//------------------------------// // New Arrivals // Story: Powers of Darkness and Magic: World of Heros // by MLPgirlwriter //------------------------------// Fluttershy was terrified; she knew that she had to get help for the princess, but she couldn't just leave her after that strange smoke knocked the Princess of the Night out! The young pony had tears coming down her cheeks nonstop. She had been calling for the past few minutes, yet no one had come to her aid. The pegasus was losing faith every minute that past. No one, not even her beloved pet, Angel could make her feel better. Finally, Fluttershy went quiet as she drained the last of her hope. However, the yellow mare's ears perked up when she heard voices; they were distant, but she did hear them. She looked in the direction she heard the voices from, but was startled by an agonized shriek! Angel had also heard, because he pulled at Fluttershy's long, pink mane and pointing in the opposite direction the scream came from. Though Angel couldn't talk, Fluttershy quickly got the message and shook her head, "No, Angel. We cannot run away, they could help us. Besides, I wouldn't be able to get the princess out to safety in time," there was no changing Fluttershy's mind now; she had to get the princess help even it it was a bad idea. So, Fluttershy gathered up as much of her voice as she could, took a deep breath, and yelled as loud as she could, "HELP!!!!" there was a moment's silence before she heard what sounded like a group running at top speed towards them. Fluttershy let out a breath of air she didn't realize she was holding, until she saw who had come to her rescue. ************************************************************************* The titans stared, dumbfounded by what they found; a small, yellow pony with wings sitting with an unconscious blue pony with wings and a unicorn horn! The group, along with the mare and her pet locked eyes with each other. The Teen Titans had never seen such a strange trio of animals. For a moment the team eyed one another, mentally asking if they were seeing the same thing. As for Fluttershy, she stared fearfully at the group. She took a minute to wonder if these creatures were the 'humans' Twilight talked about when she returned from her first encounter to the human world. The mare then spotted a green human carrying a female person in a blue cloak. She could only guess that was the one that shouted earlier.The pony was caught by surprise when one of the 'humans', at least she thought it was a human, spoke in a voice that sounded very clear and kind, "Aww, it's so cute! But is that kind of creature common on earth, Robin?" "Not from what I hear, Star. But let's not make any sudden movements. We need to search for who called for help," Robin started to direct his team mates to different areas in the clearing to look for the one who called. At this statement, Fluttershy arced an eyebrow; surely they had to know that she was the one who called for them. Who else would? She was the only one who was capable of speaking. Fluttershy decided to get to the bottom of this strange behavior. "Um, excuse me? I was the one who called for you," At the sound of Fluttershy's voice, everyone turned in her direction, but instead of seeing anybody, they just shrugged it off as their minds playing tricks on them. Now Fluttershy was frustrated; she had spoken right to them and they clearly heard her, yet they still ignored her, "Um hello! DOWN HERE!!!!" This time the group knew the voice wasn't in their heads; doing what the voice told them to do, the titans turned to look at the ground only to find an irritated Fluttershy. With a pang of suspicion, Beast Boy tested out his theory by asking a question, "What color is my skin?" it was a stupid question to ask, but it received an answer nonetheless, "Oh, well um it's......green," Fluttershy bashfully hid half of her face as the titans went wide eyed and had their jaws drop to the ground, with sounded like heavy concrete. It took all of Beast Boy's will power to hold onto the sleeping Raven after he got an intelligent response from a pony! Cyborg was the next one to speak up. He rose his voice very loudly as her got in the pegasus's face, "Your a PONY! PONIES AREN'T SUPPOSE TO SPEAK!!!!" Fluttershy coward away in fear as Angel came up in front of her protectively. Starfire smacked the half robot in his face, "OW!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!!!!????" Starfire spoke in a calm yet serious tone as she gestured to the scared pony, "You are scaring her!" everyone turned to Fluttershy to see that she was weeping softly and was being comforted by her bunny, who turned to Cyborg and gave him the death glare. With sympathy for the animal, Robin took everyone aside to speak. "I don't think that pony is from here, and when I say here, I mean that she's not from Earth." "So, you think we should help her?" Beast Boy had put Raven down so he wouldn't use up his strength, "Maybe. First let's get her and her friend back home, then we'll see if we can do something," the group turned back to Fluttershy to see that she was staring up at them with tear stained eyes and cheeks. Robin was about to kneel to the mare's level when Beast Boy put his green hand on Robin's shoulder and kneeled close to Fluttershy, he smiled kindly to the animal. He could see that the pegasus was still frightened, so he knew he had to be gentle in this situation, "Hey there. So, sorry if we scared you. We just don't usually get talking ponies around here. What's your name?" Fluttershy felt much better after hearing the green man's words, but as usual, she was still shy when it came to talking to new ponies, or in this case, humans. "My n-name is F-Flutter-sh-y," Fluttershy's voice was so soft that nobody but Beast Boy could hear her; after all, being able to change into any animal gave the boy the privilege to hear things that an ordinary man could not, "Oh, that's a nice name. So Fluttershy, can we take you to our tower? We promise we won't freak out again. Right, guys!" the titans all nodded in agreement as they got closer, "B-but what about Princess Luna? She is badly hurt and we still need to get our stuff," Fluttershy looked towards the sleeping princess who did have a few scratches and deep bruises in areas. The adults were stunned; not only did these ponies speak english, but one of them just so happened to be a princess. Starfire couldn't help but give a small squeak of glee. She couldn't help but love the idea of having another princess around. That is if the animals decided to stay. This time, Robin answered the pegasus's question, "Of course she can come with us. But how did she get like that?" Fluttershy just let out a sigh, "It's a long story," the titans sensed that the yellow mare didn't want to talk about such events right then and there, so they dropped it. for now at least. Fluttershy got onto her hooves as Robin picked up Luna and led the way out of the alley. Halfway through the opening to the streets, Cyborg turned around to see Beast Boy scooping up the still unconscious cloak covered mass that was Raven, "You want me to carry her?" Beast Boy simply shook his head at his friend's question, "No, I got her," at that, Cyborg just gave the green man an all knowing smile as they both exited out of the alleyway towards their home.