//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Spell Casting and Nurturing // Story: Reunion of the Specialists // by BioChemicalWolfGear //------------------------------// (I would justify the lateness of this chapter with writers block excuse…But I lost interest in writing. I’m writing this so I can get motivated back into this. If you don’t see any new stories please I MEAN THIS! PLEAST SPAMM MY PAGE TO GET ME TO WRITE UNTIL I SAY I’M IN COLLAGE!) (A side note: I changed the name so I could just make this a full sequel for all the specialists instead of just Nano Swarm. Yes this was originally all supposed to be only Nano Swarm at first but I changed my mind.) =============================================================== Spell Caster the newest member of Utopia found herself in the human world in the United States of America. At first when she arrived, people went up to her and tried to take her home. Others avoided her and called the police, some even took pictures. Eventually the government found out about her and they tried to take her away and keep her a secret. But Spell Caster was smarter than that and she used her abilities to try to find the president of the United States. (She landed in D.C. after so many tries) After several long hours and having to pin not only the president in place but the secret service as well. She used her magic to keep the government from cutting the video feed on the public cameras so the whole world could see her and know she’s real. “Good welcome citizens!” Said Spell Caster in the microphone. “I am Spell Caster of the Utopian society. My cause is just and noble! I am to bring a golden age for mankind as a whole and unite the many of you who are disorganized and splintered.” First impressions is everything. And the whole world saw Spell Caster push aside the secret service with the president like it was nothing. That gave her leverage in some countries…But it made her public enemy number one in so many others. The entire United Nations didn’t budge when she spoke of peace and love. Even some people made fun of her and turned her into an insulting meme. At this rate Spell Caster will fail her mission to spread peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ponies were getting used to Cole being around. Some even stopped hiding in fear when he walked by and even more waved to him and said their good mornings. The population of Ponyville also realized that Cole wasn’t a bad guy when they learned more about him and his relationship with Rainbow Dash. Nano Swarm took off her restrictions on Cole’s swarm and he was able to form his former jump jet suit around his body once again. Though while all this was happening Fluttershy found a new friend. Though it wasn’t who you would think it would be. No not Beast Master. Beast Master found it more entertaining to help Applejack pick apples and moved into the barn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fluttershy awoke one night when the moon was at its peak to the sound of howling. But this wasn’t Timber wolf howling. It had rhythm which made it sound like some singing canine. ‘Am I hearing things?’ Thought Fluttershy as she gets up from her bed and looks out the window. In the middle of the field between the Everfree and her fence lay some black object. She couldn’t tell what it was but it looked like some sort of animal. She went to her door and tried to subtly open it so she didn’t wake Angel or the other animals in her cottage. She successfully did so and silently flew across the floor so she doesn’t make any of the floor boards creak. Once she reached the door she opened it with extreme delicacy as so it won’t creak as well. She closed the door silently behind her and trotted over to where the black object was. To her surprise she found a black puppy who was howling a strange tune that she could not identify. But it was a beautiful tune and she waited until the song got repetitive enough that she started to join in. Which she did. After a few minutes the canine slowly toned down the music and ended the song. “You’re a great singer.” Said the canine pup with a voice of a young colt. Fluttershy froze and looked at the pup for a few moments. She knew the sound came from the animal but her mind couldn’t accept that. “T-thank you.” She said hesitantly waiting for the animal to have a confused look. “What’s your name?” Said the animal again. Fluttershy no longer could deny the fact this creature was speaking to her, so she at first believed it was a dream. But she couldn’t help but notice the very real feeling of grass beneath her hooves and the cold night breeze on her coat. “M-my name is Fluttershy…What’s your name?” again she was hesitant to respond but she loved animals, and to have one talking to her is an experience that she’s always dreamed of. “My name is Mouse. I’m a spirit guide.” He said proudly while puffing up his chest. “What was that tune you where singing?” Mouse tilted his head to the side (You know like that adorable thing dogs do when their confused that make them look cute) and then smiled so warmly Fluttershy swore it was midday. “It was Call of Ethereal. The song of the spirit world.” “It was a lovely song.” She complimented. “You would know. You invented it!” he giggled. “But…No I didn’t,” she said with a confused frown. “I only just heard that today now.” “You’re the one who sang that song. You sung to me before I was born and placed my soul in my mother’s child. You gave me a body a long time ago.” “Now that’s just silly.” She said with a soft smile while she tilted her head and closed her eyes. “…Fluttershy. Fluttershy. Fluttershy.” He said slowly. “You are Nurture. All creatures are given a body by mother Nurture. The mortals call her mother nature. But Nurture was sad that she didn’t get a chance at live as the others. So she planned all the births and events for the next eighty nine years and took a body for her own. But of course you wouldn’t know this. You wouldn’t have the best life knowing your past