Beyond the Grid: Into Equestria

by CookieScript


Dangerous Arrival and JJ's Power

The Humane Seven had regrouped at lunchtime and they all sat down at their table to discuss what Sunset had seen, Spike poking his furry head out of Sci-Twi's backpack and speaking first, "What happened to you back there, Sunset?"

Sunset held her head as she replied, "The moment I touched JJ, I... I saw exactly what he had seen and what I've been seeing in my visions. So many people dismembered and stabbed or shot..." She shuddered and groaned. "It was awful."

Pinkie shuddered more. "I'm still getting the shudders. Whatever's going on, my Pinkie Sense says it still hasn't happened yet."

Rainbow groaned in exasperation. "Whatever is going on, we can handle it!"

Fluttershy nodded in agreement. "We've fought multiple things including two demon friends." Her eyes widened slightly before she looked at Sci-Twi and Sunset. "No offense, of course."

"None taken," Sunset replied with a smile as Sci-Twi nodded in agreement.

Applejack munched on an apple as she looked at the girls, speaking through a bit of juice in her mouth, "Ah reckon we should keep an eye on that JJ feller. Ah trust him enough, but he's hiding some things." She swallowed the bite of the apple and kept speaking, "Like what's his past like? Who's his family? What powers does he have?"

Pinkie stopped shaking for a brief moment as she gave her input, "Ooh! Ooh! Maybe he's some kind of superhero that draws his power from some mythical coins and changes into a rainbow hero who is fighting an alternate version of his father and he's probably here to get as much help as he can!" She took a loud gasp of breath before letting out a squeaky toy sound from out of nowhere.

The other seven had their jaws dropped in shock as Sci-Twi spoke first, "How'd you guess?"

"Just a hunch," Pinkie shrugged it off as she smiled cutely, then she lost her smile as she started shaking again.

Rarity frowned as she pressed on to Pinkie's observation, "Hmm, while that does seem likely, we'd have to be careful if he IS a superhero. We don't want to get hurt, after all."

Spike wasn't listening as he looked at the boy in question, JJ having had been sitting at a table near them and chatting with some of the guys while eavesdropping on their conversation, so he wriggled out of the bag and landed, walking over to JJ and tugging on his jean leg, growling slightly.

JJ looked down to see a cute purple and green beagle puppy pulling at him before he picked him up, tilting his head curiously. "A purple and green dog? Well, not the weirdest thing I've ever seen." He set Spike on his lap.

Spike made a confused face as he spoke, "What're you talking about?"

"And apparently he talks too. Okay, probably gonna have to get used to this," JJ muttered to himself before he looked at Spike and talked to him, "Okay, so I guess this is gonna sound weird, but I'm not from this dimension."

Spike scoffed lightly. "Yeah, I mean Pinkie Pie already guessed it. She's not exactly normal." He chuckled lightly before continuing, "Don't even try to figure her out. Sunset and Sci-Twi did, and they literally self-combusted."

JJ snickered and smiled at him as he responded, "Duly noted."

Suddenly, an explosion rocked the school as Spike and JJ were startled, the puppy recovering first with a question: "What in Tartarus was that?!"

JJ looked out the window and immediately wished he hadn't, paling as he answered the young dog, "Something big."

Outside, terrorizing the young students, a group of soldiers stormed out, looking similar to the Red, Blue, and Yellow Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers walked out of a ship and marched in unison, looking similar to an army.

The Humane Seven, plus Spike and JJ, ran outside and saw the massive army, Rainbow letting out a "Whoa" of surprise.

The army surrounded everyone and readied their weapons, cocking them in unison.

Sunset looked around, paling slightly as she said, "It's like being surrounded by Changelings!"

JJ looked at her, asking, "Say what now?!"

"Uh, explain it later! They've got guns aiming at the nine of us!" Pinkie shouted in alarm.

The group looked over and saw that Pinkie was right; the guns were aimed at them!

Sunset noticed a guard walking towards them and instinctively got in front of JJ, whispering to him, "Just play it cool."

