Souls of Harmony...Go to Another World

by Masters-of-the-Elements

...And they are Called Soul Warrors

Souls of Harmony…Go to another World:
…And they are Called Soul Warriors

“Oh Harmony, those pretender princesses didn’t do you justice,” Discord said with light dental clicking. “They built a palace over the very thing that proved to be their savoir, and they don’t even mention your once beautiful tree. And they call me mad.”

The spirit of chaos was currently in front of the princesses’ old castle, looking at the ruin building with something close to pity. The old castle has seen better days. There were many holes in the walls and even the roof. One of the towers had crumbled due to age. All in all, a very pitiful sight to behold.

“One bad day, and they abandon this place,” Discord said in disappointment. “No wonder they nearly fail so many times.”

Discord brought up his eagle hand and with a quick snap of his fingers, the castle was restored to it former glory, in a flash of light. The humanoid, mismatch creature grinned to himself as he stepped into the castle. Even he could marvel at the architectonically designs that the sisters had crafted in their early days of ruling. It almost brought a smile to the tyrant’s face. The almost-smile was gone the second he reached the thrones that the pony sisters once sat upon and their personal banners over the thrones.

“That wouldn’t do,” Discord said plainly, and then snapped his talons again.

The two thrones and banners were gone in a literal flash of light, replaced with a single throne and banner. The banner was similar to the banner that represented Princess Celestia, only with the colors reversed and the symbol changed. The body was now a dull crimson red with a pale tan trimming. The symbol was a golden sun, beaming it ray down on dots that grew dimmer as the light travel down.

“Ahh, father’s crest…,” Discord said with slight nostalgia in his voice, that quickly turned greedy as he said, “Is finally my.”

Discord grinned to himself, as he walked up to his new throne and took a seat. He quickly jumped back to his feet, yelping slightly as he grabs his tail.

“...Accursed thing! The day when I cast you aside isn’t approaching fast enough! Discord growled angrily.

He then took his seat again, careful about his tail this time around. Once he was settled into his throne, he grinned as me brought his talon hand out. The talon tore into the very fabric of reality, and tore open a vortex. He tossed the torn piece of reality over him, and used his lion’s paw to draw a circle around the vortex, incasing it in a golden circle.

“Now, I wonder how the little ponies and their fake princesses are doing?” Discord asked himself lazily.

He tipped the vortex with his talon and a picture replaced the swirling vortex. The picture showed two unconscious women, closed in age and having similar figures. Discord grinned and sank a little in his chair as put his chin onto the back of his lion’s paw. He knew who those two were immediately.

“So, the false princesses made it. That means their little ponies are there as well,” Discord said snuggly. “That’s good. Now, I just need to do is wait for the show to begin. Hmm, I hunger. ”

A snap of his talons and a floatubg plate of some kind of meat appeared in front of him. He grabbed a leg and took a messy bit out of it, as he looked back the viewing hole. One had started to stir, and Discord knew instantly it was Princess Luna. She shakes her head to clear it, and opened her eyes. Discord suddenly spit out his food when he got a good look at the younger princess’s eyes.

“WHY DOES HER EYES LOOK LIKE THAT?” Discord screamed angrily. “Only those of my uncle’s blood should have those eyes!”

The spirit of chaos was livid. Those eyes, ones that bring back so many woeful memories, he would never forget those eyes. But how does the younger princess have these eyes? Only those relate to his uncle should have those kinds of eyes.

“What does this all mean?” Discord asked himself.

He decided the best course of action was to watch the young princess and see what develops, no matter how irritated those eyes make him.

He watched as the young princess become aware of her surroundings and the changes to her body. She examines herself a bit, confused by the objects on her chest, but stopping herself from doing much with them. Discord had give credit where credit is do; Luna kept herself composed as she began to look around again. Her eyes snapped open when she saw the other woman, no doubt the other princess of Equestria, and tried to stand. She fell when she put weight onto her bad leg, and cursed in a tongue that even made Discord’s ears burn.

Still, the former pony princess wouldn’t let something like a broken leg get to her. She began to crawl awkwardly to Princess Celestia. She tried to shake her older sister awake, but it didn’t work. This alarmed the younger princess greatly, and she lean down, close to her sister’s chest, checking to see if she had a heartbeat. She smiled with slightly relief, obviously finding a heartbeat.

