*Raiden POV*
After Twilight managed to calm down the crowd and inform the town that everything would be ok, Pinkie thought it would be a good idea to throw a party to officially mark myself, Ronin, and Nicholas as citizens of ponyville (Nicholas already was, but we didn't want him to be left out.) Due to the fact the insane party pony decided to invite the whole town, the party had to be moved to the fields of sweet apple acres.
"Alright, Raiden! That's perfect!" Said Pink pony exclaimed as I finished setting up the food table. "This party is going to be splenderific! Now, If only I could find Ronin..." She said as she hopped off, in no doubt to hunt said brother of mine.
Speaking of which, I made sure she wasn't looking and kicked an empty cider barrel nearby. "Bro, she's gone."
Ronin popped out of the barrel with a pipe-like sound from who knows where and landed on his feet. He turned to me and smiled. "Thanks, man. After the whole hand-sucking ordeal earlier, I am definitely taking a break from anyone interested in my hands." To that I laughed, which earned me a glare from him. "Dude, that mess was not funny." He said as he walked off before I could taunt him some more.
I rolled my eyes and turned to see Nicholas show up with the crusaders and Tak. Although, by the looks they had, they looked like they were up to something.
I walked over and raised an eyebrow. "Alright, spill it. What are you goofballs planning?" I said as Nicholas frowned.
"What makes you think we're planning anything? The girls had a new idea on how to get their cutie marks, so we are helping them do so." He said as the girls took a deep breath and announced said idea.
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS PARTY PONIES!!!" The trio said in perfect synch. They must practice that or something to do that, I swear.
After the ringing left my ears, I face-palmed. "So you three are planning on getting your marks by...partying?" I asked as they nodded with big smiles. I shook my head and waved them off. "Alright then, don't break anything!"
Yeah...I had better things to do than watch some girls attempt to party their butt tattoos on.
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Ronin POV
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After leaving my laughing brother to his own devices, I looked around and saw applejack talking with Rainbow Dash and some yellow pegasus in a blue outfit with fiery orange/yellow hair.
I walked over and Applejack waved to me.
"Howdy, Ronin. Glad to see ya here." She said as Rainbow was suddenly in my face with a glare.
"Your that guy who was with Chrysalis?" She said, disgust clear in her tone. I growled and cracked my neck all the while puffing out my chest.
"Is, not was, sport." I said, making sure to put as much venom in my words. "Although, I would treat the guy who saved this town with a tad more respect."
She didn't like that at all, but before she could retort the other pegasus walked up and pulled Rainbow away from me and met me with her own gaze. This one wasn't disgust though, instead it was one of military toughness and restrained amusement.
"Your responsible for taking down the threat that caused that explosion?" She said in a definite military tone. I smiled and nodded, lightly tapping my sheath.
"I sure am, impaled him on this very blade. I think some of his blood is still on it, wanna see?" I said as Applejack and Rainbows faces went green a bit, yet the pegasus didn't even flinch. Instead, she laughed for a small bit before smiling at me.
"I may not know what the buck you are, but I respect a stallion that ain't afraid of a little blood. Names Spitfire, Captain of the wonderbolts." She said as she extended a hoof. I flashed a toothy grin and shook her hoof, suprised to feel a strong grip in return.
"Names Ronin, and to be honest I'm not sure what to call myself these days." I said before connecting some dots and turning to Rainbow dash. "Wait a sec, she's in charge of that little circus you want to join?"
That must've been the wrong thing to say, because Spitfire was in my face in an instant. "Excuse me? The wonderbolts are not a circus act! we are an aeriel division of the equestrian military under the princess's command."
I snorted and went face to face with her. "Really, because I've fought some of equestrias 'finest' and I never saw a single pony wearing pajamas like those before."
Man, I have never seen a pony get as mad as her. Her face contorted in pure rage as Applejack and Rainbow Dash backed up from the scene. "Listen here, Ronin. No one talks about my unit like that and doesn't get what coming to them. So, if you really think we are a bunch of fillies, then lets test your own mettle right here, right now!" She said as I laughed whole-heartedly.
"Alright! I haven't had a good old spar in a long time! fightings more fun when your life ain't on the line anyway." I said as a crowd was forming a circle around us. I spotted Big Mac and threw him my sword, which he caught perfectly with one hoof (ok, big guys got reflexes. I'm sparring with him next!). I turned back to spitfire, who was taking off her suit and stretched out her wings. Won't lie, she looked good for a pony. Too bad we were about to spill blood all over that fine coat of hers.
"What are you two doing?" Twilight exclaimed as she teleported in between us. "This is supposed to be a party, not a warzone!" She said as Chrysalis appeared in the crowd and glared at me.
