Chapter 29- Dragon’s Bane
“Ahh, Miss Aran, I've been expecting you” The Doctor said. “How’s your ship?”
“You know me? But this is my first time on this planet...” the bounty hunter said. She stepped deeper inside the Tardis, her helmet turning as she looked around. “Why is this bigger in the inside?”
“Oh, that never gets old,” The Doctor said with a roll of his eyes. “Tell us, how did you get here?”
“One moment, I was flying my ship through a warp portal. There must have been a malfunction, because when I came out of the portal, none of the star maps matched anything on file,” she responded to look back at the humans. At her side, Big Macintosh chewed on his wheat stalk to look around. “A purple and white beam from this planet seemed like the only lead I could use, so I came down.” She moved her left hand out to pet the red stud. In turn, he shut both eyes to smile. Looks like he was finally going to get an adventure.
“Hello miss. We need help. Can you provide assistance?” Otacon asked, moving from his seat to look over.
“I am still wondering how you know me. Also, I am a bounty hunter. I do have a living to make,” Samus said.
“Will this do?” Spike said, shoving a few of the gems he had saved for lunch into her legs. The bounty hunter turned to look down at the tiny lizard creature. All of those multi-colored gems reflected against her visor.
“Oh, who doesn’t know about one of the best bounty hunters of the universe?” The Doctor said. He was looking up a few things in Spike’s diary again.
“This... this is a lot, presuming these are the real thing. Alright, we have a contract,” Samus responded.
“Alright, we have some men on the field already. This is the plan...” Otacon said, lifting up his PDA. Thanks to the Tardis, Otacon had a way to use his electronic organizer.
Sephiroth had stayed quiet all this time, trying to think. At the moment, he knew where he was, and also what happened in the match. But the past was fuzzy... As if a cloud had taken place in his head. Who was Mother? Lyra turned to look at her partner, making sure he was alright. He had said nothing since waking.
“You alright? The unicorn asked to look up at the long haired man. Sephiroth turned to look at her, moving a hand out to her head.
“You are Lyra, correct? Milady” he said, petting her mane. He remembered how he had vowed to win the tournament. “Did I, lose?”
“Er, oh, yes, that’s nice. Keep going,” Lyra said, closing her eyes. Finally! Hands! She had waited for this moment for a long time. “Yes, you did. But don’t worry, there’s other things to worry about.”
“Sephiroth! old chap! Good to see you up and about. Tell me, how do you feel about a spaceship ride?” The Time Lord asked.
“What?”
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“Keep the dragon busy? Can do,” Solid Snake said the end the codec transmission. The human agent lowered his hand, turning to look at Trixie. “Are you ready?”
“Well, yes, but how will this help?” Trixie asked. “And why were you talking to yourself?”
“Trust me, I was not talking to myself,” Snake said with a sigh. Even normal humans back home would have trouble understand how he had a tiny microscopic machines inside his head acting like a radio, radar, and recording. He had laid out a few empty clips from the handgun on the ground. “And lets say I am planning to make a bang.”
“A bang? Like fireworks?” Trixie asked. She knew about those, having made her own in her stage shows. Snake had torn out the page of a magazine and rolled it up like a funnel. One by one, he grabbed an empty clip and started to pour mixtures into each one. While he would have liked to have grenades, this would have to do.
“You guys know about gunpowder then?” The agent asked. One by one, he placed the clips inside his cardboard box. He hated the idea, but he had nothing else to work with. He also deposited other objects in the box, like the remaining chemicals. It was crazy, but if it didn’t work at least he could make a flashbang out of this.
“Gunpowder? Never heard of it. But spark powder? That’s is what we use for fireworks,” Trixie said.
“Well, don't worry about it. When we get a chance, I want you to use your levitation and throw this box at that dragon’s face. I will take care of the rest,” Snake said with a smile. “Can you handle that?”
“Of course! Who do you think I am?” Trixie said, snorting once. She would show this human it was a mistake to underestimate her.
“Good girl” Snake said, moving his hand out to pet her mane. The unicorn flinched once, expecting another slap. But the pleasant hand was not expected. She opened her eyes a bit, looking at his smile. “If we live, I will have to apologize later.”
“Be prepared then, I expect a full and proper apology” Trixie said then to look over at the dragon from the corner.
