//------------------------------// // Season 1, Episode 2- Fae Hunt Part 2 // Story: Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Crossover Go! // by Dragonfire2lm //------------------------------// Night had fallen, Fluttershy was curled up around Fenneca on the bed, refusing to leave her mother’s side and the monkey team had retired to their rooms for the night. The fae herself was wide awake, lying on her side and staring up at the metal square panels that made up the room’s ceiling. Her wings felt like nothing more than dead weights on her back, the tissue damaged beyond repair and dying as a result. Her legs itched beneath the bandages as her body worked to replace the gaping holes with new flesh muscle and bone. She was thankful the pain had receded for the moment. A sweet scent wafted by and she looked to see a plate of muffins lying on the bed in front of her, a plate of muffins that hadn’t been there a second ago. She rolled over to lie on her stomach and craned her neck forward to snatch one of them for herself. She smiled as the taste of banana and honey muffins filled her mouth and held the baked good between her paws as she eagerly devoured it. It was eaten in a matter of minutes she tried to reach for another one but the rest were just out of her reach and she frowned, silently cursing her weakened state. It’s free food and I can’t even reach it! Something moved out of the corner of her eye, she looked around but failed to find anything. When she looked back, however, the plate had been moved towards her so everything was within reach and there was an added get-well card set behind the plate, written in hoof writing Fenneca recognised. “Pinkie Pie, if you’re setting up a party in here don’t set off any alarms and no hay or flower-based foods.” Fenneca advised and she watched Pinkie Pie pop up beside her for a moment, salute and then ducked back down to continue doing whatever she was here to do. The Monkey Team is in for quite a surprise when they get up in the morning. Fenneca mused and dug in to another muffin. “Guys, what happened to the Super Robot?” Otto asked when everyone arrived in the command centre the next morning. Streamers and balloons showcasing the team’s signature colours decorated the walls, tables laden with sweets and other party fare lined the walls and a party hat was placed in everyone’s chair as if waiting for them to put it on while a large banner that read “Welcome to Ponyvillle Monkey Team!” was hung in the centre of the room. “Someone broke into the Super Robot... to throw us a party?” Sparx asked. “Well it beats getting attacked at least.” “This is a serious breach of security Sparx, what if something from the forest had followed them in?” Gibson retorted. “What about Fenneca? She and Fluttershy are in the med bay, aren’t they?” Nova pointed out. “Whoever broke in doesn’t appear to have done so with ill intent, I’ll go check on our guests but I believe we should enjoy this celebration,” Antauri said. “We are the guests of honour after all.” “You guys gotta try this stuff, it’s the best food I’ve ever tasted!” Otto added from where he was scarfing down food from one of the tables. The rest of the team looked at each other, Sparx shrugged and joined Otto over at the table. “When in Shuggazoom, right?” “The food doesn’t appear to be poisoned… Still, some warning would have been appreciated.” Gibson said cautiously. “But then it wouldn’t have been a surprise!” Pinkie cheerfully explained from right behind him, the blue monkey screeched and leapt into the air in surprise. “You’re the pony we met yesterday, so you set this up?” Chiro asked while Gibson glared daggers at the pink mare. “That was not funny…” Gibson grumbled, despite Sparx snickering in the background. Pinkie giggled. “It was kind of funny, do you like the party! I wanted to invite everypony in Ponyville but even I know the Everfree forest is way too dangerous to have a host a huge party, so I made an itty-bitty private one just for you guys!” “You didn’t have to go through all that trouble just for us, you could’ve been hurt.” Chiro said. “How did you even get in here anyway?” Nova asked. “I know all sorts of shortcuts to get from where I am to where I want to go so getting here was easy-peasy!” Pinkie replied. “As for how I got inside, I just asked nicely.” “I’m calling it now, she’s crazy.” Sparx stated. “The good kind of crazy?” Pinkie sked hopefully. “Whatever floats your boat.” The red monkey replied. Fenneca looked up from her seemingly endless supply of muffins to see Antauri walk into the