//------------------------------// // Chapter 01: Meet the Weapons Group! // Story: MLP: Forging Weapons & Friendship // by JusSonic //------------------------------// MLP: Forging Weapons & Friendship Chapter 01: Meet the Weapons Group! The story opens up to the far view of the Rainbow Kingdom that is seen from our view. As everything looks to be in order, the sun was shining, the birds are tweeting, ponies minding their own business, same run as usual. “Yeeeaaaahhhh!” Bulk Biceps is shown reflexing his muscles near a crowd after helping to move some heavy crates. “Alright Time Tuner, we move these crates here.” Mayor Mare instructed her assistant in what to do next. “Yes ma’am, this should work out.” Time Tuner spoke to say in doing his work. As all of the citizens were going about their lives, some mysterious figures in different color cloaks with each one having a symbol that stood for ‘weapon’ on it. As they pass by, they only drew out little attention to the public even if they were going in a group, but some just felt like they shouldn’t mix with weird ponies that come and dress like that; who knows what would happen. “Who were they? Are they new around here?” Mrs. Cake asked in not knowing who it was that pass by the Cake Family. “Don’t know, never seen them before.” Mr. Cake shook his head to his wife while being unsure while caring for their babies. The mysterious cloak group with weapon symbols continued to move about at their own pace, while they seem to be…looking for something. What it is, no one will know about it. ----------------------------------- Now the scene opens up to the Rainbow Palace as we find the Mane Six, Spike, Phobos, Nyx, Starlight Glimmer & Ben in the Council of Friendship table. And as always, Twilight is getting some books for her to read through with joy as everyone is either relaxing or reading as well. “Another day, another time in the castle, hugh Twilight?” Rainbow Dash ease a little in her chair to say. “Well, there are so many books that I’ve received, I like to just study them a bit.” Twilight spoke to say this in just wanting to read the many books here, she likes doing such a hobby. “An’ by study, ye mean read almost half a section.” Applejack pointed out this fact, much to the blushing smart pony in the room. “Darling, surely there are other things beside princess duties that you have hobbies of?” Rarity asked in wondering if her friend has hobbies besides Liberian and princess. “Like if you wanted to, we could throw a party!” Pinkie Pie bounced around to say this as a suggestion of thought. “Or, maybe we could go bird watching. That is so much fun for me to see little birds.” Fluttershy smiled to say this in what would be a nice idea. “Bird watching? Really, who does that?” Phobos asked off in not sounding interested. “Come on Phobos, it ain’t that bad?” Nyx asked her pet pal to be a little more considerate. “Sure, as long as they don’t leave you a little SURPRISE!” Phobos rolled his eyes to issue about one problem that bird watching gets them. “Surprise! What surprise? No pony said birds can give you surprises!” Pinkie Pie pops near Phobos to ask what surprise birds give out, she likes surprises. “Trust me Pinkie Pie, it is one surprise….you may not want.” Ben smiled a bit to calm the pink pony to understand its one surprise they can do without. “Awww….” Pinkie Pie pouts to stop her bouncing around, she was actually wanting to know. “Well at least things seem pretty calm now. Nothing happening, nothing going wrong….we rarely get this much in a day.” Spike spoke to say in seeing that so far, things have been a little more better of a mood. Then without warning, Barney & Fred burst into the room like they were in a race, and came to a stop to pant like they were in a marathon. This action caught everyone in the room’s attention, where was the fire? "Except for maybe if the guards seem out of breath." Starlight Glimmer stated in seeing this action. “Pri-Pri-Pri-Princess! Ye-Ye-Ye-Ye gotta see this!” Fred spoke off a bit from trying to say something. “Ugh, yeah-yeah, we got a bi-bi-big problem!” Barney nods off to say in looking really worried. “Really, what is it? Crop problems, food shortage, are the Royal Sisters coming and we forgot to prepare Ponyville?” Twilight asked off in what was it that seems to be the problem. “Oh no, if it were those things, we could have handled.” Fred shook his head off that the problem was bigger than those suggestions. “But duuuagh, this one seems to scream more attention!” Barney stated to say this in looking a bit concern for thought in the matter. “Please, what could be big enough for you two to sweat?” Phobos rolled