Power Ponies: Heroes of the Next Generation

by N7_Spartan117


Explanations

As the rest of the Power Ponies’ children stood in awe of Starburst’s amazing new powers, Star became infuriated with the symbiote.

“WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT?!” yelled Starburst out loud.

“What is this thing?” asked Candy as she picked up the web line.

“That was a silk webbing,” answered the symbiote nonchalantly, “One of many abilities our little bond has giv--”

“And you didn’t think to tell me? You better have a good reason for not telling me, and don’t give me the ‘you didn’t ask me’ thing.”

“Because, we saw how our mother reacted to our new form, and wasted our time to win the stallion’s affection,” answered the symbiote forcing Star to point to Del. “She would have only wasted more of our time if she knew this.”

“And you didn’t think to tell me through my though-- I don’t have feelings for him!”

As Star continued her argument with the symbiote, her friends shared an expression of confusion on their faces.

Eventually, Annie was the first to speak. “Who are you talking to?” she asked as she walked closer to the angry Star.

Starburst quickly turned her head to face the unicorn, “Not now Annie, I’m talking with the symbiote!”

“But--” The symbiote then raised Star’s left hoof and shot out another web at Annie, but Claire quickly used her razor sharp claws to cut the web, stopping it before it could reach Annie. Turquoise quickly extended his claws and was about to pounce on Star, but Prism and Candy tried their best to hold him back.

“Star, are you crazy?!” asked Prism as he dug his hooves into the ground.

Star only stood in shock of what she had just been forced to do, “I...I didn’t mean to do that.”

“Yes you did,” remarked the symbiote, “We sense your jealousy for the unicorn you call friend.”

“I’m not jealous of Annie!” yelled Star in her defense. The others continued to look on in confusion--except for Del, who tried to pull Starburst out of her argument.

“Star, what is going on with you?” asked Del as he placed a comforting hoof on her shoulder. Immediately, Star was able to be stop her argument and focus on her friends, who remained standing around her, confused.

“It...it wasn’t me,” said Star in an almost frightened tone, “The symbiote made me do it!”


“Well, are you just going to stand there with your mouths open?” asked Trixie in a nonchalant tone. The Power Ponies only looked on in shock at their former teammate, all except for Rainbow, who was grinding her teeth together.

“YOU!!!” yelled Rainbow as she flew at lighting speed towards Trixie and tackled her. “You got a lot of nerve to show back up here!”

“And you must really be out of practice,” remarked Trixie. She then pushed Rainbow off of her and punched her against a wall. As Dash struggled to her hooves, Trixie quickly took her lighting necklace and pointed it to her left eye. “I did not come here to fight.”

Before Dash could counter, Rarity had pulled her jewelry hoof bands out of her saddlebag and placed Trixie in a large bird cage.

"Why did you come here?" asked Rarity as she placed the bird cage on the ground.

"I just came to talk."

“You sure do have a funny way of showing it,” remarked Applejack as she stood in front of a shaking Fluttershy.

“Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh!” yelled Pinkie as she galloped around the cage at super speed.

“Just let me out so we can talk,” said Trixie as she banged against the cage bars.

“Fat chance!” said Spike as she moved between Trixie and his wife. “We remembered what happened the last time you only want to talk.”

“I did what I did for good reason,” remarked Trixie coldly.

“Really?” asked Rainbow as she flew up to the cage. “You think it was a good enough reason to kidnap us and lock us in a small room with a raged-out Fluttershy!?”

“Yes, and it’s the same reason I’m here now,” Trixie reached into her saddlebag and pulled out a small silver flash drive and threw it on the table, sliding it to Twilight.

“It’s about him, isn’t it?” Twilight finally asked as she studied the flash drive, and Trixie only nodded her head head in response. “Rarity, let her go.”

“Bu...but--” said Rainbow as she flew towards Twilight, but she was given a stern, knowing look and backed down.

“Okay, Trixie, we’re listening.”


All eyes were on Starburst as she stared at the ground aimlessly, trying to think of a way to explain everything.

