//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: First Skirmish in Equestria // Story: Super Robot Taisen: Equestrian Clash // by Tythen //------------------------------// The Princesses, Discord, the Mane 6 and Spike, Shining, Flash and the 8 ponies arrived in Ponyville to confront the situation. There was indeed a thick red mist that was looming near the forest entry of Ponyville. It's bloody colour has fully engulfed the Everfree Forest, Froggy Bottom Bog and all other areas after that. "This..." Shining tried to describe "I know sir." Flash comforted "it's hard to describe a climate change as atrocious as this." "This isn't caused naturally." Luna corrected "somepony is creating it." "Well done Princess Luna!!!" A voice replied and from the mist emerged Tirek on a mist platform. "It's good to see you again Princesses." "Tirek!!!" Celestia roared "how dare you show your face!!!" "So this is the Tirek guy who's been summoning those monsters? He's half as scary as Doctor Hell, but he's twice as ugly as Baron Ashura!" Koji joked "Baron Ashura is the furthest thing you can call ugly." Akito replied "for an evil demon centaur, he's not ugly. He looks like a nice cow." "Why thank you little ponies." Tirek sarcastically replied "What do you want Tirek?" Celestia asked "Five days haven't even passed yet." "Well I don't even think you deserve those five days!" Tirek replied "here is a test to see if you can handle my new forces!" "First off." Twilight replied "what is this red mist you've brought upon?" "Oh its nothing." Tirek answered "just something to prevent you from getting to me. Only me and my forces can traverse this mist." "And I'm guessing we would die if we go in there?" Kira asked "Why ask a question when you already know the answer?" "I don't know if you'll answer, but can we dispel this bloody mist?" Rarity asked "Why yes you can!!!" Tirek gasped in delight and held out a bit. Only that it was a bit bigger. "A bit?" Applejack replied "are you pullin' our legs here?" "I'm being honest Applejack." Tirek replied "this bit is special. It's bigger and has a different design on it." And showed the bit. "I've never made a bit with that size and design." Celestia replied "I can explain the mysteries behind this bit" Tirek offered "but lets not stray too much from our topic here. I'm going to send a few of my otherworld robots at you. Come on out!" He commanded "In the mist!" Flash warned "a shadow!" "Something's coming out of there!" Sosuke warned. And as the shadow left the fog, it revealed itself to be a rather ball-sized snail that's just as big as the ponies. While looking unfamiliar to the natives of Equestria, it immediately hit the memory banks of the other 8 ponies. "No way! A Batta!?" Akito cried "Akito, thou know that abomination yonder there?" Luna asked "It's a standard AI droid of the Jovian Lizards." Eiji answered "we've fought a lot of them back in our world." As he finished more Battas emerged from the mist followed by a humanoid looking mech that had a round cockpit floating in the air. "And that's a Braver." Kira continued "a Super Powered Tracer or SPT for short. Piloted by the Gradosian army." "I knew it..." Yuu wondered "these otherworldly robots are in fact robots we have fought before. Please don't tell me that our past is repeating. Though it would be easier..." "This bit not only has the power to defog the mist" Tirek continued "but it can also power up any robot! Here's an example!" And he inserted the bit into the Braver. The human pilot in the braver started to go berserk as the braver started to glow a brilliant white and left a surrounding white aura behind after the light faded. "Argh..." Cadence shivered "Honey?" Shining asked concerned "The power from that humanoid mech. I think Kira called it a Braver. It's magical energy is impossibly high!" "Good luck Celestia!" Tirek waved "no matter how hard you'll try, I'm sure you'll end up defeated!" And walked back into the mist. "Damn!" Celestia cursed "Now's not the time to trade emotions milady." Flash reminded "we need to focus on those advancing Lizards and SPT." "Okay then..." Celestia breathed "Captain, can you, Spike, Cadence and Flash go round up every pony in Ponyville and seek refuge in Twilght's