Rough Times
(Kids' POV)
As the kids walked through Canterlot City, they looked glum.
"We'll never find our parents now!" Evan said.
"Shh! We don't need the PD taking us in and trying to call our parents, finding out they aren't around." Alex told her brother.
"But we have no clue where to go to locate them." Aric said, "Hikari was the closest link to our parents, but she was captured."
Jasmine sighed and turned on Flare's mini-com, "Any ideas, Flare?"
The holocat began searching her data bases, "Sorry, but I got nothing on where exactly the portals are located. All I do know is they are somewhere in the city."
"Great, cause that's oh so helpful." Ron groaned in annoyance.
The kids all stopped for a break to think.
Agatha leaned her arm against a wall, but her arm fell through the wall, "Dammit. Not again." She tried pulling her arm out, but failed, "A little help."
Liz giggled and walked up to Agatha and pulled on her other arm, until she came free, "You need to be more careful."
The two laughed.
But little did they know, two punk teenage boys came up from behind them and grabbed them, blinding them and covering their mouths.
None of the others noticed their absence. No one but Lilac.
She snuck off to follow them, while the others were busy arguing.
(Group POV)
(Unknown Warehouse)
Agatha and Liz were thrown on the ground, against walls.
"Ow. Who the fuck do you think you are?" Agatha yelled.
"Agatha... I don't like this place." Liz said.
The two of them were in some kind of abandoned warehouse.
"Whoever you are, you better let us go!" Agatha yelled.
"You two are in no place to be giving us orders." A boy's voice said.
"Oh come on, really? You think two girls can't take on two boys like yourselves?" Agatha called out.
"Agatha, I think you might want to shut up." Liz said.
"Your friend is right you know." The voice called back.
"And why should I? Huh?" Agatha said, "I could take on two of you easily." She tried using her powers, but nothing happened, 'Uh oh.'
"Is that so? Well how about more than two?" The voice said, chuckling.
Multiple boys walked out of the shadows. Both teens and young adults.
"I told you." Liz remarked.
"I can't use my powers for some reason. That was my only plan." Agatha whispered.
"Great." Liz hissed at Agatha, rolling her eyes.
One of the adults walked up to Agatha. He had black hair, and peach skin. He wore a spiked leather jacket, and gloves. His jeans were ripped on the knees. He looked at Agatha, "Hey, you remind of that Dark Steele kid. He frickin humiliated me and my two boys in highschool. You look very much like him."
"Isn't that your father's name?" Liz asked out loud, then she quickly covered her mouth, "Oopies."
"Ah, so you're his kid, huh." The man said, "I'm Black Heart, and I've wanted to beat the living shit out of your dad. But you'll do even better, beating his daughter in whatever ways I want." He grabbed Agatha's neck and lifted her off the ground.
Agatha gasped for breath, clawing at Black Heart's hand.
He then threw Agatha across the room, smashing her into a crate.
Black Heart chuckled and cracked his knuckles.
"Hey! Leave my sister alone!" A female voice called.
"Huh?" Black Heart said turning around. He saw Lilac standing in the doorway.
Liz gasped, "Lilac! Run! Go get help!"
But Lilac ignored her, "No one treats my sister that way!" A dark aura formed around her.
"Heh. Kid, you best get out of here before I'm forced to hurt you." Black Heart said.
"L-Lilac. Run." Agatha groaned in pain. Splinters of wood were in her clothes.
"I'm not leaving without my big sister." Lilac growled.
"Suite yourself." Black Heart said. He swung at her.
However, Lilac caught his hand.
"What the fuck?" Black Heart said shocked.
"I said, I'm not leaving, without, my, big, sister!" Lilac yelled. Suddenly a gust of wind pushed Black Heart across the room.
"AHH!" Black Heart yelled.
Lilac's aura grew larger, and her eyes began to turn red. A dark spear appeared in her hand.
"What the fuck!?" One of the teens yelled.
Lilac threw the spear at the teens, causing it to explode behind them, "You will all suffer!" She began throwing more spears.
(Group POV)
"Agatha! Lilac! Liz! Where are you!?" Aric shouted.
The others were looking for the three missing girls.
Sophie and Lily came back from the park, "Nothing. Not there."
"Not in any of the stores." Ronald said.
"No one's seen them at all." Jasmine said.
