XIV
When Worlds Collide
The group, along with Edward Elric, continue walking to the castle, passing through the common area of Canterlot, where they hope the Princess will give them information about what is going on. Everyone still in a daze over who this new guy was, and how he seemed to have an ample amount of information to tell. Information that Twilight couldn't help but investigate herself.
"So,who exactly are you?" Twilight asked in a quizzical manner.
"I already told you, the name's Edward Elric, but you can call me Ed for short if that makes the Princess's star student happy." Ed sarcastically replied.
"I can do without the sarcasm," Twilight quickly stated. "I mean, who are you on the lines of where did you come from, how do you know the Princess, and where did you learn spells like that?"
"What makes you think I'm not from here," Ed wittingly asked.
Twilight, getting tired of this static conversation, stood in front of Ed and blocked him from going any further. "Because, I've lived in Canterlot ever since I was a little girl. I've studied magic ever since the day I was able to hold a book my hand, and I was able to meet all of the kids who attended Celestia's School for Gifted Magicians, and I'm sure even through the wide wide world of Equestria that I did not see you there!"
Ed looked back at Twilight with a bored expression. "*sigh* Listen can we just get to the castle, Celestia will give you the answers to all of your annoying questions." Ed began walking back towards the castle.
"Annoying questio- It's Princess Celestia not just Celestia!" Twilight shouted.
The group of friends finally made it to the castle entrance that was being guarded by two castle guards.
"So this is the castle up close," Sora said in awe. "It's awesome."
Fluttershy chuckled at Sora's comments. "It's even better when you get on the inside."
"That is if we make it there before Twilight rips the head off of the new guy," Roxas said.
"Look, I'll talk to the castle guards first since the Princess knows me best," Twilight said to Elric. "I'll just say that you're my company and we should be able to.....hey, where did you go?" Twilight started looking around the area until she saw Ed walking up to the castle guards by himself. "Are you serious?!"
As Elric walked up to the guards, the rest of the group quickly followed behind him. "So, Celestia called for these guys. Let's just get this over with and let us through."
Twilight looked at Ed with a flabbergasted expression. "I'm sorry guards, don't mind him he's just new here *nervous chuckle*."
The guards looked back at each other with quizzical expressions and then looked back at Twilight. "No he's not Twilight, he lives here in the castle." The guards proceeded to move their spears out of the way to let everyone in.
"He.......lives in the castle?" Twilight said with an unbelievable expression on her face.
"I can't believe this is one of the esteemed students of Celestia," Ed sarcastically said.
"This castle is so awesome!" Sora said. "It reminds me of Disney Castle but wayyyyyy bigger!"
"Disney Castle?" Fluttershy asked.
"Oh it was this castle back where I'm from," Sora said. "It looked like-"
"Guys, stay focused, we have to see what the Princess wants," Twilight said.
As the group continued through the castle, they finally made their way into the Princess's throne room. Sora looked down and noticed that he was walking on a velvet carpet that led to a gold throne. The person who was sitting on the throne is what made him look back twice. There was a beautiful women adorned in a white dress with golden frills and an image of the sun designed into the dress. Her eyes were a wonderful color of pink, wings that were as white as snow, and her hair was what stood out the most for it was constantly flowing in majestic colors of pink, blue, and green. What topped everything off was a dazzling gold crown with a purple jewel embedded in the middle.
"Woah, who's that?" Sora said as he was starstruck by the beautiful women.
"Princess Celestia," Twilight said as she saw her mentor/ruler of Equestria.
"That's the princess?" Sora asked as he noticed that everyone else besides him, Roxas, and Edward were kneeling to the ground.
"You guys, kneel before the princess," Twilight said in a strict tone.
"Oh, yeah, sorry," Sora said as he began to show his respect to the princess.
"Twilight, I told you before, there's no need for formal introductions," Celestia said.
"I'm sorry your highness, force of habit," Twilight said.
Celestia looked around at the main 6 and the rest of the group. "It's so nice to see my best students and their friends once again, along with a few new faces I see." "Edward, I suspect that you weren't giving them any trouble were you?"
