It was amazing how the Blue Ranger found a special person. Well, a special pony to be more exact. He wasn't into dating due to being busy with all the tech work he did back at his old home he lived in. He would always study and help the Rangers out with his smart brain. It was the reason their old mentor chose him to be the blue hero for all of his knowledge of science, knowing every bit of it.
He remembered back in school in Harwood High when Jake asked Noah to have his Snake Axe fix when the team didn't get their Super Megaforce powers yet. It was a simple request, really, except his best friend, a long time soccer player, is extremely strong alongside his crush, who is able to carry the weapon, swing it, anything with no problem. Unlike this guy who couldn't do it since he doesn't work out like his athletic skilled teammate.
During that time, he questioned himself, doubting his abilities, thinking he needed to be strong in order to be a good teammate like his friends. But Jake told him that if he believed in himself, he can do anything.
It was when a monster known as Virox was infecting the town citizens with his virus, turning them into loogies. He saved a woman before she could get infected, when she asked him if he was some kind of superhero. He answered that he has to find out, then told the monster he shouldn't infect incident people, leading the villains to charge, wanting to get his slime on the blue hero, with Noah using his Shark Bowgun.
The Shark Bowgun wasn't doing any good because that monster kept on charging. He was thankful when Jake arrived with his Snake Axe, defending him, having the two of them work together when they fought the monster, until he escaped, when they got a call from Troy, asking them where they were, getting an explanation, and Emma stating that she, Gia, and Troy have their hands full of loogies, unaware on what to do with them without hurting them for they're not real loogies.
This led the athlete to put down his weapon, landing on his geeky friend's foot. Boy did that hurt, and Jake thought he was fooling around.
When they encountered the monster again, Jake was knocked down, and Noah knew he needed the Snake Axe to bring and defeat the virus villain.
At first, like last time, he couldn't lift it, until he remembered what he was told, the advice he was given. The advice led him to use the weapon without any problems, getting the villain at his weak spot, earning the Sea Brothers Zords.
The next day, after the Virox got destroyed, Noah fixed the Snake Axe, making it forty percent lighter than it was in the beginning.
When the invasion from the Armada came, Noah managed to stop the x-borgs at the high school, saving two students, ordering them to scout out the rest of school.
When he encountered Skatana, he decided to train hard in order to subdue the swordsman. He was alone, though the evil sword fighter brought back up, cheating.
Too bad he got destroyed from Noah's Ultimate Ranger Saber Strike all thanks to his friends lending him their Sabers.
The unicorn doesn't care if he was prom king, being much more interested in using his blockbuster brain to change the world. Fighting may not be his first choice of activities, but it doesn't mean he isn't really good at it.
When he and his friends arrived in Equestria, being ponies since day one, it was the day he met the cutest pony ever, recalling the time when a cart was about to run her over.
He never ran - no, galloped - that fast in his life! All the houses and buildings in the high class city of Canterlot turned into a blur, when he yelled out to her.
The yell got her attention, except it froze her in place, knowing she'll get run over becoming roadkill. It was right there and then, she wouldn't be able to get out of the way. One, she was too scared to, and two, she had an injured wing. It was up to him to save her.
With his heroic move, he manages to push her with all of his strength with his whole body, ending up being on top of her when she landed on her back on the street.
He recalled making eye contact with her and, from what he was told by Fluttershy, he'd turn red in the face like she did when they first met each other. He couldn't help to think of how pretty she was because no girl ever caught his attention the way she did. She is irresistible, adorable, and down to earth beautiful in his eyes.
On the train ride on the Rangers' second day in being in the colorful world, Twilight offered Noah to stay at her castle when the pretty girl wanted him to stay at her place. At first he wasn't sure when she began giving the puppy face, trying to brush it off, only to give up with a laugh.
Now, if she would whimper like a puppy, he would still be unable to ignore it. She was too cute! She may be a shy pony who doesn't always like coming up to people, it doesn't make her less charming.
He was happy he found his type of girl. He was happy when Fluttershy wanted him to be her plus one for the Gala as a friendly date. Of course, at the ball, he asked for a dance. She was nervous at first since she doesn't want to be judged on her dancing.
Thanks to him, she did set her nerves aside, having a nice dance with him. Gia was impressed when she saw those two dancing together, giving them a nice compliment on how they did.
It was the first time the unicorn and a pegusas danced with someone. He even got her a bracelet for Hearth's Warming Eve, with Fluttershy still wearing it today. She hadn't taken it off since. She also still has the Blue Ranger plushie he'd won for her at the Foal and Filly Fair as a memory in case he and his team did leave.
Gladly, they didn't, exciting the two love birds when she gave her first boyfriend a hug. They've both been happy since then. If they were separated, the two of them wouldn't know what to do. The pony world lacked phones and computers, so they couldn't do long distance relationships. So with the Rangers and their counterparts unable to go back home, it was best for them to stay.
There had been days where Noah missed earth, the school, his teacher, Ernie, his family, everything among it. Thankfully, his girlfriend pushes it all aside. It doesn't make him forget his first home, though he did tell her he'll miss her more than anything else if he, his team, and the Gokaigers were able to leave.
He thought about the memories as he gazed out the window when Fluttershy called out to him. "Noah?" She got his attention, pointing at his tray of food. "Are you going to finish your meal? I won't get mad if you don't want to," she promised, taking a sip of her peach smoothie.
Looking down at his tray of his half eaten hay burger and finished hay fries, he pushed his tray away from him. "I'm good. I was thinking of the memories we had with each other," he said, taking a swig of his own drink which is a blueberry smoothie. "I still can't believe my friends and I are living here, including the others who aren't from here. It's crazy. By crazy, I mean in a good way."
She giggled. "I know. I find it crazy, too. I would be crying if you and your friends did go back to earth," she admitted heartfully. "Hazel may cry, too, if Joe and his friends left. Well, our friends to be more precise since we all share our friends with one another."
"I get that," he replied relaxed, setting his cup down. "Orion's girlfriend will miss him, too," he said, laughing a little. "Never knew he'd get one, even when it's Dash's rival. It is surprising how those two were friends then went onto being nemesis to one another."
"I'm surprised, too," she replied, playing with the straw. "She was the one who created the tornado when both her and Rainbow were cadets at the Wonderbolt Academy. My friends and I were arriving there when the twister caught the air balloon. We could've been done for if it wasn't for her loyalty." She blushed a little. "Like how you are..." A cute smile invaded her lips. "Keeping Argus away from me. Many ponies, along with stallions, may get tired of defending me due to how shy I am. Rainbow used to be insensitive to how I am. It's a good thing you aren't like those kinds of people."