Swift was getting worried for Lilac. Then he heard the explosions, and saw smoke, "Hey! Look there!"
The others saw the smoke and ran to the source.
When they got to the building, they saw fires rising out of them.
"Oh no. Do you think they're inside?" Sophie said.
The building began to explode from the other end.
Aric saw the explosions getting closer, "GET DOWN!" He push the others down, just as the building exploded.
They were covered in rubble from the explosion.
(30 Minutes Later)
(Canterlot Hospital)
Agatha groaned, "Ugh. My head." Then she remembered Lilac's rampage and the warehouse exploding, "Liz! Lilac!"
"Relax, Aggie, we're right here." Liz said.
Agatha sighed, then she realized they were in the hospital.
She saw the Lilac was either asleep, or just unconscious. And back to normal, thank god.
'Poor, Lilac. What happened to you?' Agatha asked herself.
The door opened and the nurse walked in, "Oh good. At least two of you are awake."
"Where are the others?" Agatha asked.
"Your brothers and sisters are waiting out in the lobby with your aunts." The nurse said.
"Aunts?" Liz asked.
"Brothers and sisters?" Agatha said confused.
"Come in Miss Celestia." The nurse said.
The two girls exchanged looks.
They saw a female adult walk in. She wore a golden jacket with purple pants. Her hair was a mixture of light green, light blue and light pink with a sun belt across her waist.
"Hello girls." Celestia said.
Agatha and Liz looked at each other, then smiled weakly.
"Hi... Aunt Celestia." Agatha said.
"I was so worried for you three." Celestia said. Then she saw Lilac, "And I see young Lilac has taken the most of it."
Celestia turned to the nurse, "When will they be released?"
"Well, all three of them can be discharged today, but the young one will still need lots of rest." The nurse said.
"I understand that clearly. Thank you, Nurse Redheart." Celestia said. Then she looked at the girls, "Agatha, would you kindly get your sister please?"
Agatha got up and gently lifted Lilac into her arms.
The four of them walked out of the room, and to the lobby.
Liz and Agatha saw the others, sitting with another adult female. Her hair was a mixture of pale, light grayish persian blue and moderate phthalo blue; she had moderate cyan eyes; her skin was light phthalo blueish gray; and she wore a light blue short sleeved shirt and dark blue pants.
"Hello... children." She said.
"Let's not dilly dally here. We need to get home." Celestia said.
So the kids and the two sisters walked out of the hospital.
When they got outside, the kids stopped, and the adults instantly turned around.
"Ok, how do you know about us? Who are you really?" Aric said.
"We know more than just about you. We know your parents." Celestia said, "I was their principal in high school."
"And I was the vice principal, Luna." Luna said.
"Okay, but how do you know so much about us? And where to go to get us?" Lily asked.
"We had received a message from someone named Flare." Luna said.
Jasmine's mini-com beeped and blinked, "That would be me." Flare's holocat came out of the small device, "Hello."
"Invention of Tails and Twilight, I presume?" Celestia asked.
"Yes. But that is besides the point. You know about the kids' parents' origins. Where did they come from?" Flare asked.
"Well I know that Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer came from the portal at the school." Celestia said.
"Bring us there!" Aric shouted.
"Um Aric, I think we might want to wait until tomorrow morning." Sophie said pointing at the setting sun.
"But where are we staying?" Ron asked.
The others looked at him, "Really?"
"You are all welcome to stay with us for as long as you need." Celestia said.
"Thank you, Miss Celestia." Jasmine said.
"Oh please, just call me Celestia." She said smiling.
(Celestia and Luna's Home)
"Whoa." Was all the kids could say.
Because the two principals' house was huge, for just two people.
A large brown mansion sat on top of a great hill, surrounded by woods on all sides.
"You two livethere?" Spark asked.
"Yes we do. It's quiet here. Plenty of peace." Luna said.
"And plenty of animals in the gardens to keep us company." Celestia said.
Alex and Evan's eyes sparkled as they looked for animals amongst the trees and bushes.
(Later at Night)
After the kids finished having dinner, they went upstairs and got dressed, and ready for bed.
Luna and Celestia had clothes to lend to the kids, surprisingly, seeing as they didn't have kids of their own, or had too many visitors.
"Goodnight children." Celestia called up the stairs.
