//------------------------------// // Ghost Rider Meets My Little Pony // Story: Characters Meet My Little Pony // by Equinoxx //------------------------------// Spike woke up when he heard a loud wooshing like sound. He really didn't want to get up, but he was too curious not to. He slowly got up and began walking to where he thought he heard the noise. Suddenly he heard what sounded like galloping, then Twilight frantically speaking. Spike now picked up his pace. he entered the kitchen just in time to see Twilight jump through a rainbow portal right before it closed. Spike stood there for several moments, trying to get a hold of his thoughts. After his brain put together what happened he ran to the spot where Twilight disappeared. His breathe became frantic. Knowing the nature of portals meant that Twilight was most likely fine, but he wasn't worried about that. He was worried about where it took her and if it was safe. Spike took deep breathes, trying to compose himself. After that he left the kitchen in search for Bastion and Ganymede... Only to find nothing, he checked the left and right, up and down, but couldn't find the duo. He was now even more distressed, he had to tell somepony. 12:04 am. Johnny Blaze was riding on his motorcycle through New York. He had heard that Madcap had been terrorizing Manhattan while fighting a certain merc with a mouth. Though honestly Johnny believed that they were both equally responsible. Now that he was close to the fight and could even see explosions going off, he decided now was the time to protect the innocent and punish the ones who have sinned. Johnny drove into an empty alleyway, then began his hellish transformation. Hellfire started engulfing him and his bike. His skin slowly and painfully burned off, leaving only a dusty skeleton with flames emanating from every bone. His clothes and bike had changed as well, now looking as if they were made deep in hell. Multiple unneeded, but still dangerous spikes protruded from the shoulders on his leather jacket, and on the sides of his motorcycle. He was now... Ghost Rider. He drove out of the alleyway and towards one of the more recent explosions, leaving flaming tire marks in his wake. What he certainly didn't expect was for a rainbow portal to appear right in front of him. With no time to react he sped through. As he exited the portal he saw what he could only describe as a wasteland. No civilization as far as the eyesocket could see. He drifted, doing a full 180 to try and go through the portal before it closed. Unfortunately it was already gone. He summoned his chain and through it into a circular motion, but nothing happened. Something was stopping him from traveling through dimensions. The good news was that it didn't look like he was in hell. He began looking at his surroundings again, but this time he noticed a giant blue... Hive? That was to his right. The hive had holes in it that black creatures were entering and exiting out of. Just then he saw one of them spot him, then it hissed to the others. Word must have spread through the hive fast, as a entire swarm of them were suddenly charging towards Ghost Rider. He noted that this place didn't seem like earth either. He conjured up a large fireball and blasted it at the bugs. Their swarm formation broke, but they were still focusing their at him. As they got closer they began shooting lazer beams at him from their... Horns. Ghost Rider pressed on the gas and he drove forward and avoided the beams. He took a sharp turn to the right, towards the swarm. He drove under them and suddenly the flames he left behind bursted into the air, easily catching some of them on fire. They began dive bombing him, but he continued to drive forward. He suddenly turn his motorcycle and hit the brakes. As he did that he reached into his neck and pulled out his chain. He cracked it through the air, hitting all the bugs that were now on the ground. "What do you mean some flaming demon is killing our troops!!?" The Changeling queen screamed at her informant. "Grrr, have those fools retreat immediately!" Suddenly the rest of the creatures started to retreat back to their hive, scared for their lives. Ghost Rider simply looked as they flew off, then began driving in a random direction. He eventually passed the mountains and saw that he was now in a desert area. It wasn't very different from the wasteland, but he could see train tracks leading to a large town. He followed the train tracks as he reverted back to Johnny Blaze. As he approached the town he noticed that the houses seemed unusually smaller than he knew any house to be. He disregarded that detail as he drove into the town, it had a very Texas-like style