//------------------------------// // Part 3: The Royal Helpers // Story: My Little Aliens: A Dose of Equestrian Justice // by JonStill423 //------------------------------// My Little Pony and Ben 10 Crossover My Little Aliens: A Dose of Equestrian Justice A 12-Part Adventure Part 3: The Royal Helpers Ben snored as his right hoof hung over the side of his bed and drool fell onto his pillow as he readjusted himself stretching out his wings. Kevin twisted and turned trying to ignore the snoring knowing Ben could be loud in his sleep. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t have Gwen in the bedroom to tell her cousin to knock it off as she was the first one up followed by Rook, who left a note saying he would be testing the Proto-Tool with the royal guard. The young cadet still had ways to go before he reached to being an instructor or magister like Max Tennyson, but he could show the guard knew fighting techniques while he was here in Equestria. Kevin woke up with his mane disheveled and grab a pillow throwing it like a frisbee as Ben’s face waking him up and knocking him out of bed with the cover over his body. “Hey! What’s the big idea?!” Ben complained as he ruffled and shook the covers off him. “It’s 6:50 in the morning, Tennyson, and I’d like some peace while I sleep in,” Kevin explained. “But how did I disturb you?” Ben asked as he glared at his best friend. “You were snoring like always. Now I know how Gwen felt when we were just kids and she had to share a room with you,” Kevin replied as he wiped his eyes of sleep. “Rook and Gwen must be up already so I guess we should get a bright early start. Just be glad I won’t do the same to you in the near future,” Ben stated. “You want to settle something? Give me the time and place,” Kevin challenged with a smirk as he grabbed his jacket throwing it on. The boys walked out of the bedroom in their normal clothes as they walked along the purple carpet to the main dining room as Gwen was eating a batch of homemade pancakes with strawberries on top as she used her magic to levitate a fork to eat small chunks. “Boy, those look good!” Ben exclaimed as he quickly took a seat grabbing a plate of four pancakes. “Princess Celestia made them herself and I never thought ponies were actual good cooks, but my skepticism has been defeated once again,” Gwen added. “So what’s the plan for today?” Kevin asked as he got his own breakfast and two bananas while pouring a glass of orange juice for himself and Ben. “Well, I was hoping to head back to Ponyville, but the princess requested our help with finalizing decorations and events for the Summer Sun Celebration along with the formal dance,” Gwen replied. “I think Twilight mentioned something about that,” Ben stated. “Rarity is working on their dresses as we speak. We’re also being sent on a mission towards the Wonderbolts Academy to get a progress report on the team’s training for the festivities,” Gwen added. “Didn’t Applejack mention a Rainbow Dash was working with them as well?” Ben asked. “Oh yeah. I guess we’ll meet her soon enough as well,” Kevin replied. “Good morning, everypony. I hope your suite wasn’t too crowded with all of you in there,” Celestia greeted as she walked into the dining hall with two royal guards at her disposal, but she dismissed them as they went back to their post. “Best sleep in ages if you ask me,” Ben commented. “For most of us,” Kevin grumbled. “I have a question, your Majesty. How does a government system work here in Equestria anyway?” Gwen asked as the princess took her seat. “Well, it’s usually just me and my sister ruling over the land. I raise the sun and take over most royal duties whether that is making special appearances or warning the entire land of a crisis. Luna handles the night raising the moon and talks to ponies inside their dreams. We don’t have a direct way of choosing rulers. It just mainly becomes whoever we decide is our successor,” Celestia replied. “So you get to choose who becomes the ruler?” Ben asked just for clarification. “It has to be someone with the absolute best intentions for Equestria. We can’t reign forever, but we won’t rest on somepony that might trick us for ultimate power,” Celestia replied. “Reminds me of the creator, Azmuth, trusting me with the Omnitrix. He didn’t necessarily trust me at first and the watch was more for my grandfather. However, I have been kicking alien butt my entire life and have proven I’m worthy to have this watch,” Ben explained. “It sounds like you’re one to defy expectations. I like that in a noble warrior,” Celestia praised. “Don’t get him started. He won’t keep his trap shut about his awesomeness and excellence,” Kevin retorted. “I don’t have an ego for the last time!” Ben argued. “Of course you would say that, Tennyson,” Kevin stated with a chuckle. “What is their relationship like?” Celestia asked Gwen. “They get along, but they weren’t always friends. They started out as mortal enemies when Kevin found out he could absorb Ben’s forms into his body making exact carbon copies and then he fully mutated taking on all forms. Kevin got trapped in the Null Void for five years and became normal again working in a detention center where he learned to control his absorption