"Goodnight, Celestia. Goodnight Luna." They responded.
Celestia walked over to a recliner and sat down to read a book, "They're an awfully cute bunch of kids."
"They're nice. But do you really think it is wise to send them off without their parents? They're just kids." Luna asked her sister.
"Personally I do not think it is wise. But they need to do this. It is now their destiny, as it was once their parents'. The universe needs its new heroes." Celestia said.
(Upstairs)
Most of the kids had fallen asleep either in a bed, on the floor, or somewhere else in the spare bedroom.
Lily and Sophie were sleeping on opposite ends of the bed they shared. Aric had fallen asleep against the wall. Ron was sleeping on the floor, hat over his eyes. Alex and Evan had fallen asleep on the floor with a bunny between them. Liz had fallen asleep in a little nest she made out of blankets. Jasmine had fallen asleep snuggled in Spark's arms, with young Swift asleep next to them. And young Lilac had fallen asleep in Agatha's arms, who was sleeping in the recliner.
However, the kids were all having interesting dreams. For some of the dreams were crossing into others'.
(Nightmare/Dream)
(Sophie, Lily, Ron, and Aric)
Aric, Sophie, Lily, and Ron appeared standing on a mound of cool grass, the breeze causing it to sway carelessly to an earthen tune. Looking out from the serine hill was an unkindly sight. Death and destruction totaled the once beautiful landscape. Craters spotted the ground and the foul stench of searing flesh plagued the atmosphere.
"What happened here?" Aric asked, scanning the area.
"I don't like it here." Sophie said scooting closer to Aric.
Suddenly there was a loud explosion, coming from behind the four teens.
They turned and gasped.
Metal Overlord and the three Sirens in demon forms. And fighting with them, were none other than their parents.
Shadow, Silver, and Knuckles were fending off Metal Madness, but barely standing.
Pinkie, Rarity, and Applejack were fighting with the Sirens, but were badly hurt.
"Mom! Dad!" Lily shouted, running towards them. But she hit an invisible wall when she reached the division between the green hill, and the destroyed ground, "What the?" She put her hand out and felt the cold glass, on further inspection it was evident that the dome encapsulated the teens.
The other three ran up to the dome wall and watched the battle helplessly from their safe zone of wall.
Shadow threw a spear at Metal, but it bounced off him, doing no damage whatsoever.
"Nahahahaha! How pathetic." Metal cackled, his chromizioid voice shrill as it strived sadistic happiness.
Knuckles picked up a rock and threw it to Silver.
Silver used his telekinesis to throw the rock at Metal's face.
The rock smashed on his face, but he didn't even flinch. It was useless,the villains were too strong… they could not be touched by even the strongest of attacks...
Metal raised his claw and with the effort of brushing aside mere leaves he whacked the heroes, sending them hurling into a mountain.
"Shadow! Silver! Knuckles!" The girls shouted in vain
They were suddenly grabbed by their throats, by the Sirens' magic.
"You will all die now." They said in harmony.
The girls struggled for breath.
The boys groaned and were going to get them, when Metal Overlord hovered in front of them. His core glowed brightly, "And you three along with them!"
The kids gasped in horror and banged on the dome, yelling to their parents.
The girls began to go limp. And then nothing. Their bodies now looked less like people and more placid rag dolls. Their skin a purplish hue, bodies cold… lifeless… the fight they had within them gone, extinguished.
Overlord shot his core beam at the boys, incinerating them upon impact.
"NO!" The kids screamed. But of course they could not be heard. Their valiant screams echoed throughout the encompassing glass, the blows of their fists sending a vibration all around it. The calm breeze of the tranquil biom blew still, though now the peacefulness was more so a suffocating denial of what was happening on the outside. Their beloved parents being murdered in cold blood right before their eyes. The ones they lost, now just gone. There is no hope, just acceptance.
(Real World)
Sophie, Lily, Ron, and Aric woke up yelling in terror, breathing hard.
"That was the worst nightmare ever." Sophie shivered. She walked over to Aric and sat next to him, shaking in fear.
Aric was shake by the dream also. He took Sophie in his arms, hugging her to comfort her.
Lily quivered in fear, tears forming in her eyes. Until she felt someone hugging her. She looked up and saw Ron hugging her.
While the four were recovering from their nightmare, others were having similar nightmares.