med bay. “I take it the party is in full swing? Fluttershy went home earlier to tend to her animal friends.” she explained. “The inhabitants of this place are certainly full of surprises,” Antauri commented and glanced at the plate of muffins. “Want one?” Fenneca sked with a sly grin. “Yes, I would, thank you.” He replied and leapt up on the bed and helped himself to the spoils and sat across from her. “How are you feeling?” “My wings couldn’t be saved unfortunately, they’ll need to cut off before they cause an infection but other that I’m healing, in no small part thanks to Pinkie’s endless supply of banana and honey muffins.” She explained. She watched in amusement as Antauri ate his muffin, a smile on his face at the sweetness of it. “These are good, I can see why you like them.” he said, still smiling. “Bananas are good,” She replied in a wise tone and chittered happily. “It feels wonderful to enjoy pleasant company again, it’s been too long.” “You mentioned that it had just been Fluttershy and yourself for a while now, does that mean she’s the only one you’ve been able to talk to?” Antauri asked. Fenneca paused mid bite and sighed. “Pardon the long-winded explanation but telepathic communication isn’t as easy as it looks.” “All living things have a natural barrier around their minds, one built from their worldview, their culture and experiences. Since many lifeforms see their mind as the one thing they can truly claim as their own in this life, it is… difficult to establish a means of communication with them. Even most other psychic races share this belief and so the less open-minded person is, the more energy I would have to expend in trying to get my point across,” Fenneca explained. “Even so, I need to do so delicately or risk breaking the mental barrier and hurting the person I’m trying to talk to.” “This world is steeped in magical energy, as are its inhabitants and ponies are rigid creatures. Fluttershy explained the nature of cutie marks, didn’t she?” Fenneca asked. “She did, they are symbol representing the special talent a pony has, the skill or ability that they enjoy doing, a part of who they are.” Antauri replied. “The same power that manifests as a cutie mark also strengthens their mental barriers and as such, I’ve only really been able to properly talk to Fluttershy and those that, like her, have spent their foalhood years around me, children are the most adaptable of any species after all,” She explained. “The ponies of Ponyville have accepted me as a person, an individual but even so, some of them still treat me as a pet or companion rather than someone of equal intelligence and the same is true for everywhere else in Equestria, so I haven’t really been able to have any kind of meaningful conversations and I’d rather not worry my daughter with such talk.” “I’d be more than happy to lend an ear Fenneca, even the strongest among us needs support every now and again.” Antauri offered. “Then I’ll extend the same courtesy to you, friendship goes both ways after all.” Fenneca replied. “I couldn’t have said it better myself.” The black monkey stated and both fell into a comfortable silence as they ate. Saying the citizens of Ponyville were surprised when the Super Robot walked out of the Everfree Forest at around midday was an understatement, there was panic in the streets as they scrambled to find safety and The Hyperforce stared blankly at the chaos below from within the robot’s command centre. “They do know we’re the good guys right?” Sparx snarked from his seat. “They will soon, it appears Fluttershy is trying to calm everyone down,” Gibson noted and pressed a button on the arm rest of his seat. “Activating microphone.” “Everypony Stop!” Fluttershy boomed and the townsfolk literally stopped mid panic, comically frozen in place. “I know this looks scary but this robot and the people in it-“ “What’s a people?” one colt asked and Fluttershy rubbed a hoof over her forehead before she addressed the crowd again. “The ponies that live inside the robot are my friends, so there’s no need to worry, ok everypony?” Fluttershy asked and the crowd immediately began to calm down, muttering amongst themselves. “They’re Fluttershy’s friends, that makes sense.” “Do you think they can talk to faeries too?” “Of course they can, anypony that’s friends with the faery mare can talk to faeries, look at Rainbow Dash!” “But Dash seems so normal, not weird at all.” “That’s what they want you to think!” Back in the Super Robot, The Hyperforce stared in shock at how quickly the townsfolk changed their tune. “See, everyone