//------------------------------// // Battle 5: A New Power Takes Flight! // Story: Ganbarizng: Equestria's Viral Rider // by Wind Typhoon //------------------------------// Battle 5: A New Power Takes Flight! A few days had passed since Solar Flare returned and things were slowly going back to normal. At the Friendship Castle, Twilight was using the opportunity to test out the cards she had gotten over the past two days. "Now, where is a good place for me to practice?" Twilight thought as she walked the halls of the castle. "Hey Twilight, you looking for something?" she heard Indigo say from next to her. "I'm just looking for a place to test some of my cards, but I don't know where would be a good place to do it," Twilight told her companion. "Well there is a training hall that doesn't get used, I can lead you to it," Indigo told Twilight. "That's good, but why are you so eager to lead me to the training hall?" Twilight asked curiously. "I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just helping out a friend," Indigo said innocently as she led Twilight to the training hall. "Well, I know someone back in my universe who is like you and she likes stuff that is super hero related," Twilight explained. Indigo stayed silent as she thought about what Twilight said. "You're really sharp, you know that?" Indigo commented. "Hey, I was just taking a guess with the knowledge I knew," Twilight said. "Well, you are right in that I do like superheroes, I've always want to be one," Indigo admitted. "Is that why you want to see me try out my cards and see my rider form?" Twilight asked. "Of course it is," Indigo said in an excited tone. Twilight simply smiled as the two arrived at the training hall. When they entered the room, they saw that Sour Sweet was sitting there. "Sour what are you doing here?" Indigo asked. "Oh, hello there Indigo and Twilight. I'm just thinking about something and didn't pay attention to where I was going," Sour said. "Well, do you want to stay while Twilight practices using some of her cards?" Indigo asked in a caring tone. "Um, I don't mind staying," Sour said nervously. "Ok, I guess I should go join Sour. Don't worry about us; just pretend we're not here," Indigo said as she went to sit with Sour. Twilight simply nodded and walked to the center of the room. "If anything happens while I train, be sure to let me know so I can stop," Twilight told the two. Indigo and Sour nodded in understanding and Twilight smiled. "Well, I think that I should do that first," Twilight thought as she summoned the belt. She quickly reached over to her DecaBooker and pulled out her IC Card. "What's that card for?" Indigo asked curiously. "This is the card I use to Henshin into my Rider Armor," Twilight said as she inserted it into the belt. "Henshin!" "Ganbaride! Viral ON!" With that, Twilight had fully transformed into Kamen Rider Viral. "What do you think?" Twilight asked the two onlookers. When she turned, she saw that both of them looked amazed. "That tells me everything I need to know," Twilight said laughing slightly. She then proceeded to take out all of her cards and examine them. "Ok, so I have all three of Machine Chaser's Weapons, cards for Ghost, Specter, Decade, and Necrom along Grimm & Sanzo, The Rocket & Drill Modules, and Billy the Rod," Twilight thought as she looked over them. She then put all of the cards back except for Decade. "Let me see, if I can use weapons of the cards in that back slot, I wonder…," Twilight thought as she put the card in them back slot. "Rider Card, Set! Ready?" "I think I know what to do from here," Twilight said to herself as she pushed the middle button. "OK! Change: Decade!" The ring of data came back and showed Decades symbol before the armor changed to Decade. Twilight looked over herself and was amazed by what had happened to her. "This is amazing," Twilight said as she felt the Decade armor. She then felt someone tackle her into a hug and saw that Indigo was hugging her. "That looks amazing, how did you do that and can you teach me?" Indigo asked in an excited tone. "Well, I used one of my cards in the back slot to change into the Rider on the card. If it's a weapon, I get the weapon on the card. As for training you, I'll think about it," Twilight said as she canceled her transformation. "Um, can I ask a question?" Sour said in a nervous voice. "Sure, what is it?" Twilight responded. "Um, is this one of your cards?" Sour said as she held out a card. Twilight took the card and saw that is was one of her cards, but it was blank. "It is, but you can keep it for now. If anything happens to it, let me know immediately," Twilight said as she handed back the card to Sour. "Ok, I just thought I should ask," Sour said. "Well, I think I'm going to get Aurora and go for a walk around town for a little bit," Twilight said as she headed for the door. "You want me and Sour to come with? We could show you around the town since you and Aurora are new to Ponyville," Indigo suggested. Twilight thought about that and decided that it would be the best course of action. "Sure, I don't see why not," Twilight said. "Great, come on," Indigo said enthusiastically. "Ok, I'll go get Aurora and we'll come down," Twilight said