powers better,” Gwen replied. “Null Void? What is this place?” Celestia asked. “An alien prison dimension. Very nice folks and view,” Kevin joked. “It’s where some of the most dangerous aliens from all over the galaxies go when they are declared guilty of crimes. Grandpa Max and the Plumbers are the ones with a good hold on it after D’void was defeated,” Gwen added. “D’void?” Celestia asked with another curious expression. “Dr. Animo as we usually called him back when we were just 10. He mutated animals and made them his deadliest creations. When I got older, he controlled most of the Null Void,” Ben replied. “Mutated animals? Thank goodness Fluttershy isn’t here to hear that,” Celestia stated. “He’s more or less harmless as he doesn’t have any superpowers he calls his own,” Ben stated. “Are there any other villains you have faced in your past?” Celestia asked. “There is one…someone I usually don’t hear from. His name is Vilgax and he’s been my mortal enemy ever since I got the Omnitrix. He’s a galactic overlord who likes conquering other planets and obtaining his power from their resources. He doesn’t like playing with others and wanted the Omnitrix to create an unstoppable army out of my forms,” Ben replied. “Oh my!” Celestia exclaimed as she sat back in her seat. “He succeeded as well. He would’ve killed Gwen and Kevin hadn’t I given up the Omnitrix and then he used it to power up his droid army giving them the power of my aliens. I outsmarted him and made the watch self-destruct, but he’s no slouch and just as powerful without controlling the watch,” Ben added. “Twilight did much the same thing like you did. She gave up her entire magic to a menace known as Tirek. Tirek could absorb any energy he wanted much like Kevin, but with every ounce of magic feeding him, he only grew that much tougher to defeat. Me, Luna, and Princess Cadence gave all of our magic to Twilight for safe keeping knowing she would need it to fight Tirek,” Celestia explained. “An energy absorber that never goes hungry….whew! Dealt with those types a lot,” Kevin stated. “We have moved past that in recent months and Twilight is reforming another pony named Starlight Glimmer, who had a less than appealing equal community where she took everyone’s cutie marks and eliminated what made ponies special,” Celestia mentioned. “I think Twilight mentioned her before. She took cutie marks away?” Gwen asked. “Yes, I also presume that Professor Paradox knows about her and Twilight going through time too much and altering different futures,” Celestia replied. “Time travel is serious stuff and it’s not to be a toy,” Kevin remarked. “She has redeemed herself with her recently saving all of us after the Changelings returned and they have a new leader named Thorax that we are trying to mend relations with,” Celestia explained. “Sounds like you’ve had quite the enemy entourage,” Gwen stated. “One can say the same about you three. I’ve never met ponies or otherworldly beings that have as much as trouble as we have here in Equestria,” Celestia added. “A hero’s life is never dull or boring. Even the downtime can be challenging. Speaking of which, Gwen told us you needed our help with this Summer Sun Formal,” Ben stated. “Completely voluntary, but it would be nice. I heard that you helped Sweet Apple Acres pick more apples in one day than they would in an entire week so I figured your forms would be useful,” Celestia explained. “Well, I picked them down, but Kevin smashed the ground to get them down,” Ben remarked as his ears drooped. “There’s also getting an update from the Wonderbolts at the academy. I need to know if they are finished with their routine,” Celestia announced. “Call us your express mail route then,” Kevin stated. “Speaking of mail, I do have a package coming in from the Griffin Kingdom. It’s a peace gift for making amends during an outbreak of war years ago. They are trying to be more friendly since that treaty was signed,” Celestia stated. “We can go pick it up for you. I can just use Jetray and fly here and back in a few seconds,” Ben offered. “That’d be wonderful. It was suppose to arrive at my private mailbox, but it got mixed up with a few letters so I had my royal fleet redirect the package towards the Ponyville Post Office. Just pick it up there and bring it back to the castle,” Celestia explained. “Is there anything else on the to-do list?” Gwen asked. “Well, I do need a substitute teacher to help teach the unicorns magic at my School of Gifted Unicorns. The main professor is out sick so I’m short on staff and don’t have anypony else to turn to,” Celestia replied. “I’d be happy to teach. I’ve studied all forms of magic since I was 10 so this shouldn’t be too hard,” Gwen offered. “That’d be wonderful. I know it’s all on such short notice, but this will help speed things up for me and I can focus on the Summer Sun Celebration,” Celestia explained. (Scene Break) Ben trotted out to one of the main balconies after breakfast as he decided to head back to Ponyville to retrieve this important package. He figured a quick trip would be necessary and he can come back to help Kevin with the finished product of the festivities. Ben tapped the dial on his Omnitrix switching towards the Jetray icon hoping