Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks (Part Two)
It was a bright and sunny day in Equestria. Not a cloud in the sky as the pegasi took care of any stray clouds in certain locales of the kingdom, especially in the town of Ponyville. Now, it was considered the capital town of the newly risen castle not too far from the humble and friendly town. The Castle of Friendship had already been sparked by the media as Princess Twilight Sparkle's new home, but her task as the Princess of Friendship wouldn't be complete without her friends; both the five mares she met her first day in Ponyville, and the six Keyblade wielders from other worlds who protects them and others from darkness.
Inside the castle, the stallions were busy putting furniture inside, mostly some necessities for guests to unpack, or customizing the look of their new places of residence. Sora had a bit of trouble when Apple Bloom heard he was going to be staying in the castle now instead of at Sweet Apple Acres. She even gave him the sad puppy-dog face, and it almost won him over, but he made sure to Pinkie Promise that he will still uphold his duties as an honorary Apple and help them on the farm. He had to reassure her he wasn't going away, just moving to a new place. Someone had to keep an eye on her when her siblings couldn't, or the rest of the CMC when they went off crusading for their cutie marks.
Riku and Kairi had gone off the Destiny Islands to gather some items from their home for them and Sora, just to make their rooms more at home. When they arrived at Sora's house and met his mom, they told her he was a bit busy back in Equestria. They also made sure to give him her message, reminding him to visit sometime, and even bring Pinkie Pie back with him, or any of their other Equestrian friends. Maybe for a week this summer, they can spend some time in the tropical port town, provided no one else in town spotted the Mane Six.
Terra made a trip to his secluded cabin home to gather a few belongings of his to set up his room in the castle. As much as he wanted to share a room with Aqua, they weren't quite there yet in their relationship to spend quality time alone at night. Plus, they didn't want others to figure out the two were officially a couple after telling their friends that all they were were just friends. They also wondered how Ventus would react around them, either accepting them going out with each other, getting grossed out, or feel a bit jealous that he wanted to find a girlfriend he cared about. For now, they were just content being back together, and when the time comes, they'll tell everyone of their love for each other, knowing they both need a break after all the struggles they endured in the past.
"Ok, sofa to the lounge room," Terra said, carrying the heavy couch on his back by himself, moving slowly so it doesn't wobble and drag the legs across the ground.
"Better make sure Big Macintosh doesn't see you lift anything he can't carry," Sora warned the brown stallion as he and Ventus carried a few weight discs for their gym's machines they just installed. "Trust me. When he saw a scrawny pegasus like me do a lot of work and carry a dozen buckets full of apples, he got a bit jealous."
"I'd actually like to meet him and the rest of the Apple family. I've heard they actually have quite a history with finding Ponyville almost a hundred years ago." The trio passed by the open doors of the throne room to drop off their loads, where the Mane Six and Spike were lounging around inside.
Sora and Ventus split up from Terra as he turned into a room where their lounge room would be located, Aqua waiting inside as she finished setting up some decor. The stallion lowered the sofa down, setting it up where he figured everyone would find it a perfect location for it to be. There were a couple other couches, along with some tables, a fridge for beverages and cold snacks, looking like the perfect lounging spot for everyone to relax in after a hard day's work. Seeing Aqua was still busy looking over the relaxing pictures of landscapes, she didn't even notice Terra come in.
He grinned and snuck up behind her, quietly and slowly wrapping his hooves around her, which startled her from her work and turn her head toward him. "Oh, goodness, Terra! Please do not sneak up on me like that!" Aqua chided. "I could have stabbed you with my Keyblade."
"Sorry. I couldn't resist." Terra turned her around and gave her a light peck on the lips, hearing her squeak in surprise only making his grin wider while her cheeks began to turn pink. "You did a pretty good job in here."
"T-Thanks," she mumbled.
"In fact, I think I could start lounging around in here right now." Holding onto Aqua tightly, he leapt back and plopped down on a couch, taking the unicorn with him.
"Ahh! Terra!" He chuckled as she scowled at him, which only made him laugh harder with her angry pout looking more cute than menacing. She turned her head and growled, her blush growing more red. "What are you? Five years old?"
"Aww, come on, Aqua. You need to relax a bit more." Terra squeezed Aqua's sides a little, making her squirm as she kept her gaze and heavily blushing face away from him. "You know you deserve a vacation."
"I'm well relaxed, thank you very much," Aqua argued.
She then gasped and grunted in discomfort as Terra pressed his forehooves along her back, the stallion shaking his head. "Then tell me why I can feel so many knots in your back? I thought you would have taken a trip down to the spa at some point when you first came to Equestria."
"T-Those aren't kn-AHH!" Aqua squealed as Terra felt more and more painful knots from her constant stress. She forcefully moved his hooves away before he constantly teased her exhausted body to the point of breaking her. As much as she wanted to deny her stress, she couldn't hide it forever. "...Ok, so I'm still stressed...But I can't just stop and relax. You know how important our job is as Keyblade wielders."
"I know, but that doesn't mean to keep constantly working and fighting to the point of exhaustion," Terra reasoned. "We can head down to the spa here in Ponyville, get you some pampering for all the hard work you've done."
"I don't want to be pampered," Aqua grumbled.
"Then a relaxing day at the spa," Terra suggested. He sat up, bringing the two of them up as they sat on the couch. "Over a decade without any rest in the Realm of Darkness, and you still keep exerting yourself. Even if I have to force you down, I'm going to get you to fully rest and enjoy a vacation so you don't start getting any gray hairs."
The mare grunted in annoyance, but even if she was still defiant, Terra wasn't going to stop insisting. "...I'm practically the only Keyblade Master from the Land of Departure who still has most of the knowledge we had learned from our training who has to set an example for the others...That includes you, since you're still not a Keyblade Master either." Aqua then punched him in the chest. "And I'm not that stressed to the point of having my hair turning gray."
"Heh. I'm surprised that hasn't happened at all yet..." Aqua growled as she looked away from him again, only for his hoof to gently turn her head back to look at him. "But, even after all these years, it's like time had never moved for you. You still look about as young as you were after the three of us tried to stop Xehanort." Her heart skipped a beat at the compliment, averting her gaze from his shyly. She may have seemed older, but when she did finally see herself in a mirror when she finally settled down in Ponyville for a while, she still looked like she was a young adult close to her twenties instead of her thirties. Terra gently brushed his hoof against her hair, making her blush harder at the touch of his gentle caressing. "The only difference is your hair being a bit longer...I like it that way."
"...W-Well, I did try to keep track of time while I was there, but it was difficult when there was barely any light to tell what the hour is..." She had at times lost track of how many days she had spent in the Realm of Darkness, mentally feeling older than physically. Before she could delve deeper on the near insanity she suffered there, Terra thankfully brought her back to reality with a kiss on the cheek. She leaned against him, sighing contently. "Maybe a spa day won't be so bad after all."
Their little time alone was ruined as they heard the door to the lounge room opened up. Panicking, Aqua quickly shoved Terra, making him yelp as he fell back over the arm of the couch they sat on. Riku walked in, too focused on the list Twilight had made for them to place which furnishings into what room.
"Ok, so we've taken care of the gym now that the weights are in," the pegasus mumbled to himself. "Equipment's all set with plenty of room for combat training. Guest rooms have a dresser for any clothes, if they bring any at all, and the lounge..." Riku finally looked up, finding Terra upside down, leaning against an arm of the couches with his hindquarters in the air, and Aqua sitting on that same couch on the other end wearing a nervous grin. "...Uhh, what were you two doing?"
"A prank I tried to pull on Aqua that backfired," Terra answered, rolling back on his hooves. "Lesson learned; never spook a horse from behind."
