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Just outside of Trunks' home, Trunks was talking to Kei and Wylie about an important mission. A new world has been discovered and it was giving off a great magical disturbance, Trunks has also informed them of some dark magic gathering towards that same magical power. It is a magical item so strong, that it does not belong in that world. The two are tasked with returning whatever is causing the disturbance to the world it originated from.
"Are you sure, Trunks?" Kei asked. He was wearing a wide V-neck shape orange shirt with a normal blue shirt underneath it. He was wearing a black slash along with blue training boots, orange pants, and blue wristbands. On the back of the shirt there is a large symbol, and on the front is similar, but smaller version of it.
"Yes. I don't know what this means myself, but if Supreme Kai of Time says it's a problem, then it must be dealt with." Trunks answered.
"Especially if Demigra's dark magic is infecting that world." Kei's friend Wylie added, while up on Kei's shoulders. Wylie is a tiny, red, orange-accented Chinese dragon. (Think of Mushu from Mulan)
"Well, what about Goku? Can't he come with us?" Kei asked.
"I'm sorry, guys, but Goku's with Vegeta and Cerza to accompany them while they're out training, and you know how Tai likes being the "Lone Wolf" so who knows where he is." Trunks answered.
Kei and Wylie groaned at that answer. They knew that saving History, along with everything in it was never going to be the same without the other third of their group.
"I guess we can try and manage without them," Kei said. "Where is it in the timeline, anyway?"
"It's not. It's in a different dimension."
"Wait, what?"
"It's in a different dimension." Trunks repeated. "Supreme Kai of Time and I have been working on one of the Time Machines so that it can go to other worlds."
"Seriously!" Kei said excitedly.
Trunks nodded and replied. "It's ready to go whenever you are."
"Thanks, Trunks!" Kei said.
"C'mon, Kei! We gotta get goin'! If the Demigra is back, who knows what could happen?!" the little red dragon said as he jumps off Kei's shoulder and rushed towards Supreme Kai of Time's home.
Kei was instantly put on high alert, "Oh, right! See ya, Trunks!"
After they left Trunks' sight, leaving him with his thoughts, 'Kei... Wylie... I hope you two know what you're doing.'
Kei made his way towards the home of Supreme Kai, who is waiting to tap her foot on the ground. Once he reaches the house, a "Surprise!" was given, courtesy of Wylie, he decided to give him a few choice of words.
"NEXT TIME, WARN ME BEFORE YOU DO THAT!" Kei shouted.
Wylie chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry."
Kei shook his head, before looking up at the machine. "Is this it?"
"Yep!" She said proudly. "This thing can open a doorway to other dimensions. It's still a little unstable, but I think that most of the bugs that would make the transition lethal to anyone below your guys' stamina are gone." She then gives Kei a silver bracelet, "This bracelet is to suppress your power, you're heading into unknown territory, so it's best to not to show off your powers."
"Gee, thanks, mom," Kei muttered, rolling his eyes, putting the bracelet on his wrist. The bracelet was designed so that it had a long, flattened, curved, piece of metal with a thin chain linking both ends to form a loop. He then looked at the Machine with curiosity. "So, have you tested this thing yet?"
"No."
"You haven't tried to send anything across yet?"
"No."
"So… me and Wylie?"
"Yep."
"Are heading into a different world?"
"Yep."
"Without testing it first?"
"Pretty much."
"…"
"…"
"Bring it on."
"That's the spirit!" Supreme Kai of Time said, "Now remember, you don't know what kind of world you're heading into, so don't do anything stupid that might destroy the fabric of time and space."
"Geez, I get it, don't use powers unless it's an emergency."
"Good, now the destination is marked on the Map."
Kei made his way up the ladder into the cockpit of the Time Machine, and Kei took his seat in the cockpit. "Don't worry I'll be back before you know it!" he said as he closed the hatch on the time machine and lifted off into the sky. A pillar of a golden light shot into the sky, shining for a second before thinning out and disappearing.
'I'm counting on you two'
Kei and Wylie were floating through shifting rings of gears as the headed into the new world. The new world was definitely far off, according to the coordinates Supreme Kai of Time gave them, which in turn, made Kei bored as soon as a good 10 minutes passed. Kei decided to occupy his mind with his thoughts.
"I wonder what this new world will be like? Maybe it's some kind of magical kingdom with a mighty king and queen! Or, an enchanted forest with talking animals!" Kei suddenly became excited about seeing a brand new world, with those thoughts in mind, he completely forgot about Demigra and the possibly that he could destroy that world.
"Kei! We're here!" Wylie declared, pulling Kei from his thoughts.
"It looks like a... school?" Kei said in disappointment, he was hope that he'll see something amazing like a kingdom or something of the like but instead their treated to a school. What a rip-off!
"Prepare for landing!"
"Aye aye, captain!" Kei joked.
Wylie sighed. "Kei, please, don't say that."
"Whatever." Kei shrugged his shoulder.
The Time Machine began to close in on the new world. As the Machine came closer to the ground, Kei pulled up with all his might to avoid a crash landing. They looked for a place to park the Time Machine, away from wandering eyes. There weren't many places available, but there was one that could work for the time being.
"Park this thing on the roof," Wylie said.
It was the roof of the building that came into view from before as closed into the new world.
"Are you sure, Wylie? Don't you think they're not gonna like a spaceship on top of their school?" Kei hesitantly asked.
"Aw, don't worry about it, it's not like we're gonna be here long enough for someone to complain and besides, we can put the Time Machine back into its capsule," Wylie said.
"I... guess you're right," Kei said, giving up. "Still, we should be careful, we don't know who could come up here."
"Whatever," Wylie said.
Out of the corner of his eye, Wylie noticed the sun was setting on the horizon.
"We should probably get some sleep, we got a big day tomorrow," Wylie said, hopping out of his seat.
"Yeah, wait we don't have a place to sleep."
"Well, I guess we have to make do and sleep here I guess."
"Not much of a choice, good night Wylie," Kei replied.
Kei yawned as he tried to find a comfortable position, and slowly drifted into a deep sleep with Wylie doing the same in his own bunk.
Just below the building, a figure in a dark coat rushes to the statue of a horse with its forelegs in the air. It begins to reach out for the mirror on the statue and begins to phase through it.
"You'll regret denying me my rightful place, Celestia." the figure said to herself.
