On a great ocean, in four places, a mysterious fogbank appeared. In one, a ship with a lion for a figurehead entered. In the others, other ships moved in.
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Ussopp sat and watched as Nami explained what seemed to be the history of their world to the purple unicorn that had met them here. Luffy was off pestering that shy-looking winged pony with his usual enthusiasm, and Brook was tuning his violin using some new telekinesis ability he had. Ussopp sighed. What he would give for something like that. As it was, he couldn't even really hold Kabuto, much less use it. As he flapped around-- if there was one upside to this new body thing, it was the wings-- he watched as the Sunny managed to get as close as possible to shore, before the soldier dock opened up and the mini-merry moved out, tugging a raft behind it. In front sat Chopper, Zoro, and Sanji, while Franky and Robin sat in the back. As they moved into shore and disembarked, the unicorn and Nami moved over to meet the newcomers. Sanji took the lead, rushing straight up to Nami. "Nami-chan, I pined for you every minute you were away! Were you harmed? Did anyone hurt you at all?" Nami shook her head, laughing. "No, Sanji, I'm fine." Ussopp chuckled as well. Usual Sanji-- checking on Nami first, and not caring whether the others were hurt. Ussopp looked back to his companions to see the yellow pony with huge, excited eyes-- and watched as she flew forwards knocking Zoro out of the way as she... tackle-hugged Chopper. Wow. Ussopp knew he was cute, but normally he didn't get this reaction. She then spoke for the first time he'd heard that day. "OHMYGOSH! A reindeer! I've never seen a reindeer outside of books! And he's just a kid! Aaaaww... so cuute." Chopper gave that little wobbly dance he did with a grin on his face. "I'm not cute at all!" He protested... not very effectively. The pony stepped off, though her enthusiasm was not curbed at all. "Oh! You can talk! I mean, I knew Reindeer could talk, but you seemed a little young to me... oh, you have to tell me about yourself!" Ussopp shook his head as he turned to notice Zoro struggling against several hooves sprouting from the ground-- doubtless the work of Robin. His cursing was muffled by a hoof to his mouth while Robin simply sat off to the side reading a book, turning the pages with the same telekinesis that the rest of the unicorns had exhibited. Franky was talking to the other unicorn as she occasionally glanced to his admittedly odd-looking body. Finally, Nami, who had managed to get Sanji to back off for a second, called for everyone. "Alright, everyone! I think it's time for a round of introductions!"
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It took a while for Twilight to convince Fluttershy to leave the reindeer alone, mostly with his promise to tell all about himself later. It took a bit longer for everyone to learn each other's names. All of the new pony's names were weird-- like "Franky" and "Zoro". Nothing like any name she'd ever heard before... but she had to admit even the scary ones were so goofy that it hardly mattered. Brook and Franky were both very silly, which helped Fluttershy deal with their frightening bodies. The only one that still scared Fluttershy was Zoro... for some reason he had been glaring at her when he said his name. Fluttershy spent much of the walk back talking to Chopper, learning about his past. Though some elements were shocking, like the betrayal of his herd, Chopper seemed satisfied in his current position in life. Fluttershy was confused by his "devil fruit" power, however... she had no idea what a "Human" was, but he promised he'd show her later. Fluttershy listened intently as he explained his life until a rainbow blur flashed past her and a crash sounded from behind.
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Zoro was walking along, still fuming about being tackled by that horse earlier, when a blur of colors forced its way past him and sent him flying. Again. As the dust settled he noticed a rainbow-colored pegasus standing on top of Brook. Strewn behind her were several other members of the group-- Sanji, Robin, Nami, and Luffy had all been knocked for a loop. The rainbow pony was yelling at Brook-- something about "Not going to be able to escape the greatest flier in Equestria" and "What's the big idea trying to foalnap my friend?" Not that it mattered. Zoro was tired of being pushed around by these overly cute little horses. He stood and yelled at the newcomer. "HEY! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" The rainbow-maned horse turned its attention towards him. "I'm tired of you ponies pushing me around. It's about time I started pushing back!" He continued, drawing his sword from his back using his mouth-- Kuina's sword, his best blade. He stood ready to charge and meet this new opponent when the purple unicorn from before-- Evening? Nighttime? Something like that-- jumped in front of them. "STOP!" She commanded, and the new pony leaned back in surprise. "Twilight? I didn't see you here!" Twilight turned towards the pony. "I've been here Rainbow-- escorting these visitors to Ponyville." She then turned back towards Zoro, the same glare in her eyes. "This is my friend, Rainbow Dash. I'm sorry for her rash actions, but that's no reason to pull a... sword... on her." Zoro growled in response, but sheathed his weapon. Rainbow stepped off Brook, and gave a sheepish smile. "Heh... sorry..." she said. Twilight gave her a glare, something around the lines of "we'll talk later." "Why are you here, Rainbow?" Rainbow explained. "Well, I was flying around practicing some of my awesome moves when I saw this group with Fluttershy in the middle. I thought she'd been snatched or something so I decided to fly in and rescue her. I guess I didn't see you behind that big guy over there." She said, motioning towards Franky. Twilight sighed. "Alright. Did you see anypony else on the road up ahead? I'd rather avoid another misunderstandings." Rainbow perked up a bit. "Yeah! I saw Applejack about a mile out." Twilight deliberated for a second, then looked back up at Rainbow. "Alright. I want you to head out and tell Applejack to head back to Ponyville with you. There, get the Mayor and Spike to meet us near the entrance. Tell them I sent you. And... I suppose you should get Rarity and Pinkie too. There's no reason to delay introducing them." Rainbow nodded and took off, throwing up another cloud of dust. Twilight sighed again. "Now if we can only make it home without anything else happening.".
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In Canterlot, Celestia waited near the gates for the visitors she knew would be coming. In the distance, she saw the pony trotting in, his gear marking him as foreign to the world. She smiled-- it was nice to see a familiar face after so long. She instructed the guards to let him in and flew back up to the room she reserved for diplomatic meetings-- it would serve well for this occasion. She told the maid to put a pot of tea on and sat in wait.
AN: Finally done! Sorry it took so long, I had trouble writing this, but I got it done. It also helps that I was busy planning the rest of the story-- I finally know who the villain is!