After their encounter with Discord the mane six waisted no time and quickly arrived to Zecora's hut. The zebra invited everypony inside for tea. They gathered around the table and began discussing the matter at hand.
"Sorry if we arrived at a bad time Zecora." Twilight said, sipping her cup of tea.
"Nonsense, I am happy to see you six, I hope you enjoy the tea, it's an herbal mix." Zecora said, taking a sip of her tea.
"It's very nice Zecora." Fluttershy commented, taking a sip.
"Anyway," Twilight began, "Zecora, we were wondering, have you seen anything...unusual around the Everfree forest lately?"
"Like anything strange of course." Rarity added.
"Strange?" Zecora repeated, "If you want more details in exchange, be specific, this forest contains many creatures that are strange."
"Like uh," Rainbow drawled, "I don't know, creepy weird centaurs roaming around."
Zecora shook her head, "I'm sorry, but I have not seen anything of that description, nothing has happened recently to raise my suspicion."
"So nothin'?" Applejack asked.
Zecora shook her head, but a memory from yesterday came back to her, "Well, yesterday I heard roars that sounded like they came from a mighty beast, a bit far in the east. I thought it was nothing but a manticore, but I believe it is much more."
"Okay, we'll check it out Zecora, thank you for your time." Twilight said, standing back up and beckoned her friends, they all waved her goodbye and departed Zecora's home.
The anthro ponies headed east, determined to investigate the roars Zecora heard yesterday. As they walked, Rainbow spoke up.
"Hey Twi, if this Tirek guy is here. What do you think he's doing in the Everfree forest?" She asked.
"I'm not sure Rainbow. I just hope Discord is hot on his trail."
"I know he's doing his best." Fluttershy said optimistically.
"I'm sure." Rainbow replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Yeah," Applejack nodded "I trust that varmit as much as Pinkie on a diet."
"It is true," Pinkie piped up, "I am horrible at those."
"Come on girls," Fluttershy said, "Have a little faith in Dis-"
Fluttershy was quickly interrupted when a giant roar rang though the air. The girls simultaneously turned their heads in the direction of the roar and caught a glimpse of two creatures, red and white lowering their heads down. They didn't see much of it, but they seemed pretty huge.
"What the heck was that!" Rainbow yelled.
"That was close to Ponyville." Rarity said.
"We better check it out," Twilight said, "Come on girls."
'Forest.'
'Forest.'
'Nothing but goddamn trees.'
"How deep are these fucking woods!" I snapped.
It's been a day of nothing but walking. If it wasn't for my phone that had remaining battery life, and my two telepathic Pokemon, I'd probably gone insane from how much walking.
"Hoopa still say we ring way to town."
I sighed in defeat. Fuck these woods and fuck walking.
"You know what fuck it, do it Hoopa." I ordered, "But not too close."
Hoopa smirked and nodded. He did a little twirl in the air before summoning a large ring, "Ali-Hoopa ring!"
A large ring manifested infront of us and the three of us wasted no time going through it. On the other side we found ourselves still surrounded by trees, but I could see the rooftops of the town more closer a few miles near. I sighed in relief, that we were now closer than ever.
"Okay it's getting late, let's sleep here and we'll go to town first thing in the morning." I announced.
'Very well ol' boy. It has been a long taxing day and my joints are aching terribly' Metagross commented, shaking his legs before settling down.
'Hoopa ring us dinner?' Hoopa asked with his permanent smirk.
"Yeah, go ahead I'm starving." I then remembered something, "In fact let's make it a feast."
I grabbed the other pokeballs and proceeded to toss them in the air. Everyone materialized from their pokeballs and let out a roar after their release, much to my distress as we were closer to town than before.
"Everyone shut the hell up!" I yelled frantically. I pointed at Reshiram and Groudon, "And you two lower your heads down before someone sees you. We don't wanna start a panic!"
Reshiram and Groudon turned to look at each other questioningly, but they followed my direct order and lowered their heads below the tree line making them less visible. I prayed to God and Arceus no one heard or saw them.
I sighed and rubbed my head, "Alright everyone. I got some news. You may not know me very well. Or maybe you guys do and I just don't or something. But we are not in our world, we're far from that now. Yveltal is now looking for us and is looking to take Hoopas prison bottle."
Hoopa eyes widened at the mention of his prison bottle, "s-shadow?"
"Yeah," I nodded, "And Yveltal is gonna unleash him onto this new world. He is, because he's a dick. But we won't let that happen, we'll stand tall together." I continued trying desperately to motivate my Pokemon, blathering what I could, "We are survivors guys, all of us!....we are! We're-we're-wer're the best! I know we are. I know it." I continued with my speech, I then pointed to shiny Metagross.
"And you-"
I continued and pointed to Sceptile.
"And you-"
"And you-"
"And you-"
"And yes, you also Reshiram."
Reshiram responded with a low grumble which I didn't know if he took it as a compliment or not.
"We are strong, and we will do whatever it takes! Whatever! I tell you! and we will die if necessary if it means not letting Yveltal get his hands on the prison bottle!" I proclaimed, "My Pokemon friends are you with me?"
