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// Chapter 2: Arrival 
// Story: Brave Frontier Equestria 
// by Titan Commander Sebaste 
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        “We weren't always ponies, we were turned into what you see now during our fight with Discord by the Chaos god himself. Back then, we looked very different, and where we came from… well, that's where our story begins…”



        Cassie groaned. “Why do we have to attend this stupid Frontiercon? Couldn't we have gone somewhere else?”

        Mira rolled her eyes. Both the 17 and 19 year olds were dressed as two of the summoned characters from Brave Frontier, Blade Queen Sefia and Phoenix Thunder Rayla. Mira thankfully looked the part as she had been born with white hair and blue eyes, while Cassie had to dye her black hair to look like Rayla's. Both had their armor custom made, along with the prop blades. 

        The reason for Cassie's complaining was where they were, the local FrontierCon convention, one of the few places where fans of the RPG game could meet the creators of the game and pose for pics. It was held in a local mall, and the place was packed with people, all dressed as different characters. Mira spotted one person that was dressed as a Flame Legend Vargas, while Cassie saw a pair that was dressed as Karl and Seria. As they walked through the stalls, Mira noticed what looked like a Battle Crystal in one stall. But as she picked it up, it suddenly began to glow. “Mira, put it down!” Cassie yelped, grabbing the crystal to take it from her friend before something happened to her, but as she did so, there was a massive flash of light and the two suddenly vanished.



        “We woke up in some strange forest, clueless to where we were. But this wasn't the only thing we found out…”



        Mira groaned as she woke up, having been knocked unconscious after the massive flash of light. As she propped herself up, she looked over at Cassie and froze in shock. Jutting from her friend's back were two wings, made entirely of electricity.  'Those weren't there before!’ she thought before she noticed that her blades were gone from her back and were now floating in the air in a circle around her. ‘What's…. What's happened to us?’  She then looked around, noticing that their surroundings were much different than before. 'And where are we? I don't remember being in a forest…’

        “Cassie, wake up!” She said, shaking her sister's shoulder. Cassie muttered something before she slowly woke up. 

        “Mira? What's going on?” she asked before she saw Mira’s swords floating around her and scrabbled back in shock. “How… How are you doing that?!” She asked, her eyes wide.

        “I don’t know… But did you take a look at yourself?” Mira asked. Confused, Cassie looked down at herself before shrugging. But as she did so, she suddenly felt something out of place on her back. Turning her head to either side, she gasped as she saw the wings flare out from behind her.

        “M...Mira? What’s happened to us? How am I the real Rayla from the game?!” She asked, panic starting to take over.

        “I don't know, but right now we need to figure out where we are…” Mira replied.

        “What are you talking about? We’re still-” Cassie began to say before she noticed the trees surrounding them. “What the…?!” she gasped as she looked around. “W… where are we?!”

        “Some sort of forest… guess whatever that flash from that battle crystal did, it caused us to appear here.” Mira said with a shrug, but as she did so, she felt something odd on her back. She turned to see what it was and gasped as she realized she also had wings, but they were too small to let her fly.  “Maybe we should look for a way out. If we do, I bet someone can tell us where we are.” However, when she turned around and stretched out her wrist, there was a brief flash as something cut through the tree that was directly in front of her before going behind her.

        “Well… that’s new…” She said, realizing that by focusing control through her hands and arms that the blades that were behind her could move to her will… only by trying to do the same motion a second time by wildly shaking her arms aimlessly and for the swords behind her to not move an inch. Turning towards Cassie, she then spoke up. “Come on, let’s get out of here before we attract any attention to ourselves.”

         Cassie nodded before the two headed deeper into the woods. Unaware that two pairs of eyes, one blue and one Magenta, looked on in surprise and shock from their hiding place.



        “ A week passed, and we hadn’t seen any sign of habitation. I remember seeing what looked like floating pieces of land in the sky, but when we finally encountered something… It wasn't what we expected.,..”



         The two girls had been walking through the forest for a week, but other than spotting what looked like wooden wolves, they hadn’t seen any other sign of life. But they had noticed that the world they were in… Was unlike anything they remembered from back home. There were floating pieces of land and rabbits with ridiculously long legs, and the paths were made out of soap. “What kind of whack job world is this?!” Cassie asked, baffled. “It’s like something out of a cartoon!”

