Mortal Kombat: Defenders of Equestria

by KnightGomora1994

Chapter 2 Sonya Blade

Within the throne room of Shao Kahn's Fortress, Baraka had returned his emperor to report what had happened. The news that was given, did no bold well with the emperor. "You failed me! I gave you one simple task, and you returned to me to report that you were defeated... by mere equines?!!" he asked him.

"Not just equines my lord... these were the Earthrealm Protectors, reborn into a realm that we know nothing about..." Baraka informed him, only to get smacked.

Shao Kahn growled at the Tarkatan leader and walked back to his throne. "How could the Elder Gods have hidden this from me...? Even more, how did Raiden know about it?!" he demanded to know.

Approaching to answer, Shang Tsung bowed to him to speak. "It is possible, that he learned of its existence long before we did sire... and as embarrassing as it is to know of Baraka's defeat. We at least know that the Earthrealm Protectors are guarding this new realm." he said to the emperor.

"Why Raiden would send them to that retched place, I wouldn't care otherwise... I want them dead.. for good!" Shao Kahn exclaimed to him.

"Yes sire... I will have Kano and Ermac search for the remaining protectors... and kill them before they have a chance to reunite with their comrades." Shang Tsung bowed to the emperor and walked away to find Kano. Growling in frustration, Shao Kahn wished nothing more than to rip Raiden's heart out. But if he did... how will he manage to reach this new realm that was discovered? He grinned underneath his helmet, knowing that keeping Raiden alive was the best option to go with.

As The Mane Six and the three protectors were on their way back from Canterlot, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were on their own adventure within the Orchard. The reason for it was that Applebloom saw something descend into her families orchard last night, but her friends didn't believe her. "Applebloom, if something did fall out of the sky and land in the orchard, we would have heard it..." said Scootaloo as she followed her with Sweetie Belle.

"Scootaloo has a point... what if was all just a dream..?" Sweetie Belle asked her.

"Believe me Sweetie Belle, if it were a dream... Princess Luna would have appeared in my dreams. I'm telling you, something landed in my families orchard, and we need to find out what it is." Applebloom said to them as she walked along the path to where the crash sight was.

Knowing she was eager, they couldn't help but follow her to where she was going. Once they arrived, they looked around trying to find what they were looking for. Scootaloo walked along searching through the orchard, when suddenly she tripped over something causing her to scream and fall to the ground. Sweetie Belle being the closest to her location, ran to where she was. "Scootaloo, you alright?!" she helped her get up.

"No, I tripped over something..." Scootaloo replied and looked to what it was, seeing a hoof laying on the ground.

Sweetie Belle looked to it and saw it lead into a bush. "Scootaloo, help me out here..." she gestured and grabbed the hoof and struggled to pull who ever was in the bush. Scootaloo rushed over and helped pull out who was laying unconscious. It was a mare. wearing a green special forces uniform, twin wrist blasters, and had blonde hair.

"Whoa... Applebloom wasn't kidding, something... or somepony landed in her families orchard..." Sweetie Belle observed the strange mare.

"Yeah... Applebloom! We found something!" Scootaloo called out to her.

"I found something too! But I'm going to need help lifting him! He's heavier than a bunch of rocks!" Applebloom called out from where she was.

Suddenly, the mare began to stir letting out a groan. Scootaloo turned to her seeing she was starting to wake up, and when she did.... the mare looked to them with a bit of confusion. "What in the world...?" she groaned as she rubbed her head. "Could've swore I heard children around..."

"Well you did miss..." said Sweetie Belle, catching the mares attention.

Looking to Sweetie Belle, the mare was already starting to grow nervous of what was going on. "Am I crazy, or did I just hear a random pony talk...?" she asked.

"Random?! Hey lady, you're not one to talk!" Scootaloo exclaimed to her.

Realizing she wasn't crazy, and noticed the tone of her voice, the new mare formed a scowl. "Now you hold on just a second young lady, you're yelling at an adult, therefore you shou-" the mare soon noticed something about her she didn't realize. She saw that her hand wasn't exactly a hand, it was a hoof. She looked to her entire body seeing she had become an earth pony herself. True she would be freaking out, but she only formed a deadpan expression. "Okay, its every girls dream to have a pony... but to become one...?" she moaned in frustration.

