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The Fall of Twilight Orc
Throughout Magnolia, houses and buildings were coming alive with light. Shadows passed by windows as many began to move within these domiciles. Doors began to open, and cautiously, ponies began to venture outside. What brought them out, after so long, was the sound of explosions and the low roar of many battle-cries echoing through the city landscape. Many were concerned and confused over the commotion, but this soon changed. By word of mouth, news spread like wildfire on the dry grassland through the town of the attack on Twilight Orc’s guild headquarters by none other than Fairy Tail. Most of the town ponies were baffled by this sudden turn of events, but when they also heard that Fairy Tail had the upper hoof against the orcs, they began to feel hope.
“Fairy Tail is finally back!” cheered the ponies in the city rapturously.
Meanwhile, at Twilight Orc tower, the battle had shifted. The once defensive orcs were now on the attack attempting to repel their invaders. The orcs stood little chance, however, as they battled the combined sword skills of the Straw Hat Pirates’ “Pirate Hunter” Roronoa Zoro and Fairy Tail’s “Titania” Erza Scarlet. Their numbers were nothing more than cannon fodder for these two as they blew them away with their attacks. The rest of Fairy Tail along with the Straw Hat Pirates here backed them up. As the orcs no longer seem to have the means to disable their magic, Fairy Tail was charging in magic blazing. Heavy hitters like Chopper, now in Heavy Point, and Funkfreed smashed and plowed through the armored orcs with ease. Fluttershy remained on top of her elephant friend, giving him direction. Rainbow Dash too was fighting off orcs with speedy attacks.
All of that was what Zard saw through his crystal ball. The orc leader was utterly astounded by the scene. His perceptions of his and his guild’s superiority shattered by a small group of ponies. He could barely comprehend it.
“What is going on?!” he shouted enraged. “How can this be happening?!”
The sunglasses-wearing orc spoke with alarm, “What shall we do, Zard?”
Before he could speak, Zard and the orcs began hearing a sound like ‘puru.’ It was coming from Zard, who immediately moved to grab it. From his cloak, he pulled out a small (Baby) Transponder Snail, and he answered it.
“What is going on down there, you fools!” Imitating both voice and mannerisms of the creature on the other side of the line, it began shouting at the orcs — the voice belonging to none other than Caesar Clown.
Zard replied nervously, “M-Master! We are being attacked by the local guild.”
“So?!” said Caesar angrily. “Destroy them already!”
“That’s proving difficult, Master,” Zard stated. “They appear to have help from some ponies from outside of the country.”
“…”
“Master?”
“Quickly!” spoke Caesar suddenly, frightening the orc. “Gather all the lacrima crystals! Bring them up to my room, now!”
“Um, what about the intruders?” asked Zard.
“Stall them!” Then, the snail fell asleep.
Zard put the snail away. “You heard him, Boars. All of you go deal with the intruders, and I shall go and get the crystals.”
The orcs obeyed, and they all ran back into the tower. Zard did the same but went the opposite way, heading up the tower. As he traversed the stairs, he took a moment to look into his crystal ball again. The battle was still going on, but he now could see more of their guild joining in, contributing little in repelling their forceful intruders. He soon looked at their invaders, specifically the ones he did not and did recognize. After looking at all of them, he soon noticed something odd.
“Weren’t there three others in their group?”
Inside the extraction room, Fairy Tail and the remaining orcs could hear the sounds of battle. For the mage guild, it roused their spirits, and they began to attempt to free themselves to help. Unfortunately, the magic-nulling cuffs stopped them from being able to do more than struggle in their chains. It did help to make the few orcs in the room with them very nervous. None of them knew what was going on outside, but they knew they needed to defend the place and keep their prisoners under control. Nothing else would distract them.
Except, they looked away once when the only door out suddenly slammed as if it had just closed.
All the orcs and ponies looked at the door, utterly baffled by what had happened. It was Gray who then noticed something happening with one of the orcs. The keys that kept them locked began to float up; without the orc noticing at all. The keys then began to float over to him and his guild. Then, if that was not surprising enough, green fire suddenly erupted from the stone floor. It completely cut the orcs off from the ponies and amazed the group.
Then, a familiar voice spoke from seemingly nowhere. “Sorry to keep you waiting. It took a while to plan everything and get used to casting like this...”