"What are you doing this time? " She demanded as I shrugged and pointed to Spitfire, who was looking pretty impatient with all the interruptions going on.
"I'm about to commit a war crime on wannabe soldier here." I said as Spitfires eyes narrowed at that. Meanwhile, Chrysalis looked suddenly very giddy at the turn of events.
"Oooo! I haven't seen a good fight in a good while." She said as she clapped her hooves together repeatedly like a child. Twilight looked at her, suddenly mortified.
"You can't be condoning this?! They're going to ruin the party!" She pulled out a clipboard. "Besides, mosh pit of death is not on the itinerary and-" She was cut of as Tak teleported over and snatched the paper off her clipboard and ate it before grinning at Twilight.
"What itinerary?" He said before turning to face some DJ booth set up nearby. "Your up, Nicholas!"
Wait a sec...Nicholas found himself a DJ booth? This is going to be good!
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Raiden POV
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As Twilight teleported into the middle of the circle I sighed and looked on, knowing full well that those two were not gonna stop until one of them were hospitalized. Twilight pulled out some sort of paper and ended up losing it as that little changeling Nick hangs out with went up and...ate it? What the hell is wrong with that kid?
He turned to some small DJ set up that was near the dance floor and grinned big. "Your up, Nicholas!" He called out as I looked to the table and, sure enough, he was standing there with a big grin on his face.
Oh man. Making beats had always been a past time of Nicholas's back on earth. Whenever he had a bad day or he simply was in the mood, he would use his synthesizer and phone to record his own music. He mainly did dubstep and some techno here and there, but he was extremely GOOD at it. And here we were in a world with little electrical appliances and he had managed to find himself a DJ booth.
This was going to be an interesting night.
He tapped one the records and placed his fingers to it. Immediately, his hands started glowing a crimson red that enveloped the whole set. His eyes went wide as a hint of smugness pierced his face. He brought a mic to his mouth and spoke into it.
"Laaaadies and gentleme-Colts!" He called out, his voice impossibly auto-tunned and robotic like. "Tonight we have a big fight planned for y'all! My name is DJ 12k, and I will be your announcer/musical provider for tonight since your regularly scheduled DJ is sick." He said as the red glow surrounded him as well, his eyes teeming with light.
Twilight teleported over to me, looking very suprised. "How is he doing that? none of that equipment has any magic powering it." She said as I shrugged.
"Beats me. But his whole body is glowing along with the set, so maybe its his magic linking to it or something?" I stated as Twilight pulled out another piece of paper, glared at Tak to make sure he wasn't gonna eat it, and started writing.
"That is absolutely fascinating! Could his magic be strengthened by doing things he is passionate about, or has he always been able to do so, and only now tapping into said potential?" She started questioning out loud as I walked over to the crusaders.
I reached Applebloom and spun her around to face me and pointed to Nick. "Aight, when did that happen and how?" I asked her as she smiled big and answered.
"It was earlier today when we were fixin' tah head over here." Applebloom began as Nicholas started calling out the names of the two fighters.
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Nicholas POV/a couple hours ago
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We had waited for Applebloom to wake up before leaving sugercube corner. Kust as we had left, a pink blur flew by as I found a invite to a party at Sweet Apple Acres.
"What's that?" Scootaloo asked as I flashed it to them with a smile.
"Looks like we are invited to a party going down at Appleblooms place." I stated as the crew cheered at the news. Sweetiebelle then smiled big and turned to the other girls.
"Ooo! we should use this opportunity to try and get our cutie marks!" She exclaimed as Applebloom and Scootaloo pondered on that.
"But what would we do at the party?" Applebloom said as Tak answered.
"Why not simply enjoy the party to its fullest? You might be party ponies." He stated as Scootaloo frowned.
"Pinkie Pie already does that." she pointed out.
"Not exactly. She PLANS parties. You three would be the partygoers!" I said as the three smiled big and exclaimed loudly.
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS PARTY PONIES!! YEAH!!!!"
Tak laughed fondly as I found myself attracted to a heavenly sound coming from a house nearby. I walked in it immediately and found myself staring at a beautiful sight.
It was possibly the most high tech dj set I had ever seen. And it was here in a world with literally no other electrical appliances either. There was a pure white unicorn with shades and a blue mane on using it with her magic, and man was she good!
"Whoa..." I pretty much squeaked out as I heard a cough behind me. I turned and was met with an gray earth pony with a black mane holding a cello giving me a raised eyebrow.
