//------------------------------// // Revelations Near and Far // Story: My Little Pony: Wizard of Hope // by darkmagician41 //------------------------------// My Little Pony: Wizard of Hope Chapter 4 Revelations Near and Far Eric groaned as he slowly sat up from lying on the cold floor of the castle. He didn’t really know what happened after he pulled the trigger and released what could only be called a rainbow colored wave motion gun then bright lights before darkness. As he sat up, he felt something in his unarmored hand and looked to see the sword his Connect Ring had summoned shining softly in the moonlight. “Ugh, my head,” the mage heard Rainbow Dash groan behind him and looked to see all of his friends on the floor, slowly getting up. “Every-pony okay?” Applejack asked as she looked around until they all heard Rarity shout in shock and relief. “Oh Thank Goodness!!!” Everyone looked to see the fashionista all but admiring her regrown tail with sparkles in her eyes. “Why Rarity,” Fluttershy commented softly, “It’s so lovely.” “I know,” the white unicorn mare replied as she almost worshiped her newly regrown tail, “I will never part with it again!” The shy Pegasus just shook her head, “No, your necklace…It looks just like your Cutie Mark.” Rarity looked down at her neck and saw that she indeed did have a new accessory, and was not the only one with it, “So does yours.” Fluttershy gasped with a happy shock at her new necklace with the coral pink butterfly twinkling in the moonlight. All the other girls commented on their new necklaces while Twilight just smiled happily at the tiara gracing her head. Then Rainbow Dash looked over at a standing Eric and saw the sword in his hand. “Cool sword Eric!” she commented causing the others to look at the strange blade. “I hope I get to keep it,” The human replied with a smile as he held the blade up to the moonlight, “It was able to hold up against that supercharged Strike Attack.” A few seconds later Twilight gasped as she looked at the platform that Nightmare Moon once stood on. There, lying in the middle of the platform was the Alicorn mare Rainbow Dash and Eric saw. Everyone/pony quickly ran to the fallen princess with Eric sliding his new sword it his old sheath by habit. The human was the first one there as he slid on his knees to a stop near the mare and gently placed her head on his lap. “Is she alright?” Applejack asked as the rest of them quickly gathered around the Alicorn and Rider as Fluttershy and Twilight began to look her over for any injuries. After a few minutes, Fluttershy looked up with a small smile, “She’s just fine; probably exhausted from having that thing possessing her.” “The Princess’ Mana is slowly charging as well,” Twilight added as she used one of the few spells she knew to check for such a thing. “She’s going to be okay,” She finished with a wide smile on her face. The others breathed a sigh of relief –especially Eric- before Applejack decided to take the initiative. “Twilight, Ah want to apologize. Ah thought you were spouting a lot a hooey when we came to help you and Eric. But Ah reckon we really do represent the Elements of Friendship.” A second later a light begin to shine for the eastern windows as a familiar voice said, “Indeed you do.” The next thing the heroes knew, the sun suddenly began to rise up into the sky then a white orb broke off and slowly floated into the tower before dissipating. As it did, Princess Celestia revealed herself in all her glory, her wings opened wide with her mane and tail floating in an unseen breeze while a small smile graced her lips. All the ponies there bowed to the Princess with Eric doing the same –the best he could with the Moon Princess’ head on his lap- except for Twilight. Her misty eyes were wide as she saw her mentor standing in front of her alive and well. “Princess Celestia!” she softly said trotting up to the Princess. “Twilight Sparkle,” the Princess replied back, her own eyes a little misty as she gave her student an equestrian hug, “My faithful student, I knew you could do it.” Twilight slowly stepped back from the princess as her eyes went from misty to watery as she asked the question that had been burning in her mind and heart since she received Celestia’s letter not two days ago, “Why Princess? Why did you not believe me when I told you that Nightmare Moon was returning and that it was all an old pony’s tale?” “I did not say that,” the Princess replied –confirming Eric’s suspicions when he heard about the same letter Twilight was talking about- “I told you that you needed to make some friends; nothing more.” She looked up at Twilight’s new friends –who slowly stood up bar Eric himself- as she continued, “I too saw the signs of Nightmare Moon return and I knew that it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart.” She then looked at Eric, or rather the sword on his back, “What I did not expect was for You, Eric, to pull out my brother’s sword UniTenKo from its resting place, and awaken the Seventh Element of Harmony.” Eric just smiled back as he responded with, “That’s the deal with us Kamen Riders Ojou-sama; we kick reason to the curb and pull off the impossible, even