the watch wouldn’t screw him over like it tends to do. “Let’s hope you’re feeling generous,” Ben commented as he slapped the dial down beginning his transformation. Ben’s body started morphing into a black ball of dark energy as the new form became covered in a purple aura. His eyes popped out becoming green entirely and he grew black claws with a purple trim as the Omnitrix dial appeared on his forehead. He unlocked a new alien and this species is called a Telemorter. “Huh? A new guy…this is just what I needed at a time like this,” The new form groaned as he slumped his nonexistent shoulders and spoke with a otherworldly celestial tone. Ben decided to test his new form out stretching his claws to the sky seeing if this new alien was a blaster and then tried floating around in his orb body. He scratched his head before his left claw had a purple orb in it which startled him. “I just….touched my body and this energy residue came off. I wonder what this could mean,” The alien form wondered. He used his free claw to rub his head gaining another purple orb before pushing the two orbs together seeing connecting lines of purple energy start appearing to do their magic. He started disappearing as he reappeared a few feet away and looked around himself seeing his new location. “He’s a teleporter, huh? And he can transport himself by gaining energy off his body….not a bad alien! I think I’ll name him….Teletouch,” Teletouch named as he created two new orbs and thought about his destination being near Ponyville as he crossed the orbs teleporting away. Teletouch appeared as he opened his eyes and looked down seeing the multiple buildings that he was familiar with and saw the Castle of Friendship way in the distance as he would smirk if he had a visible mouth. “Sweet! Now, I just need to find the post office and get that package to be on my way,” Teletouch stated as he stroked his chin trying to find the post office. Teletouch snapped his fingers at the small blue building with a sign featuring a white envelope over a blue background just above the roof. Ponies could be seen dumping mail and packages inside the mailboxes outside as Teletouch floated over the scene. “Better make myself decent and not scare the locals,” Teletouch stated as he reached for the Omnitrix to transform back to his human form, but he heard some rustling coming from the building as three griffons were spotted breaking out of the post office with a brown package in one’s talons. One is wearing a red bandana around the neck and blue check marks on their cheeks while their partners wore a green bandana and a yellow bandana around their heads with the same blue check marks painted on their cheeks. The leader smirked as she held the package in her claws. “The Griffin Kingdom shouldn’t be wasting their time with friendship. I think we’ll just keep this for ourselves,” The leader stated. Teletouch saw the royal gold seal on the side of the package and faintly saw Princess Celestia’s name in bold black letters so he knew these griffon rebels had intent to steal. “That’s the package! And of course there has to be a rebel group to steal it. I hope this guy has some offensive maneuvers to him,” Teletouch stated as he rubbed his spherical body and casted two purple orbs. Teletouch launched one at the package hoping the theory he was thinking was correct and the purple orb was noticed by the griffons as the orb struck the package making it disappear from the leader’s claws and into Teletouch’s left claw. The griffons saw the alien as they gritted their teeth. “This guy must be an errand colt for the pretty princess,” The green bandana griffin said in a gruff voice. “Ever heard of never taking something that isn’t yours?” Teletouch asked as he used the other orb on his body teleporting down to the ground. The griffons dive-bombed down on Teletouch as they go straight for the package which made Teletouch cast another orb teleporting out of the way just when the griffons thought they had him. Teletouch figured he couldn’t hold off the griffons too much longer in this form and he had to think fast. He slapped the Omnitrix hoping for a better alien against the rebel trio. Ben’s body started forming back into his natural pony shape, but he grew taller by a few inches as he got covered in bulky yellow armor and grew a metallic tail out his backside. His two front hooves turned into big jackhammer-like pistons and the Omnitrix dial appeared on his chest. He became the Talpaedan known as Armadrillo. “Oh yeah! Time to take this battle up a notch!” Armadrillo exclaimed as he set the package down looking at the three griffons. The griffons separated circling their bigger opponent as the two male griffons flew down trying to trip him up, but Armadrillo dug his arms into the dirt starting to rapidly dig down into the ground creating a massive hole as the male griffons follow him down. The female leader goes straight for the package having her distractions take the bait, but Armadrillo jumps out of another hole attacking the female leader sending her to the ground as he lands shaking the ground beneath him. The male griffons come out the hole Armadrillo made coming after the alien as he punched one away, but one kicked him over