//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 (2/2): Meetings and Introductions (edited) // Story: MLP FiM x Fairy Tail: Wizards in Equestria // by SonnL //------------------------------// Previously… The alicorn of light, Aura Light, summoned the Fairy Tail guild to Equestria and requested them to protect it and ensure the downfall of an ancient evil known as Scarlet Night. The guild accepted the request. Meanwhile, in the town of Ponyville, the Council of Friendship had an encounter with servants of Scarlet Night. After they declared war on Equestria, a monster attack occurred. The attack has been thwarted by Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, and Panther Lily. Happy was there but did not do any fighting. With the last monster defeated, the dark vortex disappeared and the sky returned to normal. The corpses of the monsters remained only for a short time as their corporeal forms evaporated soon after their deaths. Carla and Panther Lily returned to their original forms. Erza returned to her default armor. Sagittarius was returned to the Celestial Spirit World and Lucy returned to her original outfit. The Council of Friendship, Twilight’s other friends and family, the Young Six, the two former rulers of Equestria, and everypony in Ponyville just saw something extraordinary, which was a small group wiping out an army of monsters. The spectators were completely speechless and perplexed. After all, one of the strange beings can conjure, eat, and breathe out fire. Another can create ice objects at will, and the little one can summon powerful winds. These strangers not only defeated a monster that was far bigger than them, they absolutely destroyed it. They did not need a rainbow laser to achieve that. Just sheer brute force. Natsu’s group then turned their attention to the spectators. “So are those… the ponies?” Wendy asked. “I knew this world is going to be strange, but this is starting to look like a child’s fantasy world.” Gajeel commented. “Woah. How many different colors do they come in?” Natsu wondered. The spectators were not close enough to hear what they were saying since they were not speaking as loudly as they were during the battle. Back at Twilight’s side… “D-did all that just happen? I… I wasn’t seeing things… was I?” Applejack asked while stuttering. “I saw it too. After these mean-looking unicorns showed up, these large bug monsters came. And then, these creatures destroyed the monsters. They were like Fire Dragon this, Ice-Make that, Sky Dragon this, and Iron Dragon that” Pinkie explained. Fluttershy noticed the three cat-like creatures. She wanted to fly up to them and talked to them, but she was intimidated by the other strange beings. “What are they?” Sandbar asked. “And how did they do all the things they did?” Smolder also became curious. “They are strong.” Yona commented. “Stronger than all those monsters.” Ocellus added. “I wouldn’t want them to be our enemies.” Gallus said with concern. “What should we do, sister? They are clearly dangerous. Should we restrain and question them?” Luna asked Celestia. “Not a good idea Luna. You saw what they can do. There’s no telling what could happen if they are provoked. So far, they are not showing any ill-will towards us so I say we should wait and see what they do next.” Celestia replied. “Mama. Papa. Who are they?” Flurry Heart asked curiously as she was held in Cadence’s hooves. “I really have no idea sweetheart.” Cadence answered. Twilight then regained her composure. “Girls. I’m going to try talking to them. We need to know who or what they are and what their purpose here is.” As Twilight took a step forward, the Mane 7 suddenly found themselves in the infinite white space, the same place that Fairy Tail was in just prior to the monster attack. The seven ponies looked around confused. “W-where are we?” Twilight wondered. “Greetings. Council of Friendship.” The Mane 7 then met Aura Light herself. “Pleased to make your acquaintance. My name is Aura Light. And concerning the outsiders, I was the one who summoned them here.” Twilight has so many questions in her mind right now. “Ok, who exactly are you? What is the Order of Scarlet Night? What are those beings that just fought the monsters? Are they humans? And why did you bring them here?” “They are humans, just from a different world than the one you went to before. As you were already told, a terrible war is coming and those humans are