//------------------------------// // Armor of Heroes part 4: Classic meets Modern // Story: Dragonfire 🐲 Enter The Dragon Hero 🐲 // by Phantom-Dragon //------------------------------// Fillydelphia, Dragon Town "Hello?" Mina greeted, as she opens the doors. "Uncle Mako? It's me, Mina." "Ah, my favorite niece," a thick, gruff voice was heard. "So nice of you to come in for a visit." Just then, an elderly man, with sallow skin, short gray hair, mustache, and goatee, appeared. For attires, he wore a black kimono with red trimmings. The man took notice of his niece's companions, "Oh, I see you've brought guests." "Yes, uncle," Mina smiled, before she introduced the group. "This is Rainbow Dash. And those are the Knights: Button Mash, Rumble, Tender Taps, Featherweight, and Pipsqueak. And I'm sure you remember Flare Heart and Spike." "Hello sir," the Knights greeted, along with Rainbow Dash. "Konnichiwa," Spike and Fleur greeted, as they both bowed their heads in respect. "Ah, Spike-San, Flare-San," Mako smiled, as he returned the gesture. "So good it is to see you two again." "Likewise, sensei," Spike replied. "But as much as I'd like to sit down and chat, over some cups of tea, we came here on an important matter." "You came here for the sword," Mako said, while stroking his goatee, confidently. "How did you know?" Spike asked in amazement. "Nothing gets past a wise dragon, like me," Spike, Fleur, Rainbow, and the Knights looked on in bewilderment, "That, and a little birdy told me," Make replied, moving to the side to reveal.... "Peewee!" Spike exclaimed, as he ran up to the phoenix, and stroked its head, affectionately. "Very smart bird you got there, my prince," Mako said. "He's told me a lot about you and Fleur, going on another mission. A mission to recover the Armor of Heroes, and rescue Sir Lir and Lady Amalthea." "You can speak birds?" Button asked in shock. "Yes," Mako replied, as he eyes the boys with his eyes turning reptilic. "And I can also smell the bloods of non-magical creatures," the Knights both quivered, as the old man began to sprout large fangs, and a forked tongue, "And it just so happens, that I have a taste for humans!" "Uncle!" Mina exclaimed, as Spike prepared to defend his friends, but stopped when the old dragon reverted back to human form and chortled. "You should see the looks on your faces," Mako laughed. "Priceless! I haven't scared humans in a long time." Spike breathed a sigh of relief, while Mina pouted and flew in her uncle's face, "Uncle! Honestly, you're acting like a little kid!" "Come now, my niece," Mako replied. "I'm only 5000 years old, once in awhile. As you youngsters say, got to live it." "Ahem," Rainbow cleared her throat. "No disrespect or anything, but can we get back on topic?" Peewee squawked in agreement, as the old dragon's face shifted to a solemn look, before he walks towards a cabinet, with the door knob, decorated with ornaments in the shape of foo dogs. The dragon opened up the cabinet, to reveal the Sword of Honor, sheathed in a large scabbard, adorned with laces of golds and sparkling gems. Lifting the sword from its stands, the man turned as he unsheathed the sword, showing it off, before the heroes. "The Sword of Honor," Mako began. "One of the missing pieces of the armor. The Sword of Honor, hence its name, represents the heroes' code of honor, for it takes a true hero to display, and obtain, a high esteem of respect, for the people they serve." Once his lecture was over, Mako sheathed the sword, before he presented it to the heroes. "Take it, young seito." Spike bowed, followed by the rest of the heroes, as he accepted the sword, "Domo, sensei," he replied, before suddenly, his ears perked, as a hook, with chain, flew in, and lassoed around the sword. With that, Spike held onto the sword, as he pulled it back towards him. The rest of the heroes, meanwhile, all grabbed ahold of the chain, and with their combined strength, all pulled the user in, revealing himself to be a Shadowbolt ninja. "You dared?!" Make roared, as his eyes turned reptilic, and fires spewed out from his mouth. Just then, more Shadowbolts ninja flood the place, surrounding the heroes. "The Shadowbolts!" Rainbow shouted, as the heroes all surrounded Spike and the sword. Everfree Forest "Who are you?!" the dark figure asked angrily. "The better question is," Discord began, appearing in a flash of light, startling the dark figure, as he appears as a blue caterpillar, while talking in Alan Rickman's voice, "Who are you?" "Hydia!" the dark figure answered. "Countess Hydia to