//------------------------------// // Meeting of Fate // Story: A League Of Spiders : Beginnings // by Kamen rider yokai //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle yawned as she woke up. The lavender humanoid unicorn streached as she got ready for the day dressing in her usual outfit of white shirt and blue sleeveless vest and a purple skirt as she pulled on her blue knee length boots and quickly tied them. She quickly brushed her mane straight from its bed head state as she moved into the hallway from her room in canter lot castle. She smiled as her teacher Princess Celestia came out of her room dressed in her usual daybreak colored gown and gold regalia. The white alicorn with tricolored day mane smiled at her teenage student. "Morning Twilight are you excited about the field trip? I know that you enjoy science as well as magic" said Celestia as the two went about their usual start of day routines. " Yes Princess even Spike is excited about today. Especially since the host of the event is his idol Dr Tent" said Twilight with a squee sound from her smile. Celestia giggled. "Twilight you still have that squeel problem when you smile like that but that's part of you" said Celestia. "Uh right so besides the trip to Ozcorp in Ponyville what else is on today's agenda" said Twilight hoping on changing the subject as she blushed. "Well I got the day court this morning, and then there is your brother's weekly guard report and finally assigning you that ancient legends assignment" said Celestia. "I will get on that assignment while you are doing day court and get my brother's report. Better wake up Spike now I don't know how that dragon can be so hard to wake up for a young drake they should have a lot of energy at this point" said Twilight looking back to the upstairs room. "By the way your not going to the event with just Spike, Twilight seven others and their friends are going as well. Maybe you can make some new friends I'm getting worried about you there" said Celestia. "Sorry but I knew becoming your personal student meant I was going to get ostracized by the others of canter lot. Mainly being jealous of my position and making me the girl that seems unreachable to others. I just wish the other students at your school knew that despite my position I'm just a normal pony. But I know I'm not normal. I got more magic than any other unicorn as shown when I got my cutie mark" said Twilight thinking of the magical six stars emblemed on her forehead. Her horn was right in the center of the biggest star of the mark and said mark was hidden by her indigo mane with two different shades of pink streaks that she was born with. "I remember that day. You were the first to successfully hatch spike's egg after a century since my staff thought trying to hatch it was good for a entrance exam" informed Celestia fondly. "Scared my parents out of their mind after accidentally turning them to plants. You took me on so I could learn to control my magic. With the amount I have I needed the control so I'm not a danger to others around me. That makes me fear what would happen if I lost control of my magic again" sighed Twilight and Celestia nodded knowing that Twilight's magic was close to the amount she had herself. "We better get going on about our day" said Celestia handing Twilight a book of prophecies and legends. After Twilight left to wake Spike book in tow she looked to the ceiling. "Oh Luna my dear sister I miss you so" sighed the princess of the sun. _---------- Rainbow dash started her day similarly to Twilight only she was a cyan pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and tail and her hair was naturally messy at the bangs. Her outfit was a dark blue jacket left open to reveal a white shirt and blue shorts. She tied on her sneakers as she ran her fingers through her feathers to untangle them for flight careful not to damage them. With a quick breakfast of cereal and milk plus toast she zoomed into the sky to set up today's weather as the chief weather manager of Ponyville. She smiled as she worked knowing today was going to be the trip to Ozcorp and she can't wait to see what new weather tech they had for the weather factory. The new tech was possibly going to give her more time to practice so she can join the wonder bolts. Her idols and the symbol of the pegasi military holding a equal rank to the royal guard of canterlot which is a high honor as they patrol the skies and are usually the scouts for the guard in times of war. She had no idea what fate had in store with her. -------- Fluttershy woke up similarly to Rainbow only she was a buttercream colored pegasus and had a light pink mane with the bangs long enough to cover one eye. Added to her green sweater and white skirt she fit the description of quiet and shy which suited her just fine. Her routine was to feed the many animals under her care with her pet rabbit keeping them in line and than eating herself so she