She laughed to herself as she entered the mirror, unbeknownst to Kei and Wylie.
Kei felt like he was falling. No, not falling. Feeling? He didn't know. It felt like both at the same time. He suddenly began to wake up, and noticed that he was laying on a glass surface, he had a dream just like this. But something was different, the air? The dream itself? No, it was the glass surface. Kei had never seen it before, so why is he seeing it now?
It appeared to have a girl in the center of the platform, with 5 other girls, a dog, and a crown in the circles above. Who are they? Do have some kind of connection to Kei's mission?
They will guide you.
As Kei got up, he heard a familiar voice. He snapped his head up to see where the voice was coming from.
The six elements.
"Six... elements?" Kei repeated.
They are the key to the magic you seek.
Kei remembered the mission he and Wylie were on. A magical disturbance was found in a new world, they had to find the source and return it to its original world.
"Where can I find them?" Kei asked.
No response.
Kei never understood the voices riddles, and he was really getting tired of them.
The Magic of Friendship.
"The magic of what?" Kei half-repeated.
Then out of nowhere, a cloaked figure attacked Kei with a blade in its right hand. Kei dodged the blade and charged into battle.
Kei got close enough to strike, but the figure disappeared, causing Kei to stop his attack. Then the figure reappeared behind him and sliced downwards, but Kei dodge rolled out of the way and took his opportunity and swung his fist, Kei made a direct hit and kept the momentum while he had the chance. The figure broke free of Kei's endless barrage and tried to strike back, but Kei blocked every attack that came his way. The battle kept raging on, ahead one moment, and behind the next. Then the figure finally stopped and stood there, staring at the Saiyan warrior. Kei swore he saw an evil grin on its face. Kei charged in while the figure remained motionless, but as Kei jumped in the air to attack from above, the figure disappeared. Kei expected another attack...
But none came.
A bright light enveloped the area around Kei, it was so bright that he had to raise his hand in front of his face to see, but to no avail. The light was getting brighter and brighter, then the voice said one last thing before the light became too much to handle.
Sparkle.
"KEI!"
Kei was spooked out of a sound sleep and jumped out of bed, unfortunately, Kei had somehow slept on top of the roof of the door, which leads into the school. He rolled to the side fall off and hitting his head on the hard floor, and since he was wearing the bracelet, he was now a mere human making it more painful than it should.
"Oww, Wylie, what did you do that for?" Kei moaned.
"Look at me!" Wylie said.
Kei saw that Wylie didn't look like himself. He was a slightly bigger, his hands looked more so like wings, and he was a… duck.
"I guess being in this new world must've changed your appearance," Kei said, attempting not to bust out laughing at his friends' sudden new appearance.
"I can see that, you idiot!" Wylie yelled.
"Eh, heh-heh, right, sorry," Kei said while scratching his cheek and grinning sheepishly.
"Well, how come YOU haven't changed?!" Wylie yelled.
"I don't know!" Kei said. "Let's do some walking around, we'll figure it out."
"Oh, all right," Wylie said.
Kei looked down at the front of the school, he saw a girl laying on the ground, he started to panic until he saw her move, she was waking up. 'Who would fall asleep on the ground? Did Demigra get here already?' Kei thought to himself. If Demigra is here, he can't waste any time. Besides, she doesn't look like she had been hurt or injured. She should be fine. Kei continued over to the staircase that was on the roof. They climbed down the steps and came into a hallway. To Kei, it seemed abandoned because there was no one around, but he knew better than that. Someone had to be here, an entire building can't just be empty especially if it's a school. Kei and Wylie kept walking around, but still found nobody. Was it possible that no one was here? It doesn't make- and that's when the school bell rang.
It was obvious that this place wasn't abandoned. People began to pour out of the doorways, flooding the hall with teenagers. Kei and Wylie were struggling to make their way around the others but to little avail. They stuck it out until the hallway finally calmed down a bit, enough to walk through. He tried talking to the people around the building, asking them if they had seen anything strange lately; they all answered the same thing, "No". Kei and Wylie were being to think that the Demigra hadn't shown up yet. At least they could relax for a while, knowing that trouble wasn't around the corner, they could continue their search for the magical disturbance. 'Hopefully, we won't have any problems until we find the disturbance.' Kei thought to himself.
He saw some of the students' eyeballing him; some of the boys saw him and snickered a comment or two.
"Man, what's with the clothes?"
"Yeah, I mean the nerd convention is that way, dude." They laughed. Kei just ignored them. Some of the girls, however, could not stop staring at him.
Kei looked around the hallway in confusion. It wasn't just them who were saying something about his clothes. Just about every student here were giving him strange looks. Kei was blushing, feeling awkward having all the people staring at him. Wylie tugged at his pants.
"I don't think you should be wearing that here," Wylie said pointing to his outfit. "You kinda stick out like a sore thumb." Which was true, Kei wearing is wearing a bright orange color, of course, he'll stick out among all the high school students.
"I guess I haven't thought about." Kei laughed sheepishly.
"Well, we have to get some new clothes to blend in with everyone."
"Yeah, but where…"
"Oh, my stars, darling what on earth are you wearing!" a voice asked in a shocked tone. Before Wylie even knew what happen, an arm adorned with a gold bangle bracelet grabbed Kei and yanked him into a room, "Kei?"
"Hey! What'd you do that for-" Kei stopped mid-sentence when he saw who snatched him.
It was a girl with dark purple curly hair with a blue triple diamond hair clip, she was wearing a light blue shirt, a purple skirt with three diamonds, around her waist was a darker purple belt with a blue belt buckle, on both her arms were golden yellow bracelets, she was wearing long dark purple shoes with a lighter purple outline at the top and a blue diamond centerpiece on each shoe. Her long eyelashes enhanced her big blue eyes. She quickly approached him with a measuring tape, measured the length of his clothes, checked the size of his head, and examined his shoes.
"Um, what are you doing?" Kei asked.
The girl looked at Kei up and down like he was some sort of project. "We need to get you out of that ridiculous outfit. You stick out like a sore thumb."
"You mean my Gi?" Kei feeling confused. Ever since he got, everyone was making a comment or two about his clothes. He doesn't see anything wrong with it but clearly, this girl does.
"I mean that orange with that blue, it just doesn't work." Kei felt a little hurt from her comment about his martial arts outfit. She was a fashion expert and could make almost any color combination work… but something about that orange and blue was off.
