//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Pointless Explanations, The Strange Cat and the one in Red and Black Nyo! // Story: My Little Baker // by Lucky Star Kona-chan //------------------------------// In Álfheimr, more specifically in the special room made for world traveling which was located in a hollow part of Yggdrasil’s roots, was Shana. She just stood there close to the door which soon would have a functional portal to the world where her dear family member was sent, but something was off about her. Just then Ingrid entered the room; she could feel the heavy and hot atmosphere in the room from the entrance, “Shana, please calm down, the portal will be finished tonight, and besides I have good news.” Shana turned her head slightly to side look Ingrid, “Unless it has to do with Rinna’s whereabouts I’m not interested, Ini.” “Well, it’s related to it, I was able to talk to some of the inhabitants of that world. They are a peaceful race and the ones I talked to, agreed to help us find Rinna, I hope this will make your stress go away at least a little,” Ingrid was hoping that this information would actually relieve Shana like she said. What happened after Shana let that sync in was not what you would call a tame reaction. “Why didn’t you told me sooner!? Do they know how Rinna looks!? Are they really trustworthy!?...” Shana was spitting more and more questions at a ridiculous rate. Ingrid did her best to answer what she could understand, but failing miserably, so she opted for, “Shana calm down! You’re getting way too excited. I can’t confirm one-hundred percent that they are totally peaceful, I mean no world is that perfect. But the ones I talked to were honest with me, that much I can tell, so let’s have a little more hope, ok?” When Shana noticed that she was just rambling the whole time she got a bright red blush on her face, and then coughed a little in her fist, “I just wanted to test you a little, it’s not like I was overreacting or anything.” Ingrid giggled at the cute reaction, “Yes yes, I understand. Just be a little more patient, like I said the portal will be ready soon, so you can join Dejiko and the ponies in their search for Rinna.” “Ponies? Is this world by any chance a world dominated by sentient horses?” “Well kind of, they are equine creatures indeed, but they are smaller than horses, they also look a little different than normal equines and they refer to their race as ponies so I think it’s correct to call them that way.” “I see. Well, if Dejiko didn’t zap any of them so far, they have to be peaceful to some degree. Because we know that she uses her Mekara Beam with little to no provocation.” Ingrid nodded in agreement, then something came to her mind, “Shana, by any chance do you know where Konata is? I haven’t seen her for almost a week now.” “Well, I don’t know where she could be either; she stopped coming to our meetings with Lotte a couple of days after Rinna went missing.” “Strange, it’s not normal for her to disappear like that…” then a thought struck them both. “Ini… what if…” “She is in…” “That world too?” they both said at the same time. “Yes she is,” a new voice joined them and let out a sigh, “that girl has some silly ideas sometimes.” Ingrid and Shana turned to see another young looking girl, her appearance was not so much different from Shana, but this girl was a little taller than her. The new girl had long reddish brown hair, yellow eyes, and was wearing a red jacket with a white blouse underneath, and a black skirt. “Mother?” Shana said. “Master?” Ingrid added. “Hi! I’m back!” said the now cheerful girl. “How was the mission? It is done already?” “It was an annoyance, that child wanted to erase random people when I put an end to that dumb survival idea, so I had to punish him too. It was a mess, and these weird guys with spiky hair keep on trying to fight me while I was busy, so I sent them to sleep. Also yes, it is done,” the girl said while massaging the bridge of her nose with two fingers. “Master, is it really true that Konata is in that world too?” “Yes, that’s true Ini, in my way here I noticed traces of her power in the area.” “But how? Why couldn’t I detect her magic being used back then?” “She didn’t use any magic Ini, she probably thought it was magic too, but she actually used Mizuka’s ability to manipulate space.” “Oh, that’s right, I now remember Master saying some time ago that Konata’s special ability is