go beyond it at times.” “Indeed you do,” Celestia said with a smile and slightly watery eyes, “And I am ever grateful that you helped my student free Princess Luna from her inner darkness.” All the heroes cringed when she said that as Twilight spoke up, “It’s a bit more complicated than that Princess Celestia.” One of Celestia’ eyebrows rose as she heard that before both of them ascended and her eyes widen when she heard why Princess Luna become the monster she was forced to become. “I never knew,” She said softly as tears formed in her eyes, “An Alicorn’s magic is very receptive to their emotions -more so than a Unicorn's- and I always thought that her sadness towards Our Little Ponies’ reluctance to the night had turned into anger and jealousy. I was right about her sadness; but not about why she had turned into Nightmare Moon.” With a lonely sigh she added, “I have much apologizing to do.” “No sister,” a voice said from Eric’s lap, “You do not.” Everyone looked towards the Rider who looked down to see the Moon Princess, Luna, slowly trying to get up on her feet. “Our sadness did turn into anger but we never wanted to harm our subjects. It was only because of the Horror that we did turn against thee.” Tears started to appear in Luna’s eyes as she continued on forward, “We watched as the Horror turned our wish for our subjects to appreciate the night into a Nightmare of an eternal darkness with more of its kind ready to appear and feast on the souls of our subjects and the lands beyond.” Turning to Eric –who stood up while staying ready to help the still recovering Moon Princess- Luna continued on, “It was only thanks to thy knowledge of the Horror’s enemies, the Makai Knights, that thou was about to look beyond the façade it had placed over itself and see the truth in the darkness.” “It was not a problem at all Luna-Ojou-sama,” Eric replied with a smile and a wave of his hand, “I was happy to help free you from the Horror’s grasp.” Celestia stepped forward –prompting Eric to take a few steps back- as she did what she always wanted to do for a thousand years and nuzzled her sister, “Despite that Luna, I still want to forgive you for thinking that your own darkness had taken over all these years.” Luna smiled, tears in her eyes as she replied with, “Only if thou forgives me sister,” and gave Celestia a long awaited hug which the older Alicorn gladly returned. Everyone watching smiled brightly as they saw this long awaited reunion until a disturbing question suddenly appeared in Eric’s mind causing his smile to turn into a frown. “I hate to break up the beautiful reunion,” he started as everyone turned to him, “but there’s something I want to know… Why did a Horror appear on this world? They should have only been confined to the Shin Makai and the worlds that the Makai Knights and Priests live in.” That too worried the other ponies until a voice –very familiar to Eric- spoke to them in a Japanese accent, “I can answer that question for you Kamen Rider Wizard.” A second later a silver watery veil appeared on one side of the hall confusing the ponies while Eric’s eyes went wide with shock. “A Dimensional Veil!!!” Suddenly the veil swept back taking all of the ponies and Equestria’s first Kamen Rider to another world. ??? In a dusty canyon that looked like it had seen hell, the Dimensional Veil that had grabbed Equestria’s heroes and Alicorn princesses reappeared depositing them onto the dirt. “Is every-pony Okay?” Applejack asked for the second time that day as all the ponies groaned from the rough ride. “We are okay,” Luna replied as she got up thanks to Celestia. “Same here,” Rainbow Dash replied before turning to the only non-pony in the group, “That about you Eric? Eric???” Every-pony looked to see him in shock as he stared at the pock marked ground in shock. He was unresponsive to any their inquiries as his mind tried to process where they were. Finally Twilight asked the question that kick started the Rider’s brain, “Where are we?” “I think I know where we are,” Eric replied after shaking his head with sweat still rolling down his forehead, “I wish we weren’t here.” Celestia stepped up beside Eric and wrapped a wing around his body to hopefully calm him down as she asked, “do you know where we are?” It was such a simple question that the Sun Princess was not ready for Eric’s answer, “The World of the Rider War.” The Ponyville ponies gasped as they heard that while the Princesses and Twilight were confused and concerned. Never the less Eric continued on as his mind tried to process what he was seeing. “Over twenty two different worlds were forcefully fused together by the evil Dai Shocker with the heroes of each world made to fight each other to the death.” That startled the three ponies that did not know as the Rider continued on. “Dai Shocker’s own monsters joined in the fray confusing the Riders further until one Rider stood up from the rest and defeated both sides of the war; Kamen Rider and Kaijin then sacrificed himself to separate the worlds once again, resurrecting the Riders and allowed Dai Shocker to be defeated permanently.” A second later the same voice that preceded the groups transportation