to it. It seemed like everyone here was asleep. Probably because of it being midnight. He spotted a building that looked like the typical town hall and decided to get off his bike and walk towards it. As he walked he heard crickets, but other than that there was an eerie silence. He knocked on the door and almost immediately heard a. "Please don't hurt us." from inside. He was honestly confused by that, he wasn't in his Ghost Rider form... Was his leather jacket really that intimidating? "I'm not here to hurt anyone, I just want to ask for directions." Johnny implored. He heard nothing but silence after that, but eventually a map was slid under the door. He decided that was the best he was gonna get, so he went back to his motorcycle and examined the map. The map looked like more of a illustration than directions, but it still gave him a, hopefully good, lay of the land. He definitely knew now that he wasn't on the same earth as he was before. He noted that he was in Dodge City and that there were two fairly recognizable locations close by, they were both castles. Now should he be trying to meet royalty? Hell no. But he needed to find out how to get back to his world. And he had no other ideas as to what to do. He began driving towards the closer castle, which was in a place called Ponyville... Johnny resisted the urge to facepalm. 3:12 am. Spike arrived at Rarity's house and loudly knocked on the door. After a few seconds the door opened and a tired Rarity looked like she was about to yell at whoever knocked at this hour, that was until she saw Spike looking very distressed. "Spike? What's wrong?" Rarity inquired, now worried about what Spike is so upset about. "T-twilight went th-through one of the p-p-portals and I coul-couldn't find Bastion or Ganymede anywhere!" Spike unloaded as he wept. Rarity hugged the baby dragon, trying to comfort him. She had no idea what to do about this. If Spike already searched the castle top to bottom than what could she do to help?.. Finally she decided to just make sure he's okay. "Come inside." Rarity said as she lead him inside. Spike went to a couch and sat down while Rarity went to make tea... And coffee. All of Spike's thoughts went back to if Twilight was okay. Most of him was sure she was fine, but a part of him was sombrely skeptical. Rarity entered the room and levitated a cup of tea to Spike. He took it but otherwise continued to stare directly forward. Rarity sat down beside him and pulled him into a soft hug. "Darling, I-... I'm sure Twilight's fine. She's delt with much worse than a portal." Rarity tried to reasure Spike. "It's not the portal that I'm worried about, it's what could be on the other side." Spike explained. "Even so, you must have faith that Twilight will be alright. That's all we can do for now." "I know, but I wish I could do more." Spike said as he snuggled more into the hug. 'Me too Spike.' Rarity thought. They both began dozing of when they suddenly heard a loud roar-like noise from outside, startling them both awake. Rarity was the first to get up, then look out the window. She barely saw it, but it looked like a creature riding some sort of machine. Spike rushed to the door and because of his dragon eyes he saw the human perfectly... 'Wait, human?' He double checked to make sure he wasn't seeing things. It was a human alright and it was heading for the friendship castle. "Rarity, it's going to the castle." He told her. "Really? Then we must go and make sure it doesn't do anything to anypony." Rarity said as she lifted Spike onto her back and ran out the door, making sure to close it behind her with her magic. As they approached the castle they saw the human looking at the castle inquisitively. Rarity slid to a stop and bit her lip as she thought whether or not talking to the creature was a good idea. Suddenly Spike hopped off Rarity's back and walked up behind the human. "H-hello? W-who are you and w-why are you here?" Spike asked nervously. Johnny turned and looked for the person that the voice resonated from, then he looked down and finally realized it was a small lizard thing that apparently spoke. "... Huh?" He smartly asked. Suddenly a white pony came up behind the lizard and... Also spoke. "Spike! You don't know how dangerous that creature may be!" She then looked at Johnny and took a small step back. "B-but I do hold the same line of questioning." Johnny was now utterly baffled. The talking lizard thing, apparently name Spike, wasn't too new of a concept to him, but a talking pony? Johnny decided to answer them, hoping he could get some answers in return. "Uhh, I'm Johnny. Johnny Blaze and I... Don't really know how I got here." He admitted. "Could you