//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 // Story: Equestria Crossover Confusion // by Garfield23 //------------------------------// Moondancer sat in the library reading her book on transformation spells when a massive explosion rocked the library and knocked a few books off the selves. Many ponies ran to the windows and saw the source of the explosion, one of the shops across the street was ablaze and there stood Lord Zedd surrounded by dead Royal guards. Two other monsters were running riot, Moondancer felt a hoof tap her on the shoulder turning she found herself facing a brilliantly white stallion with a blue mane and a blue moustache. “You, I’ve seen you with Princess Twilight!” he said clearly a bit worried and he was clearly grasping at straws “We’ve got to get these ponies to safety. Can I count on your help?” Moondancer nodded and the stallion continued “My name is Fancy Pants. What might yours be?” “Moondancer, There’s a way out in the back!” she said as Fancy Pants followed her towards the rear of the library with the ponies within the library following suit. Moondancer knew the library well, having spent so much time in it and she looked over to see her friends smiling at her, for once she was grateful that her friends were also within the library having joined her for an afternoon of reading and for some tea later. They finally reached the door at the back and the librarian floated the keys over to her but Moondancer held her hoof up “Let me check if the coast is clear” she poked her head out but the alley behind the library was far from quiet, there were at least ten putties and Moondancer pulled her head back into the building “It’s no good! There are these weird grey things out there and they don’t look friendly” Fancy pants stepped forward and said “Well we don’t have a lot of choices. I’ll go out first and buy the rest of you some time” he looked a bit concerned about the prospect but smiled “Let me pass, Miss Moondancer!” Moondancer however shook her head “You can’t go out there alone, let me help you!” she said scared but with some of the combat spells she studied maybe she could hold her own. Fancy Pants raised an eyebrow but nodded clearly impressed by Moondancer’s courage “Alright follow me” She kicked the door open and followed by Fancy Pants charged out yelling “Hey you grey freaks! I won’t let you harm my friends!” The putties charged but both Fancy Pants and Moondancer began to fire off spells, none of them able to knock the putties out but easily enough to keep them back. The other ponies then ran from the library and were safely away but Fancy Pants and Moondancer were quickly surrounded by the putties when their energy finally ran out. “Well Miss Moondancer, this looks like the end” Fancy Pants said as he looked to Moondancer “All I can say is, it has been a pleasure spending my last moments with a mare as brave as you” Moondancer nodded and said “Well…it was nice to spend time with more ponies…like Lemon heart is always telling me to” the putties were about to strike when, there was powerful rush of air around the two unicorns and the putties were knocked out by the sudden attack “I don’t believe it!” Two Pegasus ponies landed and smiled at the two “Sorry we’re so late” Soarin said with a wink to Moondancer who blushed a bit embarrassed “We were just waiting to see if you two could take care of those guys” Spitfire nudged him before saying “We weren’t but it was impressive” she smiled, as the two took off again “Now Soarin what have I told you about your bad jokes?” she laughed as she raced the stallion to the next group of Putties “They really aren’t as funny as you think they are” “Well that Unicorn mare seemed to like my joke” Soarin said with a confident shake of his tail “My moves still stun the mares” Spitfire laughed as she nudged him in the side “Including a certain rainbow maned mare” she laughed at the bright blush Soarin suddenly had “Oh come on, we all know that you have a crush on Miss Dash. It’s almost cute the way you talk about her” Soarin coughed and said importantly “Shouldn’t we be focusing on the job at hoof, I mean we’re alreadahhhh!” he screamed as he was hit by an attack from below. He crashed into Canterlot Boutique’s window screaming in pain as glass dug into him “AHHH! Spitfire lookout!” Lizzinator fired another attack at the hoovering pony but his attack missed and he wouldn’t get another shot as Spitfire flew at the monster screaming “You scaled faced rat!” she threw all her weight into her hooves as she crashed into the monster with everything she had, she was able to recover from the blow but Lizzinator crashed into a wall, his body was clearly broken but he was alive as Spitfire landed and walked up “This is for Soarin!” she smashed her hooves into Lizzinator’s head and that ended the fight leaving a shiny silver Z on the ground. Soarin smiled as he felt a magical field surround him and lift him up he mumbled weakly “Who?” he saw the source was a tall unicorn mare with an orange mane who looked concerned “What are you doing?” Sassy Saddle paused and said “I’m picking you up off the floor, you need help” she looked a little hurt but put him gently on a table and grabbed one of the dresses “I’m sure Rarity won’t mind if I borrow this to help you” she began to clean Soarin’s injuries as Spitfire flew in “Are you