"Who me, no, no way," Edward nervously said.
"YOU'RE LYING!" Rainbow Dash boasted. "You almost blew me up with lightning!"
"Only because you insisted on calling me a half pint runt!" Edward shot back.
"Only because it's true," Rainbow answered.
Edward began twitching with anger at Rainbows statement. "Why you rainbow haired little....."
"Oh, Edward," Celestia called.
Edward tensed up as he heard Celestia's voice. "Yes, Celestia?"
"I thought I already told you about what would happen if you'd scared the citizens like that."
"Oh, come on, you're joking right," Edward said in disbelief.
Celestia smirked at Edward as she used her magic to summon a bottle of milk at her side.
"A bottle of.....milk?" Sunset questionably said as she turned towards Edward and noticed how his facial expression turned even more sour than it already was.
"........I'm not going to drink that disgusting stuff," Edward said. Celestia began to use her magic to levitate Elric over to the milk bottle. "Wait, what are you doing I said I don't want it!"
"I'll give you a chance Edward, you apologize to Rainbow Dash, and I'll put you down," Celestia calmly said.
"Apologize to her?! But she was the one who crashed into me why should I apologize?" Celestia began floating Edward closer and closer to the bottle. "Alright already.......I'm sorry alright there I said it."
"No hard feelings short stack," Rainbow sneered.
"No hard feelings, right back at you, just wait until we're out of this freaking castle!" Edward shouted.
As everything started to die down a bit, Celestia looked towards Sora and Roxas who were as quiet as can be to learn that she was the princess that they were hearing about. "So, you two must be the heroic newcomers that saved Ponyville and Rainbow Falls?"
"Well, when you put it that way, I guess I could be called a hero," Sora said as he put his hands behind his head.
"I thought you told me that you were a junior hero," Roxas added.
"You just couldn't let me have the moment could you," Sora annoyingly murmured.
"It was just too good to waste," Roxas said.
Celestia gently laughed at the two keybladers banter. "And may I ask who is it that I am talking to?"
"My name's Sora," Sora said pointing to his chest.
"I go by Roxas," Roxas stated.
"Sora and Roxas, it's so nice to finally meet you both, and I have much to discuss," Celestia said.
"That's great Princess, and I already have everything I need to take notes with, my quills, my papers, my notebooks, you name it," Twilight excitedly said.
"That's wonderful news too, but I don't you'll be needing any of that, and I would rather wait until my sister and her familiar gets here," Celestia stated.
"Her 'familiar'?" Sunset asked.
"It's basically telling someone that your body and soul are forever tied together to a higher power in a spiritual way," Celestia noted. "It's a skill that only members of the Royal family can possess. I can't help myself when I say how curious I am of Luna's familiar."
"Lucky me, I was almost stuck being that BlueBlood's guy familiar," Edward mentioned. "The second he would have said something would have been the last thing he'd say."
"At least someone else feels the same way," Rarity mentioned.
"I guess that you all have already been acquainted with Edward," Celestia said to the group of friends.
"Wait, don't tell me that he's...." Twilight was cut short as Edward took off his left hand glove and showed everyone that he had Celestia's cutie mark on his left palm. "Are you serious, you're Celestia's familiar?!"
"Don't think that I agreed to doing it, it was an equivalent exchange," Edward said.
"An equivalent exchange?" Twilight pondered. "What do you mean?"
"She did a favor for me, that's all," Edward shrugged.
"It was more on the lines that I saved his life," Celestia playfully said.
Everyone looked at the Princess with surprised expressions when she had mentioned this.
"Ohhhhhhh I see, so Ed owes you a life debt," Rainbow teased.
Edward looked back at her in quiet anger as the Princess began to explain the entire situation.
"I wouldn't say that it's something on the lines of a life debt," Celestia ensured.
"Well, what happened Princess?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, don't leave us hangin'," Pinkie said.
"Well, would you believe that I found Edward as he was falling out of the sky in the midst of a meteor shower?" Celestia said.
