//------------------------------// // Chapter: 3 Saving // Story: Great Power // by Harkbilde //------------------------------// (Previously on the last chapter) KRAKOOM!!!!!! The girls, with ringing ears, slowly opened their eyes and saw a tall figure, still sparkling with electricity in the middle of the disintegrated horde of Hellhounds. The tall figure, which they could now identify as him, turned around and asked in a subtle but loud enough voice for them to hear through the ringing of their ears, "......Are you guys ponies?" [Minutes before his "shocking" entrance] (In the air, on the way to Ponyville) Our protagonist can now be seen flying towards Ponyville at a speed of sound, with a face full of confusion. 'What is happening? I don't remember any great fires at Ponyville in the canon plotline? Did my arrival change something? No, it's too early for that. Then what is it?' He kept on wondering about it in his mind and rushed towards Ponyville. When he got close enough to sense everything in Ponyville clearly of all the structures and what's happening in the village in detail. But when he sensed the ponies and the horde of hellhounds he paused in midair with a confused expression donned on his face. "What in the world?" He muttered. 'I don't remember ponies walking on two legs..... They are freaking bipedal! And what are those creatures? Flaming hounds? I don't remember that from the show? What the hell is going on?' As he was about to be consumed by his confused thinking, he suddenly noticed the hellhounds moving in the direction of what he assumed was the "Sweet Apple Acres". But he also noticed the group of ponies that seemed to be bent on fighting the horde to protect the ponies? that took refuge at the farm. Seeing this, the young man pushed his thoughts aside and accelerated to the clouds above the horde with a plan in his mind. A second later, the young man started concentrating on the clouds over Ponyville, while using Electrokinesis to surround his body with purple lightning. When a sufficient amount of clouds were formed over Ponyville he manipulated the water droplets and ice crystals to hit each other to make additional lightning for him to use. As the preparations were done, he went over the horde and shot himself towards the horde in the crackling ball of lightning with a loud crash. KRAKOOM!!!!!! Needless to say, the horde was decimated, while the nearest ones to the impact were all turned to ash and the ones far away had their internal organs fried, making them drop dead and start to dissipate. 'Huh, they dissipate when they die, are they magical?' The young man thought before noticing gazes that were sent at him from the group that he saved, he then spun around towards the group. He, of course, recognized them but it didn't help him from being confused, 'Okay....... They are definitely the Mane 6 without the other 2....... Are they actually ponies? But they look so human! Not to mention attractive!' the young man blinked at himself at the last part, coughed, and asked them a question, "......Are you guys ponies?" The young man's question was heard but not answered, because currently, the group couldn't talk with varying reactions. Applejack had a slacked jaw and a blush on her face, Rainbow Dash also had a slack jaw but had wide eyes filled with sparkles, pinkie had wide eyes and a toothy grin while she was vibrating. Lastly, Twilight had a surprised and confused expression, she was confused because she couldn't feel even an ounce of magic from that attack. Moments passed, and the first one to break the silence was Rainbow Dash, "That...... was!!!! AWESOME!!!!" At that exclamation, Twilight and Applejack got out of their respective awe and thought, "Yeah, it was....." Applejack said with a dreamy expression. Twilight was about to say something but got interrupted by a pink blur shooting towards the young man. By the time she blinked, she saw pinkie up close and barraging him with questions "Hi! I'm Pinkie pie! Thanks for helping us! What's your name? How did you do all that Zappy stuff? And what's your favorite color? Do you have a mare friend? What is-" The young man, while being bombarded by questions, had a calm smile. 'Yup, this is Pinkie Pie alright...' The young man thought and put his hands up, stopping Pinkie, and opened his mouth, "Okay, okay, calm down, I'll answer your questions-" But before he could answer anything, his head snapped towards the direction of the barn with wide eyes, "Your friends are in trouble..." He suddenly said with a serious tone. The group now looked towards the young man in a questioning look and before they could ask he was already flying towards the direction and broke the sound barrier in the process. BOOOM!!!!!! The group was dumbfounded again, only this time Rainbow exclaimed with even more stars in her eyes, "So...... AWESOME!!!" (Currently at Sweet Apple Acres) "Everypony into the barn!" A posh yet kind voice rang throughout the acre. This voice belonged to an Ivory furred mare with a 5ft 8in lean figure with C-cup breasts, she wore a light-blue peplum shirt and a black A-line skirt that comes down to her knees. She had black and blue eyes, with light-blue eyeshadows and a curly purple mane. She had a horn poking through it, and a tail that had the same color as her hair. She was Rarity, "Owner of Carousel Boutique", and the "Element of Generosity." As she was leading the villagers inside the barn, she called someone behind her, "Fluttershy? How is Big-Mac doing?" "He needs proper treatment fast!" A timid yet very concerned voice of what one could now guess as Fluttershy replied. She had light yellow fur and a 5ft 9in lean figure with D-cup breasts. She wore a light green sleeveless shirt and a white handkerchief skirt that came down above her knees. She had a clack and mint-colored eyes and a light pink mane with a white dandelion on it, she also had a pair of wings behind her back 3ft long each and a tail that was also light pink. This was Fluttershy, "Caretaker of Animals", and the "Element of Kindness". "He needs proper medical treatment!" Fluttershy exclaimed in a panicked voice while holding down on a bandaged gash on a 6ft 2in tall, muscular red Stallion with a dirty blonde mane. He was Big Macintosh and he was very hurt, with a long claw mark on his torso, "I can't stop his bleeding!" Fluttershy exclaimed with tears in her eyes, "And I don't think the bear siblings can hold it any longer!" As she was saying this, 3 bears were currently fighting against a hellhound, but it wasn't a normal hell hound, far from it, this hell hound was 7ft tall and 11ft long monstrosity, with protruding bone spikes on it's back. But the most noticeable factor that made it different from the others was its blue flames covering its body. The bears charged in together again but were collectively flung across the acre with burns and gashes all over there body and landed with a thud, making Fluttershy wince. Then Fluttershy opened her eyes and looked towards the Gate Boss, with horror, and said, "Oh no......" Seemingly not tired at all, the monstrosity looked towards her with the eyes of a predator. Fluttershy's face paled as the hellhound started approaching Fluttershy. As she saw it approaching, she couldn't move because of the terror. The beast already reached Fluttershy and Mac, it held its claws up ready to strike. Rarity, seeing this shouted, "FLUTTERSHY! BIG MAC!" And rushed towards the duo, but wasn't fast enough. As the claw was already coming down. Fluttershy closed her eyes, waiting for the inevitable pain but all that came was a dull sound of claws hitting something hard. THUNK!!! When Fluttershy heard it, she opened her eyes and saw a figure standing in front of them with both hands held up in an "X" shape. She was about to ask who he was, but the figure talked before she could in a cold voice, "Hey, Ash for brains....." The figure, which she could now identify as he, then pushed its claws away and punched the beast sending it flying off to the fields with a loud, CRACK!!!!!! The figure then shouted out loud in an anger-filled voice, "HAD FUN?!"