you!" "Hydia?" Discord asked. "You mean like this drug?" He asked, conjuring up the chart of the said drug, "Oh wait!" Discord conjures up a flashlight and shines it on the said figure. In appearance, Hydia is a short, squat woman resembling a large pale toad, with a large hunchback, a long crooked nose, a sharp fang like Discord's that sprouted from the lower lip, and her eyes were bulgy and pouchy. Long description short, she bears a striking resemblance to Dolores Umbridge. For attires, she wore a dark, worn and patched, purple robe, over a blue gown, a gold necklace with the bling in the shape of a crescent moon, a viking helmet, and a blue bow that looked almost like a butterfly perching dangerously on her head. "Ah!" Discord smirked, before he conjured up a folder of several files, before he pulled one out. "Hydia! You are one of the oldies! Another villain resurrected from the dead I see. And given to your profile, you've been given a dosage of becoming 20% cooler! Or in your case, 20% badder. You're the witch who attempted to steal the Sunstone from the Breezies, in a cooperative take over with Queen Chrysalis and Queen Bumble! And top that off, you've once attempted to kidnap Princess Skystar from Seaquestria in order to steal her energy, as part of your ingredients to create the Smooze." "Yes," Hydia cackled. "That is me." Hydia then went over to Discord, "Now you on the other hand. You seem to be of fresh blood, yet the vibe of chaos I sensed from you are clear! You have committed various diabolical crimes, in just a few days already!" "Yes, it's quite the grocery list of chaos!" Discord smirked, as he conjured up a list, that seemed to roll endlessly. "Not bad for the Master of Chaos, am I right? Or am I right?" "Wow, you hear that D'raggle?" the fat one asked. "We're in the presence of a Master of Chaos!" "Duh......." D'raggle droned. "And who are these riff-raffs?" Discord asked. "The banes of my existence," Hydia groaned, as she introduced, "Reeka and D'raggle." Reeka is a fat witch, with misshapen teeth showing, and wears a frying pan over her short black hair that was don up in pigtails, with red bands. For attires, she wore a red dress that was worn and patched, with matching shoes. D'raggle is the tall witch, with flaming red hair, that was tied by a torn pink bow, with green polka dots. For attires, she wore a green turtleneck sweater, an overall jean, and purple patched up socks. "Wah!" Snips and Snails cringed in disgust at the sight of the two girls. "And who are those two boys?" Hydia asked. "Oh just my two trusty henchmen," Discord began. "A tradition that all new villains like me should start out with, at the start of our career. May I present to you, Snips and Snails!" "Wah ha ha!" Snips laughed. "We are number one!" Snails laughed. "Somebody please let me out!" a voice cried, from Discord's goatee. "Who's that?" Hydia asked. "No one," Discord smirked. "Just my pixie prisoner. She's nobody." "Hey!" Trixie screamed. "Who are you calling a nobody?" Snips then pulled out a jar, containing the girl turned pixie, "Hey! When boss says quiet! You stay quiet! Wah?!" With that, Snips shook the jar violently, before he puts it back under Discord's goatee. "Anyway," Discord began. "With introductions aside, I'm in the mood for some chaos to wreak. How about you?" "After you wrecked my flying ship?" Hydia asked. "Yes. I'm in the mood." "Duh.......are we in the mood?" D'raggle asked. "Hmmm," Discord pondered, as he eyed the girl. "Depends. Are you a real villain?" Discord asked. "Duh, technically.....no," D'raggle answered. "Have you ever casted a spell? Like one of the Unforgivable Curses?" "Duuuuuuuh, no?" "Yeah," Reeka added. "Believe it or not, she's still in magic kindergarten." "Have you ever captured a pony before?" Discord asked. "Duh, no, no." "You see what I had to put up with?" Hydia asked. Discord stroked his goatee, before he answered, "Then we'll just have to give them, bigger lessons on how to be villains!" "Great," Reeka moaned. "Another song." Discord conjured up a trumpet, as he played a tune, "WAH!" Snips and Snails shouted, scaring Reeka and D'raggle. "We're-a number one!" the boys sang. "We're-a number one!" We're Number One - Lazytown As Discord and the boys continue with their musical performance, they went into Ponyville to wreak some havocs, with the witches following. During the mayhem, all Reeka and D'raggle managed to do, were simple stuffs, like turning over Big Mac's apple carts, or squash Pinkie Pie's cupcakes, resulting in the two girls to get