Chapter 14-Is This Some Asgard Rip-Off?
“I could have easily flown here.”
“Well, yeah, but then we wouldn’t have been able to talk on a train for two hours straight all about me and the surprise party I was gonna throw for all of you!” Pinkie Pie cheered, spewing confetti all across the cement of the Canterlot Train Station. Her eyes suddenly sprang open, two pink hooves jamming into her mouth to stop the words from flowing.
It was already too late. Her secret surprise party she had planned was out there for all of them to hear. None of the Avengers cared.
Thor shook his head, keeping his eyes anywhere but where Pinkie was standing, nearly shedding pools of tears for having revealed the secret. “Yes, praise the heavens for such an experience,” he muttered, though the sarcasm he laid was pretty thick.
The train let off a powerful whistle before it shut its doors, the thumping piece of machinery strolling down the train tracks with its newest passengers safely secured. It seemed to board off and board on relatively quickly, considering the ponies that boarded the train seemed exhausted from their daily struggles.
The extra push they all needed was probably the six foot tall aliens stepping out of the train.
Eyeing the disappearing train and the numerous mares and stallions quickly scurrying away from them, Barton raised a suspicious eyebrow and asked, “What do you think spooked them?”
“Probably you. Nice work, Barton,” commented Stark, pushing his way to the front of the group where Twilight Sparkle led the way. Resisting the urge to put an arrow in the back of Stark’s head, Clint eyed the group of ponies to his far left, all of them whispering and shifting judgmental glances from him to one another.
He sighed, tightened the strap of the bow across his chest, and followed the group into Canterlot…
The least ugly city he’s seen so far on Equus.
“And…we should be…here!”
The surprise stricken across Princess Twilight’s features was evident, her eyes widening at the sight of the caged door guarded by two members of the Royal Guard. Their armor didn’t appear light as most guards had. They were much heavier, bulkier, with larger spears and stone-hard faces.
“The Canterlot Archives?” Twilight questioned, the rest of her friends coming up behind her. The Avengers followed suit, taking is as much of the scenery as they could. Except for Steve Rogers, the man keeping his solid gaze on the caged door ahead.
Twilight rubbed her chin, processing the directions over and over again in her mind. “Why would the Princesses want to meet us here and not the throne room? Spike…” the baby dragon stepped up to her right side, “what were the directions again.”
Thoughtlessly sticking out his claw, Spike waited as Pinkie reached into her mane, spilling out cupcakes, a mouse, and finally the letter Spike had received earlier back in Ponyville. Thor shot Rogers a confused stare, to which the soldier replied with a shrug. The letter landed in Spike’s claw with bits of pink hair stuck to it. He brought it forward, reading it silently to himself.
“…Uh-huh…okay… Well, Twilight, judging by these directions, we should be here!” Spike clarified, tossing the letter behind him where Pinkie caught it with the tip of her mane, engulfing it back into her pink void.
“But…why would—?” Twilight began, instantly falling silent once Stark stepped past her.
“You know, sweetie, you’re never gonna go anywhere in life if you just ask questions,” Stark began, facing away from the group and approaching the two guards ahead, much to the dismay of the Princess of Friendship.
The two guards firmly stood their ground the moment Stark approached them, their grips around the spears they held tightening. Tony gave each of them a smile, to which they replied with a frown and a low growl.
“Hi!” Stark greeted. The two stallions did not move a muscle, nor did they blink. The man pointed towards the caged door, saying, “Yes, we’re here to meet the Princesses…Celestia and Luna, I believe they were called? We’re…the aliens.”
He held out his hand behind him to showcase the others. Not a word from any of them, the ponies merely staring at Stark while Twilight’s face held a purple hoof to it. He just shrugged, turning back around. “So, if you’d be so kind as to back off and let us in we’ll—”
The tip of the spear was jammed directly towards Stark’s throat. His eyes bulged out of his skull, his head rearing back a few inches to eye the stallion glaring him down, both hooves gripping the spear so close to the man’s esophagus. Tony held out his hands in a show of surrender, still keeping them up even as Twilight easily strolled right on by.
