WARNING: Explicit language and crossovers... if either of these elements offend you then you might want to skip this chapter.
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Honeydew trotted over to her stand and kicked the side of it. The whole thing smoothly popped up like a picture book for foals as melons bounced right onto the counter. The summer morning sun rolled over the marketplace as her fellow compatriots set up their own stand. Apples, carrots (not next to each other of course), cherries, and other wares ready for the public’s demands. Another beautiful day in Ponyville.
“Great, some crazy monster is about to attack Ponyville.” Honeydew grumbled as the anomaly pulsated above her stand. “Again.”
With a groan, she pushed her melons out of the way. “Always this town. Equestria has other places too, you know!” She shook her hoof at its general direction.
A spark of lightning arched out of the anomaly as it trailed down to the ground. A magic aura exploded in a light show that blinded anyone that didn’t have a pair of shades. Thankfully, everypony did.
Sunglasses on muzzle and melon smoothie in hoof, Honeydew and the other ponies around her passively watched a figure form from the magic show. The shadow of the being grew more pronounced as it materialized in their world. The shape was recognized by all of them.
“Bucking great, it’s another human monkey.” Honeydew growled as she played with her melons. They could be used as ammunition rather easily.
The magic teleportation exploded one last time as the human finally appeared, he was smaller than the one they already had and a little curvier.
“Fucking dammit. Where the hell am I know!?” Change that, a human mare. Honeydew dropped her melons when the long haired redhead whipped around and stared right at her with hot emerald eyes. A skin tight blue suit covered her body from her barrel to her legs. “Horses? Crap, I didn’t step in any horse shit did I?”
Honeydew’s blank stare quickly turned dark. “Watch your filthy tongue human. We actually don’t fling crap like you monkeys do.”
“Excuse me?” The human said, Honeydew flushed as the human’s attention fixated on her. In an instant the human was upon her, face to muzzle. “Did you just say human, horse?”
Honeydew attempted a growl, but somehow those teeth the human mare bared seemed to remove any bravado Honeydew had. “We have one.”
Honeydew glanced down at the shirt the human wore. She could see the human’s mammary glands rather well. Soft, bouncy mammary glands. Almost like melons in shape. “Eyes up here.”
“What’s his name, cutie?” Her hand roughly gripped Honeydew’s jaw. It didn’t hurt, but this human wanted to make sure she paid attention.
“Lero.”
“Bellerophon Michaelides!? You mean he is actually here?” Honeydew could have sworn her eyes sparkled.
“Lives here in town. The only human, so you can’t miss him.” The grip on her jaw loosened and she felt a quick scratch behind the ears.
“Thanks, cutie.” The human about faced and strolled away with a slight skip in her step. Everypony watched her leave, some of the more frisky watched something else too.
Honeydew laid there with mouth wide open for a few moments. “That was a human mare. Buck, why are they so hot!? That’s not fair!”
At his home, Lero was reading a lovely little book on one of the library’s many large tree branches. Rainbow Dash napped above him with her book as a pillow.
That nap ended when Twilight slammed the window open. “We have trouble!”
Rainbow screamed a very powerful, tough scream (Scoots will back her up on this) and fell off her branch. Lero grabbed her foreleg, but lost his balance. Thankfully Twilight grabbed them both and floated them gently to the ground.
“Sorry. I just felt a really powerful magic spell force something into our world. Something might have crossed the barrier to reclaim Lero!” Twilight teleported to their side as they got up.
Rainbow instinctively wrapped a wing around Lero. “What!? Hay no. That is not happening on my watch.”
Twilight nodded and looked up towards her stallion. “Right, we need to get you to a safe place. Lyra should be inside with Spike.”
Twilight and Rainbow glanced at each other and wordlessly agreed on the defense plan. They returned their gaze towards Lero to tell him the plan. He wasn’t there.
They blinked a few times before a shock face of realization smacked them in the face. “Lero!?”
“Big brother!”
A few short feet away, a human female held Lero like a priceless treasure. Tears streamed down her face as she blubbered away. “I missed you so m-m-uch. The family didn’t know what happened to you for the longest time.”
Lero held her in absolute surprise. “Syne? Syne!”
“Syne?” Twilight raised her eyebrow. “You don’t mean...your sister Mnemosyne!”
“Is this really you?” Lero asked while he held her close. It was a long time since he had last seen her. “How is it possible?”
“Ya, it really is.” They weren’t sure how long they held each other, but time didn’t have any meaning for them at the moment. The words were not lost on Twilight as the scene brought a small smile to her face.
