> The Elemental Manipulation
>  by GalaxyEmpire
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> Prologue (Edited)
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Prologue


Journal Log Number... Oh, why'd I written this for? Nopony gonna read it if I accidentally drop it in the middle of nowhere unless me of course... And if somepony read it, probably just one of my five friends right now who travelling with me.

I shouldn't keep it a secret from my friends about it but it just a journal log to keep track of our adventures. Anywhere, it's been a while now since I started my journey around the world, wondering around, helping creatures, and teach them some little friendships I know, but to be honest, I kinda start to miss my family and friends at home far too long but I don't have to because I have five companions with me right now. One of them is a Gryphon, other are one Hippogriff, furthermore, another one is a unicorn while the other two was an earth pony rescues from the prison. 

Go back to the two creatures, I meet them in there own kingdom. The gryphon lives in The Griffon Kingdom, the hippogriff lives in someplace called Seaquestria. 

For how did I meet them, when I first encounter them at their place, the Male Gryphon want to follow me because how much 'fun' I have caused at the kingdom! Don't ask. On the other hand, for the Female Hippogriff, she wants to make herself useful. Well, what she told me is that she is tired of been sitting around her home turf. So she decided to join me on an adventure and to do that, she needs to ask her Queen permission so that she can leave the ocean which turns out the Queen refuse to not let her subject been on land because of the evil villain called the storm king might capture her subject. But after some conversation with the ruler of Seaquestria that I'm beat the stormy fellas, she finally agrees to let the hippogriff go to the land.

Moving on to the other two. They both are pony. Two of them are Earth pony with one mare and one stallion. I found them imprison in under command by Storm King but I don't care about that so I went to help them out to escape from that dreadful nightmare. 

Do you guys know that some book or comic tells you a story that if villain kidnapped innocent one the heroes need to sneak into the place to rescue the innocent one? Well, guess what. That's not what I do! I got interested at what beyond of Equestria is like at first.

So I thought; "Hey, let's check it out that weird strange place that will probably end my life with no reason at all!" 

I don't have any information about the world outside of Equestria until I experienced myself before the day I leave my home on exciting journeys.

Later on, I found the two of them and told them why are they doing here? The reply they the only prisoners and was captured. I opened the barred cell with my power and bring them out of that dirty place as we trot down to the exit until we got surrounded by some Unicorn mare with her broken horn and some massive weird black monster on her side. We barely got escaped but thanks to my special skill which make them surprised, we success plus stop some of this evil plan called the Storm Kings.

I'm gonna guess, you guys will probably ask; "Hey, what are your three other friends doing while you doing that?"

Well, whoever will read this journal. They got distracted by the place to place while we travel... I'm mean every time we see a town nearby there rush to see it. It's the truth we travelled together but friends don't leave friends behind. I don't know what's the of the place but it kinda hard to explain so I told them to stay they while I explore the place. I know that we supposed to go on adventures together but come on, I let them enjoy for a minute.

Whoops! I think I wrote in the wrong order. Excuse me everyone but the order was supposed to start from the two Earth Pony, Hippogriff, Gryphon and then the-wait, wait... this isn't right, I wrote lied note! Agh! What I'm I thinking?! I now writing a lie journal to strangers... I'm sorry, I can't just tell that I found five new friends and then how I met them it will be confused to know how did this all happen so maybe it will be better if I started from the beginning to now. That way you guys can understand what and how did this all happen. It's a very long one so I hope whoever reads it be prepared.

And what is this special skill that I'm talking about? Also, who am I? Hehe,
You'll see.

Oh, and please ignore how I met my friends for the first place, all of those is just one of my stupid lied. I could just delete it but eh, lazy right now.




1024 years ago...





3rd person:

After the magical surge is finally over. The purple filly name Twilight Sparkle bounce in joys like a rabbit after seeing the cutie mark on her flank and be accepted that she forgot about the test and the ruler of Equestrian, Princess Celestia in front of her. 

Everything around the room has returned to normal including her parents as well after turned into a plant or cacti or something thanks to the Princess. Well... Not everything that she can fix except a pink and yellow polka dots that were put on the wall and a broken roof thank the accident overgrows Dragon for that but she can order her repairmen to fix it but everything else is okay.

Except for one.

The purple filly starts to trot to the broken wagon that has been destroying by the giant's dragon which shrinks back to the baby size to see the little dragon with adorable eyes on her face for two reasons; first she success her entrance exam and become Princess Celestia protège and second, because the Baby Dragon is so cute while he sucked his tail!

As she continues to awe while trotting to the dragon, the filly notices the baby looking at something behind him rather looking at her. So after she got closer to the little dragon she moves her head slightly to the left to see what the baby drake glancing at that make Twilight eyes widen surprise with a curious look to the unexpected surprised.

Laying next to the baby dragon who's now stopped sucking his tail, have a light gold fur with small paw print markings, brown-tipped ears, maroon nose with grey eyes and mane. 

It's a Lion Cub.

The cub sleeps near the drake peacefully as it started to yawn like a tot as the baby dragon move his right tiny claw and pat it on the lion's back like he nothing to care about as he giggles.

Celestia was surprised to see a Lion Cub next with a baby dragon as she walks to the broken wagon. While filly looks at the lion and compares it with the baby dragon. Judging by its size is the same size as the baby dragon. But how did the cub end up in here? In the wagon, there's only a dragon egg on it when sending from the door.

Not knowing the answer as The Lion Cub woke up after been pat multiple time from the baby dragon (which is kinda annoyingly if you asked me) as he gently half-opened his eyes and slowly lifts his head to look around for the one who touches him just to see a purple scale at his left. For the baby dragon, the drake put his right claw on the lion cub head as he continues to giggle himself and pat more and more that makes the cub eyes are fully open before shaking his head from the pat. 

Back to Twilight, the filly can see the cub eyes for the looks of it, it has grey eyes with a black pupil in the middle. She came closer and closer to the cub and the baby dragon as she very close that make the lion notice her approach as the cub turned his head nose to nose with her while she awes with a smile. 

"Hi, there! where'd you come from?" Twilight said, instant waiting for answers, the lion cub lick Twilight nose like he doesn't understand what she talking about.

Twilight giggled, "I guess you don't understand right?"

"Mew!"

She laughed a little while pulling the baby dragon with her hooves closer to her.

"My name Twilight Sparkle! You guys are so cute! Am gonna keep you two!" The unicorn said as she hugs both of them.

While the filly hugging the creatures, Princess Celestia and Twilight parent saw everything that happens.

"So... Princess? What are gonna do about it?" Twilight father, Night Light asked the sun goddess while look at his daughter nuzzling with the non-pony creatures.

Princess Celestia thought for a moment. She didn't sense any dark spells that were all but forgotten and the few records that remained been destroyed or locked away. Spells that bound it to another as a summoned slave to a demon or pulled a creature into this world. Spells that left a dark mark or a cursed on anyone’s soul using it. Doesn't matter if a Victim or a caster.

Celestia pondering again before started to cast scanning magic with additional, an invisibility spell to make the lookout unnoticed to the filly as the spells wrapped around the tiny cub for any unnoticed or harmful source. The Solar Princess stopped dead track to getting a weird energy stream from the body of this lion. It's not magic though, makes her interest in it

"There's no sense of darkness in the lion cub but how does it end up in here? Moreover, what's is this source of energy in him? I need sometimes to make a investigate on how the cub got here."

But for now, The Alicorn Princess turned to the Sparkle parents with a smiled. "Well, looks like you two having a new child."

They confused for second before come for realising of what she assumes.

Turned to glance at the kids while the couple in the shocking impression. She accepted her new protége to her school with her new brothers.

Twilight Sparkle, The Unicorn.

Spike, The Dragon

And lastly, Leo, The Lion.




Let the adventures begin...
> Chapter 1: The Letter (S1E1)
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The Letter


Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria. There were two regal sisters, who ruled together and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn. The younger, brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus the two sisters maintained balance in their kingdom for their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day the younger alicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart turned her into a wicked mare of darkness, Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom, The Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon......

“........ and harmony has been maintained in Equestria ever since,” Twilight concluded looking at the book more closely.

Sitting under the tree on a shady green field while tapping the page with her hooves was none other than our protagonists, Twilight Sparkle. She has grown to 18 years old now and her mane and coat were still the same as before. A moderate violet eyes with dark sapphire blue with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks dark phthalo blue with moderate purple and brilliant rose mane. Her coat was pale, light greyish mulberry now laying on the grass.

"Hmm... Elements of Harmony, I know I've heard of those before." She said while turning her head to the sky.

"But where...?"






Trailer PS: you don't have to watch it because you know...






After reading the book given by the Princess, she put it into her saddlebag as she walks down to the streets of Canterlot towards her destination. Trying to memorize the name of it while walking but only just a couple walks she gets cut off by three mare pony in front of her.

"There you are, Twilight! Moondancer is having a little get-together in the West Castle courtyard." Said the ivory mare. 

She has an artic blue eyes with a pale cerise mane and a light goldish grey. Her cutie marks were three light blue stars.

Her name is Twinkleshine and she is a unicorn.

Next to her has a raspberry eye, with a cerulean mane with a light cerulean tail streak and a brilliant yellow coat. Her cutie marks is a three heart each with different colours.

She's also a unicorn and her name is Lemon Hearts.

The last one on the left side of Twinkleshine also a unicorn has sapphire blue eyes, a blue with light Persian bluish-grey stripes mane and a light cornflower blue coat.

An hourglass for cutie marks and her name is Minuette.

Right now there a something on there back which probably a gift for Moondancer.

"You want to come?" Asked the middle one to Twilight while three of them grinding.

"Oh... sorry girls. I got a lot of studying to catch up on." The lavender unicorn smile to them before trotting down the street with high speed.

They say her runoff. Twinkleshine scoffed, "Does that pony do anything except study?" She said while looking at her friends.

"Well at least her brothers will come to the party. I'm gonna be honest, both of them are kinda cute when they're around." Said the right side of Twinkleshine, while imagining about their adorable face.

"Now, now, Lemon Hearts. Last time somepony says that end up on a tree with they face on fire you know."

"Oh... Really!? I don't know that."

"Well, I hope so. But still, I think she's more interested in books than friends." As they're turned around and walked away.

Indeed what she says about Twilight. Even though they been in the same class during their childhood. They and the other classmates tried everything to make her attention to them rather than books. There even some colts try to woo her when she teenager because of been a protège of Princess Celestia at all but unfortunately, she finds out not interesting so she simply ignores them all. Not to mention, there is sometimes she bucks the colt in the face or blasted them with magic and accidentally teleported on top of Canterlot mountain snow. It takes a lot of time to get the colts back from the snowy mountain even though the class has to stop from 'missing colts' problem.

Anywhere, back to Twilight Sparkle, still trot toward her place.

"I know I heard of The Elements of Harmony." She said while passing trough the near building and the bright where there meet to more unicorn mare.

One of them waving at Twilight while the other one carries some packed on her mouth.

The running mare unicorn clearly ignores two of them as she climbs the stairs to the tall ivory tower with a colour of white for wall and yellow roof. Where our beloved protagonist lives.


Back to the ponies who been ignored. The one who's a waver has a greyish cyan stare at her friend before sigh and then spoke.

"Don't worry, I think it's all up to her brothers now to convince her to the party." And by that, they continue to walk to the Moondancer party in the courtyard.





Ivory tower, Home of Sparkles...





Twilight settles down her saddlebag (I really don't know what happened to the bag) before rushed to the door to open it just to get a bump from somepony... Or rather, some creature.

The unicorn lost her balanced and sat hard while rubbing her head before meeting with grey eyes with a golden fur paw in front of her.

"Seriously, sis? You know you can't just open the double door without knocking at first." Leo groaned to his sister while helping her up.

This is where the alternative began. The lion has grown-up to currently a size like a 14 years age lion cub. His hair has grown a bit and its colour was silver-grey, same goes to the tail as well. On all fours, he was at eye level with Twilight neck, and his muscle build paw made him seem more the size of a particularly simple stallion, not so thin or thick.

For appearance, His golden fur still looks shimmering and beautiful while the nose and ears grew big and healthy too. he also wears a grey bandana on his neck for some reason, he told it when he was a little that he feels like naked when wandered around the crowd. Don't know that the reason was enough but the Sparkle parents decided to give him the bandana with the same colour as his eyes. Furthermore, not just for felling uncovered but to keep him comfortable plus always to remembering them that there always there from him. Even though, they not the same species. 

"I mean, come on! Just a couple of knocked and say 'I'm back' wasn't that hard." The cub complained, his sister grabbed his paw as he pulls her up.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there..." Twilight apologised.

"Well~ maybe she thought it's a window, not a door so she can ram herself to it." A boy's voice chimed. It's none other than Spike Sparkle, coming from behind Leo with a gaudily wrapped present in his claw.

For Spike, he 13 years old but doesn't grow up that much aside to grow a same tall like his brother's leg. What he lacked is the size he had more than made up in snark and he still baby dragon so that makes him quite pudgy. Nonetheless, he's quite smart as Twilight thanks to her teaching lesson for them.

Leo spoke, get back to his main objective. "Anyway, what's with the rushed, sis?"

"Rush? Oh, right. Quick boys, find me that old copy of predictions and prophecies." She called her brothers while raced to the upstairs while they just blinked their eyes before following her.

When they got up, Twilight looks at them before noticing that there carried a gift present. Well... Leo present was on top of his mane. "What's that for?"

"Well, it was a gift for Moondancer." Spike answer.

"Oh, Spike you know we don't have time for that sort of thing." Twilight chimed pushing a book that's on the stack of books.

"But we're on a break!" He protested.

"Yay, sis. There is sometimes we need to study and sometimes to take a BREAK. You know what the meaning of it, right?" Leo asked his sister.

The Lavender mare groaned, "I know what it means Leo but not right now." She concentrates to her horn as it lit up pulling books off the shelf to her so she can see the title of the books.

While she doing that, she didn't realise that her brother's whispering to each other before they smiled and wink as Spike climbed the ladder searching the book.

"SPIKE!!!" shouts the frustrated unicorn.

"It's over here!" Spike called while waving the book.

Spike grip the book with his both claw not notice Twilight, who used her magic to warped with magic before yanking the book with Spike pulling off the ladder, the drake was still gripping the book. Leo's quickly jumped and caught his brother but as an exchange, he will get the hit the floor. Just about he gives he sister a glare, the Lion and Dragon got thudding by a pile of books.

Twilight was now happy to have the book she looking for. She turned around and walks but get feeling the sensitive from her as she turns her head to see Leo pulling her tail.

"What do you say after someone helps you..." The golden lion stares at her with a glared.

The unicorn forgets about it and started to blush. "Oh yeah... Thank you, Spike."

Satisfied. The cub let go while getting out from the pile of books with his brother struggle to make it out as he sighed after seeing the book scattering all over the place.

Leo saw his brother face before putting his paw on the drake scaled. "Don't worry, I help you, bro." Spike smiled at him and says thanks as they pick up the books, while Twilight doing some research with the book.

"Elements...Elements...e..e..e.. Aha! Elements of Harmony, see mare in the moon?" She questioned herself.

"Mare in the moon?" Spike questioned while climbing the to reach the place. "But that's just an old ponies tale. Right, bro?" He faces down to received a nod from the Lion while putting the books from the bottom.

Twilight now search the later start with latter 'M' section.

"Mare...mare... Aha! The mare in the moon, myth, from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria defeated by The Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon..." Twilight read.

Leo listened in, finished the last of it while holding the ladder so Spike wouldn't fall down to it. He's starting to feel like something is going wrong right now.

"...Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal.” she gasped "You guys know what this means?"

"No." The drake grumbled while climbed down the ladder before jump down to land on the back of his brother.

"Take the note please, to the princess." The mare said as she levitated a quill and parchment over to Spike.

"Okie dokie~" The purple Dragon grab it as he opens the parchment, waiting for the speaker to tell him.

"My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster..."

"Hold up," Spike muttered. "Pricepic...."

"Precipice of disaster." Leo helped corrected spelling.

"...of disaster," Spike fixed. "Got it. Thanks, bro."

With nodded, Twilight continued.

"...for you see, the mythical mare in the moon is in fact Nightmare Moon and she's about to return to Equestria and bring with her eternal night..."

While The Lavender mare walking around, Leo turns to his brother and whispered. "Don't forget what we talking about early."

Spike stared at him before nodded.

"...something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your good response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

"Twilight...Sparkle..." The baby dragon mumbled a little bit. "Got it!"

"Great, send it pleased." She told.

"Now?" Spike asked.

"Of course, why you asked?" 

Her brothers looked at each other for a second before Spike continued. "Uh... I don't know Twilight. Princess Celestia is a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration."

"Plus, she must have been hard work to make sure everything goes well and what bro says it's right. That's just like the day after tomorrow." Leo finished.

"That's just it boys, the day after tomorrow is the thousands year of Summer Sun Celebration." She explained to them while looking at the sun. "It's imperative that the princess is told right away." 

Spike just gonna go with it odd logic and rolled the scroll up wrapping a royal seal around it before breathing in deeply and incinerating the scroll with a blast of green flame through the nearby window.

"Good, now I just need to wait until the princess wrote back to me so--where are you two going?" Twilight saw her brothers going downstairs.

"To the parties, duh," Leo answered.

"But I'm still waiting for a letter! You guys can't leave!" Twilight protested. "Besides, that party must already start now."

"Oh, we both can make it."

"How?"

The boys smirked at her. They're something that both of them didn't tell the big siblings since they discovered. Leo closes his eyes, concentrate the amount of energy from his body while a spark of lightning appeared at both paws as the spark began to expand the area before he Lion open his eyes and said.

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!,

ELEMENT LIGHTNING!!!

The lightning surrounding Leo (except Spike) before a yellow light appears before disappeared to reveal Leo with slightly different.

Right now, Leo silver grey mane and turf tail were now yellow and his paw was yellow as well while his leg foot was black. The bandana on his neck was yellow but with addition, in the middle of it has a light yellow lightning bolt logo. It also has new accessories, the front legs seem to have a black armband on the end of it with also have a lightning bolt logo.

Leo has change into a lightning form.

He looks at his sister who blinking her eyes for a second as the mare came to her sense back. "Okey, Leo just in lightning form but I don't see how in Equestria can help-"

LIGHTNING SPEEDS!!!

As fast as lightning, Leo's bolts down with Spike on his back. Dragon scale is thick so lightning doesn't have an effect on him. He also managed to snatch the present for Moondancer. Flung the double door opened as they go out of the tower.

"See ya!" he shouts from the distant.

Inside the tower, Twilight remained silent while her jaw widens open. Her brains just witness something that she can't even decide to do so instead her eyes twitching before...

"LEO SPARKLE!!! YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU CAN ACCELERATE WITH THE LIGHTNING LIKE THAT!?" She shouts loud enough to be heard inside the castle as she trots down to follow them.




Meanwhile, Princess Celestia chamber...




The alicorn saw a lightning trail from tall stairs tower before hearing her faithful student screams as she came out from her home door.

The Princess chuckled while sitting on a sweet fluffy cushion as she levitating a letter from her so she can reread the 'not Twilight' part. 

P.S: Can you give us one hour to go to the Moondancer party at West Castle courtyard, please?

Sincerely, Spike Sparkle and Leo Sparkle.

Putting away the latter while bringing out the Princess latter as she soft sigh.

"Well, it's good for her to meet her classmates before I send this to her." She said while looking back at her student to see she already at the bottom as she catches breath before trotting down the street to the courtyard.

But something still remains in her questions as she thought about that lightning trail. "Leo... Just what purpose are you?"

Not able to find the answer yet, she sighs again before turned and walks away.
> Chapter 2: Meeting the Apples (S1E1)
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Meeting the Apples





In the skies of Equestria...




A bright golden chariot has been pulled by two Pegasus Guard carried one Unicorn mare, one Baby Dragon, and one Lion cub. As the Guard pulled the chariot, Twilight lay draped over the side of the chariot growling lightly while levitating a letter wrapped by a royal seal with her magic been. Spike just laying while closed his eyes, enjoying the sweet ride thanks to Princess Celestia. As for Leo, already switch back to original form. Currently sitting in front of the cart while feeling the breeze of the wind. He turned to his sister, before spoke.

"Are you gonna read it or what?" He asked.

The Lavender mare ignores him completely while turning her head opposite direction of the cub.

"Aw, come on. I just want you to see your friends before we head off." He explained. "I didn't know that we have to do this!"

"Whatever." She replied.

"I'm honest!"

"Yeah, right. First of all, you didn't tell me that your Lightning form can perform a boost to your legs for yourself without my knowledge. Second, you two make me run from the tower to the parties that make me catch my breath! And lastly! You guys embarrassing me in front of my classmates while my mane is messy thanks for that running you know!?" She finished while catching her breath. Did she say all of that with one breath?

Leo swore to himself that the guard loses some little balance because of the shout.

"...sorry?" The cub said while doing a smiling innocent face.

Twilight loud growled before splatting her face to the cart.

"Look, I understand that you want to find out about the Mare in the Moon but sometimes you should get out from that dusty old book." He told his sister with a warm smiled.

"That just what Princess Celestia wrote to the letter, Leo." She said while the letter floating toward Spike.


"Uh...really?"


The drake feels something on his face before using his claw to catch it as he opened his eyes. "You want me to read it?"

Twilight only nodded.

Spike opened it before he read. "My dearest most faithful Twilight, you know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely but you must simply stop reading those dusty old books..."

"Whoa..." Leo said, surprised to hear the same word.

Spike's read on. "My dear Twilight, there is more to a young pony's life and study. So I'm sending you and your brothers to supervise preparation for the Summer Sun celebration in this year's location..." He read while Leo could see a little town clearly for here. "Ponyville!"



"...and I have an even more essential task for you to complete; make some friends." The drake dash to the Unicorn mare before returning to his place and with that, Twilight sighed.

"Pawesome! We can make some friends! It's that good!" The Lion Cub excited.

"Pretty sure the Princess wants TWILIGHT to make some friends, bro." Spike chimed to his brother. "But sure, you can do that too."

"Aw, yeah!"

"Ugh... This day would be interesting for sure." The Lavender mare growled.

"Well, look on the bright side Twilight, the Princess has arraigned for us to stay at a library." Spike tried to cheer his older sister. "Doesn't that make you happy?"

Twilight thought a moment before popping up to her hooves.”Yes, yes it does and you know why? Because I'm right, I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can then get back to the library to try and find some proof of Nightmare Moon's return.”

"Well if you say so then we follow you, Sis," Leo declared "I hereby for now on me and my brother will follow you until you are happy!"

Spike nodded. "Yeah, what he said. We're with you all the way." He said while standing next to his brother while smiling.

Twilight chuckled. "Thank, you two." Offers them a hug, which they did. "You guys are the best brothers ever."

They laughed together as the Chariot landed and Leo instantly got off before moved to the front of the chariot to talk with the Guards while Twilight and Spike have a discussion. "Thank you so much, Blue Hope and Nova Wave." Leo thanked the guards. 

"My sis told me that we'll be leaving with Princess Celestia tomorrow after the event concludes." The cub remembers before they hop in the chariot, he asked his sister when will they go back. His sister replies tomorrow morning. "So, just part the cart at the place called Golden Oak Library before enjoying the festivities."

"You're welcome Leo and Thank you too." The guards smiled at him before walks down the dirt street, looking for the library.

Twilight quickly say thank you as well as she received a nod from the guards.

She turned her attention to the Lion Cub. "You know their name?" She asked.

"Of course, there are my friends after all." Leo smiled. "Besides, what kinds of friends who don't know their friend's names."

When Leo was a little, there's a time when Leo has his free time, he sometimes comes to the castle to talk to the Canterlot Royal Guard. At first, the guard simply looks at the little cub like a normal guard does. Later on, the guard listens and chat a little bit about their life as the little talk change into a conversation. Leo even gets their name as well and since the guard always switches their shift, the golden lion always stop by or says hello to them. There even that time, he becomes friend with the previous Captain of the Royal Guard before his older brother by coincidence but let's saved this talked later on.

Spike saw his sibling returned as he spoke. "Hey Twilight, maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about." As he sees a pony coming towards them.

"Well, you know what they say, always give them a warm smiled," Leo said smiling at the pony. "If you tried to make a friendly conversation."

Judging by the look of it. Her fur was pink, her hair was a darker shade of pink and curlier than anything the trio had ever seen before. To make it simple, that the mare that almost approached the was clearly a pink would be an understatement. She stopped before them as Spike gestured at her, looking down at him with a smile on her face.

"Come on Twilight just try." The drake gestured at the pink pony while looking at his older sister.

Twilight hesitated for a second before smile and said. "Hello?"

For a moment, there's a silence before the mare suddenly burst out! Her eyes went wide, her blue eyes shrink to pinpricks. She sucked in a great deal of air, jumped straight up in the air legs akimbo and darted off in a streak, tearing down the road like a shot, her hooves not even seeming to touch the ground until she was out of sight.

The trio now looking at the direction of the pink mare ran... Or flight? Maybe she hovers. Anyway, the silence went on until Twilight broke the awkward zone.

"Well, that was interesting alright." She sparked.

"I scent something weird about that pink pony" Leo half eyes.

Twilight mixed with curious and interesting felling for just see a mad pony doing something that almost defined Equestria top scientist law. "I think I-"

"Need to ask permission before doing something that might explode twice?" The lion cub glared at his sister.

"Oh... Yeah, rights. What you say, hehe." The Unicorn mare smiled sheepishly. Remember the last time doing secretly to her brothers. It did not end nicely.

"Anyway... "Spike rolls his eyes as he opens another parchment to observe. 

"Hmm, Summer Sun celebration official overseers checklist." He smiled while reading the first things on the list.

"Number one, banquets preparation sweet; Sweet Apple Acres..." The drake said as he walked off while pointing towards the location as his siblings followed.

The trio not noticed of ponies who stare at the cub and the dragon while letting the road take them to the location.




Later that, at Sweet Apple Acres...




"Aha! We found it."

The entrance has an apple sign with some apple and leaves on a side of the pole as a decoration maybe? Don't know don't care. There's Well on the left with some corpse planting on the ground while on right have a chicken coop. In front on them was a large red farmhouse for the apple family with a flower for each of the window putting in the flower holder. There's also another barn not far from here that are more concentrating on a carrot. Know of the vegetable name, 'cause there is a huge carrot on top of the building.

After they have crossed the entrance, the siblings hear a shout.

"YAAHAA!"

The siblings blinked watching as an orange Earth pony galloped over towards a tree, her head lowered, a brown stetson planted firmly on it. There are a number of buckets under the apple tree as she lashing out with her back legs striking the tree. As the tree shook, all of the apples that had been on the tree, save a few small green ones, fell from the tree, landing perfectly in the buckets around it. Leo and Spike were impressed too though Twilight seemed less than thrilled while The freckled mare glanced at the buckets smiled adopting a rather proud looking pose.

"Pawesome! just one kick could make that apples drop!" The golden cub amazed by the powerful buck from the mare.

The Orange mare hears the cub voice as she turned around.

"Well howdy do uh..." The Earth pony winced to see a non-ponies in front of her. "Can I help ya'll?"

Twilight come forward to introduce herself. "Good afternoon, my name is Twilight Sparkle and I'm here to supervise preparation for Summer Sun celebration."

The purple drake joined in while tapping the number first thing to-do list. "And for our first on the list are food preparation." 

The farmer pony nodded. But then realised about these two creatures. "The name's Applejack, and if y'all don't mind me asking, who are you fellers?"

She points at the Dragon before the Lion, who's now looking at the bucket fill with apples with her right hoof.

"Oh, these are my brother, this one is Spike Sparkle and the one over there's is Leo Sparkle." She forgets about her brothers as she pointed at the drake and the cub.

"A baby dragon and a lion cub? Are they adopted?" Applejack asked while glancing her head a little looking at Leo who right now, smelling the bucket of apple.

"Yes, there are." Twilight wants to go on with it but immediately forgot about the preparation. "Anyway, you're in charge of the food?"

Applejack realises the change of subjects but decided to reply. "We sure sugar are. Would you care for some samples some?"

"I DO!!"

Shout a voice as they turned to look at the golden cub who returned with his smile on his face. "Can we, Sis!"

The unicorn mare thought about it, then look back to her brother, then looks at the sun, then though again before nodding.

"Well, as long as it doesn't take too long..." She began as Applejack dashed off.

"Whoa... How did they keep running off like that?" Leo asked watching the mare ran. " Oh! you guys think that I can outrun her?"

"Of course, the lightning speed can easily win against her," Spike explained.

"Yeah... The move that makes Sis run until her mane gone messy."

"Pretty sure somepony snapped some pictures just for moments her enter the courtyard."

The boys laughed, while they sister growled. "Can't believe they, my brothers..."

The ringing of a bell drew the trio's attention towards the farm as they heard Applejack yelling.

"SOUPS ON EVERYPONY!” Applejack cried.

Then suddenly, a stampede of ponies rush out of nowhere, the trio was caught up in the herd and dragged along through the dust and mayhem. Before they could say something, they feel being sat down as the dusty of dirt clear to reveal that they were at a fair-sized table out in the field.

"W-What just happen" Spike confused.

"Ponies are weird..." Leo muttered.

Applejack didn't reply any of word they speak while popped out of nowhere.

“Now, why don't I introduce ya'll to the Apple family?” She waved a hoof and the trio noticed they were surrounded by rather expectant looking ponies.

“Thanks but we really need to..” Twilight began and was completely ignored.

“This here's Apple Fritter, Apple Bumpkin, Red Gala, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp,” Applejack paused taking a deep breath.”.... Big Macintosh, Apple Bloom, and Granny Smith.”

During the introduction dishes full of food were piled higher and higher on the table make Leo started to drool a little bit for a delicious feast. Spike tried to hold his drool, don't want to show some bad behaviour to them. Not only that, but Applejack also shoved an apple in Twilight mouth when she about to protest again as the purple mare looks at her brothers who were more focused on deciding what to eat first.

'So much for helping me, boys...' She sighed.

“UP AN ATTUM GRANNY SMITH, we got guests.” Applejack called to an elderly green pony asleep in a rocking chair.

The wrinkled mare slowly rose with a grumble and shifted forward, as she blathered some incomprehensible complaints or another with her bones pop and crack even from behind the piled food.

"Huh? never thought I see some Lion here on our farm." Granny Smith said. "And since when they eating pie as there food."

Twilight coughed out the remains of the apple, taking a moment to breathe. "Well, he's already got used to it but don't worry, They with me, Miss Granny Smith."

"Ahh, you don't say." She chimed. "Well then, I hope you and the boys enjoyed our family reunion then."

"Say no more, Granny Smith." Applejack put her hoof on Twilight neck. "Twi, I say, you're already part of the family!"

“Well, that's umm, very nice and all. I see things are in order here, so we're just going to go check on the next thing...” She about to call her siblings went a soft child voice.

“Aren't ya gonna stay for brunch?” Twilight looked over to the little yellow filly with the biggest most watery sad eyes they had ever seen. Her coat is yellow with the red hair and pink bow that was nearly the size of her head. 

She used the most dangerous move that makes all the adult have a heart attack that comes from the child... Her big adorable filly eyes.

THUD.

"Huh?"
"Huh?"

Leo and Spike move their head a bit from the pile of Apple treat with some crispy of Apple on the boy's mouth to see their sister who's now laying upside down with her hooves on her chest while the legs twice.

"She's down, Leo." The baby dragon sighed as he looked at his brother. Sigh as well.

“Sorry...” Apple bloom apologized.

"It's alright, Apple Bloom." Applejack sigh before grumbled. "But next time, don't do it again alright."

The filly nodded sheepishly while looking over the collapsed Twilight. "What about her now?"

"Don't worry, I'm on it!"

The golden cub got out of the table as he ran towards his sister while concentrating energy from his body to generate a spark of lightning pattern flow onto his both paw.

ELEMENT LIGHTNING!!!

Bolt to his sister side, while gaining a surprising voice from the Apple family. The lion generated electricity on his paws while looking at the fainted sister on the ground.

"This will hurt."

A song begins to play. Just as the cub put he paws to Twilight stomach for a shocking moment. Some kind of pointer came straight to from left as it stops next to the cub as the song dropped.




TO BE CONTINUED...
> Chapter 3: Rainbow & Diamond (S1E1)
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Rainbow & Diamond




Later...





...PPFF-


Thehehehehe...


A-hum! ...
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...PHfthpfftphffffth


Snort!


Hahahahahahahahahahhahahaahahhaahahahahahahahahhahahahaha!!!!

"Shut up both of you!!!" Twilight growled to the boys.

After some explanation on how the lion can manipulate the Elements and apologies to the Apple family (with some unexplained for how everything just stops recently), the trio set off only for Spike and Leo can't be stopped laughing at the picture from Spike's claw. By looking at it, was a unicorn mane and tail have turned into a smokey afro with some lightning pattern around a little. Her face though was very hilarious that make them laughed so much.

"Is a good thing there has a camera to snap for us in their family reunion!" Spike chimed, looking at his Sister.

The Lavender mare glared at the Lion. "Why do you have to do that huh!?"

"Hey, we can't let our Sis get knocked out by a child ultimate weapon." He protested. "Besides, Celestia even say to me that lightning shock can always wake up the unconscious ponies."

"SHE told you that!?" The mare shocked.

"You're not the only one get to spend some quality time with the Princess, Sis."

Twilight muttered. "I need to have a discussion with the... Ouch..."

The Princess protège was struggling with the amount of food she had eaten as she walked. The drake in front of her looking over the checklist now, putting the foto aside while Leo at his left side while staring up to the cloudy skies.

“Hmm, there's supposed to be some Pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash around whose job it is to be clearing the clouds."

Twilight stopped as well as the boys as she and the purple dragon look up to sky speckled.

The golden lion spoke. "Hey... There's still more of those white fluffy clouds."

"Well, she's not doing a very good job is she." The unicorn grumbled before a prismatic blur slammed into her sending her tumbling across the ground to land with a splash in an oversized mud puddle left from the last rainstorm.

"Sis!"

"Hey! Twilight are you ok!?"

The boys rushed out to his big sister to check out any injuries from her, Leo's used his mouth to tried to pull out his Sister tail from the dirty pool of mud but instead of a purple colouring with raspberry streaks, a very incredible rainbow tail being yank by him as it hit him with its dirty cyan blue coat flank fell over. The bandana lion took a look at the pony who appears to have a wing which means it a pegasus. 

"Hey, you! Watch were you going ok! You could hurt my Sis and either of you! You could also break your wings with that land and to thinks that you're responsible for clearing the skies huh!? You do know to look down before your land on the ground right?! Did the pegasus teacher teach you how to do it!? Also..." The golden cub continues to shouting at the muddy cyan pony while gripping her as he shook her making it losing direction of her eyes go up and down rapidly.

"Wooooaaaaahhhhh theeerrreeee!!! Taaakkkeee aaa eaaasssyyy okkkkeeeeyyy!!!" 

"Let her go, Leo... It just an accident that won't end my life." Twilight muttered slowly standing up.

"Yeah, what she said! Now let go of me!" The mare smacked the lion face slinging a bit of her wing at Leo's face. "Psych!"

"Ouch!"

The lion whimper before shaking his head while the pegasus dash of leaving a rainbow trail behind her as she laying on cloud nearby with both hooves at her back head.

"Hey get down here! I'm not finished with you yet!"

"Yeeeah... I think it's better to stay here than down there."

"Then face me like a tough mare!"

"I rather you who should come here and face me~" She chimed

Twilight groaned. "She's shouldn't say that..."

"Well, she is the one who started first." Spike looked at his brother standstill for his spot. 'Here come...'

The amount of energy flow through Leo's bodies but rather this time, a wind begins to surrounding his paws. The lion mane moves smoothly with the breeze as his eyes open widened. The Rainbow mare seems to get a wind picking up for up there but she didn't notice it a bit because she doesn't know what gonna happen next.

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!,

ELEMENT WIND!!!

Leo rolls in midair as the wind circle around him in clockwise before a dark blue round covers his entire body from head to tail. In flash, the transformation is complete and the lion lands gently on the ground with a new look as well. His mane, tail and bandana on his neck was now a vivid dark blue with a small which appears to be a bright blue tornado logo in the middle of the bandana. Probably the elements logo. Also, his paw was the same a the rest as well while his legs foot was black. The armband, however, was between the elbow and pastern instead of the end of the paw with a light blue colour.

This time, Leo has transformed into a Wind form.

WIND SPHERE!!!

A ball of wind spin instantly on the Cub right paw while the others one on top of the ball.

"Hiya!!!" He shouts as he tosses the spheres at the White cloud.

The ball shape like a planet directly hit the target as she shocked while struggled to balance herself for the fall. Unable to do it quickly, the golden lion shoots another Wind Sphere on her but this time the ball hit her and started to grows to the same size as her. The mare opened her to see herself floating above the dirt ground. With a sigh of relief, she turned around for the Wind manipulate staring at her with a worries eyes.

"Are you alright?! I'm sorry for doing that!" Leo worries about to apologise. 

"That...was... AWESOME!!!" Shouts out the mare in the sphere. "How do you do that?"

Twilight enters from the background. "That's my brother, Leo Sparkle. My name is Twilight Sparkle and this the next of me is Spike Sparkle. For your question, He can manipulate and change into a different type of elements. You can tell that he like a superhero from what of my other brother told me."

"He really kinda does!"

The Lion raise his paw to make the sphere vanish to thin air as the mud from the rainbow pegasus seems to have gone. The trio can see her cerise eyes with a cyan blue coat with the rarest rainbow mane. Her cutie mark was a cloud that shoots down rainbow lightning. To think she has the colour of a rainbow happen to be her mane, tail, and the cutie mark too.

"Thanks for saving me." The cub nodded before she looked and the still muddy Unicorn. "Oh hey, lemme help you."

The mare zip-off before come back with a grey cloud on top of Twilight. Spike immediately moved to his brother side as the pegasus began jumping atop of it dropping a torrential downpour on Twilight.

Twilight simply sat down, her mane covering her face. Spike and Leo gazed at their sister before looking up.

"Really?"
"Really?"

The athlete mare small chuckled. "Oops, I guess I overdid it.”

"Oh! how about this?” the mare darted down zooming around Twilight, a vortex of rainbow coloured wind whipping around Twilight as a small tornado formed around her. 

”My very own patented rainblow dry!” She finished before zipping off near the boys with proud posing in the air.

The mare floated down landing lightly. “No no, don't thank me, you're quite welcome.”


Snick!


The pegasus hears a snickering sound from the boys as she turned for the source of why the drake and the lion, who now changes back to his regular form to see the sight of Twilight's mane and tail having gone from straight and hanging over her shoulders, to have the same mass of hair piled high and twisted atop of her head. Even her tail was a curly mess that had shaped its self almost into a corkscrew.

The mares laughter was infectious as even Spike couldn't hold back theirs any more making he fall his back on Rainbow Dash back while Leo takes a deep breath before letting out as he returns to a normal state.

“Judged by your appearance.” Twilight growled.” Rainbow Dash...”

The laughter from the mare stopped abruptly as she picked herself up. Launch the dragon to the air but got caught by the lion. ”The one and only. Why yah heard of me?”

Dash zipped back into the air hovering inches from Twilight's face with a big grin across her features.

"I heard you're supposed to be keeping the sky clear." Twilight snapped before calming a moment. "You'll see, the princess sent me along with my brothers to check on the weather."

"Yeah, yeah that'll be a snap." Rainbow Dash waved a hoof dismissively. "I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practising."

"Practicing? For what exactly?" She asked.

The pegasus mare airborne to pointed out to poster on the side of a building behind the small group with her hoof. "THE WONDERBOLTS! They're gonna perform on the celebration tomorrow and I'm gonna show em my stuff!"

"The Wonderbolts are going to dispatch in Ponyville!?" Leo excited. "Pawesome! I always want to meet Spitfire and the other again!"

The two ponies and one dragon stared at the lion with shocked. "YOU MEET THE WONDERBOLTS IN PERSON!?"

"Yeah, the first time I meet them was at Canterlot Castle were after there finished the meeting with the princess." The manipulation chuckled. "To be honest, they the one who asking me to hang out with them since you know, non-ponies which bring attention to them."

The rainbow mare flew next to him. "Woah, That's sooo Epic!! You actually meet them in closed?!"

"Not only that, I even got their each of their autographs."

"Wait... When did you get to see them?" Twilight asked curiously. "We always being together like every time."

"Most of the time actually." He replied. "You still at the school while Bro remain at home. I, however, make a little tour of the castle."

"So, why'd you never tell me after school?"

"Well, to make a simple..." He leaned forward to his sister before grinned. "Nopony asked me."

That's the dumbest answer her ever hear! He's always done that! Ugh... Feel want to slap his face but realised what the main objectives that The Unicorn has not to forget.

"Great Celestia mane! The Preparation!" She panicked as she levitates the purple drake with her magic. "Come on, boys! We have to hurry or I don't have enough time to study more about the Nightmare Moon!"

"Hey hey! Twilight! You know that I can walk by myself right?" Spike said while shocked at the same time.

"No time for loss, Spike!"

As their trotted down away (well only Twilight). Leo sighed look at his siblings. Sometimes, I worried for two of them...

He glanced at the weather cleaner. "Sorry about her. She sometimes likes that but you get used to it."

"Oh, okay then." She replied. "Guess I see your guys around eh?"

"Okey but don't forget about the clouds."

"Don't worry cause I can clearly clear the sky in ten-second flat." She lightly chuckled. "Besides, I've never leave Ponyville hanging."

"Great! then I see you around too." The cub gave her a warm smile before proceed to walk but got responded by the mare.

"Can't wait to hang out some more! Especially you, buddy!" She flew to make a loop-de-loop before dash up leaving a rainbow blur behind to clean the sky. "Hey! Let's have a race next time we meet again!"

Leo giggled. "Sure, why not."

As he makes a sprint to find his siblings.





Later...





"For god sake, where are they?"

It's not like he mad or something like that.   The time is 10 minutes and in worry stake, for him connect find his other siblings. As for the fact, trying to talk to the ponies seem to be almost not going to go wrong but hey, at least they don't run away from him. Some of them are shocks like in a horror movie, while others received a surprised face to saw him and thanks goodness they do not use self-defence. The good thing about it is that Leo makes a small chit chat like their name, the area, and where the celebration will be host at. For the bad things though, is that they don't seem to see a purple unicorn trotted down the path with a drake with her. And yes, the word 'drake' startled them.

"Leo!"

The lion ears perk up, looking to his left angle to see a common face and a new face he does not recognise yet. Back to the familiar one, She's a female unicorn with a brilliant cyan mane and tail with a white streak, sunglow eyes, and a cutie mark of a lyre. One thing for sure is that Leo knows who she is since he was a kid.

"Lyra? Are you here for the Summer Sun celebration?" The cub asked.

There's nothing relationship between two of them actually. In the past, when the first time they encounter at the School for Gifted Unicorn when he tried to sneak into to take a peeks for his sister which she saw him while on her way back from the restroom, Lyra was not afraid of his present. They became friends so instantly and she welcomes the cub to her other friends. Furthermore, The Lion also find out that she studying a myth creature called human culture when she was a scholar. All of her friends think that there aren't real but Lyra will attempt to prove their existence.

"Yup, in fact, I'm here with my new friends in Ponyville." She smiled while moving a little bit to introduce him to the new pony who follow from her back. "Leo, I would like you to meet my best friends, Bon Bon!"

Now the bandanna lion can see clearly the pony; she is a female Earth pony with a beige coat, pigment blue mane with a rose pink streak, cerulean eyes, and a cutie mark of three candy. Just like Twilight, both of these ponies are taller than him with just his eyes are level to their neck.

"Hello there, Leo." She greets him. "Lyra already told me everything about you."

He replied. "Hi, Bon Bon! And yes I am. Nonetheless, I really sorry for all of this sudden but have you two see my big sister and brother?"

"Oh! Sure, We just saw them." The cyan Unicorn points her hoof. "Though, she is dragged by somepony name Rarity to a place called Carousel Boutique."

"Carousel Boutique... K' thanks!" 

As he ran off while the mare shouts. "Just turn right and you can see a building that doesn't have hay as a roof!"

"Got it!"

....

The sight of the lion has gone as the paired looking each other before the beige pony following. "Wait a minute, you did say that he's unique?"

"Uh-huh!"

"... I don't see any particular about him"

"Oh you'll see, for now on, we will seeing him for time to time." Lyra grinned as she walked the opposite way while her friend following her back.





Eventually, at Carousel Boutique...




"Looks like this is the place."

Leo opened the door that has two handles on it, one is for a normal height of pony while the second one for low height for small creatures. He stepped in while a bell ringing from the top as he saw his siblings were there! But surprising him as his big sis what's appear to wear a dresser while making a glance to his little brother with a sigh of relief, the cub stepped into the building before hearing a voice.

"Wait a moment, dear! I will be there just for a second."

"Uh, okay?" He said while making towards to Spike, who's now staring at her with a heart-shaped iris.

"...now go on my dear, you were telling me where you're from." Rarity, what Lyra has already notified. Did her best to tighten a corset she had put on Twilight further as she gasped for air.

The cub can now fully see this Rarity; she has a white coat with an artfully curled purple mane and tail, not a strand of hair on her was out of place and a trio of light blue diamonds graced her hip as her cutie mark.

"I....been....seen....from...Canterlot....to..." Twilight hissed as she gasped.

The white unicorn blinked letting go of the girdle, the cord snapping forward sending Twilight crashing to the floor. "Canterlot! Oh, I am so envious, the glamour, the sophistication! I've always dreamed of living there!"

'Yeah Rarity... For somepony like you who doesn't know the truth to how to handle those pesky noble...' Leo thought of the noble, there selfish, rude, uncharitable, and many more they can be applied for a royal guard, maid, and even Princess Celestia have enough of those uncaring pony.

Decided to push away that thought, he spoke. "Excuse me, Miss Rarity?"

The fashion maker looks at him. "Oh... Why hello there young... *Gasp*" 

Upon looking at the Lion, she uses her light blue magic to bring him up close.

"My jewellery! A-perfect-same-colour-hairs you got there!" She yanks the bandana on Leo's neck as he cough to finds out harder to breathe.

"...l-let...go...please..."

"Those fabrics, the magnificent silver, the size of it..." She said completely ignores the wearer.

"...let...g-go...NOW!"

This time using his high voice, she took notice as she gasps before letting the cub go.

"I'm very sorry, I got little to distract from your beautiful bandana there, dear." She apologises but still looks at it again.

Leo took a deep breath, gathering the air back to his lungs. "It's okay, I been through worse." 

Just then, light bulb popes on top of the White mare as she smiles getting wider.

"Oh, that's it! I know what my next layout design should be!" The mare blur off to the next room.

Twilight seeing this opportunity, in flash she takes off the dress, wraps Spike (still in his imagination with Rarity) with her magic, and trotted off to the exit. "C'mon Leo, we've got to get out of here ASAP!"

The golden lion only sighed. "So much for making friends..."

As he followed them through the door, there's something bothering him, something he received just recently from his mind, something that he missed.

......

"Wait... Since when she can do that!?"
> Chapter 4: A Surprise after Butterfly (S1E1)
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A Surprise after Butterfly 





A few minutes later...




"Wasn't she wonderful..." Spike sighed, daydream about Rarity.

"Uh... Sure, but she needs to be taught some behaviour." Leo said

"For sure." Twilight agreed.

The trio proceeds to the next on the list, as they cross over the bridge a rather harmonic sound of bird song caught their attention. It would seem to be a chirping sound coming from a bird which makes the cub ears perked up, another thing is that the chirp sound wasn't one bird, it sounded like many singing together.

The golden lion turned to his brother. "Hey, bro. What's next on the list?"

"Huh? Oh! Music, it's the last one."

"Perfect, let's make this quick."

Three of them when to a bush before popped up on the other side of it to see what was going on. Sitting on a tree was a multitude of brightly coloured songbirds of various species, all of them singing and chirping in impressively blended harmony and the only one in charge of them is a Pegasus pony; her wings swaying a little as she conducted the bird song choir has a pale yellow with bright pink hair that was long enough that it could have drug along the ground if she was walking. A trio pink butterfly could be seen on her flank.

"It conforms." Spike check in the list, clearly was another pegasus for sure. "A pony name Fluttershy should be in charge."

Twilight seems thrilled, she just wants to end all of this mess. "Great, let me go alone for not having shenanigans from both of you."

"Shenanigans?" The cub asked.

"A silly or high-spirited behaviour for example; mischief."

"Oh..."

....

"Wait... We're not silly!"

Spike took that moment to step between the siblings. "Okay okay, you guys. Twi, just move on already."

The lavender nodded, she came out of the green plants as the trotting of the hooves clopping down the dirt road to meet with the last assignment for today. As the Unicorn getting closer to the music teacher, a few words can be heard from the pegasus.

"... Excuse me, sir. I mean, no offence, but your rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off."

By the looks of it, The bluejay closed its beak and nodded as the mare fluttered away from the tree again. "Now follow me, please. A one, a two, a one, two, three..."

"Hello!"

"Oh!!"

All the birds take off in a panic and made the mare whirl about with a shriek and seem to fold in on herself as she took to the air and looked around for whatever started the birds. For sure, it's was a purple unicorn aka Twilight Sparkle.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to frighten your birds." She apologises. "I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful."

Back from the boys, they peeping at the ponies patiently for following the order from their big sister, the tail of the lion wiggle left to right as seemingly he looks at a pegasus name Fluttershy who's now tried to hide her face by using her long mane. "I think she's social anxiety..."

The drake glance at him. "How could you ensure that?"

"Well, first of all, she was a shy one who teaching an animal for music for the celebration. Second, alone with no ponies in the area but can talk to the animals? And third, doesn't seem to have much of gut to chat." He answered.

"True, and Twilight seem to have no idea what to talk about."

The approach of their sister makes them come out from the bush as Twilight smiled with satisfaction. "Well, that's was easy."

"A BABY DRAGON AND A LION CUB!?"

In the blink of an eye, the Pegasus make a mad dash toward them and accidentally lunch Twilight in mid-air. The brothers gasp at the approach of the pale mare who standing right in front of them. "I've never seen a baby dragon or lion cub before!"

"Not to mention, both at the same time." Her smile to the non-ponies, forget about personal space. "They're so cute!"

"Well well well..." Spike grinned striking what he thought was a dead sexy pose but just made his pudge push out a little more on his belly.

"Thanks... I guess." The cubs feel uncomfortable for being too close to the pony.

"Oh my, they talk. I didn't know they could talk." Fluttershy flew to the air with a smile on her face. "That's just so incredibly wonderful. I-l just doesn't even know what to say!"

A purple magic aura came out of nowhere before it started to lift the youths to the skies, making them blinked, Fluttershy shocked at this as their land next to Twilight, with Spike on Leo back.

The Unicorn smiled. "Well, in that case, we better be going..."

As the trio trot down, the other mare follows as well.

"Oh, wait wait! What're their names?"

The baby dragon replied. "I'm Spike! And this one is my brother, Leo!"

"Hi..."

"Hi, Spike and Leo. I'm Fluttershy." A light gasp from her with closed eyes. ". Wow! A talking dragon and lion. Oh! And what your two species talk about?"

Not noticed by them, Twilight makes an annoying glanced at the mare.

"Oh, what do you you want to know?" The drake asked.

"Absolutely everything!" 

This makes Twilight jolt a little bit as she let out a growled.

Leo saw this as he nuzzles her side. "Cheers up, Sis. At least, everything will come to an end after this."

The big sister sigh before chuckled. "You're right, Leo. Glad everything is done."

They laughed at each other as their younger brother start to talk about how he came from as a cute little purple of the green egg...




A few inches later...




"...and that's the story of my whole life!" Spike finished before added a little word. "Well, up until today. Do you want to hear about today?"

Fluttershy replied. "Oh! Yes, please."

So much story he can tell her like how he eats gemstone as dragon main food while the lion tending to eat meat since you know, carnivores. What makes Leo surprised is that this pegasus seems to not affair of him because she had cared for several meat-eating animals before and wasn't squeamish about it in the slightest, though she did ask to be informed before he hunted for anything so she could tell her pets to avoid the area he was in. But he's not like that 'cause he intelligence and he only eat meat called bacon which is the only things that not expansive for his parents to buy it. She also had offered a few theories about his parentage as well based on her experience with animals including several rare breeds.

But before anything else can talk, Leo shouted as he stops. "We're here!"

The other end their trotting for the sight of the big tree in front of them. 

Twilight turned around facing the pegasus while her brothers come next to her. "Well then, here where we're staying well in Ponyville." 

"Cool." The boys said before opened the door to go inside. Though, Fluttershy tried to enter as well but get halt by the unicorn.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, it's already sunset. Too bad, we still have to package from our home place so this is where we part away!" She smiled not want anyone in the library for now.

"Oh uh... there-"

BAM!!!

A squeak from the butterfly as the door slam shut in front of her face. Thankfully not hitting her muzzle or Twilight gonna pay the hospital treatment but she doesn't know what hit her next.




In the Library...




As Twilight enter the tree, everything completely dark in the library. She can't see anything with her vision of this murky place. She bumped into someone and it's her brothers, with Spike currently stand with his legs and not his brother back anymore.

"Why'd you have to do that, Sis?" Leo asked.

"I'm sorry you guys, but I have to convince the princess that Nightmare Moon is coming and we're running out of time!" She explained. "I just need to be alone so I can study while a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time!"

"Now where's the light?"

CLICK!

"SURPRISE!!!" Shouted a large group of ponies as the lights suddenly came back on, surprising the unicorn and dragon as a party blower blows straight on Twilight face as she growled.

Leo was nowhere to be seen, a trail of lightning can be sawed from the stairs to the second floor.

"Surprise!" A pink pony popped out of nowhere. "Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie and I make this party for you guys! We're you three surprise? Were you? Were you? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

It's was the same pony before she ran off. Twilight seeing very odd for a pony to set up this party just for them until sunset. Probably, she asks for some help from this town itself, that's what her thoughts.

"Very surprised." She replied, can't believe this is not over yet. "Library was supposed to be quiet..."

Pinkie chuckled. "That's silly. What kind of welcome party with the theme is ever quiet I mean duh, boring!"

Looks to be she not gonna stop talking. The unicorn walk toward the table as the earth pony continue.

"You'll see, I saw you guys when you first got here, remember? You'll like 'hello' and I was 'gasp', remember? You'll see, I never saw you three before and I never saw you before that's mean you new. Cause I know Everypony, and I mean, EVERYPONY in Ponyville and if you knew and you did not meet everyone yet..."

While she keeps on talking to Twilight. Spike, on the other claw, is looking for his brother, Leo. But no luck, he can't find him anywhere, Fluttershy, who just next to the farm pony, Applejack. Noticed the baby dragon worry as she spoke to him.

"Uh... Spike, Are you okay?" The pegasus asked.

"I'm fine. But I don't know where my brother when off too."

"Oh, dear. Where could he be?"

"I don't know, at first, he was right here and then-" Spike paused, before realising what the reason his brother went gone.

He checks the surrounding area, yep. There like hundreds of ponies inside the library. He feels like an idiot. Of course. Where there's a party, there is a crowd for the party.

"Enochlophobia..." As the drake ran off to find her big sis.

"A what?" Fluttershy seems doesn't know the word.

Back to the pie and the star, Twilight was now poured a cup of glass using her mouth. Just as she about to drank, Spike comes in.

"Twilight!"

The hearing of the dragon voice stops her. Closed her mouth before looking at his brother.

"There you are, Spike. I-wait... Where Leo?" Forgotten about her second brother.

"That's just it, Twi. He's gone because of this crowd." Spike in worry states.

The lavender mare blinked. She looked around for sure, many ponies, which make her worry as well.

"He's probably upstairs right now." She put her hoof on Spike's shoulder. "Don't worry, I take care of him."

After that, Twilight went up to the next floor while the other in confusion states.

Rainbow Dash was the first to come up. "Uh... What's with the crowd, huh?"

"Well... you see, Leo has a phobia called Enochlophobia, which mean is fear of the crowd. Not everyone who feels uncomfortable in a crowd lives with Enochlophobia. Rather, this phobia involves irrational thoughts and behaviours that are excessive about the actual danger in a situation but Leo seems to have one."

This makes the five of them gasped.

"Oh, dear! How'd happen?" Fluttershy asked?

"It starts last year when Leo and I follow our mom to go buy some stuff. Twilight told me that he got lost by the Nobel of the crowd when we walk, got bumped many times before we saw a yellow lightning strike from the crowd, making them panic a ran away which is good for us to get a better clear of him but when we just got there, Leo in his lightning form with a small bruise on him because of shoved of ponies many times."

"That's simply horrible!" Rarity exclaimed.

Applejack spoke. "Huh? Then how can he still okay when he at the Apple reunion?"

Spike replied. "Maybe because he got distracted by a pile of food you guys give to us."

"Oh..."

"It's very rare to see this phobia though." Rainbow Dash tapped on her chin.

"Awwwww, doesn't this mean Leo won't be in the Summer Sun celebration?" Pinkie came in, with her sad feeling.

"Of course he will come." The drake explained. "Besides, it only happens when he doesn't fully know everypony in Ponyville. But! It has to take it very slowly for not having him panicked."

This makes everypony sigh in relief, as for Pinkie though...

"Okie Dokie Loki!!!"




Meanwhile...




Twilight knock on the wooden door three times like everyone usually does. She waits patiently for the response of her adopted brother, she concerns about this phobia he has. She's very smart, a noble who rise in a good way, have three brothers she loves and also Princess Celestia protege. So why can't she have noticed this before?

'He's my brother.' The unicorn thought. ' I'm being focusing on the preparation so I can study about the Nightmare Moon but not care about his dreaded at all.'

It feels bad about him, having a fear that the whole pony commonly used to live. Though this time she knocked on the door as he told her since back at the Ivory Tower. Don't want to waste any time, another triple knocked on the door as this time, a childish voice can be heard.

"Come in..."

The door opened slowly as the mare enters the room, it seems to be this place has a lot and a lot of bookshelves, on the wall or tree wall, for example, have plenty of pile of books, the bed is the side from the window which had a yellow curtain and a telescope following with a clock hanging next to it. There, was a lion cub trembling himself while pillows on his head, leaving his body and yellowtail exposed.

Twilight climbs up until she reached the bed itself as she right now lay next to him.

"Leo..." She said in a soft voice.

"D-Does everypony a-already left?"

"Not yet..."

....

....

....

The silence between the siblings, it very normal for someone to going out on dates which they don't even know what to say. For a few minutes, Leo chuckled.

"It's funny you know... I already declare that we will follow you until your happy but it looks to me that... it was my fault for your emotion turned to the opposite of the joy."

"It's not your fault, I just want to find out the truth about the prophecy..." She waits for a second, before proceeding. "I'm sorry... I understand you want me to feel pleased, and I wouldn't do the same mistake ever again, okay?"

"Really?"

The big sister nodded. "Besides, I know you keep eating the food that Applejack cousins provide on us so it will throw off that phobia away for temporary, right?"

The sound of giggle can be heard under the pillow as the eyes of grey appearing. Afterwards, a bright yellow light appears for him as every yellow on him has turned back to a silver-grey colour.

"Sometimes, I forget that you are very smart like Celestia," Leo said as a small smiled appears on his face.

A shine of happiness has returned to him, very easy to persuaded him because of how the relationship between the siblings grows.

"Feeling better?" Twilight asked.

The cub nodded. Just then, the door open revealed Spike. They blinked noting that the little dragon had a lampshade on his head for some reason and she wisely decided to ignore it while Leo giggles a bit.

"C'mon, you guys! It's time to watch the sunrise!"

He glances at his brother who smiling, making him knew that he feels better now.

"And this time, we watch each other, okay?"

They're agreed to the drake. As there headed to the Summer Sun celebration place would be. Little did they know, up at the night skies, a four glimpse of the star in the square formation are getting closer to the moon.
> Chapter 5: The Elemental Split (S1E1 - E2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


The Elemental Split




Twenty minutes later...




Leo really doesn't wanna be rude or anything that ill-mannered. It just that went come to lots of unrecognised ponies, 
he's hardly able to think! As of right now, his little brother and sister are next to him, while Twilight was doing what she usually does, Spike on the other claw, chatting with the same pony name Apple Bloom. He doesn't mind at all, in fact, the purple drake seems to make new friends in Ponyville rather then him. Though, the filly was currently reintroducing the dragon to the food her family brought, even so, her big sister has already told them. The place is so large place, much more like the apple farm. The cub has currently closed his eyes for no one can enter inside his head, clinging to his sister with his right paw as a low whimper sound can be heard.

The unicorn noticed this grip getting stronger. "Calm down, Leo... Took a moment for deep breath you always do."

The tiny apple saw the situation, she asked Spike for answers. 

"My brother just having trouble with the crowds only."

"So, he doesn't like being in the bunch of ponies?"

"For first, yes. But after some couple of months, he will get used to it." He clarified.

“Talking about Leo?” Pinkie Pie asked suddenly from right next to them, making both Spike and Apple Bloom jump back in surprise.

Pinkie Pie ignored the shock before turned to the lion to continued the talk, though her tone was a little subdued. "I'm super sorry about startling you like that earlier, I didn't think anyone was afraid of ponies or would get that squeamish I was throwing a surprise welcome to Ponyville party. I didn't mean to frighten you or anything. PLEASE DON'T BE MAD!”

"Eep!!!"

The pressure is too much to take for the lion, he buried his face on Twilight front legs, he whines as a small water form from his eyes.

"Shuu shuu shuu it's okay Leo..." The big sister patted his back head. "Pinkie Pie just want to apologize for sudden surprise parties."

"O-Okay..."

"Really!?" The party maker popped up again, her hair exploding back into the poofy curls, her tears drying up as if they never were there. She tried to get closer to him for a hug but being pulled back by Spike and a purple magic aura. "Awe... Why?"

The drake spoke. "Remember his aversion?"

Looks like the mare completely forgot about it. Seriously, why there are so many ponies who nearly don't remember anything? Anyway, she smiled sheepishly, before want to say anything, a fanfare of bird song sounds, the crowd of ponies go silent as they all look up at the second floor of the town hall where Rarity stood by a curtained off area, ready to pull the cord to reveal the Princess.

"It starting!!" Pinkie is excited.

A spotlight shines down to just under the curtained-off balcony area where Mayor Mare stood ready for a speech. Fluttershy smiled as she guided her birds to sing, announcing the reveal. 

"Fillies and gentle colts, as Mayor of Ponyville, it is my pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration.” She called out her voice carrying over the crowd, only to drown out by the thunder of stomping hooves and cheering.

After waiting for the cheering to die down the Mayor spoke again. “In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this, the longest day of the year."

Twilight glanced to the sky with a worried expression, seeing the moon through the great glass windows at the top of the town hall. The stars she thought were closer before were gone and the image of the mare on the moon seemed to vanish.

She begins to mumble, "Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousands year, the Stars will aid in her escape..."

“And now it is my great honour to introduce you to the ruler of our land...” Mayor continued.

"...and she will bring about..."

Everyone is eager to see their princess. Leo opens his eyes, not want to ignore Celestia raise the sun, though pretty much there can see the Princess almost any time they wanted. 

Spike and Applebloom looked up at the upper balcony with excitement, Fluttershy gestured for her birds to ready the fanfare, Pinkie Pie vibrated in place, Rarity readied herself to pull the cord, Applejack offered a slice of cake to a pony and Rainbow Dash devoured said cake slice with easy as Twilight end her sentence.

...

...

"...everlasting night."

“PRINCESS CELESTIA!”

The mayor says as the curtain was yanked back and the spotlight moved to the upper balcony to reveal nothing.

Ponies around her started yammering in shock as Rarity poked her head behind the curtain looking for the Princess.

"Huh? Where Celestia, Sis?" The cub asked.

"Not sure about it..." She replied. "...but I got bad feelings for this."

Leo let go of his sister's legs, neglect the public. What he knew about the princess is that she would never leave her subjects waiting for the important events like this. He perceives but doesn't seem to know what it will be.

“Be calm everypony there must be a reasonable explanation.” Mayor Mare placated.

“She's gone,” Rarity called down as all the others gasped in shock.

“Ooh, she's good.” Pinkie Pie admitted looking up at the balcony before screaming out. Her cry starting other panicked sounds from the crowd as a dark purplish mist begins to form, billowing over the balcony.

"Oh no..." Twilight fretful upon the coming of her.

There were a few screams and some shrieking as the mist took the form of a towering black alicorn with metallic blue armour. Her mane and tail swirled around her like an unbound miasma of partial stars and mostly void. Her teal eyes were slitted like a cat as she stared down at the gather ponies, most of them too much in shock at the appearance of the dark mare to even move.

"Nightmare Moon!"

Leo quickly whispered to his little brother. "Spike, go and protected Applebloom and the other foal."

He nodded. The drake stared at the filly but she already hides under the table with rest of them, huddling each other. He came near the furniture with an angry look on his face as he glared up at the dark alicorn.

Though he still a baby dragon, Spike has been obsessed by the royal guard training in Canterlot training field while he was 10 years old. Watching them spar to get stronger so there could protect the innocent one make him want to do as well. He usually going there secretly, not to tell the family where is he going. Later on, he told Leo about it and after a couple of days, his older brother, who is almost completely the training to become a royal guard.

“Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun-loving faces....” The mare sneered glaring down at them all.

“WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OUR PRINCESS!” Rainbow Dash shouted launching into the air only for Applejack to grab her tail.

“Why? Am I not royal enough for you?” The mare chuckled. Her laughter cut off for a moment as she looked to the back of the crowd curiously her ears perked.

“Don't you know who I am?” The mare asked looking back over the crowd ignoring the minor stampede.

“Ooh, more guessing games. Hmmm, Hokey Smokes? No, Queen Meanie! Oh, Oh, Oh, I got it, Black snooty, that's it's Black Snooty.” Pinkie Pie guessed any further guesses cut off as Applejack shoved a large cupcake in the jabbering mares mouth to shut her up.

“Does my crown no longer count now that's I've been imprisoned for a thousand years!?” the mare snarled glaring at Fluttershy and sending her birds flying away in terror as the Pegasus flinched and whimpered.

She whirls on Rarity catching the mares chin with the miasma of her mane. “ Did you not recall the legends, did you not see the signs?” She growled popping the white Unicorn on the chin with her mane.

“I did,” Twilight called out. “And I know who you are. You're the mare in the moon...”

"Nightmare Moon!"

The ponies cry and shocked by hearing about it, she took a step before saying the word, leaving Leo from the back as he can't believe it was actuality.

"So the legend was real..." He mumbled.

“Well, well, well. Some pony who remembers me.” Nightmare Moon smiled.” Then you also know why I'm here...”

“You're here too... too...” Twilight flinched noting everyone else staring at her.

The dark alicorn jumped from the balcony, landing in front of the unicorn mare. She gazes at her, Twilight did the same but not like competition, two of the eyes stare before the taller one unleash her anger to her by using her transparent radial gradient magic aura to force Twilight lifted up in the air, face to face with her.

"USELESS PONY!!!" The alicorn shout. "ANYPONY WHO DON'T REMEMBER ME WILL BE ELIMINATED!!!"

Twilight trembles herself out from the grip of magic only to get more even tighter. She cries as the pain keep coming from her. Everypony in fear of seeing her being clutch by an 'old pony tale' who now laugh maniac.

"Sis!"

The golden lion leaps in mid-air and land on the mare bat wing for trying to grab his sister but got blasted off by the dark alicorn, sending him backwards near a ponies he recognises before.

"Leo! Are you, alright?" Lyra asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm fine..."

"FOOLISH CREATURE!!! DON'T GET IN MY WAY OR YOU WILL BEING NEXT ON MY LIST!!!"

Nightmare Moon prepared to end Twilight life, she charges her horn for preparing the spell. The lavender mare shut her visions, waiting for her ended and ready to board the train to heaven. Leo saw this, he won't allow anyone to hurt his sister!

"Let go of my, Sister!"

He got up from the ground as he ran to toward her, lightning came out of his paws ready to go, he leaps in the air once again before roll in a clockwise spin as the lightning grown to his entire body. His mind is only attention to rescue his big sister.

ELEMENT LIGHTNING!!!

The transformation is complete, still in the situation. He summoned some kind of lightning blade, Its shapes like a lightning bolt, the appearance of the sword have a surface that is more of shiny metal with yellow patterns and flashes slightly sparking around it. 

The yellow mane lion assault Nightmare Moon, as he bringing the grief to her, little does he know. He's an idiot.

The dark alicorn used her magic, ending the lion attacks, he totally let his sense take over at the same time, realize that the alicorn can levitate things or objects.

"Very. Ludicrous. Lion."

She then raises him with full magic she has, literally sending Leo to the mist she had developed.

"Leo!" Spike yells for his brother.

“SEIZE HER! SHE MUST KNOW WHERE THE PRINCESS IS!!” Mayor Mare bellowed out.

Several of the Royal Guard launched themselves in the air at Nightmare Moon, try to take hold of her.

“STAY BACK YOU FOOLS!” She snarled.

Lightning lanced from the fading miasma above, striking two of the Pegasi and a third was felled by a blow from her nebulous mane. The Guards crashed to the ground and the rest of the ponies in the room went mad with panic, running around like roaches when the lights were turned on.

"That's it, running like a coward your foolishness!" She is furious, look back to the mare still in her magic grip. "And now, it's your turned!"

Twilight in panics right now, she can't even use her own magic since the aura from the Nightmare Moon block it. She glances at Spike, still protected the foals with his arms cross off. Then she glanced at the skies for where her other brother being trapped in it. But something caught her attention from the mist, the dragon also noticed as well except the dark alicorn.

A three-ball of light with a colour of yellow, dark blue and brown in the triangle formation. The siblings now realised that their brother is using his full power of him.

ELEMENTAL...

Leo's voice can be heard from the dark mist, the alicorn turned to where her creations we place as the voice continue on.

TRIPLE...

A thrust of light appeared in the nebulous mist as the most explodes to see a golden sparkling spinning circle. Every ponies and a dragon can clearly see three logos in a small size of the circle; at the bottom left has a lightning bolt, next to it a blue tornado and at the top of the between of two is some kind of mountain but with a brown colour. There, Leo was behind the spinning circle as he whipped forward.

SPLIT!!!

He enters the ring to come out from where the elements logo are, though this time a new elements came out for it; all the silver-grey mane and turf tail lion has turned into brown with his bandana as well while his back legs foot was black, an earth symbol can be seeing on it. In addition to that, he only wears one red armband, on his left paws. Not this brown Leo come out, but two other Leo from the Lightning and Wind logo also emerge from it. One have a serious face, the other has a smiling face.

There's is actually three Leo right now.

"What in tarnation!?"

"There's three of them!?"

"I wanna do that!!!"

"What..?"

"Where did he learned from?"

Everyone stopped their running for life to see the shocking entrance of the cubs making. Nightmare Moon also surprised for this, never thought someone can escape from her nebulous mist. The magic aura from Twilight disappeared, hit the floor with her flank first. As she rubs her side flank, Spike ran to her with a bunch of foals from his behind.

"Twilight! Are you okay right?" He asked.

The unicorn nodded before looking at the outcome. The foals are very awe looking at the lion cub. 

Earth Punch!!!

The brown lion punches the surface, raises the ground level where the alicorn stood from. The strike makes her lunched to the skies, making the pain come from her bottom part expanded.

Wind Blast!!!

The blue lion makes a move, he collects the power of the wind around his paws. Then, continually releases to create a blue tornado at Nightmare Moon, who's really not knowing her wing to flap. Seriously! Anywhere, the mare spins around till she crashes to the wall of the building. 

Lightning Blade!!!

The yellow cub shook his head once, summoned his blade from his mouth. He first dashes to the mare for a slash attack. He success, the mare received electroshock flow through her body. The electrokinesis keeps striking from left to right on airborne, making Nightmare Moon scream in pain as she falls down to the floor with a hard thud.

The Leo gathered together, the blue one hover on his wind with a smiled on his face. The yellow remains serious, still clenching the blade just in case for an unnecessary comeback.

Nightmare Moon keeps on silence, all of the attacks seem effective her extreme injury. She let out a deep voice.

"ENOUGH!!!" She then unleash an exploded spell, blow off the trio cub. She very pissed right now.

She then faded into a shadow that swirled in the air before darting through the crowd and out the door of the town hall into the night.

Twilight gets up to see if Leo are alright. She immediate check on them if they a major wound, thankfully just a few bruises on them. "You guys alright?"

"Yeah..."

"I'm okay!"

"We've fine, Sis."

The battles are over, for now, Nightmare Moon retreats to nowhere. The duo Leo became a yellow and blue orb and assemble back to the brown one. Doing so makes them merge into himself, regular form. To Twilight, sigh in relief to saw it, to other ponies, who doesn't know about this except Spike and Lyra who already seeing, back to running and screaming...

“This is not the kinda party I like.” Pinkie Pie started bounding through the crowd towards them. "Where's Fluttershy and Rarity? They were way too close to black snooty.”

“Up here, darling.” Rarity leaned over the balcony with Fluttershy behind her. “That was totally horrible... the Worst. THING. EVER! She nearly missed my mane...”

Applejack narrowed her eyes at the prissy pony, before looking to Leo. “That was some quick thinking yet do there. Ah never seeing such an incredible power you got there."

"Thank you." He feels grateful, but a little bit of uneasy near the four of them.

“Yeah, Twilight was the only one who knew who Black Snooty was. Then you come in like... wait... how did Twilight know who she was?” Pinkie Pie piped in.

The five ponies looked at the lavender mare curiously. She flattened her ears to her head and sighed.

Spike, tried to get everyone attention. "I think we're forgetting something?"
> Chapter 6: Everfree Forest (S1E2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Everfree Forest


Leo Sparkle was contemplating his lot in life. And in truth, it wasn't that bad. He was from a well to do family, care for his big sisters, which afforded him a lot to stay close to her for sensitive to the public. He took care by ponies who love him back and taught him how to do like writing, chore, reading and manner to one and another. All of which he was passing. He had food, he had shelter, life was pretty good honestly.

There were a few things he wanted to improve on though. Like getting his fear overcome so he can be like a normal pony... Well, lion. and maybe having some friends from outside of Canterlot. Nothing against his brother's kindness and the ponies he knew, but it just wasn't enough for him.

The trip to Ponyville had been the most fun he'd had in a long time despite the simple mission statement from the Princess for his sister. He'd met Applejack and a bunch of other ponies who thought he was interesting and not all of them really seemed scared of him at all, only shocks to see him. It was like one of the best nights ever. Though been scares by the society are not what he wishes for.

As for his location right now. He and the rest of the gang, except for Spike, who's volunteers to himself to make sure that Nightmare Moon doesn't come back for anything and will in charge of helping the guard pony who's being wiped out. Very, very pure helpful of him. 

Back to the main topic, there are currently at some kind of entrance to the dark, spooky, wilderness grove, the Everfree Forest.

"So... This is the woods?" Leo asked.

"Yes, it is, you can see clearly since the place was put next to our Ponyville." Applejack replied.

The cub nodded before glances to his sister, she's been quiet for minutes after Rainbow Dash crash to the library looking for scrape because she thought Twilight know about Nightmare Moon. Even though it true, it doesn't necessarily wreck the place she loves. That's to say, the cyan pegasus apologises for her devastation opening.

As for the other reason why they have to go to the forest because the princess protège found out that some object called The Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop the dark alicorn. She did mention while ready a book in the library that there are six of it but only five are known.

"Let's go!" Pinkie seems to hype only get stop death track by Twilight.

"Not so fast." It looks like she back from her though. "Look, I appreciate the offer but I'd rather do this with my brother only."

"No can do sugar cube." Applejack interjected. "We sure ain't letting any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone..."

Hearing the word 'friend' makes the unicorn pant up. She just wants to this without any disturbing anymore.

"...and we're sticking to you like caramel on a candy apple."

"Mm-hmm!"

They already trot off to the woods, while Pinkie says something about a candy apple in there as she trots as well.

Twilight only sighed.

"They're weird, but look after each other," Leo said while nudging her. "I think it's time you stop doing a solo mission and excepting the group mission."

"Really..."

"Tried something new, Sis."

Another sigh coming from the unicorn as it does not enjoy the ride. Can't do anything except to keep moving forward to save Equestria from the eternal night as she and Leo walked into the Everfree Forest.




One Minutes Thirty-Seven Seconds Later...




“So none of you have been in here before?” Twilight asked, her ears flat to her head as she looked around the dark, damp, forest they were walking through.

Rarity scoffed by hearing it. "Heaven no! Just look at, it dreadful!"

"Weird plants, more monsters than any other place outside Hollow Shades. It just not natural!" Applejack added.

"But what cause of this?" The cub asked.

"Nopony knows..."Rainbow Dash started making an oooh noise like she was telling a ghost story. "...you know why?"

"Rainbow, quite it!" 

"'Cause everypony who's ever come in has never come, OUT!!" She finished it as the ground gave out from under them as everyone screamed.

"Fluttershy, quick!"

"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!"

Rainbow darting downward to grab Pinkie Pie as she slid down the slope towards the edge of the cliff. Fluttershy zipped along after her, showing unexpected speed as she scooped up the screaming Rarity.

ELEMENT EARTH!!!

Earth Pillar!!!

Leo transforms to Earth form, he gets up from tumbled and rolled to jump for the punch to make a pillar in front of him, his claws were out, grabbing at it before he finally managed to get a hold to stop his fall.

Applejack snagged a hold of root to prevent her fall, though Twilight slid down and was scrambling at the edge trying to keep herself from falling.

"Sis!" Leo shouted.

The lion tried to summon more of his pillar but at his situation right now he can't seem to help, though Applejack acted by letting go of her root and sliding down to where Twilight was. The unicorn grabbed onto her forelegs like a lifeline flailing her back legs as she tried to climb back up.

"Applejack! What do I do!?" Twilight shrieked.

The brown lion climb the earth pillar, so far he can watch the scenes between them. He knew that the wind element can rescue his sister using the gust but there something on his mind that making him only to stare at the situation. Just to make sure, he concentrates the power of wind on his paws for the emergency.

The farm pony blinked down at her, her ears perking up.

“Let go.” Applejack said simply.

"Are you crazy!?" The unicorn yelped.

"No, I ain't. I promise you'll be safe."

"That's not true!"

"Now listen here, what I'm saying to you is the truth. Let go and you'll be safe." She stated.

Twilight winced a little though with the last gulp and eyes closed. She did so, falling with a scream to the bottom of the fall but the pegasus already there to hold her. Though the shy mare does not usually carry this weight much aside for rabbits so they're barely holding on to her.

Applejack stood up and dusted herself off before she hopped off the edge of the cliff as well, dropping about two and a half feet to the ground below following by Leo in his wind form as he lands on the ground softly while the wind blow vanished.

"Are you alright, Sis?" The cub asked.

"I'm fine, thank you for asking." 

It looks like everything is doing well so far. While no one was watching their surrounding, a mysterious mist eyed on them and quickly flew ahead to find the next peril to prevent them from getting closer to finding the Elements of Harmony.

As they resume to the old castle, the golden lion came up closer to the farm pony. "Hey, Applejack."

The mare turned to see him. "What is it sugar cube?"

"Did you know that Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy would save my Sis?"

"Yep and let me tell you this, ah would never lie to another pony, especially my family and friends."

"I see..." He said as he smiled.




Later...




"And once Pinkie and Rarity were saved..." The rainbow mare twirl over from Twilight head and land next to her. "...whoosh! Me and Fluttershy loop-de-loop around and WHAM! Caught you in the nick of time!"

"Yes Rainbow Dash, I was there and I'm very grateful." 

The Mane 6 and the Lion Cub keep on moving as they made their way out the ravine. Aside from Leo, everypony seems to be a little tired of it. The lion chuckled to the cyan mare for being brag to his sister for a while now.

The mare glance to him, surely she wants to ask why he chuckles but her mind wants it something else, something that bothers her. "Hey, Leo."

"Yeah?"

"How do you doing the move from before when fighting this Nightmare Moon." She asked.

"Oh, you mean the Elemental Split?"

She nodded. Before the cub could explain to her, his ears perk up as he stops walking. The ponies took another few steps before stopping as well, they're staring at him with a confused face on them.

"What is it, Leo?" Twilight asked her brother.

"I'm hearing something. And it's big." He said.

This time his ears flattened to his head as he heads in front of the group, his sister when next to him while the Lion sniffing the air for any intruder, after for sure there something wrong before he staring at the large bush on the other side of the old game trail they were on.

Despite the warning, the small group was still surprised at the sight of the large manticore leaping out of the brush towards them. The lion-like creature's wings flared wide, while not enough for it to fly it could use them to glide and aid with lift for its jumps.

"A manticore! We got to get past him!" The lavender mare shouted.

The beast makes a move first, he roared while it was in the air fangs bared as it descended on Leo. The Golden Lion concentrate the will of energies from his body to cast out one of his elements.

ELEMENT WIND!!!

He transforms into Wind form again, he then started to collect the wind to his paws as he released to the manticore.

Wind Blast!!!

The blue tornado blows the hybrid animal, force him to fell and got push-off, back to where he leaps from. A growing came from him as he lunges again with his shredded claw opened to execute his enemies but the fact is that Leo quickly leaps in the air to bring about a gust of swirling wind from his legs for hovering.

Thought the Lion is saved from the assault, the beast now on his way to Rarity but get a kick by the face from her hind legs.

"Take that, you ruffian!" She called put confidently, only to roar him at Rarity which messed up her mane. "My mane!" She cried out as she ran off from the beast.

"Wait." The yellow pegasus said in a soft tone which nopony heard except Leo who's now landing near her.

"You notice something?" The aerokinesis asked the shy mare and her nods her head.

Meanwhile, Applejack jumped on top of the manticore. "YEE-HAW! Git along! Little doggie!"

"Wait," Fluttershy repeated more firmly but her voice was still too soft. Leo was about to call out but we're interrupted when Applejack was thrown off by the animal.

The mare yelled out and saw Rainbow Dash in the air, ready to fight. "All your partner."

"On it." She saluted and charged at the beast.

"Wait." The butterfly mare called out a little louder.

"Hold on girls." The cub turned back to regular form, he tried to call out but was interrupted again as the hybrid lion used his scorpion tail to smack Rainbow Dash away.

Twilight called out to the rainbow mare as the hybrid beast got ready to charge at them. The golden lion doesn't like going offensive ways but he knew their need to process if they want to defeat the dark alicorn so he prepares the Earth energy from his body to trap the beast until...

"WAIT!" Fluttershy yelled out this time which made everyone stop and look at her as she approaches the manticore.

