Sunlight and Sunset were heading for Twilight as fast as they could. Sunset was flying using her powers and Sunlight, using the wings Aeria gave him. Thousands of miles from them, Twilight was trying to fend off an army of killer robots.
“It had to be robots, she said. It had to be ROBOTS!! I can’t allow myself to destroy one, even if it’s trying to kill me!!”
“Don’t lose your cool, Twilight!! Said Spike, wearing a combat suit. I’m sure Sunset will arrive soon to help us!!”
“I hope so, she said. Cause i don’t know how long i can hold!!”
[i5 weeks ago
“I can’t do this, it’s too hard!! She said. Covered with injuries. I’m going to die if that goes on!”
“What a drama queen, said Discord. I can heal you whenever i want. And if you die, i can just ressurect you! Do you want to become stronger?! Do you want to protect your friends?!”
“How do i awaken the true power of my pendant? She asked. I’ve learned all sort of magic spells, survived curses and fought magic beings. My element is the one of Magic, right? So what am i doing wrong?”
“Nothing, said Discord. You are doing great, but you’re going to need a lot more training before breaking the limit of your Geode.”
“Maybe i need to look at it from another angle, said Twilight. What if the element of Magic was not only about magic? There is something i overlooked...I’m sure of it. Friends....Friendship...Wait, I got it!! It’s friendship!! Friendship is magic!! Of course. Twilight is the princess of Friendship, that’s why the element of Magic chose her!! And that’s why it chose me as well!!”
Twilight thought of the friends she made along the way, what they’ve done for her.
“I made nice friends, she said. And that changed my world for the best. My friends are my power!!”
Her necklace glowed and she was enveloped in bright purple light. When the light faded, she saw that she was wearing a whole new futuristic-looking outfit.
“My outfit, it changed!! She said. Does that mean i did it?! Did i broke my limit?”
“Only one way to be sure, try lifting this house!!” said Discord.
Twilight lifted the house with no effort with her magic. She then crushed the house into a small cube.
“That’s my true power? Asked Twilight. Wow!!”
“No!! He said. Not even close, baby girl! Crushing this house is only a fraction of what your magic can do!! The more you tap into your Element, the more powerful you’ll get!! Why don’t we test what else you can do with that newfound power?”
“Can i take a pause? Asked Twilight. I’m so exhausted!!”
“Fine, take a break, said Discord. I’ll let you 1 hour!!”
“One hour?! Said Twilight. Give me a whole day, you jerk!!!”
Back to the present
Twilight had found a safe spot to hide from the robots. Spike was doing the sentinel, looking for dangers.
“You need to attack, Twilight!! Said Spike. I know you don’t want to damage such advanced robots, but by running away, you put lot of civilians in danger!! We need to counter attack!! You were able to crush a big house, i’m sure a hundred of robots won’t be a challenge for you!!”
“I know i have to do something!! Said Twilight. But it goes again my moral code to destroy robots!! But it don’t want to endanger more civilians because of my selfishness!!”
She left her hiding spot and faced the robots.
“I’m sorry for what i’m about to do!! She said. Please forgive me!!”
She lifted all the robots in the city and stuck them together into a big ball. She shedded a tear as she crushed thoem into pieces. But as people was about to cheer her up, a giant robot, twice the size of the Liberty Statue, appeared.
“Don’t count on me to lift this one!! Said Twilight. Lifting a house is one thing, but this machine is a least a hundred of meters tall, it’s way out of my league!!”
Sunlight and Sunset saw the giant robot at the horizon.
“So, how do we take that thing put?!” asked Sunset.
“I know the perfect match for this mechanical titan, said Sunlight. Kami!!!! Do you hear me?”
“Yes, what do you want from me?” he asked.
“There is a huge-ass robot that could use a good dose of lightning!! He said. Interested?!”
“Heck yeah!! Said Raikiri. I’m doing this!!”
“Raikiri, said Sunlight. Master of Lightning, Tamer of Storms!! I allow you to take over my body and roast his circuits!!”
Sunlight transformed into a giant, Blue, white and Yellow cybernetic Wolf.
“A cyborg...wolf? Asked Sunset. That’s so cool!!”
Raikiri ran at lightning speed toward the robot and bit it’s left arm. He infused lightning into his fangs and electrocuted the robot’s circuits with hundreds of teravolts, damaging the robot’s critically.
“And for the final trick, said Raikiri. Overload Roar!!”
The thunder beast pulled the robot’s body far from the city and threw it in the air. Kami let out a powerful roar that summoned a huge beam of lightning, that stroke the enemy with violence. Once the beam had vanished, there was nothing left of the giant robot.
“That was fun!! He said. If there is nothing else for me to do, then i’m going!”
Raikiri’s body disappeared and let place to Sunlight.
“Such power, said Sunset. In one bite, he immobilized the enemy, and with one roar, he vaporized it...How the hell did you convince him to lend you his strenght?”
“I’ll explain it to you soon enought, said Sunlight.
They stopped in the city and looked for Twilight. Sunset located her quickly and the two of them ran in her direction. Twilight saw them arriving and also ran in their direction. She hugged Sunset and Sunlight.
“You are late!! Said Twilight. But i’m glad you came!! By the way, where did this giant wolf cyborg came from? And where did it went?”
“It was me, answered Sunlight. Well, sort of. This wolf is the magic spirit of the Thunder gem. Really Nice guy, albeit a bit bloodthirsty sometimes. Let me tell you how i made friends with him...”
2 months earlier
Sunlight was walking in the middle of a semi-futuristic forest, where trees were made of metal, circuits and cables.
”I was expecting something more...Thunder-y, thought Sunlight. But yet again, i guess electricity and technology make a perfect match. But why a forest and not a city?”
