
Oh boy, I like how sinister Anar D is here in his own little way.
I was sort of right about Twilight/matterhorn turning her self in part.
You capitalized the H, also, a lot of homes being visited, a sense a trend.
Same.
Yay Maud! And I think it's dark grey more then dark green, and she doesn't seem gloomy, more like deadpan to me honestly, but I nitpick.
Nor would I.
Fair enough, while Pinkie very much shows her emotions, and is very energetic, Maud is fairly reversed, she's not a robot as she does show emotion, but you'd probably have to be a Pie to be able to tell, my guess her facial expression changes very subtly when she's in different mood, but most ponies and creatures can't tell is all.
That is freaking cool. On the rock farm where there's no shortage of rocks or ground, she's nearly invincible!
Terrani, not bad, not bad, personally I'd go for just plain Terra as a sort of Teen Titans homage, but oh well, your fic, you decide.
Agreed, this is really Heartwarming, those moments that just give you the warm and fuzzies.
Yep. All 3 aline would be able to take down the world, so all 3 together AND Tirek/Arcanus, hoo boy are they in for a fight.
... Well this just got dark.
HOLLY MATTERHORN! How will Power Ponies get out of this one? Let hope this will be good. Next time on Power Ponies. Same Power Ponies time SAME Power Ponies Channel.
To quote Discord, "A weighty choice is yours to make, the right selection or a big mistake, if the wrong choice you choose to pursue, the foundations of home will crumble without you.", one of his more sinister moments.
What is it with him calling her a monkey anyway?
I think it's spelled arrivederchi. Also, nice call back to Return of Harmony, and It's Our House now is a very fun villain song.
*sarcastically* Shocker.
That is a good one.
... He has a point, I mean, the Power Ponies haven't exactly been friendly to him, I mean, weary of him is one thing, it's normal, he's a high level reality warper with a penchant for sadistic mind games, but, they haven't exactly been trying to keep his friendship, I'm sorry, but I have to side with Anar D here.
whaaaat!!!!!
I would have reacted the same way
HAH!
Probably a pin or something. Also, Rainbow Glow of Loyalty means I've figured out the riddle, and riddles being what they are, it's doubtful that it's something material. It's more of a concept most likely.
Called it.
Should have known.
Eh, Weird stuff is as weird stuff does.
He tends to. Have good points that is.
Superhero cliche number 25, villain is related to hero in a way. Also, that monkey's uncle line reminds me of Scar from Lion King. Darkmatter now has the voice of Scar.
Yes, no offense, but between "I work alone" and "Rhyme on a dime", it wasn't particularly difficult to figure out. What IS/ARE Lone Mare's powers, anyway?
5538728 Sorry. I should have cleared up the fact about the Lone Mare's powers. It's identity transformation; changing from the small, meek A.K. Yearling to the brave, courageous Lone Mare with amazing stamina and skill. Sort of like Freakazoid or Danny Phantom.
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Ah.
His canonical name is Night Light.
I have to agree with him here.
Sinister Sorceress. Capitalize both words, it is her name.
Oh dear, Trixie with the AA was bad enough, so Sombra/Darkmatter with it? Oh dear...
Good move, he's Genre Savvy enough to that he can't risk his mental stability if he wants to win.
As hilarious as this is, you need to put a question mark there not a comma.
Death rays, of course, a comic book supervillain is never complete without a death ray.
Also,
That's, darker then I thought, I thought that they'd have put a subconcious mind control spell in their "give superpowers" songspell, so that they could have an army, or a buffet for Tirek/Arcanus. Oh wel.
And you're not simply using your powers, because?
Considering he seems to be slightly nervous, I'd replace that period with an exclamation mark.
Guess I'm right and this stuff is doing little more then annoy him.
I like this characterization of Flash, a fairly nice guy, but more then willing to simply let Anar D get trashed because his living room was trashed by said draconequus, then again, it's probably also because he knows it won't hurt him much.
You seriously think Anar D doesn't know how to DOOOODGE?
He ate the death ray. He ate the death ray. Wow. I'm impressed.
*squees in delight*
Death Ray. R. Not W. Also, complete anger sounds, clunky, why not pure rage instead? It sounds smoother to me... But it is your fic.
You're an idiot Anar D. and again, not comma, exclamation mark.
Superhero comic book cliche number 37, "Not so fast."
In anything else except a superhero comic book, that'd be uber corny. And here, it still is, but it works.
Good. And again, Exclamation mark not comma.
I think your troubles have just started actually.
Period. Not question mark.
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Actually, not capitalizing "sinister sorceresses" is correct, as she was describing who she had faced, rather than just rattling off the villains' names.
Everything else you mentioned was spot on!
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Oh, never mind then.
5539432 Hey, could you please not give me any grammar mistake comments in the future?
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Sorry, just trying to help. And it's not entirely gramatical errors, I have put actual commentary on the chapter in the comment.
This was almost too easy
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Glad you can comment again, and keep reading. You'll see how right you are.
Uh oh spaghettio's...
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As expected of the Master of Manipulation, Discord is very much that good. This pleases me. Have a Spike.
She has a point.
To be fair, what may be obvious to Anar D may not be obvious to you, or the other way around.
Make sense, and it's sepArating. Besides, if the Power Ponies knew about Anar D's plan, it wouldn't work as well.
I suspect though, that if he could have both though without having to compromise either, I don't think he's mind.
Interesting...
Excellent!
I think you mean whistleD, past tense, if you want to do it in present tense, then go ahead, all I ask is that you be consistent, it makes things less confusing.
Fair enough.
Nice!
You should have. And Melody's question may need a question mark instead of a comma.
Part of it, yes, but I get the feeling that this won't end well.
Question mark not comma.
And they now have the real box. Well pants.
Well, I'm impressed, nice work displaying Serena's Genre Savviness.
Oh boy, that doesn't sound good...
Oh double pants.
So it appears, and I am suddenly scared as to what may come.
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What does that mean, "Genre Savvy"?
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Genre Savvy On TV Tropes
Or the villain equivalent, Dangerously Genre Savvy on TV Tropes
5539432 What's cliche #1?
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Spandex. I'm guessing, I was really making that stuff up for fun really.