//------------------------------// // Another Day // Story: Foretellers // by Fear Ripper //------------------------------// Over the city of Equestria Town, a portal appeared in the sky. Exiting the portal were the Foretellers, mounting their key-beasts. They settled at the threshold of their mansion and dispelled their beasts. All with solemn expressions on their faces. “That was rough. Did we really need to lie to them?” Kira asked. Dan nodded. “It was Zeke’s, or rather Drezke’s, decision to ask us. We gotta respect it.” Jenny scratched her nape and sighed. “Yeah, but it was still tough though. We just had to tell his whole family he “died.” Not the best experience in the world.” “All we can do is move on. We’ll see Zeke again, hopefully, whole.” Lan said. The all started walking towards their front door. The moment they opened the door, they saw the Dazzlings on the other side. “Oh, you’re awake,” Lan said surprised. The three Sirens smiled nervously. “Y-yeah…” they stood there awkwardly for a while, not knowing what to say. Alex clapped to break the silence. “Well since we’re all here, and it’s still morning, why not have breakfast? It’s my turn to cook after all.” The next thing they knew, all of them were sitting in the dining room together. The Foreteller siblings idly chatting and eating the pancake breakfast Alex prepared, while the Sirens were just staring at their food and fidgeted nervously. “You know,” Lan said to the Sirens, noticing they were nervous. “They say you eat with your eyes first, but I’m pretty sure you’d be full by now.” he joked. The three of them hesitated, before finally digging into their breakfast. After taking another sip of his coffee Lan spoke again. “So, do you three have a plan for the future?” He got straight to the point. The room fell into silence as the Foretellers waited for the Sirens answer. Aria sighed. “Honestly, we don’t know. After everything that happened last night, I guess I can speak for all of us when I say that we’re a little lost.” Sonata nodded. “We’ve been in this world for a long time, and we’re so used to using out magic like we used too.” “Although now that we’ve had a change of heart, we’re not doing that again. Even if we wanted to, we don’t have our magic anymore.” Adagio said, motioning to he discolored jewel in her choker. The Foretellers nodded understandingly. “Well, you could always stay at Canterlot High. Go to classes, make friends, be normal teenage girls… Well normal as you can get with a school full of Keyblade wielders.” Dan suggested. Aria snorted. “Yeah like they would welcome us there, I sure wouldn’t. We brainwashed most of them and almost killed them with those Unversed. Pretty sure we’re the last people they would want to see again.” “Well, like we said last night it won’t be easy,” Jenny added. “You did some bad that much is obvious, and you can’t change that. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do better for the future. Not everyone is going to forgive you just like that, it’s your job to earn it. On the bright side though, I can already think of a few who already accept you.” Sonata tilted her head. “Who?” Alex chuckled, “Well you’re in our house, and eating our food. It goes without saying that we already accept you. As well as Sunset and the other Rainbooms, so you won’t be totally alone.” “So what will it be?” Kira finally asked. The Sirens looked unsure at first. Although, after exchanging looks as if they were talking to each other, they came to a final agreement. “Alright, we’ll stay,” Adagio answered, with her sisters nodding in agreement. “Yeah! I wanna know what it’s like to make friends for one.” Sonata cheered. “I’m tired of moving around anyways. It’s a nice enough a place to settle down in.” Aria said. “But we have another problem.” “What?” Kira asked. “We… don’t exactly have a place to stay.” “Really?” Dan asked. “Where were you staying before?” “We stayed at a hotel in town,” Adagio answered. “We used out magic to… persuade them to let us stay for free. But that’s not an option now.” “You could always stay with us,” Lan said suddenly, shocking the Sirens and surprising his siblings. “I mean we have more than enough space in this big mansion. But, you’ll have to pull your own weight around here.” This time without hesitation, the Sirens accepted his offer. Lan clapped his hands together. “Well, I guess that wraps up our morning. It’s about time we get ready for another day at school.” The Foretellers stood up and proceed to prepare for their day. Lan turned back to the Sirens and smiled, “All of us.” (Lan Report 4) Well, that’s the end of another report. Been a while since I did one of these. “Okay, I think I got my second