okay?” Spitfire nodded frowning at the Unicorn “Why haven’t you evacuated?” she asked thinking Sassy was being stupid but noticed Soarin wasn’t alone in being cared for “If you don’t leave now…you could be killed” Sassy looked up frowning “If I left these ponies to those grey things…they would have been killed. Rarity would never forgive me if I did that and do you think I could live with myself if I had?!” she said as she used a part of the dress to bandage Soarin’s right leg “Besides, if I had left ,your friend could have been in real trouble and then what would you do?” Spitfire nodded and looked out the window “Looks quiet for now” she said as she spotted Moondancer and Fancy Pants before yelling “Over here! Get inside!” Moondancer and Fancy Pants ran in and Moondancer said “Thank you” and sat down on the floor before adding “We think we spotted Princess Celestia and Luna near the gates fighting some red and silver monster!” Fancy Pants shook his head “I’m afraid to say, things couldn’t be looking much worse” he said as he sat next to Moondancer “We might have to try our luck holding out here” he looked around the building “You know what’s strange, I was meaning to come in here and welcome Rarity to Canterlot. I finally make it down here and it’s the worst possible timing” The ponies present all laughed but it was more of a desperate laughter, wanting something pleasant to laugh about before Soarin finally coughed out “If I make it out of here alive…I’m going to face my fear and ask Rainbow Dash out!” he said, he knew his injuries were bad, so he needed something to hold onto “I…I should never have…” he sniffed remembering the time he’d accused her “Doubted her!” Spitfire laughed “You didn’t know but go for it hotshot” she said as she turned back to the window “It’s strange how often the fate of Equestria seems to depend on that lot. I wanted to invite Miss Dash to the Wonderbolts a year ago but with…all her adventures, I was never sure she’d be able to join without it interfering with her friends” Fancy Pants nodded “Indeed…it’s a shame, the amount of times those six have faced danger like this” he paused as he then said “Miss Rarity is truly an inspiration and her friends are more than...charmingly rustic” Sassy nodded “Haha that’s such a silly line but she is, before I met her, I was a different pony” she said with a small smile “I’m now able to do my job better than ever before” Moondancer smiled “It’s more than that though, they’ve all helped us and in more than just saving Equestria!” she said with a pound sniff “Twilight has shown me we can all grow to be better ponies!” Meanwhile Lord Zedd cackled as he knocked Luna back and said “You ponies are pathetic!” he then charged up his staff sending out a powerful blast of lighting at Luna but she was saved by Princess Celestia blocking the blast “Ah! Such a protective sister but as I understand it, you couldn’t save her from something called Nightmare Moon!” Luna stood frowning and looked at Zedd with pure hatred “Oh what’s wrong Princess did I touch a nerve!” Princess Celestia raised a hoof and stopped her sister “Luna! Keep your emotions in line!” she said in a warning tone “I will not allow you to hurt my subjects or my sister!” Lord Zedd began to laugh “You didn’t get the memo did you? I already converted one of your subjects into my attack dog! What makes you think I couldn’t do the same to your precious sister?!” he said through his laughter after blocking a magical blast from a unicorn of the royal guard “My plan has merely begun and you will both learn the full extent of my master’s power!” “Master!” Celestia and Luna said in unison. “Why yes! My master’s powers are so great that a mere sample of it turned a shy Pegasus into a vicious monster!” Lord Zedd cackled “Maybe you need a sample!” he suddenly welded his staff and in a moment of lighting he opened a portal in front of the two sisters “Behold as I bring a monster from another world to this one! Behold the terror of Puppetmon!” The Digimon appeared from the portal with a sinister smile “Haha! New Toys huh Zedd?” he asked turning to Lord Zedd “You know what I like! Puppet Strings!” before either princess could respond they were ensnared within the twisted puppet’s strings “This is more fun than the time I was fumigated for termites!” as he got the two princesses to kneel before him and Lord Zedd. It was at the moment the monster Pirantishead ran up and said “Lord Zedd! I couldn’t get into the castle because ahhhhh!” before he could finish Zedd spun round, striking Pirantishead with the staff destroying him in a moment and leaving a silver Z upon the ground. “Then you are of no use to me!” Lord Zedd said as he turned back to shocked Puppetmon “Watch out!” Princess Luna had found her strings loose and had escaped. “Luna! Go get Twilight!” Celestia yelled as Zedd bound her “Help her repel the attack on the…mmmm!” she was gagged. Lord Zedd quickly summoned up some Tengus yelling “Capture her!” but then had a thought “Go to Cloudsdale, reinforce Shadowshy!” So Canterlot’s siege continued, one princess captured, many who lived there fearing the worse and some considering surrender, in two cases this treason had already begun within a large Canterlot residual dwelling a mare and a stallion had left to protect those they loved. If what they planned proved successful, Equestria would fall!