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// Return to Republic City 
// Story: The Creation War 
// by Epicdiscord214 
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"Is everyone ready?" Twilight asked as she put in a bunch of books.
"Almost!" Applejack said.
"Well, we need to hurry." Mako said. "Who knows what's happening to Korra right now?"
"And we'll save her." Starlight said.
Suddenly, Discord appeared in front of everyone wearing a Hawaiin shirt and carrying two carry-ons.
"Well, while we're there," he said, "We can still catch up on Republic City. I wonder how the statue of Anar D is doing."
"Who?" Starlight asked.
"Don't ask." Rainbow Dash sighed.
"So what's the plan?" Rarity asked.
"We'll split into two groups." Twilight explained. "Starlight, Spike, Rarity, Discord, you will help me take a look around the Tree of Time for clues. The rest of you head to Republic City and see if our friends there came up with any leads."
"Um, maybe I can help you around the tree." Mako said. "I am a detective." No one noticed, but Discord gave Mako a suspicious glare.
"Mako, you're the only one out of all of us to get access to Republic City police." Twilight explained. "You've got to go with Team B."
"Wait, why are we Team B?" Applejack asked.
"Time to go." Twilight said brushing off the question. "Now, is everyone ready now."
"Yep." Pinkie Pie said. "Ready to go, Captain Princess Twilight!"
"All right." Twilight said turning to face the glowing mirror. "Let's do this." She jumped in disappearing in the light. The others followed





When the light faded, the ponies and others found themselves in a big field. In the middle of the field stood a large, black and red tree the size of a building. Mako emerged finally walking on his two human feet again. He looked around and looked worried.
"Something's wrong." Mako said.
"You're telling me?" Pinkie Pie asked. "When you entered Equestria, you turned into a pony and when you left, you changed back into a human. So how is it that when we left Equestria, we stayed the same?"
"Not that?" Mako asked. He pointed his finger. "Look."
Everyone looked to where Mako was pointing and saw several people in heavy equipment over the other side of the land.
"Are they supposed to be here?" Starlight asked.
"Not to my knowledge." Mako said. "HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
Most of the people turned their heads to the group that just arrived. One of them approached Mako and the anthropomorphic characters. He had a business suit and tie, but his most noticeable feature is the scar over his left eye.
"You're not supposed to be here." the scarred man said.
"We're not supposed to be here?" Twilight asked. "Mako said you're not. Who are you?"
"Well, your highness, if you must know, my name is Levoe, and you're unofficially standing in an Atlas Consilidated site."
"Atlas what?" Rarity asked.
Mako sighed. "After we defeated Grogar, this new company came out of nowhere and started working on the portals. Apparently, they devised a way to use it to travel to other worlds, but only if it's within reason... or if their CEO, Amsem Stratus, says so."
"Don't hate the player, hate the game." Levoe said. "And right now, this area is off limits to civilians, both human and animal."
"Why?" Applejack asked.
"There's been unusual activity in this area." Levoe explained. "Mr. Stratus wants us to look into it without any incidents, which is why I'm offering you a way out without anyone having to get in trouble."
"You can't just kick us out." Twilight said. "We're investigating."
"So are we," Levoe shot back, "And we were here first. Look, I'm sorry about this, but my hands are tied here. I don't make the rules here."
Mako sighed. "Come on, guys. Maybe we can take it up to this Stratus person."
"And then, we can enjoy the sights." Discord said.
Everyone rolled their eyes and walked toward another portal that they knew led to Republic City. Once they were out of sight, Levoe walked to a radio and picked up a transmitter.
"Contact Amsem Stratus." Levoe told his employees. After a few moments, a snakey voice came from the radio.
"Yes?"
"Hey, Tartus." Levoe greeted with a sinister smile. "I've got good news. The Mane 6 are here. The Avatar's boy brought them, Starlight, and Discord all the way from Equestria."
"Did they find out what you're doing there?" Tartus asked.
"Not a clue." Levoe said. "Told them we already called dibs. They're on their way to Republic City as we speak."
"Well done, Leaf." Tartus said. "Time to send them a message."