sounded once again, “A slightly off version of my story; but true nonetheless.” Eric quickly whipped around to the voice as his eyes widen in shock before hardening as a figure slowly walked up to him and his friends. It was a human slightly taller than Eric with short auburn hair, almond shaped black eyes, and a confident smirk on his face. He wore a crimson sweater with a black trench coat over it, black pants, and shoes with a magenta colored camera hanging from his neck. Without warning Eric quickly stepped in front of his pony friends summoning his driver as he did so, “So I was right. It was you who sent me to Equestria; Tsukasa Kadoya!” “Do you know this human?” Celestia asked as every Ponyville pony got into a fighting stance. “I do,” Eric replied as he readied his Flame Ring for a quick transformation, “He is Kamen Rider Decade, Destroyer and Creator of Worlds!” At that, Celestia also began to ready herself for combat as Tsukasa stopped a few yards away from them. “Ma, Ma,” He said with his usual smirk, “I’m not here to fight you or your friends Wizard.” He then reached behind his back pulling out a white and silver device that looked faintly like a camera along with a strange white and black book, both of which Eric identified as the DecaDriver and the Ride Booker. Then he did something that startled everyone; tossing them to Eric who fumbled them a bit before Celestia took them into her psychic grip. Eric looked at Tsukasa weirdly as he asked, “Why did you do that Senpai?” The older Rider just shrugged as he said, “Maybe I wanted to show you that I mean no harm?” Before the younger Rider could reply back, Celestia took the reins –figuratively of course, “Why did you send Eric to our world Mr. Kadoya; away from his family and friends?” Pale could be the only description that fit Eric’s face while Tsukasa’s turned stormy, “If you are talking about those animals that would gleefully beat and abuse their own flesh and blood because of their own mistake he was not even partly responsible for while making him into a slave for their own greedy desires; then yes I gladly would.” Eric tried his best to glare at the elder Rider for revealing what he did; but the gasps of shock and horror was a bit more of a priority for him. “Is he right Eric?” Fluttershy asked taking the initiative despite her shyness. A tentative and hesitant nod was her answer which was quickly replied with a variety of faces from the ponies. Both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were utterly crushed by the reason why Eric had those marks on his back. Even the party pony’s ever-curly mane was osculating and threatening to lose its bounce. Applejack, Rainbow Dash and surprisingly Rarity all had stormy looks of rage on their faces as they too reached the same conclusion but also added in why Eric would sometimes cringe when certain things came up as well as so willing to work for very little at times. All three were thinking of things they would say/do to the monsters if they ever met them. Celestia and Luna were also beyond angry at what they heard with the youngest sister even more so since Eric helped save her from the Horror’s grasp. Both were wishing that they could ‘talk’ with Eric’s parents about their actions towards the young hero. The only one not sad or angry was Twilight who had a look of concern on her face and decided to do something. She slowly walked up to Eric –who was trying not to look at anyone at the moment-, rose up on her hind legs, and gave the young Rider what he needed at that moment…A hug. It was something that was totally unlike her but for the moment –and thanks to the last strange few hours- she was willing to roll the dice -so to speak. Eric’s went wide with shock before they started to water she he wrapped his arms around the pony and just hugged her. A few seconds later, the rest of his friends gathered around him and joined in on the hug. Their warmth –of figuratively and spiritually- started a long needed healing of the young Rider’s damaged heart. After a while Tsukasa cleared his throat bringing everyone’s attention back to him, “Anyways, I believe you were wondering why a Horror appeared in your world, correct?” Seeing all the nods he continued on, “Well have you ever heard of the Super Hero Wars of Japan Eric?” The younger Rider thought for a second before snapping his fingers, “That the war where both Kamen Riders and Super Sentai fought each other thanks to the two resurrected super villain groups -Dai-Shocker and Dai-Zangyaku- worked together behind the scene to destroy both sides with you and Captain Marvelous of the Kaizou Sentai Gokaigers pretending to turn traitor only to turn the tide back on the two groups of villains in the end.” “Super what?” Rainbow Dash asked with a lot of confusion on her face which was reflected on the other ponies faces. “Super Sentai;” Eric explained, “Are thirty six teams consisting of around five members each which fight organizations and armies like the Kamen Riders but they focus more on teamwork while Rider focus on the saying ‘one person can make a difference’.” He explained a bit more about the Super Sentai to help clear things up more –mainly