in this town is crazy.” Sparx said. “What do they mean by faery mare?” Chiro asked. “It could be that Fenneca’s presence has isolated her and Fluttershy from the rest of the population through superstition, she has mentioned that she finds it difficult to talk to establish contact with adult ponies.” Antauri suggested. “Given the danger posed by the monsters in the Everfree Forest, the town has most likely adopted a culture of fear and superstation around anything that isn’t a pony.” Gibson concluded. “Great, just one more place we don’t fit in.” Sprx snarked. “Even if we don’t fit in here, we’re not the only ones.” Nova replied. “Even if we don’t belong here we still have a duty to protect these ponies from Skeleton King.” Chiro said. “And we gotta protect Fenneca too!” Otto added. “Indeed, we can’t stand by and watch if this town or this world is in danger. It is out sworn duty to protect the innocent from evil.” Antauri stated. “With the super Robot up and running, I can extend the threat detection system to cover both Ponyville and the forest, this place isn’t as large as Shuggazoom after all,” Gibson commented. “Otto and I will stay behind and work on a containment field to capture Nightmare Moon.” “I will go and try to obtain more information, Fenneca mentioned the town having a library that might hold valuable intel on Nightmare Moon, even Fenneca is unsure as to what we’ll be dealing with.” Antauri said. “Meanwhile I’ll go patrol the village and let everyone know we’re here to help.” Chiro added. “I’ll stay behind and keep Fenneca company, just in case something happens.” Nova added. The group nodded and went their separate ways, ready to take action against The Skeleton King. The group returned to the Super Robot hours later, took their respective seats and shared what they had learned. “Alright team, what’s our status?” Chiro asked. “We’ve been able to isolate the frequency of the Psychia energy the fae use and modified the robots eye tractor beams to create a containment field that will restrain Nightmare Moon and allow us to cure her of her illness.” Gibson replied. “However, we may still need to be cautious.” Antauri advised the team and everyone turned their attention to him. “Did you find something Antauri?” Chiro asked. The black monkey nodded. “Aside from the interesting fact that Ponyville has a library made out of a tree and a librarian that everyone knows of yet has never seen, Nightmare Moon may have altered her form to use this world’s magic for everyday use instead of her natural fae abilities.” “There’s no such thing as magic, it’s probably just some form of background radiation that scientists have been unable to study due the planet’s anomaly,” Gibson countered. “I’ll have to recalibrate the tractor beams to account for it but it shouldn’t be a problem.” “Even so we should stay on guard. All I could find on Nightmare Moon were a few old myths and legends, nothing concrete.” Antauri warned. “Good idea Antauri. Nova, how’s Fenneca? Is she doing any better?” Chiro asked. “After Otto cut off her wings and we cleaned up what was left of the dead parts she perked right up, I spent the day helping her get her strength back by helping her walking round the med bay,” Nov replied happily. “She’s still a bit unsteady on her feet but she looked so proud of even that small bit of progress it’s hard not to feel happy about it. Plus, it’s nice having someone to talk about girl stuff with.” “What, you two talk about crushes or dresses or something?” Sparx asked teasingly. Nova shot him a glare and stated pointedly “Actually, we swapped battle stories.” “Cool, she tell you any good ones?” Otto asked excitedly. “A few but the whole time I got this vibe that she was happy to have us fight for her for once. She looked, I dunno, tired, like she was sick of fighting.” Nova added. “Perhaps she is simply relieved that she doesn’t have to protect Ponyville by herself now we are here to do so.” Antauri suggested. “Speaking of Ponyville, Mayor Mare has officially hired us to act as security for the Summer Sun Celebration,” Chiro added. “Tomorrow, Princess Cadance will be visiting to check on the preparations and it’s our jo to make sure nothing happens while she’s there and during the celebration.” “Sound simple enough, patrol around the town while Chiro escorts the Princess.” Gibson stated. “Remember team, The Skeleton King could use this as an opportunity to attack, one of us will to stay on the Super Robot to guard Fenneca.” Antauri remined them. “Since you brought it up, why don’t you do it?” Sparx