//------------------------------// // Prologue: An old and new threat // Story: Super Robot Taisen: Equestrian Clash // by Tythen //------------------------------// There was once an evil demon centaur known as Tirek. He rose from Tartarus to absorb all of the magic from the lands and the ponies. As we all know the story, Tirek was defeated by Princess Twilight and her friends and banished once more back to Tartarus. Now as the "Princess of Friendship", Twilight and her friends lived happily in her castle stationed in Ponyville, watching over the ponies and keeping the peace. This peace has gone for a few years... And then... Things... Got pretty bad. "Hoo boy! That's a big one!!!" Shining Armor and his Lieutenant admired his sister's castle from the train. "That is agreeable Captain." Flash Sentry, Shining's lieutenant, nodded. "I guess she has really outgrown me." Shining Armor chuckled "Princess Twilight's actions are extraordinary." Flash complimented "taking down one of the most fearsome villains in the history of Equestria. I'm just a royal guard, I've got no chance facing any of Equestria's biggest villains, but I'm honoured serving under the Princess' brother." "You're too kind Lieutenant." Shining blushed "but, there's a problem with you." "Is there something I have done wrong? Did I perform any misconduct during my duties?" "That's the problem Flash. You have not done any single act that soiled the name of the Royal Guard. Not since you've graduated from the Royal Guard academy all the way through promotion to my Second-hand-stallion. You've been supporting me and helping me throughout the entire time, not even for self-publicity and I'm getting a bit tired about this. You've been too devoted to your duty." "Sir. As much as I care about you as my superior. I took my job not just as a soldier of Equestria, but to also ensure the welfare and survival of my two siblings." "I see. They live in Ponyville too?" "Yes, unless you grant me permission to visit them, I will not leave your side and my post." "Now, that's a bit harsh, I'm not giving you permission. You are to visit your family in Ponyville and that's an order." "Thank you sir." "Besides." Shining nudged "don't you also have a special somepony to see as well? Like... My sister?" "Not at all sir." "WHAT!?" Shining spluttered "Your sister is a gallant and gorgeous mare, but I do not know her very well, other than the fact that she bumped into me twice. That's why I gave a small smile to her before heading back to the Crystal Empire when Princess Cadence visited her" "Flash..." "And yes, you also told me that she has a crush on me. Or was that her friends spreading the rumour? Anyway, she is not my coltfriend. To be honest, whenever she visits the Crystal Empire, she seems to smile and wink every time she passes me... Sir, no offence intended, but I get scared around her, even though I help her out just like I help others. But if you have to drag me along to visit her, I have no complaints, qualms or questions." "Very good... But being scared with my sister, this seems to be a problem. But orders are orders." Shining grinned "Captain... Is there something you are not telling me?" "Heh heh heh... I forgot to tell you, your post has been changed now." "Captain!?" "Relax, it's not punishment, and you hardly deserve any anyway. When you get there, you'll still keep your rank, but you will be appointed as the first guard of this castle, no longer serving under me." "So, where am I appointed to, and to who?" "Don't you see Flash? We're heading towards your new post!" He laughed pointing towards the castle located in Ponyville. "Oh no..." Flash stated, fear rising in him. "Oh! What a coincidence! That means you'll be serving under Twily! Don't do any tricks on her, understand?" "Sir..." Flash started, then cried and tried to run away "no! Please! Let me go back to the Crystal Empire!!!" "Calm down Flashy!" Shining grabbed him "you have to learn to follow somepony else's orders!" "WHY DID YOU DO THIS!?!?" "Orders from high above. My wife, Princess Celestia and Luna agreed to this: The change of appointment of the Royal Guard Flash Sentry was drafted by none other than Twilight herself due to protection of Ponyville. But knowing my sister, she has other 'personal reasons'..." "That's an abuse of power..." "Well hey, I tried to defend you into saying that you're my loyal Second-hand stallion and that you get upset and shy around woman." "Well... Thanks. I'll just brood about my fate to come. Hope this train ride can stay long." Flash muzzled "Ha ha! Well, don't worry. She's a very nice mare who will take well to you." "She already does... Just to change the subject sir, I have a question." "Yes?" "It just suddenly occurred to me, but do you think that there are more lands or even