She cleared her throat, bringing her calming eyes over to the stallion eyeing his partner carefully, his eyes shifting to him and the man. She said, “We’re here to see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna for a private discussion on the events transpiring in Ponyville and Canterlot. Are they here in the Canterlot Archives?”
Almost instantly, the guard nodded, surprising Stark.
“Yes, they are, Your Majesty,” he told the Alicorn. Twilight smiled.
“You can lower your guard then, sir. These six are with me and my friends.”
The guard nodded. “Of course, Your Majesty,” he grumbled, voice low and powerful. He turned to his left, eyes narrowing on the guard still trained on Stark. The stallions nodded to one another, the spear’s tip backing away from Tony’s throat.
Stark took in a much-needed breath, his palm reaching up to massage his throat. As he watched one of the guard’s horns glow and envelop the door, thus opening it, he saw Twilight give him a knowing smirk before making her way into the Canterlot Archives. The rest of her friends followed, each of them sending their own stare to the man as they walked past.
Not even his team made a snarky remark as they pushed by him, much to Stark’s surprise. So, with an unsure glance to each of the guards—both of which stared on ahead as if he didn’t exist anymore—Tony shook his head and entered the archives.
Surprise, surprise, another caged door with a pair of guards.
Tony didn’t say a word. He just looked at Twilight and sighed, hand gesturing her to continue.
Twilight giggled, facing the two guards and nodding to them. They nodded back, a silent confirmation as the two backed off, only one of their horns glowing to unlock the door. Steadily, the group entered the Star Swirl the Bearded wing, each of them flinching back when a clumsy unicorn tripped right in front of Twilight.
A pile of papers covered the stallion, the poor pony adjusting his irregularly-sized glasses atop the bridge of his muzzle. “Oh, no, no, no, no! Princess Celestia is going to kill me if she sees that I misplaced all these alphabetical notes! Let’s see…um… No, that’s not right! Curses! Well, at least nopony was around to see me…”
With a pile of crumpled papers and documents stuffed within his forelegs, the stallion slowly looked up to his right, noticing the questioning stare of Princess Twilight and the remaining Elements. His eyes grew in shock and wonder at the sight of the towering six behind them, and then shrunk knowing that he had been caught.
He stood up fully, sweat pouring down his brow as he levitated what remained off the floor. He gulped, stuttering, “Um…t-t-the P-Princesses will be wa-waiting for you, Your M-Majesty.”
And with that, he was gone, stampeding right through the group with papers flying off of him.
“Who was that nerd?” Rainbow Dash asked, chuckling a bit as she eyed the papers lying at her hooves.
Twilight frowned at the name-calling, but rubbed her chin in thought regardless of Dash’s actions. “That was a scientist. But…why are they in the archives? They usually spend most of their work in the Canterlot Labs,” Twilight explained.
“Well, it’s more a reason to find out, huh?” Bruce Banner suggested, smiling down at the Alicorn as he slowly pushed by her wearing custom pink slippers, assembled quickly by Rarity. Twilight was quick to join his side, accompanied soon by the rest of her friends and the Avengers. The group strolled deep into the archives, noticing a massive hourglass planted dead center in the room. It just so happened to be where most of the commotion was taking place.
All around them, Royal Guard and Canterlot’s top scientists—many of which Twilight noticed from working in some of highest universities in Canterlot—bustled around the room, carrying notes, writing down presumed important information, and shifting to and fro just to get where they needed to be. None of them paid any attention to the six towering figures entering the room alongside Princess Twilight Sparkle.
They were all centered on the two princesses.
And what they were studying.
“Princess Celestia!” Twilight announced in a high-pitched squeak, almost reverting back to her student years. The chattering amongst scientists fell silent, all eyes shifting to the odd group standing together at the entrance of the Star Swirl the Bearded wing. A few murmurs were exchanged, glasses lowered, at the sight of the towering six, only to fall back on the young princess.
Noticing the quick change of atmosphere centered on her, Twilight blushed innocently, her nervous growing by the second. With a fluff of her wings and a cough into her hoof, she stuttered, “Prior to your request, we have arrived with Equestria’s very first interstellar visitors…post haste, Your Majesty!”
Princess Celestia’s and Princess Luna’s smiles mirrored each other’s perfectly.