"...Yeah. Sure..." Riku didn't bother asking any further on what kind of prank Terra tried to pull on Aqua, knowing he's had enough prank wars with Sora to see how far they could go. He looked around the room, seeing everything for the lounge was here and set up by Aqua and Terra. "Well, the lounge is set too. All that leaves is the castle library, where we're waiting for the books Twilight ordered to fill in all those shelves." The teen crossed off the lounge room, though he sighed as he mentioned the library. "Since Ponyville's without a library thanks to Tirek, the castle's going to be the only means of looking through books. I just hope Twilight doesn't constantly re-shelf the massive room that's twice as big as our gym."
Riku then left the room, leaving the secretive couple alone. Aqua breathed a loud sigh of relief after nearly getting caught while Terra rubbed his head, hitting it on the hard crystal floor when she pushed him over.
"Next time you get 'spooked', fling me over to the next couch," Terra uttered playfully.
"Sorry." Aqua got up from the couch and walked up to Terra, nuzzling him apologetically. "Let's head out to the throne room and wait for the books with the others. After making sure Twilight got her complete order of books, we'll head out to the Ponyville Spa."
"Sounds like a plan," Terra said. "And I'm buying you the luxurious package."
Aqua rolled her eyes, but if Terra was going to pay for their day of relaxation, she won't complain about getting pampered too much. The couple headed out and made their way to the throne room, where everyone sat around waiting for the delivery pony to drop off Twilight's books. The Keyblade wielders made sure to summon their Keyblades before walking in the room so they don't wind up having their weapons appear in their mouths. They didn't wait long as a stallion pulled a cart that was stacked with several books from Canterlot, many of them copies of books that the Golden Oak Library had since none of them had survived Tirek's energy blast.
"Hello, Princess Twilight," the stallion greeted. "Got your order from Canterlot courtesy of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Where should I put them?"
"In the library is fine," Twilight said as she pulled out a copy of the castle's map to show him.
Before he took it, he looked up at the stack of books, one of them vibrating and flashing pink every so often. "Uhh, even the one that's been glowing and shaking?"
"Huh?" Everyone looked up, surprised to see the brown hard cover moving about and glowing.
"Ok, I know for a fact books don't do that," Ventus said. "...Or can they in Equestria?"
Sora flew up to the cart of books and picked up the enchanted book. On the front was the same sun cutie mark Celestia had.
"Huh. I think Celestia accidentally dropped off one of her personal diaries or something," he said, hovering down to the ground while keeping his hold on the vibrating book.
Twilight took the book from his hooves and opened it up. It stopped vibrating and glowing once she opened it up to a recent entry that was made, the others gathering around to see what was up with it.
"'Dear Princess Celestia, I know it's been a very long while since we last spoke, but I need Twilight and Sora's help,'" Twilight read aloud. She skimmed through the rest of the message, seeing a familiar name from a certain unicorn and former villain from the human version of Equestria. "It's from Sunset Shimmer and the gang from Canterlot High."
"Who's Sunset Shimmer?" Aqua asked.
"She was a unicorn who used to live here in Equestria, and was a student of Celestia's," Sora explained. "She took the Element of Magic and tried to use it to gain power to take over both this world and the alternate world of Equestria through a magical portal...Sunset may have also tapped into the power of darkness when she was dead set on getting back at the princess for not giving her what she desired as her pupil, along with us foiling her plans to take the crown back when the human Celestia stored it away in her office."
"She used the power of darkness?" Aqua questioned skeptically.
"An office?" Terra asked.
"It was at a high school, and the Celestia there is the principal of Canterlot High." The earth pony stallion shrugged his shoulders, getting his answer. "We managed to purify her similar to how Kairi healed you when you were in despair, Aqua. Sunset may have lost it and became a dangerous threat, but she's definitely changed."
"She's also being given a punishment at the school and taught a lesson in friendship from the girls who are just like Pinkie, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity, only human," Twilight added.
"So, if there were human versions of the girls...wasn't there a human Twilight there?" Terra asked.
"If there is, then she wasn't at Canterlot High," Sora said. "She must live somewhere else."
Riku looked over Twilight's shoulder and looked at Sunset's message. "'There were three new girls who came to the school here, and they're using some kind of strange magic that must have come from Equestria. But how they did it was through singing, turning the other students against each other and hypnotizing the principal and vice principal into turning the Musical Showcase into a Battle of the Bands, which is only further tearing the student body apart.' Hypnosis through song..."
"Hmm...That sounds like a creature that's a myth to us; the siren," Aqua said. "But our version of sirens are a bit more...darker than what's being described in this alternate Equestria."
"I think I've heard of a legend on sirens from Equestria's lore..." Twilight looked over at the stack of books in the cart, the delivery pony still there wondering what to do next. "Actually, sir, you can leave the books here. You can go back to your other deliveries." The stallion bowed and made his leave, unhitching himself from the cart and making his way out of the castle. Twilight levitated several books out of the massive pile, skimming through each one until she found the right one. Flipping through the pages, she found what she was looking for, which just so happened to be the same book that held the legend of Nightmare Moon. "Here we are. The sirens."
In the illustrations, the legend depicting the sirens showed three aquatic equines that reminded the otherworldly Keyblade wielders of, ironically, seahorses. Though they were more like sea dragon ponies: one a lime green, one purple, and the other orange. On their chests, they had a red gem attached to them, where the next page showed them singing, a magical aura flowing from their mouths as a description of them using their enchanted singing to affect their victims in their hypnotizing vocal chords.
"Question!" Pinkie piped up, waving her hoof in the air like a filly desperate to catch a teacher's attention. "What is a siren? And can we get both versions of them from Equestria and human legends?"
"Yeah, let's start with a human siren," Rainbow said.
The human Keyblade wielders winced, knowing full well how their version of a siren was from history lessons on mythology. Sora was somewhat glad never to have ever encountered any in Olympus Coliseum in the past, otherwise he, Donald, and Goofy would most likely not be alive. Reluctantly, Aqua decided to tell them, even if it scarred the Mane Six and Spike.
"Well, in human mythos, sirens are known as 'Temptresses of the Sea'," the blue unicorn said. "They were said to cause sailors to crash their ships into rocky reefs, using the power of their voices to put them in a trance, purposefully steering them off course. Their targets were mainly male, as they look like beautiful women to their eyes when their siren song calls to them. But looks can be deceiving as they're just as deadly as a shark. They have the appearance of a mermaid with a fish body and human half on top of it, but out of their spell, they're covered in scales with sharp, jagged teeth, using them to feed on the flesh of the sailors they catch as their ship is wrecked and after drowning them."
After Aqua's summary on what they saw the sirens as, they could see the looks of horror and disgust on the mares' and baby dragon's faces, Rarity and Fluttershy looking like they were going to pass out. "...Goodness gracious...But, those kinds of sirens don't exist, right?"
"Thankfully, no," Kairi said. "If they were real, we probably would have lost the boys a long time ago."
Sora, Riku, Ventus, and Terra all mumbled their agreements, looking a bit pale at the thought of getting eaten by something veiled to be beautiful in a dangerous sea. "Well, the sirens from Equestria don't seem to be that dangerous in terms of using their victims, but their power is still great." Twilight flipped the pages as she began reading the excerpt on the legend of the three sirens, and since the legend of the Mare in the Moon was true, then these three sea ponies had been alive for centuries. "'The sirens were three beautiful but dangerous creatures who had the power to charm ponies with their music. But to maintain this power, they had to feed on the negativity and distrust of others.'" The next pages illustrated the sirens floating over a town, using their magic to turn ponies against each other as they fed on the negative energy they release from their fighting. "'The more of this negative energy they consumed, the stronger their voices became, and the farther they could spread their dark magic.'"
