Author's Note: Written by Samaru163 and Tricondon.
Chapter 11
Jake
“So what are we supposed to do, oh fearless leader?” Marco asked sarcastically. “We’re trapped on an alien planet, billions of miles from home with no way back, and we’re trusting our lives to a bunch of talking horses. Oh, and did I forget that the Yeerks are hitting this planet pretty hard as well? Am I the only one who realizes how insane this is?!”
“Do you have a better option Marco?” Cassie asked.
“I know I do,” Rachel joined in. “We find the Yeerks, hijack a ship and go home.”
“Great plan, except we have no idea where they are or how powerful their forces are,” Marco responded.
“Enough,” I said, cutting off Rachel before she could retort. “We’re not getting anywhere like this. Now, does anyone have some useful ideas?”
<We could search the nearby town,> Tobias offered. <I’ve seen all manner of birds and smaller animals running around. We morph something like that, we could probably walk around without drawing too much attention to ourselves.>
I thought about it for a moment.
“Yeah, that does seem like the best action for now. Though don’t bunch together. Groups of no more than two at a time. And make sure to keep a reasonable distance, enough to still see the others while not looking conspicuous.”
Cassie stood up.
“What about just asking Twilight and her friends for assistance?”
“We don’t know if we can fully trust them. Who knows how many of them could be controllers?” Marco said coldly.
“Well obviously not Twilight, Pinkie or the white one. If they were then surely they’d have tried and saved that dragon controller.” She paused for a moment, probably taking in just how bizarre that sounded. I had to suppress my own laughter once I’d thought about it a little.
“True, but that still leaves the yellow one, the orange one with the cowboy hat, and that really aggressive rainbow one.” Marco looked like he was considering his options. “I think the rainbow one might be; she did attack Ax immediately and without much thought.”
<To be fair, we didn’t exactly look like the friendliest group at the time,> Tobias said.
“What is the matter with you people?” Marco asked incredulously. “We’re on an alien planet nearly run over by the Yeerks, and you want to trust a bunch of talking horses blindly?”
<Guys!> Tobias said suddenly. <Someone’s coming. I can hear them crashing through the underbrush.>
“Well, we know it’s not Pinkie, then,” Cassie muttered.
“Ax, Tobias, you remain here. Everyone else, morph something inconspicuous,” I said. The words had barely left my mouth before a purple Unicorn - Twilight, was it? - walked out from behind the nearest tree.
She stopped as soon as she spotted us, looking around in confusion. Her mouth opened and closed at random, as if she was trying to talk, but nothing came out.
“Well, crud,” Marco said. Before any of us could even think of our next actions another horse came from the trees. This one was larger than Twilight and was a deep midnight blue colouring. What really got my attention about it though was its mane and tail. They seemed to flow in an invisible wind and resembled the night sky.
“Double crud,” I muttered.
“Uh, I, we’re...” Cassie stammered.
“WHAT ARE THESE CREATURES?!” The larger horse bellowed, and I instinctively brought my hands up to my ears. Her voice - there was little doubt in my mind about her gender now - was incredibly loud, and I thought she could even be heard in the town, far away as we were.
<This horse’s defense strategies are most effective,> Ax said while holding his own ears.
“Ah, Princess Luna...well, the blue one is Ax...” Twilight mumbled. I straightened up in an instant, forgetting about the ringing in my ears.
“Princess?” I asked, dumbfounded. Looking at the horse again I noticed a small black tiara on her head.
“Oh, wonderful. What are the chances she owns the castle we crashed into on our way down?” Marco said under his breath, just loud enough for me to hear.
“SO THOU ART THE ONES WHO HAST ATTACKED OUR PALACE?!” she bellowed again. I winced slightly; her hearing was far better than I expected.
“Woah, woah, woah,” I said, motioning for her to calm down. “We didn’t attack anyone. Our ship lost control and we crashed.
The horse Princess didn’t seem too convinced with me. Twilight ran between us, keeping her eye on me.
“That voice...is that you, Prince Jake?” she asked tentatively. Before I could respond, the Princess spoke up again.
“THOU ART A PRINCE? WHERE IS THY ROYAL REGALIA?” she yelled, though somewhat softer than before. She seemed to be studying me carefully as she spoke, sizing me up with a critical eye.
“The Prince’s royal...things are back at his palace,” Marco said boldly, stepping forward. “We’re here on a sightseeing tour, and didn’t want to draw undue attention to ourselves.”
“AND WHO ART THOU TO SPEAK ON THY PRINCE’S BEHALF?” the Princess shouted.
“I am the Prince’s royal advisor!” Marco continued, trying to make his own voice match the horse’s.