        “I have no idea, but we need to find a town or a city that has people that can help us get home.” Mira said before she heard a shout. 

        “Thou shalt not harm our ponies!” A female voice said before the speaker cried out in pain. 

        A new voice spoke up, this time the speaker was male. “Oh please, I’m not gonna hurt them, but I am considering turning the both of you into toads if you keep interfering!” He said, his voice both amused and annoyed. Both speakers sounded like they were a few feet from the two, hidden by the trees. 

        “Who was that?” Mira asked herself.

        “Who cares? We haven’t met anyone in almost a whole entire week! We can finally ask someone for directions!!” Cassie told her, going on ahead despite Mira telling her to wait.

         Cassie soon burst out of the foliage and stopped in shock at the scene before her. In front of her were two winged horses with a single straight horn on their heads, one was alabaster white and had the symbol of the sun on its flank along with a pink mane and tail and her magenta eyes stared at Cassie in surprise and pain as it laid on its side. The other was smaller than the first and had a navy blue coat with a light blue mane and a symbol of the moon on its flank. Facing them was one of the weirdest creatures Cassie had ever seen. One that looked like a… very messed up version of Frankenstein with a lions paw, eagle talon, dragon like body, goat like head and various other parts. Mira soon arrived and stared at the creature.

        “Good god, do I really want to know what gave birth to that?” Mira gulped, a little disgusted at first.

        “I beg your pardon?! Leave my mother out of this!” The creature said in an offended tone as it turns to face the two, only to stare at them in surprise. “Well, well, well… I don't recall seeing you two here before…” It then said, a mischievous look on its face. “In fact…” it frowned, “I don’t recall seeing your kind here in Equestria.”

        “Uh… We’re just looking for someone who can give us directions.” Cassie replied, causing Mira to facepalm. “We’ve been stuck in that forest for the last week and just out now to find some weirdo with a creepy grin and some… pegasus/unicorn… people.”

        “Cassie, shut up…” Mira whispered under her breath. She then raised an eyebrow at what the creature had said. “Equestria? I don't think I’ve heard of that nation… yet what I did here was you threatening to turn people into toads and…… that sounds kind of pathetic if you are trying to be the bad guy. No offense.”

        “Moi? A bad guy? I’m just someone that likes to have a bit of fun! Discord, God of Chaos and Mischief at your service.” He said. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to be off!” He made an attempt to leave, only for his path to be blocked off by eight swords as the two ponies watched Mira block off his escape route.  

        “I don't think so. You’re hiding something that you don't want us to know about.” She said, seeing something fall to the ground by Cassie’s feet. “And I heard someone cry out in pain, which means you were attacking someone.”

        “Hunh… League of Villainy Registration card…” Cassie replied as she began reading the information off of it out loud. “Says here that he has a crush on someone named Celestia… Who’s that?”

        “That would be me,” The Alabaster pony then spoke up… shortly before Cassie began to burn into a fit of laughter. Mira meanwhile stared in shock. 

        ‘Talking horses?! Oy, this just got even weirder…’ she thought.

        Discord quickly snapped his fingers and the card vanished in a flash of light, startling the two and causing Cassie to groan. “Aw man…”

        “As much as I would like to stay and chat.. I need to go.” He said, his tone becoming annoyed. Mira stood her ground as he glared at her.

        A blast of energy smashed into Discord from behind, causing him to stumble forward. He turned his head to glare at the blue pony, her horn glowing. “I’ll deal with you after I take care of these two party poopers.” He growled as he turned back to the two humans. He then snapped his fingers and a single ax appeared in his lion’s paw while his eagle claw coursed with unknown energies. Cassie unsheathed her own weapon, the blade etched with electrical runes that coursed with power. Raising his talon, Discord launched a blast of dark energy at Mira, who used two of her blades to block it before charging and swinging her left arm upwards. Two of the leftmost blades swung towards Discord and slammed into him, emitting a bright flash of light that blinded him and left a burning sensation from where the blades hit. “Yeowch! Ooh, you’ll pay for that!” He snarled as he fired another blast of dark energy in her direction. This time, the shot sent her flying into a nearby tree. He began to turn, but as he did so, a single blade slashed into him before a massive blast of electricity smashed down on him. 

