//------------------------------// // Feeling Pinkie Keen // Story: Dissidia Final Fantasy Friendship is Magic // by Final Fantasy BRN //------------------------------// Feeling Pinkie Keen The fallowing day, Rarity took time to rest after being overwhelmed with the large dress orders and outrageous request of her friends. Warrior continued with his guard duties and noticed on several occasions Fluttershy transporting frogs. It seemed strange to Warrior but she told him it was because the pond became overpopulated with frogs so she decided to move them to a swamp called the 'Froggy Bottom Bog.' Warrior noticed Pinkie Pie skipping through the meadow near the town fountain and smelling flowers. Warrior also noticed Twilight’s hooves moving a bush around as if she was hiding from Pinkie Pie inside the bush. Warrior knew Twilight was there so he walked over to her to see what she was doing. Spike was hiding behind the bush with her. "Twilight?" Warrior asked. Twilight jumped in surprise as she reached to Warrior and pulled him into the bush to hide. Warrior scoffed at the sight of Twilight with a notepad and wearing a safari hat. "Sorry Warrior, but you shouldn’t sneak up on ponies." Twilight said. "Forgive me, but is there any reason why you’re spying on Pinkie Pie?" Warrior asked with a confused look. "It’s not spying!" Twilight objected. "I'm doing scientific research. I'm observing Pinkie Pie, scientific name: Pinkius Piecus, in its natural habitat." "Why?" Warrior asked. "Twilight’s become obsessed with the Pinkie sense." Spike explained. "What Pinkie sense?" Warrior asked becoming even more confused. "It’s something she says that when her body has certain reactions, aches and twitches it means something will happen." Spike explained further. "So far we have when her tail twitches it means something will fall. Along with her ears flopping, eyes fluttering and her knees twitching means, beware of opening doors." "I know it's insane right?" Twilight laughed. "Well, it maybe asinine, but in my line of duty stranger things have happened." Warrior admited. "You don’t believe this to do you?" Twilight asked Warrior. "I’m not saying anything, but if this skill seems real maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to consider it as nonsense." Warrior suggested. "Then I’ll prove to you that the Pinkie sense is false also!" Twilight said in a determined tone. She went back to observing Pinkie Pie by peering through binoculars. "There's something fishy going on with the whole twitchy prediction thing, and I'm getting to the bottom of it. So, shh. Come on, Pinkius Piecus is on the move." The group lifted up the bush and fallowed Pinkie Pie to the schoolyard where she was found rolling on the ground while humming a happy tune. The other two peered through the bush and also observed Pinkie Pie when Twilight did. Pinkie Pie perked her head up and rubbed her nose. "Itchy nose." Twilight said. Spike made notes on Twilight’s notepad. Pinkie Pie gasped and dashed under a large horseshoe play ring. "Aha! That makes no sense!" Twilight said happily. "See? She's hiding like something's about to fall out of the sky, but a twitchy tail means that something's about to fall from the sky, not an itchy nose." Then buzzing filled the air and it seemed that Twilight was the only one who failed to notice it. A large swarm of bees began flying their way. "This proves perhaps conclusively, that—" "Gah!" Spike cried and he ran away. Warrior’s eyes bugged out and ran away also. "Spike! Warrior! Where are you two going? I'm trying to teach you two the value of scientific—YEOW!" The bees began to swarm and sting Twilight several times. "YEOW! YEOW! YEOW!" "Give me strength!" Warrior called. He used his fire magick and threw flames at the bees and scared them away.Pinkie Pie went out from under the horseshoe and hopped over to Sweet Apple Acers. "Thanks." Twilight said unenthusiastically. "Come on Pinkie going towards Sweet Apple Acers." Spike rejoined the group and fallowed Pinkie Pie while Warrior and Spike bandaged up Twilight sting blemishes. They put themselves between the barn and several stacks of hay bales. "What’s she doing now?" Spike asked. "Smelling a flower." Twilight noted. "Holy guacamole! I wonder what that means?" Spike said jumping in shock. "Probably that the flower smells good." Twilight said rolling her eyes. "Wait. I'm getting something. Ear flop, eye flutter, knee twitch." "Hold on... You told me that's the combo that says watch out for opening doors!" Spike said nerviously, he looked behind them and noticed that they were in front of the door side of the barn. He backed away from it. "Oh, ho. You really, really believe this stuff, don't you?" Twilight laughed. "Here, let me show you there's nothing to be afraid of." Twilight rested her front right leg on the barn door and posed to show that nothing would go wrong. "Twilight that door is already open." Warrior said Twilight stared walking away from the barn door. "You see? I promise you there's nothing to fear from that-- Wo-o-ah! Ow! Ugh! Ow! Ow!" She failed to notice an underground cellar door open up right in front of her and she tripped and fell down the steps. Warrior looked at the door in awe at the fact that the sense was real. "Twilight! You came