<More like Court Jester if you ask me,> Tobias whispered.
“THOU TAKEST US FOR A FOOL!” she yelled, loud enough to cause Marco to stumble backwards. “THOU ART NOTHING BUT THIEVES AND BANDITS! WE DOUBT THOU ART EVEN A PRINCE!” she finished, looking at me.
“Who are you to just waltz in here and start declaring this and that on us?!” Rachel spoke angrily.
“WE ARE THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT, CO-RULER OF EQUESTRIA! HOW DOST THOU NOT KNOW OF US OR OUR SISTER?”
“Forgive Captain Xena your highness,” Marco said when the Princess was finished. “She has a rather annoying habit of speaking out of turn.”
Rachel looked like she was about to strangle Marco, but I shot her a drop it look. I could see the method hidden in his madness and hoped the others would catch on too.
“Princess, I would like to apologize for the behaviour of myself and my entourage,” I said to the others' surprise. “But as you can easily tell we are foreigners to this land and do not know your customs.”
The Princess considered what I had said for a minute before replying.
“Perhaps We were too hasty in our assumptions,” she said, much softer than before. I was secretly thankful she had stopped yelling.
“Um, Your Highness?” Cassie meekly spoke up. “Who is your sister, anyway?”
The Princess blinked in surprise for a time before shaking her head, as if in understanding.
“Ah, of course. We realize our banishment had only ended a short while ago. Our sister is Celestia, Princess of the Sun.”
<Rulers taking on aspects of the day and night. I thought that sort of recognition was reserved for deities,> Ax spoke to me privately.
Cassie seemed to be looking at the Princess with great interest and scrutiny.
“Princess, I noticed you have both a horn and wings. Does either of them actually work?”
“Of course they function properly!” Luna said as if insulted. She then unveiled her wings and flew a few feet in the air. “Allow us to show thee.” Her eyes then began to glow a brightly and thunderclouds accumulated over the forest.
All of us looked at the princess in amazement; Ax especially seemed blown away by the spectacle before our eyes.
“That’s amazing!” Cassie said, almost like an eight-year-old watching a magic show.
<This is an impossibility,> Ax said as if correcting her. <How can this creature manipulate the weather?>
<Well these clouds aren’t like on Earth. I was able to land on one the other day,> Tobias said, still focusing on the Princess, who finished her display with a crack of lightning.
“That’s incredible, Your Highness!” Cassie squealed. “Can Celestia do that too?”
Luna narrowed her eyes as she folded her wings against her body, staring at all of us.
“Dost thou not know of Our power?” she said. “How can thy be unaware of our sister?”
“Well we did just get here, so sorry if we don’t know everything right away,” Rachel spoke up.
Luna eyed Rachel intensely, but seemed to calm down after a moment.
“We offer our apologizes. We were unaware that knowledge of our power did not stretch beyond Equestria’s borders.” Luna brought a hoof to her chin in what looked like thoughtfulness, though I was more interested in how she managed to bend her leg like that. “We are curious, however; how didst thou make thy metal chariot fly? We saw neither Pegasus pulling nor sensed Unicorn magic keeping it aloft.”
<Our spacecraft was propelled by rockets that used propellant mass for forming a high speed propulsive jet,> Ax said. I could see the brief look of confusion on Luna’s face, but she hid it well.
“What he means to say is that our ship wasn’t powered by magic or pulled by anything,” I offered. “It’s instead pushed through the sky by columns of fire.”
“Columns of fire? How does that work?” Twilight finally spoke up. Before I could answer her the Princess made a beckoning motion with her head. Complying, Twilight followed her as they headed into the trees.
“Well this is just perfect!” Marco complained. “Tobias, I thought you said you would keep an eye out for any horses that were getting too close. This is the third time you’ve let us down!”
“Marco, shut up,” I said. “Whining isn’t going to solve anything.”
“Do you think she’ll have us taken prisoner for damaging her home?” Cassie asked.
“She’ll never take me without a fight,” Rachel said proudly.
“Oh, yes the mighty Captain Xena versus the magic talking horse who can control the weather. I’m sure you’ll come out on top,” Marco quipped. This got him a small shove from Rachel.
<I still believe that they are performing some form of complex illusion,> Ax said. <These feats of ‘magic’ as they say are scientifically impossible.>
“The force is strong with these horses,” Marco said.
I was about to reprimand Marco when Luna and Twilight came back. Twilight looked rather upset, though she was trying to hide it.
“We believe our sister would like to speak to you in greater detail,” Luna began. “Thou may stay with Twilight Sparkle until tomorrow, when thou shalt all take the train from Ponyville to Canterlot. We will be awaiting thee there.”