The girl put her hand to her chin, pondering something. She put her finger in the air and smiled as if she figured something out. She then rushed to her towards the closet. She came out with a pile of clothes and set them down on the floor. She started to dig through them. She threw aside a couple of pieces of clothing and then she found what she was looking for.
"Perfect." she said as she began to dress Kei like a doll.
Once she was done, Kei looks over himself and was wearing a pair of black jeans and an orange studded belt, a white short-sleeve button-up shirt under a black vest and black tie; he had on white and black sneakers with white soles. To be honest it looked good on him. It wasn't his normal clothes to wear but this will have to do.
"Well, what do you think?" she asked.
"Well, I have to admit, it looks pretty good. Not something I'll wear normally but that's just me." Kei smiled at her. "By the way, I didn't get your name. Am Kei."
"Oh my! Am terribly sorry, with the whole situation with your outfit, I forgot to introduce myself." She said. "Am Rarity."
"Nice to meet you Rarity," Kei said with a bright smile on his face. "Also, thanks for the clothes."
Rarity blushed. "Y-You're welcome. I might be going or else I'll be late for class. Hopefully, I'll see you around Kei." Rarity said before leaving the room.
"Right, see ya," Kei said smiling. 'Hm, nice person. Beautiful too… wait where the hell did that come from?' he thought before he shook his head and left the room.
Once out in the hall, Kei looked around to trying to find his feathery companion.
"Hey!" Kei turned to see Wylie sticking his head out from behind one of the vending machines though out the school.
"What happened to you? Where do you go? And where did you get those new clothes?" Wylie said in a rapid session.
"Ok, in order: a girl named Rarity grabbed me, pulled me into one of the classrooms, and said girl was the one who gave me the new clothes."
"Well, I'll admit, the girl has some fashion sense. Unlike some people I know." Wylie said that last part to himself. Kei rolled his eyes and the two started to explore the hall once again, then Kei and Wylie turned a corner in the hallway and-
"Thought this was over, didn't you?"
There was a girl with pink hair, white tank top, and a green skirt being harassed by a girl with red and yellow hair, black jacket, and an orange skirt, Kei and Wylie quickly dove back into the corner, preparing to take action if things got too hairy.
"I... I didn't-"
"You are so pathetic! Don't you see that I rule this place? You'll never hide from me!"
"I... I..."
The pink-haired girl was on the verge to tears until Kei finally stepped in.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" Kei shouted running in between the two, blocking them from each other.
"And just who are YOU?!" the red-yellow haired girl asked, annoyed. "Get outta my way!"
She tried to walk around him, but Kei kept cutting her off, making her frustrated.
"Rgggh! You're really getting on my nerves!" the red-yellow haired girl growled. "You know what? I don't have time for this!" She started to walk away but stopped to turn to Kei and raise a finger to him, "This isn't over." she continued walking until she was out of sight behind the corner that Kei and Wylie came from.
The pink-haired girl was astonished by the spiky-haired boy did, he stood up to her bully. He walked up to her with his hand held out, "Are you ok?" he asked.
She hid in her hair for a moment until she looked up at him, a blush was slowly coming onto her cheeks as she reached her hand out to grab his.
When Kei had a grasp of her hand, he pulled her up to her feet. She finally had the courage to speak to him, "I can't believe you did that."
Kei was confused for a moment, "Uh, did what?" he asked.
"What you did before, nobody ever stands up to Sunset Shimmer." the pink-haired girl answered.
"'Sunset Shimmer', so that's who that was," Kei said.
"I can't believe I was saved from her twice in a row." the girl said.
"Twice? Someone else helped you?" Kei asked.
"Yes, she was a new student. Um, did you come here from another school?" the girl asked.
"Ummm..." Kei was trying to think.
Wylie elbowed his leg to get his attention when he looked down, Wylie nodded, telling him to play along.
"Yeah, I, uh, I did. I'm Kei," he answered.
"I'm... Fluttershy."
"Uh, sorry, I didn't get that," Kei said.
"It's Fluttershy." she answered again.
"'Fluttershy'? Well, it's nice to meet you." Kei said.
Fluttershy's gaze drifted down to the white duck next to Kei.
"OH, MY GOODNESS!" Fluttershy said, rushing past Kei. "Who this sweet little guy?"
"That's Wylie, my, uh, duck," Kei answered.
"He's almost as cute as Twilight's dog, Spike," Fluttershy said, holding Wylie in her arms.
"Twilight?" Kei asked.
"Oh, she's the new student I was talking about," Fluttershy answered.
"Ohh," Kei said.
Fluttershy began to scratch the back of Wylie's head, causing Wylie to close his eyes and shake a flipper he had raised in the air. Kei couldn't help but chuckle at Wylie, he was acting more like a dog than a duck.
"How do you do that?" Kei asked.
"Oh, this? It's a little trick I learned, ducks have a certain spot on the backs of their heads that if you scratch, they become very friendly towards you." Fluttershy explained.
Kei wasn't sure how that was possible, but it's a different world, so things tend to be a little, if not a lot, different.
"Attention students, due to a new student at Canterlot High, any and all other new students must report to Principal Celestia's office for orientation. That is all."
Kei, Wylie, and Fluttershy heard the announcement, so Fluttershy lets go of Wylie and stood up.
"You should probably get going," Fluttershy said.
"Yeah. So I'll see you around?" Kei asked.
"Maybe... if that's ok with you, I mean," Fluttershy whispered her answer.
"Ok, bye!" Kei said, running off.
"Oh, wait!" Fluttershy called.
Kei and Wylie snapped their heads back to Fluttershy, who had a backpack in her hand.
"You're not really supposed to have pets on school grounds, I have a spare backpack that you can tuck Wylie into, I mean if you want to," Fluttershy explained.
"Thanks, Fluttershy, I owe you one," Kei said with a smile as he put on the backpack.
Wylie quickly hopped into it and the two ran off into the distance. As Fluttershy watched them leave, she couldn't help but blush at the thought of her savior.
"Oh... M-My..."
Kei and Wylie were on their way to Principal Celestia's office for orientation until Kei came to a sudden realization and stopped in his tracks...
He doesn't know where her office is.
Kei scratched the back of his head and chuckled sheepishly at the thought of being completely lost. 'Guess I should've asked Fluttershy for some directions.' Kei thought to himself.
"Excuse me, are you going to orientation?" a voice spoke behind Kei.