"I'll be angry if someone belittles you for being shy." He removed his glasses, cleaning the lenses with his shirt. "You know... I wasn't always like this." This brought his marefriend's attention when she left her cup alone completely, her ears open forward. "I was...shy like how you are. I wasn't extremely shy. More like the average type of shy since there's different levels of shyness. Anyways..." Putting his glasses back on, he adjusted himself on the seat he's sitting on. "...when I was a little boy, none of the kids wanted to be my friend. I refuse to do sports. All they did was sports. I wasn't into it. I wasn't into any sport. Kids would pick on me for being a nerd. No one would be my partner for school projects all because it had something to do with science. It happened both during elementary and middle school years. When I hit high school, it was when I met Jake."
"You hadn't met him until you were in high school?" Fluttershy had to interrupt. "I was expecting you two boys to be friends when you were kids."
Noah shook his head. "I was on my own; no friends. It hasn't bothered me, at all, to be frank. I was more focused on my love for science and getting good grades. By the time Jake came along, he needed a partner for a project we had to do for a class we took. I was hesitant at first, until I agreed. We have become best friends since then. He sees past my nerdiness like how I see past his athletic skills." He directly looked into the girl's eyes across from him. "It's like how I see you past your shyness."
Nodding her head, the young mare had to agree. Many people, even ponies, believe shy ones are snobs, like they don't care about others, thinking they look down to them. They think they give shy ones a bad name due to how they are. It isn't their fault for how timid they are, whether it is extreme, average, or any level they're on.
As a filly, she hadn't got any friends when she was in Flight School. Fluttershy was always too afraid to introduce herself to the other pegasi children. When she moved to Ponyville, she'd told Noah when they were only friends that she'd lived outside of the town to stay away from others in fear of being discomfiting around others.
Her eyes went downwards at the table top, a frown creasing over her.
"Fluttershy?" Noah called out to her. "I see you having something in mind."
"I was...thinking about when I was being assertive," she answered somewhat guilty. She paused for a moment, taking her time to find the correct words to say. "To give you the clip note version, I was being...mean. I would yell in ponies' faces. I...I was also mean to Pinkie and Rarity. I...insulted them..."
All Noah can do is stare at her, unable to picture her being a mean pony. It's difficult to do, especially a pony like she is, being kind to others. He wasn't sure how to respond, not knowing what to come up with. It's like she revealed the biggest, darkest secret amongst pony kind.
Her being mean is something he couldn't see. He's having a hard time believing she insulted two of her friends. None of his own friends would do such a thing.
During the time when the queen bee him and the boys became enslaved by, Emma and Gia had become bitter enemies to one another.
Eventually, the spell got broken from their strong friendship bond. His team is like a second family, adding new members when they first got to meet the Element Holders.
However, he, along with the team, are stunned when Twilight and the ones who hold the Elements of Harmony got new ones, spare ones that Tensou had when the Rangers told them about what happened to the Tree of Harmony and the previous Elements.
To their previous mentor's defense, he'd forgotten he had them. It was bewildered when the new Elements got made into keys, letting the lavender princess and her team become a new set of Rangers, becoming Rainbow Rangers.
At least those ponies got the backup Elements despite being keys.
"If you don't mind, you can tell me what you said to Pinkie and Rarity," he broke the minute of silence.
"No." Shaking her head, the pegusas refused. "I don't want to repeat what I said. I wouldn't say them again even when I want to. I always thought being assertive is to scream at ponies. You and your friends are lucky. I learned about being assertive while being kind about it. Rarity and Pinkie have their way of doing it."
"I would like to know how they stand up for themselves."
"Their methods of standing up for themselves is great. Rarity uses charm while Pinkie Pie confuses ponies. I tried them; it didn't work for me."
"Until you found your own method. Good thing, too. Admittedly, I wouldn't date you if you were mean. No offense, it's that...you know..."
"Same. I wouldn't date you if you weren't a gentlecolt."
"Haha, yep."
Afterwards, they left the Hay Burger Restaurant, going back to the cottage. It was until Noah saw his leader, greeting him. "Second time seeing you today."
"We see each other all the time, Noah," Troy chuckled when he reached the couple. "Twilight is going to teach us unicorns how to use-" He directly pointed at his horn. "-magic with these things. Starlight is going to help, as well."
"You seem interested in learning about it," his friend noted.
"I may be good at martial arts; doesn't mean I cannot try something new," his leader made a good point. "Both Orion and Emma got their hooves in flying, we need to get our hooves with magic."
"Sure thing," Noah replied casually. "We can grab Marvelous and Joe on the way to the castle."
"I was thinking the same thing."
The boys headed off, Fluttershy waving at them. "I'll see later, Noah."
"See you later, too, Flutters."
As the two stallions distance their way from her, Troy gives the bookworm a playful elbow in the ribs, with him dodging away. "I'd always thought you weren't into dating. You're always on your own, doing your own things."
"I was busy. I hadn't had time for being in a relationship," Noah told him.
"You better not be too busy now since you're dating one of the Element Holders," Troy joked playfully, going for another elbow jab, this time getting him.
"No worries. I'm making sure our relationship doesn't interfere with my interest in science," he said, brushing it off. "Our relationship is basically more important." The unicorn turned his eyes towards him, raising an eyebrow. "I'm not going to let our relationship get in the way of our friendship," the second unicorn added.
"I know you won't." He put on a humorous smirk.
"So..." Noah continued on, wanting to be laid back as possible. "You and Emma?"
"What about it?" He couldn't process what he's getting at.
"Mm, you know..." A short laugh came as this glasses wearing pony tried to figure out what to come up with. "You seem to have a...thing with her."
"Don't. Just...don't." Although it's true, Troy couldn't control his cheeks from turning red. It doesn't help when Noah is chuckling. "Stop, please. Emma knows, too. I mean, we've been friends for a long time..."
"You'd got her to be your plus one," Noah recalled from last year's Gala. "You also danced with her," he also remembered. "Like how Fluttershy and I danced together."
"I was a little off," he said honestly. "She's good at singing and dancing. Graceful with it. I was sure I was horrible when she told me I wasn't after we got done." A mare saw him, causing her get her focus off her daily task. "Not being rude here, but I want these mares in this town to stop looking at me like I'm a celebrity." The two boys walked past two more mares. "Twilight says unicorn stallions are a big hit, especially on Hearts and Hooves Day," he clarified the reasoning from all the staring he's getting.
"I'd never known that unicorn stallions are popular for the ladies," Noah put in, watching every mare eyeing his leader. "None of the mares look at me."
"Lucky for you. You got Fluttershy." His ears caught somepony giggling. Wanting to be polite, he waved at a mare who is a teenager, making her giggle more. "Mom says I got the looks."
"Looks? Looks aren't everything, bro," Noah lectured. "These mares shouldn't like you for the way you look."
"Tell them," Troy responded. "It's been going nonstop. At least I'm not going to do my martial arts move on any of them."
"If you did, they'll have the royal guards take you away."
They'd share a nice laugh together - like stallions as they went on their way to get Joe and Marvelous.
The Hay Café wasn't too busy when Joe and Hazel arrived not too long ago after they had small talk with their own counterparts. They each got a simple sandwich - a daisy sandwich with carrot slices with raspberry juice.