as she opened the door. "Me and Sour will wait by the entrance to the castle for you," Indigo said with a big smile on her face. With that, Indigo and Sour went to wait by the entrance of the castle while Twilight went to go get Aurora. Meanwhile with Midnight, disguised as Aurora, she was taking the opportunity to talk with Spike and Sunset about their time here. "So, you've been in this town for three years, but you've only lived in this castle for a few months?" Aurora asked curiously. "That is correct, and before you ask about how this castle made of pure crystal came to be, it's a long story," Sunset told her as she was putting some papers away. "You know, that is probably for the best," Aurora said. "Hey Aurora, mind if I ask you something?" Spike asked. "What is it?" Aurora responded. After she said that, Spike pulled out a weapon that looked similar to Specter's Gan Gan Hand and what looked like a sheath for the weapon. "I found this on the ground, is this yours?" Spike asked as he held it out. Midnight grabbed the weapon and examined it out of amazement. After she looked over it, she saw a green light emanate from her pocket. She reached in and took out her Necrom Eyecon. "Well, I do believe this is the weapon for my Rider form," Aurora said happily. "Spike, where did you find this?" Sunset asked curiously. "Well, I did find it on the ground while helping the people yesterday, but it felt like someone gave it to me," Spike told the two of them. Aurora put away the Necrom Eyecon and grabbed the sheath from Spike. "Do you mind holding this for me for a bit?" Aurora asked Spike. Spike took the weapon in his hand and held it for Aurora. Aurora then put on the sheath for the weapon which went on her back. After the put the sheath on, she then took the weapon and put it in the sheath. "How do I look?" Aurora asked afterward. "You look nice," Sunset said. "I agree," Spike added. At that moment, the door to the room they were in opened and Twilight entered the room. "Hey Sunset, have you seen Aurora?" Twilight asked as she entered the room. "I'm right here, what did you need?" Aurora asked while Spike and Sunset laughed silently at Twilight's obliviousness. "Oh, well I was just wondering if you wanted to tour Ponyville with me, Indigo, and Sour?" Twilight asked curiously. "I don't mind, it'll be good to know where everything in this town is located," Aurora said as she walked towards Twilight. "Well, neither me nor Spike will be able to join because we are looking for a way to get both of you back to your home dimension," Sunset explained. "Wait, are you being serious?" Twilight asked ecstatically. "Well, all I'm going to say is to just be patient and believe, magic is a very fickle thing and it will be hard to find the correct spell," Spike told Twilight. "Not only that, but I don't even know the correct spell that I need to use. Since I don't know the spell, I can't cast the spell," Sunset clarified. That caused Twilight to become slightly sad, but she felt Aurora's hand on her back. "Don't worry, I'm sure they'll figure out something," Aurora told Twilight in a happy tone. "I know they will, come on, let's go meet with Indigo and Sour," Twilight said as she left the room. "Well, I'll be seeing you two later," Aurora said as she started to exit the room. "Hey, could I ask a favor of you?" Sunset asked as she approached Aurora. "Sure, what do you need?" Aurora responded. After she said that, Sunset pulled Aurora close and whispered the favor to her. The favor caused Aurora to be rather surprised. "Wait, are you sure you want me to do that?" Aurora asked in a surprised tone. "Yes, and don't worry, I'll take care of everything that happens," Sunset reassured her in a calming tone. "Ok, if you're sure," Aurora said. "Aurora! Are you coming?" Twilight called from down the hall. "I'm coming! Got to go," Aurora said as she ran down the hall. Sunset and Spike waved goodbye as they went back to looking for a spell. "Hey, what was the favor you were going to ask Aurora for?" Spike asked curiously. "Just trust me when I say it's a secret, it's something you'll learn in about a week," Sunset told Spike. Spike just nodded and went back to looking for the spell. Twilight, Indigo, and Sour were waiting at the entrance and were about to leave when Aurora came down the hall. "Sorry I'm late, Sunset had to tell me something," Aurora said panting from running. "Its fine, we were just about to leave without you, but you came just in time," Twilight said. "By the way, what is that thing on your back?" Indigo asked when the saw the weapon on Aurora's back. "Oh, this is my weapon," Aurora told them. "And where did it come from?" Sour asked nervously. "Spike said he found it yesterday when he was helping to evacuate the people," Aurora explained. "Oh, will it be safe to have that weapon in view for everyone to see?" Indigo asked curiously. "Well, I'm not entirely sure about that, but since I'm with you and Sour, I figure that I should be fine," Aurora told Indigo. At that moment, a letter magically appeared in front of Twilight. Twilight took the letter, opened it, and read it aloud. "Dear Twilight and Midnight, I just wanted to let you know something that Luna and I did