“It’s quite all right, Star,” said Claire as she stood opposite of Del and placed a reassuring hoof-claw on Star’s other shoulder.

“Yeah, we’re not mad at you,” remarked Annie, “Right, T?”

“Yes,” answered Turquoise half-heartedly, still cautious of Star after she tried to attack his marefriend.

“Thanks, you guys,” said Star as she finally looked back up at her friends, “I...I don’t really know what happened when I attacked you.”

“They interrupted us,” answered the symbiote, “So we took over for you. We need to win th--”

“Not now!” Everyone continued to give Star a confused look as she began to talk out loud. “I did it again. Didn’t I?”

“Eeyup,” answered Del, mimicking his uncle, “Now, will you tell us what happened to you?”

“Okay,” sighed Star, she then drew a deep breath and gathered her thoughts, “This is a symbiote.”

“A Symbiote?” asked Prism as he looked over her black coat.

“Yes, he is…”

“‘He’?” asked Turquoise.

“Yes, now stop interrupting US!” said Star, under the symbiote’s control. The two stallions began to slowly back away from the irritated mare.

“As I was saying, he is an alien that used to look like a thick black liquid,” explained Star as she grew a long black tentacle, that quickly made its way towards Del.

“Uhhhh…” Del tried to move away from the tentacle, but all his efforts were in vain as it continued to follow him. “Star, would you mind making it stop?”

“But we bonded together, and now I look like this.” As Starburst turned to show off her new form, Candy began to study her.

“So, can you take it off?” asked Candy as she began to pull on Star’s back. The tentacle quickly turned its attention away from Del and charged towards Candy. Candy quickly opened a tear and sent the tentacle to a nearby tree, causing it to form a hole where the tentacle had struck the trunk.

“DO NOT TOUCH US!!!!” shouted Star as the symbiote started to grow more tentacles and make her teeth sharp jagged.

“They wish to separate us,” remarked the symbiote as it toyed with Star’s judgment. “They will kill us. You said you would protect us.”

“I will protect you,” thought Star, talking with the symbiote. The symbiote formed a shy smile on her face, thinking that it was given the order to kill her friend. “But, you will not make me harm any of my friends.”

With that being said, the symbiote slowly drew back the tentacles and changed Starburst’s teeth back to normal. “As you wish.”

“I’m sorry,” Star apologized to her friends that had all, except Del, backed away from the unstable mare, “I don’t know why this keeps happening.”


“And after the rest of them had retreated, all that was left was that,” said Trixie as she pointed to the flash drive in Twilight’s hoof. The room was completely silent by the end of the story, except for Rainbow who had burst into a fit of fake laughter.

“Yeah, right!” said Rainbow as she smacked the table. “So you expect us to believe that a bunch of robots attacked you at your house, and the ones you defeated just self-destructed?”

“Yes.”

“Ah’m not buying it,” remarked Applejack as she crossed her hooves.

“I’m not asking for you to believe me. Just look on there, it has video proof that I was attacked.”

“I believe that you were attacked,” remarked Spike, causing the others to give him a confused look. “What? I’m just saying, as many ponies as she attacked over the years, it wouldn’t surprise me if someone wants payback.”

“He does have a point,” said Rarity.

“She….she could be telling the truth,” said Fluttershy timidly as she shrank lower in her seat in fear of Trixie.

Trixie could only roll her eyes as she watch her former teammates debate her story. “Look!” she said in a stern tone, trying to get everyone’s attention, “I don’t care if you believe me or not! I came here to ask for your help!”

“Help with what?” asked Pinkie.

“I know,” remarked Twilight as she got out of her seat and motioned for the others to follow her. Twilight lead them to the closed-off section of the library and pulled on a large book on one of the bookcases next to the wall, causing the bookshelf to move to the side and reveal an elevator, leading to a large underground lair built deep within the tree’s roots.

The Power Ponies could only stand in awe of Twilight’s secret lair, built to look exactly like their old headquarters in Maretropolis.