The creature looked ready to attack Fluttershy and the other mares were about to step in when Leo put a paw out to stop them.

"Please hold on for second, I think Fluttershy knows what's wrong." He said which made the mares look at Fluttershy grabbed the beast left paw.

"There, there, it's okay." She inspected his left paw, revealing a very thick thorn in it. "Oh, your poor, poor baby."

"Little!?"

Shouts from the other pegasus while everyone else watched in interest while the manticore gives Fluttershy a sad look. She told to him that it will hurt a little bit in gently and quickly, she pulled the thorn out of him. The hybrid beast roared and scooped her towards his mouth.

The mare cried out and called her name while Leo took a shock from the action but as it reveals that the animal wasn't going to eat her but he was licking as he was grateful for Fluttershy for removing the thorn out of his paw and he began to purr which made the mares sigh in relief and smile while Fluttershy giggles.

"Aw, you're just a little ol' baby kitty aren't you? Yes, you are, yes you are." She replied sweetly.

The manticore where distract by her, so the rest of the gang quietly, trot down the road until got past him. Twilight stopped for a moment so does her brother to look back to see the pegasus with her messy mane.

"How did you know about the thorn." The Unicorn asked.

"I didn't. Sometimes we all just need to show a little kindness." She said with a smile as she fixed her mane from the manticore licking. "And besides, we don't necessarily need to use brute force to solve our problem, showing kindness is a good way to go first."

The golden lion smiled to the way of mercy, he then proceeds to their next place. 'Maybe I can learn a few things from her.' 

As the group leaving the area, the thorn that Fluttershy pulled out of the Manticore paw turned into a purple mist and flew away.




Eventually...




"Oh! My eyes need a rest from all this icky muck!" Rarity groaned until the moon was blocked by the cover of the trees, making everyone's vision black. "I didn't mean that literally..."

Since the location is so dark they can't see anything, The same mist colour like Nightmare Moon weaved around Leo and the mane 6 until the mist seeped into the trees.

"Be careful your surroundings everyone, that ancient ruins could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn't even know it." Twilight pointed out.

They started to bump each other, Unicorn bumps another unicorn while Rainbow Dash stepped on Leo tail which making him yelp from the jolt. It's not 'till Applejack stepped in something this time, which makes Fluttershy screaming at her. 

"Relax, Sugar cube. It's just mud." The farm pony chided before turning around to keep walking and coming face to face with the 'why' of the scream, a glowing horrific face. Applejack screamed and jumped back as numerous other leering and fearsome faces appeared around them.

The Lion, on the other hand, was tried his best to show no apprehension to the trees. Tree can't do that face like that! unless somepony wants to make a hunted place for their Nightmare Nights to earn some gold. But the other mention that nopony even dare to wander around the forest just for money so scratch that. He doesn't like frighten pony in trouble before he could make a move, somepony giggled.

There was a brief pause in the screaming as their looking over what they saw, Pinkie Pie standing next to one of the leering faces, giggling and making faces right back at it.

“Pinkie, what are you doing!?” Twilight shouted shoving her brother, knockdown him while landing his face into the mud. “RUN!”

"Oh, girls don't you see?” Pinkie Pie stated as the music started to play from somewhere.

“When I was a little filly and the sun was going down...”

“She's not...”Twilight deadpanned.

“The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frown...” Pinkie Pie sang on.

“She is...” Rarity concluded.

"I'd hide under my pillow. From what I thought I saw.” Pinkie bounded around them.”But Granny Pie said that wasn't the way. To deal with fears at all......”

“Then what is? Rainbow Dash demanded.

“She said, 'Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall. Learn to face your fears. You'll see that they can't hurt you.

Just laugh to make them disappear." Pinkie Pie chimed hopping over to a monstrosity. ”Ha! Ha! Ha!”

The group gasp (except Leo) as the face in the air faded out, the light returning a bit showing it was little more than an oddly-shaped tree.

“So, giggle at the ghostly. Guffaw at the grossly. Crackup at the creepy. Whoop it up with the weepy. Chortle at the kooky. Snortle at the spooky” Pinkie Pie continued to sing while the cub managed his head and pull it out of the mud to gasp for air.

Everypony moved around with even Fluttershy giggling at some of the faces with the others. Pinkie pie somehow managed to hop into one of the leering faces mouths going off on a rant. Oddly even the forest was lighting up again as if the darkness was part of the spell.

“And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahaha... heh...” Pinkie breathed in. ”Laugh~!"

Leo sat up as everyone else was laughing noting the fear spell was gone, he didn't catch the scene of their doing, the only music he can hear. Though he looked around for there no one plays the music but he expected it had been there somewhere. Not actually.

“AHH! MUD MONSTER!!” Pinkie Pie screamed out, hiding behind Fluttershy with Rarity doing the same thing.

“Seriously?” Twilight asked looking at Leo. ”At a time like this, you're playing in the dirt?”

Leo just simply growled before sighed at them as he tried to clean the mud out of his face.




Eventually...again...




After leaving the trees behind with giggle and happy mare thank to the pink pony singing. Aside from the golden lion that not appreciates the dirty fur on him. They came to a sudden stop because there is a wild river stream in front of them while it appeared rather shallow, the water is acting ragingly violent which would drag anypony away.

"How are we going to cross this?" Pinkie asked.

"That's easy!" Rainbow Dash looked at the Lion. "Leo, part the water so they can cross, well except for me and Fluttershy can fly over."

"Uh... I can't."

"What, why? I though you control the Elemental!"

"He only has three elements, Rainbow Dash." Twilight started to explain. "Lightning, Wind and Earth are the only power that Leo have right now. Though a simple fireball spell is the simple one to cast for the mid-beginners Unicorn but lightning from the start? Is out for the starter."

"I have some kind of energies inside of me that allows transforming into one of the element forms. At least, that what Celestia told me." The cub added.

"And I thought for someone controlling the power is easy enough for them."

Just then, there all hear crying nearby. "Huh?"

The group all turned to see a rather large but lanky sea serpent named Steven Magnet who missing half of his moustache weeping to himself in the middle of the water which makes the water act ragingly violent.

"What a world, what a world!" He sobbed dramatically.

"Excuse me, sir, why are you crying?" Twilight called out, trying to be polite which gained the sea serpent's attention.

"I was just sitting here, minding my own business when this tacky little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me and tore half of my moustache clean off and now I look simply horrid." He explained and went back to wailing as he slammed back into the water, creating a massive of water-soaked them.

"Great, just great. First the mud and this!" The lion groaned.

"Oh give me a break." The rainbow mare muttered annoyed.

"That's what all this fuss about?" Applejack asked in disbelief.

"Why of course it is!" Rarity replied as she stepped forward. "How can you be so insensitive? Oh just look at him. Such lovely luminescent scale." She commented at the sea serpent's scales.

"I know..." He sniffed.

"And you're expertly coiffed mane." She added.

"Oh I know, I know." The serpent replied as he ran his fingers through his mane.

"Your fabulous manicure." She pressed on.

"It's so true." He answered as he looks at his fingers.

"And now it's all ruined without your beautiful moustache." She finished with sympathy in her tone.

"It's true! I'm so hideous!" He cried dramatically.

"I simply cannot let such a crime against fashion and beauty go uncorrected." She said with resolve in her voice.

Before someone could do anything, Rarity used her teeth to pull off one of Steven's scales which made him yelp.

"What did you do that for?!" He asked.

"Rarity wait!" Leo called out but it was too late.

SWIPE

Everyone eyes shrunk in shock and Steven fainted but fortunately, he didn't splash the group with water again. Rarity had just cut her long and elegant tail off, leaving a short remain for her tail. She then used her magic to pick up her cut-off tail and carefully tied it onto the remains of Steven's cut moustache and with magic, he moustache is turned back to normal which he wakes up and notices the change in his moustache.

"Oh-hohohoho!" He exclaimed with glee. "My moustache! How wonderful! Thank you, my dear!"

"You are most welcome. You look smashing." The white pony said with a smile.

"Rarity, your beautiful tail..." Twilight said with sadly which made Rarity look at her now short tail with a sad look before smiling.

"Oh, it's fine dear. Short tails are in this season and besides, it will grow back eventually." She said, trying to make the best of the situation.

"Are you sure? We sorry for you to do that." Leo apologise.

"I'm fine, and it's not your or anyone fault, darling." The white uniform patted his shoulder. It'ss good to be generous to those who are less fortunate, even if you do gain nothing in return except for the feeling of happiness at doing something nice for somepony else which makes everypony happy." Rarity smiled, make the lion smiled too.

It's not long when the lavender mare shouted because the stream was now calm. With the help of the serpent, who's allowed himself to used his body to create a set of hump platforms for everyone to cross over. As all of them crossed the waters, the golden lion was the last one land on to the ground as he waved goodbye to Steven who swims away.

The group press on, while the sibling stays closer together.

"You know what, Leo. I think your right about this group mission." The big sister smiled while her brother chuckled.

"Glad you started to like it."
> Chapter 7: The Elements of Harmony (S1E2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


The Elements of Harmony






Soon...




It wasn't much longer until you all saw the ruins of an ancient castle in the distance.

"There it is! The Castle of the Two Sisters! That's where the Elements of Harmony are!" Twilight excitedly and took off.

"Sis! Wait for us!" Her brother called out and went after her with the other following behind.

"We're almost there! Whoa!" Not looking at her below 'cause her nearly falls down a large gap with a rope bridge that is currently down but Leo quickly pulled her back. "Thanks."

"You're welcome but please, Sis. Next time you shouldn't run off like that." He told her.

"Now what do we do?" Pinkie asked.

"Duh, leave it to me." Rainbow Dash flapped her wings to get up into the air.

"Oh yeah!" The pink mare chuckled as Rainbow Dash flew down the gap to pick up the rope bridge and found it.

She then lands on the other side of the gap with the rope bridge and is about to tie it up so that her friends could cross the gap when the purple mist that Steven mention about quickly flew underneath her and made a fog to appear.

"Rainbow Dash..." Called out a mysterious female voice that made the pegasus look around before she went tie the bridge up.

"Who's there?" She asked.

"Rainbow Dash..."

"I ain't scared of you. Show yourself!"

"We've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the best flyer in all of Equestria." Said the voice in a deviously persuasive tone.

"Who?" She asked curiously.

"Why you of course."

"Really?! I mean, yeah me. Hey, would you mind telling the Wonderbolts that would ya?" Cause I've been trying to join them since forever."

"No Rainbow Dash, we are not the Wonderbolts but somepony even better." Said the voice as a trio of Pegasus ponies emerged from the fog in fronts of Rainbow Dash.

The trio of Pegasus ponies is two stallions and a mare in the middle of the trio wearing dark coloured flight suits and googles with a yellow lens with Cutie Mark that are skull with a wing.

The mare one spoke. "We are the Shadowbolts, the greatest aerial team in the Everfree Forest and soon we'll be the greatest in all Equestria but first we need a leader." She said with a smirk as she strokes Rainbow's go. "The most magnificent-"

"Yep."

"Swiftest."

"Yes."

"Bravest flyer in all of Equestria."

"Yes, it's all true." Rainbow Dash said with a smirk.

"We...need you."

"WOOHOO!" she shouted excitedly. "Sign me up! Just let me tie up this bridge real quick and we have a deal." This makes the Shadowbolts angry.

"NO! It's them or us!" The mare barked.

"Rainbow Dash, what's taking so long?" Twilight called out, only to see the Shadowbolts and gasped. "Oh no! Rainbow Dash!" And then, the Shadowbolts Mare's eyes glowed, creating a thick fog to try and drown the group out before the unicorn shouted. "Don't listen to them!"

"Well? What's your choice?"

On the other side, the ponies are standing quietly to hear what they conversation about but it seems like it doesn't work. For Leo, who was prepared the Wind form to blow off the fog so they can see them when suddenly everything around him when dark as a voice spoke.


Don't do it...


"Huh?" 


It's not your time yet...


"What did you mean?"

"Leo?" 

The lion came back to his sense, in front of him was Twilight who looking at him concerned. "Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah, don't worry about it." He said trying to hide the voice.

"Well, okay then." The mare turned around to see the rainbow mare land back to their side of the gap. "Rainbow Dash!"

"See? I'd never leave my friends hanging." She smiled.

As they went across the bright, the group finally arrive at the Castle of the Two Sisters and entering it, the golden lion instantly felt two different energies, one that is filled with purely positive and the other filled with dark and cold energy. Leo has some call energy senses since his power uses his body energies to do the transformation or splitting himself when back before he was a little. 

"Girls, I feel something." He told the Mane 6 which makes them look at him.

"What is it, Leo?" His sister asked.

"I can sense two different energies." The other surprising while Twilight nodded.

"Wait, you can sense energy?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, he can. Even since this discovery, he could tell whether if the ponies or artefacts have good or bad magic in them to allow in Canterlot for safety." The princess protége explained.

"Indeed and one of them have a purely positive energy which I'm sure is the Element of Harmony while the other one is dark and cold and it's at the top of the castle."

"Dark and cold? What was it?"

"I don't know, but I will check it out." Leo process to the next floor only got stop by Applejack voice.

"Hold their sugar cube, ah don't certain this will go well." 

"I agree, what if you could get hurt or something?" Fluttershy asked worriedly.

"Don't worry about me, just focusing on the task." He said as the cub ran off to the stairs before halt for a second to turn to his sister. "And Sis, please remember that you are not alone."

Leo ascent to the top of the castle while Twilight thinks about what he said.

"Are you gonna leave him just like that?" Rainbow Dash asked to the mare.

"I have nothing to worry about him. After all, he can use his power." She looked at the where her brother when before searching the Element of Harmony with the other follows behind as she thought. 'I believe him.'




Meanwhile...




Leo Sparkle finally reaches the top of the castle to see in front of him was a throne room seem to be. Though there are two of it with two different colours, the left one has all yellow and white with a banner have a white alicorn with a pink mane while the right side is the opposite of the light colour which is dark blue. There, was Nightmare Moon, sitting on that throne and she looking at him.

"You again? Looks like you still have a gut to come here alone." The alicorn haughtiness in her voice.

"Nightmare Moon? Why are you here?" He asked.

"You think you and those foolish ponies can stop me from taking over Equestria? FOOL! I WILL DESTROY EVERYONE WHO DARES AGAINST ME AND MY EXTERNAL NIGHT!"

"You know you don't have to do this, everyone needs the sun AND the moon to lives harmony and peace!"

"You don't understand what I have gone through your creature! Everypony relished and played in the day that your foolish princess brought forth, but shunned and slept through my beautiful night! You think just because you enjoy playing in the daytime doesn't mean you have to sleep every day on the nighttime!" 

Leo try to say something but he can't, it's true that everyone sleep so there can replenish they energy so when the day comes, they can work well. The mare doesn't want to talk anymore as she fired a blast of dark magic at him which he quickly dodges to the left side.

"I have enough! Now you will pay for what you did to me with insolence with your life!" She stands up from the throne as she got madness and anger ready to fight.

The golden cub stands for his defensive states. Seems like talking would not working on her so maybe he can do something. 

'Alright, I stall her until Sis and the other find the elements.' He thought.

Nightmare Moon fired bolts of lighting at him as he transforms into his Elemental Form immediately.

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

ELEMENT EARTH!!!

Earth Barrier!!!

He then punches the floor, making elevates ground levels rise to little taller than him with a shape of a half-sphere as the blast hit the impact which only left a hole in the wall, thankfully it didn't hit Leo.

"My turn!" Earth's shouted, he punched the ground again as a middle-small-straight earth wave appeared on the surface as it heads to the dark alicorn which she flew to the air before the dirt raises from it to make a form of a spiky pillar.

"FOAL! You think your pathetic attack can harm me!" She said as her horn glowed a brilliant cyan aura with light violet sparks and summoned a dark magic orb which she sent flying at the cub.


ELEMENT WIND!!!


Leo transforms to the Wind element. He lifts his right paw as a ball of wind gather together which he lunch to the orb that Nightmare has cast.

Wind Gusts!!!

The air from the sphere has enlarged to a blue tornado as the dark orb goes in, it stops and shacking before it switches to the opposite direction of the front. The orb sends back to the caster while she completely shocked by this as she in hurry, put on a magic barrier up to protect herself from her power.

It hit as a black of smoking from the strike cover her vision for seeing the lion. She rapidly flaps her wings back and forth to make a little gust to clear out the smoke as she hears a shouted.

The smoke from her surrounding seems to be getting to view a golden figure in the airborne as she hears a one clapping noise.


ELEMENTAL...


The view is clear and the dark alicorn can see the lion with a smile on his, though there's a three symbol in front of his paw, each of it has the same element logo that he used as he continues.


TRIPLE...


The tension getting high for the mare. Her vision was back as she fires a bolt of dark magic to Leo only to get block by a golden sparkling spinning circle with trio element in a tiny ring as he finishes the word.


SPLIT!!!


Leo goes through the circle to come out with the other of him as they charge to Nightmare Mare who's doing the same as well. 

Wind's started first by dividing her only to be dodge by her easily, while she laughed for missing, Lightning's dash on top of her while holding a lightning blade from his mouth as he assaults Nightmare Moon to the bottom, getting back from her maniac laugh to got shock by the strike from the cub. She fell to the ground but got lunch back away to the dark thorn by Earth's using his earth power.

The dark alicorn wreck the throne, hearing a low painful growl from her. The trio won't let there guard down just yet for the last time, did end well. A few coughing can be heard from her place as she got up slightly trembling because of the damage she takes. 

"Uh... We didn't hurt her a lot, right?" Wind asked worries but still simply smile.

"We're not, Wind..." The yellow cub replies in a serious tone. "As you can see, she still standing. Meaning, she okay."

'What's going on? Why is so hard to win against these damn creatures? Wait... Didn't he come here with a group of mares if I remember correctly? Unless...' Nightmare Moon finally realised what happens. 'THAT DAMN CUB!!! He's distracting me so those mares can get their hoofs on the Elements of Harmony and use them against me! I WON'T ALLOW IT! I REFUSE TO ALLOW IT!'

She cast an explosive spell to them but luckily Earth's bring up the Earth Barrier to protect them from the blast before the alicorn turning herself into a purple mist and flies.

The lions opened the eyes to a blur thingy from the top to the mist heading to where he came from.

"Oh no! She must have figured out we were distracting her! Come on, we got to get to the other fast!" Their nodded and rushed off to save their friends.




Meanwhile, the Mane 6 view...




During Leo fight Nightmare Moon, Twilight and the other found five of the six Elements of Harmony in the forms of stone orbs. The mare tries to focus her magic on the Five Elements to find the spark needed for the sixth element to appear.

Then all of sudden, Nightmare Moon enters the room with a look of pure rage and uses her magic to send the Mane 6 flying away to the other side of the room and away from the Elements of Harmony.

"I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYPONY TO USE THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY AGAINST ME EVER AGAIN!" She yelled furiously and fired bolts of lightning at the stone orbs that are the elements, shattering them into pieces, shocking the ponies.

"NO! THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY!" She cried out as the dark alicorn began to laugh an evilly.

"HAHAHAHA! YES! I DID IT! THEY ARE NO MORE! WITH THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY DESTROYED, THE NIGHT WILL LAST FOR ALL ETERNITY AND I SHALL RULE EQUESTRIA FOREVER!" She declares and laughs evilly again.

Twilight was about fall into despair until she remembers what her brother said earlier "You are not alone" and then she turned back to look at the other mares until her eyes widen in realization before she smiled. Then she stood and glared at Nightmare Moon with determination in her eyes.

"You think you have destroyed the Elements of Harmony? You're wrong! For you see Nightmare Moon, the spirits of the elements are right here!" She declared back as the rest of the Mane 6 stood up next to her which shocked the alicorn.

"W-What!?" Nightmare in fear in her voice as the shards of the orbs starts reacting and floating up into the air.


"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty."

"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness."

"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of Laughter."

"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of Generosity."

"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire, represents the spirit of Loyalty."


Throughout the speech, every shard that represents the elements float towards the Mane 5 and surrounding them. 

"The spirit of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us," Twilight said as Nightmare Moon stepped back in fear.

"B-But you still don't have the sixth element! The spark didn't work!" She tried to hide her fear.

"But it did work!" She continued to talk. "A different kind of spark. I felt in at the very moment I realised how happy I was to hear from you, to see you, how much I cared about you..."

She turned to her friends for what she said as they all smiled. "The spark ignited inside me when I realised that all of you...are my friends!" She turned back to face Nightmare Moon.

And then it happened...

A bright light shines above, drawing everypony's attention to see the sixth Element of Harmony in its stone orb from which hovers above Twilight.

"You see Nightmare Moon when the Elements are ignited by the spark that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the Element of Magic!"

The shards glowed brightly and transformed into golden necklaces with gems resembling their respective owners' Cutie Mark and go around their respective owners' neck and the orb transformed into a tiara with a gem on top that resembles like Twilight's Cutie Mark before settling on her head.

The Elements of Harmony start to glow brightly as the Mane 6 start to float up into the air, getting ready to finish Nightmare Moon once and for all.

"NOT ON MY WATCH!!!" She yelled furiously and quickly summoned two dark orbs as she sent it to them but got exploded instead by a two-lightning blade coming from behind her with a golden-yellow blur figure as well.

"Not so fast!" Lightning land between the alicorn and the group while holding his blade with his right paw pointing at her.

"YOU?! WHO ARE YOU?!"

Next coming from her above was the blue lion with a grin on his face as he letting the air coming to his paw.

Wind Gusts!!!

The Aerokinesis punch the wind, creating a tornado toward the mare from below as it hit, she inside the twister so that she can't see the sight when suddenly the floor she stood from start to rumbling before trap her, covered by the earth.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" Shouted the dark alicorn.

"We Leo Sparkle!" Wind replied to her question.

"And also! We are..." Earth continues the word as the trio says in together.


THE ELEMENTAL MANIPULATION!!! 


The Mane 6 now have a rainbow aura surrounding them all and aimed at Nightmare Moon. Sending a powerful rainbow-coloured beam heading toward her while she tries to summon a magical barrier to protect herself but it was worthless as the beam smashes through the barrier.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed as the wave engulfed her and everything went white.




Sometimes later...




Sis...


Sis.!


"Sis!"

The lavender eyes opened to see her brother, back to his regular form, face to face each other while the Mane 5 were back on the ground the same goes to her and began to stand back up.

Rainbow Dash head was hurt a bit, Applejack asked if everyone alright while Rarity admiring her newly grown tail which had grown back. They're also checking on about the necklace on their neck which represents the elements that they possess which Fluttershy told about it. Twilight has a tiara, which makes Leo though she is a princess.

After Applejack talk about how concerned they represent the elements of friendship when suddenly, a bright light appeared from a window as everyone to see the sun has finally risen and the light enters the room, changing into an alicorn mare.

This alicorn mare has a light fuchsias grey coat, a light rainbow mane and tail (in the colours of light cerulean, light turquoise, very light cobalt blue and pale heliotrope), pale, light greyish magenta eyes and her Cutie Mark is a stylized sun.

Realising who it is, the ponies bow except the siblings who run-up to her.

"Princess Celestia!"
"Celestia!"

They joyfully while the big sister hugging the sun-theme princess who returned the hug while the cub stands next to her sister.

"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful students, I knew you could do it." She smiled at her protége as she looks to the lion. "Is good to see you too, Leo."

"Princess...you told me it was all an old ponytail...why?" 

"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moons return and I knew it was you that the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." She explained to her.

Twilight looked at the other mares, she knew her teacher was right because, without friendship, she couldn't have stopped Nightmare Moon on her own.

"Now if only another will as well." Celestia headed towards a familiar alicorn who is unconscious on the ground.

Laying atop it amid shards of smoking metallic blue armour was a purplish-grey mare with a silver-blue mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a purple patch of the night with a crescent moon in the centre. The most striking features of the mare, however, were the wings and horn she bore.

"Princess Luna."

There was a collective gasp as the mare on the ground was named and a visible flinch from the second alicorn as she opened her eyes and looked up at the approaching white alicorn.

"It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this." She crouched in front of the short alicorn. "Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together little sister."

"Sister?!"

This cause a shocked for the rest of the other as she stood back up to say to her sister about accepting her friendship so there could be happy together. Of course, the younger alicorn quickly get up and ran to her to give a hug of reunion as their teardrop of happiness drip from their eyes.

"I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister."

"I've missed you too..."

From the background, Pinkie Pie cries as well with a napkin to clear off her tear before a burst out like a fountain.

"Hey! Do you know what this calls for?" She stops crying immediately. "A PARTY!!!"

And with that, Princess Celestia used her magic to transport everyone back to Ponyville as the trial is finally over.




Ponyville...




Leo, the Mane 6 and the Princesses returned to Ponyville and soon enough, the citizens of Ponyville began to celebrate the return of the princesses.

Many were surprised and shocked by the appearance of Princess Luna who they learned is truly Princess Celestia's younger sister and was Nightmare Moon but Celestia was able to clear things up by explaining how Twilight and the other obtained the Elements of Harmony and used them to erase Nightmare Moon and bring Luna back to normal.

Everypony cheered for them and called them heroes for saving both Equestria and Princess Luna and speaking of the Princess of the Night. Everypony welcomed her back with open arms and accepted her as a princess like Celestia, even two young Pegasus foals gave her a flower wreath which she accepts with tears of joy and a smile while Leo smiled that everything went well.

Well... Not everything, the lion was at the back of her sister since he doesn't like being in the crowd much like this one. While everypony cheer for the Mane 6 and the princesses, he thought back from the bridge, before he was about to use the Wind form.

'That weird voice... Where does it come from? Can anyone hear it too or just one of my imagination?'

It's that long until his little brother came in, a glimpse of eyes of joy in him as he ran toward him to give a hug to his other sibling.

"Leo! Guess what? Princess Celestia has assigned us for the next quest."

The golden took a surprise all of the sudden. "And that is?"

"Well not us but for Twilight though..." The drake chuckled. "She says that Twilight needs to continue to study the magic of friendship in our new home, Ponyville!" 

"Really?! Pawesome!!!" The lion jump in excited. 

"Yeah, now come on!" Spike then grab his brother paws and pull it while walk. "Let's enjoyed this party!"

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.....

Meanwhile, while seeing the boys was getting in the festivity. The sun goddess walked up to the near of the drinking table where Twilight was there to do a discussion about something. "Twilight."

"Yes, Princess?"

"There's something I would like to talk about Leo." She asked with a serious look.

"About his power right?"

"What power?" Pinkie Pie step in so does the other mane.

"Leo, Elemental power." The unicorn replied.

"Yes, and if what my research was corrected..." The princess sighed. "Leo has still some of the potentials in him that haven't been unlocked yet."

This makes Twilight surprised. "Wait, you mean to say is that..."

"Leo Sparkle can get more than three elements right now." Celestia finished, making the Mane 5 shocked while her protége seems eager about it.

"This is great! He must be thrilled to hear this!" Just about the lavender mare trot off, her mentor move front.

"Now now, Twilight. I know you want to study about it but you have to worry about him." 

"Why?"

"Think about it, if he can control more of the power, how does he feel the very amount of energies in his body. He will be scared of it because of how much dangerous this could be. It not only him but he would hurt ponies he loves one, his family and friends he cares so much. He lucky to be just a cub but eventually he will grow up and will know how much big responsibility to take care of those power he holds. Do you really what your brother to face all of that kind like that?" Princess Celestia explained and seeing the shocked from her student's.

"No! I don't wanna that happens to him!" She stomped her hoof.

"Then please, for Leo own good, keeps this as a secret between seven of us." She glanced to the Mane 5 which they give a nodded to her. "Also, I explain to Luna as well."

Twilight thought for a second, sure she loves to research about Leo power but what cost? Making him more dangerous than ever? He's already a lion that eats meat while surrounded by a bunch of prey! Not to mention, almost being eating by him when she was a filly but got save by her father. Looks like she won't have a choice.

"Alright, it was a secret then." She agreed to the Princess.

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That's all he can hear. Spike was with Leo while having some chit-chat with Lyra but he then told them he wants to get some water from the table that has been set only to get this information from the Princess of the Sun about his brother. Though he hind under the table so they couldn't see him.

The dragon was quite stunned for this. Does his brother have the power to manipulate other elements? That's cool to him but when the alicorn talked about his brother would scare of it.

'Leo can get more, eh?' He thought to make a recall of what happened. "Well, he doesn't show any new thing for now...but I will keep on eyes on him.
> Chapter 8: Figure in the Everfree Forests (S1E3)
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Figure in the Everfree Forests


It was such a beautiful day in Ponyville, the bird is soaring through the skies, the flower is blooming perfectly thank the owner of it. The citizens of Ponyville are doing their normal routine like usually and what could be perfect to harvest some apple in Sweet Apple Acres. Where there's a healthy apple, the apple ponies will buck it until it drops from the tree where they're born. Not only that but also to feed some animal farm as well like the chicken, pig your name it! The farm has a lot a thing to do before lunchtime came in as Leo finishing the last hay into the storage.

It was only been a week since the return of Nightmare Moon and the golden lion seems to make a little bit of progress. He loves to help other ponies or creatures for doing some activities if they have something left to do and it would seem that helping the apple family is kinda hard working for him but they didn't mind. They want to see how capable of this cub if he can keep up with them.

"Hey, Leo! You say you wanna feed the roosters and hen after this." Apple Bloom said with a smile while holding a bucket of food chicken with her left hoof.

"Okay I got-"

"Leo!" Shout from the big-bulky-red-earth-pony who none other they're older brother, Big Macintosh. "You say wanna help me buck some tree over here."

"Huh? Okay, I-"

"Hurry Leo! You still have to give the hay to the cows yet!" The filly said as she feeding some chicken but there many of them and she couldn't handle it all.

"Err... I can't do this alone!" The lion claps his paws as a three familiar colour element logo in front of him before enlarge as it doing a spin around in circles to appear a golden spinning circle.


ELEMANTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!


He performed the Elemental Split as the trio stood in a triangle formation.

"Wind, you'll help Apple Bloom." Earth's order while the blue cub smile and salute. 

"Lightning, go feed the animal." The yellow cub nodded.

"And I will help Big Mac."

"Alright!"
"Alright!"

Lightning speed off while Wind's hover on his gust before flew off toward the little filly. Though the brown one just ran to the area where the red pony waiting for him. Not so show off his power.

The ponies were quite surprised by the sudden mane colour change from the lions when they have arrived but quickly think back he splitting ability can do when at the Summer Sun celebration so they just go for it. Feeding the chicken were piece of cake since the aerokinesis tosses it to them or using his wind power to toss even further for those who are too far. Give cows some hay was simple for our electrokinesis thanks to his mobility make him doesn't lose some sweat. 

While the other two Leo we're doing their jobs, Big Macintosh was impressed by the strong leg coming from Earth and by that means, all of the apple shape fallen into the wooden bucket. Don't underestimate someone who has simple legs 'cause they don't know what the amount of strength in it.

"Hey, Big Mac?" The Geokinesis asked.

"Eeyup?"

"Where's Applejack?"

The stallion pointed his hoof straight to for this location to that location.

"She was way all of there?"

"Eeyup."

"For what proposed other than harvesting?"

He then looks around for anypony was in the place before lifting while paddling his hoof to make Leo getting closer a bit as he whispers to his ears...





Meanwhile...





"Thank ya kindly Twilight for helping me out. I bet Big Macintosh I could get all these Golden Delicious in the barn by lunchtime." Applejack said bounce for successfully getting a bunch of apple in the bucket on her back. "If I win he's gonna walk down Syrup Street in one of Granny's girdles."

She chuckled before Twilight spoke. "No problem at all Applejack. I'm glad the goal is lunchtime, all this hard work is making me hungry."

"I know, right?" Spike commented as he tossed an apple which hit the back of Twilight's and made her give him a mean stare.

"Spike, you've been lounging on my back all morning while we worked."

"Exactly. You guys are taking so long that I missed snack-time." He said which made the mare stomach growl.

"Eh, I guess we better get some food." She laughed nervously.

"Nope. Worm. A-ha!" He then looked through more apples until he came across the juiciest apple ever which Twilight noticed and made her lick her lips at the sight of the apple.

"Oh Spike, that looks delicious." The unicorn longingly as she started at the tasty apple...

Only to watch as Spike eats the apples in one bite.

"Spike!"

"What?"

Then suddenly, the drake burped out his signature green fire and a letter materializes.

"It's a letter from Princess Celestia." She said as Spike got off her back and grabbed the letter.

The dragon clears his throat before reading the letter. "Hear ye, hear ye. Her Grand Royal Highness, Princess Celestia of Equestria, is pleased to announce the Grand Galloping Gala to be held in the magnificent capital city of Canterlot, on the 21st of, eh, yadda yadda yadda, cordially extends an invitation to Twilight Sparkle, Spike Sparkle and Leo Sparkle plus one guest each." He read out loud which made the two mares gasp in excitement.

"The Grand Galloping Gala!" The ponies shouted together and started jumped up and down in joy.

The girls all excited while Spike stuck his tongue out like he is gagging but then burped out three golden tickets.

"Look! Three tickets." He held the tickets to Twilight.

"Wow, great! I've never been to the gala before. Have you Spike?"

"No, but now I have to go...and I don't want to deal with any of that girly frilly frou-frou nonsense." He said in a noninterested look but his mind...

HAHAHA! YES YES YES! I CAN GO~ I CAN GO~

"Aw, come on Spike. A dance would be nice."

"Nice?! It's a heap good more than just nice. I'd love to go." Applejack thrilled for this before the screen start to wobbly.


"Land sakes, if I had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chowin' our tasty vittles 'til the cows came home. Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin' up 'round here. We could replace that saggy old roof, and Big Macintosh could replace that saggy old plough, and Granny Smith could replace that saggy old hip."


The screen wobble back to them. "Why, I'd give my left hind leg to go to the gala."

"Well, in that case, do you want to-" Twilight never finished when she hear a shouted.

Wind Sphere!!!

This just in, a blue gust of sphere was suddenly on top of them with very inches to hit them. Not only that, what was inside was a cyan pegasus ponies.

"Hey, Sis!"

The two ponies and one dragon turned to saw Wind coming from the front while still hovering on his gust as he looks the pony in his wind.

"Whoa! Thanks, Leo." Rainbow Dash thankful for him and got out of his sphere before she looked at Twilight. "And are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" 

She asked excited only to get a glare from the farm pony. "Rainbow Dash! You told me you were too busy to help me harvest apples. What were you busy doing? Spying?"

"No, I was busy napping and I just happened to hear that you can invite one guest to the gala." She said to Twilight with a large grin.

"Yes but-" The unicorn never again finished her word.

"YES! This is so awesome! The Wonderbolts perform at the Grand Galloping Gala every year. I can see it now..."

Wow... Looks like another wobble coming up to them but Wind was little far so he won't get into it. As the pegasus continue to daydream or something, the lion could hear another shout who he already knew.

"Wind!"

He turned to the source to find his other self, Lightning and Earth heading towards him with the finished look meaning that their work is done.

The brown cub looked at their siblings and his friends. "What happened there? Why they looked up?"

"Why does Rainbow Dash wobbly like that?"

The Air manipulation chuckle but turned to sigh. "Celestia gives us three tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala...and see for yourself, they seem to get into a fight."

The threesome was in thoughts about it, surely one of their friends in Canterlot has mentioned about the grandest place were only noble one can get the invitation but can't believe they get the invite. Honestly, Leo being raised by the noble family so there's no gasping from the trio. This is the chance to get enter to see what they're doing like dancing, singing? Or beyond imagination!

'Wait...'
'Wait...'
'Wait...'

The cubs immediately merge back together into one, make way for him to walk up to his brother, who is watching from the background of Applejack having hard-fought-for getting the extra tickets from Twilight. Whoa... There even forget who's have the tickets but doing a hoof wrestle with Rainbow Dash? Haha, that's stupid.

The drake notices the Lion appearance as he shows him the golden paper. "Look, Leo! Three tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala."

The cub takes one ticket from the dragon as he looks to the writing on it. 'Can bring one guess with you'.

"Cool." He simply said before putting it in his grey bandana on his neck. "Hey, Bro. I think I want to explore the town for a bit so I'll see you guys later, okay?"

Spike nodded, as Leo walks away to the exits.

"Girl, these are our tickets. We've decided who gets it thank you very much. So whoever has the best reason to go should get the tickets." Twilight intervene them and told about it but then realised her mistake.

"Drummin' up business the farm?"

"A chance to audition for the Wonderbolts?"

"Money to fix Granny's hip!"

"Living the dream!"

"Oh my, those are all pretty good reasons aren't they?" The unicorn said as her stomach growls.

"Listen to that, I am starving. I don't know about you but I can't make important decisions on an empty stomach." She started to back away from them until she next her brother as he mounted on her. "So, I'll think about it over lunch and get back to you."

And with that, the siblings left them with a sigh of defeat from them.

"Okay..."





Back to Leo...





"Can't believe I want to do this." The golden lion said while in front of the entrance where everything begins.

The Everfree Forest.

Leo didn't want his siblings to worry for him but there something was bothering him about this place. Sure it spooky but the other point is that mysterious voice he heard at the Castle of Sister bridge and he gonna find out.

He turned back to see if their anypony could see him. Thank god no one was here. With a deep breath, he walks into the forest...

Only to get lost.

"Ugh... Bad. Idea. Ever." Leo muttered to himself. It's not every day you see these things.

It's been one hour alone in the gloomy forest, he walks down the dirt road as it only things can right now. He tried to remember where the last time he and the other went to find the Elements of Harmony but it's was a dark time back then, and now day time should easy enough to find the way but its not. Though, he enjoyed being lonely sometimes because no chit-chat whatsoever from his surroundings and that's music to his ears.

Leo march on, going deeper and deeper to find his objectives when suddenly, yellow eyes glowing from the bushes from his left and right as it started to growled from the area and looks like, the cubs arrived in a circle field inside the Everfree Forests. His ears perk up, he senses negative energy from this sounding that doesn't seem friendly to him and it got louder. The dark green bushes shake on it own to reveal a pack of wolf jumped out from it. Though the wolf was made of wood all over there body.

"Wow, who are you?" He asked cautiously.

The replied was a howl from one of them as there commenced an assault on Leo!

"Whoa!"

The silver-grey lion dodges the first strike from the big one. It seems that this wolf is quite a big compare from the other so he guesses this is the alpha. The alpha let his friends come to attack while he remains still from his position. This doesn't look good, he needs to think of something.

"I already used the Elemental Split before and it took to much energy from me... I have to fight carefully here." He thought as he raises his right paws to come out a stream of air.


ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

ELEMENT WIND!!!


He grins while the wolf was surprised by the sudden action. "Here we go!" The airbending hoop on to his gust as he started to spin around.

Whirling Wind!!!

Leo twisted himself and produced a huge wind whirlwind that makes the pack of wolf yelp as they suck into it. Their swirl around the tornado until the cub finished it off by exploding the tornado, making the predator lunch far away to even deeper the flora goes on.

The kinesis hit the ground hard that the wind where his hover disappear. He breathes heavily until he suddenly turned back normal for using too much of his energy.

"Okay...that...was...huge..amount...of power..." He huff and puff to let the oxygen flow through to his body. "Need...to...go... Argh!!!"

The golden lion grips his head as he has a headache right now in the middle of the wood. The pain seems to get a bit of increased from him but doesn't stop him from stand up.

"What's wrong with my head?!"

"You there!" Said an unfamiliar voice.

"H-Huh?" 

Leo turned his head while his left paws holding on it to see a figure wearing a brown cloak. The voice was a female, with glowing eyes can see under the cloak but can't see her body. Her muzzle is squared off and right now, walking towards him.

"Is it not safe here from them. Come now, follow me and I will show you the way out."

She lent her hoof to the lion. He doesn't know if he can trust her or not but in this situation right now, he has to do it. A howl can be heard inside the forest. It looks like they haven't done yet so he grabs her hoof as she guides him to the entrance of Everfree Forest.





Later, the entrance...





"We have arrived." Said female pony.

The bandana lion gasp of the sight from the village. "Ponyville!"

He sprints to the town but stops quickly before turning around and smiling at her. "Thanks so much, Miss!"

"Please, called me Zecora."

"Well then, Zecora. I'm Leo Sparkle! Pleasures to meet you."

"Same as well." She smiled, before turning back to the woods. "Please excuse me, but I afraid I need to go."

"W-Wait! Is it okay if I can meet you again? I want to know more about this place though."

"If you insist, very well. If you want to see me again then just head straight from this path until you see a tree hub."

"Oh, okay!" Leo said with a smile and run off to see how his siblings were doing.

The mare just stared at the lion but then she smiled too. "At least he doesn't run away for me like that ponies from that place."

And with that, she enters the wood until cannot see her anymore.


The golden lion comes in quickly to not worrying his sister and brother for his unnoticed appear near them. He passed off some ponies like two or three he bumped into but not late to say 'hi' to them. Some are wave back, some are surprised by the out outcome. Looks like he needs to work hard to be friends with them without making them ran off by him and the headache has gone once he out from the Everfree Forest. 

The huge tree can see for the distance as he steps in the library, banging it to see his sister was laying like somepony having a nightmare with a hoof on her head while his brother and his friends were starting at by the bang of the door.

"Uh... Did I miss anything?" He said that makes Twilight looking at him and gasp.

"Leo! Thanks, Celestia your here!" She ran up to him to give a siblings hug.

"And why'd you say that?"

The lavender mare let go. "You have the ticket, right?"

"Yeah, sure." He pulled out the invitation from his bandana to show it to them.

"But wait, Aren't Leo going as well, right?" Applejack comes in. "It's still the same if he let one of us to the Gala."

The mares sigh of disappointed. The lion in confused stated for don't know what's going on. "Hey, can you guys explain to me what happens when I explore?"

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....

....

"Ah... I see."

Sounds like a tough decision for his sister to handle alone. It is a shame that he can't help her solving this opinion. He already knows that Applejack wants to open an Apple stand set up so she can get a bit from the Canterlot ponies to replace all saggy old for her family farm.

Rainbow Dash what to impress the Wonderbolt by showing her stuff so they're can let her join in to become their newest member.

Pinkie Pie, who like to make a party. Want to go because to see how the wonder of it since she never got in for once for her life and maybe can make even super awesome with her around.

Rarity always wants to go too since she designed ensembles for the gala every year but never had the opportunity to attend. The reason is to see... If Leo remembered correctly, Princess Celestia nephew, Prince Blueblood.

And Fluttershy, the shy one. Want to go too because to go into the wondrous private gated garden that surrounds the dance in Canterlot castle.

Leo looks at the butterfly with a soft voice. "Fluttershy?"

"Y-Yeah."

"I don't think you need the ticket because you realize that you could just ask for permission to go to the Royal Garden. You don't have to go to the Gala itself." He offered.

"Oh really?" She asked, parking up to see he nodded.

"As for this ticket..." He held to his big sister. "You can have it, Sis."

This makes the group shocked by the impact. Did what he said is true? Did he just give his ticket for a chance to change his life? Didn't he know that everypony want to go to the gala?

"A-Are you sure?" Twilight said and slowly levitate the ticket with her magic. "This means we all gonna go except for you, you know?"

"Nah, besides. I already know the ponies in Canterlot so I don't wanna go. I want to start to make new friends in Ponyville so I can get used to this place by month. Don't worry about me though, go have some fun!" He smiled shine the room, really a caring creature for the other one.

They still don't like the idea of leaving one of their friends left alone, the cub see this, he doesn't want them to feel bad for this. "Look, I know you guys care for your friends but I do care about you guys too you know? Plus, I'm sure I'll be fine here. After all, I have zero knowledge about this place so I need to start from the bottom."

His sister smiled and so does the other, never thought her brother will show his caring to this level. She is grateful for this, not to herself, but with her brothers and friends. All seem excited to go to the Grand Galloping Gala even though he won't come along, he's still happy.

Just then, her stomach was growling. "Uh..."

Rarity came next to her. "Allow us to treat you and Leo to dinner."

After that, their all go to the Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie treat! To thanks the lion for the ticket and Twilight empty stomach.
> Chapter 9: A Wilful Apple (S1E4)
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A Wilful Apple






One Month Later, Sweet Apple Acres...





"Hold on in a minute, are you saying my mouth does make you promises my legs can't keep?" Applejack glared at her Big Brother.

"Eeyup." He simply said.

"Why balder..." She scoffed and stomp her hoof. "This is your sister Applejack remember! The Loyalist of friends and the most dependable of ponies!"

"But still only one pony and one pony plus hundreds of apple trees just doesn't add up."

"Don't you use your fancy mathematics to muddy the issue! I still I could handle this harvest and I'm gonna prove it to you. I'm gonna get every last Apple out of those trees this Applebuck season, all by myself!" She determined and look at a large number of Apple tree before she gulped.

Or maybe she has a second thought?

The red pony sighed. Of course, his sister wouldn't listen, she was the stubborn sort. Today is Applebuck season but supposedly he and Applejack should harvest the apple but thanks to his injury, he can't help which mean that leave to his sister only and not as if they could hire any real help either. Sweet Apple acres was notorious for not hiring temp workers as they could never afford it before. So when the season started most of the help that lived in Ponyville had left for greener and more profitable pastures for the season.

He could ask her friends except for Rarity, he expected they would all help out. Though He would prefer if Fluttershy didn't. Last time she helped, the critters she brought to assist ate half of the crop and tore up a few trees in the process. Granny still went for her gun the moment she even thought she saw a beaver.

They should take that old Minotaur blunderbuss from her, but no one was yet brave enough to try to take her pappy's gun away from Granny.

Getting Rainbow Dash to help wouldn't be easy either. That Pegasus was notoriously lazy, and he expected she had a bit of a thing for him. He didn't want to go down that route just in case she got it into her head to trade for a date... Not that she didn't look good, but there was only so much Wonderbolt talk he could take.

That left Pinkie Pie and that new mare, Twilight and her brothers. Twilight was the better one to ask, Pinkie was the sort who might blow every pony up or rub soup in every ponies' manes. It was always a toss-up.

Still, he wasn't sure how to approach Twilight and Spike, but Leo appears to be nice for the job since he told him he likes to help other and prove he's capable off but with Applejack stubbornness, he doesn't know if he wants to involve that young lion.

Big Mac snorted.

Eventually, she will ask some pony for help out on her own.





Ponyville...





Leo winced as he hit the floor, a whimper escaping his lips as he rubbed his eyes were dust has stuck on it. His ears perked as he heard the sound of books and other objects falling off the shelves upstairs and the yelling of Spike.

Dropping to all fours he started up the steps from him and Spike's shared room, which had been the library's basement. The place only had the one room upstairs and Twilight had claimed that given how high it was. Don't know why but Unicorn's seemed to need to live as high above everything else as possible, towers, multi-story houses, and so on, all with the bedrooms at the top.

The whole library was shaking by the time he got up the steps. Spike was vibrating around on the floor trying to gather up the books that kept falling off the shelves. The little drake was growling under his breath as he couldn't keep his feet.

“Are you alright, Bro?” Leo asked yawning.

“Leo! Bout time you got up, help me out here, please. We spent the last two weeks fixing the library's order and now everything's falling.” Spike snapped.

"Sure thing...hey Bro. Why is everything shaking just lately?"

"Sorry, Leo but I don't know what's going on.” Spike winced as a book fell and almost bounced off his head but got caught by his brother. "Thanks."

He nodded and give it to him before yawned and went up the stairs to the second-floor balcony to take a look over the town, a slight breeze blew through his navy fur making him sigh a little, feel good for the waker from sleepy. In the distance, he could see a cloud of dust rising from the other side of the river, though from here he couldn't tell what it was. Picking up library telescope as the shaking stopped, he angled it down to see what was going on before looking through it.

A few ponies were gathered by the bridge including the Mayor and Twilight. Applejack was on the other side of the river talking with a herd of cows. He didn't know what was being said, though the cows dispersed not long after Applejack spoke with them. Leo surprised, noting Winona, Applejack pet if what Applebloom said. He frowned of that dog after their first meeting, she had tried to bite his leg right after she barked at him. Maybe lion-like cat to her. But doesn't lion a cat?

The cub sighed turning to head back downstairs to help Spike. He'd ask Twilight about it later.





One Week Later...





The golden lion looked around the town rather impressed with the set up for the party. He had been surprised that the stampede had happened, let alone that it was a real threat. The bridge wasn't that big after all and probably would have fallen apart had the cows tried to cross it. So really Applejack had saved the cows and a bridge, not the town. He glad that his sister was alright.

His brother was here, sitting on his back while they staring at her on the stage to give a speech in front of every pony and not only that but she also helped set up the party. Whoa... They were seeing her levitate a few cue card to her, that's good to them--wait a minute...why does she have saddlebag for--oh wait...there's more of it...and in her other saddlebag as well... Leo swore that the crowd gonna be asleep by the time his sister was done. 

Speaking of the crowd, He seems like he got used to this place now. Not only been a month but he already knows half of the ponies in Ponyville. Of course, with the help of his brother, they greet many ponies like Daisy, Roseluck and Lily who also called the trio flower pony. Derpy, the mailwoman who have weird eyes problem and Vinyl Scratch, the DJ pony who was wearing headphones with a mare playing a huge violin name Octavia.

The lion thought about this place. Every day from the past he explores this place and it would be seen that Ponyville wasn't very large compare to Canterlot. Looks to him that this will be taken in a couple of weeks to settle in without getting the phobia out. He likes that, but his stuff still left in their old home in the ivory tower, back to Canterlot. So it would seem that he need to get back to the place to gather all his stuff before settles down.

He also needs to take a visit to the Everfree Forest to meet with Zecora. Yes, that figure who helps him out of the forest. It looks like he will never find out who was that voice but his life is important right now and owns her for saving him.

"Leo!!"

SLAP!!

"Ouch?!"

The drake slaps his cheek with his both claw to bring him to reality. With a little bit of red from it and he looks at him with a confused face. "Are you, okay? You have been staring like a minute ago and the celebration was already over!"

"Huh?" Leo looks at the surrounding of them, yep, everypony was gone with only left their friends who cleaning up the place. "Sorry, Bro. Guess I been in my head for a second."

"Well then, you're lucky that Twilight doesn't need to make a speech 'cause her friends interrupted her every time she about to say anything."

Upon hearing it, he couldn't help but giggle as Spike joined in.

"That's good. So where's Applejack?" Leo said as the dragon pointed to the front to see her walking away to the Sweet Apple Acres while drug the golden trophy with an unrested eye. "Uh... Is she alright? Do you think we need to help her?"

"I don't know, but if you want, you can go to the farm to talk to Big Mac."

He sighed, he doesn't like to see one of his friends in trouble. He needs to do something and his brother suggestions were good for him. Spike also mentioned that their need to fix the library again for the help of getting to know ponies up close as they head back home.





Two Hour Later, Sweet Apple Acres, inside the house...





"So you saying that she's super stubborn and refused anyone offers of help? She's insisting that she can do it herself?" Leo said to the Stallion farmer, sitting on a couch.

"Eeyup."

"Why was that hard? I mean, she always there to help anypony in need but can't she put a little of her stubborn pride aside and allow us to help her?"

"Nope."

The cub sighed, not only learn about Applejack stubbornness and sleep deprivation but also the Applebuck season as well where the apple ponies need to buck all the apple tree. Furthermore, Big Mac told about his injured because of an accident involving a lost bet and a girdle, he was now a fairly injured pony. A few bruised ribs from that incident that he didn't care to think of were going to be keeping him out of the field for a while.

"Well then, that settle. I'm gonna help her harvest the apple." The lion got off of the couch only get halt by the bulky stallion.

"Hold on, if you go then she will chase you until you runoff from the farm."

"Don't worry, my bro said that she is helping Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy by right now so I'll use this as an opportunity to get all the apple."

"Well then, I don't see why not. She already used too much energy without rested a bit so I allowed you to do it." Big Mac said as he gestured to the apple tree from the window.

"Thanks, Big Mac!"

And with that, he of to buck some tree while the farm pony looks at him from the window before smiling. "I admit, he is very willing to help some creature."

The bandana lion ran as fast as he could, enter the entrance and see how many trees they have. He doesn't actually 'cause there was many of it of course so he does very similar like last time he helps.


ELEMENTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!


He leaps in airborne and claps both of his paws to perform the Elemental Splits. As soon, the circle appear as he went through to come out the trio of elements manipulate.

"Alright! Let's make this quick. Lightning, go and grab the bucket as many as possible while Wind and I harvested the apple." Earth said with full leadership he is.

"Got it!" He said and used Lightning Speed to go snap some bucket in the storage.

"Your ready, Wind?"

"Yeah!"

The blue lion flew through the air to get a better view from it and makes an 'X' sign with his paws as he directs all of the wind power to create a small sharp ring as it began to summon a Wind Spheres all surrounding of the caster.

Multi Wind Sphere!!!

He lunches to target the fruit on the trees, hitting it make the apple pulled off the stalk and hover inside the sphere as the balls come back to its owner.

Lightning then came back with a wooden bucket on his back and mouth as he put it down to get some more for it. Thanks to him, Wind put all the apples in the bucket together with Earth with his amazingly strong kicking, all the apple from one tree has fallen with just one kick like the rest of the Apple family.

Though there's no something to put in it so the apple all roll away to another but luckily the Electrokinesis reappear, brought more bucket and start gathering the fruit from where the brown cub kick from.

The trio was doing a great job collecting the apple for Applejack. They know this will make her mad but this is for her good for not taking asleep. Once Lightning back from the store he said that there is no more bucket since Applejack has been put in on somewhere else so Earth decide that he helping him collect the fallen apple on the ground.





Twenty Minutes Later...





"Uh... Guys? We have a problem!" The Aerokinesis shouted from the top to get attention from the other manipulate. "Applejack was on the way back!"

The Geokinesis gasp but quickly make an order. "Alright then. Wind, carry all of these buckets and put it near where Applejack was bucking. Lightning and I need to finish this last tree."

He nodded with a smile and toss a medium size of Wind Sphere to the bucket as it hovering in the air so he can bring so easily while the other finally finished the last of it with the help some speed thanks to Lightning.

With that, they did it. They've toked a shelter at the sun using the tree as they merge back into one, Leo quickly lay down with sweat coming from his body, drip to down they go, it was quite hard, to be honest, but he managed to do it. Not only that but he already sees Applejack walked up to the hill where there an apple tree actually on top of it. Gosh, does he never realised there is one LAST tree was there all along?

Doesn't manner anymore, he just relieved that she didn't realize that the other tree has no apple on it anymore. So she thinks that she has buck it already which make her smile a little. Leo then saw his sister coming toward her with a serious face, no so serious like Lightning though, but something must be going on in Ponyville.

He can't hear anything from here but looks to him that Twilight trying to do the same as he does but seeing Applejack does not react until her final buck, she cheered. She did the harvesting all the apple tree in Sweet Apple Acres! Apart for the help from him but she doesn't know about it, that is until Big Mac come to her side as he pointed his head to his right to see... half of the apple tree that hasn't been harvest yet! The lion couldn't see through his location right now but he could see Applejack fainted? Don't know what's going on up there, he just happy to help her even without her permission, he still wants to do it.

Lion giggled. "At least she learns her lessons..." He thought before yawned, closed his eyes to take some nap for his hard work.
> Chapter 10: Problem with a Griffon? (S1E5)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Problem with a Griffon?






One Week Later...





“You've done that so she thinks that she harvests it because she has been so tired of doing activities with the girls?” Twilight said while preparing for the test experiment.

"Yep, classified," Leo stated, helping her with her project.

“You seriously pushing yourself too far for accomplishing something but WOW.” Twilight chuckled. "But without her knowing, you just like a street cleaner if you ask me. Nonetheless, glad that we manage to change her mind.”

"Uh... What are you doing, by the way?" He asked.

"Hmm? Oh, just to see if I can manage to formulate a new thing for Equestria you know?" She started to considered. "If do this correctly, the other kingdom will know-how incredible our kingdom is and it might have a 50-50 per cent that this test will explore too."

"What?! You realize we living were things can get on fire so easily, right?"

“Of course I do, with a fireproof spell in the first place, okay. I know what I'm doing, brother.” Twilight muttered. “Though it will also cause a black hole sudden appear, or a mutant monstrous, or...”

"Sis!"

“Oh calm down, sheesh. My magic has increased enough thanks to the Element of Magic for boosted my abilities so I can stop the test if anything strange that could happen. I wish I have extra time to see if the other girls also being boosted by the Elements so I could have checked to see if they changed too.”

"Really?" He anxious, looking at her with a worried look.

"This is your Big Sister, Leo. I won't cause any shenanigans and abashed myself for doing an examination just for Equestria but promise you that I will be in good condition, okay? Trust your Sister, Leo." Twilight considered while putting a last ingredient to the testing table.

The Cub sighed, but high hope in him. "Alright, Sis. I'll trust you."

"Thanks. Now where my lab coat?"

"Since when we have a lab coat? This is a library!"

"Since then, there one of it down the basement before you and Spike could enter first. I was in there and surprisingly, found it with a bit of dusting in the closet and hello? Who's gonna weird it since it was made only for a pony?"

"Speaking of Spike, where is he? I haven't seen him this morning." He looks around, up to see no dragon in this place.

"Oh, he still out getting the scrolls I wanted from town hall but it's been like an hour. You mind looking for him while I work on this?”

Leo nodded heading too the door, fixing the position his grey bandana, hold the door handle, and one day he was going to work hard for his sister, even like she said, without her knowledge, she won't be that appreciated.

"Huh?" Leo said as he opened the front door of the library to see noting. His ears perked up as he looked around curiously not seeing anyone there. He senses a positive energy hints of Spike, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash, as well as a host of other ponies who had come and gone but very low. But none of them was close enough to have been the one who knocked.

He shrugged about to step on when something caught his eye, a small circle of red sitting on the edge of the step. It was wiggling ever so slightly as if enticing him. He narrowed his eyes a little looking at it as it swayed back and forth.

He stared at it a moment before he slapped a paw down atop of it. He lifted his hand to look at it curiously only to see the spot wasn't on his paw. Looking down he noticed it was on the other side of the step.

He slapped his paw down on that only for the spot to move out of the way, he swatted at it again only for it to dart out of reach.

Leo growled leaping after it as it started trying to escape across the yard.

And thus the chase was on.





One Hour Later...





Twilight noticed that her brothers hadn't come back. In truth she had expected him to depart first if he wants to, she doesn't mind. He thought that he will make a mistake doing these tests, then again neither did Spike.

Still, both she and Princess Celestia had thought it necessarily good for her to have them to not interrupt her and to do this experiment must be at least 18 years old or above. To doing like the tests right now would bit complicated if she was not careful enough, she can lose her head instantly, or perhaps, it particularly drained her magic until she is unconscious.

The mare sighed, she has a second thought about this project she about to make, just for Equestria getting more attention? She seems to get what her brother told him about, giving that he worries for her so much that he uses the Elemental Split to defend her for any hostile creature though, in Canterlot, there are only ponies living near the Castle with a bunch of royal guards guarding the place. Well, on the other day, a chef gryphon called Gustave le Grand, if what he told was right, he was working as a royal chef in Canterlot but retired to go back to his homeland but that doesn't count.

Twilight thought about Leo splitting ability, that's right, his Elemental Power. She being studied about how it works and how different each time he switched into the type of elements or rather, she called Elemental Form. 

From what she knew so far is the Elemental Forms are what results after he transforms or splits into different elements. These Elemental Forms change his appearance, by either tinting he hair, completely changing his wardrobe or giving them an accessory. The source of the power is currently unknown for her, even the Princess and top scientist couldn't solve where the originating source comes from, though for whatever reason, Leo has the power already inside of him.

The Elements only exclusive to Leo, while the Elements are essential to him, the Elements seem to be fragments of his persona, some of it representing a different part of his personality. As a result, the Elements tend to act differently than Leo does, depending on what personality he is influenced.

The Unicorn thought about his forms, she learns that each form has its unique skills and abilities. They also have their unique personality, often corresponding to their elemental abilities and Leo's personality.

For his first Element is the Element of Lightning, the most serious and combat efficient of all the other two forms. He is arguably the best form combat-wise due to his aggressive displacement and attack-oriented abilities, she doesn't know where he learns this fighting skill from. Though for his mane and bandana turned to yellow must because to match the colours of his electric powers.

Lightning is one of the bravest forms and not afraid of fighting enemies, no matter how big and scary they might be.

Next is the Elements of Wind, the most notably one of the most cheerful and carefree. He seems very relaxed in a happy-go-lucky way, as seen by the fact that he is almost always seen with a smile on his face, even when in a bad situation. Wind's also fairly playful and is the only one of the three elements to be portrayed with a cheerful grin. Though Lightning usually often seen ready to engage in combat.

Wind's is probably Leo's happy and playful persona, being the one who always seems happy regardless of the situation, despite sometimes feeling a little scared.

Last at not least, the Element of Earth. The strongest one, in science. Amongst the other forms, true his nature, Earth is the most down to earth form. He is much more grounded than the other forms and has shown many leadership qualities. Responsible and serious, Earth is usually the form to be on top of things. Being the most centred of the three elements, Earth often acts as a mediator between Lightning and Wind's stark contrasting personalities as well as the acting leader of the forms.

Earth is possibly a personification of Leo's responsible and leadership part of his personality. The nature of his abilities is dedicated to defending others. He is also the closest in personality to the original Leo.

She stopped what she doing to think about this, Celestia mentions that he has some hidden potentially not be unlocked yet. But what is it? Is it new types of Elements? This makes Twilight in curious to took more note on how his power continuously grow. But with princess suggest making it classified to the cub for his good so he won't start to panic, she can push this curious aside and locked it until time will tell.

But if she can make a good excuse, she might able to convince the princess. Now, she NEEDED to talk to princesses about Leo and to make another decision for his future.





Meanwhile...





Leo sat up and spit out the half-gallon of water he felt like he swallowed as he coughed. The dot had managed to trick him into leaping into the river after he chased it across town. He had run it up buildings, under ponies, and through market stalls. He was pretty sure he had sent a few ponies and products flying as he chased the vile red dot. Still, he hadn't heard anyone screaming at him, just a lot of laughter so evidently he hadn't broken anything in his single-minded pursuit.

He needs to apologize for accidentally he has caused.

Looking around he didn't see the dot but he heard a lot more laughing. Shaking his head to clear the water from his ears, he noticed a cloud nearby with a rainbow coloured tail sticking out of it and a bush on the ground with a fluffy pink one poking out of it.

Both of those were laughing hysterically.

Not seeing the dot Leo climbed out of the water going over to see what was going on. Pinkie Pie was laughing so hard she was crying and Rainbow Dash was the same way from what he could see.

Both of them were holding small mirrors with a red film over them.

The Manipulation blinked as both of them stopped laughing a moment to look at the confused and completely soaked Lion Cub before they fell over laughing again.





The Next Day...





The Golden Lion raised a brow looking at Rainbow Dash's friend.

The Griffons Gilda looked up at him.

They both looked at Rainbow Dash curiously.

The Cyan mare looked at Spike.

Spike shrugged.

“What? You expected the two of them to hit it off because they both eat meat?” Spike rolled his eyes. "Seriously do you expect a pony to be friends with every other pony because they eat cupcakes or something?”

“Pinkie Pie.”

Gilda frowned deeper and Rainbow Dash smirked as Spike grumbled.

“Right okay, but we've don't know if that mare is not right or not.” Spike rolled his eyes. “Any way we've told you Pinkie Pie is having a party for Gilda. Our job's done.”

“Where are you off to anyway?” Dash asked.

“While your prank was a good one Twilight needed those scrolls and the Princess isn't going to send them back by dragon fire so we have to go to Canterlot and pick them up along with the rest of the stuff we were moving down here,” Spike explained.

“You're willing to miss the party?” Gilda asked.

“It's Pinkie Pie. If we asked she'd throw us a 'we missed the party', party.” the dragon sighed. ”It's no biggy.”

"Hey, do you relate to a Gryphon who work within Canterlot, but then retired?" Leo asked.

"Oh, of course, because every Griffon ever is related.” Gilda snapped.

"Cool."

"Yeah yeah. Now let's go, Leo!" The drake grabs his left paws and started to pull. "I'd like to get back before next week, we already have to stay the night. "Nice knowing you, Gilda."

Gilda and Rainbow Dash watched the pair leave before the Griffin grumbled looking at the cyan mare.

“So how do you know those two idiots?” She demanded.

“Huh, oh, they're the brothers of another friend of mine. I'll introduce you to her at the party.” Dash chuckled. "Little dude guard the foals while the tall one took a stand to fight an immortal nightmare goddess to save every pony. He was freaking amazing. He also able to split into three of himself, I know its weird but I tell you later on."

"Eh, I'll take your word for it,” Gilda smirked. ”He might be the most interesting thing I've seen here yet.”

“It's been a trip since those three showed up.” Dash agreed.

“Yeah... pity he doesn't have wings,” Gilda muttered.





Ponyville, Train Station...





“Two to Canterlot, please...” The younger brother told the ticket mare setting a claw full of bits on the counter as payment. Not noticed he sighed, upset at missing Pinkie Pie's party than he was trying to let on.

"Why did this happens to me?" He growled.

"Cheer up, bro. At least we can go back to our old place before we can settle down in Ponyville with our stuff." The cub said, try his best to cheer up his brother.

"Yeah...still." The drake sighed, grab the tickets from the mare as the pair boarded the train.





Canterlot, Princess Celestia's chambers...





“I do apologize, Spike, for making you come back here. I'm afraid my letter must have seemed rather curt. I assure you it was not intentional, things have been.... trying here for the last week.” Princess Celestia sighed, pouring herself a cup of tea. Looking over at Spike she couldn't help but smirk as the little dragon stuffed his face with tea cakes and gems.

Leo was there next to him as well, though he had opted to order something from the palace kitchens while he was here. It was odd to have her student's brothers here without Twilight herself, but she needed to ask them some questions and the scrolls on Ponyville's history were a perfect chance to get them here. Twilight likely wouldn't let Spike go alone and she was busy when the note was sent to her.

“Mus may witness....” Spike stammered choking suddenly on his mouthful of food. Leo frowned and slapped his brother on the back holding up a napkin in front of him to keep the mouth full of food from spraying every whereas Spike choked.

"Where's your manner, bro?" The cub glared, aren't Twilight have taught him table manners by now

"Sorry..."

“It's fine Spike,” Celestia replied.

Leo sighed in amusement, remember watched his sister eat a hay burger on her way. He was the lion and he had the best table manners of the three.

“I have the scrolls packed up for you already, though I do have an ulterior motive of course. I would like to ask you a few questions about things that are going to Ponyville for you three.” Celestia stated.

Leo's ears perked up at that, and he smiled. Knowing him, Spike was looking at her with a grin. Celestia smiled. It's good that her plan working well, she thought she can't do anything since Twilight always studies, not making friends at all. Luna is getting used to this era, though she has found a drink called coffee, a liquid that can boost her energy levels so her job in the Dream Realm would be easy. She probably gonna yelled out to the maid to asked more coffee... But least she can work better now.

"Everything is going well, Celestia," Leo answered. "To be honest, we've been quite fun since we living there. New friends, new thing to check, and lots more!"

"I thought so, I'm glad you all have fun." The Princess took a sip from her tea, before turning to concerns look. "So...how are you been?"

"Like I said Celestia, everything is fine." He stated, but that's not what she wants to hear.

"And your power?"

This makes Spike stop eating his gem and look at her with the confusing look, she just asked him about his power? Why? Sure she has been keeping on eyes on him when there were a little for any unusual coming from him but not with that look, she is very serious right now. The lion blinked for a couple of seconds before spoke.

"Oh, noting strange happen to it." He answered, putting his right paw on his chest. "Just normal as usual, why?"

"Nothing, just want to be sure."

The princess took a sip, trying to lose the question. The cub did as her doing while Spike in curious though, since the Summer Sun celebration and the return of Princess Luna, she explained that Leo can get new Elements, it just a matter of time before he getting it right under her muzzle. Luckily, he doesn't know about, only Celestia and the Mane 6 plus Spike, who secretly notice.

Just then, Leo sense of positive energy, though this one just been purified. He looks at the princess, who staring at the door. Both of them looked more concerned as the tea set began to rattle and clank on the table.

"Uh... Celestia I-" 

“SISTER!!!!” Luna screamed out, as she suddenly appeared in the middle of the group.

Leo and Spike both yelped, falling over backwards though Celestia simply put a hoof to her temple as she played the part of the long-suffering sister, the door had not opened.

“Yes, Lulu?” Celestia questioned.”What is it this time?”

“Blue!” Luna stated happily. Leo and Spike peeked their heads over the top of the vibrating table noting Luna's wide-eyed look, wild mane, and the fact she was vibrating in place much like Pinkie Pie.

“What about it Lulu?” Celestia asked.

“This everywhere. How did thou gain access to this much indigo pigment? Even common folk have blue clothing. This is wondrous to see so much of it all over the place. Is there that much woad being harvested now? Have trade deals with the east been upgraded in my absence?”

“It's artificially coloured now Lulu.” Celestia sighed. ”We don't need woad plant or a trade route to the spice islands to produce it.”

“Astounding,” Luna stated staring into space and stilling herself for a second before she was back to vibrating around the room like a wind-up toy. ”It was explained to us about modern dyes but to see it is still impressive!”

Leo and Spike glanced to each other than to Luna.

“Ahh, Spike and Leo greetings to you. We are sorry for the interruption, but blue is our favourite colour and it was rare in the past and we are happy to see it everywhere now. We would love to stay and chat but we have things to do, we are only halfway done with reading the royal archives. Good morning.” Luna smiled patting them both on the head without seeming to move her wings before she was suddenly gone again.

The lion blinked as there were no senses of teleportation or any sort of energy, the mare was simply gone.

...

....

.....

Awkward.

"Anyway..." Spike stands up from his comfy seat. "We still need to gather our stuff in our old place before head back to Ponyville, so..."

He stretches his claws, giving a few cracking bone sound. "Thanks for the tea and the foods, it delicious as always but we need to head off."

"Very well. Say hello to Twilight for me." 

They nodded, before exiting the chamber.
> Chapter 11: The Birth of Leaf (S1E6)
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The Birth of Leaf






One week Later...





“Come on Twi, you got this.”Spike encouraged, practically bouncing in place.

“Right here it goes,” Twilight muttered her horn glowing softly.

Leo stood back from the pair, simply watching, just in case there were any magical mishaps he would have to watch out for. It's the dragon turned to be a test subject for a new spell. Given Spike's resilience against magic and physical harm, he or Leo was often used as a test subject for new spells or practice. Sure they protested most of the time, but they could easily be bribed with ice cream.... granted so could Twilight.

The golden lion blinked at the faint pop that sounded in the air and the black-furred moustache that appeared on Spike's upper lip. He whistled appreciatively, matter creation like that was a rare ability, one Twilight had not been able to perform before she came to Ponyville. The spell formula she was using was a common one for higher-level caster or those who specialized in that sort of thing. It turned raw mana into a physical object, in this case, a moustache.

“Haha, you did it!” Spike cheered.

"And looks good, bro!" Leo added.

"Thanks!" He put a checks mark on the board list. "Growing magic, that's number twenty-five! Twenty-five different types of tricks and Counting."

Twilight blushed for his compliment, He grinned looking in a nearby mirror and playing with the moustache. ”Hello ladies...”

“Sorry, Romeo with as attractive as you think you look that's just practice and it needs to go.” The mare chuckled her horn lighting up as the drake flailed trying to protect his new moustache only for Twilight's magic to dissolve it.

“Rats...” He grumbled.

“Why do dragons and serpents love moustaches so much?” The cub asked, remember Steven Magnet adore his moustache too.

“Cause they're freaking sweet!”

"And speaking of sweet." The Big Sister turned her head to Leo. "I think its time for you to go buy us some sweet at the Sugarcube Corner."

"Oh yeah, I forget about that." He pulled out the paper from his bandana. "Well, I guess I should go, see ya!"

"See ya!"







Twilight and Spike head out for some fresh air, not only they stuff has been picked up, but Twilight has done it again. Twenty-five different kinds of tricks and Counting is to easy for her to handle, the Dragon asks why she couldn't do those tricks before. What she replies are that some ponies don't follow what their mark suggests or they interpret it differently. Sometimes that interpretation is enough to change the marks entire meaning as well as what skills might get boosted.

“And Miss Cheerilee, for example, has a cutie mark of flowers, though she's interpreted them as smiling students soaking up knowledge like a flower soaks up the sun. And it seems to have worked for her as she's considered one of the better teachers around if the awards I saw in her office were any indication.” Twilight finished explaining to her brother about not all of the Unicorn who's talent is focused on one thing for their life.

“Might explain why Rarity makes dresses and has gems as cutie marks.” Spike pondered.

Suddenly a blur of lightning past through them, surprise the siblings as Spike jumped out land on his sister back.

"Sorry, guys!" Said the voice coming from it, as the lightning is gone for the sights.

"Leo!" The dragon shouted.

"Well, at least we can feast the candy back home, once we spent this morning." She giggled.

"He scares us like that, Twilight!" Spike dismount her. "I swear that I-"

“GANGWAY!” shouted a voice” COMING THROUGH!”

Spike and Twilight both yelped as a pair of Unicorn colts barreled between the group, impacting Spike and starting to carry him off.

“Augh! Snips? Snails? What's going on!?” Spike asked as the colts stop immediately, making him lungs forward.

"Haven't you heard? There's a new unicorn in town!” Snails replied.

“Yeah, they say she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!” Snips chimed in.

Snips and Snails are around the same age as Applebloom. Snips is a short and round pony with a greyish opal coat, moderate orange mane and tail, black eyes and his Cutie Mark is a white and light grey open. Scissors while Snails is a lanky and thin pony with a brilliant amber coat, moderate turquoise mane and tail, black eyes his Cutie Mark is a pink frowning snail.

Twilight heard it all as she comes closer. "Really?"

"Aw, no way, that honour goes to Twilight here." He gestures to her, making her blushing.

"Where is this unicorn?"

"She's in the town square. Come on!"

"Yeah! Come on! Whooo!" Snips said as he and Snails ran off.

Twilight and Spike head towards the town square though they have a bad feeling about this Unicorn.





In the Everfree Forest...





"To think we suddenly encounter each other," Zecora said, walking in the glooming wood with a lion cub.

"You say it." He replied.

Since he has done purchase some candy muffin, which creates by Pinkie Pie. Leo approaches the forest to see if he can greet with the zebra again, looks like he has it. Although he could catch up with his siblings, he decided to have spent been alone for today.

"So what are we doing?"

"Gathering some ingredients for some ailment that I have been looking for." She inspecting the leave from the bushes. "Hmm, not this one though."

Zecora only has a saddlebag on her back, so the Cub could see her body now. She has a more masculine appearance than other female characters, her muzzle is squared off which he already knew and she has no eyelashes, which corresponds to the general male pony he seeing in Ponyville. Her cutie mark is a grey stylized spiral sun. She also wearing a neck ring.

"So where do you come from, anyway?"

"A very far, far away from this place. A place beyond Equestria, it will take a month for me to travel back to my homeland."

They keep process to the uncontrollable wood, the cub explained to her about himself, his family, his current home, and the Elemental Power too. She asks what is it, a power to control and manipulate the element from this world. For how did he get it, unknown to him because he unlocked it when he was just a little cub.

Furthermore, he told her that he has some sort of headaches when he came here for a second time before they meet each other that day.

For another unknown reason is that he have three types of elements only.

She asked this question. "How does it feel if you can control more than three?"

"Eh... I don't know. Maybe...great?" He never thought to wield more than the recent power he has right now. "Honestly, I never tried to test if I have another though... I don't mind at all."

Suddenly, a growing voice can be heard. The duo stop they track, the cub senses the negative energy but this energy... Already felt before. 

Could it be?

The figures lunge itself to them but quickly avoid it, it would appear that it was a creature called timberwolf from before when he went in for the last time. He learns the name from the books from the library and seems they haven't finished their business yet.

"Crap is the same wolf from before!" He stated.

"You meant to say that this is the one that caught you before?"

"Yes, and he's not alone."

Just then, a whole pack of timberwolf emerge from the dark green bushes. They're the main goal simple, eating what in front of them as one of them lick his mouth.

"When need to get out of here!" Zecora shouted.

"Oh, no you won't..." said a deep voice.

They turned around to saw another figure coming out from the shadow, it appears a large one. What they see what unbelievable, it's a large timberwolf, even larger from Leo fought before. There's a new addition to it, have spiky twigs from his back, even spiky then his brother. His eyes are bloody red that not same from a normal timberwolf, has a sharp razor claw, the size of it like a dagger for an assassin to use. It looks like his mouth has killed a lot of prey by looking at it, blood dripping from it.

"So you the one who did that massive tornado to my comrades?" He glared at the golden lion, he just spoke.

"AHH!! HE CAN TALK?!" Leo shouted, while Zecora we're quite jawing open from the outcome.

He chuckled madness. "Why of course I can. Do you think us can't talk?"

"Yes."

"What? Do you think we stupid?!"

"Well, maybe. But you comrades need some lesson to not engaged without you...whoever you are?"

"I am the leader of the Timberwolf! My name is Hofu." He howls, echoing the forest as his companions do as well.

"Hofu? That's is pretty not terrifying name for a leader." The lion giggled.

"It's mean fear in my country language, Leo." The zebra said.

"Oh..."

"You very knowledge, prey." Hofu looked at Zecora. "My comrades have seen you living here in this wood, and they say that you a very sneaky to be devoured."

"It because I have a technique that prevents your friends to invade my place," Zecora answered concern the situation.

"To bad now your not in your territory." He grinned deviously. "Because the ticket to the afterlife will be given to you two by force!"

The timberwolf snarl, laying low for a second before launching himself toward them. Leo gasped as he brings his right paws up to generate a spark of static.


ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

ELEMENT LIGHTNING!!!


Lightning Blade!!!

He summoned the blade from his mouth right on time before Hofu strike causes a explode of a static cover the area. The sight can't be used in this problem, but sound can.

The leader coughs by the smoke as he sees some practical effect only get a surprise attack from Lightning, but used his razor-sharp teeth to bite the blade causing a electrocute to his body, although no very powerful one since wood not so conducted electricity that much.

"Huh?!"

"Take this!" Hofu raised his claw then Swope down to the cub but manage to avoid thanks to his speed.

"Dammit!" He bolts to him again and called out another blade from his left paws while he holds the other blade from his mouth to his right paws.

Lightning Slash!!!

He launches a rapid attack to Hofu, sending a particle of electricity to come out from his blade, making a lacerate to his wooden skin while he is difficult to repel the assault from the Electrokinesis.

Zecora has trouble on her own, she was surrounded by a pack of hungry timberwolf. While Leo fighting the leader, they're can go for the vulnerable one instead.

"You think you can harm me?" She chuckles, making them confused. "Don't underestimate me."

She held out an orange bundle tied by a black rope from her saddlebag, she then hurls it to them as a burst into flame bringing in the pain of every wood are afraid of. The timberwolf all howl of suffering from the fire, the leader notices the cried as he turned his head to saw the action that makes his eyes widen open.

"NO! MY COMRADES!!"

Lightning see the opportunity, as he backflips and stand only his back legs to end the battle. He gathers the amount of power he got before unleashed with full speed.

Final Cut!!!

He swirls his blades and bolt as fast as possible to as he slit past through the timberwolf, leaving an 'X' mark to his body, the Timberwolf cried out before he shatters into million logs.

Lightning just kill him.

Moreover, the other Timberwolf has must run away to the forest searching for a nearby lake to put out the fire.

Zecora looking at the mountain of twigs and logs, then the lion, who turned back to normal only to just staring at the pile of Hofu. "Are you, alright?"

"I-I just murder h-him." He voice was quiver.

"Leo stayed calm. He can't-" she was cut off by the pile of wooden started to raised before reassembling to their place to recreate the leader of the Timberwolf.

"I KILLED YOU!!!" Hofu charge towards the zebra but Leo was at her front to defend both of but then...


ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

ELEMENT EAR-


"Argh!" He headache is back, a would appear that it getting stronger. "What's is the matter now head?"

"HAVE THIS!!!" Hofu strike, shocking the lion as he is hit by the attack at full force. The attack knocks him unconscious and he tosses off the ground into a tree above. 

"Leo!" Zecora cried out but then get pounds by Hofu, who in rage.

"You took out my comrades... I will devour you right here, RIGHT NOW!" He opened his mouth wide open, revealing bloody teeth from his past prey, smells like stinks though.

Zecora in thought, is this it? Is she gonna end here? She never has a chance to make friends in this kingdom, not a single one of them want to befriend her. They keep doing the same thing ever months, running and hiding. None of them seems to want to talk to her because they think she's a witch.

In Hofu thought, he feels in hatred inside of him, asking him to shreds this zebra until she just a flesh. The sound of cried of pain from his comrades hunted him to his mind, making the vengeance is the key right now. Is this it? Will the zebra perished from the stories?

Of course not, the creator of the story won't do that. It's too early though. :)

"Wait!"

Both of them halted the scenario, surprise for the cub voice as Zecora looked up at the tree to see... 

"Huh? Leo?"

A lion cub with a pastel green hair, count in the bandana, his tufted tail and paws while the back legs paws are black. He's also wearing a Taubman's antique green armbands both of his front legs. His logo, however, is the shape like a triangle with a smaller one but upside down, believe like a shape of leaves. The colour is emerald green and it's visible in the middle of his bandana. Also, he's pupils are larger and shinier than the other forms and Leo's original persona, now standing on a tree branch.

"I'm..."


ELEMENT LEAF!!!


He doing the heroic pose while the leaves falling from his surroundings. Making the zebra awe of the sight while Hofu was pissed.

"So you're still alive." He growled. "You better watch it!!"

"Eh? Watch me?" Leaf said, making the timberwolf bewildering. "Why would you want to watch out for me? I'm not even your kid."

...

....

.....

What?

"Uh... Leo?" Zecora, who still underneath the wolf. "Are you serious?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"Err... My bad... I'll just get launches. Kinda hit my head a Lil' bit." He said, showing his red bump on his head.

"Oh, is that why he's a bit of a simpleton?" The zebra mumbled to herself while tried sneakily stood back up.

"Maybe we can discuss this problem with peace?"

"Problem with peace?!" Hofu snapped. "There's no peace until you die!"

He begins with a leaping forward, raised his claws, ready to shreds some Lion but luckily Leaf prepared.

Leaf Shuriken!!!

Leaf summons leaf-like shuriken, he then thrown at Hofu. When it hit the impact, the Timberwolf recently paralyse all of the sudden, slamming on the ground as he doesn't know how did this thing happen to him. His body can't move!

