//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: Resistance: Equestria // by Evowizard25 //------------------------------// Diamond Tiara walked back to her home. She was still flustered about the events that took place a few moments before. 'That colt.'She thought, blushing at the memory of his touch. 'He was so dashing, like one of those stallions in fairy tales.' She didn't notice the small skip in her step. Nor the blissful smile that lit her face. Never before had she felt this giddy. The little Earth pony wondered for a while why she did not go back home and cower in fear of death, which had almost claimed her not previously. Whenever they appeared, the image of her savior came into mind. 'Because he saved me.'She thought to herself. A little melody escaped her mouth as she trotted along. Finally, she reached her house on the outskirts of Ponyville. It was rather large, and certainly expensive. Her father had said it cost a fortune to build it. Diamond Tiara had also asked why he built it so far away from everypony. His answer was as follows; 'Why should we interact with such common rifraf. We are ponies of Canterlot.' Yet he sent her to public school. Sometimes, she could never figure out her parent's logic. The little Earth pony made her way to the door and knocked. While she waited outside, she could hear some sort of commotion going on inside her home. 'Sounds like mom and dad are yelling at somepony.' She thought. She tried to make out the pony they were talking to, but that ponies voice was drowned out by her parents ranting. The door finally opened to reveal a white unicorn butler. "Madam Diamond," He adressed her. "Come inside." Diamond Tiara did as he asked and walked inside her luxurious home. Already, she felt cooler and refreshed. Her father had paid no expense when furnishing the place. "I would suggest staying out of the kitchen, madam. You're parents are having a discussion." "Who are they talking too?" Diamond Tiara asked. The butler was silent for a moment. He tried avoiding eye contact with her. "It does not matter." He responded. "Your parents specifically instructed me too..." Diamond Tiara held up a hoof. "I don't need you to tell me what to do." She scolded him. "You work for me. So, why don't you go clean the bathroom or something. You know, your job." The butler bowed and hesitantly trotted off. Diamond Tiara shook her head. 'Help. They are just so hard to deal with.' The little Earth pony walked into the living room. It was large and housed an extensive library, as well as many pictures of her anscestors. But those were old and she never paid any heed to them. What caught her attention was the pony her parents were glaring at. Her father was a light brown stallion with a graying brown mane. His cutie mark was three money bags. Her mother was frost blue mare with a purple mane. Her cutie mark was Sapphire encrusted brush. The mare they were talking to was a light pink with a purple and white mane. Her cutie mark was a screw and a ball and her eyes were swirled. The mare was obviously sad, sniffling with tears running down her cheeks. Diamond Tiara gasped when she saw her. 'Could it be?' She asked herself. 'Is it really her?' Excitement rushed up within her when the mare looked at her. The moment she did, her depression seemed to have left her in an instant. Her smile was goofy but sweet. "Diti!" "Screwball!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed in joy. She rushed over and jumped into her sister. She gave her a big hug to which her sister followed suit. "I missed you so much." "I missed you too." Screwball said, stroking her little sister's mane. Diamond Tiara pulled back to look at her. "Why didn't you tell us you were coming?" She asked. Screwball's face scrunched up. "Well…it was kind of a spur of the moment decision." She said. "I don't care." Diamond Tiara smiled. "You're here and we're together again." She went back to full on hugging her big sis. "Yes," Her father, Filthy Rich, said glaring at Screwball. "Just like old times." "Screwball," Her mother, Charlotte, started. "How long do you plan on staying with us?" Screwball looked up to her parents. "Oh, as long as possible." She answered. Her parents immediately looked to each, both with worried expressions. Diamond Tiara paid them no heed. She just hugged her sister and squeeled in delight. She finally let go. "Oh, I have so much to show you the town." She said. "A lot has happened since you left to go to summer camp." Screwball looked pained when she mentioned 'summer camp'. "Yes, a lot has happened since then." She mumbled. The little filly noticed her sister's sad demeanor. "Are you okay, sis?" She asked concerned. Screwball brightened up. "Of course, Diti." She used her little nickname for her. She didn't mind it. "How could I not be? I'm going to spend time with the world's greatest little sis." Diamond Tiara jumped in the air with glee. She wasn't usually this hyper. Actually, she never was this hyper, but her sister came back. 