//------------------------------// // Chapter Three-Mares... // Story: Blazblue:Beyond the Boundary // by steel soul //------------------------------// It continued to be a beautiful day in Ponyville, the morning sun shining brightly upon its inhabiting. Everypony within the town was having nothing less than a wonderful day. Well, that is, everypony save for a certain red coated stallion. Ragna’s eyes swirled as he began to come into full awareness again, the force of whatever hit him pushing the stallion down heavily into the dirt. He couldn’t help but groan out in both pain and frustration. The pain from whatever it was that just tackled him. The frustration directed towards the situation he tried so hard to wrap his head around. “What the hell? What’s going on?” “Ah, Ha! Got ya!” A near boyish voice would sound out, causing his ears to fold back in defiance. “Told you I could take him down easy!” “Rainbow! Will you just-!! Augh!  Just be careful, okay! We don’t know what he’s capable of or why Discord’s magic is around him!” Another voice sounded this one a great deal more feminine. The first voice, now identified as Rainbow, Scoffed. “Please! I can handle anything that Discord dishes out. Besides, this guy was totally a pushover!” Ragna’s eye focused on the one over him. Cyan fur meeting his vision as he did so, the soft sent of feminine shampoo accompanying the sight. “P-Push over…” He growled in an unsteady voice. “You blindsided me while I was walking down the street ya bitch!” Rainbow gave a start before glaring down at the stallion below her. “So you’re awake huh? Made of tougher stuff then I first expected then. Still, you were defeated all the same by the awesome Rainbow Dash in the end.” She paused. “And who the hey are you calling a bitch you foalnapper!?” “Foalnapper?!” Ragna’s eye twitched, his forehoof testing the weight of the mare’s own. “What the hell is your deal!?” He asked, trying and failing to keep his voice leveled. “I didn’t foalnapped anyone?!” “Shut it! I don’t know what Discord is planning but we aren’t taking any chances.” Rainbow snapped. “Discord?” Ragna asked with a raised eyebrow. The hell is a Discord? “Rainbow! Get out of the way!” Said the feminine voice again. The cyan mare looked back before jumping off of Ragna. Before the stallion could even begin to move a purple aura covered every inch of his body, lifting him up effortlessly, and locking him in the air. “H-Hey!?” The red coated stallion cried out, struggling to free himself from the encasement. “The actual hell is going on?!” “There…I think I got him.” The second voice sighed with release. Ragna’s eye shot to a lavender mare with a glowing horn moving closer to him, her wings fluttering in slight strain. “There’s still chaos magic residue around him though.” Before Ragna could get another word in edge wise, an orange mare wearing a hat pushed her way in front, a fierce glare accompanying her already angry aura. She stood on her hind hooves and grabbed the stallion by his collar, pulling him closer as she did so. “Where is she?! What did y’all do with ma lil’ sister and those other fillies?!” She all but yelled in his face. “Hey! Calm down lady!” Ragna said, struggling within the grasp of the magic. “And you’re sister? What the hell are you talking about?” “Don’t play dumb with us you ruffian!” A white mare said as she trotted in place beside Applejack, her curls bouncing with each movement she made. “Now where are the fillies?’ “Ruffian?” Ragna scoffed as the two mares stared him down, the accent of the white mare for some reason pissing him off more then he thought it should. “I’m not the one attack others in the street without giving a damn good reason.” “Applejack. Rarity. Calm down…” The purple mare said softly, placing a hoof upon the orange mares back. She turned to face Ragna, the stallion staring intently at her horn, his eyes squinting as he did so. The action caused the purple mare to shift uncomfortably before looking looked away. “I’ll clam down when he tells us what he’s down with the three fillies!” Applejack retorted, breaking the stallion from his dazed state. “Three fillies?” Ragna asked before recognition blindsided him. “Wait? You don’t mean…Damn it to hell…” “Applejack!” The orange mare’s head nearly twisted off, as did the white mare, when both heard a strikingly familiarly accidental voice call out from behind them. The other mares that had confronted Ragna all gazed upon the three little fillies running up towards the gathering. Applejack let the stallion go before rushing towards the little yellow filly and her friends. “Applebloom!” The