more worlds than Equestria? Worlds that have different inhabitants who are different to us?" "Who knows Flash? Who knows?" Meanwhile in Tartarus, a thin looking centaur was stomping around. "The time has come" the centaur said "It's time... For my revenge!!!" and with that, seas of flames rose from the lava and engulfed him, transforming into his final strengthened form. "I am powerful once more... And I will send my revenge to the Princesses. Especially you, Princess Twilight!!! Come forth my allies from another world!!!" He chanted and multiple bright lights appeared, one was a portal out to a random area of Equestria but the other portals lack a picture and instead, hundreds of monstrosities poured out from each of the portals, most of them looked like large two-legged monsters all made out of metal. "The time has come my friends. I shall take Equestria and you shall rule with me and have your destruction!" And the centaur was replied with roars and cheers of fury "That is... If I will." The centaur chuckled. The beautiful castle nestled in the area where Golden Oak Library once was, stood tall over the free town of Ponyville. Six mares, a baby dragon and a Draconequus were waiting outside to greet two Stallions walking towards them. "Princess." Shining and Flash bowed "Arise." Twilight replied chuckling "can we not be so formal?" "Not at all" Shining replied "In that case... Hello my big BBBFF!!!" Twilight yelled and rushed to Shining and nuzzled him. "Good to see you too Twily. And look who've I brought!" He pointed to Flash "your first royal guard for your new castle!" Flash gulped. "...Flash!? You're my first ever royal guard! I can't believe it!" Twilight squealed "surely this must be fate or destiny!" "Twilight..." Rainbow piped up "he already knows you've picked him personally." "Lady Rainbow is correct." Flash answered with a nervous-looking smile "So this is the castle then?" Shining looked up "It's very beautiful!" "Agreed." Flash added "Why thank you!" Twilight blushed "and you'll be living here too Flash. The guard quarters are big and spacious, but you'll get lonely inside. Since you're the only guard, I'll assign you to one of the guest-rooms." "Just as long as it's not anywhere near you..." Flash hoped to himself. "You know what? I think I'll put you in the room right opposite mine! So you can wake me up when it's time to do princess duties!" "Crap..." Flash cursed then spoke aloud "Permission to visit my family now sir?" "Nuh-uh Flash! Remember, until I give you the order to visit your family." "Me and my big mouth..." "So, are there any problems with the castle?" Shining continued "There's just this mysterious door in the castle that can't be opened by any means known right now." Twilight replied "Now Flash, before I let you go to see your younger siblings, here's what's going to happen now." Shining briefed as he pulled out a scroll "once you settle into your new post, you will follow the commands and orders of Princess Twilight and her friends, they will be your responsibility. At the end of the day, you will see Princess Twilight for discussion of your daily guard report and future missions and events over a romantic dinner at your expense. No objections?" "So this is what my life's going to be from now on..." Flash sighed regretfully then replied "no objections sir." "Good. You may now go see your family. Fall out." Shining commanded and Flash replied with a salute before flying off. "Twily, I entrust my finest and most loyal Lieutenant to you." Shining turned his attention "he will be obedient. I can guarantee you that." "I will." "And don't get too close to him, he doesn't appreciate it, and neither will I." "Okay then." "So may I take the tour of your castle?" "Then follow me!" Princess Celestia flew to a barren woodland full of dead trees and lack of vegetation. The bloody red skies loomed above her. "Tirek!" She called out "I know you are here! Come on out!" "There's nothing to see here Princess..." A voice replied, she refused to move and asked more questions "How did you get out of Tartarus? What are you planning?" "Time. When you had your period of peace, I had my period of gaining power." The voice replied "Tirek! Show yourself!!!" She commanded "I never got out of Tartarus." The voice replied "I control it now!!!" And with a wild laugh, a portal of fire appeared before Celestia's eyes as the Demon Centaur stepped out. "Tirek..." Celestia growled "How was Equestria princess? Better than before when I was gone?" Tirek greeted "What are you planning?" Celestia repeated "Not to absorb the magic of poines, that's for sure. That's just excess energy. I'm here for something bigger. Revenge!!!" "I'm not sure you've learnt your lesson. Even without absorbing our powers to gain your final form, we can still