Relius gasped at seeing the light that Vanellope and Animus were emitting which caused him to drop her to the floor. Vanellope suddenly began to hover from the ground and was even looking a bit confused at what was happening. Thoughts rushed in her head as she was suddenly feeling herself pressing against Animus. Whatever was happening to her she only hoped it was good. The light began intensify around them which drew attention to anyone far away and made Relius nervous for a moment, but he snapped his fingers giving Ignis the signal to dash forward to interrupt the power Vanellope was about to gain. The red dressed puppet swiped it's claws down in between the little girl and Animus and to Relius' satisfaction it actually broke what was about to happen, splitting Vanellope and her puppet apart making her fall to her knees taking deep breaths. She was starting to think this would actually to get pulled off, but it was ruined and now she could be at the mercy of the other Puppet user. Relius smirked as he began to stroke his chin.
" Hmm, should I dispatch you or should I just kill you here and now. Either way you or your puppet could make excellent subjects for me to see just what hides within your soul." Relius spoke. He began to walk towards her as he even noticed that Animus looked to be disabled. Things seemed to be going in his favor. Relius stopped as Ignis held her claws up ready to bring down the final blow. Vanelope looked up towards the puppet and suddenly a smile spread across her face.
" Animus now!" She commanded. Animus suddenly began to move and a white orb emerged on it's chest and aimed at Ignis. Relius gasped then the orb was released and hit Relius' puppet point blank towards it's face. However this wasn't all Animus began to shoot more in machine gun speed towards both Ignis and Relius which instantly overwhelmed them, while behind her was Vanellope who laughed at her comeback. " My puppets first ability, Destrudo. All i can tell you is watch where you dodge cause these orbs come from all directions that you wouldn't expect." Vanellope told Relius as he was having a hard time evading as everywhere he tried to dodge he's just get hit by another orb while Ignis was getting hit by all the orbs coming at her. Eventually she noticed that Relius was retreating which made her groan in annoyance. " Yeah, I'm the one getting her butt handed and when it's him, he doesn't take it like a man." Vanellope sighed and told Animus to stop as she was only firing aimlessly and caused damage to the streets and walls. She laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly at this, she might of overdid it a bit.
Meanwhile, Rarity and Fluttershy saw this event and looked in amazement at what Vanellope had done. Either she was a destined warrior or she was perhaps something else. Whatever it was it sure did get Relius running, for now. Vanellope began to walk away from the damage she left as some citizens examined it a few seconds after she was gone. Rarity was impressed as Fluttershy was intimidated from what she saw. The fashion unicorn folded her arms as she began to go deep in thought till suddenly Fluttershy yelped catching her attention.
" What is it Fluttershy?" She asked. Fluttershy was shivering and according to her ability of an Element she could tell if something was off, but not as better as Pinkie Pie, but still it was accurate.
" That little girl. I sensed something awful coming from her after that light we just saw. M-maybe she's the danger Celestia warned us about." She answered softly. Rarity seemed unsure about that since even if Vanellope's aura seemed wrong her spirit told her that she defeated Relius and rid him of this city and possibly this world by her own honor. Of course she couldn't sense anyone's aura or spirit, it was Pinkie Pie's job. She still shook her head at Fluttershy's worries and told her that it must of been a trick. Perhaps Vanellope had a bad aura, but she uses it to protect and not destroy...well it's already in front of them so she scratched that out. That was besides the point, she could of already assaulted Canterlot by now if she was bad. " She could be waiting." Fluttershy said worriedly.
" Don't worry darling. Even if she did, that little girl would of been out numbered and out matched. So what if she has a bodyguard. Everything has a weakness." Rarity assured. Fluttershy nodded hesitantly and followed the unicorn as she began to walk away. Chaos was flowing, no one knew who it was or where it could be, but there was something horrible that was getting ready to happen and it may not take the Elements of Harmony to eliminate it, they would need something bigger then they could ever wish.