The two members of the CMC were confused as to what she meant by that, but Sweetie Belle walked up to ask the next question. "Pardon me miss... but who are you, and what do you mean by that...?" she asked her.

Sighing knowing this is gonna be a lot to take in, but she looked to Sweetie Belle managing to calm down. "My name is Sonya Blade of the Earthrealm Special Forces. This form you see, isn't exactly my true form..." she explained to them as simply as she could.

"You mean you're an alien...?" Scootaloo asked her.

Snickering at her question, Sonya couldn't help but laugh at her question. "Well not exactly... its complicated, you'll understand." she said to her.

Suddenly, Applebloom ran up to them. "Girls, I need your help here! I can't lift a stallion that's as big as my brother and has strange metal arms." she said to them not noticing Sonya.

Hearing the last part, Sonya's eyes widened a bit knowing who she meant. "This stallion, you said he had metal arms right...?" she asked receiving a nod from the young earth pony. "Black hair, goatee, wearing a camouflauge vest, smells like he's smoked a few cigars...?"

"Not sure about the last part, but that's right... you know him...?" Applebloom asked her.

"Take me to him please, I know a way to wake him up." Sonya said to her as Applebloom lead her to where the stallion was.

Meanwhile, in another part of the orchard, a portal from Outworld opened up... walking out of it, was a Unicorn colt, with an emerald green horn, wearing a black and red outfit, with a gold piece on his chest.

The other was an earth pony, had a strap going over his left shoulder, had armbands around his hooves, greenish pants, and had a cyborg eye.

It was Ermac and Kano who arrived, and took quick notice of their forms. "Just when ya though this day couldn't get any weirder." said Kano as he looked around.

Ermac ignored the situation and looked around. "We sense they are close by... we will find them West of here." he said to the Black Dragon mercenary.

"Alrighty... lead the way then." Kano followed the necromancer into the orchard. Little do they know of what was in store for them.

Meanwhile, Sonya and the CMC walked to where her partner was in the orchard. Sonya looked to Applebloom... "You sure this is the place...?" she asked her.

"Sure is, trust me... I know my way around my family's apple farm." Applebloom assured her. She then looked ahead finding where she left her partner. "There he is!" she pointed out to him.

"Sonya looked to where he was, and rushed over to him. "Jax!" she called out his name and smacked him a couple times. "Jax, Jax!" she slapped him harder this time.

"Ow! Hey... thought I was supposed to be rescuing you..." he said to her.

"Yeah well, I couldn't wait..." Sonya replied to him. "Just what have we gotten ourselves into this time...?" she asked her fellow Special Forces member.

"Good question... but what ever's going on, we need to figure it out pronto..." Jax said to her. He eventually took notice of the CMC, and smirked looking to Sonya. "Please tell me you didn't..."

Sonya blushed from the thought of it. "No! No, they're not my kids!" she cried out.

"Uh-huh..." Jax replied and looked around. "I don't know how much I can take with this dimensional travel..." he looked back to her. "But you sure do look good in this form..." he complimented her.

"Jax!" Sonya gave him a disapproving look.

"What you do..." Jax said to her and looked to the CMC. "Now there's the matter of you three... lets start off with names... my name is Jackson Briggs... but my friends call me Jax. You've already met Sonya..." he pointed out.

"It's nice to meet ya... I'm Applebloom." the earth pony introduced herself.

"I'm Sweetie Belle..." said the unicorn.

"And I'm Scootaloo." said the Pegasus.

Chuckling a bit, Sonya smiled and sat down next to Jax. "Those are cute names... but can you tell us where we are...?" she asked them.

"You're in my families apple orchard in Sweet Apple Acres, its settled near a town called Ponyville, and the land we live in is Equestria." Applebloom explained to her and her partner as to where they were, but looked to them confused. "But why do you ask...? isn't this land your home...?" she asked.

"Actually kiddo, we're not exactly from around here..." Jax said to her, and noticed Scootaloo looking at his arms. "Oh... yeah don't worry about these... they're state of the art bionics... had them made after my arms were taken..." he explained to her.

"Wait, so these aren't your real arms...?" she asked him feeling surprised.

Shaking his head, Jax looked to his bionics remembering when Ermac took his originals. "I'll never forget that moment... the day Ermac took away my arms..." he said as he shut his eyes.

