Luffy in Equestria

by SparkStone


Chapter 8 - Tension

Upon the fourth day, Luffy was meeting up with Fluttershy. Applejack had said something it was important. She had recently heard screaming over to Fluttershy's cottage when she woke up. In instinct, Applejack got up, got Luffy up, and heads on out. Luffy was tired though. He didn't want to wake up, but Applejack wanted him to go with her. Why not he supposes.

On their arrival, Twilight and the others were already there comforting Fluttershy. Applejack and Luffy were concerned as well and went to her side.

"What's wrong sugar plum?" Applejack asked.

"Oh… it's horrible…" She sniffled. "The animals… they're missing!"

"Animals?" Luffy repeated. "Wait, you had meat the whole time!?"

Applejack bonked Luffy on the head and said, "Those animals are Fluttershy's friends! So don't you lay a tongue on them mister!"

"Okay… got it… geez…" Luffy replied.

"Do you know where they went?" Twilight asked Fluttershy.

She nodded and pointed weakly towards the Everfree forest. "I-In there… I think I saw some bunnies hop away over there…"

Everyone was a bit tense going back into the Everfree forest. The place where strange things happen. After all, they found Luffy there.

"Well? What are we waiting for?" Luffy questioned. "Let's go!"

"Hold on Luffy!" Twilight stopped him. "You shouldn't go in waltzing around like it's no big deal."

"Yeah! The Everfree forest is a dangerous place!" Pinkie added.

"Really?" Luffy responded with a slightly excited expression, much to everyone else's surprise

"Y-Yeah… Uh, you know? Fearsome creatures that only care for themselves? Weird and mystifying stuff happens?" Applejack also informed.

"Sounds like a really cool place!" Luffy laughed.

"Well, we did find Luffy in there." Rainbow commented. "Maybe he's just one of those monsters."

"Come on Fluttershy!" Luffy said while trying to push her into the forest. "Let's go!"

"W-W-Wait! L-L-Luffy!" Fluttershy said, obviously hesitating to go.

Luffy stopped to listen. "What is it?"

"I… I'm really afraid of the forest…" Fluttershy explained.

"Eh? But the Applejack and everyone else is here just in case!" Luffy reasoned. "You can't still be scared, can you?"

Fluttershy whimpered behind her mane as an answer to Luffy, making him sigh in disappointment.

"Wow… I never knew you were such a coward." Luffy pointed out, making everyone jolt a bit. "I don't like you!" He said with a laugh.

Fluttershy suddenly froze in place, not believing what she had just heard. Neither did anybody else as he just laughed as if it was no big deal.

"N-Nopony ever said that to me before…" Fluttershy stated, nearing in tears.

"What is wrong with you!?" Applejack scolded Luffy as she pulled his cheek. "Fluttershy can't take stuff like that! Look! You made her cry!"

"Aw, come on! It's no big deal, she shouldn't cry just because someone doesn't like her!" Luffy stated.

Though blunt, it was a fair point. Still, Applejack was willing to defend Fluttershy. "That may be, but what you said was rude, don't you think?"

"I was just being honest." Luffy claimed.

That made Fluttershy sob even more. Applejack lifts him up and throws him to the ground, much to everyone's surprise to her violent behavior.

"Luffy, if you don't plan to help, then just leave." She told him.

Luffy picked up his hat and held on to it tightly. "No."

The mares stare at him as he says, "She still found my hat. So I still owe her."

"Well, at least he has some courtesy." Rarity commented.

Applejack sighed and said, "Alright, alright, I see your point. But you better not eat them, ye hear?"

"Yeah, yeah! Geez!" Luffy replied.

Twilight turned back to Fluttershy and asked, "Do you know all of the animals that went missing?"

Fluttershy was wiping her tears and said, "Y-Yes. I can give everypony one to help… I-If that's okay with you…"

"I'll help you get started on making those lists." Twilight offered.

