Harmony of Heroes: Ultimate Multiverse Explorers

by Lucar


Chapter 22: Songs and Evolutions

What a surprise it was for Rarity to find her sister the next morning as she was preparing breakfast (Sweetie Belle really had gotten better since she finally learned to cook in Dream Land). She really hadn't expected Sweetie to come back before one more day or two at least.

"Sweetie Belle?"

"Hello Rarity! I'm back!" the filly said bubbly.

"I can see that. So your adventure is already over? Unless this is one of these cases where it was a week for you and only a few days for us."

"More of the second. The adventure took me three days, and it was 3AM when I returned here. Anyway, you came just in time. Breakfast is ready." The filly then placed the breakfast on the table where they proceeded to start to eat.

"Thank you Sweetie Belle," Rarity said after she took a first bite. "You are really getting better and better."

"Thanks!"

"So, how did it go?" asked the mare.

"It was really great! And very different from what I was used to in the Dream Universe. Instead of simply going from point A to point B to reach our goal, Link, the local hero, and I had to explore dungeons filled with puzzles, traps, treasures, and monsters. We had to save Sages that were trapped in these dungeons so they could help us defeat the local Evil Overlord."

"I'm surprised you didn't just go defeat this evil overlord by yourself. I'm sure you had the power."

"Yes and no. I could have defeated him very easily, but his lair was protected by a very powerful shield that I'm not sure that I would have been able to destroy without the help of the Sages, even with all my powers. Beside, it was more fun to live the full quest alongside the hero than just going straight to the final boss. I got to explore nice places, encounter a lot of different people, and made several friends. And I also got you this," Sweetie Belle finished as a small mountain of rupees of various colors (mainly green and blue) suddenly dropped beside the table.

"Oh my!" exclaimed Rarity as she went to grab one of the rupees to examine it. "They are beautiful!"

"Believe it or not, they are the local money, very easy to find. Like, REALLY easy. Just cut some grass randomly and you may find one. It actually makes me wonder how this economy works. You can pretty much become rich just by mowing your lawn."

Rarity sighed dramatically. "If only it could be that easy."

Sweetie Belle then told her sister some bites of her adventure while they ate breakfast. Once she finished, she then took her school supplies before teleporting to the Lor Starcutter to download the coordinates of the two new universes: Past Hyrule and Future Hyrule. As she thought, with the time-split, they became two distinct universes. Thinking about this, she should try to find these alternate universes created by Starlight's time travel to see how they were faring.

Then she went to school where she recounted her adventure to her friends during recess.

"And then he planted the sword in Ganon's forehead, like that!" Sweetie Belle mimicked thrusting a sword. "And Ganon was sent to the Sacred Realm thanks to the Sages, finally bringing peace back to Hyrule. And Zelda sent him back in time so he could warn the king about Ganondorf and stop him before he could even start his plan... or just as he started it, at least."

"Aww yeah! That was so epic! And... what happened to the Triforce?" asked Scootaloo.

"Ganondorf kept the Triforce of Power. Zelda still has the Triforce of Wisdom. As for the Triforce of Courage... Uh... Good question actually. Was it sent back in time with Link?" There was so many things that could go wrong for Future Hyrule if that was the case. How will they counter Ganondorf if the Triforce of Courage was gone to another time/universe? She will have to talk to Link or Zelda next time she visits. "Anyway, I got some nice new tricks in this adventure. I will show you after school. But if I'm not mistaken, rain is scheduled tonight, right?"

"Eeyup," confirmed Apple Bloom. "Why?"

Sweetie Belle grinned. "You will see."

"Hey, I have an idea!" began Scootaloo. "I perfectly see myself as Link, because I'm cool and courageous like him! And Sweetie Belle, you are smart and good at magic like Zelda. As for you, Apple Bloom, well... You aren't evil, but you are very strong like Ganondorf. So, how about we play as Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf?"

"I'm in!" shouted Sweetie Belle.