"Who's Ermac...?" asked Sweetie Belle.

Then out of no where... "We... are Ermac..." he said to them as he floated down to them.

The CMC yelped when they saw him, and looked to see Kano as well who was chuckling as he approached. "Hello love... been a while Sonya." he said to her.

Glaring at him, Sonya recognized that accent from anywhere. "Kano... nice to see you're still as ugly as ever...!" she insulted him.

"Now that's not a nice thing to say, especially in front of the little ones..." Kano smirked at her.

Jax got in front of the young fillies glaring at them. "You touch them you'll answer to me...!" he said to them.

Smirking at him, Ermac accepted his challenge. "We took your arms, now we will rip out your heart!" he charged and tackled him. The CMC took cover behind a bush, and watched the fight.

Meanwhile, Sonya and Kano stood still as one glared at the other. "Just like old times, eh Sonya...?" Kano asked her with a grin.

"Only this time, its going to be a different fight." Sonya replied to him and charged. Kano blocked her attacks, and pulled out a knife and went to strike her with it. But Sonya managed to dodge it and kick the blade out of hoof. "Playing fair was never your best forte."

"I fight my own way love, remember...?" Kano asked and went to use his Eye Laser against her, but Sonya managed to punch his face redirecting his blast as it hit an apple tree setting it on fire.

Applebloom panicked from seeing it. "Oh no! My sister is gonna be angry!" she cried out.

"Well there's nothing we can do about it Applebloom, we need to stay put!" Scootaloo said to her knowing this fight is gonna last. Sonya blocked a hard kick from Kano and leaped over kicking him in the face. Stumbling, Kano got back up and glared at the special forces pony. He lunged at her rolling up into a ball hitting her like a cannon ball.

Sonya hit the ground from the impact she felt, she looked and saw Kano go to stomp her head, but she rolled away from his assault. "You still got it, I'll give ya that Sonya... but I'm afraid this will be the end for you..." he went to kill her, but Sonya leaped over him pulled out a line snaring his neck choking him. He struggled to get free, but Sonya struck his spine and threw him over sending him straight at a tree. He hit the ground and felt a few apples hit his face. "Why you dirty little-" as he got up, he felt his head hit a tree branch causing his ears to ring.

He groaned and fell down to the ground unconscious, Sonya smirked at seeing it. "I guess the expression the apple doesn't fall far from the tree takes this to a whole new meaning." she said as she turned to the CMC who stared at her with amazed and shocked expressions. "You girls okay...? she asked them.

"That was the most awesome thing I've ever seen in my life!" Scootaloo cried out with a bright smile on her face. "Where did you learn to fight like that?!" she asked her as Applebloom and Sweetie Belle doused the fire with a bucket of water that was near by.

"I trained for years, that's how I was able to join the army, and get transferred to-" Sonya then realized her partner was in trouble. "I don't have time to explain, I need to find Jax!" she ran to where Ermac took him. At that time, Ermac was blasting at Jax no matter where he hid himself. Just when he was done with him hiding, he used his levitation to pull him out of hiding. Jax struggled fearing what he will do to him next, but before Ermac could rip off another limb... Sonya blasted him with her energy rings forcing him to drop her partner. "You took his arms, you won't be taking anything else!" she glared at him.

The CMC helped Jax stand up and get him to safety, Ermac turned to Sonya with a scowl and floated in the air. "If you will stand in our way... then we will take a part of you!" he went to strike her. Sonya dodged his attacks and blocked a punch that was aiming for her ribs. She took his arm and pinned it against his back and twists his hoof at the wrist causing him to scream in pain.

"You won't get that chance pal...!" Sonya got him back up and punched his jaw dislocating it. She then went for a few body blows turning Ermac's muscles into grounded meat. Ermac went for a strike, but Sonya blocked it and aimed one of her energy rings underneath his chin and blasted him away.

Ermac hit the ground, but got back up with the help of the souls within him. "You have indeed improved in that new body of yours... but one thing remains the same, we are many, you are one..." he said to her and went for a strike.

Sonya blocked his attacks and glared. "All those souls you have... doesn't matter how many you have, you're still gonna lose." she said to him and dodged the next attack. But was caught off guard as Ermac blasted her causing her to yelp in pain. Ermac wen to kill her, unaware of what was behind him.