Dovahkiin had been walking slowly around the building, casting fire bolts out from his hands. While he would have liked to go and helped Phoenix with his magic, he could not afford to let Alduin target him and the attorney. Also, it seemed that this fight would be longer than he wanted. Every time he saw that his cursor saw Alduin’s health was low, the dragon would take to the skies and wait until its health was restored before flying back down to attack. It didn’t help knowing that Phoenix was down.
For her own part, Applejack had walked over to a cart. One filled with pears. She looked around for a bit, making sure no one was around. While she didn’t like the idea of wasting perfectly good fruit, pears were the competition. They did more damage than oranges or apples did anyway. If anyone called her on it, she would make the Dovah pay for it. She begun to buck the hard and green fruit up at the dragon. More apples for everyone later.
“Eat this!” Soma said, smiling. At least he was helping, rushing from one side to the next. While he would have liked to stay in a sniper point and just shoot rockets all day, he didn’t get a chance. Alduin’s kept spewing fire at them all, not to mention fly and move on top of City Hall a bit. Made it hard to get a proper shot in. Thankful the RPG had infinite ammo, the soul hunter was waiting until his magic was restored. It didn’t help that his level was so high, that his magic reserves were so high that it was easier said than done. Still, there was great satisfaction using his rockets. He never got to use them much.
“Soma! Phoenix is okay!” Fluttershy said, flying back to her partner. “In fact, even better! He got one of those marks Dan received.”
Soma lowered the RPG and turned to look at his partner. “That’s great news! We could use some more firepower.” Fluttershy nodded, and then landed on the ground to look around. Not many fighters.
“Anything I can do to help?” She asked.
“Actually, yes. Tell Phoenix and the others to collect with one of the soldiers. I’m sure we need a messenger, not to mention a real plan to take that dragon down. We can keep it busy” Soma said as he raised his weapon again to fire off another round. Damn, a miss. He hoped that rocket didn’t land on anything important. Fluttershy nodded, taking to the air again. She gave a salute and headed off to guide Phoenix towards the closest other human, Snake.
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“Hey, thanks for the help fellas,” Dan said, looking over at the guys that helped him out. While Pinkie Pie was carrying her Party Cannon in tow, a group of three other humans and 3 ponies were all carrying bowling balls.
“Hey man, the Dude abides,” said the first human. “So, you serious man? A real life dragon?”
“Hey, as long as we get those free bowling games,” Donny said. Walter nodded, not caring what happened. They had a bowling match to get back to. The ponies in tow nodded their heads as well. One second,the humans had gone to the bathroom during their bowling league night. When they emerged out from the bathroom, they all arrived in the Equestrian bowling alley. Looking at what could very well be their pony selves. Then something clicked. No, not friendship, not even from the Dudes. But the biggest bowling show off in all of Equestria.
When Dan and Pinkie Pie showed up and started to take all of the bowling balls though, the pony Dude knew something was up. When briefed about the situation, the human bowling team turned to look at each other. Dan had taken the bits in his bag and gave them all some money to help carry ammo.
“That’s the dragon?” Pony Donny said, for once in his life not wanting to comment. The whole time they were in the bowling alley, sound of something was going on outside. Human Donny blinked, dropping the bowling balls he had been carrying.
“Yeah, this is good guys. You can drop em off here” Dan said, frowning at Alduin. That dragon now owed him some bits he was going to use to buy and make explosives.
“You don't have to tell me twice. Let’s get out of here,” The Dude said. The group of 6 dropped the balls they had been carrying and headed back to the bowling alley. There was a score to settle.
(Yes, the Big Lebowski crew. While not champions, they are only showing up as a cameo. For now.)
“Dan, Party Cannon ready!” Pinkie Pie said, grinning as she took aim. The Element of Anger nodded, taking a bowling ball to place in the front and inside the pink weapon of mass partying.
“Lets see... Calculating wind, distance, weight, angle,” Dan muttered, taking note of where Alduin was. While they had plenty of ammo, they would only be most likely be able to get one good shot in. They would have to make it count.
“Do you think Feeny is okay?” Pinkie Pie asked as she looked around. She only spotted a few of them near City Hall. Dan said nothing, getting angry again. What was the point of letting Phoenix get the win at the tournament if he was going to get himself killed? His King of Hearts mark glowed, pulsing a bit.
“Feeny? You mean Phoenix. We can’t worry about that now. We need to get ready and fight,” Dan said.