"Errrh... Ah don't think Ah can play Ganondorf. He's strong, yes, but he also has a lot of magical power too," remarked Apple Bloom.

"You can just pretend, with the help of objects if you think it's best. Like you could throw something red and we could imagine it to be a fireball," proposed the pegasus.

"No need for objects. Our imagination can do the work," said Sweetie Belle.

Apple Bloom though about it for a moment before she accepted. "Alright! Be ready to fear the Evil Overlord Appledorf! Or... Uh... Ganon Bloom?"

They couldn't continue to talk about this however as recess ended.

"We will talk more about this after school," said Scootaloo. "Or... tomorrow after school. It won't be raining."

They all agreed.

Then, after school, they went outside of Ponyville, on a hill with a good view of the town. In the sky, pegasi could be seen pushing clouds for the scheduled rain.

"So, what's this trick?" asked Apple Bloom.

Sweetie Belle answered with just a grin before she closed her eyes and began to sing. Suddenly, storm clouds appeared from nowhere in the sky, and in just a few seconds it began to rain. Sweetie Belle made sure to not put too much power so that while it rained all over Ponyville, there wasn't any lightning. It was just a downpour, not a storm.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's jaws dropped.

"I learned to use the same songs than the ocarina," Sweetie Belle then explained. "I can't use all of them like the Warp Songs or the Song of Time, but the Song of Storms is no problem, same for the Sun's Song."

"You mean that you can now move the Sun and the Moon just by singing?!" asked Scootaloo.

Sweetie Belle nodded with a big grin. "Let's go to the clubhouse. We can talk about your idea here."


Scootalink climbed the long spiral staircase to Ganon Bloom's room, hoping that she wasn't too late to stop her from taking the Triforce of Wisdom from Sweetie Belda. When she reached the double door that was the entrance of the room, she bucked them open and ran in.

"Release Sweetie Belda, Ganon Bloom!" she yelled as she pointed her sword in direction of the Dark Lady threateningly.

This didn't faze Ganon Bloom who remained seated on her throne, chuckling darkly. "Ya're too late," she said. Then she raised her right forehoof and showed the Triforce mark, two of the three triangles composing it now glowing. "Only one left."

Scootalink growled, both in anger at Ganon Bloom and in worry for Sweetie Belda. "What have you done to her, you monster?"

In answer, Ganon Bloom just smirked and, with a flick of her hoof, made a crystal float down from the ceiling, the former bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom trapped in it. "Want her? Very well. Ah'm done with her." The crystal disappeared, and Sweetie Belda was propelled right toward Scootalink who caught her. The pegasus still ended on her back, but at least, the princess was safe.

"Ugh... thanks. I'm sorry, I could do nothing," Sweetie Belda said as she got up.

"Eh. No worry. I will still get her."

"At least, let me help you. We will have better chances if we work together."

Scootalink nodded, and they both faced Ganon Bloom, ready to fight her.

"Sweetie Belle! Here you are!" suddenly shouted a familiar voice, interrupting their game.

The fillies groaned and turned toward the approaching lavender alicorn.

"What is it, Twilight?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Is it true that you are the one who started the rain yesterday just by singing?" asked the mare. "Wait, what were you doing, you three?" she then asked when she remarked the filly's disguises and the wooden swords.

"Just playing," answered Scootaloo. "I'm the Hero, Sweetie Belle is the Princess, and Apple Bloom is the Dark Lord."

Apple Bloom nodded. "It's based on Sweetie's previous adventures."

"And to answer your first question, yes! It's true! A little trick that I got from this adventure."

"Can you show me?" asked Twilight.

Sweetie Belle thought about it for a few seconds before grinning and smiling. She then sung the Song of Storms, and the next instant it began to rain all over Ponyville.

Twilight gawked. "That's... incredible!"