"Ugh, Wha... What's this...?"

"Heh." He grind. "That's a stunning Shuriken Leaf!"

"How was that even possible! My body are made of wood?!"

"Once it goes in, the effect comes in!" The Green Cub explained.

"A stunning Shuriken Leaf, eh, Leo. Uhhh....."

THUD

"Oh no!" Leaf said as he looked at Zecora, who's got hit as well by his shuriken. "Did you get hit too?"

"Oh my... Please throw those more carefully next time..." She stated.

"Umm... Err... Sorry, Zecora! Uh... Hehe..." 

Not noticed, Hofu head was in a low position so he uses his breath to blow the shuriken off of his belly, gain back control of his body. He stares at the zebra before a growled. "Excellent! You just made my lunch easier."

"Huh?"

He snarls, pouncing back the zebra to the dirt while still immobilised. She cried out, about to get eating by timberwolf. Leaf saw this as he gasped.

Creeping Vine!!!

The green lion generates a long vine, spin around at other tree branches as it like a rope. Once that, he swings across the area, shouting by his outcome that makes the timberwolf turned to look at him as he let go of the vines in the air.

Itchy Leaf Blade!!!

He summons a leaf-like dagger, throwing it straight to the timberwolf at high speed. Upon hitting him on his left legs, he cracked.

Hofu scratches the spot using his other claw as seem the effect not we're off. It's so very itchiness."It's itching!"

He moves out from Zecora, as he tried scratching on a tree while he's distracted, Leaf shortly comes to Zecora as he removes the shuriken from her and told her to hides inside the bushes.

The timberwolf knows the reason why as he plucks out the blade from his legs, the itching has gone. Now he's back, he turned around to see that his prey has gone, only the cub can be seen.

"Where is she!" He growled, opened his mouth as it starts to gather up some energy to his mouth. Once it did, he fires a ball of twigs that coming from his mouth!

"Whuh?!?"

The shot is going to Leaf as he spins clockwork when suddenly a floating of leaves came out.

Leaf Whirlwind!!!

Using a whirlwind of leaves, he deflects incoming projectiles as it scattered explodes when hit the impact of the tree or ground, creates a hole on it and twigs falling from the explosion.

"Leo! Are you trying to hit me on purpose?!" Zecora popped out from the buses, beside her was a large hole of a tree. And it still smokey.

"Hehe... Whoops." Leaf giggle nervously but gasp when he heard a sound from his left side.

"Hah. Here! Take this!" Hofu charge up the blast in front of Leaf, but he quickly slams his paws on the ground.

Woven Leaves Barrier!!!

BOOM

The blast was loud, sending waves of wind throughout the place. The timberwolf smile deviously but a shock for him to see a barrier made of woven leaves in front of, protecting his target from behind.

"Hi, mister!" He greets him in some small while from the woven barriers. "How d'you do?"

"That's impossible! It was a point-blank shot!"

Feel like it's time to wrap up this battle, as the leave manipulate eyes glow green for a second before his paws glow the same colour too.

Woven Leaves Trap!!!

Leaf sends forth strands of weaving leaves to the Timberwolf, whipping his from the bottom as he began to launch up in the air. He screams by the whip much time before Leaf paw held his right one, making the woven start to ensnared the beast to his legs, claw, and his body too. Shape like a cocoon, he ending it by slamming down Hofu to the ground that causes a crack form around him.

The fight is over.

The vision from the timberwolf a daze for a bit but back to normal, what he saw is that he is wrapped up by woven leaves. "Wh-What's this?! Re-Release me!

The cub grin. "Give it up, mister! You've lost. There's no way you can get out of those binds!"

Hofu eyes widen, as he turned around his body before shouted. "RELEASE ME!!!"





Later...





"P-Please! Help me! PLEASE!!" Hofu still begging to be let go, and is getting dark.

"Sorry, Hofu. We've can't kill you but we can ensnare you." Leo smiled, he managed to defeat the leader of the timberwolf.

"I'm not asking you to release me. Just loosen these binds!" He started bouncing around like a rabbit. "IT ITCHES! I can't reach it!"

The timberwolf sobbing in torture, Zecora just sighed in relief. "Serve you right. Next time, beware of us went we encounter again in the future."

While he still sobbing, Leo giggled. "Pawesome..."

"As for you, thank you, Leo." The zebra gratitude.

"You're welcome."

"But I have to say, your new abilities are amazing! How did you manage to summon a new element?" Zecora asked.

"Hmm, I'm not sure! My head has been hurt a lot lately. And now I got the Nature Element all of a sudden!"

"Hmm... Maybe it wasn't just a hurt then."

"Huh?"

"But... Your mind is actually...absorbing and adapting itself to your newly awakened power."

"Eh?"

"It might be because you being in the Everfree Forest for so much time that makes you awakened this new element while your body trying to create new types of energy. It might be The Birth of Leaf." She explained.

The lion chuckled. "Looks like is worth it to come here after all."

They both looked at the sky, gosh it almost nighttime. There should probably get going right now, don't want his sibling to get worried as they leave the area.

When they don't realise it, a gigantic magical bears with fur that looks like the night sky, floating above them while drinking a water tower. As the bear head to the deepest of the wood.
> Chapter 12: Difficult Job (S1E7)
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Difficult Job






Fluttershy Cottage, Front Yard...





"Come on you guys, why can we be friends?" Leo said, look at above of tree to see a couple of birds just hang out, or trying to avoid him.

"Uh... Maybe because...you know? you." Spike sighed, while some critter sitting on his head. "Reminds me again what are we doing right now?"

"First of all, is not my fault that I born in carnivores species. Second, we've agreed to look after Fluttershy animals while she and the rest of the girls head over to that mountain." The Lion said, pointing his paw to the smoky mountain. "According to Sis, a full-grown dragon sleeping on top of the mountain so Celestia gives them a mission to encourage him to sleep somewhere else."

"Man, talk about getting my good night sleep." The Dragon scratch his head. "Does it needs all of them to go? I mean, I know Fluttershy way with a wild animal can come in handy but they interrupting my comic time."

"Well, as I love to read those too, Bro. However, it acquired the Elements Bearers to do the task."

BONK!

"OW!!" Shout from Leo, It appears to be a pebble falling from his head. "Alright, who did it?!"

He turned to see a white bunny holding a tiny rock. If he recalls correctly, this is Fluttershy pets, Angel Bunny. He was a bit of spoiled and bossy towards his owner on occasion but he does care about her and displays an intention to help her stand up for herself. She loves him for sure.

Seems to be that he holding something on his other foot, a paper list?

"You again?" He sighed, but stare at the white sheet. "What did you got there?"

Angel give him the list, while he read it. Spike having some trouble with the animals because there keep ran or flew away for him as he trying to catch them. It's not that long until he trips by a rock, face on the ground and gets taken over by the small critter as Angel joins in, presides over the Drake.

The Lion has finished reading the text. "Bro, it's the list that Fluttershy we're doing! And looks like she's not done with the last one."

"Hmmph!"

"Buy an animal food, feed them, check out the injured one..." The Elemental manipulation ignores him and mumbled a bit until his done. "Man! She does do a lot of things."

"HMMPH!!"

"What's the ma- AH!! Bro!" Leo quickly gets rid of the animals from his brother suffering, pulling him out to make a sound of plucking. "How do you get towering by them so easily?"

Spike grunted, confiscated the list from him as he examines it. "Hmmm, the last one is to buy some herbs to cure an illness in the market place."

"Alright then, let's get going."

The duo marches on, leaving the Pegasus cottage to go purchase some healing herbs but not notice a sinister smile coming from the white bunny. Supposedly that list a meant for his owner, she doesn't mention about telling them to fulfil some task while she was gone.





Canterlot, Celestia Chamber...





"You meant to say is that Leo Sparkle came out of nowhere during the student's entrance exam?" Princess Luna stated, sitting on a comfy pillow.

"Indeed. After I saw Spike being overgrown until it destroys the rooftop, I step into the exam, calm her down and Spike, turned back anything that doesn't belong there. I accept her as my students and saw him, took asleep next to the baby dragon." Princess Celestia said, sipping her tea. "After that, I convince myself that she summons him by coincidence but I was wrong. Making sure Leo is okay, he been sent to checkup if he does have contact with any dark magic or something. He doesn't have connections with Twilight or Spike, it just...there. If there's is someone put him in there, they should already be detected by our detecting spell right now."

"But the results are the same, right?" Luna said, her sister nodded ashamed.

"Frankly, he not knowing his real parents are, or asking it. Furthermore, once he reaches ten years old. The Elemental Power starts to react to him, gaining his ability to control and manipulate each type of elements."

"Why now, Sister?"

"Is possible because Leo gains knowledge from the Sparkle Family, especially Twilight since she teaching him and Spike. After he can talk and think, he told me that he starts to get a headache and before that, Twilight was out with Shining Armor and their mother while her father remains at home to stay watch Leo and Spike. I keep on eyes on him with my magic mirror spell, everything seems normal until I saw a huge earth curve on his wisdom room."

"Thy reason to explain this to me because thou don't have any knowledge about him," Luna said, her sister nodded but she shook. "Sorry Tia, 'tis Lion creatures even we don't know. However, we could visit his dream to see if he had anything inside his mind. Also, thou spying on him?"

"I don't think that necessary, Luna." The taller alicorn chucked about it. "It's not spying is...I aware of him that's all."

The Lunar princess makes an 'oh really' face. Signing, sipping the tea with her sister as they talk about some old past, how things have changed since she went away for a thousand years. The Princess of Night still adapting to the current lifestyle since she has been sealed away for a long time. Still using some old Equestria language.

"So, Sister." She said.

"Yes, Luna?"

"Does they can come to Canterlot so we can have a conversation with him or rather called what we hear so far is: chit chat."

"I don't see why not," Celestia smiled, putting her teacup down. "After all, he and Spike will be here in a week to do some royal business."

Both of them look up as a flash of green fire appears over Celesta's head. 

"Is it from thou students, Sister?" Asked the young alicorn.

Celestia unrolled the scroll. "Well if it is then she did it so quickly."

"Dear Princess Celestia. The Dragon flew away, I just saw it with my brother while getting some herbs to supply for Fluttershy. Seeing it makes me feel that Sis and her friends have done it, the cloud of smoke is disappeared from the skies and everypony in Ponyville are happy. Your friends, Leo Sparkle." She finished, surprise that the letter was sent by him.

"What are those boys are doing anyway? Why they don't follow their sister?" Luna aggravated a bit.

"She could be feared the Dragon might take offence to another Dragon being present and be more hostile thinking it was protecting its horde, so that why Twilight minus Spike on this mission." The sun goddess rolls back the letter. "As for Leo, what he writes on this might be helping Fluttershy critter, I think."

"So what thou feel what are they doing by now?"

"Probably doing something like reading a comic or something by the time they finish the job."





Ponyville...





"So do you think Celestia will read my message?" Asked the Lion.

"Yes, Leo. Although, Twilight was supposed to send to the princess, not you."

"Oh c'mon, Bro. I'm just being helpful here."

"Yeah, right. And we did buy one parchment and some new quill, just to report about the mission. Not to mention, we running short with bits for this month thanks to that." The Dragon complaint, gestures to the plastic bag fill with herbs and one quill.

"Why'd you sound annoying though?" 

"AAAAAHHH!!"

"What was that?" Leo asked, stop from their destination back to the cottage before the ground is shacking. "And what was that noisy rumbling thingy?"

"Uh, Leo! Look over there!" Spike point out with his right claw while other one holding a bag full of medicine as his brother turned his head backwards to see...

A blur of a brown wagon full of barrel bypasses them in slow motion as if it wants them to see it and without anyone to stop it! Before it speeds off once more.

"Eh?!"

"Somepony please! Stop it!" Shouted a male Earth pony that has a light brown coat while having a brown mane and tail. The cutie mark, are three horseshoes. It was Caramel if Leo could remember back at when he greeted with his brother.

The stallion trots down until he halts for a second to see the siblings in a hurry while stomping madly on the ground. "You guys! Can you help me get those wagon back?"

"C'mon, Leo! Those things can cause a lot of damage and injured if you don't stop it." The Dragon yelled out to his brother, time to roll!

"Hurry! It heading straight outside of Ponyville!"

The Lion nodded, with a serious face set on. He raises and clutches his right paws as it calls out the elements that can outrun anything he knows so far.


ELEMENTAL POWER!!

ELEMENT LIGHTNING!!


He rolls in airborne as the lightning goes through him, transform him into lightning form as he stood on the ground before bolting down the road, while Spike and Caramel follow behind.

"Everypony back away, now!" Shout out from Lightning.

The ponies shocked to see a wagon and the yellow blur coming to fast for them but manage to move away. Is not every day they see some trouble in Ponyville, only Tuesday will have some problem in that day. 

Unfortunately, he and the wagon are out of the sight of the town. Gaining a few worried from Caramel as he with the Dragon ran until the entrance of the village, huff and puff for the rush.

The Drake cheer out. "YOU CAN DO IT, BRO!!"

The yellow Cub speed up until he the same level as the wagon, hop on to it and tried his best to balance himself while finding a way to stop it before somepony could get hurt. The Cub was thinking about which types of elements should be used.

The Lightning element out of the list, sure it fast but can't do any necessary to stop this wagon, only helping him get on it that's it. The Wind power could work, but it will be hard too since the wagon moving too fast that can burst through his Wind Spheres so easily. For Earth power, nothing can do unless if he wants to destroy the wagon into pieces if he uses Earth Barrier. Considering it was a defensive element of all.

The process was cut short when a flock of duck and ducklings pass by the nearby tree, now walking on the dirt road in front of where the wagon are gonna go that's not too far right now. If it hit, then its goodbye to them. For what he knew is that Fluttershy love animals, which means that she knows all of them in Ponyville and some outside and it will be bad if she knows about the duck's accident recently.

Leo turned back to regular form, can't help but panic. What could he do? None of the trio elements won't be very beneficial for this crisis. Well, there is one more element he can try.

"Is now or ever!" Leo shouts, see a two tree from side to side from the street, as for the ducks were already at the far-middle back between them.


ELEMENTAL POWER!!

ELEMENT LEAF!!


A tiny piece of leaves appears and swirling around his body as it changes his looks like before, showing his larger shining pupils with a big smile on his face. Flowing green hair and tail turf from the air, with a glint from his logo. 

Creeping Vines!!

Leaf send a two trialling plant at the tall trees, tied it one and another. He then claps as glow bright green as the vines attached jointly generates an even longer one that looks like a single vine.

He and the wagon are getting closer as the mother of the duck saw it and begin to quacks madly. Spreading around with her ducklings as well, like a cow got scared off by a loud sound.

"Hang on!" Leaf cried out, laying inside the wagon full of the barrel with his paws on his head to take cover.

The speed of the wooden wagon decrease as it is held up by the vine, looking like a slingshot. It charges until it reaches its limit but before that, there's something Leo forget about it. It stops thanks to his vine but ready to lunches back from this location, and it points at the air...

"Wait..." He realised it. "I'm the one who needs to hold on?!"

The brown wagon got sling backwards into the skies with a screaming lion on it. Spike and Caramel could hear that and saw the wagon come back from, accompanied by a flying barrel as it got off of the wagon as it heading back to the town.

Though for the mother of ducklings, passed out in front of her children.

The entire Ponyville stops their chore and looks at the blue sky to see a blurring black object passing by to say hello. Much to everypony surprised and awe at the sight, after some silent, their routine continues. Let just someone else handle it.

"Leo!" Spike yelled, take a breath for a minute since going back and forward was not in his list but not Caramel though. "Man...how could...you...still...okay?"

"Earth pony things." He simply said.

Back in the air, Leaf trying to think of something to prevent crushing the wagon to a chunk of useless wood. But with his childish action, he panicked a bit so he took some time to came out with something. The wagon was big, so the speed getting decreased until it heading down for the crash. He gasps, but it gives him an idea.

"Aha!" Before grind.

He looks down from the side of the wagon, yep he gonna died if he doesn't do something. So he does this, jumping out of the cart and sky diving, dive down until he arrives a the bottom of the wagon, between the wheels as he focuses another energy from his body.


ELEMENTAL POWER!!

ELEMENT WIND!!


The wind spinning the lion as it like a tornado to reveal Wind from it. 

Gust Wind!!

The blue lion pushed his right paw forward to unleash a large twister to stopping the falling wagon and it big so the barrel that got off are in the area of it. He also produces a small tornado on his back to float too, slowly landing at the Elements of Kindness home turf, with a crowd of animals waiting for him while awing for the amazing sight. 

He quickly moves away from the bottom of it, and bring down the barrel and wagon gently. Once it hit the ground, he used his wind power to float the container back to where it came out from.

"You did it, Leo!" Shout the Dragon as he and the stallion finally manage to catch up. "That's really dangerous things you're ever done though."

The Aerokinesis giggled, before looks at Caramel. "Here you go, Caramel! Nothing was broken from inside or outside."

The light brown pony sigh in relief, smiling to him as a thank you. "I really appreciate your help. Thank you."

"No problem at all! Just glad you could smile."

"But how did this happen? We're you lose control of the wagon?" Asked Spike.

"Uh, it's kinda embarrassing but I park it near a steep hill so it starts to roll down while I was doing other stuff." He chuckled nervously.

"That's okay!" Wind nudged him with cheer smiled. "Everyone makes a mistake! So do we."

"Not me." The purple Dragon chimed.

"Oh really, Bro? Then how about when you accidentally burn down Sis homework twice on the road?" He sardonic smiled.

"Oh c'mon! That wasn't my fault that she writing using a feather!"

"You should need some help back then."

"No, I don't!"

Wind's laughed, seeing his brother mad is kinda cute. As the conversation kept going, Angel was behind the large wagon.

He just surprises that the Cub manages to carry that ten-time size wagon than him, maybe he misjudges about him than he been just simply optimistic and carries. Now he might have a second thought about him.
> Chapter 13: How it came (S1E8)
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How it came






One Week Later...





The low rumble of distant thunder sounded over the town as a multitude of ponies moved around Ponyville Town Square park, picking up tree limbs and pulling down broken branches in preparation for the storm.

Well, save for one pony.

A white unicorn with a purple mane and tail. She seemed more intent on working on her topiary skill rather than do any real work.

Rarity's magic collected a branch and reattached it to a tree. She looked over the dead branch and the few leaves left on it with a frown. She gasped softly at the idea crossing her mind before her horn glowed once more and the remaining leaves took on the shapes of dancing ponies.

“Perfect.” Rarity smiled, only to have a lasso flip up over the end of the branch, yanking the dead limb off the tree again.

“What?!” Rarity stated turning to glare back at the pony at the other end of the rope.

“Just take the broken limbs down Rarity,” Applejack ordered. "Don't ya'll care about nothing but prettifying?”

“Some pony has to.” Rarity scoffed.” You are making an absolute mess of the town square.”

“Yeah well, the storms gonna make an even bigger mess if we don't prune all these loose branches so they don't tumble down on any pony, or anything.” Applejack countered.

“I simply cannot understand why the Weather Patrol had to schedule such a dreadful downpour this evening and ruin what could have been a glorious afternoon.” Rarity whined.

The Earth pony sighed, before kicking the tree. "Think more practical-like will ya, they accidentally skipped a schedule sprinkle last week, so we need to doozy of a downpour to make up for it is all." She said and then it started to rain.

"Oh no! My wonderfully styled mane shall be ruined!" The Unicorn screaming about her mane and trying to dodge raindrops.

"Ya shoulda hurried up and finished the job already."

"Oh! Ah! Oh! Ph! It's coming down too fast! Ah! Oh! Oh! Ah! Help me!

Applejack looks around before the farm pony notices a nearby picnic table. "There, hunker down to your heart's content whilst I finish things."

The fashionista unicorn did just that running over to the picnic table, though before she could go back to work the mare started whining again. Applejack sighed and trotted over to her.

”What now..?” She deadpanned.

“I prefer not to get my hooves muddy.”

The farmer groaned. "There is just no pleasin' ya, is there? Everything's got to be just so."

"And how does muddying my hooves serve any useful purpose?"

"Y'all wouldn't know useful if it came up and bit ya."

"That doesn't make any sense."

"Does so."

"Does not."

"Does so."

"Does not."

"Does so."

"Does not."

“Does so infinity, HA!” Applejack countered.

“Does so infinity, plus one!” Rarity smirked as the pair glared at each other.

“Ya'll should probably be on yer way before ya say something yer gonna regret.” Applejack growled her eyes narrowed at the white mare.

“Indeed perhaps we should go our separate ways before you say something you will regret first!” Rarity countered returning the glare.

The two of them slowly started backing away from each other until a sudden flash of lightning and crash of thunder made both of them scream out and dart back together in a panicked hug.

“Perhaps we should stick together and find some shelter.” Rarity pointed out.

“And fast.” Applejack stated noting the wind and rain were picking up.

“Applejack? Rarity?” a voice called out over the sound of the rising wind.

Looking around the pair notice the large tree at the other end of the park, one with a purple unicorn standing at the back door yelling at them.

“Twilight?” Applejack questioned.

“What are you two doing out here? Come inside quick!” Twilight shouted urging them towards the library.

Not having to be asked twice both of them rushed towards the door as another flash of lightning lit up the sky. Though Applejack paused at the door.

“Um yah, is staying inside a tree is the best place during a lightning storm?” Applejack questioned.

"It is if you have a magical lightning rod protecting your home as I do." The librarians smiled. "Come on in."

The orange pony was about to enter but get cut off by the white mare. Asking her to clean her muddy hoof from before as she grumbles to herself. "If I gotta spend one more second with that fussbudget Rarity today, I can't be held responsible for what I'm gonna do."

“The weather team's outdone themselves this time hmm?” Twilight stated. ”Hope you two don't have any trouble getting home.”

“It may be a bit of trouble." Rarity muttered flipping her mane a bit trying to fix a few stray hairs that had sprung loose from the rain.

“Well, you're welcome to stay if you like. Spike and Leo are away in Canterlot on royal business so I'm all alone tonight."





Canterlot, Inside the Castle...





"Wow, Sir Bouncer! That's a really good way to help those foal to stand up from those bullies." Leo feels energized, can't believe how long they have left Canterlot. "And I thought you guys just stood around, staring to nothingness."

The Cub giggled in front of the royal guard, they don't mind him for having a conversation with each other. It's getting bored right now since he left the place to follow his sister bringing about new friendship to her new friends, making the atmosphere in the hallway a bit of loneliness and to in the fact that he the only one that makes the place feel alive.

"Just glad they can be tough to defend thyself." The Unicorn guard sly smiled, very rare to see one of the Celestia guards doing it. "Who knows, those foal is gonna be the next line of the royal guard."

"Would doubt it!"

The double door at the upfront was opened wide to see a purple Drake exiting the room with a bunch of document from his claws, it seems that he has completed the job for the looks of his face, a very smiling chubby Dragon. "It's finished!"

"Congrats, Bro!" The Lion clap his paws, happy that the business is over. "Oh, here, put it on my saddlebag."

He lay low on the floor so Spike could put it inside, asking help from the guard as it used his white magic aura to open the clip and carefully putting in inside. Once it in, the sibling thank you to the Unicorn before they walk to the next location. 

"Okay, now we just gonna send it to Shining Armour and we can leave," Spike started, looking at the window, he could see a grey cloud cover-up Ponyville. "Uh, maybe we should stick around for a bit."

"How about we go to our parent's house?" Leo asked. "It's being while now after all."

"Ehh, sure."

They go on, waving to anypony that come nearby, some of them are maid or butler, who usually cleaning up the hallway and also serve the royal family. Other are more royal guard who Leo knew all of them, even a recruit one he greets too.

So far living in the town of full of ponies were great, they care to each other, laugh together, helping out even though there are not the same tribes. Yeah, Leo and Spike, we're the only one who non-species like their sister and big brother. Aside from Gilda of course, the duo hangs out much time if they have free time, much like to their sister who likes to make an experiment that's can go nut and the Captain of the Royal Guard as well who is keeping an eye on Princess Cadence.

Ah, yes, the Princess of Love if Leo remember. He tried his best to recall all things that happen since he was just a tiny cub, it going to get tough if he keeps on, concern by his brother, but he needs to stay strong if he wants to help the one who couldn't do much. Back to the princess, she has been babysitting for like a year when he and the rest of the sibling's except for Shining, but she handles quite good for an alicorn. Sure there's a lot a situation needs to complies, she also attends on dating Shining Armour when their teenager back then. Leo couldn't help but to chucked a bit as he saw them doing a lip action.

"What so funny, Leo?" The Dragon asked.

"Oh just recollect back when we were a kid." He replied.

The Drake smiled, looks like he the same as well. "Yeah...oh! Remember the last time you almost destroy the window with your lightning power?"

The Golden Lion gasped surprised. "Oh yeah! It's also the day when I got the Elemental Power!"





Flashback...





"Twilight! Shining!" Called out from the Unicorn mare, waiting at the front door. "Hurry up! We'll be late to go get your two report card at school."

"Coming, Mother!" Shouted another mare, sound of the hoof can be heard as a galloping Unicorn with her trusty saddlebag within the back. "All set!"

"Same here!" A male voice, coming from the living room is a white Unicorn stallion. "I'm ready."

"Oh! Wait a minute!" The lavender one halted, forgetting something, or someone. "Spike! Leo! C'mon! We leaving."

Silent for a moment before she called out again, but the same result too as it seems that there doesn't respond for some reason.

"Hm? Where are they?" Shining asked. "Leo! Come on down here!"

"Leo having a cephalalgia." Said the blue Unicorn stallion as he walks down the stairs to meet up with the rest of them. "And he just received just now."

The cause the second sibling gasped. "What?! Those he needs any treatment?" Twilight worried. "Was it bad? He is just okay since yesterday. How did this happen? Ohh, I feel fretting now."

Night Light smiled while rubbing her mane. "You don't have to worry about, Twilight. He doesn't feel well so he needs somepony to look after him and Spike, so I will be staying here for they own safety, okay?"

Twilight Velvet place her hoof on Twilight. "We just gonna take the report card and if your grad is good, I promise to you that we will go buy some new book you want it that much."

"Oh yeah! You promise that!" She squeaks excited, before turning toward her dad. "Dad, take good care of them, okay?"

"I will."

"Alright, we off." Velvet said, kissing her husband on his cheek before heading outside with her pony children.

Leader of the family waved at them, wishing they luck to get a good mark from the exam. Well, looks like he's alone now, with his adopting sons, closing the door so no burglar come and stole their expensive things, he keeps doing his best for looking after his family with addition, adopting a Lion and a Dragon at the same time back then. At first, he thought that the lion would devour his daughter like last time but to his surprise as well his wife, he didn't do anymore. Weird, usually some creature will doing it again like three or five times before it won't happen again, but Leo seems to learn his lesson so quickly even though he still a small cub.

Of course, he will do the sad puppies eyes. With those pair of big grey eyes, he can have anything he wants, thanks celestial that didn't happen. For Spike, however, is big of a problem since he has a fire breathing like a grown-up dragon. Okay, not so crisis at all because the Sparkle parent can put a fire-resistance spell on his room but the outside of the area. Not to mention his sharps claw too, shredding all fabric in his house every time. Leo has already stopped it which an easy job for them to keep control of the dragon behaviour.

He sitting on the couch at the living room, levitate the newspaper from the small table with a cup of coffee he was made before. Supposedly, he made it since he going with his family too but thanks to Leo headache, he can drink it from here. "Well, let me see what anything new about today."

Sipping the coffee, he read a news about a new store has opened up since month.

"What the minute, this is an old newspaper."





In Spike and Leo bedroom...





"Leo? How do you feel?" Asked the Drake, looking at his brother laying on the orange carpet while patting his back.

"I'm fine..." He said, rubbing his head. "Just don't know how this pain suddenly came to me."

"It will be fine, Leo. Dad said he will be at the bottom if we need anything."

"Thanks, Bro." Leo smiled. Very grateful to him for staying with him instead of going with their big siblings, though it's just for them only.

"Why didn't you lay on the bed? It's very comfy and relaxing."

"I want to simply say that I have my own choices."

He smiles, going by his way. Spike sigh for the replies and make himself cosy by resting next to his side belly with a new comic on his claw. "By the way, I left the window open so it let the wind come in for cooling us up."

The golden lion nodded. The two of them were silent, spending some time, reading or napping for a couple of hours to pass by the time, til the cubby Dragon grump. "I'm bored."

"Same too, Bro." Leo chuckled, still closing his eyes.

"I hope there will be some kind of event that something will come out like this issue right here." He said, showing the comic about the Power Ponies to the Lion. Scenes were an exploding blow out the Back right after a stallion said something how common right now.

"Wish that stallion don't die, 'cause that too untimely."

"Of course, not! He's the one who will get kidnapped by the Mane-iac, who's gonna use him as a hostile to draw out the Power Ponies to lure them toward her trap!" He continues, flipping the page before gaped in horror. "NO! It ends right there!"

The Cub giggled. "Sorry, Bro. But next time would seem."

"But I wanna know if the Power Ponies are gonna make it and save that stallion! Who knows what could happen now!"

"Agh..." The pain getting intends as he used both paws as he rolling around the floor, the Dragon shock by the outcome and start to shake him, dropping the comic from aside.

"Leo?! What's the matter?"

"ARRGH... I-I don't know. I just..." He stood up with all of his four legs and begin to shake his head madly.

The action proceeds with a Drake in state of awareness of his brother. Until...


BOOM!!

"Ah?! OW!!" Night Light scream, before falling to the light blue floor, face first. He grumbles, staring at the window and uses his magic to slit the curtain away to the side. Doing that, bringing out the shining sun flashing at his blue coat. 'It's it gonna rain or what?'

That impossible, the ray of daylight given by Princess Celestia can't be right, no grey or dark cloud is nowhere to be seen. He does remember read about the article and it says that the Pegasi will do the rain next weekend. Or is it?

"I should probably warn the boys to shut the window, just to be sure." He said to himself, stand back up while looking at the empty cup on the short table. "After I wash this."


Back at the top of the house, the boys are completely shocked, silence filled the room as there is a glowing shape like usually the Pegasus do when they stop on the cloud to create a rain or a bolt. The second one was the answer, now on Leo's mouth, letting out some of the lightning bolt patterns in small form, flowing to side to side. The colour seems to be yellow with some black pattern of the bolt, and the length was the same as the Lion, who's now looking at it directly on his jaws.

"Leo! A-Are you alright?" Spike asked, trying to get closer only to get zap electrocuted, surprisingly, doesn't have any effect on him. "Huh, guess then I'm lightning-proof too like you!"

He was now in front of the blade, awe by the glowing and the spark came out. He doesn't know what's going on but this leads to the same comic he told before. It kept on insanity, what now?

"Leo, can you do something?" Asked Spike.

The Cub seems to hesitate for a bit, after that, he used his right paws to grab the sword, opened his jaws to make a room for his golden fur paw, there's a handle a the opposite of the bolt. So it makes know to hold it at that side, while the other side it so sharp it can cut an object into half.

"Whoa..." He can say, gazing at the sight were only an airborne creature could do it, well for a mage who can cast a lightning bolt spell were not included since this blade seemingly the last longing then just a simple one-shot spell. It was beyond than any spell his sister and big brother had.

"Wow! Looks to me you got a Lightning power! Or is it magic?" The Dragon has been amazed and assuming the second thought, but no, there's no way a lion could possess such incredible ability. "Anyway, how could you do that."

Leo stared at his younger brother, then grind from his mouth. "Hehe, it was just like this!"

He shook his head, but nothing comes out.

"Eh?"

"Hmm. I don't see anything happening."

"H-How did I do it just now?" He thinks while scratching his head using the lightning-shape-like-blade, only bringing about the heat from the rub that causes him to yelp. "Ah hot, HOT!"

By accident, throwing the sword up in the air on top of the boys. It swirls around before heading back down to his owner. The caster scream, Spike already roll out, taking cover. He raises both of his paws nearly hitting the bolt until the second result.

A gust of wind blows off the lightning blade away from him, explode into a shock ball at the end of the room.


BOOM!!

"Wow!" Surprising the bottom form, he already did his work, almost broken the cup, not until this another sound comes outs. "Seems like it's going to rain. I should probably tell them now."

Exciting the kitchen after putting down the cup on the holder, to the hallway, making sure no open window left behind before ascending to the top. There is an enclosed window actually as he walks toward it.

"Is it just me, or there's it someone that attempts to distract me?" He preoccupied himself.

It's a good thing he down knows about the fourth wall.


"Wow, great!" Spike said, looking at the explosive area. "You have wind power!"

"Yeah, Pawesome!" Leo said, astonishing by his ability.

"SPIKE! LEO!, close the shutters!" Shouted from the downstairs.

"Oh no, Dad!" He panicked, looking at the cause of his destruction, he can see a large black mark next to the window. They will be grounded for sure. "What should we do? What should we do?!"

"Uh... Over here! Maybe we- AH!!" The Drake stop his word only to get a bump by his brother caused him to fall, paws first.


A loud rumbling just started appears, shacking the house like it was nothing! The blue stallion in the mid stairs, shocking and quickly rushes to Leo and Spike room while shouting.

"SPIKE! LEO! There's an earthquake, an earthquake!"

When he opens the door, he saw them just reading a comic on the floor, with the carpet for the softness as it nothing happens.

"Hm? What earthquake dad?"

"Eh?" The Unicorn said, looking around the place, seems like normal just it usually does. Maybe he imagination only. "Ok ok, close the window. I have feeling that the Pegasi is changing their schedule right now. It's going to rain soon."

Trying to hide his expression, he closes the door.

"Ok, dad!" Both of the boys said, before sighting in relief. "Phew, thank god he didn't see it."

"Yeah, he's going to flip out if he finds out." The Lion said while approaching the window, while Spike comes to the spot where there's a black mark but it covers by wardrobe and some beanbag near it.

"Bro, come and look at this!"

The third sibling's awe by the sight he staring at, as his brother comes in his gasp. "Leo, you're a superhero!"

The scene was awesome! There a staircase made of the chuck of earth, up to the window. The side was nice and thank goodness it at the background of the house.

Not much of durable, it falls back to pieces, creating another loud rumble noise that causes a scream of high pitch stallion noise.

"EARTHQUAKE!!"





End of Flashback...





"You scream out like a mare and it was hilarious!" The golden lion said, before laughing in front of his adoptive parents, who's one of a giggle while the other was grumbling.

"Wow, dear. That's very rare to hear it from you." Twilight Velvet giggled, seemingly the boys have reached to the Resident's Sparkle house after sending the document to their older brother.

"H-Hey, I don't know he was about to do that, okay?" Night Light said blush in embarrassingly.

They laughing at each other while the Drake reading the next issue of the Mane-iac vs the Power Ponies with an eager smile.
> Chapter 14: Misunderstood (S1E9)
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Misunderstood





One Week Later...





The sweet rise of the sun makes every creature woke up from their bed, getting ready for their business as usual. Though since the return of Princess Luna. Many ponies have a day quite difference right now because some of them toke wait up for the night for example stargazing using a telescope at an open field. Camping at your backyard while watching the falling asteroids, so they could get experience to it, and who even what celebrate during the night, they can set up a bonfire.

But for now, let's focusing on day time. For the heat of the sun provide food to the plant and tree and speaking of the tree, inside the Golden Oak Library on the second floor in the bed was Twilight Sparkle. Muttering while sleeping, there's a drool dripping off for her mouth as the beam of light shine towards the Unicorn eyes, forcing her to open up.

"Augh..." She said, cover the window with its curtains but wasn't enough. Since its daytime, the heat rises, making the temperature in the room increase and while under the blanket, it rather hot now as she finally scoffed.

"Stupid Celestia sun..."

With a sigh, she gets up, yawning from her slumber and starts to think if she can ask her mentor to bring up the sun a little late, it's not like she called stupid or anything that disrespect but she always interrupts everypony comfortable doozy night.

Stand up on the wooden floor, perfecting the blanket and the pillow, everything must complete in order. With a few stretch, she walk-downs the stairs and begins to trot the first floor.


Upon arriving, she saw Spike eating a sandwich with peanut butter. She also saw fuming pancake next to the apple syrup waiting for the owner to consume. Looks to her that her breakfast.

As the mare reached the sit that made of wood, seriously, every furniture is wood in this tree and another pony house as well. She felt like she missing one of her siblings, so she looks at her younger brother. "Spike, we're is Leo?"

"Huh? Oh, he already out to do his assistance within this town." He replied, drinking a freshwater.

This makes her shook her head and sighed, he didn't change at all since the first time he helping someone. Now to think about it, it was their mother fault for telling him that helping others can help you live longer, or makes you feel good and It creates a sense of belonging. Is prove to us that assisting someone can give us some purpose.

"By the way, is he the one make me this pancake?" She asked.

"Yeah, in his Wind form though. He's a good cook you know."

He's right. Of all three of the elements, Wind is the best cooker of all thanks to their mother since she teaches him how to cook, especially bakery. He loves doing it, it's also the first time he wants to start cooking but only in Wind form which makes Twilight confused. He never split-back there so why Wind is the only has great skill of cookery.

Frankly, she found out that splitting himself create a new body for the elements which mean they have they own body, and with own personal body it can affect something he discovers that led them to have different hobbies.

After an hour of guzzling their breakfast and cleaning up the table, Spike then when to the kitchen, washing the plate while Twilight check her schedule of today, is Tuesday. "Spike! Do you want to take some fresh air?"

"Really?! I mean, you always told me to do some chore like used to you know!" Shout from the kitchen. "I'm fine with it, as long as we can find Leo, we three can hang out at the park!"

That's a good one, it been long since they hanging around like he says because she always busy with her studies at school and at the home place. Maybe this a chance to increase their relationship even more.

"Why not, let's go!" 

Twilight was at front of the library door, waiting for the Dragon as he came out from the other room as he hops on her back, give the signal that he's ready. She opened the door with magic and began to search for their brother.


"Hm. Where's is he?" Spike asked, squeezing his eyes for looking sight of a lion. "We search for him everywhere! I feel bad chill out without him."

"Me too. But let see if our friends see him." The Unicorn said.

A couple of hours has passed, and the duo seems to continue looking for the manipulation after their attempt one fail, so their rest at the park. Here, they walk on the dirt road, passing some house and bushes who seem so quiet right now as they enter the centre of the Ponyville.

"Wow, what a gorgeous day." Twilight smiled looking up at the sky. The summer was not over yet but the breeze was cooler than usual.

"Yeah, I guess Rainbow Dash got up early for once." Spike snarked from his perch on Twilight's back.

"I bet all Ponyville is gonna be out enjoying the sunshine.” Twilight smiled.

In the main streets, towards the shops, they noticed a surprising lack of ponies in the streets or around the stalls.

"What? Where is everypony?" She asked surprised.

"First Leo and now this?" The Drake turned to ask. "Is it some sort of pony holiday?"

"Not that I know of."

"My breath stinks?" He said, check his breath.

"Not more than usual."

"Is it... Zombies!?" He freaked out a bit.

"Uh, not very likely."

"Not likely? But possible?"

"Psst!" Somepony called out.

"Spike... Twilight...come here." hissed a voice. The duo blink noticing Pinkie Pie in the shadowy doorway of the shop. "Hurry, before she gets you."

The sibling when into Sugercube Corner with Pinkie closing the door afterwards, making the entire room dark until Pinkie takes out a lantern.

"Who?! The zombie ponies?" The Dragon asked.

"Z-Zombie ponies?!" The pink mare said a little scared as Spike holds on to Twilight's neck a little tight.

"Spike! There are no zombie ponies." She reassures him as he let go of his sister and gets off of her. "Pinkie, what are you doing here alone in the dark?"

"I'm not alone in the dark." She said and moved the blinds covering the window, allowing some light into the room, revealing the other members of the Mane Six along with Apple Bloom which surprises Twilight.

"Okay then…what are 'all' of you doing here in the dark?" Twilight corrected.

“We're hiding from her.” Applejack pointed out the heavily curtained window to a figure at the far end of the street. The figure wore a brown hooded cloak and was stamping the ground with one hoof as she looked around. Her gaze ran over Sugarcube Corner, her amber eyes glimmering under the hood.

Twilight blinked as all the others suddenly dove for cover away from the window when the figure looked their way. Neither of her or her mind looked very happy with the rest of the group.

"Did yah see her? Did yah see Zecora?" Apple Bloom asked peering over the top of Spike's head.

"Apple Bloom ah told yah never to say that name!" Applejack snapped.

"Well I saw her look this way," Twilight admitted.

"Look this way evilly you mean?" Pinkie Pie corrected.

Twilight continue. "And a bunch of you flip out for no good reason."

“No good reason?” Applejack snorted grabbing Apple Bloom in a foreleg” Yah call protecting yer kin no good reason? Soon as Apple Bloom saw her coming into town she started shaking in her little horseshoes.”

“Did not.. ah didn't even see her afore yah shoved me in here to hide!” Apple Bloom fussed.

“So ah swept her up and brought her here.”

“Ah walked here myself!"

"For safekeeping."

"Applejack ah ken take care of myself ah ain't a little foal!”

“Not from Zecora yah ain't!”

"She's mysterious." Fluttershy pointed out.

"Sinister." Rainbow Dash pantomimed.

"And Spooky~!" Pinkie Pie added.

Twilight blinked before looking out the window again.

In the distance, Zecora seemed to be getting tired of wandering around the abandoned town. She pulled off her hood, her ears perking up to listen for any sign of life, gold jewellery dangled from her ears as she looked around the town, her white fur marked with grey stripes and a Mohawk rose from her head.

The rest of the group had gathered around Twilight to look out the window again, collectively gasped as the hood was pulled back.

"Will you cut that out!" She snapped.

"Just look at those stripes! So garish!” Rarity scoffed.

"She's a Zebra," Twilight stated.

"A what?!" The collected gasp sounded again as the lavender Unicorn rolled her eyes.

"A zebra and her stripes aren't a fashion choice Rarity, they're what she was born with." She explained which make Rarity faints over dramatically.

"Born where? I've never seen a pony like that in these parts 'cept...her!" Applejack said.

"Well she's probably not from here and she's not a pony. My books say that zebras come from a faraway land but I've never seen her in Ponyville. Where does she live?"

"That's just it, she lives in...the Everfree Forest!" Then suddenly...

*BOOM*

Came to a loud boom sounding from the kitchen which soon turned into a clatter of pots and pans.

"Spike!" Twilight scolded to the young dragon who had snuck into the kitchen while she was busy explaining to her friends.

"Uh, sorry." He apologises.

The same ponies who say something to someone there didn't want to greet with are telling about how the forest is ain't natural. Some, say the plant grows, the wild animal and the weather uncontrolled by themselves.

Once again, Rarity faints over dramatically.

The conversation goes on, telling everything they know about what Zecora being doing all this time, all of it doesn't have good evidence because no ponies want to talks to her. Sigh in annoying, Twilight realises she forgetting something.

"Girls, have you seen Leo this lately?" She asked.

The fashion pony gasped. "Oh no! You mean he still out there?"

"Alone!" The shy one shouted.

"And Zecora still out there!" The Rainbow mare cried.

"There's he is!" The party maker shouted out and tapping her hoof on the glass window as everyone rushed toward it with Spike wearing a saucepot on his head.

As soon as the group see him, all except Twilight gasped in horror.





Early Before it Happens...





Leo confused right now, he being out like an hour and already finished making breakfast for his sister so he doesn't make his little brother work hard. The atmosphere around Ponyville seems to be a bit weird right now, not many ponies are out actually. Wait, scratch that, everypony isn't out to enjoy this sunny morning.

He thinks back for the past few weeks, is sure that he and Spike when to Canterlot with much of ponies trotting around and in the place are the same as well with a little conversation with Princess of the Night before doing some job to fulfil.

Why? This makes the Lion wants to find the answer for this mess, but the question is where to find first? Luckily, a figure weird a brown cloak stamping on the ground, creating a hold in it. He recognises the ponies...or the zebra.

"Zecora!" Shouted the Cub, getting the attention from her.

"Ah, Leo, is being a week now. How were you doing?"

"Doing great actually! What are you doing here? This is the first time I see you in Ponyville."

"Well, I was looking for some herbs for my potion, but sadly, the store closes every time I came here and nopony was around to help me."

"Then why dig the ground though?" He asked.

"I was looking for a rare ingredient that in the ground since it's an extraordinary one is gonna be hard to find."

"Pawesome! How many? Can I see it, please?" 

Zecora could only chuckle for his childish. "Well, sure, look here."

She set aside her cloak to reveal a light brown saddlebag, she opens up the lit to see an all different kind of herb, plants, an ingredient he never saw before and some small colour bundle. He astonishing by her hard work and will salute for sure, but there's no space now, which he notices it.

"Uh, Zecora, there's not much space now, maybe we should go back to your hub in the meantime," Leo suggested.

She looked inside her bag, he's right. The zebra nod and before she was about to close the saddlebag, one of the bundle fell off of it and heading straight down to earth...

*POOF*

"What in the world?!" The manipulate coughed as the bundle let out powerful green smoke, into they trout making them harder to breathe in the area.

"*COUGH* I'm sorry, Leo! That was a smoke bomb, it *COUGH* uses to escape from trouble situation, I forget I still have it." She said, tried to use her hoof to give in some fresh air but didn't work.

"Yeah, but why green? Should it be Red for more fiercely?"

"Hm, that's a good one." 

"Hold on!"

ELEMENT WIND!!

Leo transforms into Wind form before he spinning around creating a gust that became larger and larger until he releases it.

Whirlwind Blasts!!

He let go huge blue tornadoes, it gathers all the smoke up till it faded away, with the last coughs from the Zebra, they finally breathe the fresh air. Though somewhere, someone just gasped.

"Fuh, glad that's done, let's go to your hub, I wanna see what it looks like." He said, clearly doesn't hear the voice.

"Very well, follow me."

The duo March on heading to the Everfree Forest, while not notice, a small filly sneaky away toward them.





Back to Twilight...





"Didn't you see what she does?!" Rainbow Dash shouts at Twilight.

"For the last time Rainbow, it's not what you think!"

"Zecora hypnotise him! I just knew it!"

"How can you be sure if it?!"

"You saw it, I saw it, everyone saw it! She's evil!!"

"Guys! Have you see Apple Bloom?" Spike said, looking around for the filly.

"The door's open!” Fluttershy gasped.

“They must have gone outside.” Rarity gasped.

"And Zecora's still out there with Leo on her side!" Rainbow Dash cried.

"I told that silly filly to stay put!” Applejack wailed.

"You guys being ridiculous! I'm sure Leo is alright and calm down, okay? Everything will be..." Twilight frowned as the others rushed out of the building leaving her and her brother behind. "...fine. Right, okay, let's go, I need to see it with my own eyes and some explanation too."

The Dragon smirked, climb on his sister back as the pair of them rushed out of the shop, chasing after the others.





Back to Leo...





"Bleh! Are you sure is just a smoke bomb? Cause it tastes like my big bro sweat." He joked.

"I've insured you it is, I created those for safety manager."

As the duo was in the forest, their pass by the blue flower from the side, Leo notice her concern about something, so he asks. "What wrong Zecora?"

"Nothing much, but please don't touch those flower!" She pointed out to that bloom. "And why? Because it was no joke."

"Really? Then we should put a sign or something that will keep from anyone for safety then."

"And there more to it, young one." She said, looking at the lion. "The reason why I came to Ponyville is to find-"

"Leo?" Said a child's voice.

They turned to see a filly with a big red ribbon on her head, is Apple Bloom, and she looks worried by just looking at her face. "I-Is that you?"

"Apple Bloom? Yes, it is me, why'd you feared about?"

The earth pony sigh in relief, she smiles. "Thank celestia y'all right. Ah thought you been mind control by Zecora."

This makes the lion confused. "Huh? Mind control? What are you talking about? And since when Zecora hypnotist me?"

He looks at the zebra, replies by shook her head. 

"Well, the things is that we though you-"

"APPLE BLOOM!!" 

"-Drat, they caught up..." Apple Bloom grumbled ducking down to the ground but there's no cover to hide her body so it is useless. What heading they ways is his sibling and his friends, though with an expression that not happy to greet.

"You get over here right now!" Applejack shouted running into the flowers with the others and scooping Apple Bloom up off the ground and putting her behind her back before she turned back to glare at Zecora. "What have you done to our friends, huh?!"

"Woah, Applejack. Don't shout like that toward Zecora, she not doing anything to me." Leo said, standing before her. "Wait, did you guys fear about her?"

"Yeah, she's an evil enchantress and us though she controls your mind." Pinkie points out.

"First of all, hilarious she can't do that. Second, she told that zebra is a potion maker that are for illnesses that can heal you better than most medical treatments. It so helpful and could cure nearly every illness that some creature around the world want to ask the zebras for a potion help with any illness they may have." He explained.

"Is that you or her making you forced to do it?" Pinkie asked.

"No, Pinkie. Zecora's not evil and minds controller, she just wants to find rare ingredients for a potion to make."

"I'm impressed Leo, I didn't know zebras we're experts in the potion." Twilight complaints.

"Thanks, sis, but now I think she needs to good for making a cure for the illness right now." He looked at the zebra as he blinks his eyes at her. "Because somepony just got an illness."

"Ah, yes, but I do need some ingredients to make the cure." 

"Don't worry, I'll here to help!" 

"What cure? And who's having an illness?" Rarity asked.

"You guys."

"What?" The ponies are in confused.

"Those blue flower you step on, it's called a poisoned joke. That plant was much like poison oak, but its results will be like a choke." Zecora smiled.

"What in the hay does that mean?" Applejack glared at her.

"It means this plant does not breed wrath, instead, this plant just once a laugh."

"What? Can someone else translate that?!"

"What Zecora trying to say is that flower you guys stepping on will make fun of you guys," Leo explained.

"Fun of us? Are you sure about this? Or Zecora trying to mess with us?" Rainbow replied.

A growl coming from the lion seems like they don't believe it just now, however, that gives him an idea but requires all of the Mane Six to do it.

"Hey, Zecora. Why don't you go home and tomorrow I will get the ingredients for this cure since the store close today cause someone needs to be taught a lesson if you know what I mean." He stares at the zebra as he gives a wink. "You said don't touch the flower, so I think you should ready the antidote."

She gazes at him for a moment, then at the group, before she gets it what he means. "Very well then, I will take my leaves and prepared it."

And with that she left the area, leaving a bunch of ponies and a single dragon confused. During that, the cub ran toward them with all of his might before he leaps into the air, pass by all of those poison jokes and land on the other side.

"Oh, Applejack." He called out to the farm pony. "Please, stop being so stubborn towards Apple Bloom, believe me, you will going to get into trouble one of these days."

He leaves the group, back to the Ponyville for waiting the next day.





The Next Day...





In Spike and Leo room, they can hear screaming from their sister upstairs.

"Twilight?! What's wrong?" Spike got up quickly and ran to the stairs while Leo got up on his bed.

"Woah, this morning and already with screaming?" He sighed and got off, grabbing his bandana and follow his brother to the other floor. "Maybe I'll ask Apple Bloom to help me since she seems to like to believe Zecora so might wanna talk to her first."
> Chapter 15: Find Out (S1E10 - E15)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Find Out



It's been a while since the Zecora incidents and a few things have happened.

First, there were the parasprite incidents which happened when Fluttershy found a parasprite and it bought into town to show her friends. All of her friends became enamoured with the creature except for Leo and Pinkie since she told him in the nick of time of what parasprite are and stormed off with him to get a musical instrument which can be used to put the parasprite under a spell so she could get rid of them.

Leo used the Elemental Split to make it faster to get the instruments for Pinkie, Wind and Lightning go with her while Earth warned his sister and her friends of the parasprite are but it was too late. The parasprite devour the crops and food, that's not all but their can reproduce asexually by coughing up another parasprite. Twilight and her friends did the best they could to watch the parasprites but the bugs were sneaky enough to eat enough food to reproduce into a giant horde that tried to eat everything single food in Ponyville.

Twilight used a spell to stop the parasprites from eating all of the food but it gets worse, the creature starts eating an object instead of food and before Ponyville became a food mart for the parasprite, Pinkie came in as she used all of the musical instruments she could get to play a song that put the parasprites under her spell with Leo in front of her while holding a baton as a leader to keeps the tempo goes on smoothly and sent them away into the Everfree Forest.

Then Winter came to Equestria for a while and when Winter came to an end, the ponies of Ponyville had their annual event called Winter Wrap Up that involves cleaning up winter to bring in the season of Spring but without using magic. Twilight wanted to help out with Winter Wrap Up she didn't know what to do until Leo pointed out she could help with the planning of Winter Wrap Up since she loves to organise things when she arranges the book at the library and Ponyville has failed to clean up winter in time for spring due to lack of planning and coordination in the past.

Thanks to that, Twilight became the All-Team Organizer for Winter Wrap Up and her planning allowed the ponies of Ponyville to clean Winter up just in time for spring.

Then there was the time Leo stood up for Apple Bloom and her new friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo when they were being bullied by Diamond Tiara and her friend Silver Spoon because they were Blank Flank, ponies that don't have Cutie Marks and defend them from the bullied. Twilight mention that they have potential and could end up with an amazing talent that will give them amazing Cutie Marks but they have to not to rush getting it and just go with the flow. And thus the Cutie Mark Crusaders were born.

Then there was the competition between Rainbow Dash and Applejack where they decided to see who was the better athlete by having an Iron Pony competition, a series of sports events which Rainbow Dash won mostly thanks to her wings which annoyed Applejack who called it and then she challenged Rainbow Dash to the Running of the Leaves, a competition where ponies run through a track where their pounding footsteps cause the autumn leaves to shake off of trees.

Many ponies join Rainbow Dash (who was not allowed to use her wings) and Applejack in the event, including Leo and Twilight which made them think she was going to lose because she's only read books on races. The race was on its way with both best athletes in the lead until they started to sabotage each other and in the end, they both tied for the last place while Twilight got fifth place and Leo got first place. Considering there's no rule of no lion can participate in the game. Eventually, both Applejack and Rainbow apologise over their poor sportsmanship and got too over competitive with each other so they made up.

And then there's a problem with the dresser, which were made by Rarity. With her generosity, she will make all dresser for the gala that will come eventually. Twilight asking her to fix her dress for the gala but Rarity won't allow it because...old one. So she decided to make a new one for her and all of the Mane Six plus Spike and then they decide to hold a fashion show with their new dresses. Leo volunteers himself to help her make the outfit for them which Rarity gladly except since he won't be able to join. Thanks to him and his Elemental Split, the dress for the gala were done with beautifully. 

However, went Twilight and the other examine it, the pony (except spike who like his outfit made by his brother) stand awkwardly in silence, then struggle for words to said. After finding out the dresses aren't what they had in mind. Rarity overcomes the disparaging reception and resolves to redo the dresses with the help from Leo, wanting her friends to think they're perfect. Unfortunately, after spending an hour redo and some suggestions for, they succeed. Rarity presents the dresses to her friends, and they all happily proclaim they're exactly what they asked for. Spike arrives at the door and excitedly reports that he happened to mention Rarity's fashion show to Hoity Toity, which Twilight identifies as "the bigwig fashion hotshot in Canterlot", and that Hoity Toity is coming to Ponyville from Canterlot to see Rarity's work. Rarity shrinks in horror at the thought that Hoity Toity will see the dresses her friends helped design.

Following Rarity in Carousel Boutique, who not coming out for a day. So the ponies came out an idea, hanging Opal on the tree branches. Rarity runs outside to rescue her and finds Rainbow Dash next to Opal, chiding her for stranding Opal on the tree. With quick apologise to the group, Rarity still wails about her ruined career. Fortunately, Hoity Toity agrees to attend a revised fashion show at Rarity's boutique. After a showcase of the original dresses, Hoity Toity expresses his amazement at the designs, calling them a bunch of awesome complement.

So things have been okay for the time being.





Some Week Later...





Leo is outside with Twilight and Spike as the Unicorn is practising her magic with her little brother wearing a necklace made out of leaves, a rock on his head and he is holding a stick.

The Mare uses her magic to change the leaf necklace around Spike's neck into a tuxedo but then she notices that he is distracted.

"Eyes over here, Spike!"

"Uh, sorry." He apologises as her sister turns the stick he is holding into a fancy cane.

"For this to work, it's crucial we keep our concertation totally on the-"

"Ooh!" Came a female voice which cut off Twilight and her concertation as the rock she turned into a top hat transformed back into a rock and was about to land on him but Leo swipes him out in the nick of time.

"You okay, Bro?"

"I am. Thanks for that Leo."

"Spike! This magic needs our full attention to make it happen. There's no other way!" Twilight said.

"I can't help it. Look!" Thee Drake pointed at Pinkie Pie who was darting around frantically with an umbrella hat on her head as she looked rather intimidated and nervous.

"Uh, should we do something about her? She kinda makes me worry." Leo asked concern.

"Never mind her. She's just being Pinkie Pie."

"Super-extra Pinkie Pie today," Spike added.

Then the trio looked to see Pinkie whose tail is twitching.

"Hmm... Twitchy twitcha, twitcha, twitcha." She said as the sibling approach her.

"Pinkie Pie? What in the wide, wide world of Equestria are you up to?" Asked Twilight.

"Oh! It's my tail! It's my tail! It's a-twitch a twitching! And you know what that means!"

"Actually Pinkie, I haven't the slightest idea."

"Oh! It is some sort of sense like mine?" The Cub smiled.

"That's right, Leo! The twitchin' means my Pinkie Sense is telling me that stuff's gonna start falling! You three better duck for cover."

"Oh Pinkie, it's not gonna rain." The Unicorn said while Leo heard a sound as he looked up to see Fluttershy flying above while carrying a large number of frogs in a giant wooden cart, her saddlebags and ever her fore-hoovers.

"Wait a minute, one of those frog gonna slip off." He thought as one of the frogs fall out of Fluttershy's hooves.

"Why, there's barely even a cloud in the-UGH!" Twilight was cut off as a frog landed smack on her nose which made her stare at it and the frog croaks.

"He just said " nice catch" in frog language." Pinkie translate.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." The Pegasus mare called out which made everyone look at her above. "You okay Twilight? I just couldn't stand to see the pond getting so over-populated, what with the frogs all hopping into each other and all so I decided to fly as many as I can on over to Froggy Bottom Bog." She explained.

"Of course you did." Said the annoyed Unicorn.

"Froggy Bottom Bog?" Leo said in curious. "Oh! Can I come along, Fluttershy? Pleeeease? I wanna see that place for my first time. I won't make any trouble." 

"Oh, sure. I could use some help as well." She smiled as she flew away with the frogs she has her while Leo follows her from the bottom.

"Bye, you guys!" He waves his paw to the trio as he proceeds to the Froggy Bottom Bog with Fluttershy.

The group wave back as the sight of the duo disappear.

"Um, Twilight? You gotta little something on your face there." Pinkie said.

"Oh really?" 





Later, Froggy Bottom Bog...





"Oh... This is not what I imagine."

Upon reaching the destination, the place seems doesn't have the same image from the lion, it is a swampland consisting of mangroves and bubbling swamp water. There, Fluttershy at next to the small wagon, fill with frogs in it, ready to be released since they overpopulation so she sent them to the bog.

"Now little guys, it's time to go." She smiled as the hatchback open up as the frogs hop-to-hop before away for the prisoner and diving into the water. "Hope you guys have a nice home to relax."

Leo came near her, looking at the jumping toad in awe. "Great, so uh...are we done?"

"Not now, Leo." She said, pointing at the carriage that carries the frogs, there some leftover from it. "We need to place them at the other locations so they can have much space to settle down."

"Pawesome! Can I help too?"

The mare chuckled. "Why of course, come on."

While they continue to another place, deep inside of the mangrove, a giant some sort of rope (you know what it is) just chilly pass by until it saw the duo. Suddenly, something grumbling underneath it, and it looks like it finds something to satisfied it. Now, it just needs to wait.

"Hm?" The cub energy sense feel strange as if something gonna popped up and strike-

"FLUTTERSHY!! LEO!!" Shouted some familiar voice.

"Did you hear that?" The Pegasus asked.

"What-" He was about to reply but an accident bump at the wagon causing it to fall into the swamp. "Oh no! I'm sorry, Fluttershy!"

"That's okay." She smiled at him while dumping the bucket that has some little bit of frogs. "Is not that deep, so we can pull it out."

"Leo! Fluttershy! You guys alright!" Came in Spike all of sudden as he hugs his brother.

Flinch from the outcome, Leo stares at him. "Why yes, bro."

"Oh, what a relief." Said Applejack joins in with Pinkie and Twilight.

"I'm so glad everything's all right!"

"Sorry, I know it's not nice to gloat but...AHA!!! I told you not to worry about and I was right." Twilight chided.

The lion blinked. "Seriously, Sis? Are you still obsessed with the Pinkie sense? I mean you could just...just..." He stops his trial, awe to something with the other doing the same thing.

"What? She went on about this twitching nonsense and now it turns out that it's not... What are you guys staring at?..." Twilight questioned looking back behind her at the bog, a mass of steam and mist rolling over the water as a massive form lifted out of the bog towering even above the trees. It was quickly joined by three other forms stretching up just as tall, looming over the group.

"It's that a Hydra!?" The pink pony shouted.

"Who cares?! RUN!!!" Spike scream before running at the opposite from the Hydra, following by Applejack, Fluttershy, Twilight and Leo except for Pinkie who is standing frozen in fear and the hydra is about to attack.

"Pinkie run!" The Unicorn shouts out, turning her head looking at the party maker.

The golden lion halts his fleeing as the right paw raised and begin to glow bright green as a tiny piece of leaves gather around him.


ELEMENTAL POWER!!

ELEMENT LEAF!!


He transforms into the leaf from, shocking his siblings and other ponies as Twilight stop trotting, jaw dropped.

"A-a new element?!"

Binding Vines!!

Leaf sends a long vine, directing towards Pinkie as it wraps around her stomach.

"Urghh!... Heeyah!" He yell, stands on his hind legs and pulling as hard as he could, launching Pinkie in the like mad. The action makes her flung overboard passing by other ponies and dragon. "Oh no...!"

"Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Pinkie shout, expressing wild excitement being lunches unexpected.

The beast roar as the other one of them strikes using its head toward the manipulate.

Creeping Vine!!

He summons the vine from the ground quickly, moves out of the headbutt attack and swing across the swamp, his sister looking at him as he passes her by with grin on his face with shining larger pupils.

"Hi, Sis!"

Still, in her current emotions, she shook her head before trotting off until she manages to side with Leaf. "Leo! When did you get that new power?!"

"Oh! About while now."

"While?!"

"INCOMING!!" Shouts Applejack, as the duo turned to see Hydra closing in by now. 

The group ran through the swampland while dodging the hydra's heads which tried to attack them but thanks to the swampland's environment, they survive the assault for now.

"Haha! Can't catch us!... OW!" Leaf teased the monster until he got hit by the mangrove, guess that what happens if you mocking someone.

The Hydra launch all four head, trying to finish him off but lucky that Twilight grab her brother with her magic as she levitates him in front of her while still running. "Why you much like naive and childish, your all-grown-up aren't you? Why didn't you tell me once you got this new power?" She said, deadpan.

"Oh! Guess I forgot." He chuckle in playfulness while sticking his tough out. "Besides, nobody even asked for!"

"What?! That's your excuses? You know it's bad for not telling your big sister! Especially for something that can't be discovered how or where it came from! Also you-"

"Twilight! Eyes on the road!!!" Spike yelled out, but it was too late.

The Unicorn suddenly feels like the ground was on her hooves now. When she looked down, she shocks to see she now walking on a non-dirt path and instead, her hoof waggle at the chasm as the gravity pull her down while losing focus on lifting Leo.

"TWILIGHT! LEO!" The other shouted, seeing them falling from the other side of the chasm.

With the scream of his sister and the pointy stalagmites from the bottom of the pit, Leaf commands his vine coming from inside of his green bandana and head up and up to where there's a tree branch as he using it to swing, hold on to his sister who still screening. As they make a half-circle before used it as a boost to send them back to the group.

"Twilight! Are you alright?" Applejack asked.

"Y-yeah, I-i'm fine." She panting hardly since she screams out loud.

While the ponies attend to look for any kind of bruise, the Drake looking at his brother, seeing him with extensively with his new form. "Woah, Leo! You got new power!?"

"Yeah! It's great right?" He smiled, turned back to regular form. 

"LEO CONSTELLATION SPARKLE!!!"

He smiled turned to horror as he slowly looks at his sister with force smile and to sees her using his full name, meaning he in trouble now. Whoever got angry usually say its full name to get the person full attention which is very embarrassing if the person with it friends. Pray to God to give mercy to them.

Twilight, with unhappy noise sound and loud stopping hooves madly. When in front of him, using her deep voice and dark face. "When. Did. You. Got. Those. New. Power?" She snapped seriously.

"U-uh, when t-the time after I put d-down the candy, I want to follow you and bro b-but I w-want to see Zecora," Leo explained to his sister, while the other stood behind her in silence. "That t-time we have been a-attack by Timberwolf, I fought the leader while Zecora h-handle the other."

"THEN. WHAT. HAPPEN?"

"U-uh! I got lunch off by the leader and before he e-eat Zecora I got the Leaf Element."

"You went to the Everfree Forest on your own, you never tell me that you want to go and mostly, you got attack by thee Timberwolf?! Are you crazy!?"

"I'm sorry sis!" The lion pleads. He ears drop down fell ashamed while laying down, belly on the dirty dirt. "I know that keeping something hidden to your family is bad, but I don't know or how or why it happens. If this elemental power I have has any proposals then, okay?!"

"What are you talking about?" Twilight asked.

"It just..." He hesitates, looking at his paws. "I now started to think that my power... This power, must have a reason why it exists, right? I mean, a lion who can control nature?"

"That's weird, of all the chapter the reader have read, none of them has you saying about the power or talk about it." Pinkie said, clearly she should STOP what she doing now. "Aw, why not?"

Please Pinkie in the love of my story! Don't break the fourth wall!!!

"It's now chapter fifteen and you still not using my ability properly, silly."

Pinkie, I'm new to making this story, okay? Now back to the topic.

"Okie Dokie Loki!" She giggling before looking back at the staring in confused friends.

"Who are you talking too?" Spike asked.

"Nothing!" She said, before singing and bouncing off on the road, heading back to Ponyville.

"Well, ah see the Hydra don't chase us anymore, so let's just get outer here." The farmer suggested.

As the other march on back to the home, leaving the siblings hanging. Fluttershy next to Twilight before she said.

"We leave you be, Twilight." She smiled before following Applejack.

The silence between the trio as the golden lion staring down on the ground, don't want to look at his sibling's face until he feels something stroke his silver mane.

"I'm sorry, Leo." Twilight apologise, who's the one stroking his mane. "I'm not mad at you, I just worry about you, that's all."

She smiled, putting her hoof on his shoulder. "I'm almost thought you just reading a comic inside the library back then but knowing you, you not the type who likes to sit still for like ten minutes." She chuckles as well him. "When I didn't see you when a Unicorn name Trixie came to the town, I was scared you know?"

"W-what?"

The Unicorn nodded. "I'm scared that, something bad happens to you and you came back late at night! If mom were here, you'll be grounded for sure. And you know while you doing some crazy battle, I did something that will make you amazed."

Leo blinked. "You create a spell that will make our face adorable like when we were baby?"

"What? No! I calm down the Ursa Minor." She stated.

"Ursa Minor?"

"A big cosmic bear that running rampage until Twilight," Spike coming in, stand next to the cub. "Used her magic to make a lullaby song that making the Ursa Minor went to sleep and sending back where it comes from."

"Woah... That's Pawesome."

"And dangerous as well," Twilight added. "I'll handle a giant grizzly bear while you fight a Timberwolf. I guess Sparkle's do something hazardous huh?"

The trio laughed, it seems to get better now. With some good talk and apologised, they heading back to Ponyville.

"By the way, was there something that I forgot?" The mare asked.

"Eh, maybe not an important one, like everyone said: if you don't remember it, then it wasn't significant at all." Spike chided.

"Yeah, I guess you right."
> Chapter 16: Weird Perception (S1E16)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Weird Perception



"Hmm..." Lightning being thinking, if something like this will help him to get away his anger issues out for a second then a could try it, IF he wants to.

Today, the yellow one has an arguing with the other elements, not with Earth, cause if he fighting him then he probably in the grave by now. No, it was Wind. His cheerful and playfulness are the opposite of him, being aggressive and serious at the same time but it's not his fault but him. Who's disturb someone if they want to be alone sometime? I mean who does that? Thanks to that, Earth told Lightning to go outside to get some fresh air, and some privacy, thus he been given something from the leader of the trio.

In the middle of the field of grass, sitting while holding something on his right paw was a small orange cylinder, with a poster around it that said "BLOW IT!!!" on it.

It was a Bubble Bottle that given by the brown lion.

"Remember~ if you ever felt like lashing out, just blows some bubbles!" He smiles point out from Lightning flashback before he left the library.

The Electrokinesis stare at the bottle, looking at it annoying. "Who does he think I am...?"

Not just annoying but bewilder, since when they have a bubble bottle? Things in Equestria are a bit weird but hey, anything possible. With some peace of quiet. Slowly, he opens by twisting the orange cap to reveal a long white stick that has around shape at the end. He dips a couple of time before putting it in front of his mouth and like everyone usually does when small things trying land on the mouth area, he blows creating a thin skin or wall and traps the air, creating a multiple water bubble sphere, letting the wind control were they heading.

They have them in size. Some big, medium or smaller ones, floating wandering in the air before some of them began to pop.

*POP!*

*POP!*

*POP!*

"Ah..." He said in a soft calming voice, the explosion of a tiny bubble who made splat some sprinklers of soap and water, really, really are satisfied.

For a tsundere, he has a soft inside of him.

"LOUDER!!!!!"

Lightning flinch from a high pitch screaming coming from not far from his location. To make sure no one in trouble, he decided to investigate where the source from, so he stands up and start to walks to the origin of the sound, putting the bottle in his yellow bandana like a basket. Need to conserve his energy, just to be sure if what he encountered were unsafe so he won't use his Lightning Speed just yet.





Early...





In another field, Rainbow Dash is giving Fluttershy a lesson.

"Now, what have we learned?"

"Lots of control."

"Good."

"Screaming and hollering."

"Yes, and most importantly?"

"Passion!"

"Right! So now that you know the elements of a good cheer, let's hear one." The rainbow mare tells her who took a breath in.

"Yay." The shy one cheered in a very soft tone.

"Ugh, you're gonna cheer for me like that? Louder."

"Yay." Fluttershy cheered in the same soft tone.

"Louder!" Rainbow yelled which made her flinch.

"Yay." Still the same tone.

"LOUDER!!!!!" Rainbow Dash screamed.

Fluttershy breathed in deeply rearing back on her hooves before letting out her cheer until...

"Yaaay." Very gentle soft tone.

"Ugh..." The blue pegasus face-hoofed and fell backwards.

"Too loud?"

"Whatever," Rainbow said as she got up and flew up into the air. "I'm going to go start practising my stunt and Fluttershy, you need to work on that cheer." She said and flew off to the cloud above.

"Yay."

"Uh, Fluttershy?"

The yellow pegasus turned to see Lightning coming towards her in confusion looks. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, Leo. I was cheering Rainbow Dash who doing her practices for the Best Young Flyer Competition." She replied, pointing her hoof at the sky, where he can spot the athletic mare who took a deep breath and bounced on the cloud.

She began flying straight downwards but shot left before she hit the ground. She began manoeuvring through a line of trees accurately, passing like a rocket while a large gust of wind blew her mane.

Back at the bottom, Fluttershy cheered "Wooo." In a soft tone though, while the cub sitting next to her and whistles in impress.

"Phase two."

Rainbow Dash flew upwards and then headed towards a cloud. She began spinning it rapidly, actually causing the cloud to spin itself. She applied the same technique to a couple of more clouds.

"Way to go," Fluttershy spoke softly.

"Here we go. Phase three. The Sonic Rainboom." The cyan pegasus said as she shot upwards.

Then she did a few loops before flying straight towards Fluttershy. She was significantly gaining speed and she continued to dash downwards. Fluttershy could only gaze in suspense as Rainbow Dash was about to finish her performance. Tears formed in the mare eyes as she continues to attempt to break the sound barrier with her speed. She had almost made it but suddenly the sound barrier won and threw her in the opposite direction. As Rainbow Dash screamed, Fluttershy placed a hoof on her mouth.

"Oh, dear..."

"Better make sure she alright." He sigh, then stand up again as he charges his electric energy on to his paws. "C'mon Fluttershy! Judging of we're she heads off, I think I know where we can find her."

With that, the lion speeds off, leaving a lightning trail behind while the yellow pegasus follows him along.





Meanwhile...





While Rainbow Dash was practising her stunts with Fluttershy practising her cheered, the other elements cubs, along with the rest of the Mane Six were helping Twilight clean up the library which was a mess thanks to Twilight who was studying non-stop for a week.

"Last one." She said as puts the last book away, making the library clean again. "Thank you so much for helping me clean up all these books, guys. It was a crazy week of studying."

"You should take a break from studying, Sis or you might miss out on everything else in life." Earth said.

"I was not surprised that Sis made a mess of the place. I mean, she always does this at home and at the Canterlot Library, poor us and Spike that we need to clean up the place." Wind sighed smile, remember the past while Twilight fluster.

"Hehe, wait, you boys were the one putting back all the books in the library?" Twilight asked and the answer from the lions was a nod. "I thought the librarians were cleaning the books when I slept."

"Of course not, it was Celestia suggest if you keep sleeping in the library, we will cleaning up for you." He stated.

"WHAT? She who recommend that?" She shocked, clearing her mentor given the order to her brother, twice!

"Yeah! She said that if we fulfil this every time you fell asleep, we would be like an important one!" He grinned, literally don't know what happens.

"She what?! That's it! Next time I will give a warning letter to the Princess to stop tolerate my brother anymore!" Twilight angrily thought for this.

Then suddenly, our wind manipulate sensed something heading towards the library at an extremely fast speed.

"Incoming!" He yelled as he flew up using his Gust Sprite while the other look confused until they all hear screaming coming to a window.

Wind Sphere!!!

He quickly summons a large blue sphere of wind, strengthening the centre of it, and he caught Rainbow Dash before she could crash into the library and cause a mess of the place from her crash.

"Got ya! Are you okay Dashie?"

"Y-yeah I am. This is the third time you save me. Thanks, Wind."

Just then, Lightning bursting to the door, following by Fluttershy.

"Rainbow Dash, you rock! Woohoo." She cheered before noticing another lion. "Wind and Earth? Oh, so you split?"

"Yep indeed. Hey! Why not you guys hang out for a second." He suggested.

"Eh, sure why not, I could use a break from practice." Rainbow accept the offer, along with Fluttershy.

The trio element stands next to each other after the wind boy released the blue pegasus on the ground while the ponies gather together as the lavender Unicorn asking the pegasi.

"Hey Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, what have you two been up to?"

"We've been practising with me practising my stunts and Fluttershy with her cheering which I'm hoping she could improve." The rainbow mane said with a look at Fluttershy at the end.

"I'm sorry." She apologises as she looked down.

"Don't be down Fluttershy, you're not the most outgoing pony we know but I'm sure you will find the spark you need to cheer for your friends when they need it."

"Yeah! What he says!"

"Just stay strong and you will able to do it." 

Hearing this makes the shy mare smile a little. "Oh, thanks, you three."

Rainbow Dash continues. "I wish you guys could come to Cloudsdale to see me compete in the Best Young Flyer Competition."

"What's that?" Twilight asked.

"Oh yeah, Fluttershy said to me about it before." Just then Pinkie turn to talk.

"It's where all the greatest Pegasus flyer gets together and show off their different flying styles! Some are fast!" She ran around the library while making a vehicle sound before stopping. "And some are graceful." She said and did a little ballerina twirl.

"Golly. I'd love to see you strut yer stuff in that competition." Applejack said.

"Yeah, I wish you guys could be there. Fluttershy's great support but her cheering isn't exactly inspirational." Dash said which made the other pegasus feel a little down.

The Aerokinesis saw this and feel sorry for her, just then lightning struck in his head, giving him an idea. 

"I know!" He shouted, causing around him startled a bit and staring at him in confusion, though Lightning seems annoying for his attitude. "I can go with them to the Cloudsdale! I can fly remember, so I able to cheer for you, Rainbow Dash!"

"R-really? You can walk on cloud-like the pegasus?" Rainbow asked.

"Yep! Oh, and Lightning can come along too!"

"What...? 

"Oh, that's right. Wind and Lightning are capable to stand on a cloud. Except me, since I'm earth."

"Woah woah woah. And you didn't tell me about this?" Twilight furious about this. "And I was about to test the new Leaf Element but you split! How many things you haven't told me, huh?!" 

"Oh, c'mon Sis. As I said before, you will miss everything in your life if you keep on studying."

"Hold on! I wasn't volunteers to participate in this event, okay? So I don't wanna do it!"

"Don't be like! Rainbow Dash need all the support she can have!"

"Absolutely not!" Lightning protest until he saw Wind rushing toward him and slide under his jaw face.

"PLEASE~!" He pleads with very sparkling eyes, his pupil was now big and his teeth were flashing. Not the same as puppy dog eyes but it enough to force someone to change they thought.

"..." 

The lightning cub stood quietly, looking down at Wind with his eyes shaking like being seen a horror movie and he totally can't resist this.

Sure this blue lion is annoying but whoever does this technique can't say no with those eyes right now. 

With a deep breath, though the Lightning boy body is shivering. And a sigh of defeat, he doesn't have any choice.





Later, Weather Factory...





"Well, at least I don't need to assault myself from now on." Leo chimed while gazing at the sight of how beautiful the place is.

"Why'd you come all the way here but have to merge back to one?" Asked Rainbow Dash who surely confused. "I mean, Earth got here by the time the other two just land in a couple of minutes but you three decide to join back together? Why?"

"Because if Leo used the Splitting ability to long he would run out of energy," Twilight said, stomping her hoof on the fluffy cloud along with the rest of the Mane Six and her brother, march on to where the rainbow is made. "Plus, he immediately passed out if he kept splitting to long."

"Don't worry Dash, I split back when the tournament started." The lion concludes it.

Thanks to Twilight Sparkle for finding a spell that allows Unicorn and Earth pony to able to walk on a cloud for some time. Is a good thing that it works on other creature like Leo if not, then Earth have to stay. Well, there is one spell that Twilight had tried before finding the cloud walking spell but it requires a lot of training and magic, thus she tests it on a subject that volunteers herself, it's-

"Spicyyyy!" Pants from Pinkie Pie as she runs to get some water while the group laugh.

"Woah, I thought the rainbow has all kind of flavour?" Leo suspected.

"Yeah, rainbows aren't known for their flavour," Dash said.

As they move on, something struck the cub with a powerful sense, gaining his attention as he looks at his left side.

At the end of the between the rainbow maker machine, a grey door covering with some come web at its high side of it, with a dusty brown knob as it handles and a dirty sign which it says "CAUTION! NO ENTRY!" hanging on the door. They, he senses some weird energy coming from it.

He stops to gaze at the door, been left behind by his sister and the other. Slowly, uncaught, walking towards the destination. Not any pegasus are paying attention to the golden lion since they have work to do and feeling distracts from being fear by some stranger ponies but some of it he recognises so he doesn't feel intimidates as he arrived. With alert and guards up, he opens it, reveals something extremely out of his mind. 

The atmosphere is in this room are darker as in front of him, was a giant black water tank shape like a cylinder with a bunch of pipes goes around it to some kind of a machine that let see the information inside of it. The floor of a cloud of course, white but nobody has taken care of this room and it becomes pure white while the wall was the same too. After staring for a second, he realised that this tank has not watered in it, instead have something else, something that his energy detector vibrant it about.

The manipulate move in silent as he reaches closer to the water tank. He doesn't know what to but inside of it have some connection between his power. 

When suddenly, an electric static comes out of his right paw. He was shocked by this as more static coming from the left paws and then the body, it tingling from this sudden but he sure that this has to do with this thing.

*CLANG!*

Leo flinched. He looks at the tank as it making a sound like metal bar hitting each other, his nerves were high enough as he started to frighten for this. He cautiously got back to the exit as the clanging sound getting higher! Making the cub cranking up his speed with a worried face, the electrostatic is gone when he was further away now but the sound not.

There's a clipboard on the floor, or a cloud if you guess where he stands. As he grabs it before read it what it wrote.

'EXPERIMENT OF THE RED LIGHTNING'

STATUS: UNSTABLE

"Red Lightning?" Leo asked himself, is this why are his Lightning Elements making this weird static just then?

Then, some voice is heard in his head...

"ENOUGH!!!"

*BOOM*

"AAAHHHH!!!" He screams, dashes out from the room to the outside until he bumps into the pink pony. "AHH!!!"

"AAHHH!!! Oh! Leo! Why are you screaming?" Pinkie asks while sipping a cup of water.

"There's a-a..." He wants to reply, but seem to lost a word spoken.

The mare took a final gulp as she throws away the cup, as it lands perfectly in the trash can. "Anyway, c'mon! It's time we head to the competition!"

She bounces off while humming, going where the event took place as the cub look down on the cloud.

"I'm just going crazy r-right?" He mumbled, trying to find a solution to what just happen. "Come on, Leo... You know not some crazy lunatic. But the voice?... I hundred per cent sure I hear it from my head. Is it the same voice that once back at the Everfree Forest? No, that voice was sound like a female while this is male..."

With a sigh, he exits the place. But taking a glance at the creepy door one last time as he left the place. He needs to focus on cheery for his friends.
> Chapter 17: A New Friend (S1E17)
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A New Friend


"Are we ready or what?" Leo asked patiently to his sister, as she doubles check everything once more.

"But everything must be perfect! Or else, things can go haywire!" She said, darting out left and right as she checking for the third time.

"I guess think will go haywire if you near the chemicals scientists." A smirk from his mouth.

"Oh shut it, it not like I can cause the end of the world." She is hushed.

The duo is in the library main hall since it's Sunday, the place is close up. And what can do something that will persuade some sense when you have a sister who likes to test her brother in experiments! No? Well, too bad cause Twilight like it!

"You promise me you give me ice cream, right?" The lion asked, remember why he agreed for this.

"Of course I don't forget, is your big sister after all." She chimed as she wore a lab coat. "I ask Spike to buy some of it. Now, are you ready?"

She stood in front of the cub in three-step of hooves as parchment and quill floating between her, the cub smiling while rolled his eyes. "Yeah, almost like an hour ago."