Just as they asked of her, Twilight Sparkle complied, and on exact timing, too. It still amazed her that Twilight managed to accomplish such tasks, especially after having Ponyville attacked by some ferocious beast, a beast that apparently was standing right next to the violet Alicorn. That’s why Celestia could always trust her former student, especially now in the times of great worry. A time both sisters seemed to fear.
A time meteor showers rained in the daytime.
A time aliens crashed in Ponyville.
A time with so much more to discover.
And that’s exactly what Celestia and Luna planned on doing. Spinning around fully, the two sisters faced the group ahead of them, ignoring the frozen scientists and guards that surrounded them. Their eyes grew wider with shock, observing “Equestria’s interstellar visitors” as Twilight had mentioned.
Most of them seemed to share similar traits. Average six foot height, small clumps of hair attached to their heads and facial areas. The distinguishing factors came from the large, armored one—presumably Thor as Twilight had mentioned in her letter, the hammer also being a dead giveaway—and the feminine-type human, the sister’s assuming to be Natasha Romanoff.
Aside from Natasha, the other humans appeared to be male. The first one, wearing a black and silver shirt, stood his ground next to Thor, eyeing the room suspiciously and curiously, a strange mixture of the two. On the other side of Thor, by Natasha’s right, a well-built man wearing a red, white, and blue uniform stood with one hand resting over the other. A large star was imbedded directly over the man’s heart, giving the sister’s the indication that it was Captain Steven Rogers. Twilight was very thorough in her letter.
The last two were quite easy. The human with the bow and quiver was easily recognized as Clint Barton, eyes scanning the room and shifting at an unnatural pace. Twilight had mentioned a man joining her as they entered Canterlot, never letting go of the bow by his side. Finally, the last human, the human presumed to be Doctor Bruce Banner, stood next to Twilight. That meant the human standing by Thor had to be Tony Stark.
Scanning them, observing them for several, silent seconds, Celestia at last nodded. Luna just continued staring.
Bringing an end to the strange silence, Celestia stamped her hoof into the ground twice.
As the room’s eyes shifted to her, Princess Celestia announced, “Clear the wing please! Guards, please escort these scientists back to the labs, I will meet with them all again shortly.”
The guards in the room all nodded gruffly, turning their attention to the six visitors.
“They will be staying here, with us. We have much to discuss with them,” Luna added, earning a small smile from her older sister. With their orders given, the guards quickly escorted the fumbling scientists out through the numerous exits displaced through the Star Swirl wing.
Soon enough, it was just the time bomb of a team, the two Princesses, and the six mares and baby dragon bowing at their hooves.
“Your Highnesses,” Twilight graciously greeted, face lowered to the floor in a sign of respect. The rest of her friends followed her actions, bending low with eyes closed. Both Celestia and Luna bowed the necks in respect, eyes shifting up to stare at the silent group behind the mares.
Twilight quickly caught Celestia’s wondering eyes, head craning backwards to stare at the unmoving statues that were the Avengers. Her jaw dropped, eyes growing in shock.
“Why aren’t you bowing?” Twilight whispered, though her voice was clearly audible to all. It was more of a loud hiss if anything. “We’re finally here, in Canterlot, in the presence of the rulers of Equestria!”
“So?” Barton deadpanned.
“So?!” Twilight gasped, standing back up fully and gaping in shock at the amount of disrespect she was witnessing. “Haven’t you ever heard of ‘good impressions’? You’re in the presence of the princesses, goddesses! It’s out of respect!”
“Twilight, please,” Celestia tried to say, but her voice seemed to drown once Steve Rogers stepped forward to face Twilight’s wrath.
He ignored her, surprisingly, and instead faced the two sisters. He nodded to them both, smiling a bit as he said, “I’ll only bow to one God if it’s all the same with you two?”
“And I don’t bow,” added Stark, hand shaking a bit. “Kinda not my thing.”
Bruce, Natasha, and Barton all nodded in agreement. Celestia and Luna nodded back to them, smiling in understanding.
One by one, the rest of Twilight’s friends stood back up, wishing not to further invest on this type of discussion when there were so much more important things to be dealing with at the moment. Unfortunately, Twilight’s shocked expression switched to disheartened, the dread of failed first impressions becoming clearer by the second. Her sadness was quick to end the moment Thor stepped forward and kneeled before Celestia and Luna.