defeat you." "Or will you now? Can you really defeat me and my new allies?" "Allies? You mean Chrysalis and Sombra?" "Yessss... I am back from the dead." Sombra appeared next to Tirek "And I too have returned!!!" Chrysalis flew down on the other side of Tirek "Hello once again... Princess." A devilish looking unicorn also walked and stood beside Sombra. "Hmm... Even still, I won't hold back and neither will Equestria." Celestia faltered with fear in his voice "Giving up so easily?" Tirek picked up "you really think that's all? I'm afraid that is the tip of the iceberg!" "How? Those are all the villains that my dear student and her friends faced and defeated!" "Villains in Equestria yes! But I'm afraid I've made more allies than these three, and they're not even in Equestria!!!" And with a snap of his fingers, portals appeared around the villainous bunch and 11 mechanical giants emerged from the portals. "Mankind is responsible for the destruction of their land... The same goes with ponykind!" A voice called out "All living beings are destined for endless conflict and death... Even ponykind!" Another voice called out "Heh heh... It's time to have some fun with some pretty ponies!!!" A third voice "Even if you're a God, I'm a better one." A fourth voice "This world shall be mine." A lady's voice "The end justifies the means. The Gekiganger reigns supreme!" A sixth voice "This world hosts an abnormal power. One that I will soon control!" A seventh voice "I shall conquer this world!" An eighth voice (jeez... I have no idea how to phrase this) "The Radam shall control this world!" A ninth "Ha ha ha!!! I will rule this world!!!" A tenth "Ponies, Earth monkeys, they are all the same to me, and I want them dead!" And the eleventh voice rung out "I-Impossible!!!" Celestia cried "eleven different... Bipedal monsters!?!?" "Allow me to introduce you to my otherworldly allies, they are known as humans. Although we are a bit bigger than them, they have such knowledge on technology and pilot these 'bipedal monsters" made from steel, their preferred term are... Robots." "Well, we shall see how the power of magic can taste the power of steel!" Celestia taunted "How much steel?" One of the voices replied and with a signal, hordes of robots came pouring out. "N-No... There's no many." "This is my new power Celestia!" Tirek laughed "let's see how long you can survive! I'll give you a 5 day head-start of preparation and I will release these blood thirsty beasts!!! I will rule Equestria once more!!!" And with that, Tirek blasted Celestia and sent her flying. "Why can't we fight now? I want to have fun!!!" The third voice moaned "In due time..." Tirek chuckled "This castle does indeed look fabulous in the inside just like the outside!" Shining admired "Yes it does." Rarity replied "It's such a nice place, all the animals can run around!" Fluttershy added "Hey... Wonder where that Flash stallion ran off to?" Applejack asked "From all I know, he could definitely be avoiding Twilight!" Pinkie Pie guessed "but after visiting his siblings, I have a hunch he's at that mysterious door Twilight was talking about before." Sure enough, Flash was indeed there, inspecting the big arched double door from top to bottom. He tried to pull on it, but it won't budge. "Figured out you'd be here." A voice replied with Flash turning around to see the baby dragon. "Master Spike." Flash replied "Shining told me you always had a knack for uncovering mysteries." "That so?" "Twilight also like to uncover mysteries too, just like you. She also tried to open that door." "Master..." "Although both of you may be different in pony kind and status, both of you have a lot in common." "But..." "I also know about your fear of Twilight... The reason why she has feelings for you, is because of a past adventure with me in another dimension." "... Really?" "You see..." Spike was about to explain until Princess Luna and Cadence rushed in. "Everypony! There is an emergency!" Luna yelled out "What's wrong?" Twilight, her friends and Shining galloped to the entrance followed by Spike and Flash "Hmm... Princess Celestia is missing... Where is she?" Shining asked "That's part of the problem! We need to head to Canterlot immediately!" Cadence explained "WHAT?" The rest reacted "We must make haste to Canterlot!!!" Flash commanded After a quick train trip to Canterlot, the group visited Princess Celestia in the throne room. There, Princess Celestia's wounds were getting treated. "Celestia!" Discord gasped with horror and rushed to her side "are you ok?" "I'm ok Discord." Celestia comforted "but I'm afraid neither me nor Equestria will be after a few days." "What happened?" Twilight asked "Tirek has returned..." "WHAT!?" The group replied "With Sombra, Chrysalis and Sunset Shimmer..." "WHAT!?!?" "And