Rainbow Dash-Celestia's Castle
" We're getting nothing out of this guy. Can I just get to brutal measures now?" Rainbow Dash asked. The being known as Sonic that Rainbow Dash happened to unexpectedly encounter was now inside Celestia's castle tied up and completely unable to move as Celestia was sitting on her throne staring at him. She had asked him a few questions, but barely any were answered to her satisfaction. She even used her Royal Voice slightly when she was starting to get annoyed from his rudeness. He would make jokes which gave Rainbow Dash the urge to just punch him to the moon so hard it made her fist print on it and cracked. Unfortunately though, she can't since he was helpless enough. Celestia began to remember when she met Vanellope, maybe he could be linked when she arrived, or she could lock him in a dungeon while he was still tied up since she had a feeling this speedy guy could just go right through it. She tried option one first just to make sure.
" Sonic, this is your last chance that I'm giving you to save yourself to get locked away in a world that you know nothing of. I happened to have met a little girl not a while ago. She happened to have a puppet along with her. Know anyone of this description?" Celestia asked firmly. Sonic thought for a moment as he went through his memories of his own friends if he knew of anyone of that description. Suddenly it struck him as he looked up towards Celestia with a grin.
" I know who your talking about. She came to my world a few years ago," He started. " She came to my world during one of my usual running and stunts till she suddenly attacked out of nowhere. I don't know that name, but I'm sure I know who your talking about if you tell me anything else, that description was a LITTLE broad." Sonic said.
" Raven colored hair. Hazel eyes. Her puppet wears a dark blue dress." Celestia shortened the description for him and Sonic nodded.
" Yep. She attacked my world out of nowhere. Man was she powerful, for a child like her she knows how to use power when it's given. I think she was defeated though." Sonic told her. Celestia looked confused. Vanellope? Destruction caused by her? She was too nice just from seeing her. Celestia sneered at Sonic from his exclamation and decided to go a little deeper on what he was saying.
" Can you go into a little more detail. What was she like when you met her?" She asked him with the same firm voice.
" Met her? She just came out of no where and attacked like it was revenge. Kill human civilians along with my own race. Luckily it wasn't my friends. She easily defeated them, but didn't kill them. But I wasn't that lucky and I had my butt handed to me even in my stronger state. That machine is something else." Celestia tilted her head at this. Vanellope wasn't no cyborg. None of her features showed any sign of a cybernetic and not to mention she could of sensed the fact that she was one which would of made her keep a closer eye on her. She obviously knew he was lying at this point, but she decided to stall a little longer since what Sonic is saying could be another powerful foe among them.
" Now you catch my attention. I'll just go on and be straight and tell that you are lying that Vanellope did this. She's only a child and even if she did have such power like that, she would destroy herself in the process."
" Vanellope? Now you lost me again. The description you said was okay, but name doesn't ring a bell. If she's here then you're in danger."
" Let me say it again. She's only a child, at least 7 at most. You must be speaking of someone in your past."
" I want to see just who your talking about. Maybe then if they look alike I can prove you how relevant they are." Sonic challenged. Celestia thought for a moment from what she was told. Vanellope being a destructive monster? There was obvious contradictions from this, but there was always possibilities and Vanellope being Chaos could be possible since she did feel it when she first laid eyes on her. Her mind was now racing from so many thoughts on Vanellope. They just meet and now this animal in front of her says she's bad news. Rainbow Dash noticed her trance and showed a bit of concern on her face as she was about to reach her, but stopped.
" Are you okay?" She asked simply. No, she most certainly wasn't.
" Yes, I'm okay. I was only thinking." She told her. " Guards, place this creature in the dungeon until further notice." Celestia commanded. Two guards walked over to Sonic and got him to his feet and started pushing him away.
" Okay, don't say I didn't warn you." Sonic sang. As he was gone Rainbow Dash scoffed.
" About time he was gone. Another word from him and I'd send him to the freakin' moon." She looked back at Celestia noticing she was thinking again which made her wonder what she was thinking about. She never met Vanellope yet so she wasn't aware of anything so far. She wanted to find out herself and her one way of knowing where to find her was to the find the unusual citizen. She walked out the castle leaving Celestia alone to her thoughts as she began to take flight and find this ' Vanellope.'