"Gotcha!" Jax grabbed him from behind, holding his arms down. "Sonya, now!"

Charging at him, Sonya leaped into the air and kicked Ermac square in the face sending him flying into a tree. She and Jax cheered and gave themselves a high hoof. "That felt good..." she said as she turned to where Ermac was.

Groaning in pain, Ermac glared at her one last time. "This isn't over Sonya Blade..." he warned her and vanished to retreat to Outworld without Kano.

"That takes care of him... what about Kano...?" Jax asked Sonya.

Realizing this, Sonya ran back to find where Kano laid unconscious, but by the time she got there... he was gone. "Damn it...! He gave us the slip..." she muttered.

"We'll see him again... besides, we need to worry about our own situation." Jax said to her.

Approaching them, the Applebloom sighed in relief of what they did. "That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life! But who were those guys...?" she asked them.

"The one with the red eye was Kano, a Black Dragon Mercenary... the other was Ermac, he is a specter with millions of souls inside his body..." Sonya explained to her and her friends. "But if he and Kano found their way here to this realm, you guys are in more trouble than I thought..."

"We better find some help, and find out who else may be here." said Jax.

Remembering something, Sweetie Belle soon approached and tapped on Jax's leg. "I think I know who can help, Princess Twilight, she's one of the rulers around here. Not only that, I saw her and her friends leaving for Canterlot not too long ago with some unfamiliar faces." she said to them.

"Hey that's right! One was red, and wore a red headband, and an outfit with dragons on it, one who looked like a blue Alicorn, and the other who had his name drawn on his chest. They were heading to Ponyville Train Station." Scootaloo explained to them.

Hearing it as her eyes widened, Sonya knew exactly who she was talking about. "Would this pony happen to be wearing sunglasses last you saw him?" she asked her.

"Yeah, how did you know...?" Scootaloo asked her in surprise.

Her surprised expression changed into that of a scowl knowing who it was, she looked to her. "Which way's the train station...?" she asked her and her friends.

"Ooohhh boy, someone's gonna-" before Jax could finished his sentence, Sonya wrapped her arm around his neck choking him.

"Ah-ah! One more word, and you're road kill..." Sonya threatened him.

The train had just arrived, letting its passengers off. "Boy, feels good to get out of that train..." Johnny stretched feeling exhausted from the ride back to Ponyville. "You know I just noticed, the sun doesn't usually set around here..." he pointed out.

"Yes, why is that Twilight...?" Kitana asked her.

"Well, you see the Princesses are the ones responsible, Princess Celestia raises the sun to bring us day, and Princess Luna raises the moon to bring us nights." Twilight explained to them.

"They have the power to do that...? Makes me wonder what you are capable of..." Liu said to her.

Rainbow Dash eventually wrapped her arm around him. "She is the Princess of Friendship, but she's still gonna try and work it out as she learns." she said to him.

Suddenly... "Johnny Cage..." said a familiar voice causing him to tense up. He recognized the voice and turned to who it was. It was Sonya Blade who was scowling at him. "I hope you're not too busy..." she said to him.

Chuckling nervously, Johnny knew that expression from anywhere. "Sonya...! Hey, w-what a surprise, we were just gonna start looking for you..." he soon noticed Jax standing with the CMC. "And Jax..." he chuckled. "I didn't realize you two were in town..."

"I wouldn't make excuses in situation's like this Cage, she's already mad as is..." Jax warned him.

"Uhhh, who might this be Mr. Cage...?" Rarity asked him.

"Weeelll... Rarity, meet Sonya Blade, Sonya meet Rarity..." Johnny introduced them. "Now if you'll excuse me..." he was about to run off.

But Sonya grabbed hold of his tail stopping him. "I don't think so Cage, I've been on my period, and I should take it out on someone. That someone being you..." she said to him.

Johnny panicked knowing she was serious, but Rainbow Dash got her to let go. "Hey, back off lady... you wanna fight someone, try me...!" she challenged the Special Forces mare to a fight.

"Ooooohhh, cat fight...!" Johnny muttered only to get a glare from both mares.

"Shut it Cage!" they yelled in unison.