'This is a dream come true.' She thought. 'It'll be just like old times.' "Oh, let's go now." An image of her savior popped up again. 'NO! I'm spending time with my sister. No colts. No matter how cute he was.' Screwball raised a hoof. "Not now, Diti." She said. "I need a little time to rest. It was a long trip." Diamond Tiara's enthusiasm deflated a little. "Oh," She said, looking away. She felt a little embarrassed for going all 'loco' as she defined it. "Hey," Screwball trotted over to her and brushed her mane. "I bet you have a few stories you can tell me. I'm curious about what you've been doing. I mean, you've finally got your cutie mark. That's quite an accomplishment." Diamond Tiara smiled up at her. "Yeah, it was a lot of work." She flipped her mane with her hoof, rather proud of herself. "But I managed." "That's the way." Screwball smirked at her sister's confidence. "Screwball." Their mother piped up. "Since you'll be…staying here," Her voice seemed calm and attentive, but her face showed a hint of disgust. "I think you'd best sleep here." She nodded towards the sofa. "It's quite comfy." "NO!" Diamond Tiara shouted, gripping her sister's side. "She can stay in my room." "But deary," Her father took a step forward. "There simply isn't enough room in there." "Yes there is." Diamond Tiara said. "We used to sleep in the same room all the time when we were younger." "But you were both just foals." Filthy Rich told her, his voice getting edgier by the second. "She's a mare now." "I don't care." Diamond Tiara shot at them, with more ferocity then she intended. She never once had talked back to her father. Not once. She respected them, but she knew they would probably punish her for this. 'My sister's worth it.' Her father sighed. "Fine." He said. "We'll bring up your old bed." Screwball smiled. "Thank you, father." She said. Filthy Rich cringed a smidge when she called him 'father'. "Yes," He replied, but said no more. He motioned for his wife to leave. She obliged and soon they were both out of the room. Leaving the two sister's to talk. "Screwy," Diamond Tiara used her childhood nickname for her. When she was but a foal, a really young one, she couldn't say all of her Screwball's name, nor could she of anyone's. "What were you and our parents yelling about?" "What do you mean?" Screwball smiled, nervously. "I heard you guys yelling when I got home." "Oh, mom and dad were just surprised I came along. I spooked them a little." Diamond Tiara giggled. "Yeah, they are high strung." She smiled broadly. "Unlike me." "Of course." Screwball rolled her eyes. Or at least, Diamond Tiara thought she did. It was kind of hard to tell since her eyes were so…well, screwy. "Now," Diamond Tiara started, really anxious to hear about her sister's travels. "What happened? Where did you go? Did you find interesting people in far exotic places. You must tell me." Screwball looked away for a moment, before sighing. "Oh, just here and there." She told her. "Nothing special." Diamond Tiara frowned. When she was younger, Screwball always wanted to go to far away places and do all sorts of things. Although, most of them did sound weird. Like flying through the air, without any wings. 'Like that will ever happen.' She thought. She cocked an eyebrow. "Oh, really?" "Yes, really." Screwball said. Daimond Tiara began to realize something she hadn't at first. Her sister was speaking much more clearly than normal. "Are you hiding something from me?" She asked. "You remember you promised you'd never lie." "I'm not lying." Screwball flinched. "I…I just don't want to talk about it." "Oh," The little filly noticed her sister's discomfort. "Well then, why don't we try something else." "What about hide and seek?" Screwball asked. Diamond Tiara shook her head. "That's a game for little foals." "I forgot." Screwball smiled, pulling her into a big hug. "My little sis isn't so little anymore." Screwball hadn't realized that she was squeezing too tight. The little Earth pony in her grasp gasped for air. "Can't…breath." "Oh," Screwball immediately let go of her. "Sorry." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle was busy as usual reading inside her library. Yet, these weren't the sort of books she normally read. A huge stack of books, which were all about dreams, stood beside her. She sighed as she reached the last page of the book she was reading. "Darn it." She closed it with her hoof. "There's nothing in here to help me." Suddenly a loud noise like something large crashing in a cart, or building, caught her attention. "What could that be?" She said, before walking over to the door. The moment she opened the door, she caught sight of several ponies rushing this way and that. She walked out into the street. "Hey excuse me." She said to a passing pony, Daisy. She ignored her. She turned to see Lily passing her. "Um, could you explain…" She didn't say