(To be)Edited
By
Blazikenking
Sorry for the wait I have been trying to write this one different but I just let time and ideas work their way out.
~Toa Coy~
Chapter 10: Epoxidation and set up
The twelve mares were at the Apple family home where everypony was wondering who it was that attacked the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Artemis, Celestia in particular.
“Luna, what attacked these young fillies?” Celestia asked glaring at her sister.
Apple Jack was giving her sister an ice pack for her head; Rarity doing the same for her sister's back. Scootaloo was the only one who wasn't experiencing physical pain, she and Rainbow Dash were outside at that moment. With a heavy sigh Luna began to explain about what happened last night and what happened at the cursaders's club house.
Meanwhile Rainbow Dash was trying to calm Scootaloo down since she was going from wanting to cry but also go and kick Icarax's flank for what he had done to her parents and the pain that she had gone through.
“Scoots, I understand that your upset about what happened.” Dash said trying to comfort the young pegasus.
“No you don't, that monster outright said that he enjoyed the screams of my parents burning to death. It took away my family, my home...my life.” Scootaloo yelled at first but then broke down crying.
Rainbow Dash was in one of the more uncomfortable moments of her life, while Scootaloo did look up to her as a role mold Dash felt more like a parent. Granted Dash never wanted to have a child until after she had been a part of the wonder bolts for a while, but that night was one that made her change her mind and lead to Scootaloo living a dream the filly had since her darkest time. All Dash could do was hold the filly close to her while Scootaloo sob.
Inside of house, Luna was getting a glare for her sister and also wrap her wing around Artemis.
“Luna, why did you not tell me about this earlier?” Celestia said with her glare increasing on her sister and niece.
A blinding white light suddenly appeared out of nowhere, once the light dimmed everypony saw that it was a large oval on the wall. In it was the familiar golden armored stallion alicorn to Twilight, Artemis, and Luna.
“I believe that I might have been my fault.” Mata Nui said from the oval.
Aside from the three that have seen him, everypony had a shocked look on their faces be for the fact that it was another alicorn or that he was able to appear like he did, Apple Jack was a little miffed that there was now a hole in her family's house. Rainbow and Scootaloo came in just then and were slacked jawed at the sight of the alicorn.
“You sure know how to make an entrance, uncle.” Artemis said with a bow and a slight giggle.
Mata Nui was about to speak but the look on Celestia face quid him in that only three ponies knew of him, so he stayed quiet.
“Who are you and how do you know Artemis exactly?” She said giving Artemis the evil eye.
“I am known as Mata Nui; an ex-ruler now just a being that watches over his people even after he is no longer in the world.” Mata Nui said. “As for Artemis; she, her mother, and your element of magic were summoned to my room to warn them of my brother.”
“So why have you not warn us earlier?” Celestia said.
“I exist outside of time so it was hard to know what was going on given that I have no frame of reference.” Mata Nui replied.
“Wait then how are you talking to us now going off the theory that if you exist outside of time then you should know what will happen in the future to some degree.” Twilight interjected into the conversation.
“As I said it difficult to tell how much time has passed, although the multiverse is another subject.” Mata Nui replied to Twilight.
“You should know what is happening since events tend to repeat themselves.” Celestia said not breaking step of figuring out the other alicorn.
“Yes some would say so but the ones closest to ours is up in the air and this is was far different then the source universe to my people since my counterpart was giant compared to me being just a little taller then you princess.” Mata Nui replied.
“What do you mean by source universe for your people?” Celestia said with a little of bit of adherence.
“About a hundred thousand years ago, several beings came to this world from some place else, given my time they have learned that they were called The Great Beings. They were called this because of their abilities to create any thing they want no matter how difficult. They came to my homeland to improve the failure that they had back on there home world. As an early test they gave members of my family the power to control light. After seeing how certain pony types lived they divided the remaining fourteen powers, or elements as my people called them, among the earth, pegasus, and unicorn.”
“Do you mean like the Elements of Harmony?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“These elements were from nature such as lighting, air, fire, etc instead of yours which are more moral and friendship based powers.” Mata Nui replied. “Also over time the elements began to became color based on there elements as well as masks that replaced our cutie marks. These mask gave ponies powers that may have once been executive to one type of pony such as flight for an earth pony or animal control for a pegasus.”
“Those masks seem to be unique, so how many types of mask are there?” Rarity asked.