        His ears ringing, he saw what looked like blue crystals floating on the ground before they started to float towards Cassie and being absorbed by her. As she looked up, he saw her eyes glow briefly before she then yelled, “ THUNDER BLADE: YELLOW SILK!” She then slashed with her blade and an arc of energy smashed into him before multiple electrical blasts rained down on him. As the dust cleared, Discord was laying on the ground with cartoon stars circling his head. He shook his head to clear it and and got back onto his feet. 

        “It seems I’m a little outclassed… You may have won this time, but don't think you’ve won the war. I’ll make sure you don't interfere with my plans…” He said before he vanished in a flash of light. Cassie glared at the spot where he had been.

        “And we’ll make sure you don't hurt anyone else…” She muttered. “Wait, what was that about a war?”

        “He means we haven't stopped him.” Mira said, before turning to the two ponies. 
“Are you two okay?” she asked. They nodded, but Celestia then winced as she stood up and stretched her wings. The blow she had received from the spirit of chaos had taken a small toll on her as it made her body sore. But nevertheless, she fought through the pain and began to speak to both of the individuals who saved her.

        “Thank you both for driving off Discord. My sister and I have been trying to stop his madness for two centuries… with no success.” She said. Cassie and Mira stared at her in surprise.

        “You said two centuries… Just how old are you two?!” Cassie asked, flabbergasted.

        “318, Luna’s 314.” Celestia replied. “May we ask who you two are?

        “I am Blade Queen Sefia, She Who Wields Eight Blades, and this is Phoenix Thunder Rayla.” Mira said.

        “Tia, art thou done speaking with these two? We need to find a way to defeat Discord and save our subjects, and these two are holding us up.” Luna asked, her accent sounding like that of a medieval speaker. “Not to mention that you need to recover from that blow he gave you.”

        “Subjects? You mean the both of you are royalty?” Mira asked, her eyes curious.

        Celestia sighed. “It was something that was thrust upon the both of us… And stopping Discord is our first true test as rulers.”

        “And we don't need thy help in stopping him.” Luna said, glaring at the two. “While we art thankful that ye helped us, thou wilt only hold us back.”

        Cassie opened her mouth to retort, but was stopped by Mira’s hand over her mouth. “Just leave it Cassie. It’s obvious they don't want our help.” The white haired girl said. “We’ll leave the two of you alone, but I have a feeling we may be working together to stop Discord sometime when you least expect it.” Luna snorted at that.

        “We’ll see… I highly doubt it.” She said before she turned and began to trot away. “Coming Tia?” She asked.

        Celestia sighed before she said, “I wish you both luck. And forgive Luna if she seems a bit rude, she’s not as open as I am.”

        “Thank you, and it’s fine. It was nice meeting the two of you.” Cassie said. Celestia gave a small smile before she turned to join Luna. But just as the two were disappearing into the trees, Mira called out to them.

        “Celestia, what are you exactly?”

        Celestia turned her head and replied, “We’re called Alicorns.” And with that, the two sisters vanished into the woods.




        “Over the next few months, the two of us encountered creatures from Brave Frontier, some were allies, others were foes. The soon to be Princesses we encountered a few more times, while Discord kept trying to stop us from foiling his plans over and over with little success. It all came to a head in a ruined village, the Princesses had obtained six unknown gems that thrummed with power, and with our help, we gave them time to enact a spell that would turn Discord to stone. But during the battle, Discord turned us into a Pegasus and Unicorn. Just as the spell was cast, we held Discord back, sacrificing ourselves by being turned to stone with him. And for 10,000 years, we had been trapped in stone, until now….”


Mira then fell silent as the ponies around her and Cassie looked at them with shocked looks over what they had heard. Celestia sighed as she remembered their first meeting. ‘So many years have passed since our first encounter… and now they’re being called upon to face this coming darkness. May Faust protect them both…’ She thought as Twilight and her friends began to ask questions. But what they didn't know… was that things were about to become more complicated….