As the two confused boys looked around the new and very shiny room they were in, both of them began to worry.
"We need to figure out where we are, how we got here and...whaaaaat happened to you?" Zero asked, only now noticing Greys' shirtless chest wrapped in bandages. After giving Zero a confused look, he poked his chest and sure enough, it erupted in pain, causing him to wince.
"I could ask you the same." Grey said gesturing to his arms. Zero also had bandages that adorned his right upper arm, though unlike his friend, he didn't touch them.
"Hey Grey, do you remember what happened to us?" Zero asked in a very concerned voice.
Grey put his hand on his chin in thought for a moment, after coming out of his memory files, he told Zero "Last thing I remember, we were battling in some meadow and.......where are our blades?!" he screamed as the duo frantically checked their pockets, searching for their Beyblades only to find nothing. While that was happening Lily and Jayden began to awaken from their slumber as well.
"What are you guys losing your minds about?" Lily asked tired and half awake, not aware of the fact she was a room made of crystal whereas Jayden instantly noticed courtesy of a bright reflection burning a path to his retinas which caused him to comically fall off the bed.
"Did any of you see what assaulted my looking parts?"He said causing the others to laugh. After Jayden's comedy skit, the four looked for their clothes which were located on a nightstand, consisting of shoes, shirts, holsters, etc.
"Wait...WHERES PISCES?!?!?!" Lily shrieked, forcing the boys to hold their ears in pain, having only just realized her Beyblade partner was missing she frantically searched for it.
Seeing that his friend was getting nowhere Zero decided to speak up.
"We already tried to find our beys so don't bother." he said nonchalantly. Even though he wore a calm face Zero was having a meltdown on the inside. He and his friends started to try and figure out where they were when a new voice snapped them out of their thoughts.
"Your awake!" feminine the voice said happily, she was a unicorn with wight fur with pink and purple hair, there was a lot of mixed reactions out of the four teens, Zero was thankful that who or what found them was nice, but he was scared of what would happen if they ticked her off, so he had a serious expression on his face, mostly due to the horn on her head. Lily was just confused by the being standing before them as seen on her face. Grey was having a mix of the above reactions and was tensing up, Jayden held a blank look and picked up on his friend's unease, so to ease the tension he walked up to the unicorn without saying a word and held out his hand.
Not sure how to react, the mare took his hand. She was met with a vigorous handshake, she was practically jumping from the force applied.
"Hii'mJaydenandthesearemyfriendsbutthatdosn'tmatternowwhatdoesisthatyouhelpedusandweoweyoubigsohowcanwebeofservice?" Jayden said at an alarming rate, hand still shaking after being let go she gave a frightened look, Grey takes this as a cue to speak up and clears his throat.
"Sorry miss, what my friend was trying to say is thank you for helping us, how can we repay you?" he asked her as nicely as one could ask. The mare was now less shocked, but more confused as to how she could understand him, not wanting to seem rude, she answered the boy.
"Well...you could start with your names, mine is Sweetie belle." She introduced herself.
"My name is Grey, pleased to make your acquaintance, miss belle." Grey said with a bow.
"My name's Lily." She said bluntly.
"I'm Zero, you've met Jayden." He said, pointing to the boy in question."I have something to ask you." he stated, gaining Sweetie's full attention.
"What is it?" She wondered.
"What planet are we on?" He asked, earning quizzical looks from everyone present.
"Umm...Equis, what do you mean by that?"Sweetie answered confused as to why he would ask that, she soon got her answer.
"Wait.... we're not on earth anymore?"Lily asked, terror welling up inside her. They had all seen some crazy stuff in their lives but this takes the cake.
"Well, well, well, this is certainly new. And we still have to find our blades." Jayden stated, dawning his first stoic expression since...... ever. Nods of agreement were given before all eyes, very serious eyes, locked on Sweetie belle causing her to sweat and whimper. She had a lot of questions going through her head, examples being, are they aliens, were they angry about something, what kind of powers do they have. As Zero began to speak she felt a lump in her throat
"Do you happ..." was all Zero had time to get out before getting interrupted by a voice from down the hall.