“Cool,” remarked Pinkie as she galloped back and forth between many of the rooms in the lair. “Now all it needs is to be completely dark and have tons of bats living in it.”

“Twilight, however were you able to build this?” asked Rarity as she and Spike looked at the mannequins wearing their old costumes.

“I’m a multi-billion-bit CEO. How else do you think I built this?” remarked Twilight as she walked over to a large computer in the main room.

Without permission, Trixie quickly took flash drive out of Twilight hoof and plugged it into the computer.

“What do you think you are doing?”

“What does it look like, genius? I’m giving you my proof,” remarked Trixie as she bypassed the computer security and opened the file from the flash drive. “Watch.”

The screen quickly showed a video of Trixie fighting off several stallion-sized androids in her front yard. As Trixie cast several spells to defend herself against the metallic onslaught, the video proved that when Trixie would defeat one of the robots, it would self-destruct, leaving nothing but a pile of ash. As the video ended, Trixie pointed to one of the downed robots, pulling the flash drive that she was using out of its head before exploding, saving the device.

“Do you believe me now?” asked Trixie in an irritated tone.

“Okay, Ah believe you,” answered Applejack. All the others began to nod their heads in agreement, even Rainbow, who was reluctant to buy Trixie’s story.

“Could you go back a bit?” asked Twilight. Trixie did as she requested and rewound the video to a part when Trixie flipped one of the robots over, slamming it to the ground. “Okay, stop.”

“What are you looking at?” asked Pinkie as she looked across the screen.

“The robot. Look at its design.” The robot looked similar to a stallion with a silver-colored body and glowing blue eyes, more advanced than anything that had existed. “I have never seen anything like it. It seems to be far more advanced than anything we’ve got at Sparkle.”

“So, jealous that somepony’s got something better than you?” remarked Spike sarcastically.

“No, just curious. Does this have information on them?”

“No,” answered Trixie as she move the mouse over to another file on the screen, “This was the only other thing on it.”


The screen was pitch black as the video began to play, but quickly showed what appeared to be a young, blue-coated unicorn stallion with red eyes, chained and duct-taped to a chair with a strip of tape covering his mouth. He was in a dark room with a single light shining above him.

“F JSFW HJ KEA!” muffled the stallion trying to speak.

“Starry,” whispered Trixie in an almost mute voice. As Starfall continued to try to speak, he tried to free himself from his restraints until two androids (similar to the ones that attacked Trixie) placed their metal hooves on Starfall’s shoulders to make him stop.

“Hello, Ms. Lulamoon," said a voice from behind the camera, "As you can see I have something very precious to you. In exchange for your son's safe return, I demand an audience with you and your fellow Power Ponies.”

All eyes quickly turned to Trixie, who was still staring at her son on the screen with tears in her eyes.

“H mhhd ad agh!” said Starfall, still muffled by the tape. The voice then stepped out from behind the camera, but only its bright red eyes could be seen. As Starfall began to struggle to free himself, the pony talking removed the duct tape over his mouth.

“Speak!”

Starfall quickly took a deep breath and held in as much air as possible. “I HAVE TO PEE!!!” yelled Starfall at the top of his lungs. “I been telling you for the last two hours. This is cruel even for yo---AHHHH!!!!” The pony quickly pressed their metal hoof on Starfall’s shoulder to shock him, knock Starfall unconscious.

“Your son’s mouth is very annoying,” remarked the pony as they removed their hoof from Starfall, “I have made my demands. You will find us on a small island three thousand miles off the cost of Las Pegasus. You have thirty-six hours to meet my demands. Do not keep me waiting.”


“Will you help me?” asked Trixie as the video ended, not even looking at her former teammates, “Please?”

The whole room was silent. The others looked on as tears started to stream down Trixie’s face. After what felt (to Trixie) like hours of debate amongst the Power Ponies, Twilight placed a hoof on Trixie’s shoulder.

“Yes.”

After hearing this Trixie fell to the ground unconscious due to exhaustion.