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“I don't like this” Ash said, frowning as he kneeled down. He had set his chainsaw away, and was now doing inventory of his shotgun, the only thing that could be any help from far away. Just two rounds. At least the weapon was clean and maintained, meaning no misfires.
“Can I get anything else?” Mayor Mare asked, turning to look at her partner. While they had both indulged in spiked coffee, the situation had considerably sobered them up. Fast.
“You shouldn’t happen to have any shotgun rounds on ya by any chance?” Ash asked, lifting his head up.
“What’s a shotgun?”
“I figured as much. Ya got any gunpowder? Fireworks?” The metallic hand of Ash begun to load the last two rounds anyway.
“Actually, fireworks, yes. We keep them under storage in a nice safe dry place...” She said.
“Oh really! That’s great actually. Can you get some?” Ash said, smirking.
“Really? What’s your plan?” Mayor Mare asked. That smile gave her some hope.
“I need as many fireworks as you can get. And then get me anything small and metallic, like coins,” Ash said. A plan was forming.
“You means Bits? I have some of those,” she said. The Mayor reached to her side and took out a coin purse with some coins in it.
“Where exactly were you keeping that? You got no pockets there sister” Ash asked.
“What do you mean sister?”
“Just.. just give me the coins. And get the fireworks. Hurry up!” he said. She nodded, taking off as she left the area. Ash then took out the rounds he had just set in there. Unscrewing the rounds, he begun to fill the gunpowder into the shotgun and then filled the front end of the gun with the coins.
“This is going to be the most expensive ammo I ever used.”
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Princess Luna and Twilight Sparkle had taken shelter behind a building, Travis close to them. Both of the magically inclined creatures were tired, their chests heaving up and down. Both had been shooting bolts of magic from their horns, helping chip away at the dragon’s horns. Twilight though, had less reserves thanks to the skybolt from earlier. Princess Luna was just used to working more at night, and staying up on high alert these last few days had not helped her rest well either.
“You girls alright? Anything I can do?” Travis asked, though not sure if there was anything that could be done. They looked worn out.
“Forgive me Sir Travis, but I am afraid not. We all have our magic limitations,” Princess Luna said. That was the first time he had heard the word “Sir” used with him, so it made Travis lift an eyebrow. Had he just been knighted?
“She’s right. If we stand any chance against that immortal thing, its the Elements of Harmony or of Change. I have to save some power to use my Magic” Twilight said as she pointed at her tiara.
“There goes the Element talk again... Well, if you say so. Look, I am going to go check on the others. Maybe they got a game plan going...” Travis stopped, picking up his head to look at the sky. “Do clouds move that fast?” He asked, pointing his right hand up. The others picked up their heads to look at the direction indicated.
Dark clouds, normally used for storms, were coming in fast. Well, faster than usual for Travis. For Twilight and Luna though, it was a signs that a pegasus was in the skies. Rainbow Dash and Derpy were pushing in thunderclouds. Rainbow stopped for a moment, looking down to spot her friends. She gave wink, while lifting her left fore hoof up to wave.
“Phoenix must be alright!” Twilight said, looking up at the sign. “Rainbow Dash wouldn’t have left him unless he was!”
“Who are the other pegasi with her though?” Princess Luna asked. Earlier, Derpy had left Dinky in the responsible care of the Cakes, who also had their own children in tow. Glad to have the little unicorn to help with the foals, they agreed to look after her and let Derpy get thunderclouds. While it was slow, she had managed to get other pegasi to agree to bring in the thunder.
Rainbow Dash spotted her fellow pegasi and immediately understood what they were doing. She left the others and immediately moved in to help. The more clouds, the bigger lighting bolts they could create. Once they had a good sized cloud ready, all of the pegasi gathered together and started to push the dark giant thunder cloud over Alduin.
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“Alright, I think this will do” Sokka said as he found a nice sized pot for his head. He banged on it once, making a low thud noise. The Crusaders turned and laughed at Sokka, who frowned a bit at their antics. Cherilee also laughed, glad that the fillies were now distracted. Ralf though, kept peeking out a window and frowned. There was a fight going on, and he did not like sitting it out.
“You okay Ralf?” Sokka asked, lifting his right hand to keep the pot out of his eyes.
“Yeah, but I have no idea how its going outside. I can still hear the dragon thing shouting,” Ralf said to cross his arms on his chest. “And there isn’t even a hammer in this place that I can help throw at that thing.”
