Equestria is a special place home to many different kinds of creatures. Dragons, griffons, yaks, buffalo, donkeys, changelings, and so much more. But the most notable and ever growing population of creatures are ponies. The ponies ranged from unicorn, pegasi, and earth pony, with some other species like Crystal or Alicorn. But this is the story of how a group of ponies and their allies from another world came together and saved the land from total takeover.
In the kingdom of Canterlot, ponies from all across the land were gathering together to partake in the newest celebration to ever be held. The Festival of Friendship.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
See the ponies trottin' down the street
Equestria is where they wanna meet
They all know where they wanna go
And they're trottin' in time
And they're trottin', yeah
They got the beat
They got the beat
They got the beat
Yeah, they got the beat
Go-go music really makes us dance
Do the pony, puts us in a trance
Do the watusi, just give us a chance
That's when we fall in line
'Cause we got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah, we got it!
In the kingdom square, ponies were all gathering together as excitement was in the air. The Festival of Friendship was underway as many were decorating and bringing out delectable treats to be served.
In the sky Rainbow Dash was clearing the clouds away so it would be bright and sunny, "Sky's cleared and ready for the festival!" she flew down.
On the ground level, Pinkie was busy making balloon animals, and had just finished making one of Discord. Unfortunately air started leaking from one of the balloons and was strong enough to push her back. Fluttershy was conducting an orchestra of birds, until the balloon flew past her, and Pinkie chased after it, "Heads up, Fluttershy! Out of control balloooooon!"
She ended up causing the birds to disperse, but Fluttershy comforted one, "I don't think it's the balloon that's out of control, Pinkie Pie!"
Walking over while carrying a cart was Applejack, "Hey, ya'll. Anypony up for some free samples of my family's apple cider? "
Upon hearing that, Rainbow flew past A.J snatching the cup, "Thank you!" she flew back giving her the empty cup, "Loved it!"
Rarity was adding a gem to a bow decorated around a huge stage, and Rarity being who she was was making sure it looked just right. Applejack had to comment, "Wow, Rarity. It's a fine job you're doin' there. 'Course it might not get done 'til after the concert." she noted that the stage needed more decorations to be added.
"Applejack, darling, anypony can do "fine"," Rarity began, "Twilight asked me, so clearly, she's going for fabulous, and fabulous takes time."
"Fabulous takes forever!" Rainbow complained, before smirking, "But "awesome"..." she flew super fast around the whole stage. She flew past Fluttershy making her dizzy, "Can get done in four seconds flat!" she said as they noticed all the bows were uneven and sloppily hung, "Faster if I do my sonic rainboom!" she was about to fly up until Rarity screamed.
"No, no, oh no! Don't you dare, Rainbow Dash! It looks wretched enough already." a diamond fell from one of the sloppy bows.
"Oh come on, it's fine!" the pegasus complained.
"If you were raised in a barn!" Rarity's eyes widened when she realized what she said, and turned to A.J, "Ahem, no offense, Applejack."
"None taken. Especially since I wasn't raised in a barn," A.J began, as she kept filling up cups of apple cider that was being snatched by Rainbow, "My family just happens to have a barn. Where I was born. And... spent most of my formative years..." Rainbow answered for her.
"Raised in a barn!"
Suddenly taking the five ponies by surprise was a portal that opened up out of thin air. Stepping out of the portal was who else but their mutant ninja and human allies. Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, April, Casey, Karai, Shini, and Sunset Shimmer."
"Hey, all. We're here." Leo greeted
"Leo! Guys!" Pinkie cheered, as she embraced Mikey.
"No trouble getting here I hope?" Rarity inquired.
"No, my patented dimensional portal ray worked like a charm." Donnie motioned to a ray he was holding.
"Good because the festival wouldn't be right if you guys weren't here." Pinkie said.
"We wouldn't have missed it for the world." Sunset replied.
Suddenly the girls saw someone else coming out of the portal. The figure was a robot pony with pixelated eyes. It looked down at himself and spoke, "Well, this is quite the look for me."
"It looks like the convergence worked well on you, Fugitoid." Donnie said.
"What about my brain? How does it look?" Fugitoid asked, as the top of his head opened up and his brain levitated up. This sight got the ponies repulsed, as April looked it over.