"Well, the downside is that they can still hypnotize others into doing their bidding," Sora said. "But the upside, they go for both genders and don't physically eat us."
"So how exactly did they end up in the human world?" Ventus asked as Twilight flipped over to the next page.
"The portal to the alternate Equestria must have been around for over a millennia if they were trapped there. Did we get the mirror portal yet, Riku?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. I placed that in the library," the white pegasus stallion said. "I don't think it's on right now, though with the moon always full in this world, it's hard to tell if it is or not."
"Then they must have been flung through the portal thanks to Starswirl the Bearded." The alicorn pointed at the pages, where Starswirl the Bearded with his trademark beard, magician's hat, and cloak banished the three sirens through a portal to end their torment on the ponies of Equestria. "He was rumored to have banished the sirens to a world where their magic would forever be lost, never to use their power again...But with the portal opening and closing every month, some Equestrian magic must have bled through, only not giving them enough magic to fully unleash their true strength."
"And if they finally showed themselves now, they must have sensed the magic we used to stop and save Sunset a few months ago," Spike said. "We need to do something before they get too powerful."
"But the portal's closed," Sora reminded the dragon. "And since the portal leads to another dimension, it's not like a pathway we can easily make to reach it like when we used to connect the worlds to travel through space."
"Well, how was it possible for Sunset to send a message to Twilight if the connection from the portals is cut off now?" Pinkie asked.
The pink earth pony's question suddenly sparked an idea in Twilight's head. "Pinkie Pie, you're a genius!" the alicorn cheered, catching Pinkie into a sudden hug before running off. "Follow me! I know how we can access the portal!"
Twilight rushed out of the throne room, taking the enchanted book with Sunset's message with her. Everyone else looked at Pinkie, who only shrugged, feeling just as clueless as they were. They hurried after Twilight to the library, where she was already at work building a machine around the portal, though what it would be used for still didn't seem to make sense. After a few minutes of tinkering and connecting wires together, she created an arch that spread around the magic mirror's back, making it more a technological gateway to the other dimension.
"Uhh, Twilight? You mind cluing us in on your idea on how to get through the portal?" Sora asked.
"If Sunset was able to communicate with Princess Celestia through this enchanted book, that means there's a magical connection between them. And seeing as the writing looks recent, the magic between them still works, even across a separate dimension!" the alicorn explained, a starry gleam in her eyes as she gushed about the magical/scientific discovery. "Using this book as a medium, it'll connect us to the alternate Equestria, thus opening the portal whenever we want instead of waiting for a whole month to cross!"
"Adorkable nerd," Riku whispered, earning a magical zap on the flank that made him yelp in surprise.
"I heard that, Riku," Twilight chided. "Now, let's test this out..."
She levitated the book up to the top of the arch, a small platform to set it on to use as a dimensional key to access the alternate Equestria via the book Sunset has. Twilight turned on the complicated device, the dimensional amplifier whirring to life as magical energy began pouring out from the enchantment of Celestia's book. Lights turned on, the tesla coils spiraled with a lavender magical aura as it brought the energy flowing around to the rest of the device. As it reached the conductor rods on the railing that curve behind the mirror, the magic poured into the portal, unleashing a bright flash of light that blinded everyone for a brief moment. When they opened their eyes, they all gasped as a portal appeared in the mirror, able to see the inside of the dimensional portal's magical energy swirling around instead of their reflection like before.
"Whoa! It works!" Sora said, surprised and shocked, but highly amazed.
"I'm actually surprised it did," Riku uttered.
"Leave it to Twilight to figure out anything science or magic related," Applejack said. "Though, are ya sure y'all and Sora can handle them sirens on your own?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Riku exclaimed as he approached Twilight with a shake of his head. "You are not going in there alone with Sora. This time, I'm coming along so you don't get into as much trouble as he did when you took on Sunset Shimmer."
"Hey, I handled it pretty well!" Sora argued.
"You came back battered, bruised, and with your clothes torn," Riku reminded his friend, which made Sora pout.
"I think I'll go along too," Kairi said, nudging Sora's side. "Apparently, you can't handle everything on your own. Besides, with four Keyblade wielders, it shouldn't be much of a problem dealing with the sirens."
"...Uhh, I guess you two are right," Sora admitted, laughing sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Fighting against Sunset in that dark form of hers was pretty tough, even when I was in my Harmony Form."
"And I can come along too, right?" Spike chimed in, all the ponies looking at the baby dragon. "After all, since there weren't any doubles of Twilight, Sora, Riku, or Kairi there, I can come along and give some support."
The three Keyblade wielders looked at each other, Riku and Kairi a little unsure having Spike come along after he ran in after Sora and Twilight last time. They then looked to Twilight, making the decision for them as she nodded her head.
"I'm nothing without my number one assistant," she said.
"Yes!" Spike cheered, pumping his fist in the air.
"Maybe we should come along as well," Terra suggested, Ventus agreeing with a nod.
"Actually, Terra, I don't think that's a good idea," Aqua said. "Equestria is a fragile world, and not everyone who can fight can keep up with the Heartless if they attack. It'd be best for us to stay here and trust Sora, Riku, and Kairi to deal with the sirens with Twilight while we defend this side from any Heartless that might appear."
"Aww man," Ventus whined as he slumped over.
"I guess you have a point, Aqua." Terra could see Aqua was right, knowing just how defenseless Equestria was when it came to the forces of darkness. Though he could tell that was a half truth, seeing she was in the mood for some R&R at the spa today after he finally convinced her to go earlier. "After seeing how well the new generation of Keyblade wielders fared on their own with barely any training from a master for a few years, I think they can handle a trio of magical seahorses."
"And so do we!" Rainbow said as the mares crowded around their departing friends in a large group hug.
"You five be careful out there," Rarity said. "Especially you, Sora. I don't know how many times I'm going to fix your clothing before you get them ripped apart in a disrepairable state."
"Heheheh! No promises there, Rarity!" The girls finally broke the group hug as Sora, Riku, Kairi, Twilight, and Spike prepared to hop on through the portal. "You guys ready?"
"Ready!" Riku, Kairi, Twilight, and Spike said simultaneously.
"Alright! Let's go!" Sora ran first, diving into the portal followed by Twilight, then Spike, then Riku, and finally Kairi.
After the group ran into the portal, the others waited as they pondered what they should do for the time being. "We should probably keep a close eye on the portal," Aqua said. "We'll need to keep the gateway opened in case they need to come back, whether they beat the sirens or need any help."
"And maybe keep watch for anyone that might accidentally come through," Applejack added. "Ah think Twilight and Sora said a statue outside of the school on the other end was the exit, and if anypony ain't careful, they could slip through."
"Ooh! We'll take shifts and be guards!" Pinkie suggested, pulling out a Royal Guard helmet and planting it on her head. "Groups of two at all times! Venny and I will take first watch!"
"Wait, what?" Pinkie then placed a matching gold helmet on the teen's head, dragging him to one side of the portal while she stood on the other. The mare stood stoically in her spot while Ventus growled. "I did not volunteer for this."
"Too bad! We drew straws!" The party pony pulled out a notepad, where there was an actual drawing of a bendy straw, and hers and Ventus's names were written on the smaller, flexible end. "We both got the short end of it."
"...How does that make any sense!?" Ventus cried out, only to get struck in the rump by a riding crop Pinkie pulled out of nowhere, yelping in pain and surprise.
"March, soldier!" Pinkie commanded, which he immediately obeyed as both ponies marched back and forth in front of the mirror. "Hup, two, three, four! Hup, two, three, four! About face!"