yesterday before we returned to Canterlot. We informed the Guards that are stationed in Ponyville that you two can carry weapons to help defend the town. Luna will work on letting the other cities know of this so that you can carry your weapons without any trouble. From Princess Celestia" After Twilight finished, she looked at the three others in a room. "Well, that is very convenient," Twilight said as she got out the sheath for her Viral Blade. "Wait, you had that on you this whole time?" Aurora asked. "I did, just don't ask how I kept it hidden," Twilight told Aurora as she put on the sheath. "Um, I hate to be a bother, but who is Midnight?" Sour asked. When Sour said that, Twilight and Aurora realized who the letter was addressed to. "Yeah, I don't know anyone named Midnight, do either of you two do?" Indigo asked the two of them. Twilight struggled to come up with an answer, but Aurora thought of a solution to the issue. "Princess Celestia was referring to me when she said Midnight," Aurora said. "But I thought you name is Aurora," Indigo said. "Aurora is the name I was actually born with, but the name I prefer to my go is Midnight," Aurora told Indigo and Sour. "Oh, well why do you prefer Midnight in that case?" Sour asked. Aurora stayed silent at that and thought back to the Friendship Games. "It's because of something that happened to me in my past. It's something personal, and I don't want to talk about it," Aurora said as she looked down at the floor and clenched her fist. "Oh, I'm sorry I asked," Sour said as she hid behind her hair out of embarrassment. "Its fine, I wanted to tell someone anyway," Aurora said in an appreciative tone. "Well… we should probably get going before this gets anymore awkward," Indigo said. "I agree, we should go," Twilight said in a hurry. With that awkward exchange, the four of them left to take a tour of the town. "So, what kind of town is Ponyville?" Twilight asked as she walked next to Indigo with Aurora talking to Sour behind her. "Ponyville is a town that is small, but has a nice friendly community. We also have a good amount of things to keep visitors preoccupied," Indigo told Twilight. "I imagine that there are a few notable landmarks in the town?" Twilight asked. "There are a few, there is the Sugar Sweet Candy Store where Sugarcoat works, the local studio where Lemon works, and the Carousel Boutique where Sunny works," Indigo recalled. "Wait, what about you and Sour? Do you two have any special jobs?" Twilight asked. "Well, I work at the local animal shelter," Sour spoke up from behind her. "As for me, I work on the weather team to help keep the weather here under control," Indigo told her. Twilight made note of all that information, then did a double take as she realized what Indigo said. "Wait, help keep the weather under control?" Twilight asked as her mind tried to process that information. "Oh right, your world works differently than ours. So, if your world is like the one where our Twilight is, than I'm going to assume that your weather is natural?" Indigo said. "It is, but how do you know that?" Twilight asked curiously. "Well, to be honest that was one part of Sunset's story I was interested in," Indigo said. "I thought you slept through the entire thing," Sour commented from the back. Twilight and Aurora started to laugh at that comment while Aurora looked at Sour with a bit of a blush on her embarrassment. "Well, it's true, but that is one part I was awake for," Indigo said in a hurry. "Hey, its fine, me and Midnight aren't going to judge you," Twilight said through her laughter. "I know you aren't but it's still embarrassing," Indigo said. Before any of them could say anything, they heard some screaming from nearby. "That doesn't sound good," Sour said nervously. "Come on, let's go see what it is," Indigo said as she rushed off. Sour, Twilight, and Aurora ran off after her to help her with whatever was happening. Elsewhere, a few minutes ago… "So, what do you have in mind for attacking that town now?" The hooded figure asked Solar Flare. "Well, I plan on sending another monster in there, but I don't know which one to send," Flare said as she looked over the ones they had. "Well, I have an idea that might work, why not send two out?" the hooded figure suggested. Flare mulled over that idea in her mind and realized something. "Do you know if any of these can fly?" Flare responded with a devilish smile forming on her face. "I have a few, but what if that girl interferes?" the figure asked. "Well, if she does interfere and defeat the enemy, we can at least gauge her combat abilities and any new abilities she might have," Flare explained. "What do you plan to do with the data we collect on her anyway?" the figure asked. "I want to keep that a secret for now," Flare said as she walked to the computer she had set up. "Very well, I will go prepare the monsters and send them out," the figure said as she began to walk off. "By the way, do you have a name I can call you by? I know you're a female, but a name would be better than you," Flare asked curiously as she sat down at the computer. The figure turned around and seemed to think about that. "You may call me Omega," the figure told Flare before