“I am Thor, son of Odin. From what I have heard from our purple friend here, there seems to be some things you both wish to discuss with us about,” Thor told them, hammer grasped in his right palm with his left placed upon his left knee. “And perhaps we can delve upon some mysteries that have yet to be answered.”
While the two sisters smiled at Thor’s request, Twilight remained flabbergasted, jaw refusing to connect with the rest of her head.
“What…? But…why didn’t you…? You could’ve…” Twilight stuttered, each time failing.
Thor turned her way, a humorous look in his eyes. “I will bow on my own terms,” Thor murmured, his tiny smile growing after catching the bemused expression stretch across Twilight’s face.
“Well, then,” Luna began, watching as Thor rose up to nearly match her height, only to rise even higher than she suspected. She eyed the rest of the group, glad to see the attention turned to her. Her eagerness was quick to fade, however; replaced only with a tiresome sigh the moment she and her sister backed away from the object resting behind them, hidden to the group.
“Perhaps we can delve on those mysteries, as you have mentioned,” Luna finished, eyes boring into the cracked and tattered figure lying on the makeshift table beneath the massive hourglass. Even with her head turned, she could feel the onward stares of the group, and even hear their approaching hoof and footsteps.
Their collective gasps…
Followed by a chorus of enervating sighs.
With Celestia and Luna standing side by side, the Avengers split up three on one side and three on the other, the six mares and baby dragon struggling to push right in-between the two Alicorn sisters. Standing by Luna’s right was Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, and Thor. By Celestia’s left stood Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and Bruce Banner.
For some odd, unexplained reason, Banner seemed to be pushing himself further away from Natasha. Rarity instantly caught sight of the event, noting down the string of sorrow in the woman’s eyes. Her head tilted lightly, hoof rising to rest over her heart.
But even that didn’t last long, as Tony’s voice broke the silence.
“Where did you find this?”
Both sisters exhaled through their nostrils, both bringing their eyes downwards on what lied on the wooden table.
At the broken body.
At the cold, lifeless eyes of the Ultron Sentry.
As Twilight and her friends examined the limp figure with growing curiosity, Tony was eagerly awaiting his answer, as were the remaining Avengers. Steve turned towards the two sisters the moment the eldest began to speak.
With her voice lost, seemingly without strength, Celestia said, “Yesterday, my sister Luna here informed me of a great disturbance falling from the skies. As we investigated, hundreds of these…blue lights fell from the clouds and hit our fair city of Canterlot, causing minimal damage and very few injuries, thank the heavens.”
Luna broke in. “It was only until one of these blue lights impacted within the Canterlot Gardens did we investigate further. Once we arrived to the crash site, we found…this.”
Her head fell, eyes drifting across the tattered body. The others followed her actions, observing every scratch, indent, and tear upon the sentry. The darkness in its eyes gave them the assurance that it was indeed dead, minus the equines and dragon for they did not know of the creature and its power.
Thor took a single, cautious step forward, as if he was anticipating the sentry to spring up any second and strike him. As it remained motionless, he set Mjølnir down at the end of the table, both palms placed on the strong oak.
“It is only one of many,” Luna added, causing Thor to reel his head back and stare at her. “As we have mentioned, there were hundreds of these creatures raining down upon us. We recovered as much as we could, taken those lifeless bodies to the labs for closer analysis, but this…” she lifted up her midnight-shaded hoof, gently rubbing the creature’s forearm.
“This one was taken here, to the archives, to possibly be referenced as a creature from Equestria’s, or Equus’, long history,” Celestia mentioned, Luna turning her way and nodding. The eldest sister sighed, eyelids lowering. “Unfortunately, our research has been fruitless, as nothing in recorded history shares any sort of resemblance to this unknown.”
Celestia shifted her gaze from her right to her left, smiling at Tony Stark.
“But then all of you came.”
Thor kept his hardened stare on the lifeless sentry. However, the remaining members eyed the Princess with interest, turning her way.
Looking down to Twilight, draping her wing on the smaller Alicorn, Celestia smiled and said, “Princess Twilight here informed me as quickly as possible of extraterrestrial visitors in Ponyville. The news was a surprising one, admittedly, but with how yesterday’s strange events transpired, my sister and I were open to pretty much any possible conclusion.”