to visit my new apple cellar, how nice." Applejack smiled, she was already down inside it. Twilight was unresponsive. "Twi? You okay? Uh, Twi?" Warrior walked down into the cellar and noticed that Twilight was unconscious and appeared to be badly damaged. "Applejack, pick up her rear." Warrior requested as he picked up her head. Applejack picked up her rear as they moved Twilight up the steps and carried her to the hospital. Back at Canterlot Pirncess Celestia gathered all the Elements of harmony and left for Ponyville. "Now is the time when my subjects learn more about other worlds." Celestia thought. "I certainly hope that this will work out well." Celestia sighed as she climbed into her carriage and her stallions pulled it to Ponyville. Back in Ponyville, Warrior got Twilight’s legs casted and wheeled her out of the hospital in a wheelchair. Warrior gave Twilight his new potion, it was take time for her to fully recover. Unfortunately Twilight refused to let her obsession with Pinkie Pie’s senses go. So she had Warrior and Applejack build a contraption to connect to her wheelchair which ends with her being able to still use her binoculars. They fallowed Pinkie Pie to a field, Twilight looked bitterly towards Pinkie Pie. "Here let me help you." Spike offered. He went behind Twilight’s wheelchair and pulled on a lever which raised her front legs holding her binoculars. She adjusted her eyes so she could use them. "Okay, take this down: twitchy tail." Twilight observed. She looked at Pinkie Pie and noticed her tail twitching. "Twitchy tail?" Spike said taking it down on the notepad. He remembered what that meant and he jumped in shock. "TWITCHY TAIL!" He bumped the lever on Twilight’s chair and her legs lowered and slammed hard on the bench that she was hiding behind. She shrieked in pain and looked back to Spike. "Hush, Spike! We can't let Pinkie know we're here, remember?" Twilight said softly. "Someone's gonna fall, something's gonna fall! Run for your lives. Ah-ha-ha!" Spike cried running for his life. "Ugh, Spike honestly, you're overreact—" Warrior looked up and gasped as he grabbed Twilight’s wheelchair and wheeled her away from a falling flower in a vase, an anvil, a wagon full of hay bales, and a piano. "Woah, you saved me!" Twilight said in a grateful tone. The two looked up and noticed a moving truck full of cargo. Along with a grey Pegasus with a yellow mane, with unfocused yellow eyes and bubbles for a cutie mark staring nervously at other Pegasai giving her angry looks for it seemed like this pegasus dropped some of the cargo. "It appears that one Pegasus has made a mistake and lost cargo." Warrior explained. Pinkie Pie started making funny noises with her tongue. Applejack arrived on the scene with a barrel of apples on her back. "Hey, Applejack. Whatchya doin'?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Takin' more apples to my new apple cellar. How 'bout you Pinkie? Whatchu doin'?" Applejack asked. "Oh, letting Twilight, Spike, and Warrior secretly follow me all day, without me knowing." Pinkie Pie giggled. Twilight got angry and moved out of her wheelchair and marched towards Pinkie Pie as if her damages have been healed. "Looks like the potion has worked." Warrior thought. "You mean you knew all along?! Why didn't you tell me?" Twilight shouted. "Silly, that would've spoiled the secret!" Pinkie Pie giggled. Twilight made a bunch of angry and confused faces. Twilight made these faces several times when Pinkie Pie boggled her mind. "Warrior you can’t believe this!?" Twilight said loudly to him. "Well I may have only seen it in action once, but if her tail truly does indicate that something may indeed fall, then maybe Pinkie Pie truly have some form of foresight." Twilight scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Tail... still twitching?" Spike asked peering over Twilight’s rear nervously. "All done, clear skies from here on in, as far as I can tell." Pinkie Pie said. Then all of a sudden her entire body started shaking unexpectedly. "Oh no! What does that one mean?" Spike panicked. "Dunno, never gotten any like it before, but whatever that shudder's about, it's a doozy." Pinkie Pie explained. Twilight rolled her eyes at this new sense. "Something you never expect to happen is gonna happen!" She started shaking again. "And it’s gonna happen... At Froggy Bottom Bogg!" "That's where Fluttershy's headed!" Applejack gasped in fear. "Oh no! Is it about her?" Spike paniced. "Uh, I'm not sure." Pinkie Pie said shaking her head. "We better go and make sure she's okay." Applejack suggested. "Warrior climb on!" Applejack lowered herself and Warrior nervously walked over to her and reluctantly climbed onto Applejack’s back. "You don’t need to worry. I ain’t no buckin’ bronco!" Applejack assured Warrior. Who was shaking nervously on Applejack’s back. Applejack rose and galloped with Pinkie Pie and Spike rushing towards the Froggy Bottom Bog. "Calm down everypony. All we know right now is that Pinkie Pie just got a case of the shivers. That's all." Twilight tried to explain but noticed the others have left her behind. She grumbled and took off galloping and she quickly caught up with the others. She picked up Spike with her unicorn powers and placed Spike on her back. "Hey! I