could be ready for today. Like Rainbow Dash and Twilight she was excited for the trip to Ozcorp to see any breakthroughs in animal care she could use in her job as town vet. She smiled and gave Angel his daily breakfast of three carrots. She walked out after putting on a pair of sandles her wings folded to her back. -------- Applejack woke and quickly went to do her morning chores. She was a orange earth pony with blonde hair dressed in a plaid shirt and blue jeans and had a setson hat on her head. She smiled as her younger sister Applebloom helped her with placing the buckets in place before Applejack jumped and karate kicked the tree making the apples fall into the buckets without miss. Her older brother Big Mac lifted the buckets and headed to town. She smiled and wave good bye to her granny as she was heading to Ozcorp to see how they were getting along in new agricultural tools. --------- Rarity woke up like Twilight and quickly finished any work she had and got dressed in her usual white dress that matched her alabaster white fur and accented her purple curled mane. Working at a boutique as a owner and seamstress made her pretty much a nice income at the busy town of Ponyvile.  She couldn't wait until she could see any new appliances Ozcorp was developing for ponies like her over equestria. She gave her cat Opal a scratch on the ear and left ready for the day. -------------- Pinkie Pie smiled as she got dressed and got ready. She was going to Ozcorp to see what they will think about hiring her as a scientist. With her Pinkie Sense she could prevent any disaster in her job. Her skill with chemicals was top notch. She was a pink pony with blue eyes and wore a blue shirt that matched her eyes and similar pants. She slipped on her loafers and was ready for the day knowing a doozy was around the corner. ---------- Sunset Shimmer like Twilight and Rarity woke up about the same way. She was a yellow unicorn with a mostly mixed red and yellow mane dressed in a black coat over a orange shirt and a purple skirt. Her orange boots of the same style as Twilight got ready for the trip to Ozcorp. She smiled at the thought of Twilight and couldn't wait to see her again. She quickly got ready and left knowing that today was going to be great. ------- Trixie Lulamoon yawned as she woke up and streached. She was a dark blue unicorn with silver hair. She quickly got ready in a magician's outfit complete with star emblemed cloak and witch's hat. She smiled as a multi tailed dark blue fox jumped onto her shoulder. "Let's go start the day at Ozcorp we got some demonstrations to do right Flare" said Trixie as the fox nodded with a eager grin. ------ Ozcorp is a sky scraper with dark windows everywhere on it making it seam like it's black. On the out side it seams normal like as everyday building but inside is where the magic happens. A motorized chariot flew before the building entrance and stopped and out came Celestia and Twilight plus a young humanoid dragon with purple scales and green spines that gave him his name dressed in a white shirt under a purple coat and green cargo pants plus sandles. With them was a white unicorn with a two tone blue mane dressed in golden knight armor with the symbol on his chest being a shield with twilight's cutimark emblems inside. This was her older brother and captain of the royal guard Shining Armor. Just arriving was the other seven mares who with Twilight didn't look where they were going and crashed into each other. Shining and Spike blinked at the eight mare pile up of tangled limbs. "Ouch hey that's my arm" said a tomboyish voice. "Sorry my bad eep! That's my tail your tugging" said a shy voice. "Mighty sorry dear oh my please get your hand off my stomach" said a posh voice. "Okay who's tugging my cloak your choking me" said a voice that sounded strained. "Sorry ... who's leg is on my hip" said a southern voice. "Oops sorry my bad who's pulling my hair" said a voice celestia recognized. " Whoops sorry hey who's tugging my ear!" Said a voice that sounded happy go lucky. "Sorry thought I grabbed the ground to get up" said Twilight. Soon everyone untangled with Celestia's help and let the group see each other. "Twilight! Nice to see you long time no see" said Sunset hugging Twilight. "Sunset knew you were as interested in this as I was" laughed Twilight. "Fluttershy! It's been a long time last I saw you was flight school" said Rainbow smiling at Fluttershy. "Yes it has Dash how's your practicing been going" asked Fluttershy. "Hello Rarity thank you again for making mah Uncle Golden a suit for his wife's funeral" said Applejack making Rarity smile kindly. "It was no trouble at all Applejack the event was something I knew needed the right atire. Your Uncle was in need of formal clothes for the event and I was happy to help" said Rarity. "Hey Trixie haven't seen you since you worked part time for my parents" said Pinkie with a smile. "Pinkamina it is good to