A few moments later they were all in the library over tea. The entire herd talked to the new arrival animatedly. Syne hung by Lero’s side like Rainbow Dash to cider and his every word like it was holy scripture from the Pope’s lips. Lero wanted to know just as much about her, but figured he could wait his turn for her. “So my life has been pretty good here. Crazy stuff does happen, but it all works out.”
“That’s great! I’m happy you are doing so well.” Syne’s joyous smile never left her.
Lero returned her grin with one of his own. “Not bad at all is it? I need to hit the restroom real quick. Tell me how the family is doing when I get back.”
He excused himself and Spike left to start another pot of tea in the kitchen. The girls looked at each other, they all had questions, but didn’t want to overwhelm their guest.
“Fuck.”
That put a chill in the atmosphere. Syne rubbed her forehead with three fingers. “Fuck, this complicates things.”
“Whoa, um did your mood just drastically change?” Rainbow tilted her head.
“How the hell did this even happen? Get in, get out. How do you balls this up?”
Twilight cleared her throat. “You have us at a loss. What are you talking about?”
Syne rose her head, discontentment colored her expression. “How the bloody hell do you all end up fucking my brother? This is some God damn shit.”
“Really, stop that.” Lyra eyes slanted.
“I also don’t like what you are insinuating about our relationship with Lero.” Twilight slowly put her teacup down.
“I’m sure you are lovey dovey with him after al...wait a minute you are a God damn unicorn!” Syen glared at Twilight with visible hatred. “You charmed him didn’t you.”
Twilight twitched as she slammed her hooves on the table. “How dare you insinuate that I would even play with his mind like that!?
“What crawled up your rump and died?” Rainbow growled.
“Am I interrupting anything?”
The four girls froze as Lero’s voice cut above them. He calmly strolled over his chair and sat down. With elbows on the table and folded hands in front of his face. “Syne, did you just accuse my wife of bewitching me and what is with your language? You would have blushed if you heard a censor bleep last I remembered.”
Syne shrank in her chair as her brother stared at her indifferently. “Sorry.”
“It’s been hard the past few years. When the authorities found nothing, I decided to continue the investigation myself. I learned things. The truth of our home. A veil that covers our eyes from a horrible nightmare that creeps in the shadows. Magic existed and it fed on the innocent.”
“Magic isn’t supposed to do that.” Twilight protested. “Besides, Lero has said magic doesn’t exist in your world.”
Syne glared at her. “It didn’t, but apparently something else came in and replaced it a long time ago. It turns men and women into monstrous beasts, and kidnap, family members out of thin air. Vampires, lycans, changelings, demons, wraiths, and warlocks. I had to go through a lot to find you.”
“What?” Lero muttered out loud.
“Ya, I’m not supposed to tell an innocent all that, but with you married to freakn’ magic alien horses--”
“Ponies,” Lyra corrected, “And by for by, you are the alien here.”
Syne waved her head. “Whatever, the point is I had to adapt, especially when I found out what kidnapped you. So I learned magitek.”
“You learned how to do magic.” Lero jaw dropped.
“No, not quite. More like I learned how to make science fiction my tools.” Syne stood up and gestured towards her suit. “This is actually the second skin of a battle armor that I made to fight powerful magic creatures.”
“Hold on.” Rainbow waved her hooves out. “You are telling us that your world is infested with dangerous monsters so you made a kick flank armor to fight off the forces of evil to find your long lost brother.”
Syne paused scratched the back of her ear. “Ya, you could say that. The way you said it reminds me of a game.”
“So how did you end up here?” Lyra asked. She found this story crazier and crazier as it went along.
“My leads finally got me a changeling, which I beat up for information. Which lead me to a small time fae, which I beat up for a key. Which lead me to bloody Arcania of all places, which I beat up. This brought an angry fae queen after me, who I beat up. Turns out she was the one who kidnapped you, so I beat her up some more. She told me where you fell, so I went to rescue you...after I blew the cunt’s head off.”
Needless to say, Lero was rather pale at this point. Rainbow puffed her cheeks out while Twilight’s eyes went slightly wide. Lyra coughed. “So your plan was to come here and save Lero from whatever evil monster had captured him?”
“Hate to rain on your adventure, but Lero is not in any danger.” Rainbow snorted. Though admittedly a cool storyteller this girl was still a mule (no offense).
Syne fidgeted in her seat. “Lero, do you mind if I scan you for magical manipulation.”
