//------------------------------// // Meeting the Others // Story: KINGDOM HEARTS III: 2.0 Keyblade in Equestria // by OliverSparkle //------------------------------// In the dining hall, there were two princesses, eight ponies, a purple dragon, a friendly cat and seven children. They were all cleaning up the dining table, after having breakfast, and were about to get things ready for the Grand Galloping Gala tonight. Silverstream and Smolder were flying in mid air playfully chasing Lightning all over the room as Lightning then quickly shot off like a bullet making Silverstream and Smolder land on the ground so they fly fast after him. But the two then landed on the ground again as they walked while searching for Lightning as they just found out he was cheekily hiding from them. Silverstream then saw where Lightning was hiding as she tapped on Smolder’s shoulder and pointed at Fluttershy. Smolder saw what Silverstream was pointing at while letting out a smile as they saw Lightning hiding underneath Fluttershy’s tail while giggling. Smolder and Silverstream both have smug looks on their faces as they walked towards Fluttershy’s tail. Smolder lifted Fluttershy’s tail up as Lightning was still giggling before looking at Smolder as she then picked her boyfriend up and nuzzled him while giggling before bringing to Silverstream and gently placing him on her back. Silverstream then took off while laughing along with Lightning as Smolder and the Young Four watched Silverstream flying with the young colt on her back. Just then, the dining hall doors open to reveal Oliver, with Flurry Heart on his back, walking into the hall with Shining, Cadence, Constantine, Vincent and Sora following him. “Aunt Twilight!” Oliver called out to her, “Guess who’s here!” He magically lifted Flurry Heart off his back, placed her in his hooves as he said in Flurry Heart’s voice, “Auntie Twily!” Twilight saw her little niece as she then let out a big smile on her face before saying, “Oh! My gosh!” She then bounced over to her nephew while Flurry Heart reached her tiny hooves out to Twilight as she started to nuzzle Flurry Heart on the nose. “How’s my favourite little niece?” She cooed as she stopped nuzzling Flurry Heart and allowed her to hug her Auntie Twily’s face for a bit. Celestia and Luna walked towards the group as they gave Cadence a welcoming hug. “It’s so good to see you three again, Cadence,” Celestia said before they broke the hug as she then went over to Flurry Heart, who was now back on Oliver’s back, and began to nuzzle her as the baby giggled during the nuzzle. “I couldn’t agree more,” Luna added, “Though I thought we won’t be expecting you three to arrive until this afternoon.” “Well, we were still planning to,” answered Cadence, “But Flurry Heart wanted to see her big brother and Auntie Twilight so badly that she wouldn’t stop jumping on our bed till we come here now.” They all then saw Flurry Heart hugging her big brother around the neck while cooing and giggling. The two sisters and everycreature in the hall smiled at the sight as they thought it was cute, then after a few seconds, Celestia saw Sora standing behind them. “Oh, and who might this young lad lot be?” She asked politely. Oliver knew she meant Sora behind him. “Oh totally forgot about him,” he said before giggling in embarrassment, “Celestia, Luna, everycreature and pony, this is Sora. We’ve just met him outside when mom, dad, Flurry Heart, Constantine and Vincent arrived. They all waved at him as he waved at them back. “So anyway, I would like you lot to meet the rest of my family and friends, starting the creatures I was on about. Sandbar the pony, as you already know, Gallus the griffon, Ocellus the Changeling.” Before Oliver could continue on, Sora interrupted. “A Changeling? What’s a Changeling?” “Well,” began Oliver, “A Changeling is a type of creature that is able to take the form of another.” “Like a shape shifter?” Ocellus nodded her head. “Yeah, watch.” She then transformed into Sora. Sora jumped back in shock, before observing the transformed creature, "Whoa! It's like looking in a mirror," he said, as he moved around with Ocellus mimicking his movements before turning back into her normal form. “Anyway, we also have Yona the yak, Smolder and Spike the two dragons, and Silverstream here is a special type of creature.” “A special type of creature?” Asked Sora confusedly. “Yep,” answered Oliver with Flurry Heart nodding her head, “She’s a special type of creature, because she’s not just one creature, but two. What she is now, is a hippogriff, but when she’s in water, she’s a seapony. Silverstream, take it away.” Silverstream grabbed her magic diamond necklace as she then turned into a seapony. “Ta-daaa!” She said to the keyblade wielder. Sora looked at Silverstream in amazed and said “Wow! That’s amazing!” as Silverstream turned back into a hippogriff afterwards. “Yeah, it’s a long story on how she can be two creatures,” said Oliver, “But I’ll explain later, unless Silverstream wants to though.” Oliver then walked towards the mane eight, Capper, Spike, Sunburst and the royal sisters. “Now I would like you meet the rest of my friends and family. Aunt