Kei turned around to see a woman with pink and purple striped hair, wearing a white shirt with a brown vest, a green skirt with a flower pattern, and brown boots.
"Uh, yeah, I'm actually kinda lost," Kei said, grinning sheepishly.
"I can believe that." the women replied, "I'm Cheerilee, but you can call me Miss Cheerilee."
Kei smiled, "I'm Kei, do you know where Principal Celestia's office is, Miss Cheerilee?"
"It's to the next hallway, third door on your right," Cheerilee answered.
"Ok, thanks!" Kei called out as he ran in the direction Cheerilee described.
"No running in the halls!" Cheerilee shouted. "Teenagers."
Kei had found Principal Celestia's office and began to knock on the door.
"Come in." a voice said from the other side of the door.
Kei walked into her office and greeted her with a smile. She had a prismatic hair and had a certain aura of grace and reality around her. Principal Celestia motioned Kei to take a seat on the chair in front of him, Kei obliged and sat down.
"So, you're another new student, yes?" Principal Celestia asked.
"Yeah, my name's Kei," Kei answered.
"Well, let's get started, Kei." Principal Celestia said. "Where did you live before you came here?"
Kei hesitated at that question, but answered all the same, "Papaya Island."
"Papaya... Island?" Principal Celestia asked, confused.
"It's my home," Kei stated.
"Hmm... ok, then." Principal Celestia said, steering away from the subject.
Principal Celestia asked Kei another question regarding his previous education. His school, his teachers, and his studies. Kei answered the best he could, he attended "Red Star High School", his teachers were "Mr. Trunks" and "Mr. Wylie", he learned about most basic things people know. Principal Celestia told Kei that she has everything she needs from him and dismissed him. She gave him directions to Miss Cheerilee's class, one of his new classes at Canterlot High.
"Ok, thanks, Principal Celestia," Kei said as walked towards the door.
Principal Celestia was going over Kei's orientation papers after he left, and she figured something out.
"Kei, you seem like a nice kid, but you're a bad liar." Principal Celestia said.
After a long teaching lesson from Miss Cheerilee, Kei was glad to be on his way to the cafeteria for lunch until something stopped him, he came across what looked like a gymnasium, in the middle his saw a girl with pink, fluffed up hair, blue eyes, wearing a white shirt with a heart a the middle, a blue jacket, a blue bracelet on each wrist, and a pink skirt with 3 balloons on it, 2 blue ones on the bottom and a yellow one on the top. She looked like she was pondering something.
"Um... hello?" Kei said.
The girl whipped around to see him and smiled, "Hi! My name's Pinkie Pie!"
"I'm Kei," Kei said. "I'm new around here."
Pinkie put her hand to her chin and squinted her eyes towards Kei, "Hmm, I thought you didn't look familiar."
"So, what's up?" Kei asked.
"I'm trying to decorate the gym for the Fall Formal, but I can't figure out how I wanna do it. I must have a really bad case of Party Planner's Block."
Kei noticed his stomach growling, he wanted to go to lunch and get some food, but he couldn't leave Pinkie Pie like this.
"Maybe I can help." Kei offered.
Pinkie gasped loudly, "You'd do that for me?!"
"Anything for a friend," Kei answered.
"ALLLLLLLLL RIGHT!" Pinkie declared, "In fact, how bout we make a competition out of it?"
"A competition?" Kei asked.
"Yeah! To get my creative juices flowing!" Pinkie answered. "Wait, what do creative juices look like? Oh, I'll worry that later, so whataya say Kei?"
Pinkie had a mischievous grin on her face, "Unless you're scared."
"Scared? Me? Oh, it's on!" Kei said.
"Ok, ready... set... GO!" Pinkie said.
Both Kei and Pinkie rushed to decorate the gym as fast as possible. Pinkie Pie started blowing up balloons at a ridiculous speed like she was made of nothing but air. Kei grabbed a bunch of rolls of streamers and threw them towards the scaffolding above them while running like his life depended on it. Soon, Pinkie ran out of balloons and grabbed an entire box of streamers and started throwing them like crazy.
"Fluttershy said she'd probably be in here."
A girl with dark purple hair with two streaks, one a lighter purple and the other pink, purple eyes, wearing a light blue button-up shirt with a red bow tie, and a purple skirt with a picture of a starburst on the side. Right behind her was a purple dog with green eyes, dark green spiked up hair, light green ears, and a dark blue collar with spikes and a dog tag.
"INCOMING!" Pinkie shouted.
An oncoming storm of streamers attacked the girl and her dog, completely covering them. They came out of their streamer cocoons and saw Pinkie rushing around the gym with more rolls of streamers in her arms.
"Hi, my name's Twilight Sparkle, and-"
"CAN'T TALK! IN A COMPETITION!" Pinkie said, frantically.
"Pinkie Pie?" Twilight asked.
Pinkie stopped dead in her tracks at the mention of her name from somebody she didn't know. She rushed over to the girl and asked with bulging eyes, "Are you psychic?!"
"Uh, no, I don't think so, unless, of course, that's something you can do here," Twilight replied, nervously.
Pinkie dropped Twilight on the floor, "Not usually." and went back to her competition.
"So, who are you in a competition with?" Twilight asked.
Pinkie pointed to Kei, "Him!"
Kei was bouncing off the walls (literally), using his skills to hang the streamers, instead of throwing them. But because his wearing the bracelet, his very limited to what he can do.
"I gotta hurry! Wait, where's my box of-"
Pinkie saw a white duck, running with her box of streamers in its wings towards Kei.
"Hey! That's CHEATING!" Pinkie screeched.
Wylie began grabbing rolls of streamers out of the box and threw them to Kei. Kei thought quickly and grabbed one of the fold-able chairs, folded it up, and used to smack the rolls of streamers in the air towards the scaffolding. Pinkie tried to hurry and hang the balloons.
"CHEATER, CHEATER, PUMPKIN EATER!" Pinkie screamed.
"Don't look at me! Wylie's the one who grabbed the box!" Kei tried to explain while smacking the streamers.
The competition continued on for 5 minutes until the two tired themselves out.
They laid down on the floor of the gym, panting heavily, completely exhausted from their competition.
"How... did you... do that?" Pinkie asked in between breaths.
"Do... what?" Kei asked back in between breaths as well.
