//------------------------------// // Meetings // Story: Taming Equestria: A Digimon Story // by AutoKnight01 //------------------------------// Once again, I only own the plot of this here fanfic. Digimon Tamers is owned by Bandai. MLP FiM is owned by Lauren Faust and Hasbro. Remember to comment below telling me what you think! I love feedback! Who doesn’t? Taming Equestria A Digimon Story Chapter 4: Meetings Equestria – Ponyville Town Square – 11:58 AM The time could not pass by fast enough for the eager tamer. Once Twilight was done with her work, she came and found Takato who has seemed to grow a bit friendly with Spike. He had gotten the young drake a little bit more up to speed than he already was by showing him his deck of Digimon cards and showing him the basics of how to play the game. It made Twilight smile to see him actually having a little fun with Spike. It opened up the possibility that he would be able to cope a little easier if he had friends to help him. As much fun as they were having, the goggleheaded boy and the dragon were stopped by Twilight’s call. She told them it was time for the announcement and then asked Takato if he had ever teleported before. He said that he kind of did by this thing called a “data stream”. She had no idea what it was but from how he described it, it did sound a lot like a teleport. So with an ignition of her horn, a magenta aura surrounded herself, Spike, and Takato at once. Then in a split second, Takato was blinded and his whole body felt like it had fallen asleep at the same time. The transport was over in an instant but it took the boy a few seconds to get his balance back. “Sorry.” Twilight sheepishly said. “For first timers it can be a little jarring.” “That was not a data stream.” Takato replied back as he reached for a chair and sat down. When he sat, he then looked up to see where he was. He was inside a different building, this one much smaller than the castle of course. Just where had Twilight taken him? Wherever it was, it was empty. And it smelled good. That’s when he looked to the left and began to drool at the display case filled with all sorts of pastries. He wanted to get up to get a closer look. “HI!” “WAAHHH!!” Instead he was scared right out of his seat and down to the floor when a high pitched voice out of nowhere. Turning in the direction it came, he saw another pony. This one didn’t have a horn or wings. It was clearly a female by voice alone, and she had a bright pink coat and a curly mane of darker pink. That smile of hers was huge and didn’t seem to go away. “Hehehehe.” She giggled. “Sorry about that. I’m Pinkie Pie! Are you who Starlight Glimmer was being so secretive about? What’s your name? What’s your favorite cake flavor? Oooooooooooooooooooo! I can’t wait to introduce you to everypony! And then I can throw you a “Welcome to Ponyville” party!” The human only watched the pink horse as she talked a mile a second. “Um….what?” He could only respond as he got back up. “Pinkie!” Twilight went over slightly pushing her friend away from him. “Pinkie what are you doing here? I thought you were helping Starlight gather everypony.” “Oh I already did that! Then I came back here to play with Gummy for a bit before the big speech! So what’s the big speech about, Twilight? Is it about him? Who is he?” “Slow down, Pinkie Pie.” The princess held up a hoof to stop her rambling. “I’m gonna let everypony know at the same time. I brought him here so he could enter outside when I think the crowd is ready for him. So just wait a few more minutes. I’ll give the town a brief description then I’ll tell you and the other girls the rest. Okay?” Hyper as Pinkie Pie was, she could never resist a request from one of her friends, especially Twilight. Vowing to keep quiet she made her way back outside, still eyeing Takato in curiosity the whole way. “Wow. I think I just met Jeri as a pony. Only multiplied by ten.” As she walked out however, Takato noticed something he hadn’t noticed before. There was a mark on both sides of the pony’s flank: a picture of three brightly colored balloons. Looking to Twilight, he intended to ask her about that but then he noticed that she had a mark too. A pink and purple colored twinkling star. How did he not notice that before? And what was it? “One thing at a time. First meet the town, then ask about the marks on their butts. On the other hand that might not be a good first impression.” “Alright, Takato. Here’s how its gonna work.” Twilight’s voice brought him back out of his thoughts. “I’m gonna go out there, tell them about you and give them a brief description as to why you’re here. When I call for you, just come on out and introduce yourself. This way they’ll all see that you aren’t any threat to them.” “Did you really have to hide me like this?” Takato looked around the empty bakery again. “It seems like a bit much.” “I know I know. But the thing is these ponies kind of spook easily. Easing