castle." "Yes madam. Come on." Shining obeyed as he, Cadence and Flash rushed to the castle "Do I have to?" Spike complained "I want to fight!" "No Spike." Twilight replied "you're still a baby and you're better to ensure the presence and safety of all the citizens of Ponyville." "Okay then Twi. Stay safe all of you!" Spike replied "And you stallions." Celestia turned her attention to the 8. "Can you still fight?" "That is negative Princess." Sosuke shook his head "we can however, help with the evacuation of the townsfolk." "Very well." Celestia nodded and the 8 ponies ,along with Spike riding on Koji, joined the two soldiers and Princess. "Right, now lets see what we can do with that Batta!" Applejack encouraged. At that moment, a Batta decided to charge towards the herd. As some of the ponies cowered in fear, Applejack stood firm and turned around. "Wait for it..." Applejack watched as she got her hind legs ready. At the proper distance, Applejack quickly straightened her legs resulting in a bucking kick which launched the Batta towards another Batta and both exploded on impact. "That was amazing!" Fluttershy complimented and the ponies were full with cheers. "Who's next?" Applejack taunted. Although the Battas are controlled by AI's, they knew how to minimize casualties. Instead of charging, 3 Battas opened their missile pods. "Hey look!" Rainbow pointed, "those robot lizards are opening up!" "Maybe it's a surprise gift!" Pinkie replied. The Battas did indeed launch a surprise gift, but it was a nasty surprise. The group watched as 15 missiles were cruising towards them. "Oh cool! What are those things?" Pinkie asked "We think they're heading right towards us!" Luna replied and Akito managed to rushed up towards the pony group. "Those are missiles!" Akito warned "they explode on impact! Dodge, cut them or shoot them down. Don't go head on!" In an instant reply, Luna, Celestia and Twilight immediately fired magic bolts and managed to destroy 9 of them. Rarity couldn't fire any magic bolts, but she decided to do what she has always done and controlled the missiles with her magic. The other ponies watched amazed as Rarity excitingly played with them. "How fun!!!" Rarity exclaimed then looked at the Battas. "But I think playtime's over. Thank you for letting me playing with your toys dear Battas. You can have them back!" And with that, sent the 6 missiles on the 3 Battas. Receiving 2 missiles each, the missle explosion could not be suppressed by the Batta's armor and they exploded along with it. "That was amazing Rarity!" Akito gasped "you can control missiles with your magic!?" "Well, the only thing I can do with my magic is levitate objects and find gems. I thought I'd try my luck on those dangerous missiles!" "It makes me wonder if you require our help..." Akito chuckled "I thought you were going to help with evacuation." Pinkie pointed "They're all contained in the safety of the castle." Akito replied "I mean, the 8 of us, Flash, Shining and Princess Cadence made this task easy. Sosuke and Flash did most of the heavy lifting though." "Well that's Flash!" Twilight chuckled "And that's Sosuke!" Akito replied "The evacuation mission is complete." Sosuke, Shining and Flash arrived back with the group. "The other 6 and Princess Cadence are keeping them company. I must say, ponies definitely pick up the pace more than humans. This beats the evacuation drill record back in my world." "Now we've got to deal with these Battas." Flash added "and that crazy glowing Braver too." "If I had my special arm slave, I'd finish them off in a flash." Sosuke sighed "Do you want me to teach you how to fight with a lance?" Flash offered "We should stay with our own weapons of expertise. You fight with swords, lances, axes and bows. I deal with firearms and knives." "I doubt the lance I have right now would even dent these robots. I'm not as strong as Lady Applejack." Flash replied "If only we had the lances that can pierce the armor of robots" Sosuke comforted "I'd be sure to get you one." "Analysing their situation." Shining noted "that's what makes a good soldier." "From their actions." Akito added "they really are alike. Not by appearance, but in skill, ability and experience." Back in Twilight's castle, Princess