Twilight groaned and smacked her muzzle against the table. Lero sighed. “Fine. For your peace of mind, but you will apologize to them.”
“A-alright.” Syre took out a magnifying glass and looked at Lero through it. “Well, you are clean.”
Lero shrugged his head towards his herd. Syre nodded. “Sorry. I thought the worse and jumped to conclusions.”
“It’s alright.” Twilight smiled. “I would probably be overprotective of my BBBFF if I had found him after he went missing for a long time.”
“Oh no.” Lero facepalmed.
“Big brother best friend forever?” Syre replied with a smile.
“Big brother best friend forever.”
“Why did you even remember that?” Lero dramatically yelled.
“Aw, don’t worry Lero.” Syre wrapped him up in another hug. “Everything is going to be just fine. Now do we all travel to earth to meet the parents or should I bring them here?”
“Um...”
“Road Trip to Earth!” Twilight announced without hesitation.
You know, I've always wanted to see a story where Lero ends up reuniting with his family and the human world. Should be good.
So... ponies like boobs?
laughed at Honeydew's reaction to seeing a human girl
3049985 Honeydew likes melons. If ya catch the drift.
twilight and lero's reaction made me loose my shit
ONWARD THEN!
ROADTRIP!
I met a changling, so I kicked it's ass.
I met a fae, so I kicked it's ass.
I met a godling so I kicked it's ass.
I met a Fae Queen, so I kicked her ass, then found out she kidnapped you, so I blew her up!
I imagine Celestia may well be pleased, and absolutely terrified, of Syne.
3050019
Male humans are icky, but women are hot? talk about selective racism.
3050118
So, Lero´ sister is friggin´Buffy?
Still, beating the crap of the Fae Queen is her own turf sounds too much over the top (unless your name is Granny Weatherwax).
And finally, what will happen when Syre and Pinkie cross paths, if her magitech can detect Exiled ?
Meh... Sorry, not a favorite of mine. Cussing in place of humour (and writing) and an over-powered panacea of an OC. Sorry, not for me.
3050217 - Melons man... Melons... apparently Honeydew has a thing for melons.
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Sorry I probably won't be continuing this. When talking about it in the forum I discovered how little I actually knew of the crossover.
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Delicious melons.
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The thing is, Syne is insane. The kind of insane that is OMG please stay away from me.
Such is life in the World of Darkness.
3050110
I was half-expecting Pinkie Pie to pop up from under the table and yell that line, not Twilight of all ponies.
(What? How'd she get under the table in the first place?)
{Don't think about it, you'll just hurt your brain}
3050431
Is she a Son/Daughter of the Aether?
3050518
Err, maybe. I don't know.
3050567
Yeah, smooth answer there, my friend, smooth answer.
3050586
Hey now, I know when to admit when I know jack-squat. Which happens to be more often then what I would like.
3050431
I honestly had no idea it was a crossover.
I like this girls style... and honestly, is Leo really any better? Escaping the fair folk without even a scrap of iron?
I personally see the family resemblance.
No wonder Celesita is slightly worried about him... and now there's two!
This thing deserves to become its own spin-off, frankly.
3050518
The thread that spawned this speculated she was a Genius- specifically a Grimm Navigator Iridium Sentinel. (Look up Genius: the Transgression online. It's free and awesome.)
One of best oneshots ever. So Lero's sister just blew Fae Queen head off... not bad,
It would be great to read sequel somewhere in the future
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Lero escaped by sheer luck, because the Queen, the King and their people were quarreling over his IPod, giving him one on a million chance.
His sister literally stormed Faerie and beated the crap of the Lady on her own. That´s Sueism at its finest.
What about Celestia's magic mind-wipe? To stop the whole hair anxiety thing? That might leave a enough of a sign to get freaked out over.
3050431
Well, if you want help, I can always offer my advice in writing a sequel.
Also, as for how crazy she is... She blew he head off Fae royalty. She might have been a minor noble (he main story suggests this), but that's not a trivial accomplishment. Odds are she's very high Inspiration- I'd rate her a 7, minimum, and more likely an 8 or 9. That said, though, she's dedicated herself to crushing horrible monsters and rescuing her brother, so she's got to have a reasonable Obligation- I'd peg her around 7 or 8, and I'd not doubt that she'd have the Science Hero merit. So she's stuck between the fires of genius burning behind her eyes and a powerful sense of responsibility to mortals. So she'd come off as charismatic and trustworthy... But off. Someone fun to be around, worth lists in to, but here's always be an edge of uncertainty- those moments she'd talk in nonsense before catching herself, the times when she became angry and her eyes almost seemed to glow...