Joe never ate food the ponies eat since their stomachs work differently than a human's. It took some time for him to try the sandwich since he hadn't eaten flowers in his life. Neither did his team since Don does all the cooking on the Gokai Galleon.
When he was doubtful he'd like it, his girlfriend reassured him that he could order something else. He took a bite - a good bite - and ended up liking it. It doesn't taste terrible from what he thought.
The pony's DNA has completely got rid of his human DNA. He feels more like a pony than a young man. The one thing he'll miss is meat. His girlfriend questioned him about what it was, and he told her that she doesn't need to know. Besides, it wouldn't be good like it was when he and his team were humans living in Japan in a pirate ship in the color of red in the sky owned by his captain.
In the beginning, he wasn't a pirate. No, he was once a member of the Zangyack's Imperial Special Forces. Being there, getting trained under the Zangyack, the young man was often forced to endure rigorous and abusive training. It was during the time where he also trained under someone known as Sid Bamick, his senpai or mentor. His senpai taught him many sword fighting skills he used to great effect as Gokai Blue.
He was once ordered to execute a group of captive children, he blatantly refused, attacking his superior officers, letting the kids run away.
From what he did, from his insurrection, Joe was taken as prisoner and outfitted with an electric collar that would keep track of his every move, being emitted to an electric shock that would murder him, should he try to remove it.
It was awful, though, he managed to escape with the help of Sid.
Unfortunately, his senpai was left behind.
Once on the outside, he continued to fight through hordes of gormin and sugormin that came after him. He was unable to settle at once due to the tracking collar on him.
Slowly, becoming overwhelmed by his attackers, Joe wasn't about to give up, though his end was just about to be imminent.
Then, Captain Marvelous appeared, offering to fight the soldiers off. Joe realized he was a space pirate, warning the captain that he would get no money for saving him.
Marvelous, on the other hoof, told him it wasn't the money he wanted, he wanted Joe.
The two of them worked together, fighting off the Zangyack forces, proving to be quite the combination. Afterwards, Joe told Marvelous about the collar around his neck, and how removing it could kill them both. Still, Marvelous took it upon himself to pry off of Joe with his bare hands.
When the cruel collar was released off of Joe's neck, Marvelous made his intentions known to Joe, and he accepted, thankful for what the caption had done for him, vowing to stay with him. Marvelous passed him a mobilate - or morpher - and the Gokai Blue Ranger key.
There was this one day where he encountered a cyborg who is known to be named Barizorg when Warz and a monster named Deratsueigar on earth.
Joe was able to recognize the cyborg to be Sid from his sword technique he uses and attempted to remind him of who he was but fails as Sid - Barizorg - attacked him. He was Gokai Blue's friend, having the best friendship. He helped and taught him sword fighting techniques. Now, as a cold, emotionless, heartless cyborg, all thanks to the prince, he wouldn't get his buddy back.
He told the story to Hazel, who listened, open minded about his past experiences when he wasn't a pirate. She was happy he hadn't hurt any of the kids when he was told to. She felt bad that he may not get his senpai back, though angry at the same time as the evil prince had done to him. It wasn't enough anger to make her grow into a huge, muscle pony.
During his first encounter with her after he and his friends got free from the spell from a disguised changeling, he couldn't take his eyes off the gray color - a nice gray color - coated pony, her hair nice and brown, along with her tail. Her eyes were beautiful, too.
He saw how cute she is, too. Especially when she asked him to be her plus one as her 'date'. Truthfully, between these two, it felt like an actual date. All they did was eat the glamorous food like some of their friends are doing, while the others are on the dance floor.
He wasn't a dancer, and at the Gala, when he saw Hazel watching the ponies dancing, he decided it wouldn't be too bad, asking her for a dance in which she kindly accepted. She wasn't a dancer, either and, to their surprise, ended up being good at it. They didn't bump into the others, at all.
It was a nice way to get a bit closer, to get to know one another for how different they are. The unicorn isn't much of a talker; a stallion with a few words. He rarely gives compliments. He wasn't much into chatting until it changed when he first laid eyes on the Power Pony, telling her about himself, with her doing the same. She told him that she and her friends came from a comic book in Maretropolis dealing with their archenemy - the Mane-iac.
She and her team are glad their villain they've been dealing with is still in the comic book, thanks Celestia.
Hazel Blossom never had any crushes, for she was too busy fighting the henchponies with her friends until she got one on one of the Gokaiger boys, liking Joe's personality trait on a whim. During the victory party that Pinkie, Sugar Cupcake's counterpart, threw, she then got the courage to give him a kiss on the cheek.
She expected a different reaction, then was surprised when he pulled her into a dance - a second dance, getting into the beat of the party pony's song, unlike the slow dance they had at the Ball.
These two ponies are happy to be in a relationship with one another, being in each other's company, although they respect each other's space. They'll go out to eat from time to time like they're doing now.
"You're still in shock on how you ended up liking the sandwich," Hazel noted, finishing hers.
"When you're a human it can do that to you," Joe said, taking some of his drink after he finished his sandwich. "I was expecting it to be gross. Turned out it wasn't."
"You and your friends are used to being humans, it's okay," she reassured gently. "I do wish to know what meat is."
"Like I said, you don't need to know, sweetie," he chuckled unnervingly. "Seriously, if I did tell you, it might give you nightmares."
"Did you call me sweetie?" At first, she thought she heard wrong.
"Yes...I did..." He shifted in his chair, regretting what he called her.
"Aww, how sweet of you," she brightly proclaimed. "The first nickname given to me by my precious."
"I'm your precious, eh?" he smirked smugly when the waiter came with the check.
"Ready to pay?" the waiter, who is a middle aged stallion, asked with a thick accent.
Hazel was about to pull out some bits, when Joe beat her to it. "I'll pay," he said, digging into his blue pirate jacket, and placing some bits on top of the table. "Here you go," he smiled.
"Thank you, sir," the waiter kindly accepted. "You two have a nice day." He took the coins before walking to the next table.
As these two got up from their table, they saw Noah and Troy. "Joe, Twilight is going to teach us how to use magic," Noah said.
At first, the Japanese pony had no clue what this guy was talking about, taking him a few seconds to process it. He chuckled. "Sorry, I was lost for a second," he apologized. "I'm not used to being a unicorn."
"Bro, you and Marvelous have been unicorns for a good while," Troy rolled his eyes in a friendly manner. "Like how he and I have been unicorns for a good while," he referred to himself and the brainiac.
"What about Ice?" Joe's girlfriend questioned. "Is she getting lessons on more spells then the ones she knows?"
"Actually, believe or not, she decided to learn on her own," the Red Ranger unicorn explained to her. "She changed her mind."
"Since when?" This is also the first Noah is hearing this from his leader.
"Honestly, it was the day when they joined our team."
"Then how come she didn't use any new spells when we fought off those new changelings, x-borgs, and bruisers that kept being sent to us?"
All Troy can do his shrug in response. "Her ice and energy magic is more effective on those goons, is all I can guess." He turned to Noah's counterpart. "Plus, your girlfriend - no offense Hazel - isn't a unicorn," he told him.