With that, Luna turned around and flew away, leaving the seven of us behind. Twilight watched Luna go, then turned to look at me.
“So, Prince Jake, is this what you really look like?”
I saw no point in denying it any longer.
“Yes it is Twilight. Were you expecting more?”
“Well, no. Just...different,” she admitted after a moment. I could feel that she had more questions to ask, but Cassie interrupted her.
“Wait, we’re supposed to spend the night at your place? I’m uneasy about walking around town like this.”
“Well, why not just turn into ponies? You’d blend in well like that.”
“Oh, uh, we can’t. I mean we shouldn’t. It wouldn’t be right,” I stammered. “Not unless we ask for permission first, at least.”
“Well, what if I gave you permission on behalf of the ponies?” Twilight suggested.
“No, that wouldn’t be right. I mean, it doesn’t work like that,” Cassie explained. “See, we actually become copies of other creatures, right down to the cellular level.”
Twilight stared at us for a moment and seemed to be processing what we had said.
“So, what does that mean? You can only directly copy another pony?”
I nodded.
“It’d be weird, having seven Twilights walking through town.”
Twilight seemed to consider this for a moment before giving a little shout.
“Oh! I know! I can get my other friends! There are six of you and six of us! So long as we don’t all walk together, nopony in town should notice there are too many of us!” Before any of us could object a flash of pink light came from her horn and she vanished.
“Well that went well,” Rachel said after a moment's pause.
<Went well, I’d say it went perfectly,> Tobias said. <Think about it, we were just discussing how we can get around town easier, and now we have a way to.>
“But don’t you think it’s wrong?” Cassie asked.
<Twilight agreed to it, and from what we’ve seen of her friends they’ll most likely agree as well.>
<But we do not know if all of them are not controllers,> Ax mentioned.
<Well if any of you have a better plan, I’m all ears,> Tobias said.
I sighed in resignation. This really was the best plan we had at the moment.
“Alright, but be ready for a fight if one of them is a controller,” I said. I secretly wished none of them were, but wasn’t looking forward to meeting them.
“Is it too late to call on Captain Kirk for help?” Marco asked.
HOLY FUCK I love animorphs (I have ALL the books) And I love MLP
You have done the best, sir or maam.
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Thank you for your kind words, lady or gentlecolt.
-Tricondon
If a princess has to be a controller. I guess Celestia will be it... Gee, an evil possessed Celestia... Never heard that one before.
Though with Cadance...
Yes. Yes it is too late, Marco. Besides, he was in his prime a good... five decades ago?
Another great chapter. And great use of the Royal Canterlot voice. I loved Ax's comment regarding it.
Taking bets now: Dollars to bits says that Princess Celestia is a Controller.
Or how about this one: Shining Armor!
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LIKE A HOSS.
-Tricondon
Ooh, let me guess who'll morph who! At least if you do it by personality simularities.
Rachel fits Rainbow, or Rairity, depending witch part of er personality your going for
Cassie obviously Fluttershy
Ax fits with Twi best
Marco... I'd have to say Pinky, though he woudn't be happy about her coloring
Jake I'd say AJ or maybe Twi
Tobias I really don't know... I guess Twi or AJ
Great chap!
Keep it up!
Goldie
BTW, how long are you planning on making this fic?
I mean from my experience this kind of stories always end with the elements in the run from the evil controlling the army and government, some breakdown, freeing a possessed princess and defeating the evil. But since this is an alien empire that discovered a race of great power... who knows.
Then again the elements are a great deux ex machina.
I wonder if they could control Discord... Though the yeerk probably would go mad. Maybe the same is true for the princesses, they are so old and powerful the yeerks probably would not be able to control them, if we go with them being goddesses. They probably took precautions against that after NMM. They might die from the feedback of casting a string spell, since their bodies are not designed for that. They could try to use magic to eliminate the 3 day limit but that seems too much of a power up for them...
Too many possibilities...
Ughh reading this makes me feel like covering my ears... I remember why I was paranoid in my childhood after this series...
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I think capturing a Princess would be a bigger issue.
They're going to turn into the mane six.
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Hey, I thought of the idea to begin with. Imagine how I felt after seeing what I'd written.
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Huh? Oh, no, no. They're all turning into Spike, naturally.
-Tricondon
>Refresh FimFiction
>Another chapter in a crossover with my favorite childhood book series
>To the Crossover Cave! *Retro Batman transition theme*
848084 Indeed, I dare say they would take precautions against any harm towards them unless it's a direct attack like Chrysalis. She did not attacked Celestia nor Luna until after she was discovered so it's possible.