wind.” Adagio’s voice called out to me. I’ve been training with Adagio for a majority of the morning. Ever since they decided to join our unions, they have been taking their training very seriously. It seems like from they have somewhat prior combat training from their own experiences back in Equestria. At the moment, Adagio and I were training in the front yard of Foreteller mansion. The two of us were taking a quick break, so I decided to write a quick report. I close my laptop and stood across from her. Unicornis materializing in my hand, and a Starlight in hers. “Are you ready?” I ask. “Ready, ” She sang out the last part. At that, we resumed her training. Her fighting style was well balanced between the physical and magical aspects of the Keyblade. Which is ideal for those in the Unicornis Union, but as the sparing goes on I can spot some obvious flaws. She’s too brash when attacking, not thinking out some of the moves she makes and relying too much on instinct. Adagio panted tiredly as she stood across from me. “You’ve improved quite a bit, considering how long you have been training under use. Why not call this a day?” I asked. She smirked and rose her Keyblade again. “Sorry master, but I'm not done yet. I may be just a beginner, but my goal today is to at least knock you on your butt.” I sighed at her stubbornness, but I can respect her spirit. “Alright then, let’s make this out the last stand. Come at me!” She charged with all her might, and I kept my guard up ready for anything. Although, in the midst of her attack, neither of us noticed a miscellaneous stone on the ground. Before either of us noticed she tripped. She started barreling towards me, and in my attempt to catch her she plowed right onto my chest knocking both of us over. “*Grunt.* Here’s a lesson for the both of us, always be aware of your surroundings. The most superfluous of items could turn the tides of any fight.” I said as I lifted my head off the ground. When I did I found myself staring at the deep, dazzling (pun not intended), razzberry eyes of my student. Her head was resting on my chest as she was also staring back at me. We stayed in this position for what seemed like hours when in reality it was a few seconds. All of a sudden her eyes and smile turned mischievous. “Well, look at that. Looks like I did manage to knock you down.” She said. I chuckled. “Looks like it. I guess I shouldn’t underestimate any of my students. Are you gonna get up now?” She hummed, still having that strangely attractive, mischievous look. “I don’t know. I kind of like it here. Why don’t we stay like this for a while?” She started slowly crawling closer to my face. She was so close that our noses were practically touching. I couldn’t find any words to say, and I could feel my face heating up. “But probably not for too long, I wouldn’t want to make them too jealous.” Them? All of a sudden, I started feeling a familiar dark presence. I slowly turn my head, to see my four girlfriends glaring at us. “Hey, there suga’,” AJ said slowly. I started sweating profusely. “H-hey girls. What are you doing here?” “We came here to see if you wanted to go out for lunch,” Fluttershy said with a dark whisp to her words. Rarity’s brow started to twitch. “But it seems like you skipped all the way to dessert.” Sunset started tapping her foot on the ground. “Is there something you want to tell us, babe?” Before I could say anything, Adagio shot to her feet. “Well our morning training is over, I’m gonna go freshen up. See you later Master.” She sped off into the mansion, leaving me alone of my “loving” girlfriends. Oh boy. (3rd’s P.O.V) “Rainbow, I’m still curious about why you wanted to go to the music store,” Dan ask his girlfriend. It was another day in Equestria Town. After the latest battle, it was agreed by all of the Foretellers that they would take some time off. Today Dan spending time with Rainbow Dash, who wanted to go to the music store. “I wanted to get a new guitar. Since out Keyblades stopped shifting into instruments I was stuck with my normal guitar. I grew kind of attached to the design, so I want to see if Vinyl could help me with some custom fitting.” She explained, motioning to the guitar case on her back. He raised my brow. “And why exactly did I have to accompany you?” She swiftly wrapped her arms around him and fluttered her eyelashes. “Because I’m your girlfriend and you love me.” “*Sigh* Well that's not wrong.” He said. A slight smile crept across his lips as they continue their walk to the music store. They finally make it. The two of them entered the store to see Vinyl behind the counter not noticing them, but also saw a technicolored bat flying around the store with