"You are right on what you're saying," Gokai Blue agreed, glancing at his horn, moving some of his bangs out his vision. "I've been kind of interested in learning. It'll beat carrying things with my mouth." He saw an earth pony carrying a basket of strawberries, the handle between her teeth. "No offense to the ponies who lack horns," he added. "Luka will get ticked. Trust me, you don't want to make her angry."
"No worries, man," his counterpart assured him. "She is scary sometimes," he admitted, rubbing the back of his head.
"She can be." Laughing, he turned over to his girlfriend. "I'll see you after the magic lessons."
"No problem." She gave him a kiss, with him returning it to her before he headed off with the Rangers to pick up the captain.
Captain Marvelous and Ahim were hanging out by Saddle Lake in the meadow of Ponyville where he and the rest of his team had their welcome party. Butterflies and ladybugs fluttered around, bees getting nectar from the flowers dotted in the grass. Birds chirped in the tree branches, bunnies hopping here and there. One bunny was brave enough to hop up to the Gokaigers, getting pet by Gokai Pink who giggled at the bunny's cuteness.
Marvelous ate some black berries he and Ahim bought from someone who was selling them, tossing one at a time in his mouth. Of course, he was the one who decided to pay. The pony selling them asked if these two are more than friends.
This made him turn red as his sailor jacket, telling the pony he is only friends with the pegasus. Although, he did ask her to be his plus one for the Gala last year.
They didn't dance, hanging out by one of the tables, eating food because this dude has a hearty appetite. Seriously, he is as hungry as a...horse. A full grown stallion in which he is. He didn't want to dance much to Ahim's request.
He felt bad, except he doesn't dance - ever. It isn't his thing to do. Not his nature. He was part of the Red Pirate Gang with AkaRed and Basco ta Jolokia, along with a robotic parrot, Navi. During those times, he and the other two pirates, in the Gokai Galleon to find the Ranger keys. The keys contain thirty-four Sentai teams from the past, which were dispersed from the universe.
Marvelous encountered AkaRed when he discovered the Akarenger key after fighting the gormin. He refused to give the key back and fought AkaRed, who swiftly defeated Marvelous.
The young man revealed to AkaRed that he's searching for the Greatest Treasure in the Universe, and was told he'll never find them if he gave up.
Those days, those weeks, those months, they went to find many Ranger keys, such as the Bouken Red key. They met Basco later who joined them.
They eventually found all the Ranger keys, but then Basco betrayed AkaRed and Marvelous. He conspired with the Zangyack which attacked the ship, wanting all the treasure to himself.
AkaRed saved Marvelous from the Zangyack forces and gave him the treasure chest containing the Ranger keys, telling him to find the Greatest Treasure of the Universe. The last time this caption saw him was when he charged at the gormin soldiers. Marvelous, along with Navi, later found the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and worked on unlocking the Ranger keys on earth he and his team were previously at, more likely in the red pirate ship in the sky.
Gokai Red is a person - perhaps a pony in this case - that no one should mess with, especially his crew. He's much stronger than he is. An example of his strength will be the bracelet he'll wear when he's throwing darts. He can even take off the tracking collar off of Joe's neck.
He is someone who cares about his crew and for others even though he doesn't show it. He believes in his crew, having faith in all of them.
He couldn't believe Basco, whom he once called a friend, betrayed the Red Pirate Gang. He couldn't believe it, and is unsure why AkaRed was afraid of him - afraid of Basco. To this day, he couldn't figure it out.
At least Basco isn't here in this pony world. It was a shock to all of the Gokaigers. One minute they're fighting a monster - the same monster that came to the Gala somehow - and to this world by the villains that looked exactly like the baddies from the Zangyack.
It was unbelievable. He and his team weren't humans anymore, stunned that they were ponies - unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies.
Being a unicorn is a huge surprise for this fellow, also confusing, too. He was surprised his hands and feet got replaced by hooves, having a fur coat under the clothes he wore, a mane and a tail.
The ponies were sent to look for a missing soldier in the Everfree Forest by a ram who sent them there, only to be tricked by a disguised changeling who put a spell on them to defeat the Rangers and their allies.
He and his team couldn't remember anything, not even when they fought their counterparts. They don't recall anything, at all. It was like they got knocked out without being unconscious.
Him and the rest of the Gokaigers felt bad, though they didn't need to, knowing they aren't to blame for their attacks.
However, he couldn't grasp how Pinkie Pie knew who they're dealing with back on the planet of earth.
Ahim, the now pegasus pony, isn't suited to be a pirate, with grace and geniality, making her different from her four shipmates before Gai came in. This causes people to underestimate her on occasion. If someone is in distress, she can't help but to help them. She is also thrown off by the captain's personality and shows concern at times. She also loves tea, and likes having tea with Rarity whenever she can, along with her counterpart and Mythic.
She is also the weakest one on the team, although she seems to be more powerful in a fight. She even trained with Jan Kandou, becoming more skilled at hand-to-hand, or in this, hoof-to-hoof, at combat.
When she first started using the swords and pistols, she'll lose her balance. Both her and Luka didn't match up when it came to verbal jokes, unlike the sisterly bond they have developed ever since. She is unable to do any housework without causing things to be worse, like burning food, for example.
Despite this, she is the pacifier of her group, able to diffuse any fighting and arguments that ensued among the other four. She is the one who accepted Gai into the group as Gokai Silver.
When she found out she is a pony containing wings along with Gai, she was amazed when she could fly. She felt a little light, barely floating. She was stunned when she can walk on clouds like she was on solid ground, unlike the rest of the ponies who are on the ground.
She's been staying on the ground most of the time, flying here and there. Still, she couldn't believe it. She and her team won't be humans, yet being ponies isn't a bad thing.
Ahim watched a bird fly by her and her leader, a ladybug making itself comfortable in her hair. It nestled there. It was a cute little thing. She caught Marvelous smirking at her.
"What?" she asked, taking one of her own black berries, popping it into her mouth.
"It looks like you have a beret in your hair," he commented with an easy-going smile.
"Looks like you have one, too," his teammate giggled amused, seeing another ladybug in her caption's mane. "It makes you look...marvelous," she said.
The caption of the crew rolled his eyes, playfully. "Nice one, Ahim," he said, bringing his hoof up to his head to let the insect crawl on there, slowly taking it away from his hair. He carefully put it on a flower that is closest to him, eating more of his berries. "You better not make it a thing since it's my name," he hoped for the best, receiving a laugh.
"Mm," she simply replied, shrugging her wings. "How is it being a unicorn?" she asked.
"It's fine in my book," he answered, glancing at his profound horn. "I won't lie, we were all in shock when we weren't humans anymore." A bee buzzed around his head, having his ear flick his ear to shoo it away. "About you being a pegasus, what's it like? It's fun when you and Gai can fly."