As bad as the situation was for Ventus to be ordered around by Pinkie, the others couldn't help but snicker. He begged the others to help him get out of this, but seeing how serious Pinkie is acting like a commander for the two pony army she was leading, it was too late to get him out of volunteering to watch the portal first.
"Don't worry, Ven," Terra assured. "We'll switch around in groups every couple hours until evening."
"Just go along with Pinkie's antics for now." Ventus groaned, quickly silencing his complaints when he saw the riding crop being waved around in his face. The rest of the group split up to go about their days, Aqua and Terra exiting the castle and heading out into Ponyville to spend a couple hours at the spa. "I hope they'll be alright taking care of magical demonic songstress seahorses."
"They've been through worse situations against the Heartless and Nobodies. I'm sure everything will go smoothly." Terra nuzzled Aqua, easing her concerns, though she was still a little worried.
"I don't think any of us have ever faced a siren, let alone a type of siren like these three in the other Equestria..." The Ponyville Spa was just up ahead, Aqua letting out a sigh, having no choice but to trust in Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Twilight to handle this fight on their own. "Let's hope these sirens don't find a way to breach through anyone's hearing if their ears are covered or plugged."
Outside the front of Canterlot High, Sunset and the Rainbooms waited by the horse statue to wait and see if Sora and Twilight would find a way through. They didn't get their hopes up too high, seeing as the portal wouldn't open for two more weeks, and even if they found another way to access their portal, it would probably take days. While they waited, Sunset checked her book to see if there was any response, though she hasn't gotten anything from Princess Celestia on the ponies' progress, Applejack and Pinkie were playing cards, Rarity and Fluttershy were painting each other's nails, and Rainbow just sat bored against the statue with Sunset, tossing her soccer ball around in her hands. Already losing her patience, Rainbow Dash sighed as she stood up.
"I'm starting to think they aren't going to get here in time," she said.
Suddenly, the side of the statue facing the school began glowing, the bright lights surprising the girls as they looked in its direction or backed away. A moment later, Sora came flying out, quickly rolling as he hit the ground before standing up with a heroic pose.
"Hey, girls!" Sora greeted. "Been a while!"
"Sora!" The girls were relieved to see the Keyblade wielder again after the last several months.
Soon, Twilight popped out from the portal, falling to the ground with a yelp, forgetting she turns into a human when entering this world. Spike soon flew through with a startled bark, tumbling across the ground before stopping against Sora's feet. Just as the girls were about to help their alicorn-turned-human friend up, the portal was still lit up as Riku and Kairi came through, both of them yelping in surprise as they collapsed to the ground.
"Ugh. Who knew dimensional travel was worse than falling at stomach dropping heights at breakneck speeds?" Riku groaned, slowly getting up on his knees.
Sora chuckled as he walked up to his friend and girlfriend. "At least you didn't pass out for a while like Twilight the first time going through." Riku grumbled, taking Sora's outstretched hand as he helped him up on his feet. He then helped Kairi as she got up on her knees, feeling slightly woozy from flying through the portal like she spent several hours on a spiraling roller coaster with no breaks. He turned to the Canterlot High girls, patting his best friend on the shoulder while holding Kairi's hand. "Girls, I'd like to introduce you to my friend and girlfriend, also Keyblade wielders like myself, Riku and Kairi."
When they finally got a look at them, it was a surprise to see how the Mane Six they knew back in Equestria would look like as humans. Riku easily recognized Sunset Shimmer just from her hair alone, the ex-bully looking away, knowing him after their run-in back at the Crystal Empire. When he looked at Twilight, sitting up on her knees as she recovered from the dimensional warp while Spike walked up to her as a dog now, his jaw dropped, seeing what she was like as a human for the first time.
"Twilight?" The dumbfounded teen slowly approached her as she looked up at him. Riku snapped out of his daze when he heard Sora snickering, whispering something to Kairi, probably about knowing he would have been speechless seeing Twilight as a normal person. He held his hand out to her, which she grabbed with a clenched fist, only loosen it after realizing she didn't have hooves at the moment. Riku helped his girlfriend up on her feet, glad to know she came out with a set of clothes on her instead of buck naked, saving all of them an embarrassing scene. "...Wow...You're...kinda cute as a human, too."
Twilight blushed, biting her lower lip. "I am not."
"Get a room," Sora called out, making the others laugh as Riku turned his head to leer at his friend.
"And Sora ruins it," Riku grumbled.
"Ok, reunions aside, we have a magical problem on our hands," Sunset said, not wanting to ruin meeting their friends from across the portal after several months, but the school was in far more trouble than how she ruled it. "So, what exactly are we dealing with here?"
"Well, it's not all that good," Twilight said.
Since school was over for the day, the Canterlot High gang lead Sora, Twilight, Spike, Riku, and Kairi into town to their usual hangout at Sugarcube Corner. Along with catching up on what they've been doing in their lives, Twilight explained that the girls causing trouble were sirens from Equestria. They too have heard of sirens from mythological lore, though the ones Adagio, Aria, and Sonata are weren't as deadly, but just as dangerous. Aside from the threat of the sirens, the Canterlot High teens were told of Twilight's title as the Princess of Friendship, along with getting a castle. Sunset couldn't help but envy Twilight, being a better student under Celestia than she was, and Twilight truly deserved to be their mentor's prized pupil.
"I'm a little surprised you didn't have a castle at all until now," Rarity said. "Oh, it must be a sight to behold there."
"Yeah...it's something alright," Twilight mumbled, rubbing her arms nervously as they left out the part about Tirek destroying her earlier home.
Riku could see her fidgeting, gently holding her hand underneath the table. She squeezed his hand tightly, trying to put away the loss of her home and focus on the matter at hand.
"There's one thing that's got me puzzled about what happened to you girls earlier today," Sora said, bringing back the topic on the sirens. "The sirens sang at lunch today, but out of all of the students there, you six were somehow unaffected by their voices. That shouldn't be possible."
"I thought maybe you or Twilight could figure that out as well," Sunset said. "We should have been arguing just like everyone else, and we clearly heard them."
"Well, as weird as that is, there's also something else that's been going on for a while, too." Rainbow Dash pulled out her phone and pulled up a photo of her.
She showed it to Sora, the teen's jaw dropping as he snatched the cell phone, getting a closer look at the picture. The rainbow-haired teen was seen hovering in the air playing a guitar, flying on pegasus wings with equine ears sticking out on her head, and her hair grown out to create a tail hanging behind her.
"Uhh, Twilight, you need to see this." He showed Twilight the picture, giving the exact same look of shock Sora had just moments ago.
"Rainbow, what is this!?" she asked.
"Since Principal Celestia planned to hold a musical showcase, I wanted to form a band so we could play," she explained. "As weird as it sounds, whenever we play on our instruments, we transformed just like at the Fall Formal with your magic."
"That's incredible..." Sora took back Rainbow's cell phone and flipped through the other pictures of the other girls with equine appendages as they got into playing on their instruments. "Maybe the Element of Magic must have given each of you girls a bit of magic when we used the power of the Elements of Harmony on Sunset Shimmer after she turned into that Heartless." Sunset groaned, Twilight wincing as she nearly forgot that night was a pretty sensitive topic to her. "No offense."
"None taken," Sunset said for the third time. "I'm used to it..."
"You sure, Sunset?" Sora asked, handing back Rainbow's phone. "I thought after a few months of community service, things would have gotten better."
"Try telling that to everyone at CHS. You guys may have forgiven me, but the others won't." Riku growled, getting Sunset's attention.
"I'm not exactly on the forgiving side like Sora or Twilight," he said, his arms crossed against his chest. "You tried taking Twilight's crown, you kicked me and Sora you-know-where before you escaped, and you almost killed my best friend and my girlfriend while using the power of darkness." Sunset wilted and looked down at the restaurant's tiled floors in shame. "...Sora did mention you were terrified when the darkness took hold of you, right?"