see you to. I didn't expect to see you here I thought you would be planning parties" said Trixie. "I think introductions are in order here" said Spike looking at Rarity a bit awed. "Right I'm Rainbow Dash chief weather manager for Ponyville and I hope to join the wonder bolts later on" said Rainbow. "I'm Fluttershy I take care of the wildlife and sometime find new homes for them" said Fluttershy in a quiet tone. "Rarity is my name owner of the carousel boutique and fashion designer. Charmed to meet you" said Rarity with a smile. "Apple jack of the apple clan, I run Sweet Apple Acres here in town. I'm also the owner of the farm there" said Applejack. " Trixie lulamoon, stage magician and master illusionist this is Flare my partner on the stage" said Trixie as her multi tailed fox nodded. "Sunset Shimmer former personal student to Princess Celestia and Twilight's adopted sister" said Sunset. "Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's Personal Student and this is Spike I hatched him when I got my mark" said Twilight as Spike waved with a smile. "Pinkamina Diane Pie but call me Pinkie" said Pinkie with a smile. "Shining Armor, Twilight's Older Brother and Captain of the Royal Guard" said Shining. "And I am Princess Celestia nice to meet you all and long time no see Sunset" said Celestia with a kind smile. "Of course you would be here Princess this is a event for the ages" said Rarity not surprised that the princess was there. "Princess your here!" Said another tomboyish voice as a yellow pegasus with a orange mane and dressed in a green jacket over a black shirt and blue jeans walked up her black boots making a tapping sound on the side walk. "Hey your Spitfire the leader of the wonder bolts! I saw all your shows growing up your what inspired me to be a better flier" said Rainbow in awe. "Hey Dash so your here as well" said yet another tomboyish voice as a griffon female landed near them. She wore a brown aviators coat over a blue shirt and black jeans. "Gilda I didn't think you were going to be in town" said Rainbow. "Well this is interesting didn't think you were going to be here" said a voice as three teens walked up. They had some kind of aquatic traits. "Adagio, Sonata, and Aria didn't think you Sirens were going to appear" said Celestia. "Sonata wanted to come and with her personality we went to make sure she's alright we changed since we came back to equestria" explained Aria. "Maud! Inkie, binkie! Said Pinkie waving at three ponies who were her sisters. "Hello Pinkie" droned Maud making everyone but Pinkie and their sisters to look at her awkwardly. "Apathy syndrome she was born unable to show her emotions even in her voice" explained Inkie. "Cousin applejack" said a posh voice as two more mares joined them. "Octavia good to see you cousin how's canterlot doing for you" smiled Applejack. "Good this is my mare friend Vynil Scratch better known as DJ PON-3 yeah I know what your thinking how did a celloist like me end up dating a DJ... it's a long story" said the grey pony dressed in a musician's uniform. "Wait Pinkie didn't say what her job was during intros" realized Rainbow. "I work in Sugercube Corner as a baker but I'm here to apply for a part time job while the cakes handle the bakery" said Pinkie. "She's good with chemistry" explained Binkie. "I think that's everyone let's get this event started" said Celestia as the group entered the building. The lobby has a huge holographic describing the latest tech they have been working on. Glass elevators would bring you up to one of the many floors that is open to the public, and has a special system to get thought that work there to the work places. Actual walls blocked off individual rooms but the work place was a room with individual work places and the outer walls were windows so that they could have light and make it feel more open. The lab was wight with many projects in the work, in the middle of the room was a cage filled with spiders, though no one realized it yet but the cage was slightly open. Colourful chemicals were scattered through out the room some being mixed by scientists while others work on machines. As the group walked twilight and the seven mares she crashed into were getting to know each other and the rest of the group. Suddenly a male voice got their attention. "Ah you must be the guests we are having today I'm Soul Souto one of the head scientists here at ozcorp. Don't let my looks fool you I am just a ordinary guy" said a suit of black armor that surprised the group. "Soul revert please they are not aware of Shades yet" said Trixie amused. "Oh Trixie your here! Sorry been working so much I forgot" said Soul transforming into a dark blue male unicorn with a white muzzle and mane. He wore a black shirt under a black jacket and a plain black cloak and wizard hat. His black jeans and black boots finished the look. "Trixie mind explaining who he is and how you know him" asked Pinkie. "Right this