his eyes in thinking these guys are not really serious. “Groouuuuurrruuuhhh…” Suddenly, a monstrous low roar was heard, but it was enough to shake everything in the building that the group was in to know and hear it! “That sounded….like a Dragon’s roar!” Spike spoke off in looking worried in what they may actually have on their hands. “Eeeek!” Fluttershy yelps in fear to duck and hid under some covers. “A…Dragon!” For Fluttershy, full-grown Dragons are really scary, and there is one close by too. “I really gotta watch what I say!” Phobos moans to say in seeing he had to call for trouble. “What kinda Dragon is it?” Ben asked their guards of what kinda Dragon foe is causing trouble. “Unknown, your Princeship! It just arrived out of nowhere!” Barney shook his head in stating they don’t know anything about a new dragon threat that came into town. “Most of us thought we could handle it, we thought wrong.” Fred shook his head to say this that they thought it was easy to tame a Dragon, this one isn’t like that. "It must be a difficult one if a couple of Royal Guards say they can't handle it." Starlight Glimmer stated in having a bad feeling about this. “What should we do mommy?” Nyx asked her mother in what they should do at this point. “We need to see just what kinda creature is attacking. Come on!” Twilight issued the order to her group that they need to get out there and see what kinda Dragon creature is making such a ruckus. With that in mind, did the gang quickly go pass Fred & Barney to see what was going on in their home now. For whatever it is, it must be trouble alright. ------------------------------------ Just outside of Ponyville, a beast was seen stomping across the streets of where scared ponies were running from it. Much area structures got wreck when the creature moved through it like it shrug off the feeling of not being bothered by what it hit. Its loud stomps shook most of the ground, but everyone was in a panic to get as far away from what scared them…. “DRAGON ATTACK!” Snips & Snails screamed out to say while fleeing in terror along with everyone else. As the heroes came outside, did they see just what kinda creature they are dealing with here. It appeared like some big, bulky, behemoth Dragon beast with gray turquoise scales, bronze nail talons, two horn points off its wings, two horns in ‘V’ form off the nose, and mace-form tail. It has clear tan bronze color eyes, shape teeth, and it’s decorated with gray tome rings on the tail, front legs, and one giant tome ring that magically hovers & rotates sometimes around the neck area. The creature appeared to not be of an intelligent class, but more of a wild berserker type as it was laying waste to the town without bother or care. “Wha in Sam Hill is dat thing?” Applejack asked off in not knowing what they got here. “Is that thing a really Dragon?” Rarity asked in not knowing what this creature is at all. "Twilight, you think this could actually be..." Starlight Glimmer looked to Twilight who was just as surprised as she was at what they saw. “I don’t believe it…that’s….that’s a Tiamat!” Twilight spoke off shock to believe what it was they are seeing. “A Tia-whatta?” Rainbow Dash asked off in not following Twilight’s words of what the thigh’s name was. “It’s a Wyrm-type of Dragon. Look there, those Ancient tomes it has describe its soul of the winds. They possess with a violet temperament & destructive power enough to lead an entire world to ruin. They’re Rank III Ranged Lightning beast, they attack with moves like Plasma Storm that deals lightning damage to multiple foes, while their special attack, Mighty Guard, increases their Defense & Magic Resistance of itself & it’s brethren in range.” Twilight explained what this creature was, what it’s known as, what it’s capable of, and then some. “Thanks for the lecture on dragon 101, professor. Now how can we stop it?” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in having to be schooled of what they are dealing with, so next question; stopping it. “That’s just it, I don’t know. This is the first time one has ever appeared.” Twilight shook her head in stating that she has never seen a live Tiamat before. “Eek! Something’s falling!” Fluttershy squeals in fright to look at what was falling from above. Soon something fell from the skies and landed hard on the ground near the gang as the clouds cleared…they saw some figures of those who were fighting the Tiamat. “Golden Heart!” The gang responded in seeing who came and hit the ground, it was Golden Heart and most of his group; Pinkamena, Jack Zen, Fila & Omega. “Wow, you dropped by to say hello!” Pinkie Pie spoke off to say in what