thought you didn't believe in this stuff?" Spike asked. "I don't. I just want to be there to see the look on Pinkie's face when we find out nothing's wrong." Twilight said in a mischievous tone. Pinkie Pie heard what she said, but was unaffected by it. "Okey-dokey!" Pinkie Pie said happily. Then she started shaking again. They crossed through a small nook in the Everfree Forest and made it to a swamp area indicating that they have made it to the Froggy Bottom Bog. "Cold? Need a jacket or something?" Twilight asked in a mocking tone. The pace changed to a march and Applejack let Warrior off her back and he started walking on his own. "No thanks, I'm fine." Pinkie Pie giggled as she started shaking again. "So... Whadda'ya think happened to Fluttershy?" Spike asked nervously. "I hope nothin'." Applejack hoped. "I pray that it’s not manikins." Warrior suggested. "So, whadda'ya think happened?" Spike asked. "I'm tryin' not to think about it." Applejack said trying to end the scary conversation. "Me too." Spike said in a determined tone, but instantly went to nervous again. "But I'm thinkin' about it, anyway. Like, what if, she exploded?" "Just exploded? For no reason?" Applejack said raising an eyebrow to that thorey. "Yeah, like. boom!" Spike said throwing his arms up to imitate an explosion. "Woah!" Pinkie Pie said in a concerned voice. "I know." Spike replied. "What if... What if she exploded, and then... and then exploded again!?" Pinkie Pie panicked. "Can you do that? Can you explode twice?" Spike asked. "Of course not." Applejack said rolling her eyes in an annoyed tone. "But, what if, she exploded, and exploded again, and then-- ugh!" He noticed Twilight stepping on his tail to snap Spike out of his crazy theory. "Thank you." Warrior said to Twilight as he rubbed his head. He was getting annoyed by Spike’s theories. "Will you two stop? She's fine, I'm sure of it." Twilight interjected. "I hope you're right, for Fluttershy's sake." Applejack sighed. "Look! There's Froggy Bottom Bogg!" Applejack pointed to the nearby swamp area. The atmosphere felt very damp, warm and quite heavy, just how a swamp feels. They all charged into the swamp to find Fluttershy. "Fluttershy!" She called. "Fluttershy!" Pinkie Pie called. The team searched hi and lo but couldn’t find her. That was until Pinkie Pie lifted up a lily pad to see if Fluttershy was under it. A frog leaped onto it and spooked Pinkie Pie. But right on a rock next to that same lily pad Fluttershy stood watching the frogs. "Fluttershy! You're okay!" Spike cheered leaping onto the Pegasus giving her a big hug. "Of course!" Fluttershy said, surprised by the sudden appearance of her friends. "Phew, what a relief." Applejack said in relieved tone. "I'm so glad everything's alright." Pinkie Pie said happily. "Sorry, I know it's not nice to gloat but..." Twilight said trying to be subtle about her being right about the Pinkie sense. "AHA!" I told you there was nothing to worry about and I was right. A thick fog started to settle into the area, it dirtied up the air and made it harder to breathe.It caused Twilight to start coughing. "Pinkie Pie said whatever she was shuddering about was a (cough) doozy, and (cough) and the only (cough) doozy here is how right I am." The team, except Twilight moved away from the fog and noticed the source of the fog started creeping up from the swamp water. Warrior’s eyes bugged out as he drew his sword. Twilight was to distracted with the feelings of victory to care what was going on behind her and why Warrior took such an aggressive stance. "Um…Twilight?" Applejack tried to warn, but Twilight didn’t care. "Pinkie's made a lot of predictions today but (cough) ugh, what is that smell?" Twilight looked around to see the source of the dirty air but found nothing, she failed to look behind her. "But what we've shown here is that there's no point in believing (cough) in anything you can't see for yourself." The ponies started shaking in fear as Warrior gritted his teeth as he got ready to charge. "W-well t-then s-see what's b-b-behind you, Twilight!" Spike warned pointing behind her. Twilight turned and noticed four brown giant monstrous serpent heads rose from the water and roared at the group. "I see it... But I don't believe it!" Twilight said frightened. The creature released a loud roar. "Is that a Hydra!?" Pinkie Pie asked shocked. "It appears so." Warrior grunted. Unfortunately a team of ten manikins appeared at the sides of the Hydra. "And it’s not alone either!" "Who cares? RUN!" Applejack screamed. The team turned and ran for their lives, but Pinkie Pie was frozen with fear to run. Warrior stayed behind to make sure that the others could get away safely. The Hydra heads all licked their lips and lunged for Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie! Come on!" Twilight called. But she still wouldn’t move. The manikins charged at Warrior and he started running for his life. He knew that he alone against ten manikins and a Hydra was a horrible idea. Twilight darted back and pulled Pinkie Pie back to the others and then she finally started running for it. The Hydra’s heads lunged at the group many times but they all moved to the side to dodge getting eaten. Unfortunately the ponies, galloping at full speed accidentally