Applejack and Pinkie Pie
During this whole search Pinkie Pie and Applejack had found nothing in Canterlot that could harm a fly along with a young Equestrian. Pinkie Pie was getting bored and Applejack was nearing to conclude nothing was going wrong at all. The thinking was starting to hurt her head and decided to finally relax for a moment. The cowgirl and party girl were laying in the grass of a park looking in the sky as a breeze hit.
" So far we've found nothin' guess there ain't nothin' to worry about." Applejack sighed. She heard Pinkie Pie giggle making her turn towards her with confusion.
" It's okay. Better to have no danger at all then full out danger. I mean think Applejack, who would want a world of Chaos? We are Harmony and our job is to keep it that way. Of course my job is to make sure everyone starts and ends a day with a smile on their face." Pinkie Pie told her. That was true and Applejack obviously knew that. She may not have as high of an intellect as everyone else, but she knew when something was off or something was going to happen. If there was no harmony then Twilight's magic could be used for something evil, Rainbow Dash could turn her back on her friends, Fluttershy would turn from a kind and shy Pegasus to a, Applejack shook away that thought. She would be a big liar to deceive everyone she met and Pinkie Pie would make everyone miserable. That needed to be avoided and she wanted to use every part of her soul to make it happen. Suddenly Pinkie Pie's ear twitched which she noticed. Pinkie quickly sat up and looked around the park for anything suspicious as Applejack began to stand up to look herself.
" See anything sugarcube?" Applejack asked her. Pinkie stood up as well continuing to look around. So far they've found no danger which made them soften their awareness. Pinkie Pie tilted her head in confusion as she made her ear twitch this time.
" I know I sensed something. This is the first time my Pinkie Sense actually failed me." Applejack folded her arms and groaned. However there was suddenly a loud and annoying noise that caught both of their attention. They both followed it and both noticed two big creatures standing at a distance in front of them. One was a large blue duck who wore a red robe and crown on his head in his hand was a large hammer that was as tall as himself. The other creature was a large brown furred gorilla with a red tie on it. They were both staring at each other for a moment till suddenly noticing the two Equestrians.
" Who the heck are you?" The duck asked rudely. Applejack got in a fighting stance as Pinkie Pie took a step back. The gorilla suddenly seemed to have panicked and charged at Applejack with a fist up and slammed it down on Applejack. There was loud smack as it's fist made contact, but to the duck's shock as well as the gorilla's Applejack caught it over her head with one hand. She pushed it back making the gorilla stagger back. " Wow. If your able to stop an attack from Donkey Kong then I wanna see how you handle mine!" The duck shouted as he ran towards Applejack, but during the middle of his slow charge Pinkie Pie stood in front of him and held her foot out making him trip and fall face-first in the grass. Pinkie Pie giggled then laughed at this which angered the duck as he madly stood up. " You dare attack King Dedede! You will be taken out for your foolishness!"
Dedede swung at Pinkie Pie with his hammer which made her bend back to evade as well as having her ear twitch during the process. Applejack ran towards Donkey Kong as Pinkie Pie handled him and made a fist towards the gorilla when he recovered. Right when Donkey Kong was aware of his surroundings he was suddenly caught by a haymaker across his face by Applejack. Usually this victim would of been sent flying probably into the lake that was not far from them, but this was a large beast she was facing. Donkey shook his head to pull himself together and made a punch himself with a fist 10 times larger then the cowgirl's. Seeing the full size of it Applejack used her arms to block the blow coming towards her, but the force was still incredible sending her sliding a short distance.
" Uh, TAKE COVER!" Pinkie Pie announced as she ran in between them while they both looked up noticing Dedede in the air with his hammer aimed down.
" Uh, oh." Applejack muttered.
Applejack used all the speed she had to jump back multiple times and used to cartwheels and backflips when Dedede slammed down creating large fire pillars from the ground as well as sending Donkey Kong flying from the force on the ground. Things slowly settled when the pillars began to dissipate where Dedede was on one knee regaining his breath. This was the perfect opening for Applejack as she charged towards the large duck and jumped high above him ready for a quick finish.
" Eat this!" Applejack dived down and slamming her fist into the ground and this turned out to be more devastating then Dedede's assault as her fist caused herself make a minor explosion which he was blown back by. He screamed in pain from the assault, after this small fiery rocks falling to the ground around Applejack. Pinkie Pie ran to Applejack and squealed at what she just saw.