and the female cracked her claws and flew straight delivering multiple punches sending Armadrillo into a fruit cart breaking it in half. One of the male griffons grabbed the package as the rebel trio try making their escape, but Armadrillo grabbed the female leader and one of the male griffons tossing them behind him as the other male griffon gasped seeing his partners trampled on top of one another. “You gonna pay for that!” The male griffon exclaimed depositing the package in a tree and flew after Armadrillo. Armadrillo knew an alien that could end this farce once and for all as he quickly dug a hole avoiding his adversary as he popped out the other end slapping the dial on his chest. Ben’s transformation started decreasing his size and the amount of armor he had on as his body started breaking apart into piece of red-hot molten rock. His body coursed with fire through his veins and his head became on fire as the Omnitrix dial remained on his chest. He became the Pyronite known as Heatblast. “I hope you don’t mind some extra heat,” Heatblast stated as he charged up his fists punching the griffon three times sending him straight into the ground. Heatblast grabbed the griffon by the neck stuffing him on top of his allies as the rebel trio groaned all over failing in their mission. Heatblast put his hands on his hips as he had to tie these criminals up somehow so he slapped the Omnitrix dial turning into Wildvine having the same form that Fluttershy did only with the Omnitrix dial on his chest. He used one tendril to wrap up the griffons putting them in a safety net hanging outside of a fishing store then tying the net up settling it on the ground. He then extended the other one to collect the package from the tree as the Omnitrix started running out of juice turning Wildvine back into Ben. “They say birds of the same feather stick together and I guess we can apply that now to griffons,” Ben joked as he looked at the package in his hooves. (Scene Break) Gwen stood in front of a lecture hall with at least 30-35 unicorns in attendance for their class of Advanced Teleportation 103. The magic user will admit that she normally never does any teleportation moves as when she was younger, it was the basic spells and defensive magic to which she graduated from to learn more offensive attacks along with twisting spells. “While I’m no expert on teleportation admittedly, the range of concentration it takes to focus on your destination is quite important. You can think of any image in your head, but holding that image can be really hard even when you already know where you want to go. Can you just perform the spell and know where you want to go even without thinking? Not necessarily, because that can hinder your spell uncontrollably and put you somewhere completely random. A nice quiet place to perform the spell is highly recommended,” Gwen lectured as some unicorns wrote some important details and notes. Gwen had to admit that teaching magic felt weird and awesome at the same time especially since she was self-taught at a very young age. Even before she started using magic, she felt useless when her cousin had the Omnitrix and got all the glory which started to make her insanely jealous. She just wanted a little credit for all the good work she helped out with and even imagined what it would be like if she found the Omnitrix. Granted, she’s glad she found magic starting with all those lucky charms she managed to get off Hex and Charmcaster. “Some thoughtful approaches can include thinking about where you want to be the most or simply what reminds you of the place you want to be. Your professor details this really pleasantly in his teaching and something I can add on is the explicit details really matter,” Gwen stated. The unicorns wrote down everything that Gwen said as they were intrigued at a much more specific and detailed instruction then their other professor gave them. The small details did tend to matter as a lot of them had trouble focusing on a certain place and either got a random location or a similar location, but there was a situation that turned out badly for them. If they focused on extra details, their concentration can expand outwards and become more vibrant with images. “The importance of this all is to get you all thinking more. That’s why I always check over every spell to make sure I practice it to perfection. It’s looking into the little details that matter for your magic to succeed,” Gwen explained. (Scene Break) Princess Luna wandered the halls of the royal Canterlot Castle with a massive migraine as she tried closing her eyes to numb the pain. It’s been a rough few weeks for the Princess of the Night as she is constantly feeling something….eerily negative about working her usual night shift. Maybe it’s her tiredness, but she can’t help, but feel no one appreciates her night anymore. She hardly sees any ponies out during the night time and gaze upon the stars that twinkle brightly in the middle of their sleep. She couldn’t understand where these familiar thoughts came from as they were what contributed to her becoming Nightmare Moon and feeling all resentment to her sister. “Ugh…it’s just my nerves,” Luna stated. “It’s just been so rough these last few