champions I have chosen to assist you in the battle against the Order of Scarlet Night. I already explained the situation to them and they agreed to help.” Aura proceeded to explain some things about the Order of Scarlet Night. “So those ten unicorns we just saw are Scarlet Night’s servants?” Rarity asked for confirmation. “Yes. But those ten belong to an elite group known as the Red Moon Generals. And believe me, among all the dark unicorns serving under Scarlet Night, they are the most dangerous. I say that they are far worse than all your previous enemies. Their master, even more so. And Rainbow Dash. You were incredibly lucky that the dark unicorn that shot you only used a very small percentage of his power. Any more and you could have died.” Rainbow Dash gulped, remembering how painful that lightning bolt was. Aura noticed that Fluttershy was shaking in her hooves. “Do not fear. The Red Moon Generals may be a formidable force, but I am completely confident that with the humans’ assistance, you will succeed. Please trust them. Anyway, I have some things to give you to better equip you for the impending war.” Aura gave each of the Mane 7 the same magical bracelets that she had given to each Fairy Tail member and explained their functions. In addition, Twilight received a shining silver armor while her friends were given magical robes. Fluttershy was given an additional accessory in the form of a pair of hairpins. “W-what is this armor?!” Twilight was startled. “And what are these robes?!” Rarity was equally as surprised. The Mane 7 took a moment to look at their new outfits. “The armor and the robes grant you some resistance to magic attacks. Twilight and Starlight’s magical powers are augmented, and the rest of you are given new abilities.” “Hold on! You’re saying we get superpowers! Awesome!” Rainbow got excited. “Applejack, you have a lasso that you can control, and you can manipulate the earth and all forms of rocks. Rainbow Dash, you can control the forces of nature such as thunderstorms and tornadoes.” “Just like the power pony, Zapp!” Rainbow pointed out. “Rarity, you can create energy constructs.” “Like when I was the power pony, Radiance.” Rarity perked up. “Pinkie, you can pull sparkly explosive objects out of your mane and fire explosive projectiles from your party cannon.” Pinkie then pulled a sparkly cookie out of her mane and tossed it. The cookie exploded, with the explosion being bright pink and filled with glitter. “Woooh! Let me try my party cannon!” Pinkie got all giddy as she pulled out her party cannon, preparing to fire it. “NOT NOW PINKIE!!!!” Her friends shouted. “Fluttershy, your power lies in your hairpins. You can create barriers for defense, heal wounds, and summon ethereal creatures to fight for you.” “So… why am I the only one who received an armor?” Twilight wondered. “For now, I’ll just say that the armor will have a pivotal role at some time in the future. Whenever you need them, you can summon your new garbs to you at will anytime, anywhere. Now, I shall leave you to get acquainted with your new allies. Best of luck.” The Mane 7 then found themselves back in Ponyville and they are no longer wearing their new garbs for the time being. Meanwhile, Natsu’s group was contemplating on how to approach the ponies. “Can’t we just go over there and say hi?” Natsu asked. “Natsu, let’s not forget that we’re outsiders in this world and they never saw our kind before. And judging by how they’re staring at us, it appears that they are intimidated by us. We need to approach this delicately. One wrong step and this can go south very quickly for us.” Lucy explained. “She does raise a fair point” Erza agreed. Carla stepped forward. “I’ll talk to them. I’m sure these equines will be more at ease if something as small and harmless as me speaks to them.” “Will they be able to understand you?” Panther Lily asked. “We were able to talk to Aura Light, so it’s worth a shot.” Carla took several steps towards the ponies. “Hello there! I know that we may seem strange to you. In fact, we came from another world!” The ponies then stared at the talking cat. “We were brought here to this world by an entity that calls herself Aura Light! And we have been commissioned to help defend this world from an enemy known as the Order of Scarlet Night!” The ponies were just confused. Aside from the Mane 7, they did not know anything about Aura Light or the Order of Scarlet Night. Back to