happened to this bunch. “Unfortunately, no…we didn’t.” Jack Zen groans to rub his head in saying that’s not why they came here. “We saw this thing and we’re trying to fight it off while Sombra & Autumn Gem get many of the ponies out of here.” Pinkamena explain that they were fighting, than the next, got sent here, it’s crazy as it sounds. “I have finished determining the creature’s strength & rating of difficulty. It is near the half exact strength & defense qualities from when once we fought Dragon Fafnir.” Omega stated from having made a readout of this fought, Tiamat’s full strength is nearly matching the half difficulty some of the gang went against in facing Fafnir when he turn into a Dragon. “It’s that strong hugh? Man, just remembering that battle is not a pleasant feeling.” Ben stated from touching his chest, where a scar mark is from when he and those that went to the Human World to save their friends from the Sirens threat, fought Fafnir to which Ben scarred his left eye. "Omega told me about that battle, sorry if it also has bad memories." Fila exclaimed in knowing that Ben did go through some tough times. “Right now, this thing’s really gonna wreck the whole town if we don’t stop it. Care to help?” Golden Heart stated in what was going on, and they could sure use a lot of help to stop this beast. “We’re ready!” Nyx spoke from transforming into her Battle Form, as she was ready. Soon everyone decided to go around to surround the Tiamat, in hopes that from separate attack patterns, it couldn’t get them all. “On three…” Goldie was about to say, but was cut off now… “THREE! ATTACK!” Pinkamena shouted out for them to just begin this right away. The next thing to happen was that everyone fired off their best known attacks. Twilight fired her Twilight Star Shower, Rainbow Dash fired her Unicorn Cannon, Applejack thrown her Ho-Down Wallop, Rarity used her Eternal Gem - Gem Shotgun, Fluttershy fired a Crystal Optic Beam; Pinkie Pie was firing her Party Blast attacks from her Party Cannon. Ben used his Sword Beam, Golden Heart fired his Golden Flames, Jack Zen fired his Horn Buster, Omega unleashed his Omega Cannon, Pinkamena swung her Blades of the Pinkie Pie, Spike & Phobos used their respected Dragon & Moon Breaths, and Nyx fired off her Night Blaster attack. All those attacks were fired at perfect sync timing, and even a slow witted giant could not avoid them all. Everything landed on the Tiamat, and it look like they took that berserk Dragon down for the count. “Groouuuuurrruuuhhh…” But in reality, the Tiamat was shown looking like it was not even close to being beaten, as it roared out its mouth, from which it was channeling an electrical charge in its mouth, then blasted it off as a lightning blast. "That isn't good!" Starlight Glimmer exclaimed in seeing that sight can be a problem. “INCOMING!” Phobos yelled out in seeing what was about to come straight at them. Soon everyone duck down to avoid the beast’s Plasma Storm, but it hit across the other part of their part, and let’s just say….getting hit by that attack isn’t gonna be walked off anytime soon. “Man, this thing’s hard to knock down!” Rainbow Dash groans to say in seeing this Tiamat just won’t go down. “We’ve hit it with almost all we’s got.” Applejack stated in how they hit the thing, but it won’t go down. “Ugh, and it still looks like it has nothing but scratches from what we did.” Rarity groans to say in seeing how tough this beast really is. “I’ve hit it with so many of my party cannon, I could have almost wipe out the town instead.” Pinkie Pie stated from what she’s tried to do that would’ve made some results. “Thank goodness you didn’t.” Jack Zen stated in how if Pinkie Pie did something like that, then why deal with this beast in the first place. “Twilight, what else can stop this thing from hurting any pony?” Fluttershy asked her smart friend for any advice. “Why not become Unity; that managed to stop Fafnir last time when he turn into a Dragon.” Spike suggested in what could stop this uncontrollable wild dragon beast from leveling the place. “Spike’s right, alright girls, ready…” Twilight nods in determination, as they get ready until… “Wait, something’s moving over there!” Nyx spoke in warning, as ahead were someone in a cloak approaching the area while not noticing the Tiamat. “Were there still some ponies that didn’t make it out?” Ben asked off in figuring not all civilians got out safely. “Hey you! Lookout! Rampaging Dragon Coming Your Way!” Phobos shouted off for the person to watch out for danger ahead of them. Soon Tiamat waves its tail at the direction of where someone was not being careful and would be hit. Or