explain in more detail on how you think you got here." Spike suggested, starting to become less wary. "Right well, I was riding on my motorcycle until a rainbow portal suddenly sucked me into wherever here is." Spike grimaced, not even a day and another person has been sent to Equestria. "Hm. Why did you specifically come here?" Johnny shrugged. "It was the closest place that I thought could get me a lead on where I am and maybe get back. Where am I by the way?" "Why you are in Ponyville in Equestria of course." The white pony replied, gaining a nonplussed look from Johnny. "Oh right, where are my manners? My name is Rarity." She introduced herself. "I don't think that's what he's confused by, Rarity." Spike corrected. "Yeah, I'm more confused on the fact that this town is called 'Ponyville'. That's really on the nose." Johnny said. "mm, I suppose so." Rarity acknowledged. "Anyway." Spike grabbed the attention back to him. "The castle is currently... Empty. But I do know a few things about that portal that forced you here if you wanna know." "Well it's better than nothing." Johnny shrugged. "What do you know?" "Well the portals are created by a... Umm, stone? Named Peirha. As far as we know people, or maybe even creatures similar to you will continue being sent here. That's really the most we know about the portals." Spike explained. "It is simply horrifying." Rarity stated with a hoof held to her forehead in 'anguish.' Both Spike and Johnny rolled their eyes. "Well then, do you know if there's a way to get back to where I'm from?" Johnny asked. "Well, not really. The only solution we know of is just waiting it out." Spike answered. "Well that's just great." Johnny said sarcastically. A few moments of awkward silence passed until Johnny coughed to break the silence. "Well hopefully I won't be here long. Is there anything to do around here?" He asked. "I can show you a cool board game called Oubliettes and Ogres." Spike suggested. Johnny simply raised an eyebrow. "No." Johnny easily decided. "Okay." Spike shrugged in understanding. "Hold on! I suddenly came a realization!" Rarity exclaimed. "What's that?" Spike asked. "Every- uhh -one that this 'Peirha' has sent here has had some sort of quirk to them. What's yours Mr. Blaze?" Rarity inquired. "Uhm, let's just say it's a 'burning' issue." Johnny said, obviously avoiding the question. "Why darling, you can tell us, we won't judge." Rarity said. "I'll uh, pass on that offer." Johnny reinforced. "That's fine, if it's something you don't want to tell us about then that's your business." Spike agreed. "Thanks. I guess I'll just roam the land then." Johnny said as he hopped onto his bike. "Oh by the way, do you know about these black bug-like creatures?" He asked. "I ran into a few when I arrived here." Spike pondered this question for less than a second as the answer came to his mind immediately. "Do you mean Changelings?!" He asked. When Johnny nodded, Spike elaborated. "The Changelings are a species that feed on love and can change what they look like to imitate anypony. They are at war with us." "Hm. Got it." He then revved the engine on the motorbike. "Wait, where did you see them?" Spike questioned. "It was in a place that was pretty much like a wasteland. I believe it's called the Badlands on the map I have." Johnny answered. He then drove off out of town, leaving behind a pony and a dragon now wearing an 'oh' on their faces. Johnny now had something to do. First; see if the Changelings are evil. second; if they are, weak havoc on them. 7:32 am. Johnny Blaze approached the hive he had come across earlier, now intent on judging them. He wanted to come in peace and if they all mindlessly attack, then they're as good as dead. He stopped a mile away and waited for one of the newly dubbed Changelings to spot him. Eventually one did and word spread like wildfire through the hive once again. A smaller squad of Changelings approached him, not seeming entirely friendly. "Who are you?" One wearing purple armour demanded. "I'm Johnny Blaze, I come in peace." Johnny responded. The changelings all looked amongst each over, then swarmed Johnny and started gnawing at him. Johnny wasted no time transforming, burning any Changeling that had their teeth on him. Now they were only biting leather, bone, and flames. Ghost Rider breathed fire, making the swarm disband from around him. He then pulled his chain out of the fire in his mouth and whipped it at several Changelings. Some more Changelings came out of the hive and started spitting out acid-like saliva at Ghost Rider, which only burned up as it touched his flames. He shot some fireballs at the bigger swarm, then drove his bike forward. The swarm tried