"Alright then, begin!"

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

A swirling of leaves flows around Leo as he grins. The hair, turf tail and his bandana glow turning to green as an old green of armband appear at his paws, calling out the new type of element for his sister to study.

ELEMENT LEAF!!!

Once it finishes, standing there was Leaf. A big pupil with a cute childish face, as he smiles showing his white teeth.

"Incredible, this new form seems to have their entrance personal while it came out, and it seems the eyes a bit bigger than the other forms are." Twilight amazed, writing everything so far in her parchment as she continued. "Alright, Leo. Let me see your proficiency."

"Okay, Sis!" He smiled wide as he tokens some space in the area. Looks like a smile like Wind, but in a naive way.

"A bit youthful though..." Twilight mumbled, wrote in the parchment as she looks at the lion.

Creeping Vine!!!

Leaf generates long thin vine as it wrapping around his right paws, making a spring shape as it stops growing when it comes to the point.

The Unicorn stare at it for a moment before writing it down, though she still gazing at it as she confuses for a second, doesn't make any sense. "Where did it grows actually?"

"Hm? On my paws!" He stated.

She looks at him with a face like "really?" As she walks closely at the vine. It growing under the lion bandana, which it kind weird for sprouts to be placed.

"Hm..." Only said while jotting down again. "Okay, next please."

The cub smile nodding as the vine return inside the bandana which makes the Unicorn confuse for the fact, but she gonna discuss it later, she has a lot to search for.




An Hour of Later...




"Okay... Let's just end it for now..." Twilight said in tired, she and Leo have remained in the library for too long and much too her surprised, a ton of mess has been done.

After the show cast of Leaf his first ability, things got pretty much disorder because of his attitude. First off, he "accidentally" hit his sister with a Stunning Leaf Shuriken while she studies it, immobilised her with shocking and astounding expression. Leaf, for the fact, laughing at her for his naive action and irresponsible at all. Next is his Itchy Leaf Blade which this time, carefully order by his sister, and put in on the tablet for a test. He, of course, waiting for the lab mare patients until she asks how is work, he swoops the blade and stabs his sister like in a horror movie, panicking her but instead feel pain and blood dripping out, she feels very and I mean, very itchy and force her to scratch the spot where he stabs rapidly. 

Is not those moves that make the place mess, is because his third moves called Leaf Whirlwind, causing the paper to fly around and if there's a mess but not Twilight fault, then she gonna blow for sure.

The mare also found out his personality while she taking information from him, unlike most of his other forms, Element Leaf takes the persona of a childish, naive, and innocent person, though does tend to be impulsive or get distracted.

No wonder his pupil is big of all the rest of the elements, he just a sweet harmless cub.

Now for the downside, cause everyone has the disadvantage. Being a kid, yes he's a teenager but in this form can be a little tricky since slightly less brave than some of the other elements, Leaf will often find himself in much more trouble since he doesn't think straight and need some assistance from his siblings and friends.

This makes Twilight have a second thought, this Leaf element is certainly are the weakest among the other. Sure his move is crowd control and defensive but not enough to win against any fight that has sharp thingy or flammable. This thought way long making her forgetting something-

"Oh no! I forget to go get some tea herb from Zecora!" She realises, trotting out to the door after. "Uh, Leo! Clean this place up! I gonna run."

That's to say, as she closes the wooden door, leaving the golden lion alone in the library with plenty of white sheet paper on the floor.

"Well, time to work. It was my fault." He sighs, ready to clap his paws but sometimes hit his mind for this.

He was about to us the Elemental Split when this pop up in his mind. Twilight only test the Leaf Element by looking at his moves, his personality and his appearance but what she forgets about if Leaf can come out when doing the Elemental Split.

"I wonder..." He thinks for a second because focusing energy in his body, deliberation the flow of what he needs right now as he claps once with his paws, summoning the symbol of the element, however, one of them does not seem too similar with the splitting use to be until the three of it perform a golden spinning circle.

ELEMENTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!

Leo enters the ring as he came out and have three Leo as usual but this time Leaf who appear.

"Yay! I'm here!" Leaf cheer as he hugs the tsundere lion.

"Gah!? Leaf, you hugging me to tight!" Lightning said, getting squeezed by him.

"Why not? This is the first time I came out when doing the triple split!"

"Glad you here, Leaf." Earth smile, rubbing the green cub hair.

"I'M HOME~!" Came a boy voice at the entrance, it was Spike the Dragon who brought with a plastic bag fill with lots of ice cream at his claws. "Hey, Twilight. I'm here with ice-ACK!!!"

"OH MY GOD! ICE-CREAM!!!"

Not in a second, the Drake got pushed back with a green blur as he being pouched by his brother, knocking him out of the cold.

"Wow~! Yummy!" He moan for the milk ice cream while towering on lifeless Spike.

"Dude, he's like Pinkie Pie to me..."

"Oh God please don't."




Later...




"Great... Now I own bro a bowl of jewellery for dropping all of those ice creams." Groan sound from Leo as he takes a walk.

After putting his brother to bed for 'no' reason at all, our lion decides to get some fresh air for cleaning up the library. The town was normal as it uses to be, a bunch of ponies hanging around, gossip or whatever their doing. He now got used to the pony in this village thanks for that, but that's not what in his mind right now because he was thinking of the voice in his head since at the Weather Factory.

The Golden Lion curious are in high states, so this is what it feels when Twilight found weird things that make her crazy! There's no way it was a hallucination or an odd spirit, first at the Everfree Forest and now the Factory? Not to mention, what's a Red Lightning are for? He should probably told his sister about this, surely she interested in this. Although for his splitting, he might keep it for him and Spike for now on, well after he explained to him first after he wakes up.

Sure will make the unicorn mad, but maybe keep it classified first until he wants to show it, try something new of course, for our lion here.

Since Leo doesn't focus on the road, he accidentally bumps into somepony and quickly back in his sense. "Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to hit you!"

"That's fine, my friend. It also my fault for letting you hit me." A gentle voice from a stallion would seem as the cub saw an Earth Pony with an ocean blue coat, dark blue with cyan streaks mane and a wave as his cutie mark. His eyes are azure currently half-open. "Greeting, my name is Soothing Wave, a pleasure to meet you, young lion."

For some reason, Leo never saw him ever since he set his paws on this dirt. The voice seems very civil yet calming, a laid-back person? Don't want to leave the opportunity to make a new friend, so he spoke. "Oh! My name is Leo Sparkle! Good to meet you too."

"Ah, a quite strange last name for a lion though, care to tell?"

"Oh, well that's because I'm adopted by a Unicorn family that past the name since generation, at least, that's what my adopted parent told me."

"Adopted? Such a kind of family of them for taking care of you, young one." He smiles at him, looking at like a friend.

"Yeah, their the best! By the way, I never saw you around Ponyville before, are you new here?"

"Nah, I'm living here for a while now. I just got back from visiting my parent at Manehattan." He said but soon realised he been stared by the silver hair lion, awe as well. "Excuse me, but why are you looking at me like that?"

"Sorry... But this is my first time seeing somepony not afraid of me. You seem just going with the flow..."

"Well, my friend. Because I am, I will always be nice to anyone, and I mean every creature, even a carnivorous type."

"Pawesome..." He smiled upon hearing that, making the pony chuckled slightly.

"Indeed it was. Honestly, you're the first non-herbivores creature, so congrats." He smiled warmly as the pony trots off, but look a the cubs again before waving at him. "Later, Leo. Hope we can see each other again. I have some errands to do."

"Goodbye, Soothing Wave!"

"Call me Wave for short!"


...


"Now what did Sis told me again about where she be going?"
> Chapter 18: Mortify to Indulge (S1E18)
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Show Stopper


Apple Bloom continued to survey the wreck that was now their wreck as she continued to jot down what she might need for repairs. Sweetie Belle just watched quietly, though she was getting rather bored waiting. Scootaloo had taken off to do something for the time being.

Today they restoring a treehouse who once owned by Applejack. But it requires plenty of resources to do, so the apple filly make a list. Not long until she has done.

"Okay, so we need plenty of wood, hammers, nails, etc...and some paint," said Apple Bloom to Sweetie Belle as she showed her the list.

"It's gonna take us all day to get that stuff!" said Sweetie Belle.

"Most of it is back at the barn," said Apple Bloom, "the problem is gettin' everything we need from there ta here." It was just then a familiar lion zoomed by and Sweetie Belle gasped.

"Oh, Leo!" Sweetie Belle called out in a sweet tone. Not even a second later, Leo had returned and stopped before the two fillies.

"You called Sweetie Belle?" said him, giving a smile that made the little filly giggle.

"We need to gather some stuff so we can fix up this ol' clubhouse," said Apple Bloom, "Can you give us a hoof? Or rather a paw?"

"Sure thing," said the cub, "Umm..."

"I already wrote down what we need and I have another paper of what I want to do," said Apple Bloom, showing a second paper with some very precise drawings featuring her projects for their clubhouse. Leo was impressed.

"Well, in that case," said him, "you girls wait here. I'll go bring over what you need. Just make sure you put it away what you don't use when you're finished alright?"

"Okay," they said together as he switches to Lightning Form before took off at high speed.

"Woah, being so fast must be helpful." The filly Unicorn awe for the action he made while the earth pony nodded. She has been seeing Leo helping everypony in this town, looks like he like it a lot. This is why he been running around in the fields full of an apple tree. 

It didn't even have to complain about what was taking so long as he arrived right away with everything Apple Bloom requested in a train of freight cars. Once everything was unloaded, the two fillies said thank you and sent Leo on his way. He did offer to help, but they insisted they could manage on their own. Despite their attempt with rebuilding a side table, or don't want him to over-helping so much.




Eventually...




"We're gonna go out in the world and discover our talents." Said the apple filly.

"A new adventure!" Scootaloo said boldly.

"And earn our cutie marks," Sweetie Belle added excitedly.

"We'll leave no stone unturned!" Apple Bloom declared.

"No mountain unclimbed!" Scootaloo added in the same tone.

"No meal uncooked!" said Sweetie Belle with determination.

"No sock unworn!" Apple Bloom added.

"Well, okay then!" said Applejack, leaning back from all the declaration and determination, "Sounds like you have a plan. I gotta, uh...leave no apple unpicked! See y'all later. Come on, Leo!"

"Ponies wear socks?" He remarked innocently as he followed Applejack downstairs. Applejack glared as a nervous chuckled to himself before they headed back towards the Apple orchard.

"Are we ready to get our cutie marks, ponies?" Scootaloo asked as the grown-up disappeared.

"Ready!" said the three fillies together. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were ready for action!

...Only to find out nothing is working.

You see, the trio has done many things and place in Ponyville such as be a Pig Feeder, at the Sugarcube Corner, be a Beauty Parlor, testing if they have a mind power or something, climbing a snow mountain only the mountain was a few feet tall and even deep-sea swimming. Or deep lake diving to be more precise.

Nonetheless, all of it is not working for them. With that idea crossed out, the three fillies finally made their way towards the library. Twilight and Miss Cheerilee were making their way inside. Twilight was the first to enter the library when she gasped.

"I had nothing to do with this," said Spike as he crossed his arms indignantly.

"What is going on here?" The librarian asked as she saw the three fillies in a large pile of books.

"Hmm...Well, we sure aren't gettin' our cutie marks for bein' librarians," said Apple Bloom as she closed another book.

"Huh. I should think not," said Spike, earning a few glares, "What?"

"Moo-moot mmmmphing!" said a muffled voice from under the books.

"Wait...where's Leo?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Mmmm...mmm more!" the muffled voice said again. Scootaloo began to dig through the books a bit and Leo popped his head out of the pile.

"I should expect you to get involved, Leo," Miss Cheerilee teased as Twilight smirked.

"No, I just love being buried in my studies," said the lion sarcastically as the two adult ponies giggled to each other, "I was trying to show them where to put some books away when they tried to carry stacks that were too tall and too heavy and I was buried alive." His sister just shook her head.

"Girls," Twilight addressed the three fillies, "I think you're going about this the wrong way. Instead of trying to do things you are not familiar with, why not try doing things in areas that you already like?"

"And I have the perfect place to start," said Cheerilee as she placed a poster on the floor for the three fillies to look at.

" "Showcase your talents..."," Apple Bloom read aloud.

" "...for all to see"," Scootaloo continued.

" "Perform in the Ponyville School Talent Show"," Sweetie Belle finished.

"There'll be all sorts of awards," said Cheerilee, "Best dramatic performance, the best magic act, best comedy act...Surely you can find your talent."

"This would be the perfect place to discover our talents," said Apple Bloom, "Jugglin'!"

"Acting!" Scootaloo suggested.

"Magic tricks!" added Sweetie Belle.

"Square dancin'!"

"Tightrope walking!"

"Or a lion taming!" said Sweetie Belle. As the three fillies glance with a devious smile at the cub, who just felt a sense of danger coming on as he slowly sank back under the books.

"My little ponies," said the adult unicorn, "You're missing the point. Think about the things you already enjoy doing. Think about what you're already good at."

"Sure! We can do that."

"Yeah! Sure we can."

"Well, whatever we do, we'll do it as..."

"...The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" they all shouted at once and then made their way out of the library. Leo was worried as he poked out of the books again.

"Why do I get this feeling that your lesson went through one ear and out the other?" He asked.

"Quit goofing around and get those books to put way?"

"What!? Why me?!"

"Because your the last one who touches it."

"B-but..." He sighs, then turned toward his brother with a soft voice. "Spike~"

The Drake, try to sneak away but can't help but feel guilty for leaving him, and so he groans. "Ugh... Fine, I guess I own your one back at the tower." 




Later...




The Cutie Mark Crusaders were busy collecting materials and supplies from a familiar place. Once they had collected their supplies. The Pegasus filly pulled over to check off their items before stormy off with her scooter, her passengers in it and their suppliers.

" "Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghoulish Figures"?" said Twilight as she handed them the book, "Good heavens, girls. What do you need a book like this for?"

"You'll see," Scootaloo answered simply, "Thanks, Twilight. We'll give it back as soon as we're done with it." Twilight and Spike watched them take off with concerned looks on their faces.

"What do you think they're up to?" Big Sister asked.

"Probably something we should be excited or be scared to find out," Spike answered.

The driver continued to pick up her speed when she noticed that she needed to stop as some larger wagons were passing by. She had searched for a launch ramp, but couldn't find anything that would let her jump over the wagons with her friends riding the attached wagon. As she waited impatiently, Leo chuckled at the annoyed faces the young Pegasus was making while in his Lightning Form. He was waiting for his small train of freight cars loaded with dry items and vegetables from the market for Applejack and the rest of the Apple family.

"Leo, aren't you have enough help somepony for a day?" Scootaloo said.

"What can I say? It's my business."

"Oh yeah? Since you in that form, bet I could go faster than you," said Scootaloo, "You are the second fastest po-"

"Creature"

"Creature in Equestria."

"It's a race," Lightning said. They waited for the final wagon to just get out their way before he said.

"Alright, ready, set...hey Rainbow Dash is giving autographs!" Leo called out excitedly.

"Where?" Scootaloo squealed until she realized that he had taken off. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle sighed.

"She walked into that one," Sweetie Belle remarked as the pegasus scowled to herself.

"You can say that...AHH!" The farm filly was startled as her driver take-off was so fast they nearly lost some of their items in the wagon. She tried hard to catch up but Leo was too fast. He gave her a big grin as he increased his lead, leaving the poor Pegasus far behind.

Poor Scootaloo was out of breath by the time she reached the clubhouse. She just rolled off her scooter onto the grass nearby and panted heavily when the yellow lion towered over her.

"Second fastest huh?" He remarked as Scootaloo glared.

"You were amazing!" Both the passenger said, who's luckily were able to hold onto them. Scootaloo protested bitterly though.

"I'm glad I have at least a fan. Anyways, I better get these goods to Applejack so I'll see you later." Switch back to regular form, he walked off.

"I'm glad we're doin' this as a team," Apple Bloom remarked as they set the materials inside the clubhouse.

"Me too," said Sweetie Belle as she lay the tall fabric rollers against the corner of the clubhouse, "Um...so what are we doing again?"

"A super awesome dramatic song for the talent show, of course," Scootaloo answered.

"Right!" Sweetie Belle nodded, "With super-cool scenery. And amazing costumes!"

"This is gonna be soo amazing!" Scootaloo said excitedly.

"Sweetie Belle, I think you should be the singer," Apple Bloom suggested.

"What?" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, "No way I'm singing in front of a crowd. Twilight said to do something we like to do, and I'd like to be like my big sister, and she's a designer."

"Fine then," said Scootaloo, "You can do the costumes and the scenery."

"And Scootaloo, you're great in manoeuvres on your scooter," said Apple Bloom, "So you should do all the choreography. Y'know all those dance moves." Scootaloo nodded but then her eyes widened and she shook her head.

"Nah, I'd rather sing a wicked rock ballad," Scootaloo answered, "Why don't you come up with a dance routine, Apple Bloom?"

"Hmm...I'm not much of a dancer...but I do like kung-fu," said Apple Bloom, "That's kinda like dancin'. Hi-ya! Hah! Hah! Yeah!" Apple Bloom demonstrated a few moves to prove her point.

"Then it's settled!" said Sweetie Belle as she stood on her hind legs, "Let's get started!"




A Few Days Later...




"Oh! Sorry, Scootaloo."

"That's okay, ugh!"

"Oops! Sorry, Scootaloo."

"Oh, my bad, Sweetie Belle," Scootaloo replied, "Let's sing the chorus again!"

Applejack and Leo had seen enough and walked away with frazzled looks on their faces. Both of them come to the treehouse to see the trio filly progress so far, but after seeing those...

"Good to try new things huh?" The manipulation asked, feeling too stunned to be sarcastic about it.

"Well, gosh," said Applejack, "Sure wasn't expectin' that."

"I think that sounded pretty good," said Apple Bloom. Both ponies could hear the three fillies from outside.

"Me too," said Sweetie Belle, "you think we're ready?"

"Ready as we'll ever be," said Scootaloo. Applejack and Leo cringed. The earth pony then motioned for the lion that they should get out here before they were forced to tell them the truth about their performance.

"Hey! Did you see us practising?" Scootaloo asked as they all rushed outside before either anyone could disappear.

"Uh...Yeah," the big sister answered simply while the golden lion silent and didn't make eyes contact with them.

"Speechless!" Scootaloo said excitedly, "See, girls? I told you that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna leave them speechless."

"Yay!" the three fillies cheered as they dashed away, leaving a distraught bottom behind.

" "Speechless" is right," Applejack muttered.

"Those three are setting themselves up for a big fall," Leo added, "Should we..."

"I doubt they would listen if we told them, sugarcube," said Applejack, "Sometimes the best lessons in life are the hard ones." She just hummed and started walking away.

"Where in tarnation do you think you're going?" The bandana lion asked curiously.

"Better stock up on tissues," She said. "Rarity isn't the only one who goes through multiple boxes when she cries." 

Soon, the day of the talent show had arrived and lots of ponies had arrived just outside the Schoolhouse grounds to watch the show. At the moment, Snips and Snails were both doing a magic act routine.

"And on the count of three," Snips explained as he lowered the heat over a rabbit, "this rabbit will disappear, and something tasty will reappear in its place. A one, a two, and a three!" Snips lifted the hat. The rabbit had disappeared, but there wasn't anything underneath the hat.

"Hey! Where are they?" Snips wondered, "Snails, where are the...carrots. SNAILS!" Snails had put the carrots in his mouth and were munching on them dumbly before Snips took after him.

"Uh, how about a round of applause for the S&S magic act," said Cheerilee as some applause was made in the crowd, "Now for our next act, we have Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie reciting their favourite poem...on roller skates!"

Backstage, the three fillies were dressed and ready to go as they wore some black cloaks over their costumes and sat on a large crate waiting for their turn as Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie went skating by them.

"Break a leg!" Sweetie Belle shouted.

"Sweetie Belle," Apple Bloom exclaimed in shock, "What a thing to say!"

"No, no, no," Sweetie Belle explained, "You see, in the theatre, it's considered bad luck to say "good luck". So you say "break a leg" instead."

"My little ponies!" said Twilight as she appeared next to them with Leo alongside her, "how are you doing?"

"Nervous..." said the three fillies at once.

"Don't worry," said Twilight cheerfully, "You're gonna be amazing. Remember, just stick to what you know best. I can't wait to hear you sing, Sweetie Belle."

"Why does everypony always think I'm gonna sing?" Sweetie Belle whined.

"Because you have a singing voice," Leo muttered worried before Twilight jabbed him hard in the side.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders, you're up on next," said Cheerilee as she walked by, "Break a leg!"

"Break a leg-"

"Ugh!" said Apple Bloom annoyed at Twilight as the three fillies zipped away as they tossed their black cloaks behind them.

"Uh...good luck!" Twilight called out but was worried. She then saw her brother still looking at her.

"I hope you're not expecting me to admit you were right," Twilight remarked as he sulked.

"Would've been nice," Leo remarked under his breath. It didn't take them long before Sweetie Belle had their props set up and the entire stage went dark. Soon three lights were shining on the three fillies heads. They had spiked their manes and put on makeup and reggae style outfits to make them look like punk rockers. Their background music resembled a fusion of both late 1980s rock n roll and pop music.

[Scootaloo]

Look, here, are three little ponies,
Ready to sing for this crowd,
Listen up, 'cause here's our story
I'm gonna sing it

[Cutie Mark Crusaders-literally yelling]

Very loud!

The lights shined, showing some very amateurish backdrops and scenery. The ponies in the audience just stared at them with their faces hanging out. Poor Applejack tips her hat forward and ducks her head, feeling embarrassed for both herself and the three fillies.

[Scootaloo]

When you're a younger pony
And your flank is very bare
Feels like the sun will never come
When your cutie mark's not there

So the three of us will fight the fight
There is nothing that we fear
We'll figure out what we'll do next

As she sang, Sweetie Belle single-handedly tried to pull up various types of props from the sun to some hanging spiders. Apple Bloom just continued to stand in place, using kung fu kicks and chops to dance.

[Cutie Mark Crusaders]

'Til our cutie marks are here!

We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks

Things began to go wrong at this point. For starters, as Scootaloo sang, the fog machine went on the fritz, spreading the smoke around Scootaloo and Apple Bloom. Apple Bloom found she couldn't see and bumped into Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. Apple Bloom then made a chop, causing her hind leg to get stuck in the scenery. The yellow filly smiled sheepishly before she tried to get her leg out of the hole she had made.

[Scootaloo]

They all say that you'll get your mark
When the time is right
And you know just what you're supposed to do
And your talent come to light

But it's not as easy as it sounds
And that waiting's hard to do
So we test our talents everywhere

Sweetie Belle was supposed to cover a hanging spotlight with a blue visor to make the light beam turn blue. But her visor was too small for it to cover the entire light. So Scootaloo had to move for only her face to be bathed in the blue spotlight.

[Cutie Mark Crusaders]

Until our face is blue

Things went from bad to worse as one of the dropped props from above hit the giant fan they had borrowed, blowing the three fillies off the stage while they were singing. Some of the props began to teeter about as they continued to sing. Sweetie Belle rushed to try and prevent one prop from falling, but soon the others were wobbling about as well.

We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks

We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders
On a quest to find out who we are
And we will never stop the journey
Not until we have our cutie marks!

As they finished their song, all the back props fell into the three fillies, smashing into pieces on top of them. The crowds were silent for another second...before they burst out laughing at them. The three fillies popped out of the mess and saw everyone laughing. Their laughter didn't make them feel good at all. It wasn't much longer before the broken props and other items were cleared from the stage. The three fillies were feeling glum and embarrassed.

"Wow," said Scootaloo, "That did not go as well as I expected."

"I can't believe they're laughin' at us," said Apple Bloom.

"Was it that bad?" Sweetie Belle asked out of the blue when Miss Cheerilee arrived.

"Back on stage, girls," said Cheerilee, "It's time for the awards."

"Back on stage? No," Sweetie Belle protested.

"They'll just laugh some more," Apple Bloom added sadly.

"Yeah, what's the point?" Scootaloo replied.

"Now girls, let's be good sports," said Cheerilee, "you made a great effort. You should be proud. Now come on!" The three girls just exchanged worried glances with each other before sneaking into the stage behind the other ponies who had participated in the talent show.

"Let's hear it for all our talented fillies and colts," said Cheerilee as the ponies all stomped their hooves to make it sound like they were applauding.

"Our first award goes to...Snips and Snails for the best magic act," Cheerilee announced as the two unicorn colts made their way to the stage.

"Hey! Mine's at least shinier!" said Snips smugly.

"Well, mine's bigger," said Snails as they walked away.

"Oh yeah, well...Well, mine is, um...heavier," Snips shouted back. Spike and Cheerilee just roll their eyes at them before moving on.

"The next award goes to...Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie for best dramatic performance," Cheerilee announced. The two fillies smiled excitedly as they went to claim their medals. The three fillies quivered nervously as they waited for the next announcement.

"And finally, the last award of the night goes to..." Cheerilee announced. The three fillies continued to quiver nervously. Even Applejack was looking very nervous, unsure of what to do if the three fillies were left with no award despite their performance.

"The Cutie Mark Crusaders!" said Cheerilee as she rose off her fore-hooves.

"What?" said the three fillies in complete shock.

"For best comedy act," said Cheerilee as they gave them their three medals. The ponies cheered for them as the three fillies smiled. They still couldn't believe that they had won an award.

"Can you believe it?" said Apple Bloom once they were backstage, "We won!"

"I knew our act was awesome," Scootaloo replied.

"You know what would be the best?" said Sweetie Belle, "If we won and we got our cutie marks." The three fillies smiled as they tore off their costumes and checked their flanks. They were still blank and they let out a long moan.

"Congratulations, ponies!" said Twilight happily as she and Leo stood before them, "Job well done."

"Thanks," the three ponies said rather sadly.

"Hey, you don't sound too excited," said Twilight concerned.

"We worked hard and won a prize, but we still don't have our cutie marks," said Scootaloo with a sigh.

"Which is the prize we really wanted," said Sweetie Belle in a dreary tone.

"Oh, girls..."

"But we think we know why," said Apple Bloom.

"Yes. We know why," said Sweetie Belle.

"Oh? Tell me," said Twilight, "I'd love to make a special report to the princess." Leo smile in agreement.

"Well, maybe we were trying too hard," said Sweetie Belle.

"Yes? And?" said Twilight, hoping to hear more.

"And instead of forcing ourselves to do something that is not meant for us...," Scootaloo added.

"Yes? Yes?" said Twilight growing more excited.

"We each should be embracing our true talent!" Apple Bloom finished.

"And that is...?" Twilight asked them with a smirk on their faces. Leo was eager to hear their answer.

"Comedy!" the three fillies said aloud.

THUD

Leo loss his balanced as he collapsed to the floor on his stomach. He shows knew it that this filly is still a kid, but the way ponies are is such knowledgeable and smart. Maybe he wrongs after all. Their all weird...

"Apple Bloom! You did it!" said Applejack excitedly as Rarity and Rainbow were standing next to her.

"Did you see our award?" the three fillies asked excitedly, "weren't we funny?" They took off to speak to the three ponies, leaving a stunned lavender pony behind.

Her siblings got up before looking at her. "Hey, Sis. Does pony wear socks?"
> Chapter 19: Doggy Issue (S1E19)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Doggy Issue


Ah, two weeks have past and residents of Ponyville with their chores sure is busy.

Last week, the cutie mark crusader are having they treehouse who is once own by Apple Bloom sister, Applejack. In there, the trio filly figures out of how to earn their cutie mark by going to place-to-place of Ponyville but no luck. So they decide to enter a concerted will be held on in the town which they completely win, too bad still no cutie mark on their flanks.

After that finish, Leo went to Canterlot for a request from his big brother, Shining Armor, to take some pink alicorn hearts for him and you know what? It goes rather good. Sure some nervous attractive about getting in a friend zone but thanks celestia it didn't, glad for him. Oh, and he promised he show Leo what he's been hiding under he bed, a weird magazine or something?

So let's see what this week will bring our golden lion through next, it can be that bad?


Wind Blast!!!


*sigh* Of course... :(

There, was Leo in his Wind form who unleashed a powerful tornado towards one of the Diamond Dogs, he yelping while caught up by the gust as he got thrown backwards.

"GET THAT PONY!" Bark one of them as another Diamond Dogs, pop out from the ground at the back from Rarity with open wide paws, clutching her making the Unicorn scream.

"Spike! Leo!" She shouts while in the paws of dogs.

"Hold on, Rarity! I got'em." Spike said, clearly half of his body in the ground while gripping the legs of buff dogs as he got lunches at the tree branch because of his green spike.

"Bro! WOAH!" The cub said but slide tackle by the short Diamond Dogs who laugh maniac at him.

"Haha! So long, loser!"

That's to say, the Dogs plus one Unicorn, who's asking them to release her as they head straight to the big hole, leaving the sight from the sibling. It's not that long until the duo manages to regain back from being an assault.

"W-Wait, Rarity!" The Drake shouted for the lady.

"Put me down you-EEEAHH!"

A gasp coming from the Dragon as he ran toward them, following by Wind from behind as their also there but it was too late.

"Rarity!"

"Spike! Leo! Ah! Dirt!" She shrieks as the Diamonds Dogs pulled her into the dirty place for a such a lady like Rarity. "SAVE ME!!!"

And with that, they left.

"NOOOOO!!!" Spike yelled out, before doing a pose of every time the character failed them missions.

Today, the boys helping out Rarity to find some gems for her customer, the one and only, Sapphire Shores! But under lower some gems, she has to find more because the star wants for costume changer. Thankfully, Rarity knows gems detectors spell, the progress is simple for magic.

As for the Sparkles, Leo comes along for exploring a new area while Spike just what to spend some time near the white Unicorn, though she was the one asking for help and since the job took way easier they manage to stack a lot of gems on a red small wagon.

Too bad the universe always plan of something unexpected, as it a three howl of Diamond Dogs came out of the ground and start to capture Rarity. Not knowing this is the territory, fighting is not clear if they keep buried in the ground, as the boys try to fight back but as you can read, they failed.

"Leo! We've got to go down they and save Rarity!" The Drake shouted, diving to the hole only to get grab by his brother.

"Woah, Bro! Didn't you see how large they are? Not to mention, they at their home turf so the advantage goes to them."

"But is Rarity we talking about! Who knew what happen right now!"

Then, the screen wobbly as he thought about the mare.

"Oh! Such a magnificent like me been trap here! This place is horrible!" Rarity, dramatically inside a cell, putting her hoof on her head. "Please, somepony! Save me!!!

And just like that, back to the reality, where there's a lion, poking his brother at his cheeks multiple time.

"Wh...? Hey, Leo!"

"Oh! I'm sorry! Didn't mean to enter your little fiction world in your head." He chuckles slightly. "So, what's the plan?"

"Is it obvious? We go down there and rescue Rarity!"

"Pretty sure your courage they right now are from the royal guard bravery." The cub stated.

"So what? You were they too when Shining gives the command to the guard." Spike said, clearly in the mode of thinking. "Let's see, they usually march together, so we need more than the two of us!"

"You got it, bro." Leo clapped, summoning the Elemental Ring as he went into it.


ELEMENTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!


With that done, there three lions, ready for action.

"How's now, bro?"

"Wait, only three? We're you have another element right?" Spike asked.

"Beat us, we don't know actually. It just won't let us split into four." Lightning said, crossing his front legs.

"Well, it still great! With enough men, I think we ready to go." The Drake smiled but before he steps into the hole, the hole itself get cover by dirt just now, filling it up in it shape like a mini mountain. "What the?!"

"The hole is covering!" Earth shouted. "C'mon! There's must be the main area!"

"Let's go!!!"

They ran, the purple dragon hop on the leader of the element with the determined face of rescuing his crush one. Searching the central of the Diamond Dogs, in hope to find Rarity and go back without any trouble.

It wasn't that long until they found a huge area, with lots of holes. The siblings didn't hesitate as there quickly reach the nearest hole only to get buried up like before.

"Damn it! Quick before all of them being cover!" Lightning, shot out an incredible accelerate for trying to look out for some hole.

"Wind! Take the skies!" Shout Earth, making the wind boy nod smile as he takes off with his Gust Sprite.

"C'mon dude! We need to find some opened left hole!" Spike said, clearly riding him like a horse. "Giddy up, partner!"

"Now since went you sound like Applejack, Mister Dragon?" He looks at him with an amused look.

"Please, Earth. I need this."

With a roll eyes from the brown cub, he march on with the drake full with determined he gonna save his loved one.

"I'm coming, Rarity! When I do I will kick that dogs butts and-"

"It filled."

"What?"

"There's no opened one, yet even Wind can't see anything left free." The yellow lion, landing next to him was Wind with a shook of his head, signing that nothing for them.

...

...

...

"NOOOOO!!!" The Dragon scream, claw in the air grip, echoing the place before starting to sobbing.

"Ah! Don't cry, Bro!" The Blue lion said, cheering up the drake before HE started to sniff. "I-if you start to cry then I'm gonna tooooWAaaahhh!!!"

"Settle down now, both of you. I handle this." The rocky manipulate with his stand ready as he slams his paws together, then slide to side as the ground front of him began to form a huge gap, for them to enter.

"Woah! Pawesome, Earth!"

"Sweet gems! I completely forget that you EARTH! We all standing where you can bend it!" Spike awe by his third brother impression.

With entrance clear and enough men to take off, the boys come down to the Diamonds Dogs territory, where the bravery of Spike with his men to aid, they will find Rarity.





Meanwhile, in Ponyville...





"So what's have you done today, girls?" Twilight asking her friends.

"Oh! I was doing some normal stuff like I always do like baking or some fresh air or maybe pranking someone! Oh! And the next day I-" Pinkie replied only to get stuffed a hoof by Applejack.

"We got a sugarcube. You sure make some pinkie days for yourself today but not tomorrow day, got that?" The answer was a nod. "Good, for me ah to, do some regular constantly at my place. Bucking and making some cider."

"Yeah, your boring way, anyway." Rainbow laughing for her word but got a glare from the apple mare. "Anywhere, for me. I manage my chores and after that, do something extreme and awesome things! Is-"

"Sleeping?" Said the Mane 5 except the cyan pegasus, some of them not surprising at all and knowing her doing her stunning moves but she also has other hobbies.

"Hey!"

The Unicorn only rolled her eyes before staring at the shy mare. "Fluttershy? How about you?"

"O-oh well, I-I was wondering where could Leo be now actually. I-If you don't mine, Twilight."

"Well if I know him, he should probably help someone out, speaking of which. Where's Rarity?"

"Oh! Oh! Now you mention it, I saw her along with Spike and Leo go to the outside of Ponyville!" The party maker said.

"What? Why she be doing there with my brothers?"

"Eh? Finding some gems of course." Dash said crossing her hooves airborne. "I usually saw her when to the place with a bunch of holes and stuff to find some gems. Probably for her dress I think."

"And you spying her like me?" Applejack annoyed.

"Hey, just an encounter okay, not spying somepony."

"Yeah, right."

"Oh, what did she doing there, I hope she's fine." Fluttershy worries.

"Yeah, it's not like there's gonna be a pack of predators who sneak on them and trying to devour them." Pinkie blew a raspberry. "I mean, could you guys imagine that?"

...

...

...

The other stare at the pink pony, stunning, confusion and fear all together as the librarian spoke.

"For the safety of her and my brother, who wants to check on them for safety?"

"Totally."

"Me too."

"I'm in."

The girls trotted out, with Pinkie in giggles but ignore the fact and she as well follows her friends.





Back at the boys...





"ACHOO!!!"

"Agh! Wind! Put your paw on your mouth if you want to sneeze!"

"Sorry Lightning, but it comes out like nowhere. Is like someone is talking about me!"

"Wind, we're the same! I know you did it on purpose, right!?"

"Quite!" Yelled the brown cub, which Lightning went silence while Wind giggles at him.

It has been an hour since they inside of the Diamond Dogs territory, not a single of the dogs has yet noticed the presence of them. Spike with eyes of courage he rides on Earth back like a knight, like same in his imagination. He can see it now, him and Lady Rarity, in his strong and bulky arm, now standing on the pile of a weakling Diamond Dogs soldiers. His eyes did not prevail anything except his girlfriend (or male friend), it got closer now, his lips prepared for the so-called, the lip action. Nothing can prevent this from ruin-

"INCOMING!"

"Huh..?" The lover boy back to reality only shocks of what he saw.

The ground was shaking as a soldier dogs coming in fast, they ran from the path, the wall and even the ceiling. Wearing a metal plate of armour and helmet, heading toward the boys with howling and bark.

"Agh!!!"

"Lightning and Wind! At my back, now!" He shouts, the other Leos did as the brown cub in the stance of ready, before making his paws closely together, lift it and stomp the ground.


Pillar Wave!!!


Doing this, create an earth pillar in front of him, rising from the dirt, making the soldier's dogs yelp as they got lunches on the surface and get a smack in the head by the ceiling. Landing with a hard thud, all of the guard unconscious.

"GET 'EM!!!"

The group look up and saw three of the soldier's dog coming from above, holding some kinda leash as they sat directly on top off the trio lion, the one that sits on Earth back squash the baby dragon with a sound of oof coming from him. Not in second, the guard put the leashes on the cub's muzzle like a horse.

"More, worm creature." One of the guards said, riding the yellow mane lion.

"...Oh, you mess with the wrong lion here." He serious as a surge of lightning flowing everywhere on his body.


Electrocharge!!!


A flare of electricity is loosed as the rider completely shocked by the assault. As a result, he got fried with his fur going like an afro.

On the other paws, Wind smirked as he gathers the air as the blue mane lion create a medium tornado on himself.


Whirlwind Blast!!!


Doing so knocking out the Diamond guard into the air as he yelp before he retreats deep beyond the hole.


Earth Pillar!!!


While the brown mane lion, just taps on the ground like a pillar made of the earth come to his side, launching the dog from his back as it got splat on the wall.

With yelping from the guards, there withdraw from the place, leaving the trio element and a pancake drake behind.

Eventually, the pancake drake turned back to normal from being squash by one of the guards. "Gah!"

"You alright, Bro?" Asked Earth.

Just then they heard some loud crashing and clattering inside the barred door.

"Ah! I'm coming for you, milady," said Spike as he hoped on Twilight and broke off a stalactite from the ceiling to create himself a sword, "Hi-ho, Earth! Away!" He whipped the muzzle that was still on her nose. Earth give an amused look.

"One more time, please?" The Dragon pleads, the answer was just eyes rolled by Earth as he and his other clone charged through the barred door, which smashed to pieces easily.

"Lady Rarity," said Spike boldly, "I'm here to save you!" But the moment was interrupted as the three diamond dogs were screaming...for their lives?!

"Save us! Please save us!" they pleaded to the cubs, "Make it stop! Please!"

"What?"

"Puh. Scaring dog." Lightning added in.

"So picky," the left dog, Spot said.

"And critical," the right one, Fido added.

"She won't stop talking,"

"And crying,"

"We, uh, give her back," said the middle dog, Rover. "Yes." As Rarity appeared before them with a large wagon loaded with gems.

"Rarity!" said Spike as the others smiled, "You're safe!"

"Why, yes. Hello, boys," said Rarity, "You arrived just in time to assist me."

"Assist you with what?" Wind asked puzzled.

"With those," said the Unicorn as she pointed to wagons loaded to the brim with gems of all shapes, sizes, and colours.

"You're letting her leave with all these...jewels?" The baby drake asked, his eyes sparkling at them all.

"That's quite a haul," the leader added in amazement.

"Yes," said Rover as he and the other two diamond dogs cowered behind some rocks, "Take them. And her with them."

"Please!" Spot begged. The other lion just exchanged smiles and smirks, but before there could hook themselves up. The ceilings start to crack as it creates a hole where a one guard dog and five ponies came down with screaming, towering the dog with a thud.

"Ow..." Said the Mane Five, others just shocked to see the girls all here. Wind on another paw saw something the lavender unicorn holding...

"Hi, girls! Woah! Since when did we get a fishing rod?"
> Chapter 20: Always have a Reason (S1E20)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Always have a Reason





At the Café Hay...




"And that's how why I and my two sibling move in Ponyville! And become resident as well!' Leo smile, telling the story about the time he and his sister and little brother came to this town country to hiss new friend.

"Hm. Interesting, your sister is the faithful student of Princess Celestia and your brother is a baby dragon. Very intriguing, my friend." Said Soothing Wave, as he took a bite of the sandwich that has hay in it. "Plus, is quite rare to see such different species becoming a family."

Today the golden lion hang out with the earth pony because he didn't have time for it, take a place at the cafe since is great for a conversation. Sitting on a seat with a table, there start by telling each other first. Leo was a 14-year-old while Wave was a 20-year-old, which mean he's an adult age. After that, they talk about why they move to this town. Honestly, the duo just started from Leo telling his story, now is time for the blue pony turned.

"So how about you, Wave?" He said, drinking a glass of milk, though leaving a trace of milk on his whisker. "What's your story?"

Wave slightly snickering from it. "Well, my friend. I live with my sister. Twin."

"Really?! Which one? What's it the spa ponies?"

This makes the ponies took by surprise from this. "Why yes actually, how did you know?"

"I meet them when I helping my friend's Rarity this morning, she says she having a spa day with Fluttershy, of course, my friend too." The cub replied. "And also, the only twin I know in Ponyville so far.

"You good memories in there, Leo." Wave comments. "Well, that's true, I'm the big brother of them. The name is Aloe and Lotus, same face, the mane, tail and coat as well except it switches."

"Oh, yeah. Is hard to find which one is Aloe, and which one is Lotus. Rarity only told me the name but not the who is it." Leo scratches his head confused.

"Lotus has a pale rose coat and light cerulean mane, while Alone is the opposite." He explained, then took a sip from a tea.

"Pawesome! Thank you for that." The lion smiled as he took the last milk inside the glass, before looking at Wave. "You remains me of my big brother cause you know, your big brother of Lotus and Aloe."

This raised the question. "Hm? You have another brother?"

"Yup! His name is Shining Armor and he is the captain of the royal guard in Canterlot!"

"Royal guard captain, eh? Judging by the title of it, your big brother is a pony then." Wave said, doesn't much shock of the outcome.

"That's right, and there's more. He's now dating one of the princesses!" He giggled. "With my help though."

"Woah, you get an awesome sibling, Leo." The blue pony smiled at the lion.

"Yeah, I wonder what he's doing right. Besides dating, he got a more important job as the captain..."

"Whatever it is, I'm sure he did fine." Wave complement, which makes Leo smile. Before both of them looking at the blue skies while he drinking some tea while doing that, he didn't not expecting this.

"Hey, Wave?"

"Hm?" Only said, still sipping.

"Did you read a magazine?"

"Hm? Why this sudden?" The pony asked.

"Well, last week my brother showing me some kind of magazines after I help his dating operation, and he promises me he will show it." The lion answer.

"And how is exactly you know he has a magazine, my friend?"

"I... Kinda went to his room for a cleanup." He replied.

"Ooh, so what are a picture in the magazine looks like? I did read it in my free time." Wave said, took another sip once again.

"Is a picture of a mare, wearing some sore like a swimsuit or-"

SPLURT!!!

And that word, makes Soothing Wave spit out all of the tea inside of his mouth with now fully wide eyes.




Meanwhile, At The Golden Oak Library...




"Sup Bro,” Spike yelled.

“Big brother what brings you here!?” Twilight perked up as Spike let his older brother into the library.

Once done, he went to the kitchen with a tray, carrying some plate and cup on it. His claw grip on the edge of the tray to wash it from the sink. While doing that, the white unicorn sits on the couch.

"I had a bit of free time. I figured I would come down and see how you've settled in.” Shining Armor smirked looking around the library. “ I always figured you'd wind up living in a library, though not exactly this literally.”

“Yeah yeah.” His sister smiled.

“So anything exciting going on?”

“Nothing, Fluttershy became a model briefly because she was certain Rarity wanted her too, and Rarity was miserable because Fluttershy became famous when she didn't.” Twilight sighed. “Someone needed to make sense into them and I finally managed it without Pinkie's constant interruptions.”

“Sounds about normal from what you've said about these mares before.” Shining chuckled before to find out something is missing. "Where's Leo?"

"Oh, you know him. An outdoorsy every day, last time I saw him after he helping Rarity with Fluttershy."

"Oh, so. How's it go?" The stallion asked.

"Excuse me?"

"Oooh, you know. Experiment him like lab rats every time he discovered new things." He chimed.

"W-what?! Not I'm not-"

"Come on, don't give me that look." He glare. "I know you, Twily. And studying is your favourite things and looking at Leo, you just found an untold discovered."

The royal guard just stares at her without a blink, as the lavender mare sighed. "Fine, a last couple of week he unlocked new elements."

"A New one? Two of the three  is hard to handle."

"Yes, it called a Leaf Elemental, and by studying it, it not strong enough compared with his other three elements. While he in this form, he kinda childish, naive, and innocent. Also, he gets distracted very easy with low bravery." She explained.

"Well, not qualify to become a royal guard," Shining commented.

"Shining Armor! Leo, we're not meant to become one of the royal guards!" She glared at him, only the sound of a chuckle came from him.

"I know, Twily. Just messing with you."

The unicorn mare rolls her eyes as she continued. "Anyway, Princess Celestia says not to tell anypony about it but since your not always be here in Ponyville, I can make excuse."

"Ooh?" A little surprise from her brother.

"What's that 'ooh' huh?" She gives annoying look.

"Oh, nothing. It just that you're gonna lose a bit of princess request? This is new, even for you, Twily."

"That's because she makes Leo do all the things he didn't rather know or what trouble and she doesn't ask permission from me! Like this time when I was asleep at the Canterlot Library, she told him that put back every book I finished will make him important? I mean what is that?! Or the time that she told him to shocks me with his Lightning Elements wherever I fainted! 

"Twily... I think Leo just bored." Shining said, which make her confused.

"What?"

"You know him, he's a 13-year-old back there but he acts like a foal...or cub, whatever, the meaning is that he likes to explore new things or doing something to past the time. I think princess Celestia told him that so he couldn't get bored with the library. Now tell me, sis. You know that place is quite right?"

"Yes." Twilight answer.

"Did he yawn some time?"

"Y-yes..."

"And have you seen him sitting next to you? Or just sit still?"

"No...he wonders around the library."

"Exactly, he wasn't a bookworm like you. He might feel tired because of going to the same location. Come on, Twily! You should be proud that not only you finally got a friend... You did, right?" A nodded received. "Great! But another that is Leo got to scan new aspects from this town. Princess Celestia has a reason so both of you won't be spiritless, so that's win-win for you guys."

"Woah... That's true, Princess Celestia send me here to make friends and I did, plus Leo got to explore this new area around him which make him happy." A smile performs from Twilight. "Thank you, BBBFF."

"Anything for my sister." He smiled, before looking at with a mix of curious and serious expression. "So... Does one of your friends is a stallion?"

"Oh boy..." This makes Twilight lost her smile as she sighs, knowing that she will be the last of all her friends to marry.
> Chapter 21: Laundry Business (S1E21)
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Laundry Business 


"I don't get it." Twilight sighed looking out the window with a frown.

"What's that Twi?" Rainbow Dash asked pulling her head from where she had stuck it out the window.

"This is a train right?"

"Yep."

"A train generally runs on its own, coal, steam, or magic-powered right?" Twilight continued.

"Also yep." Dash agreed.

"Then why is there a team of ponies pulling the train?" Twilight complained.

"Coal scarcity." Dash yawned.

"What?" Twilight blinked, stunned at not only a quick answer but also not a weird one as she expected.

"Coal scarcity. This is a coal run train, but Appleloosa is a new settlement. When they run supplies out it's a full horse team. They only burn coal on the way back because the train has less weight and uses less coal." Dash explained.

"How...?" Twilight stared.

"What, I can't be smart?" Dash scoffed.

The Unicorn continued to stare.

"Fine..... it was on a flier back at the train station in the bathroom, and I needed something to read at the time...." Dash admitted

"Eww."

"HEY, I washed my hooves!" The pegasus shout as she out of Twilight sight.

Today, the Mane 6 are in the friendship train as they ride to the desert area. Although the white unicorn dislikes the room she in right now, only anything for helping her friends she will do it but that does mean she can't complain.

"Honestly of all the absurd things to be doing...." Rarity grumbled, dropping into her seat next to Twilight.

"What? You noticed that we're being pulled and not using the main car too?" Twilight asked looking up at Rarity a bit hopeful.

"What?"

"Never mind, what's wrong?" Twilight sighed, returning to her book.

"Applejack was reading that tree a bedtime story." Rarity rolled her eyes. "Have you ever heard of anything so ridiculous?"

"Lately... yes." Twilight deadpanned. "Still, I’ve read some studies that show music can help plants grow and Applejack is the farmer here so maybe she knows best.”

“Perhaps … but it's still strange.”

“I've caught you asking your cat questions as if she could answer you,” Twilight responded.

“Fluttershy.” Rarity stated.

“Touche” Twilight admitted.

"Moving on, why is Leo doesn't coming along with us? I mean, dear, he's love to helping someone even though it just a tiny little problem or in this situation right now?" The white unicorn asked.

"Surprisingly, I was too. But he wants to help somepony doing some chores with him, they meet a couple of weeks ago, and I think his name is Soothing Wave. Also, he asks Spike as well to help him out so that's why he doesn't come with us but an agreement from me that there will look after the library." The other unicorn replied.

"And what this chores thingy?" Rarity is curious.

"Laundry Job..." She said ashamedly.

"Uh...well, at least he loves to assist, Wave. Though if I remember correctly, Ponyville does have a laundry shop, although they're not many customers in our place since not many of us wearing a cloth. However, in another place such as Canterlot, Manehattan or other fancy location, is very popular due to the fact those ponies like noble wearing a luxury cloth but don't have time to wash it. I, as well, being to that place went I don't have time wash some of my dress because of work."

"Wow, that's good. But why did he build the laundry shop in a small town rather than a huge place like Canterlot?" Twilight asked.

Rarity snorted. "Honestly, I don't know. I never got to ask him though, because he says he being busy but I think an accused of him to just been lazy. Maybe that's why Leo wanna help him..." 




Ponyville, Laundry Shop...




"So, why do you decide to make a laundry shop in Ponyville?" Leo asked the ocean blue pony, as he sitting on a coach with Spike next to him.

"Well, my friends. The reason is for my businesses," He said calmly. "Many ponies will need my good cleaning job for there wearing, they also need to head toward Ponyville if the noble want to drop off the clothes or dress."

"Why?" Spike asked as he lowers his comic and stares at the owner of the shop. "If I remember correctly, Canterlot have a laundry shop as well. So, why those noble went all over to this country just to drop off and take back their stuff? For me is just wasting their bits."

"Well, little dragon. You don't know anything about being an owner who opens up this shop long ago." He replied, as he hanger a black net tuxedo and a cyan gown dress on a rod clothing along with the rest of it."And the reason is that Canterlot laundry is very slow working compare to my, there's having a discharge for not cleaning their dress up by the time the customer set up and even have to close down due to low rate from it."

"Wait a minute, those are the Wonderbolt suit!" Leo shout as he ran to it, the suit is blue with a yellow lightning line on the hooves and the body. He is awestruck by the wonderfully suit as it seems been cover by plastic for a protecting.

"What? Why the Wonderbolt suit is here?" Spike as puzzled.

"Well, there's is a minor problem with the laundry machine from Cloudsdale, don't know who did it though..."




Last Week, Cloudsdale...




"Oh, shoot! I broke it again!" Said the panicking cornflower blue pegasus stallion as he saw the machine bust out with some part came off. "Well, I'm dead for sure..."




Back to Present...




"...in any case, doesn't manner right now." Wave shook his head. "Now, Leo and Spike, help me reorganised this supplied for me will you please?"

The siblings nodded as the trio spend some hour doing some cleaning, washing, arranging and label the dress of which will be taken in by today or tomorrow. Since not many clothes there are Wave allow Leo to wash his grey bandana for free for helping him, not realising that the bandana drop a bubble bottle that he forget that he put it in there for like a week past.

One by one, customers came in took off with the dress or suit. Some of them who live in Ponyville is here too, with the customer decrease, so does the clothes. Many of them were surprised to see the Sparkle sibling here in the shop as they have a small chit chat with them, most of them talking about wearing their clothes went the Grand Galloping Gala started, sure the noble are stink but don't judge a book by its cover went they're outside of Canterlot, there some who was nice too the duo went not inside of capital. After a minute past, the pony wave at the siblings took off as well.

But then, another customer shows up and the golden lion haven't seen him too long.

The stallion has a white coat, azure blue mane, protruding chest, and an exceptionally large horn. He also wears a tuxedo with a monocle on his left eyes.

"Hello. I'm here to pick up m--Leo? Spike?" Asked the Unicorn, Fancy Pants.

"Fancy Pants!" Both of them said as they went to the stallion with a smile.

"I never know your drop off your suit in this shop for far away from your place," Leo said.

"Yes, since the Laundry Shop from Canterlot shut down, and Nopony ever one to take place it. Then I find out that there is another shop near our capital kingdom, so that's why I went to this town. And also, I never knew your lives here now."

"We follow our sister so she can learn more about the magic of friendship," Spike replied.

"Oh? So it is truly your sister become the new Elements of Harmony, I heard it from everypony I walk into. I must say, she quite special considering she is Princess Celestia protège." He comments.

"Yeah! And also she finally makes some friend for herself rather than we need to help her!" Leo added.

He chuckled. "Indeed. Well, as fun I like to talk. I better get going than."

With that, he got to the counter to pay Wave for his work and pick up his suit. They talk about how management the owner is for making it fresh, cosy and delightful. A goodbye having for the important pony to the trio and there did the same as he exits the shop.

"If you don't mind me asking, when did you two meet each other?" Asked Soothing Wave.

"A couple of years though, when I was the size like Spike, we bump into him went we heading to the candy store with our other siblings. For the first time, he is the who don't frighten about me and Spike assumed we are not the same species as him only to apologized to us first. He faces doesn't have a scared look but instead a curious face, he is our first adult noble friend actually, aside from our sibling and parent."

"He even took us on his flying yacht when we grew up, wearing a captain's uniform!" Spike added.

This took Wave slightly raising his eyes. "Woah, what a wonderful stallion it would seem. Anywhere, supposedly there is one more customer left."

He checks on his list board, seeing that only one name doesn't got check from him as the doorbell ring just before he looking at it.

"Sorry, I'm late!" Said the female voice pony and this perked the lion ears as he knew that voice. 

The pony went in is a pegasus, have a brilliant gold coat, a vivid orange with a light brilliant amber stripes and a strong orange eyes. Leo surely knows who she is as in fact since he was a little.

"Spitfire!?"

"Leo? Spike?" She surprised to see the duo back in Canterlot. "You boys work here?"

"Well, not quite. We just helping out like usual. Leo style!" He shouts, raises his right paw while it grips.

"Your style indeed."

After a small talk, she walks over to the counter were Wave waiting for her patiently from her conversation. 

"I'm really sorry. I have been so busy to train the recruit for the Wonderbolt Academy until I forgetting our Wonderbolt suit! There's no charge, right?"

The owner shop just chucked then smiled. "No need, my friend. You're just in time for your suit."

With the sigh of relief, she took the suit from him after he takes from the rod holder. "Woah, beautiful and perfect as usual. Thanks, Wave."

"Welcome as always, my friend."

"Hey! Are you going to use it for the Grand Galloping Gala that will come?" Spike asked from her back.

"Yep, gonna perform a complex stunt that takes years of training. Which hopefully nopony will interfere that's it..."

"What did you mean? Your guy's stunts are great! Nopony can do anything."

"It's not like that's, not happened before where an overzealous fan tried to join into a show and caused an issue." She frowned by it. "Not only that, we have to blacklist them from the bolts for interrupting our stunts and causing a dangerous hazard."

"Ouch, they disappointed, right?" Leo asked.

"Serve them right! Who knows if one of us will injuries them or each other too! I say is justified." After that, she holds three suits with a hanger in her mother while one on her hoof. "Well, is good talking with you guys but I have to good, the recruit probably hangs out and I can't let that happen."

"Of course." Leo giggles as the female pony exit the building. Slowly after, Soothing Wave went to the door and flip the open sign.

"Finally, with the last customer. I can now close the shop." That, the sign display it closed for today.

"I'm gonna be honest, it quite simple to doing this job," Spike commented.

"Yeah, you just got a dress from a customer to washing or remove the creases using a clothing iron. Then wait for the customer to come back to pick their belonging."

"It kinda fun! I met everypony I met before for so long. Making me to brings back all those memories when I first met them..." Leo said while remembering every single moment of his life back there at Canterlot. "If you need more help, Wave. I'll be an honour too!"

This makes the pony rub his chin. "Then... Would you like to work here?"

Boom! That. Caught the golden lion off guard. "R-really?"

"Why not? You guys make this place lively as much I can do, especially you, Leo," He pointed at him. "I don't like a long conversation that much, I prefer quiet in my head. Most of the time the customer talk about when they will return for the clothes while other just a greedy noble talking."

"Pawesome! Thank you so much, Wave!"

The lion leaps in the air to hug the earth pony, who is almost shock for the outcome, thinking he will get eating by him. What was the thought? This cub is interesting indeed to him, with that he hit him back. 'I can't believe he was 14 years old but show much like a child'

Leo let go of him before turning to Spike then realised. "Wait, how about you, bro? Do you want to work here?"

He shook his head. "Nah. I think you the only one who perfects for the job and besides someone need to look after Twilight for causing some magic problem."

"Oh, yeah. Wonder what is up to her at the Appleloosa..." Leo thought about it.

What they don't know is it end well, who know just a taste of a pie can stop the problem.
> Chapter 22: Shenanigan Again (S1E22)
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Shenanigan Again


A horrendous crash echoed down the streets of Ponyville.

“Where did he go?” Twilight Sparkle shouted.

"Over there!” Fluttershy called as the two of them raced after something resembling a featherless chicken, meanwhile, Mrs Cake come up to the sun goddess.

"More tea Princess Celestia?" She asked looking after the chase, rather curious as to why the Princess had asked for the tea party to be moved outside with all that was going on.

“Thank you, Mrs Cake, that would be lovely.” Celestia nodded before glancing to the others at the table. Rarity and Applejack were watching their friends chase after Philomena with a bit of worry. Pinkie Pie seemed to be enjoying it and Rainbow Dash was too focused on all the food to notice much else. Spike and Applebloom, however, we're both excited over the food and the Princess being there. The lion cub, however, sitting next to the princess with something on top of his head.

She snickers a little. "Mind telling me why are you wearing a top hat?"

"Sis mention me to show impressions to you, Celestia." He replied, sipping the warm tea. "And I have to say, I look pawesome! I also manage to get a job as well!"

"Should expect that from you, when you got it?"

"Just last week, Wave say he needs to make some adjustments for me and he doesn't like it. So it gonna take a while for me to start working." 

"How did she get up there?!" Twilight shouted from a street over.

"I'm not sure, oh Philomena is careful there's a beehive near..... oh dear....." Fluttershy said surprisingly loudly.

The unicorn and pegasus yelled as there been chased by a swarm of bee after the hive been destroyed from the falling, slowly followed by the plucked chicken wobbling after them.

"I never know you have Phoenix as a pet? That's the rarest of all." Leo said calmly as he looking at the cause of shenanigans while Celestia we're surprised.

"Y-you knew my pet?"

"Yes and no, I read some of their species on the book at the Canterlot Library, and yes, I do attempt to go there when I'm bored just to find a book that has information about that bird." He explained.

"Was in ultimately bored to death or..."

"I'm just doing something new for that time, okay?"

"Alright, then tell me about Philomena," Celestia said, the cub answer.

"Philomena is Phoenix, a majestic and magical bird but in this form, she in state of rebirth itself by shedding all of this feather. Therefore, she will raise from ash, it just a life cycle of Phoenix that's all."

"Since when you're a bookworm now, Leo?" Rainbow Dash teased.

"Hey, it's not my fault. Sis always reading so she kinda drags me into those."

The cyan pegasus just raspberry. "Yeah, right. But aren't you gonna help Twilight by now?"

"I was gonna assist her catching Philomena, but c'mon, Rainbow! Look at this!" Leo gestured all of the tasty desserts from the table thanks to the Cakes and Spike for making it. "A delicious of cupcake and pie and sugar and everything that made from the Sugarcube Corner itself! I can't miss this opportunity!"

With that he shoves a cupcake into his mouth, some of the creams stuck on his whisker, even his noise as well.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Twilight screamed out, galloping down the street pursuit followed by a swarm of snakes. The bird was chasing after the snakes with Fluttershy chasing after the bird.

“Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes!?”

“So she's not sick?” Rarity piped up.

“No, she's simply close to rebirth like Leo says. She's also quite the prankster so that's why she doing this to her liking.” Celestia added taking a sip f tea.

"Prankster huh?" Leo said. "Funny, I guessed that happen to me too, you know."

"Pardon?"

"Celestia... I was having this weird hallucination, I can hear a mysterious voice that inside my head..."

Hearing this from the golden lion makes the princess getting her concern back. For she needs to play normally. "Oh? When did this happen?"

"At the bright of the castle of the two sisters, when me, sis and the other when there to find the Elements of Harmony. Rainbow Dash having a problem from the other side of the bright so I was about to use my Wind Element only to hear a female voice calling for me to stop. The voice was pretty sure was mature it seems. And that's not all, at the Weather Factory, I went to the restricted room just find a black cylinder tank."

"A tank?" Celestia puzzled.

"You went to the forbidden room?!" While Rainbow just shouts at next to him.

"Ah! Hey, I can't help. My Lightning Element reacted to this as if there was a connection between the Red Lightning."

"Red Lightning?" Both the goddess and the athlete said.

"Yeah. That was it content I guess, I know this by looking a clipboard."

'Red Lightning and Lightning Element...' Thought of Celestia. 'It does have a connection since there are indeed made of lightning, and he says about two voice unknown coming from his head... I need to examine that inside of the tank.'

Twilight and Fluttershy ran like their life depending on it as a herd of buffalo stampeded behind him, Philomena riding on the back of one of them wearing a cowboy hat.

“So are we just gonna watch this?” Applejack, who was there this all-time asked as another crash sounded further down the street.

"Huh? Oh, well, I do have a few of my Guards making sure the damage is minimal.” Celestia explained." And to keep the rest of the civilians out of the path."

"I think a Guard presence is just making things more hectic for them." Rarity also there as she sighed.

"Ah HAH!" Fluttershy lunged, catching Philomena in her hooves skidding across the ground to a stop before the tea party. "You need bed rest, not to be running around like this!"

Philomena blinked as her last feather popped loose and she poofed into a pile of ash in Fluttershy's hooves with a last defeated squawk while Twilight screamed, the shy pegasus simply stared at the pile of ash in her hooves before started bawling.

"What?!" Applejack questioned.

"Oh, dear." Rarity frowned.

"Not cool." Rainbow Dash stated.

"Joke. End. Now." Pinkie Pie ordered.

Princess Celestia turned to look at the others her eyes widening at the looks they were giving her.

Applejack was the least annoyed-looking one and even she seemed to be considering if she could get away with bucking Celestia across Ponyville.

Rarity was mad, though she had a cool glare directed at the Princess, one that reminded Celestia of Luna when she was pissed. Something that never turned out well for the Solar Goddess.

Rainbow Dash was mad and like Applejack seemed to be considering trying to play punt the Princess.

And Pinkie Pie.... well, let just say there was a reason why Princess Celestia quickly got up and trotted over to the crying Fluttershy as fast as she could. While she doubted even the Element of Laughter could do anything to harm her, the look Pinkie was giving spoke of being more to try everything to find out if it was possible.

She doubted pointing out that Fluttershy had foal napped Philomena first would have calmed the mare down.

"What is going on here?" Celestia asked the group around the pile of ash.

She hadn't expected such quick responses from them, though to have both tries and accept the blame suddenly for Philomena's demise, practically pushing past each other and attempting talk over one another was almost comical. Celestia didn't think Fluttershy had it in her, to tell the truth.

Leo, we're nowhere to be seen. If Celestia remembers, at the seat, he was sitting on just white smoke that shapes exactly like him before it vanishes in thin air, clearly don't want to get involved in this mess. Or just doesn't wanna look at his sister's friend face right now...

Without said, she addressed the pile of ash. "Philomena you can stop fooling around, they are taking the joke a little too seriously."

The pile of ash twitched and swept up into the air pulling together in a flash of brilliant light. The bird that appeared looked nothing like the half-cooked goose that they had been chasing earlier. It was a hawk-like avian with feathers made of fire, one that left a flickering trail of cinders after it as she soared above them all with an almost musical cry. With the last flap of her wings, the massive bird flew down and landed on Celestia's outstretched foreleg.

"Wha, what is that .. what happened to Philomena?" Fluttershy asked prancing around looking up at the orange and red bird that was nearly as tall as she was.

"This is Philomena." Celestia smiled. "Quite a sight isn't she? Nothing unusual for a phoenix." The bird gave a loud squawk in reply.

"A...A phoenix?" said Fluttershy in amazement.

"A phoenix is a majestic and magical bird. While it appears happy and healthy most of the time, every so often it must renew itself by shedding all of its feathers and bursting into flames." It was then Philomena took a short flight and returned to Celestia's fore-hoof. Princess Celestia then leaned over to Fluttershy before saying quietly,

"Rather melodramatic, if you ask me..." and then she pulled away, the Princess sighed as she glanced to everypony else. Most attention was on Philomena, though Pinkie Pie's eyes remained on the Celestia.

Not knowing is that Leo suddenly comes back with Spike on his back, still maintain the top hat. "So, what did we miss?"

"Ah, Leo. There you are, about the problem you have told me that I will get my best to figure it out, alright?" 

"Pawesome! Thanks, Celestia." He thanked her.

"And I'm afraid mischievous little Philomena here took the occasion to have a little fun with you, Fluttershy. Say you're sorry, young lady." Philomena lowered her head and squawked what sounded like "I'm sorry" to Fluttershy, who simply smiled.

"So then, I have a few more hours before I need to get back, shall we continue the tea party? I'm sure you have several questions about Philomena."

"Oh...well if you don't mind," Fluttershy muttered.

"Not at all." Princess Celestia offered. 
'Particularly if it gets Pinkie Pie to stop glaring at me' She thought to herself.
> Chapter 23: Storytelling (S1E23)
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Storytelling





A Few Days After Philomena Accident...




"As a young filly in Canterlot, sis always wanted to go to a Summer Sun Celebration where Princess Celestia raised the sun. And when she finally made it, she saw the most amazing and wonderful thing she saw.” Leo smiled wistfully.

"What was that?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"She saw Princess Celestia raise the sun of course," Spike added in.

"Thank you, both of you... But who's story is this, huh?" Twilight, who sits on a chair at the table. Resting her head on her hooves as she waiting for her turn while reading a book like usual. But she knows it won't happen.

"Come on, sis. This is the birth of us! Let us handle this."

"Yeah, let us be the storyteller for you while you read that new book."

Today, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are inside the Golden Oak library where the lion tells of how he and his little brother were born. The Cutie Mark Crusaders only past by the library but wouldn't mind seeing the cub for a minute. The big sister, however, just letting them advocate her. Is a good thing the book mail in right now so she can read it. She wants to tell them how she got her cutie mark but got a push aside by her brothers.

Honestly, It's her fault for telling them how they came to this world so yeah blame her and need to take seriously about his brother behave. Including the big one...

"Anyway after that, sis decided to learn everything she could and my adopted parents decided to have her apply to Princess Celestia's school for gifted unicorns."

"What about earth ponies and pegasi?" Apple Bloom pointed out. "I mean, that seems a little tribal."

"They can enrol as well." Spike offered. "A long time ago, in different parts of Equestria, there were always so few students that all the school's sort of shut down. The Unicorn, on Canterlot right now. Is the only one that remained and even that was just a backroom based out of Canterlot University for years so Celestia called it School for Gifted Ponies, though the old names stick."

"Woah...okay." Apple Bloom considered.

"Wait a minute, since went you have all this old information?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Celestia." The boys said simultaneously.

"Understandable, never gonna ask why." The curiously has faded.

"Right, sis. I think is your turn now." Leo patted her back. "Tell them about you passed an entrance exam."

"Finally! Anyway, they seemed to have an issue with how I picked apart their wording, but I still got a hundred on it." She signed. "The written part was easy, even if they did word three of the questions in such an odd way that I needed to ask the instructors whether they meant Fantasy Star theoretical physics discoveries, before or after he got his theoretical degree in physics."

The filly was just confused about what she said just now, is she even a pony?

"Oh, translation. She's smart." Spike added.

"More like a nerd..." Scootaloo muttered.

"All of us are nerd, Scootaloo," Leo smiles beside her as she freaked out by this surprising. "My bro like reading a comic about superheroes, my sis like science and magic, my big brothers like sport and nerdy stuff as well since converted by my bro and I like action stuff."

"Yeah, that stuff. Like a fireball spell creates pressure when it goes off or just a fire." Twilight's glance at the drake depressing.

Spike considered a moment. ”That's fair. Or would be if you hadn't gone through all my rule books while I was out. Also, Leo. If Shining is here he will be flip out."

"Oh...right...also it's magic, there's no pressure." She added.

"And that's why windows blow out in burning buildings because it's a FIREBALL, fire creates pressure by rapid expansion as it eats fuel," Spike argued.

"I kinda like to make fire out of my paw," Leo said as he focuses his energy on the right paw to try to create a blaze of fire... But nothing happens. "Oh...well that won't work."

"It would be amazing if you have firepower, Leo! We can fire bros!" Spike crossed his arms and lean back on the lion who smiled upon him.

"Oh, No. No, no, no, no, no. That won't gonna happen, mister!" Twilight glared at them. "Dealing with the three of the four-element is enough but adding that will cause conflagration to Ponyville! Do you want that?!"

"Okay, okay. Don't need to fight like a cat and dog again like last time." Leo chuckled at the angry librarian. "Is just a joke and besides, there's a kid here."

The filly just nodded.

"Can we continue please?" Scootaloo impatient a bit.

Twilight took a deep breath. "Okay... Moving on, they want me to hatch an egg. Which is the practical part of the exam was anything."

"So, did you do it?" Sweetie Belle asked, although not knowing the glare from the baby dragon which makes Leo smirk at this kid age.

"I did, though not at first, I tried every spell I could think of and nothing was working. Although, I freaked out and blasted the egg when some massive boom startled me and a wave of energy washed over everything. I also made Spike grow to ginormous size, turned my parents into cacti, and nearly destroyed the testing centre before I "summon" Leo out of nowhere and painted a wall... don't ask on that last part."

"Oh, yeah... They still haven't figured out a way to stop the polka-dots from bleeding through." Leo contemplates way back.

"Hey, hey! I told them not to ask! Not you to tell them!" Twilight almost snapped. "Anyways, so that's how I got my cutie mark. It took the ruler of Equestria itself, Princess Celestia to shows up for me to be brought out of my surge and bring everything back to normal as well as theses two creature in my flank." The last part is a bit sarcastic a bit.

"Hey! Was that suppose to mean?"

"Rainbow Dash... Where are you now?" Scootaloo whined.
> Chapter 24: Origin Creator (S1E24)
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Origin Creator


"Oh? So you finally got a job already?" Twilight asked the golden lion while offered to look over the quill she had gotten from the certain owl. "But still, are you okay with this?"

"Yeah. Besides, bro writing can keep up with your speaking so he perfect for the job." He comments then jump to a question. "Remind me again why do you have an owl in the library?"

"Oh, I found him last night. Thanks to him my letter wouldn't blow off by the wind. So as a thank you, I let him relax inside of the warm, cosy place."

"Warm, cosy place you mean, this library. Right?"

"Yes... Leo. Now, come on."

The Unicorn turned toward her other brother, a certain purple drake who is waiting for her patients for this. As it is time for a ceremony.

Today, the trio all gathers in the living room for an announcement to make for Spike. But what kind is it? Well, you guys probably already know what will come out. With now standing in front of the dragon, Twilight spoke in an orator but only her siblings and a pale, light greyish amber body with greyish amber wings owl standing on library lectern.

"Spike Sparkle. I, Twilight Sparkle, as well as your big sister are hereby you as my number one assistance! Congratulations!"

The baby dragon cheered. "Yes! Thank you so much, Twilight!"

"Pawesome, bro! You fit for this job." Leo said while clapping.

"Thank you~."

"Who?"

The lion turned to the new friends. "Why is my brother of course."

"Who?"

"The one who goes by the name Spike Sparkle, right now?"

"Who?"

"That purple dragon over there?"

"Who?"

"The one just got promoted?"

"Who?"

"Just now?"

"Who?"

"Him!" He pointed at the drake.

"Who?"

"Agh, no use is it?" Leo looks at his siblings, who just staring at them this whole time, now nod slowly. "Welp, time to go to work."

"Right now?" Asked the Unicorn.

"Yep. Well, no. I want to help him with the shop problem. Now I'm the new worker I need to go to the Laundry Shop by now to see if he's okay."

"But ain't we helping him last time should already be done now? Plus, it's been a couple of weeks or something since we been there." Asked Spike.

"True, but he's working all alone in there. I can't let that happen to my boss after all. Seeing him as a laid back type but the job got harder if the customer gonna makes a book for it. I'm his first-ever worker like you, bro. Even so, he told me to wait, but that's not my type." Leo explained.

Twilight just giggled. "Alright, work hard and don't fall behind, okay?"

"Hah! I should say that to him!" With that, he left the library.

The pony turned to Spike. "By the way, Owlowiscious will help out as well."

"What? I thought I was your first assistance?"

"Correction, I say number one assistance. Not the first assistance ever." She giggles as she went to the kitchen.

"W-what? I'M BEEN DUPED!!!"

"Who?"

"Ugh... I hope there's no Sparkle Shenanigan problem. Seriously, Leo and Twilight should see the doctor or the princess if it's a curse and I don't want to have it on me."




Meanwhile, At the Weather Factory...




In the deep dark of the room, where lies a big black tank. Thundering the room that made of cloud, the crimson alarm is ringing about something the inside of it as it goes wild that clanging the tank louder. Something like this will probably alert anypony near the location but is not, however, there is one pony that brave enough to come in here.

There, near the operator of the tank is a female pegasus, with a white coat and a pink mane. She complicated to manage the thing inside of the tank, not to mention being the only one who went to this dark atmosphere as she already done this but looks on its face, it more than that.

"Gah, can't believe it. Why the Red Lightning unexpectedly react right now?" She groans while moving and typing the machine part. "This never happens before like a year!"

Unlucky for her, there's another two pony that arrived with flash.

"Excuse, me?" Said in a mature voice.

The pegasus completely froze for this, somepony was here, right now, with her while still lay on the button with her on hooves. And the voice, the voice that the entire Equestria knows.

"Are thou the one who in charge of this?" Said another voice, this one a bit younger than before.

It struck her again like been shoot by a bullet. The voice, the returned of the long lost ever princess. Both of the high powerful creature is here.

The first pony who already in the room gulp for a second, then slowly, turned around and faces the consequences she never has before. So does, in front of her, is none other than the ruler and co-ruler of Equestria itself: Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Both of the alicorns is standing and staring at her with a curious look on the face as well as their wing flare out for the royalty about.

"O-oh! Your H-highnesses! What are you b-both doing here?" She trembling her word as she talking to death.

"Relax, subject. We heard from one of our friends that he have some issues and those devices in front of us are the problem." Princess of Night, Luna, told the pegasus.

"Oh, is that so?! Then maybe it just one of his imagination that's all! Hehe..."

Celestia shook. "It is not, and he also says the cause of it because this weather calls Red Lightning. Can you please tell us what this it?"

The pegasus raspberry. "C'mon, Red Lightning? Like that even existed. I'm telling you, princess, that there's nothing unusual happen in here--"

"DID YOU JUST SPIT OUT YOUR TOUGH IN FRONT OF YOUR RULER, MORTAL?!" Luna snapped. Using the royal voice nearly make the room shacking as well as the pegasus.

"Luna calm down." Celestia showing unflappable to her sister. "Give a chance will you?"

"Tsk... Fine."

"I'm sorry about my sister but I think we didn't get the name from you..." The sun goddess points at her.

Though she was shacking from Luna royal voice but don't want to set another one so she replied as best as she can do.

"S-Snowy Blossom..." 

"Well then, Snowy. Would you mind telling us what are you doing in this room? Alone?" Celestia asked kindly, still getting a glare from Luna to Snowy. "Please, it will be tired of just standing, let's have a sit."

She hesitates, but finally got the courage to as the three of them sit on a fluffy cloud, not long before she speaks. "I-it experiment that has been working on since a year... An experiment has been classified to everypony, i-including your highness..."

"Care to tell us why it didn't inform the royalty?" Luna asked, which a mean look to be.

"My grandfather, Sky Strom. The creator of the project called the Red Lightning. Conducting this when he was younger like me to generate an amount of energy to power up the whole Cloudsdale. It was his dream to see for his own eyes and Cloudsdale to power up by his creation. He thought he could change the place forever. When he got older and have a grandchild which that's me, he always saying to me that it will be a surprise for the whole Equestria about his plan when I was just a small filly, keeping it a secret for a little longer from my parent, I was so happy about him that one day, all his hard work will pay off! Until... Something goes horribly wrong..."

That last sentence was a bit depressing, which caught the princesses attention before looks at each other. "And what is it...?"

Snowy points at the tank. "That thing... Took my grandfather life away."


...

...


Silence. A gust of wind flew around the room as it became quite. Like casting a silence spell. The sister looks shocked at this but not too shocking just surprised for this. Sure, the atmosphere is still the same, very quiet at ever. As like that, she continues.

"I don't know much but when I came to the hospital to see him... H-he seem got zap, by some high powerful lightning that destroys his body. Incinerate his system and burn his wing until it black like an extinction. He makes a mistake that's all, and... There's Nopony was there... To help him. I-i know if s-somepony was there next to h-him, he can be s-saved... But he works a-alone."

One by one, tear start to come out from his eyes. As a matter of fact, it won't stop like the usually heartbroken style.

The sun goddess can only sigh as she speaks. "This is what I'm afraid of if somepony didn't tell to us, especially a harmful test. Without a supervisor, things can get a little complicated if it goes on."

"But wait, sister," Luna interjected. "Should our subject inform this to us after the incident right now? The experiment failed a year ago before we...weren't even there. Why nopony telling to us?"

"Because..." Snowy rubbed her eyes for a bit. "Nopony doesn't know what cause of my grandfather died, somepony simply say it was a cause of murdering but I don't believe a single word coming out from a stranger. I know the operation was bad when I start to grow a teenager but I believe my grandpa will be extra careful. The only problem is for the Red Lightning didn't want to cooperate. The information might get to your highness but not the full or untrue story."

"Then that's the report I got from the past few years from Cloudsdale," Celestia said, rubbing her chin. "From what I read, the information that gathers was just one stallion found in a weird room full of the machine and one black tank that has nothing in it."

"Nothing?" Snowy Blossom confused as she sniffed.

"Indeed, my little pony. My source tells me that the pegasi have completely checked the inner of the tank, only to find an empty inside. I also up the security of the guard for the protection years ago... But the report is stated that nothing crisis happens."

"So the guard just investigates all those years for a no entity?"

"Indeed."

"But if thou thought it, then why thou shows what the things happen?" Luna asked.

"Your highness expect a grown-up ponies to believe a teenager about lightning that colour is red take my grandfather?" Snowy said.

"Did thou just mocking us?" A mean look from Luna which the pegasus quickly shook her head. "Then did thou think this Red Lightning came back from their rest waiting for somepony?"

"That... I don't know. I just give up after I try to analysing if the lightning still there, of course, after everypony left the room. But waiting for somepony? Who could that be?"

"Or rather, some creature." Celestia fixed that but let the pegasus puzzled by it. Clearly, she didn't know a certain someone was in the room. "I'm afraid we don't have some time left, Canterlot is a busy place and need us for sure. But to make sure this now Red Lightning won't cause any violence to ponies..."

She gives the signal to her sister as she nodded. The princesses stood up and slowly trot to the black tank before their horn light up, a bright yellow and a soft blue. The tank starts cover by its aura as it rumbles a bit only to hear the sound of clicking like a camera or even close. Not only that but a white mangle in the inside of the aura from the royalty and locks it, confirming that it has prevailed the inner.

"There, that's shall do it for the time being." 

"What did your highness do?" Asked Snowy.

"Thou don't need to worry anymore, we put simple seal magic to prevent the thing from bursting out. After all, we will be gone for a long time so we might want to tighten the security of the tank." Luna explained as well as Celestia.

"Indeed. And I will order a few couples of pegasus guard to go undercover just in case if unwanted ponies went into this room."

"Woah... That's good. But I have a question for your majesty if you don't mind actually." Snowy said.

"What is it?"

"Uh... How did you know about this? I mean, your source didn't know the real story but your highness just came in here without any guards, right?"

The sisters smiled at each other. Celestia said. "Let just say we have a little bird told us."




Meanwhile...




"ACHOO!!!"

"Bless you, my friend." Said Calming Wave to the sneeze lion.

"Thanks, Wave... I feel that someone is talking about me."

"No...it just probably one of these clothes." He grabs it inside the basket full of dirty clothes with his hoof and shows it to Leo. "See, it all cover-up by some kind of nasty chocolate."

"I think that's a poop, Wave..."

...

...

...

"...I really gonna wash my hooves... TWICE." He stated.

"Yeah and also that's not the cause of my sneeze... Yeah your right, go wash now!"
> Chapter 25: Tell the Truth (S1E25)
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Tell the Truth





Two Weeks Later...




They were avoiding her, no one had come by at all in two weeks.

She failed and they hated her for it. She hadn't seen it coming and they knew it. They had to hate her.

She had to know for sure.




Ponyville...




"So, I don't even know what a Pinkie Promise is aside from something Pinkie was blabbing about back when Fluttershy became a model. I was a bit too busy trying to get you two to talk to each other to pay much attention." Twilight shrugged.

"Yeah well, let me put it to you this way. If anyone in town gives you one of those, whatever they promised, they will do." Rainbow Dash shuddered. "Or else."

"What even is that mare?" Twilight questioned.

"Hard to say. Though has anyone seen her lately?" Rarity asked curiously.

Today, the girls are having something in their selves without telling the most knowing pony in Ponyville. Most of them not get caught or see her insight but not realizing the pink pony was getting suspicious about this, so their group up to explain what's going on so far.

"Well, Flutters and I saw her this morning. We were getting some of the decorations prepared and she popped up out of nowhere." Dash sighed. "She didn't seem right and kept asking a bunch of questions that didn't make much sense.