Twilight, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Capper, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer, Sunburst, Princess Celestia and Luna.” Celestia then walked up to Sora with a smile on her face. “Sora, we welcome you to Equestria,” Celestia said kindly to their new visitor. “Thank you, Princess Celestia,” said Sora as he bowed to her and Luna in respect. Just then, he saw a little colt hiding underneath Fluttershy in shyness. “Hey Oliver, who’s the little guy underneath Fluttershy?” He asked. “Oh that’s my nephew I was on about, he’s called Lightning Twister,” answered Oliver, “He’s also Fluttershy’s son. Sorry that he’s shy, by the way. He’s like that when we meet new creatures.” “Oh it’s okay, I understand,” Sora said kindly. “Yeah,” Said Rainbow Dash sadly, “It’s been hard for him to stop being shy to others, even after what’s he been through.” “Been through?” Sora asked before turning to Oliver, “What does she mean by that?” “Well,” began Oliver as he rubbed the back of his neck, “Lightning’s life, wasn’t a good one before Fluttershy adopted him.” “What happened to him before Fluttershy made him her son?” Oliver looked at Fluttershy and Capper to see if it’s okay to tell them what happened to Lightning while back, they both nodded for a okay as he looked at Sora again. “You see, before Fluttershy become Lightning’s new mother, his real mother died after giving birth to him. And his father blamed him for his mother’s death, and abused him by yelling at him, hitting him and scaring him with thunder storms.” Sora grew a shock look on his face, he couldn’t believe somecreature as cruel as Lightning’s father would do such a thing to his own child. He then looked at Fluttershy. “I’m so sorry for what your son has been through, Fluttershy,” he said sadly to her, “I hope he’s doing okay now.” Fluttershy shook her head while saying, “Oh don’t worry, Sora. He’s been doing okay ever since Cold Wind is now locked up in Tartarus, and has been more happier since Capper moved in before becoming his new father figure.” Sora looked at Capper in shock. “You’re his new father?!” Sora asked in wide shock. “What can I say?” Capper shrugged, “Lightning needs a better father in his life, and I volunteered myself to be that better father. Plus, me and Fluttershy, had this love connection ever since, we first met.” Capper bent to Fluttershy’s level as they both shared a small long semi-kiss which made everycreature in the room smile at the site, except for Rarity who just gave him an angry look. Sora thought it was cute as well as he smiled at the site. “So when are you two planning on getting married then?” He then asked with interest. “Oh we're already married,” Fluttershy kindly answered, “Two months ago after Sunburst and Starlight’s wedding, and now, we’re one happy family.” “And the family Lightning deserves,” added Capper as the three formed a family hug. Everycreature smiled again at the cute sight as Silverstream walked towards Lightning. “And you wouldn’t need to worry about the little cutie. He may be shy, but he’s such a cute pony once you get to know him and treat him with kindness like we all do,” she said as she gently tickled Lightning under his chin as it made him think he was in pony heaven as he enjoyed the gentle tickle by Silverstream. “And he only gets upset if somecreature says something that’ll make him upset,” add Sandbar as he and the Young Four walked towards them. “But we‘ll always be there for him if anycreature dares to upset him or say anything to him that’ll make him upset,” Gallus said as he gently ruffled Lightning’s mane. “And we would do anything to make him feel like he’s part of our family whether he’s adopted or not,” Smolder said as Oliver walked towards the Young Seven. “And we'll be there for him whenever he’s in trouble or in need of comfort.” He then smiled at Lightning, “And that’s a promise we’ll always keep.” Oliver gave Lightning a wink. Celestia then looked at Sora before asking, “So, Sora, if a princess may ask, what brings you to Equestria?” “Well,” He said as he scratched the back of his head once more, “Like I said to Oliver and the others, it’s a long story on how I got here.” “Like very long?” Asked Sunburst. Sora nodded his head and said, “Very long. But, long story short, my world was swallowed by darkness, I went to many worlds and saved them from darkness, defeated a heartless and nobody of an evil keyblade Master named Xehanort, defeated the old and real Organization XIII, stopped Xehanort from opening Kingdom Hearts, locked it again with the help of my friends, and used the power of waking to save my friend, Kairi, and ended up here.” “And you’ve been through all of that without taking a rest or giving up no matter how many times you fail?” Asked Rainbow proudly. Sora nodded for a yes. “Yep.” Everycreature in the room smiled proudly at Sora as Applejack then said, “That was so brave of ya, Sugarcube. You should be proud of yourself for not giving up.” “Yeah!” Shouted a proud Pinkie Pie as she jumped onto Sora as he fell backwards to the floor while she stood him and starring close to his face while smiling at him as she went on, “And I So got to throw you a ‘saving the whole world without giving up’ party as well as a ‘welcome to