would they…? Suddenly, the background played The Dark Knight Rises (Main Theme) song, as something began to happen. “Cease its movement.” Spoke a mare’s voice in giving instructs here. Then without warning, a large boomerang was swung from another cloak figure from the side. That boomerang knocked the swing tail off to miss its target while temporally jabbing it in the ground. Then two other figures in cloaks ran from two sides, wielding from tonfa-paired weapons and sharp fan blades to strike the Tiamat’s legs in cutting or aiming with strange pressure points. “Grrrougghaarrughh…” Tiamat growls in feeling the sting of what hurts it. “Attack it from below, above, and from range to its inside.” The mare explain the next attack formation. Soon flying from above, a strange cloak figure took out two strange swords that were lit charge before they were firing from below. The Tiamat groans from the impacts, but did not rest from when something stroke it from below as fast as the wind to leave two scar marks across its defense. “GRROOOUUAARRRUGHHH!” Tiamat growls in greater pain in what was being done to it. “Now, aim for its mouth, I’ll hold it.” The mare issued the next to final command of what needs to be done to end this. Now the mysterious mare giving orders revealed a strange whip as she swung it forth out, but strangest thing was…it look like a sword before stretching. The weapon encircle the Tiamat’s neck to dig inside with strange effects to harm it. “GROOUUARRRRUGHHH!” The Tiamat growls in fury, as it begins to channel another electrical charge in its mouth, but… But then one more cloak figure rushed in, and from her cloth sleeve, she fired a strange drill missile that went through the electrical mouth, and then… “Kurpowwfruvhmmm!” The attack imploded inside the Tiamat, the explosion escaped outside its mouth as seen. “Grooouuaaarrughh…../Clopfruvhmmm…” The Tiamat groans in painful agony as it slowly drops in losing consciousness to impact the ground in a thunderous quake response. With the clouds clearing after the Tiamat had fallen, there was a sight of its demise to which shock even the rest of the gang. Some unknown group assisted them in not only stopping this berserk creature, but they took the Tiamat out with skills, performance, combined efforts, and with weaponry & talented strength to which seem almost inhuman to believe possible. But soon the gang shook off the delay tension to get down to the serious case at hand… "That was....surprising to see." Fila slowly spoke off in having to witness that action in record timing. “Um, thanks for the help, but…who are you guys?” Ben spoke off in asking the biggest question of the day; just who were these ponies. As the wind blow any dust away, so too this mysterious pony group of their cloaks to fall backwards onto the ground. And from there, their real appearances are seen as a strange group to behold. The first one was a Unicorn mare with light moderate purple fur coat, a short messy mane & split crescent tail style that are silver & white mix colors, and clear crystal blue eyes. She wears dark gold-bronze color hoof-wear on all fours that seem made of strong stuff and she wears gold jewel bands with a dark red gemstone in the center on her front part. She appears almost normal, but looks can be deceiving from what she is truly capable of from her developed form. And on her flank appears to be a black symbol that takes the shape of a rose, as her Cutie Mark along with a similarity to her name & talent. The second was an Earth stallion with tan brown fur coat, short buzz-cut Indian style mane & medium flow tail with black & gray color mix, and light gray emerald eyes. He appears to be very well physically build around his muscle regions, seem to have a chip mark on his ear. His body is covered in dark tan red markings all over himself & on the face, he even wears light white bronze color bandages around his hooves & legs. And on his flank appears to be a brown boomerang as his Cutie Mark along with a talent he has. The third was a Pegasus Mare with brilliant cyan fur color coat, a well style mane & long tail, with dark & moderate azure color mix, and light bronze color eyes. She wears bronze cloth made hoof shoe-wear in the back, red cloth bands on her front hooves and gold ring bands on the front of her legs. She appears like an innocent little thing, but even from such a form, this pony seems to have some skills unseen by others. And on her flank appears to be some black symbol of two tonfas almost touching to look like a throwing star-blade as her Cutie Mark. The fourth was a unicorn mare with vivid cerulean fur color coat, well style