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I...I can't tell. Are you happy with my fic, or angry at it?
-Tricondon
*Scrolls Down*
"What? There must be a mistake. Where's the twelve?"
WHAT THE FUCK WHERE IS IT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
"Sigh, it's like twelve anyway" Shuts off computer.
10 seconds later...
Turns computer on.
"Is it out yet?"
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I'm going on vacation for a month. See ya then.
-Tricondon
>they’d have tried and saved that
>Does either of them actually work?
>Well these clouds aren’t like on Earth
847919 a.deviantart.net/avatars/x/a/xalltheyplz.png
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CURSE YOU MATHEMATICIAN'S ANSWER!
-Tricondon
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Your a few chapters late, I already compared their personalities, I came with the same results.
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Cool. *bro/sishoof*
I'm currently following over a hundred stories on this site right now. Most of them just because I find them interesting. This one makes me extremely excited whenever I see that it has updated. I absolutely love this story.
847994 Why would Tobias need to morph? He can...you know...just fly right in?
Thus far, truly excellent. I wonder how Ax is going to explain teleportation?
I doubt Celestia is a controller. She is older than most dirt and is obscenely powerful. Needs to be someone weaker but with other forms of power to legitimize the enslavement.
Blueblood, Shining or Lyra.
Cheers
GM
848597 Not necessarily, a random hawk could get some weird looks, especially since it might be considered a lost pet.
Excellent! The great plotholes have been filled, and the story can now fully benefit from your writing style and other positive aspects you have bestoved upon this tale of high adventure! Keep it up!
848137 I imagine you'd feel LIKE A BOSS. You have no right to feel anything but.
Now, let's see who'd morph who.
Ax would morph Pinkie or Twilight, because he'd just HAVE to take the chance to crack the magic shenanigans up, and of course, he'd be completely blown off by it.
Rachel... Rarity or Rainbow.
Cassie with AJ. Tobias with Fluttershy to keep his wings. And after that I'm lost.
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Not unless you call Chris Pine's Kirk. Then you'll be in business!
To answer Marco's question:
-If he's asking for William Shatner's Kirk, then he's shit out of luck. He's OLD!
-If he's asking for Chris Pine's Kirk, then he better get on the phone like RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
Way to go, Marco! Way to defuse the situation!
And Rachel, way to not help at all. Then again, this is Rachel we're talking about here, so why was I surprised?
I personally find it weird that even without thought-speak, they still understand each other. Granted, it moves the story along, but I still can't help but wonder how that works...
Highlight of the chapter: the continuous confusion about "Prince" Jake. One of these days someone'll figure it out, but I hope it's not for a while so that I can continue grinning at the hilarious absurdity of the whole thing.
First a Star Wars reference, then a Star Trek reference? Oh, Marco...
Hey, I have to ask, why not ask Ax about how to blend multiple morphs together? I mean, Obviously he can do it, as can Cassie and Marco (IIRC, although both were accidents)
Oh, and I was highly amused, by, like, everything in this chapter.
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yep.
You missed it.
848180 Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Please be joking,Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease be joking.
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What's that, sarge? You're making an Alicorn OC by combining Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash's DNA? I'm sure no one on the internet will object to that!
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There is every indication I am joking. Or not.
-Tricondon
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No, I mean combine sufficiently like morphs in differing proportions so as to make them all appear unique, instead of duplicates of anypony. The same way Ax usually uses a mix to appear as a unique human instead of that awkward time he morphed Prince Jake at (I think) Cassie's house. (Something about chilly and nuclear reactors IIRC)
I suppose that is what I get for not thinking of the extension of any of the effects.
Regardless, Even if they could morph alicorns via combination, I would seriosuly advise against them doing so. It would
-Attract too much attention (seriously, we have not seen any non-royalty do it)
-Not give God-level power (They might not regardless, depending on whether the sun/moon in this fanfic is controlled, I am thinking the answer to be no)
Also, I would hope that they have trouble using Unicorn magic with precision. While flight and walking would be absolutely no problem, judging from the official books, According to the show, I am pretty sure Unicorn magic is mostly uncontrolled until control is learned. Even if some level of it is possible to control, instant Twilight level magic precision is probably a bad idea.
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So far as we know, only Ax and Cassie are capable of doing that. That still leaves Jake, Marco, Rachel and Tobias stuck with being actual copies. And since you can't acquire a morphed, er, morph, it amounts to a silly example where we have four copies of the mane six plus two OCs. We figure it'd just be easier to have them directly copy a pony.
Also, this way makes for better comedy.