Suddenly, before the guild, purple magic erupted between them and the fire in the same spot that the keys were floating at in standstill. Through the magic aura, outlines of translucent ponies and a dragon began to appear. Color soon began to fill their forms with two of them being purple – one pony and the dragon - and the other being yellow. Now standing before the mages were none other than Twilight Sparkle, Spike, and Nami, who was holding the keys.
Twilight then continued with a smile, “But we’re here to rescue you!”
Smiling with the rest of his group, Gray replied enthusiastically, “’Bout time.”
Gray was the first to be released; in turn, he could create a copy of the key with his Ice-Make magic. Now, with more keys, the group could release everyone much faster. While the ponies released their friends, Spike kept the orcs at bay by providing more dragon fire to their barrier. After a moment, everyone captured was now free, and they were ready to fight.
“The rest of your guild is outside this room, including Erza,” Nami told the group. She then smiled and winked towards them. “You better help them out!”
“She’s right,” Makarov said readily. The old pony then shouted, “Everyone! To our friends!”
In a mighty roar, all of the mage group charged forward. Spike instantly stopped his fire spraying and joined with Twilight and Nami to allow the ponies fight. They watched as the ponies leaped over the dying fire and attacked. The few orcs within the room quickly fell to their might which made the mages now turn to the door. Several of their members began charging their magical attacks and fired out without hesitation. The group’s combined attacks easily destroyed the door and the wall it was hinged to, leaving a large opening for them to exit through. They gave out another battle cry, and they once again charged forward. Cheers began to erupt in the next room only to be muffled by the sounds of the battle.
Now, Twilight Sparkle, Nami, and Spike were left alone in the extraction room. None of them felt as if they needed to join the fight which gave Twilight the chance to look at the extractor machine. She became instantly fascinated by the device, but her intrigue quickly turned into concern and worry.
“Whoever made this machine, clearly had no intention of making this process painless,” Twilight diagnosed concernedly.
“That’s horrible,” Spike said appalled.
“Good thing we got here before they could use it on any of our friends,” Nami stated optimistically.
“Still,” Twilight said now becoming distressed, “the pony or creature that created this must be a genius because this machine is actually brilliant albeit evil.”
“Well, regardless,” Nami stated, “we should probably destroy it.”
“I mean, yeah,” Twilight said obviously. But she also began feeling conflicted. “But if we do that, we might lose out on a wealth of knowledge that could be used for the betterment of pony- and creature-kind!”
“Um, Twi,” Spike said worriedly.
Nami too was about to speak up, but she stopped when she heard a soft noise. Twilight and Spike stopped talking as well as they picked up on the sound. It was like whistling, and it was growing louder with each passing second. Then, BOOM! BOOM-BOOM! A part of the ceiling collapsed, making the group duck down. The large object then crashed into the machine. The group looked over at the device, shocked, as they peered through the smoke and dust to see what had destroyed it.
It was three orcs, tied together and unconscious. And they had something painted on them, which they all recognized. It was their jolly roger; the symbol of the Straw Hat Pirates.
“They’re here?!” shouted the group, utterly baffled.
On the other side of Magnolia, the Thousand Sunny had arrived. It had two paddle wheels sticking out where the Soldier Dock System operated; another function revealed by Franky. Neither one was currently moving as the Sunny also had her two, lion paw shaped anchors drawn down to keep the ship from being sent back down the river. On deck, all the remaining Straw Hat Pirates and Team Natsu were operating three cannons
Nearby, Robin had her hooves crossed and her eyes closed, and she was smiling. “Direct hit,” she told everyone with a smile.
Next to her, Lucy and Happy cheered out, “Alright!”
“Load more orcs!” Luffy shouted out demandingly.
“Aye, sir!” replied other Straw Hats and Natsu readily.
Also on deck, there was a pile of orcs; the same ones they had defeated back in Hargeon. All of them were tied together in groups of three, some awake but most unconscious. Sanji, Franky, and Natsu each grabbed one group and carried them over to the cannons. But before placing them inside the barrel, Usopp and Pinkie Pie swiftly painted up the orcs with their jolly roger and, at Natsu’s request, the Fairy Tail guild symbol. Once they finished, they were stuffed into the guns and aimed towards the tire.
“Fire!” shouted Luffy excitedly.
Applejack, Rarity, and Luffy lit the short fuse, and a second later, the cannons fired. The orcs sailed through the air in an arc; some even squealing with fright as they soared. The trip was not too long as the bundle of boars soon met their destination head on. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! All three “pork balls” struck the tower and further damaged its structure. The squealing of any pig ceased upon impact.