Cadence and Yuu were busy trying to calm and comfort everypony. "Is that all of them Spike?" D-Foal asked "Yep! Everypony in Ponyville is present!" Spike replied "how's things over on guard duty?" Spike called to Kira and Domon. "We're only relying on our own martial skills and abilities." Kira replied "I doubt they'd work against robots." "We need to find some weapons fast." Domon alerted "Is there any sort of armory in this castle?" Koji asked "We do" Spike nodded "but they'd do jack squat against the enemy." "Either way, let's try and find some weapons as best we can." Eiji replied "Settled then. Domon, Koji, Kira. Can you stay in your positions?" D-Foal asked "We can do that." Kira replied "Eiji and Yuu. We need to scout the castle." D-Foal continued "I'll be your guide around the castle!" Spike volunteered. "Kira. Can I swap roles with you?" Yuu asked "But... You haven't got any martial skill." Kira replied "That's true. But Princess Celestia told us that there are three different types of ponies excluding the Princesses. There are Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies. As you can see Kira, we are both unicorns and Unicorns excel in magic. I know you're relying on martial skill, so let me try my magic out. I have a feeling it can do some damage against the Battas." "Okay then. I trust you." Kira agreed and as Yuu took Kira's post, Kira galloped after Eiji and D-Foal. "Huh. This world is full of surprises." Domon chuckled "I know." Yuu agreed "These type of ponies aren't the ponies we see in our world. Here, ponies are coloured, little, use magic, can fly, are stronger and they certainly have these weird pictures on their flanks. Just like we have right now." "Wait... What?" Domon started but stopped to take a look at his flank. There resting on his grey coloured bum on both sides was a picture of complicated designs. A picture of a king that appears on cards, with two crossed swords and a heart with a special symmetrical design and the number 13 behind it and a K on the top of the heart. Below the king picture says the words on a flag. 'King of Hearts 4711'. "W-Why! That is my Shuffle Alliance Crest! The King of Hearts! Why is it on my flank and not on my hooves!?" "It's because." Cadence answered "the picture on your flanks is known as a cutie mark. Your cutie mark represents your talent. So what is your talent Domon?" "Oh I see..." Domon understood "the 'King of Hearts' crest is special type of crest to not only show that you are a member of the Shuffle Alliance, but can also appear on my hand... Or hoof now, when special attacks are performed or when in an emotional state. My talent is martial arts. I've been training under my teacher Master Asia for 10 years and I inherited the crest from him, before he became evil. I have four other friends who are part of the Shuffle Alliance and they bear different crests." As Cadence, Yuu and Domon were talking about Cutie marks and talents, Spike was guiding the other 3 ponies around the castle. "I'm good with swordplay." Kira noted "but the swords here are going to do nothing." "Do you think there is some other weapons around?" Eiji asked "Well... I'm not sure..." Spike tried to think, he was running out of ideas. The group stopped by the mysterious door that couldn't be opened before and started to think. "Dammit... Are we at a loss here?" Kira replied "No!" Spike rebuked "I'm positive that we can fight them." "But how... HOW?" Eiji replied "we don't have our robots. I don't have the Layzner. Kira dosen't have his Freedom and D-Foal dosen't have his Tek Setter because Pegas isn't here." "Dammit Pegas..." D-Foal wondered "where are you?" "Hey!!! Eiji!!!" A girl's voice cried "Huh? Did you say my name Spike?" Eiji asked "No I didn't say anything." Spike replied "D-FOAL. D-FOAL. CAN YOU HEAR ME?" A robotic voice called D-Foal. "What? That can't be... That voice sounds like Pegas." D-Foal jumped "Eiji!!! I'm over here!" The girl called again. "No way... There's no mistaking it! It sounds like Rei! Only that it's not robotic at all." Eiji realised "Birdy!" A bird chirped "Birdy!" Kira exclaimed "he doesn't sound like a robot bird anymore though." "Birdy!" Came Birdy's reply. "I can hear them too!" Spike noted "It's... No way! It's coming from the double-arched door that can't be opened before!" Spike ran up to the door. "How did they get in there?" He tried pulling at the door, but it wouldn't budge. "See? I still can't open it!" "Oh it's just a door Spike." D-Foal sighed "why don't I try?" And with his hooves on one door, he pulled as hard as he can without budging. "Wow... This is a tough door. Eiji, can you help me open the other side?" "Okay then." Eiji nodded and grasped around the other side. "On 3." D-Foal instructed. "1... 