-Tricondon
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Eh, True. Marco did it on accident (I think book 35, With the skunk/spider, something to do with being emotionally compromised, I think because his dad was dating Norma, while his mom was still alive but assumed dead by most people)
While I would hope it is possible for them to learn that effect, I do agree it would be rather funny.
Edit: Oh, and read my previous comment, I updated it a bit
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I'll say nothing too detailed for fear of spoilers, but I will say this.
We know Alicorns are overpowered and rare, but would the Animorphs? The only Alicorn they've seen thus far is Luna; while Ax might suggest that Alicorns are a rare species, they might also come to the conclusion that the occurrence of Alicorn-ness is a genetic anomaly, like a snake born with two heads or a rare toothed female narwhal. Rare, but not unheard of.
Conversely, they may think that Alicorns are their own subspecies, like Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi. They've been hiding in the forest; how are they supposed to know that the Princesses are the only Alicorns?
-Tricondon
Well, They could ask, but not asking, and us past the forth-wall hoping that none of the mane six telling them its a bad idea might be amusing. Still, I think common sense is preferable. On earth, they know pretty well what will and what won't attract suspision. They ran into some trouble at the Hork-Bjair (I can't spell it anymore, been too long) homeworld using non-native species.
Oh, and we do NOT know Alicorns are overpowered, but we can assume them to be rare. We saw Princess Celestia get defeated by Crysalis, which means EITHER love is so friggin op it needs a nerf to oblivion, allowing an immortal to kick a godess' flank, OR, It just boosted the power to match the somewhat higher (probably a single magnitude more than a regular unicorn), who happens to be lying about rising the sun and moon (oh, and the Nightmare as well as Discord having the god-like powers, seeing as they are they only ones confirmed to be able to manipulate day-night cycles) Sorry, It is possible Celestia and Luna have been lying all this time. Who knows? Oh yes, Whoever is writing the current fanfiction knows, and it can change between fanfictions. Just because most of them move the sun and moon, a few rotate the planet, doesn't meen that no fanfictions exist where they are lying as much as the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs (You know, the ones that played children card games) were (which in itself could be true or false in any given universe)
Its friggin complex. (Hey, What gives, There isn't a Crazy Twilight emote....)
Oh, This probably was asked before (but I can't recall, and even if it was, I would request you put the time period in the description)
I know it is after book 13, and before book 49, because Tobias can morph, and they are not yet in hiding. when I get around to rereading, I will be able to narrow it down more, via references.
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Our thinking was between books 30-35. Nothing more concrete than that, I'm afraid.
-Tricondon
Oh ok, Then Marco never accidently screwed up his morph.
Any thoughts on the Alicorn issue? I mean seriously, its an important part of the universe.
Oh, I just remembered, a few have Alicorns as being like the common Sci-fi Energy beings, and hence (probably) lack DNA.
Why do they have to morph one of the elements? I mean Ax made a unique morph taking tissue from each of them so why can't they do that?
“What is the matter with you people?” Marco asked incredulously. “We’re on an alien planet nearly run over by the Yeerks, and you want to trust a bunch of talking horses blindly?”
YES. TRUST THE PONIES.
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To explain teleportation, and everything else, I'm expecting Ax to go into denial.
<Magic can not be done, to suggest otherwise is to make all the science of the universe weep openly.>
"Oh yeah? Then how can I teleport?"
<Ellimist.>
"... What?"
<That is the answer. There is no other way. What you do is not magic, it is Ellimist.>
"... How about moving the clouds?"
<Ellimist.>
"Flight?"
<Ellimist.>
"Pinkie Pie?"
<Crayak.>
"... What?"
<Don't ask.>
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To explain your explanation and why we're not doing that, let me rephrase all of that for you.
<Magic can not be done, to suggest otherwise is to make all the science of the universe weep openly.>
"Oh yeah? Then how can I teleport?"
<Deus ex Machina.>
"... What?"
<That is the answer. There is no other way. What you do is not magic, it is Deus ex Machina.>
"... How about moving the clouds?"
<Deus ex Machina.>
"Flight?"
<Deus ex Machina.>
"Pinkie Pie?"
<Diabolus ex Machina.>
"... What?"
<Don't ask.>
-Tricondon
You have done, SO MANY THINGS RIGHT SIR!! SO MANY!!dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Trixie_lolface_1.png
Well, so much for secrecy.
I'm surprised Ax didn't fall over foaming at the....uh...didn't have an anuerisim after watching Twilight teleport.
Double Rainbow-Dash all the way!
Brohoof!!! I am loving this crossover!!!!!!
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The devil you know...
...is often cute and breaks the fourth wall.
ROFL