She looked on to the humans. “With the incident in Ponyville sorted out, I hoped that you would all possibly know of this creature’s existence, and how it came to be,” she addressed, quickly adding a bit more once she noticed Stark nearly ready to begin explaining.
“Oh, and Princess Twilight already explained everything in the letter, everything from a world called ‘Earth’ nearing its end, the one known as Ultron, and the dark portal that brought each and every one of you here to Equus.”
Tony brought his gaze down to the smiling Twilight. He nodded, lower lip puffed out. “Getting ahead of the game, Twilight? I’m impressed,” he said, earning a tiny blush from the Alicorn.
Bruce Banner stepped forward in the midst of the silence, studying the dead sentry with minimal interest. Without turning to the two Alicorns, he said, “Everything Twilight mentioned in her letter was true, yes, but what you brought into these archives is only one of many. The army of Ultron. His legion, his unquestioning wanton force of destruction, his own self. This,” Banner reached forward and grabbed the creature’s forearm, lifting it above a few inches, “is an Ultron Sentry.”
As he dropped the robotic limb, Banner narrowed his eyes, lips pursing the moment he turned and stared into each princesses’ eyes.
“Did you recover every sentry that fell out of the sky?” Banner asked, his voice humorless.
Both Celestia and Luna shared a quick glance of confirmation before nodding. Luna said, “Yes, we believe so.”
“Were they all dead?”
“Yes.”
“Are you sure?”
Celestia and Luna took notice of the dread in Doctor Banner’s eyes, the way his breathing quickened and slowed the longer they remained silent. But their silence would not last forever, and Celestia nodded.
“Yes, we are.”
“Be cautious with your words, Your Majesty,” Thor interrupted, causing all eyes in the room to turn his way. The Asgardian, palms still pressed against the wooden table and eyes heavily latched onto the sentry, refused to meet any of their gazes. He just stared on, his eyes digging into the black pits of the sentry’s.
He muttered, “Ultron is as unpredictable as they come. If just one sentry is alive and functioning, one you somehow managed to miss in this entire city, then he has a means of escape and survival. It would be wise to keep your eyes open…for anything. We cannot take any more chances…”
Thor lowered his head, stretching himself fully upwards.
“Not again.”
Steve felt the weight of Thor’s words push him backwards, but he stayed strong, held his ground. An uncomfortable silence fell upon the Avengers, not even Tony Stark having the courage to stand up and break the quiet. His expression was surprisingly crestfallen, something that intrigued Twilight. She knew she had to ponder on that issue further, but for now there were other issues to be dealt with.
“Um…Princess Celestia? Princess Luna?” Twilight began, calling out to the two sisters. She nervously rubbed her foreleg, biting her lower lip. “Well…I kind of forgot to mention in my letter that the Avengers don’t really have a way to get back to their home world. Back to Earth. So, I was wondering if we could search for a spell that could…um…”
“Somehow send them home,” Celestia finished, almost reading her thoughts. Almost.
“It’s far-fetched, I know,” Twilight added, nodding as well. “But, I’m willing to do anything to help them! If I can vouch for all of my friends,” Twilight shifted her head back and forth, noticing several smiles from the ponies beside her, Spike as well, “then I can say that we just want them to get back home…to their friends and family.”
Celestia sighed, earning a worrisome stare from her younger sister. With heavy eyelids, she said, “It certainly is far-fetched…and dubious, Princess Twilight. I do not know if such a spell even exists, or if Star Swirl ever perfected one.”
“What about the sirens?” Twilight questioned, causing several heads to perk her way. “Star Swirl managed to transport three sirens into another world. If we can find that spell somewhere in this entire wing, then we have the means of sending the Avengers back to Earth!”
After catching the incredulous looks cross both Celestia’s and Luna’s faces the moment they scanned the massive room, Twilight bit her lip harder, quickly spewing out, “I-if you want me to search for the spell alone, then I’ll do it! You two are so busy as it is and I’ll just get my friends to—!”