" Oh my gosh! I never knew you had that much strength in you Applejack!" She said excitedly. Applejack chuckled and blushed a little at the compliments that Pinkie Pie gave her. Now that they were taken care of they decided to bring them to Princess Celestia for imprisonment, but the hardest thing they had to deal with now was carrying them. Applejack was the main one doing it while Pinkie Pie was happily skipping around her making sure that they didn't fall. " I still can't believe that your not only able to take on big creatures like those, but you can carry them too?! Oh how much more great can a friend like you be?" She asked. As she skipped along behind the cowgirl her hands were flinging in front of her on every step and didn't realize she was so close behind that she accidentally slapped Applejack's butt. Applejack instantly blushed and lost her strength to carry them and yelped when she almost got squashed by the two large animals. As she picked them back up she glared at Pinkie Pie who was looking confused at her lacking of strength. " Are you okay? You just starting lacking off. Maybe I should call you Lacking Girl from now on huh?" Pinkie Pie asked.
" Call me that and let's see how you like revenge real rough." She uttered.
" But you're not a stallion."
" I DON'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT!" After a few minutes of a walk they had and exercise for Applejack they walked in through the doors of Celestia's throne room to find her in a thinking state which had them confused. They walked up towards her where the Element of Honest placed Dedede and Donkey Kong on the ground and stretched from how much their weight made her body tilt. Celestia looked up to notice them and saw the two large figures that were still out cold and took interest in things already.
" New creatures possibly from another world?" Celestia asked. This made Applejack groan when she heard 'others' from the princess.
" Are you serious? More of these things your highness?" Applejack asked. Celestia chuckled and assured they were less over-sized. Pinkie Pie and Applejack sighed in relief even though Celestia wasn't sure if there was. Things coming from other worlds to Equestria or possibly going where they shouldn't belong, what did this mean and is Vanellope probably behind this without even knowing or is she just pretending? She had to be sure to tell Luna the situation when it's her turn to take charge and see if she can sort it out somehow. It was nearly time for it to turn to night so she had to brief her now.
" I'll have Luna take care of it for you. Get some rest or keep watch if you want. Guards tie the creatures down." She said calmly. Her guards rushed towards the creatures as one of them was a unicorn who cast binding spell on the two creatures, the result was that they a blue and white outlined mystical circle below them. With this Celestia began to leave to tell her sister until suddenly the Princess of the Moon was already coming in as her bright blue eyes widened at seeing the two large creatures in front of her. Everyone looked at her to see her confused expression which turned stern.
" What has happened here?" She asked. Celestia walked towards her little sister and began to slowly explain things that are happening so far that even nighttime could be in danger at the moment. Explaining about what she felt in the beginning and having Mane 6 look around for anything strange and so far and then explained about Sonic who's imprisoned for now and was about to explain about Vanellope and Animus until suddenly another figure came running in to be Vanellope and Animus behind her conveniently. She stopped when she saw Luna who stared at her firmly and her eyes already made Vanellope a little intimidated. Celestia walked over beside the little girl and placed a hand on her shoulder as she was about to explain about her.
" Vanellope, this is my sister Luna. Do not be afraid it's just her first time seeing you." She assured. She looked at Luna. " Sister, Vanellope came her not long ago and was the first to see me from Twilight. Her robot behind you is Animus and you may be surprised on what she is to her. She's a...puppet." She explained. Luna's expression turned dangerous towards Vanellope when she heard this and folded her arms as she was about to make her remark.
" Then why isn't she in the dungeon like the rest? She could be Discord's disciple for all I care." Luna spoke harshly which made Vanellope fume.
" Hey! I barely survived when a masked man came and attacked me out of nowhere and he had a puppet as well! So how am I the bad guy here?" Vanellope asked. Her rage triggered Animus to have a blue orb form in her hands and aimed at Luna which she noticed. " Not now Animus put it away." She said. The orb vanished and now the puppet was in a motionless state except it's hovering. Luna now looked back Vanellope with the same stern look on her face while Vanellope glared at her. Celestia was about to tell them to calm down when suddenly a loud voice boomed from behind them.
