//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Meeting of the Minds // Story: The Wario Brothers: The Clairvoyance // by Shadowflash //------------------------------// ????? ???'? ????? -- Ponyville -- Day 1 "Okay, girls, these are the Wario brothers!" Twilight smiled and pointed hoof at the queer faced pair. There was a blue, rainbow coloured mane, pegasus was sitting at the end of a table, along with a pale yellow, pink coloured mane, pegasus sitting at the right side of the table, an orange, blond coloured mane, earth pony sitting at the left side of the table, and a white, purple coloured mane, unicorn sitting at the front right side of the table. "Those bafoons? Ha.. You can't be serious, Twilight. Look at their.. Hats." Said a white pony. Her purple mane curled around on the back of her neck. Further examination showed that she had a diamond mark on her rump. "Oi! Who you calling 'bafoons'?" Waluigi stood on his rear hooves, punching the air with his fore hooves. "Calm down you. Rarity is just.. Rarity, apologize." Twilight stared at 'Rarity'. "Sorry.." She sighed and rolled her eyes. Waluigi lowered himself to the ground. "Ooo, hey!" A high pitched noise bounced from outside of the room. A pink coloured earth pony hopped into the room. She was completely pink and had cyan shaded eyes. "Who are these two? I've never seen you two before! You must be new! Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie! this is my house! Ooo! You know what this calls for?! A Party! I can grab balloons, streamers, confetti! Oooh! And cake! Tons of cake!" Pinkie Pie jumped up and down with enjoyment, but, Twilight finally stopped her after a minute of it. "Pinkie, please, sit down. This is important for all of us." Pinkie bounced over to a seat, sitting across from Rarity. "Okay, girls, these two are here for what we sent in the letter. They're going to help us get our Princess back." Twilight smiled proudly. Wario and Waluigi just stood there, grimacing slightly. "Why can't we just use the Elements of Harmony?" The blue, rainbow coloured mane, pony yelled. "Rainbow Dash, you know we can't get past those 'pets' of his. The Elements don't do anything... I've looked through all my books and found nothing on the matter of how the Elements have no effect." Twilight looked down and Rainbow Dash just let out a 'hmph'. "Well, how exactly are these two going to help us, Twilight?" A quiet voice came from next to Rainbow Dash, the yellow mare spoke up. "From what Luna has told me, Fluttershy, is that these two were foretold to have the power to stop the pets and Clairvoyance." Twilight looked back at the two. Waluigi and Wario gave their best, fake, smile. "Oh, c'mon Twi. That's a load of hooey. We can just go and blast away at those monsters without these goons." The orange pony leaned back in her chair, blowing her mane out of her face. "Can you girls just listen to me? Applejack, we don't have any other choice. We can't risk getting ourselves killed! The last thing I want is your girls' death's on my hooves." Twilight slammed her hooves against the front of the table. "I think we should listen to Twilight, girls. Remember what she said about Nightmare Moon? We have to listen to her!" Pinkie Pie smiled at the girls, but gave a serious look. Although she seemed crazy to Wario and Waluigi, she did have some logic. "Please, girls. It's our only choice." Twilight looked at all of them. They looked back. "I'm in." Rainbow Dash smiled. "Me two." Applejack said. "Me three." Rarity piped up, with a grin. "Me four." Fluttershy said quietly. "Me five!" Pinkie Pie giggled. "Then it's settled." Twilight turned and faced the duo. "Look, I know it's a lot for you two. But I promise, it'll be worth it in the end. You're our only hope." Twilight gave an expression of sorrow. "Please. Will you accept to help us..?" Twilight asked. Wario looked up to his brother, Waluigi, and they both nodded to each other. "YEAH!" They both yelled. The, high and low pitch, voices boomed in the small room. "Yay! All right, let's go!" The group of eight forwarded out of the room, and house, into Ponyville. To prepare themselves. Twilight Sparkle's House -- Library Ground Floor -- Day 2 It was the second day they were here. Wario and Waluigi, of course. They had just woken up from a long sleep. It was very uncomfortable for them. They were used to the very comfortable cotton mattresses of their castle. Unfortunately, not everything can come true, for them. "All right, Spike, take out the check list!" Twilight called to a small, green and purple scaled dragon. Wario and Waluigi looked at him with a intriguing look: their faces contorted at the sight of 'Spike'. "Food?" "Check." Spike called, pulling out parchment and a quill. "Water?" "Check." "Saddle bags?" "Check." "Resting equipment?" "Check." "Survival kits?" "Check." "Maps, books, entertainment tools?" "Check, check, and check! That's everything." Spike said, as he threw a saddle bag on Twilight's back. "What about the medical kits?" Twilight asked. "Oh, right." Spike ran off to the back of the library and came back with a box. It was labelled with a big red cross and the words "Pony Medical Kit. Issue No.6445". "Check!" Spike yelled. He opened the saddle bag and tossed the kit inside. "Alright. Are you two ready?" Twilight looked at Wario and Waluigi. "Ready as we'll ever be!" Wario yelled in his husky voice. "YEAH!" Waluigi coo'd. "Great! Let's head out!" Twilight turned and headed out the door. Her friends were all waiting for the three. Looks like it's going to be a group of nine, now that spike has joined the party. NEW PARTY MEMBER: Spike. Ha, just kidding. Thought it'd be.. *ahem*.. Back to the story. "So, where is this place, anyways?" Rainbow Dash asked as the group headed out of Ponyville. "It's pretty far away. Unfortunately, we can't take a train there.." Twilight's horn started to glow, as her saddle bag opened, and she pulled out her map. "Let me see that!" Waluigi nabbed it with his hooves, staring at the map. Twilight rolled her eyes. "You don't have to be rude, you know." Rarity puffed a bit of smoke. "Meh. It's our nature." Wario gave a light hiss to Rarity. "Nature? Wonder how your subjects feel." Rarity gave him the stink eye. "Subjects? Ha! They love us! We're the greatest pair of kings you'll ever see!" Wario laughed deeply and hardily. "Right.." Rarity rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Hrm.. Clairvoyance? What the heck kind of name is that?" Waluigi looked at Twilight. "Clairvoyance is what he calls himself. He's the one who stole our Princess. He predicts everyone's moves. He's probably predicting that we're coming to him right now." As Twilight said this, Fluttershy panicked. "B-but that means.. He'll easily defeat us!" Fluttershy trembled in her legs. "No, no, we have the Wario brothers. We'll definitely win." Twilight smiled with pride. "And then we can party!" Pinkie Pie bounced up and down. Streamers shot out of her saddle bag randomly. Good old Pinkie.. Twilight though. "It's going to be a long journey." Applejack looked ahead of them. The road was leading over a large out-crop of mountains. The largest very far in he distance, past Canterlot. "Yeah.. But we can do this. No matter what, guys." Twilight had confidence in their voice. As they proceeded down the road, Wario and Waluigi started to converse between themselves. "Do you really think we can pull off our idiot cousins?" Wario asked Waluigi. "Yeah, yeah. They won't know. Those coins are as good as ours!" Waluigi was giddy as he spoke. "Heh. I hope you're right. Which you usually are." Wario smiled cheekily. They clicked forward, catch up, to the group.