weeks and these feelings never seem to go away. I don’t hate my sister like I used to. I really don’t.” Sure, she would like some appreciation now and then, but she did not seek recognition and she knows her sister loves her just as much as any other pony in Equestria. However, Celestia still liked taking all the credit and hardly recognized her sister’s contribution to stopping Discord. Luna thought about that time they turned the draconequus into complete stone. Was it really chaotic with what he was doing? It was just harmless fun, right? Luna shook her head and groaned as she began having such thoughts that would make her a sympathizer to these criminals. She can’t be condoning their actions and yet here she was thinking about them. “You know as well as I do that you are too weak to lead…” “What? Who’s there? I command that you show yourself!” Luna exclaimed as she screamed to no one in particular darting her attention from one end of the hallway to the other. Luna closed her eyes sighing and sat down looking up just trying to think of anything rational that was going on. She must be seeing and hearing things as she could have sworn she heard a very taunting voice just then and she held a hoof to her temple. “I need bed….,” Luna mumbled as she continued down the hallway towards her bedroom. “So weak…” “Huh? What are you talking about?!” Luna recoiled as she turned around really angry at whatever voice taunted her, but yet again, she was face-to-face with an empty hallway. Luna sighed and turned on her heels walking down the hallway just as evil black smoke started appearing from the end of the hallway. It slowly turned purple and majestic as it slithered all the way down the hall creeping in on the Princess of the Night. (Scene Break) Kevin began his work on a sound jam machine as his hooves fiddled with the wrench and screwdrivers from the tool box the royal guards lent him. He sighed as he used both hooves to pick the wrench up taking out a bolt from the machine so he could open up the back end. “Greetings, Kevin! How goes it this fine morning?” Rook asked as he galloped over to his Osmosian friend. “As you can clearly see, I’m an audio technician all of a sudden. Princess Celestia said she got a request for a handypony to fix a sound jam machine going to be played at the Summer Sun Formal. It was put in by a Vinyl Scratch or some name like it,” Kevin replied. “It’s good that the Princess trusts us after that alien switch with her royal subjects. I gave her guard a much-needed training session so they could be ready for the next attack,” Rook stated. “That was dangerous. A war is one thing, but she said that her and these Diamond Dogs are suppose to best friends. I’m not sure what to make of it really,” Kevin explained. “It might be a false alarm to take focus off other matters. Diplomatic countries do not attack each other on a whim,” Rook added. “Whatever the reason, we need to be on high alert just in case relations tend to sour between these kingdoms,” Kevin stated as he loosened another bolt carefully. Ben could be seen flying in as he decided to practice the journey home with his wings and he made a touchdown with the brown package in his hooves. He placed it on his back galloping over to his friends. “Ben! Good to see you back!” Rook exclaimed. “You were gone an awful long time retrieving the mail,” Kevin noticed. “Well, the time it is taking to get used to these wings is rather troublesome for me and I’m usually in the force of habit of picking a flyer from the Omnitrix. I figured I could eliminate one hurdle by not using the watch for abilities I already have. Also, a rebel trio of griffons tried taking this package and they didn’t look keen on delivering it themselves,” Ben replied. “They were trying to take it for themselves?” Rook asked. “Kind of the thing with those types,” Kevin remarked. “This is getting bizarre. The Griffon Kingdom sent this to Princess Celestia as a gift of friendship, but having your own subjects try to get it back is highly suspicious,” Ben stated. “I was afraid that would happen. The griffons aren’t known for taking friendship into their hearts and they rather resolve their problems through conflict. The higher authorities are very rational, but they are plagued by civil discourse in this decision to promote friendship instead of war,” Celestia stated as she overheard the entire conversation. “Still though, that’s two kingdoms who now have tried to take something from you. It’s getting a little hectic around here,” Ben warned. Celestia used her magic to levitate the package from Ben’s back and set it on the ground as she had to sigh. “I’m frankly used to it to be honest. Being the ruler means you have to deal with lots of ponies trying to disturb the peace and it’s no different when other kingdoms try to restore order, but their own kind take the law into their own hooves or talons,” Celestia stated. “That’s how it works back home. No one likes playing nice,” Kevin explained as he twirled the wrench in his left hoof, but it fell from his grasp. “Well, we’re going to make sure it doesn’t stay like that. I won’t stand by and let innocent kingdoms be tarnished by the actions of their citizens,” Ben declared. To Be Continued…