//------------------------------// // Prologue: the Request // Story: Equestrian Girls Buddyfighters // by NinjaMare //------------------------------// Summer is the season that many people love, and who can blame them. Kids have three months out of school, families & friends have parties, camping trips, and everything else in between. And for one young man, this was a given fact. Adrian Hartman is your typical 21yr. guy. Average height, decent looks, and a sunny disposition, all-in-all he’s generally a nice guy to be around. Today marks the first day off of school that he’s had for a long time, and he plans to enjoy every moment of it. At the moment the young man was at home in his room, writing something on his computer, while listening to some slow jazz music. While Adrian was writing away on his computer, listening to his music, a small quadrupedal lizard, wearing some armor was rest on his bed, enjoying the soft comforter, and the rays of the sun bathing its body. The lizard was actually a monster from another world, of course, this small size of his is not his true form, if was in his true form while in Adrian’s room then Adrian’s bed and half his room would be wrecked. The lizard stretched out its body before giving off a long yawn, smacking its maw the lizard rose like a cat and hopped off the bed, and made its way over to Adrian. “Enjoy your little nap Mander?” Adrian said to the lizard as it hopped up onto a side-desk stall. “Indeed I have Adrian, but now I’m starting to feel a little hungry.” The lizard said in a rather soothing masculine voice, as his tail lazy swayed. Adrian’s own stomach gave off a little grumble. “That sounds like a good plan.” Adrian said as he stretched out his back. “Doesn’t help that’s been up since 3 in the morning.” Mander said with a snicker, as Adrian bopped the lizard on the nose. Lifting himself from the chair, Adrian made his way over to his dresser, pulling out a fresh black shirt, and swapping his grey sweats for a pair of dark purple jeans. Once he was changed, and putting on some fresh socks, Adrian & Mander made their way out of the bedroom—not before Adrian grabbed a black & purple deck case and strapping it to his belt—they made a beeline for the front door as Adrian dawns his shoes then exiting the single bedroom apartment. “So where do you wanna go eat today Mander?” Adrian asked the lizard as they descend the apartment’s stairs. The lizard stroke his chin while thinking, before a decision came to him. “How about that dinner on 12th Street, they got some good sandwiches, and milk shakes.” Mander remarked as he licked his chops. “Sounds good to me, let’s go.” The pair reached the bottom of the steps, and proceeded to make their way to the dinner of their desire. As they walked the two talked about what they should do after getting breakfast, and saying hi to anyone that greeted them. along the way, a few scrappy kids and two of their own little monsters were playing, and when they saw Adrian & Mander one of them challenged the young man, but they declined the offer as they were to hungry. Another twenty or so minutes later the pair reached the dinner called Blue Moon, a nice little place that’s got some great comfort food for all stages of the day. When they got to the dinner they were able to get a table pretty quickly, and getting their orders shortly after placing them. guess today was a slow day for the dinner, as it’s usually pretty loaded with people. But Adrian & Mander weren’t going to complain, as Adrian was able to eat his steak sandwich with fried onion rings, and Mander munches away on a large cheeseburger, fries, two dill pickles & a chocolate shake. “Hey, you know what we should do today?” Mander said after swallowing his latest bite of burger. After finishing chewing his seventh onion ring, Adrian asked what they should do. “We should head over to B.P Station, it’s been awhile since we’ve had any action in while, so why not see if we can help out.” “Come on Mander we’re supposed to be enjoying our summer break. Plus, were not technically part of the Buddy Police.” Adrian said before taking a small bite out of a onion ring, before continuing. “We only help out when Liam or Sasha ask’s for our help.” “I know that. Still…wouldn’t hurt to check. Not only that but its been awhile since we’ve actually had an actual Buddyfight.” “Mhhh. True.” Adrian said as he tapped the ring against his lips. “Alright. After lunch, we’ll go check out the Station kay.” The little monster gave a smile before nodding, and taking a big bite out of his burger. ~~Equestrian Girls Universe~~ The bell sounded at Canterlot High School, where the students began filing out of their class rooms, their teachers waving them goodbye as the Summer Break starts. One particular group of friends were excited that school was ending, and they were dubbed as the ‘Hero Seven’, as this group of girls have actually saved the school from several crazy things. So calling them heroes seemed like the proper thing to do. The group made their way out of the school, with the pink skinned girl of the lot singing a little tune, while dancing her way to the school steps. All the while her friends watched with amusement. “It’s Summer Vacation, it’s Summer Vacation, and we’re going to party all night long!” Pinkie Pie sang as she busted a move down the steps of Canterlot High, her friends laughing at her excitement as they watched her. “All night long! Oh yeah baby!” “Pinkie I know you’re excited that its Summer Break, but tone it down a bit.” Sunset said to her hyper active friend. “Ah come on Shimmy, we get to have three whole months to hang out, party and have crazy adventures. Plus!” the pink girls rushed over to Twilight’s side, causing the speckled girl to wobble a little before regaining balance. “It’s our first summer with our new besets best friend Twilight. Not the pony princess one, but our very own Twilight Sparkle! Squee!” Pinkie chirped as she hugged her new friend who couldn’t help but giggle. “Thanks for the warm reception Pinkie.” Twilight said as she returned the hug. “It is good to being able to spend the summer with people other than