"Looks in one piece, Professor." she assured.
"Oh, thank heavens." Fugitoid's brain went back into his head that closed up.
"Who is that?" Fluttershy motioned to the robot.
"Girls, this is an old friend of ours, Professor Zayton Honeycutt." Leo introduced them.
"A pleasure to meet you, girls," Fugitoid bowed his head in respect, before raising a hoof, "Now-now, there's no need for you to introduce yourselves. I know your counterparts very well. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy."
"This is the guy who sacrificed himself to save your world?" Rainbow asked Casey.
"You bet, Rainbow." Casey confirmed.
Walking up to them was their mutant pony friend Blade Swipe, "Good to see you all again."
"Hey, Blade, how's it going?" Raph asked, as the two high fived.
"All good, Raphael."
"You on guard duty here or are you allowed to join in the festivities?" Leo asked.
"A little bit of both." Blade admitted.
"So this Festival of Friendship was Twilight's idea?" Shini inquired.
"Yes, and she left each of us in charge to do our part." Rarity confirmed.
Karai noticed the sloppy bows, "Looks like you're losing your touch, Rarity."
Rarity gasped at the insult, "This was not my doing, Karai. This was Rainbow Dash's."
"Figures since they're not neatly done." Donnie noted.
"Where is Twilight anyway?" Leo wondered.
"There she is over there." Blade motioned behind them.
Coming over was Twilight checking over a list with Spike at her side, "Okay, just two hundred and eighteen things left to do and we're ready."
"Hey, Twilight!" the girls greeted her.
"Hello, Spike." Rarity greeted her little admirer.
Spike seeing he was noticed by her waved sheepishly, "Uh, hi, Rarity. Heh heh."
"Twilight!" Leo called.
Twilight looked and saw Leo and the others. She smiled brightly and cheered, "Leo!" she went over and embraced him, "It's good to see you again. All of you."
Fugitoid approached with Sunset and greeted, "Princess Twilight."
"Fugitoid?" Twilight gasped, "It really is you! I know Sunset told me she found your head and helped my counterpart build you a new body but I just can't believe you're really back."
"And I'm glad I am. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to attend this most auspicious occasion."
"Seems you're really going all out on this." Sunset looked around.
"So, Twi, how'd it go with the other Princesses? They like your idea?" Applejack asked.
"I bet they loved it!" Pinkie cheered.
"What idea?" April wondered.
Spike explained, "Twilight wanted the Princesses to use their magic to help make a light show for Songbird Serenade's performance."
"Who's Songbird Serenade?" Raph asked, as Rarity gasped in shock.
"Who is Songbird Serenade?! Raphael, she is only one of the biggest pop stars in Equestria, and the main event here at the Festival of Friendship."
"That important, huh?" he asked.
Leo spoke to Twilight, "So did they like your idea?"
Twilight sighed, "Not exactly. They think I can make today perfect without their magic."
"And they are absolutely right, darling," Rarity agreed, while fixing the bows, "This festival is your brilliant idea and we know you're up to the task!"
"That's right. You've done so much without the need of their help." Leo added.
Suddenly Twilight went into panic mode, "But what if I'm not?! What if Songbird Serenade hates the stage?! Or nopony makes a new friend?! And if I fail at the festival, then who am I?!"
"Twilight, calm down!" Leo called, snapping her out of it, "Panicking about it won't solve anything."
"Leo's right. You've done so much before in the past and it all worked out even if things got hairy." Mikey put in.
Pinkie slid in and gripped Twilight's face, "Twilight, look at me! This will be the biggest celebration Equestria has ever seen! As the Princess of Friendship, you cannot fail! This day will define who you are! The pressure is intense! It's almost too much for any single pony to handle!" she screamed.
"Pinkie!" Raph shouted for making it worse on Twilight.
Pinkie dropped the serious tone and acted like her usual self, "But you have us! So stop worrying."
April spoke, "As oddly as she put that, she is right. You're never alone in this, Twilight."
"You'll always have us." Karai agreed.
"Indubitably." Fugitoid confirmed.
"What say we all help out with final preparations?" Leo suggested.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Donnie agreed.
"Well, why not?" Raph asked.
"Oh, this is so exciting!" Mikey cheered.