swiping down at him, but he easily ducked under every attack. At one point he caught a Changeling by the throat and gave it... The Penance Stare. The Changeling felt all of the pain from the ponies that it had drained the love from and the ones that it had killed. Afterwards the Changeling burned to nothing but ashes and Ghost Rider put his focus back on avoiding attacks. "AGAIN!!!" The queen howled. "My queen, if this continues and it get's to the hive then... We won't stand a margin of a chance." The assistant drone buzzed with worry. "Is everyling a weakling!" Chrysalis complained. "Fine. I guess if I want something done right I have to do it myself." She growled. "Get me a squad of drones and prepare my armour." She ordered. "In the meantime send out a group to distract the 'demon' and bring it closer to the hive." Ghost Rider continued absolutely decimating the Changelings around him, or at least he was until they began changing their strategy. They weren't attacking him head on anymore, now they were flying in circles around him and occasionally attacking him in groups of two or four. Ghost Rider started swinging his chain above his head in a circular motion, making the Changelings have to split off from around him. He then whipped the chain at a through Changelings, easily hitting them. The swarm then began all going towards the hive, but Ghost Rider wasn't planning on letting them escape this time. Ghost Rider drove after them and was about to throw a fireball into the group before a laser beam struck him in the ribcage and off of his motorcycle. He stood up and narrowly avoided another beam and whipped his chain in the direction the beam came from to see if he could hit whoever shot it. Instead he felt the chain get pulled and Ghost Rider had to dig his boots into the ground to not be pulled with it. He sent a large mass of fire down the chain eviscerating whatever was pulling him and allowing him to pull his chain back into a stable grasp. From the hive came a larger Changeling that had armour on, it also had normal looking eyes... Or at least more normal than the other Changelings. It stared at Ghost Rider for several seconds, then spoke. "So you're the demon that my brood are scared of? How... Disappointing. I thought you would've been bigger, or maybe more menacing, but alas; my Changelings are simply idiots." The supposed queen lamented. Ghost Rider decided that he had enough with her attitude and swung his chain at her. Chrysalis' eyes widened as she had to actually remember that this creature, while not as threatening as she had hoped, still killed a good few of her subjects and that she had to dodge. After getting her barrings and getting into a low stance, she shot a beam at Ghost Rider. The rider simply tilted his head, avoiding the beam with great ease. He suddenly bolted forward and was in front of Chrysalis in half a second. He cracked his chain down at her, but she jumped to the side and rolled into another jump, allowing her to spread her wings and hover off the ground. She swooped in for a horn jab, but was sidestepped then kicked to the ground. She use her magic to lift the portion of the ground that Ghost Rider was standing on, making him have to jump off. Ghost Rider grabbed onto a Changeling's tail before he landed on the ground and threw it at the queen, but she grabbed the drone in her magic and rebounded it back at Ghost Rider. He simply whipped his chain through the Changeling and at Chrysalis who rolled onto her hooves and shot a wave of magic at the rider. The wave knocked Ghost Rider off his feet and away from Chrysalis, giving her some breathing room. As Ghost Rider landed he saw more changeling coming at him, several blasting beams. He avoided the beams and whipped any Changeling that got near, all while charging at Chrysalis. The queen shot another beam at Ghost Rider and actually got a hit, which knocked him right into the fangs of the swarm behind him. After a few moments of the pile of Changelings mauling the skeleton, Chrysalis assumed him to be dead, or at least not a threat anymore, but she was oh so wrong. Suddenly the swarm of Changelings were sent rocketing off of Ghost Rider, who now was sat atop his motorbike and giving a deadly glare to Chrysalis, even though he didn't have eyes. The queen on the other hand, was now thinking whether running was a viable option. Just as Ghost Rider was revving the engine on the bike, the portal opened up and dragged him back into his world, leaving a confused but relieved Chrysalis to stare at where he once was. Spike and Rarity were now inside the castle, simply waiting, when suddenly they hear a familiar wooshing noise, which Spike rushed towards.