He looked up at Sunset in shock; never had a girl been so brave and willing to protect him, not even in the teams he had been helping before this. He couldn't help but blush slightly as he watched her face down the guard that approached her and the girls.

"We're looking for the escaped rebel who crash-landed in this world last night," the soldier explained to her.

Sunset frowned and replied, "We haven't seen anyone like that. That event last night was just a weirdly colored shooting star."

JJ used the distraction Sunset had provided to sneak away into the crowd of kids who had gathered around the others and run to the back of the school, ducking around a corner and looking at his Morpher with a heavy sigh and a mutter, "I really didn't want to do this... but I have no choice. It's Morphin' Time!" A bright light enveloped him as he morphed.

Meanwhile, the soldier nodded once, seeming suspicious as he continued, "Was there anything else that happened last night after the... shooting star?"

She shook her head in response, determined not to show any fear. "None at all. I don't know why you even bother to ask."

He looked at his men, commanding them: "Do a sweep of the area, look for the Oliver kid!"

The army nodded and separated, starting to search the perimeter.

The commander looked at her again, giving her a warning: "If you're hiding him, you'll be held accountable for aiding and abetting a rebel."

Rainbow scoffed lightly and snapped, "Says you! You're not even a cop! You're just a guy in a copycat suit!"

A yellow Sentinel aimed her gun at Rainbow, her voice sounding deadly: "Watch your tone with our commander."

"Whoa!" Rainbow tensed up as she looked cross-eyed at the barrel.

Sunset frowned silently while Pinkie kept shuddering and shaking.

Suddenly, a voice called out from the roof of the school: "Hey, copycats! Looking for me?"

Everyone looked up to see a white version of the Rangers in front of them, his helmet modeled after a chimera, his bodysuit, gloves, and boots were white, his armor and the diamonds on his gloves and boots in different colors, and the symbol on his chest was that of the Mighty Morphin' animals.

Sunset gasped because she recognized the suit from her dreams. The white figure, the multiple colors. It had to be him. "JJ?"

"Would you look at that," Applejack commented. "Ah guess you were right about him, Pink."

The soldiers started firing on their captain's command as JJ jumped down, landing and starting to fight the soldiers bravely, using the various weapons to his advantage as he took one soldier after another down.

Rainbow watched him before she looked at the others. "Come on! We've gotta go help him!"

The Humane Seven nodded and their pendants started glowing brightly, changing the team into their outfits before they took off to help out.

Pinkie Pie jumped around, blasting soldiers left and right with her sweets bombs as Fluttershy and her animal friends helped students to safety with Spike's assistance.

Rainbow Dash sped around and kicked some soldiers to Applejack, who super punched or super kicked them into Rarity's gem cages.

Sci-Twi used her telekinesis to launch various soldiers into other groups of soldiers as Sunset fought alongside JJ, showing some impressive martial artistry herself.

He looked at his flame-haired ally as he asked her, "Been fighting for a while?"

She tossed away a soldier with a grunt and responded, "Ever since I've been here!" She judo flipped another soldier and stomped on his chest.

Eventually, the soldiers were beaten down and the team exhausted from the fight.

Rarity scoffed. "That'll teach those ruffians not to mess with OUR school!!"

Pinkie suddenly jerked around and stopped shuddering. "Ooh!" She looked up and her pony ears folded down in fright. "Uh... guys?"

Everyone regrouped as Sci-Twi asked her, "What's wrong, Pinkie?"

"I think I have a good idea of what might be causing my doozy," she whimpered and pointed upwards, the group following her gaze and gasping as they saw another Ranger come out of the ship, his helmet off to show a man with an older face, long black hair that was turning gray, blackened veins along his face, and eyes that seemed to radiate evil.

JJ backed up slightly, his face paling in fear. "No... no, it can't be... he followed me here... how...?"

The other Humane Six flattened their pony ears as well while Spike let out a frightened whimper.

Even Sunset's eyes were widened as she saw the man in front of her look at her, the normally brave flamette whispering one terrifying word: "Drakkon..."