"We told her we had to house sit for Harry and she seemed to have bought it.”

"Harry?" Twilight asked.

"Fluttershy's bear." Rarity explained.

"And that WORKED?" Twilight shocked.

"Well enough that she left so we could get everything out to the farm." Dash shrugged.

"I also think she was stalking me earlier when I went into Sugar Cube Corner." Twilight pondered.

Rarity and Dash stared at Twilight.

"Please tell me you didn't get the cake for her from the place she works..." Rarity sighed.

"Mrs Cake already agreed to make it and it's not like I could have gotten to Canterlot and back before this afternoon." She sighed. "Besides, it's not like I have a lot of choices around here."

"Did the cake get there?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Of course it did, Fluttershy was perfect." Rarity nodded.

"That reminds me. Was Leo aware of this, Twilight?” the blue pegasus stated. "Consider he will make a distraction for us and not to mention, he'll always yell 'good morning' or 'hi!' every time he encounters somepony."

"I'm aware of that, but don't worry about it. I told him it's a Pinkie surprise party and ask him to get the supplies to the Applejack place." Twilight explained before muttered. "Hey, we are being a little secretive around her for the past few days, do you think she thinks we're avoiding her?"

"Oh, dear..." Rarity muttered.

"Well, this would be a problem. But it still gonna go as a plan because I told Leo to do the Elemental Split, that way gathered the supplies will be quicker." Twilight considered. "I send Lightning to check on her if she alright. Though we still have things to do."

"Would that be wise? No offence to Lightning there, but he's pretty serious about the crisis going on. Plus we don't want Pinkie Pie to know what's going on." Rainbow Dash frowned her ears flattening to her head.

"It's fine. Like I say, I'll tell him everything, though if we just asked he'd probably go just to see what was wrong with Pinkie Pie away.” Twilight shrugged.




Later...




"Woah...is rare to see this every day." Lightning stated slightly drooling over the massive pile of bacon Pinkie had put before him.

While impressed with the grub, he also took note of how off Pinkie Pie seemed today Certain odd mannerism set off alarm bells. Twilight was right to send him for this job. "What's the occasion?"

"No occasion and they're all yours..." She grinned, Lightning noticed this but decide to play cool for now when suddenly he was pulled back in the chair as Gummy clamped down on his tail and Pinkie Pie turned on a light in his face.

"...All you have to do its talk!" Snapped the pony.

This makes the lion rolled his eyes. "Oh... It's one of those parties."

"What?" Pinkie blinked.

"It's like how in the movie theatre, where the figure been forced to tell everything their knowledge about the information to their need. If no answers, then their us waterboarding if necessary."

"That does sound fun, but I don't get it. Is that a reference?” Pinkie Pie pondered.

"Actually it is." Lightning smile a bit. "I don't remember much about it but I overheard some of the Canterlot Guard say that the place is ruled by an insane dictator and waterboarding is when the Elementalists make planks out of the water and smack you around. Those things are a plus three normally and an eight versus fire creatures."

"Oh well. Wait, what does that have to do with talking?" Pinkie Pie blinked.

"It doesn't, it has more to do with expecting one thing and getting another. I expected some juicy bacon and instead I'm getting a pop quiz." Lightning grumbled. "And Big Mac already gave us one of those this morning."

"Well... I know that because he, Applejack and his family run a farm after all. That's not exactly what I was going for but... Hey, wait a minute. You're trying to distract me from what's going on, aren’t you?" She accused.

"Yep." He admitted. "Seriously though how is that little alligator so strong? I should be able to use Electroshock him, the chair and half the table over enough to get to that bacon."

"He works out." Pinkie Pie stated. "Wait, no. I ask the questions around here!"

"Well then ask one." Lightning shrugged.

"What are you hiding?" Pinkie queried.

"Uh... Sis and bro Hearths Warming presents?" He offered.

"No! I mean what are you hiding?" Pinkie Demanded.

"Mom's swimsuit calendar...?" Lightning admitted.

"That's not what I mean." She growled slapping her face with a hoof.

"Well you're going to have to be more specific. I also hiding big bro's manga special edition, cause he pulled a prank on me last year and Celestia super deluxe cake away for her good diet. Say her advisor though." He listed.

"Not what I wanted to know, but was it you or your original form?" The pony blinked.

"Me. But since we all equal to one, so when we merge back all of our memories will become one." He explained. "Meaning, the original Leo learn what I hiding all of the stuff I said earlier."

"First, woah. Second, that's mean you said earlier." Pinkie admitted. "And third, no. I want you to confess."

"Confess? Pfft, not likely. Wind and I play block towering on Earth body while he is asleep. But luckily we didn't get caught when he immediately wakes up."

"NO!!" She shouted in frustrated. "I will learn what you know!"

"Do you expect me to talk?" Lightning smirked roguishly.

"No. Mister Lightning I expect you to... Wait, yes I do expect you to talk." Pink pony ranted, stopping suddenly and narrowing her eyes at the yellow lion. "Wait a minute, you've been playing me. You're too good at this. You're a spy!"

"Spy? Well that's interesting."

"Argh! Just tell me what's going on! Or else you'll never get the bacon!"

"I have a question for you first." Lightning smiled suddenly.

"Eh?" Pinkie Pie blinked.

"Did you think I'm alone?" He asked while smirk turning his head toward the door.

"Wha-" But got cut off by the door wide open to reveal.

"The other Leo is here!" 
"The other Leo is here!"

"What?!" The party planner gasped as other Leo's plus Spike on Earth back burst into the room. The brown lion slams his paws on the floor as it causes the earth to raise heading to Pinkie before creating jutting rocks around her as it squeezes her. Immobiliser her.

"The chevalier has arrived!" Spike shouted.

"Bout time you guy shows up."

But the pony won't go down easily. As she shortly popped out from the jutting rock like an opening jar sound which doesn't make sense at all. "NO. I'm not done yet!"

"...Whaaat?" Said the confused Earth before realises that this is Pinkie their talking about.

"Ah! Why did her hair all git all straight?!" Said Wind who freakout but contain his smile.

"Madame Le Flour, ATTACK!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

"Do what now?" Spike asked before being push off from Earth back with a large bag of flour and bowled over crashing back into a pile of Pinkie's things.

"Protect me, Sir Lintsalot!” Pinkie ordered.

"What kinda name is that?" Wind chortle before she gained a face full of lint. "AH!!! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!!!"

"Seriously?" Lightning questioned to his otherself.

"Get them Mr Turnip!" Pinkie Pie commanded.

Earth didn't even manage to regain his confused about how Pinkie escape from his Earth Grab move before he was pelted by turnips and had a bucket dropped over his head.

Lightning sighed for this, even their leader got caught up in this mess while watching Pinkie cackled like a villain as he hoping off from the chair.

Lightning Speed!

The electrokinesis had enough of these shenanigans as he stormed over with his move to the pink mare dodging the flailing Earth and the panicked Wind and dragging along a toothless alligator that was still clinging to his tail.

"You dare come after me!? Rocky stop this interloper!" Pinkie Pie menaced.

"No you don't!" He growled as he summons a blade made from divine lightning!

Lightning Slash!

With all of his might, he launched a quick slash that split all the tiny rock into half even their birthday hat as well. The sound of pebble hit the floor make Pinkie gasped in horror.

"ROCKY NO!!!” She wailed. "I will avenge you! I swear there will be cupcakes."

"Augh...stop. That's it. We're done." Lightning ordered. "Honestly. We dealing with you is enough but dealing with our sis- no. Scratch that, our sibling's issue is worst. Freaky hair aside you are going into the latter. What is wrong?"

Lightning stood there while unequipping his blade as he stares at Pinkie.

"Nothing's wrong really..." She began.

Lightning didn't by at all as well as the other elements too after finished with the chaos as he stares harder at her.

"Seriously I’m fine..." She muttered not meeting their gaze as Wind joined them in staring at Pinkie but with a slight smile. "Maybe I’m going a little overboard?"

Spike on the other hand didn't join them, as he was still off on the far side of the room slashing the bag of flour with his claw.

"What?" the baby dragon demanded, his body covered in flour. "She started it!" Spike growls striking the bag one last time before running over to the others.

"One more time Pinkie. Tell me what's wrong. We can help you if you just answer straight forward." Lightning explained.

"Woah! Talk about leading the group for the first time! Wait, who's leading again?" Wind smiled only got a glared from the yellow one but he didn't care.

The earth pony starting at the trio plus the dragon. Earth, Wind and Spike with the concern look while Lightning just continue to glare. Her eyes watering up before she started to-

"Everyponyseemsmadatme!Evenmybestfriendscan'tcometoGummyAfterBirthdayCelebrationandIfindoutitwasanexcusetonotcometothepartyImakeandthat'snotalltheyliedtomelikewe'renotfriendsanymorebutIthoughtwefriendsonlyit'snotandtheyseemrunningawayfrommelikedislikingmesoI'mgonnagettothebottomofbymakingyouconfesssoIcanfigureitoutwhythererunningawayfromme!"

...

...

...

The siblings blinked staring at the crying mare then looking at each other, before looking at the dragon. "Bro...translate?"

"She just wants to know why Twilight and the other keep their distance away from her because she thought they mad at her so they're asked Lightning but... You guys know the rest." Spike translated.

"Pawesome, bro! Looks like all those written a letter when sis was in 'the zone' quite useful at all!" Wind cheered.

"Oh...don't mention it..."

"While that's is pawesome that you caught that bro. Why's she think that?" Earth praised.

"Cause I’ve barely seen anyone in two weeks!" Pinkie Pie bawls.

The elements look at each other before nodding. "There's a reason why everypony did that."

"W-what?"




Later...




The party continued in full swing with Pinkie Pie back to normal dancing around with the others. Twilight and Leo sat with Spike happily eating a cake like a monster. "So, sis. What the letter that Spike wrote about?" 

"Another friendship lesson," Twilight stated happily. "I learn a valuable lesson that always expects the best from your friends and never assumes the worst. Rest assured that a good friend always has your best interests at heart."

"Always expect the best from your friends and never assumes the worst..." Leo remembered that word for the future.

"By the way, what's with Gummy?" She asked pointing her hoof to Leo tail.

By the time he raised it, a hundred per cent sure there's a toothless green alligator there.

"Oh, yeah... I forgot about you."
> Chapter 26: Boring Night Ever... (S1E26)
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Boring Night Ever...


At the Gala

At the Gala

At the Gala
In the garden
I'm going to see them all
All the creatures
I'll befriend them at the Gala

At the Gala

All the birdies
And the critters
They will love me big and small
We'll become good friends forever
Right here at the Gala!

All our dreams will come true
Right here at the Gala
At the Gala

At the Gala (It's amazing)
I will sell them (Better hurry)
All my aplastic treats (Yummy yummy)
Hungry ponies (They'll be snacking)
They will buy them (Bring your money)
Caramel apples, apple sweets (Gimme some)
And I'll earn a lot of money
for the Apple family!

All our dreams and our hopes from now until hereafter
All that we've been wishing for will happen at the Gala
At the Gala

At the Gala
All the royals
They will meet fair Rarity
They will see I'm just as regal at the Gala

At the Gala

I will find him
My Prince Charming
And how gallant he will be
He will treat me like a lady
Tonight at the Gala!

This is what we've waited for to have the best night ever
Each of us will live our dreams
Tonight at the Gala
At the Gala

Been dreamin'
I've been waitin'
To fly with those great ponies
The Wonderbolts, their daring tricks
Spinning 'round and having kicks
Perform for crowds of thousands
They'll shower us with diamonds
The Wonderbolts will see me right here at the Gala!

All we've longed for
All we've dreamed
Our happy ever after
Finally, will all come true
Right here at the Grand Gala
At the Gala

I am here at the Grand Gala
For it is the best party
But the one thing it was missing was a pony named Pinkie
For I am the best at parties, all the ponies will agree
Ponies playing
Ponies dancing
With me at the Grand Gala!

Happiness and laughter at the Gala
At the Gala

At the Gala (At the Gala)
With the Princess (With the Princess)
Is where I'm going to be (She will be)
We will talk all about magic and what I've learned and seen (She will see)
It is going to be so special
As she takes time just for me (This will be the best night ever!)

Into the Gala, we must go
We're ready now, we're all aglow
Into the Gala, let's go in and have the best night ever
Into the Gala, now's the time
We're ready and we look divine!

Into the Gala

Meet new friends

Into the Gala

Sell some apples

Into the Gala

Find my Prince

Prove I'm great

As a Wonderbolt is
To meet!
To sell!
To find!
To prove!
To whoop!
To talk!

Into the Gala
Into the Gala
And we'll have the best night ever!
At the Gala!

"Yeah! This is gonna be the best night ever," said Spike, with fancy tuxedos he wearing. "You know why? 'Cause we're all gonna spend time to..."

*ZOOM*

Everypony took off, causing Spike to spin around and left rather dizzy.

"...gether," Spike finished as he found himself alone, "or not."

A groan comes from him. "If only Leo was here, we would spend time together. Wonder what's he up too...?"




Golden Oak Library...




"You'll see, the entire royal guard and even Celestia watch me spar against Sargent Silversteel, Major of the royal guard and boy, there weren't kidding about how strong he is! Well considering he's the one who charges the royal guard after all. His sword skill is no joke. Everything hit deal incredible damage to the opponent, that's me of course, but I'm been training hard since bro and I step in the training field. And not to mention that he's the one who taught me how to use a sword. I started tutoring when I turn 13 years old, that's the year when my Elemental power comes out but not yet! They still sleeping if my word correct and the sparing begin after their awake..."

"Who?"

"My power."

"Who?"

"Don't you hear what I said? It's my pow- Wait a minute, you make me did it again havens you!"

"Who?"

With face paws, he groaned. "Seriously, get a life!"

"WHO?"

Leo flinched by the hard voice. "O-ok c-calm down..."

"Who..."

Today, or should it say tonight. Leo with Twilight pet, Owlowiscious is doing...nothing. It is the night of the Grand Galloping Gala and the Mane 6 plus Spike are probably at Canterlot. And being the only one who didn't go because give up his ticket to the girls is feels weird. He didn't regret it but something feels off about it until now, he not usually be; bored.

"Bored..." Leo moaned while laying on the wooden floor.

"Who?"

"Is nothing, Owlowiscious. It's my fault I been rude to you."

"Who."

"Oh, yeah. Back to the story." He now sits in front of the owl. "Let see, my power has awakened and the sparing is a start in one week. Therefore, I decided to practice with my bro in the backyard for a chance to increase my win rate against Sargent Silversteel by testing each of the elements according to who I got first."

"Who?"

"Huh? No... Mom and dad don't know about my power at first, including my sis as well. Big bro, however, finds out when he heard a rumour from the guards about the spar held in one week. Surprisingly, he decided to lend a hoof to me for the battle and if you don't know. It was difficult training even for him but he told us that he did the same thing when he first-time practice."

Leo took a deep breath, in and out.

"Who."

"What's that? You want a flashback?" The owl nodded. "Well sure. I'll try my best to make it not too boring and also, I find out something else too."

"Who?"

"Yes yes. I'm about to tell you right now..."




Flashback...




"Come on, Leo! Use that blade for good use!"

"Hey, big bro? Can't we just go with a slash attack?" Leo said the position he takes was an attacking stance while gripping his Lightning Blade on his right paw.

"That's not gonna work against the Sargent Major, private!" Shining Armour shouted like he was the Sargent. "You can't just charge ahead without knowing about your opponent, private! Now listen up, Sargent Silversteel is smart, he will predict the attack you will make and try to counter as well. It causes you to lose instantly you know that! Don't underestimate him just because he looks old, his strength is no joke while your kiddo, are very simpleton!"

"Ouch. That's low, big bro."

"Less take, more assault!" 

With that, he uses his magic to levitate a dummy make from straw hay tight with rope from the pile of it. There, next to it is a young baby dragon.

"You can do it, Leo!" Spike rooting the lion as he first up.

The training dummy is floating side with the unicorn. "Ready?"

Leo concentrates his mind on the target before he grins. "Bring it!"

With a full swing, Shining toss the dummy directly towards the lion as he doing it rapidly sending the next and the next training dummy from the pile. Lock insight, Leo raise his blade in front of him while the dummy on their way, he took a defensive position with the blade in the middle. It's getting closer, as he switches to a back stance. He lowers the blade for full-half of his left paws and before anyone could say anything...

He sent a blow.

Lightning Slash!

The impact of the outcome releases a practical of lightning as it slices the dummy in half. It has clear that Leo seems pretty good but that doesn't mean the thrower hadn't finished yet. 

One by one, the pile of dummy decreased by the results of Shining tossing it to Leo nonstop. The golden lion keeps on going, slices and dice he goes, the sweat coming from his head prove he getting it closer to match with the Sargent.

"Come on, big bro! Is that all you got?" He taunting the royal guard as he pointing his blade toward him.

Feeling like an insulating, with a huff of snorted. The white unicorn uses all his will of magic to carry the dummy into the air, swirling around him as he showing off his skill to his brother. All the pile is gone with an edition of the certain purple creature within floating.

"Alright, then! Be ready cause no holder back from your big brother anymore!" Shining yell out. With a magic purple aura from his white horn, the dummy moves forward with high speed. Fast enough that there's is someone in his aura.

"SHINING!!!"

The Unicorn quickly shock as to who he just hurl out; it was Spike! An accident from him as the drake along with the dummy a heading right to Leo who about to slice it in half again! There's gonna be dragon sushi in no time!

"Oh, crap!" Shining shout, realise he Levites Spike as well. "Leo! Incoming at Twelve o'clock!"

"Twelve o'clock? What's gonna happen at twelve o'clock?" He confused.

"NO! Spike is moving toward ahead of you!"

"Wait, what?!"

It was at this moment he knew that his little brother was part of Shining tossing aura. Trembling, the blade disappeared from his grip and instantly ready in a defensive stance. He gazes at the skies and starts to convert all the wind from his paws as a spiral of gust gather around before he let it all out!

Wind Blast!!!

Leo unleashed a strong yet breezing wind and sent all of the targets to include the alive one as it delivered to the high atmospheres, sending them into the section where only a flying creature can reach and boy, Spike is not included...

...(yet).

"Aaahhhh!!! Leo! Shining!" Spike freaking screaming like a mare. Is not until the gravity pulled them back as a raining dummy is not on the schedule with Spike on ahead. The duo on the bottom needs to do something like right now!!!

"Oh, no! Bro! B-Big bro! What am I going to do?!"

"Calm down, Leo! A royal guard needs to stay calm and use your head to solve the problem." Shining stated.

"B-but bro gonna get hurt! W-what if he got hurt badly and it's all my fault! I-i don't know what to do! I'm not even a royal guard!" He's panicked, tear form in his eyes as he put his paws on his head, crying. It's not until Shining place his hooves on Leo's shoulder.

"STAY CALM." He looks into the eyes of the lion who doing the same to him. "Leo... Spike will injuries if we don't do something fast. If you're tearing around in a panic about something like this, then it puts everypony else in a panic as well. Not me but who knows? Now stop crying and help me, please?"

The lion sniff for a second. "A-alright."

"Good." A smile form from the unicorn as he glances at the sky to see the raining training doll and his brother coming in hot. "Listen, I will use my magic to stop the dummy, there might be 20 more or something so I need you to preventing Spike hit the ground, got it?"

Leo looks worried. "B-but what if--"

"I believe in you, Leo. Don't let the fear took over you, face it like a real fiercest lion!"

With the courage came from his big bro. Leo bravery is up as he nods. Satisfied, he let go of him and look in the skies before channelling his magic in full power! All the training put up for good as all 20 or more dummy stop from there currently expectation expect the alive one as he passes through them, who cry out for help as it Leo turn.

"Got it! Now, Leo! GO!" Cheers Shining Armour.

Even though the golden lion look gloomy but his mind was set to do, to save his brother! His face is now determined as he prepared to catch the baby drake using a vertical jump.

And that hit it.

Upon doing the position. Leo has been surrounding by a swirling gust of air as they change his mane into the vivid dark blue, that involves his front paws, tuft tail and even his bandana! Although there's a bright blue tornado badge in the centre of the bandana with edition, a light blue armband appear on his between the elbow and pattern. That's not all, his back legs turn to black for some cool reason and unique.

"Leo-!" Said Shining who completely shock only to cut off by the blue lion.

"Is not over until we do it!" He shout out with a smile, showing his white shiny teeth as the gust isn't done yet.

Gust Sprite!!!

The gale covers his bottom section as he began hovering in the air. Eyes plus mouth wide open from the unicorn as he can't believe what he sees. His brother was flying without wing or magic! Only a high powerful unicorn can levitation themselves or even control a wind would be hard!

With that settle, the aerokinesis burst off a fly toward Spike with a high wind power he got. Manage to avoid the dummy who still floating in the midair as he reaches the purple dragon with his paws. He could almost catch, he can fill his brother scale right now, only something feels off...

Everything around him was black. Just dark and emptiness. 

This feeling is fell new. A feeling like he about to reach a whole new level with this power.

No.

This is his power! A power that he recently got and come to him. The power of natural phenomena. The power he will use for goodness and balance and he will use it, by rescuing his brother first!!!

"I~ got you, bro!" He did it. He grabs Spike. He saves him from his doom!

"Awesome, Leo!!!" Shouts Shining Armour from below.

"L-Leo?" Asked Spike. "Is that's you? You look different?"

He's probably talking about Leo mane change colour. "Yep! And you don't have to worry anymore because you're safe!"

"A-Am I?!" Spike look at the bottom but he still in the air which makes him puzzled but then realises what cause it. "Leo! Your flying!"

The blue lion gives confuse before seen what he means, he hovers on a small tornado, like a real unharmed tornado!

"Woah... Pawesome!"

"...pawesome?" Spike puzzled.

After that, the duo land on the nice grassy ground. Where their big brother awaits them. "Leo! Spike! Are you both alright?"

"We fine, Shining. Thanks to Leo and his superpower!" Said Spike, as the firstborn look at the lion.

"That was incredible." He nudges him. "You now able to handle the panic of you. But with that what I just seeing, we need to up our game if you want to win against Sargent Silversteel."

The cub can't help but give a warm smile. "Thanks, big bro. I needed it."

With the usual Leo style, he hugs the pony. And he hugs him back. Of course, Spike joins in to perform a brothers hug. Cause likewise creature say; a hug delights and warms and charms, that must be why Goddess gave us arms.

Speaking of the goddess. In high of the castle, there's a tall white pony who has seen everything, and boy, she too mouth on the floor.




End of Flashback...




"And that is where my catchphrase was created. Pawesome!"

"Who..."

"Huh? Oh, you mean all that cool stuff I do? Yeah, it's incredible."

"WHO."

Leo chuckled. "Alright, I was just joking with you. Is true, I had that perception like I about to enter a new path await for me... When everypony find out about my newfound superpower, there...well... Let just say shock? I don't know what word to come up to." 

"Who?"

"Yeah, Nopony freak out 'cause Celestia was they so yeah." Leo walking to the window and stare at Canterlot with a small smile. "I hope Sis and the others are okay at the Gala..."

"Because it is the most boring and terrible Gala every year." He said. Maybe sarcastic?

"Who...?"

Leo concerns as he put his paw on his head. "Yeah... Should mention them about it."





In the Royal Garden, a location where flora and fauna live in the peace of quiet. A place where a huge maze was created. There, at the Royal Canterlot Sculpture of the past from Equestria. One represents victory. While others represent friendship.

But there's one interesting statue. It got an eagle claw, lion paws and snake tail. Can tell that it has ahead of a pony with a body made up of all sorts of creature.

It's not long until there's a small dot blinking on its chest as it... Alive?



End of the Season 1
> Chapter 27: The Spirit of Chaos (S2E1)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


The Spirit of Chaos


"Come on, girls," said Twilight, "Princess Celestia wants to see us all Canterlot immediately!" Everyone just looked at each other worried before the ponies trotted to the train station first. But first, the leading one-stop and look at her brother.

"Boys! Stay here and keep on eye out for weird thing happen in Ponyville, got it?"

Spike salute. "No problem, Twilight!"

"Yeah, we handle it..."

Not wasting time she back on track with the other. However, there's a certain lion that looks irritating right now as he turned and walk away only the dragon noticed it.

"Leo? Are you alright?" He asked.

"I'm-- no... I'm not." Leo stated.

"Then...?"

The lion sighed as he lowers his head. "Sis and the girls seem always to have a problem that needs to solves and here we are, playing a waiting game until their return..."

The purple dragon thought about it. Is true they been leaving them behind for some duty from the princess like this one for example. But... "Don't be a sad lion Leo. I always see this when you been left alone like your fear of the crowd but this is new." 

"Yeah feel like I a been left out right now..."

Spike come up to him. "You know, it's easy to stand with the crowd, but it takes courage to stand alone."

"You mean...?"

"It goes ahead with the groupthink and does what everyone else is doing. And, sometimes that is okay along with going forward with the crowd is what is popular but, it means you have to compromise your values and integrity."

"So I have to talk to sense with Sis by telling her that she needs to spend with us more from their goal right?"

"What? No!" Spike protest. "And no. Besides, there are probably trying to save Equestria from...whatever that is..."

The drake points his claw toward whatever that is, is a pink cloud been tight up by a lesson, Applejack lesson correction. That dripping out chocolate milk that attracts some critters from Fluttershy Cottage and some of them have weird...looks.

Today is a very straight day. As if the pink cloud was cotton candy and the rabbit have a high foot...or legs? By the time the Mane Six had figure out how to solve it by working together as a friend. Princess Celestia has sent a letter to comes to Canterlot immediately. Well, the girls only to be sure.

The lion starting at the ball of pink weirdly. "Uh... Do you think Pinkie would do this?"

"No." Spike shook his head. "She behaves seems like seeing this issue for the first time in her life. I mean, c'mon. A cloud made from air and sugar in the atmosphere? Who would do that? And if does, I need it badly..."

The golden lion flinched from the outcome. Dude, he doesn't even have a wing and he needs it badly? More obsessed with it. Then, something clicks on his head. "Wait a minute..."

"What..?" Spike asking, didn't alarm about small drooling coming from his mouth.

"I think I remember something," Leo claimed as he pointed out. "Tasty pink, common critter, ball of desserts!"

"No that doesn't make any sense. Let's try again!"

"Random shenanigans, unseen magic, and disharmony!"

And with that, it hit.

*TING*

"AHA!!! I know who's the mastermind!"

"Hold on, where do that lightbulbs come from?" 

Without answers his brother question, Leo ran off following by Spike who keeps shouting to wait for him as the siblings head back to their place.




Meanwhile...




Inside Canterlot castle, one could see Princess Celestia pacing anxiously back and forth from inside the castle. She came to a stop when she saw the six ponies arrive in the main room, charging through the front door in a hurry.

"Princess Celestia, we came as fast as we could!" said Twilight as the six ponies came to stop in front of the splitting staircase.

"Thank you Twilight," said Princess Celestia, "Thank you, all."

"Is this about the weather?" The protège asked very quickly, "And the animal's weird behaviour? What's happening out there? Why isn't my magic working? Is there-" She was then cut off when Princess Celestia raised a fore-hoof in the air.

"Follow me."

The alicorn then guided them down a long hallway filled with various handmade stained glass windows. 

"I've called you here for a matter of great importance," She explained as she leads them down the hallway, "It seems an old foe of mine, someone I thought I had defeated long ago, had returned."

As they continued down the hallway, Fluttershy then saw the light reflection of one of the windows on the ground.

"His name...is Discord."

After she's said that, the shy pegasus looked up and saw a large stained glass image of the draconequus in front of her.

"Squee!" She screamed and ran away from the image.

"Discord is the mischievous spirit of disharmony," Princess Celestia continued to explain as she showed them another stained glass window of Discord controlling ponies like puppets. "Before my sister and I stood up to him, he ruled Equestria in an eternal state of unrest and unhappiness. Luna and I saw how miserable life was for the Earth ponies, Pegasi, and unicorns alike, so after discovering the Elements of Harmony..."

She led them toward another stained glass of her and Luna surrounded by a now stone version of Discord, "...we combined our powers and rose against him, turning him to stone."

"All right, Princess!" said Rainbow impressively, giving her a hoof pump.

"I thought the spell we cast would keep him contained forever," The sun goddess continued as they ventured further down the hall, "but since Luna and I are no longer connected to the Elements, the spell has been broken."

"No longer connected?" said Twilight puzzled. It was then they arrived before a rather majestic looking door that was royal purple and coated with some gems.

"This is Canterlot Tower," Princess Celestia told the six ponies, "where the Elements are kept since all of you recovered them. I need you to wield the Elements of Harmony once again and stop Discord before he thrusts all of Equestria into eternal chaos." Everypony just looked worried except Pinkie who suddenly zipped away.

"But why us?" Twilight asked, still not understanding why it had to be the six of them, "Why don't you-"

"Hey, look!" said Pinkie as she showed them a stained glass that showed them defeating Nightmare Moon, "We're famous!"

"You seven showed the full potential of the Elements by harnessing the magic of your friendship to beat a mighty foe." Princess Celestia explained. "Although Luna and I once wielded the Elements, it is you who control their power, and it is you who must defeat Discord!"

While she's said all of that, she raised her wings and the tone of her voice became more serious making everypony flinched a bit at her tone and looked at each other. Twilight was a bit worried herself before she gave the Princess a determined look.

"Princess Celestia, you can count on-"

"Hold on a second!" Pinkie interjected, cutting Twilight off, as her eyes bulged at the idea of chocolate, "Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain, you guys! Chocolate Rain!"

The lavender unicorn zipped towards the princess. "Don't listen to her, Princess. We're be honoured to use the Elements of Harmony."

After all that talk, the alicorn then recomposed herself as she stuck her horn into a hole on the door and used her magic to activate it. Three sets of circles then lit up before the entire door glowed and opened before them. Everyone minus the Princess looked away from the bright light as they saw before them a jewelled chest.

"Ooh, you can keep the Elements," Rarity declared as Princess Celestia presented the chest to them, "I'll take that case!"

"Have no fear, ponies," said the princess, "I have total confidence that you'll be able to defeat Discord with these!"

Once she opens the chest to find it...empty!

"GASP!"

"Oh well," said Pinkie, "If anyone needs me, I'll be outside in the chocolate puddles with a giant swizzle straw." She then bounced away as everypony else was in too much shock to answer. Celestia just dropped the chest after she started to recompose herself.

"The Elements!" Twilight exclaimed in shock, "They're gone!"




Early, at the Golden Oak Library...




When the boys have entered the treehouse, Spike the one speak first. Although, he seems exhausted from the run. "Come on, Leo... Y-You can't just...drop the boom like that and...ran...away..."

"Sorry, bro." Leo apologises as he browses the bookcase, searching for some book maybe as he says. "Bro, did you remember Professor Antique?"

The drake put himself on a couch. "You mean Twilight history instructor?"

"Yep. Well, he explains this to me about the olden days and...aha! Found it!" Leo pulled out the book a was looking for as he looks at the title.

"Ancient Equestria"

With no hesitation, open up and start to dig through the page as fast as he can do. It's not long until he found what he looking for. "Okay... The ones who inflicted all of those weird stuff happens to be creatures called; Draconequus, meaning dragon-horse which are a hybrid species."

"Draconequus...?" Spike confused for the word. "Was there's a statue of Draconequus at the royal sculptures when we when there last year?" 

"Now to think about it...yes. But what has to do with this?"

"Hey, I'm just let it out from my mind, that's all. You sound like Twilight when comes to research like this." Spike grin as he teases the lion.

"Well, it's not my fault, she educates us like every day! And some of it we're stuck with me." He admitted before he continues reading the book. "Anyway, it says here that before Celestia and Luna ruled over Equestria, the land was supposedly held in the grasp of the Draconequus name Discord. Discord ruled over Equestria, maintaining a constant state of chaos."

"Discord? You mean he's the one that creates those cotton candy cloud?"

The lion nod as he continues his read. "Discord was defeated when Celestia and Luna discovered the Elements of Harmony and used their power against him. He was turned to stone, frozen in an almost jovial pose, suggesting he had not expected the Elements to work."

"Dude, is he seriously don't concentrate on what he's doing at those time?" Spike response. "While on the subject, what are his abilities? You know aside from the capability to change the duty of the cloud or animals body part."

Hearing those making Leo analysis in the book, only for so far. "...It doesn't say what he can do but...maybe about Draconequus power would be good enough so far? According to pony thought..."

"Eh, shoot."

"Well, Draconequus have demonstrated their omnipotence, the ability to use powerful, reality-altering magic. This magic is exceptionally powerful, they even capable of controlling the sun and moon! Not only that, they can spawn things from nowhere all with the snap of a finger."

At this point, the drake jaw almost hit the floor. "Woah...that was so cool!...and terrifying..."

"Yeah...just think. If all the wickedness that just happen at the Sweet Apple Acres by this Discord doing it. Then we are in big trouble." Leo stated.

'Oh...it was gonna be big trouble, of course.'

The boys jumped out by the voice. "Who's there?"

'That would be me.'

With a bright light that covers their eyes, a figure appears in front as there was a total shock for who is it. It has a head that is horse-like, much different from other ponies head styles, has a deer antler on the right, a blue goat horn on the left, one long fang, different-sized pupils, a snake tongue, a goat beard, and white bushy eyebrows. It also has the right arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, and the left leg of a goat. Also, he has a bat's right-wing, a pegasus left-wing, a horse's mane, and a dragon-like snake's tail with a white tail tuft. The shape of his body resembles that of a snake.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!!!" The maniac cackling like every corruption itself does as he-- "Oh! and thank you Leo for flipping through that rusty old book about my species, I'm flattered!"

"Oh boy..." Leo whispered to himself as he looks the one and only, Dis--

"DISCORD itself! We no need you to write after we were done talking for the time being, writer."

But--

"So long!"


*SNAP*

*FLASH*

...

...

...

"Ah, much better. So where we're we? Oh! Just kidding, I know where we now!"

"Uh... Leo? Who's he talking to all the whole time?"

"I...don't know."

"Of course, you don't know!"

"AH!!!"

"Oh, it is so rude to shout at someone who just came to visit, is it? Not to mention, aren't the library was supposed to quiet place, hmm?"

"Well...yes. So, why'd you come here in the first place?"

"Oooh! Someone who just asking simple questions rather angry at me! Such an innocent one, Leo Sparkle."

"What? How do you know my brother name--"

"Sparkle family last name, Spike Sparkle. Although, both of you seems like adopted by those ponies. Must be hard to taken care of two of you"

"Yep! Bro hatch from an egg while me been summoned by my sis magic."

"Summon, hmm? Well, that's interesting... Is a shame that I don't have time now. Oooh! Look at the time now, eh? Well, get to go!"

"W-Wait!"

*FLASH*

"Annnnd his gone... So that's Discord?"

"Pretty much, but what his proposed to be here? Did he need something or...wait. Doesn't he speaking up to someone just a minute ago?"

*FLASH*

"AH!!!"

"Whoops~! Am almost forgot about the narrator."

*SNAP*

"Done!"

*FLASH*

...

...

...

The room became silent as what did their witness just ago. Man! Free at last!

"What did he do, Leo?" Spike asked, seeing the lion who about to--

"I HUNDREDS PER CENT CONFUSE, RIGHT NOW!!!"
> Chapter 28: Chaotic Rumble (S2E2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Chaotic Rumble


I'm back, baby! Oh, sorry. Moving on...




Later...




"AND THIS IS EVEN WAY MORE BEYOND MY EXPERIENCE!" Shout Leo with his eyes wide open as he looks at a colourlessness Mane 5 before looking at his sister. "Sis, what happens to them!?"

"Ugh...could you be quiet, Leo?" Asked Twilight as she groans. "You seems kinda had a familiarity thing in here while we were gone. Also, the library was supposed to be quiet."

The perfect time when Spike came out from the kitchen and held a mug. "Here you go, Twilight. A freshwater for you."

She smiles as she bright the mug up to her muzzle using the purple magic of her. "Thanks, Spike. I really dehydrated right now."

Today...or tonight? I don't know because Discord makes the sun and moon go up and down every minute! Anyway, the Mane 6 has finally returned to Ponyville...or called it, Chaos Capital of The World seemingly...? Leo and Spike were relieved that their sister has returned safely to them but their friends are another story. All of them seems to lose their original colour and replace it with a grey one. Not only that, their personality was opposite from before. As Twilight drinking the water, Leo comes to say...

"Weird... Because a couple of hours before you girls arrived, Discord came here in person and--

With the power of shock. The lavender Unicorn spit all out of the water and hit the lion, splashing in his face. Luckily, he managed to close his eyes before the impact.

"YOU WHAT!?!?"

"Yes...sis..." He only sighs. Knowing Twilight, she took the matter seriously.

"You boys let in the Spirit of Chaos who's now hiding the Elements of Harmony! And most of all, you guys let him in the library and pretend to not told before I was about to drink?!"

"Hey, Twilight!" The sound came from Fluttershy. Holding a bucket using her hooves with a meanie tone. "What's soaking wet and clueless?"

"Fluttershy, I've had just about--

*SPLASH*

"Your face!!!" The unshy pegasus drop water from the bucket before slamming it on Twilight head.

"Uh... I'll grab the tower in the kitchen," Leo said before running off in confusing Fluttershy. She usually shy and kind, but now... 

"What's happened to everypony?" Spike feel concerned about it.

"I guess you just bring out the worst in us, Spike." Said the farmer, Applejack. Who just walked past him.

The big sister just groans and ignore their attitude. Pull out the bucket then getting back to the main objective. "No time to explain. We've got to find the reference guide to the Elements of Harmony before somepony does something she'll regret!"

That some death glare was a bit aggressive as the Dragon pointed in. "The Elements of Harmony? Oh! I know exactly where that book is!"

With that said, Spike Sparkle proceeds to climb the ladder and pick up the location of the book. "Found it!"

*WHAM!*

...Only for Fluttershy to tear it right of his claws.

"Fluttershy, you'd better give me that book!" Twilight demanded.

"Keep away!" She sing-sang before tossing the book to Applejack.

"Hey! Applejack give me that book!" Twilight retorted as she tried to intercept it, but as soon as the book landed on AJ's back, the grey country pony bucked it away.

"I don't have any book," She said right very dishonest. The book headed toward Pinkie, who used her back ends to send it flying back to Fluttershy.

"Pinkie! You guys! Stop it right now!" The lavender unicorn yelled as the book travelled in the same pattern two more times, then when the book headed to Fluttershy...

*BAM!*

Spike tackled Fluttershy, causing the Pegasus to miss catching the book and it landed on the floor. Twilight went over to pick it up with her magic when...

"Mine!" Now it's Rarity, who screamed as she used her magic to intercept it and ran off.

"Hey! Do you even know what you just stole?!"

"No, but if you want it, I want it!"

With the word has settled. The purple unicorn gave it a chase, she dived at Rarity, but missed and hit her head hard as a result. After a strained groan, Twilight's patience had hit its breaking point. Is not long until she...

"GIVE ME THAT BOOK!"...Snapped. As she screamed as she tried to chase after Rarity again. However, the white unicorn attempted to trip up Twilight by knocking down an object from the middle table, but Twilight jumped over it. Fluttershy then swooped in lift Rarity in the air so Twilight ran smack into "Tom" the boulder. It didn't take long before Twilight recovered. Pinkie just kept glaring as Applejack looked indifferent.

"Where is she? Where's Rarity?"

"Beat me," Applejack replied before Twilight dived at her in rage.

"LIES!" She exploded as she attacked the orange pony and the others soon joined the dust cloud as well. A cat yowl and plenty of fighting noises could be heard before the unicorn finally dived out of the fighting cloud with the book in her fore-legs. Fluttershy and Pinkie growled as they try to approach the purple pony before...


Lightning Blade!!!


The lightning strike appears out of nowhere shock everyone in the room as in the middle between The siblings and the Mane 4 is a yellow pointing blade with a black stroke on the right side. There, with the speed of lightning assumes, he stands his paws behind the blade.

"Don't you girl dare hurt my siblings!" Leo growl, showing his sharp teeth as he pulled out the blade from the wooden floor. Showing it to the Mane 4.

Spike comes in as backup, holding a scroll like a sword as the boys guard their sister against them.

"Thanks, boys..." Twilight sighed before opening the book to reveal... "The Elements!"

She exclaimed as she saw all seven pieces of jewellery with their respective gems in them.

"This is great!" said Spike, move towards her to reminding of the Elements, "Now you guys can defeat Discord and put everything back to normal!"

"Yeah, the sooner the better." Leo stated.

"See, you guys?" said Twilight, feeling much better about things, "We did it! We found the Elements of Harmony! Together!" The others, just looked rather bored as Applejack just yawned to herself. Fluttershy was just messing up Pinkie's mane to entertain herself.

"You don't even care, do you?"

"No!"

Twilight sighed. "I never thought it would happen, my friends...have turned into complete JERKS!" She snapped.

"Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! And...big crown thingy!" In a flash, she uses her magic to lift the elements and slapped on everyone's elements as well as her own.

"Sis, there called tiara..."

"Come on, everypony, let's go!" said Twilight as she ignores the lion before ventured forward.

"But Twilight," Spike protested, "aren't you missing somepony?"

"Nope, we've got the liar, the grump, the hoarder and the brute," Twilight announced as each pony was shown as she said their new nicknames. The dragon mentions the missing somepony.

"But what about Rainbow Dash?" He was soon given an answer when Twilight put on the necklace with the loyalty element on his neck.

"Congratulations, Spike, you're the new Rainbow Dash!" Twilight answered sternly, "Now let's go!"

"Me?" He exclaimed with a gasp, "B-b-but what if she finds out I've been impersonating her?"

He moaned as his body shuttered nervously. "That won't end well..."

"Sis, you can't just make bro the new Elements of Loyalty like that." Leo, change back to the original form. Trying to make out his sister. "Besides, if we could find Rainbow Dash then maybe--

"There is no point searching her right now, Leo!" She shouts madly. "We have the new Rainbow Dash here and that's it."

"But--

"End of discussion!"

The leader stomps off. "Now let's go defeat Discord so we don't even have to talk to each other again!"

"Yeah! Woo-hoo! Finally!" said all the other ponies as made their way out of the Library as they ran right over Spike, Leo manage to dodge the outcome, except for Rarity, who was trying to, once again, move "Tom". This time, Twilight was in no mood to negotiate.

"Move!" She snapped before calling out, "Look out, here comes Tom!"

That said, a boulder came barreling out of Twilight's upper balcony door and landed with a THUD outside. Cause everypony shocked and nearly hit Pinkie.

The lion came went out of the tree. "Sis, please! We need the real Rainbow Dash for the elements to work! Or--

"Well, well, well." Said the voice, as it appears to be Discord remarks. "I see you found the elements of harmony. How terrifying!"

Applejack and Pinkie just look at each other fearfully, but Twilight just stood before him bravely.

"Discord!" she said boldly, "I've figured out your lame riddle! You're in for it now!"

"I certainly am," Discord said, not showing any real fear or concern, "You've clearly  out-duelled me, and now it's time to meet my fate." He then put on some sun shades.

"I'm prepared to be defeated now, ladies. Fire when you ready." 

"Formation, now!"

"Eh..." All the other ponies replied after Twilight commended.

"'Rainbow Dash', get over here!"

Behind the boulder, or 'Tom' would say was Spike as he gulps before stood where Rainbow would have been. Leo on the other paw.

"Sis, this is not how working together was..." He mumbles concern to his sister as he watches behind 'Tom'.

"All right, let's get this over with."

The purple unicorn closing her eyes to tap into the power of her Element, making her body rise into the air and her eyes were now glowing white as she opened them. All the other elements minus Spike's began to activate and made them all rise into the air. Discord looks intrigued as a bright light surrounded the five floating ponies, even lowering his shades with worry. But then, the bright light faded and...

They all fell...

"What's going on?" Twilight asked when the Elements power faded out.

"Are you alright, Sis--WOAH!!!" Leo quickly heading toward her but got trip by Fluttershy tail.

"Oops! Sorry, weakling!"

"Mine's workin'," Applejack said, "There must be somethin' wrong with yours."

"I HATE the Elements of Harmony!" Pinkie snapped.

"Hmph! Garbage!" The pegasus let out as she tossed her to the ground.

"MINE!" Rarity shout as she grabbed it for herself.

"Sorry Twilight," said Spike as he set Rainbow's element on the ground, "I guess I'd better get back upstairs and clean up the library with Leo. Good luck with all this-whoa!" Spike had just turned to leave when Fluttershy use her tail again to trip him up so he fell on his face.

"Oops, sorry, Rainbow Crash," Fluttershy said mockingly and then chuckled to herself.

"Bravo, ponies, bravo!" Discord said as he applauded them and made some random noises, "Harmony in Equestria is officially dead! Discord rules, Celestia drools." 

He began to laugh as Twilight growled, flashing her teeth angrily at him before Discord skated away on another soapy road.

"It's your fault it didn't work!" Pinkie shouted.

"Who are you talking to?" Twilight asked puzzled.

"Any of you! ALL OF YOU!" Pinkie snapped, "I'm outta here!" She stomped away.

"I better go, too," said Applejack as she walked off in another direction, "I've got new better friends waiting for me at the farm.

"Yeah! I'm sick of you losers," Fluttershy added as she flew away.

"FINE! Leave!" Twilight yelled to all of them, "See if I care! I don't need you guys either! With friends like you, who...needs...enemies?"

"Sis?" Leo asked her... But then turn to shock.

His big sister purple coat, mane, and tail, turned completely grey!

"Sis?! What's happening to you!?" Leo panic as he ran towards her only to stop by her hoof.

"I'm fine, Leo... Go help Spike cleaning the library or whatever..." Twilight said, rather lost her might. "I need to take a walk..."

"But, Sis. You just turned into--

"SHUT UP AND GO!!! HOW MANY TIME YOU WANT THIS STUPID CONVERSATION, HUH!?!"

The golden lion flinches at this as he moves backwards a little. Never in his life to hear what his sister just shout, like she was carrying her anger. It almost... makes his heart broke.

"GO NOW!" With the last line, she walked off.

"S-sis..." Leo barely let the tear comes out as head back to the damaging library. Regret not doing anything back there, but the question is...


What can he do?





Later, Inside the Golden Oak Library...





As the golden lion walks with sorrow into the treehouse, stepping the wooden floor without a sound as he hears grunts voice.

'Ugh...'

"Bro?"

Leo then ran upstairs toward his sister room, seem he lost his sister but he won't lose his brother. Once he bursts through the door, the dragon just laying there moaning as he holding his chest. In pain.

"Bro?! What happens?!"

"I-I don't k-know... I--

*BURP!*

Without warning, a scroll coming out from his green flame with a royal seal on it. "The princess...sent...a letter..."

Which make Leo confused. "Okay, but is it normal for you to receive the letter like many time?"

"No...THAT..."

*BURP!*

Spike just let out another letter as he pointed to the left to see a pile of papyrus laying next to him, all of them which he mentions early was from Celestia. Why Leo doesn't see that early?

"H-How I didn't see that before..?" He said. Although the narrator already says it, the boys heard a mare voice.

"Pack your things, boys," it was Twilight, who sternly. "We're leaving," The boys said nothing as the drake was just groaning as he lay on the floor with his back against her.

"Can't...move," He groaned, looking rather sick right now. "The princess...has been sending these...since I came back upstairs..."

*BURP!*

"...Make it stop!"

"Sis, the letter must be Celestia who's the one sending it back," Leo told her, as he picks up the latest one a give it to her, which she uses her levitate magic as well some of the scrolls in the pile.

"These are all the letters I've written to her since I moved to Ponyville," Twilight pointed out, "But why would she send them back?"

Leo doesn't know while Spike just groaned in reply before belching out another scroll. It was then Twilight began to read the letters...

"Real friends don't care what your cover is."

"Friendship is a wondrous and powerful thing."

"And like the path cut through the orchard, there will always be a way through."

"The best thing to do is stay true to yourself."

As she read them, visions of memories begin to appear behind her, such as having fun at the spa with Zecora, carrying away all those gems from the diamond dogs, the six of them sharing a group hug...

"Everypony has a special magical connection with her friends. Maybe even before she's meet them."

And she's back. Her colouring was restored and know the reason why the spirit of chaos did all of the problems to them.

"Spike! Leo! It's all so clear!" said Twilight excitedly as she slams them into each other with her magic and performs a siblings hug. "Can't you two see? Discord's trying to distract us from what's important! He knows how powerful our friendships are, and he's trying to keep us from seeing them! Do you guys remember what I said the first day we arrived in Ponyville? I say that the future of Equestria didn't rest on me making friends."

As she spoke, she began to hop around and twirl the little dragon about. Leo is feeling happy because his sister now back to herself. Unlike, Spike. Though he was gonna be even sicker for the force made by the unicorn until she stopped and pushed them away.

"But the opposite is true! The friendships I've made since we've been here would save Equestria from Nightmare Moon. And now they need to save it from Discord!"

"Yeah, Sis! Your back in action!" Leo cheered.

"Thanks, Leo. I've got to fight for my friendships. For them. For me. For Equestria!!!"

The lion applauds as hard as he could, glad she back to normal. But...

A moaning sound coming from little brother, as they completely forgot about him. Twilight proposed. "Oh...uh..."

"Don't worry, sis. I'll take care of him." Leo declared.

"Right, I'll take care of the whole fighting for friendship thing myself." She then made her exit as Spike moan and give another loud belch.

"Rest, bro. Maybe Celestia has stopped sending the letter by now." Leo announced.

*BURP!*

"...or not."

The manipulation was about to carry his brother back to their room when suddenly...


*FLASH!*


"Oh, boys~" It's Discord itself, appears in bright light as he looking at them delighted. "How was your new home, hmm? It's it wonderful?"

The draconequus pulled at the edge of the room as it like a curtain and show what outside. A very pink floor with a town hall upside down, and it's floating. Some building float, due to unknown why he does not just lift the entire town. The cloud raining chocolate milk, maybe he's favourite. Nonetheless, all of this has to put an end to.

"Discord?"

"What is it, kiddo?"

Leo tries to find a good word for this, or he gonna turn into honey. "Uh... It's this might a little bit overkill?"

Discord laughs maniac. "Of course not! This is just a beginner. Next, I will cover all the chaos to the whole Equestria!"

"Is it right?"

Then out of nowhere, another Discord appears. "Yes, indeed!"

"Oh, I'm flattered myself!"

"Wow..." Leo, amazed by the spirit of chaos ability to doppelganger himself. As he doesn't know what Twilight was doing right now. Then an idea struck him. 'Alright, I'll try to distract him all I have while sis recovers the girls.'

"Leo..."

"Oh, yeah. I forget about you, bro." He giggled. As soon he was about to lift the dragon, Discord snatches him. "Hey! Discord!" 

"And what's the matter of you?" He asked the drake. Who's doesn't reply as he groans.

"Discord! Give me back my brother! He's don't feel well!"

"Don't feel well, hm~?" His devious smile as he uses his eagle claw and touches Spike's forehead. Eyes of hypnotic on his eyes, as it the dragon don't look like feeling sick or anything anymore. 

He just does nothing, being control by Discord!

"BRO!" Leo shouts as he leaps onwards only to land on the floor. He looks around and found them behind him.

"Done!" Said the chaos, he put down Spike and squeak while gripping his claw and paws as he excited for something.

"Bro...?"

The golden lion starts walking toward him but then notice something off. His brother only stands silently like a stone rock. His eyes cannot be seen as it covers with a shade of black. Make him concerned about what Discord do to him. Therefore, the drake makes a move.

"BEGONE, NOW!!!

"Wait--!


*BOOM!*


Out of nowhere! An explosion coming out from the room as the golden lion got lunches off to the outside with smoke covering him until he got smash to the pink ground.

"Woo, ouch~!" Discord snickering from atop of the tree. "You really didn't see that coming aren't you?"

Leo trembling to stand up, bruise from to paws to legs as well got scorched. The grey bandana has to be quite dusty now thanks to the green fire breath...

"B-bro..."

Now, in front of him wrap with black smoke was Spike. Walking like a boss as the eyes of the drake was completed green rather the eye colour.

He's been controlled by Discord!!!

"Now, have fun with your brother~!" Discord being sarcastic as he snaps his finger, a popcorn and chair, perfect for the spirit of chaos. "Let's get ready to rumble!!!"

Somewhere, a certain pegasus colt sneezed.

The purple dragon prepared for an attack, not the users do in training but a serious assault that might end someone life... Apparently.

"I'm sorry, bro." Leo mumbling as he claps his paws, showing the golden sparkling circle. "Elemental, with me!"

The circle enlarge itself as three elements appear in a triangle formation. This earned Discord attention.


ELEMENTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!


Leo split into three, but this time Lightning replaces by Leaf as the trio land with a defensive stand. Earth in the left front while the other next to each other.

"Well well, this action was quite interesting." Discord said as he makes black sunglasses appear and put them on.

They do not make a single move. The lions look at their brother, Wind with his cheerful smile and Leaf innocent one. The gust of wild breeze flowing around, at this point, even the draconequus patiently who will strike.

As it says, the mayhem always smashes first.

The hypnotise Spike unleash a breath of green fireball as a heading toward the geokinesis. He instantly slams his paws to the ground.

Earth Barrier!

The ground raises, shaping in half sphere as the fireball hit. Making the barrier glow green before revealing...uh... Gross thing.

The barriers end up been a gross-awful-smelly-stinky-nasty living being of death! It has a dead snake, cockroach, and bugs! With an 'X' mark on their eyes to proclaimed it's dead.

"Eww..." Wind cover his muzzle as well as Lead, who's using both of his paws, practically turn green.

"Hm?" Spike notice a chance as he aiming at the botanokinesis. Firing a gross ball towards him with him realize before looks what incoming. "Eat this!"

"Huh?!" Leaf immediately duck down as the blast hit a random large candy ball (rock) and turn it into a gross-awful-smelly-stinky-nasty gross bug. "Ew!"

Creeping Vine!

Leaf create a vine and attach it to the random tree as he began to swing away. Spike saw this before shout.

"Where did you think you're going?!" Before firing another blast, at the vine.

The green lion feels safe as he smiles but regrets that the vine glow before turn into... Lanky death reptiles!

"A snake!?!" He look at what he gripping, a scale of dead snake! He screams letting it go as he landing on the ground hard, groan...

And then the snake feels on top of his body. "AAAAAAHH!!! Ahahaha... (Inhale) SNAKE~!!!"

...

...

Okay, the laugh part he got incongruous emotion as Leaf toss it to his other-self.

"Aaaaahhhh!!!" Is Wind now who scream in fear as the dead snake dancing on him. He uses his wind to hover it. "Why did you toss it to ME?!"

The aerokinesis sent it back to Leaf. But...

"HEY! Take it back! UGH!"

"OI! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

The duo keeps tossing and screaming as the dragon cackle. Discord laughs maniac as he claps proudly. "Yes yes yes! Music to my ears!"

"You're done for!"

Spike was about to release a breath of smelly green fire only to interfere with the other Leo.

Earth Grasp!

Earth slam the ground and clench it as the jutting rock cloak all over Spike except his head. The clench is so hard he can't focus his breath, while this makes the lord of chaos surprised that the brown lion does that to his brother.

"Let me go!!!" Spike tries to wiggle him out but no luck.

Meanwhile, Wind and Leaf we're exhausted from the serpent problem as they wasted their energy. Thus, immediately merge back to Earth as he turns to regular form, as he glared at Discord. "Release my brother!"

As the lion says, he march to the lord of chaos. Even though he at the bottom but eh, a heroic style I guess.

Discord see this as he was about to burst. Does he think he can order him? ORDER HIM?! Well, boy. He's gonna have a bad time.

"My oh my~ you should be spanking from the butt of hurting your brother, kiddo." Discord has been sarcastic for long as he teleports in front of Leo. "But before that, let's see how good your mind is~"

"What--?

The cub doesn't finish his word as Discord grab him in flash and lifted to head-to-head. The eyes of chaos spiral around with his eagle claw touch Leo head, trying to control him now! 

"Ugh...no..!"

"Now now, let's see what I'm going to do with you~." Discord chuckled evilly. "Hmm... It looks like-- HUH?!?"

Instantly, he drops down the lion. Crashing it to the strawberry colour land as he stares at him in suspicion.

He mumbling. "W-who was that...?" In that word seems kinda like, shuddering? Is like he comes across something.

"LEO!!!"

The manipulation, in weak results of using too much energy in him. He saw a group of colouring creatures heading this way, but the problem is that it is blurry. Can't see a thing as the darkness took over him...

As he unconscious.
> Chapter 29: Awaken (S2E3)
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Awaken



...


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...leo


...Leo


Leo...


Leo.


Wha..?


Finally...we are connected.

W-who are you...?

I apologize...but it was too early to tell who I am. But I know, someday I will tell you.

What did you want for me then...?

*Chuckle softly* Nothing, but if you keep following the path you make, your destiny will achieve.

What are you talking about?

You will face many obstacles in the future, my dear. A heroic showdown, dark calamity, the rise of an empire, and more to come...

That's so...many things to do.

Indeed, and yet, you will soon encounter that will unleash the power of Elemental

What? How did you-- Then...you know something about my superpower right?

Indeed

Then, what is it? What should I do with all those you told me about? WHY should I do it?

For now, wake up.

Wha...?

Oh, and for today, you should know always help someone even if they are a bit out of mind.

...

...

...





"Ugh..."

The manipulation opens his eyes slowly as the lion wakes up and the first thing he saw was a brown ceiling. It was made by the tree, yet, he comes to realise that he in his bedroom. And with that, gentle, he leaning forward in the bed until he sat upright. He groans while try recalls what happened.

"Weird...was that a dream?"

Today, the golden lion slept for no how long he could memorize. Feels like an hour he asleep. The first thing on the to-do list, yes Leo has it like Twilight. In his mind, was to suit up. 

He looks around, no one was there. His grey bandana was on the table, no dusty or filthy anymore as maybe Rarity who fixed it for him. That is until he notices something.

Some of his body part covered by a white bandage, but if he remembers correctly, he doesn't take much damage while fighting his brother who got control by Discord. Well, a part where he blasts him off from his sister bedroom to the outside is another story.

"For healthy my body, I guess." He said as he untied the bandage from him. To paws, stomach then legs before grabbing his bandana and wear it. "Now it feels good!"

He checks the part that blanket using the bandage, it is good to go! With that settled, Leo heading to the door only to forgot something. "Wait, even if it's a dream, what if it true?"

The cub thought about it, it is real then he will face many impediments will he needs to pass troughs. Then without warning...

*GROWL!*

The stomach of the lion is growling, which means. He's hungry.

"Maybe it is best if some glass of milk and a cookie would increase my thoughts!" Leo announced as he exits his room, heading to the kitchen.

When he arrived, there still no one inside the place. How long those he slept? He saw a white memo along with the thing he wants right now. A cold glass of milk and a cookie! "Pawesome! Oh, a note from... Sis?"

Therefore, he grabs the paper and began reading. "Dear Leo, if you are awake for today, then I hope this nutrition will make more even better. If not Spike gonna eat it all up. Again... So please wake up and eat! Signed, your big sister."

"Thanks, sis." He smiles happily. "Wonder what she doing right now."




Meanwhile...




In another part of the park, Pinkie happily bounced over with her little picnic basket. As she set the basket down and removed the checkered cloth, some balloons popped out and carried the basket high into the sky. Fluttershy just watched the balloons disappear as Pinkie gave her a puzzled look. 

Meanwhile, Applejack was laying out their picnic cloth for their lunch and Rainbow, wearing some sunglasses, was busy putting on some sunscreen. Rarity was busy shuffling through her basket.

"Please tell me I did not forget the plates," She said and gasped when she realized, "I did. I forgot them. Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" 

Fluttershy just made an unamused face as Rarity summoned her chaise sofa and threw herself on it to cry. "Oh why, why, why..."

Not noticed, everypony is either just staring or glaring at her. "...Uh...What? You didn't expect me to lay on the grass, did you?"

Rainbow gonna ignore it as she reclined against the blanket with a smashed box that appears behind her head. Rainbow lowered her shades and looks up to see...Twilight?

The lavender unicorn just gave them a maniacal smile, her mane and tail looking even more frazzled. Everyone just looked at her uneasily as they stood side by side.

"You alright, hun?" Applejack asked as she took a step forward.

"No! I am not alright," said Twilight loudly with large eyes. The six ponies all chatter about with each other in worry and shock. "It's just terrible."

"Yes?"

"Simply awful."

"Yes!?"

"It's the most horrific trouble I've ever been in and I, really, really need your help!"

"Yes!?"

"My...letter to Princess Celestia is almost overdue," Twilight told them, pressing both her fore-hooves to her head and looking at them with worried eyes, "And I haven't learned anything about friendship!"

The five ponies just breathed a huge sigh of relief and a smile at each other.

"Oh thank goodness, I thought something awful had happened." Said Fluttershy. This made Twilight was taken aback, making a groan that sounded like she was being strangled.

Without warning, she immediately teleported to Rainbow, who turned away in annoyance. "Something awful has happened!"

She then teleports to Rarity. "If I don't turn in the letter on time, I'll be tardy!"

And again. "TARDY!"

The other girls just started to laugh at her. Twilight felt rather angry. The sound of a kettle whistle could be heard as her cheeks turned slightly red.

"No offence, sugarcube," said Applejack as she gently pushed Twilight away with both her fore-hooves."But it looks like someone's gettin' themselves all worked up for nothin'! Also, ain't you supposed to taking care of Leo right now?"

The lavender one groan. "I was, but it still the same! Leo lives with me and if I not sent a single report to the princess...! We DOOMED! Especially me!"

"Come on now," said Applejack as Twilight just glared at the others, "Have a seat and stop sweatin' the small stuff."

"Ugh...UGH!"

With annoyance for twice, she took off and teleporting away.

"Wow, I've never seen Twilight so upset before," Fluttershy told the other. "And I hope Leo doing well by now."




Another Meanwhile...




"Oh no oh no oh no!" Leo shouts as he running through the streets of Ponyville. "I can't believe I'm late for my work! Hope Wave doesn't mad at me."

While the lion keeps on rushing toward his job location, he notices something. 

Many ponies are outside, working, repairing and rebuilding. Must be Discord who done it because the place seems doesn't have chaos on it, everything returns to normal. No cotton candy cloud that rain chocolate milk, no colouring ground and no more weird personality to ponies, at least what Leo thought.

A certain mares saw him while sitting on hay before one of them wave at him too. "Hey, Leo!"

The lion notice as he smiles then continue off. The other mare drops her menu. "I think I'll have a drink only."

"What? You don't wanna eat, Bon Bon?"

"Yes, Lyra. I bet after Pinkie saw him she probably gonna throw a party for him."

"Oh, yeah. Alright, I'll take a drink too." Lyra has to consider. Back to Leo.

"If everything has recover then sis did it." He mumbles cheerfully. "Maybe if I finish my work quickly then I can get a chance to help the citizens too!"

With that settle, the lion speeds up his running. Ponies saw him as their wave to him, some smile while waving their hooves while others just see him then going on their business. Not sure their know that this manipulation just fought a spirit of chaos but Leo doesn't want to show off, it's not what he does. Or is that the issue? 

It's not long as he arrives at his destination, the Laundry Shop. The was the same as the other shop, the only difference is their sign. A washing machine opens its cap with water flowing in front, indicating that it cleans your clothing like a new one.

"Sorry I'm late, Wave!" Leo burst the door open the bell door hanging on the top ring. "I don't know what happen but please don't be mad for being behind schedule!"

He stops his talking and movement just to see a certain purple-green creature, carrying a basket of clothes. "Leo...?"

"Bro?"

"LEO!" Spike drops the basket as he rushes and hugs his brother. "Leo! Oh, thank celestia your alright!"

This makes the lion confused but hug back. "Uh...of course, bro. I'm only sleeping for an hour that's all."

"What?" Spike look at him puzzled. "Leo, you're being slumber for a weeks."

"A WEEKS?!"

"What's that noisy sound, my friend?" A voice coming from the back room, a washroom correctly. It's the owner of the shop, Soothing Wave as he exits the room until he saw the lion. "Leo! I'm glad you all well, my friend. How were you?"

"I'm fine, thanks! But seriously, was I out for a week?"

"Yes, you have. I'm started to worry for you to not wake up anytime now but luckily your brother here helping took your job temporarily. His volunteers himself though."

"Really?" Leo looks at the drake who nods cheerily. "Thanks so much, bro! Your the best!"

"Anything for siblings."

"Now that finish, Leo you still wanna do your task?" Wave asked.

"Yep! But let's do it together!" He said proudly, that there continue the work. "Hey, bro?"

"Yeah?"

"Where, sis?"

"She...uh...on duties! Yeah...right..."




Another extra meanwhile...




"Hi girls~!"

"Oh, hi, Twilight," said Apple Bloom, feeling a little disturbed at Twilight's appearance, not to mention her creepy voice and her smile.

Scootaloo just looked at the purple pony suspiciously and Sweetie Belle just had a blank look on her face.

The earth filly continues. "How's Leo? Is he alright-"

"Gr-eat! just great!" Shout Twilight, cutting off Apple Bloom as sweat dripped down the purple pony's face as she paced towards them, making the three fillies back away while changing the subject, "You three look like you're doing great too! Looks like three good friends who don't need the help of another good friend!"

She managed to get between Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle as she finished her remark by getting into Scootaloo's face. Her left ear twitched again as her eyes now had bags under them as she presented them a raggedy doll that had one eye missing, old yarn hair, and some polka dot bottoms.

"This is Smarty Pants! She was mine when I was your age, and now I want to give her to you!"

"That's...um...great."

"Yeah, great."

"I really...like her...mane."

The crusaders struggling to find something nice to say as the adult rushed up to them.

"She even comes with her notebook and quill," Twilight said as she gave Scootaloo the notebook and tucks the quill behind Sweetie Belle's ear. "For when you want to pretend she's doing her homework!"

The trio fillies only reply...

"That's...um...great,"

"Yeah...great,"

"I like her...mane?" Sweetie Belle repeated that one.

"I just hope the fact that there are three of you and only one of her doesn't become a problem..."

Not noticed from the kids, a dark shadow appeared around the mare face, which Twilight made a devious smile as well as some other insane faces while just turning around. "I'd hate to cause a rift between such GOOD friends."

It was then Scootaloo rotated a fore-hoof on the side of her head to the other fillies, emphasizing that she felt Twilight was...cuckoo. Then she came. "So, who wants to play with her first?"

"Uh...You should play with her first, Sweetie Belle," said the big ribbon filly as she pushed the marshmallow filly forward and took off, "Y 'know, 'cause you like her mane so much."

Sweetie Belle's eyes shrunk for a moment."Nononononono, I think Scootaloo should get to play with her first," Sweetie Belle answered as she took off. Scootaloo looked back to see was now just her and the doll.

"I'd love to, but, um, you take her, Apple Bloom." 

"Applejack says it's important to share."

Soon the crusader is fighting more not to play with the doll rather than fighting over it. Making the lavender pony find out about it. 

I gotta think of something! She thought nervously, Thinkthinkthinkthinkthink, Twilight. Think! Twilight then gasped.

That's it! She told herself as she clapped one fore-hoof on top of the other.

"Ooh, you're going to like Smarty Pants," said Twilight sinisterly, "And you're going to like her more than anything!"

The mare then leaned forward and sent out a ray of hearts toward the doll, enchanting it as the doll landed before the fighting fillies. It didn't take long before the eyes of the three fillies changed into hearts.

"I want it,"

"I need it,"

"I like her mane!"

The trio filly being caught the "interest" of the doll before they were fighting over the doll as Twilight had planned. She reeled back a bit before seeing her plan had worked.

"The "want it, need it" spell, works every time," she teleporting to the other side of the fight and stood ready for action, "Okay, okay, let's break it up. I think we can all see that there is an important lesson to be learned here about-"

*SMACK!*

"Ugh!" She got knocked off from the fillies when they bashed up. "C'mon girls, we're all friends here right? Don't you think you ought to share?"

"No way!" Said the farm filly as this make Twilight looked annoyed before she dived into the fight cloud to break them up the hard away, but seconds later came flying out and crashed into Big Mac upside down. He was carrying a bucket in his mouth.

"Howdy, Miss Twilight. How's Leo doing?"

"No time Big Macintosh! You've gotta help me get that doll away from those girls!" She pointed toward the fighting girls.

"Uh... Eeyup." That's all Big Mac before setting down his bucket, walking up casually, and plucked the doll out of the fight without any trouble whatsoever.

"Oh thank you so much, now if you could just give her to me?" Before Twilight could grab it with her magic, He ran off with it.

"Nope." Big Mac replied, eyes showing he was now affected by the spell!

"Oh no!"

Soon, the stallion fight over the doll with the crusaders. Complained as they chased him across the park for the doll. They soon came across Mayor Mare, who saw the shenanigans as shortly several mares in Ponyville wanting the doll for themselves. Dozens of ponies were soon arguing over the doll as they buried Big Mac alive trying to claim it.

While Twilight in other hooves tried to push her way through the crowd of fighting ponies so she could disable the spell. However, every time she found her target, somepony got in her way. Big Mac was about to submerge when Mayor Mare snagged the doll for herself.

"Gimme!" she exclaimed and ran off. Then...

*BOOM!*

Several ponies went flying in all directions as Big Mac bashed his way out of the pony made mountain.

"Nope," In determined, he went after Mayor Mare and other ponies went after her. Twilight was left agape as she saw the ruckus unfold.

"Oh, what have I done?! I should just take care of Leo at the library right now..."




Back to the lion...




"...and after that, a coronation held on at Canterlot for them. They now have stained glass of their defeating Discord on it too!"

"Woah, pawesome! They're getting famous for now right?" 

"Yep, it reaches Manehattan like a wildfire! At least that's what Sir Bouncer told me from his day off."

The lion and the dragon walk on the street of Ponyville after they did with the job. While walking, Spike told his brother of all he missed when he slept for a week. He also mentioned that the girls are having a picnic but because they busy with the duty, it probably has ended. It would hurt to look at the place for a bit.

"Woah... I missed a lot." Leo stated.

After a minute, they arrive at their destination. Luckily, the Mane 5 are still there! The unlucky part is that their packing up which means the picnic is over. Leo feels sad about it but Spike they're to cheer him up.

It's not long when one of them saw them, it was Pinkie sees them after putting the stuff back to the basket. "Hey! It's Leo!"

The other girls quickly stop their current thing to look at a familiar lion on his way. "LEO!"

The ponies galloping towards him, the party pony hugs him first, feels like she never hugs him. (or me who don't make that part)"Oh, Leo! How are you been? Healthy right? Yes, you are! Oh, we should celebrate your "welcome-back-to-reality-party"! I think I need--"

She was cut off by Applejack when suddenly there was a rumble approaching. "Y'all hear that?"

The orange pony asked the others before a huge cloud of arguing ponies trampled through their picnic blanket. "What is the name of all things oats n apples is goin' on here?!"

Leo saw an ordinary doll that been arguing by the mares. "Bro... Is that smarty pants?"

Spike squint his eyes. "Hey, yeah! That means--!"

"DON'T LOOK AT IT!"

The duo turned around to see their sister shutting Rainbow's eyes and turning her head away.

"Don't look at what?" Rarity asked curiously.

"My Smarty Pants doll, I enchanted her and now everypony is fighting over her!"

"Why would you enchant your doll?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, I had to do something! I had nothing to report to Princess Celestia. I thought if I couldn't find a problem, I'd make a problem! The day is almost over!"

Twilight didn't notice her brothers at the back, who whisper each other. "Sis kinda bit..."

"Overdramatic?"

"Yep... I thought Rarity does that."

"Yes. Yes, she is." Spike still obsessed with her. But then...

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE!" a stern but bold voice called from above. For their hovering above them, all in bright light was Princess Celestia herself...and she was not happy.

"Whoa...nelly," said Applejack as she removed her hat.

"This can't be good..." Leo added from behind as the boys and the six girls looked at the alicorn fearfully.




This next scene will cut out due to the long word need to make...




"Meet me in the library," Princess Celestia told Twilight sternly. before taking to the sky.

"Goodbye, girls," Twilight sadly said as she stood up and looked at them with teary eyes, "if you care to visit, I'll be in magic kindergarten, back in Canterlot..."

And with that, she turned to walk. The other five ponies were slowly starting to put the word together.

"Magic kindergarten?"

"Canterlot?"

"We're never gonna see Twilight again!"

"What's going on?" Leo asked in concerns. "Why Celestia angry about sis? I know sis is smart and organiser but what just happen?"

Fluttershy looks at the drake. "You did tell him, Spike?"

This makes the lion staring at his brother puzzled. "You didn't tell me there's more right?"

Spike could only sigh. "Yes..."




At the Golden Oak Library...




"I'm...tardy!" Twilight just lowered her head sadly. After explaining how bad she is.

"You are a wonderful student, Twilight," said Princess Celestia, "I don't need to get a letter every week to know that."

"Really?"

Then suddenly the other five girls came barreling through the front door. The boys were behind as Rainbow dived inside, did a somersault, and then landed between Twilight and the Princess before raising her fore-hooves in the air.

"Wait!"

"You can't punish her!"

"It wasn't her fault!"

"I'm listening," said Princess Celestia as she saw the boys but will get right back to the topic first.

"Please, your Highness," said Fluttershy as she sat next to the Princess, "We all saw that Twilight was upset."

"But we thought that the thing she was worried about wasn't worth worrying about," Rainbow put in.

"So when she ran off all worked up, not a single one of us tried to stop her." Applejack expanded it.

Rarity turned. "As Twilight's good friends, we should have taken her feelings seriously and been there for her!"

"Please don't take her away from us just because we were too insensitive to help."

At the back, Leo we're surprised by their protecting his sister just like him. It was a really good friend it is...

"Looks like you all learned a pretty valuable lesson today," Princess Celestia remarked as they all looked at her sadly.

"Mm-hmm."

"Very well, I'll forget Twilight's "punishment" on one condition." She said while the other listening. "From this day forth, I would like you all to report to me your findings on the magic of friendship when, and only when, you happen to discover them... That means you to boys."

Twilight look puzzled as she turned around to see Spike and mostly Leo. "LEO!"

She immediately performs a hug on him, which he knew gonna happen. "Hi, sis. Good to see you as well."

"I'm glad your alright, Leo. Now if you'll excuse me, I must return to Canterlot." said Princess Celestia as she exits the balcony and raised her wings, "I'm expecting some mail."

Twilight looked at her with a smiled as she watched the Princess fly away. Just about everyone starts to speak, Leo said.

"Hey, sis. Did you know that Big Mac took your smartypants full of love like you did?"

"WAIT, WHAT?!?"
> Chapter 30: Getting Ready (S2E4)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Getting Ready





At Canterlot...




"SISTER, WHERE’S OUR BATH!?” A frustrated younger alicorn trotted into her sisters bedchambers.

"What?" Celestia was standing in front of her desk, a quill levitating in front of her.

"Thee bedchambers," Luna said. "It doesn’t have a bath!"

Celestia sighed, and set the quill down, turning to her younger sister, whose mane still had yet to regain its magical, starry texture. "Luna, remember; when this castle was built nopony… er, knew about you. They’re still in the process of building your room, are they not?”

"After many days, they still..."

"Hold on, after all these days, when did you take a bath this whole time?"

"...We...use the fountain..."

"......understandable."

"We don't have a choice! We really sorry for not telling thou but why we chamber doesn't have any bathroom yet?"

"The requirements of resources wasn't plenty, that means they probably just haven’t enough to finish the bathroom yet. Here, you can use mine."

Luna relaxed a bit, smiling. "Thanks, sister." She followed Celestia into her bathroom.

Tonight, was the event of Nightmare Night's. Everypony dressed up and go anypony house to get free candy. Well, only a kid got it but some certain pony doesn't follow that rule... Anywhere, upon arrival, the princess of the night look around a good, long look.

"Celestia, you don’t have a bath."

Her big sister stared for a second, then her eyes widened. “Oh! I see now!” She laughed.

"Lulu, this is a shower," she motioned towards the large glass panel hiding a part of the bathroom.

"Shower?" Luna peeked in curiously, seeing the silver nozzle on the upper wall, and shelves built in to hold various shampoos and other soaps.

"It works the same as a bath," Celestia stated, "Only instead of sitting in the water, the water sort of, well, showers you!"

"So I see. So that is what they are currently building in mine. I may use yours?"

"Of course."

"Tia, wait, how do I turn it on?"

"The same way you turn a bath on. Just twist these levers here, see?"

Luna nodded and smiled at her sister. Celestia smiled back, "Well, have fun. I have a business to attend to and don't forget to visit Ponyville as I told you once you prepared."

She nodded again and watched her go, gently shutting the door behind her.

The lunar alicorn turned towards the shower and eyed it for a long time. She used her magic to turn one of the levers, and jumped back when the water turned on, spraying the ground, and disappearing down the drain.

She slowly extended a hoof under the water, and jumped back again. "Eep! Too cold!" Once again using her magic, she turned the other lever, waited a bit, and once again put forth a hoof.

Content with the temperature, she removed her crown, chest plate and slippers, then she stepped in. "Hm, bathing after a thousand years is nice!"

She smiled to herself and lowered her head, spreading her wings and allowing the water to spray her back. It felt strange, she couldn’t remember ever experiencing anything like this. Almost like a waterfall, except instead of one big spray of water, it was dozens of little ones. She waited for herself to get comfortable before she levitated over some of Celestia’s shampoo and squirted it onto her mane, and thoroughly rubbed it on before putting her head back under the spray to be rinsed.

She noticed the water heating up slowly and turned one of the dials just a bit, not even really sure what she was doing exactly.

She instantly regretted it when the spray sped up, actually causing her to slide back a little, and then was bombarded with a spray of water hotter than the hottest fires in Equestria. "Ah! Ow! Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!"

The alicorn squealed, trying to escape and slipped, falling on her side. "Ouch! Accursed shower! To the sun with you!" She cursed and tried to get to her hooves, only to slide back down as the hot water continued its relentless attack.

Finally, using her unicorn magic she moved the nozzle to point in a different direction – and it sprayed all over Celestia’s bathroom.

"No!" Luna cried, brought it back, and sputtered as it sprayed her face. She jerked away, finally managing to get back to her hooves and pressed it against the nozzle.

"Hot!" She cried again, pulling a hoof back, and the hose jerked again spraying the bathroom. Luna jumped up and grabbed the nozzle in her teeth, and it broke off, and the bathroom was once again being sprayed, not by little sprays of water, but by one big surge of steaming hot water. Luna cried out again, backing away. "WE COMMAND THOU TO STOP!"

But not even the Royal Canterlot Voice could stop the showers attack. She jumped up again and grabbed the hose, yanking it down. The hose wiggled like a living worm. Luna bit down hard, hoping to stop the water. It slowed to a stop, and Luna held on hard. She could feel it filling up.

She bit down harder, seeing the hose getting fatter out of the corner of her eye. It began to steam, but Luna held hard. A tiny hole opened in it, and a tiny spray of hot water spurted out.

And then another, but Luna didn’t give up. The entire hose save for the side that held the nozzle was bloated and steaming now. Another hole opened and sprayed Luna right in the eye.

“Hey!” She dropped it, backing away. Nothing could have prepared her for the explosion that followed.

The princess was pretty sure she was going to lose limbs as the fiery hot fury sprayed into the room with enough force to crack the glass of the window and break the mirror.

Once she’d finally caught her breathe, Luna stood up and tried desperately to turn the water off by turning the levers, only to have them break off. She stared for the longest time.

"We can fix this! We can fix this!” She cried suddenly, pouncing on the hose. By this point, the whole room was soaking wet, and water reached up to just below her knees. She twisted and turned trying to subdue the water.

And then found herself hopelessly tangled in the steaming hose. "RELEASE WE AT ONCE!” She cried in vain as she squirmed and wriggled, half-underwater.
The water had gone over her head now, and she used her wings to propel herself upward, allowing a gasp of air before she sunk back under, trying to wriggle her way out of the constrictor-like grip.

The water was now well above the sink, toilet and mirror, and halfway up the window. Luna was unable to untie herself, and instead just continued to use her wings to propel herself up gasp for air once again.

Flapping her wings, she kept herself above the surface, but it was when the water reached the ceiling that the lunar alicorn lowered her head, and allowed herself to sink to the bottom.




Meanwhile...




Celestia stepped into her room with a sigh. Nothing particularly interesting had happened today, only a letter with a royal seal on it carrying by her magic aura. "I need to send this letter to Twilight for the coming of Luna, but first..."

She walked up to the bathroom door and knocked.

"Luna? Are you alright?"

No reply.

"Luna? Sister?"

No reply. She frowned, had Luna slipped and knocked herself out? She knew it could happen, and considering Luna had never even heard of a shower…

"I’m opening the door," she called and enveloped the knob with her magic, backing away, and pulled the door open.

Boiling water exploded outward, showing the princess and soaking her entire bedroom. Including the letter...

The sun goddess could only stand there, shielding herself with a wing as the horrible, boiling wet onslaught continued, soaking her to the very bone. The water slowed down and stopped, soaking her bedroom; leaving the drenched alicorn standing there, wings spread. The heavy water holding the pair of wings down to her hooves, her eyes wide and twitching, mane hanging down and the things that her magic hold is a soaked full of water in the aura.

And sitting in the doorway, tangled up in the shower hose, was a soaking wet purple alicorn. She smiled sheepishly up at her sister.

"We are… done showering, Tia."




At Ponyville...




A golden lion scratching his ears using his legs as he sits beside Twilight. Dressing as a weirdo clown while he as a...lion?

"Hmph..."

"What's wrong, sis?"

"I feel like someone is poking fun at me..."

"It might be just your mind. Now, come on! Zecora is telling a story."

"Fine. But remind me, who are you dressing as?"

"Imma a fully adult lion!"

"The only difference is your put a bunch of leaves around your mane. How's that a costume?"

"Say the one dressing nopony will recognise as."

"Touche..."

After the brief talk, the duo walk towards a group of the kid, include Spike. As the zebra telling a story of Nightmare Moon which frightening them. Leo took a look upon the statue of the alicorn as his mind managing a word to form. The only thing he says is...

"Hey. Where, Luna?"
> Chapter 31: Great Sister (S2E5)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Great Sister



"Father! Mother!" said Rarity in surprise as she turned to face them.

"I'll have you know that Sweetie Belle here cooked this yummy lookin' breakfast all on her own," said the marshmallow coloured stallion with brown mane, moustache, and tail. He was wearing a floral shirt with a tourist straw hat. It was Hondo Flanks, Rarity father as Sweetie Belle set down a vase with lavender flowers in it. He gave Sweetie Belle a supportive rub of her mane with his fore-hoof.

