//------------------------------// // Shock, Awe, and Pinkie Pie // Story: My Little Bionicle: Destiny is Magic // by Toa Coy //------------------------------// Edited By Blazikenking Okay so last time Twilight, Spike, and Pinkie learned of Artemis. Mata Nui appeared as well as Lesovikk and his team, a moment please for those unnamed Toa and the stories that they could have told. ...Thank you, Now to the story. ~Toa Coy~ "Your daughter?!?! How can she be your daughter?" Twilight said still trying to wrap her head around the fact that Princess Luna just called Nightmare Moon her daughter. "Princess that is impossible. She is evil. She tried to cause the night to last forever." Twilight was staring down the second most powerful magic user in Equestria and was not even flinching from the glare that Luna was giving her. Luna had heard this before from her sister, and probably anypony that saw her with Artemis in the palace but right now she had to deal with this. "Twilight Sparkle," Luna said in her royal Canterlot voice, which caused Twilight, Pinkie, and Spike to cover their ears. "You know not what you say! Would you like it to be always be seen as a monster when you were not at fault for what happened? Would you!?" While saying that Luna walked straight up to Twilight and looked her straight in the eyes. Twilight still did not move even as she was being yelled at by the same pony responsible for raising and lowering the moon. There was one person in the room that knew what it was and still is like to be called a monster. Spike was covering his ears from the volume of Luna's voice, but it did not fall on deaf ears. At that moment Pinkie did a rim shot on a drum set she had with her. Everyone ignored this and the tension remained high. Spike thought back to when he had that greed problem and how everypony looked at him with a wayward eye. It hurt him that they thought that he was still the monster that caused so much trouble and damage. Most everypony was put at ease after Twilight told them that it was because of a dragon's hoarding instincts that cause him to grow and cause all the damage. But sometimes he would see them give him looks of fear out of the corner of his eye or breathe a sigh of relief after he left the room. It hurt knowing that some ponies still thought of him like that, but his friends were there and understood him. Still he looked in the mirror at times and sees some of that monster in him as his claws and teeth grew sharper and pointier. Spike finally decide to speak up, or at least try and quiet things down. He walked to Artemis, who was crying from what Twilight had said, and hugged her trying to calm her down. Artemis did not know who hugged her but she hugged them back and started to cry on their shoulder. Spike pat her on the back and wanted to say something but with all the noise she probably wouldn't hear it. Twilight was still staring down Luna but out of the corner of her eye she saw Spike hugging Nightmare Moon. The very thought of Spike even near some pony like Nightmare Moon was enough to get Twilight to break eye contact with Luna and walk over to Spike with the intent to keep him away from that monster. Luna saw and was quiet at this, and smiled for a moment but then she saw Twilight's face as she marched past her. Luna's smile just went into a frown, so to stop Twilight she put a wall in front of Twilight causing her to run into it. The sound of Twilight hitting the magical wall cause Artemis to open her eyes. When she looked around for the cause of the sound she noticed that she was being hugged by a dragon. She unwrapped her hooves from Spike and cowered away from him, with a slight blush on her face. "Hi Artemis, My name is Spike." Spike said putting his hand out so he could shake her hoof. Artemis was a bit nervous but she remembered that it was rude not to reply to some pony showing kindness. So she extended her left hoof to meet Spike's hand. "Nice to...um...meet you Spike." Artemis said not know what to say to him. "Likewise." Spike said with a smile as they shook. Twilight was at a loss for words on what she just saw. Spike had just made friends with one of the most evil creatures to exist. "Great now all I need is for Pinkie to come in and make friends with her." Twilight said not knowing of the pink pony behind her. "Alright time to make my move." Pinkie said to herself and disappeared leaving a cloud shaped like her with a smile on its face. Luna was happy that Spike had made friends with Artemis. It was kind of cute how the two looked together, then in a blink of an eye Pinkie Pie had appeared in between the two like magic. "How does she do that?" Luna thought while Twilight had a look that said 'you just had to say it didn't ya Twilight'. "Hi Artemis, I'm Pinkie Pie and I’d love to be your friend." Pinkie said as she hopped around Artemis with a big smile on her face. "Okay?" Artemis said watching Pinkie hop around her. "Great now all you need is a welcome to Ponyvile