“To my knowledge there are only fifty-four common masks .” Mata Nui said trying to remember all of them. “The last time I checked there were about thousand ponies in my homeland granted that has not factored in any new members of my people.”
“What do you mean by that?” Luna asked speaking for the first time since Mata Nui arrived.
“The masks allow normal ponies to live as long as an alicorn with there being a three stage system of growth. Powerless masks for 'young' ponies known as Matoran, great masks for 'adult' ponies known as Toa, and nobler masks for 'elder' ponies known as Turaga. To my knowledge there are a few other types of masks but we are getting off topic at hand. From what I heard before I appeared here there was a pegasus with holes in him.”
“That's true,” Luna said with a nod then spoke with a tone that made Mata Nui advert his eyes. “I would like to discuss why you eavesdropping on us later, can you tell us anything about these demons?”
“They are...”
“Excuse me,” Pinkie said as everypony looked at her. “but can we do the boring expropriation for the next section because so far we are half way through page three.”
Now while this would be weird even by pinkie pie standers then they saw the apple's kitchen. It was decked out in streamers, balloons and other party favors; the thing was none of them heard a party cannon go off.
“Pinkie how did you do this?” Twilight asked. “Last time you had to plan it out in two days to do something like this.”
“I got this done a few days to plan and I had to store it since the writer ran out of time so I put this up now since the action will began soon.”
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Takua awoke to the sound of crunching of ice and snow fell. He was barely awake when the ground fell out from under him and Matoro. The tunnel that they were now in seemed too perfect to be natural, but neither of them thought of that. They were just trying to survive the fall. The ice seemed to form a slide that lead to a tube.
“Matoro what happen?” Takua said as he road his bed down the ice.
“I don't know the ice was fine last night to my knowledge this was never here.” Matoro said as the two picked up speed and flip upside down on a loop. Several banks and turns later both of them wondered why they were so freaked out when they were on a slide then they they saw the sign. 'Thank you for choosing Kopeke's ice slides carvings available at the bottom.'
“I didn't know Kopeke ran a place like this.” Takua said with a confused tone.
“He only does this during the summer since we have terrible storms in the winter.” Matoro said recalling how his friend's talk on his business.
“So is he still here or in Ko-koro?”
“Probably at his house near Ta-Wahi.” Matoro replied.
“So how much longer until we get to the stone.” Takua asked remembering that he still needed this and the Le-koro stone then back home for what to do next.
“We should be close it is guarded by a puzzle that only one of us could know.”
Walking passed an ice made stand they turned to a wall with the Matoran virtues on it. The outside parts of the symbol was two arches that were broke into two smaller arches each, the center had three circles; one larger then the other two. Unity, Duty, Destiny; These words rang in Takua's mind. The words said to be the guide to life that Mata Nui wanted everypony to live by. On the wall was writing; “Those who seek this stone, know if you fail you are bone.” Takua wondered what it meant.
“Turaga Nuju has a dark sense of humor at times.” Matoro said shaking his head at the writing.
“What do you mean?” Takua asked still confused about the writing.
“Once you enter this area if you fail anything in there then your locked in there until another goes in after you and since it resets every time somepony enters it maybe some time before you get help.”
With a gulp and a sweat drop Takua spoke, “That all?”
“Aside from the puzzles in there, no.” Matoro replied with that he lite his horn in an icy blue aura.
The door split in half and moved to the sides, beyond the door was darkness. It was a good few minutes before he set a hoof into the chamber.
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In the frozen north Icarax was flying around thinking of how he could not only rid himself of any that dared stand in his master's plan or his own, plus he really wanted to use his mask of scavenging on that princess after making her suffer. The thought made him smile, just then he saw a shine of metal.
“I wonder why there would be metal in the middle of this Ko-wahi gone wild.” Icarax thought to himself as he flew down to it.
Once there he noticed something black and red laying next to it. When Icarax lend down to see it better a spark of shadow jumped from his nose to the black and red and it began to that shape. Icarax watched, with mild interest, as the shadows began to twist and turn into a pony's shape. In front of the order member stood a gray unicorn stallion with a black mane and a horn like the unicorns in the order with the tip being red and going down to black. Then Icarax saw his eyes, the red irse and green sclera with violet coming from them. There was something in them that made Icarax grin. For a good moment both beings said nothing just staring at the other, each sizing other up. Then the unicorn used his magic to pin the pegasus to the ground, while this didn't concern Icarax it did annoy him.