captured, locked up in a stockade, and repeatedly spanked by the ponies, as well as getting vegetables being lobbed at them. Discord and the boys on the other hand, were more violent. Snips ran around, as he crazily throws several of Pinkie's sprinkle bombs all over the place, damaging various houses and properties. Snails, with a tennis racket in hand, ran around, as he repeatedly stomped several ponies into the ground with his foot, before he hits them on the head with his tennis racket. Discord in the meantime, was spinning himself into a tornado, as random chaos events ensued. He turned a rabbit, and a squirrel into monsters, turned Applejack into a cereal box, Big Mac into a burger, made Owliscious into a cuckoo clock, the list just keeps going. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible," Discord grinned, as he peddles on a unicycle, without a unicycle. "Hold your seats folks!" Discord began. "Here we go again!" With another Daffy Duck laugh, Discord bounced all around Ponyville, as he, the boys, and the witches wreak some more chaos. A gray pegasus, with blonde mane and tail, and distinctive wall-eyes was about to walk into Sugarcube Corner, for muffins, when suddenly, Discord stopped her, as he breaks into Danny Kaye's scat singing style as he tells the story of Pinkie Pie kidnapping ponies, to make cupcakes out of them, and uses pony cutie marks to decorate her evil dress, unicorn horns for her necklace, and pegasi wings for her skirt. The pegasus, Derpy or Ditzy Doo by the way, took off screaming, while Discord remains oblivious to an angry Pinkie Pie, in anthro form, holding a crowbar behind her. His eyes appeared in the back of his head, as he finally notices the angry girl, and he too took off screaming. The angry party girl chases after the draconequus, throughout town, until she corners him. "Alright buster!" Pinkie growled. "Alright buster!" Discord mimicked. "Hey now-" "Hey now-" "Cut that out-" "Cut that out-" "Hey wise guy!" the both said. "Oh yeah? Yeah!" "Sugar!" Discord started. "Sugar!" Pinkie copie. "Pepper!" "Salt!" "Yes!" "No!" "Friendship!" "Witchcraft!" "Turnip!" "Storm!" "Rated-Ponystar!" "Dashie!" "Sunset!" "Miles!" "It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" Pinkie sang, "Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough You'll always sound precocious!" As the girl continues to sing, Discord holds up a sign that reads, "Silly isn't she?" Before snapped his finger and cotton candy cloud started to rain with chocolate milk on her. "We are number one~!" Discord sang, snapping his fingers, and freeing the D'raggle and Reeka, before he gave them the boot. "Waluigi number one!" Snails sang. "WAH!" "Have a rotten day!" Snips sang. Hydia cackled in enjoyment, "Discord," she turned to the draconequus. "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship." [Snap!-I've Got The Power] Meanwhile, in Dragon Town "Bring it!" Spike growled, changing into dragon form, as he and his friends fought the Shadowbolts off. One of the Shadowbolts lunged forward, throwing a kick at Rumble, only for the boy to block it, as his opponent threw another kick, which Rumble dodged from, before he blocked another, which slightly dislocated the Shadowbolt's leg, as he takes out a sticks and swung it, at Rumble. Thankfully, Rumble blocked it, together with a punch to the assassin's head, before he spins and knocks the Shadowbolt out, with a side fist to the head. Another Shadowbolt jumped at Spike from behind, with a long staff, as he attempts to pull the dragon away, until Spike twists himself free from the grip, and lobbed the staff, in between the assassin's leg in the process, before the dragon uses the stick to smack the assassin several times, before he kicked him out of the store. Peewee assisted his owner, by grabbing one of the thugs, by the collar of his jacket and flew him out, before he returns to assist the heroes. Rainbow Dash, together with Fleur, both girls in anthro forms, were fighting back-to-back, before they linked their arms together, as Fleur spins Rainbow Dash around, while the rainbow haired girl rapidly kicks at the Shadowbolts. "Wow!" Mina gasped, as she marveled at the dragon and his friends' fighting styles. Suddenly, she looked up, to see a Shadowbolt, crawling on the ceiling, with a long chain, and a claw at the end. "Spike! Look up!" Mina shouted. Spike did so, and was quick to react, as he dodges the chained claw, and grabbed the chain, pulling the assassin from his perch and knocked him out cold, "Thanks Mina," Spike replied, before