a guitar in its claws. Which happens to be a Spirit Komory Bat. “Ahem.” Dan coughed. She turned towards the pair, but then they widened under her shades as she saw me. “Master!?” she shouted in surprise. That moment the Komory Bat dispersed and dropped the guitar it was carrying. Dan’s eyes narrowed. “Vinyl Scratch. You weren’t misusing your Dream Eaters were you?” Vinyl smiled nervously, “N-n-no! Of course not. I just needed it for that one time cause it was too heavy.” *Stare~* Dan’s stare intensified as she leans in closer to Vinyl. Vinyl got more nervous under the intense stare down, but a red hue covered her cheeks. Which went unnoticed by Dan, but not Rainbow who gained a mischievous smirk. ‘Oh-ho-ho~. I know what that means.’ Rainbow thought to herself Dan backed off and sighed. “Well I’ll exempt it this once, but let’s not make it a habit of this. Dream Eaters are for aiding us in battle, and to be our companions.” Dan’s own Komory Bat appeared on his shoulder as he puts it. “Not for being lazy. Understand?” “Yes, Master.” Vinyl bowed her head. “Also, I hope you didn’t give any other of your Union members the same idea.” “Vinyl!” Octavia entered the room from the back door. But behind her was a Kooma Panda Spirit behind her, dragging in a crate of boxes. “The new shipments came in.” She paused, realizing Dan was there. “O-oh! Hello Master Dan.” Dan’s glare was now zeroed in on her, while Vinyl and Rainbow chuckled in the background. (Jenny’s P.O.V) *Clang!* *Bink!* *Crash!* “Gahh!” Hah~! Another day, another training session. Today, I’m sparing with my boyfriend, Flash Sentry. Yeah, you heard right, the two of us made it official. After that first coffee “date,” we went out a couple more times after that. One thing leads to another and we were dating, which makes this spar all the sweeter. Flash was one of the advanced students, so he was putting up quite the fight. We were sparing on the football field, both of us were panting tiredly. We’ve been at it for some time, so that’s understandable. In his hands was his true Keyblade, Fate of the Wolf. “You’ve gotten pretty tough Flash. Have you been training behind my back?” I asked, teasing him. Flash smirked. “*Huff! Huff!* Well, I can’t get lazy now. I can’t call myself a member of the Ursus Union if I'm not as strong as a mountain.” He joked. “Strong as a mountain huh?” I said, preparing for a final strike. “Let’s see how you handle this. !” I dashed towards him with great speed. I didn’t give him enough time to dodge, so he could only block. Once I struck his key with mine, the force knocked him back ways before landing on his back. I walk up to him and laid down next to him. Both of us tired from our spare. “I guess I got more growing to do before I catch up to you.” He sighed out. I smiled, “Don’t beat yourself up over this. You’ve improved a lot. So much so that I could say that you’re close to your Mark of Mastery test. But for now, let’s rest up so we can go another round.” “Hehe, I’m not sure I have enough energy for another spar.” He chuckled. I smirked as I crawled up over him. “Have enough energy for this?” I locked my lips with his and start a make-out session. He separated for a second and said, “Well not that tired.” then we continue making out. Yeah, it's a good day. (Kira’s P.O.V) Hah~! I don’t like math! Today I wanted to catch up on some work that I still had when we were all gone in the Dream World. I’ve got everything up to point, except for my worst subject. Math! But at least I got a study buddy to help me. I called up Pip to see if he could help, since he is a straight-A student, and told him to meet me at the Cakes shop. Now I have a study buddy and a delicious milkshake! “Alright Kira, let’s work with the negative integers now,” Pip said. “Gahh! Can we take a break Pip? My brain hurts.” I whined. “We just took a break, Kira. Just so you can finish your third milkshake.” “I needed brain fuel!” I slump on the table. “Why do I need to study anyways. I’m a Keyblade Master! I fight evil and save worlds!” “But you’re also a high school student, so studying is important too,” Pip said as a matter of fact. Well, he was right, but that didn’t stop me from using my secret weapon! Puppy dog eyes, go! I could see him struggle to define my power, but it was all for not! “Hah~. Okay, we’ll take a break. But after its straight back to studying!” He tried to be first. Keyword tried. It was cute how he was trying to be intimidating. (Alex’s P.O.V) This. Is. Tense. When Pinkie invited me over to her place for Netflix and Chill, I thought it was the kind of chill. Not literally watching Netflix and Chilling, but that’s not the tense part. Her sisters decided to join