She lifted her head up, giving Riku a confused look. "...Y-Yes...I turned into a monster...I didn't like what I became out of my anger and lust for power..." Sunset clenched her fists, looking at the table. Seeing from inside her heart, watching just how dangerous she was and scared to death over how twisted her anger had become. "...I sometimes feel like it hasn't gone away at all...My darkness is still inside me, waiting for me to slip up and use its power again."
Riku lowered his gaze and leaned back in his seat, letting out a sigh as he tapped his fingers against the table. "...I had the same exact feeling." The CHS teens stared at Riku, utterly shocked as he admitted he knew just how Sunset felt about the darkness. "...Yeah. I used the darkness in my heart, too. When Sora, Kairi, and I got separated from our home as it was destroyed by the darkness, I had no clue where I ended up. Then I met someone named Maleficent, a witch I made a mistake in trusting as I worried about what happened to everyone. I finally found Sora, but when I saw him with Donald and Goofy, friends and reliable companions who joined him, I ended up growing jealous and hated my best friend, thinking he abandoned Kairi and I.
"In my spite against him, I unleashed the power of darkness from my anger. Even with all that power, I still lost to Sora, his heart far stronger than mine...Then, I met man who called himself Ansem, the Heartless of the man responsible for causing all this trouble on everyone back in the other worlds. I let him into my heart, where he unleashed my darkness against my will..." Riku placed a hand over his heart, closing his eyes as the memory still burned in his mind. "I felt so powerful, but at the same time, I was afraid of it." He opened his eyes and looked at Sora, giving him a grin. "If it weren't for Sora, I would have been lost in the darkness forever."
"He's right," Sora said, leaning back in his chair with his arms behind his head. "I'm really stubborn when it came to finding Riku. I never gave up on him, and I swore I would bring the three of us back home, no matter what it took." He chuckled and gave a toothy grin. "Now, after so much brooding and traveling alone, Riku's back to normal, and he fought back against his darkness, coming out on top in the end."
"I did not brood," Riku complained. "...Although, I think you girls should know Sora ended up crying when he finally found me over a year after he helped free me from Ansem's control, though I had used the power of darkness again after a certain Nobody managed to best me."
"Hey, I can show emotion however I want!" Sora argued. "Next time we don't see each other for years, I'm just going to pretend I have no clue who you are. Then we'll see who'll get more emotional than whom."
"Ok, you two, cut it out," Kairi chided with a giggle. "The both of you are equally emotional and stubborn. Don't forget who has to keep the two of you from roughing each other up too much."
"He's the more stubborn one!" Riku and Sora both exclaimed as they pointed fingers at each other.
The two bickering young men glared at each other, only to smirk and laugh, the others joining them out of the silly argument they had. After they calmed down, Riku looked back at Sunset.
"Even though I didn't approve of what you did months ago, Sunset, I can sympathize with you about how terrifying the darkness can be," he said. "Even after being freed from it. The best advice I can give you to finally be rid of it is to face your darkness. It'll only get worse if you try to run from it. Believe me. It stayed with me for over a year while I was on my own."
"...Face my darkness..." Sunset looked down at her hands. She wasn't sure if she was as brave as Riku, her darkness probably far worse than his. She sighed, taking his advice, but if she ever had to literally face it, she wouldn't stand a chance. "...Not sure if I can, but I'll try."
"Good. Now, back to the sirens, or the Dazzlings as they're calling themselves." Riku leaned back in his seat, wrapping his arm around Twilight's waist. "Where can we find them?"
"So we can kick some seahorse butt?" Rainbow asked, standing up and raising her arms up in a fighting stance.
"No, that's a bad idea," Kairi interjected. "If the sirens use their voices to amplify their magical power, and seeing how much negative energy they must have absorbed from earlier today, they might be strong enough to keep us held back with a vocal shockwave. For now, I think it's best for the three of us to pretend to be normal teenagers and catch them off guard when we gather enough information about them."
"Aww," Rainbow whined, sitting back down in her seat. "No epic fighting?"
"And no magic," Twilight added. "I don't have my crown anymore, and how magic works with you girls in this world is only able to function when you play music. It's better to gather intel and formulate a plan. One thing we need to know is where they will be."
"Well, there is a party at the school later this afternoon for all the bands performing in the showcase," Pinkie said. She slurped all of her milkshake through her straw, sucking the half-frozen dairy treat until there was nothing left. "The Dazzlings will be there too."
"Then let's get back to the school and get to know our enemies." After the CHS teens paid for the shakes, the group made their way back to the high school to learn a bit more about the Dazzlings.
When the time came for the showcase party, the group made their way to the gym where it was set to be held. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Twilight, and Spike saw for themselves first hand just how tense the air was when the other students walked in. Everyone seemed to have split up in different groups, either solo or in groups of two or more for their bands. It was almost as if their meaning of "battle of the bands" could very well literally mean a fight where fists are thrown and instruments used as blunt weapons. Thankfully, not all of them carried their instruments, and the purpose of a battle of the bands was to battle with music.
"This is some party," Riku said sarcastically. "Really lively."
"There's definitely a negative vibe lingering around here." Sora looked around the gymnasium, looking beyond the quiet and leery students. He moved away from the others as they pretended to mingle, keeping a close eye on any blind spots. "With all the negative energy the Dazzlings cause to absorb, there might be Unversed around. Then again, since they suck that energy in, there might not be any Unversed to be-"
Sora accidentally rammed into someone as they turned around, both of them falling back with a grunt. "Hey, what where you're-...Sora?"
The Keyblade wielder looked up, apparently bumping into Flash Sentry. "Ok, seriously, we have to quit bumping into each other every time we meet."
They both stood back up, Flash ignoring the spilt cup of punch he had in his hand. "You came by to see the competition?"
"Yes and no," Sora said. "You feeling ok? Like, not yourself and bitter?"
"Actually, I'm sure to win the battle of the bands." That answered Sora's question, apparently caught under the same spell the sirens cast earlier. "My band's gonna blow the everyone else's away. You're going to root for us, right?"
"Uhhh..." Before Sora could answer, he felt something hit the back of his head. He turned around, seeing his friends over by the buffet table, Riku subtly shifting his head over to the entrance to the gym. He looked in that direction, seeing the three girls Sunset described walk in, definitely the sirens as they seemed to grin at the tense atmosphere they caused. "...Excuse me for just a minute. I'm a little parched."
Sora backed away from Flash with a nervous grin before turning around and heading back to the others. "What were you doing wandering around, Sora?" Twilight asked.
"You remember what happened back at the Keyblade Graveyard? Where we first saw the Unversed?" Twilight nodded, but didn't see where he was going with his question. "I have a feeling we might encounter Unversed if the sirens make everyone fight with each other. The more negative emotion, the more of a chance they just might spawn."
"Oh. That can be bad." Adagio, Aria, and Sonata made their way over to them, more busy paying attention to the other students as they approached the buffet table.
The Keyblade wielders kept to themselves, avoiding revealing their power to them, unable to do much when they can use their voices as a weapon. "Oh no! No one is mingling!" Adagio gasped in mock surprise. "It's like there's some underlying tension that could bubble up and break at the slightest pop!"
"It's the fruit punch, isn't it?" The leader of the sirens turned to Sonata, giving her a blank stare as the ditsy siren held some punch in one hand and a bottle of apple juice in the other. "I knew I put in too much grape juice!"
"That's not grape juice, that' apple juice," Aria grumbled. "And it's not the fruit punch. Plus, you can't make mixed drinks to save your life."