As they waited for the lists to be made, Rainbow flew over to Luffy with some anger on her chest.

"What is your problem?" Rainbow questioned.

"What do you mean?" Luffy replied.

"Calm down Rainbow." Applejack said. "He's just a bit off, that's all."

"No! He's not just a bit off!" Rainbow pointed out. "He's a jerk! He's a mean version of Pinkie! He's an idiot who doesn't care about how others feel! And I'm getting sick and tired of it!"

"I have to agree with Rainbow on this one." Rarity stated. "And it's not just about the hat."

"Hold on!" Applejack defended. "Now listen! In case you hadn't noticed, Luffy here isn't a pony first! He was another creature! Now we don't know much about humans, but if I know one thing about pirates, it's that they plunder everything and torch the town. But Luffy hasn't even thought of doing that! Maybe Luffy acts this way because that's the human nature, but he ain't bad like a pirate! Isn't that where it counts?"

Rainbow and Applejack glared at each other so much that lightning could be seen between the two eyes.

"Ooh! Sparkly!" Pinkie described the spark.


Meanwhile, deep in the Everfree forest were two colts. Snails and Snips were looking for the cave they had found last time to pull the same stunt. In search for the Ursa Minor, they continue their hike until the stumble upon a hole in the mountain.

"Is this the same cave?" Snails asked.

"I think so." Snips replied.

"Okay then! All we have to do is wake up a sleeping Ursa minor so we can prove how awesome Luffy is!" Snails declared.

Snips became a bit nervous of the idea. "Um… but what happens if he turns out to be a fraud like Trixie?"

"Don't worry! That's why we're looking for an Ursa minor this time! That way, Twilight can take care of it!" Snails explained.

"Oh! That makes sense!" Snips responded.

As they head into the cave, they looked around for the Ursa Minor. As they went in deeper, they noticed a great amount of air flowing through.

"Uh… Was there this much wind last time we came here?" Snips asked.

"I think so…" Snails answered unsurely.

Carelessly heading forward, they fell into another hole, but it felt gooey and sticky. They got out of the nostril of the creature they had just awoken. The gigantic purple creature's eyes opened and viewed the two trespassers. It was an Ursa Major. Snips and Snails were shocked and realized something as they ran away.

"THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT CAVE!!!"


Luffy and the others had already begun searching for about an hour now. He wasn't having much luck finding them. The others however were making good progress. Twilight had found half the bunnies while Pinkie found the other half, Fluttershy found the chipmunks, and Rarity had just escorted some chickens. Luffy couldn't however find a single creature on the list. As he continued to wander the forest, Rainbow flew down to his area.

"Oh, it's you." Luffy said.

"Don't think I don't know what you're playing here you rubber colt!" Rainbow sneered, itching for a fight. "You may have everypony else believing your dumb little act, but I know you're up to something!"

"I'm just trying to find Fluttershy's pets." Luffy claimed.

"Yeah? So you can eat them?" she questioned.

"Well, I saw chicken on the list, so that made me a bit hungry." Luffy admitted.

Right there, Rainbow rushed in to headbutt Luffy. She however missed as Luffy swiftly dodged in time. The two glared at each other as they kicked the ground, ready to fight.

"Enough of this! I'm gonna finish you off before you even start something." Rainbow declared.

"Fine then!" Luffy replied. "Bring it on color pony!"

Rainbow rushed in and yelled, "My name is Rainbow Dash!"

Luffy readied his hoof from behind him and rushed forward.

"Gomu Gomu no Bullet!"

The impact of Rainbow's speed and Luffy's attack was enough force to puncture the ground. Rainbow and Luffy distanced themselves after so.

"These hooves are stronger I guess…" Luffy said to himself. "But it's kinda hard to fight in a different body…"

Rainbow started to fly in a circle multiple times until a tornado took place. Luffy was surprised and was blown to the sky. Rainbow took the chance and flew up to take on Luffy off the ground. Luffy attempted to throw his hoof down to the ground, but Rainbow managed to land a hit on Luffy's body. This didn't stop Luffy from grabbing onto a tree to get back to the ground.

