//------------------------------// // Prepartions and Parties // Story: My Little Digimon, Courage is Magic // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// A little later the digidestined had all gathered back at Twilight's library. Pinkie Pie had insisted on throwing them a party but Twilight had told her that it would have to wait, and Pinkie Pie had reluctantly agreed, she was not one to disappoint a friend's request. "I suppose you're wondering why I called you all back here?" Twilight asked. "Well duh, I mean why wouldn't we?" Davis replied. "Calm down Davish." Veemon said "I'm sure whatever reason Twilight has for bringing us back here is important." "Well in a way yes." Twilight said "Since it doesn't like you'll be able to go back to your world anytime soon I figured there's something Equestria that you must know about. You see, there are three or actually FOUR types of ponies. But chances are you'll only see three of those types." "So what are the three types?" Izzy asked "Where we come from all horses, or I guess I should say ponies, look the same." "Allow me to explain." Twilight said "The first type of ponies are unicorns, like myself and Rarity. Unicorns are identified by the horns on their head. These horns allow them to perform magic." "Magic huh?" Izzy asked "Back where we come from everyone says there's no such thing as magic." "Yes magic." Twilight said "Of the three pony types unciorns are the weakest physically, although unicorns are still fairly strong. Unicorns make up for their lack of natural strength by being able to cast magic spells. These spells have different effects and require different amounts of magical energy to cast. As a result some unicorns are more skilled than others and can cast more powerful spells. For example my friend Rarity largely uses her magic to levitate objects, and what few spells she does cast tend to require a lot of energy, so naturally Rarity doesn't use her magic for everything. I on the other hoof am much more skilled and can cast higher level spells without tiring myself out." "I see." Izzy said. "Unicorns have one weakness." Twilight said "Their horns. If at any time their horns are damaged or destoryed unicorns cannot cast any spells at all. In the event of the horn's destruction some unicorns have even died although doctors have found ways to prevent this. If the horn is only damaged it can regrow with time assuming the unicorn does not attemot to cast any spells and sustains no other injuries during the healing period. Most horns grow back in a matter of days but all depends on how serious the injury is and how powerful the magic that was involved in said injury was." "Has that ever happened to you?" Tai asked. "Well actually it didn't happen to me but it did happen to my mentor Princess Celestia once." Twilight said "But then she is an alicorn so the rules are a little different?" "Alicorns?" Agumon asked. "I'll explain those later." Twilight said "For now let's move on to the next type of pony. Earth ponies like Applejack and Pinkie Pie are physically the strongest of the three types. They do not have horns or wings, but they do contain some magic in them. This magic grants them a closer bond with the land beneath them, which makes them skilled at planting and growing crops. Earth ponies also have incredible stamina and indurance, which is thought to be at least partially related to their 'earth pony magic'." "Why exactly are they called earth ponies?" T.K. asked "Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Earth and Equestria in two different universes?" "They are, at least to my knowledge." Twilight said "And to this date no one has an explanation. It's believed that humans may have once inhabited Equestria but no traces of their civilzation have survived to prove it. And it's also thought that Equestria may have once been part of a different universe. But like with the humans theory there's no evidence to prove it." "I guess that makes sense." T.K. said "I can't imagine how Equestria and Earth could have ever coexisted without either of it's species knowing about it. Perhaps if we ever do find a way back to our universe Gennai will know something about this." "Who knows?" Patamon said "Gennai is full of surprises." "So I take it you did manage to pick up a little bit of information about our universe before you brought us here?" Yolei said. "Yes." Twilight said "But we're getting off topic here. Anyways the the third type of ponies are pegasus ponies, or pegasi like Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Physically pegasi are stronger than unicorns but weaker then earth ponies although not by