anything either. The mare just ran on by. She lastly turned to see Rosebud running past. Quickly, she used her magic to stop the Earth pony. Rosebud started kicking frantically about, trying to get away. "Rosebud!" She yelled to get her attention. The mare immediately stopped and turned to look at her. This allowed Twilight to stop using her spell. "What's going on?" "I have no idea." Rosebud told her. "It happened so quickly. One thing led to another. It was a just a disaster. A horrible, horrible disaster. We're lucky nopony was hurt." "But what happened." Twilight asked. Just then, a pink foreleg wrapped around her shoulders. "Oh, you should have seen it." Pinkie Pie said, spooking Twilight a little. "It was like a big complicated domino game. You know, the one where you stack up all the dominos in patterns and…" "Get to the point, Pinkie." Twilight wasn't in the mood to deal with her hyperactive friend. "Oh, right." Pinkie Pie said. "You see there were these two grumpy pegasuses chasing after Rainbow Dash and they were going…" Pinkie ran a distance away in the blink of an eye and back again. "And then they crashed…" Pinkie moved a hoof to the ground , making a falling noise. "One of the pegasuses got hit by a cart, which was held by another pegasus, who got hit by a flying paint can, because a large stallion hit the building, while chasing a small colt." Twilight had stopped listening at this moment, as her mind drifted off. She kept thinking about those dreams. The ones she was having lately, full of strange, intimidating monsters. 'What are they?' She asked herself. 'And why do I dream about them?' "And the pegasus that got hit by the cart flew into a building," Pinkie made a crashing noise. "And then there was a scream." She screamed, which frightened Rosebud, who took off. "And then the pegasus flew out onto a cart of knives. Can you believe it? The knives flew threw the air, until they had almost hit Diamond Tiara and I was like 'Oh, no', but the little colt from earlier came and saved her and…Twilight are you listening?" The pink Earth pony finally noticed her friend's far away stare. Twilight shook her head, gathering herself. "Sorry, what were you saying?" Pinkie looked at her, concerned for her friend. "You've been acting weird lately." She said. Twilight just chuckled. "What ever do you mean?" "I mean, you seem to wonder about everywhere, but aren't really there." Pinkie Pie tried to explain. Twilight smiled nervously. "Oh, I've just been having some bad dreams." "Well then," Pinkie Pie smiled. "If that's all, why not buy a dream catcher?" "A dream catcher?" Twilight asked, not ever hearing of such a device. "Yeah," Pinkie nodded. "You put it near you when you sleep and it makes all the bad dreams go away." Twilight thought it over for a moment. "Well, that does sound nice." She yawned. "And I would love to get a good night's sleep." "Don't worry about a thing, Twilight." Pinkie told her. "I'm sure nothing could possibly…" "SURPRISE!" A voice called out from behind Twilight. Twilight screamed and jumped into the air. "That's excellent." "What's excellent?" Twilight asked. "Your screaming." Surprise told her. "You're the best screamer I ever heard and I've heard a lot of screams." "Uh, thank you." Twilight was unsure if that was a good thing, which showed up plainly on her face. "You're welcome." Surprise smiled. "Hey, do you have anymore dream catchers?" Pinkie asked her cousin. Surprise shook her head. "Nopey dopey." She responded. "I gave my last to this old mare." "Drat." Pinkie Pie said. "Why do you need one?" Surprise asked. "Are you having dreams about rock farming again?" "No." Pinkie said quickly. "Twilight is having a lot of bad dreams." "Has she tried screaming them out?" Surprise asked. "Screaming them out?" Twilight asked. "Yeah," Surprise nodded. "Sometimes, when I get scared, I just scream and then I don't feel scared anymore." "Makes sense." Pinkie nodded. "That makes sense?" Twilight asked, but shook her head. 'Pinkie, Twilight. Remember that she's Pinkie Pie.' She told herself. "So, that works." Surprise nodded. "Uh-huh. And be sure to make it a loud one. As loud as you can." "Alright, I'll give it a shot." Twilight closed her eyes. 'Okay, all I have to do is use a amplyfing spell on my voice and then that's it.' Her horn started to glow as she worked her magic. 'Wait! That sounds stupid. Maybe my sleep deprived mind isn't working as well as it ought to.' Before she could undo the spell, Pinkie Pie spoke up. "Oh, look new ponies." She said, rather excited. 'New ponies?' Twilight opened her eyes, only to be met with a pair of golden eyes. She remained still for a moment, before realizing something. 