Twilight smiled knowing her friends were right. This was no time to panic, because they had work to be done. Applejack started off with a song.
Applejack:
It's time to show 'em what you've got
Rarity:
It's time to go and get things done
Fluttershy:
But you don't have to do it on your own
Pinkie Pie:
'Cause you've got friends right here to make it fun
Girls:
We got this, you got this
We got this together
And so everyone got to work with Rainbow Dash and Casey bringing Twilight and Spike up into the sky to clear more out of the clouds away.
Rainbow Dash:
Sometimes the pressure gets you down
And the clouds are dark and grey
Casey:
Just kick them off and let the sun shine through
Rainbow Dash:
And scary as it seems, more help is on the way
'Cause friends have friends that wanna help out, too
The Wonderbolts joined in and helped the two pegasi clear the clouds away.
Rainbow Dash, Casey, and Wonderbolts:
We got this, you got this
We got this together
Across the festival the ponies were all getting ready with their dimensional friends pitching in.
Crowd:
It's the Festival of Friendship
And we can get it done
A festival that they won't forget
A party to be proud of
A day of games and fun
Just you wait and see
A magic day in perfect harmony
Over by an animal pen, Fluttershy and April were with the birds and other animals.
Fluttershy:
You got this
April:
We got this.
Fluttershy and April with bird whistling:
We got this together
Applejack was handling snacks with Raph and Karai helping out.
Applejack:
With friends and family, you are never alone
Raph:
If you need help, we've got your back
Karai:
You can be honest, let your problems be known
Applejack and Apple family:
'Cause you got us to pick up the slack
We got this
Big McIntosh:
Eeyup!
Apple family:
We got this together
At the stage, Rarity, Shini, and Donnie were decorating the stage by fixing the bows, while Spike was trying to sneak some gems to snack on, until Rarity offered him a basket of them.
Rarity:
Pay attention to the details
Every gem even-spaced
Make the colors perfect
Spike:
Takin' one or two to taste
Shini:
Inside and out, beautiful throughout
Donnie:
Generosity is what we're all about
Spike with a full mouth:
You got this
Rarity:
You got this
Rarity, Shini, Donnie, and Spike:
We got this together
Twilight walked with Sunset, Leo, Fugitoid and Blade and began voicing her feelings.
Twilight Sparkle:
Today needs to be perfect, it all comes down to me
I don't know if I'm ready
For all the things they need me to be
I am the Princess of Friendship
But that is more than just a crown
It's a promise to bring ponies together
And never let anypony down
Meanwhile, Pinkie and Mikey were busy baking with Pinkie using a bizarre contraption to mix batter in a huge bowl.
Pinkie Pie:
We've got an awful lot to bake
Each pony needs a piece of cake
Mikey:
Oh, wait! There's something better we can do
We're gonna need some more supplies
Pinkie:
To make a really big surprise
She'll be so shocked—she's sure to love it, too!
The two began building something at a fast pace.
Pinkie:
You got this!
Mikey:
We got this together!
All:
It's the Festival of Friendship
Together we are one
A day we will never forget
And now everything is ready
So when the day is done
Rainbow Dash and Casey:
The weather
Applejack, Karai, and Raph:
The banquet
Rarity, Shini, and Donnie:
The style
Fluttershy and April:
And music
All:
All will be in perfect harmony!
A giant party cannon rolled in and launched something into the air. Coming down were five layers of cake that landed on both Twilight and Leo. The cake melted and the two were covered in frosting
"Pinkie!" Twilight shouted.
"Mikey!" Leo shouted to his brother, as a lit candle landed on his muzzle.
Pinkie and Mikey poked their heads out of the party cannon, "Sorry, guys!" Mikey called.
"Guess my easy bake confetti cake cannon needs a little bit more fine tuning!" Pinkie grinned.
"Obviously." Donnie crossed his arms.
Twilight blew the candle on Leo's muzzle out and groaned. Suddenly ponies started gasping as one spoke, "Songbird Serenade! Is it really her? It is!"