Dang it! Because of that rubber body, even if I hit him he won't get hurt! Rainbow thought.

As Luffy reached the ground, he attempted to do the same move as last time.

"Gomu Gomu no Gatling Gun!"

The multiple shots of punches were thrown into the air, but Rainbow knew better. She dodged the punches carefully and waited until the right time. She then quickly grabbed Luffy's hoof and pulled him up to the air.

"Just because it you throw fast hits doesn't mean you have a hundred hooves!" Rainbow retorted as she kicked him up to the air. Right there, Rainbow dashed up to the air and started to pierce the air. "You're not the only one with special moves!"

"Sonic Rainboom!"

The attack shot out a colorful sonic boom that shook the sky. Luffy was tackled by Rainbow's fastest speed and was thrown off to the air. Rainbow flew in place, glad that she actually managed to beat him.

"You see that!" Rainbow yelled. "I just kicked your flank!"

Short lived however as suddenly a hoof stretched to Rainbow's shoulder. Rainbow looked up to see Luffy rushing back using his foreleg to reach Rainbow. Luffy's head then hardened.

"Bosu Koka" (Hardening)

Rainbow was still, unsure what to do. Luffy came closer as he soon came down head first.

"Gomu Gomu no Bell!"

Luffy rammed Rainbow down back to the ground, causing a massive explosion of dirt and trees to fly everywhere. Though the two were injured, they were still good to go.

"Is that… all you got?" Rainbow commented. Darn it! What's with this guy!? I thought he was just made of rubber!

"I'm just getting started!" Luffy replied. Before he continued however, he noticed something. "Wait…"

Rainbow raised an eyebrow and asked, "What? You giving up?"

Luffy turned towards the direction of Ponyville and said, "There's some wild animal going crazy."

Rainbow was confused and flew up to the sky to see what he meant. Her eyes shrunk as she saw the Ursa Major terrorizing Ponyville. In short notice, Rainbow flew as fast as she could to stop this event.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Rainbow growled.


As Twilight and the others stood in front of the monster, Snails and Snips were seen running away from it. Applejack lassoed them away from the Ursa Major before it could flatten them with their gigantic paw. As the boys got rescued, Twilight walked over to them.

"What happened!? Why's there an Ursa Major here!?" Twilight questioned.

"Oh, uh, we uh." Snails began.

"We kinda woke it up when we were looking for an Ursa Minor." Snips explained.

"WHAT!?" Twilight shouted. "Why in Equestria would you do that!?"

"Well, we wanted Luffy to show Rainbow that he can beat something big! But just to be safe, we wanted to use an Ursa Minor."

"That don't look like an Ursa Minor like before." Applejack pointed out.

"Because it's not. That's a major!" Twilight informed everyone. "This isn't good! I don't have the spells or any idea on how to stop it!"

"What should we do?" Fluttershy asked.

"Go get Luffy! I bet he can take the Ursa Major!" Snails suggested.

"Yeah! He took on the Kraken after all!" Snips added.

"Only we don't know where he is." Rarity broke the ice. "We just came back from finding Fluttershy's animals, and Luffy hasn't come back yet."

"Oh… So Luffy's not here…" Snails realized.

A moment of silence before Snips yelled, "WE'RE DOOMED! THE URSA MAJOR IS GONNA DESTROY THE TOWN!"

"EVERYPONY RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" Pinkie screamed.

And thus, everyone in town were now running loose as the Ursa Major stepped closer to town. As it did, Rainbow managed to fly back in time.

"Rainbow! Where were you!?" Twilight questioned. "And have you seen Luffy?"

"No important!" Rainbow responded. "Right now, we gotta stop that thing before it hits town!"

"What should we do?" Applejack asked. "We can't fight the thing can we?"