I quickly snapped out of the music coma I was in and waved. "Hello there. Sorry for walking into this house and everything, but that mare is a really good DJ." I said as I pointed to the unicorn who was head bobbing to her own music, completely ignorant to the conversation or my presence.
The mare in front of me sighed and gave me a smile. "Do not apologize for being drawn here by music. Although said music is not my own cup of tea, I can see the passion behind your eyes." She glanced up and down briefly before getting up. "My name is Octavia, and my rather...energetic mate here is Vinyl Scratch." She tilted her head slightly before her eyes went wide. "Your that kid who hijacked Vinyls setup back at the canterlot party!" She went close to my ear and whispered. "She can be a tad narky when her stuff is messed with, but you somehow didn't break anything, so she let it slide!" She pulled back and walked over to Vinyl and bopped her on the head.
"Oi! you have a fellow wubster here." She said as Vinyl placed her headphones on her neck and looked at me before her jaw dropped slightly. She walked over and looked into my eyes, inches from my face.
"Um...hi?" I asked hesitantly as she turned and opened a closet and started going through some things.
"Don't pay it any mind. Vinyl is mute, so she can't speak to you. Instead, she prefers to speak through her music, something that I can support completely." She pauses and glares at Vinyl. "Even if she can be a tad cheeky at times." She says with a smirk. Vinyl turns and chunks a rubber duck that had the same shades she did at Octavia, bopping her straight on the nose.
"See what I mean. Completely cheeky." She says as she goes back to her cello. Vinyl finally emerges from the closet with...a black briefcase?
At my confused glance, Vinyl presses a small button on the briefcase, causing it to open up into a smaller version of her DJ set.
"Whoa!!!" I exclaim like a kid in a candy shop. she motions for me to try it out, so I walk over to it and place my left hand on the disc.
In an instant, a red glow surrounds my hands. I place my right hand on the plastic edge of it, causing the area to morph into a image that looks like my hand. I align my hand with it and the whole setup is engulfed in a red glow.
Octavias jaw drops for a second before she regains her composure. "How are you doing that? You don't have a horn." She says as I start to feel this warm feeling in my chest.
"I have my own special kind of magic." I said, though I blink in suprise as my voice is auto-tunned to a degree that makes my voice echo slightly with a techno tone. "Lets see if I can work this right." And with that, I start spinning the disc under my left hand. The two mini speakers on the left and right of the table start to pound out a basic beat to the rythem of the disc spins.
"Not bad, but lets turn it up a bit!" I say as the music gets louder automatically. Geuss this thing is linked to me on a magical level after all.
The area where my right hand is turns into a mini synthesizer. I start playing it in tune with the bass boost from the miniature subwoofers. That feeling that was in my chest was now all over my body as I played on for a minute or two....or ten. I kinda lost myself to the music to be honest.
Once I finished, I looked up to not only see the two mares smiling at me, but my friends too. Although they looked more shocked more than anything.
"Nicholas...I didnt know you could change Your form as well!" Tak proclaimed as I raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" I said with the same autotune voice. Sweetiebelle grabbed a body mirror and turned it towards me.
Whoa....
My normally brown curly hair was a crimson red and was now circling my head at a angle, forming a tilted halo around my head, the tip of the halo barely grazing my eyebrows. My eyes were yellow and had traces of red around the pupil. My normal shirt and blue jean shorts were now a full one piece outfit that was mostly black, but had symmetrical red lines following my arms and legs. What was the most interesting was my chest, which had a glowing 12K on it.
"Wow, Nick. Ya look so...." Applebloom trailed off, trying to find a word to describe my new form.
"So hoot" Sweetiebelle whispered with a swoony smile that nobody except Octavia heard. I smiled, my teeth impossibly shiny, and pressed the button on the set. The thing folded in on its self and became a briefcase again, except now it was red.
A red flash enveloped me, and I was back to normal when it faded. "Huh." I said. "Geuss thats my Stage look." I turned and walked over to Vinyl, who was looking at me with a blank expression.
"Thanks, Vinyl. I haven't been able to cut loose for a looong time." I said as she shook her head and went back over to her setup and went back to jamming out. Octavia smiled and turned to us.
"That's her way of saying your welcome. Now, don't you kids have somewhere to be?" She said as Scootaloos eyes went wide.
"Oh shoot, the party!" With that we ran out the house, but not before I grabbed the briefcase.
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Raiden POV
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"So if he plays music, he turns into a synthetic DJ?" I asked Applebloom as she finished the story. She nodded happily.
"Yup. He sure does. Ooo, the fight gunna start!" She said as she went over to watch the brawl between Ronin and the wonderbolt captain.
Great...this should be good