(Dream/Nightmare)
(Swift, Jasmine, and Spark)
Swift, Jasmine, and Spark found themselves in the ruins of Crisis City, however didn't know where they were.
"What happened here?" Jasmine asked looking at the many fires and ruined buildings.
"Looks like nuclear fallout." Spark said.
Swift walked over to Jasmine and hugged her leg, "I don't like this place. Can we go home?"
Jasmine bent down to the little boy, "Of course we'll get home. I promise."
Jasmine stood up and looked around, "So, any ideas on how we're going to get home, Spark?"
No response.
"Spark?" Jasmine asked turning around. She gasped in horror.
Spark was being held by his throat, by some kind of metal woman, "Spark!"
"Run!" Spark yelled.
The metal woman turned around and Jasmine saw her face for the first time. But the face she saw, was all too familiar, "N-No. It can't be."
Mecha Lightning stared back at the young teen, red eyes glowing brightly.
Jasmine backed away, but she bumped into something. It felt like cold metal.
She turned quickly, and screamed at what she saw. All the Mobians and Equestria Girls had been turned in Mechs, "No! No! NO!"
Each of the Mechs reached out to Jasmine, cold metal claws sharp as daggers.
Jasmine kept backing away, but then she noticed Swift wasn't with her anymore, "Swift? Swift!"
"Do not worry. You will join them as well." Mecha Tails said pointing behind the other mechs.
Spark and Swift had been mechanized into robots.
Jasmine screamed and was going to turn and run, but the ground behind her crumbled and fell into an abyss.
"Join us." The mechs all said, reach their claws out for Jasmine.
Jasmine's heart was racing, pounding in her chest. She looked over the edge, and then back at the mechs. Tears formed in her eyes and she jumped over the edge.
(Real World)
Jasmine, Spark, and Swift all woke up yelling, screaming, and sweating.
"You guys too?" Aric said, running his hand through Sophie's hair, comforting her.
"Worst. Nightmare. Ever." Spark huffed. His chest hurt from his heart pounding.
"What was yours?" Ron asked.
"Don't want to talk about it." Jasmine said, tears in her eyes. She was holding young Swift, who was crying into her chest.
The others looked at Liz, Agatha, and Lilac, worrying for their nightmare.
(Nightmare/Dream)
(Liz, Agatha, and Lilac)
The air was foggy, cold, and gave Agatha the creeps.
"I hate to say it, but I'm starting to get worried." Agatha said. She, Liz, and Lilac were lost within the fog.
"How do we get out of here?" Liz asked.
"Don't know, but we should keep walking." Agatha said, walking forward.
Liz was going to follow, when she heard something, "Hey. I thought I heard someone yelling."
"What are you talking about?" Agatha asked.
Liz listened again, "There it is again." She turned to the direction it was coming from, "This way!" She ran through the fog.
"What? Liz wait!" Agatha called. She picked up Lilac and ran after Liz.
After a while of a run, Liz had stopped.
Agatha stopped next to her, breathing hard, "Next time, wait for me too."
But Liz didn't respond. She just kept looking forward.
Agatha looked at her friend in confusion. She waved her hand in front of her face, "Hey. Anyone home?" Then she looked at what Liz was seeing, and she gasped.
The fog had cleared away around one area. And in that area, was a great battle. The Mobians and Equestria Girls, Eggman and his forces, and the Sirens and Metal Overlord were in battle. But there was one more group of younger warriors.
Agatha looked closely at the warriors, and gasped. They were her friends and herself.
Each of them were in a unique battle armor, either carrying a weapon or using their abilities.
Agatha saw herself battling with the siren, Aria. Although, she was losing.
Aria had managed to knock Agatha's weapon out of her hand, "This is where you die." She stabbed forwards with her blade.
Agatha's eyes closed, ready for the strike.
"NO!" Someone yelled.
Agatha heard a groan, and she opened her eyes and gasped.
Her father, Dark, had taken the blow for her. Red blood seeped from his chest, over Aria's blade, and onto the floor.
Then everything began to fade away as the fog covered the area back up.
Liz heard a sniff, and she saw a single tear form in Agatha's eyes. She was going to say something, but then she heard a growling sound.
The three girls' heads snapped up and they saw a shadowy figure in the fog.
"W-Who's there?" Agatha asked.