At the same time, the ponies of Fairy Tail and the remaining crew members of the Straw Hat Pirates were hurriedly rushing out of the tower. Any orc attempting to join or stop them was swiftly dealt with and left inside the tower. As she galloped, a shout from Twilight quickly summarized the current situation.
“The tower is collapsing!”
Meanwhile, near the top of the crumbling tower, there remained but two beings left anywhere in the upper levels. It was Zard, who was hurriedly carrying a large sack up the spiraling stairs. He soon reached the top with more “pork balls” hitting the tower. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The orc stopped momentarily as the tower shook from the three strikes. Quickly realizing that time was running out, he rushes up the last few steps and bursts through the door in urgency.
“Master!” he shouted immediately. “I have all the crystals!”
“Good!”
From the table, the creature known as Caesar Clown stepped forward. His gaseous form began to shift and change and give definition to something far more stable, the shape of a pony. As a pony, he stood nearly as tall as Zard with only some height given by his two extra curly horns sticking out from both sides of his head. His third horn, identifying him as a unicorn, was standard if only thinner than usual and curved up. All three sticking out of his black mane. Despite now fully formed, the stallion's body still appeared gaseous as his body looked partially like a cloud.
As Caesar approached Zard, his piercing yellow eye gleamed with excitement as he saw the large bag. “Good work, Zard,” he said contently.
Zard immediately put the bag down in front of his master and bent down to bow to the pony. “Master, we must leave. The tower will not stand for much longer,” he advised urgently.
“Hmm, yes, it is time to leave,” Caesar said with a cruel smile.
The unicorn’s horn then began to glow with magic; a dark and evil looking purple color aura. He then used his magic telekinesis to lift the bag and bring it over near to him. “Now that I have my samples,” he spoke before glancing over. His mage then brought over several scrolls and books that he then placed the bag.
“And now my research, I have everything to bring back to the Emperor.”
The orc stood back up and gestured to the door. “I’ll take the lead, Master Caesar. I’m sure there will be a few of my comrades around to-”
“Oh, your services are no longer required, Zard,” Caesar bluntly said as he interrupted the orc.
The leader of the orcs looked at the pony confused. “What?”
“But, since you’ve been helping me for these past few months, I’ll give you a reward.”
Caesar then raised his head with his unicorn horn pointing up. The whole ceiling began to creak and crack until it suddenly bursts. The entire roof had been obliterated by some unknown and unseen way, undoubtedly caused Caesar himself. Zard both marveled and feared the power shown. He then awed as he saw his former master ascend into the sky - without wings or propulsion - with the bag in tow. The orc leader was now in shock as he saw the unicorn sadistically smile and wave at him.
“You can take the fall, leader of Twilight Orc! Shulololo!”
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Zard heard another set of strikes hit the tower, shaking it more violently than before. Immediately after, he could hear the whole tower begin to moan and creak as the structure no longer could support itself. CRACK! Zard gulped; the final support broke. He then suddenly felt weightless, but upon looking down, he saw that he had lost his ground. There was an immediate realization for the orc.
The tower was collapsing.
“Master!” Zard roared out helplessly, outstretching his arm in the hope of being saved.
Caesar Clown, no longer interested, took off flying off towards the ocean.
The top of the tower fell straight down as each floor crumbled away instantly after the other. The orcs inside at the bottom were entirely unconscious and unaware of their master’s betrayal and the building falling on them. Soon, the once towering and threatening structure disappeared into a dust cloud of its own making. Finally, there was nothing but silence in the area.
All of Fairy Tail and the Straw Hat Pirates’ Away-Team had made it out safely before the collapse. They were protected by a large ice wall made by Gray to keep any dust or debris from inflicting damage upon them. As the dust settled, the group began to venture forth to check the area. They were unable to see much for a while, but Wendy’s Sky Dragon’s Roar spell swiftly blew the dust away. Before the group, now clear as day, they saw what remained of Twilight Orc’s tower; scraps of metal and broken wood. And among it all, the defeated members of Twilight Orc miraculously unharmed by it all but trapped. Zard himself was now hanging off a beam sticking out of the pile, utterly unconscious from the shock.
Fairy Tail, and the Straw Hat Pirates, had won.
“Wa-hoo!”
TO BE
CONTINUED...