'I remember those eyes. Those are the same eyes as those monster in my dream. The ones trying to reach out and…and…' She did the first thing that came to mind. She opened her mouth and screamed. But this was no ordinary scream. Thanks to her amplification spell, her scream carried a higher, louder pitch. Everyone in town tried to cover their ears. The pegasus couldn't keep flying, so they plummeted to the ground. Twilight kept screaming for another moment, before darkness overtook her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Far off in the distance, John continued to carry Bon-Bon. She had fallen asleep on the trip to her town. The pony on his back intrigued him greatly. Just as his new body did as well. 'How can ponies talk? Didn't humans evolve in this world? And why aren't I a human?' These questions and more ran throughout his mind. Though, another thought came about as well. 'When I do make another machine and it works, what shall I do?' He asked himself. He knew he couldn't leave Gregory and that boy stuck in these bodies, but the Chimera...He had to stop the Chimera. He had brought them here and he had to stop them from destroying this world like they did his own. He watched one of the Chimera pegasi pass over head, making sure he didn't run off. 'No. I can't let them win. Not again. Even if they can talk and understand, they will go back to killing the moment I turn them back. That's all they're good for. That's all they'll ever do.' His inner ramblings were interrupted by a loud screaching noise. As if someone was screaming, but no one could scream that loud. Bon-Bon jolted up and immediatly covered her ears. "What in hay is that?" She asked. John had no idea. Whatever it was, it was affecting the Chimera ponies even worse then them. They were wreathing in pain, shaking their head, rustling about. The pegasus dropped out of the sky, using their hooves to block out the noise. His curiousity got to him, so he edged forth, until he got the end of the path and the forest. A small, colorful town lay ahead. He couldn't help but smile as he saw it. Just as soon as the sound had started, it stopped. The Chimera ponies started to get back to their feet, or rather hooves. He used this time to run into town, hoping to escape his captors. "Hey," Bon-Bon groaned as she was jostled about on his back. "What gives?" He didn't pay her any attention. 'I have to get away.' He told himself. 'I have to escape.' He continued running, until he got into town. He smiled. "I made it." "Yes, you did." A familiar voice said, right next to him. John turned his face and scowled at the unicorn beside him. The Advanced Hybrid pony just turned his head to the side, in confusion. John then looked down a their feet, to where a purple unicorn lied. "Didnt' you listen to a word I say?" He asked, looking at the creature before him with contempt. "Or are you too thick headed to think about anything other then killing?" "I did nothing to this human." The Advanced Hybrid said. "Pony." Gregory corrected him. "Whatever." The unicorn scoffed. "I don't believe you." John said, eyeing him with suspicion. 'Never trust a Chimera...I never thought I had to tell myself that.' "He's telling the truth mister." A pink pony said. "She past out after seeing Mr. Gray here." John stared at her for a moment, before nodding. "I believe you." He turned his attention back the Chimera pony. "But you have to make sure that there aren't anymore of these incidents." "I shall make sure my fighters do no such thing." The unicorn said. John eyed him for a moment, before a soft green unicorn mare ran up to them. "Bon-Bon." She called over, rushing to his side. "Are you okay?" "I'm peachy." Bon-Bon said, rolling her eyes. "You don't have to use sarcasm." The pony said. She then looked over to him. "Thank you." She smiled. "The name's Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings." "John." He answered. "Is there a hospital nearby?" "Oh, yes." Lyra looked to her friend. "Is she okay?" "She's bruised but overall fine." John said. "Overall fine?" Bon-Bon raised her voice. "A freaking mammoth pony flings me against a tree and tries to crush my head in and you say I'm 'Overall fine'?" "WHAT?" Lyra said, rather confused and upset by that piece of information. "Could you just lead the way to the hospital." John said. Lyra nodded her head and started off. He followed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Advanced Hybrid stared off as the human creature walked on. 'I will not tolerate this human giving me orders for long.' He thought. 'Soon, I will have the devine pleasure of killing them. And once I have, I shall conquer this world for the greater good.' "Hi, mistery pony." The pink pony beside him said. "I'm Pinkie Pie." She stuck out a hoof. He stared at it for a moment. "Do you plan on shooting me with that?" He asked. The pink pony laughed. "No silly." She said. "I"m not a weapon." 'That's true.' The Advanced Hybrid thought. 