"Sweetie belle!" The voice, much more masculine than Sweetie's, called out. Sweetie breathes a sigh of relief while the others look down the barren hallway to see a bacon haired, brown coated creature similar to Sweetie, except he didn't have a horn. This one was wearing a hoodie with what looked like a game controller on it and blue jeans.
When he reached the group he was stunned silent for a moment before shaking his head and turning to Sweetie belle.
"Sweetie, the princesses are waiting on us." He said.
"OH THAT'S RIGHT, I completely forgot," Sweetie said while facepalming. "We need to get going, come on, you guys need to meet the princesses." she told them, motioning for them to follow her. Not having anything else to do, the four teenagers complied.
"mabye they know something about our Beyblades."Zero thought, hope now filling his mind.
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[cutie map room]
"Sorry we're late Twilight, day court took far longer than expected, where are these creatures you wrote to me about?" Celestia asked her lavender student as she walked through the massive doors of the map room. She wore a very regal dress with several pieces of jewelry.
"We are also excited to see the creatures thou hast described." Stated Luna, she was wearing more casual clothes than her sister being a frilly shirt with her cutie mark on the front and skinny jeans."Is Discord not coming? We would think this opportunity for chaos to great for him to pass up." she said, confused as to why the king of chaos was nowhere to be seen.
"I'm sure Discord will show up, he does have a flair for theatrics." Twilight said as she used her magic to hand everyone tea. She had offered some to the four royal guards that escorted the princesses there, but they kindly refused. For a while it was just idle chit chat, then the subject of Starlight glimmer was brought up.
"Twilight, I've been meaning to ask you this but never had the time," Celestia said, which got her students full attention. "Where is Starlight, I haven't seen her in a month?" she asked taking a sip of her tea.
"Oh Starlight went to live with Sunburst in the crystal empire, you should've her face when I asked her why she was moving, she was so red I could mistake her for a tomato." Twilight told her with a voice that practically screamed 'mischievous intent', earning quite a lot of giggles from the group.
"Oh, you simply must show us a picture." Celestia said with a smile on her muzzle at the thought of Starlight having a colt friend......but the happy atmosphere was soon dissipated as the doors started to open, putting everyone on alert. The first ones through the door were Button and Sweetie, followed by Lily, then Jayden, who made a grand entrance by jumping over them and front flipping into a bow, laughing while doing so. It seemed like there wasn't anybody else coming so Twilight went to speak, she stopped when she heard footsteps, that's when Zero and Grey walked into the room, Zero having his arms crossed over his chest with Grey's hands behind his head. Zero noticed the guards that were holding spears but was truly focusing on the purple dragon sitting at the crystal table, but ultimately kept his mouth shut.
"You guys gonna say anything?" Sweetie Belle asked sounding uncomfortable with the silence that reigned over the room.
"I was going to ask if they wanted a seat." Twilight said looking at the group, hoping for an answer.
"That sounds lovely." Zero said witch seemed to ease the tension in the air. After hearing that Twilight's horn lit up and four chairs appeared out of thin air with a pop sound that made the four teens jump. 'how did she do that' Zero thought to himself. He decided not to think about it and sit down as did his friends.
"Now that you're here, I'd like to ask you all some questions." Twilight said, summoning a piece of paper and a quill, but as she was going to ask her first question, a white hand was placed over her muzzle.
"Twilight... let's not overwhelm them with a thousand questions, hm." Celestia told her student who smiled sheepishly. "Why don't we start with introductions. I am Princess Celestia, herald of the sun and co-ruler of Equestria." she told them.
"We are princess Luna, herald of the moon and co-ruler of Equestria." Luna stated.
' Royalty, huh' Zero thought.
"My name is Twilight sparkle and I am the princess of friendship." As she said that, Zero took a mental note that royalty seemed to be an amalgamation of unicorn and pegasus in this world.