that's not all... With a endless army of... What did he call them?... Mechanical monsters called robots." "... What's a robot?" Spike broke the silence of confusion "She said it was a mechanical giant..." Rarity repeated "That 'robot' sounds dangerous." Applejack noted "Yes... He and his allies has given us a time limit of 5 days, before he attacks." Celestia warned "Then... Do we have a plan?" Twilight asked "It's time to bring it out... Luna?" Celestia answered "B-But... That entity... It's power is unimaginably dangerous!" Luna replied "We have no choice Luna. Get it out." Celestia ordered and with no other objections, Luna galloped as fast as she could. "Princess, just what is this entity?" Shining asked "The identity of this entity is only privy to me and Luna. We have encountered this entity more than 5 thousand years ago" "Oh, I remember." Discord remembered "Yes, you were there. This entity has been ravaging many lands of Equestria and it took nearly the powers of me, Luna and Discord to defeat it as consequence and sealed it in another world for it's atrocious crimes." "And now you want to revive it?" Rainbow replied "I'm sure that it will gain respect and fear from its conquerors. With seeing me, Luna and Discord, It'll definitely help us." "...Or kill us..." Applejack whispered "I have got it sister!" Luna came back in carrying a stash of CD cases placed in a special container with her magic "I have left it in my room." "That's not what you're supposed to bring." Celestia sighed "Nay sister, you see..." Luna replied as she neatly pulled out a stack of CD cases and a yellow orb. "I hid it in here." And presented to Celestia before putting the CD cases back. "Really?" Celestia cringed "oh well... It matters not. Stand back my little ponies." She warned and started chanting a spell "Inhabitants from another world! Lend me your ears!" "Um... Celestia dear?" Discord started but Celestia was still concentrating. In another world called the planet Earth, the spectral image of Celestia appeared in different areas of the world. 2 warships, a big boat and a submarine, as well as some few other places. The people known as humans saw the image of Celestia and cowered with fear. "W-What's that on top?" "My world is going to suffer a great and terrible war..." Celestia started "Well... Seems pretty common in our world!" "That's not funny Dearka." "I'm afraid that our power alone cannot stop them..." Celestia continued "And what? You want us to help? Well here's the thing. We don't know you or your world, and even if we WANT to help, how are we supposed to get there?" "I don't think you can ask whatever that is questions..." "I have called upon you as I have observed your power for long." Celestia continued "I'm not sure if you know me as much as I do not know you, in dire times like these, I have no choice but to call you." "Um... Auntie?" Cadence warned but she did not hear her. "A villain has threatened to attack the lands of Equestria with other villains and has new deadly allies that pilot mechanical beasts." Celestia addressed to the Earth "Mechabeasts!? They've attacked that world!? I thought we've done them in!" "No you dummy! That thing said mechanical beasts! But... It does sound like these 'Mechanical beasts' are mechabeasts." "They are known as robots." Celestia added "Now that certainly is a problem..." "The wrath of war robots have reached that peaceful world? That's horrible!!!" "I am afraid my world will come to an end if I don't stop him. All of you are my last resort, if you wish to help, lend me your strength! You are my world's last hope!!!" Celestia pleaded "Princess? Princess!!!" Discord waved in front of her but she didn't budge. "Princess! You're..." Spike reasoned to no avail The humans who were hearing the spectral image of Celestia came to a decision. "You know, we should help her. I mean, we may not know a lot about their world, but we certainly know about robots and what damage they can do." "I've always known to protect the Earth, it has been pretty peaceful, but if someone calls for help, even in another world. I'll give my strength in too!" "I may be a mercenary, but I still have my values. If there is any payment in this, I will join this battle." "Shucks, I hate war, and this gathering here in the Archangel was supposed to be a celebration about peace-time. But I cannot stand by to see innocents getting killed, I guess we can help." "By the way" Celestia added "I forgot to mention that you do not have a choice in this, I will use my power to bring you and whatever strength you have into my world so prepare yourself!" "H-Hey, WAIT!!! We're signing up now!?" "With my power combined with a small item as a reagent, I can bring you forth without any harm made!" Celestia briefed and raised a bit to which the