As Starlight continued to walk down the path, the stares of the humans seem to increase with every step she took. Geez if Palkia was planning to send her to the human world, he should've at least transformed her into a human.
"Relax I'm not staying here for the rest of my life," mumbled Starlight. But the girl to her left only made the situation more awkward.
"Mama, mama there a pink pony walking,"
"Don't pay attention to her just keep walking," said the mother.
Starlight groaned,"Ugh great now everyone is treating like I'm some foreign disease,"
"Hey, hey what do we have here?" a voice spoke up behind her. Starlight turned around to see three girls standing there smirking and giggling among themselves. "Looks like a local toy store lost one of it's stuffed animals," said one of the girls mocking Starlight. The two girls next to her starting laughing.
Starlight blushed in embarrassment and turned around,"Now Starlight don't let them get to you," Starlight told herself.
"Hey come on pony don't turn your back on us," said another one of the girls putting her hand on her shoulders.
"Please let me go," said Starlight.
"Oh it talks must be a robotic stuffed animal," mocked the third girl.
"We should take out her batteries," laughed the first girl shoving her into a wall. Starlight bit her lips to keep herself from screaming. She didn't want to drag anymore attention to herself. "Come on pony say something we know you can talk," said the first girl.
"Maybe she's broken," laughed her friend.
"Knock it off you guys," said a forth voice. Starlight and the three girls looked towards the direction the voice came from. A girl who looked to be about in her teenage years stood there with a blank expression on her face. She was wearing a brown grey mix colored jacket with a black scarf. Her hair was cut short and had black glasses that seemed to match her black eyes. The three girls seemed to freak out when they made eye contact.
"Asada!?" the first girl screamed.
Asada stepped forward with a serious look and repeated herself,"I said Knock it off," The three girls quickly moved away and ran off looking nervous. Asada walked up and knelt down to Starlight's eye level,"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yeah I'm fine," answered Starlight. "Thank you,"
"Those three just don't know when to quit," said Asada sighing. "By the way haven't seen you before," "Are you new here?" she asked.
"Yes," answered Starlight. "I wasn't originally from this world so,"
"What?" asked Asada stunned.
"Listen I'm looking for somebody," said Starlight. "I don't exactly know I'm looking for but," Starlight realized that she wasn't making any sense unless she explained to Asada what was going on. Starlight let out a sigh before looking at Asada in the eye,"Listen what I'm about to tell you is important,"
"What do you mean?" asked Asada.
"We shouldn't stay here," said Starlight. "If you someplace safe I would appreciate if you can show me the way," "I'll explain everything while we walk,"
Asada was still confused but the tone in Starlight's voice was serious. Knowing that something was wrong she decided that the best course of action was to help her out,"Well I DO know a friend who might be able to help,"
"Good enough," said Starlight standing up,"Let's go," said Starlight running off.
"Hey wait!" Asada called out from behind. Meanwhile a figure wearing a black robe quickly peeked out from behind a tree.
As Asada and Starlight walked they introduced themselves to one another as well as name off a few of their friends as a bonus. Apparently Kirito was the friend that Asada had mentioned earlier. Starlight hoped that this Kirito was the so called legendary warrior that Palkia had sent her to find. But of course she had to explain the current situation to both of them.
"Well here we are," said Asada. Starlight stared in awe as Asada stopped her in front of a big house one that was similar to a Japanese shrine or mansion in the old days.
"This is where he lives?" asked Starlight.
"Yeah," answered Asada ringing the doorbell. The two stood on the front porch waiting until the sound of footsteps approached the door. The door opened revealing a girl in a white T-shirt standing there. She looked almost younger than Asada but the high school vibe still flowed out of her. Unlike Asada her hair was a little shorter but with black eyes like Asada. "Oh Suguha," said Asada.
"Miss Asada what brings you here today?" asked the girl.
"Is Kirito home?" Asada asked.
"Oh yeah he is," answered the girl. Her smile suddenly dropped as she noticed Starlight standing there. "Oh um..."