Sunlight didn’t took long to figure that this world was totally made of technology, powered by electricity. He touched a big tree and started absorbing it’s energy. Immediately, a giant Cyborg wolf appeared behind him.
“Stop what you’re doing right now, human!! Said the giant beast. Or i’ll be forced to destroy you!!”
Sunlight returned the electricity he stole from the tree and faced the beast.
“Tell me what your business here is, human, said the wolf. What brings you into the world of Kami, the Lightning Fang?”
“I’m here to make you my friend!!” answered Sunlight.
“Me, Kami, the master of Thunder, be friends with a human? Said the beast. That’s a good one!! Tell me one reason why i would need a friend!”
“You’re a cyborg, right? Said Sunlight. So you are not totally devoid of feelings, emotions and intelligence. I’m sure you feel lonely...”
“Not at all! Said Kami. I enjoy being a lone wolf...Literally, because i’m the only living being in this world. I passed centuries alone, trapped in this gem, and i’m still sane. If you’re here, it’s to get your hands on the powers of the thunder gem. I know you’ll use it for good, i can see it in your eyes. But still, it can only happen if i’m willing to give it to you.”
“Well, said the hero. Have you ever thought that, maybe, your life might be worth living if it’s to protect someone else? You have all that power, and you can’t use it!! That must be so frustrating!! You’re a predator, right? You need to hunt!! But you won’t hunt anything if you stay alone in there!!”
“You make a point, said Kami. I’m a predator, as such, i must hunt and kill. I’d give so much to be able to eat some tasty meat, or bite into something ferocious.”
“I can give you that, said Sunlight. Still, your size might be a problem in my world...Can’t you like, shrink down?”
“Our size depend on the amount of magic available to us, answered Kami. When we are inside our gems or them inside us, we become huge beasts like you see now. If we were outside our gems, or at a good distance from it, our size would lower drastically. In Equestria, we would be at least the size of a small house. In a place with few amount of magic, or no magic at all, we would be twice the size of our normal animal counterparts. However, our power remain the same, no matter our size.”
“Great!! Said Sunlight. If that’s the case, then you’ll be definitively able to hunt at your liking. But for that, you need to lend me your power. Let’s be friends, and protect each other! So what do you say?”
“Fine, said Kami. I guess i’ll be your friend, my power is your to use!”
Back to the Present
“You, see, the gems are now part of my body, said Sunlight. And the elemental beasts are part of the elemental gems. Thus, The elemental beasts are a part of me too. See it as them using me as an elemental gem when i summon one to battle.”
“I see, said Twilight. They can only be this size if they are inside the gems, or physically connected to them. Since the gems merged with your body, Elemental beasts can use you as one, due to them being directly connected to your body. How do you summon them outside their gems and your body?”
“Like this, answered Sunlight. Kami, come out!!”
Kami appeared in front of the trio. Tall as a small house in height (on his 4 legs).
“He’s still so big!!” said Twilight.
“It might be because the magic flux in this world is out of control, said Sunset. The magic concentration here is similar to the one in Equestria.”
Twilight received an emergency call from one of her friends.
“Applejack needs our help, she said. She’s overwhelmed by the enemy!!”
“I found her psychic signature!! Said Sunset. She’s at two thousand miles from our location.”
“Can you get us there, Kami?” asked Sunlight.
“Get on my back, answered Kami. I’ll bring you there in less than 2 minutes!”
The trio got on Kami’s back and the wolf started running at lightning speed. They arrived at Applejack’s location in no time.
“He was right, said Twilight. It only took him one minute and thirty seconds!! Thank you, Kami!!”
“You’re welcome, said the wolf. Do you still require my assistance, Sunlight?”
“No, he answered. You helped me a lot today, i won’t ask you for more”
Kami disappeared in a bolt of lightning.
The group was running inside the city, looking for Applejack. In less than 10 seconds, they bumped into a hord of rock golems, who were breaking and eating everything around them. Twilight crushed into pieces a small group of rock golems heading for them. Sunlight smiled.
“Hey, Quake, said the hero. Those rock golems need to learn who’s their boss. Can you take care of this?”
“I’ve got this!! Answered Quake. I’ll call those little rascals back to order!!”
“Quake, said Sunlight. Powerful guardian of the earth, King of the moutains!! Take over my body, and show those monsters who’s the king!!”
Sunlight transformed into a giant Gorilla, covered in an armor of moss and rock. The beast was towering at hundreds of meters tall, making buildings near him look minuscules. He let out a powerful roar that stopped all the golems in their acts of destruction.
“You are supposed to be protectors, said Quake, not destroyers!! How can you let yourselves get used that way!! You are better than that!! As the King of the earth, i order you to stop destroying stuff, and return to your slumber!!”
The golems all disappeared in the ground one after another.
“That’s a big-ass Monkey!!” said Applejack.
Quake disappeared and let place to Sunlight.
“Sunlight? She asked. You were that giant monkey?”
“You saw it with your eyes, said Sunlight. I’ve gained tremendous power over those 6 months. And i also made quite a lot of new friends!! Wanna know how me and Quake became friends?”
“Make it quick” said Applejack.
“Well, said the hero, all it took to convince him was a moving speech about friendship. Of all the beasts i met, he was by far the easiest one to befriend”
“What the 2 last elemental beasts look like? Asked Twilight. The fire beast was a dragon, the wind beast was a bird, the water beast was a shark, the thunder beast was a wolf and the earth beast, a gorilla. So, what sort of animal are the Nature and Light beasts?”
“You’ll have to wait a bit longer for that, said Sunlight, winking at the Fourth Wall. Better keep it for the next chapters”