AN: This is where the Crossover and Romance tags start kicking in. Hopefullly, everyone'll like this one, and please, for the LOVE OF CELESTIA, rate/comment/review. I need to know if something went wrong, and if so, I must know What Went Wrong! Thank you kindly, and enjoy the chapter.
Chapter Three: The Three Forces Collide...and Love Floats in the Air
(Twilight Sparkle's POV)
7th Day, 10th Month, 1,000th year ALB
It has been three days since Princess Celestia responded to my letter, and Princess Luna should be here in a matter of hours. The plan for this journey is to go to their realm, meet the humans, invite them back to Canterlot, let Celestia get the answers she wants from them, wipe their memories, send them back, and mov along with our lives. I doubt it will go smoothly like that, as nothing ever seems to around here. I can hope for the desired results, but the chances are slim to none of it working. I have investigated the source of the light burst seen at the female human's death, which hit me, but left them unaffected. I have not found anything as of yet. I have decided to ask Princess Luna about it, but I doubt that she will know anything either. If this goes according to plan, nopony will be the wiser. If something goes wrong, we have a backup. Quickly dump the humans back in their realm, shut the portal, and never reopen it. I hear her now, so I shall end this journal entry here.
I close the journal, finished writing in it for now. As I hear Luna's chariot arrive, I step outside to greet her, bowing in respect.
"Good evening Princess."
"Good evening Twilight Sparkle. Hast thou...Sorry...Have you readied the portal spell?"
"I have Princess."
"Very good. Then let's get this done with."
I nod, and open the door for her. As she walks in, two Lunar guards take up position outside to protect from intrusion. I begin the spell. As the portal opens, we look down from above them, and I move the portal on the other end to ground level. Once it is complete, I nod, and Luna walks through, and I follow behind her, my horn still glowing as I keep the portal open. Two pops are heard for some reason, but I don't think anypony heard them. I hear a slight shifting about in the house, and then...
"Who's there?"
I see one of the humans...I recognize him as the guitar player.
"I am Twilight Sparkle...and I..." My sentence trails off as I notice him drawing with a stick, but then his drawing glows, and I recognize it as a magic glyph. I don't know what it does, but it looks dangerous, as it is glowing an icy blue. I shiver, suddenly fearful of the human.
"I had been wondering what caused the pops. You and someone else I assume. I know this, as I have seen portal travel before. This is an icefyre glyph. I activate it, you get flash frozen. Come closer, in to the moonlight."
I comply, not liking the idea of being flash frozen. I step in to the pale moonlight, and he gasps.
"You...you're a...Ponyta?"
"I'm sorry, a WHAT?"
"You obviously are not from my realm. You look similar to a Ponyta, but your mane is like an actual equine's, not a Ponyta's flaming one, and the same goes for your tail."
"I am a unicorn, from Equestria. If you would let me finish, I can explain."
"Very well."
"I am Twilight Sparkle. I am from Equestria, a planet inhabited by Earth Ponies, your normal equines, Unicorns, those like me, and Pegasi, a horse with wings. There are three Alicorns, those that have features of all three races, the strength of an earth pony, the horn and magic of a unicorn, and the wings and cloud-walking ability of a pegasus. They are the rulers of Equestria, well, Princess Cadance is a princess in name only, but she is still an alicorn. Princess Celestia, regent of the Sun, ruler of the day, and my mentor, is the main ruler of Equestria. Princess Luna, the one who accompanied me here, is the regent of the Moon, ruler of the night, and my friend, as well as Celestia's sister. Where is the other human I saw earlier, during your period of mourning?"
"You...you were there?"
"I was."
"I don't believe you."
I pull a flute from my side of the portal, put it to my lips, and play the accompaniment part to what they had played during the mourning time.
"Believe me now?"
He nods, slightly awestruck.
"I do...but how?"
"I used the same spell, a portal spell, to watch. I had been trying for weeks to get it to work, and when it did, I saw you, and another human, mourning an animal and yet another human. I heard your song, and played along. The sound drifted through, and then, when the human disappeared in a flash of light, I was knocked back, and then the portal collapsed. I still have not discovered why this occurred, but I do not think I will ever know."
"I see. That 'animal' as you called her, was my Zangoose, a Pokemon. Her name was Zen...she was the love of my life...but I have moved on, and have begun the search once more."
"Oh, I see...You have my condolences. Who was the human?"
"She was the ruler of the other human, Link's, land. Her name was Princess Zelda. She was the ruler of Hyrule. She died exactly at the same time as Zen."
"I see...Where is this, Link?"