'These creatures don't seem capable of fighting...Good.' "Then why are you pointing at me?" "I want to shake your hoof." Pinkie Pie said. "Why?" "Because that's how somepony greets another pony." She giggled. "That sounds highly unneccesary." The Advanced Hybrid said. "Why can't you humans just interract using words?" "We do." Pinkie Pie said. "What's a human?" "You're a human." The Chimera unicorn said. "She's a pony." Gregory corrected him. "Whatever." The unicorn snapped at him, causing the former human to cringe and walk back a few paces. Pinkie just giggled. "You're wierd." She told him. "But I like that." She turned to a yellow flyer, who laid on her back. "Isn't that right?...Are you okay?" The flyer just smiled, before jumping up into the air. "That was awesome." She yelled. "Let's do it again." "We are not doing that again." The Advanced Hybrid growled. "My fighters and I can't stand this human's..." "Pony's." Gregory cut in. "Whatever." The Chimera unicorn snapped. "This pony's screams. It hurst us." "It was kind of loud, wasn't it." Pinkie Pie just smiled. The Advanced Hybrid nodded. "Tell this human..." "Pony." Gregory said. "If you say it one more time, I will kill you." The Advanced Hybrid unicorn growled. Gregory closed his mouth tight. "Tell this pony that if it screams again, I will end her." Pinkie giggled. "Yeah, sure." The Chimera unicorn nodded, not taking in her disbelief. "It's good to know you understand." Just then, two of his flyers camed out of a building. They quickly flew to Pinkie Pie. "We must have more cupcakes." "Yes, more." The other said, licking his lips greedily. "ATTENTION!" The Chimera unicorn barked. The two flyer looked at him. "What are you two doing?" "Eating cupcakes." One of them said. "A chimera...eating cupcakes." Gregory said, before laughing. "That's got to be the silliest thing I've ever heard." The two flyers became angered by this. Pinkie Pie spoke up. "There is nothing silly about eating cupcakes." "Cupakes?" The Advanced Hybrid asked. "You have been eating these cupcakes instead of reporting back to me." "Actually, we finished our task." One of the flyers said. "Yeah, we got all of our weapons and things and put them all into one big pile." The second flyer said. "Then why didn't you report back to me." The Chimera unicorn asked. "We got hungry." They said in unison. The Advanced Hybrid groaned. Hungry Chimera were difficult, to nearly impossible to command. "That leaves you no excuse...Did you see a Ravager run by?" He remembered the big oaf, ramming him to the side of the path. He growled in anger. They nodded. "We saw him, but only for a moment." One of them said. "We got into some problems during our fly by." The second one reported. "Then, in future engagement, don't get into problems during fly bys." The Advanced Hybrid scolded them. They hung their heads. "Hey, don't be mean to them." Pinkie Pie said. "Yeah, it wasn't there fault." They yellow pony said. "This big stallion came running into town chasing this smal colt." She smiled. "It was fun riding him." "Riding who?" Gregory asked. "That stallion," The yellow pony told him. "Until he hit the house." The Advanced Hybrid smiled, something he rarely ever did. "Well, it's good to here that he's fine." The yellow pony shook her head. "No." She said. "They took him to the hospital." "Hospital?" The Chimera unicorn raised an eyebrow. "What is this 'hospital' you speak of?" The two creatures before him looked to one another and then back to him. "That's where they make ponies better." The yellow pony said. "Duh." Pinkie Pie added. He gave thema blank look. "Surprise, I think this pony isn't from around here." "Really?" Surprise asked. "I would never would have guessed." She meant it. "Yeah, me too." Pinkie Pie said. She meant it too. "I wouldn't have guessed, either." Gregory put in. He didn't mean it. The Advanced Hybrid unicorn scowled at him. "Shut up." He turned back to the creatures before him. "Now, humans..." "Ponies." Pinkie Pie said. 'Will they stop that?' "Take us to this 'hospital'." "Sure thing." Pinkie Pie said, smiling brightly. "Good." The Advanced Hybrid said. "Now, lead the way human." "Pony." Surprise said. The unicorn remained silent for a moment. "WHATEVER!" He screamed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author's note: Sorry for taking so long to upload another chapter. Things have been hectic lately. Hopefully, I'll get chapter 6 out soon enough. But, we can only hope. On a side note, I'm looking for artists to draw a few scenes and characters for this story. It doesn't have to be too fancy. Maybe just a cover page or something. Send me a message or something to tell me where to find it. I would really appreciate it. Until next time, be strong, kind hearted, and remember to watch lots of humans. "PONIES!" "WHATEVER!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I own neither Resistance, or My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. Resistance is owned by Insomniac. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is owned by Hasbro studios. I do hope you enjoy this crossover of mine and if you any ideas, suggestions, or tips, please don't be afraid to contact me.