royalty mane & well brush tail that are both dark brown/gray mix color, and light red color eyes. She wears a silver tiara on the mane of a Japanese style, wears silver jewel bands on the front of her legs with light blue gemstones, and wears light vivid cerulean hoof shoes for the mare species, truly appearing like she’s royalty. She is very much physically well fit in being in perfect health & seems very athletic and she shows a face of being serious over matters, and above her forehead is a light vivid cerulean color mark. And on her flank, appears a black symbol shaped like a spinning fan, stating her Cutie Mark of what talent she holds. The fifth was someone who appears like a Pegasus stallion with sapphire bluish gray fur color coat, messy mane & wild style tail with a color mix of dark gray & tan light gray & light dark violet color eyes. He wears a blue body outfit that covers his body, wears a brown vest, dark bronze hoof shoes in the back and metal gauntlet hoof-style shoe in the front. He is physically very fit, appears to have a muscular body, good on reflexes & agility, even his wings are different in showing their more fierce showing for faster movement, and appears to have a sharp develop mind for combat means. On his flank and on his outfit, shows a black ‘A’ & red ‘W’ symbol letters merge together, stating what his talent could be. The sixth was someone who appears as a unicorn stallion with well-toned dark fur coat color along with his mane & tail which are a long tied ponytail mane & long tied tail that both reach down a good lower region of his back & bottom legs, and completely light blue eyes. He wears dark gray strips of cloth around his hooves, legs, and on his front chest. His body has a red outline of stripe design, which occasionally flickers, and his canine teeth are noticeably pronounced. And on his flank appears some kinda dark black curve bony object with blades extended off the back, looking like a weapon to attack, as his Cutie Mark. From his appearance alone, he looks like one who would ‘reap’ & take away a life if a target was not careful. The seventh was a Unicorn mare with light tan emerald color fur coat, straight messy mane & tail with light brunet coloring, & emerald color eyes. She is seen wearing two different hoof-wear shoes; the front are white & the back are violet. And on her flank appears to be some sorta of drill top meant for drilling things, as her Cutie Mark as well as uncovering what her talent might be. What each of the seven wielded were weapons of the most unknown types, a snake sword, a gigantic boomerang, tonfa-paired weapons, steel fans, Katara blades, two scythe blades, and the last one seem to be capable of using drills but did not decide to show how. And a t the moment, the background music soon reach an end point. “My name is Ivy.” The first mare spoke from still holding her strange sword-whip in her grasp. “These are Widman, Talim, Kitana, Kidd Razor, Kazeshini, and Tempo.” She pointed from who appeared first and who held a weapon that was there’s for this kingdom’s group to see. “And who are you, exactly?” Twilight slowly asked off in not knowing these ponies are. “As a group, we are known….as The Forgers!” Ivy stated this off as to who they are to the Mane Six party as a whole group. “Huuuugh! Not THEEEEE Forgers!” Pinkie Pie gasped in surprise shock, much to everyone being alert if she knew of such a group. “I haven’t a clue of who they are.” She whispered this to the others, much to their sighs of expecting a reaction from such a pony. “I think I do and make no mistake…they’re the real deal.” Golden Heart spoke in sounding serious, as he heard about the Forgers and knows from what they just witnessed; are very strong fighters that use powerful weaponry and techniques. “Let us discuss things inside, there is much to talk about.” Ivy stated in moving the subject along now. With that stated, Ivy and her group moved without delay towards Rainbow Castle. The Mane Six were stun that the new group in town wants to discuss something, and so quickly too. They all slowly nod their heads in thinking they best keep track of these guys. “Something tells me, we’re gonna have one of those strange days.” Pinkamena shrug off to say in feeling like this was gonna be just one of those days they gotta get through with. And with that, the screen goes dark in where the Mane Six are now in the company presence of those with such amazing skills and weapon handling, that they are glad they are not enemies. But who are the Forgers anyway, and why are they even here to begin with? These questions are best to be answered…when the gang goes in to learn more.