"It is fun!" Ahim exclaimed blissfully, getting off the grassy ground, doing some twirls, moving her wings gracefully. "I once gave one of my feathers to Rarity when one of her quills broke."
"Wait, how?"
"Like this." Setting herself back on the ground, she closed her left wing, keeping the right one open. Gently, she plucked one of her feathers off with her front teeth. "Doesn't even hurt." She came over to him, putting her own feather she took off herself into his mane, except it didn't stay in, landing in the water.
"I say you and our friends who are pegasi are lucky, getting to fly and walk on clouds," Marvelous stated, watching a frog leap from one lily pad to the next. "With you and Gai, it's like you two were born to fly. The pegasus children can fly!"
"I wouldn't say that." Sitting back down on the grass, she fluffed her feathers a bit. "There's one filly who can't fly at all."
"What do you mean there's a filly who can't fly?" Everywhere where this Gokai Red looked, every single winged kid was flying.
"Scootaloo. You know, one of the... what do those three little girls call themselves...?" The pegasus searched for the name when it came to her. "That's it. The Cutie Mark Crusaders. Her wings were buzzing when we were at Rarity's Boutique, having her inches off the floor, yet she isn't actually flying. While you and I were eating since you didn't want to dance like I wanted to, she buzzed her wings again when she asked Orion to hit the dance floor with her. I admit, she's pretty good at it."
"With buzzing her wings?"
"No, dancing. Scoots can dance well."
"Ah. I feel sorry for her since she's the only pegusas who wouldn't be able to fly like the other pegasus ponies."
"Same, except you and Joe don't know how to use your horns," she pointed out, tapping on her captain's horn.
He looked at his reflection to get a better view at his unicorn horn. "...yeah..." He finished his berries. "He and I should've known how to use them at the start."
"Stop it, Marv," she said, handing him the rest of her berries to him not wanting anymore of them. "Troy and Noah-"
"Marvelous!" Their ears perked up when they heard Joe calling out to them, Ahim getting interrupted. Joe, his counterpart, and Marvelous' counterpart came up to them. "Twilight is going to school us on how to use magic," Joe told his leader.
"Really? I don't think I can do it," he said, a bit hesitant.
"Chill out, bro," Troy responded to his nervousness. "It'll make it easier for us unicorns in case any trouble comes in our way."
"What about our friends who lack horns?" He gazed over at Ahim with concern.
"You saw us lack of horns pony fighting those bad guys without weapons," she reminded him
Marvelous shrugged. "You got a good point there." He got up, picking up the berries Ahim gave to him. "I hope I will be able to do it. I don't want to be the one unicorn who has a horn that doesn't work."
"You'll do fine." Feeling a push, Marv saw it was Ahim. "I'll be at the Boutique." She flapped her wings, flying back there.
By the time she's gone, the boys trekked their way to the Friendship Castle, and Marvelous saw a ton of mares looking at them. Or Troy, according to what Noah told him.
When they got to the castle, they met up with Twilight at the back, who was waiting for them.
She saw them. "Class is in session," she announced jokingly. Starlight laughed, the others doing the same. "Since you boys aren't going to do any advanced spells, you're only going to learn the basics of magic."
"You sent the letter to Princess Celestia, Twi?" Troy reminded her.
"Sent it twenty minutes ago after Spike got back," she answered informatively. "Since there's four of you, Starlight and I thought it'd be a good idea to have two each. I can take Marv and you, Troy, while Noah and Joe can be with her."
"Sounds like a great idea!" Noah proclaimed enthusiastically. He and Joe went with Twilight's pupil at one end of the yard, while the rest stayed put.
Lighting up her horn, a book appeared. "There's a lot of basic magic in this book," she told them, going to the first chapter. "The first one you guys will be learning is levitation like what I'm doing right now." She closed the book, setting it on the ground. "When doing a levitation spell..." She explained how to do it, the red heroes paying close attention when she picked up the book again before setting it back down. "You two got it?" she asked after she was done.
"I think I do..." Marv rubbed the back of his neck. "You, dude?"
"Psh," Troy brushed off. "I can do martial arts; learning a spell or two won't be too hard." He walked up to the book, concentrating on it. In half a second, his horn began glowing a light red, the aura surrounding the book. He gasped when it began floating, amazed he got it to levitate.
"Good job, Troy, now place it back down," Twilight said. "Don't drop it; set it down nice and carefully." She and Marv watched as the book was placed back down. "Nice!" she praised proudly. "You're turn, Marvelous."
"Um..." Unsure how his equal managed to do it, he turned to the princess. "Mind explaining it again?"
She beamed with closed eyes. "No problem." She explained how to do the spell again. "We can run through the steps if you're still confused. I can keep explaining it to you until I know you fully understand it," she offered generously.
"Nope, I got it!" Marv confirmed, feeling confident. "Ready to give it a shot!"
"Go for it, dude!" his equal encouraged. "If I can do it, I don't doubt you can't."
Eyes on the book, the Gokiager lit up his horn. Rather, he tried to, for the tip of it only lit up, though he got a hold of the book, except the rest of his horn wasn't glowing. He began straining. "Can't... seem... to...!" He continued to try to lift the book up, moving his head upwards, trying to do it. "Come...on... lift the darn..." He continued to move his head. "...book!" he struggled, doing all he can, trying to get the rest of his horn to glow. It was then he jerked his head too fast, his neck clicking. "Ugh!" he gasped, the little glow vanishing away. "I think I threw my neck out..."
"I'll say," Troy cringed after hearing the crack. "I felt it..."
Marvelous looked down, glumly when Twilight came up to him. "Don't feel bad... A little more practice and lifting things would be a breeze."
"Easy for you to say. The book weighs more than it looks." He glared at the book, like it was its fault for not being off the ground. "I can toss darts with a heavy bracelet on my wrist, how come I can't lift up a book?"
"Go easy on yourself. You only did it once."
"Twilight's got a point."
"Then explain how you got the book off the ground!" Marv demanded towards his match.
"Calm down, alright?" Twilight calmly ordered before he could get an explanation. "It was one spell; you'll be able to do it in no time. Perhaps teleportation is something you can do until you can master the levitation one." Getting rid of the book, she went on telling these two stallions on how to do the teleportation spell, along with giving them a demonstration. "You try. Troy, I want you to teleport to the kitchen and back out here."
"No problem." Like how he was able to pick up a single book, he got himself to vanish and come back with an apple, hoofing it over to their teacher.
"Way to go!" she happily exclaimed, taking the fruit. "And nice job bringing something with you," she added. She looked over at the caption. "Now, Marv, I want you to teleport to the throne room and back out here. And don't worry if you can't do this one, either."
"Yeah, yeah." Turning his horn on, he went to make his way to the throne room - when he ended up being on a tree. "Huh?" Confused, he tried again, this time in the sky. "Ahh!" He fell on the ground. He grunted when he landed on his stomach. "I can do this..." He got back up, his horn barely glowing, this time not going anywhere. He looked upwards at his horn. "Maybe it isn't working..." he mused.