Twilight’s side…. “Alright girls. Aura said to trust them, so let’s trust them.” Twilight said. Pinkie immediately dashed to Natsu’s group, startling them. “Hey there! I’m Pinkie Pie!” Pinkie then asked so many questions in rapid speed that the wizards had a hard time following what she was saying. They just stared silently at her, waiting for her to finish with her rambling. Once Pinkie finished speaking, she started breathing heavily from talking so much so fast. “Did… you guys get what this pink pony just said?” Gray asked his guildmates. “I remember her asking about favorite colors, what sweets we like, and if we like parties or not.” Natsu answered. “At least we don’t have to worry about the language barrier.” Panther Lily said. The rest of the Mane 7 and Spike approached the wizards while the other ponies and creatures kept their distance. “Hello.” Twilight spoke up. “My friends and I just spoke to Aura Light and she said that you are here to help us.” “And who are you? Oh, Sorry! Where are my manners?! We should be introducing ourselves first! I’m Erza Scarlet.” “I’m Natsu Dragneel!” “Gray Fullbuster.” “Lucy Heartfilia.” “Wendy Marvell” “Gajeel Redfox” “And I’m Happy!” “Carla.” “Panther Lily.” “Oooooh! You three look so adorable!” Fluttershy said to Happy, Carla, and Panther Lily. “Aye!” Happy responded. “T-thanks, I guess.” Carla said. “Pleased to make your acquaintance. I’m Twilight Sparkle, the princess of Equestria.” Twilight introduced herself. “Princess?!” Erza immediately got down on one knee and bowed. “Please forgive us. We should have showed more respect.” “She seems pretty nice.” Starlight commented about Erza. “It’s fine. Let me introduce you to my friends. This is my royal advisor, Spike. And this is Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Starlight Glimmer.” After this introduction, Gajeel was thinking, “What kind of names are those?” “Anyway, what kind of powers do you have?!” Rainbow asked the wizards. “What you all just did was beyond incredible!” Rarity said. “Are you superheroes that came from a world similar to a comic book?” Spike asked with his eyes beaming. “We are wizards, and we each have our own magical abilities.” Natsu explained. “And we came from a world filled with magic.” Erza added. “WHAT?! All those things you did were magic?!” Twilight then bubbled up with excitement. “You have to tell me more! Like, how does your magic work! And tell me about the world you came from!” “Hold on!” Erza stopped her. “Pardon for the interruption. I know you all must have a lot of questions to ask and we’ll be happy to answer the best we can. But before we get to that, we want to first introduce you to our guild and to our master. They are also involved in this.” “Wait! There are more of you?!” Twilight asked surprised. “Yeah, Aura Light brought the whole guild hall here. It’s just right outside this town.” Gajeel anwered. Natsu’s group then led the ponies to the guild hall. “Here we are. Meet our guild. Fairy Tail.” Erza introduced the ponies to the guild. All the Fairy Tail members that stayed at the guild hall couldn’t help but stare at the pastel-colored ponies. Asuka immediately became fascinated with them and Mirajane Strauss thinks they’re cute. After formal introductions between Twilight and Makarov, Pinkie added another party to the anniversary celebration, a welcome-to-Equestria party for Fairy Tail. In the following moments, the wizards spent their time getting acquainted with the inhabitants of this world. Per Aura’s request, the dragon slayers referred to themselves as dragon mages that uses dragon magic. Some ponies are either fascinated or weirded out by the fact that Natsu eats fire and Gajeel eats iron. Meanwhile, Twilight learned a lot about Earth Land after interviewing numerous mages. Fluttershy had a nice long conversation with Happy, Carla, and Panther Lily. Some Fairy Tail members entertained the foals by showing their magical abilities. Laki Olietta used her Wood-Make magic to create wooden sculptures. Levy amazed the foals with her Solid Script magic. Romeo Conbolt displayed his ability to create flames of different colors. Gray and Juvia created ice sculptures together. Reedus Jonah painted portraits for Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda and for Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon. After the party was finally over, Twilight returned to Canterlot with Spike and her