one.” “Umm…I don’t see how that’s possible. Wouldn’t we all remember me as Nurture as well as you do if since you were born like everyone else?” She reasoned with a smile. “Yes I used to not know what Nurture was. But all animals fell something familiar and nice when they see you. Hence your cutie mark is taking care of animals…It’s because you gave them life. And they subconsciously believe you will protect their life. And the reason I know this is because I’m not alive. When we die all our memories of our pre-birth will be restored so we don’t need to relearn everything about the Ethereal realm.” Fluttershy was stunned when he mentioned death. “You look alive to me.” She said cocking her head to the other side examining him. Mouse giggled and rolled around on the ground, all the while as he faded from existence, until his laugh was the only evidence he even existed. Then his voice faded and stopped. Fluttershy stood there shocked, then the world faded and darkness replaced it…then the darkness took her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fluttershy woke up the next day and looked around her room. “W-was it a dream?” she asked herself. She couldn’t remember walking back inside and going to bed. Almost as if she never woke up and left her cottage at all. “Of course it was a dream Fluttershy.” She said to herself. She continued her day as if nothing happened but she found herself reflecting on the supposed dream when she looked at her animals. ‘Was it true? Where they all around me because I gave them life?’ She thought to herself. Then she felt an insistent tapping on her back and she was brought back to reality where Angel was getting her attention. She apparently froze in thought while mid feeding the animals and she stopped making the rounds to fill the food dishes. All the animals stopped to watch her as she stood there deep in her thought. As if waiting to make sure she was ok before they went back to eating. “Oh I’m sorry I was thinking about something.” She said with a blush. They all seemed to smile and go back to eating. Angel wasn’t convinced but gave up and went back to eating his salad. After Fluttershy finished her rounds she decided to visit Twilight if she could tell her anything on dreams. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Sound of Thunder* The peace and calm of the Ponyville was interrupted by the roar of afterburners and the skies filled with many squadrons of golden aircraft. The apple farmer down in the market street looked at the awesome spectacle as each flying machine found its wingman and started patrolling the air space in squadrons of five. Each of them landing in a respective hanger one by one while the rest surrounded Utopia. All except for one. The leader of this squad of five seemed to have a much larger plane and it looked ten times as aerodynamic as the others. The entire surface was smooth and not a single pointed edge. It was obviously a noncombat fighter. Seeing as there was no attachments while all the others where sporting beam weapons galore on each wing. Most had no cockpit and even giant holes in the center where a core of energy seemed to gather. Those where slower than the others and where respectfully air to ground fighters. The farm pony had no idea what they were. And after a few moments of watching her mind immediately thought invasion. Some ponies started to panic while others still looked and saw the similarities of the vessels to the much larger one looming over Ponyville with its majestic aura. “What…in tarnation?” said the farm pony as the oddly smooth one starts to go into a dive. “Oh pony feathers.” The vessel dove right toward the market. Just as it was about to impact and everypony braced for the impact…it never came of course. For the ‘Smooth Gold’ was silently floating above the surface only five feet from the ground after diving at near supersonic speeds. Then a light appeared below the cockpit and the ship lifted up as it revealed another human. “HIYA PONYVILLE!” said the strange woman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rainbow Dash and Cole could see the spectacle from the park. Cole realized those were fighters immediately and saw the resemblance to Utopia so he didn’t worry. He wanted to give Rainbow a hickey so bad but found that she was busy watching the skies. She flared her wings and took off to meet a single odd ship that chose to dive at Ponyville. Cole sighed and decided to activate his newly reacquired jetpack and flew after Rainbow Dash. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golem was skipping happily toward the market street and twirling his cane around while heading there in a bubbly mood. “Sky Rider’s approach attracted a lot of unwanted attention.” He said to himself as he saw some ponies running. “I wonder if she knows to be gentile? We haven’t exactly handled things here entirely.” He grumbled to himself. “Golem!” Shouted a female voice. He looked around to find out who it was. Though he had a pretty good idea who it came from. He then spots a certain lavender unicorn. “Ah Twilight good to see you.” “Quick to the market place! There’s a situation!” “I know and don’t worry I have it handled.” He said as he turns to skip toward the market once again. “FASTER! PONYVILLE MIGHT BE IN DANGER!” “Nonsense Twilight Sky Rider would never hurt you!” He said while looking particularly offended. “Who?” Questioned Twilight. “Another specialist such as myself. She is master of the skies.” “A-are you sure?” “Yes I’ve seen her flying machines before. I have no doubt she is amongst them.” He looked up at the sky as if analyzing the ships. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “HEY YOU!” Rainbow Dash shouted angrily as she sped toward Sky Rider. Sky looked in her direction with a warming smile that quickly disappeared when she saw Dash speeding toward her like a bullet. At Dash’s speed she could easily break bones on a human. Ponies are much more durable than a human, especially one that isn’t improved in any way like Sky Rider who chose not to upgrade her strength or speed because she believed she could get out of any situation. Right now she regretted that decision. “DASH STOP!” Said a masculine voice behind her. Which effectively made Dash stop in her tracks. Sky Rider realized she was holding her breathe and she released it and felt the adrenalin being pumped through her body. “I’m sorry ma’am.” Said the human that she hadn’t seen before. “WHOA! Are you who I think you are?!” Said Sky Rider with a joyous expression that made Cole be reminded of Pinkie Pie, and creeped him out a little. “Umm…no?” he said hesitantly while Dash landed beside him. “YOU ARE! You’re the cloner who made Nano Swarm! We’re like biffles!” “Biffles?” “Best friends forever!” “Isn’t that BFF?” “Yea but biffle is funer to say.” She said nonchalantly. “Anyway I’m looking for a specialist like me. I’m sure they contacted you since Utopia is here.” Cole stood there for a moment while looking at her blankly. “Nano Swarm I haven’t seen since I returned to the surface. Golem is off somewhere on some missionary work or wherever that cryptic fuck does. Beast Master hangs with Applejack at the farm…” She winced when he compared Golem to a cryptic fuck but internally agreed and when Cole finished they stood there staring at each other with the most awkward silence between them. “Hmm I guess I’ll wait.” She said as she dropped to the ground and sat Indian style. “Care to join me?” she said with a Pinkie smile. “Nope, I need to go back to having sexual intercourse with my marefriend-.” “HEY! Don’t say that stuff in public!” Shouted Rainbow with the biggest blush on her face. Then she noticed the crowd. Her blush made her head look like a cheery. ‘Rainbow you slut.’ Thought Sky Rider. “HELLO MADEM AVIATION!” Shouted another male from over to their right. Golem was skipping toward them. “Golem I hear you are a cryptic fuck!” the crowd winced at the foul language. Golem however started to laugh and approached the group with Twilight Sparkle in tail. “So exactly how many specialists are there again?” “There were twelve but we got thirteen now. We added a pony amongst our society and she was a fine addition indeed. She allowed us to integrate magic to our tech and now we’ve possibly become the most powerful society in the entire known universe…or all of them.” “What? How do you integrate magic with machines?! It’s not possible without knowing what magic is or how its formed! Y-you learned what magic is? The science behind magic?” She started shocked and then became more and more excited the more she talked. “Yes that’s right Twilight Sparkle. However we will not share our knowledge with you.” Rainbow immediately winced and wanted to run away. Twilight stood there with the most plank expression on her face…*twitch* “Excuse me?” she said while her eye twitched. “I will not share my knowledge with you.” He said firmly. “Oh yes you will.” Her voice laced with hostility. “Oh? You want us to destroy Equestria?” he threatened lightheartedly. “W-what?!” “We will if we thought you had the potential to out mach us.” He said with a sinister grin. Twilight’s face was filled with horror. “CELESTIA WILL STOP YOU!” “Celestia is a sun goddess. We have the essence of light on our side. Victory is assured.” Golem said confidently. “I don’t want to fight you.” Said Sky Rider with a tone that would be expected of Fluttershy. “You wana fight! Bring it!” Said Dash, apparently not hearing Sky Rider. “Sky?” “Hmm?” “You have my back right?” “Nope!” she said while jumping. “Great. I guess you can go call your princess and we could…oh I don’t know…duel?” “CELESTIA WOULD BEAT YOU IN A DUAL ANY DAY!” responded Dash. “Umm…I hope I’m not interrupting.” Said a small timid voice. They all turn to see Fluttershy looking at some very interesting soil that happened to be very dry. Sky picked up a handful of dirt and said. “So you see I’m looking at this handful of soil and its quite beautiful!” she said mocking Fluttershy’s tendency to look at the ground from shyness. No one got it so she was met by some ‘What the fuck’ stares. Then again she knew no one would get it so she started laughing at her own humor. “Seriously, Sky Rider? Why?” Golem said flatly. “hehe I made a funny!” “Not really.” Grumbled Cole under his breath. “Fluttershy what’s wrong?” asked Twilight. “Oh um. Well you see, I had a dream and it felt so real.” Golem started taking an interest in what she was saying. “I-I heard some howling. But it wasn’t the kind of scary howling timberwolves do, but it was more like singing. So I went outside and I saw a-” “A young wolf pup who’s name is Mouse?” Interrupted Golem. Fluttershy was speechless for a moment. “Y-yes.” “Ah don’t worry about those dreams. It’s just an ethereal being reaching out to you. Listen to what he has to say because whenever they say things it’s usually important. And when you hear singing again always go out until he comes to you.” “H-he comes to me?” “Yes Mouse likes for new friends to come to him then when you get to know each other better he will come to you on command whether it be day or night. Dream or drowsy.” “Cryptic fucker.” Whispered Cole loud enough so Golem could hear him. Golem shot him a dirty look and returned to the conversation. “Yes yes. Now don’t let his presence bother you Fluttershy. He probably wants to be friends after he gives you some great internal discovery or something.” “Oh ok…internal discovery?” “Oh I don’t know, that’s what Beast Master says he does. Beast Master is…well actually I’ll let Mouse tell you. Just don’t ask Beast Master about it. Twilight that goes for you too.” “You can’t tell me what to do!” She shot back. “Twilight Sparkle I will expose your secret book stash.” Twilight’s face got blood red. “Golem you’re a dick.” Announced Cole. Causing Sky Rider to clap and Fluttershy to eep and hide behind Twilight. But it was all because of the death glare Golem shot him. “Hey Rainbow?” said Sky. “Yea what do you want?” she said with a hint of distrust. “Wana race?”