said. “Very well, I do admit I have enjoyed my brief time talking with her.” Antauri replied. “Then it’s settled, great job monkey team!” Chiro said. Chiro watched as the pegasi pulled golden chariot landed off to the side of the dirt road the trailed down the street, the ponies pulling thee chariot slowing from a gallop to a trot and finally outside the giant tree that served as the town’s library. Stepping off the chariot was a pink furred pony a head taller than him with both the feathered wings of a Pegasus and the horn of a unicorn. Her long mane and tail were a mix of purples. Blues and yellows and curled at the tips and her blue eyes shined with the grace and benevolence expected of a princess. Her golden horseshoes and matching tiara complimented the fairy-tale princess look along with the blue crystal butterfly that was her cutie mark. Chiro bowed. “Your highness, I’m Chiro, leader of The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce. I’m here to escort you around town.” “Please there’s no need for that, just call me Cadance,” the princess replied. “I hear enough of that in Canterlot.” “Ok then, so what’s first on the list?” Chiro asked as Cadance pulled out a pair of saddlebags from the chariot and slipped them on. “First things first, I’ll be stopping by the Ponyville Marketplace. There’s a stall here that sells the most beautiful sculptures in all of Equestria and I always make sure to buy one whenever I come down here!” Cadance replied happily. “Aren’t you supposed to oversee the prep work for the festival?” Chiro sked as he hurried to catch up to the mare as she pranced down the road. “Lighten up Chiro, no one will mind if I stop by really quick.” Chiro sighed in exasperation as he followed the princess into the marketplace. She smiled and greeted the shop owners who busy trying to get one last sale in before they closed up shop for the celebration. Cadance stopped in front of a stall that was adorned with elegant carvings and glowing runes of magic. The stall itself had a variety of detailed crystal sculptures of every shape and colour imaginable and was run by the pony orange mare that ran the apple stand yesterday. “Howdy Princess!” the orange mare said and noticed Chiro looking in awe at the sculptures on display. “Now then. Aren’t you the fella that rescued Ms Fenneca yesterday?” “Yeah, I’m Chiro,” he replied. “Did you make these?” “Well nice to meet ya Chiro, name’s Applejack and nah, I’m just minding the stall for Fenneca, this here is her handiwork. Right pretty ain’t it?” the farm mare replied. “Fenneca made all this?” Chiro asked in awe. “Beautiful, aren’t they? I think I’ll take this one.”Cadance said and levitated a statue of a white crystal rabbit. “That’ll be ten bits Princess, what about you Chiro, you want one?” Applejack asked and the princess pulled out a coin purse from her saddlebags and floated over the correct amount of money. Chiro spotted a gorilla carved from green crystal but shook his head. “I’d like to but I don’t have any money.” Cadance noticed the figure he’d been eyeing and picked it up in her magic, passing it over to him. “I’ll pay for it, a gift.” she said with a warm smile and he carefully held the figure in his hands while she paid Applejack, surprise written all over his face. “Wow, thank you.” he said gratefully. “It’s no problem at all. Now then time to get work, right?” she asked with a cheeky grin. “First stop is the catering.” “Then ya’ll want to head on over to my family’s farm, Sweet Apple Acres, this year is a special event so the whole Apple family from all over Equestria pitched in to help.” Applejack stated. “I don’t have to check the list now, thanks Applejack.” Cadance replied and the orange mare tipped her ht. “Anytime Princess, you two take care now.” Applejack said and waved goodbye as they left. “It sounds like you come here often.” Chiro noted. “My mother lives here, she’s the town Liberian… she doesn’t get out much…” Cadance admitted sheepishly. “So, I visit her as much as I can. I’m going to give her the rabbit sculpture as a gift.” “Alright so that’s the food, those fritters were delicious!” Cadance said brightly. “The decorations are all handled, the weather team is on point this year! All that’s left is to check on the music, Onwards!” Despite spending the better part of the day trekking around Ponyville, Chiro was smiling, Cadance’s friendly nature and caring attitude made it easy to find fun even in doing a simple job such as this. The Princess and her escort headed to the outskirts of town and stopped at a large