The princess of the night suddenly looked up, hearing something in the distance. She looked around as she tried to pinpoint the noise. The source of the noise suddenly came into view, and the former princess gasps in fear. Discord grin as his creation came upon the panicking pony princess.

“Oh well. I may not know why she has those eyes, but it doesn’t matter,” Discord said snuggly, and got comfortable again.

He watched as Luna, her composure lost, screamed at the top of her lungs and grabbed her sister by the shoulders. Discord couldn’t help but chuckle as he watch the injured princess try to pull her unconscious sister too safely. His good mood disappeared when a noise distracted his creation, and he turned his viewing portal in the direction his creation was looking. Two human, the transformed Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle, came tumbling down a small hill. This has the unfortunate side-effect of turning Discord’s creation attention o the new arrivals, and that didn’t set well with the spirit of chaos.

“NO!” Discord screamed angrily, grabbing the portal in his misshapen hands. “No... Not them, the princesses!! Go after the princesses, not those no bodies!”

But his creation didn’t hear him, as it continued to advance on the slightly dazed former ponies. Discord growled but resigns himself to the fact that he couldn’t control his creation, not from where he was. So he just took a seat and waited for the creation to finish with the two interlopers. It reached them in a few steps and was about to finish them off, when the picture suddenly went cloudy.

“WHAT NOW!!” Discord screamed in fury.

The spirit of chaos angrily thrust his lion’s hand into the portal and tried to infuse more of his energies into it, to try and get the picture back. He suddenly recoil his hand out of the portal, feeling a strong and familiar energy surge around his hand. He glared at the portal, his anger mixing with confusion and a bit of fear.

“Impossible…” Discord whispered. “…That power? That’s uncle’s power…it still exists in that world? And to interfere with my own powers means whoever holds my uncle’s power is close, very close. I MUST KNOW!!”

Discord then tried once more to fix his spell by pouring both his light energies and his chaos magic into the portal, but it didn’t seem too worked in the way he was hoping. The portal, now over charged with energy, exploded in a massive mix of light energy and chaos magic. Discord weathered the explosion by casting a light barrier over himself. Once the explosion subsided and the dust settled enough for him to see, he brought down the barrier and stared at the spot where his viewing spell has just been, the floor was now blacken due to the event of the explosion.

“Just what does this mean?” Discord growled angrily to himself.

Unknown to the frustrated spirit, two figures stood in the shadows, watching their target silently. The two were cloaked in full body robes, as black as a moonless night, making them blend into the shadow seamlessly. The oddest thing about this duo is the one leaning against the wall; he clearly wasn’t a pony. He was standing up straight, but due to his cloak hiding any other features it was hard to tell what kind of Equestrian species it was. The other one was clearly a pony, a unicorn to be exacted, one could tell from the blood red cone that was glowing around his forehead.

What those two were doing was a mystery, a mystery that would probably go unanswered for a long time.

(…)

Twilight blinked when she didn’t feel a painful end, coming her way. She reluctantly looked away from her friend, and was meant with a very unusual sight. Six armored figures stood in front of the two transformed ponies, swords drawn. In front of them was Discord’s creation, sparks flying out of it right claw, though it didn’t acknowledge the injury at all, and focused on the figures in front of it. The studious unicorn in a new body studied the new ponies and what they were wearing.

The armor was very simple in design and it’s that design that seems to work. The armor was a dull grey and mainly covers the upper body, legs, arms, shoulders, and head. Underneath the armor was some sort of cloth, covering the figures’ entire bodies.

The gauntlets started at the claws and went up to the elbows. The claws’ top was covered with metal and the bottom was covered by the fabric. Twilight noticed that the section around the elbow was colored, a different color for each of the six. The boots were similar to the gauntlets, covering the entire foot and reached up to the knee, which is ended with colors, just like the gauntlets.

The body armor, which started at the waist and went to neck, had a little more detail to it, noticeable around the beast area. The top of the chest was somewhat in a V style, and also has a thick line of color under it, which ended at the center of the V and then down the center of armor piece. The shoulder pieces were simply round and form-fitted to fit snuggly around the shoulder without sacrificing movement. Like the elbows and knees, there were colors on the shoulder plates, but it only covered the center of the armor pieces.