left Warrior behind again. "Not again!" Warrior shouted. "Come back! I can’t take them all!" Unfortunately the team was already far away and didn’t hear Warrior call to them. Warrior kept moving to the sides to avoid getting eaten by the Hydra or impaled by the manikins. However he was running out of stamina fast, he couldn’t keep this up. He reached into his pocket and took out the summon stone that was left by the Parasprites. He was nervouse to find out what could happen. "Please, be on my side!" Warrior tossed the stone backwards and heard it crack apart and a bright flash occurred. Warrior looked back and noticed the Parasprites flying over to the manikins and tackled them to the ground and began to devour them. Warrior stared at the Parasprites in awe as they were eating the manikins until there was nothing left. The Parasprites burped and flew back into the shattered stone and it reformed into a small pebble. Warrior moved towards it while dodging the Hydra’s heads he scooped up the pebble and put it away. "No matter how many times I see it, it will always amaze me." Warrior said to himself. Now that the manikins were gone Warrior only had the Hydra to deal with. "HELP!" Spike cried. He found himself stuck in the mud completely immobilized making him easy prey for the Hydra. "Coming Spike! Hang on!" Twilight yelled, she turned to gallop back to Spike, Warrior caught up to Spike and pulled him out of the mud. "Get on my back and don’t let go!" Warrior ordered. Spike leaped up and held onto the back of Warrior’s helmet. Warrior noticed the Hydra lunging at him unfortunately Warrior couldn’t get away quick enough so he swung his sword at the Hydra and slashed it across the face. The Hydra pulled back and roared in pain. Fluttershy saw what Warrior did and gasped. Warrior turned around and ran with Twilight and made it out of the muddy water and made it to a hill, Spike got off of Warrior's helmet and ran on the ground. They continued to run away and thanks to the Hydra still being in the mud, it slowed down its movement and the group got good distance away from the Hydra. "I think we're gonna make it." Twilight said. "But Pinkie's still shuddering!" Spike pointed out. Pinkie Pie’s body was still shaking, and then it stopped suddenly. "Oh, lookie there, it stopped." Pinkie Pie smiled, but the shaking started up again. "O-h-h-h, t-h-e-r-e i-t i-s a-g-a-i-n." The team stopped when they came to a large chasm and the only way across were large pillars in the center that form a jumping bridge. The team stopped in front of it and noticed that the Hydra was catching up to them, and judging by the bloody scar on the second face. It looked like it was really angry. "Ugh, he'll be up here in no time!" Twilight panicked. "Quick, one at a time, cross!" Spike attempted to jump across but stopped himself when he noticed the way was too big to just jump across. He turned to Twilight hoping there was another way. "Uh, do you know any spells for turning a Hydra into a mouse?" Spike asked. "No." "How about a squirrel?" "No!" "How 'bout—" "No small rodents of any kind!" "That's too bad." Spike sighed. Fluttershy remembered what Pinkie Pie told her about jumping. "A hop, skip, and a... jump!" Fluttershy reminded herself, this time she managed to perform the action and make it safely across. Twilight bucked Spike across and Pinkie Pie almost shook herself over the edge but Applejack pulled her back to safety. Twilight noticed the Hydra coming closer. "He's too close. I'll distract him. You three go, now!" Warrior stepped beside Twilight. "No! You go I’ll stay!" Warrior had his sword at the ready and charged at the Hydra. Twilight didn’t want to Warrior to put himself in danger like that, so she knew she had to do something. "Oh... What would a brave pony like Rainbow Dash do?" Twilight wondered. But then she figured out exactly what she’d do. Twilight charged at the Hydra with her eyes closed. "CHAAARGE!" The Hydra lunged another head at Warrior and he slashed its face like before. The head roared as another one tried to snap Warrior up, he leaped to the side to dodge. Fluttershy squeaked and covered her eyes. Twilight charged forward and ran underneath the Hydra’s head reached below it to swallow Twilight but it reached too far and it caused it to fall over. "What are you doing!?" Warrior shouted, he hoped Twilight would not run back to help him. "Twilight!" Pinkie Pie shouted still shaking, she and the others made it to the other side. Twilight ran around and went back to rejoin the others Warrior retreated and joined Twilight to rejoin the others. The Hydra quickly got back up and chased the two. Twilight made it to the bridge at the chasm but the Hydra caught back up with the others and lunged to eat Twilight. She leaped to the side and avoided getting eaten but the head slammed into one of the pillars and took out a big chunk of the edge creating a huge gap between the ledge and the first pillar. The first pillar collapsed taking many other pillars out with it. Warrior stood next to Twilight as the ones on the other side gasped in fear for their friend’s lives. "T-t-t-twilight! Warrior! You have to jump!" Pinkie cried still shaking. "We’ll never make it!" Twilight cried. "You’ll be fine!" Pinkie Pie cried. "No we