disappearing around a corner. Flare made it a note to remember that name as she looked through the data she had on the girl. "Twilight Sparkle, you have made a grave mistake challenging me," Flare said to herself as she looked at a picture of Twilight on her screen. Back at Ponyville, Twilight and the others arrived at the source of the commotion and saw several people running away. Indigo thought quickly and grabbed one of the citizens that was feeling. "What's attacking the town?!" Indigo asked in a panicked tone. "I don't know, all I know is that the attack came from the sky," the pony told her. "Thanks for the information. Sour, do you think that you can help evacuate the area?" Indigo said as she let go of the citizen. Sour nodded and proceeded to run off to help lead the townspeople to safety. "You guys hear what he said?" Indigo asked Twilight and Aurora. "We did, as far as we know, there are very few flying monsters in the shows, but there are a few that we can think of," Twilight said as she remembered the various monsters. "I'm going over the ones I know of in my head, and I might know a few," Aurora told the two as they approached the area. Indigo was about to say something when she noticed something overhead. "Get down!" Indigo screamed as she dodged. Twilight and Aurora did the same just before a barrage of projectiles came at them. They all looked up and saw two creatures flying in the air, which Twilight immediately recognized. "Those are the Hikoki Gamma. They're two brothers who are pretty much masters of flying," Twilight said as she got her sword from its sheath. "But the fact that they are both here makes me wonder what Solar Flare is plotting," Aurora wondered aloud as she got her weapon out. "I know you two can take care of those two, but if there's any help you need, I'll be here," Rainbow told the two as she went somewhere safe. Twilight and Aurora got out their transformation items and got ready to Henshin. "STANDBY!" "YES SIR! LOADING!" "HENSHIN!" "Ganbaride: VIRAL ON!" "TENGAN! NECROM! MEGA ULORD! CRASH INVADERS!" "You know, you could have sent Indigo away," Midnight asked after the two of them transformed. "I could have, but I don't know how I am going to be able to take care of these guys," Twilight told Midnight. "You've got a point there," Midnight said as the two Hikoki Gamma flew down towards them. Twilight and Midnight got ready for the incoming attack as they decided to each take a separate Gamma. "Take the right one, I'll take the left one," Midnight told Twilight as she fired a shot at the right Gamma. Twilight saw the younger of the two Gammas go after Midnight and got ready for the one coming at her. She dodged the charge it was doing by jumping over the Gamma. She then took the opportunity to slash the Gamma and hopefully bring it down. The Gamma surprisingly dodged the attack and flew back into the air. "In that case, I might as well use that card," Twilight said as she put the Rocket Module card in her belt. "ROCKET ON!" Fourze's Rocket Module then appeared on her left arm and she got ready to take off. The Rocket Module the activated and she took off into the air. Midnight was having an easier time taking care of her because she had a ranged weapon. Unfortunately, the Gamma seemed to figure out her strategy and dodged almost all of her shots. "Stay still you little pest!" Midnight said as the Gamma started to charge her again. Midnight then felt something click in her mind as she took out the Necrom Eyecon and got out the Grimm Eyecon. She clicked the button on the side and the iris changed to a number 14 before she put it in the Mega Ulorder. "YES SIR!" She pushed the button on the side of her Mega Ulorder and the Grimm Parka Ghost came out before she pushed the button to Ghost Change. "TENGAN! GRIMM! MEGA ULORD! FIGHTING PEN!" After changing into Necrom Grimm Damashi, she activated the pens on her shoulders and they wrapped around the Gamma holding it in place. "There we go, now take the blast's I'm going to give you," Midnight said as she fired her weapon at the Gamma. The Gamma struggled as she battled him constantly. Twilight was having some trouble with taking care of the elder Gamma. "Damn it, this thing is so hard to control. How does Fourze make it look so easy?" Twilight wondered aloud as she struggled to control it. She turned the Gamma and went towards it only for it to dodge and knock her out of the sky. When she landed she felt the Rocket Module disappear and the card pop out of the driver. "Twilight!" Midnight exclaimed as she turned to her. The younger Gamma used her moment of distraction to get out of the hold and get back into the air. The older Gamma then proceeded to charge at Twilight and fired his finger guns at her to keep her pinned down. "Augh!" Twilight yelled as the shots came into contact with her and created several sparks. The Gamma stopped firing at Twilight and then charged at her. Before he came into contact with her, someone stood over her, grabbed the Viral Saber that was on the ground, and slashed the Gamma before she the Gamma hit her. Twilight looked up and saw Indigo standing over her. "You know, if you needed my help, you could have called me at any point," Indigo asked