“Well, can I make a suggestion?” Cherilee asked, picking up her head. Sokka raised his eyebrows, tilting his head to the side. “This whole place has nothing but metal right? Couldn’t you make a shield outta something already made?”
“You mean like this trash can lid?” Scootaloo said, pointing at some of the garbage cans.
“Actually, that gives me an idea,” Sokka said, moving to grab a garbage can. It was a bit light, being empty and all.
“An idea huh?” Ralf asked, moving over to take the can from Sokka to lift. “Leave the lifting to me. You just get your plan in motion.”
“Nice! Tell me, are there any bathrooms or plant stores in the area? We need fertilizer or manure.” Sokka grinned, looking up at Ralf. Cherilee raised an eyebrow. Ralf released a sigh and then shook his head to the sides, already knowing where this was going.
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“Alright... Keep it busy,” Nate said, moving a hand to rub his chin. The small group with Snake at the helm were going over a game plan. “Looks like the others got it covered,” he said, peeking out the corner to look around.
“Yes, ze original plan must still be ze best. Take out ze dragon and until the rendez-vous arrives, then let ze ponies blast it,” Blue Spy said. He took out one of his revolvers, taking a second to make sure it was loaded. With a flick of the wrist, his Enforcer was at the ready. It was easily his strongest weapon since he was not in disguise. “Take cover ma petit fleur” he said to Zecora. She nodded, knowing she could only be of use as a medic.
“Alright. Fluttershy and I will get the other Elements ready to fire Harmony at it,” Rarity said. “We attack at Phoenix’s signal.” With a nod, Fluttershy left one way and let the white unicorn head the other way. Spy in turn turned invisible and left the area.
“Alright. You sure that cardboard box bomb will work?” Nate asked as he took out the silver gun.
“No idea, but its best I can do with what I got. With any luck, Otacon has something better” Snake said as he stood up. Trixie blinked once, looking at Snake.
“You have that much faith in your friend?” Phoenix asked.
“Otacon is the smartest person I know, and I have a high IQ already. He’s even saved my life, at the risk of his own more than once. Without him, I wouldn’t be able to do much. I would even trust him with my life.” Snake responded.
“Well, that’s good enough for me. When do-” Nate stopped talking, lifting his head at the sky. “A storm?”
“Crap, lets hope the box doesn’t get wet,” Snake said. The stealth agent hated fighting in the rain.
“Alright, time is running out. I am going in," Phoenix said. Hand raised up, the lawyer begun to focus. Hope. Dan gained an incredible power to use beam and anger as energy. But that was not the lawyer’s style. He was a defender. The left hand moved out, with the four winged phoenix emblem started glowing. After a second, a round metal shield materialized from nowhere to latch on to Phoenix’s arm. The center of the shield carried the same emblem the back of his hand did.
“Heh. If only Captain America and Deadpool could see me now” Phoenix said with a smile. They had been his partners in the fight against Galactus. Kind of ironic though, Captain America had been the one to give Phoenix hope during their fights, while Deadpool made him laugh. He only hoped he could do the others proud.
Phoenix marched out, the shield covering the left side of his body. As he walked out, the large cloud continued to gather overhead, blocking the sun from view. Dovahkiin and Soma stopped, looking at the sky. Alduin as well stopped shouting, turning to look overhead. No more drops from giant metal constructs at least.
“Hey, Alduin!” the lawyer shouted. This made the remaining warriors turn to look at the restored Phoenix. Dovahkiin smiled, glad he was alright. Soma raised the RPG to point at the sky, knowing something was going to happen. “You have one last chance to surrender and go home!”
“Pahlok joore! Hin kah fen kos bonaar!” Alduin shouted, turning to look at the new human walking back. Still, Alduin was surprised. He was sure he had hit the human hard enough to break his spine.
“Arrogant mortals. Your pride shall be humbled” Dovahkiin said, translating for Phoenix. Phoenix nodded, having expected as much.
“Alright then. Dovahkiin, Soma. At my mark, we hit that thing with everything we got... Again” Phoenix said in a low voice. Rain started to fall by this point. Small droplets at first, but it quickly got thicker and faster. The humans started to get wet, but said nothing. To Alduin, this was perfect. He finally had a chance to attack the area.
“Meteor Storm!” Alduin roared into the sky. Even through the thick clouds in the sky, giant smoldering rocks begun to fall around them. Soma had to jump back a few feet, narrowly missing getting crushed by the falling meteors.