won’t!" Twilight cried. Twilight and Warrior looked at the Hydra which roared again and continued to march towards them. "Stay back Twilight!" Warrior ordered. "I will do my best to slay this beast!" Fluttershy gasped at what Warrior said. "Its your only ho-o-ope! You have to take a leap of faith!" Pinkie Pie cried. Twilight moved back and charged towards the ledge and leaped hard to try and make it to the pillar near the other side but fell down the chasm. The ponies gasped in fear that Twilight’s life may in fact end. Warrior looked down and his eyes bugged out. He began to feel as if he failed in his mission to protect the ponies. Luckily a giant bubble formed inside the muddy water at the bottom of the chasm. Twilight landed on it and when it popped it launched her upwards high enough to land on a pillar. Twilight bounced to the other side with the others. "Warrior!" The others cried. Warrior readied his sword and when the Hydra roared at Warrior and moved towards him Warrior moved to the side of its body and impaled the Hydra with his sword. It roared in horrendous pain so loud that the ones on the other side had to cover their ears. Fluttershy began to tear up at what Warrior just did, he removed his sword form the Hydra’s body. The Hydra started staggering and it fell over the cliff. "Get up on the Hydra’s back Warrior!" Twilight shouted. Warrior took Twilight’s advice and climbed onto its back and as its heads laid out, they stretched all the way to the other side. Warrior ran all the way across its back and made it to the other side and joined the others. A loud splash and large geyser of mud shot upwards and as the team looked over the edge to see what was going on. The Hyrda lifted upwards out of the mud and walked away as it whimpered in pain, Warrior’s impale wasn’t enough to kill the beast. "I knew you could do it, Twilight!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she and Twilight hugged each other warmly. "I don't know how it happened; coincidence, dumb luck, or what, but you said there'd be a doozy here at Froggy Bottom Bogg, and I'd say we just had ourselves one heck of a doozy." Twilight laughed. Fluttershy cowered behind her front legs. "Are you ok?" Applejack asked her. Fluttershy lowered her hooves and sniffed. She looked as if she just got done crying. "Poor Hydra." Fluttershy sniffed. She gave a slightly disappointed look to Warrior. "I can’t believe what you did!" "I know." Warrior said looking to her. "I understand that what I did was something you wouldn’t approve of but that creature would have killed us." "I know, but….I still can’t believe you would be so mean to it!" Fluttershy squeaked at Warrior giving him a angry look. "Would you have…(gulp)…you know, killed it?" Warrior sighed. "You must understand. I would, but only if it meant keeping us alive." Warrior explained, the ponies gasped. "You know I may not agree with that idea, but Warrior’s right. That thing would have had us for supper!" Applejack stated. "Well let’s just be glad that Warrior didn’t have to kill it." Twilight said. Fluttershy had a tear roll down her cheek and she looked away from Warrior. She was saddened by Warrior being so quick to disregard a creature’s life. However she knew that Warrior’s heart was in the right place because she knew that he only wanted to protect them. "Fluttershy." Warrior said walking around and meet Fluttershy’s gaze, however she just looked away from him. "Listen, you may not know this, but you’ve helped me. You helped me learn to be more respectful to other creatures. You see when we needed to relocate the dragon that blanketed Ponyville in smoke. I probably would have instantly slain the dragon to end the problem without thinking. But thanks to you, I’ve learned to be more patient and try to seek other ways to solve conflicts besides resorting to my weapons or my magick." "Sounds like we’re greatly helping Warrior out. He just doesn’t want to admit it." Twilight thought. She giggled. Fluttershy finally looked at Warrior but still wouldn’t speak to him. Maybe she was beginning to meet Warrior halfway. "I was wondering though." Twilight said to Warrior. "How come the manikins didn't attack the Hydra?" "Well, in case you forgotten. The Emperor said something about there being eyes of Chaos already here. Those eyes must not only be letting the manikins into this world, but also tells them what to do." Pinkie Pie started shaking again. "Pinkie?' Twilight asked. "That wasn’t it." Pinkie Pie said. "What wasn’t what?" Spike asked. "What are you talking about Pink?" Applejack asked. "The hydra wasn't the doozy." Pinkie Pie explained. "I'm still getting the shudders." Then Pinkie Pie shook again. "You see? There it is again. Whatever the doozy was at Froggy Bottom Bogg, my Pinkie Sense says it still hasn't happened." Twilight became furious that this whole Pinkie sense thing was still not making any sense to her. "Huh? But I-- WHAT?!" Twilight shouted in anger. "The hydra wasn't the doozy?! How could it not be the doozy?! What could be doozier than that?!" "I don’t know." Pinkie Pie said, in a tone that sounded as if she didn’t really care what the doozy really was. Twilight got so angry that her body lit up and her purple coat turned white and her mane turned into flames. Warrior