//------------------------------// // Shining! the four stars reunite // Story: Harmony of the moon // by Alchemystudent //------------------------------// Shining! The four stars reunite.         Usagi and Twilight walked away from the site of the battle, after doing what they could to help fix Carrot top’s farm. Walking through the recently awakened town and towards a giant tree in the middle of town. Twilight was busy with her own thoughts about what had happened earlier, “What was up with that Drake back there? I have heard that were territorial and intelligent, they would never attack a small farm like that with no reason. Why was he so mindlessly aggressive,” Twilight turned her head to look at Usagi, who was busy talking about her friends, “And this unicorn, what’s her story, why could she transform like that, and does she know anything about that drake?”         Twilight was knocked out of her thoughts by Usagi calling her name, “HEY TWILIGHT!”         “I’m sorry, what did you say?” “I asked why are we heading to that huge tree house,” Usagi asked, only guessing that it was a house by the presence of lights within the building. “This is my home and also a library, “ Twilight said, looking ahead of her as they neared the door, “I was thinking of stopping here for an hour so I can do some research on that drake and...SPIKE WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!” She yelled as she looked at the inside of her library, now littered with towers and towers of books. At the sound of her voice, a purple dragon with green spines walked out from behind one of the many book towers. A down look on his face as he walked up to Twilight, making sure not to trip over the towers and make a bigger mess, “I thought I told you to help organize and shelve the new books that came in.” “It wasn’t me who did this Twilight,” Spike said, shame in his voice, “It was your long lost twin  over there,” Spike said, pointing to a blue mane seen behind one of the shorter book towers. “My ‘twin’” Twilight snarked. “Yeah,” Spike explained, “ I was about to begin shelving the books when this blue earth pony walked in.  When she saw all of the books around here, her eyes did that weird thing your’s always does when it sees a new book or an .” “What weird thing?” “Anyway,” Spike quickly backtracked, “  I told her that you would be back in a few minutes and  she could look up a book  then. Well, she said that she would just be a moment and that she would be out in a sec. the next thing I know we’re in book city.” Usagi became curious as to who this book engrossed filly was and began to walk into the library, moving slowly and carefully in between the towers of books. The white unicorn admired the way that the towers  were neatly stacked, organized by title, and each tower was set by genre. Walking deeper into the book city, she found Twilight’s new guest when she saw the top of a blue mane sticking out from behind a small tower of books. Looking over the edge, she saw that the mare was an earth pony with a blue mane and tail; however, the most interesting sight to her was the cutie mark on her flank. It was a heart-shaped icon on top of a cross with two lines popping out of the top, the symbol of mercury, “AMI-CHAN,” Usagi said with a squee as she leapt through the booktowers and tackle glomped the blue mare. The blue mare looked up at the white unicorn, taking the time to recognize the figure by her odd bun-style hair, “Oh, Usagi,” Ami said in a very soft voice, “you...are squishing me.” Usagi blushed and chuckled as she got off her friend and let the blue mare up, “I’m sorry, its just that,” she leaned in and nuzzled her friend, “ I am so glad to see you.” Ami smiled, even if she was  never one for socialization she still cherished the moment she would see her friends, “So am I. Are the others here too?” “I don’t know,” Usagi said, looking down before perking up again, “But, if you are here, then that must mean the others are here as well.” “So, who’s your friend,” Twilight asked, using her magic to lift up the books that had fallen and place them back into evenly dispersed stacks. “This is Ami Mizuno, she’s one my best friends.” Ami politely bowed to the unicorn before her, “Please to meet you.” “Twilight, I know that you want to research the monster and all, but can we please look around Ponyville some more. If Ami-chan is here, then I just know that others must be here too!” Twilight was about to say no, but then she looked at Usagi’s pleading eyes, “If me and my friends were stuck in a weird world, I wouldn't wait to look for them. Sure, I’ll research the drake when we get back.” Ami looked at the white unicorn, a look of worry coming across her face, “You were attacked?” Usagi sighed, “Yeah we were,” the mare turned her head to the side, “Which is something I want to talk about. Do you mind staying here for a bit so we can all meet up later?” Ami nodded,” Sure. I have kind of wanting to interview the young wyrmling” Spike, picking up a book to shelve, licked his lips, “Worm, what worm?” “Spike,” Twilight said as she put up some of the books, “She means you.” “Oh.” He said, realizing his mistake. “I might not have a chance to talk to a creature