adapt other’s abilities for her own use, but how is something like that not powered by magic?” “For being so smart, you’re quite naive Ini. Mizuka’s power doesn’t work with magic; she uses a different type of energy, called the Void which is pretty dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing, I wouldn’t be surprised if Konata was affected in some way by using this ability.” “What do we do then mother? Do we focus on finding Konata too?” “That wouldn’t be necessary my cute Shana. Konata used manipulation of time and space to go after Rinna. Even if this ability had any side-effect on her, I have no doubt that she would search for Rinna no matter what, she’s almost as stubborn as you.” “Well, like me she’s Rinna’s big sister too, so I can understand her hurry in finding Rinna, also don’t go comparing me, she’s way too inmature.” “Don’t start playing the mature role now Shana, you were very distressed just a few minutes ago,” Ingrid giggled while covering her mouth with one of her oversized sleeves. “Hu hu, how predictable, I would have loved to see that personally,” Shana’s mother copied Ingrid’s posture. “Shut up!” Shana had a bright blush on her face. The duo kept laughing, but suddenly Shana’s mother stopped. “Someone is on the other side of this portal; I can sense corrupted magic trying to influence the tools. Their intentions are pretty clear, it seems Dejiko has crossed paths with some rotten eggs from that world, and they want a taste of the power we have. But it’s pointless; such weak level of magic will not be able to affect the tools at all,” she then got a wicked thought and signaled Shana to get closer. Ingrid saw how those two got closer and her master whispering something into Shana’s ear while smiling evilly, Ingrid suddenly felt a chill on her back, her master was planning something again and that’s a terrible sign. “Mother, are you sure about that? That will not kill it right?” “Eeeeeeh, so now you’re worried about a creature of the world you were about to burn to the crisp?” Shana looked away, “Please don’t go saying such horrible things about me, mother.” “Oh, then if something, anything happens to Rinna over there you…” she got interrupted by Shana. “They will die,” Shana said with the most calm and monotonous tone ever heard, and her face was as calm and relaxed when she said it, making it creepier. “That’s my daughter, there there,” Shana’s mom petted her. Ingrid smiled awkwardly at this strange exchange between mother and daughter, ‘let’s hope this doesn’t end up badly,’ she thought. “Well, I have to go and tell the news to your dear grandma, sweetie.” “Please don’t call me that again; I swear I’ll punch you in the face.”  Shana’s mom wasn’t amused, “Spooky.” Then she left with her smile always present. Ingrid sighed, “Sometimes I wonder how she can be so carefree, master Mihoshi should know better.” “Don’t put too much thought into it Ini, it can give you a headache. I myself gave up in trying to understand her or the reasons that impulse her to do what she do,” after clearing her thoughts Shana looked back at the portal that is being made, “Say Ini.” “Yes? Is something the matter?” “Are we free to communicate with Dejiko?” “Yes we are, after locating her sprout’s signal in our last conversation, we should be able to even call to her cell phone with no issues, why do you ask?” “I have to tell her about Konata, and that she doesn’t try to do something reckless for the time being. I’ll be honest here Ini, something bad is going to happen just because… nevermind, but I really need to contact her.” “Something bad? What were you going to say just now? Is something wrong Shana?” Ini was starting to get worried about the answer to that. “It was just a silly thought, don’t pay it any mind Ini, I’m just worried that’s all,” Shana then took her phone out of her Yogasa. But before calling Dejiko, a thought came to her. “Ini, do you know where…” Meanwhile in the edge of some random Equestrian forest which we will never heard the name of, because random forests don’t deserve names apparently. Anyways, putting aside the overused forest cliche, a pony couple found something peculiar. “Look dear, isn’t it adorable?” said a pegasus mare which we'll not be taking the effort to describe because it’s just a placeholder, so yeah… “More like weird, its body is disproportionate,” said the suddenly unconscious earthpony stallion. If you’re curious about what