them in is the best way to do things sometimes.” Twilight explained. It still seemed kind of odd, but he was the fish out of water. And a princess is supposed to know her subjects best, right? Trusting her, Takato nodded. “Alright I’ll just wait in here then.” He said eyeing the display case again. “And try not to eat those while I do it.” “I’ll buy you a cupcake when we’re done here. Promise.” The alicorn said with a smile as she headed for the door. “Come on, Spike.” As the two of them stepped outside into the waiting crowd of all of Ponyville’s citizens, she waved at her six closest pony friends, four of them looking at her a bit confused as to why this was happening at all. Pinkie kept bouncing up and down excited for Twilight to tell the news. Starlight was just hoping the overall reaction to Takato’s presence wouldn’t be too bad. She hoped for positive but for some reason was expecting negative. Clearing her throat, Twilight’s horn began to glow. A small ring of her magical aura surrounded her throat before being seemingly absorbed into her neck. “Thank you all for taking time out of your day to meet here.” She addressed her town with her voiced now amplified like a megaphone. “I know you all probably have plans for the day so I will be brief. Last night, a creature from another world accidentally arrived here in Equestria through a portal in my castle.” Just that sentence alone was enough to spur up the negative reaction Starlight anticipated. The crowd began to murmur and whisper among themselves about the possibility of them being invaded by aliens. Pinkie Pie kept on smiling that wide smile of hers, while the four others up front, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash all varied. Applejack was simply uneasy. Fluttershy started to tremble, the rumor of invasion frightening her. Rarity wasn’t sure what to think yet. As for Rainbow Dash she was probably the only positive one out of all of them, thinking now she would finally have a thrilling day and not just the same old routine. Sensing the overall atmosphere as well, Twilight kept talking. “But before you go and make assumptions, the reason I brought you all here today was to assure you that this visitor means us no harm. In fact, he is merely a child of his species. I talked with him and learned a lot about whom he is and why he has come here. And I want you all to meet him as well.” Turning to the door of SugarCube Corner, she called out to him. “You can come out now.” Ten seconds later, the door to the bakery creaked open. The first thing the crowd saw creep its way into view was the top of its head. A growing mop of brown hair accessorized by a pair of yellow goggles was seen. Then its eyes and whole head slid out. He scanned around the area taking in what he saw trying to process it all. This really was a world made up of colorful ponies with what appeared to be special butt tattoos. None of them had the same mark, at least none that he could see. “It’s okay. They aren’t gonna bite.” Twilight tried to ease him. Like cannon-balling into a cold pool, Takato took the plunge and stepped all the way out the door, revealing his full body to them. Immediately the chatter began again. Once again, none of them were able to make heads or tails of what this thing was, or what it wanted. But as he walked next to Twilight, he stopped, put his feet together, and bowed forward to all of them before speaking. “My name is Takato Matsuki. It’s very nice to meet all of you.” The most they could all agree on was that he was polite. Usually whenever one bows, it’s only towards the princesses. No one had ever bowed to them in such a manner. As he leaned back up, they saw that the boy stood at least a foot in height above Twilight. Because of that, nopony save for Starlight could tell his age range. Twilight did say he was a child but how many years did this species remain a child? “What is with those goggles?” Rainbow Dash whispered. “Can he fly or something or does he just like wearing them?” “I would certainly hope not.” Rarity answered back with a bit of a louder whisper. “What sort of fashion statement is that?” Their attention turned back to Twilight and Takato as he talked again. “I uh…..I just want you all to know I didn’t come here to start any trouble. I’m only here because I think my best friend is somehow here too. I just want to find him and get back home. I won’t get in any of your ways.” Finding a friend? Did that mean there was more of his kind here? And how long before he came did the first ones arrive? This was the collective mindset of the crowd as they continued to mutter amongst everypony else. “I will not ask you to help him.” Twilight said in her amplified voice. “But I will request all of you to treat Takato here with the same amount of respect you all show to each other every day. Ponyville is a great town and I’m proud to call it my home. And I trust every single one of you to show him why.” The