"YOU!!!" Everyone turned to see that it was none other then Dedede who was awoke, but noticed her couldn't step out of the circle, but could move his arms. He pointed towards Vanellope then gasped when he saw Animus who was now looking towards him.There was silence for a moment when his stare turned into a deathly glare back at Vanellope.
" You are dead you little vermin! You think hiding inside a child's body will fool me? You got another thing coming once I get out this sorcery!" Vanellope looked amused at first when he began to struggle to fight the spell that he was being placed in, but after a few minutes of watching he began to in inhale air which surprisingly made him float in the air and shocked Celestia.
" Interesting. He's able to absorb the air around him to make himself less dense. Impressive for someone so large." Luna taunted. Dedede growled as he stomped towards the group until getting sucker punched in the jaw by Applejack which sent him flying against a wall and even caused cracks which crumbled underneath him.
" Did I overdo it?" Applejack asked, rubbing the back her head sheepishly.
" A little." Celestia answered.
" He deserved it." Vanellope and Luna said in unison making them glare back at each other.
" Wow! You completely beat the crap out of him." Pinkie Pie complemented with a wink.
" I'll call the royal carpenter." One of the guards spoke as he walked away from his post. After this event Luna and Celestia were standing side by side as Vanellope and Animus were as well. Everything was briefed and now Celestia had to leave for today and Luna was under rule. There was a moment of silence as Luna was looking at Vanellope with some thought now while Vanellope was whistling and looking around till she finally took closer notice at Luna's flowing hair.
" Uh, how do you and Celestia get your hair so 'flowy' and bright?" She asked. Her question however was ignored as Luna asked a question based off from something said earlier.
" What being attacked you young foal?" She asked firmly. Vanellope was somewhat annoyed about Luna's outspoken and firm personality since it probably got them nowhere.
" Uh, his name. It was Relius I think. His puppet's name I don't know. I was too dizzy to understand." Vanellope answered. Luna understood and so far was curious on where she came from and what exactly the fuss was that just happened. But, before she could Vanellope asked her the same unnecessary question again which made her groan.
" All full grown Alicorns get their hair like this. If you want to know what an Alicorn is outsider it's an Equestrian who possess the features of a Unicorn and Pegasus and their extremely rare." She answered in an irritated tone. Applejack and Pinkie Pie stepped into the conversation with Pinkie first to speak first excited at meeting someone and something new.
" Ooo! A new creature! She looks so much like us and can speak! This calls for a par-," Applejack cut her off as she covered her mouth.
" What she meant to say was, my name is Pinkie Pie. My name is Applejack and it's nice to meet you,er." Applejack chuckled nervously when she forgot Vanellope's name.
" Vanellope, got it memorized?" She asked. Applejack nodded. Suddenly crashes were heard along with screams from guards. Along with this was crash through the wall revealing a fallen guard and standing in the hole in the wall was a blue spiky headed creature that was none other than Sonic the Hedgehog.
" Man. You guys need to use more harder bindings in order to stop me." He said. He looked at Vanellope for a moment as she stared back. There was an awkward silence. Suddenly he lets out a gasp, then growled. He balled his hands into fist and suddenly ran towards Vanellope ending up in front of her in a instant with a punch about to connect to her face, but Animus came just in time to tackle him to the floor and held her claws up ready to bring them down on him. However he kicked her off of him and jumped back up with a back flip. " You again! Don't think hiding in that body will save you. It just makes you easy to beat now." Sonic told her.
" Uh, oh." Vanellope said with a bit of sarcasm.
Animus dashed towards Sonic with her claws ready to swipe at him, but the speedy hedgehog easily dodged the attack and went towards Vanellope again who this time flashed blue as Sonic landed a punch, but it went right through her. Sonic was shocked by this which gave him a perfect opening for Animus to fire a red laser from her eyes and struck him to his chest. He backed away instantly gaining a distance while Vanellope teleported to a distance. Luna sighed as she now had to get involved to stop this pointless battle to her. She ran towards Sonic while Sonic was about to take off towards her. Time slowed around them as Luna noticed his movement about to run which made her get ready. Sonic took off towards her and at that moment Luna jumped over him with a front flip over his head and used her wings to hover upside down and gasped when Sonic back flipped towards her with a kick that would land if she didn't react. She placed her arms in front of her as she blocked the attack and grabbed his leg and was now right side up and threw Sonic to the ground and dived down landing on his chest with her arms folded.