Yeah.
Crossover? Only thing it match is World of Darkness. RPGs like Vampire:Masquarade and stuff....
Still, taking on Fea Queen is "a little" too overwpowered for a single human mage/witch to accomplish, even in World of Darkness they were nasty bunch, basically gods in measure of power.... That's the only thing I don't like so far in this oneshot. His sisters is too overpowered.
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It's also something possible to do in Genius, which this is based on- it'd need a bunch of preparation and luck, but it's feasible. There's also some huge drawbacks to what she can do, most of which didn't come up here.
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In what story or even spin-off is that anticlimactic explanation mentioned? To my knowledge, it has been left ambiguous just how he escaped.
Besides, this is more or less only a character introduction. Isn't it a bit to soon to cry "Sue?" The fey may be potent, but considering their weakness to one of the most common materials in the universe, hardly unbeatable. Even in their own realms.
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Sorry, it was in "What Came Before", a oneshot which does a good presentation of the Fae´s manierisms, but is not exactly "canon".
Hardly unbeatable?They snuff friggin´worlds for laughs!.
3051389
I'll be honest, I don't think she took on Arcadia alone. I picture her as the player's character after many, many sessions of playtime with some friends. When you finally reach the conclusion of your game you are crazy powerful. That's her.
I don't have the time to right a story like this one. I wish I did, but nursing school is upon me.
But if I did I wanted this scenario to happen:
RD finds her self captive after a cheep shot from an unknown assailant. She wakes up to find herself surrounded by a bunch of weird dudes in suits. Turns out a bunch of high class vampires kidnapped her for ransom. RD can see that they are on one of those skyscrapers in the city, the highest room in fact. She is threatened to cooperate, she rolls her eyes. Seconds later a Sonic Rainboom is seen in the city's tallest skyscraper.
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Geniuses (specifically, Lemuria) accidentally exterminated quite possibly he most powerful beings to ever exist.
Mad Science is scary. Trust me, normally I'd back you on this one, but Madboys are freakin' terrifying.
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Yeah, I'd figure she'd have a Collabrative backing her up- maybe a Mage or Changeling ally or two- most mages (especially Thyrsus) would give up their reproductive organs for a chance to physically visit Arcadia, and most Changelings would love a chance at payback.
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If she had a changeling partner, she might recognize Lero as the one who escaped The Queen. A legendary badass with sheer wit and determination escaped without losing his human body.
Ah, it made it into the collection. I do love this story. For one, it raises awareness of Genius: the Transgression. Aside from that, it's just so delightfully off-beat compared to the other stories in here that it's hard not to like it out of novelty. Syne is several kinds of scary-adorkable. And, of course, Honeydew's huge tracts of karma.
So much to like. A shame it's nowhere even remotely close to canon. Oh well. Silly works too.
3050588
And you used Mnemosyne. Thanks.
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I would imagine that no, simply because it may not be an active magical effect suppressing the memories, but a spell that did its work and then dissipated.
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Perhaps it would be, but if we then take into account the Fae's weaknesses, and early 21th Century Earth's technology, we could then have incredibly toxic arsenals against the fair folk. Let's draft a one-soldier-army's arsenal:
DEFENSIVE:
- 1 Roman styled plate armour made from pig iron
- 2 semiautomatic 28-gauge shotguns, short-barrel, with a clip-type loading mechanism
- at least two dozen preloaded clips of 28-gauge shotgun shells loaded with iron shavings and iron dust, plus as many of these shells as I could carry. (It would be for making the air around me toxic to the fey, although it could also be used as a bunker cleaner. Furthermore, it would be a great path maker: shoot ahead every twenty paces or so, and between the fireballs, the shrapnel and the iron-loaded smoke, the darkest forest will suddenly be very inoffensive.)
OFFENSIVE:
- 1 tactical 12-gauge shotgun
- a couple boxes of 12-gauge shells loaded with iron buckshot
- a ten-dollar machete, pre-rusted.
- a few litres of ferric chloride, to be used for intelligence gathering.
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Couldn't resist using the names. I like them too much.
3052365 Huuuuuuge plots... of land.
3055643
As opposed to lands of huge plot?
So she went all GoW on all their asses. Kudos.
Chapter 47, by Warpd, should totally have a sequel.
3051165 I imagine the Queen is quite put out over that.