my family, and Spike.” “Speaking of the little feller, how is he still getting used to talking?” Applejack asked quizzically while scratching her head. “He’s…adjusting. Still pretty awkward now that I can understand him, and what some of his old cues actually mean.” Twilight said as she let’s Pinkie go, who went about dancing around her friends, while quietly whistling her summer break song. “What about you’re folks?” Rainbow asked. “Do they know Spike can talk, or is it just you?” “No, they know he can talk. They’re also still getting used to it thought—Pfft!” Twilight tried to suppress the snicker that almost escaped her. “You should’ve seen how startled my parents were, when Spike belched and said, ‘Excuse me’. Their faces are priceless!” The girls could only imagine two adults freaking out, after hearing a tiny puppy talk like an actual person. The group of seven left the school grounds behind as they began walking through the town, talking, and discussing, and getting wrapped up in Pinkie’s ever-growing excitement, they started to come up with how to spend their summer. The idea of actually going camping seemed like a good idea, and it would be like spending more time at Camp Everfree, without the need to save their class from a corrupted person taken over by Equestria Magic. Rainbow thought that it could be a wild adventure to actually go to Equestria, visit Sunset’s old stomping grounds, and get to see whatever looked like ponies. But as they walked about, and finally settling on their first planned event, a simple slumber party, the statue at their school started to glow with energy and light. Before four shooting orbs of light shot out in all directions. ~~Buddyfight Universe~~ Adrian & Mander were walking through the front door of the Buddy Police Station in their city, and it was a lot more active than usual. The pair were curious and tried to find out what was going on, but they couldn’t get any solid answers. “Guess coming here was a good call, things are certainly hepatic today.” Adrian said as he & Mander wondered around the stallion. “Certainly looks like it.” Mander retorted as he watched the busy humans go by and past him, and Adrian. “What do you think is going?” “Adrian, Mander, perfect timing!” Before Adrian could respond to his Buddy, the pair was interrupted by the voice of a young woman with a floating heart mural behind her. It was Sasha, one of Arian’s oldest friends, and her Buddy Monster Center of the World, Mary Sue. Sasha was a bit taller than Adrian, and a year older, but she’s second in charge at the Buddy Police Station, and is one of their best. The tall blonde woman was coming towards them at a brisk pace, skidding to a stop when she was a few feet from them. “You’re timing couldn’t be any more perfect.” “What’s going on Sasha” Adrian asked as he gestures around himself. “Is there a big illegal monster we don’t know about?” Adrian asked as he looked back at Stacy with a questioning look. “Not exactly a large illegal monster, but it’s defiantly something we could use you’re help with.” Sasha said with a pleading tone in her voice, while Adrian & Mander gave each other a look before looking back at Sasha. “Care to explain what’s going on?” Sasha nodded and ushered the pair to follow her. as the pair did so, Sasha began explaining how just a few moments ago, the B.P got signs of several dozen of illegal monsters breaching not only Earth, but a few other worlds as well, and have been reported causing trouble. From monsters simply disturbing the peace, or simply wrecking have. There were others that weren’t doing anything, but they couldn’t be overlooked, because they could decide to cause trouble. And because the station itself was small, it didn’t have enough B.P officers to look into all of these in the region. “So we’re just scrambling to see if we can get these situations under control.” Sasha said as she pointed at the digital map of the city, then pointed to the five worlds on separate screens. “So far we got the city under control, but the ones in these other worlds, we’ve got most of them except two. The Magic World and…” Sasha paused as she pointed at the fifth world. “…we’re not sure what, this, world is. It just popped up.” “You mean, there’s a new world out there?” Adrian asked as he quirked a brow. “Looks like it, but it shouldn’t be that hard to believe. I mean, new monster worlds pop up whenever a new illegal monster shows up. And reveals their home world. Remember when Star Dragon World was discovered a year ago?” Sasha stated as she stood up straight, getting a nod of understanding from Adrian. “So, I was hoping that you could go there, and check up what illegal monster activity is going on.” Adrian looked at the new world on display, weighing his options before looking back at Sasha. “You sure you want me to handle this?” He asked concerningly. “You know I’m not an actual B.P Officer—” “I know that, but you’re one of the better Buddfighters I know who can hold their own, plus…after all the time you’ve helped us out, I think you’re good to be a honorary Buddy Police Officer.” Sasha said confidently as she looked at the pair, while Mary Sue just giggled in agreement. Adrian then looked down at his buddy, who looked up back at him. “What do you think Mander? You think we should do this?” The little lizard thought for a moment. While it was true that he was looking for some excitement, as he and Adrian haven’t had any Buddyfighting for a month or so, this maybe pushing it a bit too much. An unknown world with unknown monsters, he could probably make the trip and handle himself. But Adrian probably couldn’t, plus he’s never been to another world before, not even his home on Dragon World. Then again, his buddy does tend to surprise him every now & then, especially when they get into a Buddyfight. Mander looked up to his body with a assuring smile. “Whatever you decided to do Adrian, I’m with you 100% of the way.” Adrian thought for a moment about the proposal, running through the implications, and what could go wrong. But after a minute or so, he looked back at Sasha with a small smirk. “Do I get to wear the uniform?”