"Your worst nightmare." The thing called back.
The girls began backing away.
They saw the thing's eyes glow pure red.
Then their eyes dilated in fear. They all screamed as the creature lurched forwards at them.
(Real World)
Agatha, Liz, and Lilac all woke up panting hard.
They then noticed everyone else was awake, and watching them.
"Let me guess. You guys had nightmares too?" Liz asked, breath shaking.
"Seems we're all haunted by nightmares of our parents." Agatha said.
"I just hope they don't come true." Lily shivered.
Agatha looked over her shoulder to see Lilac hugging Swift. Both of them shivering in fear.
It had begun to rain outside. But something told the kids, this rain wasn't just a coincidence.
(Next Morning)
Celestia had brought the kids to Canterlot High School.
They stood in front of the Wondercolt Statue. The portal to Equestria.
"This is where the portal where Twilight and Sunset Shimmer came out of." Celestia said pointing at the portal to Equestria.
Jasmine reached out and her hand slipped through the portal, "It's definitely a portal."
"Are you sure you don't need anything else?" Celestia asked.
"You've done enough for us, Celestia." Aric said, "Thank you very much."
And with that said, the kids all walked into the portal.
(Dimensional Rift)
The kids screamed and yelled as they began spinning in wild circles. They began to yell in pain, as their bodies felt like they were being pulled apart and put back together. Then nothing.
(Equestria)
(Jasmine's POV)
The kids all groaned in pain.
"God I don't want to ever do that again." Jasmine said shaking her head. But she didn't feel her hands. Instead, she had hooves, "What the?"
She looked at her friends and gasped.
The had each been turned into ponies.
Aric was a unicorn. His fur was black, and a white puff of white fur in the front; His mane was black with pink streaks; his pink inhibitor rings were on each leg. And he had a red chaos spear for a cutie mark.
Ronald was an earth pony. His fur was red. His red mane was still in its ponytail, tucked under his hat; and he had a tail with the same ponytail, but it was light-orange like his mother's. He had an apple with muscled arms around it, for a cutie mark.
Sophie and Lily were twin unicorns, minus their manes and tails; They both had white fur; both of them had purple manes and tails; and they both had matching gold bracelets on their legs. Sophie's mane and tail looked like her mother's; while Lily's were like her father's. Sophie's cutie mark was half a purple crystal gem. And Lily's was the other half of the purple gem.
Evan was a pegasus; His fur and feathers were light grey; his mane and tail were red and blue striped. He had a small chaos orb for a cutie mark.
Alex was a unicorn; Her mane and tail were styled like her mother's, and colored red and blue striped, with a red hair band in it; she had her two red and blue rings on her front legs. Her cutie mark was two red and blue chaos spears crossing, and a heart in the back of them.
Swift was a young pegasus. His fur and wings were blue like his father; his mane and tail weren't cyan though, instead it was rainbow like his mom's. He had a winged shoes for a cutie mark.
Spark was a unicorn. His fur was light blue, and his mane and tail were blue with yellow lightning streaks; and he had his wristband on his front right leg. His cutie mark was several small yellow lightning bolts.
Liz was a pegasus. Her fur and feathers were peach; her wavy mane and tail were striped orange and light cyan; and she had her black glasses resting on her nose. Her cutie mark was a shadowy version of the theatre masks.
Agatha was a unicorn. Her fur was dark blue, and her mane and tail were styled like her mother's, but black and blue striped. Her cutie mark was the same dark blue gem her father had, but with a black swan in the center.
Lilac was a pegasus. Her fur and feathers were dark blue. Her mane and tail were styled like her aunt's, but dark blue and black, except for a single streak of red and yellow in both the mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a black and blue winged rose.
"Is everyone ok?" Jasmine asked.
Everyone was looking at their new forms.
Then they heard several hooves running towards them.
They turned to the door and saw several pegasus guards point spears at them. But the guards' eye widened and then bowed, "Princess, our apologies."
"Huh?" The kids all asked. They turned to Jasmine and gasped.
"What? What is it? Why is everyone looking at me like that?" Jasmine asked. She turned to the mirror and gasped.
Jasmine had purple fur, and violet/purple mane and tail. But the part that scared her, was that she had wings and a horn.
She was an alicorn princess. And her cutie mark was a purple six-point star, with a small crown around it.