//------------------------------// // The Search for Mage Meadowbrook's Satchel // Story: Aspects of Harmony // by kwr2k13 //------------------------------// They enter through the nose area into the bridge.  It looked like the bridge of a submarine with the bridge of the USS Enterprise from the original series with the helms in a station at the front, The Captain's chair behind.  A plotting table to one side and the stations for communications, engineering and navigation over land in a bank on the other side. The ten anthros looked around, curiously causing some of them to walk around it.  Alex noticed something and hopped down to the engineering station. As she walked on the console she said, “This is amazing!   Did you know Australia had planned to build an aerial navy if the  Flying  Unicorn didn't disappear on its maiden flight?”   She hopped back on Daring Do’s shoulder just before the Equestrian adventuress joined the others at the plot table. “Okay.”  Ayumi said.  “We got two objectives right now.  Locate either Meadowbrook’s Satchel or the portal whichever is here.  And we may have to beat the clock on the portal.” Alex rubbed her head briefly before saying, “That’s what worries me.  Portals like the Wondercolt Statue in Equestria Girls would be designed to block magic from flowing between the worlds they link.  But that was a creation of Starswirl the Bearded and he was an experienced unicorn sorcerer. If someone from a low magic world was to create a portal without the fail safes to hold back the magic from a high magic world from rushing to the low magic world. In essence we get the magical version of when a window is shot out in a 757 at 10,000 feet.”  Daring Do asked, “What do you mean?” Starlight commented, “We’re gonna have to show her the final confrontation of the movie ‘Goldfinger’.” “Anyhow, we're gonna have to split up.” The dragonoid continued.  “Daring Do, Alex, Starlight and Ashley. You three got the crew quarters.  Flora, Rarity, and Pinkie; you got engineering. Twilight, Micaela, and I will check out the rest.”  Ayumi then passed out the heat suppression amulets to everyone except Pinkie and Daring. “Everyone who used to be male put these on.  Especially you, Alex.” “What's wrong with Alex that she has wear some frou frou jewelry?”  Demanded Micaela crossly. “This piece of frou frou jewelry is a heat suppression amulet.” Alex stated as the pendant shrunk down to fit her. “Remember Heat Paralysis?  It nearly got me in hot water with Hak Foo, who is now a male mouse.”  She shuddered at the thought of giving into her baser urges when around Hak Foo. Ashley looked at her pendant and placed it around her neck, “Ah hope these pendants don’t interfere none with the Elements o’ Harmony.”   Alex rode on daring Do’s shoulder as she and the other two went to a ladder and climbed up it.  They climbed through a tube for a few seconds before they exited into a hallway that went down the length of the wrecked airship and had a total of ten doors.  “One of the doors on the end has to be the captain’s quarters and the other the officer’s mess.” Alex observed. The others nodded. On a silent agreement they entered one of the rooms on the side. Ashley searched her knapsack for a flashlight to help her and her friends explore the room.  Upon turning it on, she said, “Starlight, can ya use yer horn to cast some sort o’ illumination spell?” “Yes.”  Starlight responded before she concentrated and a small ball of light came into existence. The room was set up with two bunk beds on each side, along with two small desks against the far wall.  The setup was completed with four foot lockers at the feet of the beds. There was also a secured fold down table (probably for eating meals or a friendly game of cards).  Starlight, Ashley, and Daring began to examine the footlockers and the desks. Alex hopped down to the ground and began to check under the desks and beds. . Meanwhile, Pinkie, Rarity  and Flora had climbed the ladder up to the crew deck then climbed to a ten by ten room with various  gauges covering one wall, a table covered with vacuum tubes and crystals and one wall that had a window that took up a quarter of it overlooking a larger room beyond.  “Um… what are we supposed to look for?” Flora asked as she walk around timidly. “Anything that could lead us to either Meadowbrook's Satchel or the portal, dahling.” Rarity replied. Pinkie skipped over to the window to look.  “Wouldn’t it be neat if the portal was like the Stargate?” She just before she started to vibrate.  “A-a-a-a d-d-d-doooozieeee i-i-isss ab-b-b-bout t-t-t-to hap-p-p-pen!” She announced.  Ayumi, Micaela, and Twilight were searching the bridge for any clue when eight individuals walked in. Dr. Caballeron, a crystal pony unicorn in a green Armani suit known as Valmont, the San Fran Trio, known as Ratso, Finn, and Chow, and the hench ponies who followed Dr. Caballeron. “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the Elements of Magic & Loyalty of this world and Tempest Flare.”  The tan earth pony anthro said. “Looking for Meadowbrook's satchel, no doubt?” “Indeed.”  The crystal unicorn said.   “If the Elements of Harmony are anything like you three, the world will be child’s play.” “You three!” Dr Caballeron commanded as he pointed to the henchponies.  “Head up to Engineering and round up those there. And if any freeze up from breeding paralysis you may rut them before bringing them back.”  