The majority of Twilight’s friends were ready to interrupt their Alicorn companion, possibly to tell her about their own packed schedules. The Avengers, on the other hand, stood frozen and amazed at the words Twilight had spoken of. She was willing, out of any of the ponies they had met, to help them return home, even though they’ve brought basically nothing but destruction and fear to their world. For each of them, a newfound respect was built for Twilight Sparkle.
Especially Stark.
But it wasn’t them who interrupted the young princess.
“It has been quite some time since I have engaged myself with Star Swirl’s ancient spells,” Celestia explained, her hoof raised to Twilight. “If there is a spell like the one you have mentioned, then you do not need to worry yourself, Princess Twilight. My sister and I will search these archives until it is found.”
She spun around, watching as the group took a few steps back from the two sisters. Celestia looked to them all, the Avengers, and smiled. “If this spell is the only chance we have on getting each and every one of you back home…then I promise that we will find it.”
Luna nodded, smiling as well.
Each of the Avengers exchanged a few glances from one another, turning back to the two sisters with equal expressions of shock and awe. Barton was the first to speak out, earning the Alicorns’ attention.
“You’d really want to help us…even though you have so much more to look after?” Clint asked, arms crossed over one another.
“After everything we’ve done?” Banner added, his voice so low.
“All that we have wrought?” Thor continued.
“Everything?” Natasha finished with none of the others willing to speak up, not even Stark.
All of their questions were answered in one, simple, powerful statement.
“The happiness of Equestria’s citizens is one of the most important duties we seek to fulfill,” Celestia said, eyeing the group and chuckling a bit to herself. “From the looks of it…none of you appear very happy. The only way that seems to be achieved is if we find a way to get you all home.”
“And that is exactly what we plan on doing,” Luna clarified, smiling to them.
They all stood silently, minds contemplating on what they just heard. Did they imagine it? No, it was the truth. After everything they’ve done, even with Ultron still out there, the rulers of the country they resided in actually accepted them into their land, accepted them as citizens. That uncomfortable silence came rushing back, but not for very long.
Steve Rogers was the one to say it, the two words that were on all of their minds.
“Thank you.”
The two merely shrugged it off. Celestia chuckled wholeheartedly and said, “Think nothing of it, Captain. We appreciate your time and valuable information that…hopefully shed some light on what we’re going to be up against.” She spun her neck around, cautiously eyeing the dead sentry. And its dark stare.
“Hopefully not too soon,” Thor added.
“Yes,” Celestia agreed, turning back and smiling at them, “because while you are here in Equestria, it would be wise to enjoy all we have before we find the spell.”
“You sound so confident in finding it,” chuckled Stark.
“Confidence is one thing, Mr. Stark,” Luna intercepted, smirking his way. “Hope is the other.”
“And we hope that you all enjoy your time in Ponyville for the time being. You need not to worry for us. We will find the spell to get you all home, but in the meantime…” Celestia paused, scanning each Avenger with a growing smile. She winked and said, “Safe travels.”
Nods and bows were exchanged, a couple of hand and hoofshakes here and there, and a hug between the three princesses. With renewed confidence, and hope, the group prepared to make their exit, but stopped mid-turn when Celestia spoke out once again.
“Oh, I nearly forgot to mention! The Grand Galloping Gala will be a couple of days from now, and I’m certain it would be a splendid opportunity for our visitors to become acquainted with Equestria’s…ahem…more pompous citizens.”
Rarity instantly capitalized on the subject, giggling graciously and waving her hoof out in front of her. She said, “You need not to worry about a thing, Your Majesty! I will personally tend to our visitors’ apparel. After all, first impressions are the most fabulous impressions!”
With Rainbow Dash’s groans echoing throughout the archives, the group of Avengers, ponies, and one dragon, prepared to make their exit, this time having turned fully around to face the door that led to the hallway. And once again, they halted at the sound of a princess’ voice calling to them.
“Son of Odin, we believe you forgot this.”
His palm felt unnaturally light. Having heard his name, Thor spun around to meet—
Mjølnir.
His hammer. Encased within a light blue aura of energy, his hammer floated a few feet out in front of Odinson, startling the entire group, mostly the humans. Thor, however, held the worst expression of all; mouth slightly drooped but not a word spilling out. He wasn’t staring at his hammer covered with blue energy any longer. He had long since abandoned that.