tree willow tree that towered over them. Chiro noticed the tree had a door, several windows and a balcony which was obscured by the tree’s canopy. “This is a house?” he asked and Cadance nodded. “It’s also Ponyville’s animal shelter, Princess Celestia wants the owner of the place to train a bird choir for the celebration.” She explained. The conversation was cut short when they heard birdsong coming from the backyard. Cadance put a hoof to her lips and motioned for them to quietly investigate. The two of them quietly crept around to find a large, flower covered hedge blocking their view. Cadance smirked, her horn aglow as she levitated Chiro so he could see over the hedge while using her wings to hover in the air. The backyard was huge, animals of all shapes and sizes lounged around the place while a birds perched on trees and bushes as they sang to the commands of Fluttershy, acting as a conductor and using a stick to point out the next section of the song. The song was bright, cheery and short as birds did the work of trumpets and horns that would usually announce the arrival of Princess Celestia. “You all did wonderfully, now we’ll take a break and pick up where we left off after lunch.” Fluttershy said and her flock of birds preened at the praise while the flew over top the many birdfeeders scattered around the garden. “Music? Check.” Cadance whispered and put Chiro back on solid ground before quietly gliding down herself. “That was amazing, I’ve never seen birds do that before.” Chiro said. “Fluttershy has a way with animals. Come on, why don’t we wander around town? I still have a few hours to kill before I’m needed back in Canterlot.” Cadence suggested. “Yeah, sounds like fun.” Chiro agreed. In the med by, a rock floated in Fennec’s powder blue psychic energy, suspended in the air in front of her as she used her claws to carefully carve an image into it. Six similar rocks rested beside her while a box of them sat discarded on the floor. Antauri meditated beside her, sitting in a lotus position as he hovered in the air under his own psychic power. She smirked as she looked up from her work to notice him looking at her curiously. “These seven stones have the best harmonic resonance to my psychic energy, by carving the proper symbol, rune or word for each of the Psychion Fae colonies, Sun Singers, Moonglow, Star Maker, Soul Sifter and Chronicler Colonies, the Fae Council and the Dust Mother these stones can be used for a faerie circle to boost the castor’s energy,” She explained as Gibson walked in. “They work like magic batteries, gathering energy and channeling into the user to perform feats of magic that they wouldn’t normally be able to do.” “You mean to say these are examples of Psychion Fae technology?” Gibson asked. “These are examples of Psychion Fae spellcraft.” Fenneca replied. “Don’t be ridiculous there’s.” Gibson began but the fae princess cut him off. “I swear to Shadar, if you say there’s no such thing as magic…” Antauri could see where things were heading and spoke up. “We can’t afford to fight among ourselves so perhaps it would be best to agree to disagree?” “I’m sorry Antauri but from where I’m sitting he’s insulting me, my master and the thousands of others that came before us that studied the arcane.” Fenneca stated hotly. “Arcane as in archaic, magic is nothing more than superstition and misinterpretation of documented scientific phenomena.” Gibson replied. “You’re standing on a planet that defies scientific explanation at every turn! Pegasi hold dominion over the weather, this kingdom’s ruler raises the sun!” Fenneca protested. “These creatures are genetically predisposed to interact with air currents and weather patterns, if we were to study their biology you could figure out how they do so easily,” Gibson countered. “And Princess Celestia raising the sun? preposterous! She’s using the anomaly’s affects to give herself more significance in the eyes of her subjects. Just a bunch of smoke and mirrors.” “Then explain yourself! You and the other monkeys wield The Power Primate, a mystical, perhaps magical force and yet you fight with advanced technology! Proof that magic exists and can coexist alongside science and technology!” Fenneca retorted her as her eyes and antennae flashed purple. “Both of you, enough!” Antauri snapped. “In fighting will get us nowhere. Gibson, I want you to keep on eye on the threat detector and Fenneca? We need that faerie circle done soon if we are to have any chance of saving Nightmare Moon.” “Yes, of course Antauri.” Gibson stated and left the