Two security guard ponies in suits and sunglasses made was as another pony emerged from the crowd. She was a pegasus with a lime greenish white coat. Her mane was very dark persian blue with dark grayish persian blue highlights and also pale gold and light gamboge highlights. Her hair had a big pink bow in it, while her hair covered over her eyes. Her cutie mark was a white cloud with six heart shaped raindrops colored red, orange, yellow, blue, green, and violet.
"How can she see through that hair?" Raph asked his bros who were just as curious.
"Hiya," Songbird greeted, "I'm lookin' for the pony in charge?" she did some poses, as Photo Finish took her picture, "I need to set up for my sound check."
Twilight got herself together and stepped out of the cake nervously, "Ms. Songbird Serenade? Um, I was just going to check on you," she laughed nervously, "I'm Princess Twilight, and sorry about the mess. I'm usually not so..." she accidentally wiped off some frosting that got on Songbird's outfit.
"Caked in cake?" Songbird joked, as Twilight laughed nervously.
One of the guards spoke to the other, "You have visual on buttercream?"
"Visual confirmed. Go for cleanup." the other said and with one wipe off Songbird Serenade was clean.
Leo approached, "Ms. Serenade. I am Leonardo. On behalf of Princess Twilight, my brothers, my friends, and I wish to welcome you to the Festival of Friendship."
Songbird smiled, "Welcome graciously appreciated."
Suddenly a thunderclap was heard and everyone was suddenly confused. They looked up at the sky seeing something dark rolling in, "Storm clouds?" Twilight gasped, "I ordered perfect weather! Rainbow Dash?!" she turned to her fast friend thinking this was a prank.
"Uh... I... don't think those are storm clouds." Rainbow replied.
"And they're not. It's smoke!" Donnie gasped.
"But what's producing it?" Fugitoid wondered.
Emerging from the smoke cloud was a giant dark airship. But Pinkie being as deluded as she is spoke all excited, "Ooh! I bet those are the clowns I ordered!"
"I don't think clowns arrive by a dark blimp, Pinkie." April replied.
The ship started touching down knocking over some towers in the process. One of which landed on a balloon stand destroying it, "Or definitely not the clowns I ordered." Pinkie corrected herself.
A ramp came down squashing a balloon animal, "Brian, no!" Party Favor cried.
"He never stood a chance." Mikey sighed.
The ponies and even the three princesses saw coming down and carrying a dark box was a dark gray furred hedgehog creature with white spikey hair. Casey spoke to his friends, "Is that a hedgehog?"
The others didn't have time to answer, as the hedgehog sat the box down and it opened up. Extending from it was a horn device, and he spoke into it, "Ponies of Equestria, we come on behalf of the fearsome, the powerful, the almighty... Storm King!" tapestries laid out on the ship of a white furred ape man.
Blade gasped, "Oh no. Not him."
"Blade, you know that guy?" Leo wondered, but the hedgehog continued.
"And now, to deliver the evil, evil message, put your hooves together for Commander Tempest!"
"Tempest?" Blade gasped, as they saw another come down the ramp.
It was a unicorn wearing black body armor. She had a dark orchid coat, her mane was moderate rose with lighter edges, and her eyes were moderate opal. What was shocking was this unicorn had a stub of a horn almost like it was broken off and was sparking.
"Is that a unicorn?" Casey asked.
"Looks like it, but what happened to her horn?" Donnie asked, as April and Shini put a hoof onto their horns knowing how it breaking off would hurt.
The three princesses descended, as Celestia spoke up, "Tempest is it? How may we help you?"
Tempest smirked, "Oh, I'm so glad you asked. How about we start with your complete and total surrender?"
The Princesses were concerned, until Blade Swipe stepped forward looking angry, "Tempest Shadow! You have a lot of nerve showing your face here!"
Tempest looked down at Blade looking amused, "Blade Swipe, still in one piece I see?"
"Yeah. No thanks to you!" Blade replied as he stood his ground and pointed accusingly at her, "You and the Storm King are not welcomed here!"
Twilight popped out nervously, and decided to try and ease the growing tension, "Hi there. Princess of Friendship. Not exactly sure what's going on, but I know we can talk things out."
"Oh, goody. All four Princesses," she said dryly, before coming down, "Here's the deal, ladies. I need your magic. Give it up nicely, please, or we make it difficult for everyone!"
Luna spoke up, "And why should we cower before you? There's one of you and hundreds of us." the ninjas got in a stance feeling ready to fight.
