Crystal Spire- The Unknown Hero

by The REAL Mister Pkmn


Scouting Out Some Heroes, Part 1: The War With Emperor Dragon Looms

Location: Thyme Square, Manehattan

The scene before Crystal Spire was interesting, to say the least. He had found Mecchis fighting her arch-rival villain, Master Magus. Luckily, the innocents were being held at bay by Nocturne and her squad. Mecchis was in her iconic silver-plated power suit, and she was staring down Master Magus. “Listen, Boast Master, we all know how this ends. You on the floor, and me locking you up. Can’t you just quit?”

A cobalt unicorn mare wearing a purple bodysuit and a golden cape glared back at her. “Never! I can’t stop now, Not with Emperor Dragon trying to ruin the game! I need to make my mark before he rules everything!” She adjusted the clasp for her cape, and it sent out a signal sound that some of the “citizens” responded to. They shed their civilian disguises, and donned colored capes of their own. “Now, my Mage Minions! Show Manehattan who’s in charge now!”

As the minions encroached on the crowd, Mecchis was busy with Master Magus herself. Spells clashed with metallic extensions, and neither seemed to have an edge over the other for now. Not questioning his luck, Crystal Spire jumped into help. “Care for a crystalline support, Mecchis? There’s too many of them for you to handle yourself, right?”

Snarkily, Mecchis replied. “Sure, Carbon Boy. Knock yourself out. Not like you’d let me stop you.”

Shaking his head, Crystal Spire let himself smile. It was a good start, but there were more heroes he needed to build camaraderie with if they were to have a chance of defeating Emperor Dragon. He easily knocked the minions around like sacks of flour with his crystals. As he knocked down the last one, he glimpsed back to see Master Magus in hoof cuffs. Mecchis gave her over to Nocturne, who took off the purple eye mask from Master Magus. “You know the drill by now, Starwish. I’m hardly surprised that you’re here again. It’s just sad how delusional you are.”

As she heard that, she turned to see his minions abandon her. However, before all of them could escape, Crystal Spire trapped one with crystal around the pegasus’ hooves and wings. “Where do you think you’re going? Did Emperor Dragon give you an offer too?”

The tan mare glared at the assembly before her, planning to hold her tongue. However, something shifted with her demeanor. She started laughing. After a few minutes, she calmed down and began to talk. “Emperor Dragon is the pinnacle of supers. He has a gift that nobody else does. Not only does he have an impressive power of his own, he can give non-supers gifts of their own! All at the cost of loyalty to his cause. If you think that you can stop him, you’re way out of your depth.”

Crystal Spire, Mecchis, and Nocturne shared a worried look. If that was true, they needed a very versatile team to take him down. Crystal teleported some letters to himself and gave one of them to Mecchis. Mecchis raised an eyebrow. “An invitation to the team, I presume? So you‘re hoofing them out already?”

Shaking his head, Crystal Spire replied. “You’re the first that I’ve approached about it.  Aside from the two of us, I’ve been keeping my eye on five other heroes. In Nocturne’s little Super Index, they are Entry 006: Typhoon Blast, Entry 017: Fasttrack, Entry 024: Gigavolt, Entry 025: Rampage, & Entry 030: Blizzardian. We’re going to need all the help we can get.” Crystal lit his horn, and spoke one more time before leaving. “Just don’t be late.” He then teleported away.


Location: Cloudsdale

He ended up teleporting above the clouds a bit and started to fall. Thinking quickly, Crystal used his power to slow his descent. With the extra time he was afforded, he used a cloud-walking spell so he wouldn’t fall through. Once he landed, he started looking for who Nocturne had labeled as Entry 006: Typhoon Blast. A lilac pegasus stallion with a navy blue flight suit and eye mask shouldn’t be too hard to spot, given the situation. He was knocked out of his thoughts when he saw Typhoon Blast fighting a villain.

The villain in question was a blue pegasus mare in a jet black flight suit of her own. Her periwinkle eyes were framed by a ski mask. She clapped her forehooves together, and a shockwave of immense force shot out towards Typhoon Blast.

Typhoon countered by rubbing his hooves together and then a pushing motion. A wall of circling wind came from his hooves, and met the shockwave half-way. The two canceled each other out. Irritated, the mare glared at Typhoon, cyan mane billowing in the wind. “You’re getting on my last nerve, Typhoon Blast! Why can’t you just quit!?”

Typhoon let a smirk light up his face. “Because you never stop either, Shrieker. I’d rather not have to do this, but it’s my job. Honestly, you’re wasting your gift with a criminal career. I’d rather you join me in fighting evil. We could make a great team!”

For a moment, it looked like Shrieker was considering it. However, She shook her head and let out a belting shriek from her mouth. With Typhoon distracted while covering his ears, Shrieker escaped to fight another day. Crystal Spire walked up and patted Typhoon on the shoulder. “That’s rough, buddy. Trying to get through to villains is a lost cause in my opinion. Might as well let her go.”

Typhoon got up and turned to face Crystal Spire. He was about to counter that when he noticed a letter in his vision. He grabbed it, and asked. “What’s this about?”

Crystal Spire looked back before he left. “Read it, Typhoon. I expect that you’ll understand when  you know the contents. Now, if you’ll excuse me…” Crystal Spire used another teleportation spell.


Location: Fillydelphia

As Crystal clutched his head, he chided himself. Teleporting himself more than once a day gave him a major headache. As he was about to go off to get some medication, he felt a cool sensation form around his head. He sighed, and turned to see Blizzardian in her iconic ice armor. “I didn’t know you used your powers for such an application. Shouldn’t you be fighting a villain or something?”