orange mare cried out, flinging herself from the stallion towards the little yellow filly “Ah was so-” She cut herself off as two of the fillies ran past bot her and Rarity and darted over towards the still floating stallion, Scootaloo opting to stand near the side of the cyan mare named Rainbow. “Ragna!” Applebloom said latching on to his trying to pull him down. “Don’t worry partner! I’ll get ya down!” “Ow! Hey! Come on that hurts kid! Geez!” The stallion complained, unable to pull his leg away. Sweetie turned towards the older mares frowning. “What are you thinking? Attack our friend Ragna in the street?” Rarity blinked before asking. “Wait…Your friend?” The sound of clopping hooves alerting everypony to the sweets maker, Mrs. Cake, as she quickly made her way to the little gathering.  She huffed and puffed before, taking a moment to catch her breath before saying gasping. “Girls (Huff) I (Puff) Oh dear Celestia (Gasped).” “Mrs. Cake!”  Said a bubbly voice beside Ragna, startling the stallion.  He looked to his side, finding the reality of all things pink bouncing her way towards the larger mare. “You’re just in time! I have to ask if I can throw the party in Sugar Cube Corner!” “A party?” The lavender mare questioned with a deadpanned look. “That’s right Twilight! A party!” The pink mare cheered happily. “Ah…” Applejack said raising an eyebrow. “Pinkie this isn’t the time for parties.” “Silly! Every time is the best time for parties!” She dashed over to the gray stallion, her muzzle pressing hard into his in a very uncomfortable way. “Oh! By the way! I never introduced myself! Hi! I’m Pinkie Pie! And any friend of my friends is a friend to me! And since everypony is my friend then that means you’re already my friend!” “What?!” Was Ragna’s only response to everything that the hyperactive mare had said, his eye twitching ever so slightly. Before Ragna could ever fathom is he was sane after listening to the sugar hyped mare in front of him a loud crack of thunder and a flash of lightning sounded above them. Every pony that had gathered together to watching the spectacle that was going on, all filched and went into a bow of submission. The only ones who didn’t were Twilight and the other five, along with two of the fillies, both running behind the stallion as he continued to float in Twilight’s hold, peeking out from behind his legs. Ragna raised an eyebrow towards the incoming figures. While the guards did seem imposing, it was the creature leading them that made Ragna pause. She was, for a fact, the biggest pony he had seen thus far, her star like mane and tail flowing endlessly behind her. The midnight pony landed a few feet from the group. As soon as she did, the lavender mare ran up to her. One fricken thing after another…The stallion thought bitterly “P-Princess Luna! What are you doing here?” The taller pony gave a glace over to the smaller one. “We came to see to this matter personally Princess Sparkle.” “But…Princess Celestia didn’t say you were…” Twilight fell silent as Luna shot her a dark glare, making her cower somewhat.  “We do not need our sister’s permission to defend Equestria Princess Sparkle.” Luna slowly made her way to the still trapped Ragna, the stallion glaring darkly at the princess with his one good eye. “You…Your aura…it is covered with the magic of Discord. Are we to assume that thee are the one that emerged from the crater at yond Apple Establishment?” “Listen…” Ragna said as he struggled against the magic that held him. “I don’t know what your game, and frankly, I don’t give a flying fuck. I don’t know what’s going on! I don’t know who I am! And I sure as hell don’t know who the this Discord is!” He lowered his head as he kept his eye on Luna. “Now stick that up your arse, shove it, and let me go.” “Woah…” Was the only word spoken, Scootaloo being the one to break the silence that followed after Ragna’s rant. Luna’s eyes had widened by degrees as she stared at the stallion for a very long time. And then she snapped. The sure force of power the Ragna felt caused the stallion to rethink the few life choices he made in his short time in this world…well…as far as he could remember anyway. He saw Luna’s eyes turn pure with ethereal energy before simultaneously breaking Twilight’s hold and gripping the stallion with her own horn. He was sure that he felt himself flung at speeds he could not even imagine, felling his body lurch over in response to the extreme velocity. There was only one word the stallion to think of as his world became nothing but a blur. Shit… And then everything went black as he felt his body slam into something hard.