The rest of the group grew silent at Celestia's answer, for her answer resembled yet another way someone else came into the world of Equestria.
"Ummmm, did you say a meteor shower?" Pinkie said.
"Yes, actually it was the meteor shower that just recently occurred," Celestia said. "Is there something wrong?"
"Excuse me Princess but, that's the same way that I was brought into Equestria," Sora said. "I remember being somewhere dark, and there was only a door with the same sun symbol that you have." "Ed, do you remember anything before you came here?"
Ed started to think about the few moments before he was transported to Equestria. "I remember being back in my hometown, Amestris." "I was with my brother Alphonse, Winry, Granny......it was just an ordinary day, but then that guy in the black mask came."
****
Somewhere in another world.......
It was a quiet and peaceful in the quiet country of Amestris. There were no clouds in the sky and the sun was shining bright. Edward was lying in the ground enjoying the wonderful day and sitting next to him was what looked like a walking suit of armor, but was actually his younger brother Alphonse Elric.
"Man, when do we get days like this Al?" Ed said. "It feels like today was meant for nothing more but just to be relaxed.
"Yeah big brother, I understand what you mean," Al said. "Oh, and by the way, Winry said some book was mailed to you,"
"A book?" Edward asked. As Alphonse proceeded to hand Edward the book, he immediately began studying it. He noticed that it was a etched with a sun symbol on the cover of the book. "Wonder what this could be." Ed opened the book and found one important thing about it. "What the......there's nothing in this book, it's completely blank!" "All that's in here is just one line of text, but it looks like it can be deciphered into alchemic terms.
"Hmmmmm.....it looks easy enough," Al said as he began looking at the book as well.
"Yeah, I feel like we could pull this off in an instant," Ed calmly said.
What the Elric brothers didn't realize when they were reading the book, was that there was another being out there in the field with them. Someone they did not know. The mysterious man was adorned in a black mask that covered his entire face. "How peaceful you two look."
The Elric brothers heard this voice and immediately sprung to their feet. They saw the mysterious figure and knew that he was someone with an ill intent.
"Who are you, and what are you doing here," Ed said.
"I'm just a passing visitor, looking for the one called the Fullmetal Alchemist," the mysterious man said. "Would that be you?"
"Yeah so, what if I am?," Ed argued back.
"You see, your alchemy skills are very much needed somewhere else beyond this world," the mysterious man said. "Your scientific prowess will be beneficial to the plan."
"The plan?" the Elric brothers asked.
"Yes, the plan to eradicate the light that resides in every world, and let nothing but darkness reign over the skies!" The mysterious figure shouted.
Dark energy began to pulse in his right hand as it looked as if something was beginning to form. It had the look of a sword but it was also shaped as if it was a giant key. The sword's teeth and head were black with a red outline and possessed a round, cog-like shape. In the head of the blade, there appeared to be a malevolent looking eye embedded into the sword and one embedded in the hilt. Its Keychain was comprised of three small, copper gears and ended in a charm resembling two halves of a gear arranged in an S-shape. The figure began to position his blade above his head and his free hand in front of him.
"And, if you're not apart of that plan, then you must be against it."
"What is that thing Ed?" Alphonse asked.
"I don't know, I've never seen anything like it," Ed replied as he closed the book and put it down on the ground. "But if it's a fight that you want, *puts hands together* then you can bet that you're gonna get one!" Lighting started appearing out of Ed's hands as he placed them onto the ground. A spear began to appear out of the ground next to Edward as he grabbed it with his left hand. He positioned the spear in front of him and prepared for combat.
The mysterious figure began to laugh maliciously at the Elric brothers. "So this is the choice that the esteemed alchemy prodigies make?" "Well, I'd have to say that it was a foolish one." The figure began to dash towards the brothers at high speed. "Your hearts will be mine!"
The figure began attacking at Ed hoping to land a solid hit, but Ed's combat training proved to be effective against his own. Every attack he threw out, Edward either blocked it or evaded the attack. The mysterious figure then launched directly toward Edward with the intent to pierce through him with his blade. Edward, quick on his feet, saw this coming and parried the attack, leaving the mysterious figure wide open.