" Get off of me! She's the real enemy here!" Sonic shouted as he glared at Vanellope while struggling to get away from the Princess of the Night.
" Who are you and what business do you have with the girl?" She asked. Vanellope groaned when she just introduced herself to her and she forgot.
" Didn't I tell you my name is Vanello...ugh never mind." She grumbled.
" She's a murderer! She killed so many people and hurt my friends and now she's going to do it to you guys! LET ME GO!" He yelled. Suddenly Sonic escaped from under Luna by somehow slipping past with his speed and ran towards Vanellope with rage and jumped towards her with a punch reeled back.
Rainbow Dash
It was starting to turn dark as Rainbow Dash wanted to find Vanellope and speak with her herself, but had no luck. She mumbled to herself about how things just couldn't be peaceful enough for her practice her skills or even be with someone she needed to see. She was now in the middle of a meadow where she stopped and heard a thud from a distance. She spread her wings to fly off to see what it was that caused this. What she didn't realize was the fact that she was about to get involved in something life threatening to her people. As she flew she noticed that something large, no GIGANTIC was at a distance which made her get a bad feeling at first till she heard a yells at a distance.
" AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" One was feminine and it sounded familiar to her.
" SPITFIRE!" A male yelled.
" UGH! SIS WHERE ARE YOU!" One was young and it sounded all to well to Rainbow Dash's ears. In a instant she made a Sonic Rainboom and rammed herself into the gigantic monster in front of her, but she only slightly damaged herself when she did this and grunts when she falls down, but someone from the ground grabbed her and began to glide.
" Gotcha!" The same feminine voice from before, it belonged to a fire haired colored Pegasus that wore a very familiar blue and yellow jump suit and blue goggles on her head. Her face was a bright orange and Rainbow Dash instantly knew who this was, he favorite Wonderbolt Spitfire. They landed and Rainbow Dash saw the rest that was with her, Soarin and a cyan Pegasus like her with red, yellow, and purple hair. However his wings were a dead, colorless grey which made Rainbow Dash sad inside since this was her young 13 year old brother Rainbow Blitz. They were both 3 years apart and so far the only family they got. Blitz wore a brown cloak around his body that only revealed his motionless wings due to his medical condition. Discoloration in his wings that made him unable to fly, or was suppose to...instead it affected his flying a lot, but he could still soar through the sky with her.
" So what's going on here?" Rainbow Dash asked as she looked up towards the giant in front of them that was brightly multicolored. Spitfire, Soarin, and Blitz were panting as they could barely speak right now due to what they've went through, but Spitfire was able to speak up first.
" This giant just came out of nowhere while me and Soarin were practicing for our performance. It knocked us off course and some of our crew is now missing because of him. He's blocking the forest behind him and so far were not doing a good job getting past him." Spitfire explained. Rainbow Dash turned to Leo to see what his exclamation was.
" I-I was with them while you were gone with Celestia and the last thing I saw was like 4 members getting knocked away and now were stuck here to deal with it. I was hoping you'd show up since my flying sucks because of my useless wings." Blitz groaned as he looked down in shame. Although he was not so happy with himself, his older sister was just glad he survived. Now they had a BIG problem to deal with and it was completely not worth it.
" So have any idea how to kill it?" Rainbow Dash asked.
" I'm not sure you can." Soarin said nervously.
" Well...we could try going on top of it or inside, maybe there's a weakness there." Blitz wondered.
" If that's the case who goes?" Rainbow Dash asked. Soarin and Blitz looked at the girls who both face palmed at this.
" I understand Blitz not wanting do this since he can't, but you Soarin really?" Spitfire asked, firmly. Soarin chuckled nervously as he began to back away. Rainbow Dash and Spitfire looked at each other before seeing the giant that began to roar. It's roar was so loud it emitted a soundwave that levitated everyone and blew away some trees.
" First we need to make an opening and by that is making it bend over." Soarin told them.