"If it wasn't working, then it would be broken," the alicorn stated seriously. "A broken horn is no fun in the field of flowers."
"Do you know anyone with a broken horn?" Troy asked.
"No, but there's a kid who has horn inverses."
"What's that?"
"It's a rare thing unicorns have. Rather than turning counterclockwise like most unicorns it turns clockwise. Unicorns with those special horns are a lot different than other unicorns because the spells they learned are written counterclockwise magic. It's hard for them because they have difficulty casting a single one of them."
"You think I have...whatever it is?" Marvelous questioned.
"No, because your horn was barely glowing when you tried to lift the book up, the same with teleportation. Besides, it's too soon to go to the Ponyville Hospital," she shook her head. "Unicorns with horn inverses can get their horn glowing like a normal unicorn, except they can't be able to lift things at all and other magic like any other unicorn out there."
"Why would I need to go to the Ponyville Hospital?"
"To ask the doctor why your horn isn't doing what you want it to do."
He blinked. "Ohhhhhh! Got it. At least I understand that."
"Okay, let's see if you guys can do transfiguration." Setting the apple down. "When doing this type of spell that can turn one thing into another. Transfiguration magic can be used to transform practically anything into anything else. For example, Rarity can use transfiguration to turn fabric into a dress. This type of magic spell is always temporary, meaning it won't last long. I'll show you how I can turn this apple into a vase with flowers."
With that, she pointed at the apple, her horn and the apple beginning to glow, when a ray hit on to the apple, turning into a vase with flowers in it.
"Wow!" Troy went up to the flowers, putting his head down to sniff the petaled plant. "It even smells real." Within seconds, the vase with the flowers turned back into an apple. "Hm..." Looking around, he found a lone stick. Using his horn, he picked up the stick, setting it in front of him. "What should this stick be instead...?" he wondered aloud. "Aha!" Doing what Twilight did, he turned the stick into something else. "What do you know? I turned a stick into a Dragon Sword." Like with the vase with the flowers going back into an apple, the Dragon Sword went back to being a stick. "You're turn," he directed towards Marvelous.
"You can use the apple or the stick," Twilight offered the choices.
Thinking about it, he took out his morpher, placing it down. "I'm going to turn this into a candy bar. Now..." For the third time, his horn barely glowed. "...candy bar!" A ray came for sure, except that his morpher was still a morpher. "Come on, come on! Turn into a candy bar!" Zap! Nothing. "No! Candy bar!" Zap! Zap! "No! candy bar!" Zap! Zap! Zap-zap-zap-zap! "No!" he screeched frustrated. "It won't turn into a candy bar. Candy bar!"
"Marvelous, you can't yell out 'candy bar'," Twilight told him. "You have to picture it in your head. What does it look like? What type of candy bar is it?"
"It's the one from Japan," he said. "It could be from me not using the exact name of it..."
"No, Marv, you can't-"
"Cookies and cream kit kat bar!" he shouted, not giving Troy a chance to repeat what Twilight explained. When it was still a morpher, he called for a different flavor instead. "Hiroshima Momiji Manju kit kat bar!" he swapped a different name, blasting the hardly-to-see red ray.
His face was beginning to turn an angry tomato red, as he kept on trying to get this thing to turn into a candy bar despite not going to eat it since it'll go back to being a morpher.
"Marv, Marv, stop!" Troy halted the captain, seeing the beads of sweat on his forehead. "You're going to tire yourself out."
Marvelous stopped, panting, almost sitting down, his forelegs and back legs quivering. "Too..." He puffed, his tongue lolled out like a dog out in a hundred degree weather. "...late..." He fell on the grass, laying flat on his stomach and chest. "I don't understand. How do you do it?" he asked Troy, not having the energy to sit up. "It's like you were born to do this kind of stuff."
"I'm not sure," the Red Ranger answered honestly.
"Great reply,,," Gokai Red responded sardonically, even though he didn't mean to sound that way. "I'm good when it comes to the past Red Sentai powers, I don't get why I can't do magic."
"All you need is more practice," Twilight Sparkle told him, helping him back up. "Let's take a break. I'm not sure how long Starlight is going to teach Noah and Joe. Let's all have grape tea." Her horn flaring, the three ponies appeared in the dining room. "Spike!" she called out, when she saw the tween dragon at the doorway. "Can you make three cups of fresh grape tea?"
"Sure thing," he said, taking her request. "Anything else?" he asked.
Twilight looked at the stallions and both of them shook their heads. "Nope, just the tea," she told Spike.
"You got it!" He flew into the kitchen.
There was a stillness in the room when Troy decided to break it. "When will Celestia write back? It's not a rush if she's too busy. I just want to know about the Ranger keys and to meet the rest of the Pillars."
"Did you tell her about my team?" Marvelous asked.
"Ponies in town have been questioning if your team looks like my team... I promise them I'll have the Red Ranger - me - talk to the Princess of the Sun about it."
"You sure?"
"Yes," Troy nodded. "The ponies want to know why. They know about my team and the Power Ponies, except they don't know about you and your team."
Gokai Red nodded, too. "I got it."
"And since you want to take a trip to Canterlot since you want to talk to Princess Celestia, Troy, you're going to make a schedule about that," Twilight said.
"I can speak to her tomorrow," he decided.
"Also, the Pillars are busy with their new lives after they gotten back from limbo. We won't know when they'll be available."
"No problem."
Ten minutes later. Spike came with a tray of three cups. "Tea is ready," he proclaimed, setting the tray down.
"Thank you, Spike." Twilight levitated her cup.
"Yes, thanks, little guy." Troy did the same, rubbing the scales on the dragon's head.
"You're welcome," the dragon replied, pushing the tray over to Troy's equal. "Here, Marvelous. It's fresh and warm."
Looking at his horn, he thought about trying the levitation spell. He debated for a bit before doing it. He took a deep breath before focusing on the cup.
As he was doing it, the cup began to pick up about an inch - then shot up to the ceiling, causing Twilight and Troy to let out a gasp, the bits of pieces from the now broken cup raining back down on the table, the tea splashing on the table.
The two ponies can only stare where the cup has broken, while Marvelous can only sit there, horrified at what he's done. Spike on the other dragon claw was stifling a laugh, covering his mouth to keep it from bursting out.
Blinking her eyes and moving her mouth, the princess couldn't get her eyes where the cup smashed at. "My Celestia…"
"I'm so, so, so, so sorry, Twilight. I can replace it, really. I thought I had it, and-"
"Marv, it's okay. It was just an accident," she reassured him. "You should be proud."
"Proud?" he questioned. "I broke a cup, Twilight."
"You must put too much power into it," Troy said, taking a drink out of his own cup. "It may not go well, but at least you manage to pick something up," he commented, wanting his counterpart to see the bright side of what he's done.
"Want to give it another shot?" Twilight asked.
"...sure..." he muttered.
The Princess of Friendship smiled. "Great! Spike, mind making another fresh cup? Actually, make more than one in case another accident like this happens again."