like him again, and the ability to discover about dragons is interesting. I do wonder what other species live here. In particular the various equine races. Did you know that they have some pegasi here as well,” Ami said, a look of curiosity on her face. “No, I didnt know that, can't wait to see them! Come on Twilight,” Usagi said, skipping out the door. “Spike could you,” Twilight was then stopped as she saw Spike in the middle of conversation with Ami. “So then when I was 5 I found this giant ruby right beneath the princess...” Twilight shook her head, realizing that there was no talking to the Dragon at this point. Turning around she walked out the door to follow Usagi. ____________________         As the two unicorns walked through the lively streets of Ponyville, the white unicorn began to skip along. Her energy seemingly to be increased than earlier thanks to the presence of her friend and the hope that the others would be in this world too. Taking her time in skipping, she began to look and admire all of the buildings around her.         Twilight watched the young white unicorn bounce around excitedly as she walked, being reminded of Pinkie in so many ways, “Rarity sometimes likes to listen to gossip, so maybe she might have heard something,” she then turned her head to look towards a building that resembled a blue merry-go-round, “Her place is just up ahead.”         As they neared the building, they could hear muffled talking coming from within. Twilight stopped herself from entering through the door, realizing that Rarity would be in there with a customer. Usagi, on the other hand, listened closely to the two voices as they talked amongst themselves. Curious at who was inside, she pushed her hoof against the door and pushed it slowly open. Peaking inside the door, she watched as a white unicorn began to lift and move fabric around as she talked to another mare, “Oh darling, I can not thank you enough for letting me have this opportunity to work with silk and Neighponese design,” she said and she used her magic to wrap some red cloth around the other unicorn.         “You’re welcome,” Said the unicorn, with a low-feminine but sophisticated tone, “I was going to do some reading of fire to find some important people and I needed the right robes for the ceremony.”         “Fire reading? Could it be,” Usagi peaked in a little bit more to get a good look at the red unicorn that was talking. She took note of how beautiful that the red unicorn looked, her sleek body highlighting every curve of her body. The black mane and tail helped to highlight the unicorn’s beauty as the red of her coat helped to show off her golden cutie mark. The mark was an arrow pointing to the lower right with a heart on top of the shaft. The white unicorn opened her eyes in joy as she recognized the symbol, “REI!!!!!!!!!!” She ran quickly into the boutique, jumping into the red unicorn and wrapping her legs around the red unicorn’s neck, nuzzling.         “Hello, Usagi,” Rei said, smiling softly as she looked back at the white unicorn, “ Since you are here, does this mean that there others are here too?”         Usagi nodded quickly, “Ami is currently at this library, which is a giant tree by the way, cool huh? I haven't found Minako or Mokoto just quite yet.”         Rei looked at Usagi, a serious look on her face, “What about Mamarou?”         Turning her head, she quickly changed her face to a crestfallen look,” No, I haven't seen him.”         Rei patted Usagi’s shoulder, “He’ll be here.” At this, Usagi perked up a little.         “So, who is this,” Twilight asked, standing next to the white unicorn.         “This is Rei Hino, one of my other friends that I wanted to find,” Usagi said, turning to Rei, “hey, as soon as I can find the others, we are all planning on meeting in the library. See you there,” then she ran off out through the door.         “Rarity, there is something I want to talk about our new guests, could you meet me and the others at the library,” Twilight asked, looking over her shoulder at the exiting senshi.                  “All right, I’ll be there,” Rarity said, before turning around to talk with Rei some more while Twilight followed Usagi.         As Twilight caught up with Usagi, she looked back over her shoulder at the boutique, “ So, are all of your friends senshi?”         Usagi happily nodded, “Yes, Ami represents Mercury, Rei is Mars, and then my other friends represent Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto.”         “Nine girls representing  nine different planets? Just who is this girl,”  Twilight thought to herself as she found her and Usagi heading towards Sweet Apple Acres. As they neared the entrance to the farm, they could overhear a boisterous voice yelling, “Come on Applejack! Hurry up and beat this mare so I can have a turn.”         “Just give me a sec, RD. This pegasus ain't as easy to beat as she looks,” Said an orange earth pony to a blue pegasus, “ come on ya little sissy, you can push harder than that!”         “Actually, I have been holding back since we started,” The green pegasus snarked as she began to push a little bit harder against the southern farmer’s hoof, her brown ponytail mane draped over her shoulder.         