party. That also means I have to invite Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Big Mac, Derpy, Dinky, Lyra, Bon Bon, Doctor Whooves, Rose, Daisy, Lily, Colgate..." Pinkie kept listing off all the ponies in town, while Artemis walked over to Spike. "Is she always like this?" Artemis asked Spike. "Not all the time. Just when new ponies come to town." Spike replied. Twilight was on edge because of how every pony was ignoring the fact Nightmare Moon was right in front of them and they were treating her like a different pony. Twilight had had it with this and was going to do something about this and go over Luna's head. "Come on Twilight you really need to turn that frown upside down and get this party together." Pinkie said appearing in front of her. Twilight groaned and was about to say something but then there was a knock on the door. With a huff She went to her front door to see who was coming this early in the morning. There was another knock on the door when Twilight got to it. "Hold on for a minute." Twilight said as she unlocked all the locks and opened the door. On the other side was Rarity with a smile. "Good morning Twilight, how are you?" Rarity said as she walked by her friend. "Aside from a few curve balls in the past hour, good." Twilight said about to shut the door when she heard another voice. "Hey Twilight." the voice said and when Twilight looked she saw Sweetie Belle, Rarity's younger sister, standing in the doorway. "Sweetie Belle, when you get here?" Twilight could have sworn that Rarity was the only one at the door. That or she was so deep in thought about Nightmare Moon that she was for getting distracted by it. "I was right behind my sister." Sweetie replied and then asked. "Twilight, can Spike play with me, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo today?" "Sure. He’s upstairs." Twilight said out of habit. As soon as Sweetie Belle was out of her sight Twilight did a double take and silently cursed herself. "Twilight, the reason I came over here was because of the screaming and yelling I heard earlier." Rarity said after she found a fashion book from a few years ago. Twilight was about to reply when they both heard Sweetie Belle scream, which made Twilight on edge, and ran up stairs. Meanwhile Takua was feeling so tired and hungry but he also felt full and well rested. He tried getting up, which worked, and started to walk out of the hut and into Po-koro. One thing he could never forget about this village wasn’t the carvings throughout the village or the stadium; it was the sand, the only place where it would be a plas-pony's vacation home. Takua wondered if this is why the Plas-ponies were upset with him. While he was thinking his rambling thoughts on the Plas-ponies and sand he walked into the one that he swore never to drive him in a boat again, ever. "Takua." Macku said hugging him. "I'm so glad that you’re alright." Takua wanted to reply but right now he was feeling the life being squeezed out of him. "Macku...can't breath...need air..." Takua said causing Macku to loosen her grip and let him breath. "Why did I have to get stuck with the strongest mare I know." Takua thought to himself. "Sorry about that it was just that you gave me a scare when you appeared out of nowhere." Macku said with an apologetic look. "What are you talking about Macku? I was just walking around." Takua said with a confused look on his face. "I was talking about yesterday when you just appeared when everypony thought you were eaten by the Nui-Jaga. How did you do that?" "I don't know. An image came into my head and then it all went black. Next thing I know I'm in a hut unable to move." "Well glad you’re feeling better. I need to go I got a date with Hewkii to get to see ya around." With that, Macku left with a spring in her step. Takua just watch her go and asked himself, "I wonder what a date is?" Before he could guess, he remembered that he had a mission to do, so without further delay he trotted over to Turaga Onewa's hut. When he got to the hut he noticed that it was almost identical to the other stone huts, just bigger. When he entered the hut Takua felt as if he was back in Ta-koro, minus the fire in the center of the hut. Once he was in the hut, he notice the graying brown stallion standing over a book. "Turaga Onewa." Takua said trying to get the elder's attention. "I know why you are here chronicler," the stallion said turning to face the Ta-pony. "And unlike my brothers and sister I have kept the stone with me since it would be safer with me." With that he walked over to the book and turned it to the back of the page. In the last page was a dark brown stone similar to the red and blue stones that Takua had already got from the other Koros. "So you just going to hand this to me because of my mission?" Takua said with a confused look. "The willingness to give one's self so others may live is all I needed to know that you have earn this stone." Onewa replied with solemn but annoyed