//------------------------------// // Homecoming Part 2 // Story: Alicorns and Creatures // by Alvaxerox //------------------------------// "Everyone, these are one of the ponies who also took care of me when I was stranded on Equestria." Twilight introduced Rarity and Rainbow Dash to her family. "Family, this is the fashion warrior Rarity. And this is the elite wonderbolt flyer Rainbow Dash." Her family were surprised. "Girls, this is my family. My mom and dad Twilight Velvet and Nightlight, my big brother Shining Armor who also is a red guardian. And my sister in law, the crystal warrior princess Cadence." "We got 4 things to say." Rainbow Dash said. "1. Nice to meet you all. Your daughter was lucky to have us as her friend." Rarity said while waving hello. "2. Wow, she wasn't kidding about you Shining. You really are the reason she became a red guardian." Rainbow Dash said. "3. We apologize if we stowed away on the ship. But we wanted to experience Twilight's home planet the same way she experienced ours." Rarity said. "4. A crystal warrior princess?" Rainbow Dash asked as she looks at Cadence. "Yes. It's kinda a long story." Shining Armor said. "Well we're here. And I love that story you told me how you and Cadence got together." Twilight said. Shining Armor looked at Cadence as he tells the story. A long time ago, before Twilight left Earth, Shining Armor was investigated a supervillain name Professor Fardown and his atomic bomb. He was going to stop his plan but Fardown's minions, people and biomech suits caught him and he flew away as fast as he can. The biomech guys chased Shining until one gunned him down. He fell into the ocean until the men dragged him back up, and took him to a close beach to out him down like a dog. They beat Shining Armor up like there was no tomorrow until they heard a war cry, and as they look up, a woman swooped down and sliced one of the Fardown minions. "You would dare strike your opponent as he is down and not breathing?" The woman said. "You have no honor and must die." The woman screamed out her warrior cry and she and the biomech minion fought intensively. But the woman had the upper ground and killed the minion. She was so beautiful, and her hair was long and we'll brushed. The woman looked at the unconscious Shining Armor and took him somewhere he can healed. Shining woke without his uniform and sees the woman with it on, looking like she was trying it on. "Hey, give that back." Shining Armor said. The woman turned her head to see that Shining was awake. "Oh good. You have awaken. I thought for sure you were dead." The woman said. "Your uniform seems to be cloth, instead of armor." "Well duh, it's a red guardian uniform. I use it to protect the world from evil." Shining Armor said. "Wait a minute where am I? And more importantly who are you?" "I am the woman that saved you from death. Your on Crystalia, the island cloaked by preying eyes. And this is my home." The woman said. "My name is Cadence. I'm a warrior princess. You were hurt very badly but some men in weird armor so I killed and took you here to get rejuvenated." "So you killed Fardown's minions?" Shining asked. "If those are the names of the men that tried to kill you, then yes." Cadence replied. "Wow. So why were you wearing my uniform?" Shining Armor asked. "Well I needed to strip you down so you can be rejuvenated." Cadence said as her face turns red. She secretly felt his muscles as he was still in his underwear. "And I wanted to see how this uniform of yours makes you so powerful." "Well i appreciated what you did for me, but I need to get back. I have to stop this bad guy name Professor Fardown. He plans to destory a town nearby and I gotta go back before it's too late." Shining Armor said. He took his uniform back as he admires the outfit Cadence had on her, he put on his uniform again. "No wait. You can't go." Cadence said. "Not without someone to take you to wear you ended up." So Cadence took Shining to the beach where he landed. "Over that shield, there is a weak point that allows us to leave this place. That's how those men brought you here. You'll be able to leave." "Thanks Cadence. I'll won't forget this." Shining Armor as he walked away from her was about to fly. "Can I come with you?" Cadence asked. "What?" Shining Armor asked in confusion. "What do you mean?" "I grew up here in the empire, I never saw the rest of the world. I like to see it, and maybe help defeat this Professor Fardown." Cadence explained to Shining. "Well, I could use some help." Shining Armor said. "But are you sure you wanna leave?" "My people will be okay. We have a magical artifact called the Crystal Heart that shields us from the prying eyes. They'll be fine." Cadence said. "Okay. I hope your ready for the rest of the world." Shining Armor said. Cadence got onto his back and held on tight as Shining