"What do you know about good fruit punch!?" Sonata argued.
Sora, Riku, and Kairi looked at each other in confusion before looking back at the sirens, Adagio quickly breaking them from their fighting. "Knock it off. This is just the kickoff party. Just imagine how much of a tizzy every single one of these humans will be in when the Battle of the Bands starts."
"These are the evil villains we're dealing with?" Riku whispered skeptically. "I was expecting a trio of competent sirens, not bickering siblings."
"They have different names, so they clearly aren't related," Sunset whispered. "Looks can be deceiving though. Adagio seems to be the leader. They might be smarter than they look."
"Define smart when one of them thought apple juice was grape juice," Sora reminded, pointing his thumb at Sonata.
"And what are you all whispering about?" The group yelped turned to see Aria, who had snuck up on them, needing some time away from her fellow sirens.
"...Uhhhh, nothing," Sora quickly said. "Just...talking about stuff."
Aria eyed them, mostly at the four new students she swore she never saw around the school. "Are you from this school? Didn't see you four at lunch today."
"We are, actually," Twilight said.
"Yeah! We...had an assignment we needed to do!" Sora lied. "We missed out on lunch, but we're students here at CHS. Go, Canterlot Wondercolts!"
The ponytailed siren raised a brow skeptically, only to roll her eyes and walk back to her partners. "Whatever."
As soon as Aria, Adagio, and Sonata made their way over to the bleachers as Sora breathed a sigh of relief. "Good. She bought it...Or she didn't seem to care."
"Let's just be glad she did." After a moment of tense silence in the room, Twilight spotted a certain teen who looked like someone she knew from Equestria. She groaned in irritation at the silver-haired girl, wearing a blue sweat jacket with light blue stars on the arms, a purple skirt ending with white stars in the light blue hem, and boots that matched her clothing. "Oh no. There's a human Trixie here. Whether she's under a spell or not, she's going to cause problems with her ego..."
Trixie and two other girls tailing behind her as they stood in the middle of the room. "And since this Trixie didn't learn her lesson like unicorn Trixie, she looks like she's going to start a fight with that smug look on her face."
"We should probably just start the Battle of the Bands now," Trixie said aloud, getting everyone's attention. "Clearly, we all know who's going to win this! The Great and Powerful Trixie and the Illusions should just be declared the winners now!"
"Oh no you don't, Trixie!" Flash exclaimed, stomping up to the show-off magician. "Our band is by far the best in CHS!"
"No, the Crusaders are gonna win!" Apple Bloom shouted, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo standing alongside their friend as they voiced their agreements.
Amidst the arguing, Sora facepalmed and groaned painfully. "Oh no! Those three are going to take part too!? Please tell me they aren't going to play that one song!"
"Why is that a bad thing?" Riku asked, only for Sora to grab his friend by the collar of his shirt.
"You have no idea how painful it was to hear their talent show performance a couple years back," Sora said with utter horror. "The human CMC made the exact same song when Twilight and I were in this school's library a few months back. It is bad to the point of ripping your ears off and shoving them in as earplugs. I endured it when I watched them because I didn't want to hurt their feelings, but my god does it get worse the more you hear it!"
"Ok, I get it." Riku slapped Sora's hands off his shirt, neither teen nor puppy seeing the green mist floating about around the arguing students.
The sirens inhaled, absorbing the negative green energy through their gems until they saw every single speck of it was gone. Once they had their fill, Adagio smirked, clutching her ruby red pendant tightly in her hand, feeling more power coursing through her veins. When she looked up, she noticed the human Mane Six, Sunset, Sora, Riku, and Kairi weren't fighting along with the rest of their peers.
"Hmm...I think we found what we're looking for," Adagio said with a grin. "Or rather, it found us."
"...Found what?" Sonata asked, Aria facepalming with a frustrated groan while Adagio practically pointed at them as she turned to face her ditsy companion.
"Magic! What we've been searching for after several months of waiting?" Grabbing the pony-tailed siren's head, Adagio slowly moved Sonata's head, forcing her to look around the gym. "Everyone else in here is arguing, all of them under our spell. Except for that group." She then pointed out the heroes as they left, getting as much info as they could before any of the other groups tried to spark an argument against them. "Especially those girls. They're quite special."
"And I doubt those four new students are even a part of this school," Aria said. "I think I overheard them talking about us."
"It won't matter," Adagio assured. "Whether they're just like Sunset Shimmer and her friends in this school, I doubt they'll be able to resist our spell..."
While the "party" was still going on inside the school's gym, the unaffected party sat around the front steps of Canterlot High. The Keyblade wielders had a really close call when Aria surprised them, almost sure to hear her sing and put them in a trance. They were quite lucky none of them sang, and in case they do during the competition, they're going to need something to cover their ears to block out their spells.
"Ok. How are we going to stop them?" Twilight asked herself, pacing back and forth as she tried to think of a plan.
"We're going to need some earplugs if we have to fight them," Kairi said. "Sound can be a lot more dangerous than physical blows."
"Tell me about it," Sora groaned. "That Nobody with the sitar was a pain with his water clones when he played. Whenever he did that, the longer he played, the more my head felt like it was about to explode...And it wasn't because he was playing terribly."
"And you can't use the Elements of Harmony without Twilight's crown," Sunset added. "...Is it possible to use their magic against them? Maybe use music against them?" Twilight stopped her pacing as everyone looked at Sunset. She winced, thinking it was a stupid idea. "Or, maybe not..."
"Actually, Sunset, maybe that might work," Twilight said, surprising the ex-bully. "Since you girls transform when you play music, we can use a musical counter-spell to defeat them."
"You mean, like a song?" Fluttershy asked.
"Exactly! And since everyone in the school will be there for the competition, we can free everyone from the sirens' trance and defeat them!" Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack all voiced their agreements, now determined to win the Battle of the Bands and save their school once again.
"Well, Twilight, I guess that makes you a member of the Rainbooms!" Rainbow said, the girls cheering excitedly. "Sora, Riku, and Kairi can join as well!"
"Actually, I think we're better as your band's security," Riku said. "I have no experience with playing any instruments."
"Sadly, same here," Sora admitted. "Unless you count me using my Keyblade as a makeshift ukulele with the help of my summon buddy, Stitch, then I'm with Riku on bodyguard duty."
"Yeah. I'm not good with instruments either," Kairi said.
"Then maybe backup singers?" Rainbow suggested.
"Maybe they should just stay backstage when you girls perform," Sunset reasoned. "In case something does go wrong and the Dazzlings strike, we'll need them to defend the band."
"I can be a singer," Twilight said. "I can't exactly play any kind of instrument with these-" She held up her hands and wriggled her fingers. "-nor could I play anything with just magic as a pony."
"Aww! That means no one's going to try out the theremin!" Pinkie whined.
"A what?" Spike asked. The party throwing teen dragged the strangely named instrument out of nowhere, waving her hands around the metal antennas sticking out from one side and the surface. She began playing a strangely hypnotic frequency that came out from the speakers attached to the theremin. Everyone stared at Pinkie, none of them never knowing such an instrument like that existed. "...Ok...That's a weird instrument..."
"Coming from the weirdest girl who's just like the weidest mare back in Equestria," Riku grumbled. "I'm already feeling a headache..."
"So if Twilight's going to be singing for the Rainbooms, that means she's taking the role of lead singer..." Rainbow sighed and grumbled in annoyance, but she shrugged it off. "Oh well. That'll give me some time to hone in my sick guitar skills. Let's get to learning that music counter-spell!"
"Well, that's just it. I don't know any music spells of any kind." The Rainbooms let out a disappointed groan at the unfortunate news. "But don't worry. I'm sure I can figure out how to write one."