"Gotcha!" Ed said as he kicked his enemy with all the force that he had in his left leg. Alphonse then immediately grabbed the figure and began to restrain him with a bear hug. "It usually takes me the first fight to learn the combat style of my enemies, but your fighting style is so open and ballistic with no control. It was mere child's play to counter it."
"Do you really believe that was all I had?" The mysterious figure said. He instantly teleported out of Alphonse's grip and landed right in front of the younger brother. "Now whose let their guard down?" He placed his free hand on Alphonse's chest and out shot dark magic which blasted Alphonse a few feet back.
Ed immediately became enraged as he began to summon pillars to attack the unknown assailant, but to no avail as he began dodging every pillar and pushed Ed backwards with another blast of dark magic.
"Make this easy on yourself Edward, and just give up," the mysterious man said.
"How about you make this easy on yourself, and just drop dead," Ed said with a smirk on his face as he began to transmutate in his palms again.
The Alchemist had something planned for his enemy, but the assailant just laughed in his face. "*Chuckles* Really Edward, what other surprises do you have for me?" "Just come help me eradicate the light that plagues the world. This is what Xehanort wanted, and as his creation, I will uphold his plan of action. What else do you think your little lightning trick can do to even hold a chance against me?"
"Wow, you sure do talk alot, you need to get a hold of that, you might give someone just the right amount of time to get up and throw a spear at you," Ed replied.
The mysterious figure was baffled by Edward's reply as he did not expect him to answer so brashly specific. Before he could understand the context of what Edward said, he was already wounded by a spear being thrusted into his side. Instead of blood rushing out, there was nothing but darkness pouring out of the unknown being. He turned around to see Alphonse standing back up with energy circulating through his hands. "What, that walking suit of armor can do the same thing too?"
"You underestimated your enemies, and that's the first mistake that you can ever make on the battlefield," Edward said with a smirk on his face. "Al, you remember what you just read?"
Alphonse nodded in agreement. "Ready when you are brother!"
Ed and Al both placed their hands on the ground as the energy they had built up was transferred into the ground.
"Alright, now let's see what kind of alchemy this is," Edward said with a smile. As the transmutation took place, Ed, expecting some big and grand alchemic discovery, found out that the text he found in the book was something that he'd never expect. He saw nothing but an open chasm of darkness that he, Al, and the mysterious being were all falling in. "What the......what kind of alchemy is this?"
"........You IDIOT!" the mysterious began screaming in anger as he launched a ball of darkness towards Edward. Ed, didn't react fast enough to evade the attack, so he prepared himself for the attack, but surprisingly when the attack landed, it was not on him, it was Al who had blocked his way. The impact of the attack forced the Elric brothers to fall deeper into the darkness and made Alphonse pass out. There seemed to be no way out........except for one door.
"That door.....it has the same symbol as the book," Ed said. As the brothers began falling towards the door, it began to open up revealing nothing but a blinding light. "What the, I'm......feeling.....tired." Ed's vision started fading in and out as he went closer towards the light. "Al, hold...on...
Canterlot Castle late at night
Princess Luna was beginning to raise the moon for the night to begin with her big sister watching right beside her. "What do you think of that big sister?"
Celestia looked into the sky and saw the full moon gleaming in the sky. "Hmmmmm.... the full moon tonight, to go along with the meteor shower?"
Luna nodded in agreement. "I think that the full moon will compliment the meteors and stars rather nicely."
"*chuckles* Well, I wouldn't want to miss a beautiful night like this, so I think that I'll take a walk in the garden while I watch the shower," Celestia said as she began walking out of the castle.
"Very well sister," Luna said.
As Celestia left through the front gates of the castle, she began walking towards the garden to enjoy the meteor shower. "Being under a shady tree, sitting next to the flowers. It's all relaxing isn't it?"