2... 3!" And with that, both ponies grunted hard, pulled with their might and the door opened on their grasp without any effort releasing a bright wave of light that swept over the 3 ponies and dragon who reeled from not only the brightness of the light, but the pain happening in their heads. "Argh... This pain... It's so familiar... My head... Its coursing with memories of how the Tekkaman works!" D-Foal cried "Ahh!!! I-I see, Athrun, Sai, Miriallia, Murrue, Mu, everyone with me in the Archangel. I see the Freedom Gundam... And someone's piloting it... Flay!?" Kira cried as Flay opened the cockpit and reached out for Kira's hand on which he took. "Ugh... I'm in space... I see Grados... Gale and Julia... Now I see Earth... David, Arthur, Roanne, Anne, Simmone and Dr Elizabeth... I see a blue comet soaring through space... It's coming towards me... Wait... It's not a comet, how silly of me... It's Layzner." Eiji muttered in his trance. As it occurs that the three ponies were receiving from the light their memories of the robots they have used to protect the ones they love so dearly. Spike however, went through a process that was excruciatingly painful for his mind than the other three as the light was giving him something new, the knowledge of the world of robots. "Yiiiii!!!" Spike screamed "there is so much going into my head!!! I'm seeing pictures of humans when I was in that alternate universe as a dog! I-I see, human versions. Of Kira, D-Foal, Eiji, the 8 ponies that came to our world... WOAH!!! And they're piloting robots that have different sizes. That's so amazing!" Spike wondered. As the light died down, the 3 ponies and dragon stood still for a little while daydreaming before they woke up from three different creatures heading towards them. A green and yellow bird, a blue baby dragon and a robot like pegasus that was bigger than the average pony. "Birdy!" Birdy chirped as he flew around Kira. "Birdy!" Kira laughed as he saw his once robotic pet, become a real life bird. "you've become a real bird! Wish Athrun would have seen you. He'll flip!" "Birdy!" Came the reply. "Eiji!" Rei greeted "Rei. Wh-Why are you a baby dragon like Spike?" Eiji asked "I don't know either!" Rei replied "I was just a computer for the Layzner and then for some reason, me and the Layzner started going transparent and was dissolving. Next thing I knew, I was in that room over there with Birdy and Pegas along with scattered parts and weapons of the Layzner, Mazinkaiser, Arbalest..." "Hold it there Rei!" Eiji interrupted "did you just say weapons and parts for the Layzner?" "Yeah!!!" Rei replied and beckoned everyone into the room. Sure enough, the room was a large storehouse which had the colour like every other room in the castle. It was only that this place was swamped with tons of Robot parts, modules, and weapons. Everything was there indeed but the most extraordinary thing was, that all these robot parts miniaturised and designed... For ponies! "There's just a problem." Rei explained and hauled a blue helmet with a green visor, blue coloured sets of pony armour along with it's weapons. "N-No way..." Eiji started "Yes." Rei nodded "this is the Layzner. It's kind of turned into a body suit for ponies, but the weapons still work the same way as they used to when you were a human." Then Rei pointed to another suit where Birdy was perched "and that's the Freedom mobile suit." "No way... Do you think it can work?" Kira asked "Yes it will!" Spike jumped up "Um... I appreciate your bravery, but we don't know if it will work." Eiji noted "No, I'm sure it will work." Spike replied "because something tells me that I've seen it before. All you just have to do is to attach your hooves like this... and put that onto your... You