they were referring to. Well, it was a cat, but not your normal everyday cat. “This is why I hate extras, they’re so stupid,” a cocky voice came from the cat in question; by its tone it was female. Her coat was as white as snow, her ears tips had black patches of fur sticking out of them, same as her stripped tail tip, with her shiny purple eyes she was seeing the unconscious stallion on the ground, in her front paws she was wearing red gloves with dark gray stripes at the sides, she was also able to move in a bipedal way. “Hey you,” she called for the mare who was staring with fear at this cat. “Y-yes?” was the only thing the fearful mare was able to say. “You have a good eye, so I decided to forgive the insolence of this thing in the ground, take it away before I change my mind,” the cat said before vanishing from sight. ‘Thank you…’ thought the mare after seeing this being forgiving them. Some distance away the cat stopped in a tree branch, ‘heh, I wonder if there is more selfish or irritating ones like that stallion, I really need to sharpen my claws some.’ She thought with an evil smile plastered on her face. Suddenly in Canterlot’s Castle, the Princesses felt a chill on their backs. “Sister did you felt that uncomfortable sensation?” Luna asked. “Yes I did, Luna. I also have a feeling that something is going to happen in Ponyville, and I’m not exactly referring to Rinna’s dragon, Slifer.” Celestia replied while facing the now not so mysterious magical artifact that Lucky Star gave them with a serious expression. “Do you think somepony ill intentioned from their world managed to get into Equestria?” “Not exactly somepony bad, but I feel the danger nonetheless. I’m worried about them.” “Should we pay a visit Ponyville? To investigate the situation, and we want to talk with Konata in pony, all of what she revealed to us is quite shocking.” “Indeed Luna, a world with such powerful beings is something hard to believe. Their magic seems to work in a different way than ours too; I want to talk to the one who teach them to use that type of magic. From what Lucky… ahem… Konata told us this Ingrid person is the authority in magic of their world.” Celestia proceeded to stand up and stared at Luna with a determined look. Luna stared too and both nodded. “Guards,” Celestia called. The doors of the Throne room opened and three guards entered the room and kneeled, “Yes, your majesty?” said the one on the front. “Prepare a squadron of twelve guards at once; we have Royal Duties to resolve in Ponyville.” “As you wish your highness,” then the guards left the room. “Should we wait for them outside Sister?” “You can go to Ponyville first Luna; I’ll follow you after the guards are done with their preparations.” “Thank you, Tia.” Luna hugged her sister before flying out the window towards Ponyville. ‘Just be careful Luna, this time it could be a bigger threat than we think it would be’ Celestia thought. Meanwhile, Dejiko and the CMC were asking ponies if they saw Rinna while looking around for any possible clue. They had no luck so far. “This is so frustrating, Nyo!” said an annoyed Dejiko. “I know!” said the CMC at once. “Oh, I didn’t know there was another one! Oh my gosh!” a very excited voice said. The next thing Dejiko knew was that she had a mint colored pony in front of her. “Nyo!” Dejiko loudly screamed. “Oh my Celestia! You really are like her! Hi, my name is Lyra!” “Wait, what? You know someone else that looks like me, Nyo?” Lyra nodded. Then Dejiko tackled Lyra to the ground shocking the fillies. “Where is she!? Is she safe!? Are you holding her hostage!? If you are I swear I’ll zap you, nyo!” Dejiko said rapidly. “Dejiko what are ya doing!?” Applebloom shouted. “Why are you attacking Lyra!?” Scootaloo said while trying to get Dejiko off of Lyra with Applebloom. “Let go! She knows where Rinna is, Nyo!”  “ ‘Ah know ya want to find Rinna very badly, but yer acting crazy!” “Wait, you know Rinna too? She was with Princess Twilight and the rest of the elements, I talked with her and we became friends, we don’t want to hurt her, please don’t hurt me!” Lyra said in her uncomfortable position. Then Sweetiebelle noticed something in the distance. “Girls! Look, over there, it’s Rarity, Twilight and the rest also there is a pony I never seen before and Rinna is on her back, we found her!” The girls looked forwards to see that Sweetiebelle was right. “Mah sister is there too!” Applebloom exclaimed. “And Rainbow Dash… is trying to hit Rinna in the face… hmm, neat?” Said Scootaloo with great confusion. “No, it’s not neat Scoots, that’s terrible!” Applebloom pointed out. “Girls?” Sweetie Belle tried to catch their attention. “Ya have ta stop going all fanfoal about Rainbow, Scoots.” Applebloom ignored her. “I wasn’t going fanfoal for her right now!” Scootaloo ignored her too. “Girls!” Sweetie Belle shouted. “What!” The other two replied back. “Dejiko is doing a mad dash over there!” Sweetie pointed in the direction where the Elements and Rinna were. “Why didn’t ya say something sooner!? Let’s go after her before something goes wrong!” Applebloom chased Dejiko as fast as she could while the other followed. Lyra in the other hand (hoof?), was left in the ground, confused. “What’d just happen?” she said while slowly getting up and going away. “So that means if I eat more of Rinna’s magical food, I can be even faster?” asked an excited Rainbow Dash. “For the tenth time, that’s not how Rinna’s magic work Raindumb Dash,” said an annoyed Konata. “Hey! I’m not dumb you’re just bad at explaining things,” Rainbow replied. “She did give an easy to understand explanation with just enough details though,” Twilight added. “She obviously didn’t, Pinkie back me up here,” Rainbow said to Pinkie. “Sorry Dashie, but even I got what Koni said,” Pinkie replied to Rainbow. Flutteshy got to Konata’s side, “umm… can you please explain it one more time? If you don’t mind that is.” Konata took a look at Rinna for a moment and saw her nodding at her with a smile. With a sigh she decided to explain again, “alright, look this is the last time I’ll explain this, ok?” Everypony nodded. Konata took a deep breath then let it go, “Rinna’s magic doesn’t really work as a booster actually, it gives that impression because most just experiment it once. But what it really does is unlock your maximum potential. Well, whatever potential you could possibly have at the moment, and before Rainbow says ‘I don’t get it again’ I’ll put it simple. “Imagine you work out every day, when you do that you become stronger, but you don’t get the full benefit from it, so you build up potential and that becomes your top shape if you like. What Rinna’s magic do is push that top shape into your body, if you’re not ready for it you’ll probably pass out, but the effect is the same.” “Why did Pinkie not pass out then?” Rainbow asked. “Pinkie is way ahead of you in that aspect, besides I think she already got Rinna’s magic before, so this time it was ineffective,” Konata replied. “Thanks Koni!” Pinkie said while jumping around Konata. “You’re welcome Pinkie,” Konata said sounding strangely kind for once. Twilight noted this, “Konata,” she said getting Konata’s attention. “Why do you seem to be nicer to Pinkie than the rest of us?” “That’s easy, for one Pinkie was the first pony to try to help Rinna without a reason, and two I like her personality, she is legitimate and has no ill intentions,” Konata explained. “You said that as if we have ill intentions,” Twilight felt a bit offended. “Beats me, but Twilight aren’t you getting off topic?” Konata said trying to end the conversation at that. “But hey, then Rinna’s magic it’s perfect for me. I train a lot and my job requires a lot of that too, that means I can raise my potential again pretty fast,” Rainbow added again. Konata groaned in annoyance. “Yer not the only one who can do that Rainbow, ‘Ah think Rinna’s magic would be of better use for mah farm, we could have much more apples harvested by cider season with her help,” Applejack said her part. “Oh shush, you two only want to take advantage of our fine guest with your dirt involving occupations,” Rarity scuffed over. “Says the one pony that makes Spike get her stuff and gives him nothing for his work!” Rainbow shoot. Rarity gasped, and while these three started arguing Konata just shook her head a few times and stared at Twilight unamused. “So, no ill intentions huh? You’re so blind Twilight,” she said while walking away. Twilight looked ashamed, but noticed Rinna trying to get her attention. “Don’t worry Twilight, I’m sure they didn’t mean it myu,” Rinna reassured Twilight. This lifted Twilight’s mood a bit and she showed a smile, “thank you Rinna,” she said. The three with the argument suddenly felt bad for not considering Rinna’s feelings and quickly apologized, Rinna forgave them. Rainbow then keep flying close