he did a back kick. "It's getting crowded in here!" Button said, as he took notice of more Shadowbolts flooding into the shop. "Perhaps it's time to stretch the old bones," Mako said, as he cracked his knuckles, as he leapt into the fray, and threw several punches, kicks, and flips at the Shadowbolts, while breathing fire to further assist his fights. "Go!" the old man shouted. "I'll hold them off! Take the sword! Find the pieces! Save Fleur's parents!" the man then turned to his niece. "Mina! Take our friends around back!" "But uncle!" Mina began. "Don't worry about me! I'll be fine! Just go!" Mina wanted to protest, but knew that her uncle was right. With that, she called to the heroes, "Quick! This way!" The heroes ran around back, through a kitchen, where some Shadowbolts had flooded. One of the Shadowbolts reached out for Spike, had the young dragon not quickly opened up a refrigerator in time, smacking the brute in the face, followed by a kick. Another jumped out, after Button Mash, who quickly reacted with a scream, as he pulls out his foam pick axe and smacked the assassin in the face. "Not cool!" Rainbow Dash said, as she blocks one of the Shadowbolts's punch with a high block, and rapidly punched him in the chest. Soon, the Shadowbolt grabbed Rainbow Dash by the hair, as he forcers her head down on a counter. Noticing a sink nearby, with some hose sprayers, Rainbow quickly grabbed a sprayer, trying to hit the Shadowbolt in the face, only for the hose to reach its limit. "Ha ha," the Shadowbolt laughed, only to get hit in the nose by another sprayer. "Ha ha," Rainbow mocked, as she lassoed the thug around his neck, and pulled him towards the counter, banging his head, knocking him out. Fleur, meanwhile, was grabbed from behind, as she was being brought onto a table. Thinking fast, Fleur grabbed a bowl of gems with her legs, flexibly bent her waist, as she brought the bowl onto the the Shadowbolt's head, before she kicked him, on the head again. Enraged, the assassin threw the gems at Fleur, whose horns quickly glowed pink, stopping the projectiles before they could touch her. "Diamonds are a girl's best friend," Fleur smirked, before she fired the gems back at the Shadowbolt, who quickly conjured a shield to protect himself. Meanwhile, with Tender Taps, the boy was struggling to fight off a Shadowbolt that was holding him by the throat. Grabbing a nearby frying pan, Tender tried to hit the thug, only for the Shadowbolt to catch his hand, before he forces him to a wall. Looking around, Tender noticed another frying pan, and kicked its handle, making it fly in the air, before he catches it, and uses it to force the thug to release his grip on the boy. Once released, the boy proceeded to beat the Shadowbolt, senselessly, with the frying pans. "C'mon!" Mina called. "This way!" The young dragon led the heroes into a living room, when suddenly, the fire place erupted with green fire, as the hooded figure jumped out, with her companion. "And I thought everything was messed up from-Spike?!" the hooded figure exclaimed, taking notice of the boy. "Who?!" Spike asked. "Reinforcements!" Button shouted, as he and the boys lunged towards her. "Get 'em!" "NO! WAIT!" the hooded figure screamed, before she was piled on by the boys. "Go you guys!" Featherweight shouted to Spike and the girls. "We got this!" With that, Spike, Fleur, Mina, and Rainbow Dash all escaped through the backdoor, leaving then boys to deal with the hooded figure. "Get off of me!" the hooded figure growled, as she forced the boys off her. Grabbing a nearby staff, Button shouted, "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" With that, Button slammed the staff to the ground. "......That usually works in the movies." Rumble and the boys all fell to the floor at Button's action, while the hooded figure rolled her eyes as she tries to run after Spike. However, the rest of the boys grabbed her by the end of her cloak, as they hold her back. "We will not let you hurt Spike!" Rumble growled, before he and the boys were pulled away, by the figure's companion. "We're not hurting him!" the hooded figure growled. "Yeah! We're his friends!" the figure's companion replied. Just then, Peewee flew into the room. Upon noticing the two figures, who let out a friendly squawk as he perched on the companion's shoulder, and nuzzled her affectionately, "Hey Peewee," the Mysterious Mare Do Well giggled. "Good to see you again." The boys looked at the two figures questionably, "Who are you guys?" The hooded figure pulled back her hood to reveal.....