us. Now I have nothing against any of the pie sisters, but our first encounter was anything but a warm welcome. I was trying to make a good impression on her family, just a simple hello. Although I didn’t expect them to be so protective of Pinkie. The first time I met Maud she threatened to throw a bolder on me if I hurt her sister. Not her pet rock who is named bolder mind you. Limestone did the same, but with a lot more emotion and colorful language. Marble tried to be threatening, but it only made her more adorable. I had to act afraid, so I would hurt her feelings. I’ve talked to them more and several occasions and things seemed to be going well. I felt like they were starting to warm up to me. But for some reason I’m feeling the tension in the air. Right now we were watching one of Pinkie’s favorite movies, “Stormy with a said of Pudding.” It was making me hungry, and it doesn’t help that Pinkie at all the popcorn. “Oopsies! Out of popcorn. I better get some more.” She got up to leave. “Um. Why don’t I come with you?” I tried to get out of the tense situation. “Nah don’t be silly. I’m just getting popcorn. Wait here and enjoy the movie, you’ll enjoy the next part.” She said leaving the room. Here I am, focusing all of my attention on the movie, trying to avoid the tension I feel from the sisters. “So Alex,” Maud suddenly spoke. “How are things between you and our sister?” “Um, great. Yeah, everything's going perfectly fine.” I said nervously. “Yeah, we could probably guess that,” Lime said harshly. “She talks about you all the time. About how her training going, about your dates, and activities.” She smirked. I immediately knew what she meant. “She tells you about that stuff!?” “She tells us everything.” Marble side quietly, and tried to hide behind her hair. “Most of the time she’s very detailed about it.” I feel the weight shift on the couch I was sitting on. Maud had been shuffling closer to me until she was right next to me. “It makes me want to see if you’re everything she says you are.” She said seductively, sliding her hand closer to my inner thigh. I jerked back. “W-w-what are you doing? You know I’m dating your sister!” I stuttered. Suddenly Lime slung her arm over my shoulder and pressed her bust against my arm. “C’mon big guy. You say you can’t handle all of us Pie’s?” She teased. “But I’m not cheating on your sister!” I said, trying to get out of the situation. Then I felt a weight on my lap, which is where marble decided to plant herself. “Is it cheating if she agrees to it?” she asked. Wait, what? “Hey!” Pinkie suddenly entered the scene, with a bowl of popcorn in her arms. “How could you…” “P-Pinkie! It’s not what it looks li-!” “How could you start without me!” WhatX2? “Huh?” I asked dumbly. Pinkie smiled. “C’mon honey. You didn’t really think I actually meant Netflix and chill did you?” She laughed. “My sisters and I have been talking about this for a while now. I’ve been so happy being with you for the past few months, I wanted to share that happiness with my sisters. Who, in fact, have feelings for you too.” I look over to her sister, who all have blushes on their faces. “Plus this shouldn’t be anything new to you. Lan’s dating Sunset, Rarity, AJ, and Fluttershy. Why don’t we try that ourselves?” This is going to be a long day. (3rd person P.O.V) “*Pant! Pant! Pant!*” The sound heavy breathing and splashing could be heard. In the streets of a dark, rainy city, ran a man wearing a black armored jumpsuit, and a mask that was half black and half bronze. He was holding his bleeding right arm as he ran as if he was afraid of something. He ducked into an alleyway, hoping to hide from whatever it is he was running from, only to have a Scraper Unversed appeared and slashed at him. Three slashed across his chest spilled blood as he fell on his back. “Stop running Slade. It’s really pathetic.” Suddenly, Crow drops down from above. Slade made a desperate attempt to escape, but a Bruiser cut him off. “You helped me conquer, you helped me crush those pesky titans, you gave me this power! In return I got you all that you ask for. That was our deal. This wasn’t part of it!” Slade yelled. “Yeah, you scratch my back and I scratch yours. Yadda, yadda. But you forget, we’re the bad guys. You were gonna screw me over if I didn’t first. Plus, the only thing I really needed was your heart. Don’t worry, it’ll be put to good use.” Crow summoned his Keyblade and stabbed Slade in the chest. Slade’s body disappeared, and his heart flowed into the keyblade. “Well, that’s another check off my list.” A Door To Darkness opened behind him, “One more step towards my goal. C’mon boys.” He walked through the Door with his Unversed following him.