"Nobody... is that fast... or nimble..." Pinkie answered, trying to catch her breath.
"Oh... that," Kei said, normally something like this should be child's play but again since wearing the bracelet, his basically an average human... OK, a well above average human.
"Well, um," Twilight began, "Fluttershy said this is where I could find the head of the Fall Formal Planning Committee."
Pinkie perked up at the mention of that name, "Fluttershy, huh?" Pinkie began picking herself up off the floor, "Don't let the whole shy thing fool you, she can be a real meanie."
Twilight looked surprised, "You two aren't friends?"
"We need to get your name on the ballot if you're going to run for Fall Formal Princess," Pinkie said, walking backward towards Twilight.
"Hey, Pinkie, I meant to ask you, what's the Fall Formal?" Kei asked.
"Oh, yeah! I forgot you're new here." Pinkie said, "The Fall Formal is a dance that we have every fall here at CHS. Why do they call 'fall'? Why don't they just call it 'autumn'? That way it would be called, 'The Autumn Formal'! But then there'd be no play on words. OHHHHH! Now I get it!"
Kei looked completely confused at Pinkie's rambling but got the message. Pinkie pulled out a clipboard out of her hair and held it out in front of Twilight, "Any who, you just need to fill this out and you are officially up for the coveted Princess of the Fall Formal crown!" Pinkie also pulled a pen out of her hair, much to Kei and Wylie's confusion.
'How did she put those in there?' Kei thought to himself. Just looking at Wylie's expression meant he was thinking the same thing.
Pinkie was waiting for Twilight to take the pen, strangely, Twilight took it in her mouth with Pinkie still staring patiently, like she wasn't weirded out by that, but Kei and Wylie were. Then Twilight took the pen out of her mouth and began writing.
'That was... odd.' Kei thought to himself. Like before, Wylie looked to be thinking the same.
"Wow! You have really bad handwriting," Pinkie said, pulling Kei and Wylie from their thoughts, "It's like you never held a pen before."
Twilight laughed nervously, "Is it?"
Kei and Wylie crossed their arms (and wings) and raised an eyebrow, "Hmmm..."
Twilight suddenly grew tense, knowing that the new student and his duck were becoming suspicious of her.
Wait, his duck?
"Did somebody order a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?" A voice spoke out of nowhere, turning everyone's attention to the door.
"Ooh! Ooh! Me, me, me! Me! Yeah! Uh-huh! Me!" Pinkie said while flailing her arms about.
Bringing a case of cider was a girl with blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, green eyes, wearing a stetson hat, white and green jacket, denim skirt with a belt with an apple-shaped buckle, and brown boots with 2 apple logos on each foot. She was wiping the sweat from her brow when Twilight saw her and looked surprised.
"Can you bring in the rest?" the blonde girl asked.
"Eeyup." another voice spoke, carrying in 4 more crates.
Pinkie bounced towards the guy carrying the crates and the blonde girl lifted the top crate from the guy's load, revealing what he looked like, he had green eyes and orange hair. He looked like he was her brother. The blonde girl walked with the crate until she saw Twilight and Kei.
"Hey, I know you two." the blonde girl said.
"You do?" Twilight and Kei asked simultaneously.
"Sure, you're the new students who gave Sunset Shimmer the what-for today!" the blonde answered while using her mouth to pop the top off of the bottle of cider she picked up and began to drink.
"Twilight Sparkle here is gonna run against Sunset Shimmer for Princess of the Fall Formal." Pinkie explained and began blowing one of the leftover balloons from the competition.
The blonde girl spit out her cider in surprise while Pinkie began to float by the balloon she was inflating, "Ah'd think twice about that. Oh sure, she'll probably approach ya, all friendly like," the blonde girl grabbed Pinkie and pulled her down, took the balloon from and started drawing on it while Pinkie started to blow up another one, "I sure am lookin' forward to some friendly competition!" the blonde mimicked the balloon, drawn to look like Sunset Shimmer, even a simple drawing of her put a scowl on Kei's face, "That's so good to hear!" the blonde girl mimicked a different balloon, drawn to look like Twilight Sparkle.
"But then, here's comes the backstabbing." the blonde girl said with her normal voice, popping the Twilight balloon with a tack taped to the back of the Sunset balloon. "About the only girl at this school you can trust less than Sunset Shimmer is Rainbow Dash."
"Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.
Kei grew more suspicious of Twilight, it's as though she knew who this "Rainbow Dash" was.
'What's with everyone's names in this place?' Kei thought to himself.
"She's the captain of like, every team at Canterlot High." Pinkie explained while bouncing on a balloon that looked the size of an over-sized exercise ball.
"Seriously, how does she do that?" Kei continued to think to himself.
"She's also the captain of the of saying she's gonna do somethin' for ya, but turnin' around and not even botherin' ta show up." the blonde girl remarked.
"Thanks for the advice, Applejack, but this is something I really need to do," Twilight said.
"Eh, suit yourself," Applejack replied.
Kei realized something, he was right to be suspicious of her.
'Wait! Did she just-!'
"Hey, how'd you know my name was Applejack?" she asked.
"Uhh, I, uh, heh-heh, didn't you say?" Twilight asked nervously.
"Eenope." the orange-haired guy answered for Applejack while Pinkie was drinking a bottle of cider.
"Well, uh, it was sure nice meeting you both, I'm sure I'll be seeing you around!" Twilight said, rushing out the side door with her dog in tow.
"I, uh, gotta go too, I hope to see you guys again!" Kei said with a smile as he and Wylie followed Twilight through the same door. 'She knows something! And I'm gonna find out what!' Kei thought to himself.
"That one's trying to hide a secret, but I am totally on to her!" Pinkie said, and then she began to whisper, "She's psychic!"
Applejack looked confused, "Uh-huh, if you say so. Say, whataya know bout that Kei guy?"
Pinkie began, "Welllll-"
SLAM!
The sudden opening of the gym's main entrance interrupted Pinkie. Standing in the doorway, was 2 weird-looking teenage boys, one short, plump, and green skinned, the other tall, skinny, with orange skin, and standing in front of them was the girl that bullied Fluttershy earlier today, Sunset Shimmer.
"This. Looks. Terrible!" Sunset Shimmer commented as she stormed in. "There should be more streamers by the stage and fewer balloons!" she popped two balloons at once and walked away, much to Pinkie's dismay.
"Yeah! Streamers!" the plump teen said, ripping a streamer in half.