The helmets were only piece that have any real design that set it apart from the rest of the armor. The bottom of the helmet has a wide rim, nearly touching the back of the body piece. The mouth was open, revealing the creatures’ mouths, and a small mask covers the eyes of their wearers. Finally, the tips were slated and slightly sharp, and there was a dual, horn-like object on the front of the helmets, just above the eyes.

Twilight turned her attention away from the armors and to the swords that each wielded. The swords were practically identically, except for the gem bridge between the guard of the sword and the base of the blade. The handle was pretty standard and nothing really stood out about it. The guard was shaped like a U and was slightly wide. Finally, the blade was close to three feet and ended with a double edge tip.

Twilight would have studied these new comers a little more, if the machine creature didn’t let out a mute scream and charged. Instantly two of the beings, warriors the only word that Twilight could think for them, stepped forward. One warrior has a sky blue diamond in his sword with the colors on his armor. His friend has a navy blue opal that matched the colors on his armor.

The D-spider, as Twilight named it, didn’t even flinch as the warriors took up battle stances, bringing to swords to point. The D-spider didn’t flutter as thrust it claws at the warriors. In total synchronization the two warriors thrust their swords into a defensive stand, and took the attack head on. Twilight was surprise when they were able to weathered the attack, without much trouble, say for sinking slightly in the soft ground. She was even more surprise to find the creation of Discord struggling to gain ground, despite the size advantage it has.

“Wind! Take those two and get out of here,” the sky blue warrior said with a light New Jersey accent. “Flower, Earth! Go and get those other two!”

Well Earth, a warrior with brown trimmings, and Flower, with her pink outlines, follow their supposed leader without question, Wind, the warrior with light tan trimmings, growl just enough that the transformed ponies could hear.

“No way, Thunder!” Wind replied in a light German accent, with angry disobedience. “I’m staying and tearing this thing a new wind hole!”

“Don’t argue!” Thunder barked at Wind viciously, which caused her to flinched slightly and nod. “Ocean, Fire, help me hold this thing off so the other Soul Warriors can do their part!”

Fire, the warrior with bright red trimmings nodded, as Thunder and Ocean threw the D-spider off them with a mighty push. Fire followed up by jumping high, higher then one would think possible when you’re wearing near full-body armor. The gem on his sword, which looks like a blood red ruby shaped like an arrow head, glowed and his entire blade began a blazing inferno.

“INFERNO DRILL!!” Fire cried out and thrust his sword down.

Twilight watch as the fire flew from the warrior’s sword and spin like a drill, just as the name suggested. The attack hit dead center and pushed the creature down, but not out. The D-spider weathered the attack as it faded and it regain it footing. It didn’t have time to completely regain it momentum, as Thunder and Ocean jumped into the air. Their swords began to glow with some sort of energy, as Thunder’s sword began energized with lightening, and Ocean’s sword became incased in water.

“THUNDER SHOT!!” Thunder held out his sword in front of him, and a small ball of electricity came out of it as the warrior recoiled slightly from the shot being fired.

“AQUA SLASH!!” Ocean thrust his sword down and released a crescent slash of water.

The aqua slash traveled behind the thunder shot for about half a second before it collided with the small ball, propelling it faster as the lightening was mix with the water. The D-spider cried out in agony as the odd power hit it straight on. The creature wasn’t able to shrug off this new attack as easily as it had the previously one. Or maybe that earlier attack had weakened it slightly. Whatever the reason, the creature struggled to regain it momentum.

Twilight finally tore her eyes away from and looked at the one before her. Wind was fidgeting clearly eager to get into the fight. Yet, she stays where she was, probably out of fear of what her leader would do. This didn’t go unnoticed by Thunder, as he looked at Wind when he landed.

“What are you doing Wind!” Thunder barked angrily. “Get those two out of here!”

Wind growled lowly as she thrust her sword behind her and it disappeared in a swirl of wind, shocking Twilight. She next moved behind the two startled ponies, and leaned down, warping her appendages around the ponies’ waists.

“Try not to loose your lunches, girlies,” Wind said with angry sarcasm.

Rainbow looked at the armored figure, probably to tell her off. She didn’t get the chance as she felt a swirl of wind appear under her, and before either of the transformed ponies knew what happening, they were soaring in the air, Wind having created the swirl of wind to add to her jump.