as she reached a hand to Twilight. Twilight took Indigo's hand and she helped her up from the ground. "You know that you coming to get me was a risky move, but you still did it why?" Twilight asked as she took back the sword. The younger Gamma charged at two of them and almost reached them, but they heard several gunshots ground felt several bullets go by them and hit the Gamma in the chest. Indigo and Twilight turned around and saw that Sour was holding twin pistols that were pointed straight at the enemy. "Looks like you two could use some help," Sour said in a completely different tone of voice from before. Twilight was extremely confused about what she saw in front of her and looked at Indigo for answers. What she saw an extremely surprised face as Sour got closer to the two. "If I may ask, what is going on here?" Twilight asked Indigo. Indigo seemed to ignore the question as she Sour walked in front of the two. "Nira, is that you?" Indigo asked out of amazement. Twilight was slightly confused until she remembered something that Sour had told her just before she transferred to Canterlot High. "Indigo, if I may ask, does Sour have a split personality?" Twilight asked curiously. "She does, sorry about not telling you earlier, but I figured that Sour would introduce you when she felt comfortable," Indigo told Twilight. "She figured that now would be a good as time as any because it seemed appropriate," Nira said as she shot at the Gamma again. "Fair point, what do I call you by the way?" Twilight asked. "Nira Brave, a pleasure to meet you," Nira told Twilight. "Ok, now if I may ask, why did you two decide to help me know full well that these Gammas could easily kill you?" Twilight asked as she went on guard. "Well, I guess you could call it the freedom of the wind," Nira said. "What are you talking about?" Twilight asked curiously. "A better way to explain it is that Pegasi are free to have the sky to them. We naturally go with the wind and pretty much do whatever we want," Indigo explained. "Of course, we also know the differences between good and bad choices and can react accordingly. We also take control of the weather and make it what we know is the best choice," Nira continued. "But doesn't that logic seem a little flawed?" Twilight asked in a confused tone. "You might be right on that. While we do choose our own path, sometimes that path is one of darkness or dangerous stunts. Sometimes the wind might be still and we lose are way," Nira said as she looked at Indigo. "But it is during those times that we reach out to our friends and use them to help support us. That is what me and Nira think anyway," Indigo told Twilight. Twilight stayed silent as she thought about what they told her. "You two like the freedom to do whatever want to do, don't you?" Twilight asked curiously. "That's right, although Sour is a little more reserved on that idea," Nira said as she twirled the pistols she was carrying. Twilight smiled at that as she remembered Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. "By the way, I believe this is yours," Nira said giving her the blank card. "Hey, I could use some help over here," they heard Midnight say from the side. Twilight quickly nodded and started to head over when she noticed the card starting to glow. "What's going on?" Indigo asked cautiously. As Twilight was about to answer, she felt two voices speak to her. "Take the card, young Rider, and unlock our power." Twilight snapped out of her trance and took the card in her hand. When she did, she noticed that her IC card popped out of the slot it was in. Looking back at the card, she decided to do something that would seem natural to a Kamen Rider. When the card popped out, the suit parts seemed to disperse into data. She inserted the glowing into her IC card slot and put her Viral Card away. "IC CARD SET! PEGASUS, READY?" Without even thinking, Twilight pressed the middle button on her belt. "GANBACHANGE: PEGASUS, SOAR!" When she pressed the button, the three rings of data reappeared around Twilight and started to rotate between pieces of armor. The armor pieces it stopped on this time were a white helmet with an emblem of Wings on the helmet, a white armor piece, and white legs piece with a pair of grieves that had wings on them. After the armor equipped itself to Twilight, a pair of brilliant purple wings appeared on her back and her weapon changed to look like a rifle. "Twilight, what happened to you?" Indigo asked in amazement. "What I needed to win this battle. You two can help if you want, but I've got a city to protect," Twilight said as she dashed forward. "Did you bring my katana?" Indigo asked Nira. Nira nodded as she tossed her a sheath with a sword that she had on her back. Indigo took out the sword from the sheath and instantly ran after Twilight with Nira following her. Midnight saw what transpired and was doing her best to hold off the Gammas when Twilight stood next to her and shot at the older Gamma. "About time you got here," Midnight said as Indigo and Nira ran up behind them. "So, you two came to help us?" Twilight asked. "Of course," the two said. "Now then, let's take care of this," Twilight said as she aimed the weapon at the Gamma and fired.