"And fewer balloons!" the skinny teen said, trying to pop a balloon with his arms, but failing miserably.
"Fizzy apple cider?! UGH! This is my coronation, not a hoedown!" Sunset said, disgusted.
"Well now," Applejack began, "It ain't necessarily gonna be YOUR coronation this time around!"
Sunset got in Applejack's face while Pinkie backed away, "Oh? Is that so?" Sunset began to flip Applejack's hat on her face, "You country folk really AREN'T that bright, must be why the other students say such awful things about you."
Applejack burned through the top of her hat with her anger alone, growling and her face turning red.
"Obviously, it's gonna be my coronation. I'm running unopposed." Sunset said with confidence.
"Not this time! The new girl just signed up!" Pinkie said cheerfully.
"What?!" Sunset said, taking the clipboard from Pinkie.
"I know, her handwriting is really bad," Pinkie commented. "It's too bad you don't like the decorations, Kei and I worked really hard on them."
"Who?" the two teens asked.
"The new guy, you mean you don't know him?" Pinkie said.
Sunset lowered the clipboard from her face that revealed an angry scowl, "Where is this 'Twilight and Kei'?"
Sunset looked behind her and saw Applejack and Pinkie staring at her, she chuckled nervously and said, "I'm looking forward to meeting the competition."
Pinkie and Applejack just stared at each other.
"And I'm also looking forward to giving the new guy what's coming to him. I bet he forgot about what he did this morning, but I sure didn't." Sunset angrily thought to herself.
Twilight began roaming the halls with her dog in her backpack with Kei and Wylie following her discreetly until she came across a pitch-black dead end with the lights flickering slightly.
"Can't believe I didn't recognize you earlier."
Twilight noticed someone was behind her, someone that she stood up to.
"Should've known Princess Celestia would send her prized pupil here after my crown, and her little dog, too," Sunset said.
Kei and Wylie were listening in to the conversation to gather some information.
'PRINCESS Celestia?' Kei thought to himself.
"It's MY crown!" Twilight stated.
'The two of them must be from another world, it does make sense, but how did they get here? And why is this crown so important?' Kei continued pondering in his mind.
"Whatever. This is just a minor setback for me. You don't know the first thing about this place, and I already rule it." Sunset explained, calm, cool, and collected.
'Rule? She's pretty full of herself.' Kei thought.
"If that's so, why do you even NEED my crown? You went to an awful lot of trouble to switch it with the one that belongs here." Twilight said.
"The crown... Wait! Could that crown be-" Kei looked down at Wylie, who gave a confirming nod. There was no doubting it...
That crown is the magical disturbance!
"Pop quiz," Sunset began, "What happens when you bring an Element of Harmony into an alternate world?"
Twilight put a finger to her chin to think.
'Yup. They're DEFINITELY from another world. But, what's an 'Element of Harmony'?' Kei thought.
"You don't know? Seriously?" Sunset said and chuckled, amused, "And you're supposed to be Princess Celestia's star student?"
Twilight became upset but quickly regained her composure. Kei grits his teeth at Sunset's words, while Wylie was trying to get Kei to calm down.
"Then again, what were the chances she'd find somepony as bright as me to take under her wing after I decided to leave Equestria?" Sunset said.
"Equestria? And did she say somePONY?" Wylie said.
"Bit embarrassing that YOU were the best she could do." Sunset commented.
Kei finally had enough.
"ENOUGH!" Kei shouted, revealing himself and Wylie.
Twilight, Spike, and Sunset were taken by surprise at Kei's out-of-nowhere objection.
'It's the new guy! What's he doing here? Was he eavesdropping?' Twilight thought.
'Him! Why must he play The Hero?! All he is a nuisance!' Sunset thought.
Sunset quickly regained her cool and walked over to Kei, "Oh, and I'd keep an eye on your spiky-headed friend," Sunset scratched Kei's chin, Kei just continued gritting his teeth, "Hate for him to be... taken away from you."
"Are you threatening me?!" Kei asked, enraged.
"Oh, of course not." Sunset mocked.
Kei whipped his hand back, grabbing his Power Pole, and pointed it in Sunset's face.
'What the hell?!' Sunset thought, panicked.
Sunset calmed down and pushed the Power Pole away with one finger.
"But I'd put your little toy away if I were you." Sunset said, "Don't want anyone to think you all don't belong here, now would you?"
Kei gritted his teeth, gripping his power pole tighter.
'This kid's OBVIOUSLY from another world, but I'm pretty sure I've never seen him in Equestria.' Sunset pondered.
Sunset turned to Twilight, "You wanna be a princess here? Pa-lease." Sunset began to walk away from them, "You don't know the first thing about fitting in."
Twilight, Kei, Spike, and Wylie stared at each other until the light finally flickered dead. Then Twilight and Kei spoke simultaneously, "We need to talk."
Sunset walked through the hallways until she came across her two teen lackeys, Snips and Snails, completely wrapped up in streamers. She unraveled them and they both spun in a couple tornadoes, Sunset stopped them and they instantly became dizzy until they snapped out of it.
"I want you to follow her." Sunset ordered, "Bring me something I can use just like you did with that last girl who thought she could challenge me."
"You got it, Sunset Shimmer." Snips said.
"Oh, and keep an eye out for that Kei character, I seriously think he could be a threat." Sunset added.
"Right!" Snips said.
"Duh, what does he look like?" Snails asked.
"That's right, they don't know who he is... yet." Sunset thought.
"Black spiky hair, white and black clothes, you can't miss him." Sunset said.
"Got it!" Snails said.
Sunset turned away from Snips and Snails, "When the crown and its power are mine, Twilight Sparkle will be sorry she EVER set hoof into THIS world. Not that she'd have been much safer if she'd stayed in Equestria."
Snips laughed, snapping Sunset back to reality, "Yeah. In Equestria."
"What are you still doing here? Go!" Sunset ordered.
Snips and Snails started to run, but slammed into each other and got dizzy again. They snapped out of it and ran towards the hallway Sunset came from. Sunset was alone, accompanied by her own thoughts.
"Kei... Just who ARE you? And why are you carrying some kind of magical weapon?" Sunset said to herself.
"You sure you wanna know, Girl?"
*2
Sunset turned around to see a black portal, and emerging from it, a man with a brown cloak covering most of his body, with a monkey tail wagging behind him.