room. “Sorry.” Fenneca muttered and went back to work. After a long day of preparations for both the citizens of Ponyville and The Hyperforce, the warm summer night was filled with tension for both groups though for entirely different reasons. While ponies celebrated late into the night in the town hall, The Monkey Team stood at the ready outside The Super Robot. “We have but an hour before Princess Celestia is due to raise the sun, scientific impossibility aside and also an hour until our target returns to Equestria,” Gibson stated. “The plan is as follows, Antauri will disengage the Brain Scrambler with Fenneca on board while the rest of us will distract Nightmare Moon long enough for Antauri to trap her using the altered tractor eye beams and Fenneca will administer the cure.” “So, what is the cure?” Sparx asked. Fenneca, curled up in a corner of the Brain Scrambler responded over the comms. “I’ll be using a spell, amplified by a circle of rune stones to restore Nightmare Moon to full health.” “That is hardly a decent explanation.” Gibson pointed out. “Very well then,” she huffed. “First, I’ll be scanning her body to isolate the illness, then look at her genetic code to determine if she was genetically predisposed to catching it or if it was simply a matter of her environment. Secondly, I’ll isolate her consciousness from the rest of her body, putting her to sleep while I break her body down to its atomic structure and reconfigure it into a perfectly healthy variant, all in the span of seconds.” “But the amount of energy needed for atomic disintegration and reconstruction would be enormous and the slightest mistake could kill her!” Gibson explained. “I am a Star Maker, the universe is but atoms to me,” she stated. “This procedure is a common one learned among all Star Maker monarchs.” “Will it work?” Antauri asked, attempting to prevent another argument. “We can’t keep her contained for long.” “This isn’t the first time I’ve had to perform the spell, it will work.” She replied. A beeping noise came from the group’s communicators. “That’s the alarm, Ponyville is under attack!” Nova exclaimed. “Antauri, you stay here with Fenneca in case Nightmare moon shows up early. Everyone else, move out!” Chiro ordered and the team ran towards the town. As they neared the town the familiar roar of motorbikes met their ears and the stopped in shock at the sight. A horde of formless raced through the streets, gunning after any pony unlucky enough to still be out at the late hour. “It appears Skeleton king has finally made his move.” Antauri stated grimly. “Well it’s time we made ours!” Nova exclaimed, her hands transforming into giant yellow and pink fists as she charged the nearest skeletal monstrosity. “Boom, Boom Wake-up!” The hapless minion didn’t know what hit it, black goop flying everywhere as it was obliterated and the rest of the team quickly followed Nova’s example. Gibson spied a nearby water tower, his hands morphed into drills he fired beams of energy at a group of formless to get their attention. They took the bait, ran forward with their claws at the ready. The blue monkey side-stepped them as he drilled into one of the tower’s support beams which sent it crashing down onto the formless and the water that spilled out made the rest unsteady on their feet. Sparx summoned his own weapons, giant magnets, a ball of red magnetic energy formed as he moved his magnet hands closer together and with a cry of “Magna-ball Blazer!” he sent the ball hurtling towards another formless, the velocity of the projectile knocked it off its bike and slammed it into a wall, splattering it into goop. A scream caught their attention and the team looked over to find a young filly cornered by a group of formless. Otto rushed forward, hands becoming large green sawblades, sparks flew off them as he put the spinning disc close together and aimed at the formless. “Skritch Scratch Doom Thrower!” he exclaimed as he pelted the formless with hot sparks. With the enemy distracted, Chiro rushed in pulled the filly out from the line of fire. He placed the pony down as Nova leapt into another group of formless, pounding them into goop. The filly made a beeline for the safety of nearby building. “Hyperforce, to town hall! We gotta make sure everyone is safe!” Chiro ordered and the monkeys backed off and stood protectively around their leader. “Chiro!” Antauri said from his seat in the brain scrambler. “I’m detecting Nightmare Moon’s energy signature, she’s headed for town hall!” “Roger that Antauri, commence operation Fae Hunt!” Chiro ordered “Change