//------------------------------// // Meeting With Royalty! And The Fated Encounter? // Story: Magica: Land of Dreams! // by Zeno the Masked Writer //------------------------------// "WHAT!?" Gin shouted for the fifth time today. Gin and the others left the crystal empire earlier the next day after the festival and now were riding on the train back to Canterlot the capital of Equestria. Now Twilight and some of her friends explained that Ginta, Babbo, and Kororo had been summoned to the capital to meet with the princesses. "Wow, this is so cool! Meeting with actual royalty! Man this is totally awesome! Say are they pretty?" Gin exclaimed before being knocked upside the head by Babbo. "How dare you! These are princesses you fool! Try and act more like a gentleman!" Babbo exclaimed while Gin glared at him. "Like you have any room to talk! After all, you're just a stupid Kendama toy!" Gin argued as the sparks flew between them. Meanwhile, Twilight was looking out the window gloomily suddenly she felt someone sit beside her and she turned around not to find a man but a tiny ferret. "Umm... who are you?" Twilight asked while the ferret smiled. "I'm glad you asked! I am the man known horizon too horizons! I am the hero that Equis deserves! I AM-" The ferret dramatically exclaimed before Gin and Babbo interrupted him again. "Kororo~! Kororo~! Big rat Kororo~!" Gin sang while Babbo tried to stop from laughing, however, Kororo was certainly unhappy with Gin's little song. "What's the matter with you? Didn't you accomplish Celestia's orders?" Kororo asked with smoke rising from his tiny fists while Gin and Babbo were sprawled out on the floor with large red bumps on their heads. "I....I failed her test." Twilight explained with a pained look on her face. "Failed her test?" Kororo asked with a raised eyebrow. "I was given a test to save the crystal empire. However, it's not just that.....I failed myself." She explained while everyone turned their attention towards her. "I was so focused on passing my test that I forgot about all the people who were suffering! I ignored them and only focused on passing my test no matter what! I think thats why I was so angry...." Twilight exclaimed before getting up and walking over to Gin who was still sitting on the floor. Twilight sat down on her knees while keeping her eyes covered as to not show the tears building up. "Why I was so angry at you Ginta....." Gin stared at her with a blank and unreadable expression while she cried softly. "You were so determined....you didn't care about the danger! The only thing on your mind was helping everyone, even at the cost of your own life! I feel so ashamed of myself! I'm such an idiot!" Suddenly Twilight felt something hit her on the head and she quickly tried to ease the dull pain. She looked up to see Gin with a frown as he chopped her on the head a few more times. "Owww~! What was that for!" Twilight whimpered while Gin sighed. "Because your not the only one who made mistakes!" Gin exclaimed which caught her off guard. "Trust me when I first got here I was so quick to act like a hero that I nearly killed a guy I just met from a psychotic killer! Everyone makes mistakes! So why don't we bury the hatchet and start over, k?" Gin explained before holding out his hand. Twilight felt tears roll down her face as she grabbed his hand a little too forcefully which caused Gin to shout in pain. Twilight panicked and quickly tried to help while the others laughed. "Heh, It's learning from those mistakes that will make you stronger." Kororo thought as he looked out the window and saw the capital getting closer and closer. "Let's just hope he's ready for what happens next." "WOW! This place is huge!" Gin shouted as he and the others walked into canterlot castle. "Yup, this is the most beautiful city in the entire country." Rarity exclaimed as Gin ran off further into the castle with childish enthusiasm. "Yeah I bet! Oh man! Do you see these doors!? I mean come on how big do you need these things!" Gin shouted with a big grin, however, he didn't seem to realize that someone else was behind that door. Suddenly the door flew open which hit Gin with enough force to send him cartwheeling into the wall. "OW! WHO THE HECK DID THAT!" Gin shouted as he held his aching skull while glaring at the doorway. The person standing there was a young man probably around the same age as Ginta with Blue hair and a strange tattoo under his left eye. He was wearing some kind of coat with a white and blue frame while he also wore some blue colored dress pants. "Hey! What the heck's your problem!" Gin shouted only to be ignored as the young man sneered and walked away. "Jeez, what a jerk!" "Can't say you didn't deserve that one for acting like a child Ginta!" Babbo exclaimed only for Gin to reach over and pull his mustache. As the two fought one another everyone seemed to be more focused on the