She lifted a scrawny diamond dog in a clown costume off the ground. “I already took care of Circus Dog. He won't be causing any more trouble for a while.” She tilted her head as Crystal Spire gave her a letter. “An invitation to join your Super Team, I presume? I heard from Mecchis that you might stop by for this…”

Crystal got up and shook off the cooling air. “Yes, but I don’t have time to give out the invites to others personally. One thing for it, I suppose.” He took out the other two and focused. He teleported the letters off to their intended recipients, and let out a sigh. “I hope everyone shows. I’ll be off now…” Crystal Spire shot off into the distance, using his crystals to propel him.


Location: Canterlot’s Old Crystal Mines

Six heroes walked in, all with an idea of why they were called there. Mecchis looked around. “All right Crystal Spire, we’re all here. Can we start this meeting already?”

Landing from his flight, Typhoon Blast set down near her. He brushed off his White Typhoon hero symbol on his chest. “He might not be here yet, Mecchis. In our line of work, it’s likely that he got caught up in a fight…”

“That couldn’t be further from the truth, Typhoon Blast… I never allow myself to be caught in a fight when I have more important things to do.” Crystal Spire exited the shadows, an amused look on his face. “I didn’t realize that you thought that I was on your level.”

Agitation was apparent on Typhoon’s face, but a light gray forepaw clad in icy blue armor stopped him. “Enough of this, both of you. Now, we all came here like you asked. Could you please get to the point?”

A nod came from Crystal Spire. “Sorry about that, Blizzardian. I called each of you here because you are the best of the best. The other heroes just aren’t cut out for this.”

An Earth Pony mare in a white bodysuit stepped forward. Tilting her head, she spoke up with curiosity in her amber eyes. “Are you sure? We might need all the help that we can get!” 

Looking straight at her, He snorted. “Yes, Fasttrack. I’m sure. The rest are only fit for the petty criminals. We have handled Super Villains! It takes someone with that kind of strength to be a part of The Super Squad.”

The griffon hero with Green Lightning adorning his leather jacket harrumphed. “Seriously? That’s what we’re going to call ourselves? What about something cool, like- ‘The Evbliterators?”’

Crystal Spire shook his head. “Too obtuse, Gigavolt. Simple and to the point is the key with a team’s name. Nice try, though.”

A white catfolk swishes his tail in anticipation. “The name’s not important as long as I get to break some bad guys. Working with others is just a side-thing for me.”

Looking around, Crystal Spire made a mental note that he would need to build the group’s teamwork more before they worked together on a bigger scale. He spoke. “All right. We will all meet here after hero work each day to work on our camaraderie. If we are to face down this threat, we need to be a team. Let’s begin.”


Location: Nocturne’s home

Nocturne looked down at her files again. She had to keep track of everything going on, after all. She could use a refresher on some of the Supers that came into the scene today. Anything to get her mind off of Crystal Spire. She perused the pages again…

Entry 005: Mage Master
Alter-Ego: Starwish
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Indigo
Coat Color: Cobalt
Hair Color: Pepper
Cutie Mark: Shooting Star
Villainess Brand: Blue Starburst
Tribe: Unicorn
Height: 5’3”
Weight: 160 lbs
Power: Peak Unicorn abilities.
Origin: Born a prodigy, thought himself entitled to more.

Entry 006: Typhoon Blast
Alter-Ego: Slipstream
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Coat Color: Lilac
Hair Color: 
Cutie Mark: Gust of wind
Hero Symbol: White Typhoon
Tribe: Pegasus
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 175 lbs
Power: Conjuring powerful wind storms.
Origin: Accident with a new weather spell.

Entry 007: Shrieker
Alter-Ego: Downpour
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Periwinkle
Coat Color: Blue
Hair Color: Cyan
Cutie Mark: Raincloud
Villainess Brand:
Tribe: Pegasus
Height: 5’0”
Weight:160 lbs
Power: Creating powerful sonic attacks.
Origin: Discovered her sonic abilities by chance one day. Unknown if she was born with them or not.

Entry 017: Fasttrack
Alter-Ego: Sandstone
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Amber
Coat Color: Beige
Hair Color: Blonde
Cutie Mark: Sandstone
Hero Symbol: Stop-Watch
Tribe: Earth Pony
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 170 lbs
Power: Slowing down time.
Origin: Chemical accident.

Entry 024: Gigavolt
Alter-Ego: Gilford
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Blue
Down Color: Chocolate
Hair Color: Auburn
Hero Symbol: Green Lightning
Tribe: Griffon
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 180 lbs
Power: Electricity manipulation
Origin: Cells suddenly mutated.

Entry 025: Rampage
Alter-Ego: Franz
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Red
Fur Color: White
Hair Color: Lavender
Hero Symbol: Broken Pillars
Tribe: Catfolk
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 170 lbs
Power: Super strength
Origin: Exposed to a radioactive stone.

Entry 029: Circus Dog
Alter Ego: Oscar
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Hazel
Fur Color: Muted Brown
Villain Brand: Red Nose
Tribe: Diamond Dog
Height: 4’5”
Weight: 150 lbs
Power: None (unless you count insanity)
Origin: Unknown

She then updated the entry for Emperor Dragon with the new information, citing that it was only a rumor at this point. However, if it were true… She shook her head. The thought of him having an army of supers sent chills down her spine. She packed away the files once more, and decided to step out for a bit of air.

To Be Continued…