humans took it as a coin. "This is the item I will use to bring anypony from another world. Now, I shall chant the spell..." "NO! PRINCESS!!! DON'T DO IT!!!" Pinkie yelled "STOP!!!" Rarity screamed. Everypony tried to stop Celestia but she started chanting the spell "Beings from another world! I summon your aid!" Celestia chanted and as light came from her eyes, the bit dissolved into light and caused a big flash in the room. "NOOOO!!!! You've... You've... Summoned the wrong... Thing." Twilight cried before fainting from the light "Sister... M-My Anime..." Luna yelped before fainting as the rest of the ponies, dragon and draconequus fainted too. In the other world, as Celestia released the blinding light, it shone upon the areas where her image was. Nothing happened for a few seconds but from each area, one human began to glow and parts of the human began to disappear. "Wh-What's happening to me!" "Something's wrong with your body!... And so is your Brain!" "Hey guys! The Mazinkaiser is glowing and disappearing... And WHY is Koji glowing and disappearing too!?" "Your hands, your legs, it's dissolving!!!" "M-My body... Some energy seems to be eating me up. This energy is linked to the light around me, as this energy eats me and dissolving my body, I am... Feeling... Unwell... Going... To... Faint." "This burning... It's burning worse than red!!! I feel like this burn is going to kill me!!!!" "Please! Help me guys!!! Sister!!! Gale!!!" "Nooo Akito!!! Don't leave your lovely wife all alone!!!!" No matter how much the humans prayed, begged and pleaded, the glowing humans and some certain machines had disappeared much to their audience's display, throwing them into chaos. "Dammit!!! Where are you!?" "Hey! It's not just him, the God/Burning Gundam is gone too!" "No... D-boy!!! Come back!!!" Back in Canterlot, everyone managed to regain conciousness to see an intact and unharmed yellow orb surrounded by scattered CD cases. "Did... Did the spell work?" Celestia asked as she regained her senses "Well..." Fluttershy started "The orb is still here!" Celestia gasped "did my spell fail?" "No, it succeeded. You always do." Discord complimented "But..." Pinkie Pie continued "you were talking and casting the spell... On the wrong thing." "Wait... What did I hit!?" "You seemed to hit the collection of cases that Luna carried with the orb." Spike assessed "before I passed out, I'm sure I heard Princess Luna say something about her anime." "What's an anime?" Applejack asked "It's a Neighponise-style cartoon or movie known for all ages." Twilight explained "I checked my new library on foreign countries and their cultures." "So these things in those cases. They are called anime?" Rarity asked "Yes..." Luna answered "Oh no..." Celestia gasped "I've used up a lot of my power in order to bring that entity back to this world, and now I've brought the characters from a bunch of animes by mistake! Is all hope lost now?" "Don't jump to conclusions yet milady..." Flash held the silence and everyone looked at him as he picks up one of the cases and looked at him. "Princess Luna." "Yes Lieutenant Flash?" "I remember Celestia clearly stated that the unknown enemy are known as humans that ride in mechanical monsters known as robots." "That is correct." "Hmm... Pray tell me, what are these animes all about?" Flash asked "Wait..." "From what I can read from that special container on the floor, it says 'Super Robot Wars J'. 'Contains all the series that took part in the famous Banpresto crossover game ever!' I was wondering if you knew... So these types of animes are about..." Flash started "... Creatures called humans that save the world with mechanical monsters known as robots." Luna finished with a glimpse of relief in her voice "And this spell also takes the strength of those taken into Equestria." Flash added "So... That means..." Cadence gasped with a sudden realisation "There should still be hope for Equestria." Flash concluded "as long as we find those humans who appeared in our world, I guess we're fighting fire with fire." "Right. Thank you Lieutenant Flash, for not giving up." Celestia thanked "our top priority now is to find these humans and their machines and convince them to help us. We need their help in order to fight against Tirek." "Hmm..." Flash looked at the case he was currently holding " 'Full Metal Panic!' Interesting name for a robot-fighting anime." "The main character is a mercenary or 'military maniac' named Sosuke Sagara." Luna explained "he was given a task to protect a special girl against the clutches of other enemy mercenaries especially a crazy one named Gauron." "Oh! Oh! I want to choose one as well!" Pinkie volunteered as she dived down and grabbed a case. "This one says 'Martian Successor Nadesico'!" "A male human named Akito Tenkawa