"Yeah!" Spike agreed. "That's kind of how Twilight became a princess."
"Technically, she finished a spell that caused a huge problem in Ponyville made by some other unicorn," Sora corrected. "And we all thought it killed her when the Elements of Harmony and our Keyblades fired magic at her."
"Thank you for reminding me of that terrifying moment again," Riku muttered under his breath, resisting the urge to punch Sora hard.
"Then let's get to writing that spell!" Pinkie cheered. "Slumber party at my house tonight!"
"On a school night?" Kairi asked.
"This rest of the week is supposed to be the Musical Showcase, so classes will be out until it's over," Applejack explained.
"Oh. Well, I haven't been to a slumber party since I was a little girl." The girls began talking among each other as they began to head into town.
Riku groaned as he followed them, already dreading the evening where he and Sora would spend the night at a girl's sleepover. Sora was about to follow them, noticing Sunset didn't move from her spot. She also looked a little envious and upset, staring at the ground with a hand clenching around her arm.
"You coming, Sunset?" Sora asked. "As weird as it sounds for me finding a girls' sleepover to be fun, I've had one with Twilight and pony Applejack and Rarity a couple years ago. Granted, it wasn't as girly...and Twilight tried going by a book to have the best first slumber party she's ever had."
"I was going to catch up," she said, standing up. "I was gonna head into town to get you, Riku, and Kairi earplugs for the Dazzlings."
"Right. We're definitely going to need some sound protection when those three sing. Should have probably came to this side more prepared rather than rush in." The Keyblade wielder chuckled sheepishly as he rubbed his neck, realizing just how foolish it was to end up running into the sirens without any means to protect themselves from their magic. "Just don't take too long. No one can resist any kind of party if Pinkie's hosting it."
"On it." Sora ran to catch up with the others, turning back to wave at Sunset. She waved back as he and her friends went down the street, sighing heavily as soon as they were out of sight. "Even though it was my idea, Twilight is more suited to be a part of the band and stop the Dazzlings...She is the Element of Magic, after all..."
Later that evening at Pinkie Pie's house, the slumber party was already underway as the ten teens and purple canine were able to hang out in Pinkie's room without surprisingly feeling cramped. Everyone was in pajamas as they entertained themselves until the pizza they ordered arrived. Rarity had grabbed a few pairs of night clothes for Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Twilight from her boutique, seeing as they only had the clothes on their backs when they arrived. She didn't have time to find or make anything that suited their style or personality and picked what she thought what would suit them. Sora wore an all black pajama set like his clothing, Riku had a simple white T-shirt with blue loose pants, Kairi wore an all pink set with stripes of white running diagonally across, and Twilight wore an all yellow set with pink hearts patterned all over.
While waiting for the pizza, Sora, Riku, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash were in the middle of a video game, all four of them concentrating as fighting sounds came from the T.V. Pinkie was on her laptop, looking up new baking recipes while also updating her status on a social media website. Rarity held out her cell phone to take a selfie, Fluttershy, Sunset, and Kairi squeezing into frame as they took the picture. When Rarity got a look at it, she gasped when she saw Spike behind them making a silly face, making the other girls laugh at the puppy ruining the nice picture. Twilight sat on Pinkie's bed, writing out the counter-spell in a notebook Fluttershy loaned her.
"Quit ganging up on me, guys!" Rainbow complained. Twilight looked up from her work, not sure how video games worked, but it sounded like Rainbow Dash was losing. "Come on! This isn't fair!"
"It's a free-for-all, Dash," Applejack reasoned. "Not mah fault Sora and Riku are aimin' to get ya as well."
"Or maybe we all agreed to kick you out first so we can have an experienced match," Sora said, making Rainbow growl angrily as his character hit hers repeatedly. "Hehehe! Can't hit what you can't avoid!"
"You guys suck!" Rainbow shouted.
A moment later, Rainbow's character let out a scream in defeat. "Player three defeated!"
"Darn it!" Rainbow pouted and grumbled, dropping her controller as she leered at her friends.
"Now let's gang up on Sora," Riku said.
"Good luck with that!" Sora goaded.
Ignoring the game she lost, Rainbow turned around to see how Twilight was doing with the spell. "Hey, Twi? How's that spell coming along?"
"Uhh, great!" Twilight lied as she looked down at the pages she had been writing on. It was still awkward for her to write with her hand, making a bunch of squiggles and doodles as a sign of both the lack of knowledge to write with her hands and unable to come up with a counter-spell on the fly. "I'm getting there. Thanks for letting me borrow your notebook, Fluttershy." She flipped back a few pages, where the animal lover's own handwriting was far more clearer than Twilight's chicken scratch. "I actually like this song you made for the Rainbooms."
"Thanks," Fluttershy said, only to sadly sigh as she hugged a stuffed alligator that almost looked like Gummy. "I hope one day we'll have a chance to play it."
"Player one defeated! Player four defeated!" Sora cheered as he won the match, leaving Applejack and Riku to groan in defeat as they lost two-on-one.
"First time I've ever played this game, and I won with plenty of health to spare," Sora gloated as he leaned back against the bed.
"Of course he would pick someone based around speed and reflexes," Riku grumbled. "...But, it's kind of odd for me to actually be this relaxed and act like a teen. Feels like forever since we ever played around as kids."
"Yeah...I guess we did kind of grow up a bit too fast," Sora said. "Then again, destiny sure does make crazy things happen, and boy did we start things off with a bang."
"I think out of the three of us, Kairi and I are the only ones who grew up. You still act like a five-year-old, and you hang out with ten-year-old colts and fillies back in Ponyville." At Riku's jab at Sora's maturity, his friend leered at him with a growl.
"I'm mature. I still hold onto my inner child...unlike you," Sora said as he pointed at Riku. "You made me believe that Santa Claus wasn't real, ruining five years of my Christmas spirit!"
Riku groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Ok, ok! I get it! You can quit bringing up the fact that Santa exists!"
"Wait, you still believe in Santa Claus?" Applejack questioned. "He's just an imaginative man for kids to believe in."
"Oh, how wrong you are, Applejack," Sora gloated, which made Riku groan even louder. "He does too exist. And I met him on the other side of this world. Face. To. Face."
"I believe Sora is right!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Those extra presents under on the other side of the tree by Santa; they have to have been delivered by him! I knew it all along, even when everyone else said he wasn't real!"
Riku fell on his back, grabbing his head in irritation. Twilight giggled and shook her head, looking back down at her terrible notes for the spell. Rarity sat down beside her on the bed, making her panic as she hid the pages she had opened out of her sight.
"Twilight, I think I speak for all of us when I say I don't know what we all would have done you and Sora hadn't come back to help us." The other girls voiced their agreements with Rarity. "And with the addition of Riku and Kairi, hopefully the four of you will come back and visit more often...Only when we're not in danger from any magical threats."
"Maybe we should now that Twilight found a way to keep the portal between this world and Equestria opened," Kairi said. "But only when both sides aren't in any trouble."
They heard the doorbell ring, Pinkie gasping excitedly as she quickly got to her feet. "Pizza's here!"
Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Sunset followed Pinkie as they ran out of the bedroom to get themselves some pizza. Sora and Riku had nearly been trampled over by the stampede as they stood up, turning off the game console.
"If they got that excited for pizza, I bet it tastes good," Sora said. "Let's hurry and get a slice before they eat it all!"
Sora and Riku made their way out of the room with Spike following behind them, eager to try some pizza even though he's a dog. Kairi stood up, noticing Twilight seemed a little down as she closed the notebook.
"You ok, Twilight?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah," Twilight assured. "It's just...a little difficult creating a spell than casting one already made...Especially a musical one."