Asada obviously knew,"Don't worry Suguha she's just a friend of mine,"
"Oh ok," said Suguha. "Well come in," she said opening the door letting the two in. She turned around and screamed down the hall,"BIG BROTHER MISS ASADA IS HERE!"
A male's voice responded from upstairs,"ALRIGHT I'M COMING DOWN!"
"He's coming," said Suguha. "Why don't you two take a seat and I'll make some tea,"
"Yeah alright," said Asada walking into the living room Starlight following behind. The sound of footsteps was heard coming down the stairs and towards the living room. Suddenly two figures appeared at the doorway a male and a female. The male also looked like he was still in high school and had short black hair like Suguha and matching black eyes. He was wearing a plain black sweater and a brown pants. The girl next to him looked almost a year older and had caramel colored hair with a slight beige in her eyes. She was wearing a white sweater and a red skirt red a white stripe.
"Oh Asada I didn't know you were coming over," said the boy.
"Well now you know," said Asada. "I see that Asuna is here as well,"
"Yeah it's been a while so I asked her if she wanted to visit," said the boy. The two noticed Starlight and stared at her in a awkward fashion.
"Um hi," said Starlight waving her hoof.
"Um Asada who is?" said the boy.
"Don't worry Kirito she's a friend," answered Asada.
"Oh I see," said Kirito walking in with Asuna.
"She wanted to meet you," said Asada.
"Oh what for?" asked Kirito. At that moment Suguha walked in carrying a tray with five cups and a kettle.
"Kirito wouldn't it be better if we introduced ourselves first?" asked Asuna.
"Oh right," said Kirito looking embarrassed. Starlight sighed as she introduced herself to her new friends with Kirito, Asuna, and Suguha following her example after she was done.
Kirito took a sip from his cup before turning towards Starlight and asking,"So Starlight right what can I help you with?"
"Oh well it's a long story so I hope you wouldn't mind if I took some of your time to explain everything," said Starlight.
"Not at all," said Kirito. Starlight sighed as she began explaining to the four about what happened in Equestria, Palkia's request, the Unowns, the distortion, and the quest for the 28 legendary warriors. By the time she was finished the for of them we're staring at her stunned by what they just heard.
"Yeah I know," said Starlight. "I couldn't even process this at first but I'm telling the truth,"
Kirito scratched his chin,"This is just unbelievable,"
"I mean that would explain why everyone has been so sour these days," said Asuna.
"If what you said is true then this world could be in danger," said Asada.
"I AM telling the truth," said Starlight. A knock on the door had suddenly interrupted the conversation.
"Who is it now?" asked Kirito getting up. The other three got up and followed Kirito to the door. Upon opening the door a figure wearing a delivery man's uniform with a box in his hand was standing there.
"Uh package for miss Glimmer," said the figure.
"What I didn't order anything," said Starlight.
"No it specifically says to Miss Starlight Glimmer," said the figure.
"Oh well in that case," said Starlight reaching out to take the box.
"Wait," said Kirito blocking her. He turned towards the figure with a serious look,"Starlight JUST got here there is no way that she could've gotten a delivery,"
The figure dropped his box and began to laugh,"Impressive," he said. He quickly grabbed Starlight by the hoof and pulled her forward drawing a knife from his back pocket. Starlight yelped trying to pull away from the figure,"Die," said the figure. Suddenly Suguha threw a stream of boiling water from the tea kettle at the figure causing him to yelp and let go of Starlight. Kirito pulled Starlight back.
"Are you ok?" asked Asuna.
"Yeah I'm fine," answered Starlight.
"Who the hell are you?" growled Kirito.
The figure laughed,"You really want to know then fine," He removed his outfit revealing the black robe he had underneath. "My name is Abyss," said the figure. "I'm the top underling in the Shadow Force Army," "And you," said Abyss pointing to Starlight. "I know why your here," "If you really think I'm just gonna let you get in the way of the Shadow Force then your wrong,"
"Sugu go get my kendo stick," said Kirito turning towards his sister.
"Oh and by the way," Abyss pulled out a glass case containing a black B with a single eye on the top. "If you want this Unown you'll have to get from me," laughed Abyss.