Armor flies away. Present day "... And after that, we defeated Professor Fardown, and I showed Cadence what I've seen around the world, and then j showed her my family. That's who she meant Twilight. She taught Twilight some moves in the ways of the crystal warriors. And she took us to see the Crystal Empire. It was beautiful now that I've seen everything. And after I was summoned by the leaders of the red guardians to congratulate me and Cadence for saving the world from Fardown. And later we ended up falling in love, we got married on the island, and she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me so we moved back to my hometown. And that's that's the whole story." Shining armor finished his story as Twilight was smiles cause she really liked her brother's story. "Whoa, so that explains how you fight so well darling." Rarity said to Twilight. "Yep. She was the best when she taught me some hand to hand combat." Twilight said. "Now the question is... What are we going to do with these... Talking human like horses?" Nightlight asked. "Actually it's ponies. Not horses. There's a difference." Rainbow Dash said. "Well they could sleep in the guest room. But they'll have to share." Velvet said. "Aw man." Rainbow Dash whined. "Spike can sleep on my bed." Twilight said. "I do like him a lot." Spike's face began to blush. "Alrighty, that takes care of the rooms." Shining Armor said. "Twilight you mind if I talk to you?" He asked his sister. "Sure." Twilight got up and walked with Shining Armor to the backyard. What is it?" "Well, it's about the Red Guardians. Surely you might have heard the news?" Shining asked. "Yeah I heard. Talon is dead. And so are all the guardians." Twilight said. "The organization was no more so I threw out my uniform and made this one." "That explains. But you loved that costume, you wore it all the time growing up." Shining Armor said. "Don't get me wrong. I do love my uniform. But ever since someone name Nightmare Moon killed and corrupted them all. I was so mad a threw it out." Twilight said. "But I know who betrayed us." "Trevelyan?" Shining Armor suggested. "Yes. How did you know?" Twilight asked. "After the HQ fell, I found some security footage in the ruckus. It showed Trevelyan shoving you into a spaceship and sending you away from Earth." Shining Armor said. "I thought he sent send you to a black hole." "Well like I said, I crash landed in Equestria. I spent my days trying to fix it in hope I can at least communicate with anyone back in Earth. But... Rainbow Dash destory it and I thought I'd be stranded on Equestria forever." Twilight explained. "Wait so that blue rainbow hair pony destoryed your ship?" Shining Armor asked. "Yes but it was because... I remind them of their Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said. "Wait what?" Shining was starting to get confused. "Yeah I was kinda shocked myself. Apperently, there is another Twilight Sparkle on Equestria and she died years ago I landed." Twilight said. "My guess is when you were sent to the planet Equestria, it must be through a wormhole. Trevelyan must've known about the wormhole and sent you there." Shining Armor theorized. "That must be. Equestria must be part of another universe when I entered that wormhole." Twilight suggested. "But that's where Trevelyan from." "Wait, he's from Equestria?" Shining Armor asked. "Apperently. His powers granted him immortality." Twilight said. "But why would he send you to Equestria?" Shining asked. "I don't know. I've learned that ventures ago, what gave him his powers, also corrupted him. And when Nightmare Moon was free from her imprisonment, he serves her." Twilight said. "Perhaps he wanted to fight me at his old home turf." "Or... What if there was some good in him?" Shining said. "You said he was corrupted by his powers." "That could be the only explanation left." Twilight agreed. "But still. He'll be coming for me soon. I have a feeling." "If he does come, we'll be ready." Shining Armor said. Come with me, and bring your friends. I have something to show you." Shining said. "Okay." Twilight went back to the house and asked Spike, Rainbow Dash and Rarity to come with her. Since it requires flight, Rarity will have to hold onto the Rainbow Dash and Spike will have to onto Twilight. Shining, Twilight and Rainbow Dash flew to where Shining Armor was taking them, an almost finished building. "So why did you bring us here Shining?" Twilight asked. "Because you'll be surprised..." Shining Armor opened the two doors as he, Twilight, Spike, Rarity and Rainbow Dash walked in. And only Spike, Rainbow Dash and Twilight were in awe. Twilight recognized some of the textures of the building. "Well come to the reborn HQ for the Red Warriors. Aka the Red Guardians reincarnated." Shining Armor said. "Dude no way!" Twilight said with excitement. To be continued...