"He went home, and collapsed the link connecting our realms. Although...Red is here."
He turns back towards the house.
"RED! Get up please! There's someone I want you to meet."
He gets up, and dashes downstairs.
"Oh, hey there Alex...what time is it?"
"It is around midnight."
"Okay then...who is it you wanted me to meet?"
He turns to me, and points with a finger.
"This is Twilight Sparkle." He then repeats to this 'Red' what I told him. He blinks, nodding.
I turn back to the woods where we popped out of. "Princess, could you please come and show yourself?"
"For you Twilight, I shall." She steps from the woods, entering the pale moonlight. She reveals herself, as this 'Red' looks on. He seems to immediately notice her, and his jaw drops open. He notices her dark coat, her starry, ever-flowing mane, and he seems to like the way she looks, maybe love...but that would be preposterous.
"So, you are Princess Luna? I am Red, humble Pokemon Trainer, champion of the Kanto League." He bows in respect.
"Greetings young Red. I am Princess Luna...and Twilight explained this already didn't she?"
"She did, but she could not describe your beauty."
Luna blushes. "That's the first time anypony has called my appearance beauty...I have always been an outcast, thanks to my dark side, Nightmare Moon. She took control of me, forcing me to do evil things. Nopony has ever forgiven me, even though it was her...as a result, I have always been alone..."
"Oh my...I have been the Kanto Champion as long as I can remember. It is lonely at the top, and I have been alone as well...It truly saddens me to watch so many promising challengers give up on their dream as soon as they find someone. For that reason, no one had come to challenge me. I never left Mt. Silver, as I was supposed to stay there until someone beat me. Alex came, after having defeated the Hoenn League, and challenged me. He won, and then I left the mountain, smiling, happy to be done up there. He returned here after a month and a day. He stayed a fraction of the time I did, but that was because it was no longer a requirement to be there until beaten. Once that time period had passed, he could leave. Anyone wanting to challenge him had to come here to do so. None have done so."
"Hmm...I find this interesting. We shall talk at greater lengths once Celestia has finished with you two. Twilight, let us take these humans back to Equestria. Alex can stay with you, and Red shall stay with me."
I nod, and approach them. But then, Red's hand, and Alex's, both suddenly glow, showing two differently positioned yellow triangles, each with another two outlined. Red has a triangle on top, and two outlined underneath, and Alex has one on the bottom right, with the top and bottom right outined. I wonder if there is a third in the set, when Luna exclaims,
"Twilight! Your right forehoof, it is glowing!"
I look down, and see another one of those markings, with the bottom left filled in, and the top and bottom right outlined. Alex speaks up.
"Twilight, Red...I have some news for you two. Red, did you, at any time within the past year, get knocked over by a blast of light and wind?"
"I did. Why?"
"Twilight, the light pulse that hit you, you said it knocked you over, right?"
"Yes. I don't see where you are going with this."
"Red, the blast you felt, that was Ganondorf exploding, releasing his Triforce, the Triforce of Power. Did you notice a sudden increase in your physical feeling?"
"I did. I felt more powerful."
"I believe that is because you are the new bearer of the Triforce of Power. Twilight Sparkle, from your looks, I take it you are a genius?"
I blush some. "Some have called me that, but never in a nice way."
"I see. You must be the new bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom, which Zelda carried unto her death. That light pulse that knocked you over would have been her transferring it in to you. Link willingly gave me the Triforce of Courage. We must be the next generation of the bearers of the Triforce."
I nod. "Okay. What does this 'Triforce' do?"
"When all three pieces, the Triforce of Wisdom, which you carry, Power, which Red carries, and Courage, which I carry, are combined, they grant the bearer one wish, that will be granted regardless of what it is."
"I see. So...I still need, no, now I request, that you and Red join us in Equestria, so that Princess Celestia may gain knowledge from you, and then we shall determine what to do with you from there."
"We will go with you. Luna said that I would be staying with you, and Red with her, am I correct?"
I nod. "You are. Now, let's go before I run out of energy."
We all gather together, and Luna and Red step through the portal together, as do Alex and myself. He seems to be attracted to me, but I do not understand why. I do not know what anypony would see in an egghead like me. I shrug, but decide to let it continue. It might be my first friendship, or more, outside of ponykind. Luna and Red walk outside, where the Lunar Guards open the chariot door, and Luna motions for Red to get in, and he does, and she follows him. The chariot takes off, whisking them in to the night sky, heading to Canterlot, and the Royal Castle. I turn to Alex, and show him around, and he seems to be surprised that I live in a library, which is a tree. I laugh some at that, as I am a mare of research and knowledge, and I tell him as such.