"What are you planning?" growled Asuna.
"None of your concerns young lady," said Abyss. "After all the Unown may choose you as the legendary warrior,"
"You won't get away with this," hissed Starlight lunging at Abyss. Abyss quickly side stepped and kneed her in the stomach before kicking her knocking her back into Asada.
"Ha is that all you got?" laughed Abyss. 'At this rate you'll never get this Unown back,"
"We'll see about that," said Asuna.
"Oh what are you gonna do fistfight me?" laughed Abyss. Kirito glared at Abyss quickly noticing his sister sneaking up behind him with two Kendo sticks. Seeing what she was about to do he quickly looked away and kept his mouth shut. "Whats wrong don't have the guts to fight me?" laughed Abyss. Suddenly Suguha quickly pulled her arm back and knocked the glass case out of Abyss's hand with her kendo stick. "Wait what the hell!?" yelped Abyss suddenly realizing what just happened.
"Sugu my stick!" Kirito called out. Her sister quickly threw the stick over Abyss's head and towards her brother. Kirito quickly grabs the stick and points it towards Abyss. The Unown looked around and glares at Starlight, Asada, and Asuna. "Starlight deal with that Unown well handle this!" Kirito called out.
The Unown lunged at Starlight knocking her down. Starlight quickly got up and began charging her horn for an attack. The Unown turned it's attention towards Asuna and hissed. "Get away from me!" yelped Asuna kicking the Unown towards Starlight. The Unown slowly got up and glared at Starlight. Once again it lunges towards Starlight but with her attack now fully charged Starlight lets loose a magic blast striking the Unown and knocking it out.
"Did I get it?" asked Starlight. Suddenly Unown's body began to twitch as a massive amount of black energy erupted from the Unown causing the three to fall back. The black energy then gathered into one big mass before exploding into sparkles. The fainted Unown slowly got up blinking and looking around. Starlight quickly ran over to it and watched it float up to her. The Unown stared at her as if it was confused. Starlight reached out with her hoof. The Unown inspected her hoof as it jumped on allowing Starlight to pick it up. Starlight raised the Unown in the air and beamed,"We got it!"
Kirito and Sugu turned around to see the Unown sitting peacefully on Starlight's hoof,"Nicely done Starlight," Kirito called out.
Abyss growled as he turned towards the group,"You may have gotten that Unown but you won't be so lucky next time," He quickly jumped over Suguha's head and ran off. Kirito and Suguha returned to their group to check on everyone. Suddenly the dark clouds that covered the sky began to disperse revealing the bright sun.
"So now what?" asked Suguha. Suddenly Unown jumped off Starlight's hoof and looked at Asuna, Asada, Suguha, and Kirito intently with it's one eye. After what seemed like 30 minutes Unown hopped over to Kirito and hovered over his head. It began shaking it's body like crazy as if it was trying to tell Starlight something.
Starlight's eyes widened as she realized what it was trying to say,"It's Kirito isn't it," The Unown bounced up and down in glee. "I thought so," said Starlight.
"My brother!?" screamed Suguha.
"Kirito please I need your help," begged Starlight.
Kirito smiled as he patted her on the head,"I know," Starlight looked at him stunned. "Suguha I hope you won't mind me leaving home for a while," said Kirito.
"Well to be honest I don't like it but," Suguha stopped before looking up."Good luck," she said.
Kirito nodded and turned towards Asuna. Asuna smiled and knelt down for Starlight,"Take good care of him," she said.
"I will," replied Starlight.
"Try not to kill yourself," said Asada.
"I won't," said Kirito.
Suddenly Palkia's voice echoed from above them,"Well done Starlight Glimmer," Suddenly a portal to the Space Realm opened before them,"When your ready step through with your warrior,"
Starlight nodded and looked at Kirito. "Hold on I need to prepare," said Kirito running upstairs. Starlight walked out and stood near the portal ready to go back. After a while Kirito came down with a bag on his shoulders. The two waved goodbye with their friends before stepping through the portal re-entering the Space Realm.