As the meteor shower began to fall, everyone around Equestria was able to enjoy its beauty. Celestia was enjoying every aspect of the shower,but she saw something that made her look twice. She saw lightning spark in one area. What came after the lightning is what had surprised her the most. "Is that someone falling out of the sky?!" Celestia summoned her wings and immediately burst into the air. She was able to get there in the knick of time, and catch the person before anyone else was able to see. She landed back in the garden with the fallen person in her hands.
Luna came a few seconds later after Celestia had landed once again with a surprised look on her face. "Sister, are you alright, I saw you flying towards the meteor shower and wondered where you were.......who is that?"
The two sisters both looked at the person who had fallen from the sky. He had blond hair, gold eyes, and was wearing a red jacket, black shirt, black pants, and boots to match.
"He's definitely not an Equestrian." Celestia said.
"Is he alive?" Luna asked.
"Yes, he's alright. He's just passed out," Celestia said. Celestia looked down towards the boy and a smile appeared on her face.
"I've seen that smile one too many times, what do you plan on doing Celestia?" Luna playfully pondered.
"Hmmmm.......follow me to the royal quarters little sister, it's time I let you in on an old family secret," Celestia said.
*Few Hours Later"
The thoughts of the fight still rang in Edward's mind. The man in the black mask. The sword he used, and even the dark magic that he used. He thought about Alphonse and where he could be.
"Alphonse!" Ed shouted as he sprung from his sleep. Ed looked around and noticed that he was somewhere that he didn't recognize. "What is this place? Why am I in a bed?"
"I'm glad to see you're awake,"
When Ed heard this voice, he jumped right out of the bed and fell on the ground. Ed looked around to see what that was that made the sound, and what he saw made him speechless. Standing in front of him was a women wearing a beautiful white dress with gold frilling wearing a gold crown on top of her hand. "Woah, um, excuse me, but.....do you know how I got here?"
"Of course, I was the one who put you here,"
"Well, I don't want to sound ungrateful or anything, but why?" Ed asked.
"*chuckles* Well, I want my familiar to be treated like royalty."
Ed looked at the woman in question. "A familiar?"
The woman motioned Ed to look at his left palm and what was on there had caught Edward in a surprise.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! What the heck is this on my palm!" Ed shouted.
"That's my cutie mark, which can double as a mark that the Princess of the Sun can use for her familiars."
"What, cutie marks, familiar, Princess?!" Ed screamed. "Alright lady, just who are you and where am I anyway, this doesn't look anything like Amestris."
"Well, my name is Celestia, Princess of the Sun, and you're in Equestria."
"Princess of the Sun?" Edward skeptically said. "How is that possible? that defies all rules of science and alchemy."
Celestia only laughed at his skepticism. "You sound just like my student, Twilight. So, you delve into the works of magic as well?"
"If you mean alchemy then yeah, who's asking?" Ed impatiently said.
"Well, perhaps this was fate, for the Princess of Equestria has called you to assist her in her time of need." Celestia said. "And, I've bonded the spirit of the sun within yours."
"This has to be a dream," Ed replied.
"Not in the slightest, otherwise, I would have control over everything," Luna said as she walked in the room.
"Who is that," Ed asked.
"*chuckles* That is my younger sister, Princess Luna," Celestia said.
"Wait, did you say sister?" Ed asked.
"Can't you see the resemblance?" Celestia said with a chuckle.
Ed looked towards Luna, who noticed that she was just as beautiful as Celestia. Her hair was the color of midnight blue. The way it rippled and gleamed reminded Ed of how the stars would shine in the night sky. Her dress was colored in a dark blue and adorned in decorations that resembled the night. To top it all off, she had a jet black crown sitting on top of her head.
"Yeah, the hair really ties it all together," Ed jokingly said.
"So, you're a familiar now?" Luna asked. "I wish sister would have relayed this message to me sooner than today."
"Luna, you don't have to be jealous that you don't have one," Celestia playfully said.
"In a matter of time due sister, I will retrieve a familiar that bests your own," Luna said.
"I guess sibling rivalry extends to everybody," Ed thought.