stared in awe at her. "Amazing!" Warrior said. "But how exactly is she doing that?" The flames on her body and her anger cooled and went back to its original purple color. Her coat went back to normal to, but it had many scorch marks and her mane was messed up. "Oh I give up." Twilight said in defeat. "Give what up Twi?" Spike asked as he approached her. Twilight brushed her mane clean and used her magic to get rid of the burn marks. "The fight. I can't fight it anymore." Twilight said softly. "I don't understand how, why, or what, but Pinkie sense somehow... makes sense. I don't see how it does, but it just does. Just because I don't understand doesn't mean it’s not true." "Y-y-y-you m-m-mean you b-b-b-believe?" Pinkie Pie said, while she was shaking. "Eyup, I guess I do." Twilight sighed. Pinkie Pie blew up and deflated like a balloon several times. When Warrior saw it, it also confused him on how she was doing it. She then stopped and it appeared that the shaking also come to an end. "That was it. That's the doozy." Pinkie Pie said happily. Spike shook his head not understanding what she’s talking about. "What? What is?" Twilight asked. "You believe. I never expected that to happen." Pinkie Pie said with an excited look. "That was the doozy, oh and, oh what a doozy of a doozy it was!" Pinkie Pie skipped away sinning happily. "Don’t be upset." Warrior said to Twilight. "You see after coming here. There are several things that I would like to see explained that really makes no sense to me." "Like what?" Twilight asked. "Well how you burst into flame like that." Warrior said. "How you bounced up the cliff with the assist of a bubble, and how Pinkie Pie can twist and turn her body like dough without getting hurt." "I guess maybe there are some things you just can’t explain in the world." Twilight sighed. Warrior nodded in agreement. The next day Warrior came back to Ponyville. He went To Twilight’s house to give the ponies news from Cosmos. He knocked on Twilight’s door. "It’s open!" She called, and Warrior walked right in, he noticed that she and Pinkie Pie were wearing umbrella hats. "Hello Warrior." Twilight smiled. Warrior stared at the rainbow colored umbrella hat that Twilight was wearing. "What? Never thought you’d see me with an umbrella hat on?" She giggled. "I must admit, I didn’t." Twilight and Pinkie Pie giggled Warrior noticed Spike holding another letter from Twilight to Celestia. Warrior walked over to him. "May I see that?" Warrior asked. Spike handed Warrior the letter and he read it. "Dear Princess Celestia, I am happy to report that I now realize there are wonderful things in this world you just can't explain, but that doesn't necessarily make them any less true. It just means you have to choose to believe in them, and sometimes it takes a friend to show you the way. Honk!" Always, your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle." "Honk?" Warrior asked Spike raising an eyebrow to him. "I was just repeating what was said." Spike explained. "Uh huh." Warrior replied, giving the letter back. "Well, I must admit, I think I may have learned that lesson to." "Shall I add your name to the letter?" Spike asked. "No, I'm not Celestia’s student." Warrior said. Then they noticed Pinkie Pie’s tail twitching. "Wonder what’s gonna fall out of the sky this time." Twilight said. "You never know." Pinkie Pie giggled. "So what brings you here Warrior?" Twilight asked Warrior. "I need the six of you to pack a bag of supplies and meet me at the Sanctuary. Cosmos says she has a task for you." The ponies faces lit up with joy. "Really!?" Twilight and Pinkie Pie said in unison. "This is so exciting!" Pinkie Pie said. "Pack your things while I go and retrieve the others." Warrior said. Spike walked up to the outside balcony at the library. Warrior walked outside and before Spike blew the letter away Princess Celestia swooped in and landed on the balcony. "Princess!" Warrior said in surprise. "Thank you for the letter Spike." Celestia said as she used the unicorn powers to vanish it. She walked pass Spike and into the Library. Warrior turned around and walked back inside. "Oh Warrior how nice it is to see you again." Celestia smiled. "You as well." Warrior nodded. "Princess Celestia brought the Elements of Harmony here for us!" Twilight said wearing her tiara and Pinkie Pie wearing her necklace. "Are you aware of Cosmos’s task?" Warrior asked. "Yes." Celestia nodded. "While I may not really know what exactly she has in store for these six friends, but I feel that to be on the safe side I feel that you need the Elements for protection." "I shall retrieve the others." Warrior said turning around and exited the Library. "Back at the Sanctuary, Kain, Tifa, and Lightning’s group returned and Lightning and Kain exchanged heated glares. Cosmos was in the heavens. "They’re here!" Tifa said happily. "Tifa! Kain!" Vaan said happily. "You two came all this way to catch up with us?" Laguna asked. "Would I be right in guessing you’re here to send us off to dreamland?" "Ahh. So you’ve caught wind of my plan." Kain said, slightly amused by how his whole plan was revealed. Then Laguna took time to tell everyone what the Cloud of Darkness told him. "So you guys are off to stop the manikins?" Tifa asked. "Yes, we