smile on her face was unmistakably genuine. For the ponies of the small town, it didn’t seem like that tall of an order at all. Just treat him like any normal pony. Simple. Slowly but surely, the crowd began to voice out their approval, making the alicorn smile even more. “Thank you everypony. I know you won’t let me down.” The mention of a certain word caused Takato to look back to the princess with an odd look. “Did she just say ‘everypony’?” “Alright. Thank you all for coming. You can go on with your days now.” As the crowd began to disperse back into town, Twilight did two things. One was take her voice amplification spell off of herself. And the second was look to her friends in the front row and beckon them inside Sugarcube Corner. She, Takato, and Spike all went in first before the rest of them began to proceed themselves. All of them that is, save for Fluttershy who remained in place. “Tell Twilight I’m sorry. But I gotta get home first.” She said in that soft tone of hers. “It’s almost Angel’s lunchtime and all of you know how he can get. I’ll meet up with you all later.” With that said, the pegasus mare turned and headed back to her home. The others moved in the other direction, walking in through the doors of the bakery one at a time. There inside sitting at the table were the three waiting for them. Starlight and Pinkie went over without a problem but Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity still approached with a hint of caution around the human. Soon enough though, they were all seated at the table together. The goggleheaded tamer just gave a nervous wave to them all as they settled into their seats. “Hehe…..hi there.” He said. The other three waved back, unsure of what to even say to him. “So can you fly or something?” But apparently Rainbow had a question. Of all the things Takato could have been asked, of all the things Twilight could have been expected Takato to be asked, that was the last one they ever expected. “Um………..no.” Takato said. “Well then what’s with the goggles?” Was her follow-up question. Understanding now, Takato looked up to his forehead with a more relaxed chuckle than the first one. “Oooooooooh. Oh I just like wearing them.” Rarity looked as if she was about to faint. And Takato noticed. “What’s wrong with her?” he asked any of them. “Don’t worry about. She’s a fashion designer.” Applejack was the one to answer. Immediately thoughts of Rika’s mom popped into his head because of the similar fields. Was modeling and designing clothes was related? Shaking his head, he deemed that not important. “Takato these are my close friends. The ones I told you about.” Twilight said pointing to them. “You’ve already met Pinkie Pie.” “Have a cupcake!” Out of nowhere the pink party planner produced a chocolate cupcake and set it down right in front of the kid. Not one to pass up a free cupcake, but at the same time wondering where it came from, Takato shrugged and picked it up as he began to eat it. “This here is Rainbow Dash.” Twilight went on. “Not too often we get visitors from a whole other world.” The flyer said with what sounded like a million percent of confidence. “She kind of reminds me of Rika. Not to mention a bag of skittles.” Takato nodded in her direction as Twilight gestured to the next pony. “That’s Applejack.” “Howdy there, Takato.” She greeted with a tip of her hat. “And this is Rarity.” She gestured to the ivory unicorn that seemed to recover from her almost-faint. “Very nice to meet you, Takato. Now about those goggles.” “Not the point, Rarity.” Twilight stopped her from going on. Meanwhile Takato was starting to get afraid Rarity might try to make a grab for his goggles. And she was a unicorn. She could probably float them off his head without even noticing. “Wait a minute. Where’s Fluttershy?” Starlight noticed they were one short. “She said she’ll meet up with us later. Had to get Angel his lunch. So what did you need to tell us in private?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Well….Takato’s friend, the one he’s looking for, he’s not exactly what you would expect.” Fluttershy’s Cottage – 12:30 PM Fluttershy had gotten back just in time to prevent a temper tantrum from her pickiest animal companion. Angel the bunny was hungry and wanted his lunch served to him. Not only he but also she noticed that the other animals in her home, furry, feathered, or scaled, needed to be fed as well. So she had a bit of work to do. After slaving away for what felt like a hundred years, she managed to get every animal eating their lunch. Even Angel was satisfied with his meal. The only creatures left on her list were the birds outside in the trees. Finding the bag of bird seed being kept in a lower cabinet, she grabbed it and flew over to the tree where a feeder hung from a sturdy branch. She filled it up and seconds later, it was surrounded by a rainbow of multi colored birds pecking away at it the seeds. “There we