No, he was staring at the pony whose horn was glowing the same exact color.
Princess Luna.
The sickening silence that followed was the absolute worst one held between the Princesses and their visitors. The previous moments of silence were all expected, were all short. But this, this seemed to be sardonic, everlasting, unsettling even. At least for Odinson, who hadn’t moved a muscle since he spun around to meet her.
The pony that was lifting his hammer. Well, levitating it.
Now, it was Luna’s and even Celestia’s turn to feel a bit startled at how Thor just stared at her, and then back to the hammer, and then back to her. As for the rest of the Avengers, they remained deathly silent alongside their equine companions. Jaws dropped, eyes grew wider, and all breathing seemed to die.
All except for Tony Stark who was laughing his ass off every step of the way.
He was the first one to retreat out to the hallway, his laughter echoing even from outside. With grumbled thanks, Thor reached out and plucked his hammer out of the air, spinning around and pushing past each human and pony that got in his way. None of them dared to having seen the look in the Asgardian’s eyes.
Twilight and her friends exchanged several unified and confused glances between each other. Pinkie just shrugged, smiling and hopping behind Thor’s red cape. The others followed her, leaving just Twilight standing there with an expression just as utterly flabbergasted as Princess Luna.
Even she didn’t stay long, shifting her stare over to Celestia and Luna before retreating herself. And all Princess Luna could do was stand there, stare at their escape, and rub the side of her head.
“Was it something we said?”
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The Avengers and Mane 6 meet up with the Princesses, in a secret archie section where remains of supposedly inactive Ultron Sentries are being studied. It seems certain that a spell to create a portal back to Earth seems unlikely, but Twilight is determined to help the Avengers in any way she can much to their astonished respect.
Comic version would have bowed, in salute if not deference, the moment he noticed Luna "holding" his hammer.
Luna is worthy, Odinson has found his to be bride then, lol.
To make up for my complaint comment here's this one. Luna being able to lift Thor's hammer is interesting, although the reasons might actually be very simple, time will tell. Keep up the good work.
Now all that's left is finding Vision and the Twins.
Avenger and pony alike are treading lightly on their relationship, which is a good thing. And Luna levitating Mjolnir is an EPIC highlight!
No, it's an incredibly lame pun on the word Camelot.
Also this:
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6567058 SHHH! Don't spoil it!
6567884 I ship it.
6569910 Thanks!
6571481 My thoughts exactly. Cheers.
LUNA FTW!!!
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6571901 No sweat.
6572135 Git reckt, Thor/skrub.
6571901
Oops! I tongue slipped
6574459 Does this world hate Thor?
6582674 Evidently, yes.
Good chapter.
It was more funny when vision picked up the hammer though. But still there is one who is worthy somewhere in every universe, be it human, A.I., pony, or even...transformer?
Even Luna lifted the mighty hammer of Thor?! Tha's impossiböe!
Well... That's a surprise.... Luna is worthy of Mjonir....
6757315 the fuck
6620194 i wounder
Meh. You'll get used to it, Thor.
Well, we finally meet the leaders on this planet. As far as first impressions go, we could've gone worse. At least hundreds of Ultron bots have been destroyed so far.
Also:
LUNA IS WORTHY. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.
If Thor dies, at least we got a backup.
"It certainly is far-fetched…and dubious, Princess Twilight. I do not know if such a spell even exists, or if Star Swirl ever perfected one.”
Eh, just let Discord do it. He can tear portals open to other dimensions.
"His hammer. Encased within a light blue aura of energy, his hammer floated a few feet out in front of Odinson, startling the entire group, mostly the humans. Thor, however, held the worst expression of all; mouth slightly drooped but not a word spilling out. He wasn’t staring at his hammer covered with blue energy any longer. He had long since abandoned that.
No, he was staring at the pony whose horn was glowing the same exact color.
Princess Luna"
My word! Is Mjolnir going to get picked up by others later on in the story? This was awesome!
Twilight: Why aren't you bowing? Haven't you ever heard of "good impressions"? We're in the presence of the princesses, it's out of respect!
Tony should have said to Twilight: Is she my God, huh? Is she my religion? Hmm? Tell me.
