//------------------------------// // Yu Hijacked // Story: Persona 4: Friendship is Magic // by PresidentFreeWrite //------------------------------// Yu Narukami was on the way back home after the Golden Week trip. He was on the same train he had arrived at Inaba last year, only heading back home to go back to a boring life in the big city. So much had happened in the small town that the hustle and bustle of the big city seemed dull by comparison. The adventures he had gone with his good friends, the special powers he gained, the things he learned from friendships, and the battles he had fought were all things he had held dear to him. He would miss the “Onii-chan” of his little cousin Nanako, and his several girlfriends of course. All this remembering had also brought up the tournament. The fighting competition had forced him and his friends to duke it out ‘till near death, but they had discovered the culprit, only to find that there was one on the loose still. Where did that Malevolent Entity go? The one that impersonated Naoto-kun and nearly killed us? We said we would let the Shadow Operatives handle it, but its still bugging me. Well, not as much as Yosuke’s nurse fetish, but still. The high school student’s eyes began to close, lulling him into a slumber that was quite comfortable. Well, except for the female voice that greeted him inside a familiar blue room, an all too familiar intrusion for the Wild Card. “Welcome to the Velvet Room, Yu. I’ve been waiting for you.” Yu awoke in the Velvet Room, but it was different than he remembered. It used to be a limousine that was decked out in alcoholic beverages and a pretty swanky interior. This time around, it retained its swankiness, but was tighter and louder, as he could hear… light clopping coming from outside the room. He looked at the female voice’s origin, but only found a sea green unicorn, which was wearing… a… Velvet Room uniform… Yu sighed at his predicament. Apparently, Margaret turned into a Technicolor horse. This was going to be fun. “Hello, Margaret. Loving the new look.” Yu jabbed, chuckling a bit. “Margaret? Oh! Your last Velvet Room assistant? I’m not even from their family. I’m new, so be nicer, okay?” the sea green colored horse snapped, “But, I feel I should introduce myself, as I’m going to be your new one while you are in Equestria. I am Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings. Its nice to meet you, Yu.” {>“Equestria?” “New?” “You’re a unicorn.”}* “Equestria? ‘Equis’ means horse, but…” Yu said, trying to think this through. “Well, yeah. It’s the land of ponies. Nothing special compared to your world, I’m sure. You’ll have to tell me about it sometime when you get time away from doing Social Links with everypony.” Lyra said, wanting to know more. “…Everypony? You’re serious? I’m going to be doing Social Links with… ponies.” He said, facehoofing from the sheer stupidity of the situation. That was when it struck him. He was, in fact, a pony as well. While he wasn’t a bright one, he still had a steely blue coat, along with a muted brown set of hooves. He retained his silver hair and hairstyle, but it was even shinier than normal. His bottom had the backside of the tarot card that he used on it. He was shocked into silence, which was his usual response to most things, but this was all too much for him to handle. Why couldn’t it have been Teddie or Kanji? Kanji, as he knew, was a fan of this show on the children’s channel in Inaba, one about magic ponies that he had absolutely no idea about. Apparently, he was now part of a community that called themselves “Bronies” that was really massive over in the States. He even made and shipped well-made plushies all over the world, raking in the dough over the internet. He had never showed them to Yu, however. “Well, I guessed you noticed. You should feel lucky, its not every day a human is teleported to Equestria, not that anyone on the MLH forums would believe that. Regardless, you still have your Wild Card that lets you switch personas, you still have Izanagi, and you have a new destiny to fulfill. Pretty much everything else was left in your world. Fresh Starts are always fun, right?” Lyra snickered. All Yu could do was squeak at this point. “Oh, and you will need a name that befits a Stallion like you. Or are you a Colt still? No matter. I’ve seen your escapades with the ladies on the MLH forums, and I do mean ALL of it. I’d say you are a Storm. Storm… Muster…stud? Yeah, that should do it. ‘Yu Narukami’ just sounds… out of place.” That was when Storm blushed. Someone had… seen him with… everyone… even Kanji…? He was now less shocked and more… fearful. This Lyra character was a very interesting Velvet Room assistant, but she was sure a creepy one. He felt a slight headache run through his pony head as he laid a hoof to it. “When you wake up, you will be greeted by both new faces and familiar presences. Old and new, right? You will face both a new foe and old favorites, along with your own demons on the way. Equestria, GO!” Lyra said, stomping one of her hooves, knocking Storm out. --- A white Stallion with blonde hair was fixing his tie, raising his eyebrows and showing his pearly whites. He polished his horn and then admired his Compass Rose flank tattoo. “Damn, I look good. Too bad that Rarity bitch didn’t think so. Good riddance, it took me weeks to get all the cake off of me.” That’s when he heard an… unnatural noise. A cross between a slither and static was the closest the unicorn could come up with. He started to panic, looking around for anything suspicious. “Its just your imagination, Blueblood. Your paranoia is getting the best of you. Everything’s peachy keen.” The unicorn said, trying to console himself. That was when he stepped in some black goop and recoiled. “Ugh! This will totally stain.” The black goop began to seep up his leg, spreading quickly and pulsating as if it were alive. The regal stallion tried to scrape it off in haste, but that only spread the slag onto his other front hoof. This goop was pulling him into the floor, rapidly taking over the Prince. Blueblood struggled as he sunk into the floor. He was nearly all in the pile of goop when the Prince belted out his hardest cry. “GAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUURRRRDDDDDSSSSSSS!” Prince Blueblood said as he disappeared into the hollow slag.