"I'm Spike, Twilight's assistant and adopted little brother." Said the purple dragon, earning Zero's full attention. For some reason, Spike felt nervous from the look on his face, almost as if he was starring into the eyes of something much bigger than him.
"I'm Rainbow dash, the fastest flier in aaaaaalllllllllll of Equestria." She said in a very smug tone, causing the other ponies to eye roll or giggle, save for the orange pegasus girl, who smiled a toothy grin and had sparkles in her eyes.
"Ma' name's Apple Jack, proud co-owner of sweet apple acres." She said tipping her hat.
"My name is Rarity and I own the carousel boutique, and I must get the name of your dresser, those clothes are....mph" she was abruptly stopped by a hand over her mouth. Rarity looked to her left and saw Rainbow dash shaking her head with a disapproving face. Rarity simply closed her eyes and shrugged, at which Rainbow lowered her hand and Rarity put on a smile, none of them having noticed that Grey cringed at the mention of the word boutique.
"Hi...um....my name is Fluttershy." the yellow pegasus girl said while covering her left eye with her pink hair.
"I can see you live up to your namesake." Grey said leaning back in his chair, smiling at her. That last remark made Fluttershy want to bury herself farther in her hair. Zero saw her nervous face and elbowed Grey in his arm, sending him a death glare that could be felt by everyone.
"I'm sorry, I need to watch my tact when I'm talking to new people." Grey said while giving her an apologetic look. After seeing this, she gave him a smile that he returned wholeheartedly, seeing that his job was done, Zero turned back to everyone.
"Girls...why don't you introduce yourselves."Twilight said looking at the CMC's, still trying to shake off the effects of Zero's stare, 'That look could give Fluttershy's a run for its money' she thought.
"You've already met me, I'm Sweetie Belle and these are my friends, oh and I'm Rarity's little sister." she reminded them.
"My name is Botton mash and I'm Sweetie Belle's colt friend, gamer, and amateur game designer." he said sounding very proud of himself.
"I'm apple bloom, an ah,m a co-owner of sweet apple acres an..."
"let me guess, Applejack's li'l sis." Lily interrupted. "That's all well and good but does anyone know where Jayden and the pink one are?" she asked. At that they all looked to realize that sure enough, both of them were no longer in they're seats. While they were all confused, the two of them burst through the doors holding cannons in their arms, they pulled the drawstrings while screaming,
PARRTYYY TIIIIIME!!!!!!!!!!!
With that said a giant wall of confetti, streamers, and other such party favors came out forcing the group to clamp their eyes
shut. When they opened their eyes, they were greeted by a party that had been set up in the span of an instant, each one of them now sporting a pointed hat. After opening their eyes they saw many things that weren't there before such as a three-layer cake that many of the group eyed hungrily, a bowl of punch with two stacks of cups by it, and other things one would find at a party. What really caught the attention of the four teens was a banner that read 'Welcome to ponyville, bladers'.
"Um...Pinkie pie...how do you know what they call themselves?" Twilight wondered. Zero, having quickly put the pieces together, answered her.
"They snuck out at some point and Jayden told her about what we do, that's how she knows." he told them. murmurs of agreement sounded from the ponies as they chalked it up to Pinkie being Pinkie.
"What are you exactly? Rollerbladers?" Sweetie Belle asked confused as to what blader meant.
"Mabey they're swordsmen." Button said with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Forgive me for answering a question with a question, but did anything come through the portal with us besides our clothes?" Zero asked them. They looked surprised before they started thinking while the princesses sat confused. That's when Twilight spoke up.
"There were these things." she said teleporting four highly detailed spin tops and levitating them." Do they belong to you?"
"As-a-matter-of-fact they do, and their very important to us. so if you would be so kind..." he said holding out his hands. Not needing any more instruction she levitated them into his hands when he promptly handed them around to his friends. They all had a different reaction, Jayden lept for joy shouting happily as he did while Lily acted like the pet that ran away tackled her in a barrage of kisses, Grey looked at his bey appearing indifferent, then he smiled a sharp-toothed grin that put all the ponies on edge.