"Of course," he responded, before heading back to the kitchen.
"I'm going to break more cups..." Marvelous warned the alicorn.
"You're worrying too much. It might be the cause of it."
"What does my worry have to do with my horn?"
"You get frustrated when you can't lift a book up and you get worried about teleporting to an area you didn't want to be at, and then you get angry when you can't turn your morpher into the candy you want it to be."
Thinking about it, he shrugged. "You could be right..." Spike came back with more cups, placing them down on the table. Seeing them made him nervous, in fear he'll break the cup, making more of a mess than he'd already done. He watched as the dragon cleaned up the previous broken cup and spilt tea with a rag. Twilight gave him one of the cups, setting it in front of him.
All Marv can do is stare at it. His counterpart gave him a gesture of encouragement. Biting his lower lip, the leader of the Gokaiger lit up his horn. Like the previous attempts, it barely glowed, only shimmering at the tip of his horn. He tightly shut his eyes, his cheeks puffing out like a fish.
The others watched intently, hoping this time he could do it.
With tension, more of the caption's horn began shimmering, about half of it, the cup slowly beginning to lift up as he opened up one eye, then the other, seeing it wobble in the air.
A grin slowly crept up on him, bringing it to him carefully...
SMASH!
...and he broke another cup. "Forget it. I can make due with my hooves." He grabbed another cup, just wanting to have this grape flavored tea.
"Marvelous, you can't give up. Why, when I first got my wings, I couldn't get myself off the ground," Twilight said, putting a hoof on his shoulder. "The more you practice, the better you'll get."
"Like it would..." he doubted, drinking some of the tea. "Not bad, Spike," he complimented.
"Glad you like it," he said, until his cheeks began to puff out, holding his stomach as if he had a bad stomach ache.
Putting his cup down, Troy looked at Spike with concern all over him. "You okay?"
Spike held up a pointer claw, unable to answer - when he belched.
"Gee wizz!" Marvelous cried, seeing the green, glittery smoke, enveloping into a scroll with a red ribbon tied to it to keep it close. "That's how you get letters?" he questioned the princess.
"Yep," she confirmed. "He can use his dragon breath to send letters, too."
Marvelous wasn't sure what to say next as he continued on with his tea, ignoring the rest of the cups sitting there on the table, as the dragon unrolled the scroll.
"What does it say?" Troy asked.
"Dear Troy, thank you for letting my student send this letter on what you told her about the Ranger keys, along with wanting everyone else to meet the rest of the Pillars since you and Twilight only met one of them. The Pillars are busy at the moment, but I have written to them after I got your letter before writing this one. I got a reply from Star Swirl the Bearded, telling me he would like to see Rangers - like you, Troy - the Gokaigers, and the Power Ponies when he and his team have the time. For the Ranger keys, please come to Canterlot tomorrow morning to come and pick them up. Gosei's assistant made you and your team the keys you need for any threats that may come our way, the ones you've been using when saving Equestria. Your mentor, Princess Celestia."
When Spike was done reading the letter, he had a raised eyebrow. "Tensou made the keys you, Rangers, used when rescuing Equestria?"
"He made Orion's belt. And he sent us the instructions when our Megazord got broken from a monster who can shrink and grow all on his own," the Red Ranger unicorn explained, finishing his tea, placing it back down, turning his horn off.
"Heh, the same thing happened to us. We had a monster that can grow and shrink," the caption chuckled. "Ahim and Gai pretended to get married, along with Ahim being a schoolgirl, a nurse, and cop, while the rest of were fixing our GokaiOh."
Troy bust out laughing. "Emma and Orion did the exact same thing. Orion showed us pictures of Emma in the disguises she wore.".
"Haha!" Marvelous chortled. "She was probably embarrassed like Ahim was," he said the obvious.
"You said it!" The two stallions continued to laugh, while Spike tried to understand what they're talking about with Twilight rolling her eyes with amusement. "So...I hope telling our similar stories got you to forget about not being able to use magic?" he hoped.
Gokai Red let out a sigh. "At first it did, until you brought it up." He glowered at his horn like it was to blame. "I want to continue to learn, yet..." Another sigh. "I should see if I can learn on my own..." He looked towards the princess. "No offense."
"None taken," she took it lightly, when Ice Crystal and Cobalt came into the dining room.
"Oh, tea," Twilight's counterpart noticed straight away, seeing the cups. "Why this many?" she questioned, taking one then gave a cup to the colt who declined. "Are our friends coming over?"
"No, Marv here is having difficulty with the basics of magic," Twilight explained, gesturing her head at the pirate who wore a glum expression.
"My horn isn't working," he swore, looking down at his half-drank cup.
"Your horn is perfectly fine," Troy told him.
"Then why can't I do it?"
Not wanting to see him get fed up, Twilight spoke. "You may be slow at it. It's nothing to be ashamed of. Actually, before Rainbow Dash became a Wonderbolt, she had to pass a test of the history of the Wonderbolts. I tried to teach my study techniques in the old fashion way, then Fluttershy tried theatrical play, Pinkie Pie did a rap song, Rarity with clothes, while Applejack learned by past experiences."
"How does clothes help learn the history of the Wonderbolts?" Cobalt said.
The princess shrugged. "Beats me. Everyone has their own way of learning."
"A Wonderbolt history isn't going to help me," the Asian unicorn frowned.
"Yes, I know, I was giving an example," she said stately. The Asian pony nodded. "How about you and I get back to learning. Troy, you can do whatever you want."
"Okay." Troy watched his counterpart and the princess leave the dining room. "I'll put the rest of the tea away," he offered.
"Looks like I won't have to do it."
"You're going to tell me where you keep the pitcher at. No way this is getting dumped out." Hearing this, Spike let out a groan. "I can teach you martial arts."
"Are you bribing me?' Spike crossed his arms over his chest.
"Nope," he grinned. "Unless you don't want to know how to do it."
"I like to learn!" the dragon proclaimed, gathering four cups. "I'll show you where the pitcher is at." He ran out the doorway, making droplets on the cold floor.
"Are you sure you didn't bribe him?" Ice smirked playfully.
"I'm not a guy who bribes. If you want, you and Cobalt are welcome to learn, too."
"I'm not interested. Thanks for the offer."
"I wanna learn." Cobalt jumped up and down.
Troy laughed at the kid's excitement. "After I put the tea away, I can teach both you and Spike." He left for the kitchen after his promise.
Outside, Marvelous was doing the process of trying to levitate something. This time it was a stone the princess found in the yard. It wasn't small, though it wasn't too big, either. However, it didn't matter because this rock won't budge. The Asian unicorn's horn was not fully glowing, bits of sparks flying off like it was coming off a crackling fire at a campground.
He began to strain again, grunting, groaning, using all his strength - when the rock went up in the air, sky rocketing. His horn went off, his eyes up in the sky to see the rock turn into a dot before barreling straight back down. It came down fast and he didn't have time to move out of the way when he felt himself being lifted up, getting out of harm's way by the time the rock landed back down.