Tenzin couldn't see with his eyes closed, but he could feel the warmth of the sun shining on his face as well as the courtyard of the Air Temple in Republic City. Next to his own heavy breathing, the only sound there was the wind blowing through the grass.
"Come on, Korra." Tenzin whispered. "I know you're out there. Please, give me a sign."
"Tenzin!" a female voice called in front of him.
"Korra?" Tenzin asked as he opened his eyes. But it was not the Avatar he heard. It was Twilight Sparkle and her friends approaching him from the outside of the temple.
"Princess Twilight." he recognized. "What are you doing here?"
"Mako came to us." Twilight said. "He told us everything."
"Any leads?" Spike asked.
"Not one." Tenzin said. "I am glad to see you, though. Maybe you can give us a hand on this."
"Don't worry about it, Tenzy." Rainbow Dash said. "We faced magic-hungry centaurs, a pony of shadows, and even an evil monster from a pre-friendship kingdom. How bad can one missing person be?"
"Actually, it's not just Korra that's missing." Tenzin said. "An airbender was just reported being taken from a tour he was guiding. His mother claimed some flying fish-like creatures swooped in from the sky and snatched him from the ground. Chief Beifong has been getting a lot of similar missing persons cases since Korra's disappearance."
"Flying fish-like creatures?" Starlight asked. "Mako, you told us Korra was taken by green birds."
"She was." Mako said. "Whatever took Korra was different from what took all those other people."
"Still, I have a hard time thinking it's a coinky-dink." Applejack said. "Where do we start?"
"Well, since Atlas Consolidated refuses to let us check out the Tree of Time, the best thing we can do is survey Republic City." Twilight suggested. "Maybe we can check out the kidnapping sites and see if we can find any lead."





"Are we there yet?" the big vulture asked.
"No." the vulture with the cracked beak responded in annoyance.
"Are we there yet?" the big vulture asked again.
"Verde, once we get there, I will let you know." the female vulture said. "But for now, I need you to shut up and... Ah, there it is?"
The three green vultures swooped down from the sky and entered a damp swamp with thick trees. They laid down on one of the roots.
"Yay!" Verde cheered. "What do I get, Jade?"
"What do you..." the female said with annoyance in her voice. "Verde, you're not getting a prize for coming with us while you keep on asking 'are we there yet? are we there yet?' It's driving me nuts!"
"Well, isn't this a strange thing?" an elderly voice asked. Everyone looked and saw an old woman with a yellow and green robe and white hair. Her eyes were colorless indicating she was blind. "I can sense three birds perched in front of me, and yet, I hear three voices coming from them. You're certainly not spirits, so what are you?"
"Uh... Candy gram?" the cracked-beak vulture answered.
"Quiet, Emerald." Jade said. She turned to the old lady. "You must be Toph Beifong, former Chief of Police in Republic City and hermit of the swamp."
"Who's asking?"
"My name is Jade. These are my dim-witted associates, Emerald and Verde. We are called Greengear. We have flown a great many miles to be here."
"Don't tell me it's to see little old me." Toph said. "I've had my fill of fans for the decade."
"Actually, Toph, we need to do something here in this swamp." Jade said.
"You better not do anything to harm it. The swamp benders are not going to be happy about that."
"Why... No, of course not."
Toph lowered her eyebrows as she glared at the birds. "You're lying."
"Oh, right." Jade said. "I forgot you could do that."
Before the birds could think, Toph kicked at the air and the slime on the ground synchonized with her movements. Greengear flew above the ground and narrowly dodged it.
"What now?" Emerald asked.
"Evasive Pattern Iota!" Jade called out.
The birds then flew around Toph who continued to fire sludge and earth towards them. Between two of her throws, Jade flew in unexpectedly and rammed Toph backward. She got back up and got knocked down again by Emerald. She rolled away and avoided getting hit again by Jade. Eventually, Toph started to breath heavily.
"Had enough?" Emerald asked.
"Maybe." Toph said. "But I know the Avatar is still out there, and once she hears about you three, she'll dish out a monster of a storm upon you."
"Nuh-uh." Verde said. "We've taken her, and now, she's underneath the Pro-Bending arena in Republic City."
"VERDE!" Jade shouted angrily.
"Good to know." Toph said. Suddenly, she punched the ground and a pyramid of earth surrounded her.
"Oh, come on!" Jade shouted. "She's probably boring her way out of the swamp right now."
"Wow." Emerald said. "Is she really that dull?"
"You know what?" Jade asked. "I hate you. I hate the both of you. I'd kill you, but I'm afraid touching your corpses might give me your sad case of stupidity. Let's just do what we came here to do."
"Goodie." Emerald said. He pulled out a lighter and looked at the surrounding area. "Oh, the boss' big plan is frightful, and the fire is so delightful, and since there's no place left to turn, let it burn. Let it burn. Let it burn."