The owner of the shop just looked at the various plates that had various types of badly burnt food. "I...figured."

Just then, the bell door rights as it revealed to be...

"Rarity, I picked up that extra supply you wanted and..." It was Leo as he froze when he saw Sweetie Belle and two other ponies he had never met before, "...umm...am I interrupting something?"

As much as the lion had grown in socializing in Ponyville, he didn't need long to see the resemblance between the older ponies and his two best friends. For some reason, meeting their parents always made him feel rather shy, as well as a little jealous. The two elder ponies just looked at him curiously while stunning.

"Woah...Rarity. I never knew you interested in a lion--"

"FATHER! He's too young and NEVER EVER!"

"...as a pet." He finished.

Today was a very unpleasant day, the manipulate was buying Rarity supplies stock and now here he is. Confused about what the stallion is talking about.

"I don't get it, I'm fourteen, Rarity. Not an untrained wild one."

That's not the part...

"Dad, mom. This is one of my friends, Leo Sparkle." Sweetie Belle smile introduced him. "And he's a lion!"

The parents took a look at him for a second, like their firstborn said, he's still young. His mane was not fully grown as it only on his head, reach to his back neck. He smiles like a very innocent cub, which very adorable. With a final thought, their smile chuckle.

"Young one," said the male pony, "My name is Hondo Flanks and this is my wife Cookie Crumbles, as you can guess, we're Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents."

Leo smile like learn a bring new things. "Pawesome..." It's not that long as the smile turned upside down when he saw the burnt food on the table.

"Enjoying breakfast...I supposed..."

"Yup, I made everything myself," Sweetie Belle said proudly as Rarity sniffed a glass that had something burnt in it.

"I didn't know you could burn juice."

"Oh, I knew someone who knew how to burn ice cream without purposes! don't ask how...they just did it." Leo remarks but got discreetly rolled eyes from Rarity.

"I've been giving her lessons," said the light pink mare with dark purple mane and tail. She was wearing a red top with white bottoms and had a sun visor in her mane, Cookie Crumbles, "I wouldn't be surprised if she's got a cutie mark in fancy cooking by the time we get back from our vacation." 

Leo was just stunned.

Her mother taught her how to cook like this? He thought, If I took a bite, maybe it tastes good!

Leo went to take a bite of some pancake and nearly choked at how dry and burnt it was as he swallowed it down. Still retained his smile sheepishly.

Ew... It disgusting, yet it's...quite admirable actually, He told himself, But...Maybe if I teach Sweetie Belle how to cook properly shortly. I believe she can do it, just need to throw away burning the house down on the purpose list...

While the lion had his train of thought, Rarity was still baffled that she had forgotten about her parent's vacation trip.

"Vacation? Is that this week?" She exclaimed, "As in "starting this very instant" this week?"

It was then Sweetie Belle put a bowl of some burnt slop on the table.

"Ugh, let me guess: apple sauce?"

"Nope, toast!" Sweetie Belle answered as Leo jaw dropped but no one took notice, "We're gonna have the bestest time two sisters could ever have! I'm gonna go grab my stuff from Dad's wagon." With that, she made her way out of the kitchen.

"Oh-oh! Can I helped?" Leo asked.

"Wait Leo, I need you here," said Rarity quickly, stopping him from following the young filly, "So, now, when you say "a week"...is that, um, seven whole days?" 

Leo looked at her unhappy. This hadn't been the first time Rarity seemed reluctant to having Sweetie Belle around.

"And six nights, I know!" said her mother, completely overlooking Rarity's hesitation, "Such a short time to spend with your little sis."

"You gonna eat that?" Hondo Flanks asked before Rarity could respond to her mother. Rarity just said nothing and pushed the plate towards her father as Leo waved a paw to say no.

"But I've got such a long to-do list," She told quietly to herself, "Oh well, I suppose "spend time with your sister" will just have to be added to the list."

"Uh... Rarity? You know the reasons I'm here to assist you," Leo whispered. "Don't you remember I was here for..."

"Yes, you here because you promise to get work done around here," Rarity retorted, making it clear she wasn't interested in hearing what he had to say about the situation, "Now will you please take care of those supplies you got for me and put them away at once?"

Leo sighed before taking his leave when they heard a huge crash nearby. It was then Sweetie Belle reappeared with a huge load of luggage.

"Just a few necessities." She remarked. The young adult just smiled sheepishly to her parents as Leo gasped.

"Those luggage seems too heavy! I can help it with my power and--" He got cut off by Rarity who give dirty looks and he groans slowly. "Fine...I'm going."




Later...




Leo not having a great day today. He started to wonder why he was helping the unicorn. Today is the day he gets the day off, don't know what to do unless staying at the library with his siblings...but one of them will probably gonna want him to do more organised or extra assistance. His brother is enough so he goes out to the street to find some benefit to do.

He's okay with this work but with the attitude of the unicorn, he started to thinks of Rarity personality.

At first, he asked them if they need a paw to help to make breakfast only for Rarity to tell him regally to finish the other work she doesn't mention about which is rude. So, without anyone noticing, he too peeks at them doing.

At the sight, Rarity told Sweetie Belle to put the parsley on top of the eggs...it didn't end well. The lion stares at them concern, especially to Sweetie Belle.

'Oh... Rarity seems to want Sweetie to fail. Maybe I--' He thought but quickly shook it away. 'No. Their siblings just like me, I made a mistake too many time. Come on, Sweetie Belle.'

The next thing after the eating was cleaning up the kitchen. Fascinate, it clean like a pure sparkling and shimmer. The adult unicorn had just finished when she saw the time on the clock and gasped. "There are some things I must attend to." 

She headed out of the kitchen towards Sweetie Belle, who was just washing the floor with a bucket of soapy water and a small brush in the corner of the main room, "Can you take the dirty towels to the laundry room?"

Sweetie Belle looked up as the towels were dumped on top of her.

"No problem," She pushed the basket into the laundry room, "I'll make myself useful."

"Can I help--"

"Actually, Leo," Rarity interrupted as she shoved a long list in his face, "I need these things picked up from town and I want them picked up now!"

Leo flinched for this, never see her doing to him like this for years. Possibly not in the mood of what her sister has done to her home. Or...

...She doesn't want Sweetie Belle to live here?

As that much, She's not a happy filly right now.

After the golden lion left, the fashion maker asked her to wash the dirty towels in the laundry room which good for making her useful. But...didn't end well because Rarity shouts at her that she wash one-of-a-kind designer crocheted sweater. Wool grows to shrink when hit the sun so Rarity mad.

Secondly, Sweetie Belle tries to draw. Using Rarity gems as decoration... Which make her scream like a Viking I guess. Thus, making her go out to find more with Leo return. Although, he tried to reason with the adult pony with no luck, which makes him sighed.

The filly and lion think Rarity acting very means right now, and they don't like it.

"Geez Louise," Sweetie Belle muttered as she stomped away, "can't I do anything right?"

"You can," Leo before looking at the door for the sight of the designers. "Don't worry, Sweetie Belle. I can try to reasoning again with her."

"Don't need to, Leo. I saw her yelling at you as she sees a rat. Maybe I can do something upstairs." 

With that she went up to the room, leaving Leo to groan sadly. "No... They're starting to fall apart..."

Even after he's finished with the work, Rarity excuses him. At the street of Ponyville, Leo just took a casual walk. After she told him he done with everything she satisfied, much liking shoving him out of her home and he is he, kicking a pabble using his paws. If he wants to help them come together, he needs a plan.

"I need something that can make them accept each other."

Not notice, he passed a house that has a much pink poster on it.

"Something, hardcore. I guess."

A more of the pink poster, this time he passed on a bulletin board. Cover until it cannot be put another one.

"Something challengeable."

More comings, this time, he passed at the tree dressing with a cotton candy poster.

"Something that only they can do it!"

And it hit.

*SMACK!*

"Ouch!" Leo got blind by a flying paper on his face. Quickly, he gets rid of it and read the article about it. Without explanation, a light bulb popped out of nowhere as it shines like a sun. "That's it!"




The Next Day...




"Is this thing on? I don't think this thing is on. Hello?" 

The big red stallion then whispered to the old mare.

"What is the e- oh!" Granny Smith mumbled, "You have to say so. Confangled modern doohickeys." 

She then smacked the megaphone so she could speak into it correctly. "Now, the event you've all been waiting for! The Sister Soci- The Socialhooves- Oh, dagnabit, you know, the big race. We have five teams this year for the event! So y'all head on up to the finish line, hear?" Big Mac then pulled the elder mare's rocking chair back and whispered into her ear again.

"Eh?" She said before realizing her mistake before speaking into the megaphone again, "The start line! That's what I said!"

Just like Granny said so, today is the Sisterhooves Social had finally arrived as a pair of balloons floated above the grounds for the big event. Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle had just arrived. Both of the apple siblings were also wearing handkerchiefs around their necks. Leo was here too.

"Thanks for letting me come with your guys, this place pawesome!" He said excitedly.

"Yer quite welcome," Applejack said, "And ah know you disappointed for can't participate, Leo. This event may be for sisters, but there plenty of family fun for everypony."

While they're talking, Sweetie Belle noticed some ponies at a pie-eating contest. A pair of sisters had managed to finish their pies before the other team, earning a blue ribbon. The winning team was very happy while the losing team looked rather dejected.

She mimicking the marshmallow pony. "Well, I guess it's a good thing Rarity isn't here. Do I see "uncouth" written all over this contest?" The group just look at her sadly for a moment until they come up to a nearby pigpen.

"Look at the size of that pig!" Apple Bloom pointed out as they noticed two pigs with blue ribbons on them.

"Pawesome! Wish I can do it with my bro next time. If there's one"

"That's the last word Rarity would use. Oh my, what a repulsive monstrosity! That thing needs a head to toe makeover!" Sweetie belle mimicking her sister again. The two Apple siblings exchanged some worried looks but Leo gives them a wink with a smile. Giving them everything will be fine until they heard the sound of a horn-tooting in the distance.

"It's almost time!" said Applejack excitedly.

"Well, you two have fun," said Sweetie Belle sadly, "Sure wish I had a sister to run the race with."

"Oh... I'm sorry Sweetie Belle." Leo said as he hugged her. "I want to help but like the event name, I can't..." 

The golden lion gives the mare a discreet wink. It was then she placed a handkerchief around Sweetie Belle's neck and plopped her Stenson hat on the marshmallow filly's head, making her surprised.

"Huh?"

"You do now!" said Apple Bloom excitedly as Applejack smiled.

"AB and I figured since we do this every year..." Applejack began.

"I'd let you borrow my sis so you can give it a try!"

"Sister for a day!"

"No way!" said Sweetie Belle excitedly as a checkered patterned cloth with apples on it appeared behind her.

"One. Day," Apple Bloom reminded her sternly, poking Sweetie Belle with a fore-hoof to bring her back to reality. Sweetie Belle then rushed over to give Applejack a happy hug.

"One. Day," She repeated. Leo smile and hugged her close to calm her down when they all heard the screeching of a microphone.

"Is this thing on? I don't think this thing is on. Hello? What is the e-oh! You have to say so. Confangled modern doohickeys." Granny Smith has a problem but Big Mac was there to help up. "Now, the event you've all been waiting for! The Sister Soci- The Socialhooves-Oh, dagnabit, you know, the big race. We have five teams this year for the event! So y'all head on up to the finish line, hear?"

The red stallion then pulled the elder mare's rocking chair back and whispered into her ear again for she got wrong again.

"Eh? The start line! That's what I said!"

The white filly excitedly as she and Applejack approached the starting line. Apple Bloom quickly startled Sweetie Belle by getting into her face again. Telling her again just this day borrow her sister before saying good luck to them as she zipped back to Leo, who just gave her a sceptical look.

"Was that necessary?" He asked her.

"Wishin' eir good luck?" She said puzzled until the lion raised an eyebrow at her. Which she just sighed. "Guess I just don't want to lose my sister..."

Leo smile as he pulled her close for a hug, knowing she same as him that doesn't want to lose his sister too. Or his brothers as well.

"You won't. Besides, in exchange, you get me for the day! So, not a bad trade-off."

"But you seem so busy, like, every day..."

"Well, that doesn't mean I can't accept a request from my friend, right?" Leo said. "After all, I can just split into three and have one of me to hang out with you."

The filly never thought he can use his power like that, she thinks he only using it in combat. But it makes her felt better and hug his foreleg as the other sister pairs got ready for the race for some reason.

"On your mark...get set..." It was then Granny hit the megaphone so the mouthpiece poked her eye, "Gooooooooo!"

And they were off! The first obstacle was a shallow patch of mud. Most of the other ponies leapt right over the mud while Sweetie Belle hippy hopped across in a cute manner. Applejack mistimed her jump and yelped as she fell into the mud.

The filly asked if she is okay. Luckily, she is, now completely coated in mud, simply jumped out and they continued down the course.

The second obstacle was some stepping buckets. Other ponies tried to walk through them one hoof at a time. One pony fell forward and knocked down a bucket, making some spectator ponies sitting in the stands cringe. As Applejack and Sweetie Belle arrived, the orange pony used one hoof at a time for each bucket as Sweetie Belle cutely hopped from bucket to bucket with ease.

The third obstacle was three haystacks set up in two stacked rows. The other ponies had no problem jumping up to the top row and then jumped off. Applejack was able to do the same, but Sweetie Belle wasn't as good a jumper and was dangling from the edge of the bottom row.

She called for help, wasting no time as the mud-covered pony managed to toss Sweetie Belle over the haystacks and they were able to keep going.

The course was hard, there's so much of it and it can be done if the sisters work together as a team. They did a pie-eating, pushing a haystack over a designated distance, the apple tossing task and finally, carrying an egg toward a basket using their noses.

The last one was epic, Applejack and Sweetie Belle decided to carry a single egg together and easily deposited it into the basket and headed on their way. Apparently, they only needed to get one egg dropped off and not two. The team did well until another pair of sisters zoomed past them. The four ponies were side by side as they launched into the air landing and creating a large dust cloud. When the cloud cleared, Applejack and Sweetie Belle had landed just short of the finish line and the other sisters had managed to cross over the other side. They were quickly given the blue ribbon and carried off by the pony spectators. Despite not winning, Applejack and Sweetie Belle were still smiling. However, why were Applejack's eyes suddenly blue?

"Ooh, so close!" said Apple Bloom as she came up to them, "You almost won!"

"Second place isn't bad for your first ever run, Sweetie Belle," Leo added, "Well done!"

"Thank you, Applejack! You were amazing! I don't even care that we didn't win. This was so much fun!" She jumped at her to give the muddy pony a heartfelt hug, but as she did so, Applejack's hat fell off and underneath...was a marshmallow coloured horn?!

"Huh?"

"Applejack" just tapped her head as Sweetie Belle removed the mud from the older pony's flank, revealing a familiar triple blue gem cutie mark and marshmallow fur.

"Rarity?" 




Eventually...




"So, Leo. You're the one who makes the plan?" 

"Yep, bro. And it all thanks to the pink poster that smacks my face. How pawesome is it?"

"Yeah, sure." Spike rolled his eyes while chuckled as Rarity stepped in.

"Very well then, what should we write to the Princess?"

"I'll start," Sweetie Belle said as she looked at herself in the mirror, "Having a sister is just about the best thing in the world. But it sure isn't the easiest!"

"I agree that being sisters is a wonderful thing, but it takes teamwork," Rarity continued, "Sometimes it's about compromising. Sometimes it's about accepting each other's differences. But mostly, it's about having fun together. Even if it means getting your hooves a little bit dirty."

"A lot dirty."

"A little dirty."

"A lot dirty."

"A little bit dirty."

"A lo-"

"Hold it, hold it!" The boys come in as Spike retorted as he pushed the small marshmallow ponies while Leo took the adult one apart, "How about "A medium amount of dirty, not too little, not too much, just right"?"

"Deal!" said Rarity and Sweetie Belle as they scooted close together again with a large smile and a hug. While the golden lion sees them in the side.

'Maybe I should spend time with my sister too!' He thought while smiling. It's a good thing Rarity willing to accept his plan to bring them back together.
> Chapter 32: Pox-pox! (S2E6)
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Pox-pox


"Alright, team. Let's check our preparation for the second time." Earth said like a leader to his other self and Spike.

"Our balls are shiny like a star, Earth!" Wind stated happily, rubbing four types of bowling balls with each has its color; brown, blue, yellow and green.

"Every chore for today are finished." Lightning said while fixing the position of his armbands.

"And no more assignment for the day now!" Spike told to the brown lion, yet, what are there up to?

As you guess, today the boys are organized for the bowling day. As for Leo to split, since their big brother couldn't come here like because of work so he decided to split for replacement. Don't worry, they did this usually.

The purple drake doing some warm-up by stretching first. "Finally, it's time for us to spend time together at the Ponyville Bowling Alley! It's been so long we haven't done this."

"Yes! A quality time only for us boys!" Wind smile cheerful. "Too bad big bro can't join us."

"Eh, he busy like always." Lightning commented. "Wonder he trying to take Cadence heart again."  

Earth stepped in. "Okay, guys. Now that we all have prepared, let's go now!" He shouts on, making the group glee in joy.

As they're about to enter the building, they saw a familiar group of the filly, babbling to each other.

"How 'bout the Pin Twins?"

"But here, there's three of us,"

"Okay then...Um...the Bowling Dolls!"

"The Bowling Dolls! That's it!"

"Perfect!"

"Hey! It's the crusaders!" Shouts the blue lion as the three fillies turned to see the Sparkle brother heading towards them.

"Oh, howdy, y'all!" Apple Bloom greets them when she saw four clouring bowling ball. "I reckon you guys here just like us right?" 

"Sure does, I never thought you girls like bowling."

"Not exactly, we here for our cutie mark!" Sweetie Belle said in energies as Scootaloo came next.

"Yeah! And we are..."

"THE BOWLING DOLLS!"

Almost the lions and the dragon nearly got knocked down from that loud voice coming from them. Maybe have a chance to beat even Luna which is pretty bad if you want the entire residents to become mute.

"All right then! Let's bowl 'em over!" said Apple Bloom excitedly as the crusader march in leaving the boys behind.

"Umm... Should we be worry?" Spike feel concerned. "I mean, is the first time for them, right?"

"Oh, I'm sure it fine! Besides, what could go wrong?"

...

...

...

...

...

"You know, they're pretty bad actually!"

"Shh, keep it down Wind. Don't be rude to them..."

Inside the building, Leo's and Spike are playing next to the girls who not professional at all. Sweetie Belle was first to go as she then put her blue bowling ball in front of her. She then used her head to push it forward. The ball started rolling straight but then curved towards the right and into the gutter. The marshmallow filly just smiled and headed back to the benches. The other two fillies cringed but smiled at her when she walked by.

"You know, she might find it easier to use her forehooves to push the ball..." Said Spike while sitting on a bench in their lane, waiting for his turn. "That will prevent the ball from curving into the gutter."

Next is Scootaloo, she decided to buck her ball. However, she struck her ball so hard that it ricocheted about the Bowling Alley and passed other ponies and even the sibling's lane. Luckily, the Geokinesis create a small earth barrier to prevent the ball from hitting them before landing in the gutter several lanes away. Everyone just stared at Scootaloo, who just smiled and laughed nervously before the dash away.

"Now that's what I called mortifying," Spike mumble crossing his arm. The Aerokinesis tried to hold his laugh only to got smack by the leader.

Last is Apple Bloom, who is...kinda use a weird technique. The yellow filly narrowed her eyes at her goal and then looked at her red ball before grabbing it with her mouth. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle went agape and even the boys worried.

"Careful, Apple Bloom," Earth warned uneasily. "If you do that, then there's a chance you will swallow their ball using that technique."

The farm filly took note as she wobbled over to her lane before spat her ball towards the pins. The ball rolled smoothly and with a definitive STRIKE, Apple Bloom ten-pined! The other ponies nearby cheered excitedly.

"Cool! A bowling cutie mark!"

"I did it! I did it!" But then her excitement was shattered when she found her flank was still blank. "Blank?"

"Look over there!"

Some random pony shout as the entire ponies in the building look to see a yellow lion doing a strike, it was Lightning. BUT it's not done yet, the edge of the left and right pin bounce and hit all the next lane of a pin, making it another strike!

"Cool! A triple strike!"

"Amazing!"

"Unbelievable!"

The public roar cheering on the Electrokinesis lion, who got on his hind legs as he back to his regular position.

"Heh, no sweat." Lightning grin at the pin area as he retreats to the beach while hearing the sound of applauding.

"But...but...what about my ball?" The apple pony asked.

"Umm...over there," Earth gently said, pointing a paw at their lane. Apple Bloom, as well as the two other fillies, noticed that her red ball was thrown nice and straight, but at not enough power. The ball slowly came to a stop and barely tapped the centre bowling pin. The ribbon filly felt very dejected as she lowered her head sadly, even her beautiful bow went limp as well. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo just looked at her with rather worried looks on their faces.

"Guess that should be called the most disconsolate pony ever am I right?" Spike nudged the brown earth. Which receive a death glare from him...maybe the drake should zip his mouth.

Surprisingly, he literally zips his mouth with a real zipper.

"Hmm..."

"What's the manner Earth?" Lightning asked.

"Not much, but Apple Bloom seems depressed." Earth said before been jabbed by Wind.

"Relax, Earth!" Wind gleamed happy.  "What could possibly gone wrong?"




Without a reason, eventually...




Inside of the Everfree Forest, where flora and fauna don't control by any creature. Lay a hut, home of a certain zebra we all know; Zecora. Currently, she goes out to gather some ingredients called amethyst too with the other elements for her next mix. As the zebra keep going in the forest, she saw bushes shaking. "Who comes for me? State your business, if you please."

The dark green bushes began shaking loudly before a black figure comes out from it. Zecora doesn't have a chance to react as she pinned down hard. She grunts and looks who's the figure is. Much to her surprise, it's a golden lion.

"Gotcha! Who's the prey now, eh?" Leo joke to her, who is giving an amused face.

"As much cat catches a mouse, the predators and prey such as well," Zecora said as the lion got off so she can stand back up. "Leo Sparkle, what brings you here in the middle of the unstable forest?"

"Well, I was bored. But then, I haven't visited you for a while so..." Leo looks at what she carried on her back. "Woah! Are these amethyst?"

Zecora nodded. "Indeed, I need it for a rooster and his chicks since the rooster has lost its crow, making mornings very slow."

While having some conversation, the duo march on as the zebra continue. "If you don't mind me asking, your pouncing need a bit of adjustment because of the appearance from the bushes that shack hardly will surely lead the entire heard shock and run away before you could even strike."

"Really? Alright, I'll make some changes next time."

"Yes, and it reminds me of the lion back at my hometown." The female said, started the lion right next to her.

"There's a lion in your kingdom?!" Leo shouts, but just stunning but also excited. Never in his life to see another lion just like him, well, a lion in a book but that's not the case.

"Yes. And my hometime is in a place called... The Land of Avalon."

"The Land of... Avalon? I never heard of that place."

"Indeed, young lion. Avalon we're far from Equestria right now and it was the location of where I was born, learning and socialise with the animal from there."

This was incredible, the lion awe from he could hear. That land, somehow, making him tingling for some reason. Like... 

"Hmm? What's this?" Said Zecora as the cub realised that they now in Ponyville's. Talk about how fast there walk. 

That's not the point, what the zebra saw is the street is empty, where is everypony?

"Hey, I thought we agree that Zecora is not a witch," Leo stated.

Zecora just nodded. "I thought I had removed their fear the last time I had visited here, but doors are barred and shutters shut. Guess I should've stayed inside my hut."

As soon she was about to leave, a lavender unicorn and orange earth pony appeared before her.

"Zecora! Apple Bloom has the cutie pox! We were just on our way to see if you had a cure." It's was Twilight, pointed towards the common filly as she was now doing advanced math on a chalkboard.

"Wait, Apple Bloom?" Leo puzzled before look at what's on her body. "Pawesome! You earn your cutie mark! And woah! I never knew ponies can get a lot of it instead of one."

"That's because nopony can't, Leo!" Twilight look at him worried. "Apple Bloom has Cutie Pox!"

"A pox-pox?"

"What?"

"You know, like a polka dot. Except I use the word "pox-pox" so I can use anything that has the same pattern like a polka dot." Leo explain. "Or I was wrong?"

"Not related to this situation, Leo. But I can clarify it." Zecora said. "The Cutie Pox is a cutie mark that appeared all over the ponies' bodies, it causing them to perform all the talents that came with them, forcing them doing the action."

"And we're about to go find you, but magically you're here!" said Applejack, "Was your zebra sense a-tinglin'?"

"My "zebra sense" did not bring me round, it was a special flower that I needed found. I thought I picked enough to fix all the potions I had to mix, but after my visit from Apple Bloom, some had mysteriously left my room. Apple Bloom! What do you say? Did this flower just walk away?"

"I, um..."

The lion notes she shuttering before another cutie mark appeared and she started to wash and clean a pony's windows. The pony inside looked at her fearfully as they put a hazmat mask over their face. Leo clear that she has a problem talking, so he did what he can.

ELEMENTAL POWER!

ELEMENT LEAF!

The golden lion transforms to Leaf form. With his crowd control ability and that cheeky smile. What could go wrong? Eh? Eh?

"Uh, Leo. What are you doing?" Twilight asked confused.

"Hehe, Just watch!" He said as he stomps the ground using his front paws, sending a wave of green energy through his foreleg into the ground.

Binding Vine!

Without a second, a burst of green vine came out of the dirt. Reaching their target; Apple Bloom! Upon it, the vine wraps her back and her abdomen before dragging her toward the lion while leaving a mark of hooves from the dirt.

"Oh! I got her, I got her!" Leaf tiptoe excitedly. "Now you don't have to worry about losing your movement because of the pox-pox!"

Applejack leans to the unicorn. "Tell me again what the personality for this element, Twi?"

"Childish, naive, and innocent person. Tend to get distracted very easy."

"Ah, okay..." The farm mare will remember that. "Enough of the sudden, let's plant those seed right now!"

While Leo transforms, the zebra explained to the ponies that she has a cure, and it's a seed. So Applejack quickly made a hole, tossed the seeds in and buried them for planting, "Alright, they're planted, now someone starts telling the truth."

"Oh! Uh... Is it a trick question?!"

"Nevermind, somepony start telling the truth!"

Although it's for her good, the yellow filly just looked uneasily until another cutie mark appeared that made her start spinning around like a mini-tornado. Snapping the binding vine. Ironically, Leaf face contains his confused smile like "what the heck just happen" expression or "Uh..." Face, while smiling.

Apple Bloom cried out as she spun about. Zecora just watches her unamused as Applejack and Twilight grow more worried. Leo on the other hand...

"What's worse than a filly spinning it around at 100mph?" The other simply staring at him unconcerned as he picks a long digging thing from nowhere. "Stopping it with a shovel!"

Unfortunately for the green mane lion, he got smack by his sister for being immature as the situation not going anywhere. Pinkie Pie was up, telling her truth about eating more than Ms Cake told her but the seed still didn't grow until the spinning pony finally admit.

"Wah, I can't stand it anymore! It's me! I admit it! I didn't earn my cutie mark! They're all fake! I figured the Heart's Desire would help me get what I wanted most! So when Zecora left her hut, I mixed up a special potion and put the rest of the Heart's Desire in it!"

After that confession, ponies began to peak out of their hiding places. Others were slowly removing their hazmat gears and smiled at her. When Apple Bloom has finished the seed or it called the Flower of Truth, it blossomed.

Before everypony continues to awe the flower, Apple Bloom grabbed the entire of it with her teeth and gobbled it up. She had barely swallowed it when she plopped to her stomach as her cutie marks disappeared one by one.

"Pawesome! She has been healed!" Leo jump in joy as the residents cheering for the simple blank filly as the other crusaders race up to her.

"Apple Bloom!"

"Are you okay?"

The farm filly smile before looking at them sadly, "I'm sorry I lied, 'specially to you gals. I was so desperate for my cutie mark, I just got carried away." She's not done yet as she moves to Zecora.

"And I'm sorry I snuck those flowers from you, Zecora. Why I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted me to come by again..." The zebra smiled.

"Now Apple Bloom, do not be silly. You are always welcome, my little filly. With each mistake you learn something new, growing up into a better you." Applejack smiled and gave her a wink as Twilight and Mario smiled at her as well. Then Applejack silently gasped when she noticed that Zecora has mysteriously disappeared.

"Apple Bloom," Twilight said. "Would you mind writing to Princess Celestia and telling her what you've learned?"

"I'd be happy to, Twilight! Spike?"

"Ready!"

While in the distance, Leo seems are in his mind of his own. Try to solve the unsolved of his problem after getting a bruise on his head thanks to the certain something.

"Oh~! I get it! Chickenpox is not pox-pox because it doesn't have any polka dot! But has a small little red mash for those is are!"


Some random things...
> Chapter 33: Little Conversation (S2E7)
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Little Conversation


Today is a sunny day in Ponyville, the bird is singing, the flower is blooming. Feel like a sense of deja vu from this word I type. On a day like this would be perfect for a breakfast outside, like right now, two ordinary unicorns sitting while having a little conversation.

One of them stretching her hooves for this beautiful day. "Ah... Such a nice day we having are we?"

"It would be if you stop complement the day every time we did something."

"Come on, Bon Bon! I'm been positive this day."

"Fine... Just don't overdo it, okay?"

The duo was sitting on a stack of hay at a regular cafe, the classic one for them. Waiting for the butler while looking at the menu, it's not long until the stallion shows up. With some regular sustenance, the butler makes his way inside the cafe. Once that, the unicorn saw a very ordinary lion running in the street.

"Oh, That's Leo. Hi Leo!" Lyra shouted stretch her hoof, waving at him as the lion saw it a quickly respond with a smile before speed off until out of sight.

"You know since he came to Ponyville, everypony have easy work now thanks to him." Bon Bon commend.

"Yeah. He does that in Canterlot too, I think almost half of the resident there he helps. Include inside the castle."

"Wait, really?"

"Oh, Bon Bon. Aside from our relationship, you don't know much about him."

"Hey! Our friendships are already good and I know him a lot too. Like for example; he can split into three. THREE Lyra!"

"Oh, yeah? Well, did you know Princess Celestia granting him to call her by her name only, without the word "Princess" first?"

"I--never thought about that..."

What the mint pony told was true, Leo never spoke the solar alicorn the word "princess". It could be that he's not a pony since everypony bow down to the solar alicorn. Of course, she is the Princess of ponies, and Leo is a lion. Which mean she's not royalty to him... Apparently, right?

"Hey, Bon Bon?" Lyra asked her front, maybe a new topic?

"What, Lyra?"

"I wanted to know if you ever thought about having superpowers."

"...What?"

"Y’know, superpowers! Like, super-strength, super-speed, regeneration, shapeshifting, telepathy, telekinesis—"

"Can’t you already do that?"

"—teleportation, shooting lasers, pyrokinesis, time travel, x-ray vision—"

"I get the point! Is this because of Leo superpowers?"

"Yeah! I mean, he can control three types of elements around us! Plus fourth with that Leaf power we see. So, what kind of superpower would you have?”

"Oh, what, we’re only supposed to pick one?"

"Yeah! That’s how the question goes."

"Hmm... I'll think I choose--"

"Ma'am." The stallion with a tremendous moustache came back with the mare food. "Your order is here."

"Oh! Thank you, mister." Lyra appreciation him as he put down the food.

"It would be best after I have some nutrition first." Bon Bon told.

"That will be a good idea!"




Eventually...




"Oh, yeah. That's the stuff..." The unicorn then bleches from her stomach. "Oops, pardon me."

"You something disgusting...or weird in specific."

"That's how you like me~"

"Yeah, right." The beige coat rolled her eyes only, but kind true what she says in her opinion. "So about that superpower I want."

"Yes?"

The earth pony thought for a bit but have to cut when a trail of yellow lightning passed through them. Not just that, almost some of the hay their sit were flying.

"Coming through!" It was Leo. Or Lightning? Who's in hurry for some reason.

"Wow! Talk about accelerate!" Lyra amazed.

"Super speed."

"What?" She puzzled while looking at her friends.

"Yep. Super speed, it might help for doing some chore and other stuff that need to doing in fast. Plus, I can go anyplace very far without a train, which means saving my bits. You know, I watch sport tracks once, and was admiring the--"

"Boooring."

"Lyra! You wouldn’t understand, you’re a unicorn. You can already do half the things you listed if you go look up a spell somewhere. Besides, I’m still jealous you got to go on that business trip to Cloudsdale without me. So, what kind of ability would you pick, Miss Exciting?"

"The power to travel to other dimensions!"

"Let me guess: to meet this so-called human."

"No! Okay, yes. But there’s a lot of other cool things you could do with it. Like, imagine a universe where Celestia was the one sealed away for the past thousand years. Or one where every mare in our universe is a stallion, and vice versa."

"Both of those sound terrible and hackneyed."

"You’re just afraid to imagine me as a colt, because I’d be so handsome it would blow– your– mind." Lyra chimed.

"Sssssure. Let’s go with that." Bon Bon said as she has an idea. "Anyway, this is a dumb question. There’s no way we’d ever end up with superpowers. How about... 'If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only take one thing, what would it be?'"

"A mean--"

"You can’t say ‘a means of contacting rescue’."

"Darn. Well... if there’s one thing in the whole world I’d hate to be stuck without, it’d be you, Bon."

"Aw. That’s sweet. But no ponies, either."

"What? Okay, fine. My lyre, then. It’s not on my butt for nothing. Enough of this, let's talk about more superpower!"

"Again? We are already done with it. Why you suddenly came up?"

"Because Leo we're nearby." 

The mint unicorn pointed her hooves toward the incoming golden lion who running towards them as he stops almost smack the mushrooms table. The earth pony just stunned. "How fast does time goes while we talking, huh?"

"Hey, Lyra and Bon Bon!" Leo happily said.

"Hello, Leo." The duo, of course, greets him gladly. "How's was your day?"

"Pawesome as always! Rainbow Dash have a pet now! What you gals talk about?"

Bon Bon then gestures to her front pony. "This, Lyra wants to talk more about superpower like you have who she already have magic."

"Yeah! I mean, what's the difference between a superpower and magic?"

Leo thought for a bit while scratching his head. "Well... Superpowers might be an ability that is more than normal creatures capabilities, like my elemental power while the magic... Not much I can know since I don't do magic but is kinda like a superpower granted by a supernatural or maybe mysterious force...? I don't know."

"Wow, Leo. How did know that much?" Bon Bon asked.

"Duh! He's been with Twilight for a whole year and she the one teaching him how to talk and read. Isn't that right, Leo?"

"Yep! And I'm the main character of this stories too!"

"..."

"...What?"

"Okay, I need to go. See you guys later!" With that the manipulate left the group.

Meanwhile, the ponies still confused about what he's talking about. 

"Probably Pinkie Pie taught him something weird." Lyra confirmed.

"You think?"
> Chapter 34: The Mysterious Silver Heart (S2E8)
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The Mysterious Silver Heart


Leo now stared at the mares before him one eyebrow raised with his ears flat to his head. The ponies didn't notice as the five of them continued to plot out the whole unusual shenanigans.

"Why you girls do this to her?" He stated simply.

Today, in Carousel Boutique. The lion with the rest of the mane minus one was prepared some odd scheme for a certain pegasus with a rainbow mane. The ladies have readied it but the 14-year-old lion doesn't like where it going.

"Because her egos gotten out of control that's why." Twilight huffed as Rarity worked to fit her for the costume.

"Seriously her head swelled up like a balloon in there." Pinkie Pie added. "And trust me I know balloons."

"Of course you do." Leo raised an eyebrow at that before looking at the yellow pegasus with concern while she was helping to fit Pinkie. "Fluttershy...?"

"Well, she did save that foal...and the other foal. And the old ponies..." Fluttershy admitted. "But don't you think she might have taken it a bit too far?"

"She just does what she always does!"

"She was talking like she was some kinda superhero or something." Applejack muttered before looking at him. "Like you, but not with the ego part."

The lion groans slightly. "I'm not a superhero. I'm just a lion who can manipulate some types of elements."

"And a lion who can divide into three lions with the same body build, each has its power to wield?" Twilight added.

"...okay. Apart from that, but she just saves a pony! What kind of you girls think about her?"

"She such boasting, just because she saved some ponies does not make her better than the rest of us.” Rarity stated which make Leo sighed.

The bandana lion only slapped both his paws to his face with a growl before he looked at Twilight, trying one last time to get them to stop this.

"Sis! This is wrong! You guys could hurt her feeling!"

"Wrong? How can this go wrong?" Twilight questioned, not looking up from the intricate plans and checklists before her she had jumped headfirst into this with great gusto. "Besides, this is not hurting her emotion but to give her a lesson. Once more, I can teleport us in and out as need be to get there before Rainbow Dash does. Showing her what a real superhero can do will prove that she's not the only one who can be a hero and she needs to reign it in."

The unicorn then notices her brother was feeling down on the verge of tears, looks like he failed. Quickly, the sister then sighed and wiped out some tiny soak in his eyes while patting him. "It will be fine, we're not hurting her like a mafia or other stuff. Trust your big sister, okay?"

Leo blinked staring at his sister. She was far too interested in her plots and plans while realized making her brother feel this makes her awful. "Fine..."

Now Pinkie Pie who not at the level of the verge of tears. "Whaaaaa!!! So touched!"

"Such an outstanding sibling, Twilight." Rarity remarked.

"Oh, I am. He sometimes been dramatic, or been a baby that's all."

".......You know I'm still here right, sis?"

An hour later, the ponies having ready with their costume. Now looking like a pony dressed in a garish purple cap and a dark blue cloak. With five of them exactly, who exit the shop, leaving the golden lion behind.

"You sure don't wanna come alone?" One of the figures said only received a shook from the lion. "Alright, we see you soon."

With the door shut, Leo now laying on the floor. "Hm... I trust sis plan. But it can go dozen occasionally that have half per cent will succeed. Or I just too worried about my friends?"

Just then, an idea popped up in his brain. Then his smile widen. "Maybe I could join them in a different character!"




Uh......




"What we're trying to say is," said Twilight, with her face reveal but not her body. "it's great to be really good at something, but it's important to act with grace and humility."

The athlete pegasus just looked down at herself for a moment. "Ohhhh, that makes loads more sense." She then took to the skies and hovered above them, 

"Yeah. You're right. And I guess I should've also acted with grace and humility when others outshine me. Like Mare Do Well." Rainbow Dash said as she then took to the skies and hovered above them while the others smiled in agreement. "Say... Where's Leo?"

Twilight was about to say to the blue pegasus when a sparkle of dust coming from the skies, confusing the mares except for the pink one.

"WOW, Dashie! I never knew there's raining shiny dust from the cloud!" Pinkie jump excited.

"It's beautiful." Fluttershy awe.

"It's fascinating!" Rarity added.

"That because it...shouldn't..." Dash said stunning by the view as there's a figure atop of the roof.

It seems like the figure wears a silver cape that covers his/her front too, making it hard to see the fur colour. Inside of the cape was an as well a silver tuxedo with long sleeves that has a golden button and tie with a top hat that has a big red "H" logo on it. It also wearing a mask to cover his/her face for identity.

"You did a great for learning what causes of being heroes, Rainbow Dash." The figure said, sound like a male it seems. "But I can add a little bit of something else to that if I can."

The group keep staring at him like their never seeing before, he's not a pony at all. The body shape doesn't resemble a pony but like...a lion?

"Sure..." Twilight. Was the one saying as she probably knew who he is but needs to confirm first if she thought true.

"Very well, just because one pony has the centre of attention, doesn't mean that those who have accomplished great things are obsolete or out of date. We will all have our moments in the spotlight and just because our good deeds and achievements might go unnoticed doesn't mean that they are less important. True friends will always be there for us to celebrate our success and they will be there to remind us that we are special."

My word. His lesson was astonished, no way it could be him. The purple unicorn now in the middle of brainstorming if her theory were real until a familiar voice came...

"Hi, girls!"

The mares turn to look who was that, it's Leo in his Leaf form? Spike was there too, wearing fine clothes, perfect for a ghostwriter. Now riding on his brother back.

"What are you guys doing?"

The ponies soon realised as they turned back up only for the silver figure to disappear from the roof.

"Wha...?" Twilight confused.

"He's gone!" Rainbow Dash said while she flew up for nothing except a roof made of hay.

"Ah believe Leo have an explanation to do." Applejack gestured to him.

"No, that can't be Leo other-self. He's using the Leaf Element." Twilight pointing at him. "And Leo hadn't split using it, right?"

"Well, duh! I grab some cupcakes at the SugarCube Corner with bro." He smiles innocently as the drake pulled out a paper bag filled with cupcakes while the other was carrying a green vine that coming from his green bandana. "I have to use my power to carry it but seriously! Lion should have more paws!"

"Ugh, it will be an abomination if you asked me." Rarity shook. "But I do love his outfit, such an elegant would seem and those words are very formal."

"Nevermind that! We off the topic." Twilight said while rushed to her siblings. "Leo, quick question. That lion on the roof, was it you or not?"

The lion mouth was like a cat smile and he replied. "What lion? I'm the only one in Ponyville."

"Yeah, Twilight. We didn't see any lion. Probably you guys imagination." Spike said.

"Not that! There's a lion is wearing a silver tuxedo, a cape, a top hat and--"

"And you believe Leo afford that?" The dragon asked.

"What?"

"All that accessories seems very expensive, Leo can't buy all that. Of course, it can be made manually but it took a lot of skill like Rarity. You on the other hand, only give us enough bits for our daily life, and Leo even barely know the basic of making a dress!"

"Well that's what mean..."

"Oh sorry, bro."

The white pony thinks about it. "Twilight, that's true. Those clothes took a lot of progress to make perfect. Plus, I doubt that he won't come out every day because of how valuable those accessories are. He doesn't want to get it dirty like I don't wanna get a filthy spot on my dress."

"Yeah!" Said Pinkie Pie, who is now munching the cupcakes with Leo happily. "I twilight else you have to worry about, Twilight?"

"We just finish teaching Rainbow Dash and now there's a new hero? Not to mention he's a lion?" She pointed out.

"I dont...but I k-kinda like it." Fluttershy comments.

"Not you too, Fluttershy..."

Rainbow went in and said. "Another lion in Ponyville, Twilight! Wonder if he's fast?"

"Again! This doesn't make sense!!!"

The ponies keep talking on and on while the boys were a little bit distant. Secretly, giggling each other.

"Our plan work!" Leaf cheer quietly.

"Yep. They don't know you can switch the elements before you performing the split. I guess Twilight doesn't realise that." Spike said, eating the cupcakes.

"Hehehe. She living with us! What do you expect, bro?"

The drake chuckle. "Guess you, right. By the way, where's Wind?"

"Don't know, doing something illegal I think."

"Oh, ok." And Spike finishes every cupcake in his bag.
> Chapter 35: Unforgettable Adventures! (S2E9)
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Unforgettable Adventures!





At Canterlot...




On a sunny day at the capital of Equestria, ponies and some creatures doing with their business things like show off your beautiful accessories or see the magnificent building and-- my god is so BORING!!!

Well is a good thing inside the castle, ponies behaviour in there doesn't act like those noble thanks to a certain lion who befriend everypony. Speaking of him, he's now with his brother Spike, heading somewhere it would seem...

"Are you sure he can help us, Leo?" Asked the drake.

"Yeah, I know everypony including their job. Besides, he's an expert in making it." He answers, smiling belief to him. 

"If you say so."

The boys were in the castle hallway, stepping on the red carpet, pass by and recognize somepony they knew before stop at the brown door with a golden handle. There's a sign that says; The Telescopes Room.

"Here it is!" Leo shouted happily.

"Alright, let do it before the sun came down," Spike stated as their knock on the door first.

"Who is it?" A voice of a male can hear through the door.

"Starry Eyed? It's me, Leo Sparkle?"

"Ah! Please wait a moment, I will be in a minute." The voice replied.

A minute? Look like the duo has some spare time to chat. So the manipulate ask something to the dragon...

"So, bro. Where's Rarity this morning? I didn't see her when I passed by her home?" 

"Oh, she's in the castle," Spike explained. "She says she will be here in a few days for a visit so Twilight asked Princess Celestia If she can accommodate her."

"Where is she now?"

"Eh, maybe in the room where Celestia showing to her."

The time from the conversation was perfect as the door began openly, revealing a yellow unicorn stallion, with a dark blue mane, beard, and even he has eyebrows as well! (Hmm... Impressive!) He has a light blue clop and his cutie mark is one of the constellations.

"Why Leo, and your brother Spike. What a pleasure to see you." Starry Eyed welcomed them happily. "Last time I saw you, you just a little cub."

The lion chuckled. "It's been years, Starry. It's good to meet you too! Uh... Where's your clothes?"

"Huh? O-oh! Forgive me but for this but... I was taking a nap for a second." He smiled sheepishly.

"A second?" 

The stallion now blushed like a tomato. "O-ok like an hour before you two boy knock on my door..."

Without clothes? The teenager can't help but laugh at him for his lumbering without his clothes. Then again, everyone those that. The unicorn now blushed even more now.

"P-please don't tell the Princess..."

"W-we won't." Their try to hold their breath after the laugh before Starry Eyed realised they're off-topic.

"So...what are you boys doing here?"

Spike started to talk. "Our sister birthday coming up and we decide this year we will be sharing our present."

"Well, that's wonderful! What's the gift?" Starry asked.

"A new telescopes!" Leo said.

"Oh?" This conversation is getting interesting as he knows why they're here. "And let me guess, you need my help as a telescopes maker to make her a new one?"

"Not just that, but as a friend!"

Friend. That word ring to the yellow stallion, who's been busy with his job that he doesn't have time to meet his old friends. Everything change when this golden carnivorous lion came and accidentally meet him back in years before. He's was like those pesky noble, always busy with their things but the truth it's he doesn't wanna care about him. Until he helps him with some chore that needs more than one pony to do without his permission. At first, he doesn't mind. But after seeing how hard he tries to help with some heavy stuff, he doesn't want him to hurt, not after he did carry almost half of the package to his workroom.

That memory... He'll never forget how small and kind he was when he was a little, and now. He's grown up become a find teenager. "Thank you, Leo."

"Anytime, friend!" Leo giggle in joy.

After that though, the dark blue mane stallion thinking. "A telescope fit for a sister? Why sure I can make something like that! And even more!"

"Really?!" The boys shout in excitement.

"Or I could, if I hadn't run out of lenses." He said sadly. "Used my last ones on that new Mount Palomino observatory."

"Oh..." The boys sound disappointing after hearing that but hope not to lose!

"Where can we find new lenses, Starry?" Leo asked.

"Well, the finest lenses I know of can be found on the Crystal Moutain at the very peak. But the trip there is perilous, and the trip back is even worse!" He explained how to get it but the siblings look at each other concerned.

"Well, Leo? What should we do?" Spike asked putting his claw together to show his fear ahead. "I mean, just the two of us? All by ourselves?"

"Bro, we're here to get sis best birthday present ever and we won't let a small...or big obstacles block our way!" Leo said to try to give his brother spirit back. "What did you think about us, Starry?"

"As I said, journeying to the Crystal Moutain will be difficult. Are you two up for a challenge?" He consulted.

"Of course!"

"Well, if you say that then I'm in!" Spike now ready to go as he began to accelerate. "Leo, I'll pack some snack! Meet me outside!"

"Sound good to me!" Leo shouted cheerfully. When the sight of the drake is gone, the yellow unicorn looking at him.

"Now you boys be careful, okay? I don't wanna hear in the article that both of you disappeared for a week like that and I will be the one their first subject to approach because I last saw you two."

Chuckled from the lion. "Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it!"




Later, Halfway to the Crystal Mountain...




Thus! The journey to the Crystal Moutain began, with Spike riding on his brother, the classic ride. Their trip across the green field, like and every adventure games usually do. Everything normal for but after an encounter with some stone and rock that shape like a mountain, they're new they're close. Both of them stay quiet until...

The sound of stomach growling loudly.

"Feeling hungry already, bro?" Leo smiled at him.

"Yeah, sorry... But it's been an hour now and I can't hold it!" Spike said before eating some berry he packs them as a snack.

"Well, bro-"

"Waugh! O-oh! Sorry, Leo. I forget to share!" The drake tries to give some berry to him in a hurry that causes the berry to come from the bag, falling from the back of the manipulation. "Sorry, Leo...now we low on a snack."

Leo looked at him with no mad facial expression. "It's alright, bro. Eventually, after we find those lenses I'll use my Windpower to fly back or Lightning power."

"But Starry Eyed say the journey back is the worse?"

"That's what he thinks because he's a pony, right? I'm a lion who control four types of element." Leo being sarcastic as the boys laughed at his ability. "But then again, do you feel odd without sis around, bro?"

"Yeah, we usually stick with her when we a little and everyone during an adventure. Feel weird being somewhere without Twilight..."

After a while, the duo was climbing a mountain. Knowing there seems almost to their objectives. Our now adventures standing in front of a group of the mountain.

"I mean is not like being without Twilight is bad or anything! But we grow up and not a baby anymore." Spike said, continuing their talk.

"You're still a baby dragon in the perspective body," Leo giggle while his brother grumbles a bit. "But yeah. After all, we hardly left her side since the day we born! And she the one who brings us to the world."

"Yeah, I'm glad we have a good friend like Twilight."

"And I'm glad she has a friend like us."

"Oh! Did you remember that she turned the entire classroom upside-down?" Spike remarks of the past.

The manipulator couldn't help but chuckle. "I can image it! And after an hour to recast back turns out it costs everypony mane and coat swap with another pony!"

"It took an alicorn like Celestia to make it back itself."

"Oh, and think back that she even turned them into the palm tree?"

"Ha! Even herself! She has leaves as a mane for a month that day!"

The boys having a fun conversation while now walking (only Leo who walk). In the middle of a hallway that makes of rock and spiky stone on its side, that was there we're. Little did they know...

...they're not alone in the mountains.

"Stop right there, ya mooks!" A strange voice suddenly heard as the duo were surprised by three creature.

"Heh heh heh... What did we have here, Iggy?"

"Looks like a couple of dopes where they shouldn't be."

"Yeah!"

Looks like the siblings in trouble, especially the drake one who's in trembling in fear. "W-w-who are you?"

"Who are we? You're the one buttin' in our turf, scales!" Say the dark purple creature, their appearance looks like a lobster.

Leo comes forward. "We really sorry, sir. But we on a quest to find mineral for our sister--"

"Your sister? Well then, how about we gratitude you two with something, eh?"

"What is it?"

"A fancy cell!"




And So!




The lion and dragon were stuck in a dusty rock prison...

"Doesn't seem very fancy for me!" Spike shouted out, gripping the rock bar but no one can hear except his brother.

"But you gotta admit, they're telling the truth that we invading their turf." He comments on it.

"We didn't invade it, we just don't know!" Spike paced in the cell room. "Who are these creeps, anyway?"

"I dunno. But there's kind of looks like a lobster from one of the books Sis reading about."

"You think?" The baby dragon just keeps pacing around. "Starry Eyed warned us, but I never expect something like this! I'm a baby dragon! Not an adventurers!"

"We have been on an adventure with Sis and the other, though."

"Yeah! With them!" Spike continues. "They're beat Manticores, Nightmare Moon, adults dragon, Hydras and Discord! Leo, we just a sidekick!"

Now you know how I feel. Leo thought, remember those chaos problem.

"And what's wrong with you?" 

"Huh?"

The drake pointing his claw at him like firing someone at work. "Leo, you could just kick those lobster butt with your power! Why did you just talk to them like everything you do?"

"Bro, everything can't solve with violence right?"

"I know, but we need the lenses for the telescopes! You need to lighten up!"

"What's that mean?"

Spike sigh at his brother understanding ability. "Irritation for a bit!"

...

...

...

"Huh... I...never anger before." Leo said, realizing his other emotions never been loose.

The drake took back for a second, shocking and never know but he was right. "What about that time when you protect us from those bullies when we are little?"

"I was just been serious back there, not angry with them. It was my duty to protect you and Sis from any eventuality." Leo clarified. 

"Well, in that case, leave it to me. I got a plan." Spike declared as he calls out the creature. "Hey Lobster! C'mere for a second!"

Eventually, peach lobsters arrived at their cell. "My name's Metty, short stuff. Whaddya want?"

"You know who I am?" Spike asked.

"Nope. All you squishies look like me."

"Well, Metty. I'm a dragon. And you know something about dragons?"

With that, the drake crunch the bar door made of rock very hard that almost all of the bar he eat. "Dragons eat rock!"

Betty was shocked and completely panic as he running for the other. "Iggy, Seddy! C'mere quick! We gotta let them go!"

Later he left, Spike spits out the now small chunk of rock quickly. The lion was astounded. "Pawesome, bro! That was quite well played!"

"Bleh! Thanks, but I wish I couldn't do it without eating this stuff. Give me a nice, spicy juice sapphire next time." 

The next thing, all three of the lobster come back with a worried expression of their life probably. The dark purple one, their leader apparently, said to the duo. 

"Don't worry, we let you out right away, Mister Dragon." He said.

"We weren't gonna hurt you none! We were just gonna ask for a ransom!" The peach one said.

"Yeah!"

The boss one opened the cell door, allowing the siblings to exit the room with Spike cross his arm.

"So...no hard feelings?"

*SNAP!*

"Yikes!"

The settlement has clear, Leo and Spike departing from the lobster cave. Which is near the cliff as they see a blue sky and rocky mountain back.

"Aaaah! Smell that mountain air!" Spike happily joy from the atmosphere.

"And it's all thanks to you, bro," Leo said.

"Yeah! See Leo? That's how you do it!"

The lion only smiled. "I guess so, the fact that I will never be grumpy or any related to it, maybe I should be fixed my attitude. See how it goes..."

"You better be. Otherwise, anyone can use your kindness for their benefit and we don't want that." Spike put his right claw to his brother's neck. "And you know, sometimes you have to let go of your anger, it's a great key to overcome any obstacle ahead in our future. After all, everyone can let their anger flow out to their mouth if they can't hold on to much longer."

"Even Celestia?"

"Pretty much I think. She usually calms in any situation."

"Okay...but when will it come to me?"

"Soon, bro. Soon..."

Time passed on as our non-adventurer reaching the crystal area. Where there's a bunch of crystal laying around the place on top of the Crystal Mountain of course. Shortly after a while, the boys FINALLY arrived at their destination.

"Looks like we made it to the peak! Starry said this is the place where we can find the best lenses..." Leo stated.

"Then leave it to me!" Spike cried out as he running to near crystal. "This is a job for a dragon!"

The purple dragon picks up and sniffs the fresh little crystal only to find it imperfect for the telescopes. That is until he found an excellent one. And it sharp round! A pure one for making the telescopes.

"Ah-ha! This should be perfect for Twilight telescopes!" Spike said putting the lenses on his, which make it bigger.

"Pawesome!"




Finally!




The sun is setting, and our boys return to Canterlot with the lenses on them. Thanks to that, Starry Eyed we're impressed by their hard work and immediately working on the telescopes for Twilight.

While the stallion making the telescopes, the sibling's chit chat for a second. "Leo, I think it would better if we head back tomorrow. Is getting darker."

"Sure, bro. Is a good thing we back here, else we have to stay with that lobster." 

"We could stay at Mom and Dad house for a night, and, I can help you how to release or let out your anger." Spike ideally.

"I...don't know. Was it necessary to do it?" Asked the lion who wears a bandana.

"Of course it is! We should start right!" The drake grabs Leo paw as their exiting the room, not before... "Starry, when the telescopes will finish?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Alright! Oh, and thanks for your help." Spike gratitude him with a smile.

"What a friend for." He replied with a smile. Once the youths leave his room, he taps his chin of what he was hearing when working. "Leo never angry before? Now to think about it, since he was a little cub, I never saw him with a pair of furious eyes. Wonder what happens if he let loose it..."

The yellow stallion imaging how angry is it the cub, only it to find a happy cheerful golden lion on his mind... "That will be hard to imaging."
> Chapter 36: Dragon Crisis (S2E10)
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Dragon Crisis


"Are you ready to do this?" Twilight asked excited to Leo.

"Haha! Ready as always!" He replied, in his aerokinesis form and stance of prepared for his sister any eventuality.

Today is a special day for the Sparkle. First are one of the lavender unicorns, who is doing her favourite list; organised. The manipulator was here because he willing to help, get to spent time with his favourite sister, and what are you guys expected? He's living in the treehouse. 

Oh, and second is the purple baby dragon birthday...and the golden lion in next week. They came to this world on the same day so the family decided to put their birthday together. But first...

Twilight used her horn to light up some candles and closed up all the window curtains. She had determined looks on her faces while Leo cheerful smile as she lights her horns glow even stronger. With her eyes closed, Twilight pulled off all the books from the shelves, and then levitated some into the air and made them move about like they were in two invisible conveyor belts.

"No distractions, today is too important. Re-shelving day!"

"Name it and I'll shelf it for you, sis!" said Leo, wiggle his tail ready for action as the mare wiped her brow.

"Understanding Medieval Equestria goes in Pony History," said Twilight aloud as she let her brother put the books on their proper shelves with Wind Sphere. "Modern Spellcasting. That's Classics."

"The Art of Ruling 1000 Years...uh, Pony Politics?" Wind said since he wasn't as good at Library organization as his sister was.

"Correct, brother," She responded, "The Art of the To-Do List...I've been wanting to read that again."

"AHAHA! No." Leo simply reacted like that. "I love you sis, but the last time you read that one you were creating to-do lists to create a to-do list." 

"Oh, relax. As your big sister, I'm allowed to do anything I wanna do without any goddess watching me." She proudly said.

Giggles from the lion. "Part about being a sister is true. Unfortunately, Celestia can gaze at us at any time right now with her magic mirror~"

"A-what?" A very standard shock coming for the mare itself. She gets used to the lion stuns her of his past time when she's not around him. "Princess Celestia has a magic mirror? For what? Wait, all this year, she spying us this all-time...? AND does this mean she WATCH us while we'll-"

The next word was interrupted by a chuckling sound, thank goodness. And it made a bunch of the books hovering in the air fall on top of them. It was Spike who came downstairs carrying a rather large red gem in the shape of a heart. He was currently cuddling it, gazing at it, and then used a tuning fork to test it and then giggled to himself.

"Spike! What are you laughing at?" Twilight yelled out as she poked her head out of a pile of books.

"Oh! Did your fire ruby almost done?" Asked now the silver-mane lion as he popped his head out of the pile of books.

"Not quite, although it's almost ripe," Spike told them he headed downstairs. Then he stepped on a dropped book on the step below and tumbled to the floor. His red gem went into the air but he managed to catch it with his tail. He giggled to himself then noticed all the books on the floor. "Hey, you took my advice! Just use the floor as one big shelf."

Twilight only growled at him but the lion chuckled with the dragon. Guess she could forget not having any distractions while she living with these boys...

Time passed as the taller than the drake back to work as suddenly sound of light knocking on the door.

"Hello~? Anypony home? Twilight? Leo?" said the voice before peeking in through the door. It was Rarity, who only then gasped when she saw Spike polishing his gem, "Is that a fire ruby?! Huh, that must be at least twenty carats! No inclusions, pristine facets..."

"And delicious." He added.

The librarian was feeling a little annoyed at their conversation. "Uhh...if you guys don't mind?" She asked and Leo humming continuing their work.

"Oh, uh, of course, I just came by to see if you had any books on historical fashion...Did you say...delicious?" Rarity first faces the other unicorn but got sidetracked when she heard what the little siblings told.

"Sure did!" said Spike as he cuddled the gem against his cheek, "Next weeks is my birthday along with Leo, and this is my birthday dinner." He walked off as Rarity watched him with a devastated look on her face. She just couldn't handle the idea of such a rare and precious gem being used for dragon food. Her thoughts were interrupted when a book came hovering next to her and made her lean back a bit.

"Ahem." The white mare surprise for a bit as she turns to saw Leo looking at her obvious understand what she was about to do. "Do that to him and I'll l blast you off this tree with my wind power."

Shocking. You'll never see him like this every day, the mare sheepishly smiled as she quickly opens and read the book Twilight give to her. Seeing him striking her chance has passed for a minute as he walked to his sister.

"Sis, it's afternoon already. I need to go to work." He said as he departed from the house with Twilight nodding after that.

Sighed relief, now her opportunity. Get that gems!  What could go wrong, eh???




A weeks later, mayhem start...




Chaos...

Bedlam...

Uproar...

Pinkie Pie shirking loudly that can be heard by anypony as she saving her life by tossed a bunch of cake while yelling at...a dragon?! which is splattered on the ground near the large and greedy dragon. 

"Back! Get back!"

"Pinkie Pie! Stop giving him a cake!" Twilight called out with the other Mane fellow who is gasped at seeing the creature.

"I'm not giving him a cake," Pinkie retorted, "I'm assaulting him with cake!" The dragon, Spike, then grabbed all the cakes on the panty Pinkie was standing on, causing her to fall to the floor face first. "How dare you take the cake!"

Only a growl he gave before he grew in size once more, but this time it was into a full-sized giant, rampaging dragon. As a result, the roofing of Sugarcube Corner has smashed apart. Spike gave a roar and noticed something in the distance and walked away.

"He's completely out of control!" said Twilight worried, "Who knows where he'll go next? And wherein Equestria is Leo?! Is his birthday today and why should he go out right now?! This whole rampage should make him notice immediately!"

Oh, yeah. That. Time passed as the group march on to you know who... At far a bit, the manipulate sitting with the laundry owner who reading a newspaper at the usual cafe. Which is not knowing the shenanigans has begun again.

"See, right here." Soothing Wave put down the paper and show it to Leo. 

"What's that? Chance to get access to the best Spa in Canterlot with a beautiful and pleasant mare?"

"N-not that! Next to it, although that very interesting..." Wave mumble but immediately shook it off after seeing Leo start at him confused. "A-anyway, just read it, please."

"First one, then two. Ponyville hero; Mare-do-well and Silver Hearts newest favourite heroic in town..." He amused by reading it, continuing. "Sadly our champion never being sawed for a month, but the resident knows that one day the heroes return when the time comes. You like those heroes a lot, Wave?"

"Nah. The opposite."

"What...?"

The pony closes the newspaper and put it aside. "I don't like all those attractive their make, my friend. It creates many distracted for us to continue our daily work, for a kid they didn't mind at all because...their kid."

Leo nodded understanding the stallion staying. Although, this brings him pleased with the fact some who doesn't willing any heroes to the town. After all, Ponyville has the Element of Harmony bearer...if that not enough then they also have the Elemental manipulation too. Even though the wielder itself not want him to be a hero, he glad.

Which great because...they need him right NOW!!!

Without knowing a loud noise went off, causing them to quickly startled by this. Though, the manipulator didn't understand what in Equestria is going on...

"What was that noise?" He asked puzzled but try hard to kelp calm himself.

Luckily he with Wave. "That's Ponyville air raid siren. It's very rare to hear and yet, something dangerous must happens right now." He sounds very relaxed in this and any situation as he got up and ran outside of the cafe area with Leo close by.

The blue pony was right, ponies were running amok, the siren was destroyed and the only left is a hole in the ground. The thought of the lion was the solution of this is to use his earth power to re-raise the dirt to the same level of the surface. But that's not the case as the duo find out who cause all of this.

A giant dragon that has the same colour as a certain drake that the lion knows about. What a "surprise" received from him, you guys know what I mean. "I'm gonna kick her flank after this nonsense..."

"Who are you preferring, my friend?" 

"Oh, nothing!" He shrugged sheepishly before the lion ran off. "Follow me! I think we need to go to somepony place that Bro heading right now!"

The earth pony just listen to him as they proceeded but he stops immediately. "Hold on that dragon is your brother?!"

Leo doesn't reply as it didn't take long for both of them to reach the white unicorn boutique because of the size of the drake. Which too late as Spike already grab her and put her on his tail. Not only that, but he also grabs the tank from the water tower which causes the liquid inside fall down and ponies running screaming for their lives.

Upon arriving they saw two familiar pegasuses,  who trying reasoning with the dragon boy...well, one good cop while the other one bad cop. Oh, and it didn't work as the purple Draco use Rarity as a fly swatter that torn part of the cape of her wearing that deal effective against flying type.

The duo flyer screamed as they were went falling into the river below! Luckily--

"No time to lose, here I go!" Cut too short, the manipulate leap into the air and transform...


ELEMENTAL POWER!


ELEMENT WIND!!!


Giant Wind Sphere!

As he said, the aerokinesis flew up to the skies and gathers as much of the air as it shapes like a big sphere. Convinced it was enough, he tosses the ball to the falling cape with two pegasi inside and it hit, floating for a second before Leo move them aside to the river, next with Calming Wave.

"You two alright, my friend?" He asked gently.

"A-are we d-dead?" Fluttershy muttering as the sphere vanished, open the torn cape.

"No, I think... Is Leo!" Rainbow Dash shouted, giving him a "thank you" nod as here comes another aerialist, three of them! "Look! The Wonderbolts!"

"I know some of them! Hi, guys!" Leo waves at the bolts who reply with a salute. 

With that, they quickly swooped down at Spike, startling him as he growled. They then air-dived at the dragon as Spike held his container of treasures close to himself. Spike then noticed a nearby mountain and started to climb it. Rarity screamed once again as the three Wonderbolts made another pass. This time, they managed to buzz cut the scales on his head. Spike then noticed a hole in the mountain above him. He quickly climbed up to the hole and stored his things inside and then leaned his back against the hole so nopony could get inside. As the Wonderbolts swooped down at him once more, Spike grabbed the silo and held it so the three flyers flew right into the rooftop of it. He then slammed the silo into a mountain with the opening against the mountain so the three Wonderbolts couldn't escape. He smirked before he roared in triumph.

"Oh be quiet, you're got nothing to be proud of." Rarity spoke, thee Drake rolled his eyes and made mock-talking gestures with his claw. "You steal everypony's things, terrorize the town, and use me as a weapon against my friends! Which as horrible as it is, I can almost understand because you are a dragon and all," 

She continued sternly as she tore off the remains of her cape with her magic, "But this! This is a crime against fashion!" Spike was then shocked when he noticed her necklace and the fire ruby gem. The unicorn noticed him looking at it as Wind enter the zone.

"Rarity! I have a plan! I will..." 

"Oh no. You're not getting this gemstone! (make a big tornado...) This was given to me by my dear friend Spikey-wikey,(might ended your mane life...)  the kindest, sweetest, most generous dragon ever. (and then grab you by your tail...)  And it's too precious to me to give to a greedy old beast like you! (easy! Sound good?)"

The unicorn doesn't even hear what the lion talking about but stares as soon as she sees him. "Oh, Leo! Thanks, Celestia you here! Please tell me you have a plan to free me?!"

"..." Leo only smiled with questions floating near him by what did she just said. Should he push her? Is this some kinda new bully thing?

Then all of sudden, the dragon body twitched before he instantly returned to his original size. The classic Spike! Rarity then looked and saw Spike hovering in the air with her. "Spike? You're the rampaging dragon?!"

And for some reason, they both were reminded of a certain reality with no way to stay up there before falling to their doom. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!"

"Oh wow! That's work too!"

"Somepony do something!" said Pinkie in a panic as she saw them through some binoculars. 

"Quick, Leo! Save them!" Twilight instantly told the blue lion as he nodded happily before zoomed down.

While the rescuer is on their way, Spike looked at the marshmallow pony. "Rarity? I need to tell you something! Just in case we don't make it. I've always sort of had a crush-"

The unicorn cut him off by placing a gentle hoof on his mouth. She gave him a soft smile as tears left her eyes. It made one fact as clear as day to the little dragon.

I know darling. I know.

Despite the hoof on his mouth, Spike smiled. Knowing that no matter what, Rarity knew the truth. Leo poured down on the speed with his now serious expression as he began to lift his right paws and spin around in the shape of a circle.

Wind Spiral!

As he said, a spiralling gust appears and form around Spike and Rarity and stop them death track from the fall, almost hit the river just in time. He slowed down and gently lowered them to the ground as the two sat inside the cape on the bridge where the rest of their friends were waiting for them.

Fluttershy gasped. "You did it, Leo! I can't believe you did it!"

"Great job, my friend." Soothing Wave said. 

"Yeah, I can do even better than that." Rainbow Dash, being herself like usually but got eyes rolled by Applejack. It was also at that moment the water tower came tumbling down the mountain with a large crash. Inside the dragon-made crater were the three Wonderbolts, looking very shaken. However, once they noticed that they were out in the open again, they quickly recomposed themselves, saluted everyone, and then flew off into the distance.

"Goodbye!" Leo waved farewell to the best flyer. Meanwhile, Spike is nowhere to be seen.

"Spike," said Rarity as she found the little dragon as he looked at her, "I just have to tell you how proud I am of you."

"Proud of me?" He sadly said.

"Yes, it was you who stopped...w-well, you, from destroying Ponyville. You're my hero Spikey-wikey!" She then gave the little dragon another kiss on the cheek. Spike just smiled sheepishly as the rest of their friends just gathered around the other side of the bridge. While Leo... He's...

"So~ Rarity!" He zipp toward her and nudged her joyful. "Remember back at the Library of what I said to you~?"

'Oh...' It what this moment when she knew, she bucks up.

Wind Blasts!

BOOM!

"WUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

The manipulator launches her straight up in the air with powerful air moves, after the capability reaches its limit, the unicorn fell into the river. Looks like she will fall to it after all...

Spike and everypony stare at the blue lion, speechless. He looks at them confused. "What? I told her I will do it. Deal with it!"
> Chapter 37: Effective Way (S2E11 - E18)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Effective Way 


"I just won't get it, what just happened?" I meet somepony new, check. Introduce myself as well, check. Sing a random song out of nowhere, duh! Of course, but when become instant best friends with him...uncheck."

"Oh?"

"Yeah! At first, I play the blame game but stop after that. If there's somepony new in town, I always need to win him over! I try everything to make him smile and be my friend! Even pulling up a giant green checkmark to my face for emphasizing my plan!"

"Okay."

"I just can't believe it," The one who talks a lot is none other than Pinkie Pie, seems like sadly. "He said he would never forever be my friend. It was horrible." 

Twilight just kept reading her book but was still listening to Pinkie talk. She sympathetically.  "I know this is hard for you, Pinkie, seeing that your friends with everypony, but you just have to accept that he is gonna be the exception. He just...doesn't want to be bothered."

"Yeah," said Rainbow who also there too, as she sat on the floor reading another Daring Do book, "He doesn't want to be bothered with your over-the-top super-hyper antics." She couldn't resist making her eyes roll about with her remark.

"Rainbow!" Twilight scolded.

"No, no, it's okay, Twilight." Pinkie said. "I get what you're saying. What two of you are saying. And I guess...I can leave him alone..." She closed her eyes sadly as Twilight nodded in agreement, but then Pinkie got a determined look on her face, "...Right after he accepts my apology!" 

Twilight blinked and face planted her book as the pink pony got up before...

"Who want some tea and cupcakes!" Shout Leo who bring a tray with teacup, kettle and delicious cupcakes.

"CUPCAKE!?" Pinkie yelled as she zoomed back, flipping out the unicorn and the pegasus as book and paper fly out everywhere. "Gimme gimme gimme!"

"PINKIE!!!" Both readers cried out from the cause she has made.

"Here you go, Pinkie." Leo happily gives the pink mare some cupcake while ignoring the glare coming from the other mare.

With that, she tosses the cupcake into the air and eats it like a piranha. Then, sip some of the tea. "Wow! Delicious! Thanks, Leo!"

The lion smiled as he put the tray on the table. "Your welcome! So, who are you guys talking to?"

"Nothing personal." His sister told. "It just that somepony doesn't want to befriend Pinkie."

Leo stunned. "Woah, really? That's impossible! She like, pure kind of ponies that I never see in Ponyville!"

"I think 'pure kind' is not suitable for Pinkie..." Rainbow Dash whispered to Twilight which she nodded slowly.

"I know right!" The mare is remarkable. "For once, I never see any kind of this situation before. Now, I need to fix it!"

"Who's this pony? A newcomer?" Leo asked.

"Nope! He's a donkey and yes! He just arrived this morning." Pinkie explained.

"A new donkey?!" He exclaimed excitingly. "And here I thought Matilda we're the only one."

"Y’know?!" Pinkie shocked before facing the opposite direction of him. "Well, of course, duh! You know everypony like me! Hey! Maybe we could be buddy or partner! We should make a group club to let everypony join too! Twilight and Rainbow Dash can join too right? Silly me, there can enrol too! We can do it at my place! Or Sugarcube Corner or..."




One hour later...




"And then we can make a party of "Happy-celebration-of-our-buddy/Partner-party!" She...finally finished as she turned around to see no one there. "Hey, where everypony go?"

"Already left." Answer the librarian, as she comes out from the kitchen. "The moment you start talking about me and Rainbow Dash, Leo was the first to leave. After you talk about everypony should weird friendship clothing Rainbow Dash we're the second to leave while I have to stay because this is my house.

"Oh~!" Pinkie understood before looking around. "What time is it?"

"One hour has passed."

"An hour?!?" She yelled out closer to Twilight who look stunned at first. "Oh, sweet celestia! I need to apologise to Cranky before it's too late!"

"Don't worry, Leo got you cover." Twilight simply said which make the pink mare confused.

"Huh?"

Just then, the door open. Revealing the lion with a happy expression. "Guess what girls! I got a new friend!"

"Figure," Twilight said with smiled. "Did you brought him?"

The manipulator simply nodded as he moves aside a little, behind him was the donkeys. One is Matilda, and another one is... 

"Cranky?!" Pinkie exclaimed as she looked at him...happy.

"Yes, Pinkie. The reason I was here is to thank you." He said smiled at her.

"Me?"

"Yes, for always never giving up for me." He said while looking at Leo, confusing the pink mare. "This lion told me about your real purpose, to making me smile..."

"Really?"

The male donkey nodded. "Well, despite how you handled everything...you still there to supported everypony...even when you create something that didn't make sense or...it was just me who only think for myself were the worse. Thank you...for being such a good friend."

"And...?" Pinkie seems hopeful.

"Yes, Leo told me about this, I accepted your apologies." Cranky with a genuine tone. "And I am honoured to call you my friend." 

Those words made Pinkie's day as she smiled widely and her body began to tremble. Everyone backed away a bit before sitting down on the ground."

"Happiness overload in 3...2...1..." Said Leo when Pinkie rocketed into the air and exploded like a firework in the evening sky, destroy the library rooftop. "Liftoff...we have liftoff!"

Twilight looked up horrifying at her house. "My...roof."

"Woo-hoo! This is fantastic!" Pinkie screams out as she jumped around and started talking and bouncing about like a pony who had way too much sugar, aka she being her normal self, "Oh! Now we can hang out together and chat and sing songs and..." She gasped, "...party! Oh, I have to throw you guys a big party. It'll be called "Welcome to Ponyville/I Found My Lost Love/I'm BFFs with Pinkie Pie" party..."

Then the mare noticed that the two donkeys are not paying attention to her and she quickly settled down, "...Or maybe something less over-the-top and not so super-hyper." Cranky and Matilda just smiled.

"Pinkie, we're eternally grateful to you, but... Matilda and I just want to spend some time together in peace." He said.

"Oh. Um, but we're still friends?"

"Pinkie, you went way, way, way out of your way to make me happy," Cranky said as he approached her, "Of course, we're friends."

"Great!" She is happy about it as the donkeys headed back to the house. Pinkie and Leo smiled as they watched them leave.

The unicorn approaches her brother. "Woah, Leo. I'm impressed that you make friend with Cranky like an hour."

"Yeah... How did you do it? It took me like an entire day to try it." Pinkie asked curiously.

Leo feels proud of the compliment "Well, it took a simple skill of understanding to do it..."




Flashback, what really happens...




In the area where the male donkey lives, he finally goes outside after that pink psycho mare gives up on befriended him. He does normal everyone does, but here he picks up some box of his stuff and put it outside for giving some space for the inside. This thing common thing went moving into a new place.

The way he doing within a flash was he in hurry her might come back for him. And he really doesn't want that. Luckily, he doesn't spot a single pony in his sight which makes him glad. But fate had another plan...

Cranky hear a footing step as he quickly turns around to see who it is. Surprising him was a male lion, smiling at him.

"Hi!"

At first, Doodle, could shout at the lion to leaves him alone or running for his life from carnivores eaters but after witnessing her, what can he do to this particular lion?

Leo approach the donkey, with an innocent smiled as Cranky doesn't have a word to form so he goes with it. So he sighs and closed his eyes. "Howdy, uh...can I-"

*CLICK*!

Cranky froze as he opens his eyes, and stare down to see the handcuffs of his right hoof and the lion left paw being attached. Where did this teenager get this from?

"Wanna hang out? There's someone I need to show you."

The donkey looks at the lion, not amused at all but he didn't know this is how adults make friend with...simple but effective.

"Fine. Make it quick." Cranky simply said. It's even better than the crazy pink pony one...
> Chapter 38: Release Goes Wrong (S2E19)
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 Operation: RELEASED 


"Alright, Leo. Let's take a look at the list for a second time." Spike told his brother as their walk in the street of the mini-market area while holding a basket full of food and other stuff.

"You sometimes like Sis, bro." He smirked. Usually, that librarian double-checks her list like...triple to fifth.

The dragon grumble. "Well, can you blame me? Twilight always makes us buys some nutrition and supply for a month! Thus, this is getting ridiculous. I mean, look at it!"

He gestures behind him, sure enough. It's already over the line of the basket. How can he carry that all of the junk with that tiny body?

Oh, right. I forgot this. Today, the boys are buying some items from a regular market in the street of Ponyville. Though, Spike has been compliment about this since they begin purchasing stuff. What is he up to?

"And how come there's so bunch of them? You and I know we are not a quick eater neither does Twilight and-" He realized something. "Wait... Should I the one holding the list? Why I'm the one carry this basket?"

Leo rolled his eyes. "Sis said you should educating your strength since we didn't have to train in Ponyville for some reason...and also try to switch roles for fun!"

"Fun fun and fun." Spike repeated in annoying. "Come on, Leo! You didn't look alike change at all when we workout with Shining Armor!"

"I fought Nightmare Moon, Alpha Timberwolf and Discord, plus you as well being mind control by him."

"...Understandable, but still you don't look buff at all."

"Can we just let it go now? We need to get the cherry for an unreasonable reason..." Leo checking the list while squinting his eyes. Seriously, why Twilight wrote this?

The purple drake sighs, letting his temper goes down before nodding as the duo continues in the street, as ponies passing by them while some of them waving at the lion one especially. They spot a group of friendly face casually walking towards them.

"Rarity! Pinkie Pie! Fluttershy!" Leo shouts to get their attention as it works. The ponies saw them and approach the siblings.

Of course, the pink mare first to speak. "Hey, Leo and Spike! Whatcha doing?"

"As everypony else do," Spike remarked. "Swapping or trading with bits for food."

"We didn't trade anything..." Leo said.

"Shush, Leo."

"So, boys." Rarity turned now. "Is there any material or grub you two haven't got yet?"

With that, the lion looks at the list again. "Nope, just a cherry."

"A what?"

"Cherry."

"Oh, y-you too?" Fluttershy we're the last to talk. "I was to g-gonna go buy cherry too for Angel."

"Pawesome! Let's ask Mr Crafty Crate over there." Leo said as he points to a stale with a stallion in it. In front of him lay one single red cherry.

"I need that cherry," Fluttershy said to herself as she rushed over to the seller, "Boy, am I glad you have one cherry left. You see I'm making this special meal for my bunny Angel. He's a very picky eater..."

"..and a spoiled pain in the flank...," Spike muttered a little. "But we need does cherry too right, Leo?"

"For an unreasonable reason?" He shrugged. "I don't think so...maybe we shouldn't-"

"Ten?!" The voice was from the shy pegasus in shock as well as the other.

"Did she said ten bits?!" Spike was stunned with his mouth open by the seller selling that small cherry. "Leo, forget buying it. Let's just ask Cheery Jubilee, she probably in Canterlot."

The lion back from shocking stated. "Right. The pony who lives in Dodge Junction I told you about!"

While the boys were talking, Pinkie and Rarity quickly heading towards Fluttershy as the unicorn pulled the yellow Pegasus away by the tail.

"Don't give him your money," said pink earth pony sternly as she carried Fluttershy's bag of bits on her head. "One cherry is not worth twelve bits."

"But...I was only doing what you did."

"It was a valiant effort," said Rarity after letting go of the pegasus tail. "But you should refuse to give him your business and just walk away."

"But...I can't let Angel starve! He won't eat it unless I make it just right. I need that cherry no matter what it costs!" said Fluttershy as she flew off to go claim it until...

"In that case, twenty bits!" said Crafty Crate. That price tag quickly brought the rushing Pegasus to a stop.

"Twenty?! Oh, but, I don't have that much." Fluttershy said as she sat down in defeat.

"Then why are you wasting my time?" He retorted. It was then a yellow unicorn arrived holding some bits with her magic.

"Hi, Lemon Hearts!" Leo shouted to her. 

"Hey, Leo." She replied firmly, then look at the stallion. "I'll give you two bits for that cherry!"

"Sold!" Crafty Crate said as the unicorn take the cherry away. "Eh, tough break, kid. Next time, don't be such a doormat."

The kindness felt sad about it as she walked away. The manipulator quickly approaches her behind. "Don't worry Fluttershy. I can get you a cherry with my bro."

"That's nice, Leo but I'm in hurry right now..."

Leo stops following her, knowing well that he doesn't want to push her that far as the other came in. The dragon nudged the lion making him said "Ouch" in pain. "Leo, you can't just quit after one sentence of the word."

"Sorry...but she's Fluttershy. If I show hostility she will screech and run away...or maybe fly?"

Spike only sighed. "If this keeps up, you never unleashed your anger."

"And what this unleashed his anger, darling?" Rarity asked. 

"Well...when is the lasted time your two saw Leo angering?" Spike raised a question.

"Nope!" Pinkie said happily while jumping up and down. "Well, when fighting Nightmare Moon aka Princess Luna he shows the attitude of battling not fury. Also when you fought the Alpha Timberwolf itself-!"

"I didn't tell anypony besides bro..."

"Pinkie just being pinkie, darling."

"-you stand and protect Zecora from being devoured by that beast which is also unlocked your new Leaf Elemental! Also also combat face to face with Discord, even though you only fight Spike but that still not make you aggressive at all! And you still hadn't show anger at all!"