is Prince Tamashii Souto from Nexus. He's a Shade, a shadow homunculus. He and I met a few years back in Los Pegasus. He's not a normal Homunculus as he was actually born not created. He saved me from some demons that were targeting me and we got to know each other better. We started dating two years back. Things in Nexus is unstable right now" said Trixie. "Oh yeah I heard about that. Tamashii's farther went insane after the death of his wife and tried to kill you right? I'm sorry for your loss" said Celestia. "I got over that with Trixie's help long ago. I even got my little sister out of there as well" said Soul with a shrug. Celestia than looked like she saw a ghost as a black furred blue haired alicorn than walked past looking over a clip board muttering about messed up calculations. Soul noticed. "That's Tsukiyomi or Tsuki for short dad had gotten a fragment of princess Luna's shadow eons ago and recently created Tsuki out of it. Guess you can say she's a Niece of yours and guess that makes you my Aunt" said Soul and Celestia relaxed and giggled. "Tsuki looks exactly like Nightmare Moon" noted Twilight thinking of the prophecy she read was going to happen next week. "Shadows tend to look different than the person they resemble. Sis just doesn't know she looks exactly like Luna's corrupted self. Anyway right this way" said Soul leading the group on the tour. Each one was awed by the vast improvements they were hoping to see. "And finally our genetics lab we are recently working on creating spider hybrids. Our hope is to take away the more deadly venom out of their fangs and also just leave them the paralizing ability to act as their defence. I'm the only one allowed to interact with them. Being made of shadow makes me immune to poison just in case" said Soul. "I am here to help demonstrate some of the new developments and hoping on learning new spells for my work" said Trixie. "That reminds me what exactly is Flare I can sense your magic in her but her fur is odd for magical foxes" said Twilight. "Easy I'm actually a illusion Trixie brought to life by accident. She over charged the spell and gave me a physical form. In a way I'm a extension of herself. In other words I am Trixie's familiar" said Flare as Twilight and the other unicorns went wide eyed. "That was how I earned my cutie mark, I can create solid looking illusions. Flare is the only permanent one though. She is actually alive" said Trixie. "Wow impressive I need to brush up on my illusions magic" said Sunset. "Same here can you tutor us in that aspect Trixie when you got time" said Twilight. "Sure" said Trixie. "How many spiders have you got Soul" asked Celestia. "About twenty nine new strains all cross species genetics don't worry miss they are not harmed in the process  you look like someone who is interested in wildlife so don't worry" said Soul. Spike who was closest to the spider box was silently counting them. "Uh Soul I'm only counting twenty one spiders in here and by the look of the lid eight have escaped" said Spike catching everyone's attention. "Oh no! I told those idiots when we were setting up to keep this closed properly the venom of these spiders may not be deadly but can still make a person sick" said Soul panicking checking the box himself seeing the drake was right. Unknown to everyone the missing eight spiders lowered from the ceiling and landed on Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie, Trixie, and Sunset. It was Sonata that spotted them. "Found them! Their on the mares closer to the Princess" shouted Sonata. The shout startled the spiders and as one bit down. But oddly enough the one on Trixie lost the black and white colors when it did and as the spiders was gathered by Soul's magic and put back he winced as the eight girls started to collapse. "Dr tent is not going to be happy" groaned Soul. Unoticed but a black goo went from where the spider was on Trixie up to her neck and formed a black choker around her neck. "Shining help me get these girls and your sisters to the hospital quick!" Said Celestia. Shining nodded and Spike helped out lifted and supported Rarity and Twilight while Sonata helped support Trixie and Sunset. Spitfire supported Rainbow with Gilda while Fluttershy was placed on the griffin's back. Applejack and Pinkie was supported by Octavia, Vynil and the Princess herself. Soul helped support Trixie with the help of Pinkie's sisters. "Sis tell Dr Tent that we had a incident and make sure those fools Snips and Snails receive the proper punishment" called Soul as he helped the eight mares to the chariot. "What did they do this time" said Tsuki in annoyance. "They released eight of the spiders and these eight got bit! Two of them are the Princess' personal students Canterlot is going to be real ticked" whispered Soul as he went past her. Tsuki paled and ran to relay what happened. For better or worse Celestia knew that this wasn't supposed to happen. (End chapter)