parents. Cadence, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart returned to the Crystal Empire. Celestia and Luna returned to Silver Shoals. As for Fairy Tail, Starlight provided them guest rooms at the Castle of Friendship. They also began making preparations for the coming storm. The guild hall is set up as a base of operations. Levy and Freed Justine constructed a magical barrier around the guild hall and Ponyville and designed it to keep out dark unicorns and monsters. In the guild hall, Warren set up the Magic Radar to monitor for dark unicorn and monster activity. As Aura Light explained, the Order of Scarlet Night consists of dark unicorns and their legions of monsters. At the top, there is the dark alicorn, Scarlet Night. Serving directly below her are the Red Moon Generals, the ten highest-ranking dark unicorns in the Order of Scarlet Night. Each of them received a portion of Scarlet Night’s magical power, which augments their own power. Each Red Moon General has a number engraved on their left eye. They are divided into two groups: the upper generals (numbered one to five) and the lower generals (also numbered one to five). The upper members have gold numbers while the lower members have silver numbers. The number signifies their ranking among the Red Moon Generals, based on their level of strength. The weakest is Lower 5 while the strongest is Upper 1. Currently in Scarlet Night’s hidden fortress, the five upper generals were having a meeting. Shadow Mayhem: Red Moon General Upper 5 (Stallion; left eye is green, right eye is yellow, both eyes have red sclera; dark gray coat; light gray mane and tail; wears a black mask that covers his face except the eyes) Blade Dancer: Red Moon General Upper 4 (Mare; dark green eyes with gray sclera; light brown coat; indigo mane and tail) Roaring Blaze: Red Moon General Upper 3 (Stallion; orange eyes with red sclera; dark orange coat; red and yellow mane and tail) Sapphire Butterfly: Red Moon General Upper 2 (Mare; violet eyes with red sclera; light blue coat; dark blue mane and tail) Dread Lord: Red Moon General Upper 1 (Stallion; red eyes with black sclera; white coat; black mane and tail) The one thing all the dark unicorns have in common is that they possess red horns that shine like crystals. While having their meeting, the upper generals watched the footage of Fairy Tail’s interference in the attack on Ponyville from a crystal screen. “That was an unexpected development” Sapphire Butterfly commented. “I can’t believe that they managed to destroy all those monsters! And none of these beings even suffered a single scratch!” Roaring Blaze exclaimed. “The small white cat said that Aura Light brought them to this world” Shadow Mayhem pointed out. “Grrrr. Of course she would try to make things difficult for us. I don’t know how, but apparently, she can bring creatures from other worlds.” Dread Lord said. “So what about the plan?” Shadow Mayhem asked Dread Lord. “Our plan hasn’t changed. Our war will still bring about negative emotions, which will create the negative energies needed to awaken Scarlet Night.” “What should we do about the wizards?” Blade Dancer wondered. “We should exercise caution. Aura Light is no fool. She would not go through the trouble of bringing them here unless she is certain that they can help her. After all, judging by how they fight, it is clear that they are no amateurs when it comes to battling. Nevertheless, we will have our monsters wreak havoc on various places in Equestria. As for these wizards, we will observe them and gauge on their capabilities. Right now, ensuring Scarlet Night’s awakening is our top priority.” Dread Lord explained. “And depending on how this war goes, we may have to fight them ourselves eventually.” Sapphire Butterfly remarked. “I hope I get a chance to meet the one with the red hair.” Blade Dancer took an interest in Erza. “And that fire wizard piques my interest.” Roaring Blaze said. “If there is nothing left to discuss, then meeting adjourned.” Dread Lord concluded the meeting. It is night time in the Crystal Empire and most ponies there, including the royal family, are asleep. Inside Flurry Heart’s bedroom, the ghostly form of Aura Light emerged. She approached the little alicorn while she is soundly sleeping. From the tip of her horn, Aura created a small orb of light and levitated it to Flurry Heart. Once the orb entered her, Aura left while Flurry Heart remained unaware of her presence.