Leo doesn't feel too good right now."Yeah... I don't know, maybe we should quit..."

"I still don't get it why you want your brother to feel angry, darling." Rarity said to Spike who in a thinking position. "He's already as perfect as a hematite labradorite gem! Besides, his pure kindness is excellent for helping anypony."

"Yeah! He's super-duper awesome in his way after all! I'm sure he doesn't need that emotion." Pinkie commented.

"But that's just it!" Spike snapped as he looks at them. "I'm sorry, Rarity and Pinkie...but I don't wanna let anypony used him for their good because easily to doormat him! The reason I try to bring his level of irritation higher so Leo could at least respond to upsetting social situations but not too much or he will get social avoidance. Plus, I won't stop until I see him angry with my eyes! Are you with me Leo?!" 

The dragon turned back to the lion only to see he's gone. Though the wind passes by him with a tumbleweed follow up, is like when no one ignores you when you started to talks, they're left you all alone.

"Where is he?!"

"He already runoff." The pink mare giggles.

The drake only facepalms as he groans. "Guess  I'll push him too hard, he's not the type to feel the fury after all...I need a break." Realizing still carrying the basket load with stuff as a magic aura levitates from his back.

"I can carry it for you, Spikey-wikey." Said the white unicorn. "And maybe treat you with some delicious gems if you are willing to help me."

Spike, of course, will say. "REALLY?!"

The Generosity chuckled. "Sure, now come on!"

With that, they took off to Rarity homes. The Laughter join cause wants to hang out for a bit before going back to her chores. Although the Number One Assistant want to find Leo it would be best to leave him alone for now and enjoy the sweet tasty of gems!





"Finally... I'm free for a bit." Leo exhaust after running away from his brother so he stops for a second, feel bad but it's for his good. "Now what?"

The golden lion walked slowly after the haste, lower his head down with a sad face. As the stepped of his paws continue, he thought. 'Do I want this dangerous emotion? I mean, anger can be uncontrolled right? Ugh, this whole problem won't come if bro doesn't ask about it!'

Only for him immediately regret saying it. "No...bro just want to help me to avoid being a doormat. I was the one who won't release it. But how-AUGH!"

Leo incident bumps into someone. What he saw was a grey goat giving off a bleat before he took off. The lion is very confused right now. 

"Okay...?" Then he realizes what the goat bleat was a brochure. So he picked it up and started reading it. "The incredible Iron Will turns doormats into dynamos. Assertiveness seminar today, hedge maze centre."

After what happens throughout this day, he admits he had enough. "That's it! No more going running around the town anymore! I think I will get this stubborn anger to finally let it out!"

Later that day, without getting caught by his siblings. several ponies are gathering at the centre of a hedge maze for the seminar. Though he terrifies by the massive crowd he knows well these ponies so the lion believes he can do it. A white goat and grey goat were standing just outside the entrance to the central area wearing headsets. Leo went at the end of the side right, just then a timid pegasus caught his eyes.

"Oh! Ah! Uh...excuse me," she said as she timidly squeezed herself between two ponies at the very front and gave a slight squeak. Those around her glared and then...

*THWACK!*

She was sent to the back of where the manipulator was who quickly helping her up. "Don't worry, Fluttershy. I'm here too." Leo smiled to make the pegasus comfortable as it works. It was then some music began to play.

A smog comes up on the stage as a shadow appeared wearing a cape into the spotlight. Removing the cape to see a blue minotaur wearing a black tie around his neck as he shadowboxed for the ponies and fireworks went off around him. The ponies started to cheer and stomp about excitedly so does Leo except stomping the ground. Fluttershy struggled to see what was going on as the minotaur flexed his large muscles and kissed them.

"Welcome friends. My name is Iron Will, and today is the first day of your new life! I wanna hear you stomp if you're tired of being a pushover!"

As he said, ponies stomping again.

"Stomp if you're tired of being a doormat!"

Ponies stomp again.

"Stomp if you wanna pay nothing for this seminar!"

Stomp again. But then ponies realized what he said and stopped. They looked at each other confused for a moment but then started to laugh. Iron Will gave them all a stern glare, making the ponies stop laughing at him. 

"That's no joke, friends, Iron Will is so confident that you will be one hundred per cent  satisfied with Iron Will's assertiveness techniques, that if you are not one hundred per cent satisfied, you. Pay. Nothing. But I pity the fool who doubts Iron Will's methods! You don't doubt me, do you?"

"Oh, he's looking at Meadow Song I think," Leo remarks as he got to see the minotaur approach the stallion.

"Uh-uh, no sir."

"That, my friends, is your first lesson," said Iron Will as he stands on the two heads of the white and grey goat, "Don't be shy, look them in the eye".

Leo couldn't believe it, this minotaur might be the key to let all his pressure out of his system as about the stallion who's having a chat with the white and grey goat. This is it! But how to get his attention though?

"Now, to demonstrate that Iron Will's techniques will work for anypony. I'm gonna need two volunteers." Iron Will said, talk about perfect timing.

Before the lion raised his paw, several ponies raise their hoof to be chosen as the two goats began to scan the crowd. He looks at the shy pegasus who's trying to squat to the ground and hide. "Fluttershy? What are you doing?"

"H-hiding of course."

"For who? It just some two goats roaming around."

"That's j-just it, I-I only want to know how to not be d-doormat that's all... Not to be-"

"You two in the back row!" Iron Will announced as the ponies split down the middle to reveal a cowering Fluttershy and manipulator Leo.

"Who? Us?" They asked.

"Yes, you two!" said Iron Will firmly, "Iron Will wants both of you on stage!" Fluttershy gulped while Leo smiled gladly he got the chance.

Although he needs to help the timid mare to get on the stage, standing in front of the crowd worry him. But not long cause Iron Will here to help him, and Fluttershy as well.

After all, what could go wrong?




Wrong.




I should have stopped saying it...

The next morning, wait this should be on the top not...ugh, whatever.

Nopony we're outside, like literally no one was in this beautiful day giving by their Sun Princess. Something must have happened and Twilight is the only one who doesn't know, cause she spent a day in the library. Classic for her.

"Spike, where is everypony?" 

The drake sitting on her. "Eh, didn't notice that.  Wonder what problem this time."

"Psst..."

"You hear that?"

"Psst!"

The Sparkles heard and look up to see a cyan mare. "Rainbow Dash?"

"Both of you need to hide now!" She speaks out loud but quiet at the same time.

"Is this gonna be like Zecora accident again?" Twilight said disinterestedly. "If it is, you have been not nice lately and how you convince everypony to do this?"

"No! I read a book, okay!" She shouts. "Second, it on Sunday."

"What?"

"Nevermind that you guys need to hide before-OH CRUDE HE'S HERE!!!" With that, the pegasus flew off leaving a rainbow trail.

"He?" Twilight asked looking at her brother who shrugged. It was then a figure approach them.

"Uh...Twilight? Isn't that..." The dragon point at a figure wearing a black jet leather jacket, its sleeves gulped his foreleg. His eyes covered with black glasses, but what makes Spike pointing is that the creature has golden fur, with a silver-grey mane and fur tail. No sight of a grey bandana on his neck. "On his mouth...is he..."

"Smoking?!" Twilight snapped as she sees he brother smoking a cigarette. Literally a freaking cigarette!!

The lion approaches his siblings walking like a gangster. "Hi, Sis...bro." He simple said, grab the cigarette to let out a cloud of smoke.

"LEO CONSTELLATION SPARKLE!" Twilight stomped her hoof to show her anger. "WHAT IN EQUESTRIA ARE YOU DOING WITH THOSE UNHEALTHY CANCER STICKS THAT CAN HARM YOUR BODY?!"

"Nice jacket though."

"Spike!"

"Me?" Leo blow raspberry. "My life has changed, sis. Thanks to Iron Will assertiveness techniques, I'm a King in this town." 

Spike gonna go along with it. "Wait, then who's the Queen?"

"Fluttershy."

"What...?" Spike and Twilight said. The unicorn snapped back. "Who's this Iron Will?"

"I think there's a show in the hedge maze or something yesterday" The drake replied.

"Okay, but why are you smoking?" Twilight said almost irritated.

Leo chuckled. "Calm down, sis. Is not a real cigarette, it's a fake one." He then showed the cigarette closer to his sibling. Still smoking which got to their nose system and smell it, like...

"Strawberries?" They confused as it true it's not a common cigarette their see so far.

"Come with a different flavour," Leo told them happily as he turned around. "Now if you excuse me, I'm off."

"Where to mister?" Did twilight said like an annoyance?

"Duh, to the Minotaur!" He exclaimed. "I'm gonna pay him using the bits for helping my problem."

This makes Spike shocked. "Wait, not the bits belonged to us for this month?!"

Leo sinisterly smirked as he pulled the bags full of bits inside his jacket. "That's right~"

The unicorn glared. "Leo Sparkle, stop this at once. Don't you dare give it to that beast or you in big trouble." She slowly approaches him until he said this word.

"Shut up."

"...what?" She was stunned by the lion phrase. Did he just said...?

"I SAID SHUT UP!!!" Leo growl at his own siblings, showing his sharps teeth causing them to back up.

"L-Leo?" Spike stuttered and...scared. He knows he wants his brother to have other emotions but this...this feels mistaken. "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong you said huh, bro?" He laughed maniac while approaching them. "This is what I want! I can feel the anger, the anger that you want me to achieve! And now to look!" He grins deviously.

"Leo stop! This isn't you! The Leo I know always kind and carry for other creature!" Twilight shouts, trying to find her real brother.

"But that's just it!" Leo snapped as he angrily pouncing his sister, sending her back on the grounds as well make the dragon rolled off her back. "You want that namby-pamby Leo! You want pushover Leo. You want ask-anything-to-him-and-he-won't-mind, Leo!"

"Then stop what you doing! Don't let the anger control you because this it's not the way to show your emotion!" Twilight yelled back, shook the lion to come back to reality.

"What?" Leo simply said with a confused look. He steps off his sister as he sits down. Realize what he did to everypony in this town, he's become the bullies, he hurt other ponies feeling, through word then physical. "But...I was just doing what Iron Will said..."

The librarian got up and approach him. "What he thought was good for you too. But it was you who overused it. Honestly, I never see you said no when somepony ask for help from you. I was beginning to worry when someone will use you to their advantage..."

The manipulator was stunned, he looks at the drake who look concerned as well. Looks like both of them were worry about him for caring for others before him. Then again, does this make him feel satisfied?

"You do know some noble back in Canterlot we're using you for their benefits right?" Twilight asked.

Leo remembers it as he looks down. "I know some of the guards told me that the noble was think for themselves but I know some of them are not that impolite. You knew a couple of them..."

"I know, but the thing is you must understand to use your emotion correctly. For example; anger can't use for every single conversation or other situation, and if you're sad but acting joy, then you're just putting up a facade."

It's all come to him instantly, this is not what he wants. All this year the lion has grown and learned something new, controlling his power as well makes new friends. Only for the last part, he lacks something, he lacks comprehending his type of emotions. Rethink the past, he often happy, responsible and occasionally serious. He rarely sad, fear and...that's it, no sight of anger or rage at all.

"L-Leo...?" The lion snaps back as he saw Spike slowly walk towards him. Realizing how scary and terrified it was, it should be ended. "I-I want to apologize, it was my fault that I'm so focusing on you for giving in another feeling only for you can't control. I...I'm sorry!" He rushes and hugs the lion, who hug back immediately.

"It's alright...It was my fault for using my emotion the wrong way." Leo pat his brother back and closed his eyes. "Maybe I shouldn't use this anger at all."

Twilight interfere. "No, Leo. You can't lock away your feeling, everypony sometimes periodically happy, cry, rage, or stress. You just have to learn." She put her hoof on his paw.

"Now come on, first you need apologies to everypony you mess with and we will be there to assist you." She smiled warmly making the lion smiled. Let go of the drake who feel better now as their heading to house-house for an apology.

It was then something struck in Leo's head. 

While the other head-on first the lion feel a pain in his head but keep it quietly so his siblings won't hear it. "Agh! This headache again!" He muttered as hard he could.

"Wait, this feels like the same when I'm in the Everfree Forest...but what could this me"

"Leo! Come on!"

Called by the unicorn he shakes his head rapidly so that the pain was gone before head off. Not notice a blue minotaur riding a grey goat passed by.
> Chapter 39: Worry for the Future (S2E20)
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Worry for the Future


Sweet celestia...


After all those hard training...


Why didn't I just ask for his help?


And now...


...I did it


"I'M FLYING!" Screech from the orange sunray filly, she couldn't believe what she hardly witnesses. Her wings flapping as regular as they can, she is not upset because she still can't fly but as she said, she did it...with some assistance.

"Thank you, Leo!"

"That's what friends for!"

Today in the open field of Ponyville, Scootaloo agree to inquire help from the Elemental Manipulation for her flight training. The cub of course, happy to lend a paw but the filly not sure if he can help. He has no wing let alone doesn't haven't experienced it. However, the cub still insists to help her on his own way.

"Looking good, Scootaloo!" Applebloom are her too along with Sweetie Belle with a scooter next to her. "Nice move, Scoot!"

"Thanks, girls!"

Scootaloo we're not flying exactly but she does floating because there's a wind surrounding her to make the filly look like she can fly. Even though can't use her wing but she can pretend to fly and at least she floating from the ground. The cub also hovers close by. 

The pegasus smirk as she uses her wings to do spins spiral as the wind follows her track. Keeping her stable and not fall from her doom as she shouts. "Now for the finished, the triple loop-the-loop!" With that, she speeds up to the skies before performing the drop first, then she pulls up a little as she spurts around to make the first loop.

"One!" The filly from the bottom counted.

Scootaloo does a second loop but she began to struggle a bit as the loop she makes is not a perfect one. 

"Two!"

'Just one more...!' The ponies flyer muttered as she did the final loop only for her stop in loop upside down. She gasped as the wind around here are vanish before she drops for her doom now with her screaming.

"Scootaloo!" Applebloom and Sweetie shout in horror as Leo quickly twist his paw to create a sphere of the spiral.

Wind Spiral!

The aerokinesis lunches it away as it moves faster like a certain pegasus, but she faster too though. With it hit, Scootaloo now contains hover as the wind caught her spiral around her. She sighed in relief as do her friends. "Thanks, Leo..."

"Sorry, Scootaloo. Looks like I make the wind couldn't keep up the pace of your speed." He apologises, put her down on the grass with his ears fold back. He feeling upset only for the filly to hug him.

"Are you kidding?! That was the best my first ever flying trick I have ever done!" Scootaloo cries out of excitement. "Thank you so much, Leo! I should just ask you straight away when I saw your Elemental power!"

Leo chuckled happily. "Glad I could! Hope that's enough since my power carries you." She nodded satisfied with what she got.

The other crusader came in. "What other things you can do with your power, Leo?" Asked Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah! What about Earth Elemental? Ah' wanna see what it can do!" Applebloom suggested, she is an earth pony after all.

"Hmm..." Leo thought about the suggestion as he gasped at the idea.

ELEMENTAL POWER!

ELEMENT EARTH!

He switches to geokinesis power, with his mane, tail and bandana change. The brown lion turns to the filly with a gentle smile. "Now, girls. You may want to stand behind me for this."

Their nod as the Crusader rush and hide behind the manipulator, focusing the earth energy from his body to his paws. He used it to stomp the ground as hard he could.

Earth Skatepark!

The ground began to shake in front of them like some earth suck into the soil, the girls watch in awe as the lion moves his paws left to right and up and down to order the earth to follow what he's doing before grab his paws tightly. Upon finish, the Crusader gasped in shock, especially the pegasus filly.

"Sweet...mother...of...Celestia..."

You guessed it, in front of them was a standard skatepark itself! Although it only has a bowls field, you never see this in Ponyville at all! More, there's no skatepark in Ponyville. Until now!

The screeching of excitement can be heard as Scootaloo first to rushed ahead to see the park. "WOAH!!! I-I can believe it! A whole area for skating!" She looked back at the creator of it, who simply nodded at her as she goes back, then return while riding her scooter into the park.

"Best Day Ever!!!"

While she having fun skating around, Applebloom approaches the brown lion. "Wow, Leo. That must be the amazing thing ah ever saw!"

"Yeah! I mean, we didn't see this every day so often. This is a masterpiece!" Sweetie remarks almost like her sister.

Leo chuckled slightly. "Thanks girls. But now I need to ask Mayor Mare about this before anypony realise there's a Skatepark in the middle of nowhere."

"Oh yeah, imaging their face when they saw this!" Sweetie comments as they laugh together.

With everything has done, switch back to normal as Leo walk away to the Town Hall while the filly enjoying watching their friend's rocky those scooter.




Later...




"LEO!"

"Hm?"

The cub turned to see his brother waving at him and his concerned sister away from him. Though he plans to go home after telling the Mayor about a new structure that has been making in Ponyville and told her the one that made it is him but seeing his sister outside meaning something has up.

And also never know there's a big black three head "dog" appearing in the town.

"Hi, guys!" Leo said as he running towards them who standing in front of a weird tent. "What's up? And...What happens to your mane, Sis?"

The librarian with "Not. A. Word" face as the drake pointing at the unicorn. "We here because Twilight wants to see the future, so I brought her here."

The lion felt rather weary. "You mean..."

"Yep, Madame Pinkie's place."

"Madame Pinkie?" Twilight said.

"You can't be serious, bro..." Leo groaned. "If you don't mind, I'm staying out here. Fortune Telling makes me very uncomfortable. Besides, the one time the old group from Canterlot got me to try it out for fun. I got a frying pan to my head!"

"Alright, suit yourself," Spike said as he and Twilight headed inside.

"Come...Enter the chamber of Madame Pinkie Pie..." Said the pink pony, now dressed as a gipsy and using a spooky voice as she sat before a table with a crystal ball in the centre, "For the answers that you seek, let us consult the mystical orb of fate's destiny."

Then using her normal voice. "Do you like my mystical orb of fate's destiny? I just got it. Cool, huh?" Twilight and Spike blinked.

"Yeah uh...the best one I've seen."

"Look deep into the crystal ball...for it will reveal all! Ah, yes I see something...It is a vision of the future...I see...you, Twilight. You will get a cool birthday present next year..." Pinkie said. with her spooky voice

"Yes, and?" Twilight anxiously and excitedly as Spike smiled.

"That's it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yup, cool birthday present."

"Pinkie, I need your Pinkie Sense to tell me what the impending disaster that future Twilight was trying to warn me about!" Twilight snapped.

"Oh, my fortune-telling has nothing to do with my Pinkie sense," She said, "It's only good for vague and immediate events." It was just then Pinkie's tail twitched.

CRACK!

And a flower pot crashed on top of the unicorn head.

"Like that, see?" She said and then pondered, "Where did that even come from?" Then Pinkie got another tail twitch.

CLANG!

"OW! OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! I DIDN'T EVEN GO INSIDE THE TENT! PINKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" Pinkie cringed when she heard Leo angry shouting.

"I...think...Madame Pinkie is announcing her retirement," she said sheepishly with a chuckle, remember the Iron Will event and she really don't want to see his furious.

A few days later as the sun was setting in the sky and Pinkie had arrived outside the Library.

"Lalalalalalala, lalalala...Gosh, I haven't Twilight since the flower pot incident." She said to herself. "And the boys too, I hope Leo didn't mad about the incident."

She then let herself inside of the Library with dumbfounded after she looked inside. The main area was now loaded with various machines, blackboards with various graphs, telescopes, books, and lots and lots of paperwork. Twilight was running about from one object to the next as Leo and Spike just sat calmly in the corner of the room eating ice cream. Pinkie also took notice that Twilight had a bandage on her head and had dark circles under her eyes.

"Uh..."

"Off by point zero two from yesterday," said Twilight as she peeked through a telescope, checked a chart, and marked her notes down in a book, "Carry the fifteen...negative azimuth on the fourteenth moon."

"Hey, Pinkie!" Leo said as soon he saw her while his brother busy stuffing his face with more ice cream. The Laughter realizes there's a bandage covering his head.

"So...no hard feelings?" The cub warm smile as he shook, a sigh of relaxation from her. "Twilight's serious about finding out about that cool birthday present, isn't she?"

"Who cares?" Spike dismissively, "As long as I can keep eating ice cream. Sorry, future Spike." He then took another bite and hummed happily. Twilight just smiled as her tongue was sticking out from the corner of the mouth as she wrote some more notes.

"Are...you okay, Twilight?" Pinkie asked worriedly.

"Ah, Pinkie, I'm glad you're here," She pulled Pinkie over to one of the telescopes. "Can you help me recalibrate the apertures on the nine-and-quarter catadioptric telescopes?"

"Sure!"

The librarian continues as she walked over to another telescope, the one gift from her brothers. "So I was thinking after I came to see Madame Pinkie and the flower pot landed on my head-see the bandage? Just like the bandage from the future."

"Nice!"

"I had an epiphany after that flowerpot hit my head and the frying pan hit Leo's head. Doing things didn't work, not doing things didn't work, and we couldn't predict the future either, so we only had one other choice. Monitor everything." Twilight's eyes enlarged as her pupils shrank, making the red veins on her eyes visible as well as making her look slightly insane.

Pinkie uneasily with a smile since the lavender pony was sticking her face in hers. "Well, that makes sense to me." 

"Uh, it's I and not we because you're the only who uncovering it, sis." Leo fixed it. "And we can just ask someone help-"

"Oh, hush you!" She rolled her eyes as she rushed to another telescope, her eye moving wildly from the top lens. "That way no matter what happens in the future, I'll be ready. I thought I saw something in the Horsehead nebula, but after staring at it for three straight hours, I was wrong!"

"Three hours?" said Pinkie in shock as she stood next to the boys, "when did you sleep?"

"None," Leo told her concern. "She has been like this since future Sis was here. Plus, being awake for like too long." The lion was told that his future sister comes to visit while he's out so he caught up with this mess.

"But tomorrow is Tuesday," Pinkie added, which make Twilight gasped before teleport to her telescopes.

"Pinkie, did you finish recalibrating the apertures on the nine-and-quarter-inch catadioptric telescopes?" She asked.

"I have no idea."

The unicorn continued to scope the sky when she accidentally looked directly at the sun. "Ah! My eye!"

"Sis!" Leo yelped as he rushed over to her.

"Don't worry Twilight, I have eye patches stashed all over Ponyville, in case of an eye patch emergency." Said Pinkie as she rushed over to the fireplace to grab something. "There! Now you look like a pirate! A sleepy pirate with a really weird mane cut."

Leo confused about why there are hidden eyes patches in the library as Pinkie pulled over a mirror. Twilight gasped.

"The eye patch...another sign! Nearly all the signs have come true! I haven't done a thing to prevent the catastrophe!" 

"Sis, calm down!" Leo shout to his frustrated sister. "If you wanna, we could go to Canterlot and ask Celestia about it and-"

Got cut off by Twilight another gasped. "That's it! If Tuesday's tomorrow, and the disaster happens by Tuesday morning, then there's only one solution. I'll just have to stop time!"

"Pawesome! Let's go!" Leo exclaims as he pulled out four tickets from his bandana, showing them as the Magic stunned.

"Ticket to Canterlot?!" She shocked. "How'd you?"

"My Sis one-oh-one: always be prepared for her any eventuality." 




At Night in Canterlot...




"I dunno why we have to wear these things either."

"Aren't we wearing them for fun?"

"I thought we play like a ninja or something?"

"Focus, guys!"

It was late at night by the time the train arrived at Canterlot station as the two ponies and two boys were now all dressed in black bodysuits with hoods. Twilight we're the only one taking this mission seriously even doing a somersaulted while others kept following at her own pace.

"Uhh...I don't think we need to be sneaking around, Twilight." said Spike as he held an ice cream cone in his hand, "It's not illegal to walk around Canterlot."

"Guard! C'mon on you guys!"

"Oh hey, that's Sir Night Shield!"

"Leo!" Twilight called to them as she posed next to a fountain statue. Pinkie, Spike and Leo then posed as well as Night Shield walked by. Twilight exhales loudly once the guard was gone. "That was close."

"You know Sis, we could just ask Night that-"

"No time! Let's move!" She cut him off again as she rushes off, sighed from the lion as the other follows the unicorn.

Now getting back on track, the unicorn had asked Leo to scope for a way into the tower while she did the same. As usual, Pinkie and Spike just stood back and watched. Twilight then came across a window that she was able to open from the outside.

"The coast is clear," She said as she looked around, "Now slowly lift me into the window so we can-AH!" Twilight was given a hard shove as she went flying inside. The other three just casually entered as the cub one help Twilight recollect herself.

"You know there's a chance we can just ask somepony to-"

"No."

"Or maybe-"

"Nope."

"But-"

"Nuh-uh."

"Sis-"

"Leo!"

"K'..."

Twilight sighed. "The sooner we finish, the better okay?" A slightly nodded from her brother.

She is back rather indignant. Twilight and then continued to sneak through a rather dark hallway. Pinkie and Spike follow, Leo however, just stood there smiling and wait...

Eventually, he saw his sister come back talking in a hushed tone as she moved forward while keeping low to the ground. "The Star Swirl the Bearded wing should be right...here."

"Hey, sis." Leo greeted her.

"Leo? Why didn't you follow me?"

"Why shouldn't I?" He confused as he points his paw to the open window...the window that their went in.

"Cool! Can we climb in the window again?" Pinkie asked excitedly from the back. "That was super fun!"

"I don't understand," said Twilight, "It's supposed to be here...How are we supposed to find it now?"

"Maybe we can ask somepony in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing?" Pinkie suggests as she pointed to an area that was locked up by an iron bar door as Twilight gasped.

"Huh? How'd we miss that?" The unicorn looked at the club who put up the "I'm been here you know" face and she just put up "oh really?" mean face.

Leo sheepishly giggled. "I told you you should stop reading and spend time with me in the past."

"Just...just quite, okay."

He only shrugged, as Twilight examine the place. "Look at all those priceless magic scrolls, there are more than I ever imagined!"

"Twilight, the guard!" Pinkie pointed out as a shadow approached the group.

"What are we gonna do, what are we gonna do?!" She began to panic and ran about the area before the locked door as the shadow approached the group. Twilight huddled close as she squatted on the ground, trembling fearfully as the guard walked up to her.

"Hey, Twilight, haven't seen you in a while," the guard cheerfully said. "Let me open that for ya."

With a loud squeak, the guard unlocked the door and opened it for the group. They were all stunned except Leo.

"Thanks," Twilight with a nervous chuckle.

"Hey, Night Shield!" Leo genuinely waves from the back. "I thought you patrolling the front yard?"

"I did, it just that I had to use a restroom for a bit." Night Shield said but got a stern look from the lion. "...Alright, I know I should stop drinking too much before start guarding but I learn my mistake okay!"

"Well, everyone made a mistake as it is, Night." Leo smiled and salute him as he did as well before moving on. The mares are stunned.

"Wowing! I never normally saw them like this!" Pinkie bounced unbelievable as Spike smirk crossing his arms.

"Yeah, every guard in Canterlot respect Leo after the battle against the previous Captain of the Royal Guard."

The Laughter we're about to ask but suddenly Magic interfere. "I get it, okay?! He wins the battle and earns the appreciation of the royal guard. Now can we finish our primary objective?!"

Later after they agreed to it, they went inside. Only for Twilight to gasped in horror as she went ahead to the mirror. "Oh no! Look, I look just like future Twilight... The last sign has come true!"

"But how can we find the time-stopping spell?" Spike asked worried, "There must be a million scrolls in here!"

"I. Don't. Know."

Seeing his sister panicked, Leo began to felt determined for helping her. "We will find it! Like dad always said: don't give up until it's over!"

The manipulator began to run about, searching through various books and scrolls at once. The rest of the group began to do the same. Twilight began to search some other shelves as Pinkie sat on top of one shelf checking and tossing away various types of scrolls. But their time was running out as the sky got lighter and birds began to sing outside. Spike was nearly about to fall asleep but managed to shake his head to wake up and was searching through books when he noticed how the sun was about to rise.

"Twilight, it's over!" He looked out the window, "It's officially Tuesday morning!"

"Ngh, no! Tuesday morning, the disaster!" said Twilight, "Incoming!"

She pushed Spike out of the way and ducked as she covered her head with her fore-hooves and trembled for...

...

...

...

...nothing?

"Uh, sis?" Leo poked the mare after he saw his sister take cover to see nothing catastrophic happen. "Nothing has to come about."

"Yeah, Twilight. It looks like a pretty nice day." Spike added as he removed the black hood from his head.

It was then a certain alicorn pass by. 

"Good morning, Sparkle siblings," said Princess Celestia cheerfully, "Love the new hairstyle, Twilight. Well, happy Tuesday you three!"

The unicorn smiled as the Princess walked away, leaving her dumbfounded.

"Well, Celestia seemed...pretty upbeat...for an incoming disaster." Leo slowly said.

"Why isn't anypony surprised to see us sneaking around in here?!" Twilight snapped, "Is it possible there never was a disaster? That we've just been making ourselves frantic over nothing?!"

"So if future Twilight wasn't warning you about a disaster, then what was she trying to tell you?" Spike said as Twilight then giggled.

"I don't know, but do know one thing. I look ridiculous." The trio all laughed.

"Yes, you do!"

"Totally!"

"And this all happened because we couldn't stop worrying about the future and let the future handle itself! Well, not anymore! From now on, We're gonna solve problems as they come, and stop worrying about every little thing!"

"And...?" Spike seems like getting his hopes up.

"Yes, no more late-night pacing," Twilight giggled as she pointed at the giant sundial, "If only we had learned this lesson a week ago, we wouldn't have had to go through all this."

"Twilight, Twilight, I found something!" said Pinkie as she appeared from one side of the room with her hoodie now off, "It doesn't stop time, but it lets you go back in time. It says you can go back once, and it only lasts for a few moments. Does that help?"

"Pinkie, you're a genius!"

"Pawesome, Pinkie!" Leo applause.

"Woo-hoo!"

"Now I can go back and tell past Twilight and Mario that they don't need to go berserk with worry about a disaster that's never gonna come!" Said Twilight as she took a few steps forward and made her horn glow white. The intensity of the magic made a light whirlwind surround her before a bright light transported her exactly one week back in time. Leo, Spike and Pinkie watched in awe as the unicorn disappeared.

"So, back to our conversation." Pinkie turned to the boys. 

Spike lead the talk. "Well, it all started when we bumped into-" Only be interrupted by a flash of light.

"-waste your time...worrying...about..." Twilight soon realized that she was back at the present with Mario, Pinkie, and Spike and face-hoofed herself, "UGH! I can't believe I just did that!"

"Huh, guess time travel doesn't follow our current time," Leo said with Pinkie nodding.

Twilight announced. "Remember last week when future Twilight came to warn me about something? That was me trying to warn myself not to worry so much! Now I am gonna spend the next week freaking out about a disaster that doesn't even exist! Ugh!" She groaned loudly as she sat down with a sad and frustrated look on her face.

It was then her lion brother hugs her tightly. "Uh, Leo...?"

"Don't be like that." He said in a sad tone. "I'm sure everything will be fine in the future, and if don't...then we have each other, through friends, siblings and family. After all, your not alone."

This makes Twilight cheerfully giggles. "That's the same things you say back when we looking for the Elements. But yeah, thanks, Leo."

"And I wouldn't worry about the time travel failure, it's a past Twilight problem now," Pinkie added which made Twilight giggle again.

"I guess you're right, Pinkie." Then Spike drew their attention by letting out a loud groan.

"Ohhh...my stomach... I...I think it's all that ice cream...I thought the stomach ache would be the future Spike's problem, but now I am future Spike. Ohh..."

"I already told you to eat once per day, bro." Leo sigh but then chuckled loudly. "Being grumpy dragon again and that's your punishment!"

The mares laugh at Twilight as she used her magic to put the drake onto her back. "Come on, future Spike. Let's get you home."
> Chapter 40: A Fiery Fight (S2E21)
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A Fiery Fight


Tonight, in the boy's bedroom, Leo staring at the ceiling after he woke up for some reason. The feeling started to think about his life, his days on this resident place are making him rather...

Boring...

Sure, life in Ponyville is fun but all of the enjoined, there's is one thing he didn't do at all...and that is anger.

The golden lion sighed, none of the adventures ever let his other emotional release. His brother Spike it's trying to make him mad by anything like pitch him, punch, kick, and assault him with fire breathing which both got grounded by Twilight.

Leo was bored, he knows every place in this town, he already befriends the ponies in this town, has a job and is a great friend in this town. He needs something new...

"Ugh..." He growled as he departs from his bed, heading to the kitchen. Maybe a glass of water can keep him still for time being. Speaking of time, is five o'clock in the morning. Surprisingly him a little bit, even his sister still sleeping for this.

Upon in the archive room, where ponies read a book. He founds out that the room was quite messy with many books laying around the floor. The lion first thought was his sister but he hears a male grumbling. Curious, he looks around the place until found the source; his brother, Spike who's reading.

"Bro?"

The drake startled for a second before seeing the lion, his eyes like stay awake all night. "Oh, hey...just a late-night research."

"What going on? Are you secretly doing an assignment early morning?"

Spike sighed. "Remember yesterday about the Dragon Migration? Everyone mocking at me..."

"Well, I'm not. I was amazed to see the dragons." Leo said, thinks back on those astounding views. "But why are the girls laughing at you?"

"Just look at me! I'm not acting like a real dragon at all! For once in my whole life, I didn't behave like a dragon! Just what am I? Where am I from? Who am I supposed to be? I need to be answered!"

The purple baby dragon was about to cries but Leo quickly confronts him with a hug. Warming him up with his golden fur. "Honestly...I feel the same as you, bro."

"W-What?" Spike said as he sniffed.

"Thing is... I never felt about finding my own family. After growing up, I privately spent a lot of time trying to find answers about who I am and what happened to my family." Said Leo. "But, my efforts were fruitless and I... lost heart to keep trying. I was so heartbroken about it and...trying to stay positive all day, and still right now."

"I remember," Spike as he rubbed his eyes. "It after we finally have our bedroom, you started crying when you said giving up. I hugged and cried with you, even though I was don't understand what are you doing. At least...maybe I did, but I never understood what it is until I thought about it right now."

He sadly said, he forgets about his brother too. This isn't about just him, both of them have in common. With that, he got an idea. "Then we gotta get an early start!"

"Shhh! Keep it down, bro. Sis is still asleep." Leo hushed him, then puzzled. "And what is an early start?"

"Yes! I'm going on a quest of self-discovery!" said Spike boldly, "I need to learn what it means to be a dragon! And the only way I'm gonna do that is to join the dragon migration!"

"Oh, wow! That's pawesome!" Leo is happy to hear. "Wait for a minute, did you say we?"

The dragon nodded. "Yup! You and I, join the migration. I know this is all about me but this might be the chance to unlock your other emotion!"

The manipulator moaned. "Again? But I try and try bro... It doesn't come naturally to me. I cannot angry myself."

"Don't talk to me like that, that just like me right before. Just believe you can do it." Said Spike with a determined face.

Leo looks at him for a second, he's confident face is cute make the lion chuckled. "Okay, fine."

"Alright!!! I'll pack some food like usual."

"And I'll write a letter for Sis to know that we when to Canterlot for visiting our parents. She will freak out if we tell the truth."

"Good point." Spike remarks. "Okay, let's prepared-"

"After we clean up the mess?" Leo gestures to all of the books that the drake read.

"Oh, yeah..."




Later...




The day was still young so does our duo who's finally found where the dragon when, Dragonlands! As the drake quickly ran up the side of the mountain, but then tripped and slid back down. Luckily, Leo used his wind power to fly up as well as grab Spike. But when they finally reached the top, the duo saw several dragons settling down in various places about the mountains. An adult dragon saw them and launched a large flame at them.

"Nngh..." Spike yelp as they ducked behind a large rock to avoid being barbequed. The rock was still glowing from being burnt when Spike came out of his hiding spot.

"Woah...such a powerful breath." Leo amazed. "I don't think you can learn about a dragon with them, bro."

The drake nodded then gulped as he noticed in the distance five medium-sized dragons. "Alright, teenage dragons! Now that's more my speed. And size."

"W-wait, bro!" Leo shouts, but Spike is already headed over to them. He hesitates first, he's not a dragon that's it. But helping his brother in his mind... "Wait up!"

With that, the lion follows his brother from behind. As Spike approached the teenage dragons, they were just cheering as two of their own were busy wrestling with each other.

"Um, excuse me?" He interrupted shyly, "Uh, hi. I'm Spike."

The two dragons that were wrestling each other just stared at him. The red dragon ended up dropping the other as a purple dragon got in front of them.

"You sure your name is Spike," said the purple dragon, whose name was Fume, "and not Shrimp?!" The other dragons began to laugh.

"No, it's Spike!" the baby dragon stuttered, "I'm not, I mean, I'm sure about that..."

"You look more like Peewee to me," said a white dragon by the name of Clump as he poked Spike and the rest of the dragons laughed again.

"Hey guys, c'mon, seriously," said the red dragon whose name was Garble, "Leave him alone or he might fly away. That is, uh, if he had any wings!" Garble laughed as he picked Spike up by the tail and dropped him so he was in the middle of the laughing teenage dragons.

"You fly on your mommy's back during the migration?" Clump teased.

"Not exactly..." said Spike timidly.

"No, no, can't you see baby Spike just hatched?" said Fume as he wrapped an arm around Clump, "I bet he still sucks his claw at night!"

"No, I haven't sucked my claw in months!" Spike protested, but the dragons just laughed. This made Spike suck his claw on impulse, but he quickly stopped himself.

"Hey! Be nice to my brother!" Said a voice as the teenage dragon turned in the direction of the sound as stood Leo as he gave a serious expression.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Garble remarked. 

Leo replied. "Spike's my brother. The name's Leo Sparkle, the Elemental Manipulation."

"Wait, Sparkle? That's like a girls name for a loser like you!" The red dragon laughed along with the other dragons.

"Thanks! I take it as a compliment, what's your name?" Out of nowhere, Leo smiled back at them, but not a challenging smile only a simple one.

The dragons were surprised by this change of attitude. "Uh... It's doesn't manner, punk! You in our territory now, and we better teach you some method from us!"

Garble wildly cracking his fist as he comes closer to the manipulator only then got cut off by the purple drake. "Hey! Leave him alone! We came from Ponyville and-"

Once again another cut off but this time the red dragon. "Ponyville? That explains it! I knew there was something vaguely pony-ish about you two. If I didn't know better, I'd say you two were part pony!" He said while backed poor Spike into his brother front paws. Until...

SMACK!

"OW!" Garble got a whack in the head, shocking the other dragon as he back away to see who did it. It was Leo.

"I told you to be nice with my brother!" He warned him again.

"THAT'S IT!" This makes Garble furious as he points at Spike. "Listen, kid! If you are a real dragon then PROVE IT!"

"W-well, how?" He gulped.

"By acting like one! Who's up for a little belching contest?" Garble called out. The rest of the dragons cheered as he glanced at Leo. I deal with you later, lion.

From the top of the hill, one dragon flew off, heading towards someone...

So to began with, a white dragon named Fizzle went first, producing a large-sized light green flame from his mouth and crossed his arms. Fume then did his belch, producing a much larger orange flame that headed right for the others. The baby dragon trembled nervously while the lion was astonished as Clump took his turn, giving a small hiccup when he finished.

Garble look at Spike. "You think you can beat that, Peewee?" The drake just gulped and went up to take his turn as Leo gave him paws up for good luck. Spike only managed to belch a small green flame which turned into a scroll.

"Huh?" said all the dragons in shock the red one pick it up.

"From the desk of Princess Celestia. Dear Spike, please te-" He didn't finish the letter as Spike trembled nervously, "Ha! Get this, guys! Spike's pen-pals with a namby-campy pony princess!"

He crumpled up the letter and tossed it into a nearby pool of lava. Leo stunned.

"H-he just throw that away? Does dragon know anything about royalty at all?" He mumbled quietly.

"Maybe tail wrestling is more your speed," Garble suggested to Spike.

"Uh..."

"Yeah!" the other dragons cheered. It wasn't long before a grape coloured dragon named Vex and a grey coloured dragon named Baff locked tails.

"Ready...go!" said Garble as Vex and Baff began to exert themselves in what appeared to be some sort of deadlock. Finally, Vex was able to overtake Baff and the dragons cheered. Spike nervously near his brother and hugged his tail, dreading what might happen when it was his turn. "The winner!"

Cheers from the dragons and even the lion too. "Pawesome! Congrats!"

"Oh, yeah? Think you do it, lion?" Garble smirked at him only for giggled heard.

"Silly, Garby! I'm a lion after all! Of course, I can't handle your guys strong tail. What an idiot huh guys?" Leo likes Pinkie Pie mixed with seems like insult makes the other dragons snickered.

"What did you say?!" Garble was furious but before that, he got cut off.

"I got it. I wrestling with him!" Spike took time to compose as he points toward a meek-looking turquoise dragon. He looked at the dragon confident before the others walked away and show that this "meek" looking dragon has a very, large tail covered in sharp spines.

"Oh, bro, you walked into that one," said Leo wearily.

"Alright, feel cocky already, huh?" Garble, cooling off after the taunts. "Go!"

"Whooooooooooa!" Spike yelled before he smacked face-first into a wall and then slid down it. Leo cringed.

"That's gonna leave a bruise," He said to himself.

Later on, Garble had carried Spike up to a large mountain of gems. Leo was concerned from a distance as he stood on guard for anything suspicious. "So, Spike, you haven't exactly proven yourself,"

"But...I get an A for effort?"

"Huh, maybe, let's see how you do in this next contest." Garble then tossed Spike off the gem pile, grunted as he painfully tumbled down the mountain but was caught safe by his brother.

The other dragons laughed as the red one called out. "King of the Hoard!"

The rest of the dragons cheered before they all charged the mountain. Clomp was the first to reach the top, but Garble easily threw him off the mountain as the drake slowly made their move toward him. "This is my chance!"

"Go on, bro!" Leo waved cheering for his brother. "Win this competition!"

Spike keep on going when is Fume coming in chuckled as she almost near him only for her feet to get pulled back by...a green vine?

"Yes!" Leo said quietly as he yanked back the vine to him before quickly turn to regular form. "This might cheating, but they're the ones who start first."

As Garble and Clomp were wrestling with each other, Spike poked his head from under Garble's lower belly, poking the red dragon with his head scales.

"Whoa!" said the teen dragon as they both tumbled off the mountain and Spike found that he was now standing at the top of the mountain.

"Way to go bro!" Leo called out.

"King of the ho-whoa!" Only for he slipped and tumbled off the mountain.

"Look like this is another fail for you, little Spike!" said Garble smugly, "Can't wait to see you fail at lava cannonball, too."

"Sore loser!" Leo muttered as he and Spike now sat on top of the mountain, overlooking a decently sized lava pool.

"Whoever makes the biggest lava splash is the ultimate dragon! Geronimo!" Garble then dived into the lava, creating a rather large splash.

The drake flinched away from the splashing lava. Some bits of lava splashed near the lion, making him back away with worries.

'Oh no, none of my elemental could help this time.' Leo thought as he bit his lip. 'I'm sorry bro, you're on your own.'

Sooner or later, all the teenage dragons have jumped off, only Spike remain.

"What's wrong, Spike? You afraid that lava will hurt your soft pony hide?" The red one taunted as the other dragon's laugh.

The purple drake then looked over the cliff nervously. "Believe you can do it!"

Spike looked back to see his brother with a determined look, giving him some courage, with a gulp, he then screamed and dived into the lava...and belly-flopped with a hard thwack.

"Oooh..." All the dragons, including Leo, groaned as Spike slowly sank into the lava. It wasn't long before Spike resurfaced and spat some lava from his mouth.

"Ugh...Was I...that bad?"

"No, dude," Garble said as he grabbed Spike by his head scale and let him sink into the lava. "That was awesome! No pony could live through a belly flop like that! You are tough dragons!" The lion from the cliffs sighs relief as the other dragon agreed.

Later, the other dragons raised their tail into the air to make shape arches. Spike watched with interest while Leo stood side of the other dragons before he walked through the arches and stood before Garble.

"Spike, by belly-flopping so hard, you have proven yourself worthy. I hereby dub you "rookie dragon", and will now perform the initiation ritual. Rrrrgh." He then grabbed Spike and gave him a hard noogie on the head and chuckled as he set Spike down. "Now let's party dragon style!"

As the dragons cheered and began to devour gems by the handful. Leo seems enjoyed the party so far as he manages to talk to some of the dragons, which are kind of astounding how this cub befriended another dragon. Garble we're NOT happy about this.

It was later that day when dragons, along with Leo, were just laying on their backs with full bellies. Except the lion can't eat gems so he lay down.

"Man, was that a great party," said Spike as he rubbed his stomach as Leo nodded 'cause of the way party, not the food.

"Great? Huh, maybe by Ponyville standards," Garble said, he glares at the manipulator, he saw what he doing, he needs to eliminate him without Spike knowing. But for now... "Stick with us, Spike. We still got plenty to teach you about being a dragon."

"I'm not going anywhere," Spike contently, "The way I feel right now, I could hang out with you guys forever."

This put a shocking expression on his brother mind but maintain not to move. Is it that true what he said? Does he wanna leave his family to these dragons? Surely this is sarcastic for him, right...?

No...please don't leave us, bro... Leo thought as a small tear of eyes come out, still lay down, he quickly wipes it out when the dragons getting up and stretching from their little nap.

"Y'know, Spike," said Garble, "I think you just might be ready for a real dragon raid." The other dragons cheered and Spike was excited. Leo felt a little worried.

"What kind of raid do ya have in mind, Garble?" Leo asked tilted his head.

"Well, there's a nest full of phoenix eggs nearby, and you gonna swipe 'em!" That made Spike's smile flip upside down instantly and Leo blinked but kept most of his shock to himself.

"Aren't you psyched to go on this raid?" Clump asked as he gave the drake a hard slap on the back, causing the baby dragon to face-plant the ground.

"Oh, yeah, I'm excited. I mean, I'm psyched..."

"Alright then, now go!" Garble order as Fume and Clomp scooped up Spike both arms, surprising him as they carried him away.

"Bro!" Leo shouts as he is about to use his Windpower, the red dragon pulled his tail and send back where he stood. "Hey, what's wrong!?"

"You're not going anywhere, lion!" Vex sneered.

"Your little bro's gotta handle this raid without you," Baff grin. "If he can survive being the distraction...or live bait! Hahaha!" Leo's eyes shrank, this is NOT the dragon he befriended.

"Beside..." Garble said in a cold tone. His head turns as it darkness covering his eyes. "We do not finish with our business right, buddy?"

Leo gulped, having bad feelings as he immediately stood up. "Look, I'm sorry for hitting you, but what you did back there was--"

He's not finished as a big fireball heading this way. Leo screams as he ducks for the fireball to pass by on top of him, explode when it hit the rock who left are a burn mark.

"Get'em, dragon!" Vex and Baff charged in with their claws ready to shreds him. Leo quickly calls his elemental.

ELEMENTAL POWER!

ELEMENT EARTH!

"Earth Pillar!" Leo slam the floor, causing it to shake as a stone pillar came out and hit the dragons stomach, causing them to knock back to the shocking red dragon. He saw them clenching their belly in pain.

"What are you, punk?!"

"Someone you shouldn't mess with." Leo serious glare at him. 

"Whatever! I don't care now, I want to see you BURN!!!" Garble flew to the skies as he fires another ball of fire, heading in a flash toward the brown lion who is punching the floor.

"Earth Barrier!" The earth hear upon the call as it performs half-dome in front of him, nearly protecting as the fireball hit the barrier like it was nothing except there a burn mark now.

"Argh!" Just as he was safe, Leo felt pain in his head as it was the same headache he receives back before. He gripped his head with his paw as Garble saw this as an opportunity.

"NOW!!!" He yells as behind the brown lion were Vex and Baff, smirking as it was a set-up. Leo panicked as he swings his paw, making the barrier cover the back as well. Now it has become a full earth dome. 

"Crush it, gang!" Garble order as the dragons maniacally begin to slice and smash the barrier,  some of them used their fire breath to heating the inside as piece by piece of the earth began to detach. "Come on out your little SCARY cat! You won't last in there for long!"

Inside the dome, Leo we're sweating while holding his will for the barrier. "H-He's right...I...I need to get out of this area...!" He channelling his other power, as a breeze slowly appears near him...

ELEMENT WIND!

The dome shatters as a million pieces of earth scattered around and the teenage dragons as well. A strong wind sphere can be seen as it flew up to the atmosphere.

Garble quickly recover from the blast for his eyes completely widen. Now he understands why he's called the Elemental Manipulation. "What the heck?! He can fly this whole time?!"

Rage started to fill in him when the flyer zooms off. "After that lion!!!" The other dragons regain their strength back as the trio flew to chase down the wind manipulator.

Soaring through the skies, many adults dragon just chilling and relax when there's a blue gust of wind chasing by three teenage dragons came into their sight. The blue lion saw them roaring as their (literally) launching their fire breath at him. The same goes for the teenager as need to keep safe, Leo gasped as he tries to dodge every flame he could. Garble almost reached to him. 

"Give it up, scary cat! You are surrounded by us dragon!!!" Leo began to panic, if he fighting right now then the others will join in, making him lose more energy. Even so, can he win against them?

Without knowing, an unexpected happens.

*BAM*

"Aaaahhhh!!!"

One of the adults still flying, when he saw the cub hauling by the small dragon, waiting for the right moment, he uses his tail to smack him down. The cause of it making Leo launch into the scorching mountain. There, a mighty dragon awaits.





"We are very sorry for bullying, Spike. Your brother told us you are a good dragon." Clomp, the dragon that taking Spike now riding on his back.

"Eh, is alright. At least you two apologise." The drake relieving some tension after an attempt to steal the Phoenix egg only decide to abort the raid. "You guys just messing with someone, just so that the others won't bullying you instead?"

Fume scratch his head. "Maybe...?"

"Well, you could just forget about them and move on to find some dragon that won't stir up for you," Spike suggested as the dragon took note of his recommendation. These two dragons are the ones Leo befriended with.

"We here!" Clomp shouts as the trio back to find no one. "And...no dragon."

"Leo missing too!" Spike looked around to find his brother only to see plenty of adult ones flying towards a certain place. "What's going on over there?"

"Wanna find out?" Fume asked as they nodded. Continue to fly to the location.





"Dragon Lord Torch!" 

"What did you want? Make it quick 'cause is my nap time for this afternoon your dingus."

"You see, there's a battle going on and--"

"PAH! Pathetic, we dragons are always looking to sharping our assault your weakling!"

"N-No my lord, this battle is between a teenage dragon and a lion cub."

"A lion cub you said? Well, this will be interesting after this long year."





...

...

...

The manipulation gasped, as he awoke from the unconscious, Leo was suddenly on the floor near...lava. He quickly back away from the instant death pool before looked around only to see a bunch of towering rocks everywhere, but that was not it. He heard laughing like not the one like Pinkie standard one, a laugh of evil.

Standing on top of the cliff was Garble who grins deviously. "I told you should give up, now look at where you stand."

"Huh?" Leo was confused as he scanning the area again; almost full lava? Why a mountain has a big hole? Unless...

His eyes shrank, this is not a mountain, he was inside of the-- "Volcano."

The red dragon smirk as he flew down with the other dragon as well. It's not long until some of the adult's dragons took a peek at the scene. "It's a shame is not active yet, otherwise you burn to death~."

Leo flinch, is he gonna died? 

release it...

"W-Why? Just why?"

"Huh?"

"Why did you all dragon do this?!" Leo yelled at the trio, some of them stunned by it. "Why can't all of you live in peace and harmony just like ponies!"

Garble only laughed. "Why you asked? Because if it wasn't your stupid alicorn princess who always protect her subject, we could already have many places we can have in Equestria!"

release it...

Leo fight back. "But it sounds like conquering and will make everyone afraid of the dragon!"

"That's because it was! Right guys?" The other dragon roaring agrees as well as the adults, this time a mighty dragon was there for the scenery.

"There he was my lord."

"Hm... Extraordinary, he manages to hold on up to this point. Who is he?"

"If I heard correctly, his name is Leo Sparkle, the Elemental Manipulation."

'Elemental he said...?'

release it...

"There all wortless pony like you! If that Princess shouldn't exist, Equestria will be full of dragons!" Garble said.

"There are not wortless!" Leo growled at him.

"Oh, yeah? Then how could you prove it? It was Peace and Harmony that lower their guard, turning into a bunch of soft bored pony now. They always feel safe because of that stupid alicorn reign!"

Vex and Baff are cackling. "Haha! Useless like a grave!"

"Yeah! There should let us rule this land!"

Release it.

"I...there..." Leo began to pant, the damage he received from the crash hit him hard. The dragons on the top roaring and growling, begging for more.

"Heh." Garble then grin. "You're the same as those ponies, pathetic and...WEAK!!!"

That is the last straw.

RELEASE YOUR ANGER!!!


"W...weak?" Leo began to breathe heavily while raise from the floor, getting the attention as he glares directly at the dragons. "You think we're WEAK?!?"

"Huh?" Garble was startled when there's a fire in the lion eyes.

"I'll show you just who's the weaker ones here!" He shouts as he raises and clenches his right paw, after then his whole body is engulfed with flame.

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

The manipulator harnessed the fiery nature of the volcano, using his anger as a boost. He roars like the true lion before surrounded by a tower of flame, consume him through the skies, making every dragon flinch by the outcome. After the pillar of fire vanished, the dragons can see the cub...

But a slightly different one.

Now, standing half far from the teenager was the crimson red mane, turf tail and front paws lion as well his bandana, his back legs paws were black and have a fire elemental logo on the bandana. He also has an armband at almost the end of his paws. The expression, of course, was an angry lion who's ready for a hunt.

This time, Leo transform to--

ELEMENT FIRE!!!

His roar making the flame disappear as he controls the power of Fire. All the dragons watch in shock to see the lion change.

"A firepower?!" Said the dragon next to the Dragon Lord, who merely laughs excited.

"Hahaha! I should know this whole time! Superb!"

Back at the combat, Fire prepared for an assault. "Let's play! Flaming Punch!!!"

He generates fire at his punch before releases it towards his opponent, the red dragon could help but laugh. "Are you stupid or something? Us dragon is immune to lava! You think just a mere fire could hurt--"

*BOOM!*

"Argh!!!" Garble screams in pain as he literally knockback against the wall, shocking him and the others. "What the heck?! How did this fire hurt me?!"

"That's not an ordinary fire." Torch muttered as he smirks.

Vex and Baff turned back to avenge their gang only to see the lion is gone. "Huh? Where is he?"

In a second, Leo appears leaping on their side before the dragons notice.

"Flaming Tail!!!" He concentrates fire at his tail before releases it towards his opponent as a flaming wave. 

They're gasped at the surprise attack when the projectile getting close at high speed, their manage to hold the wave itself! Grunted by how powerful the flame was, it's not long before the fire explodes, sending the duo back to the floor.

"Huh, does it hurt?" Leo grins, soon he realises there's only two, meaning one of them is...

"CHARGE!!!" Garble shouts while holding a boulder, he slams directly to the Pyrokinesis, wailing as he got smash to the wall. Upon impact, it creates dusk from the rock.

"Heh, bet you didn't see that coming aren't you?"

Vex quickly got up before Baff. "I-It's it enough?"

"Enough, you say...?"

The red dragon felt an impact when the boulder blows up, knocking him yelped back near his gang as the piece of the rock scattered around like a paper ball. There, a lion ready to unleash his wrath.

"NO IT'S NOT!"

A tower of flame cover him up but in this version, everyone can see the lion as he launches into the atmosphere, still in the volcano before he channels his will of fire to his paws and tail.

"Rapid-fire Attack!" Remain in the air, he unleashed a fury of fire from his paws and tail. To late to dodge the dragons got hit as their grunt in pain as the crimson lion keep on firing while growling to feel it's not enough.

Elsewhere, they're a two teenage dragon at the entrance of the volcano. With a little drake riding one of them, who's just witness the scene. He gasped. "Huh? Leo awakened a new power?!"

This fight getting heat up for Fire as he smirks. "Red-hot Flaming Punch!" He concentrates extra fire at his paw, making it bigger than before and releases them at his opponent in the form of a blazing knuckle. The dragons can't react after the rapid-fire as the knuckle explode, causing a huge flame dome and the lava seemed to get excited.

The dragon near Torch gasped. "Oh no! The Volcano has become unstable after Leo's attack!" This makes the Dragon Lord shock as well. The adult's dragons started to fly away from the volcano, leaving them and the teenager.

Leo land on the rock and roar heavily loud, echoing the place as the lava blows up from his behind, this was enough making Garble pissed out. Trembling in fear after took planting of damage, he heard the lion laughs victoriously. Spike began to concern now.

"Leo!" He shouts from the top but it can't hear. 

"HAHAHA! Who's the WEAKLING now!?" He raises his right paws, a tiny orange orb shows up from it, a swirling flame gathers around it as it becomes enlarge into a sphere of the blazing ball!

"Your death!" Everyone awe of the flaming sphere, especially the three dragons on the bottom. Fear is only in their mind as the lion launch the ball towards them.  

"AH!!!" Garble screams like a coward and closes his eyes, only for it...missed?

The red one opens his left eye, then his second one, his eyes shrank when he saw a large greyish arctic blue claw taking the damage for them. The lion gasped as the dragon roared in injury by the blast as his eyes sharps in outrage. "STOP!!!"

Everyone flinched by the roar as it let out a wave. Leo jumps down and heads in front of the Dragon Lord without hesitation while pointing at the teenagers. "But...They've crossed the lined!"

Torch looking down at him with a worried face. "Enough! Calm down, young one... Deep breath."

Fire panting heavily angry for a second, two teenage dragons flew down next to him as there a one drake hop off of them, it was Spike. "Relax, Leo. Don't be angry, it's all over. Please..."

Seeing his brother in concern, with last deep breath. He let it all out, as he covers in shines and turns back to normal. The large dragon smile before the area began to quake.

"Scram now everyone! This volcano is about to blow!"

Garble and the other dragon first to take off, some of them suffer a lot of injuries so they have a problem with flying, but managed to get out. Leo quickly transforms to Wind and Spike climb on his back before flew off, as well as the other dragon. Torch we're the last to leave.





The group back to the place where it began. The Dragon Lord stood on top while the other stood from the bottom, there's a sound of eruption has just been heard. 

"I'm sorry!"

Torch we're started from the lion yelled. He stares at Leo. "Leave."

"W-What?"

The dragon let out a sigh. "Listen young one, I tired after watching you battling against my subject, but please never done it again."

"What?!" Garble interjected. "You just gonna let those monsters get away like that?! He--"

"SILENCE!" Garble flinched. "You fool we're not right to talk to me after you three lose to this lion cub, weakling!"

Torch glared at Vex and Baff, they're putting their heads down ashamed. The Dragon Lord glance at the Sparkles, especially the cub. "Go, Leo. Do not return until you master the Fire Elemental."

He's in surprise for a second, then nods as he turns and walks away with Spike. Don't want to ask more about that big scary dragon of course. As soon they went for the dragon's sight, Torch closes his eyes as he thought about him. 'How those he wield the Fire Elemental like him? And why has he's got the Wind Elemental as well? He's so young and lacks knowledge of the power he holds. Ugh, I hate knowing all of these...'

The Dragon Lord open his eyes and stare at the teenager who's gulping, waiting for punishment might be. ' But I do it for you...my friend...'
> Chapter 41: Twisting Tornado (S2E22)
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Twisting Tornado


"Go Ponyville pegasus! Let's be the first in a generation to break a record!" Leo cheered to the pegasi, with Rainbow Dash next to him as she watching them stretching and training.

"Stretch those glutes, Flitter! Nice flexibility, Cloudchaser. A...little too much flexibility, Blossomforth..."

"Does she need help to untangle herself?" Leo asked Rainbow worried.

"Uh, somepony give Blossomforth a hoof. Let's see some faster trotting, Thunderlane. Good pace, Silverspeed!" The stallion trotted by as the other Pegasi flew by at a brisk pace. Rainbow then blew her whistle as she stood around some other Pegasi while they stretched and another Pegasi was lifting weights. "Keep it up! We're gonna need all the wing power we can get to break that record!"

"Let's put those feathers to the wind, everypony," Leo added.

"YEAH!" Bulk Biceps grunted and snorted the process.

Ah, yes. Today, the entire pegasus, well...most of it, is in the oval race track was located. The Pegasi were hard at work stretching and working out to stretch and increase their wing power, or WP as Leo abbreviated it. Rainbow had also put on a navy blue sports cap with a red whistle around her neck.

"Good work, everypony!" She said before muttering under her breath, "Everypony except Fluttershy."

"Well, do you wanna go find out what the problem is?" Leo asked, it wasn't long before they arrived at Fluttershy's cottage. "Remember, Rainbow. Calm and collected approach. Being too brash will only make her close up, or worse..."

The mare then banging the door. "Fluttershy? I know you're in there! You're avoiding tornado duty and I want to know why! Fluttershy, open-" Rainbow was then cut off when the door opened and Fluttershy came out, wearing her purple robe and covered in red spots.

She giving a very cute sneeze. "Hi, Rainbow Dash. Hi, Leo."

"Oh no! What happens?"

"Yeah, Fluttershy. What happened to you?"

She sniffled and coughed weakly. "Oh, I... I think I have...the pony pox. I'm sorry. I wanted to come to training day today..." Coughed weakly again, "...but this pony pox has knocked me for a loop. Achoo."

Rainbow exchanged a look with Leo as he just sighs and nodded back discreetly. "Oh, you poor thing. You know, there's only one cure for pony pox."

"I know," Fluttershy with a smile on her face, "Plenty of bed-"

*SLOSH!*

She yelped when a dumped bucket soaked carry by Rainbow Dash, making her red spots melted off her coat.

"Coldwater!" The mare held the now-empty bucket, "Those pony poxes are clearing right up."

"Fluttershy...what's wrong?" Leo asked.

"Oh, nothing, but all of a sudden, I'm, I'm starting to feel better," She replied with a nervous laugh as she backed up and then pretended to fall onto the back, "I'll get out of these robes and-ow! Oh, my wing, oh, oh, it's hurt. I guess I can't fly after all"

*TWEEEEEEEEEEEET!*

She yelped and jumped into the air as Rainbow got close to her and blew her whistle as loudly as she could.

"Messed up the wing, huh?" Fluttershy just smiled sheepishly as she made a soft landing, "Stop horsing around, Fluttershy. We've got a lot of training to do. Come on now, what's going on?"

"Yeah, Fluttershy. If you want Rainbow to care about your feelings, you need to speak up and say what's on your mind. Remember, you don't want to keep what's bothering you inside anymore." Leo added, carrying for Fluttershy as she sighed.

"Well, see, uh, well..." The mare stuttered, before grabbing Rainbow's fore-hooves, "Oh, Rainbow Dash, Leo, I just can't do it! I can't fly!"

"What are you talking about?" said Rainbow puzzled, "Just last week you went into that wicked nose dive to save that falling baby bird right before it hit the ground!" She did a demonstration despite being indoors.

"And I've seen you flying about when you're busy tending to the animals. You even do some trick that I secretly want to learn too!" Leo added.

"But that was different, that was an emergency! Or I'm just by myself! This whole tornado thing, it's more like a performance and you know how I hate performing in front of others."

"I don't get it." Said the lion.

"Leo, you actually do some performing without notice by yourself. I hear you create a skatepark made out of the earth!" Rainbow retorted.

"Oh, that's why somepony bring their skateboard this recently..."

The Loyalty face-hoof while the Kindness just concerned about herself. "Don't you remember flight camp? I couldn't gallop hard or fly very fast, not with everypony looking at me!"

"It wasn't that bad," Dash said.

"Really?" Leo looking at Fluttershy curiously.

"No! It was horrible!" She said as they began to wobbly. The cub sigh again, knowing a flashback was coming so let's skip.

So that I don't need to make lots of words to type like last time...





Back at the racetrack, Twilight was tweaking what appeared to be a small device with a fan on top of it.

Cloudchaser and Flitter standing next to her. "What exactly does this machine do?"

"This is an anemometer. It measures your accelerative velocity and translates it into wing power, thus gauging your cumulative H2O anti-gravitational potential." The two Pegasi give her both awkward and puzzled looks as Twilight just smiled. "Any more questions?"

"Yeah," Flitter said as she turned to Spike, "What exactly does this machine do?"

"It tells you how fast you're flying and how strong your wings are." He answered plainly.

"Oh..." Now everypony understand, much for the unicorn who hunched over with a bitter look on her face. It was then she heard the sound of somepony cough. "Is that you again, Thunderlane? Please, we need to have a germ-free environment."

As she sprayed a can of anti-bacterial in his face, but not in the eyes. "It wasn't me, it was Blossomforth!" He pointed at the Pegasi mare, who gasped silently as being called out.

"Don't worry, Twilight. Thunderlane's just cooking up an excuse to spend tornado day in bed. Why don't you get over here and be our first test flyer?" The stallion gasped as he glared at Blossomforth as he walked away. She just smirked, but as Thunderlane walked off, she turned away and coughed again, showing that she was the pony coughing all along.

The black pegasus headed over the starting line of the oval racetrack. The test flight would require him to simply fly in a straight line over the anemometer to measure his speed and wing power. Thunderlane revved his wings before taking off and flying over the anemometer. Twilight then knelt to read the meter.

"We have 9.3 wing power!"

"Wow! That's fast!" The pegasi all complement Thunderland as he lands near them, this situation always attends by a certain lion whose love to praised which makes Twilight realized.

"Spike, where Leo?"

"Oh, I ask him to buy some drink from the store. He'll come."

Later, Rainbow Dash took towards the starting line. She quickly stretched her wings a bit and cracked her leg and wing joints before she knelt, revved her wings and took off before took off so fast that her cap and whistle fell off. She quickly zoomed past the anemometer, caused a strong wind to blow past the ponies. Poor Fluttershy was struggling not to get blown away and ended up flying backwards a bit.

"16.5 wing power!" Twilight announced excitedly with a frazzled mane. The other Pegasi cheer as Rainbow hovered above them. Spike whistled.

"Wish Leo could participate, he probably could be the same level as Rainbow Dash."

"I am wondering just how strong his wing power would be, even though he has no wing but Wind could work with anemometer since he is the wind." Twilight remarks.

It was then a sphere of air arrived as it speeds through the track, past the siblings who startling by the gust. The sphere also brings a strong wind that blows past the pegasi. The ball of air stopped next to the Drake as the swirling began to clear to see who was inside. You guess it, it's Leo.

"Leo?!" Twilight asked in shock, Spike had just been chiller from the start.

"Hey, Sis! Sorry for the wild breeze, I'm don't want this juice box to turn warm." His holding a plastics fill will juice box flavour as he picks it and gives it to Spike who happily got his drink.

He turns to look at the machine. "Uh, Twilight? Look at the anemometer."

The mare did as it told, her eyes shrank. "16.2 wing power?!"

Everypony gasped in surprise, especially Rainbow Dash who's her mouth wide open. Leo saw it and quickly shook his head.

"Wait! That just a misunderstood! That's not winged power, it's just the gust I create so I can fly!"

"Leo, it still the same thing..." Twilight corrected.

"Oh..." He give a straight face and transform back, the cub look at Rainbow. "Oopsie."

"That's the most awesome thing I saw!" She zooms and grabs his cheek. "You and me. We race after this event! And I won't forget about all of you guys!"

The mare look to every pegasus. "Now listen up! If each of you can get your numbers up to at least 10.0 wing power just like Leo by the end of the week, we'll no doubt set a new tornado speed record. We'll be number one!" The Pegasi all cheer excitedly as they take to the skies...except for Fluttershy who just squats down on the ground and watches them quietly. Feeling worried for her the manipulation walked up to her and placed a gentle paw on her back.

"Fluttershy..." He said gently.

"I'm...I'm okay."

"I know you don't want to disappoint, Rainbow. But don't let her..."

"She's not forcing me. I said I'd do it and I'm here. I'm just...nervous. 10.0 wing power is a lot for me."

"Well, try not to go straight for that, start with 1.0 and then work your way one level or even half a level at a time. It's just like me training my power!"

"That would be much easier," Fluttershy with a smile as Leo returned it.





Things didn't look pretty well for the shy mare since she left before she burst into tears and ran off with her face hidden inside of her soft pink mane after heard her wing power are 0.5. Leo and Rainbow Dash try to reason with her but all did nothing as Fluttershy disappear. Dash then walked away sadly.

Leo stares at her. "What good is that gonna do? If you're worried about her, get off your flank and go after her!"

"I'm not good at this, Leo!" She retorted, "I'm not that good at helping ponies who are crying and blubbering like that!"

"But you had no problem when dealing with friends! Aren't you known Fluttershy longer than I have?!"

"How did you know? You don't know anything because you are just a lion for celestia sake!"

"Hey, at least I help the best I could! I thought being loyal was your job and besides, aren't you stand beside Fluttershy when she got bullies?"

"It's not the same! I am-...we-ugh..." She groans before sigh. "I'm sorry, but...please help her. Not because of the record, not because of me, but because I don't want to see her give up on herself." Leo gave her a nod and headed on his way. The mare sigh again before head back to the group.

After a while, the cub finally found her, sitting under a tree near the edge of the Everfree forest with Angel who using a comb to stroke her mane to try and calm her down. The other animals were there to support her as well, giving her sympathetic looks. If Leo wants to approach her without making the animal hostile to him. He needs to act like them, something like nature...

Meanwhile, Fluttershy leaned against a tree root and continued to cry. Two birds hovered above her and pulled her mane to help her sit up and then chirped at her. "I know it's important to have confidence in myself..."

It was then she felt something on her head. Her eyes look up to see a pink flower crown, it appears it was been made as she turned her head to see a certain botanokinesis lion.

"Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn your mistake, keep trying! KEEP SPIRIT!" Leo cheered with an innocent smile. Which Fluttershy couldn't help but giggle.

"Thank you, Leo. You're a very nice lion." She softly said. The manipulator sits next to her, the two birds before casual land of his green mane, chirping joyfully.

He gasped and smiled, his big pupil sparkle that it the sign of comfortable for the critter as others come closer to the cub. "It works, looks like I'm great to communicate with fauna in this form!

The mare keeps giggling and finally stop crying. She then blinked as her face changed from happy to determined. "I shouldn't give up. I will get my confidence up and show everypony that I am a good flyer. A great flyer!"

The animal and Leo smile as Fluttershy hovered in the air and ascended vertically through the tree and hovered above it. The animals began to cheer for her.

"Pawesome, Fluttershy!"

"Thank you, Leo, for helping me."

"But I didn't do anything."

The pegasus happy sigh. If what Twilight said about Leaf being like this, it better just go with it. "That's okay...uh, can you watch me practice?"

"And if that wasn't enough, you can just give Rainbow Dash support too!"

"Alright, Leo. At least that is the last thing I can do, now let's do this!"




Two Days Later...




A giant version of the anemometer was placed to measure the total wing power was set up near the lake of the Ponyville water reservoir. Twilight, Spike, Leo, and Rainbow were standing beside the machine. The rest of the Pegasi were all in line getting ready for action. Up above them was the city of Cloudsdale. It was then a single pegasi came zooming down to the ponies below and made her landing. Spitfire had arrived as the ponies all cheered and Rainbow smiled excitedly, except for Leo. Why? Because he walked up to Spitfire and they exchanged a rather elaborate hoof-paw-shake followed by a giving a hoof-paw-shake using their tails. The two just laughed as they shared a hug afterwards.

"Is so glad to see you, Spitfire!"

"Same here, buddy. You here to watch the awesomeness of tornado power?"

"You betcha. But I have almost perfected my Wind Elemental so...maybe I'll be taking part in the action...?"

"Nice try, buddy. But only the one who has wing can perform the tornado and I don't make the rules."

"Wing???" Leo looks at his back bitterly, then back to Spitfire. "That's so not fair..."

She chuckled. "Let it go, buddy. Someday, or maybe, if your Wind Elemental are powerful it could make you a pair of wings just for you!"

"Then all those flying lessons you teach me were nothing if I got the wings." Leo nudging her shoulder with a foreleg.

"Wait," Rainbow said. "Spitfire taught you how to fly?!"

"I thought you already know how to fly when you got the power?" Twilight added.

"Yes and no, I have some issues when trying to fly. When I meet Spitfire again and told her about my power, She told me that freedom is a wind key element. So, I let the wind flow around me and letting it do what it wants, all I have to do is move my body and the wind will follow direct where I towards." Leo explained, Twilight awe.

"Fascinating! And here I think you control the gust, but the truth is that the air function itself!" She exciting said while writing in her notepad she makes magically appears.

"Ah, I guess this is your sister that took experiments on you is it?" Spitfire laughed as the unicorn blush.

"I-It's just an ordinary experiment..."

"You treated him like a lab rat," Spike said.

"Shut up."

After that, Rainbow Dash took everyone attention. "Are we ready to do this?" She called as she hovered before the rest of the Pegasi.

"Yeah!" the Pegasi all shouted. Rainbow made her landing as Spike walked up to her.

"Look!" He showed her the attendance notes and there was an X next to Thunderlane's picture.

"Lazy Thunderlane! Where is he?! He's been trying to get out of tornado duty the whole time with his fake coughing and all. Rumble, where's your lazy brother?"

"He's got the feather flu," Said Rumble, "He's down at the Ponyville Hospital."

"But he's not the only one," Spike showed that there's eight Pegasi who were also not present either on the list, Rainbow felt her heart stop while Twilight was doing some calculations with an abacus.

"Let's see, with those eight Pegasi out with the feather flu..."

"Don't tell me we won't be able to break the windspeed record?"

"No..." 

"Phew!"

"...You might not have enough wing power to create a tornado powerful enough to lift the water to Cloudsdale!"

Everyone looks worried and Spitfire just looked at her fore-hoof watch.

"Well, should we pack up?" said Spike.

"Maybe we could ask some help from the other pegasus?" Leo suggested.

"Double no for that! Forget the record!" Rainbow put on her goggles and fliers to the other Pegasi, "Cloudsdale still needs water! Let's give it all we've got! On the sound of the horn, we take off!" 

The Sparkles getting to their position as the pegasi put on their goggles. With the giant anemometer ready, Spike took a deep breath and blew into the alpine horn. The Pegasi then took off and began to fly in a circular motion to create a giant tornado, causing the wind to howl and made the fan connected to the giant anemometer spinning.

"You think they're gonna make it to eight hundred wings power?" He asked worriedly.

"We're gonna find out," Leo called out over the wind as he stayed close to the machine to avoid being pushed away.

"I sure hope so!" Twilight then look at the meter. "One hundred fifty wing power, two hundred and fifty wing power... Five hundred wing power!"

It was then the water from the reservoir began to slowly rise like a giant bubble. "Seven hundred and fifty wing power!"

"They're almost there!" Leo shouted, "Keep it up everypony!"

"Twilight!" called a voice.

"Fluttershy! What are you doing here?!"

"Even after my wing power only 2.5, but Leo told me before that I could still contribute even if I don't feel comfortable flying. I figured...if I couldn't help Rainbow Dash with the tornado...the least I could do was offer moral support."

"Glad you came, considering that eight pegasuses are sick with the feather flu!" Leo added.

"Oh no! That's terrible news!"

As the water started to rise through the eye of the tornado, several Pegasi had started to tire out. Because they stopped flying, they were then at the mercy of the swirling tornado and started knocking the other flying Pegasi out of formation and out of the tornado. Soon their tornado collapsed and the water splashed back down into the reservoir. Poor Rainbow shouted as she crashes landed into the ground and slammed headfirst into a nearby tree trunk.

"Are you okay?" Twilight asked as the other approach her.

"I'm fine!" She said in a muffled tone as she tries to pull her head out of the tree trunk.

"Oh, you were so close to the eight hundred wings power minimum... I'm sorry Rainbow Dash..."

With Leo help, she finally pulls Rainbow out of the tree and crashing right in the top of his stomach. "We've got to try again!"

"Are you crazy?!" Leo, who still grip on her grip even right, not letting her go while Twilight used her magic to grab Rainbow by the tail.

"You've pushed your crew to their limit already! If you break apart again, somepony could get hurt! You should quit! It's not safe!"

Rainbow Dash then looks at the lion. "No! One more time! Please, Leo, I've gotta know we gave it our all! If I'm going down, I'm going down flying!"

He stares at her eyes, full of determination. If she thinks she can do it then fine, but... "Alright..."

"What?!" Twilight shook, he let go of the mare as she hovering on top of him.

"But this time. I'm gonna help you out." Leo stood back up as the breeze started to swirl around him before he's smiled.

ELEMENT WIND!!!

"Gust Sprint!" He jump and spin around as blue wind surrounding his bottom so he was now hovering with Rainbow. Spitfire's jaw dropped in surprise. "Wing or not, I'm still the Wind Elemental. Plus, my wing...or wind power is great enough to help!"

Rainbow just smiled as she handed him some goggles. "Welcome to the team, buddy." Leo smiled and put the goggles on.

"Let's do this thang!"

Soon, everypony was back in position with Leo right behind Rainbow as Spike blew the horn once more and the Pegasus, plus Leo, took to the skies to recreate the tornado. It wasn't long before the giant anemometer fan was spinning again and the winds were howling once more.

"Okay, here we go..." Twilight read the speed gauge once again, "One hundred wing power! Two hundred wing power! Five hundred wing power!"

"Stay in position!" said Rainbow inside the tornado. "Flap those wings! Faster!"

Leo called out "You can do it! If you see somepony starting to tire out, do your best to keep them informed so they can catch their breath and keep going. Look out for each other and we'll pull this off!"

The unicorn screams out that there went to seven hundred, Spike yells that this is where there fell apart but Twilight reply that Leo is in this time so the situation might change. Fluttershy however, looks nervous as she covered her eyes with her fore-hooves.

The Magic cried out that the pegasi plus lion has reached seven ninety-five before she looks at the shy one. "Fluttershy, they need you up there!"

"I won't make a difference!"

"You can make a difference!"

"My measly 2.3 wing power is still too little!" 

"It's sticking at seven ninety-five!" said Spike, "I don't know if they've got any more in 'em. Leo must have already maxed out! Just wait until he's running out of energy before fall down!"

"Do it for Equestria!" Twilight shouted as she handed Fluttershy some goggles, "Do it for Rainbow Dash! Do it for Leo! Do it for yourself!"

Fluttershy looked up, seeing the unicorn giving her a pleading look. After some hesitation, she grabbed the goggles and put them on, setting Angel down on the ground and the bunny went flying into the back of a tree where her other animal friends were watching and waved at her for good luck. The pegasus gulped as she timidly tried to approach the tornado and yelped as she was sucked inside. It took a few seconds for her to stop swirling about, but she managed to stabilize herself and fly forward. Rainbow and Leo then turned to see Fluttershy and smiled as the yellow Pegasus flew alongside them.

It was then she heard some familiar teasing. 'Fluttershy, Fluttershy, Fluttershy can hardly fly!' the voices taunted once again. She trembled and covered her eyes. She then felt her fear turn into anger, she had enough of this.

"NO!" Fluttershy screamed angrily before channelling her anger into her wings as she suddenly surged ahead and passed several Pegasi in the process.

"What was that?"

"I think it was Fluttershy!"

It was then the speed gauge passed eight hundred wings power, even going beyond it. The anemometer began to beep as the tornado funnel reached the maximum height and blasted a huge geyser of water into the air and right into the opening of the water storage container up in Cloudsdale. Spitfire lowered her goggles in amazement as Twilight and Spike hopped up and down with excitement as they held each other.

"She did it! She did it! They all did it!"

The drake then rushed over and blew the alpine horn as he was blown away by the wind. The Pegasi, Leo included, then gracefully break the formation and fly out of the top of the tornado funnel as it dissipated on its own. The Pegasi all cheered as they removed their goggles and landed. They also started to stomp their hooves excitedly as Rainbow made her landing. Poor Leo just plopped to the ground as he changes back to normal, covered in sweat and panting heavily. He was too tired to cheer or stomp about.

"I gotta...work...on my flying endurance," He panted when Twilight sternly smacked the back of his head. "Ow!"

"That was reckless! You had me worry!" She scolded before lifting him and hug him. "Yet, that was amazing."

Leo smiled for her praise while Fluttershy still flying about as fast as she could. Rainbow grabbed a nearby cloud to make Fluttershy stop and told her that there did it. More, every pegasus applause and cheering for her help as they picked her up on the shoulders of several of them.

The Kindness mare then wrote down a letter for Princess Celestia, saying that we everypony's contribution is important, no matter how small. If you just keep your head high, do your best, and believe in yourself, anything can happen.
> Chapter 42: Ponyville Secret (S2E23)
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Ponyville Secret


Today is a great day for Leo. Not only that is a long time since this paragraph came first, but he's also got asked by Miss Cheerilee, the teacher of the Crusaders and the rest of the foal in Ponyville to perform some tricks for the school recess with his Elemental Power. It's being quite a while since the cub shows off his skill, though he does show some of his power to the Crusaders back that day but not with some crowds of filly and colt. However, Leo still doing it as he's right now carrying the whole student with his Wind Elemental. Many of them having fun and that is enough for him to smile.

With all this best entertainment, everyone knows it has come to an end. Miss Cheerilee look at the window school. "Okay, student! Recess is over, get back to the class!"

"Aw, almost perfectly my awesome stunt!" Scootaloo said, with a blue gust swirling around her. 

The school bell ring, filly and colt let a moan, as Leo, slowly put all of them down on the grass. They thankfulness him and ask if they can go for another one next time, of course, the cub nod happily if their teacher would allow it before the foals run back inside the school. Pass the teacher as she looks at the lion. "Thank you Leo for playing with the student. I'm amazed at what your power can do, it's like endless possibilities."

"No problem, Cheerilee! I'm just glad I was able to help. Especially making them smiled like me! After all, a smile can open a heart faster than anything, so I want to brighten everypony with a smile!"

Cheerilee giggled. "You sound like Pinkie Pie, but not the same level as her, you seems free from the care of anything and very relaxed in a happy-go-lucky way."

"What can I say? It's my personality after all!" He smiled only to turn into a curious face. "If you don't mind, may I ask what next education for the foals is?"

"Oh, just some little mathematics and then head to the history of the old Equestria. Then, at the end of the class, I'll be hosting a Newspaper Staff job for the foals who were interested to join."

"Newspaper Staff huh?" Leo thought something in his head while disconnecting his eyes content with the mare. "It's it fun?"