"Anything?" Pinkie Pie asked as she lifted a small rock beside the Spirit Portal.
"Nothing." Rarity said during her search.
"Hey, Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said. She pointed at Discord, who was laying back on a lawn chair sipping a lemonade glass... without the lemonade. "Why don't you get your friend to make himself useful?"
"Um, Discord." Fluttershy said approaching the draconequus. "What are you doing?"
"Sunbathing." Discord answered. "And I've got to say, the glow from that portal is an excellent substitute for UV ray lights. It's a lot cheaper than going to an actual spa."
"Well, maybe you could put in a little effort in helping us find out what happened to that airbender." Fluttershy said.
"Hey, I'm not the one holding back." Discord said. "Twilight hasn't been using the right spell."
"What?" Twilight asked.
"Can't you use a spell to create a flashback of what happened here?"
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
"I've never practiced that spell," Twilight said, "But I suppose it's worth a shot."
As Twilight began to illuminate her horn, images of the past flashed before everyone's eyes. While everyone was distracted, Discord leaned his head closer to Mako.
"Hey, kid, what's the big deal?" Discord asked.
"What?" Mako asked.
"When Twilight suggested to come back to Republic City, you hesitated." Discord said. "It's like you didn't want to come here."
"Maybe you didn't notice, Discord," Mako said, "But we're trying to look for Korra."
"I didn't forget." Discord said. "Look, I'm the master of chaos and confusion. And right now, I can tell that you're very confused about something... or maybe someone. Is it... your brother?"
"Don't bring it up again." Mako said. "Bolin and I are... in a complicated place right now."
"I found something." Twilight said. She pointed at the two creatures paused snatching Ryu from the ground.
"Wow, when they said flying fish-creatures, they weren't kidding." Rarity said.
"Maybe it's revenge of the sushi." Pinkie Pie said.
"Hang on." Twilight said. "I feel like I've seen them before. They kinda look like..."
"GUYS!" Spike cried from afar. Everyone saw him running from the hill. "You've got to see this!"
Everyone followed Spike down the bottom of the hill. They found a man spasming around on the ground.
"What in tarnation?" Applejack asked.
"Who is that?" Starlight asked.
Mako knelt down and rolled the man on his back. Mako widened his eyes as he recognized him. "It's Ryu. He's one of the kidnapping victims. I think he's hurt."





And that's how the hospital got its latest patient. The doctors had Ryu strapped to a table and rolled it into a large room. Twilight and her friends followed.
"Is he going to be all right?" Starlight asked.
"Hard to say." the doctor said. "I think..."
"AAAAAHHHHH" Ryu shouted in pain. "THE MAN! THE MAN WITH THE METAL EYE! AND THE MAN WEARING AMON'S MASK!"
"What?" Mako asked. "Amon's mask?!"
"Who's Amon?" Starlight asked.
Suddenly, the a bright green tail emerged from the table surprising everyone. They followed the tail, and it starts where Ryu's legs should be. The doctors tried to hold him down, but they weren't strong enough. As Ryu's physical appearance changed, the doctors were knocked back. When everyone got a clear look, they saw what Ryu was changed into.
The bottom half of Ryu's body was like a fish, but the top half was like a fanged pony. His green scaled were outlined when he growled at them.
"Well, that's a new one." Applejack said.
"No." Twilight gasped. "It can't be. He's... a siren?"
"Get back!" Mako exclaimed as he prepared to firebend.
Suddenly, before Ryu could charge at them, a golden, transparent blast hit him to the wall. In the confusion, Ryu floated up and charged out of a window.
"What was that?" Discord asked looking at where the blast came from.
Everyone gazed at the hospital door and watched in amazement as five new figures walked through.
Twilight was the most confused of them all. "What are you doing here?"
One of the new arrivals was a grown woman with glowing glyphs across her face matching the blast. Another was a human girl with a black leather jacket and gold-and-red hair. There was also a human boy with black hair and black clothes. The last two didn't look remotely human. One of them was like a walking wolf made of metal. The other looked exactly like Twilight, but with a superhero costume.
"Looks like someone needs... a hospital." the wirewolf exclaimed with pride. All that got was the glances of his companions. "What? That sounded cool."
"No." the dark-haired boy said. "No, it didn't, you dunce."