to Rinna, “What I said was it would be cool to have that, but that’s cheating and Rainbow Dash doesn’t cheat!” she said striking a pose. This made Rinna giggle, “It’s good to know myu.” Somehow making Rinna smile was something Rainbow started to enjoy, this gave her ‘peace’ in a way. It also impulsed her to try and keep doing it, she then began throwing punches to the air but some passed a little close to Rinna almost hitting her. Konata eyed her with caution to avoid Rinna from being hit, then she heard something in the distance. “…et a…y f…om …er Nyo!” could be heard. Konata and Rinna reacted to that last part with surprise. “Is that…” they started to say something but… “MEKARA BEAM!!” the group heard clearly. “Wha…” was the only thing Rainbow said before being hit by a golden beam, she felt like electricity run over her body, then an explosion send her flying towards some bushes at the side of the road in which she crashed. “Ow…” Fortunately the bushes cushioned her crash. “What in the hay was that!?” Applejack shouted. Fluttershy  went to check on Rainbow. The gang looked in shock at the little girl in front of them. “Hand over Rinna right now, Nyo!” she demanded. “Dejiko?” Rinna said. “Rinna please get down for a moment,” Konata told Rinna who did as she was told. “I see you’re smart nyo, now Rinna come with me,” Dejiko said with a smug face. But Rinna did not move from Konata’s side. “Rinna? Why aren’t you coming nyo?” Dejiko asked confused. Twilight then stepped forward followed by Applejack and Pinkie, Dejiko eyed them carefully. “Who are you, and why are you attacking us?” Twilight asked with a serious face. “I have no reason to answer you Nyo! Now release Rinna or things will get bad Nyo!” Dejiko was getting aggressive. Applejack readied herself to fight any moment now, “ ‘Ah don’t trust this one Twi.” “Applejack please wait, don’t lost control now,” Twilight tried to reason with Applejack. “Twilight is right dear, don’t fall at the same level than this brute,” Rarity added. “Who are you calling a brute Nyo! You stinky horse!” Rarity gasped, “How dare you insult a fine lady like me in such a way!” “Yeah why are you such a meanie!?” Pinkie asked suddenly. “Wait!” the group heard three familiar voices, the CMC. “Applebloom? What are ya and those fillies doing here?” Applejack asked. “Applejack wait please, Dejiko is not a bad pony,” Applebloom affirmed. “How can ya say that? She just attacked Rainbow!” “That happened because Rainbow Dash was trying to hit Rinna! She just tried to protect her!” Scootaloo was with Dejiko too. Suddenly a blue blur hit Dejiko, “not so tough now huh?” it was Rainbow Dash and she was pinning Dejiko to the ground. “Get off me Nyo!” Dejiko was struggling to get Rainbow off her. Rainbow Dash was confident that she would be able to pin her down after all, this one was barely bigger than her, but then she felt her hooves being slowly lifted. She noticed that Dejiko was starting to lift her, “Oh no, you won’t!” Rainbow put more pressure. The two were trying to overcome the other. That was until Rinna stepped in, “Please stop this myu…” a soft but sad voice said to them. “Rinna…” Twilight watched Rinna cry again, this hurt her deeply somehow. The rest of the group felt the same way. “B-but…” Rainbow tried to argue, but she couldn’t resist the look of Rinna crying, “Arrg! Alright, I’ll do it…” Rainbow stepped back, but remained close to Rinna. Dejiko got into a sitting position, “what’s happening nyo? I don’t understand.” “Well, let me tell you the story,” Twilight took the job of filling Dejiko on what was going on, and Dejiko did the same afterwards. “I’m sorry nyo, I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions so quickly,” Dejiko apologized. “You have to do better than that if you expect me, to forgive you miss,” Rarity scuffed. “Rarity…” the rest said at once. “Oh, fine. I, Rarity gladly accept your apology, Dejiko.” “I forgive you too, it was my fault for being too excited and almost hit Rinna, all it’s cool now,” Rainbow said with some guilt in her tone. “Thank you nyo,” Dejiko smiled to them for the first time. “By the way Dejiko what was that golden beam? How does it work? It is magic?” Twilight was starting her knowledge hunting. Dejiko was uncomfortable to say the least because this pony was like Ini back home. “That’s the mekara beam,” said Applebloom. “Yeah it’s awesome, Dejiko sent a bad wolf flying with it,” Scootaloo