"Who are you?!" Sunset demanded.
"Why, I'm the answer to your questions, Girl." the man answered. "My name is not important."
"My name is Sunset Shimmer, not Girl!" Sunset snapped.
"Heh, whatever." The figure smirked.
"Just tell me why you're here already!" Sunset ordered, clenching her fists.
The figure feigned his startled motions, "Well then! Girl's got some claws!" Sunset just growled. "Okay, here's the deal, I'll give every bit of Intel I have on Kei IF you do something for me."
"Depends, what is it?" Sunset asked.
"I want you to defeat Kei and bring him to me." The figure said with a smile.
"Why do you need HIM?" Sunset asked, curiously.
"Cause Sun, we need him to open The Time Portal." The figure half-explained.
"Time Portal?" Sunset asked, even more curious.
"It is the door to all worlds if you will." The figure answered.
"What?" Sunset said, completely surprised.
The figure chuckled, "Alright, it goes a little something like this..."
The figure explained about the Saiyan race, how they were only a few members left. He explained that the Saiyans are a powerful race of warriors. He finally talked about how Kei is the key component to revealing and opening the door to all worlds, the Time Portal. But, he deliberately left out the part about Kei not knowing what he posses inside of him.
"Well, I kept my end of the deal," The figure began to disappear in darkness, "You better keep yours, Kitten."
After the figure disappeared, a sinister smile crept its way on Sunset's face.
"The door to all worlds." Sunset said, turning back to the hallway she came from, "Maybe there's something special about that kid after all. If I can get my hands on that power of his, I could easily rule the entire universe, especially Equestria." Sunset chuckled evilly as she walked through the hallowed halls of Canterlot High.
Twilight and Kei were in an empty hallway, talking about each other's situation.
"Ok, who are you and why are you here?" Twilight demanded to know.
"I'm Kei, I'm a Time Patroller," Kei said, answering Twilight's first question.
"Time Patroller? You mean like traveling through time?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, something like that." Kei answered.
Spike and Wylie were looking each other over, checking to see if either was a threat.
"So, you're from another world?" Kei nodded. "But, why are you here?"
"We were ordered by my friend, Trunks, to come to this world and find a magical disturbance that doesn't belong here, and return it to the world it came from." Kei explained.
"Magical disturbance? You mean my crown?" Twilight asked.
Kei nodded, "Wylie and I have to return your crown to your world before Demigra gets here."
"Demigra?" Spike perked up when he heard Twilight surprised.
Kei explained every detail about Demigra, how he was hellbent on distorting history to free himself from his imprisonment. Twilight and Spike couldn't believe what they just heard. It turns out that they're in more trouble than they thought.
"Do you have your crown, Twilight?" Kei asked.
Twilight shook her head, "I have to become Princess of the Fall Formal in order for me to get my crown back after Sunset Shimmer stole it."
Kei sighed, "So this is her fault. Surprise, surprise."
"It's alright, Kei. Once I get my crown back, Sunset Shimmer won't be able to use its power." Twilight explained.
"Hey, what's that?" Twilight asked as she saw something behind Kei.
It appeared to be a type of machine, and it was chock full of snacks. Twilight wanted to have one or two, but there was a problem. The snacks were protected by a glass window. She pushed and pushed on the machine, but nothing happened. She pressed herself against the machine, she wanted a snack so badly.
"Um, Twilight? I don't think pushing on it is gonna do-" Kei tried to explain.
Twilight wasn't paying any attention to him as she turned her back to the machine, bent down, and readying her legs to smash the window open.
"Twilight?! What're you-!?"
"Excuse me."
Suddenly, a girl with silver hair and blue skin appeared and walked past the group to the machine.
"The Great and Powerful TRRRIXIE!" she declared while fluttering her fingers and shifting her eyes back and forth, "Needs some peanut butter crackers." she finished with a coin in her hand.
She inserted it into the machine and retrieved her prize, "Violà!"
Afterward, she left, smiling triumphantly.
Twilight immediately became depressed, "Sunset Shimmer is right. I don't know the first thing about this place."
Kei furrowed his brow, hardly believing what Twilight said. But he can't say she's wrong, either. Twilight is new to this world and doesn't understand a lot of things. He quickly calmed down, put his hand on her shoulder, and tried to console her, "It's ok Twilight. I'm sure you'll learn a lot about this place before you leave."
Twilight smiled at his attempt to cheer her up, "Thanks, Kei."
Kei smiled back, but it was short-lived as he remembered why they all were here, "So, now what?"
"If I'm going to really fit in and win votes, we need to do some research," Twilight said.
"Research?" Spike asked.
Kei and Wylie were surprised to see Twilight's pet dog talking, 'Oh yeah, they're not from here. Makes sense that she would have a talking dog... I guess.' Kei thought.
"This place has a school. I have to believe it's got a..." Twilight paused as they came across an open set of double doors, "Library!" she declared as she rushed in.
'Guess she must be a Bookworm.' Kei thought as he followed suit.
Out of nowhere, Snips and Snails appeared from behind the doors of the library.
"Got your phone?" Snips asked.
Snails held his phone in the air confirmation and asked back, "Got yours?" Snips did the same as they both chuckled.
The two snuck in the library, Snips along the walls and Snails crawling like a worm (despite his name), without anybody noticing a thing.
Twilight and Kei approached the nearest table and saw a computer monitor.
Twilight just blinked several times, looked at her hands, put one of them to her chin, and put her hand down and stared at it intensely, which confused Kei and Wylie.
"What's wrong? You're acting like you don't know what to do with a computer with your ha-"
"Shhhh!" Twilight cut him off by placing her hand over his mouth, "Otherworld, remember?"
"Oh. Sorry." Kei said, scratching the back of his head.
"So I just push the letters here, and then the words and moving pictures will come up here?" Twilight asked, curiously.
Kei noticed Miss Cheerilee get frustrated and wondered why. She was really nice when he met her. She took a deep breath and faked a smile, "That's right." she answered, taking the monitor out of Twilight's hands and setting it back on the table.
Twilight pressed a key with her finger and the computer chimed, "Maybe this place does have magic." Miss Cheerilee just rolled her eyes and walked with a cart full of books, revealing Snips and Snails. Unfortunately, no one noticed them before they slipped away. She continued walking until she caught the eye of Kei.