Walking over the hill, the two unicorn mares caught eye of the hoofwrestling match that was taking place. As they watched the two combatants continue to try and overpower one another, vying for superority. Usagi took the time  to look at the green pegasus and smiled as she looked at the small golden cutie mark, a backwards four, “MAKO-CHAN!!!!”         Hearing the yell, the green pegasus turned towards the direction of the sound and was distracted long enough for Applejack to gain the advantage, “OOOF,” Mako grunted as she was thrown from her  seat and onto the ground, “Usagi, couldn’t you have wait...USAGI,” she said as she got up and ran to Usagi, giving her a high hoof, “Its so good to see you here.”         Usagi smiled as she looked at her dear friend and her wings, “Its great to see you here too, and look you are a pegasus, that,” Usagi then went very sullen, “Oh, you are a pegasus. Are you ok?”         “Yeah,” Makoto said, looking at her wings with a scowl, “It seems that someone out there likes to play irony with me. The girl who is afraid of flying is now the creature that is born to fly, whohoo.”         Usagi placed a comforting hoof onto her friend’s shoulder, “Are you sure you’ll be alright?”         “Yeah, don't worry,” Makoto said with a chuckle, “Its just gonna take awhile to get used to seeing,” Makoto turned to see Rainbow Dash and gave a little shudder, “them, without feeling a little nervous. But I’ll be fine, really.”         “Don’t worry, Makoto, the others are here too, so they can help you adjust.”         As Usagi and her friend continued their conversation, Twilight walked over to the pegasus and earth pony standing next to the stump that was used for their match, “So what brought this on?”         “Well, I was dozing in one of the trees when I heard some arguing coming from those two,” Dash said, pointing to the orange mare next to her. “Ah was walking down through the orchard when I saw her,” she points her hoof to the green pegasus, “practicing some kicking on one of mah trees. Ah was impressed, of course, by her strength and talent at bucking trees and got to talking with her. Somehow or another, we began to try and one up each other and that led to that little match you saw back there. So who is she?” “Her name is apparently Makoto,” Twilight said listening to the conversation between Usagi and her friend, “She is one of that girl’s friends.” “ And why is she being such a jerk, anyway?” Dash asked, floating. “What do you mean?” “Every time she has been looking at me, she has been backing away or trying to look the other direction. It’s like she’s never seen a freakin pegasus before” Twilight looked over at the two mares as the white unicorn walked over to her, “I don't know what her problem is, but I’ll talk about it. Girls, I was planning on talking to you about our new guests at the library. See you there,” Twilight ask, watching the girls nod in agreement. Turning around, she began to walk away with Usagi as Makoto continued her game with the others, “Why is your friend acting so nervous around Rainbow Dash.” “Oh, well you see...” Usagi looked down, not sure if Makoto would be ok with her saying this, “ Back where we came from, her parents died, “ Usagi paused, wanting to think of the right term for this world, “in a flying accident a few years ago. It left her an orphan and ever since then she has been afraid of flying or of anything with wings. Its really not your friend's fault, Makoto just...has had some bad experiences.” Twilight listened to what the unicorn said in understanding, after all if it had been her family killed in an accident, she might be traumatized too.  Turning around they continued their walk towards a small cottage just on the outskirts of a dark forest. Walking closer they heard a very soft voice coming from the back of the cottage, “Oh, I am so sorry we haven't found him yet. I do have this other white cat, though. Is he the one you’re looking for?” The yellow blonde maned pegasus took a good look at the blue eyed kitten and shook her head, “No, he isn’t,” She said with a sigh, “ The one I am looking for is white with a crescent moon on his forehead and...excuse me,” she said as she saw Usagi out of the corner of her eye. Taking off into the air and doing a backflip, she flew right into Usagi and tackled her before nuzzling her, “Usagi, I was wondering when you would get here.” Usagi arched an eyebrow in confusion, at first, before looking at the heart shaped cutie mark on her flank, “MINAKO-Chan.” As Twilight got over to Fluttershy to begin talking to her, Minako began talking to her friend, “Oh, I am so glad to see that you and the others made it here!” Usagi looked wide-eyed at her friend, “You knew we would be here?” “Well, I figured that if I was here, then you guys might be popping up soon as well,” Minako looked to Usagi serious for a moment, “Did you see Luna here anywhere? Artemis isn't here either.” “No, I haven't seen her at all,” Usagi said, suddenly realizing that her cat was not nearby for the first time, “Do you think something bad happened to them?” “No, I don't think so,” Minako said, “ I think whoever sent us here, only wanted senshi