and his friends in the Nadesico fight against an alien race known as the Jovian Lizards. By the way, Akito and the Nadesico crew are all civilian fighters, not actual soldiers." "Hmm... Kinda like the five of us from what we've been through." Applejack chuckled with the resemblance "You have certainly a wide knowledge about this 'anime' Princess." Twilight complemented as she picked one case up " 'Brain Powerd' " "There is this alien ship called Orphan and that it's plates can revive special creature robots known as antibodies, some are Grand Chers and some are special antibodies known as Brain Powered. A male human named Yuu Isami and his friends from their ship, Novis Noah, plan to prevent that ship from rising as it may wipe out all life." "Hey darling!" Cadence called to Shining "Look what I've got!" " 'Mobile Fighter G Gundam'." Shining read "Big fighting tournament of robots between countries. From what We've heard, your fight against Queen Chrysalis during your wedding day shows similarity of the values and ideas in that show." "What is that value?" Cadence asked "Love!" Luna chuckled " 'Mobile Suit Gundam SEED' ?" Applejack read "There has been an ongoing war between Naturals and Coordinators. This anime focuses on the character of Kira Yamato, he fights in a Gundam in order to protect his friends." " 'Mazinger' " Rarity read then described "that robot design looks weird with those mouth and eyes and all, but it does look very symmetrical!" "Main character goes by the name of Koji Kabuto. He and is friends fight to prevent a crazed scientist from taking over the world through his horrid creations known as mechabeasts." "This one says 'Blue Comet SPT Layzner'." Fluttershy read "And my one says 'Space Knight Tekkaman Blade'!" Rainbow added " 'Blue Comet SPT Layzner' is about a half-Gradosian half-human named Albatro Null Eiji Asuka who wants to protect the Earth from the invasion of his own, the Gradosians. And 'Space Knight Tekkaman Blade' is also about a human known as D-Foal who can transform into a robotic being called a Tekkaman. He and his friends are known to protect the Earth against aliens called Radam." "And the thing in common?" Spike asked "All of them use robots to complete their goals." Discord answered "So it's definitely settled." Celestia agreed "we need to find these humans and their robots. Let's just hope we can find them before the 5 day mark." "Now, where shall we start looking?" Twilight planned until a guard rushed in. "Princesses." The guard reported "we have some sightings of new faces around Ponyville and Canterlot." "New faces?" Luna asked "but what makes them so special that it requires our attention?" Luna asked "Because they are in great disarray and confusion of what's around them." The guard explained "they've been asking numerous questions. We're trying to help them in anyway possible. We gave them what's going around in Equestria and also have taken their names down. Sounds like they are from Neighpon." "Their names?" Luna asked "Four in Canterlot and four in Ponyville. The four in Ponyville are as follows in any order: Koji Kabuto, Domon Kasshu, Takaya Aiba though he prefers to be called D-Foal, and Yuu Isami." The group went silent after hearing those four names for a second time. The guard continued "The four in Canterlot are: Eiji Asuka, Sosuke Sagara, Akito Tenkawa and Kira Yamato." Silence came from the group once again, the realisation that their search of their targets has been made easy or has been already completed eased their minds. "I guess that answers your question Princess." Flash started "what questions did they ask?" "Well Lieutenant, they all asked the same normal questions like 'where am I?' and 'what is this place?' But some questions were... Pretty abnormal. And they all asked the same thing too." "How?" Shining asked "These were the most trifling questions they have spoke: 'why is this place swarmed with ponies? And how can they talk to me?', 'Why is my speaking altered? I'm saying words that I wasn't meant to say! I mean, why am I saying anypony?', They also seem to have lost a rather peculiar belonging to them 'where's my brain, robot or gundam?' But that's not all. One question seems really out of the ordinary." "Well, it seems we have a minor problem here" Twilight analysed "I think it wouldn't be that hard to find their robots. But what was the last question?" "It beats me Princess Twilight." The guard replied and as he cleared his throat and took a deep breath, " 'why am I a pony?' " After that last question, the room was struck with fear and silence. "Uh-oh..." Applejack started "Sister... What did you do?" Luna asked "I-I just summoned them! I-I didn't want to turn them into ponies!" Celestia defended "Looks like we have a major problem now." Flash concluded.