know what? Let me dress you!" And with a flash, gathered all the parts of the Layzner and ran all around Eiji until he was a blur that covered the blue pegasus. After Spike stopped and wipe the sweat of him as a job work done, Eiji was fully suited up in his blue armour and green visor helmet ready for battle. "That was fast!" Eiji exclaimed as he examined himself "did you do this before?" "No, but for some reason, it's rather easy for me. It's like I've done it before" Spike shrugged "That was amazing!" D-Foal replied "As for you D-Foal, I think you know how to use your Tek Setter." Spike replied "How do you know all of our robots all of a sudden!?" Kira asked shocked. "Dunno. Must be that light. I'll help you suit up Kira, then you need to get Domon, Yuu and Koji here so I can suit them up with the God/Burning gundam and Mazinkaiser respectively!" "Why do you need Yuu then?" D-Foal asked "It's complicated, but he'll find out once he enters this room." "Okay then. Eiji, let's fly!" "Alright D-Foal." Eiji replied "I've made a saddle on the Layzner armour for you to sit on Rei." Spike pointed "I've also made some safety measures on it so that you won't fall off. Make sure to help Eiji at all times." "Thanks Spike!" Rei replied and hopped on the saddle of the Layzner armour. "Let's hope this works... TEK SETTER!!!" D-Foal yelled and with a flash of light, transformed into the fearsome warrior... "Tekkamare Blade!!!" Blade yelled "Tekkamare!?!?" Kira blurted laughing "WHAT!? Why the hay did I say Tekkamare!?" Blade realised "When saying 'man', it's similar to saying 'mare'." Spike explained "the only problem is that 'mare' is the word for a female pony." "But hey, your sister is called Tekkaman Rapier, not Tekkawoman Rapier." Eiji cheered "so you should be fine that you can be called a mare." "Okay. I'm a stallion, but I'll be fine if I accidentally call myself Tekkamare." Blade shrugged and hopped on Pegas. "Let's fly Pegas! You too Eiji!" "ROGER." Pegas replied and the two ponies flew out of the castle at full speed, through the front gates blowing past Cadence, Koji and Domon, messing their manes. "What the heck was that!?" Domon asked alerted if there was any threat. "I think something wooshed past us and out the door." Cadence assessed as she brushed her mane down with a nearby comb. "That would be Eiji and D-Foal." Kira trotted up to them, fully armoured with Spike working on some last minute tweaks. "What are you wearing?" Yuu asked with fear and confusion. "This?" Kira pointed "It's the Freedom Gundam designed as a battle suit for ponies." "Birdy!" Birdy flew in circles and chirped happily. "And that's Birdy!!!" Koji pointed "he looks like a real bird instead of a robotic one." "That's right." Kira nodded "this world sure works mysterious wonders." "Hang on! If you, D-Foal and Eiji can get your mobile weapons and suits..." Domon realised "does that mean we can get ours!?" "Yep!!!" Spike nodded and gestured "follow me!" With Kira being the guard. Princess Cadence and the other three ponies followed Spike to the door. "Wasn't that the door Twilight mentioned that it couldn't be open?" Cadence pointed out. "How did it get opened?" "Simple." Spike answered "the light trapped inside told me that anything from another world is able to open this door to release it." "What light?" Koji asked as they stood in front the door. Suddenly, the white bright light poured out the the room again, engulfing Koji, Yuu, Domon and Cadence in its mist. The three as per usual got their memories of fighting while Cadence received the knowledge of the other world and it's robots. Instead of feeling pain, Cadence was too distracted at what she was seeing. "Wow..." She muttered Back to the fight, the Mane 6 seemed to have no problem with dealing with the Battas against them. The Gradosian soldier in the Braver could not believe he was seeing. He was promised the slaughter of many weak and feeble ponies! And yet they were fighting back without any effort! As he saw that no more Battas were left standing, the soldier yelled into the communication line. "I WANT BACKUP!!!" "Very nice Ponies." Tirek applauded as he stepped out from the mist. "But with every skirmish, the superior always brings backup!" And with a