“Not now,” Dovahkiin said bringing his left hand up, creating a magical ward. “If this continues, none of us can get into position to attack!” Phoenix frowned, if they had any hope, it was on him. He raised his shield into the sky, making rain splatter and fall down its side.
“Phoenix Guard...” the lawyer said in a low voice. At once, the cutie mark on his hand and the emblem on his shield flared out together. The red phoenix on the shield emerged from the metal surface, slowly expanding. The four winged phoenix symbol started to reflect the rain, creating all under its shadows dry. The rocks that fell from heaven started to bounce off from the red light being projected skyward.
Alduin could only stare in shock, a magical ward unlike any other was forcing the meteor storm he called upon to bounce off like harmless pebbles.
“Don’t mess with me, I’m a lawyer!” Phoenix cried out, smiling as he felt the rain and rocks bounce off his form. “Now seriously guys, I have no idea how long I can keep this up,” Phoenix added afterwards.
“That’s the signal! Attack!” Nate yelled out. Water making his shirt cling to his form, he rushed out under the form of the phoenix emblem in the sky to start shooting while Alduin was distracted. Soma raised the RPG and started to fire again. His magic was close to halfway there, almost enough to use a powerful soul.
“Trixie, now!” Snake shouted as he held up his pistol. He took aim to where Alduin’s face was. A light blue hue from Trixie’s horn made the cardboard box raise in the air and she threw it out towards the dragon’s face. Snake smiled, glad it had not been raining too much around the side of the building. A single shot flew out towards the box and penetrated the side. A blast comparable to the size of the RPG round detonated and caused hot metal shrapnel to explode inside the dragon’s sensitive mouth.
“Hey Dragon!” Dan shouted, mad he was getting wet. He was not due for a shower for another month. “I have a Pinkie Cannon, your point is invalid!”
“Oh snap!” Pinkie Pie said as she pulled the string on her modified Party Cannon. A black bowling ball was shot out, being slammed against the side of its neck. Alduin roared again in pain, giving Pinkie Pie a chance to rush off to join the other pony Elements. Spy and Nate begun to fire their firearms again, bringing on the pain. It was better they started now, wet guns was never a good thing. Dovahkiin took the chance to prepare a shout. If he could force the dragon down with a shout, all the better.
“Go Ralf!” Sokka said, stepping out from behind Snake and Trixie. The teen had his right hand up, pointed at the dragon. The soldier rushed forward, not caring he was wet. Over his head, the Ikari warrior threw and tossed the can filled with pig manure. The can opened up, spilling its contents over the dragon.
“What is that stuff?” Soma frowned, smelling it from his position. Even the rain made it smell worse.
“Never underestimate the power of stink!” Sokka yelled out, doing a fist pump with Ralf. Dovahkiin raised an eyebrow and then threw a fire bolt at the manure. Thanks to the methane, the manure quickly caught on fire to burn the dragon.
“Smart” Dan said, clearly impressed. Both physiological and physical damage. Hard to combo the two together.
“I know, right?” Sokka said with a smile. Ralf was just glad none of it had gotten on himself. Thanks to all the damage accumulated, Alduin started to drop his head. That’s all Ash was waiting for.
“My turn. Hail to the King!” Ash said as he made his way to the dragon. Hair wet and clinging to his face, he raised his boomstick and pulled the trigger. Dozens of small superheated coins were fired out, smacking themselves and cutting into the end bringer’s face. “Worth every Bit.”
“Nice” Soma said. He wished he could take all the worthless gold pieces collected from Castlevania and shoot it out like that.
“Lookout below!” A voice said over the storm clouds. With Rainbow Dash gone with the other elements, it was up to another pegasus to activate the lightning. She landed on the giant cloud and sighed. She could never get it right.
“Derpy?” Sokka asked, recognizing the voice. Wasn’t she with her child? The gray pegasus hopped once into the air and then landed. The biggest lighting bolt ever seen was fired out from the cloud. Thanks to the lighting rod from City Hall, it was attached to Alduin and sent 1.21 jigowatts of lighting into the beast. Unfortunately, Derpy also shocked herself. Her blond mane frazzled out, leaving some scorch marks on her coat and her eyes to spin in her sockets. Thankfully, she had been out of the water so she didn’t electrocute herself. Alduin, not so lucky. In turn, this also made the meteor storm stop as Alduin’s magika reserves deplete. With the spell over, Phoenix was glad to lower his arm.