I was met with a deep silent response as all my Pokemon were mimicking Darkrai and just stared at me rather blankly. The silence was met with a chorus of crickets chirping.
Metagross leaned in closer and whispered, 'I thought it was rather inspiring ol' boy.'
I sighed. So much for rallying the troops spirits, I inhaled, "Okay look, we just got to protect Hoopas bottle from Yveltal. That's it, okay?"
My Pokemon grumbled in response and looked at each other except Darkrai. They continuously muttered and nodded their heads before turning to me.
'Thats a big corresponding yes.' Metagross said to me.
I smiled, confidence regained, "Okay, now let's feast tonight everyone."
Hoopa nodded and summoned a giant ring which dropped off first a picnic blanket, followed by a bunch of food infront of us.
"Chocolate!" I gasped gleefully.
At nightfall in Canterlot, Luna's moon hung over the city. On any other night it would have been beautiful, but tonight was different. A faint speckle shined in the sky, if one were to look at it, they would automatically assume it was a star.
That wasn't the case however.
The diminutive speckle of light grew until there was a huge gap in the sky. The area around the gap was quiet, as if time somehow stopped...
Something growled within the gap. Followed by the sound of flapping. At lighting speed a large creature flew out of the hole. The hole quickly sealed on its own and disappeared. The creature landed on a rooftop near an alley.
It was a large draconian bird. Its body was a white in coloration and was adorned with white patterns along the underside. It had five large claws on each wing, and it's tail three of which curve inwards. Its underside was bright red, with branching, white markings. It had similar patterns going around its body. And a pointed, beak-like snout. White horns extend from above its blue eyes. It was shiny Yvetal.
He sneered at all the buildings in front of him and remained silent for a while, examining the city, 'So this is where the bottle is.' he spoke in a calm, soothing manner.
He roughly gripped the ground with one of his wing/claws and tore off a chunk of concrete effortlessly off the roof, 'What a miserable looking world.'
He crushed the concrete in his claws, making dust exploded, 'I can't wait to see it torn apart.'
Yvetal stretched his wings and was about to take flight when he heard something below. He paused and gazed down to see some creature that looked like a human with the features of a Rapidash, no doubt one of the inhabitants of this world. And another creature that was shrouded in a black cloak, it looked as if the one in the cloak was draining the others energy.
Once the cloaked creature finished absorbing the human Rapidash's energy, Yveltal noticed the cloaked being highlighted in orange energy and he grew a few inches. Yvetal raised an eyebrow, quickly becoming curious. Something told him that wasn't normal.
He stayed perched on the rooftop and watch the cloaked one creeped quietly towards another human Rapidash holding a box in some field of psychic energy. Yvelta watched as the human Rapidash transform into something that looked like a mashup of different Pokemon combined to form whatever...'that' was.
'interesting.' Yveltal muttered quietly to himself, watching the scene play out.
Yveltal watched the scene, he couldn't clearly hear them and decided to move closer. He hoped to the next building as quietly as possible. Soon as he was close enough, he was able to make out what they were saying. He heard the Pokemon Frankenstein creature who was wearing an Officer Jenny outfit twirling a baton.
"Oh, I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing it for my friends." He came in closer and whispered, "Just between the two of us, it's mostly for Fluttershy." He squee'd gleefully.
"Fluttershy?" Tirek asked in disbelief "You're not saying you're friends with ponies?"
"Surprised?" Discord asked as he bursted out of a cake, frosting splashing Tirek.
Tirek looked at Discord with disdain, but he then thought he could use this to his advantage, "I am surprised that someone with your intellect does not see this 'friendship' is but a new form of imprisonment. Clearly you've had to abandon your true nature to stay in their good graces."
Discord was playing a large golden harp with a halo over his head, he then threw the harp away, "I have done nothing of the sort!" He waved off his halo as it flew off.
"Oh, please, I've seen this before. But he was always weak minded. You are Discord, you are legend, you cannot fall into the same trap that claimed my brother! Help me to grow strong, and be rewarded with something far greater than friendship....Freedom." Tireks eyes flashed yellow for a second
Discord raised an eyebrow, intrigued.
"Once I have stripped these ponies of their magic, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see their world turned upside down. Who better to do so than the master of chaos himself?"
Discord put a talon to his chin and pondered over it.
"Join me, Discord, and reclaim your greatness. Unless, of course, "pony errand boy" is the role you've always wanted to play in this world." Tirek said, his hood falling off.
Discord looked back to see a nightstand that appeared out of nowhere, his nightstand floating in the air holding a picture of himself and Fluttershy.
Yveltal was intrigued, perhaps there was a way to benefit off of this partnership. After he watched them shake hands, Yveltal watched Discord teleport them both away. If they planned on causing disorder to this world, Yveltal won't interfere. It will make it much easier to find the boy carrying the prison bottle.
'Well now, looks like I won't have to lift a claw to search for this boy after all. I'll be back. And I'll be waiting.' Yveltal smirked before raising his wings and flapped away into the sky.