face. "You sure?" Takua said still unsure about this. Onewa now just wear an annoyed face. "Do you prefer it to be in a nest of Nui-Jaga where you must risk life and limb to get it?!?!" With the Turaga just inches from his face, said Turaga had a look that Takua never wanted to see again, Takua just shook his head no. "Good," Onewa said backing off and walked to the book, much to Takua's relief, picked up the stone with his mouth and walked back. Takua then took the stone out of Onewa's mouth with his magic. After stretching his mouth for a few moments Onewa thanked Takua, also commenting on the fact it was no wonder the dentist was the highest job in any Koro. Takua and him had a good laugh about it and with that Takua left the hut and the village. The trek to the Oun-Koro outpost was safer and easier than when he and Macku went this way by mistake. "Probably because I'm just carrying my pack and not all of her gear. Man why did she have all that anyways?" Takua thought to himself as he came to the outpost. Back in Ponyville Twilight felt like she had just entered a reality where strange things happen, where everypony ignored what was right in front of them and she was the only one who saw the difference... "...She has entered 'The Twilight Zone'." Pinkie said followed by a rim shot. Twilight ignored her friend and had Spike pinch her just to see if she was awake. Much to her discomfort she was awake, and she had just seen the mighty Nightmare Moon hide behind Princess Luna like a scared little filly. Then again any new pony to Ponyville would be scared of a filly obsessed with getting her cutie mark would be bad enough, but three of them could cause somepony to run away from that place for a long time. Still it is shocking to see a powerful monster acted like this. Twilight wanted to believe that this was a different pony she was looking at but she had to keep herself from thinking about that since it might just be a trap. Before she could think about it farther another knock came from her front door. "At this rate I might as well open the library." Twilight thought to herself as she walked to the door. On the other side was Applejack, Fluttershy, and Apple Bloom. "Hey girls. What brings you here?" Twilight said with a smile, temporarily forgetting the princess and Nightmare Moon in her home. "With all that hollering coming from yer place I'ma surprised not to see a posy of ponies 'round her'." Applejack replied. "Was it really that loud? I didn't know that." Twilight thought. "If Applejack and Fluttershy heard me then I might have a big problem on my hooves." "May we come in...if that is alright with you." Fluttershy asked looking from behind her mane. "Fluttershy you know that all of my friends are welcome here even if we are closed." Twilight replied stepping aside to let them in. Just as soon as the three entered the tree home Sweetie Belle started talking. "I'm sorry for scaring you Artemis but I just wanted to know how you got your cutie mark." "It is alright Sweetie Belle, I'm not much for surprises. I guess I was just born with my cutie mark." Almost at the same time everypony in the library heard this at the same time, "Oh come on!" With that said by both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom ran up the stairs to see this. At the same time this got both Applejack and Fluttershy to raised an eyebrow at this. "Twilight can you tell us who this Artemis is...that is if it is alright with you." Fluttershy asked. "Ya I never' heard of anypony by tha' name." Applejack said with a concern look on her face. Twilight was about to replied when Pinkie popped in out of nowhere. "That's because she is new to town, which is why I'm here so I can throw her a big welcome to Ponyville party. She is a filly about Applebloom's height, she has a black coat, horn, and wings." Pinkie said which made both Applejack and Fluttershy go wide eyed. "Also she has a blue mane, a cutie mark of a full moon with clouds in front of it, blue eyes, and she is the daughter of Princess Luna who is upstairs as well." That last comment caused both Applejack and Fluttershy to do a double take on what Pinkie just said and repeating the last part to themselves. They took it well; Applejack's jaw was so wide open that a fly flew in it and Fluttershy was somewhere between wanting to go hug Artemis and fainting. "Now if you need me I have a party to plan, foals to sit, invites to deliver, and cakes to bake." Pinkie said leaving the library. "Oh hey Dashy I didn't know you had Scootaloo with you." There was a quiet moment in which a pen could be dropped in another room and it would be heard by the three. "I sure glad tha' Artemis has a cutie mark." "So are we." with Pinkie Pie "I sensed a wave of panic run though my friends and then it all got relieved." Pinkie said to herself looking at the library. And then a crash was heard. "No wait it's back again. Oh well see ya next time guys." Pinkie waves to us and hops away humming a tune.