"I just made it unto a downpour, but if I wanted, I could put more power and turn it into a real storm, and even into a hurricane. And... I suppose that with more control, I could turn this into a snowstorm, I'm not sure," Sweetie Belle informed. "I'm sure that I can teach you to do it. All you need to do is to sing the Song of Storms while putting some magic in your voice, not unlike the Royal Canterlot Voice. Anypony can do it."

Twilight was visibly shaking in excitement now. "Can you sing this Song of Storms again, please?"

"I can do better," replied Sweetie Belle before she materialized a piece of paper and a pen. She wrote the song on the paper and gave it to the mare. "Here you go, the Song of Storms. You just need to sing the beginning to create a storm, but I will let you test if singing more of it is useful. And you don't even need to sing it. Playing it with an instrument works too. Any instrument, excepted maybe some percussion instruments."

Twilight looked down at the paper with the song. "This will revolutionize the weather management!"

Sweetie Belle then grinned even more. "I also got a song to control the cycle of day and night. It may ask more power however."

Twilight eyed the filly at this. "You are not foaling with me, uh?"

"Nope! Want a proof?"

"NOOOO! If you move the sun and the moon now, it may cause panic! I will talk to Celestia and Luna about this, and if they agree, we will test this song tonight."

Sweetie Belle nodded.

Twilight then asked if there were more songs ("Yes, there are, but I don't think they will work in this world.") before she returned to her castle to send a message to Celestia and probably to experiment with the Song of Storms. The rain stopped not long after, and the fillies were able to continue where they stopped.

"Be ready to bite the dust, Ganon Bloom!"

"Then come, Scootalink!"


That evening, Sweetie Belle was on a balcony in Canterlot Castle with Twilight, Celestia, and Luna at her sides. The princesses had agreed to test the Sun's Song and to let Sweetie show it to them, and now, they were gathered here to witness the miracle. Twilight even had some machines installed to read the amount of power needed to sing the song and make it work, to see if anypony could use it.

"Everything is ready, Celestia," said the lavender mare.

Celestia nodded and looked toward Sweetie Belle. "You can do it."

The filly nodded in turn and sung the Sun's Song. Almost immediately, the Sun fully disappeared beyond the horizon, and the Moon rose from the opposite direction and took its place.

The princesses could only look in wonder. Then, Twilight looked at the readings from the machines, and her jaw dropped. "Oh my... Celestia! Look at these readings! I could have used this song while I was still an unicorn! That's still a lot of power needed, but far from the amount you and Luna usually use to move the Sun and the Moon! Any pony with enough power in them could do it! Starlight could do it! Rainbow could do it! Applejack and her brother could do it too!"

Celestia and Luna looked at the readings, then exchanged a glance before they both turned toward Sweetie Belle.

"You must not tell anypony you don't trust about this song. And if you already told somepony about it, you must make them promise to not tell anypony without your agreement. If somepony with bad attentions was to get their hooves on this song..." Celestia said.

"Or, worst, all of Equestria learns about this song and the ponies begin to abuse it, and the cycle of day and night as we know it will cease to exist," Luna said.

Sweetie Belle and Twilight agreed.

"However, the song will be very useful," began Twilight. "If we could find a way to make the song play automatically each mornings and evenings, we would be free of this duty of controlling the Sun and the Moon.

Luna nodded. "An automated instrument powered with a magical crystal that could replenish itself with the ambient magic. This can easily be done in a few days."

"As for the Song of Storms, it will be a boon without doubt, but I fear of the pegasi's reaction," said the Alicorn of the Sun. "I will have to go to Cloudsdale to talk to them and see if we can come to an arrangement."

"I'm glad that my adventures help Equestria. Too bad we can't use yet the Ancient's technology," Sweetie Belle grumbled.

If only they could find a way to bring huge quantities of Matters from the Dream Universe. Sweetie Belle could open a giant rift, but it would be too risky for the two universes. Thanks to the Void Energy, she could create Matters like Void, but it would take forever. No, their best bet was to wait to build Matter generators, and only then they will be able to use the Ancient technology freely.