"Oh! Hello, Kei!" Miss Cheerilee said, cheerfully, "How was orientation with Principal Celestia?" Twilight and Spike were confused that Miss Cheerilee knew who Kei was.
Kei smiled, "It was ok, she asked a few questions and I answered them, no big deal."
Miss Cheerilee nodded, "That's good."
Everyone nearly jumped out of their skin when they heard loud hard rock music blaring from another computer, with 3 preteen girls dancing along to the music (if Kei or Wylie or anybody else would call that music). The girl on the left had pink and purple striped hair, the one in the middle had red hair with a pink bow in it, and the girl on the right had messy purple hair. Miss Cheerilee face-palmed at the group's childishness and she intervened by turning the speaker off.
"Girls, what are you doing?" Miss Cheerilee asked.
"We're just seeing how many hits our new music video has gotten." the white-skinned girl answered.
The red-haired girl turned the speaker back on, piercing the eardrums of everybody in the room, except the three girls playing it. Miss Cheerilee turned the speaker back off and said, "No. Just... No! The school computers are for research purposes only." she took the speaker and left the three girls on their own.
"It's just as well, y'all." the redheaded girl said in a southern accent, "Some of the comments about our song were really awful. 'Epic fail'. 'Funniest thing I've ever seen'?"
"Funniest thing they've ever seen, huh?" the pink and purple haired girl said, curiously.
Suddenly, an idea popped into their heads and ran off.
Twilight tried to explain what that really meant, "Uh, I don't know that that's what you should take from-" but she was too late and quickly returned her attention to the computer.
Snips and Snails were hiding behind another table, recording Twilight pounding her fists on the keyboard.
"Uh, Twilight, I don't think that's how you use a-"
Kei's sentence was cut short after he saw a Creature hiding behind the bookcases, it had dark red, gray, and black skin with a spike poking out of its back, and had twisted like blades for hands and surround by a dark purple aura.
'That's new' Kei thought. "Uh, I'll be right back, Twilight!" Kei said as he removed the bracelet from his wrist, feeling his Ki flowing back again, he rushed towards the creature.
"Uh, ok?" Twilight said, confused.
"Duh, hey, where's that Kei guy goin'?" Snails asked.
"I don't know." Snips answered.
Snails followed Kei with his camera phone still recording without Snips noticing he left. Snails found Kei staring down a creature. He was astonished at the sight, and Kei didn't show any signs of backing down. Wylie hopped out of Kei's backpack, ready to fight. Kei then got into a fighting stance. Snail's was going to make sure he got every bit of the action.
'Duh, imagine the hits I'll get with this video!' Snails thought, excitedly.
*3
Kei and Wylie charged into battle, as did the creature. The dark creature tried a horizontal slash, but Kei jumped in the air over and behind the Creature and arced his power pole upwards at it. It tried to retaliate, but Kei kept swinging not giving the Creature an opening. The Creature turned tail and ran on top of the bookshelves, trying to lure Kei deeper into the library. Snails followed the two, needing all the footage he can get.
Twilight continued her research, but failing miserably as she dropped a huge stack of books in her arms and tried picking them up with her mouth until Spike corrected her, leaving Snips snickering as he continued recording her. Meanwhile on the upper levels, Kei, Wylie, and the Creature were still going at it. The Creature performed a sliding thrust towards Kei, but he rolled out of the way, he swung horizontally as he turned around, knocking back the Creature. Kei tried to hold back as he tried to not destroy the Library.
"Take this!" Wylie shouted as he breathed fire on the Creature. Even though he turned into a duck, Wylie still has his attacks to use. Still it was one of oddest thing out of all this, a duck breathing fire.
The creature was stunned, but Kei and Wylie knew that it would recover quickly, so they had to act fast! Kei kicked the creature in the stomach to send it flying in the air. Kei did a wall jump to get some air to follow the creature but stopped when he saw the dark creature turn around in mid-air. The Creature snapped out of its trance and used a spin attack, which knocked Kei and Wylie back, knocking them into one of the bookshelves. Kei recovered and suddenly punched the creature in the gut. From Kei's fist came out a red ki beam; the creature was hit and sent away crashing to the ground before it could figure out what had happened the Creature ran once again, trying to advance much higher as the high levels of the library could allow. Kei and Wylie chased after the Creature, with Snails following them, trying not to be caught.
Twilight opened a door to a huge machine, wondering what it does. She examined it as Snips continued his recording, she rested her hand onto a button that she didn't see and the machine flashed, surprising Twilight and threw her backward onto a pile of books. Snips readied his hand to high-five Snails, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Pssst! Snails, where are you?!" Snips whispered, calling for his friend.
The creature hid from the two behind some of the bookshelves.
"Come out… Come out… Where ever you are." Kei sang as he walked along the bookshelves looking for his opponent. Suddenly he was attacked from behind, from the creature using its head. He let out a yell of pain as the creatures head hit him hard in the back. Kei clenched his teeth. Kei took action as he dashed towards the creature, which turned tail and ran from them again.
After a huge cat and mouse game, Kei and Wylie cornered the creature at the highest floor of the library, ready for battle. There's nowhere left to run, that much the Creature knew, so there was only one thing to do.
Fight.
The creature started attacking in Kei and Wylie's direction, but they quickly dodged the oncoming attacks. Kei charged at the Creature and just swing and thrust, trying to defeat it before he and Wylie destroy the library and caught red-handed. Wylie breathed fire again and stunned the Creature once more, he nodded to Kei, indicating that it was time to finish it off. Kei nodded back and cupped his hands together, prepping his Kamehameha. The Creature regained its senses, but it was too late, Kei let loose with his attack blasting the Creature and anything else around him. It wasn't long until the Creature dissipated into nothingness. Snails can't believe he recorded every second of it.
"Snails!" Snips whispered, surprising his friend, "There you are! Did you get everything on your phone?"
Snails hesitated, knowing that he hardly got anything from Twilight, but he got something else to make up for it, "Uhhh, yeah, sure I got everything." he replied with uncertainty.
"Good! Now let's go!" Snips said, pulling Snails out of the library.
Kei and Wylie were glad the battle was over, Kei put his power pole away, despite Wylie's new form, he was still able to use his attacks. Kei looked at the damage the battle had turned out and fortunately from them, the library was in one piece with a few scattered books and debris here and there. Kei and Wylie looked at each other with worried looks on their faces when Kei spoke up,
"I hope nobody saw that."