A Key in Equestria

by Kamen rider yokai


Chapter Eight The Wild West

Applejack sighed as she got off the train. Her cousin Breaburn would be a bit annoyed she came unannounced like she is but once he hears what is going on she hopes that he will understand.

She trotted in with her weapons in hoof. It took her a half hour to locate her kin who was with Chief Thunderhooves talking.

"Howdy there, sorry for interrupting but I got some news you might want to hear" said Applejack.

"Applejack! When did you get into town? Wait what news" asked Breaburn confused.

"Let me explain as this is from the Princess herself" said Applejack.

With that she explained the Heartless to the two and that this effects every being in the planet. How that the group was sent to gather the other races for a treaty, and about how Heartless never truly disappear unless the weapons used had been enchanted to fight them. When she was done Breaburn looked serious.

"Chief I know this sounds unbelievable but well my kin here can't tell a lie to save her life. She's as honest as they get. If she says these Heartless are a threat then they are. This would explain why some of the towns folk vanished" said Breaburn.

"Then the heartless already turned them into more Heartless. Their inner darkness made real. This is why I was sent to warn y'all about them varmints. Chief we got to find your tribe and evacuate everyone here in town to Ponyville. If I'm right then the Heartless are going to make another appearance" said applejack. Suddenly a Minotaur walked up. Applejack recognized the Minotaur as the self help guy Fluttershy befriended. What was that name again? Iron Will or something.

"Sorry I couldn't help overhearing if what you say is true I better get the other minotaurs over to ponyville for this treaty. You sound like you need all the help you can get" said the Minotaur.

"Thanks Will we better hurry I think a fight is going to go down soon. My gauntlets are enchanted to defeat Heartless but I'm not sure how long I can hold out until evac is complete y'all, from what I saw the Heartless are able to come in all shapes and sizes" said Applejack.

A shake confirmed her thought.

"Go! Looks like it's time to start" ordered the farmer as she ran out and found what James described to her as Shamen and Wild Bone Heartless causing chaos. She charged and kicked using all her skills to fight off the Heartless. The Ponies and Buffalo she rescued headed for the train station but she knew that things were not going to last. Suddenly she had back up in a armored knight like Dragon and more Dragons aiding in the evacuation when she noticed her new ally had a keyblade.

"Hey there Applejack we were passing by when we noticed the trouble" said a familiar voice from the knight as he fought with her.

"Spike! What in Sam hill happened to ya partner?" Said applejack in surprise.

"Long story I'll tell you once these heartless are gone" said Spike.

Soon the heartless were destroyed and the group headed to the train.

"Stormslayer the evacuation is going well we should be getting to Ponyville in about a few days with this much of a group. We are going to have to send for two more trains to fit everyone. We have to take a few rounds to get done" reported a barely adult dragon.

"Thanks for the report Titan have those able to fly follow the trains from above and to protect the train. James told me some heartless can fly" said Spike to the red dragon before him.

"Stormslayer?" Asked Applejack.

"I had to fight a Storm Rider Heartless at the Dragon Migration site. A ancient Dragon that lived there in a nearby mountain was turned into a Heartless. Managed to defeat it when Bravefire or as you knew him Peewee appeared and helped me unlock the keyblade and caused this change to me. Apparently my fight is going to be placed in dragon history since I went into the fight without a thought besides that I couldn't allow it to destroy the area and our home if it managed to escape. So now my name is Spike Stormslayer the knight among dragons. I'm sure Rarity would have some words with me about being reckless" chuckled Spike as he dismissed his armor.

"Uh Spike no wonder I didn't recognize you at first your underside has turned crimson. If it wasn't for your voice I wouldn't have recognized you at all" said Applejack surprised.

"Huh didn't notice guess I really changed a lot. I'm sure Rarity will help me out in figuring out what else has changed. I mean I got Phoenix wings now that is going to add to the list" said Spike moving his bird like wings as a point as the renamed Phoenix alighted on his shoulder.

"So you fought a boss level Heartless on your own without any help and won? James even said Sora needed help to fight one of those" said Applejack.

"My scales prevented most of the damage that and James told me about that particular Heartless before I left. Especially how Sora beat that thing. Took me only two hours to fight that thing though. Didn't give the Heartless a chance to fire a laser though. I kept to its back the whole time" said Spike.

"Point guess only a Dragon with some effort could have faced that thing alone" said Applejack.  With that the two waited for the train to arrive already deciding a defence for if Heartless return between train trips.

(End chapter)