much. There are two different types of pegasi. Some, like Rainbow Dash are skilled flyers and often tend to live in Cloudsdale. Others, like Fluttershy while still adept at flying are not as skillful. As such they often tend to live closer to the ground. All pegasi however have the ability to manipulate the weather around Equestria, with the exception of The Everfree Forest, which I believe is similar to your world. Anyways pegasi are capable of controling the weather but they are also capable of producing tornadoes with their wings. Each pegasus has a natural 'wing power' which is the strength of their wings when flying. This wing power allows for a pegasus to generate a tornado when they are flying fast enough. The stronger the wing power the eaiser it is to generate the tornado. The tornado in turn gains strength based on the amount of wing power that the pegasus put into creating it. Eventually most pegasi generated tornadoes die off on their own, but sometimes they won't stop until the pegasus who created the tornado stops flying. Or in some cases until a pegasus or pegasi can counter the rotation of the tornado by flying in the opposite direction it is spining. Cutting off it's rotation." "Woah that sounds pretty cool!" Biyomon said "I wish I could do that." "Be careful what you wish for Biyomon." Hawkmon said "Becasue as the old saying goes you might just get it." "It might sound cool to you." Twilight said "But for pegasi that means a lot of responsibility. The last thing any pegasus pony wants is lose control of their tornado. There have been incidents where ponies have been seriously injured as a result of out of control pegasi generated tornadoes." "What about deaths?" Ken asked. "Well you'll have to ask Rainbow Dash about that." Twilight said. "Well Rainbow Dash." Ken asked "Have there ever been any deaths as a result of a pegasus losing control of their tornado?" Rainbow Dash tenesed up at that sentence. She almost seemed unwilling to answer "U-u-um well. N-No, there have never been any sort of deaths caused by an out of control tornado that was pegasus generated." Ken didn't seem to buy it at first, Rainbow Dash gulped. Then to her relief Ken said "Well that's a relief. I guess that's one less thing we have to worry about." "Yeah." Rainbow said. "I really wish you hadn't asked though." she thought to herself "I know Applejack would be pretty mad with me but I had to lie. I don't know if these guys would be happy to know the truth. There's an urban legend about a pegasus who lost control of his tornado once and it was so strong that it almost demolished Ponyvillie. It was ulitmately stopped when the pegasus who generated it flew into the heart of said tornado and countered its rotation. But he used up all of his energy and as a result he collapsed to the ground and died immediately afterwards. It's been passed down by the workers of the weather factory. They say it serves as a reminder to be careful when generating your tornado. Supposedly the pegasus involved was Derpy's father. I'll have to speak to Derpy again and see if she knows anything. I just don't think I need to be frightening them anymore than with my usual pranks. Somehow it seems like a bad idea." "So what's the fourth type?" Kari asked "The fourth and final type of ponies are alicorns, which basically are ponies with horns and wings." Twilight said "They're not the kind of ponies you'd see on a day to a day basis but they're actually more common then you might think. Alicorns can be either be naturally born as I believe is the case with Princess Cadence. Or they can be created, either as the result of things called 'the trials', or if an alicorn passes their powers to a non-alicorn pony. I'm afraid that's about all I know about alicorns. There isn't much information available on them, much of what we know comes directly from the rulers of Equestria Princess' Celestia and Luna, who are alicorns themselves." "How can they be the rulers of Equestria and yet only be Princess'?" Izzy asked "In our universe most countries with princess' have a queen or king as ruler." "To be honest I'm not sure myself." Twilight said "You'd have to ask Celestia and Luna themselves." "And you guys can worry about that later because right now it's party time!" Pinkie Pie said. About an hour later Pinkie Pie's party was in full swing at Sugarcube Corner. The digidestined had not told anypony there, aside from the mane six (which is what their new friends had requested they be called when in a group) about digimon. At Twilight's insistance they had passed their partner digimon off as their pets. They had mentioned that they were from Earth, but