go. All fed.” Thinking it was about time to get back to Twilight to find out what she wanted, she turned to fly off in the direction of Sugarcube Corner. That creature she was with was unlike anything she had ever seen before. She had so many questions and hated that she wasn’t able to ask them right away. A fact she was certain to make up for in a matter of minutes when she reached the bakery. Before she could get too far away though, she heard something rushing out of the forest bordering her small patch of land. A familiar bear who she regularly gave massages to be running out of it at full speed with the most frightened look she had ever seen a bear have. The large creature jumped behind Fluttershy’s house and began to cower. Fluttershy turned her head in the direction he ran from to see if anything was following him. There was nothing. Not even a sound or anything. Growing confused and concerned at the same time, Fluttershy flew to the back of her house and landed in front of the shivering bear. “Barry? What’s wrong? What were you running away from?” Not answering with any vocal sounds, the bear just poked its head out from Fluttershy’s house and pointed down the path he charged down. “You mean….*Gulp*….something in there?” She grew a bit frightened herself. Since meeting Twilight and becoming closer friends with the others, the Everfree Forest didn’t really bother her as much as it used to. But it still brought a twinge of fear to her heart whenever she had to go trekking into it alone. In this particular case, one of her close animal friends was scared witless by something she hadn’t seen, and something he wouldn’t say. Her priorities shifted. First she would see what it was that scared Barry then head off to meet up with the others. With a deep breath, she began to walk into the tree line of the forest. As the sunlight grew darker around her, she looked around for anything out of the ordinary. Maybe he just ran into a cockatrice. She could just use her stare to make that little thing go away. Easy. But what if it wasn’t easy? What if it was something bigger? What if it was a timber wolf coming out of the forest again? She couldn’t handle one of those. They wouldn’t listen to her no matter how hard she tried. “Okay…..it’s not a big deal….I’m not that far into the forest. Zecora’s hut is much deeper than his. Applebloom makes that walk all the time on her own.” She talked to herself to try and calm down. “I’ll just find out what it was that scared Barry. And if it’s a problem I’ll bring it up when I talk to the others.” *SNAP!* “Eep!” She froze. She didn’t step on any branch near her. Something else did. She quickly turned her head in every direction around her but couldn’t pinpoint any sign of another creature there with her. “Um….h-hello?” she stuttered. “Umm…..if you’re what scared my bear friend earlier….I j-just wanted to say…..that wasn’t very n-n-nice of you to do that.” The bushes rustled to her left causing a few leaves to fall off of them. It scared her a bit at first, but then she realized that to fit in the bush, this creature, whatever it was, had to be pretty small. And that bush wasn’t very tall. Wide maybe but not tall. A bit calmer than she was a few seconds ago, she started to march over to the bush. “Okay then. I don’t know who or what you are, but can you tell me why you scared my friend, Barry?” “I scared him? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. Honest.” Then the voice rang out. It spoke in a very odd sounding accent and had a very innocent tone to it. The only thing clear about it was that it was a male sounding voice. Whoever this was, Fluttershy didn’t recognize him. “I was just trying to find something to eat. Can you help me? My friends went out earlier to get food but I’m still hungry.” Whoever this voice belonged to, it didn’t sound like he meant any ill intent when he scared Barry. The fact remained however that he still DID scare the bear. So what did he do to make that happen? “Is that all that was?” she asked as now stood inches away from the bush. “Well I can help you with that. Why don’t you come out of the bush and tell me what it is you want.” “Really? You mean it?” the voice asked growing eager. “Of course. I wouldn’t want any creature to go hungry.” Fluttershy’s kindness really knew no bounds. The bushes rustled again and the creature began to rise up from its crouched position in the bush. At first Fluttershy was all on board for helping this thing, whatever it was, get a simple bite to eat. One second was all that needed to pass in order for all the color to drain out of her body. She found herself face to face with a creature that stood a little bit taller than her, had a red reptilian like body, and an odd looking symbol on his chest. When he opened his mouth to speak, she looked straight into his mouth and saw the sharp pointed teeth that looked like it would chew its way through anything. “Do you have any bread?”