"Anyway, you have the mark of royalty on your body, wherever you go, you will be treated as if you were here since birth.
"Listen, I don't care about any of this familiar nonsense, I just want to find my brother and go back home!" Ed exclaimed. "
Celestia looked towards Luna with a less than happy look.
"Why are you looking like that," Ed asked.
"Edward, the reason I called you here from your world is because something terrible was going to try to assimilate you into a world of darkness." Celestia said. So I used my powers to create a book with a transportation spell hidden inside to be brought to you when that day would come.
Edward thought back to the book that he had just received before that guy in the mask came along. Edward started shaking with a bridal of emotions happening all at once. "How does this make sense? Multiple worlds? How does this all tie together?"
"We are all connected together through one thing Edward," Celestia said as she looked outside. "......The sky. We all see the same sky, and those stars are the many worlds that inhabit this plane of life."
"But there also stars who have fallen to dark places, waiting to be brought back home," Luna added. Those stars have fallen into darkness, and that is what happened to your world."
".....Are you saying that....my world is gone, and everyone in it," Edward managed to utter.
"Not gone, but in a sleep-like state," Luna said.
"There was an old fairy tale that my sister and I used to read, that states there were people with a power that could being back the life into a locked world that had succumbed to the darkness," Celestia. "But, like I said, it was a only a story."
"Some stories could be announced true one day sister," Luna said.
"I suppose," Celestia chuckled. "But, the reason that I summoned you to Equestria was so that you could use your special skill to find a way to stop the darkness form spreading to other worlds."
The room went silent as Ed compiled all of this information into one. His head was spinning about all of this. He had seemingly lost the ones he called his family and friends in one fell swoop. after a moment of silence, he looked towards the princesses. "Alright, this is how it's going to go. I don't know much about this darkness thing, but I have been to some pretty dark corners in my life, and I've seen and dealt with situations that no one my age should have to deal with. But if there's one thing that I know is that there is always a way out to everything. When that portal activated, my brother was with me, and so was a guy who was attacking us, which was probably the guy who was going to do something terrible and has some connection to my entire world being gone. But, we're getting this straight right now, as I help you, we're going to find out where my brother is no matter what."
"Of course," Celestia nodded. "We'll start tomorrow morning?"
"I'd rather start now," Edward said as he got out of the bed. He noticed his jacket was hanging on a coat rack in the corner of the room.
Luna saw that Ed's right arm and left leg were not human, and that it was metal.
"What happened to your arm and leg," Luna asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it," Ed said as he grabbed his jacket and proceeded out of the bedroom.
"Did you know about that," Luna asked Celestia.
"Of course I did, I was the one who took the jacket off of him," Celestia said.
"And you just let me ask a ridiculous question like that," Luna.
"I just wanted to see what he was going to say about, and now I know how not to approach him about it," Celestia teased.
"*sigh* I'm going to bed," Luna annoyingly said.
As Luna left the room, Celestia stood there and took a deep breath. "I wonder if he is the hero in that old children's tale."
Back in present time
"And that's all that I remember before I came here," Ed said. "I just want to find my brother. If he fell in the portal as well, then he has to be somewhere in this world. I don't care how long it takes me, I'll find Al, and I'll find that guy in the mask, and I'll take him down myself."
"You might as well join the club on that then," Roxas said.
"What do you mean," Ed asked.
"We already know what guy you're talking about," Roxas said. "His name is Vanitas, and he's here in this world as well. Trust me when I say that you're not the only one that wants to see him gone."
"Also Ed, you came into this world at the exact time I came here, during the meteor shower," Sora chimed in.
"So what, are you saying that you were summoned here too," Ed said. "What about your world, was it swallowed by the darkness as well?"
"I can't say for sure, but I've seen other worlds that have been taken over by darkness, and there's no way that I'll let something like that happen to this world either," Sora confidently stated. "No matter where we are, we are all connected by one thing. You know, there was this quote that my friend and I knew back home, but I forgot what it was. Something about destiny and skies."