"I can take it!" Rainbow claimed. "Watch! I'll give it the old one two!"

"No offense Rainbow, but you look a bit battered." Applejack pointed out. "In fact… what did happen?"

Rainbow looked to the side and said, "Nothing."

Applejack eyed Rainbow and said, "Spit it out Rainbow. What happened to Luffy?"

Rainbow gritted her teeth and flew off. Applejack called her back, but she wouldn't listen. Rainbow tackled the Ursa Major's head, making it flinch. She then did a series of fast kicks before escaping the swipe of the claw. Even though Rainbow was injured, she fought pretty well. It wasn't good enough as the Ursa Major roared and pushed Rainbow away with the force of the sound.

"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight called out. She turned to the others and said, "Quick! We can't just let Rainbow do this on her own! Stop it from reaching the town!"

The mares went in to aid the fight. Applejack threw her rope around it and got Pinkie to catch it. They did this around the Ursa Major multiple times until most of his body was entrapped. Twilight and Rarity distracted him by shooting sparks of magic to annoy it enough to lure it's attention away from the others.
Fluttershy was scared however. She was unsure what to do, what could happen, but most of all, she was afraid she might get in the way.

The enormous beast was tangled by ropes from the legs and body. Applejack and Pinkie then tried to pull it down to the ground, but it was just too heavy. Twilight and Rarity too pulled the rope, and soon Fluttershy once she realized it was not falling. The beast was trying it's hardest not to lose its balance, but the rope prevented most of his movements being wrapped around it's arms and legs. It was a stalemate until Rainbow flew from behind and kicked the Ursa Major down, tipping the weight and causing the Ursa Major to fall.

The girls got out of the way in time and soon, the ground quaked for the fall of the beast. They were exhausted, but the job was done.

"Well, I guess this works." Twilight sighed.

"See? And we didn't even need that rubber brat!" Rainbow told the others.

"That still doesn't change one thing." Applejack stated. "What did you do with Luffy?"

Rainbow had on a frustrated expression and said, "Well… We fought, but he's fine."

"Rainbow!" Applejack yelled. "How could you!? I told you to just let it go already!"

"It's not like I killed him!" Rainbow retorted. "And besides, you hit him a lot too!"

"That's different!" Applejack stated. "Luffy needs to be understood a bit better! That's all!"

"Well I think-" Rainbow stopped as she heard something scratching the ground. They all turned to the Ursa Major now just moving it's arms and legs to break open the ropes. The mares were shocked as the Ursa Major loomed over them. It slammed the ground to throw them off balance and scattered them around the area.

Fluttershy was able to get up and see her friends weak from the quake attack. Rainbow especially, seeing how she sprained her hoof and wing. The Ursa Major glared at Rainbow as it raised its paw over her. Fluttershy was absolutely terrified. She feared of what was to come, and then blindly rushed to Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow!" Fluttershy called as she attempted to pull her out of the way.

"Fluttershy!?" Rainbow yelled. "What the hay are you doing!? Get out of here!"

Fluttershy cried as she continued to pull her. "I don't want you to die!"

As the paw raced down to the pegasi, a sudden pause took place. Luffy stood in front of Fluttershy and Rainbow as he glared at the Ursa Major. The beast faltered as Luffy then used his Haoshoku Haki. The ability caused many around him to feel a tingle, but it was mostly directed to the Ursa Major. Once done, the beast fell backwards and was unconscious.

"T-That was…!" Twilight muttered.

"Isn't that the stare?" Rarity wondered.

Not even Fluttershy could believe it. Thought to be the only one, Luffy had this ability as well, only it was much more influential. Luffy turned to Fluttershy and Rainbow. "Are you alright?"

The two nodded making Luffy smile. "I'm glad. I thought I was too late."

Snips and Snails were cheering in the background at the awesome display of Luffy's power. But not all ends well, for now everyone in town now wants to look out for the pony who can take down an Ursa Major with just a glare.

Straw Hat Luffy!