added. “The bad wolf was chasing me, if it wasn’t for Dejiko I would have get caught,” Sweetie Belle told them what happened with the wolf. After that Rarity felt in debt with Dejiko for saving her sister which she was now hug crushing. “Ha, you’re cool for fighting a wild wolf like that Dejiko, not as much as me, but you're at least twenty porcent cooler now,” Rainbow exclaimed, the rest rolled their eyes. “So, what happens now?” Applejack asked. “Well duh, it’s time for some party! We have another guest, so it’s obvious that a bigger party will be hosted, I don’t know how big though but it will be pretty big I tell you, with balloons, streamers, and cupcakes, muffins, and…” Pinkie keep naming things for the party, everpony but Dejiko started laughing a little. Twilight felt a bit frustrated because she probably wouldn’t be able to get any quick information without anypony interrupting her, so she gave up for now. “She is weird nyo, but a party sounds nice, I want to relax a little after this day nyo,” Dejiko stretched her limbs some. “Maybe, but Pinkie is a good friend myu,” Rinna said while petting Pinkie which she gladly received. “Then let’s head to Sugar Cube Corner then! The party awaits us!” Pinkie said suddenly. “What?” Dejiko was confused. “Don’t even try to understand Pinkie, things just happen around her,” Rainbow told her. The group then started heading to the party place, the CMC went to their club house in the opposite direction to look for something before the party. Konata then got the feeling that something was off. At that moment they saw a hurt pony laying on the ground. “Princess Luna!” Twilight shouted, everypony after recognizing the pony rushed to her side to help. Luna was in pain, with scratches and little cuts all over her body, and some patches of her fur were darker than the rest which revealed the spots where she was hit harder. “Who could have done this to the princess?” Twilight asked out loud to nopony in particular. “Hey guys, anopony saw what happened here?” Rainbow asked to some ponies that were in the area. They shook their heads. Then Luna open her eyes slightly, “Twilight… be careful,” she winced in pain. “S-she is too strong… s-she is after little Rinna…” she said struggling to keep consciousness. “Please Luna save your strength. Rarity, Fluttershy can you take Princess Luna to the hospital?” Twilight requested to them. “Consider it done, dear,” Rarity replied, Fluttershy just opted for nodding. The two then took Luna out of there. “What was that about? Who is ‘she’?” Applejack asked. “I don’t know, but somepony dangerous is out there,” Twilight was watching the surroundings carefully. “It wasn’t you, right Dejiko?” Rainbow asked Dejiko. “Of course not Nyo! I expended the whole trip with Applebloom and the foals from the school, it’s the first time I see that dark blue pony,” Dejiko explained. “Ok chill, I was just asking.”  “What do you think Koni, Riny? Any crazy ideas of what could have happened?” Pinkie asked while wearing a detective hat and a bubble pipe. They ignored that. “Probably ‘I’ can answer that, pink menace,” a bratty voice could be heard. Everyone was searching for the origin of the voice. “Over there!” Applejack pointed at the roof of a house, making the rest look in that direction. What they saw was a strange cat, which was looking at them with a innocent smile on its face. Konata, Dejiko and Rinna recognized her though. “Tailmon, what are you doing here?” Konata asked in a more serious way than she has showed so far. “Tailmon?” the ponies were confused. “What? No warm welcome? Oh wait, those pathetic armored horses were my welcome, they weren’t that entertaining though. The two bigger ones were more fun, not much of a difference but more fun indeed,” Tailmon told them. Twilight put one and one together in her mind, “wait, so you attacked Princess Luna!?” “Ding dong! You’re right purple, and not just her but an entire group of armored idiots and a big white one with a crown,” Tailmon sat on the roof with an amused look. The ponies were in shock after hearing the news. “Princess Celestia too…” Twilight stood there for a moment before changing her expression to a one full of anger. She threw a magic blast at Tailmon. Tailmon deflected it effortlessly with the back of her paw; the blast then ended hitting the toy’s shop roof breaking a chunk of it. The other ponies on the place ran away in fear. “What!?” Twilight