“He’s down! Girls! Do it now!” Phoenix shouted, turning to look at the Elements of Harmony. With nothing in their way this time, they all shut their eyes and begun to focus. The jewels worn on their bodies begun to glow. They all opened their eyes again, this time white with power. Altogether, they fired the Harmony Beam at Alduin. Once the beam struck, the fallen body of the evil dragon begun to stir. No turning into stone, not even causing any damage to his body. Dovahkiin frowned, not sure what was going on.
“Look!” Travis said, pointing his hand at behind the beast. A portal had started to form and collect. To the dragonborn, it looked a lot like the Wretched Abyss.
“I don't get it, what’s going on?” Ash asked, looking at the sky. Last time things got this screwy, he got sent to the medieval world. Twilight started to pant. Her magic reserves were hitting tapped.
“Alduin is not from this world! Harmony cannot bear it, so its trying to banish it once where it came from!” Princess Luna said. “We have to help push the dragon through the portal! Quickly, the Elements cannot keep it open forever!”
“Damn,” Ash said. What could they do from down there? He was still on the roof.
“Crap, he’s waking up,” Nate said. Snake walked up, lining up with the other humans.
“The back up’s here!” He shouted, lifting his hands up to fire off rounds. Ammo be damned at this point. Nate and Spy nodded to each other. All of the people with firearms, even Soma, begun to shoot the dragon to try and push it through the portal.
Up from the heavens, a yellow spaceship floated down, hovering a few feet in the air. The top opened up, and Sephiroth and Samus were elevated to the roof of the ship. Otacon had been left at the controls, with Big Macintosh and Lyra inside. The one winged Cetra picked up his head, feeling the rain fall over his skin. It felt... oddly cleansing.
“Finally!” Nate said.
“Otacon! We need to get the dragon through that portal. Now!” Snake yelled through the codec.
“You heard the man!” Otacon spoke through the loudspeaker of the ship. Samus got down on her left knee, holding up her right arm. Her left arm moved to hold her barrel cannon arm up, at the elbow as she braced herself. The barrel hummed to life as she charged the beam for her final smash. Sephiroth in the meantime drew his sword out and rushed off to jump off the ship. The long sword flashed against the rain, slicing through drops of water before it cut through part of the roof from City Hall. Thanks to that, Alduin was being sent upward, as the portal finally caught hold of the beast to drag it slowly into itself.
“Final Smash!” Samus yelled, unleashing the gathered energy. A large white ball of light was fired off, hitting Alduin against his chest to propel it backward. Her yellow suit came apart, falling to the ground as it was disassembled. She was left in her body tight blue jumpsuit and her blonde hair exposed. It had been tied up and... wait for it.... in a ponytail.
“Phoenix!” Dovahkiin said, looking over at the lawyer with a nod. Phoenix nodded.
“FUS RO DAH!” They both yelled out, sending their voice to help blow away Alduin into the portal once and for all. As soon as the dragon’s head vanished into the dark void, he gave a final shout.
“FEN DU HIN SILLE KO SOVNGARDE!” Alduin shouted. The Elements of Harmony finally stopped, the beams of light they emitted dimishing until gone. The portal that had been presented against the dark sky vanished.
“I will feast on your souls in Sovngarde” Dovahkiin said in a low voice. No one heard him though, the rain still falling.
“I can’t believe that worked!” Phoenix said, lifting his shield up with a grin. The phoenix emblem finally stopped glowing, dispelling the shield to let it vanish from view. Little did he know that hope had given him some help to pull it off.
Samus picked up her head, moving her left hand out to brush her ponytail behind herself. She didn’t mind getting wet, but sacrificing the suit for the final smash was always rough. Travis walked with Luna, picking up their heads to look at the sky.
“Is it over?” Pinkie Pie asked, looking around herself. The other elements also started to come around, hearing no more sounds of battle.
“You girls did great!” Phoenix said, lifting up his left hand to give them all a thumbs up. The cutie mark was seen, making Applejack and Twilight Sparkle open up their eyes.
“Phoenix? You got a cutie mark!” Pinkie Pie said. “We have to throw you a party!”
“Thank Rainbow Dash. She saved my life,” the lawyer said with a smile.