"There are many worlds, but they share the same sky, one sky, one destiny."
Sora perked up as he heard the quote being said in the throne room. "Who said that?"
The group was surprised over who said that because it wasn't any of them. Twilight looked over towards a corridor in the throne room and saw someone walking through it. "Look, over there! I think the voice came from that way."
"Calm yourself Twilight Sparkle, it is only me," Princess Luna said. As Luna walked into the throne, everyone was surprised over who's voice they heard.
"Princess Luna, with all respect, that didn't sound like your voice coming out of there," Rarity said.
"You would be correct Rarity, that was not me talking," Luna said. "Someone else is on the way."
Well sister, would you mind to enlighten us on who said it?" Celestia asked.
"Of course dear sister," Luna said. "Everyone, I would like to introduce you to my new familiar."
Celestia and the rest looked on with curious glares as they looked towards the corridor awaiting the new familiar. Footsteps could be heard approaching the throne room. As the familiar entered the room, all that could be seen at first was a long black coat. Everyone recognized that it was the same coat the Roxas had worn when he had first came to Ponyville. They noticed that the familiar was a guy who was noticeably taller than any of the others. He had long silver colored hair, and a black blindfold covering his eyes.
Luna looked towards the group with great confidence. "He told me that his name is-"
"Riku!" Sora shouted.
Riku heard this voice and recognized it immediately. "Sora?"
Roxas looked at Riku and began to have flashbacks during his time in the Organization, and the fight that they both had in The World that Never Was. He began to shake with anger as he reminisced old memories of everything that happened.
Sunset looked at Roxas, and noticed how angry he looked. "Roxas, are you okay?"
Roxas didn't hear a word Sunset said, and he summoned his keyblades and began charging towards Riku. "Out of all the people in this world, it just had to be you!" Roxas put the tips of his keyblades on the ground and began to create sparks as he charged at Riku. Riku summoned his keyblade, Way to the Dawn, and prepared to attack. As Roxas was inches close to Riku, he was suddenly knocked backwards by a heavy force, and into the walls of the throne room. Everyone looked and noticed how Princess Luna was in front of Riku with her hand out in front of her.
"Princess Luna, what are you doing, why did you attack him," Sunset said with an angry tone.
"Those that attack the familiar of the princess, it's just as bad if they had attacked the princess herself. Luna walked over to Roxas as he was getting back up from the attack. "Hmph, a keyblade, so the legends are true my sister. I thought the keyblade artifacts were nothing but old texts in books. But, it seems that I was wrong."
"Roxas, are you okay," Sunset said as she helped Roxas back up.
Luna stood in front of Roxas with a menacing look. "You have two options Roxas. Either you rot away in the Canterlot cells for 1000 years for attacking what belongs to the princess of the night, or you have a duel with her instead."
"Princess Luna!," Sunset shouted.
"Oh, no," Twilight said.
"This can't be anything good," Rarity said.
"Is she serious," AJ asked.
"Woah, never seen the princess like this before," Rainbow said.
"She can't be serious can she," Fluttershy said.
"Say Whhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaatttt," Pinkie added.
"Soooooo.....he's really about to fight the princess, I wasn't just hearing things," Sora asked.
"Luna, this is far enough, I don't want you fighting our guests," Celestia argued.
"No, Princess don't try to step in please," Roxas said. "As a matter of fact, I would love to duel against you princess. "And if I win, I get to fight your so called familiar."
"Agreed, and when I win, you have to become mine," Luna stated.
"Sounds like a deal then, Princess," Roxas said with a serious tone.
"That guy, has to either be really brave, or really stupid," Ed said.
"Well then Roxas, follow me to the dueling grounds," Luna said as she began walking out of the throne room.
"Princess Celestia, why aren't you doing anything," Twilight asked worriedly.
"This is not for me to say Twilight," Celestia said. "This is my sister's choice and her familiar's actions. This all resides over her name."
"But, I mean, Come on , Look at thi-.......how do things like this happen regularly," Twilight asked as she facepalmed.