said with even more shock. “That’s rude purple, and not very smart of your part, oh I almost forgot. Orange, I think I found something yours,” Tailmon said casually. Applejack was on her guard now, “and what could that be?” At that moment Rainbow Dash recklessly launched herself full speed against Tailmon. Tailmon’s ears twitched and she flashed a sinister smile for a moment, “Hey blue! Think fast!” she then threw something big and red that she was hiding behind the roof top angle at Rainbow. It was an unconscious Big Mac. By instinct Rainbow dodged him, but then realized that the fall could hurt him, so she flew to catch him and catch him she did. “Hang in there, big guy,” Rainbow said while struggling a bit because Mac was too big for her to grab comfortably. When she landed Applejack was the first one to get to them. “Big Mac! Big Mac! Please answer me!” Applejack was desperately trying to get any response from her big brother. He grunted a bit, but did not awake. This was enough to relax Applejack some. Konata put a hoof on Applejack’s withers, “he’ll be fine, he’s not as hurt as Luna was, and now take him to the hospital also take Rinna with you. I’ll take care of Tailmon, its better if the rest of you leave too; you guys have no chance against her in a one to one fight.” “Don’t think we’ll just leave you fighting alone! I can help I’m the fastest of all of us,” Rainbow tried to convince Konata that she could help her. “Not to be rude or anything but you’ll just get in the way,” Konata declined her offer. “No! I won’t back out knowing what she did to the Princesses and the guards, please Konata let us help you,” Twilight did not want to leave a friend behind against such a dangerous foe. Applejack then moved to Konata’s side, “Y’all will probably need some strength, Pinkie ‘Ah trust ya to take Big Mac to the hospital and take care of him.” “Sure thing! Teach that meanie weenie a lesson! Come with me Riny,” Pinkie then lifted Mac with her tail somehow. Rinna stared at Konata and saw her nodding once, “Good luck myu,” she said before going after Pinkie. “Are you sure you want to do this?” Konata asked to the ponies without noticing something was missing, or more specifically 'someone'. “You bet! Let’s show that cat who’s boss!” Rainbow said with confidence. “Oh ho ho~, you are all fired up.” Tailmon got on her paws and dusted herself, “je~ this will be interesting, but there’s something you didn’t notice Konata-sama,” she said with a condescending tone. Konata raised an eye-brow at that, “and what can that possibly be?” “My cute pet probably means this, Konata-san,” a polite new voice could be heard. This voice made Konata nervous. The ponies noticed the change in Konata’s behavior. “Konata, is something wrong?” Twilight was starting to worry some. But she got no response. “Oh my, Konata-san is not polite to not answer to your friend like that, ufufu~,” the voice was heard again but this time a girl appeared from a shadow rift in the ground in front of them. The girl was incredibly beautiful; her black hair was tied up in long uneven twin tails. She had a red eye and one golden eye with an inorganic clock face in it. The girl was wearing a dress made out of orange and black frills, making her look like an elegant Gothic Lolita. On her head, she was wearing a big crimson net bow to hold her hair. She was also wearing a red and black collar on her neck. Height wise she was two and a half times taller than the ponies. Even the ponies could see the ‘astonishing beauty’ of the new girl. But something was off about her and her warm and innocent smile. “Now what? A new Rarity? Oh boy, what a gift,” Rainbow said with obvious sarcasm. “Rainbow!” the other two yelled at her. “Ufufu~,” the girl giggled in amusement. “Do not worry little ponies, its fine for her to be like she wants to be, after all…” she left a strange pause that made the ponies look at her. “After all?” Twilight voiced everypony’s thoughts. “Oh my~, before that I need to introduce myself,” the girl lifted the sides of her dress slightly and made a bow similar to the one Rinna did, “My name is Tokisaki Kurumi, it’s a pleasure to meet you all.” She said with clear politeness Tailmon got to the ground and a really evil smile was on her face. “Also to complete my previous sentence, I would love to say… enjoying your last day will be my gift for you,” Kurumi said with a psychotic smile, making Konata’s fears a reality.