Twilight: but she must be treated with the ut-
Tony: Can it and No buts, Princess Hornhead, we humans, well, most of us, bound to a religion, and Christians don't take kindly to Paganism.
Rogers: Most of us are.
Twilight: Chris-what now? Paganism?
Stark: "Our" single-deity religion, God created the heavens and our world, You ever read the Bible before, we'd rather bow to a single God, and Pagans are forbidden aliens to our religion.
Twilight: Bible? Is that a book?
Rogers: Not just any book, sacred manuscripts from Ancient Times back in our world, containing the words of God.
Twilight: Soo, can i read it, can I, can I?
Stark: The Bible isn't just some page-turner you can just read and study around like some bookworm, you're not even Christian, are you? Hell, You have to embrace its sacred words, and take it into prayer, and is the holy weapon to fight against the Devil and Evil in Hell itself. It's divided into two testaments, the Old, and the New, from Genesis, to Revelation. You have to be a devout Christian if you wish to understand the Bible. We humans pray to him before we eat, go to work, or even before we sleep.
Twilight and everypony: Oooooh.
Luna: It seems like Thou aliens art deeply devoted when it comes to religion, art thou not?
Stark: Yup, certainly, your highness, that's why we don't bow to anything pagan, no offense for you, that's just how religion works.
(Celestia giggles at what Stark called Twilight)
8867989 I don't think Stark is a Christian. Steve definitely is though.
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!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
D-Did you see the look on Thor's FACE!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Kinda find the utter disrespect they had for Celestia and Luna and their position to be a bit much. They are heads of state, if protocol calls for you to bow, you bow. Even Stark would bow if, for example, he met the Emperor of Japan. Doesn’t matter if they don’t believe they are goddess or whatever, respect the position - like for Pete’s sake, they have a ‘god’ right there with them. What if Celestial was as prickly as Odin?
Luna is worthy.
EYYYY LUNA IS WORTHY!!!!! 👍
who hadn’t moved muscle since he spun around to meet her
1. Who hadn't moved a muscle.
F***ING YESSSSSS!!!!!
THAT'S F***ING GOLD!
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Where did you find this?
A V E N G E R S
A . B E A U T I F U L . N E W . A G E
YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND WORTHY! REJOICE!
And so it is here The Avengers meet with the rulers of Equestria themselves, Celestia and Luna, whom have fortunately not succumbed to any Sentry attacks (Since the one that landed apparently shut down). But what's even more surprising is despite all the chaos the Avengers brought with them, the threat of Ultron still looming, and not being used to being treated like normal everyday citizens, the princesses are still willing to do what it takes to help them get home as if nothing's changed. It almost makes anyone wonder why the Avengers would want to go home to a place where hardly anyone would forgive them for any damages they've caused or lives they've ruined. Even more of a shock that Luna would somehow harness the power to lift Thor's hammer, which very few are able to pull off. Though, I don't know how the group can think about preparing for a Gala (Which has a reputation of always being 'terrible' even by Celestia's account) especially since there is the slightest chance Ultron could prepare to strike at any time.
But for the moment, they can rest assure that they have the full support of the princesses even if other ponies will need to take time to adjust to the fact that humans have arrived as suddenly as those strange robots. Then again, given all the weird stuff that happens in Equestria almost on a daily basis, it must be nothing compared to the worse moments they've experienced.
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Yeah, Stark is atheist, I believe.
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No, Stark is very religious. Especially in the first Iron Man.
He follows Starkinism.
Now did Luna lift Mjølnir because she is worthy or because she is just so much more stupidly powerful than the entire avengers combined.
The elevator is worthy
I don't think there's anymore excuses in how Luna is NOT best Princess. This just proves she is...
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To be fair Luna has been known to wield a weapon like it in other stories.
I was almost laughing as hard as Tony when that happened.
Tony and Hawkeye I can kinda understand not bowing, but shouldn’t the others do it just out of respect?
Oh that is pure gold! I sometimes wonder what other characters across fiction would be worthy of using Thor’s hammer. If Luna is worthy maybe Celestia is too. Poor Thor is not having good luck lately though, first Vision now Luna lifting his hammer without even realizing how meaningful it is.