of plan team, we wipe out every last formless we see, we need to buy Antauri and Fenneca time to deal with Nightmare Moon.” “Disengaging Brain Scrambler.” Antauri stated and after a few button presses, the head of the Super Robot separated from its body and morphed into a flying vehicle. The craft zoomed across the night sky and reached the town hall in seconds. Antauri looked at the screen above him and read the information it displayed. “She’s almost here, activating eye tractor beams!” he stated as he spotted a blue wisp of smoke moving towards town hall. The brain scrambler’s twin tractor beams activated, trapping the wisp of smoke just as it was about to slip into the building. The wisp grew in size, changing and shifting until in its place, caught in the beams, was a tall black furred mare with both wings and a horn, her long mane and tail resembling a chunk of the night sky and moving under their own power. “Fenneca, now’s your chance!” Antauri stated and the fae princess jumped out of an open hatch, the seven rune stones floating in her magic as she landed on the ground below. “What trickery is this!” the mare demanded as she struggled. “Release me at once!” Fenneca ignored her and placed the seven stones in a circle around herself and took a deep breath. Her ears and antennae dropped to the side as she focused and reached her mind out to the stars above. An explosion broke her concertation and she looked up to see Nightmare moon hurling blasts of magic at the tractor beams. “I’m losing power, I can’t hold her!” Antauri explained and the tractor beams fizzled out, the brain scrambler billowing smoke as something exploded inside the ship. “Antauri?” Chiro asked worriedly over the comms. “I’m alright, I’m heading back to the Super Robot, the brain scrambler is badly damaged.” Antauri replied. “Has Nightmare Moon been subdued?” Gibson asked. “I’ve got it covered, just focus on defending the town.” Fenneca stated as Nightmare Moon got to her hooves “What are you?” Nightmare Moon hissed as she stared at Fenneca. The fox-like fae tilted her head in confusion. “Have you… Have you never seen another Psychion Fae before?” Nightmare Moon looked dumbfounded as if she was having trouble processing the information. Fenneca used this to her advantage and began chanting. “In honour of The First king, in memory of The First Queen, in the name of The Dust Mother may I bring hope back to this shadowed soul.” “What are you doing? Stop!” Nightmare Moon stated as the stones around Fenneca glowed a bright blue. In her panic, Nightmare tried to fire a bolt of magic but it harmlessly bounced off a purple shield that sprang up around the smaller fae. “May light and love grace this one once more, I call upon your healing light, O golden Mornstar!” A rune, glowing as bright as the sun, appeared under Nightmare Moon, a golden orb of light blazed forth from it and encased the mare in its magic. A swirling vortex of power erupted forth and died as quickly as it appeared, blinding all those present with one final flash of power. Fenneca felt her mind brush against the consciousness of the much younger fae and with care and plenty of reassurance directed at the younger monarch, Fenneca set to work giving the other fae every bit of information she would need to live and flourish in this world. The experience was simple, like a river flowing downstream Fenneca’s knowledge on her own kind trickled from her mind to the other fae’s who eagerly soaked it up like a sponge, fear gave way to understanding and that too shifted into sorrow and regret. Time held no meaning as Fenneca guided Princess Luna back from the dark. The sun rose that day to cheers of victory as the Monkey Team arrived at Ponyville’s town hall to see Fenneca standing a small dark blue filly. The filly had both feathered wings and horn, though what was interesting were the antennae, long rabbit like ears and light blue, rabbit-like tail that marked her as a psychion fae. Her equally curly blue mane obscured her face as she hugged Fenneca, bawling into the fox’s chest. Ponies began to trickle out of the town hall and watched in silence. “Is she ok?” Chiro asked and Fenneca looked up at him sadly as she spoke. “Her name is Luna, a monarch of the Moonglow colony. Psychion Fae children don’t show signs of taking after their fae parent until they hit puberty, yet this pup, foal, whatever, has her antennae, horn and wings fully grown. Her growth was accelerated far beyond what was healthy for a child her age and her mind couldn’t keep up with her body, literally forced to