have to do something." Yuna said. "If we don’t stop them now, there’ll be more to fight later." "I trust you know that you may well meet your ends?" Kain asked, warning them about the risk. "Just as well as you do." Laguna said in a serious tone. "We all want to win this thing. We’re just going about it different ways." Vaan stated. "Guess so. Well, ya know what…I’ll help too." Tifa said, also in a serious tone. "We’re trying to do the same thing after all." "Maybe but for now we have a mission to fullfill." Lightning said. Cosmos flashed down from the heavens. "All of you are here." Cosmos said. "Now let’s welcome our guest." Cosmos motioned her hand to the end of the Sanctuary and the ponies accompanied by Celestia, Warrior, and Spike arrived. The ponies all had saddlebags on their sides. "Hello everyone!" Pinkie Pie announced to the Warriors of Cosmos. "This is amazing! It makes me feel as if we are warriors of Cosmos to!" Twilight said in an excited tone. "Who are you two?" Pinkie Pie said happily to Tifa and Kain. Tifa and Kain looked at the two in awe, while the others seemed happy to see them. "My name’s Tifa." She smiled at the pink pony. She looked at the others and smiled. "Aren’t you the cutest ponies I’ve ever seen." "My name is Kain." The Dragoon said. The ponies tensed up when they heard that name. "Isn’t he the one who convinced you to attack your allies?" Twilight asked Warrior. "Rest assured that, that plan is canceled." Kain said. "You must be residents of the world that has been tied into all this." Celestia nodded. "Who are you?" Lightning asked Celestia. "I’m one of the Princesses of Equesrtia. I bring the daytime. I am also Twilight’s teacher, Celestia." She explained. "So what’s this big important mission you have for us?" Lightning asked Cosmos. Cosmos rose up and cleared her throat to announce the mission. "Now it appears that Chaos gained some interesting information to the origins of this war through some reports found hidden somewhere in this world." Celestia walked over to Cosmos’s throne and stood above the team to also give some additional information. "From what I heard from my niece, The reports were written in what Chaos said in what looks like from his point of view or from someone else talking about him. So he named them the ‘Chaos Reports.” Celestia added. "It maybe likely that somewhere in this world there may be other reports hidden somewhere in this world. I need you to split up into groups of two and search for any, now Twilight, Rarity, please step forward." "You pulled us off the Manikin hunt for this?" Lightning said in disgust. "The reports may have a secret that may help you win this war and put an end to it forever more." Cosmos added. "Now please split into your teams. One warrior and one Equestrian should be needed." Warrior walked over to Kain and began to whisper to him. "That Purple unicorn is very special. She has been charged with a great task, a very noble task. I would like you to team with her and her dragon and make sure she stays safe." Warrior whispered. "Why? Do you have some sort of attachment to this unicorn?" Kain whispered back. "No, but the cause is very noble, in fact it seems as if she is learning something that….that I guess maybe I need but feel is not that significant." Warrior explained. Kain and Warrior shared a gaze. "Very well, I shall do all I can to keep her safe." Kain whispered. Rainbow Dash flew over to Lightning and Lightning scoffed and looked away. While they whispered Cosmos had a gift for the two unicorns. "Now you two if you want to aid Warrior in future endeavors then you will need these." She opened her hands and revealed four more tomes. "Is that...?" Twilight said in awe. "Yes more Magick. I have for you the basic spells. Thunder, Blizzard, and Fire. For offense and to support and heal damages, the Cure spell." "Your unicorn powers can do that already but know that there are somethings that your unicorn powers can’t heal." Celestia explained. "However you need to understand there are somethings that this spell and your unicorn powers can’t heal." The two unicorns nodded. "Princess, are you ok with us learning this type of magick?" Twilight asked. "Didn’t you decree that this magick is against the law?" Rarity asked. Celestia smiled and sighed. "Twilight I think this is going to be a new lesson for you." Celestia said happily. "What?" Twilight asked. "Why I would allow this magic to be used after decreeing that it be illegal." Celestia explained. "But for now, this magick is slightly effective but weak. However after you practice with it a few times your skill with it will improve along with its power." Cosmos explained further. Rairty and Twilight each took two tomes and placed them into their bags. Fluttershy moved over to Yuna unfortunately so did Rarity. "But I want Yuna!" Rairty argued. "Oh but I feel comfortable with her." Fluttershy tried to argue. Applejack moved towards Laguna and they both smiled at each other. Pinkie Pie and Vaan laughed as they moved towards each other. "This is gonna be so much fun!" Pinkie Pie laughed. "I know right!?" Vaan also laughed. "Please Rarity, I really want to go with Yuna!" Fluttershy said. Celestia and Cosmos giggled at the two arguing. "Hello!" Tifa called ending the