"Then take a break and have a little fun. I'm dying for some pizza, and I'm starving." With a nod, Twilight put Fluttershy's notebook away in one of Pinkie's dresser drawers before leaving with Kairi to the kitchen.
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nice work.
Yeah, good going there. And that bit at the gathering, nice work making it less embarrassing than the original film
First Sunset, then Twilight, then the Dazzlings now the keyblade trio. You just need to walk in the front door of CHS and you're automatically a student there.
Awesome chapter my friend and I can't wait for the next upload for this story I'll be waiting my friend and keep me posted on the story thanks
That's it, I officially ship Ventus and Pinkie, and I shall call it VenPie. Notice me "Venpie".
Hold on Sora took part in a musical!!!
7984806 he did play an instment he just sang
7984806 Yes...but he only sang. I did reference the musical he took part in Atlantica in a past chapter, and there's no knowledge of Sora, Kairi, or Riku ever playing any instruments before. And even if they just took the role of backup singers in the Rainbooms, they're better fit to be security and watch out for the band in case the sirens do something, or other dangerous threats might show up just in case. It would also be a little difficult to follow along with the music if they needed to protect their hearing from the Dazzlings's magic when they sing.
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I always had mixed feelings about KH2 Atlantica. I mean it was the worst level in the first game. Then they replace it with that oddball of a level. The thing I found really funny was that they fixed the swimming mechanic to be decent and then basically never used it.
7985878 Swimming mechanics in an RPG always have to be weird, but it was also like the flying portions in Neverland, against Chernabog, and the final battle against Ansem. They fixed it in KH2 and made it easier, yet it was just an optional world to go to. As dull as it was, I actually do like the version of "Under the Sea" in the game. I've been a huge Disney fan ever since I was little, and "The Little Mermaid" was one of my favorite animated movies to watch. And I loved the songs...Just not "Swim This Way", "Ursula's Revenge", and "A New Day is Dawning".
Those three songs are just...ugh. Original; yes. Great; hell no. Probably wouldn't sound great in Japanese...and I might listen to those dubs out of curiosity.
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I never said that KH2 Atlantica was bad, just odd. Yeah, RPG never have had good swimming mechanics. They are one of those things that take bucktons of work to get right and they tend to be more of a cool after thought mechanic to most rpgs. Though the original songs in KH2 Atlantica were kinda bad, gotta at least admit they lodge themselves deep in your brain.
7985619 So, they are just there for no reason, 3 KEYBLADE wielders playing support to 7 not quite mahou shoujos yet? Are they any use in this part anyway because their existance seems kinda forced. And why aren't they immune to their song? Why are they immune anyway and don't say it is because of the elements of harmony, because Sora has them and i am quite certain at this point the rest of the Keyblade wielders should have that protection. Finaly why would the unverse appear?! They were Vanitas negative emotions, some left in the keyblade graveyard make sense but appearing in Canterlot high makes no sense, without Vanitas anyway. You realy have dropped the ball with fusing mlp fim and kh have you?
I bet after this Starlight Glimmer steal the cutie marks from the keyblade wielders and they lose their magic, keyblades and combat skill. Experienced keyblade wielders losing to average ponies and a unicorn pony with great magical powers but far below many of enemies they have beatten, tell me this isn't how you will go with this?
7987244 If you just skimmed through this story without putting any thought into it, you should see that with how dangerous Equestria's villains can be, having Sora, Riku, and Kairi there to protect the Mane Six and Sunset from anything more dangerous the sirens can do aside from hypnosis and stealing negative emotion from everyone with their singing. And, if you completely forgot about Rainbow Rocks, the girls were immune to their power BECAUSE of the Elements of Harmony, the harmonious magic far stronger than a siren's song and it protected them. Sora might be protected, but none of them know for sure, and if he can get a game over from Demyx's sitar playing if he doesn't destroy all the water clones in time, then musical magic can greatly affect the Keyblade wielders since they do not have the Elements of Harmony's power. And the Unverse possibly appearing is just an assumption. No one else but Ventus knows of where they came from, but it might be possible they could appear because of the negative emotion seeping out when the sirens used their magic to absorb that magic to grow stronger. Ventus has never told anyone about that knowledge since they haven't appeared at all after Vanitas was defeated, but who's to say they could come back with enough negative emotion in a location where they could possibly respawn, WITHOUT Vanitas as the key to their creation?
I'm starting to get a little irritated with you trying to bash a story I'm making and trying to put any KH logic in that either does or doesn't make sense for you when you're unable to look at any possibilities that may or may not happen and go along with it. And just because you're assuming I'm going to do something you'll hate to see, if I do end up going down the route you hate, oh well. Besides, with all the villains Sora had faced, some of them are pretty damn powerful and could have easily beaten him with no effort, and I'm not counting optional bosses. Discord had chaotic magic, able to beat the Keyblade wielders in a heartbeat if he could. Sombra with a thousand years spent in darkness; overpowered Sora in his strongest form. Tirek with a large majority of Equestrian magic absorbed into him; Twilight was barely able to match him with four times the alicorn magic in her system, and she's not as experienced at wielding the Keyblade like the others, nor with her latent abilities gained from her Keyblade.
This is going to be the last time I'll warn you to quit being pessimistic and try to reason everything with logic from both sides of this crossover. It looks like, to me, that you're saying "You have no idea what you're doing," and it bothers me to a point where you questioning how a story that clearly has the tag "Alternate Universe" is supposed to logically go when it can be applied with not just MLP, but also KH. Next time you comment and be pessimistic over every minute detail in a chapter you complain about, I will delete any further comments you post on this story. If you don't like anything in a chapter, fine. Just don't make it seem like your opinion is always going to be right and dumb me down with your answers when I actually take the time to research anything from KH and MLP that I already do or don't know, or if I need a reference to make sure I don't mess anything up when I DO apply actual events from the game and show.
Looks like Sunset might get some friendship bond with Riku along with Twilight. though I get the feeling that even though they don't get effected by the Dazzlings songs, that the Dazzlings might find a way to use their song to call Heartless to keep them busy.
With Sora and Twilight back in Canterlot High with Riku and Kairi tagging along, Sunset and the others have faith of them beating the Dazzlings. But even with new friends joining them, Riku doesn't trust Sunset knowing she nearly killed Sora and Twilight. Will the Rainbooms find the best counter spell song to face the dazzlings? What sinister plan will the Dazzlings do to try to take their magic? Will Riku ever trust Sunset and forgive her for what she did? Or will Sunset have to proof that she has changed? The Musicals and dangers continues! Next time on My Little Pony Soras misadventures in Equestria!
7989519 My main issues
1. you are folowing almost to the letter the plot from the show and therefore making the kh seem pointless in the end.
2. there is hardly any actual conflict in the relationships between character like everything just falling into place which kinda makes it dull the three lost keyblade wielders returned too easily and every romantic relationship is like whipped cream good but plain by itself add some conflict don't make it perfect heck the show doesn't have that.
3. What happened to Maleficent and Pete they could have been part of some major events here and there, i mean it is Maleficent the mistress of all evil she wouldn't just give up.
7989519 Hey Codex, shouldn't you also put in the tap Romance in there too? you know with the Adventure, Alternate Universe, Comedy, Crossover, and Human. I am only asking since we have three couples in the story right now.
7991659 I think you have a point. Romance tag added.
Hope you don't mind me adding this story to the kingdom hearts group, Codex. I found out how to do it, and thought I'd save you the trouble
7992457 I don't mind at all. I honestly have no clue how to add any of my fics to different story groups, so I appreciate that.
With kairi and now ventus... I thought jealousy was a dark emotion from a heart capable of darkness so how can a being with no darkness experience it?