“As far as I care, we are even” Rainbow Dash said to walk over. While everyone was standing around getting wet, everyone was smiling. Ash picked up his head, turning to hear the sound of mud.
“Did I miss it?” Mayor Mare asked, carrying fireworks in some saddlebags. And it had been so hard to make sure they were dry too!
“I’ll buy you a drink. But we all did good here,” Ash said, moving to pet the wet mane of the mayor. He took his hand back, noticing a gray color on his hand. He looked down, spotting that the mare had pink mane, not gray. This was a reverse for him... someone dyed their hair to look more respectable? He begun to laugh, and soon a few others also joined in.
“What’s so funny?” Mayor Mare asked, looking around.
“The Mayor has a pink mane, just like me!” Pinkie Pie shouted out. The bespeckled earth pony quickly raised a hoof to touch her mane and feel it, only to see the color smear off her wet coat.
“Oh well... let’s just keep this between us, ok?” Mayor said, blushing red in embarrassment.
“LOK VAH KOOR!” Dovahkiin shouted, lifting his head to the sky. The dark rain clouds slowly dispersed, clearing the sky to let the sun shine down on them all.
“Derpy!” Sokka said, spotting the pegasus fly down to the group. He rushed out to hug her, eyes closed. She was a hero, if it weren’t for her, no one could have gotten a chance to attack. In turn, Derpy blushed, though more from her condition than the hug.
“Sokka! You’re ok!” Derpy smiled, moving to hug the wet human back. Everypony turned to look at their human partners.
“Aw, you all want hugs, don’t you?” Dan asked, rolling his eyes. Ralf smiled, glad Cherilee was not here.
“Girls! You get back here right this instant!” Speaking of the devil. The Crusaders had rushed out, being chased by the teacher. With no more sounds of a battle, they all thought it was safe to get out. All of the humans and ponies blinked, watching the little fillies run out to look at them.
“You guys are all heroes! Hurray!” Sweetie Belle cheered.
“I wish I could have been here, I bet Rainbow Dash was so cool!” Scootaloo said.
“Uh... crusaders?” Applebloom stopped, looking at all of the angry faces.
“Oh, we're in so much trouble aren't we?” Sweetie Belle said, covering her head.
“Oh, you have no idea. I say we let Dan handle their punishments...” Fluttershy said with a sadistic smile. She wanted a hug from her Soma, but they ruined the moment.
“Please no! Anything but him!” Applebloom shouted, turning to look at Dan as he rubbed his hands together and begun to laugh.
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“And there they go again, off to save the world while I am stuck here with you” Spike said to look the Doctor. The Time Lord shook his head to the sides, laughing at the little one.
“I think its time you leave, little one. I have to go now” The Doctor said.
“Yeah yeah, this and that, and you are the only one that can save the day” Spike said as he walked outside.
“You have my instructions?”
“Yes Doc, right here” Spike said, rolling the paper scroll up to spew fire and sending it off to Celestia.
“Cheer up Spike. It won’t always be like this,” The Doctor said at the front door to the Tardis.
“I know, but I still have to grow up...” Spike said sadly. The Time Lord chuckled and shut the door. Spike turned his back to sit down on the ground, both of his little claws bent to hold his head up. He didn’t bother to see how the Tardis vanished with the storm.
“You look upset, young one” a voice spoke as it walked over to the place where such a commotion was just had. It was a human, wearing a long white robe with a weaved basket hat on his head that covered his eyes.
“I’m upset, ya know? I mean, just because I’m little, no one listens to me...” Spike said, not bothering to look at the voice. Probably another pony. The human moved his hand to his sword, pushing it to the side so he could sit down next to the baby dragon.
“I know how you feel. It took me a long time to realize that size isn’t everything” the human said, his voice deep and patient.
“I know, I know, I have to...” Spike stopped talking, lifting his head to the side. That was not a white pony... His gaze continued to look upward, spotting the human face as he took his hat off.“You’re- You're a human!” Spike said. He quickly looked around, trying to see if he had been claimed by a pony.
“Well, I have been told that, yes” the human said with a smile. His black hair had been tied up in a topknot.
“Hey, you are not here with anypony, are ya?” Spike asked, turning to look back at the human.
“Pony? No. What is your name, young one? My name is Jack. And I am Samurai.”
Author's notes: There, Spike has his Champion, Samurai Jack, from the show with the same name. Chapter once more, proofread by LyonAzakura.