snap of his fingers, 50 Battas poured out from the mist as well as 10 Bravers. "Oh Celestia..." Applejack gasped "O-Oh my..." Fluttershy started in shock "I don't think we can take them all..." Twilight noted "You looked pretty strong ponies!" Tirek taunted "do you really think this test was easy!? I'll leave you to your deaths then. Ciao!!!" And headed back into the mist. One half of the Battas charged straight at the group while the other half fired 5 missiles each. "We can't take 125 Missiles all at once!" Rarity replied as she decided to crash the Batta missiles into each other to defend themselves, no time for a counter. "Ah don't think I can take 25 of them bugs either!" Applejack yelled. I'll try and wind them up!" Rainbow volunteered and started zooming around the 25 charging Batta's and sweeping them up in a rainbow tornado. Letting it rip, Rainbow sent the 25 Battas flying and exploding on to the ground. "Ha ha! Nicely done!" Rainbow boasted "Rainbow watch out!!!" Akito warned but it was too late. As Rainbow turned around, a laser hit her body and sent her to the ground "Pegasi down!" Flash warned "I'll provide medical attention." Sosuke replied as he checked the wounded Rainbow "What was that!?" Pinkie cried "That was a laser shot from those Bravers. Unlike missiles or another ballistic ammunition, unicorns can't control them." Akito warned "Um... Everypony?" Fluttershy squeaked "Yes?" "The missiles are right on top of us!!!" She screamed, only with the help of the unicorns, 50 have been taken down, the remaining 75 were still flying towards them. Not only that, the 10 Bravers also decided to fire some laser beams too. "Everypony brace yourselves!" Shining warned and put up a protective shield, waiting for the impact of the missiles and laser. Sure enough, Shining could feel the lasers hitting his shields but he didn't feel any missile impacts. As he looked up, he saw the 75 missiles destroyed. "What?" Shining wondered what was going on as the ponies also decided to see what was happening. "Those missiles got destroyed..." Luna pointed out. "And look!!!" Pinkie pointed towards the direction of the Battas. The Batta's seemed to break formation and flew towards different directions. But no matter how fast they flew, some lasers caught up with them and destroyed them entirely. Some were impaled with a rather large spike connected to a laser chain. As the spike was pulled out, the Battas exploded. The shielded ponies turned to look at where the direction the chain was from. Revealing a pegasus and an armoured Earth Pony riding on what looked like a robot pegasus. "Who's that?" Twilight asked "They have saved us! Huzzah!" Luna cheered "That couldn't be!!! It's..." Akito started "There's no mistaking it." Sosuke nodded "it looks very similar to the Layzner and Tekkamare Blade... Pfft... Tekkamare? That made me laugh." The two rescuers landed near the group and waved at them to show they were friendly. The shield was dropped and Fluttershy and Rainbow went to inspect them. "W-Who are you?" Fluttershy asked "Don't you recognise me Fluttershy?" The armoured pegasus asked as he retracted his green visor. "It's me, Eiji Asuka!" "No way!!! It really is you!" Akito cried "That... Was... AWESOME!!!" Rainbow Dash shrieked with joy. "How did you do that Mr..." "In this form," Blade interrupted "I am known as Tekkaman Blade. But I am still the pony you know as D-Foal." "I assume these are the robots you've piloted?" Celestia asked "they look too small to be robots. They're more like armour." "Sort of..." Cadence flew over. "Apart from the Tekkaman, the rest of the group do in fact pilot robots. But in this world, everypony is a pony and not a human. When you summoned Eiji and the rest, not only did you take their bodies but also their robots too! The robots though... They've been modified to fit their respective pony, becoming battle armour." "How do you know all this!?" Shining asked, shocked that his wife had the knowledge of robots and what's currently happening. "It just came into my mind when that light that hit Spike hit me." Cadence answered "What light?" Discord asked "We'll explain later!" Blade reminded "right now. We have enemies to face!!!" And the group turned to the remaining enemy force.