"So, uh, Twilight Sparkle, where will I be sleeping?"
"Well, there is a spare bed upstairs, but you should keep an eye out for..."
"Twilight? What are you...DEAR CELESTIA! IS THAT A HUMAN!?"
"Spike, calm down, and yes. This is one of the two humans I saw. Apparently he is also the bearer of some form of magic, as well as a magic wielder himself."
"I'm sorry, but did you just say that with admiration in your voice?"
I blush a little, trying to deflect the question, not wanting Spike to know that I might share the human's feelings. I am almost certain as of now that the human is at the very least infatuated with me, whether that is from his loss of Zen, and his need of a new companion, or some other quality of which I am unaware. If Spike were to figure out that I might even possibly share the feelings he has for me for him, I would never hear the end of it. Plus, for all I know, Celestia might just wipe his memory, send him home, and I would never see him again. So, for now, I shall let him continue on his emotional path. If Celestia decides to let them stay, then I will address it from there. If not, then I will purge him from my mind.
"Yes, but only because he wields complex magic. For example, he almost flash froze me with what he called 'icefyre' He drew some sort of glyph with a wand of sorts."
"Uh huh. Sure it was just the magic wielding. Right..."
I blush a bit more, and then have to change my tone.
"Spike, calm down. It is just a human. He won't hurt us, as I know that for sure."
"Fine, but I was sleeping in that other bed. So he'll have to sleep on the floor."
I glare at him with a 'We'll talk later' look, and he sighs.
"Just hurry up Twilight. I need some sleep before the day begins."
"Fine. Go on to bed. I'll take care of the human."
I turn back to Alex. "That was Spike. He's my personal assistant. He's just a baby dragon, but he can have a bit of a crazy streak. Since he's in the other bed, I guess you'll have to sleep on the floor between them, or not sleep at all."
He sighs. "Fine. Just show me where."
I walk upstairs, and he follows behind me. I motion to the clear area between the beds as I climb in to my own bed. He sighs again, and then curls up as best he can on the floor, trying to stay warm during the cooling night. He seems to fall asleep, and I lay there, staring at the ceiling for a few minutes, trying to comprehend all of this. Now not only am I the Element of Magic, apparently I am also the bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom. I look over, moving about on my bed, and I see the human shiver, and moan quietly...I do my best to stay aloof, to observe only, but seeing that makes me feel...something. My horn glows, and I float him on to the bed, and now he lies beside me. He seems to understand this, and he unconsciously uncurls some, and then he rolls about, settling right up against me. I blush some, but then realize what he is doing, and I sigh. At this, he rotates in place, and then he curls around me. I recoil some, and he stirs a little, but as the human...Alex, needs to be rested, I will let him do this. I get comfortable inside his grasp, and find myself most comfortable returning the hug of sorts. So I do, and I drift off, sleeping for a few hours.
(Red's POV)
I somehow manage to understand all that has happened today, going from thinking it was nice that the reigning World Champion would house me for so long, to now knowing that I bear some sort of magic, this 'Triforce of Power', that things other than Pokemon exist, that said things are capable of communication, and are sentient. One of which is the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on, the Princess of the Night, Regent of the Moon, Princess Luna. I do not understand what exactly it is about her that I find so attractive, but it may be the overall manner and appearance and personality of her that I like. She seems to be aloof, yet extremely interested in humans, but Luna mentioned one pony in particular that was obsessed with humans like Alex and myself, what was that mare's name? Oh, Lyra Heartstrings. I laugh some, as she was described to be always looking for proof that we existed as a race here before, or while, ponies ruled. I laugh again, as Luna said that she would probably want to interrogate me to learn about humans. As I lie here, next to the Princess, who said I could share her bed for the night, I make a mental journal of what has happened to me today. She slowly, but surely embraces me as she goes to sleep and I continue to mentally write, but not for long. As Luna told me on the ride up to the Castle, Celestia will be wanting to learn from Alex and myself. I now believe that Luna might just be falling for me, as she seems to at least be showing emotions towards me, not to mention that she is letting me sleep beside her, as if we were, maybe are, equals, instead of on the floor or in another room like some commoner. I know that I have fallen for her, despite her outward regal aloofness, as it is impossible to deny that she is kind on the inside, and in almost desperate need of a friend. I close my eyes, and end the journal, falling asleep for a few hours, determined to learn more about Ponykind as well as they learn about me.
End of Chapter Three: The Three Forces Collide...and Love Floats in the Air