argument. "One of you can come with me!" Rarity looked at Tifa and was hit with an insight. "I got it! Young lady who’s power is in her own body! I absolutely love it! A brand new style!" Rarity said in an excited tone. She moved over to Tifa and the brawled chuckled. Fluttershy smiled and Yuna smiled back to the Pegasus. Twilight moved over to Warrior but Warrior moved away from her. "No. I cannot go with you." Warrior said to Twilight. "Why?" Twilight said in a worried tone. "Because I still need to protect Equestria." Warrior explained. "Fear not, Kain will watch over you and Spike." Kain walked over to the two and looked at them. "Are you a knight also?" Spike asked Kain. "Not quite. You see, I am a dragoon." He knelt down to Spike’s eye level. "I wield the power and spirit of the dragons. I am honored to meet you." Spike felt pretty big for being such an icon for humans. Well, well, well. Spike said in an arrogant tone and making a boastfull pose. He gave Twilight a smug look. "Looks like I’m quite the celebrity." "But don’t get me wrong." Kain said standing up. "You are still young, so you are still quite immature and have much to learn." The whole area except Warrior erupted in laughter as Kain just put Spike out. "Now understand this, due to increase of manikins. On your own you would be too vulnerable." Cosmos explained. "This is why with my subjects you will stand a chance, as long as they bear the Elements of Harmony you will be safe. But you will need to help each other, watch each other’s backs." Celestia explained. "It’s been a long day so let’s take the time to rest before we set out." Lightning instructed. The Warrior’s set up tents and went inside with their partners to rest for the night. Kain took his helmet off before resting, revealing his long blonde hair and blue eyes. To a woman he would be very attractive. The whole group went to sleep and Celestia returned to Equestria and Cosmos flashed into the heavens. After a few hours of sleep Spike woke up early and snuck over to Kain’s lance and helmet he took them and went outside the tent. He put Kain’s helmet on and began playing with Kain’s lance. The helmet squeezed Spike’s head for the helmet was way too small for him. "Abominations! Can you hear me? Do you even have minds of your own?" Spike said imitating Kain's voice. "If you are aware of the world around you, you'd best rue the day you came here. I'm about to teach you pathetic mockeries the difference between you... and a real man!" Spike began running around the Sanctuary swinging Kain’s lance around like a toy. "Oh hello Rarity, you like my new handsome look? Why I would love to give you a kis—whao hey!" Kain walked out of the tent and approached Spike from behind and grabbed his helmet and lifted it off the ground. When his lifted the helmet Spike went up with it. "Stop it!" Spike shouted. Kain shook the helmet a few times and Spike popped out of the helmet and dropped his lance. "I'll be taking my helmet back, and my lance thank you....they’re not quite your size at any rate. My lance is far too dangerous for young dragons." Kain said staring Spike down. "Oh yeah? Let me show you the difference between you, and a REAL dragon!" Spike said trying to sound tuff. Kain put his helmet back on and crossed his arms, he continued to stare Spike down. "...Eh heh... but not today. Maybe tomorrow." Spike chuckled nerviously. He darted back into the tent and went back to sleep. The next day the teams woke up and left the tents and the Warriors packed them away. They all got ready for their missions to seek out the reports. "Just be careful, and look out for each other, your groups could be even more vulnerable to manikin attacks. Whether or not you will, depends on how well you work together." Cosmos explained. The groups all looked at their partners and smiled at each other, except Lightning. "Do your best and return after two days of searching whether or not you actually find the other reports." "As long as we stick together right?" Fluttershy asked Yuna, she smiled at the Pegasus and nodded. "Exploring this world is going to be so much fun!" Pinkie Pie jumped, Vaan just laughed. "You got extra apples right?" Laguna asked Applejack. Applejack opened one of her saddle bags and it’s full of shiny apples. "Don’t expect me to bail you out every time you’re in trouble, you can tag along but don’t be dead weight." Lighting warned. "Oh don’t worry I’m the strongest Pegasus in all Equestria, no manikin’s got anything on me!" Rainbow Dash boasted. "You have nothing to fear. I’ve been ordered to protect you, I give you the Dragon’s honor." Kain swore to Twilight and Spike. They both nodded to him. "Please, keep those manikins away from me, I need to still be able to make beautiful dresses!" Rarity said to Tifa. "Don’t worry, but I will need you to watch my back, I maybe strong but I’m not a one person army." Tifa said. "Don’t worry." Rarity said. "I’ll gladly help you out!" The teams spread out and left Warrior at the throne with Cosmos. "Think they will be ok?" Warrior asked. "I have faith in them and in your comrades, so should you." Cosmos said. "They will defiantly be safe." Warrior looked onwards as the ponies with their partners disappeared from the Sanctuary to seek out the Cosmos Reports.