Sonya then turned to Rainbow Dash holding her glare. "Careful what you wish for!" she said to her and threw a punch only to see Rainbow disappear leaving a rainbow trail. She looked around, only to get punched from behind... she looked and saw that Rainbow had already disappeared. Rainbow attacked from behind again and kicked her in the leg, Sonya grunted from it and went to strike her only to see she was gone.

"Ha! Can't hit what you can't keep up with!" Rainbow said to her and went for another strike. But Sonya smirked and aimed her energy ring and blasted at her. "Whoa!" she dodged some of the blasts but one managed to hit her causing her to hit the ground. "Oww... that was knew..." she muttered but got back up and glared at her. "Alright... if that's how you wanna play it... then for real... hooves only..."

"Fine by me...!" Sonya agreed and charged at her throwing a left hook. Rainbow managed to dodge her attack and blocked a kick from her. Sonya noticed she was going for an uppercut, but she blocked it only to get a kick to the face. Grunting in pain, Sonya stumbled a bit and looked to her. "You're good... but you'll have to do better to knock me out..." Rainbow Dash charged at her about to throw another kick at her, but Sonya blocked it and punched her in the stomach causeing her to cough up a little blood. But Rainbow wasn't going to back down, she threw a punch at her. But Sonya blocked it and threw her down to the ground and pinned her down holding her arm against her back. "Surrender!" she said to her.

Struggling to break free, Rainbow Dash was too stubborn to quit. But given the situation that Sonya was about to dislocate her shoulder, she couldn't risk it. "Alright! Alright you win!" she took the chance to surrender as Sonya let her go.

Applejack was surprised from what just happened. "I can't believe it... she actually got Rainbow Dash to surrender..." she muttered.

Liu Kang looked to her surprised. "She never surrendered before...?" he asked her.

"No, she's too stubborn to quit, but Sonya managed to do it without even breaking a sweat." Applejack replied to him.

Looking to the defeated mare, Liu Kang sensed that surrendering to Sonya must have really wounded her pride. Sonya meanwhile glared at Johnny, and walked toward him. "Alright Cage... you and me, right here and now...!"

"Whoa Sonya, can we just talk about this...?" he asked her trying to avoid the fight.

"Sorry Mr. A-List, but there's no running away from this!" Sonya said to him and attacked him without warning. Johnny avoided her attacks trying to survive. But he knew he needed to fight back, so he dodged her next punch and hit her in the face. Feeling it happen, Sonya slowly turned to him with a scowl. "Seriously...?" she asked barely feeling it as a punch.

Johnny had a moment of silence. "I'm sorry..." he apologized, but Sonya kicked him down causing him to roll on the ground. Groaning in pain, Johnny knew that the gloves needed to come off. "Alright... you want a fight...? You got it!" he threw a force ball at her seeing her hold up her guard, but he anticipated it and used his Shadow Kick to kick her down as the force ball hit her face.

The Man Six watched as the two duked it out, Fluttershy covered her eyes from it. "Are they usually like this...?" she asked them.

"More like always..." Kitana replied and looked to the fight. "But I must say, Sonya does look like she needs to let out some anger." she admitted.

"Now that you mention it, she does seem rather more upset than angry... perhaps its a personal issue...?" Rarity asked.

Liu Kang watched the fight, thinking of what it could be. "Its possible that during the fight of Armageddon, Johnny didn't focus on saving Sonya... but focus more on staying alive..." he theorized. Johnny landed a few hits against Sonya, but when he went for another punch, Sonya caught his hoof and kicked him in the stomach.

Grunting from the attack, Johnny started feeling dazed from it. Sonya charged up her energy rings and blasted him, straight in the chest knocking him off of his hooves. Johnny landed on the ground, feeling shear pain from the blast he took. "You finished...?" he asked her.

Taking deep breaths... Sonya finally managed to calm down after letting out all that anger. "Yeah... I think I'm good now.." she replied to him and sat down. "Sorry I did that..."

"Hey, no worries... you need to let out that anger, I get it..." Johnny assured her and smiled. "Besides, you owed me since we first entered the tournament..." he reminded her of their first fought together.

Chuckling from remembering it, Sonya smiled and looked to him. "How can I forget...? You were trying to hit on me when we first met, thinking I was an actress." she remembered it clearly.

"Wait, you mean you two fought before...?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Yeah, but I beat her... and now we're even..." Johnny explained.

