//------------------------------// // Episode 7: The Mysterious and the... Kamen Rider Harp?! // Story: Kamen Rider Drake // by RedStar76 //------------------------------// Last time on: KAMEN RIDER DRAKE! After agreeing that they would head out to gather more information, Spike, Dragon, Gemini, and Fluff the bunny went off into the Ponyville. However, two steps out the door, and Dragon had sensed a very odd type of emergency signal. "I don't know. It's like an emergency signal, but it's being semi cloaked, and it's texture is so much sterner." However, it resulted into Spike crashing into quite the suspicious looking stallion. Those suspicions were confirmed as stallion turned out to be a monster (ya don't say?!). Meanwhile at the Carousel Boutique, Rarity is visited by a stallion by the name of HelixPixel who delivers her a package, along with an invitation to a gathering taking place in Canterlot the next day. "Yes, as I was saying, tomorrow in Canterlot Mister President will be holding a formal gathering and he requests your services as well as your attendance," Helix then gave the package he was carrying to Rarity, "Arrive with the contents of this package at the gathering, any other questions you may have will be explained within the contents of this package." All the while, Gemini taking temporary possession of Spike's body and fighting off the monster at the edge of the Everfree Forest itself! That is, until a new figure appears to the rescue. Who is this new figure? Who is this 'Mr.President and what does he want with Rarity? When will Gemini stop being a complete idiot and let him take ov- wait, what? RedStar looked down to see Dragon on his keyboard. "Ehehe... I suppose it would be useless to say this isn't what it looks like?" "Eeyup," RedStar using his magic to fling Dragon off the keyboard and halfway across the room. "Since when the hay were you a unicorn?!" Dragon shouted. "Since I just typed it. Now where was I? Ah yes," You know the drill. Only one way to find out! KAMEN RIDER DRAKE: EPISODE 7 "I didn't hear about this!"   Morning dawned upon the Equestrian skies. As the warm light of the sun dawned through the windows of the Ponyville Library, Princess Twilight Sparkle softly shifted in her bed until finally softly yawning as her eyes fluttered open. She began to sit upright in her bed until she noticed something very different. Spike wasn't there. Now, something like this wasn't abnormal but still-                "He must of just gotten up earlier," said Twilight to herself. Yeah, that was it. Spike must've woken up earlier and already went downstairs to make breakfast. She carefully climbed out of her bed and levitated her crown off the bedside table and onto her head. She began to trot downstairs and noticed that; one, Spike was nowhere to be seen, two, the checklist of things she had to do was completely checked off and laying in the middle of the library floor, three, accompanying the said list on library floor was a note that read-                Twilight, had to some stuff today, i'll be back a little later, Spike.                She finished the note and read through the checklist seeing that it was completed. Twilight put the note and checklist aside, and sat on her haunches now wondering what do today. Three, two, one, READING TIME!                  Well... at least it was supposed to be until she heard a knock at the door.               "Come in!" Twilight said. That's when an odd looking stallion with a white fedora hat and matching white trench coat stepped through the door.                "Are you Twilight Sparkle?"  he asked.               "Why yes I am," she responded cheerfully. "Is there anything I can help you with?"               "Yes, there is. Do you mind if we sit down while we talk?" he asked politely.               "Of course," she was about to call out for Spike to make her and their guest some tea due to force of habit, but stopped herself in time remembering that Spike wasn't there.                10 minutes later...               Twilight and the stallion were sitting on the porch of the Golden Oaks library, drinking some fresh tea.               "Oh yes, I don't believe I've introduced myself," the stallion said clearing his throat. "My name is SkullCap, Detective SkullCap, but all friends just call me Chief." SkullEye said taking a sip of his tea.          "A detective?" Twilight thought to herself. "What could a detective like him be doing here in Ponyville?"            "Um," Twilight began, "If you don't mind me asking, what would a detective like yourself be doing in Ponyville? Did something bad happen?" she asked.               "Not yet," he responded after taking another sip of his tea. "But something is going down in Canterlot, tomorrow."                Twilight's eyes widened. "Oh my gosh, is it serious?! I could contact Princess Cel-"                "No," the stallion replied cutting her off. "If you were to do that, it would blow my cover."               "Y-your cover?" Twilight replied hesitantly. Meanwhile at the edge of the Everfree Forest... "Dang dude, this guy be packin' some serious heat," "On the bright side, at least Fluff didn't lose his lunch yet," Spike said to himself. "Destroy...Kamen Rider..." it's red eye glowed even brighter. "Then how about picking on a REAL rider," a female voice said. Out of nowhere, shots were fired at the monster. Gemini looked only to see that very female figure leaping over and landing in front of him. "Honestly, you men have no idea how to properly fight at times," she said. Spike and Dragon looked at each other inside Spike's mind. "Did she just dis us?" Dragon asked. "I think she did," Spike replied. "Two riders... Fourze... Meteor... kill riders!" the monster spat angrily with evident signs that it was beginning to lose control of it's own instinct. "Oh please, spare me the 'revenge' speech. You boys really are all the same." the apparent female kamen rider said. She had an anthropomorphic pony appearance to her body, standing on two hooves but clearly possessing some sort of variation of a claws with five talons. Her armor was mostly magenta in color, with the exception of her black gloves and boots. Along with her black belt and the purple spade with a small quarter note engraved in it as her belt buckle. "Hmp, looks like someone doesn't know how treat a lady properly. Allow me to help you with that!" she ran up to the monster and began her assault. Her first sideways right jab was blocked by his staff as well as her direct left punch. The creature was about to down strike her with his staff, however, she quickly blocked it with her left wrist and made a direct hit on his chest sending him back two or three feet. "Dang, she got skills *Bzzt* her combat prowess is rather impressive, exemplary ev- *Bzzt* awesome..." "Pft," Dragon huffed, "That's nothing." "Looks like some dragon's jealous," Spike snickered. Dragon just huffed again and turned his head away. Meanwhile at the Golden Oaks library... The silence in the Golden Oaks library of Ponyville had now been quickly accompanied by a tension clouding air far thicker than smoke would. "W-what do you mean by your cover?" Twilight asked hesitantly to SkullCap. He took another sip of his tea before pulling out a yellow file out of the white trench coat he was wearing. "Take a look for yourself," the file was slid over by his hoof. Twilight lifted it to her face with her magic, and opened it. "What exactly is all this?" what she saw inside were pictures of what appeared to be a stallion with a blue tail and mane, another stallion wearing a black cloak, and a picture of some sort of device that bears resemblance to a whistle. "As I was saying earlier, there's something going down in Canterlot, tomorrow." SkullCap said. "An organization are making these devices, known as drivers." "Is that this whistle looking thing?" "Yes, it's 'that whistle looking thing', but it's far more dangerous than it looks." "Dangerous? How?" "This so called organization are using these drivers to collect and gather information by means of... combat." Meanwhile at the Royal Garden in Canterlot... "Well, I'm glad you saw things my way," Necromancer said to the knocked out pegasus guard. "Y'know, I like your style." an almost seductive female voice said. Necromancer's eyes widened, in surprise but quickly snapped out of his initial shock and readied himself for anything that might come at him. "Aw, look who's gettin' all tence. Y'know you really need to change that muggy attitude of yours." "Whoever you are, get out here and face me! Otherwise, I'll come and face you!" Necromancer venously spat. "Aw, c'mon the party's only gettin' started!" Necromancer now clearly heard the voice directly behind him. He quickly turned around. Before him was a mare with white fur, a blue and teal mane and tail, and... purple sunglasses? "Who are you, and how did you know I was here?" None of this made sense to Necromancer. The time snip spell he used earlier that allowed him to see into the future was preformed flawlessly. How could this mare possibly be here?! "Aw, look who looks cute, all confused, now... what is it that you got in those saddlebags of yours?" Necromancer gritted his teeth, "Whoever you are, you best be leaving and forget whatever you saw." "Well..." the mare said reaching for her the latch of her saddlebag. "Where would be the fun in that?" Back at the edge of the Everfree Forest... "Well, this has been pretty fun," the female Kamen Rider said to Libra. "But I've got places to be so, I'm afraid I'll have to be seeing you off now." she tapped her belt buckle. "HISSATSU: SPADE HARP." INFO BIO: TYPE:TERM Hissatsu Attack: A Kamen Rider's ultimate form of attack in a specific form. Many other terms have been used in the same way, such as; Final Vent, Final Attack Ride, Maximum Drive, Scanning Charge, and Limit Break. Suddenly, a spade shaped lyre appeared in the female Kamen Rider's right... whatever it's called. She turned her head to Gemini. "You may want to cover your ears," she said. "Do we even have ears if we're inside your mind?" Dragon asked Spike. "Beats me." "Now..." the female rider began, "Hissatsu: rider-note barrage!" she shouted as she quickly strummed all the strings on the lyre at once. The sound itself was so loud that it blew all the leaves off of the surrounding trees. Unfortunately for Spike and Dragon, Gemini was too infatuated with the current level of awesome music to cover Spike's ears. Even Fluff had come down from his shoulder and stuck his head in the ground. Luckily, Spike was able to regain control due to Gemini's current daze, and quickly switched him out with Dragon, of course followed by covering his ears. If any of them were paying any attention, they would've noticed that an entire barrage of multi-colored note shaped projectiles were falling from out of the sky. Next Time on: Kamen Rider Drake "Woah, woah, woah, hold up." said BlueStar. "What?" RedStar replied annoyed. "Are you seriously going to leave the episode off on that type of cliffhanger?!" "Yup." "What about what happened to Necromancer?!" "Next episode." "What about at the library with SkullCap and Twilight?!" "Next episode." "What about that female Kamen Rider?!" "Next episode." "What about the gathering in Canterlot and what about the fact that-" "Next. Episode." Next Time: Kamen Rider Drake: Episode 8!