nopony aside from the mane six knew what they were talking about. "I've gotta to hand it to Pinkie Pie, she sure knows how to throw a party." Tai said to Twilight, the two of them were using the party as an excuse to spend more time with each other, although neither of them really knew why. Agumon and Spike were off playing some party games, although they had been warned not to reveal Agumon's secret. "Yeah Pinkie Pie isn't the Element of Laughter for nothing." Twilight said "In fact I heard that throwing a party is how she got her cutie mark in the first place, although no one knows for sure." "Speaking of cutie marks why didn't you tell us they were important?" Tai asked "Because those three ponies over there in the corner said that a cutie mark is perhaps the most important thing to a pony besides their name." "Oh, I knew I was forgeting something." Twilight said "Cutie marks are symbols that appear on a pony's flank when they discover their true purpose in life, the thing that they are destined to do so to speak. And those three ponies over there don't have their cutie marks yet, which is why they think it's so important." "From the looks of things I'd say you know them." Tai said. "That's because I do." Twilight said "Those three ponies over there call themselves the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They consist of Apple Bloom, who is Applejack and Big Macintosh's younger sister, Sweetie Belle, who is Rarity's younger sister, and Scootaloo who has recently become Rainbow Dash's adopted little sister in a way." "What do you mean in a way?" Tai asked. "Well a few weeks ago Scootaloo convinced Rainbow Dash to go on a camping trip with her and her fellow crusaders, along with Applejack and Rarity. After that trip Rainbow Dash said she'd take Scootaloo under her wing and since then the two have been hanging out quite a lot. I must say I'm impressed, I never pegged Rainbow Dash as being good with kids." Twilight explained. "Anyone can surprise you if you never give up on them." Tai said "Trust me this is something I know all too well." The party went on for about two more hours and then just as everypony had left leaving the digidestined, thiei partner digimon, the mane six, and Spike all alone in Sugarcube Corner, it happened. Pinkie Pie's tail started twitching. "Twitcha twitch, twitcha twitch!" Pinkie Pie said. "Could someone please explain what that means?" Izzy asked. "It's part of Pinkie Pie's built in 'Pinkie Sense' which can predict certain events." Applejack explained "How does it work?" Izzy asked. "Trust me when I'h say you're better off not knowing. Twilight tried to make sense of it once and she nearly drove herself insane." Applejack explained "Well what does a twitchy tail mean?" Gabumon asked. "It means that something's going to fall." Pinkie Pie said "Last time it went off you all crash landed here." "And I suppose now would be a bad time to point out that my crest is glowing?" Kari said. "But then that can only mean one thing." Izzy said "Unless something else is about to come falling down, a portal is about to open, and someone or something related to the powers of darkness is going to emerge from it." "Look outside!" Rainbow Dash shouted. Everyone did so and what they saw nearly blew their minds. There was a gaint violet portal, similar to the one that Twilight had created as part of her transunviersal teleportation spell, which had brought the digidestined to Equetria. Suddenly something shot out of it, only this time no one could get a good look at it because it was moving so fast. "It looks like it's going to hit the center of town!" Twilight said. She and her friends along with the digidestined and their partner digimon quickly wasted no time in rushing to that spot. They knew they wouldn't get there in time. "Uh-oh, incoming!" Davis shouted. "HIT THE DECK!" Tai bellowed at the top of his lungs. Everyone did so just in time. A moment later there was a loud crash, when the digidestined and their partner digimon looked up they couldn't see anything. A thick cloud of smoke caused by the impact obscured their vision, and this held true for the mane six and Spike. "What happened?" T.K. asked. "I don't know." Izzy said "I can't see anything." "Well, well, long time no see digidestined!" A voice called out. "I apologize for my crude entry. Hardly fiting for a creature like me." T.K. knew at once who that was. "Oh no! Please tell me that's not who I think it is!" he said his voice a mix of anger and annoyance. The smoke cleared. Standing there was a creature that appeared to be like a devil. "I am Devimon! The once proud ruler of File Island! I'm back baby!"