Twilight placed the Gokaiger down. "Too much power. One of the things that a unicorn learns is not to put too much power with their magic."
"It wasn't like I wanted the rock to fling up in the air," the Gokaiger leader said. "You said you know a pony who has a broken horn..."
"Yes, her name is Tempest Shadow. Her real name is Fizzlepop Berrytwist. Her horn got broken off by an Ursa Minor attack when she was little."
"How awful. Did she get it fixed?"
She shook her head. "The Storm King betrayed her even though he promised to restore her horn."
"My team and I never heard of The Storm King..."
"Neither did Troy and his team and the Power Ponies. You didn't know who Fizzlepop Berrytwist is until now. She may have a broken off horn, but she can use it to make fireworks."
"At least she can see the good side to it." Saying this made Marv a little envious. "And there's a filly with...what is it called again?"
"Her name is Dinky Hooves and it's called horn inverses. She had to learn magic differently with her different horn. She studied and studied according to her mom. Before she learned and understood magic, she had other unicorns help her, only their help wasn't working for her. So, she ended up learning on her own."
"That's awesome for her. Maybe I can ask Fizzlepop and Dinky for advice."
"Not a bad idea except Fizzlepop is busy spreading friendship across Equestria and Dinky is only a kid."
"I understand that Fizzlepop is busy, though I don't think Dinky is too young to give out advice."
"Well..." Twilight thought about it. "Okay, you're right. No one is too young - or too old - to give advice to anypony. Let's get back to the levitation spell."
He grimaced, not wanting to do it anymore. He was already getting tired and wanted to give up, but he knew using his horn would help him out in the long run.
Taking a deep breath, he focused on the rock, hoping this time he'll be able to pick it up without putting too much power into it. The tip of his horn shimmered and glowed, his teeth pressed tightly together.
An aura formed, yet it won't lift. "Oh, come on!" Marvelous pressed his teeth even tighter. "Why won't it...lift!?" He went back to straining, grunting, moving his head in an upwards gesture like he did when he tried to lift the book. "My horn needs to...glow...more...!" he continued to strain - and his head snapped backwards, along with a crack sound. "Ow! Okay, now I definitely threw my neck out." His head was stuck in an upwards position. He went to move his head, when he felt a jolt of pain from his neck. "A little help here..."
Coming up to him, Twilight put her horn on his neck. The pirate felt the muscles in his neck loosen up, the pain fading away. He was able to move his head again, catching a concerned look on the princess's face. "What?" he couldn't help but to ask.
She didn't answer, observing his horn closely. She placed her hoof on top of his head, lowering it. Squinting her eyes, she tapped on the end of the Asian pony's horn. "The horn could be weak..." she finally spoke.
"Excuse me?" Marv questioned quizzically. "How can it be weak? I can throw darts with a heavy bracelet like I already stated."
"You may have strength within your arms, but you lack strength when it comes to magic. I know I said that you can't put too much power into it, but it's important to have strength for it, like lifting a cranky Ursa Minor, for example. Too much magic and strength of magic are two different things. Alicorn magic on the other hoof is different from unicorn magic because it requires more horn strength. Celestia raises and lowers the sun, while Luna raises and lowers the moon, and it takes a lot of magic strength to do that. Your horn may not be broken, though you aren't able to lift or do any spells, it could be weak."
"Then how come this dumb rock flung in the air?"
"From too much power. Maybe your horn goes from weak to getting too powerful out of nowhere. I don't know. It's only a theory and theories aren't accurate," she shrugged.
Letting out a huff, Marvelous sat down. "I may as well give up."
Twilight sat next to him. "You can't give up. Did you and your team give up?"
"...no..."
"Then why give up on what you're learning?"
He was about to come up with something in return when he heard Joe. "Marv, check out what I can do." Getting his attention from his team member, the captain was astonished to see his horn glowing in the color of blue, when a flower appeared. "I did a summoning spell."
Twilight clapped her hooves. "That's fantastic!"
"Awesome..." Marvelous put on a smile.
The flower went away when Joe saw how fake the smile was. "You don't sound thrilled..." His leader didn't respond. "What spells did you and Troy learn?"
"Troy got three spells down and I'm unable to do one," Gokai Red responded ticked. "I'm not mad at Troy or you for being able to use spells with ease, it's that my horn won't work properly."
Joe turned to Twilight then back at his caption. "Sorry..."
"It's no one's fault that my horn doesn't want it to do what I wanted it to do," the captain muttered. "Why did this world choose me to be a unicorn? I regret being a unicorn."
"Marv..." Twilight sighed when Noah and Starlight came over. "How did the teaching go for these two?" she asked her pupil. "Joe showed Marv and I one of the spells he learned."
"It went well. They're quick learners," Starlight reported heartfully.
"It's cool. Like, I learn how to get inside a book. I can read the words while being inside of it!" Noah exclaimed, levitating a book, placing it on the ground, opened it to a random spot - and entered into a book, becoming a drawing. "I can get a closer look at what I'm reading. Haha, woo!" He was then let out of the book. "Except it's only for a short time," he said, pointing out the downside of the book jumping spell. "What about you and Troy, Marvelous?"
"Troy got three spells down and I'm unable to do one," Marvelous repeated.
"You didn't master one spell?" Noah questioned confused.
"No, but I mastered giving myself a stiff neck."
"How can you stiff up your neck when you're only using your horn?" Joe asked, also getting baffled.
"I was throwing my head upwards and got a stiff neck," Marvelous explained disgruntled. "It hurt like hay. Twilight fixed it though..."
"Ouch..." Noah flinched. "At least Twilight made it better. By the way, what spell was it?" he asked the princess.
"A pain reliever spell. Different from a healing spell. But if you and your friends have any injuries, it's best to go to a doctor. I can't use those two spells all of the time unless it's necessary."
"Like when my girlfriend and I got hurt from the blow Argus gave us?"
"Yep. You can also say I can use it for emergencies. I also discovered a spell to restore a pony's strength."
"At least you know those spells in case you need to use them," Noah nodded with a smile.
"And to give you a tip, Marv, you can't throw your head upwards when doing magic," Starlight advised. "Or else you'll hurt yourself again."
"...Got it..." Standing back up, he gave a rock a little kick. "I'm going inside to read..." he told them, heading back inside the castle, not bothering to make an effort at teleportation, head hung low.
When he went back inside, Joe was first to speak. "Wow... He seems down..." He got a collective of agreeing nods. "Maybe I should go talk to him..."
"It's best you leave him alone; I don't think he's in the mood for some talking," Twilight said. "Besides, magic lessons are over for today."
Joe looked over at the back door of the palace and back at her. "I can talk to him later," he decided for the best option.
The princess nodded and both she and her pupil teleported inside the castle, leaving him and Noah. Noah decided to go back home, while his counterpart looked back at the door before he decided to go back to the same cottage his counterpart is living at, with a question lingering in his mind.
Why is his leader having trouble with magic?