and that’s it. I think he just wanted to grab us and us alone,” She then looked at the down look in Usagi’s eyes, “Hey, don't worry, I’m sure that Mamo-chan is counted too and he’s here too.” “You think so,” Usagi asked, her expression lightening up, “Oh, that would be so wonderful. Then we could all vacation here, together.” The young yellow pegasus nodded to Twilight in agreement as the purple unicorn turned to Usagi, “Hey, Usagi, we’re done here, let's head back to my home.” “OK,” Usagi turned to Minako and pointed with her head, “the others are all meeting up at that big tree to talk, ready to come with?” Minako energetically nodded as she followed the other mares to the small town of Ponyville. __________________ A few hours pass once the 6 ponies and the 5 senshi had all gathered at the treehouse. The first thing that Pinkie did upon seeing the new guests was take out a big cannon and fire it, unleashing a huge barrage of party favors, confetti, and balloons. The party went on, as one would expect, with lots of introductions and having a lot of fun with the groups together. They would begin to dance with one another, play some games, and talk to one another to find out more about each other and the world that the senshi now found themselves in. As time went on, the 11 ponies soon split into two groups and began to discuss, “So why do you look so distrusting of them, Twi? They look like good ponies,” Applejack said as she ate a small apple tart. “It’s not that I am distrusting of them, its more like I am worried about them and why they are here and who they really are,” Twilight said, looking at the senshi. “Why is that darling,” Rarity asked, sipping some tea. “Well, first, its how Usagi took out that drake. I know that she said it wasn't alive, but how can I be sure she wasn't lying. Second, what about her transformation abilities and the fact that she has no idea how she got here. Third, why was that drake a mindless beast, when they are as intelligent as any dragon. It’s just seems so weird,” Twilight said, drinking from a milkshake. “Well, if they were going to attack us, why not do it now, while we’re talking,” Dash asked. “That’s another thing, beyond what Usagi did, they are all nice girls who seem to be nice. I just want a way to keep an eye on all of them to find out what is going on.” Little did Twilight know, an opportunity was about to arise as the senshi were also having a discussion, “So Ami, know why we got sent here yet.” USagi asked, nibbling on some cake. “No, I haven't,” Ami said as she ate a daffodil sandwich, “ The situation that we are in is all very peculiar.” “I agree,” Rei said, looking at the mane 6 behind them, “Its obvious that we haven't been kidnapped by some evil force, or why would we still have our powers?” “Maybe its trying to trick us,” Makoto said, “ Making us think that there is nothing wrong until we are defenseless and then attack?” “No, I did a reading before I got here,” Rei said, looking down at the tea, “There isnt that much evil around here, well...at least not more so than what I would find if I did it back home.” “Not to mention, the ponies here are really nice, but not Stephord Wives level of niceness,” USagi said, eating another cake.” Minako then smiled as she looked to her friends, “So basically, we are in a world where there is little threat, no guardians, no parents, all of our powers, the ponies can control the weather and the sun, all together, in the middle of spring, no school, and we have some an entire place to explore. Girls, you realize what this means,” In a flash, Minako raised her hooves up in the air “VACATION TIME WHOOOOO!!!!!!” “But, Minako, I still need to discover,” Ami said, but was quickly interrupted by the wave of Minako’s hoof. “Yeah, yeah. I know, you need to find a way home, but look. You are in a libary, the purple unicorn is this student of a magical princess or something, I figure there must be something you can find to get us home. In the meantime, we have all the time in the world to relax and enjoy ourselves,” Minako said, eating a cupcake. “Its not that easy, Minako,” Rei said, annoyed at Minako’s cheerfulness. “Sure it is, what is she missing Rei,” Usagi asked. “Where are we going to live? Its not like we can find a hotel or anything” “Maybe we could help,” Twilight said, overhearing the senshi talking and forming a plan, “I’m sorry, I couldn't help but overhear. You guys are looking for places to stay, I was thinking about helping out and offering a place to stay.” Ami smiled, “Oh, that would be nice. I would like to stay here so I can study.” “DIBS ON THE BLUE PEGASUS,” Minako yelled as she flew to Dash. “Oh, Rei, I would be honored if you would live with me,” Rarity said. “Well, Ah could use an extra set of hands on the farm. But ah expect you to work for it,” Applejack said looking at Makoto. Usagi immediately ran to Pinkie, “Come on Pinkie, I want to get setted real quick,” She said as she ran out the door with Pinkie in tow. The others soon followed and left Ami and Twilight in the library. “Five girls, representing five planets and with some strange powers...I wonder what we are getting into,” Twilight thought to herself as she closed the door.