Tempest only chuckled, "I was hoping you'd choose "difficult"." more airships arrived and dropping down from them were creatures with bulky physiques, hunched backs, gray coats, white hair, and black mask-like faces.
"What the heck are these things?" Raph asked in disbelief.
"Who cares what they are," Casey replied, "Now we have something to fight!" he dawned his metal hockey mask.
"Ninjas, take them down!" Leo ordered, as they went into battle.
"Tempest is mine!" Blade ran to the unicorn, only for her to jump up and kick a green glowing rock at the alicorns.
Cadence used her shield to protect them, but it passed through and hit her. To everyone's shock she started turning to stone, "Cadence!" Celestia cried.
"I can't stop it!" She cried, as her entire body turned to a stone.
Celestia turned to her younger sister, "Luna, quick! Go south beyond the Badlands! Seek help from the Queen of the Hippo-." she was cut off as Tempest hit her with a green rock turning her to stone as well.
Luna gasped, as she blasted the creatures and tried to get away, but Tempest nailed her as well. Luna began turning to stone and plummeted to the ground. Twilight used her magic to catch the petrified Princess to keep her from shattering, "Luna!" she cried.
Tempest launched another one in Twilight's direction. Leo who was fending off against some of the guards noticed this, "Twilight, no!" he cried.
The rock hit where she stood and the ninjas gasped. Tempest approached while laughing, "Easy as pie."
The hedgehog approached, "Oh, I love pie," he salivated, "Oh, you totally got the last princess."
When the green smoke cleared they notice it was Twilight, but some pony cosplaying as twilight with a fake unicorn horn, "That's not the Princess!" her broken horn sparked, "Grubber, get her now!"
Grubber in a panic ran off, "Guys! We gotta get the Princess!"
Tempest smashed Twilight's crown in anger, as Blade Swipe jumped in and fought her, "You left me to perish in the Serpent Canyon!"
"It was nothing personal. You know the Storm King's policy for dead weight. If it can't keep up it needs to be ditched." Tempest answered with not a hint of guilt.
"Yeah I know that too well." he squinted his eyes
"And why are you sticking your neck out for these ponies, Mr. I hate Ponykind?" Temepst challenged him.
"That was different then! I was foolish and blinded by hate. But not anymore. Now I fight evil!" the two continued to clash.
All across the festival ponies were running in fear while trying to escape only for the creature to catch them. But the ninjas were all around fighting back against them. The brothers used their ninjitsu skills to avoid the creatures while dishing out their own blows. Karai shifted into a serpent to slink around them and strike. Casey used his goalie stick and bat to swat at the guards, "These guys ain't so tough." he got swatted form behind.
Raph landed by his side while knocking one away, "Yeah, if you stay focused."
"Cowabunga!" Mikey swung his chucks around while nailing two guards.
April swung her tessen nailing a few guards in the face, as Sunset launched her kunai at them. Fugitoid was galloping around, "Oh, if only I could help my friends, but on all fours there's not much I can do!" suddenly as if responding to his words he started turning upward as his robot body converted to an anthro mode, "Oh, this will do!" he held out his arms as his blasters were engaged, and he began shooting his opponents.
"Over here, ya'll!" Applejack called, as the girls, Spike, and the ninjas followed them.
Blade seeing this, swiped his sword at Tempest releasing his lightning power. Tempest was knocked off her hoofs, as Blade spoke, "We'll be back." he ran after to follow his friends.
They all reached a bridge above the river, until their retreat was cut off by two guards, "We're trapped!" Mikey cried.
Twilight tried to blast them with her magic, but it was repelled off the guards shield and right onto the bridge they stood on. It broke and the group fell and screamed before plummeting into the river. They tried to keep their heads above the water, as April shouted, "Waterfall ahead!" the group fell down the waterfall and disappeared far below.
Grubber and two guards walked to the edge and looked down seeing it was a far drop, "Which one of you guys is going down there?" he asked the guards who growled in response, "I would, but I just had a hearty meal, and I will sink and I will side-cramp. I'm very big-boned. I sink quick." he said, as they walked away believing them to have perished in the fall. Things had just gotten very bad for Equestria and all the ponies as well.