//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: Equestria Crossover Confusion // by Garfield23 //------------------------------// Within Canterlot Princess Celestia was sitting working on official matters, a loud scream sounded just outside her throne room and then there was a loud bang. As her royal guards stationed within her throne room ran to the doors, the doors opened and a royal guard was thrown through the open doors. Standing in the doorway stood a tall woman with long brown hair; she was panting and she was facing the wrong way. She turned her face looking very concerned, she raised her arms in a guarding position and she began to back away. Celestia stepped down from her throne and said in a stern tone “Who are you?! Why have you launched an attack against my kingdom?!” she looked at the woman with great confusion, she would be lying if she said she’d never seen a human before but it had been a long time since she’d last seen one. It was after she’d had that thought her mind switched to a different question “How did you get here?” The woman frowned and said “I'm Sailor Jupiter and I was only fighting because your guards jumped me!” Celestia noticed Sailor Jupiter looked a bit worn out but she remained quiet “As for how I got here, I was walking home when some strange portal pulled me in and I ended up in this strange hallway looking at some strange cousin of Helios!” Celestia tilted her head, the name Helios had been passed down in Equestria throughout legends, before Princess Luna had taken on her responsibilities as the protector of dreams, there were legends of a strange place that watched dreams but they had been cut off for longer than most could tell. Sailor Jupiter then snapped “Where the heck am I?” she looked increasingly angry but Celestia thought the confusion of where she was, was the most likely factor for her anger. “Your within my castle in the capitol of Equestria the magical land of ponies” Celestia quickly explained she walked towards the woman and extended a hoof “I swear we mean you no harm, I think I know how you got here but you’ll need to come with me to Ponyville” Sailor Jupiter looked at Celestia with a raised eyebrow but nodded and said “You know calling a town Ponyville would be like a group of humans renaming New York, Humancity” she still didn't trust these ponies but she felt better making jokes “What are we waiting for? Let’s get moving” and she did shake Celestia by the hoof and then they teleported to Twilight’s castle, this left Sailor Jupiter feeling very dizzy “What the heck did you just do?” Celestia blushed “Opps sorry I should have given you some warning. I just teleported us to the castle within Ponyville” she said as she looked around before sighing “Looks as if Twilight isn't here” “It’s a big place, maybe she’s somewhere else?” Jupiter suggested, she’d looked around in the large room they were in and got the impression the castle was quite large “Does she have any guards?” “Uh…no she has, Spike” Celestia said as the door to the room opened and Spike walked in “Ah Spike where’s Twilight?” However before Spike could answer “Jupiter Thunder Dragon!” Sailor Jupiter yelled and launched her attack at Spike but Celestia got a magical shield up around Spike before the attack struck “What the heck are you doing?! That’s a dragon!” Celestia frowned “Spike, is a baby dragon, he has helped saved Equestria before now and he's Twilight's number one assistant! She'd be heart broken if I let you turn him into a barbecued dragon” she said in a stern tone “Sorry about that, Spike, where is Twilight?” however she noticed Spike was staring at Sailor Jupiter with a guilty look “Spike? What happened?” Spike began looking around the room wildly, trying to avoid direct eye contact with Celestia “Um…well you see the thing is…that…Twilight and Discord opened the portal to…other worlds and it sort…of…kind of…perhaps…broke” Celestia should have known better, she thought, put Twilight, Discord and the mirror in the same room and any could have foreseen the outcome. Mix one part Twilight’s curiosity with the unknown, two parts Discord’s mischief and blend with the mirror’s untold possibilities and the results were obvious. “So let me guess, Twilight wanted to explore the portal’s abilities, Discord offered to help, Twilight accepted, Discord played with the portal’s settings and the frame cracked?” Celestia guessed and noticing Spike nodding she slapped her face with her hoof “I should probably have warned Twilight not to let Discord tamper with the portal last time he did it, the world in question, went through some weird changes” Sailor Jupiter however nodded “To be fair if Amy were in Twilight’s position, she’d have done the same, this Twilight sounds just like her” Sailor Jupiter said with a slight chuckle “Oh by the way my name’s Lita” “I thought your name was Sailor Jupiter?” Celestia asked very confused “Oh no, that’s my name when transformed in this costume but it makes little sense to keep my identity secret in a world I won’t be spending the rest of my life in” Lita said with a giggle “I’m a member of a team of heroes who take their powers from the planets” “Oh that’s nice” Celestia said as her own curiosity got the best of her “So might I assume your led by someone called Sailor Earth?” Lita couldn't help but laugh “Oh no, no, no we’re led by Sailor Moon” she said with a smile before looking at Celestia’s confused expression “Um Spike where is this Twilight?” Lita realised there was little time for talk, if she didn't get back their new enemy might attack again. “She’s at Fluttershy’s cottage, the changelings are attacking again” Spike explained pointing to a letter fluttering above his head “Discord send a letter explaining the situation” Celestia took the letter in her magic and reading it filled her with dread “Looks like Twilight will need some serious help!” she said with a worried look at Lita “Could you help me?” “Sure lead the way!” Lita said as the two began to run out of the castle “So what’s a Fluttershy?” “Fluttershy is one of Twilight’s friends and the letter said she’s been turned into Flutterbat by a villain called Lord Zedd” Celestia explained as they ran along suddenly a portal opened up in the air in front of them. A man fell from it and landed in front of them “Who are you?” The man who was wearing a white shirt, green trousers and a green rag around his head stood. He also had three swords “AArgg what the heck are you?” he asked looking at Celestia with a frown “It’s customary to introduce yourself before asking someone their name” he said as he looked at Lita. “I’m Princess Celesita and this Lita, also known as Sailor Jupiter. As for your first question I’m a pony more specifically an Alicorn” she explained as she paused and said “Now what’s your name?” The man frowned as he noticed Lita’s expression and smiled “My name is Roronoa Zorro!” he said as he gave them a curt nod “Now where the heck am I?” he looked around “I get the impression, I’m in a world full of multicoloured horses? That's just weird” “This is Equestria” Celestia said as she extended a hoof “And I’m it’s ruler” “Then why aren’t you Queen Celestia?” Lita and Zorro asked together before they both laughed. “We have no time for that, Twilight needs our help!” Celestia said blushing slightly, not sure herself why she didn’t call herself Queen Celestia “Look!” there was a massive explosion in the direction of Fluttershy’s cottage “We better hurray!”