Seeing that they've finally let go of the past, Jax walked over and put Cage in a headlock. "Glad to have you guys finally making up..." he chuckled humorously.

Struggling to get out of his grip, Johnny was trying to catch a breath. "Jax... can't...breathe...!" he exclaimed as he tried to get free. Realizing it, Jax released him from the headlock letting him breathe. "Thank you..." he said to him.

Suddenly, Twilight rushed up and observed his bionics. "Oh my gosh... look at these, are they prosthetics...?" she asked him.

"Yeah, surgically placed on... not something you want to try though." Jax replied to her.

"Right..." Twilight cleared her throat and looked to the others. "Well... now that we got that out of the way, we should head for my castle. You guys will need plenty of rest after all this excitement."

Night fell as they arrived, the Protectors looked in awe seeing the castle from the outside. "Wow... the Edenian Palace would probably pale in comparison to this place..." said Jax.

"Sad, but true..." Kitana muttered to herself.

"Wait till you see the inside..." said a voice as the protectors as the looked around. "Down here...!" called the voice as they looked down seeing it was Spike.

"Whoa, a little dragon? Funny, I was expecting you to be a lot bigger..." said Johnny as he let out a snicker.

"Hey, I'm still a baby dragon buster!" Spike flared his nostrals at him.

Chuckling at it, Liu Kang approached him. "Never mind him young one, sometimes he doesn't know when to be respectful to others." he pointed out earning a scowl from Johnny.

"Hey, its cool... I'm Spike by the way..." he introduced himself to the Shaolin.

"I'm Liu Kang, these are my comrades..." he introduced them. "We'll be staying with Princess Twilight and her friends until things have been worked out." he explained.

"Wow, in that case welcome to our home." Spike welcomed them earning a surprised look from Sonya.

"Wait, you live here with her...?" she asked him.

Nodding to her, Spike gestured to himself. "I happen to be Twilight's number one assistant." he boasted.

Kitana giggled at him and rubbed his head. "Well aren't you simply a lucky one." she said to him as she rubbed his head, causing the little dragon to blush in embarrassment.

"Well, I should warn you guys that this will be a long tour... in fact I'm still trying to learn my way around this place." Twilight mentioned as she lead them inside. Hours had passed, and Twilight soon lead them to their rooms. "Okay... these are the guest rooms... I hope you guys make yourselves at home." she said to them.

As the Protectors looked to their rooms, Johnny couldn't help but look to her with his eyebrows arched. "We're gonna be in separate rooms...?" he asked.

"Sorry Cage, but no hanky panky in this castle." Twilight replied to him.

Jax laughed at Johnny knowing he was outwitted, Sonya at the time smirked at him as she alked by. "Better luck next time Cage..." she walked passed him heading to her room.

Johnny's shoulders slumped down as he had a depressed look on his face. "This is worse than having an agent in Hollywood..." he muttered.

Raising a brow from hearing it, Rainbow Dash looked to Cage. "What's Hollywood...?" she asked.

Surprised of her question, Johnny couldn't help but smirk feeling a song coming up. "Well... since you asked, I'll tell you." he said to her.

He gestured to the Mane Six, as they looked to him in surprise. "Who us...?" Rainbow asked.

Liu Kang smirked as he watched what was happening. "This might be good..." he whispered to Kitana.

He tap danced as he felt the music flow around. Pinkie at that time was grooving to the music, like she always does and start tap dancing as well. She and Cage tap danced beside one another, and Cage took the spotlight.

Jax nodded feeling impressed of how well he sang. "I gotta admit, I never thought I'd see this coming from Cage." he admitted as he watched him perform.

Sonya peeked through her door watching her, true Johnny could be a real blockhead sometimes, but a smile formed across her face. Something she never had before until now, she walked back into her room to let him have his fun.

As his song ended, The Mane Six, and protectors who watched his performance clapped their hooves from his performance. "Wow! Hollywood must have been the best place to be if you're a good action star." said Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah, but it didn't last... my career went down hill after a while..." Johnny admitted to them.

Feeling sorry for him, Fluttershy walked over and wrapped her wing around him. "We're sorry it happened... I guess not all good dreams come true..." she said to him.

"Not always..." he replied to her.