“I would like to thank you for resurrecting me, but since you are the only one who knows that I'm alive then you must die.” the unicorn said as dark magic formed around his horn.
“Ya...That's not going to happen.” Icarax said as he turned into a shadow and slipped out of the magic. He reformed behind the stallion and used his shadows to sink the unicorn into the ground. “It seems the shoe is on the other hoof.”
“How did you do this?” The stallion said surprised and struggling to free himself.
“Please,” Icarax said rolling his eyes. “any shadow user can get out of that.”
“You sure.” the unicorn said as he disappeared into the ground and a crystal grew in his place.
Icarax flew up to dodge the crystals that began to jet at him from the ground. The black jaded crystals tried to cut him, Icarax followed the unicorn's shadow movement to know where the crystals were going to be.
“Is this the best you can do.” Icarax said as he used his shadows to split a large crystal in half.
Just then dark magic formed around Icarax's wings causing him to fall down, as he fell walls of crystals grew around him. When he hit the ground the crystal formed an inclosed crystal prison. Icarax wear an angry look as the unicorn appeared in the prison from one of the walls.
“You have put up a good fight but you won't stop my plans.” the unicorn said as dark magic held around his horn.
“Do you know how cliche that sound what happen when you were defeated last time yell no as you were disintegrated?” Icarax said as his eye turned full crimson and a blast of shadow shattered the prison.
The unicorn was a gasped at how this pegasus just broke a good foot of crystal like it was a twig. Icarax eyes dimmed as he floated in the air.
“You have a great use to me and my own plan. I was sent here after fighting Princess Luna...”
The unicorn's eyes grew in anger at the mention of the royal family name and crystal grew around him cracking with dark magic.
“I take it as a yes.” Icarax said as he smiled. “So what is your name?”
“Sombra” was all the unicorn replied.
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Takua listen as the ice blocks closed behind him, darkness was all around him all the illuminated his path was his red magic aura. He walked forward to the first wall in it was notches for blocks that laid before it. Each carved with an elemental symbol on it. All fifteen of them laid waiting to be placed in the wall.
“Okay I need to remember which element came before which.” Takua said as he looked at the blocks.
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This was on par for a Pinkie party, given that it was done in the time span that could be consider impossible if it weren't pinkie. Mata Nui wanted to question why they were celebration when a treat loomed over them. Then Pinkie came over to him.
“Hi Matay what's with the long face.” Pinkie said with a giggle.
“How can you and the others be celebrating when dangers are close at hoof.” Mata Nui said in a somber tone.
“Some times when you know that danger is on the horizon it is best to have some laughs and fun before you have to deal with it.” Pinkie replied in a serious tone.
“I don't understand?” Mata Nui said confused.
“To give an example, in the writer's universe there is a show called M.A.S.H which is how a mobile army surgical hospital deals with the wounded that came in. At times the place was a mad house where every thing was going wrong yet they have a laugh. The main character is the best in surgery he is straight forward and can save a life. Outside of surgery he drinks and plays jokes, people call him crazy but he is having the best time he can given what and where he is.” Pinkie said still having a serious tone.
“What is this writer you keep talking about?” Mata Nui said changing the subject but took the words to heart.
“You said that you exist beyond time and space and can see a mutiverse and the source universe for both you and us. Those are the originals that inspired the writer to create this place base on both your source and our's. The readers might thing that I'm being out of character for saying this but if they think about it does the original Pinkie Pie know what I know.” Pinkie said explaining herself.
“So the writer could tell us how to defeat my brother.” Mata Nui said with a bit of hope in his voice.
“Not really the writer is going of what is going on in his head and I can interact with him but outside the story and any ideas that I see out there is blanked out like _________________. See I can't say it.” Pinkie said hopping around Mata Nui.
“So that is what you were talking about for having your party being pushed back.”
“Ya and this all being his second time writing this.” Pinkie said pulling out of a tray of cookies. “Would you like a cookie?”
“I never had a cookie before and to my knowledge none of my people have parties like this.” Mata Nui said teleporting a cookie into his prison. After chewing a bit Mata Nui's face lite up from the delight of how light and fluffy the cookie was and the flavor of it was so rich that he stayed quiet.
While the party was in full swing a shadow descended from the air. It was in equestrian night guard armor that was heavily given it's station up near the Crystal Empire. In it's mouth was a scroll that would spoil the evening for everypony.