grow up too soon.” “Furthermore, from what I can tell, she was put into a position of power at such a young age, fae hybrids like her age at roughly the same rate as their non fae parent but they still have certain needs that have to be taken into account or else their developing psychic powers turn on them, literally becoming poison that twists the mind and body and if left untreated the process is irreversible and at times, fatal,” Fenneca explained. “I’ve transmitted everything she needs to know about herself and her species telepathically so once she feels up to it she can learn what she is and who she wants to be at her own pace.” The crowd began whispering in awe as they parted to make way for Princess Celestia, the ruler of Equestria. The solar princess approached the group and paused in surprise when Fenneca stood between her and Luna, fangs barred and hackles raised. “There is nothing to be afraid of, I only to want to see my little sister and to thank you all for saving her from the evil that corrupted her.” Celestia explained. Fenneca growled, her eyes and the bulbs on her antennae changed from powder to blue to a dark purple. Her ears and antennae snapped backwards in aggression. “She. Was. Sick you ignorant welp! I looked into her mind and she knew nothing of what she was where she even came from! It was a miracle she even survived this long!” Fenneca roared. “She grew up thinking she was a freak and butchered herself just to fit in.” Celestia was shocked into silence. Fenneca looked over at Luna as the filly rested a hoof on her shoulder. The fox sighed and shook her head. “I get it, you both had no idea but even still if I had just arrived sooner…In truth, I’m angry at myself for failing to stop this from occurring so I apologise for my outburst.” “Then I too should apologise, I didn’t realise something was wrong with Luna until it was too late, if anypony is to blame, it is me,” Celestia replied and walked over to Luna. “Can you ever forgive me, Luna?” Luna hesitantly looked around her, her antennae twitching nervously as she mumbled her reply. “I-I don’t know…” “Then I will do everything I can to make it up to you, I missed you so much little sister.” Celestia said and Luna nodded. “They deserve a reward...” Luna mumbled and pointed at the Hyperforce. “You’re right, thank you, all of you for saving my sister.” Celestia said gratefully. Chiro stepped forward. “We’re The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce-“ “Go!” Otto chimed in. “-and we came here looking for Fenneca, our enemy the Skeleton King wants to capture her and his forces attacked Ponyville.” Chiro explained. “I can protect other psychion fae, so Luna is safe from his detection but I can’t do the same for myself I’m afraid and Luna isn’t old enough to safely use the proper wards.” Fenneca explained. “In that case, I Princess Celestia, hereby name The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce as Knights of Equestria and defenders of the kingdom!” Celestia declared and smiled at Fenneca. “And how can I reward you?” “I am Princess Fenneca Evenstar of the Star Maker colony and simply knowing that my people aren’t gone from the universe is reward enough for me,” the fox replied and looked over at the crowd to see Fluttershy watching form afar. “Though... if I may be so bold as to ask a favour, Princess?” “By all means.” Celestia replied. “I wish for my adopted daughter and for all those of her line to be given noble status while within Equestria’s borders. A mother wants nothing more than to see her children live as safe and as happy a life as she can provide.” Fenneca stated. “I think I can arrange something, Lady Fenneca.” Celestia replied with a smile. “I walked right into that one, didn’t I? Oh well.” Fenneca mused. “Alright team, how about we can and enjoy the party?” Chiro suggested. “We’ve earned it.” “Need I remind you that we are stuck here for the foreseeable future?” Gibson chided. “The Super Robot doesn’t have the capacity to escape the pull of the anomaly.” “Then we’ll just have to make the most of it right? I gotta admit the ponies start to grow on you after a while.” Sparx said. “It’s not really that much different from protecting Shuggazoom City, just smaller.” Nova commented. “Come on you guys! We’ll miss out on all the food!” Otto called out from the entrance of town hall. “Otto is right, we should take the time to relax and enjoy ourselves before The Skeleton King’s next threat makes itself known.” Antauri stated and followed his teammate inside, the rest of the team not far behind him.