talking about the two latest teams- before he began to make a connection that Tsukasa had hinted on. “Are you telling me that the remnants of both super villain groups are starting to come into Equestria?!?!” “Yes,” Tsukasa admitted causing the ponies to gasp in shock, “When the Kamen Riders and Super Sentai fought the revived Dai-Shocker and Dai-Zangyaku, we had unfortunately missed a few members of each side in the initial conflict. While we have found and defeated a few of them many more had escaped into Equestria or the worlds and countries near it.” "Then why bring Eric to Equestria?" Applejack had to asked, "I can understand wanting to help him get away from those monsters that I would stomp like I was making mash for cider if I met them." To emphasis this she stomped on the ground actually making a small crater with her astounding strength which had Tsukasa sweat-dropping as he mentally swore never to piss her off without his Decade armor on; hell, maybe not even then. "Plus he has the heart and courage to actually face down those monsters without a care to his own well being," Rarity added thought a bit reluctantly on the last part, "So why did you bring him to our world?" "While those were factors in choosing him," Tsukasa admitted after he mentally shook himself out of his stupor, "They were only minor factors compared to the main reason; his knowledge in all things Tokusatsu." "Huh?" Tsukasa turned to Eric as he began to explain, "While any Kamen Rider and Super Sentai worth their salt -as you American's put it- know pretty much everything there is to know about their own individual enemies; we know little about those outside of our gallery of rogues and even less to none for the enemies the other Heroes in Japan face." "You mean like the Horror that took over Luna Ojou-sama?" Eric asked as he thought about some of the other creatures, other Tokusatsu Heroes had faced and shivered a bit. "Exactly," the Elder Rider confirmed, "thanks to the Super Hero Wars, the multiverse had been revealed to all kinds of monsters. While we can take care of many that try to come to Equestria; there are some that still make it through. We needed someone 'on the inside' to handle the threats as they come without harming any innocent people...or ponies in this case." "Are you saying we cannot protect our own world, Mr. Kadoya?" Celestia asked with a slight glare. "You didn't even know your own sister was possessed by a Horror and thought that her magic was the one to transform her," Tsukasa replied smugly making the elder Princess winch while her subjects and little sister glared at him. Ignoring the glares with practiced ease, the Decade Rider continued on, "While your magic may be powerful, There are just some monsters immune to such magic's, like the Phantom inside Eric." The newest Rider gasped in shock as he heard that, "You're kidding right?" "Phantom?" Pinkie asked a bit confused, "is that like a ghosty or something like that?" "No," Tsukasa denied, "A phantom is a monster of despair that is born from a gate -a person with great magical power hidden inside them. When a gate falls into deep despair a phantom is born from within their hearts, killing the gate and taking over their lives. Eric's own heart also gave birth to a Phantom thanks to his parents. The ponies gasped when they heard that and Twilight quickly asked, "Is there anyway to save Eric from the Phantom." which all of the ponies there including the princesses nodded in agreement. All of the were ready to do anything to save their friend even if he was a new to two of them. that included using the Elements to purify him of the monster while helping him keep his new powers if possible. "There's no need to worry," the Dimension traveling Rider replied, "Somehow, Eric still had a small ray of hope in his heart when the car he was in crashed. When I summoned him to Equestria during the accident; the magic of this world and the hope in his heart pushed back the phantom, giving him the power of Kamen Rider Wizard. Not what we were going for but it worked out all the same." "So...He's not going to die" Fluttershy asked her usual shyness pushed back for the moment as she worried about her friend. When Tsukasa shook his head no; Eric was suddenly was in the middle of a group tackle hug as his Ponyville friends Happily hugged him with Twilight also in the mix surprising Celestia. After a while everyone calmed down as Tsukasa reached behind his back and pulled out two suitcases -one smaller than the other- which he handed to Eric. "What are these?" he asked taking the cases before placing bigger case to the side and opening the other. His jaw dropped when he saw eight Wizard Rings nestled into the plush lining of the case. He instantly recognized six of the eight as PlaMonster Rings -though he only knew of three of them; Garuda, Kraken, and Unicorn- while the other three rings were spell rings -one which he knew. One of the rings reminded him of the DragoRise Ring that was next to it but with a strange armored samurai rising from the ground with a roar instead of a dragon. The other ring Eric had no clue about since the only thing that hinted what it was... an emblem of a silver key. Rainbow Dash flew up to Eric's side and looked inside the case, "What are those?" "These six Right here," Eric explained, "Are PlaMonster rings; they are the familiars a Ring Mage uses to find Phantoms and other things while the dragon ring allows me to summon my Phantom under certain conditions. But I'm not too sure about other the spell rings." "Those two are sealed at the moment," Tsukasa explained, "But they will come in handy later. Also those extra PlaMonsters are from the White Wizard." "White Wizard?" Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow. "You could say he's my elder when it comes to Ring Mage Magic Celestia Ojou-sama." Eric explained as he took the three new PlaMonster rings out, closed the case, and placed the first of the new rings one after he set the case down. Than with a deep breath, scanned the ring. =Kitsune, Please! = As the ring went to work; a burnt orange tray of plastic model pieces appeared in front of Eric before the pieces separated themselves from the tray and began to arrange themselves into a model of a nine tailed fox with a silver body and feet. With a shaking hand, Eric took off the Kitsune Ring and placed it -band first- into a slot on the front of the fox's body. Once the ring was placed, the tray vanished as the model soon came to life and landed cat like on the ground. "Awe, how cute!" Fluttershy squealed along with the other girls -minus Rainbow Dash who just cried out how awesome it was- as the little plastic fox yipped happily, bouncing around the hooves of the ponies. Eric smiled brightly as he looked at the PlaMonster playing with Pinkie -who got ahold of the kitsune and was playing keep away with the other ponies while cuddling it- before looking at the other two PlaMonster Rings. One of them was shaped like a dark blue Hydra but with a snake's body and wings on it's back while the second ring was a violet bird that reminded Eric of the Phoenix on Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDol's chest. "What's in the other case?" Pinkie asked as she somehow teleported to the unopened case -giving Kitsune to Fluttershy somehow- and did just that. Inside were six uncut gems nestled inside the case's lining; all of them orange. "Just some Magic Stones that you may not find on Equestria," Tsukasa replied with an uncaring shrug as Celestia and Twilight stared at the rare magic filled stones in shock. "Now if you give me back my Driver and Ride Booker, I'll send all of you back to Equestria." "Um, Senpai," Eric interrupted Tsukasa shyly, "Do you think once everything is done with in Equestria or at least calmed down some with the Kaijin, we can have a spar?" Tsukasa blinked a few times in shock before smirking. "Well this is a first, " he said as Celestia gave him back his items, "Maybe once you reach your full potential -not just as a Kamen Rider but also as an Element of Harmony- then we'll see." With that he re-summoned the dimensional Veil which all the ponies walked into along with Eric -who was more than a bit ecstatic with the future spar with one of his favorite Riders. Except for Celestia who stopped just before the Veil and turned to Tsukasa. "While I am thankful that you want to protect My Little Ponies from threats outside our world," the Solar Princess said with a smile before quickly turned into an icy power filled glare, "Please refrain from kidnapping anyone, especially my subjects; unless you want a 1,000 year trip to the moon." And with that she walked through living a sweating Tsukasa who mentally swore never to do that before creating his own way home. Equestria Back in Equestria; Eric, his friends, and the two Princesses found themselves back in the Ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters where Luna's Horror filled nightmare finally ended. As everyone/pony talked about what they had just learned -with the Ponyville ponies a bit skitty talking with the princesses- until Pinkie gasped. "I just remembered something!!!" she shouted getting everyone's attention, "there is still one very important thing to do. Celebrate Princess Luna's freedom from the Horror and that calls FOR A PARTY!!!" "Indeed," Celestia replied with a smile, "Shall we head back to Ponyville?" "I think Pinkie's already ahead of you," Eric replied with a smirk as everyone turned to where Pinkie was, only to see a cloud of pink smoke in her place which slowly dissipated to reveal that she was already gone. Twilight's jaw was on the ground in shock as she asked while absently following everyone out of the castle, "How did she do that?!?!" "Pinkie and the laws of physics don't really like each other," Eric explained with a shaky smile which just confused the unicorn mare until they reached the front of the castle and pushed her questions to the side. Outside the castle, three carriages pulled by two armored Pegasi each stood with two of them normal carriages for Eric and his friends to ride in while the last one was opened to allow both Princesses to stand and present themselves. Soon as everyone piled into the carriages, the Pegasi took off while Eric and his month old friends all happily talked about what happened last night with