"It's only a matter of time," assured Twilight. She, Magolor, Susie, and other scientists from both universes were working hard to study the Matter generator of the Lor Starcutter.


The following days for Sweetie Belle were split between school, playing with her friends or helping them to find their Cutie Marks, and training her Pokémon. She hadn't gotten much occasions to let them out in Hyrule because it had been just too dangerous and they were just not strong enough yet. This needed to change so her Pokémon could follow her no matter what.

So she made them face each others in duels, or made them attack targets such as dummies or rocks.

Tank entered his shell and quickly moved to the side to avoid Volta's Thunder Shock. He then came out and immediately countered with Water Gun followed by a Tackle. Volta avoided the Water Gun with a jump to the side, but didn't see the Tackle until it was too late and was rammed and sent flying in the air. When she crashed, she was KO.

"Yes!" shouted Tank in victory under the applause of the watching ponies (Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and a few classmates) and the other Pokémon.

"Good job Tank!" congratulated Sweetie Belle before she healed Volta who got up after that. "You did well too Volta. You two are becoming very good!"

"Really?!" asked Volta with her big, round eyes looking at Sweetie Belle in joy.

"Yes, you are," said Sweetie Belle while petting the little Pokémon.

It was at this moment that Tank suddenly began to glow before changing shape, to the wonder of the ponies. He visibly became taller, his tail became longer and thicker, and two small wing-like appendages appeared on the sides of his head. The glow then disappeared, revealing the new Wartortle to everypony.

"Ahah! Yes! Yes! I evolved!" he yelled.

Sweetie Belle squealed and hugged him. The spectators then approached to have a better look at the Wartortle, all of them amazed to finally see the evolution of a Pokémon, especially Twilight who was wondering how this worked.

The evolution really boosted Tank's capacities. After that, he won all his fights (excepted against Drako who, despite being just a Dratini, was still much stronger), and he became much more effective in the farm.

It was really then that the ponies understood how right Sweetie Belle had been. The Pokémon needed to fight, and they needed someone to guide them for this.

In the following days, the Pokémon evolved one by one. First, Smily who evolved into a Haunter (he retained his round gaseous head, but his entire body became purple and he gained spiky protrusions and two disembodied hands, making him look more like a ghost), then, Ratzo who evolved into a Raticate (he looked more like an actual rat, chubby-looking with brown fur instead of purple, and he could now stand on his back-legs), and Drako evolved into a Dragonair (looking more elegant, with a horn on his head, wing-like appendages on his head, blue crystal orbs now present under his chin and on his tail, and his snoot was now blue).

Lulla needed a Moonstone to evolve, so she had to wait for Sweetie's next excursion to the Pokémon world. As for Volta, to become a Pikachu, she didn't really need to fight. She needed something else: love and friendship. It was just a matter of waiting until she got enough.

Sweetie's Pokémon team was starting to look great, and it made many of her classmates envious. Many now wanted their own teams of cool Pokémon.

Maybe Twilight and Magolor will start to work on a portal to the Pokémon Universe.

Speaking of Magolor, he finally finished to create a translator like he and Sweetie talked about. One glass of water later to swallow it, and Sweetie could now understand all languages, written and talked. It was quickly tested on the Ancient writing and on the language from Hyrule, and after seeing that it worked, Magolor and Susie began to work to mass-produce it.


The next week-end.

"Okay, time to explore a third universe!" said Sweetie Belle to herself before she opened a rift and passed it.

And she dropped in what seemed to be the middle of a snowy forest. A quick check around indicated several things.

The forest was made of coniferous trees.

There was a wooden structure not far, beside weirdly-shaped lamp.

A small skeleton was behind the structure, staring at Sweetie Belle.

"uh... that's not something i expected to see today," the skeleton said before his left eye began to glow blue and yellow. "and i never expected to see such a high amount of LOVE in a creature. what are you?"