"Well, under normal circumstances is not that fully enjoyable but is a great opportunity for them to learn anything that can become an article from the school. You know, Ponyville isn't a simple peaceful town when we live next to the Everfree Forest so expect some shenanigans happen once per week." She explains which makes Leo laugh.

"Yep, at least we didn't have to do anything since we have Bearer of the Elements of Harmony nearby! And bonus an Elemental Manipulation if that isn't enough. Ponyville will be fine!"

Cheerilee nodded happily, knowing about this lion, everypony can be safe from any harm. "Well then I'm heading to go, the school was about to start too. Oh, if you don't mind me asking, what will you do now?"

"Some couple of chores then I have my free time." Leo raised his right paws as a chain of electricity appear as he spins around in the mid-air and land stood on the ground with his Lightning Form. 

"Wind is great but it's been long since I use Lightning power." He smirks as he turns around before thunder off with his Lightning Speed, leaving the Earth Pony in awe.

Soon the awe turns to a sigh of unhappiness, she doesn't tell him who's the editor in chief though. An infamous reputation for causing trouble and picking on others, that filly... So in her thought. 'If only her mother didn't hold so much sway over the school board. If not for her insistence, I would never put a pony like Diamond Tiara in charge of anything.'

Another sigh comes out from the pony before entering the building, ready to tell the student after the end of the school.





"Zecora!"

The zebra look at her doorway to see Leo with a smile while carrying a bag full of ingredient and herbs. She smiles back as the lion walks towards her before giving the bag to her. He finished the chores, so why not spending some time with the local zebra? It can be fun.

"Thank you, Leo. You have been a great help." He nodded cheerily, soon Zecora went to the near bench and put some of the herbs. 

While she's doing that Leo looks around the area, still the same as usual after this place being wreck by his sister and her friends just to demand her the cure for their "curse". But there apologise after they learn the truth about the curse and found out that the cure is in the book that Twilight thing is ridiculous. Don't judge a book by its cover after all. And a sorry from Applejack for being too stubborn.

"Leo?"

"Hm?" He turns to see Zecora who mashing the ingredients she working on. Leo saw some mushrooms, herbs and...a berry...? Maybe all of them must be enchanted that it. He also saw a medium-size black cloak.

"If you don't mind, can you please start the fire from the cauldron? Use the candles behind you."

He follows the hoof she pointed at, sure does, there are two candles still lit. But in Leo mind, why do you need those candles to lit a fire when you can make it?

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

ELEMENT FIRE!!!

Zecora spun around after hearing his shouts to see Leo in a grin of confidence. "A new power perhaps? Though I prefer the candles over a creature who can generate fire."

"Trust me, I know what I do!" He looks at the small area where the cauldron was placed before he put his paw, then in a second, a fire appears as it surrounding the cauldron until it came back to the cub paws. The flame was assumed in medium heat. "Easy peasy!"

"Does Twilight know about your Fire Elemental?" Leo flinched, then shook. "Then, how did you get it?"

The lion turns and explains to her how he achieved it, all about the dragon, the games there play in dragon style, the chase, the battle, and most meet the Dragon Lord. Only Spike know to his power. Zecora we're amazed by how these two non-ponies were confronted by the Lord of the Dragon of Equestria, as well as bravery march to their territory. Leo told the zebra to keep it a secret, for now, don't want to get heavy punishment from his sister as well as lies to her that their went to Canterlot. To his luck, she agrees, but she also told him that she needs him to keep her gift privately.

"A gift?" Leo ask who return to normal, tilting his head.

"That's right." She said as she started putting the ingredients along with some herbs, and a couple of magic elixirs in the cauldron. The purple liquid of the elixir combines with the stuff that Zecora has made up before it began to bubbling, caused by the heat of the fire. "And now, for the last part."

The zebra holding the black cloak this whole time as she drops it into the pod, bubbling as the robe sunk into the liquid before it let out a big purple smoke. The smoke disappears as well the water from inside the cauldron, only a black cloak in it with glowing purple enchanted around it.

"Behold! My finest enchantment I ever make!" She said as she picked up the robe before the glow disappear. Leo approaches her with eyes sparkling to see the mare creation.

"What is it?" He asked curiously.

"See for yourself." She handed it to him, once he did without hesitation, wearing around his neck and bandana while his body was covered by the robe but able to see half of his front paws.

Leo waits for a second to see any alteration happen to him, only for nothing to shows up.

"Um... What should I do next?" He puzzled.

"Put on the hood and the answer will reveal."

It was then the lion feel his back neck has a good on it, he then grabs and pulls the hood to his forehead. And without a second, he was gone from Zecora sight.

Leo gasped. "I-I'm invisible?!"

Zecora clapped hoof for her accomplishment. "Indeed it does, this is my first time doing it. Honestly, I never thought it would work."

"So, there's a chance this attempt will backfire?" Leo said, still invisible. "Well, I'm glad it didn't occur, but why did you want to make an invisible cloak?"

"Is a gift for saving my life from the Alpha Timberwolf, remember?"

The cub blinked, she's right. Since he meets her, helping her and now saving her life from that meat eater. Time sure does fly. "So is this for me?"

He points at the cloak, even though still can't see him but Zecora just nodded happily. "Yes, but don't tell your sister. I hear that she like to study and learn anything that she hadn't discover yet. I don't know how I can handle her hype for research as she did to you." She chuckles.

Now that they're both held each other secret, seems fair enough and legit. What's next?





The next day, the rest of the mane seven, minus Rainbow Dash, and Spike were at Sugarcube Corner reading the newspapers.

"'Applejack Asleep on the Job!' Can y'all believe this? And this one: 'Big Macintosh - What's he hiding?' Who the hay does this Gabby Gums think she is?!"

"Listen to this one, 'Twilight Sparkle: I was a Canterlot Snob'. A well-placed scaly source close to the prissy pony says Twilight Sparkle thinks Ponyville is nothing but muddy roads and low-class rubes. SPIKE!"

"YAH!" He yelped as he belched and fried his copy of the newspaper as Twilight look at him sternly.

"How could you say such a thing?"

"Well, I didn't! Gabby Gums made that up! I never said anything like that!"

Then they all start talking about their privacy has been uncovered. Little did they know, Leo was there, listening as he was invisible this whole time. At first, he's want to mess with them just for fun but after hearing that news about Gabby Gums mess with his siblings. Oh, there won't get away with this.

"Honestly, you ponies have no sense of humour," said Rarity. After Rainbow Dash came in and talk about her career is over because of being too softie. It was then she gasped dramatically. "I'll destroy her! 'Drama-Queen Diaries'... She's reprinted my diary! How could Gabby Gums possibly get access to my private diary?!"

"Oh no, that's such a very private one! Even for Rarity standard." Leo thought before start heading toward the door. "If I remember, Cheerilee school held the Newspaper Staff. I should probably check it out."

As the lion open the door without anyone noticing since there talking about who's has the connection with the Gabby Gums. Then, Pinkie Pie tail began twitching instantly.

"O-Oh! I sense someone!"

"What is it?" Twilight asked.

"Dunno is vague for some reason. It's like they watching us, what mystery creature..."

"Hm... We deal with it next time, right now let's  focused on the objective." Twilight said she do feel like they have been watching as well. "Geez, where did Leo went off right now? I could really use his support right now."

To answer that, later he's now running to the Ponyville school. With hoodie pull down as he is no longer hidden in public. He speeds off, passes nearby ponies who's some of them reading the latest newspaper and boy they feel desperate and miserable.

"Woah, seem it spread like a wildfire," Leo mumbled before his eyes lock at the schoolhouse. "Time to solve who's the culprit."

Once he found the room where the papers were being printed. The manipulator then pulls the hood as the enchantment is kicking in, the door seems to open widen before he went inside. 

For some reason, his bandana fell kinda heavy than before. The silver mane lion realised what was inside, he let out a bottle of bubble...and a recorder tape? 'Wait a minute...! This is father tape, no wonder my bandana felt unusual.'  It was then he's seen somepony sit on the main table, Diamond Tiara... Ugh, that evil witch! Leo groans in annoyance upon just looking at her AND the one who didn't join him during recess because it was waste of time! He got an idea to use this recorder as he presses the record button.

"So she's the one who's posted everypony personal thing, then again, I don't think she the type of pony who listening other private conversations. Maybe she asked others to do her dirty job, but who?" He thought angry but must remain quiet.

"Those three blank flanks better find me some gossip by sunrise tomorrow morning or I'm going to make sure they are not just humiliated all over Ponyville, but all of Equestria!" Leo heard Diamond Tiara say aloud.

"Three blank flanks...? Wait, the Crusaders!" He thought shocking him before glaring at the filly. "You dirty rat..."

"And if anypony else has a problem with that." Diamond continued, "I have plenty of pictures that I'm sure ponies would love  to see on every Inquirer! I'm hoping those blank flanks do fail. Then everypony will know just how pathetic they are!" Diamond Tiara was literally incriminating herself.

"Like leading Pinkie Pie to a mountain of candy." Leo sternly at her while the recorder caught every word she said.

Meanwhile, the three fillies were at their clubhouse thinking of what to do. They were feeling guilty and miserable.

"We've ruined all of our friendships and we still don't have our cutie marks!" Sweetie Belle groaned as she paced about. After Leo left the Crusaders has broken their relationships with everypony in the town. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo were just sitting on their stomachs feeling very ashamed.

"This is the worst day ever!" Apple Boom replied.

"Oh yeah? Wait 'til tomorrow, our most embarrassing moments are about to be published for everypony to laugh at." Scootaloo added.

All three of them were laying on their stomachs on the floor in defeat. "So what do we do?" Asked the earth pony.

"I don't know, but we're not leaving this clubhouse until we think of something!" The unicorn as the three fillies stayed at the clubhouse until long after the sun had set.




The Next Morning...




"That's it, Gabby Gums is out of time," Diamond Tiara let out as she handed Shady Daze the manila folder, "Run these instead, but save one printed copy especially for Top Headliner, I want this paper on every street corner of Ponyville!"

"Yes, ma'am." It was then the door bashed open.

"Stop the presses!"

"Uh...they haven't started yet."

"We have a Gabby Gums column!" Said Scootaloo as she held the article in her fore-hoof. Diamond Tiara rolled her chair up to her desk and slammed her fore-hooves on it.

"Hmph, you're lucky I'm nice." The typewriters pick the not and quickly got to work getting the article ready for print. "This better not happen again, or else."

Once the three fillies left, not aware that Leo was there too unnoticed. He then saw Diamond got off the chief chairs as she trotting out.

"Make it quick! I need to use the restroom so you better finished those newspapers when I get back!" She orders before toke off, leaving the door open making the cub smiled.

"Now my chance!" Leo sneaks into the chief table and searches for this picture. He then notices a manila folder, soon as he grabs it and opens it. Yes indeed, every picture of the Crusaders humiliating we're there. Including... "What the...? Is not just them, but some of the foals I know are in here!"

That bastard, don't want anypony to stand in her way so she got everypony embarrassing picture so nopony can stop her. It's a good thing there's some-lion was here to help these foals.

'Now, to blow the whistle.' Leo smile with confidence before slowly sneak his way out.

Minutes later, Diamond Tiara opened the doors from the basement and walked outside with a sigh of relief. "Oh yeah, that's felt much better, and good job to me too. You've averted yet another crisis with your amazing diplomatic skills." She then gasped as she went to see the article Gabby Gums had posed from the copy of the newspaper Dinky was holding. She wasted no time shoving the little unicorn away to take her paper to read it.

"'An Open Letter to Ponyville by Gabby Gums'?! What is this?! Ooh, they're not gonna get away with this! I'll publish those new photos tomorrow! They messed with the wrong pony!" She read aloud.

"No...you messed with the wrong pony!" said a voice. The filly turned around to see Leo and Cheerilee in front of her with a glare.

"You?!"

"That's right, Diamond Tiara. Everypony is gonna know who you are, Cheerilee will do the honour." The earth pony mare then presented the recorder and pressed the play button.

"Those three blank flanks better find me some gossip by sunrise tomorrow morning or I'm going to make sure they are not just humiliated all over Ponyville, but all of Equestria... (fast forward fanfare)...  And if anypony else has a problem with that... I have plenty of pictures that I'm sure ponies would love to see on every Inquirer! (Fast forward fanfare) There's plenty more where that came from to make sure that nopony stands in my way..." The tape recorder played out as Leo presented manila folders that contained embarrassing pictures of the Crusaders and others.

"B-But how did you get it? I-I never saw you enter the Newspaper room." Diamond stuttering asked.

"Silly filly. Your voice is loud that I can hear from the open window, and when I saw these pictures of them I know I had to do something." He lied. The lion then pulled out the latest newspaper which he manages to get his paw on it and read something like this:

"To the citizens of Ponyville,

For some time now, you've been reading this column to get the latest dirt and the hottest buzz. But this will be my final piece. We want to apologize to you for all the pain and embarrassment that we've caused.

Yes, that's right. We. For in truth, I'm actually three little fillies, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo.

As the popularity of our column grew, we got swept up in the hype. We knew that what we were doing didn't feel quite right, but we ignored the guilt because everypony seemed to want to read what we were writing. And maybe they were until we started making things up to lure readers in.

Don't worry, from now on, we promise to respect everypony else's privacy, and we won't engage in hurtful gossip anymore.

All we can do now is ask for your forgiveness, Ponyville.

Signing off for the very last time,

XOXO, Gabby Gums."





Later that day, in the Schoolhouse. Cheerilee was in the basement printing press and an unhappy-looking Diamond Tiara stood beside her. "I guess I should've seen something like this coming. It's a pity, I guess I put a little too much trust into a first-time editor, and gave her too much authority."

She adds a growl. "Diamond Tiara, I'm afraid I have to strip you of your title. Be thankful I don't kick you off the paper altogether."

The filly said nothing, she just looked shamefully at the ground as the mare continues. "And now, it gives me great pleasure to announce our next editor in chief. I give you, Featherweight!" Cheerilee proudly declare.

Everypony clapped and cheered, except for Diamond Tiara. "But what about me? What am I supposed to do now?"

"Here you go, you can have my job," The ink covered coat told her. "Our new editor in chief says I get to take his old job as head photographer. Mind the presses, they tend to get a bit messy."

In the end, Diamond ended up covered in ink completely, much to everypony's else amusement. "Darn, father's not gonna be happy about this, and even Mother's probably going to have a few choice words for getting demoted like this."

While the staff start laughing at her, Cheerilee approaches the Crusaders and hand over the manila folder. "Here girls. You might wanna take it, considering it is your picture."

Scootaloo quickly grabs the file with a sigh of relief. "Thank celestia... We sure probably burn it in my opinion."

"But ah still don't get it, how did you manage to record the tape and get the file, Miss Cheerilee?" Applebloom asked only receive a chuckled.

"Oh, it's not me. Let just say, a some-lion was just looking out for you. And that included informing me about Diamond Tiara blackmailing everypony." The three fillies smiled, they knew who it was.

"Thank you, Leo." They softly said. Outside the building near the small window, Leo was just sitting and quietly watching everything unfold.

"You're welcome, girls." Leo smiles gently before he left the area.
> Chapter 43: Making Waves (S2E24)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Making Waves


In a blazing location of Dragonlands, Garble, the red dragon punching and smashing anything that can be a break with his strong-tougher claw. Channelling his anger to anywhere in the teenager sight. "That stupid lion, thanks to him and his foolish brother I been punished for two weeks not eating any grubs."

He muttered before knocking the boulder as it crashes into another one. "And what the heck those Dragon Lord Torch think he is?! Why did he just let them go when they're supposed to bring down heavy punishment! Argh!!!" 

As the last finished, using any energy left to lift a giant boulder, grunted before Garble unleashes a roar and tosses the rock over the other stone as it came crashes to the wall.

"If we're I, hundreds per cent I will crush those punk to dust because I don't afraid of anything standing my way!" Garble stomp his foot and puff a breath of fire a bit, showing his anger.

Just then, the skies were getting dark. Though the atmosphere in this place was not similar to where ponies live, it was then Garble realise a massive scorching rock heading towards him from the skies.

"Flying Flaming rock?! I-I gotta get out of--" But it was too late as the boulder smashed into the area, sending a powerful shock wave that blasts the red dragon and hit the wall with a crack left off.

"WHERE IS HE?!?!" The voice giving the teenager a scared face as in front of him, lies red glowing eyes...

For a dragon, Garble seems not to keep his word at all for being not scared. Also, why there's a yellow liquid came out from his bottom?





"Thank you all for helping me get the cake safely on the dessert car," Pinkie told everypony, as right now they in the train.

"Thank you for inviting us all to go with you to Canterlot for the National Dessert Competition." Twilight reply excitedly then Rarity.

"I'm sure the festivities will be just lovely."

"Phooey on the festivities!" Applejack gave Rarity a hard nudge to her shoulders, "I can't wait to try all those tasty treats!"

She walked up to the cake and goes to stick a fore-hoof at it when Pinkie swatted the hoof away. "Well, the tastiest treat of all is sure to be the Cakes' Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness."

"If Leo were here he would prefer chocolate milk when he sees this." Twilight giggles remarks.

"Yeah, what is that young lion doing right now? Oh let me guess, helping or enjoying his free time?" Rainbow Dash joked.

"Does that cub has nothing better to do than assist somepony around?" Now Rarity added. "I mean, helping is a good thing but what is he doing actually?"

"Girls, please." Twilight wave her hoof to stop this press. "I know my brother didn't do much this whole day other than supporting out but giving a chance he might be useful in something."

"Like what?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well...how about...when all six of us are not in Ponyville, Leo will be in charged of looking after it." She replied.

"From what actually, sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"You know, something catastrophic happens in Ponyville that usually around per week, right?" 

Pinkie laugh. "Yeah! Our town always crawled with a wild beast from the Everfree Forest, so it is already a common thing for us."

Later on, the place has been full of one male gryphon name Gustave le Grand, a familiar unicorn name Donut Joe, and lastly a female mule name Mulia Mild. Though their competition has to be held as the purple unicorn suggest to go to the bed. 

Without a second a question popped up in the leader's head, she uses her magic to pull the pegasi just before we're about to leave the room. The duo looking at her confused. "You two, I heard that the Cloudsdale having a malfunction for some reason. Do you know what is it?"

"Eh, tactical difficulty. But what I heard is that Cloudsdale requests all pegasus nearby to come and help the problem." Rainbow answer.

"That includes Ponyville as well," Fluttershy added.

"Aren't you two the nearby pegasus?"

"Please, Twilight. We already board the train so we should just accept things happen, okay?" Rainbow said with Fluttershy nodding before their head to their room. 

Twilight has a second thought for a brief moment but shook it away, maybe their right. Little did their knowledge, shenanigans will not be the place held in the train cart but also in their resident place.





The next day in Ponyville, with beautiful sunshine and ponies walking happily. Leo Sparkle, who's riding a skateboard skating through the street while performing some awesome stunts he was able to do.

"Ollie!" He said before leaping into the air, pass by an earth pony carrying a three-log of the tree. He has a very dark greyish orange coat, a grey mane and a tail with light grey as stripes. His cutie mark was a tree almost cover with a burn mark on the trunk. "Hi, Burnt Oak!"

"Hello as well, kiddo. But be careful with those boards."

The lion nodded as he lands on the ground, the lion saw Big Mac pulling a cart full of apples as he charged toward the stallion without him noticing. "Kickflip!"

Mac heard a voice but before he was able to turn his head, Leo flips his skateboard 360° that make it spins counter-clockwise. Landing on top of the red pony back with the board flip upside down, making him flinched. "Hi, Big Mac. No pressure, okay?"

"E-Eeyup." He replies, not scared but just started as the cub perform another flip before land back on the ground and moving on.

"Woah, look like I'm getting good at this. I should test my skill at the Skatepark." Leo suggests himself. Soon after he was in an open field at the end of Ponyville only to be called out by a voice.

"Leo, over here!" He looks around to see Spike, and surprisingly Soothing Wave sitting on a bench. With a second, the lion turns his board direction to them and the stop after arriving. "Nice skating, bro!"

"Thanks, I was about to head to the skatepark. By the way, Wave why are you here?"

"Well, my friends. I got bored so maybe hanging out with your brother would be a great idea." Wave said in a calm manner voice. "Also, probably should wear a helmet for safety."

Leo chuckled. "Alright. I do it next time so I won't become the next daredevil in this town." The trio laughing happily, enjoying their day. Until...

"Uh, guys... Why did it get so dark?" Spike said when suddenly, the skies seem to die out. While everypony in town stops and look up to a huge black blur heading their way.

Leo gasped. "It's that an asteroid?! Everypony run!!!" With that said, nearby residents start to panic and running for their lives, searching for a safe place while the group hide behind the bench before the asteroid crash not too far from them. The impact causing a big wave of dust and earthquake, rumbling the ground that making them had to close their eyes. When the coast is clear of sight, letting go of each other as the lion first took a glance at the asteroid. Sure does, it was a rock with a small lava flow and it creates a big hole as well. Slow and steady, he approaches the rock carefully.

"Leo what are you doing?!"

"Don't come close to it, my friend!"

"It's okay, guys. I got this." He confidence said as soon as he comes near it, the rock start shaking before it commences a transformation. Moving and literally rising its legs and arms that slam on the dirt. Growing larger and bigger than it consumes Leo and the others with its shadow. For the last step, eyes of vengeance appear looking like it was about to erupt! This is not just a flying-hot boulder--

"That's not an asteroid, it's a rock monster!" The manipulator shouts just before the eyes of the beast glaring at him fiercely. Then, it roars causing them to try to maintain the balance of their stance. Once done, the party staring at him defensively. "Who are you?"

"Obsidian is my name, the Lava Rock Monster. Nice to meet you." He said seems...nice? The giant even makes a hand gesture to welcome himself, the group glance at each other confused-- "AND NOW!!!"

His voice causes a small sound wave making them stunned as Obsidian continue. "Where's that naughty boy Obsidian has been looking for?!"

"Naughty boy?" Leo asked while the stone monster looking around ignoring the present. "Who is it? Maybe I could help?"

"Really, Leo?" Spike just straight faces at him, does his brother know the definition of the situation right now?

And on second thought, Obsidian gaze at the cub carefully before he realizes his victim. "Wait a minute, YOU'RE the naughty boy that scary dragon told Obsidian about!"

Leo flinches for a second, did he just said dragon? If so is this how they do retribution towards their prey for breaking the laws cause pony-kind don't have much information about dragon-kind. But Obsidian didn't hesitate as he roar and approaches Leo who is frightening to see him aggressive with his rock arm raise ready to smash, until...

"Hold on a minute!" Spike, "bravery" approaches the front of the wielder and look at the stunning Lava Monster after he leaves his hideout.

"This is why I don't want to have kids." Wave stated at the back of the bench as Spike continue.

"Obsidian, right? Could you please at least explain what did Leo do to you so we can compromise this problem?"

"What? There's no way he will--" Leo got cut off by Obsidian action.

"Of course, little one. Here's is my story." This makes the cub dumbfounded while his jaw widens open. The beast is casual sitting in front of the drake like childlike. "Obsidian came from Dragonland. Land that is hot, challenging, and harsh."

"Eh, wasn't that place where I got my Fire Elemental?" Leo muttered himself.

"Obsidian lived happily at the foot of the volcano.  However... One fateful day..." His voice starts to become quavering...or more dramatic. "Obsidian went out searching for food but when Obsidian returned, the volcano had suddenly erupted and destroyed Obsidian home!"

Tears began to form his eyes as he let out a liquid of lava which it pouring on the ground. Poor Spike got dumped, wiggle himself to clear his body then asked again. "That's horrible. What could have caused such a horrible thing, Obsidian?"

From behind, Leo giggled nervously as the monster rubs his eyes and sniffed. "Obsidian does not know...  But Obsidian did see a golden lion with a crimson mane at the scene of the eruption! Obsidian is sure...he's the one responsible for everything!" He added a growl.

This makes Leo felt guilty for the destruction of his poor house, needless to say, the cub heard a voice coming from behind as he turns to see Wave... who shakes his slowly...

"Good luck, my friend..."

He was right looking at him like that, Leo accidentally crushing the lava man house and he thirsts for revenge. So instead of just running away, he's going to face it.

"So that's why you been travelling looking for Leo, right?" Spike asked.

"Correct, little one. Is a good thing dragon this day very easy target in their open place, or that lion would never be--" He stop and inspect him properly. "Eh, is this the lion who destroyed Obsidian home?"

"Of course! No doubt about that!" Spike shouts, not realize what he did.

"But that lion has a crimson mane, not silver."

"Oh, that's because he can change his mane every time! Just do some irregularities." A betrayed face has added on Leo's face.

"In that case... BURN TO HELL!" Everyone shock when Obsidian sudden burst out as a fire started coming from his body.

"Bro get out of here, RIGHT NOW!" Leo shouts, make him hesitate before running to safety, back to the hideout with Wave.

"Your time is up, Golden Lion!" He started by pulled back his right arm before it ignites, heading straight to the gasping Leo.

ELEMENT EARTH!!!

"Earth Barrier!" The geokinesis slam the ground as a wall of earth raise and shield him, only to be destroyed by lava punch from Obsidian as the piece of earth flung to Leo cry out in pain and launch off from his stand, turn back to normal along the way.

"Hahaha! You think you can block Obsidian's attack!"

"H-He destroyed that barrier like it was nothing!" Spike retorted.

"Here comes more to you guys!" Obsidian then charged up again, this time it came from his mouth as he spits a fireball at the rest of the group.

"Look out!" Wave alarming them as they quickly dodge the balls, demolished the bench while the monster keeps spitting out causing a panic and run scene. Poor Spike as he been the prime target. 

"AH! You can't just spit everywhere!" He then yelled at his knocked out brother. "Leo! LEO! You gotta wake up!"

Listening to his brother screeching finally got him up. As he shocking to see him running from the assault. "No stop it! Don't hurt my friends! Elemental, with me!" The lion claps his paws, showing the golden sparkling circle before it enlarged.

ELEMENTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!

Leo, now as trio elemental. Ready for battle, Lightning in the middle while Leaf on the left and Wind on the right. "Lightning Blade!"

Electrokinesis started by summoning his blade from his jaws and burst of speed towards the lava giant, he grunts upon hitting the front of him that causes a shockwave. But shocking the cub as it seems his attack didn't do anything. "What the-!"

Obsidian scoffed. "A rock cannot be affected by lightning! Come here!" He grabs the blade and pulled it up along with the wielder in slow motion...

"Vine Whip!" Leaf quickly rise a two vine heading towards Obsidian arms, it then wraps it around making him stunned and let go of Lightning. Poor the yellow one got shocked by his blade that land nearly next to him when he stumbled on the ground. 

The rock monster only grins as he ignited himself to flame, causing the vine to incinerate. Leaf was horrifying seeing his leaves burn down. "Oh no..."

"Leo! How can you expect your little vines to ever defeat his flames?" Spike said.

"My turn! Wind Gust!" Wind happily said as he creates a ball of wind before laughing it to Obsidian that turns into a powerful breeze, only for the beast to unleash a devastating burst of flame. Wind and Leaf got knocked out while in their silly face.

"This boy... That wind is only going to make the flames bigger." Wave explained, seems like the trio elements have returned to each other. Now, laying Leo who has plenty of sweat.

"So hot..."

"Strange. How can you be the one who destroyed Obsidian's home?" He was confused, watching the cub trying to stand back up. "Are all your attack is so lame?."

"Huh? Lame, you said?!" This makes Leo trigger his anger as his body cover with the blaze.

ELEMENT FIRE!!!

Appear with a crimson mane to make Obsidian shocked. "You're the lion I saw back then!"

"Eh, calm down, Leo!" Spike called out but Leo ignores it. Wave however was in surprise seeing the lion new form.

"Get ready!"

"Haha! Come at me if you dare!"

His word makes the lion angrier as he leaps in the air he focusing the amount of fire burning inside of him before it spread outside of him. A sphere of fire appears all over his place. "Fireball Attack!"

In the air, he throws plenty of fireballs toward Obsidian, who keep smirking even get hit multiple time by the explosion. The impact 'cause dust all over, making the others have to cover or move the direction of their eyes until it grew more until Leo can't see his target.

Seem satisfied, he drops down on the ground. Switch back to normal and started to panting heavily, the manipulator has used too much energy. Sadly, what he saw make him shock to see Obsidian laying comfortable.

"Ohh... What a cosy sauna..."

"What?! It didn't work?!"

"OF COURSE NOT! YOU DON'T FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!" Poor Leo got yelled out by his brother, how much does Leo IQ is? "Think before you act, okay!"

Obsidian scoffed. "Too late for thinking! This brat destroyed Obsidian home, then Obsidian will return the favour by destroying HIS!" The duo we're shocked by the sudden word as the monster burst out the flame before running to the town.

"Hey! That library is Twilight home, she gonna end us!" Spike shouted, before realising his mistake.

"Thanks for your description, buddy!" Obsidian happily said, gone to their sight. The drake facepalm.

Watching the terror head to their home makes Leo concern. "We need to find a way to stop him, or the library will be gone for sure!...and sis gonna killed me..."

"Eeyup." A voice is heard as the trio turned to see Big Mac casual walk towards them. "Why are y'all here?"

"Fighting unrecognised foes." Simply said by the lion. Which make the red stallion confused.

"Back to the topic." Calming Wave getting their attention. "This Obsidian is gonna demolished the library, and he's so hot that we need water to put him out."

"But he's BIG! Where can we find a lot of water?" Asked Spike.

Leo gasped. "Called all pegasi of Ponyville! They surely can pour a rain cloud on top of Obsidian--!"

Wave interjected. "I hear the news that all pegasus at Cloudsdale for some malfunction system right now. So cloud seems to no go, so your Wind Element is useless."

"Eeyup."

"Darn it...now what?"

Spike on the other claw, thinking for himself. If the flyer can't help then where could they receive plenty of water? Wait for a checking...it clicks. "That's it! Leo, you need to unlock your Water power!"

"Water Elemental?!" Other except Leo shouts
The manipulator is not sure.

"But...I got this Fire Elemental by accident, how do you expect me to get it, bro? Surely there's another way..."

"Don't worry. Fire comes out when you're angry, so maybe Water will come when you calm!" Then it hit the drake head like an anvil, as he noticed. "...You never stay calm right...?"

The lion slowly nodded with a straight face, soon Spike bop on the dirt. The truth is that Leo never and EVER stood steady and relax, he usually running around in the big capital when he was little, and often assist anything that he can find because that is what his adoptive parent tell him; always helped in need. Unfortunately, they hadn't taught or nor did Twilight how to calm himself. Sure, Shining Armor did manage to calm him down during training but it was long ago.

Leo sighed in disappointment, it was then he felt a gentle hoof on his shoulder. "Don't worry, my friend. I help you out." Wave smiled at him as he looks at the other.

"The two of you go stall the monster." Order receive before the duo nodded and galloping or run to the Ponyville."





The ground-shaking heavily in the streets, ponies in no sight as the lava rock monster stomping leaving a hole as he looks around the place. Obsidian then saw a house look like a tree with a book sign. "Haha! Found it, and it is easy to burn down!"

As he was about a step forward, Spike came out from his bottom left holding a bucket of water. With heroism style, he grunts and splashes the monster, making him scream.

"ARRGGHH!!!" The damage made Obsidian fall off as Spike quickly ran towards a barrel full of water, thanks to his big brother training he then scope and with a determined strength he runs back and dumps more at the beast. "Agh! Hey, stop it!"

"Not a chance!" The drake shouts as he did the third splash, but when he comes back to the barrel only to find it's empty. "Crap! I use it all!"

Obsidian had a strike. "How dare you splash Obsidian with water!" He grabs Spike and squeezes him like a jelly, making a scream of dragon pain. The monster laughs maniacally before tossing him to the near house, cracking the wall house as the drake slide down in injury.

"Leave him alone!" Big Mace called out as he pulled a wagon full of barrels of water rolling towards him at full speed. Obsidian really won't lose to this pathetic pony and a dragon kid, his thirst for revenge boiling. Not noticing Spike running in grief before ignited himself to flame. Showing no fear to what he knows inside of the barrel, when the wagon is in reach he releases a scorching punch, smash it to piece as well the water who turns into white smoke. Some of the pieces of wood got launches towards the stallion. In a flash, Big Mac grab a leap out of the area. Unfortunately, some of it got his back leg making him scream in pain before stumble down. 

"Unknowledgeable pony." He remarks darkly as he raised his blazing arms. "This is the reason why no one messes with Obsidian revenge!"

But before that magma raised to hit the target, an unthinkable action has happened as there's a flying axe passed behind the earth pony. It hit Obsidian forehead, the force is strong that manage to knock down him. Now his face is up while his back is on the bottom. "Argh! Who did this?!"

Big Mac turned in the direction of the axe tossed to see a dark grey stallion sternly at the monster, he gasped. "You--!"

"No time!" It was Burnt Oak, calling nearby. He quickly approaches and assists the injured pony. Waste no more time as they trot to safety and hopefully, Leo is ready.

lol, kidding.

While others barred the volcanic monster, Leo and Wave find a close-by tree as the earth pony give a massage on the lion shoulder. "Empty your mind, my friend. Peace. Be at peace."

As he continued to massage Leo, he closes his eyes as one liquid of his sweat flowing through his cheek. The one and only, start to glow as Leo channel his newfound power to his will-- only for an explosion come from Ponyville.

"Oh no!"

"Continue, my friend! Don't let him draw away your peace." Wave said as Leo try to find his peace, but those explosion sound, the screaming began to hear inside his head now. His friend, his brother and Ponyville were all in danger if he keeps sitting here and do nothing. HE NEEDS TO GO!

Leo stood up, finally let out. "Enough! This won't do, they need my help!" As he rushed to the catastrophic, leaving Wave behind.

"Leo, no! You still didn't get your Water power!" He stands as well before chasing after him. "Running is not my specialise, my friend!"





"You get back here so I can crush you!"  Obsidian roaring chasing after two ponies and one dragon but since one of them need to be healed first they're having a hard time fleeing from the monster. Burnt Oak help Big Mac trying his best to run only for the older siblings to growl in pain as he falls to the ground. 

"Big Mac!"

Spike was in the front but heard the collapse sound, he hurry towards them. The old stallion shouts halted his progress. "No! Stay out of the way!"

"B-But what about Big Mac!"

"Just get out of here before--!" He stopped as a figure shadow towering his and Big Mac, soon he turned to saw Obsidian growling with scorching flame cover his body. Oak felt terrified just watching it as well making a strategy in his mind. On him is injure Mac, still laying backside of the dirt. While in his front was a massive lava monster who was about to beat them, his only choice is to push Mac if Obsidian started to slam them with his arm at the right time. That is...sacrifice himself for this kid. "I'm sorry, buddy..."

"STOP IT!!!"

Everyone turns to see Leo Sparkle running at full speed at them. "Leo!"

Seeing him here, then that's just mean. "Haha! You're done for! Leo's mastered his Water power!" Spike laughed at Obsidian, who's gasped dramatically.

"Water power?!"

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

ELEMENT...EARTH!!! 

He was hesitant there, don't know which Elemental can solve the problem so he chooses the strongest one. Trusting his power, the geokinesis leaps to the air before coming down in hard as he smashes the ground as hard as he can do. "Rock Toss!"

Rock shape of shard coming from the dirt and flung ahead towards Obsidian. The rock monster just smirks and open widen his arms, embrace the spike rock to his body only it to break just by hitting his solid body. He maniacal laughter.

"Is that all you've got for Obsidian?" He teased Leo by crushed the piece of the rock, making him growl before a powerful gust covers him entirely.

ELEMENT WIND!!!

Hover by his blue wind. Leo march forward, behind him was Calming Wave who look very tirelessly from galloping. He stops to take a breath.

"Wave!" A voice shouted over as the stallion turn to see Spike running towards him. "Why did Leo not use his Water Elemental?"

"I-I'm afraid he's to worry for his friend that he left before getting it, my friends." He answered. Looking at the fighting scene where's Leo keep sending Wind Spheres at Obsidian despite knowing it won't do any effect. The others are not far from them, sitting and resting while watching the battle in fear of Leo lose. He's the only hope...

ELEMENT FIRE!!!

"Fireball Attack!" He transform and release a barrage of a flaming ball, stress cover his sight as Obsidian absorb the fireball into his body before unleashing it, causing the attack to hit multiple places, the street and even the caster itself.

"Huh?! ARRRGGHHH!!!"

"Leo!" Everyone yelled to see some fireball hit the manipulation, resulting in a knockback to the ground and turn back to normal. The area was cover in hot smoke before Spike and Wave manage to spot him, punching the ground frustrating.

"He's immune to each element!"

"Leo!"

"You guys?" He was surprised to see them but only in short because a sound of laughing can be heard. Obsidian has approached them slowly as he thought he was gonna make Leo glaring at him.

"Calm down, Leo! You need to call out your Water power." Spike said but Leo looks about to give up.

"I...I don't I can. It's too chaotic! We don't even sure if Water comes if I stay calm!"

"Hmm..." Wave thought to himself, then he got an idea. "I know! Come here, my friend! I want to have a word with you."

The pony grabs Leo paw and invites him to sit with him on a nearby bench. They go through the unheard conversation that others besides Spike can't hear a single word. This makes Obsidian stop his access and questions it.

"What are they discussing over there? Obsidian is not a waiting guy!" He jumps to the air and gathers the heat in both of his arms, creating a blazing fire that mixes with lava as well heading towards the. 

"Ah! I got it, Wave." When the chat is done, Leo immediately closes his eyes. It was that everything when black for him, like in the void. Only Obsidian in it, howling in slow motion with a lava smash ready to go.

Ignore him, Leo focused on the environment. Somewhere, baby birds chirping, the flower blooming after many days waiting. Everything seems quite...relaxing. Lastly, a single leaf, carrying one tiny water. Later the water flows to the tips of the green leaf, then drop to the ground with a small splash. The manipulator open his eyes as he finally understood the meaning of calmness.

He's ready.

ELEMENTAL POWER!!!

The lion stood while do a wave using his paws. Therefore, putting it down and use the right paw to slide it on the ground. Doing so creates water as long he keeps sliding. Thus, he began to lift slowly as two swirling water surrounding him. It was then he finished his word.

ELEMENT WATER~!!!

With a huge splash on him, he suddenly changes. Now with a cyan mane, turf tail, front paws, bandana and has black back leg paws. A water logo (check on the cover image) has materialised on his bandana. Also instead of an armband appear, the cub has cyan shade unshorn fetlocks, much like Big Mac.

"Woah... A new power." Spike awe as well the adults.

In just in time, Leo slides the bottom of Obsidian, create a splash along the way before he manages to hit him. The beast destroys the place where Leo stood but misses. 

"Heh." As the hydrokinesis smirk at him, show off his new appearance to everyone.

"Huh?!"

"Leo did it!" Everyone except Obsidian began to cheer with hope. Somewhere, one of the buildings has a sound of applause.

"Argh! No, he didn't!" In a rage, the boulder monster is about to release his force when suddenly he stops to see what in the world is that lion doing looking up at the tree?

"So cute..." Looks to be that Leo watching a mama bird feeding her baby on the tree, clearly he forget about the fight.

"Uh, what's wrong with Leo?" Spike asked, shrugged by Wave. A new power means a lack of knowledge of it.

"Hey! Look at OBSIDIAN!" He madly said then engulfed his right arm to flame before launching himself. Getting the opportunity to attack when the opponent ignores his assault.

"Dodge, Leo!" Everypony, plus Spike warning him. 

"Hm?" Leo jovially look at his enemies and use all fourth of his paws to lay down, with his belly on the dirt. The monster blasts were barely hit the cub as he punches the ground, completely miss.

"A-Ah wonder what Wave say to Leo to makes him so calm." Big Mac slight curious, yelped as Oak slowly pulled out the wooden pieces from his legs.

The next thing that happens, Obsidian let out a furious roar just because Leo staring at a butterfly on a flower in front of him. Ignite to flame again, he spits out a lava ball, but as it gets closer, the manipulator turns around only to smirk.

"Wave Surf!" By tapping the surface, Leo went straight up in the air, embarking on the water on the road. He rides on its back and makes it a launcher as the attack miss.

In short, Leo is riding a wave.

"Heh. Name it after my name." Soothing Wave could help but chuckle, while Spike we're astonishment by his brother performance.

"Enough fooling around!" Obsidian jumps and punches the turf as it sends a torrent of fire that emerged from the ground. But Leo still maintains his relaxing dodge every single of it using his ride. While dodging, he took a look around. A cat laying on top of the roof house, a bird flapping freeing towards her destination. Lastly, the ray of the sunlight. That shimmer sun shines upon him as he hummed in happiness.

"Stop him, Leo! He's destroyed everything!" Spike shouts at the cub. Leo notices his called and nodded heartily, it was then he stood on his hind leg and move his paws.

"Water Stream!" The cub called out a stream of water that connected from the wave and move it from left to right with his paws, putting out the torrent of fire before it destroyed the street. With the final slam, the flame has been extinguished.

"Nice one, Leo." Oak remark while holding up the red stallion. Obsidian, however, are not happy about this.

"HOW DARE YOU!!!"

"Heh. Now I can counter all of your attacks!" This makes the lava monster scoffed.

"Fool! I still have my goal! Obsidian will CRUSH your house!" This make the siblings gasped as he pointed at the treehouse far away from their location, but Obsidian then transforms into a fiery ball. With the road is clear, he rolling unstoppably to his target.

"THE LIBRARY!!!" Spike exclaimed as Leo was in hurry, surfing his way nonstop before raised his right paw widely.

"Giant Wave Slam!" Leo summons a powerful giant wave towards the rolling ball. In a nick of time, the wave slap Obsidian into the air, cry out loud but it is time to end this.

"Geyser Blast!" Leo finish it off by summoning a four water geyser that emerged from the ground. Through the skies, their gather together and form a one power water blast that immediately hit Obsidian back. A huge splash of water shroud the town when Obsidian hit a whirlpool made by Leo.

And with that, it's all over with the rock monster let out some of the water from his mouth.

"Yay! Leo won!" Spike applause. Then out of nowhere, earth pony and unicorn began to come out from the town hall cheering as well, surprising by the other who was outdoor. So all this time they're hiding in the town hall?

"My...my flame..." Obsidian stutter, seeing how his fire was out and replaced by soaking rock make him scare and depressed. That's not all, Leo who unmounts his wave approach him with a straight face while his eyes cannot be seen. "H-Have mercy on Obsidian!"

As soon as the lion stands in front of him, he's already shielding his face first but we're shocked to see Leo give him his paw. 

"I'm sorry for destroying your house by mistake..." He looking at Obsidian with sadness as he went back to normal.

"You... You apologizing?"

"Of course! It was my fault after all. So, I should apologise for it." All of sudden, Obsidian began to burst to tear...of lava.

"BWAAAHHHH! Such a kindhearted lion!"

While the boulder is crying, Big Mac with his legs been bandage up looks at the calm pony. "Ah curious, what did you tell Leo that made him calm down enough to call out his Water power?"

Wave chuckle and wave his hoof. "Nothing much. Just that, true peace does not come from your surroundings...but from within yourself."

"What those that mean?"

Spike then came in. "What he's saying is, if you wanna be calm, you must focus within yourself." After that word, the drake suddenly burped out a green flame...

"D-Don't be sad," Back to Leo, although he almost got hit by Obsidian tear has an idea. "If you wanna, how about I go back to Dragonland and--"

"LEO!"

He flinched as he turns to see Spike running towards him while holding...a letter? As he approaches the lion in frisson. "G-g-guess what, Leo! Shining is getting married!"

...

...

...

"About damn time!"
> Chapter 44: Not The Mare We Knew (S2E25)
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Not The Mare We Knew


Hole by hole as the train goes through, as tomorrow turn to today for Leo and Spike. After wake up and quickly head to the train station to get their ride to Canterlot because today is a special day. A day that their life was about to change.

Well, actually. Not entirely but for their Big Brother.

"...Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Captain Shining Armor." Spike finished it off, rolled back the letter like when he got it in the first place before place it behind him. "I'll say, can't wait to meet Shining again. The last time he came to Ponyville for a visit."

"Really? How can I didn't notice his present?" Leo asked, sitting next to him.

"That was the time when you went to work with Wave. And let's not forget about yesterday event, we were lucky you can clean up tasks on the street with your Earth power. Consider you been blessed." Spike crossed his arm and do the 'hmph' voice, showing his irritating. Although in his heart, he's felt rejoice.

Today is the big day, not only they're we're brought on for the biggest event but we're about to reunite with their big brother. The one who taught Leo and Spike how to fight...without their sister knowing it.

"Yeah... Honestly, I want to ask Obsidian if he let me rebuild his house. Then he told me he declined my offer cause he needs to make it bigger and stronger house. Therefore, he needs to reconstruct by himself." Leo reply, the drake put his arms behind his head. 

"At least he okay to befriended with us after you apologise." Spike simple said.

"Yep, glad we can be at peace."

As the train continued on its way to Canterlot, which was surrounded by a giant bubble-shaped force field. As the train arrived at the edge of the force field, it slowed down as the ponies standing guard created a way for the train to pass through the field. The boys flinched as the barrier passed through them.

"Woah!" Leo said as he felt the barrier pass through him, "Well, that was weird..."

"Yeah, you don't feel that every day."

The trains arrived at the station, which was surrounded heavily by a large number of guards as the train came to a stop. Leo who the first to step out. "Hello, gentle-colt."

The guards smiled and give a slight nod as Spike come out next. "Is a good thing their respects you, Leo. Otherwise, we are walking with a straight face royal guard every time."

"Well, we're the non-ponies commonly around in this place. Come on, let's find big bro and congrats him!" And with that, the boys pass by two guards that quickly lifted their spears to let them pass.

"Sky Scraper and Wild Star, good day."

The unicorn one was surprised and glance at the lion one. "W...what? How did he-?"

"I told him your name, dude. So don't give me that look, eyes one front." The pegasus said, maintain the usual guard face and his eyes are not looking at him. Then, he sighs. "And before you say anything, I lose the bet against him."

"Oh, and what is it?" Ask the pegasus with a sly smile.

"...Smack Princess Celestia flank."

Wild Star eyes widen as he moves his pupils up, trying to come up with a word. He only got. "That's rough buddy."





Up in a tower, Princess Celestia was using a telescope as she stood on the balcony to survey the area around Canterlot as the boys continued their way towards the hallways. For the moment, their discussion with each other about what to do after this before a white unicorn in full uniform came out from the door. He turns his head and gasped in surprise.

"Leo! Spike!" Shining Armor excitedly gallops and hug his brothers, who returned the hug. "Ah, I've missed you, kids. How was the train ride?"

"Is good, big bro! So glad to meet you again!"

"Yeah! Congratulations you getting married, dude!"

Shining let go of them and chuckled before it turns to sigh. "Yeah...at least you two greet me with care at the first meet, unlike Twily..."

"What? You guys don't argue, right?" Leo asked concerned.

"No! It's just..." He sighs again. "...she mad at me first because I give her the invitation instead of personally. I don't have a choice, I have an important job right now."

"Well said." Spike meant as the trio walked outside, across the castle bridge to see the sunsets as plenty of guards roaming around. "Today security is a bit overprotective this day."

"That's right, a threat has been made against Canterlot. We don't know who's responsible for it, but Princess Celestia asked that I help provide additional protection. This dome shield I made use of my magic, it gives me such headache in return though."

Leo was amazed by the view. "Pretty bold for a threat to openly state their attack. Need any assistance? My Elemental power is stronger than ever now to help you and the rest of your troops!" Shining Armor smiled and rubbed his silver mane.

"I'll let you know if we can use the extra help, little buddy. I also hear from Twily that you got a new power as well, Leaf Elemental I presume." He smiles at Leo's eyes for a moment. "Can't wait to see what other power you can get."

Leo was nervous but trying to smile back. "Yeah...she was mad at me for not telling her about it."

"Well, that's Twily for you. Always want to learn everything she didn't know, next things we had is the next quantum physics pony." The trio chuckled as brothers, just then the unicorn gasped. "Oh yeah! I forget about the role you two will get for the wedding."

"Really? What are we get?" Leo asked innocently. 

"Well, for starters, Spike will be charge holding the ring."

"Sweet!"

"And you Leo would be my grooms-colt. Or grooms-lion for you." Shining finished heartily as the cub smile.

"Pawesome! I'd be honoured!" He jumped around like Pinkie Pie, but not her signature. After the excitement wears off, Leo looks at Shining in puzzled. "So...who is she? You know, this Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?"

"Yeah, and she's a princess?" Spike confused. "When was the time you met her? We all know we three have always been together."

Shining brotherly chuckled. "Boys, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is Cadance, your and Twily old foal-sitter." This makes them shock by surprise.

"Cadence?" Leo started. "As in the Cadance? As the greatest foal-sitter in all the history of foal-sitters?"

"You sound like Twilight!" Spike laughs.

"Why should I? She's the first foal-sitter to take care of a lion and dragon in ponies history! And Big bro gonna married her!" Leo quickly hugged Shining Armor who chuckling returned it.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything important." Said a voice. Leo let go of the hug and turned his head to see the very pony they had been talking about standing just a few yards away. Cadance's is taller than Leo and Spike(duh!), she had a gold necklace similar to the one Princess Celestia wore, a small gold crown on her head, and her hair was now fully down and slightly curled to one side of her head. She also had her pair of gold shoes on her hooves. Leo smiled.

"Cadance!" Leo excited and run towards her to give the same thing as his big brother, just as he was close...

The smile on the lion face turned completely frightened, it was his Energy Senses hitting him like a lightning bolt. After so long he having this feeling back when they find the Elements of Harmony, and it tells Leo to do something.

Jump!

Follow his instinct he put his first paw quickly followed by the second paw before his body raised, now his back leg on top as he used his paws to push him up over the princess. Cadance gives a surprising look while following the lion moves so does Shining and Spike as Leo landed behind her, giving a straight face of shock.

"Woah, bro! I know you have been practising but you don't have to show in front of Cadance!" Spike rushed to his brother, still with the same expression. "Leo? Are you alright?"

"H-huh? Y-yeah, guess so..." He said while scratching his head. Leo look back seeing Cadence stood to Shining Armor as he wrapped a fore-hoof around her.

"I gotta get back to my station, it's getting late." He notified as the skies are getting dark. "By the way, Twilight told me when I see you two head over to the outdoor cafe at night. She and her friends are probably done with today chores."

Spike give them a wave. "Got it, Shining. Come, Leo. I'm starving!"

The dragon pulled his brother paw to make him move and it works, but still retain his face. The sight of the boys was gone and the stallion gives a concerned look, the alicorn just nuzzled his side.

"I'm hoping Leo was alright, sorry for his sudden action, Cadance."

"Don't worry, sweetie. I keep an eye on him."





That night, the boys wandered the street of Canterlot. Luna, now guarding the night asking her sister to rest. Ponies decrease during this time so their can has asleep for the big day coming. Guards patrolling the area, and nothing to do much for the duo except follow the Captain ordered.

"What's up with back there, Leo?" Spike asked.

Leo slowly looks down. "It just...my sense, it unexpectedly happen to me just then."

"Wait, your energy sense?"

"Yeah. I don't know what's up but it reacts to Cadance when I am almost near her and it makes me jump. Almost like she..."

"Leo! Spike!" The boys stare to see the Mane Five outside of the cafe while sitting on a pillow. The girls wave at them to come over.

"Finally you hear Spikey-Wikey!" Rarity first talks and use her magic to place Spike on the stack of the pillow.

"Yeah Rarity~" Spike chuckle lovely by the unicorn speak with a heart popped up as the lion just shook laugh at the drake and choose to sit next to the empty pillow beside him.

"Where, sis?" Just as the lion said, the lavender mare arrived at the table with a soda in her magic grip. She looks upset.

"Bet I can guess what you're all thinking. Cadance is the absolute worst bride-to-be ever!"

The other just looked at the mare agape.

"Who, me?" Pinkie mimicking Cadance as she held her cake topper in his hand.

"Pinkie! That goes on the cake!" Applejack retorted, she doesn't question it. Pinkie just laughed nervously as she put the cake topper down.

"Twilight, whatever are you talking about?" said Rarity as Twilight quietly sipped her sodas, "Cadance is an absolute gem!"

"She was so demanding!"

"Well, of course, she is! Why shouldn't she expect the very best on her wedding day?"

Twilight sigh at look at the farm pony. "Applejack, did you know that after she told you how much she just "love-love-loved" your adore, she threw them in the trash?" Applejack was quiet for a moment.

"Aw, she probably just trying to spare my feelings."

"No, she was just being fake and insincere!" Twilight snapped as she crossed her forelegs.

Leo trying to find a word to support his sister. "Well... Cadance never used to lie about enjoying something."

"See! I--" The purple pony stop and turn to see her the cub. "Oh, Leo. I didn't see you there."

"If bro was here then, of course, I'm here!" He snarled. "We ride the train together!"

"Right. Apologise." She stated.

"If you think about it, she did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsal," Fluttershy pointed out.

"See! Rude!"

"But he was singing off-key," Fluttershy continues as she presented the bird perched at her foreleg. He began to sing off-key, making Rainbow cringe and Twilight covered their ears.

"Pinkie Pie, you had to have noticed how Cadance treated-" As the mare tapped her fore-hoof to get the pink ponies attention, but then saw that she and Spike were busy playing around with the cake topper, making kissing noises with them and laughing. Leo looked at the pink pony with an amused look on his face.

"Does that surprise you?" Leo smiling asked.

"Never mind," She replied, "Rainbow Dash, you're with me, right?"

"Sorry, Twi," Rainbow said as she stretched, "Been too busy prepping for my sonic rainboom to pay much attention to the bride's bad attitude."

Twilight took another sip of their drinks before growling in frustration but manage to calm down when she looking at Leo. "Leo, you and Spike surely meet up with Cadance this afternoon, right? How was she respond to you?"

The lion smiled then frowned as he went silent for a moment and looking down, this causes the other to stare at him suspiciously. With a sigh, he's gaze at them.

"That's not Cadance."

"What?" Everypony said except surprised Twilight.

"I...I don't know. But I had a feeling that the Princess of Love is not the one we remember when we were a kid, sis."

"Right!" Twilight exclaim. "See, even my other brother know that 'Cadance' is strange."

"What makes you say that, darling?" Rarity asked. "You can't just tell us that she, not Cadance, that so inappropriate."

"Oh, Leo jump over her," Spike answers, getting the shocking attention of the girls. "He said that his Energy Senses bringing in about the situation."

"You mean that went we try to find the Elements of Harmony, Nightmare Moon is onto us back there?" Rainbow asked.

"I believe so..." Leo said in half-right half-wrong, but he needs to find the reason he needs. It will be best if he sees face to face. "Everyone, I'm going to check on Cadance to see if I can find anything that odd. Later."

He took off rather in a calm manner. This makes the girls feel so weird except the drake, who knows a little bit of why he acting like thanks to yesterday event.

"So Spike." Applejack getting his interest. "Ah sent a letter to Applebloom that she and her friend can come here to be a Flower Filly but ah ain't got no reply, do you know why?"

"Oh, let say...yesterday is the stunning day I ever see."





Leo arrived at the location where Shining Armor had his home. He took a deep breath and lightly rapped on the door before waiting impatiently for an answer. Leo was surprised to see Cadance open the door.

"What do you want?" Cadance asked rudely. Leo took a deep breath, that time his senses are acting up again. Telling him she had negative energy but for some reason, it was hidden by positive energy.

"Can we talk? Right here, and now." He said calmly. Cadance just glared before snorting, judging by the last sentence means that he wants to talk right in front of the door.

"What do you want to talk about?" She asked bluntly.

"Yourself."

"Excuse me?"

"You have been behaving weirdly ever since we arrived, not me and my bro but towards my sister and her friends," Leo spoke rather in a normal tone. "Especially, my sis. Your action makes her started to irritate towards your demands, which come to me next. The Cadance I knew is the Princess of Love."

"So?" Cadance asked angrily.

"So, with my Energy Senses, I can feel what kind of energy anyone carry inside of them." Leo then put his right paws on his chest. "I had a positive energy while you...positive as well."

He smiles looking at it, the alicorn just rolls her eyes. "Can you tell me what's the point of--"

"But it was a facade."

"What?"

Leo expression change as he stared at her irritated. "That positive energy was just a cover from your true self, there's negative energy behind it. It's like..." He then realised as he quickly gazes at the princess's eyes who started to flicker to green, her face that represents 'no you wouldn't' one.

"...a disguise!" The lion shouts then leap back far away from her and in a fighting stance.

"What are you talking about?" Cadance said, secretly looking at his back for anypony nearby. She finds none. "That's the ridiculous thing I ever heard. More, I can't believe your Shining Armor brother, he told me you're always supporting your family."

During that time, she slowly approaches the lion with a sad and sweet voice all of sudden. "But...maybe I shall give you a chance, come here you little cub and give your future sister-in-law a hug, NOW."

Even with that act, Leo senses still tingling hard in his head. He needs to find reasonable with everyone about this though they won't believe him, not even the guards can trust him because it is a royal wedding. The lion mind racing for any possible situation to get out as "Cadance" we're always near him, an idea came in.

And his big brother will be mad about this.

"I'm sorry." He said out loud as he frowned at her. "I'll pass."

ELEMENT WIND!!!

In a second, Leo transforms into Wind much to shock from Cadance before she got pushed back to the house by a strong gust of wind without a chance to say anything. The blast sending her crash towards a bottom door causing a loud wreck noise, a dust filled the room and stood at the door was the blue mane lion.

"And that expression before told me that this is your first seeing this? The real Cadance already know about my power so you an imposter!" Leo then unleash a gust of blue wind before taking off to the skies. Anypony who were inside are definitely heard that lousy noise.

"What was that?!"

Shining Armor came out from the upstairs as he was horrified to see a quiet mess living room. What's more, he shocks to see his fiancee looking passed out on a ruined door. He soon gets to the spot and holds her like in any heroic movie.

"Cadance! Are you okay?! Who did this to you?!" He asked concerned.

The alicorn soon opens her eyes to find it filled with rage. "THAT BRAT?!"

"Who?"

"O-oh?" She realised before stood up and show rudely. "Nothing."

Shining doesn't seem convinced. "Are you sure? You just destroy the door and--"

"I said I'm fine." She simply said sternly look as she walks upstairs. "If you excuse me, I need some time alone in the room."

Cadance walking up to the room makes a stomping sound, showing how mad she is before open and slamming the door making Shining flinched.

"What's got into her?" He asked himself worried, then look at the open door leading to the outside. "If I heard correctly, I believed I heard Leo voice...could he be...?"

The stallion quickly shook it off from his head. "That's impossible, Leo would never do that to his foal-sitting. Guess it's just a pretty strong wind."

Though his lip says that but in his head are not satisfied, the unicorn then approaches a couch with his wedding uniform on it. "Might as well testing this before the wedding."





"I'm sorry, big bro." Leo staring at his brother wearing his wedding outfits, his ears folded down as a rush of guilty filled his head. "Now what I'm gonna do? If the imposter told him then I'm be sure blocked from the list! Not only that, he would distrust me and so does the guards!" 

He shouts but not too high, the cub then glances in sadness at Shining who wearing some kind of sash, he remembers that it's he's uncle favourite. "Show that you are part of the Sparkle family I guess..." 

Just then it clicks, Leo got another idea. Who else would help him if none other than... "Mom and Dad! They surely will help me! But then again..." He got a second thought, Shining is their firstborn son. What if their...

No. He had to stay determined, you never know unless you tried. With that, he sneaks out of the place before flew with his gust.

It's time to visit the Sparkle Households.
> Chapter 45: Uproar in Canterlot (S2E26)
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 Uproar in Canterlot 


Today is a sunny day, every day is a blessing. Inside a house of the Sparkle Resident, the leader of the family name Night Light sitting on a dark green couch while reading today's newspapers. Nothing is interesting about it, just his son gonna get married to a princess that soon will be his daughter-in-law.

Oh, never mention the unicorn is wearing a former outfit? Not only him, but his wife also called Twilight Velvet are also in formal attire. Though only wear a pearl necklace that's it as she enters the living room with a silver tray floating by her magic that carries a teapot and three teacups.

"Here some tea, honey." Velvet said happily as she pouring the cup for her husband.

"Thanks, sweetie." He give a warm smiled before putting down the newspaper and using his magic to lift the teacup to his mouth. With a soft "ah" the stallion gentle put down. "Lovely as usual."

Velvet giggle before turning to put down the tray to the kitchen, as she was in the hallway which on her right was a staircase heading up. The mare gives a loud but good shout.

"Leo! Come down and have a drink before we leave!"

"Alright, I'm coming!"

Trusted that he will, she went back to the kitchen. Night Light, however, beginning to remember yesterday event. An event that how and why he greeted him at night, his heart startled to recall that when the lion was in front of the door during the night...





*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!*

"Hm? Who was that? Can you open the door, honey?" Velvet called out while washing a plate in the sink.

"Of course." He simple said as he trots to the front door as he opened it with his magic to find a surprised face on him. "LEO?"

"What?" Velvet asked heard from afar as she trots from the kitchen to the wall hallway to peeked to find her adoptive son standing in front of his adoptive father. Soon, she galloping and hug him. "Leo! Oh, my baby boy! It's so great to meet you again! What's bring you here? Didn't Shining told you your gonna be his grooms-colt? Or grooms-lion for you, my mistake. Hey, why not talk about your train ride? We could--"

"Velvet, look at him." Night Light interjected her and gestured toward the lion to find him...sad?

This makes the mare expression turns to concern, as she knows about Leo he never looks like this. As far as she grew he and Spike up with her husband helped never in her life to see this sad lion cub feel depressing before.

Except for the time when Twilight snatched his diary right on his mouth itself. She regretted doing it. XP

"Leo?" Night Light asked softly as he places his hoof on his shoulder. "What's wrong?"

The lion hesitated, VERY hesitate. His mouth was stuttering speak like being a prison on ice, gaped one and the time as it was hard to control in this situation before gainsboro hoofs were put under his chin.

"Leo Sparkle." Twilight Velvet whispered in a serious but comfortable tone which bring the cub eyes staring towards her. "Come in now, and tell us what's in your mind."

She smiled, making Leo smiled too before he walk into the house for some explanation and guidance.





Although the stallion was not the one who confronted the lion at the door, he's still in the problem. Thus by giving some advice or assistance to his adopted son on a couch like a child discussing with their parents.

Without his knowledge, plenty of sound coming from the stairs as a golden cub with a former suit arrive in the living room. Night Light now notice his appearance and couldn't help but lend a smile at the grooms-lion while he expected the outfit.


(Draw by me!)

"...How do I look?"

Night Light chuckled slightly. "Awesome, those suits are well made for the grooms."

Both of them laughs happily as Velvet chirping enter the group after hearing it noise. "There you are, Leo! My boy looks handsome like your father and brother! Have a tea before we leave, we running late right now."

"Wait, are we late?" Leo asked after drinking his cup.

"Yes, don't worry. If we hurry we could still make it. You were sleep-deprived thought, but we didn't wanna leave you alone so we wait until you were ready." The blue unicorn explained, then with a sigh of contrite. "...After your action yesterday night."

Leo felt uneasy, but he's right. The manipulator told them that night about the problem with Cadance thanks to his energy senses, their face was unbelief. Somehow, too much of his luck they trust him more than their firstborn son. After all, Cadance is technically not a part of the family yet.

Velvet approach the lion. "Don't feel bad, Leo. We with you, it's hard to believe at first but there's only one way to find out." A confident smile appeared on her face, Night Light now stood up with the same expression as well.

"Come on, Let's go to the wedding."

"AAAGGGHHH!!!"

The group were alarmed by the scream as they rushed outside, to see a horror insight. Canterlot was supposed to be a secure place, Princess Celestia make sure every security were tight like a pickle jar. And now, a sworn of frightening creatures that have fangs as well as insect features and translucent wings creature take over the place. Ponies are shouting in fear as their trying to run away while the guards doing their best to fend them off, though some of them were caught and much to surprise, Leo just see two of the guards with two black creature.

"Not on my watch!" Leo charged forwards leaving his parent behind who still shocking by the creatures.

ELEMENT LIGHTNING!

"Lightning Blade!" Leo summon his blade before burst into speed. Once he near the creature, who is stunned by a sudden appears as the lion slash both of them, leaving electroshock for them as their knocked out to the ground. 

He then looks at the tangle guards, without a word, he swings his blade towards them. "Hold still." A sound of the snap is heard as the bind were cut.

"Wait, Sky Scraper? Wild Star?"

The grey pegasus stood and give him a salute. "Yes, Leo. I'm afraid we have to cut too short, Changeling is taking over Canterlot and the shield is down! They can shapeshift to any kind of form they want!"

"Yeah, I can see some of that." Leo replied in a serious tone to gaze at the skies, his big brother barriers were destroyed and the place is surrounded by Changeling. 

"This isn't good, bro. What did we do? Trying to fight back?" Wild Star asked while staring at plenty of Changeling flying around.

"Don't be ridiculous, we have to focus on the citizens first. Help them evacuated the area by using the train. I'm sure Twilight will be able to handle the problem." Sky said. But hearing the Twilight ring Leo's ears.

"No! My sis is in danger!" He's about to charge off but stops for a second and turn to the duo guard. "You guys assist any citizens and bring them to the train station while I'll take down this varmint!"

But before anyone could be asked Leo is already speeding off, whistles of awesome coming from Wild Star. "Damn, he's good."

"That's Captain Armor brother for you."

"No no, not that. His outfit."

"What about it?"

"It's turning yellow."

"Huh, pretty sure it'll change whenever Leo wear something like his bandana." With that, the pegasus and unicorn galloping to the nearby ponies for defending their home.





"Out of my way!" Leo is urgent, he needs to head over to the wedding hall before is too late. Slice and dice any Changeling coming to attack him, he finds himself been caught in the circle of them. They laughed at him from the ground to the air thinking his losing but boy, they don't know anything about him. "Tsk, you freak are a waste of my time."

Just as he was about to go all out, two magic bolts coming and strike changelings near him, creating a straight line. In confusion, he saw his parents were galloping toward him. "Mom? Dad!? What are you--Ow!!!"

"Leo! You bad lion, you can't just run off like that after seeing this catastrophe!" Velvet shouts and smacks her son's head. "And worse of all...! Why didn't you let your parents join you?"

"Wha...?" Even more confused!

She firmly nodded. "You heard me, young boy. You tell us last night that Cadance was an imposter, now it was true. Thanks to that, all our doubts from you have been clear and ready to help you as you did to us! Sparkles stick together!" A serious smiled forms from her. Leo likes it.

"We are always here for you, Leo. But right now, we have been sworn by them!" Night Light called out, realising that now there are still surrounding. The couple quickly went to a fighting stance as the changelings gather closely. 


(Draw by me again!)

"We need a fast clean-up here!"

Leo smirked. "You got it, dad! Raise a shield quick!"

ELEMENT WIND!

Switch to his Wind Element, Leo spin around as a big blue tornado appear and pushed the changelings away. The changeling laugh turns to horror as their got suck into the tornado. Luckily for the couple, there in the eyes of the tornado as well inside a small barrier made by Night Light. Having enough wasting some time, Leo finish it off by unleashed the gust, it exploded and send all of the changelings scattered everywhere. 

The cub stops spinning to laugh. "Haha! Bet didn't see that coming!" Only to see a shadow figure hiding in the back of the alley. 

"Wait, who's there?!"

ELEMENT EARTH!

Now in geokinesis form, he looks at his parent before stomps the ground. There's hoof were bind with part of the dirt, thus making them wearing some kind of earth glove.

"Uh, Leo what is this for?" Velvet asked puzzled while lift up her hooves.

"To know who's who, changelings can shapeshift any form their want."

"Quick thinking, because here comes more!" Night Light called out to see more changelings heading their way. "Go on, son! We handle them."

"A-Are you sure?"

"Of course." The stallion smiled at him proudly. "Didn't you know I'm Captain of the Royal Guards before Silversteel then Shining took over?"

Leo was awe by this, Night Light is a royal guard? That explains that strong shield and why Shining was looking to become one of them. He nodded satisfied with his word, the lion finally went to the alleyway.





"Whoever you are, come out now!" Leo sure, for sure he saw the figure walked inside the alleyway. He stops for a moment, what the lion know is that ponies always trot on the dirt, like he's standing now. Though everyone in this world does that, so does Leo is in Earth form...

The lion wastes no time close his eyes and stomps the ground, creating some kind of wave the flow through the earth. Yes, he can sense it. It reveals the changelings whose land on dirt, the guard and even his parent, he sees everything! Leo was astounded, he found a new sense instead of just reacting to any that has the same energy as earth. Twilight will be amazed.

While his in it, he felt a sound of buzzing can be heard. Open his eyes to found the place was dark, but surely it was near. His mind told to be in battle-stance as he did before heads deep into the place. Long story short, he turns back to see his previous positions were nowhere in sight as he stops. He looks around the area, nothing much interesting except a couple of boxes and shaking dumpsters.

Wait, shaking...?

Feeling senses of harm, Leo immediately punches the ground to unleash a pillar struck below the dumpster, causing it to leap into the skies. It loud screeching can be from it as the lid opened to see a changeling came out, later smash into the ground with complete forgetting that it has a wing. 

Leo gasped. "Changeling! Earth Grab!" Without a second, the changeling was then trapped by a jutting rock. It yelp.

"No! Wait! Please, please! I didn't hurt anypony I swear!" Did it just...pleading?

The cub was puzzling, though he never studies anything about this species. Then again, why is he fighting them in the first place? The first thing he saw after coming out from his house is Canterlot under attack by this creature. This one seems scared and afraid, he never notices one of them like this.

So, like a curious child. Leo stomp to let the changeling go, still look untrustworthy as it looks at him surprised and quickly stood up. 

"T-Thank you." The changeling said.

"Welcome. But, why are you hiding in here when you suppose to attacking?"

"B-Because..." The changeling stutter. "I don't wanna steal love from anypony..."

Leo confused. "Stealing love?"

"Yes, us changeling could absorb love from any creature that had love inside of them. It feeds our hunger satisfied, we can also use the love for enhancing ourselves or using it as a power source."

Now Leo looks furious. "Basically, your guys a theft?"

The changeling flinched. "Y-yes...b-but I'm not like others! When I was out there I saw six ponies fighting together, I never see true friendship like that and I couldn't just steal it and feed their love..." He began to sniff, tears falling from his eyes.

"...I-I want to share that love." 

Leo's eyes widen, not because of his word which he didn't ignore but what he's said. "Hold on, did you said six ponies?"

"Y-yes?"

"Are all of them mares?"

"Yes...?"

Suddenly, the lion lunged forward and hug the creature cheerfully causing him to surprise. "Thank goodness they're okay! Where are they now? I need to see them."

Still, we're surprised by the sudden action, he quickly said. "U-Um, they probably in the wedding hall. Before I went here I saw them were capture."

Leo pushed him in shock. "Capture?! I need to save them!" He let go and started to run off but turn his head back to the changeling. 

"By the way, my name is Leo Sparkle! Great to meet you..."

"Oh, i-it's Thorax. Thorax my name." He replied and caught Leo smiled.

"Then is great to meet you, Thorax! Hope we can be good friends, you should get out of here right now, or at least retreats in another word." He turns back and stomps heavily on the ground, causing it to shake before a pillar rise beneath him and launching him in the air. Thorax can see him heading towards the castle.

"Woah..." Was Thorax could say, seeing the cub magic, or power? He didn't care about it, what he care about is that his word.

"Hope we can be good friends."

The changeling couldn't believe what he just heard. "Friends..." He had a first friend now, although he will see him for a while, what Thorax can do now is follow his friends ask him to do.

"Right, I need to flee for now."





"You won't get away with this!" Cadance, the real Cadance shouted. "Twilight and their friends will-" She was then cut off when the doors opened showing the six girls had been captured and brought back to the main room. Rainbow has been the only one held by two changelings in the air.

"You were saying?" The Queen of Changelings, Chrysalis bragged. "You do realize the reception's been cancelled, don't you? Go! Fe--!"

Only to stop by a flying lion punching straight at her face, causing a slow-motion of her getting hit with audiences were shocked or "ohh" in slow motion before their get out of the way for the queen as she was knocked back effectively to the door entrance while the punching one stood firmly where she stood.

"Looks like I'm late!" Leo announced loudly.

"LEO!?" Shout everyone in unison except Shining who is being controlled, Changelings who clearly don't know him and Chrysalis obvious who just got a fresh punch from him.

"Hey, guys!"

"Where have you been, mister?!" Twilight yelled as motherly would say.

"Oh, do some preparation from mom and dad house." He replied while fixing his sleeves. "You know, as everyone does for a big event."

"YOU!?!" Yelled Chrysalis as she stood back up with a couple of army above her. "Your that brat blast me off with a powerful wind!"

"Wait, that was you? No wonder my senses reacted to it, you for called a queen really didn't good at hiding your energy aren't you?"

"SILENCE!" She hissed before turning to her subject. "Go! Attack that foolish lion!"

They started to hiss and cackle before their charge straight towards Leo, though he doesn't feel frightening about it. All the battles from the street come to his mind that there very strong, yet lack of defence with the ability to change their body anytime their want to shift the strength of their will. 

Fire Elemental will be super effective against them because they're...bug? Apparently, but boy he gonna explained it to everyone in the room once he transforms except for Spike of course.

He sighs, welp. Might as well show off another one too. "Elemental, with me!" Clap as a golden circle materialise which cause the charge to hold to the awe of the shining sight, three logos appear out of it. Although, the girls already know one of them, two of them didn't recognise.

"Wait...what are those two--!" Twilight we're cut off by Leo shouting.

ELEMENTAL...

TRIPLE...

SPLIT!!!

In a second, three lions emerge from the circle.  One with an innocent smile, one with an eager smirk, and lastly a calm one with smugness on his face. A thumping and splash of water sound on the floor can be heard as the trio stand (while Water sits on the waves) between the Changelings and their brothers from behind.

Pinkie was the one yelling first. "IT'S THAT FIRE AND WATER LEO?! OH MY CELESTIA, AND HE CAN SPLIT WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELEMENTAL AS WELL?!"

"And their suit..." Rarity gaze at the trio outfit, each follow their main element colour. "Was such dazzling too!"

"Your right, Rarity. They look, um, c-cute with those suits." Fluttershy remark.

"That was AWESOME!!!" Rainbow shouts excited looking at the cyan lion. "Water LITERALLY riding the wave!"

"Mother of apples..." Applejack is speechless.

"I-I heard from Shining that Leo got Leaf power, but he didn't mention about Fire and Water..." Candance's eyes widen. 

While the girls were amazed, Twilight eyes twitching and her mouth open to see her brother's new forms. How did he get it? When did he get it? And since when he can choose which elements to go with the splits? Nonetheless, she saw Water glance at her and move his eyes back to behind. It took a second before she came to realized what he meant.

The changelings however were practically glare at the lions, especially the red one. Their know he will do heavy damage to them mostly so they're a need to guards up.

Chrysalis scoffed irrational. "Fool! Just because you do...whenever you do just now think can handle me? ATTACK HIM MY SUBJECT!"

"Welp, we try to be intimidated." Water shrugged "Guess we don't have a choice but to fight, so much work..."

"HECK YEAH! Time to go full assault!" Fire grinned then unleash a burst of flame from his paws, some of the changeling flinched by staring at it.

Leaf beamed. "Let's play then!" The changelings had enough and charged again, he then giggle before jump in the air as he moves his paws to convene a... "Leaf Shuriken!"

He unleashed a barrage of shuriken, upon hitting some of the changelings they wing and body immediately froze before fell to the floor. There as well as the queen was shocked.

"What did you do, green brat?!" She exclaimed, seeing her subjects attempts to moves but failed.

Leaf land back and do a confused turn head. "Me? You know~ just stop them for doing a bad thing!"

"Nice one, Leaf!" Fire approaches and pat his shoulder. "I'm honestly want to strike first, but oh well!"

He faces the immobilise changelings and grind marvellous. "Flaming Tail!" He ignited his tail and do a single spin to release a fire wave, the wave was large as it push the frozen changeling back to their queen who yelped just a second. Nevertheless, the flame itself explodes, leaving a big burn mark and injured changelings.

"And I didn't need to dirtying my paws at all!" Fire laughed, not knowing there was still leftover changeling in the air before their start charging at him, only to be intercepted by a huge water blast. "Woah! Good save, Water!"

"Geez, watch yourself next time." He said in a lazy tone.

"ENOUGH!!!" A loud echo can be heard before an explode come from the pile of unconscious changelings, Chrysalis stood with a death glare from her face. Seem legit. "I had enough of this nonsense! You fools will fill the wrath of ME! Prepare yourself!"

"Yeah, okay." Water simply said before his wave faded away, leaving a puddle of water before sits. Fire and Leaf did as well.

"What?" This surprised Chrysalis, but not convinced just by seeing the red and green brat snickered behind the cyan brat. "You think I'm an idiot? What are you three planning?!"

"Well, for started..." He rubbed his head and glance behind him, turning his mouth to a smug. "You began acting quite inattentive right now, am I right?"

A piercing shot of realisation hit Chrysalis as she look behind the trio to see Cadance and free of mind control Shining Armor as they hugged each other close, tapping their horns together. Ponies, drake and lions watched in awe, some of them turning away because the light was getting so intense. Chrysalis watched in shock as the magic surrounding them intensified, causing the main room to rumble as the couple opened their eyes. Their eyes were now glowing white as the light encased the couple and lifted them into the air. The silhouettes could be seen as their floating bodies shaped into two halves of a heart. It was then a massive wave of magic expanded from them.

The good guys smiled as the wave of magic harmlessly went past them, though they did get pushed back a little from how intense the magic was. Chrysalis gasped in horror as the wave came at her.

"Noooooo!" She screamed as she was blown right out of the castle. As the magical wave continued to expand in a spherical shape, all the changelings have swept away and right out of Canterlot. the changelings all screamed as they were flung far away from Canterlot and into the distance.

Once the magic had settled down, Cadance and Shining Armor came floating back down. They smiled at each other before sharing a loving embrace. Leo merged back into one, seeing them give him a warm smile. Thought he gaze at the room has been smashed and cracked after the battle.

"I guess we should prepare again for the real wedding."





"Are you two serious?" Twilight said to Leo and Spike, giving the lion a playful nudge. "You boys went to the Dragonlands and Ponyville under attack by a lava rock monster that came from the same place? You two read too many comics."

Leo signs in defeat after many attempts to convince her. "Well, if that is not enough then ask the Ponyville residents after this."

"Will you two stop talking? I need to give them the wedding ring right now!" Spike quietly exclaimed.

"Sorry..."

It is now the real wedding, Twilight standing next to Shining Armor for being his best mare while Leo is promoted to be his best lion. Of course, after he had given a private apology that Leo find out from Spike they had the first-ever argument. But put that aside, the wedding went well, Celestia announced Shining and Cadence as a new couple.

Oh, yeah. And Rainbow Dash cue to perform the Sonic Rainboom, which is the best wedding she has ever intended.

Later that night, Night Light and Velvet were able to see them and glad to see their kids were alright. Leo waste no time telling the others how he and the parents fighting off the changelings from the street to which surprised everyone while Spike mentions Night Light and Velvet of Leo new power of Leaf, Fire and Water. Of course, there were shocked as well before started to gather toward Leo and told him to be careful and took responsibilities more serious.

"Alright, alright. I get it just please stop telling me? It's getting under my pressure here."

Velvet chuckled. "Sure, sweetie. But I think somepony need you, Leo." She pointed at the punchbowl area, where Twilight and Celestia having a teacher-student talk. Though the unicorn seems unhappy.

"Oh, yeah..." Leo trails off.

"She is willing to study everything she could find. So is normal if she felt like this." Night Light put his forehoof on Leo's shoulder. "Go, talk to her."

Final sighs before head off, approach them making him able to hear some of their conversations.

"...protect the one we love."

"I got it, princess Celestia..." Twilight moaned sadly before she glance to see Leo. "Oh, Leo."

"Then I must be off to see Luna. Remember, Twilight." Celestia said before trot towards her sister.

"Hey, sis." Leo came in with a casual tone, standing next to her sister while she pouring her cup more punchbowl. "What are you talking about with Celestia?"

"Oh...nothing, just common between teacher and student that's it." Her reply seems kinda fake, but Leo seems to buy it. Twilight force makes a smile. "Anyway, I heard that you fought changelings during the invasion. Tell me your experience against a real enemy." 

Leo beamed. "It was pawesome! There were easy to hit due to their focusing on attacking anything inside the place and..."

He keeps on talking but Twilight soon trail off as her pupil look down on the floor, it's about the talk with the solar princess. She can't believe what Celestia just said but honestly...it's true.

~•~

"Princess Celestia!" Twilight waved her forehoof to attract the princess, which she notice and approach. "Can't you believe this? Leo has two more elements without my supervisor! Seriously, are those power really won't let me study it?"

"Yes, I could see it." She simply replied, but Twilight could see her face worried.

"Princess Celestia, you don't have to worry about him losing control over his power. I mean, he told me that Leaf obtain went he's in the Everfree Forest which it does explain that it IS Leaf Elemental we talking about."

"Then what about Fire and Water?" Celestia asked.

Twilight put a thought about it. "Well... I still had a second thought, but he told me Fire got went he and Spike adventure to Dragonlands, that's when the migration started. And Water got when he at his full calmness so he can fight a lava rock monster..." She trails off and glances to see the sun goddess surprised.

"I-I'm sorry, Princess! I know the story is a bit bizarre but that's what he told me!"

Celestia chuckled. "That is all true."

"What!?"

"Yep. The dragon migration was a certainty because I could see from my chamber, as for the lava monster... I didn't see much, but I recall a flying rock heading towards Ponyville."

"I don't see it, nor my friends." Twilight put a hoof on her chin.

"You girls probably went to bed or we're inside of the cave." Celestia answer, before her face turn concern. "I fear that Leo Elemental power will keep growing stronger, and so far we don't have much information of where or why it comes from."

Twilight slowly put his start on the floor. "Princess... What are we gonna do? If you are right, Leo will burst out at any moment and I always not be there to help..." A tear comes out from her eyes.

"...I-I don't wanna lose him. He's...part of my f-family..."

Celestia quickly rubbed her faithful student eyes. "Do not be afraid, my little pony. For now, just stick close with him. Whenever he is in trouble, always be there if he need help. You're his big sister, is your duty to look after him and Spike while away from your households. Learning about the Magic of Friendship is an important task I gave to you but please remember that family is the MOST important one."

"To protect the one we love?" Twilight added.

"To protect the one we love..."