"Well... for now, lets get settled in... we have a long night." Liu Kang said to them and turned to Kitana. "Good night Kitana..." he smiled at her.

"Sleep well Liu..." Kitana replied and walked into her room.

Noticing Liu was watching her, Applejack smirked as she let out a chuckle. "Ooohh... somepony has a crush on the Edenian Princess..." she teased him.

He didn't mind, Liu Kang shook his head a bit. "You're not wrong there..." he admitted her and walked straight into his room.

Rarity gasped in surprised from hearing it. "He does! He truly does~!" she sang out. "And he didn't even deny it..." she pointed out looking to the others.

Chuckling a bit, Johnny crossed his arms. "They've been that way since they met in the tournament..." he informed them of their relationship.

"Hold on guys, Kitana is ten thousand years old." Twilight pointed out.

"So what? Princess Celestia is engaged to a Thunder God who's probably lived longer." Rainbow said to her.

"She's got a point..." Jax agreed with her.

Twilight stuttered, trying to explain to them. But her tongue was literally tongue tied at the moment as she let out a groan in frustration. "Forget it!" she walked to her room.

"Well ya'll, we best head on home. That means you too Applebloom..." Applejack said to her.

Applebloom complained and followed her. "Come on Applejack, can't I stay a little longer...?" she asked as Applejack kept telling her no.

Twilight giggled watching them go, the others eventually left and she looked outside. Her smile faded as she began to wonder what's going through Princess Celestia's mind. The news about Raiden had truly shocked her, she wished she could help... but she knew that her teacher needed time. "We'll figure something out Princess... and we'll bring Raiden back, I promise..." she said to herself and headed to her room.

Luna walked into her sisters chambers to check on her, but rather than finding her in her bed... Luna found Celestia sitting near the window looking out. "Sister, you should be resting..." she advised her. She then noticed that she wasn't listening, she approached her and found that her tears were running down her face. "Sister...?"

Feeling her tears run, Celestia cleaned them up and looked to her. "How could I let this happen Luna...? How could I have let Raiden stay behind while his comrades escaped...?" she asked her.

"Sister, you did what you could... what ever happens to Raiden, its not your fault." Luna assured her. "And if he is still alive, we will find a way to bring him back... whether he is corrupted or not..." she pointed out.

But Celestia merely gave her a disapproving look from that last part. "You certainly know how to help..." she said to her and looked away.

"All I'm saying, is don't give up on him... just as you didn't give up on me when I turned into Nightmare Moon." Luna advised her as he placed her wing over her sister.

Celestia at that moment smiled briefly, but she looked out to the night sky thinking back to the night Raiden visited her. "You're right Luna... what ever we will face in the future, we need to be prepared. Not just for our sakes, but for the ponies of Equestria." she said to her sister.

Luna smiled at her sister seeing much hope in her eyes. "You truly believe that we'll bring Raiden back, don't you...?" she asked.

Nodding her head, Celestia turned facing her. "I do Luna..." she turned back to the night sky as tears brimmed in her eyes. "Because I love him..." she said to her knowing what she said was true. She will never forget the day he helped her when no one else would.

On her way home, Fluttershy hummed a bit but noticed Angel Bunny running towards her. "Oh, what is it Angel...?" she asked him as he tried to explain to her in his own language. "Are the otters having trouble...?" see's him shake his head. "The Cardinal lost his voice?!" she started to panic only to get lightly slapped by Angel. He grabbed her head and turned her to an unconscious unicorn laying on the ground. Gasping from seeing it, she ran over to him. "Mister...? Mister, are you okay...?" she asked him.

Taking notice of his outfit, he was wearing a yellow ninja outfit, with dark great trim, dark pants, wearing a dark hood with a yellow mask. He even wore silver armbands around his fore hooves, revealing a kunai that was hidden. a She looked at the stallion and gently rolled him over to look at him. "Who are you...?" she wondered only to notice his eyes squint. His eyes revealed themselves showing they were almost pale white, causing her to silently gasp.

He looked at her but his vision was blurry, not being able to see her face as he reached out to her and whispered a name. "H-Haru... mi..." he said as he passed out. Fluttershy was surprised of what he said. Harumi, who was she...? She wondered but she shook her head and lifted the stallion up, taking him inside her cottage to recover. Who ever this stallion was... she will find out soon.