Equestria’ party with games cake cookies apple cider and....” She was then stopped by a hoof in the mouth by Sunset Shimmer. “Calm down, Pinkie Pie,” She said as she moved her hoof away from Pinkie’s mouth and gently levitated her off of Sora while saying, “We know you enjoy meeting new creatures and throwing them parties, but you need to control your greetings with them.” “I agree with her,” agreed Celestia, “Greeting new creatures doesn’t mean you can be all hyper around them.” Pinkie jokily blowed a raspberry at the two before saying, “You two are such party poppers!” Sora then let out a giggle as he thought it was funny how Pinkie reacted to Sunset and Celestia, and that actually made Pinkie smile at him once more. “Ha! I knew he had a sense of humour!” She said as she then smirked at the two. Sunset and Celestia playfully rolled their eyes before giggling at the party pony. “So I guess all you’re trying to do now is finding your way back to your own world, right?” Starlight asked politely as Sora nodded in response. “Yeah. And I haven’t even figured it out yet, but Oliver did say that Celestia might know how to send me back to my world.” He turned to look at Celestia. “So do you know a way for how to send me back home, your highness? Cos I really do miss my friends already.” Celestia placed a hoof on her chin and began to think. “Well, I think I do have a book on sending humans, like you, back to the world you belong in,” she answered as Sora smiled at that, but it didn’t last long as Celestia then said, “But I’m afraid there’ll have to wait till tomorrow or so.” Sora looked confusedly at Celestia. “Huh? But why?” “Well because, my dear Sora, we are busy sorting things out for the Grand Galloping Gala tonight,” the princess of the sun answered, “It’s an annual special event held here at Canterlot Castle, if you’re wondering what it is.” Sora just shrugged his shoulders as he then gave the princess of the sun a smile before saying, “Oh that’s okay, I can wait. I’ll just wait outside till you can find a spare room to rest in when you finish sorting the gala out.” He was about to leave the dining room, but was stopped by Celestia’s voice. “Well actually, Sora. Since you’re here and we know we already just met, but we wanted to ask, how would you like to come to the Grand Galloping Gala tonight with us?” Sora looked surprised at Celestia before asking, “Really? You want me to come to the gala tonight?” The two sisters nodded as Luna then said, “Of course, we should be able to squeeze you in. That is, if you do wanna come to the gala.” Sora didn’t know what to say or decide whether to accept the invite or not. He only just got to Equestria and yet they already letting him attend to one of the big events in Canterlot. Just then, he saw Lightning walking towards him as he gave him puppy eyes. “Please come, Sora. It’ll be fun having you at the gala, and you’re already awesome, just like Auntie Rainbow. And we want the gala to be the best one ever with you at the event. Please come.” Flurry Heart, back in Oliver’s right hoof, started giving Sora puppy eyes as well and started to whimpered at him. She wanted Sora to come to the gala. Sora just smiled at everycreature in the room, he couldn’t say no to an invite by new friends he just met, and they already started taking a liking to him. He just chuckled before saying, “Sure, sign me up! I’ll come to the gala tonight!” The Young Seven cheered as they were glad he said yes while Flurry Heart giggled as she clapped her tiny hooves with joy. The mane eight, Oliver, Spike, Sunburst, Capper, the two humans, the royal sisters and the married couple just smiled as Celestia said to Sora, “A wise choice, Sora. We are happy that you would like to come.” Sora just smiled at the sun princess before smiling at everycreature in the room as the children continued to cheer with joy. But unknown to them, they were being watch by Grogar and his legion of doom through his magic ball as Cold Wind glared at Lightning when he saw him through the ball. “There he is!” He said angrily, “That’s my son! Oh he is in for it when I get my hooves on him!” Grogar then gently placed his hoof on his shoulder. “My dear Cold Wind, calm yourself,” said Grogar, “You’ll have lots of time teaching him some manners once we get a hold of him. But I got a better plan for him.” “And what plan would that be?” Cozy Glow asked as she flew into mid air. “Oh you’ll see soon,” answered Grogar as he let out an evil giggle, “But first, we need to capture him, and bring him here, where those ponies and the other meddling creatures wouldn’t dare to enter. Chrysalis! Go to Canterlot with Aqualight. You two will kidnap young Lightning Twister tonight at the gala, then bring him to us.” Chrysalis and Aqualight bowed to him as the ex-Changeling Queen grew an evil smirk on her face as she said, “As you command, Grogar.” Aqualight and Chrysalis then walked out the evil lair and towards Canterlot as the black coated figure continued to look through the magic ball as he evilly grinned at Sora. “Oh Sora,” He said evilly, “Look what you’ve got yourself into this time.” He then let out an evil chuckle before he did an evil laughter as the magic ball made the image disappear.