door. "Stop fighting you two! Don't you realize that you are in the presence of royalty!" Kororo said as Gin and Babbo looked over to the see a women sitting on one of the two giant thrones. "I'm glad to see you all come back safely." The woman with the flowing rainbow-colored hair said as everyone bowed to her. "Wow! Who is that! Her hair is super freaky!" Gin exclaimed before getting slammed in the back of the head by Babbo. "HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO A PRINCESS LIKE THAT!" Babbo exclaimed as he and Gin glared daggers at one another. Suddenly they heard someone laughing and they both looked over to see the princess laughing hysterically. "O-Oh my! It's true what Cadence said this young man truly is a riot!" The princess said with a chuckle. However, before Gin could say anything Twilight walked over to the princess and bowed to her. Everyone seemed tense as the princess and Twilight stood in front of one another. "I'm sorry princess Celestia! I failed your test....I couldn't save the empire." Twilight exclaimed choking back the tears. "Excuse me? I thought that you and your friends were able to stop Sombra?" "W-We were! However, I wasn't the one to save it! Gin and the others managed to do more than I could! And I became so selfish that I nearly ruined everything! I'm sorry Princess!" The room was silent as Celestia stared at her student and the rest of the group seemed to tense up, however, before anything else could be said they suddenly heard someone. "I'm not surprised in the least. After all, sending a group of children to battle the remnants of the black cross was beyond ignorant." Everyone turned around to see the same man from before walk into the room with a bored expression on his face. Before Celestia could say anything someone else beat her to the punch. "What the heck is your problem guy!" Gin shouted as he ran up and grabbed him by the collar. "My problem? My problem is my mother sending her pupil of all things to deal with such a serious issue instead of dealing with it herself! Or at the very least sending her celestial knights." He explained while Celestia sighed in frustration. "I'm sorry that the way I deal with problems is different than how you deal with problems Raven." Celestia exclaimed only to get the cold stare of her step-son. "WAIT THAT'S PRINCE RAVEN!" Rarity exclaimed with a girlish squeal. "I don't care who this jerk is! I won't let this punk talk to my friends like that!" Gin shouted as he and Raven glared at one another. "Twilight my young student I could never be mad or upset with you. In the end, you learned more about yourself and your friends. Thanks to this you have not only passed my test but also helped improve your connection with your friends." Celestia explained as Twilights eyes lite up and the others sighed in relief. "You sent her on a mission just to make friends? How childish!" Raven exclaimed which caused Gin to tighten his grip. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR FRIGGIN PROBLEM!" Gin said as he tried to throw a punch only for Raven to catch his attempt without even trying and pushed him back. "If you want to fight then I'd be happy to finish you off." Raven explained as his magical aura filled the room. "THATS ENOUGH RAVEN!" Suddenly everyone looked towards the thrown to see a man garbed in golden armor watching the two boys. "T-Thats Sacred saber! The leader of the celestial knights!" Rainbow exclaimed as the man descended from the throne and towards the two only to be stopped by kororo. "Now, now! I think what we have here is a failure to communicate! However, I think we should let these two settle their problem a different way." Kororo exclaimed as Sacred saber nearly jumped at the sight of the talking animal. "A-A rat?" Sacred Saber said in a confused tone. Kororo felt his blood boil as a vein appeared and just as he was just about to clobber the knight Celestia quickly intervened. "N-No Sacred saber! The one you see before you is Kororo the hero of the last war games." Celestia said holding back her laughter. "SERIOUSLY!" "YES SERIOUSLY! COME ON WHERE THE HELL'S YOUR SENSE OF IMAGINATION!" Kororo exclaimed as he brought out his tiny claws. "Ugh...Anyways like I was saying! I believe it would be good for these two to strut thier stuff so to speak." "Fine by me! I'll happily kick this guys teeth in!" Gin shouted as he and Raven glared at one another. "Tsk! Fine....If you really want to be humiliated than follow me to the training field." Raven explained as he began to walk away. As they walked away Celestia let out an exasperated sigh as she got up and followed closely behind them while Sacred saber close behind his princess. Everyone in the room had left except for Kororo who was grinning ear to ear. "Well then I guess it's time to see what I'm dealing with." Kororo thought as he suddenly drew in a sharp breath. TO BE CONTINUED!