Twilight also entering the conversation willingly. A few minutes later, the carriages landed and revealed that Pinkie had easily reached Ponyville first and gotten everything ready in her usual record time. All the ponies in the town had gathered close to the Evergreen forest where a happy Spike tried to tackle hug Twilight as she got out of the carriage. As the Princesses climbed down from their carriage, everyone/pony bowed down to them. Celestia took it in with a smile as she usually did; but Luna was still sad about what the Horror did while in possession of her body. Thankfully Pinkie had -somehow- already told all the ponies in town what really happened to Luna and to the Moon Princess' shock found two little Pegasi foals placing a large ring of flowers around her neck. Luna was in shock at the ponies forgiving her for what happened -despite the whole mess not being her fault- and could not stop the wide tear filled smile that slowly formed on her face. After a quick speech from Princess Celestia acknowledging what happened -and a few other things- the party got underway. The ponies and Eric happily ate, drank, and talked as they celebrated both the longest day of the year and the return/release of Princess Luna. As the day wore on and the party slowly wine down, Twilight started to realize something that saddened her. "Why so glum My Faithful Student," Princess Celestia asked as she saw Twilight's gloomy face, "Aren't you happy your quest is complete and you can return to your studies in Canterlot?" "That's just it,” Twilight quickly replied as the gravity of the situation hit her, "just as I find out how wonderful it is to have friends; I have to leave them." [Kamen Rider fourze OST #1 - Cosmic Energy] Celestia saw what Twilight was saying, but before she could do anything... Eric walked up and lightly bopped the unicorn on the head. "Baka," he said with a smile as the Canterlot mare lightly rubbed her lightly bruised head, "When it comes to friendship, distance does not mean a thing." As Eric continued on, he knelt down to Twilight's level getting her full attention, "Just because we may be going down different paths or were not altogether all the time; it doesn't not mean the power or bonds of friendship fade. As long as you believe in the path you take and keep the friendship you made with your own two hooves in your heart, gripping them tightly; we will always be there beside you, either in spirit or in person. If you avoid friendship out of fear is meaningless; but it you put your faith in it and accept what will happen be it in the future or present...there's no better power to have on your side." Twilight's eyes watered along with all the other ponies listening before she quickly grabbed Eric in a big hug with all of her other new friends joining in right behind her. The Solar Princess could not help but smile as she heard those words. "Eric is right Twilight Sparkle, Friendship is not measured in distance; rather in the tight bonds you make. But if it is distance you are worried about I have a solution." With that she turned to Spike as she ordered, "Spike, take a note please." As the baby dragon pulled out his writing equipment for behind his back -and probably a subspace pocket-, Celestia began to dictate. "I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, shall take on a new mission for Equestria. She must continue to study the magic of friendship and report to me her finding whenever they appear from her new home in Ponyville!" All the gathered ponies cheered happily as they gained a new member of their community with Twilight soon at the receiving end of a group tackle hug by her new friends. "Also," Princess Celestia continued, "Eric Pendragon; please step forward and kneel." Eric disengaged himself from the group hug he was in and stepped up to the solar princess, kneeling as he did so while quite confused along with the other ponies. Except for Princess Luna who gasped at what her sister was about to do. "For your bravery in protecting Ponyville from the rogue griffons and helping my student Twilight Sparkle save my sister, Princess Luna, from the monster known as a Horror alongside her friends; I here by knight you, Sir Eric Pendragon," Celestia said as she tapped her horn on both of Eric's shoulder as he knelt there stunned. "I grant you all the privileges of a knight and responsibilities so that you may defend us from all of Equestria's enemies be they foreign, domestic, or otherwise. I also grant you the title of Kamen Rider Wizard: Mystic Knight of Equestria!" As the words sunk into the minds of all the ponies; they began cheering just as loudly if not louder than before as Eric became the recipient of a group tackle hug. Never in Ponyville's history has any-pony been knighted that had been from the small town; even if the recipient wasn't a pony. As Princess Celestia signed the decree with Princess Luna at her side at long last; both of them felt the winds of change blow once more in a direction that was different than any they felt before. Excited could not even begin to describe how they felt about the new era they were entering as both tried to imagine what was to come.