"Um..thems some..narghly chompers ya got thar." apple bloom said nervously after seeing Grey's shark teeth.
"Y..y..yeah, they are," Sweetie belle chided glancing at Botton, noticing that he wasn't looking at Grey."Botton, what are you looking at?" she asked.
"Him." Button said pointing to Zero, who seemed to be staring into space.
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[Zero's point of view]
It’s good to see you again.
As it is you, my partner. While you conversating with the ponies, I took some time to learn about this world. said a deep, gruff voice. This, my lovely readers is my Beyblade partner Dragonis, a giant Anthopromorphic dragon, and...
Wait, since when can you read?
I always could, I just could never touch the books. he answered with a shrug, before continuing,This world is full of magic, the energy from which we spirits draw power.he concluded, sounding like some great sage.
I see, you used that magic boost to make yourself a physical form.I said with awe in my voice.
Yes, but now you should continue to speak with the ponies.He told me.
Your probably right. That's when I snapped out of my mental talk with dragonis and felt a hand on my shoulder. From the look on Lily’s face, I was talking longer than I thought."Huh, wha.. what's happening?" I asked because I hadn't heard a word they said.
"Now that we have your attention, you were going to introduce yourselves to everypony." Celestia said. I can't believe I forgot introductions.
"Ah...yes, my name is Zero..."
"Yes, hi. Not to be rude," Well I think it was rather rude." But what are bladers, anyway." the orange pegasus asked me, I never got her name.
"Scoots, that wasn't cool." Rainbow said in a warning tone that my big bro used to use on me. She gave me a weird look at what I said next.
"No, no it's fine, you guys were gonna learn this anyway, might as well get it out of the way." I said, holding up dragonis for them to see."What we're called is beybladers, and these are Beyblades. Tell me, do you have gladiators, I mean you have spears so I can only assume."
"Yes, we have our guard do a gladiator-style battle every once in a while, though it is more of a test of skill than a deathmatch." Celestia answered, "Why do you ask?" she questioned, and here's my answer.
"Think of it like that, except instead of swords, shields, etc. We use spin tops." I explained to them. When Scoots started rolling on the floor... I wasn't surprised in the least, I didn't expect them to believe me anyway. Not even the princesses could keep it in for long and soon every'pony' was in full-blown laughter at my claim.
"Wha...do ya-ya... spin 'em in...a-ah bowl...a'n...hav'em...fight each other?" Apple bloom asked between laughs. I was about to answer her, but Lily beat me to it.
"That's actually pretty spot-on, though the bowl would be as big as a house." She told them, which only seemed to make it funnier?
That's when Grey decided to talk,
"If you guys are done," he said, causing everyone except me Jayden and Lily to be quiet "I'd like to eat some cake, so let's finish intros. I'm Grey Jorgan." he said getting up to get a drink. Everyone had a nervous look on their faces save for the princesses whose eyes seemed wide with wonder, now is probably a good time to say if Grey gets angry or inpatient he can become a living nightmare. Now it was Jayden's turn to speak.
"Heelllloooo Equestria," he cooed, God every time he opens his mouth I hear it." my name is Jayden Lance, and in the blading circuit I'm known as Jay Jay the jester." He said as he pulled out a top hat fromgod knows where, and gave a bow.
"Circuit," said Luna aloud "then this is a popular sport in your world?" She asked.
"Must be a pretty boring world if your popular sports are spin tops in a bowl." Rainbow said trying to stifle a laugh. Normally I would be angry from a comment like that, but I have a plan that's gonna blow them away.
"Rainbow Dash," Rarity scolded, "that is not acceptable, you need to apologize to them, it's their world, not ours and we have no right to talk about it like that." Imagine my surprise when that loud mouth shut up, what did she do to Rainbow dash so that she would obey her like she did, do I even want to know?!
"Ahem," Lily cleared her throat "My name is Lily and it's a pleasure to meet you all." she said in...a...well mannered fashion? OOOOKKKKKAAAAYYYY!!!!! she's never well mannered, then again, they are princesses so... yeah I can see why she's being so out of character, unfortenatly Grey isn't as filtered as Lily. Wonder what I mean, well here's your answer.