Valmont looked at the Equestrian anthro and asked, “What the hell is breeding paralysis?” Dr. Caballeron just smiled and answered, “Breeding Paralysis occurs during the first time they enter heat for the first time.  Mares who are transformed stallions are especially vulnerable to it.” After hearing this something snapped in Tempest’s mind “Girls, I suggest you run,” She said “cause I’m going to Kill them!” and with that she extended her dragonic claws. “I'm not letting you anywhere near my SISTER!” “Well, you have this handled Sensei.” Alex said fearing for the lives of the thugs in front of them. “Just don't go Nova on them okay?” Both she and Daring backed out of the room. “Will she really kill them?” Daring asked as the two of them headed back to the bridge. All the while keeping on guard in case the Shadow Kahn showed up. “No but they'll wish for death when she's done with them.” Alex said remembering the genjutsu based illusion Ayumi showed her back at her penthouse. “Though I don't doubt she'll hurt them. After all they threatened to rape Twilight and the others. I believe that she's giving them just what they deserve.” Valmont grinned and said, “I think you’ll find it a little difficult to do as so.”  The next moment several shadowy anthro ponies stepped out of the shadows, along with an Alicorn made of shadows.  “I’m afraid I can’t allow that to happen, Princess Tempest Flare!” The Hench ponies and San Fran Trio scramble up the ladder as four of the shadow ponies grabbed Twilight &  Micaela. “Now unless you want something to happen to your friends, you’ll wait for the others to return. I WILL HAVE MY BABY BROTHER BACK!” As that was happening, Alex, Ashley, Daring Do, & Starlight were searching the captain's quarters when the San Fran Trio (aka the Enforcers) entered.  “Hay look, guys.” the unicorn said. “There's one for each of us. “ “You know they use to be guys,  Finn.” The earth pony commented. The ship started shaking as black flames raced across the wood and metal. An insane laughter was heard from below. “You!” Alex said “What did you do?! This ship is literally shaking purely from Ayumi's rage!” She asked the four stallions in front of her. “We did nothing! The Pony of Shadows grabbed your friends and just started laughing like that!” Finn said. The shaking and laughter suddenly stopped while the black flames created a wall between the two groups. “The fuck is this stuff?!” The earth pony exclaimed as 5 roughly anthro shaped creatures made of the flames walked out of the fire wall. “Guess what Ratso…  The Pony of Shadows just got my sensei pissed off.” Alex said as she cracked her knuckles before growing to human size. The pegasus of the three ran for the large window saying “I’m getting out of here.  Valmont’s not paying enough for me to fight litteral fire demons and demigods!” but one of the fire demons as they were now called stopped him by grabbing one of his wings burning it. “Aaaaaagghhh!” he screamed in pain as his wing blackened. “GET YOUR HOOVES OFF MY SISTER!!!!!!!” Was heard throughout the entire swamp. Alex turned to face face Ratso and Fin and glared at them as green flames surrounded her body.  Ashley and Starlight grabbed Daring and pulled her back. “Now don’t go trying to help her, sugarcube.” Ashley said “Ayumi has been teaching her more than just mana control. Alex has been adamant that she learn how to protect you and your kid in her new form and with her new powers.” “Ayumi’s been teaching all of the new unicorns in combat magic and Alex is no different.” Starlight said “Those flames around Alex are part of her training. Ayumi’s been showing us that everypony has an elemental power tied to their natural magic.” Alex had heard the San Fran Trio’s comment when they came in and it got her blood boiling.   Her sensei’s shout of rage caused her mind added to it as it leaked a small portion of it to her, feeding her own. “Rrrrrrarrrrrrgh!!!!!”  She shouted as a pulse of elemental magic flew out from her.  The elemental magic emanating from Alex washed harmlessly over Daring, Ashley & Starlight, and at the same time, manifested as a wall of fire to destroy the summoned fire demons, extinguishing all of them in the process including their fire wall to keep the heroes contained.  Once the fire demons were extinguished, the very angry mouse girl turned her attention to Chow, who was attempting to escape with his dignity intact. She stormed up to the pegasus anthro and jerked him up by his shirt. “Were you planning to have some ‘fun’ with the pegasus if breeding paralysis affected her, Chow?” She growled, the green flames surrounding her, making the mouse anthro more intimidating than she appeared to be. The now identified Chow gulped as he looked at the flame shrouded mouse anthro. His sunglasses fell to the ground from his frantic nodding of his head.  She pulled him close and he could see he fur starting to change from white to black and her was starting to look like it was made of fire as she growled out, “That mare is pregnant with my foal.  AND YOU WERE PLANNING TO RAPE HER, YOU INSECT!” “Whoa, nelly!  Ah’ve never seen Alex this angry before!”  Ashley said, attempting to keep out of harm’s way with Starlight.  “You were sayin’ somethin’ about each o’ us have some sort o’ magic?  Ah believe mine’s super strength, bein’ an Earth pony. Twilight told me ‘bout that when Ah met up with her shortly after Ah became AJ.”