"For the rwecord," he said through the giant glop of cake in his mouth, for those of you wondering, I'm already pinching the bridge of my nose over here. "all of you are wrong, especially you Rainbow, the only one here who got a thing right was miss princess of the night over there." I didn't want to hear this again so in one swift motion I have my hand over his mouth and whisper,' we don't know what else they can pull out of hammerspace so zip it.'
After his nod of understanding, I let him go and turn to the ponies.
"Sorry about that, when he said he needs to work on his tact, he meant it." I said, which got nods from the ponies, plus a mean glare from Rainbow.
"Regardless of how I say it, my point is these are far more exciting than they may seem." he said, thankfully without a smart-assed comment. Now to execute that plan I mentioned befo...
"Oh ho ho, they are quite exciting indeed." ....who was that?
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[3rd person pov]
Zero was more confused than a dog chasing its tail. As he and his friends looked around for the being whose voice just boomed through the room they were in, the ponies and dragon seemed very calm, then the voice spoke again.
"Now that introductions are out of the way..." The voice said at the same time as a loud pop sounded."I think it's time for you to meet the one who brought you here."
While the ponies seemed annoyed with the creature that appeared, The for teens could only stare at the amalgamation of animals that stood before them.
"What are you" Lily asked the entity.
"Not what, but who..." he answered her, "I, am DISCORD!!!! THE KING OF CHAOS!!!!" he said throwing his arms out and head back as spark shooters erupted behind him and spelled his name, the bladers stared in awe as fireworks went off behind him. "Sooooo... what'cha think? I've been working on that one for a while now." he said just before a blur of mis-match colors latched onto his face.
"YOU MUST TEACH ME HOW TO BREAK REALITY LIKE THAT!!!!! Jayden screamed, kneeling on Discord's chest, forcing him to bend backward at a right angle. Discord could only blink stupified at what just happened, only to be dragged back to reality by cries of pain. He stood up just in time to see Lily pulling his would-be attacker by the ear, nearly tossing him into his chair, sitting on her own.
"As I was saying, I'm the one responsible for your being here." he continued explaining "And I would like to apologize for any inconveniences you might have had during your travel here."
"You'd better be." replied Grey in a snarky tone.
"Be nice," Zero told him before continuing "now for the question we're all probably wondering, why are we here?" he asked, gaining murmurs of agreement.
"Yes, we would like to know as well." Luna stated with a stern look on her face.
"All in due time," he answered before generating a pair of glasses, "for now, let's bring our guests up to speed." He then proceeded to stretch his arm for what seemed like infinity before pulling it back with a chalkboard in tow. "Let's begin. I am the king of chaos and disorder, a trickster, a husband, and I'm bored." he said, "I was hoping to bring something new and exciting to our peaceful little town, which brought me to you." he explained, the whole time drawing figures and lines on the board.
"I have a question," Twilight suddenly spoke up, gaining everyone's attention, "why was the map affected by this?"
"An excellent question,” he said, having somehow changed his voice "see, even I have my limits, so I used the maps magic to reach farther dimensions." He continued explaining.
“That explains the random locations.” Spike said aloud.
"You basically want us to hold an exhibition match." Grey summed up.
"Yes, that's the most basic this gets. Now, I must be off to make preparations, Celestia, would you care to assist me?" Disord finished with a snap that removed his glasses and chalkboard from existence.
"Why not, it sounds like fun." She replied with a smile
"Good, now why don't our guests go exploring." With that, both Discord and Celestia teleported away.
"Well," Twilight began standing up, "now that that's over, allow me to formally welcome you to Equestria." She declared holding her arms out as if offering a hug. Zero stood from his seat and begun walking towards her, glancing to his left to notice the guards that hadn't moved this entire time raise their spears at him, only to be halted by Luna's hand. When he reached Twilight, he held out a hand, with her accepting his handshake.