It was at that moment that Twilight realized something. The name of these warriors, these Soul Warriors, reflects the elements they control. Well, almost all of them have names that match their magic. Twilight looked at Thunder as he continued to fight alongside his follow warriors, as they landed next to the other transformed ponies.

His name’s Thunder and yet he uses lightening, I wonder why? Twilight thought to herself.

The former unicorn would have pondered this farther, if she didn’t feel a claw rest on her right shoulder. She looked to her right, and was meant with the deeply concern eyes of a familiar pony.

“Are you o-okay?” Fluttershy asked shyly.

Much like the rest of the group, Fluttershy’s voice had undergone a certain degree of change. It was still soft and timid, but it was also slight deeply, but like the others changed ponies, one would need to know the shy pony to detect the change. Her timid friend also have an accent that former unicorn couldn’t place. Twilight smiled reassuringly at her friend and patted her with her injure claw, biting her lip from moaning in pain.

“I’m okay, Fluttershy…thanks to these brave ponies,” Twilight replied once her pain subsided, oblivious to the stare she got from Wind.

Fluttershy smiled in relief, and that made Twilight’s smile grow a little. She turned back to the fight when she was sure he friend was ok enough, and was surprise by what she saw. The three soul warriors had changed tactics and were using the creature’s size against it. Ocean would lead the charge, using his magic to wet the creature’s legs and Thunder would follow up be electrocuting the wet spots. The D-spider was shocked greatly, but kept itself upright as Fire made his move. The warrior rushed the creature, sword ablaze, and sent another inferno drill at the D-spider.

The creation of Discord did something quite unexpected just now; he jumped to the right and avoids the magical attack all together. The other two warriors didn’t let that stop them as they charged forward, sword charging with their respective elements. Thunder and ocean used a reverse of the attack combination they used before, with Thunder using a thunder slash and Ocean using an aqua shot. The D-spider, probably because it witnessed a similar attack before hand, was able to counter it by jumping high into the air. It then did something quite unexpected again. It thrust its claw out and fired them like a Pegasus flying at high speed. The three soul warriors weren’t prepare for the suddenly attack and took it straight on. The three were sent flying back a good distance, but they manage to flip up right and land on their feet before crushing. They stopped themselves by thrusting their swords deep into the ground.

The three Soul Warriors straightened up, took their swords from the ground, and got back into battle stances, ready to continue the fight.

Twilight watched this all, feeling both fascinated and frightened at the same time. She was amazed at the endurance and stamina these creatures processed. They have been fighting for nearly five minutes, and with all the battle magic they been using, they most be exhausting themselves greatly. And yet they were able to take a hit dead on and recovered from it with little problems.

Truly, these Soul Warriors were something else.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but fear the creature they were fighting. It was obvious that the D-Spider was learning the more it was fought. Given enough time the creature could figure out ways around the warriors’ defense and that didn’t sit right with her. She looked at her protector, planning on telling her this in hopes that she could somehow warn her friends before something bad happens.

That plan was put on hold when a loud scream pierced the air, and the transformed ponies and their protector looked toward the source of the noise. What Twilight saw made her heart sank. The princesses and the other two soul warriors, who have been largely forgotten because of the fight, had not gone smoothly. Princess Celestia had finally woken up, confused and probably a little disorientated, probably panicked when she saw the strange creatures. She was currently fighting as her sister tried to calm her down.

Twilight thought about trying to shout over to her mentor and try to calm her, when a mechanic noise startled her. She looked at the D-spider, and to her horror saw the creature heading towards the princesses. The male soul warriors were trying to catch up to it, but even with the speed their have they wouldn’t reach the reach before it reach the princesses.

The former unicorn gaps, as she recalled the event when the creature attacked Rainbow and herself. The creature was attacking the princesses, only to turn its attention on Twilight and her friend had scream when falling. She realized that the creature fines its prey through sound and that gave her an idea.

She turned to her protector and spoke as calmly as she could, “If you can somehow tell your friends that the creature is attached to sound, you might be able to lure it away from the princesses, and your friends.”

Wind looked at the former pony, eye balling her suspiciously. Twilight held firm, believing in her plans. Wind gave a small smirk, as she touched her left wrist, to the puzzlement of the ponies. Their confusion only grows when she began to nod, and they watched as her smirk grew into a grin. After a few seconds Wind release her hold on her wrist and looked at the ponies.

“Listen,” Wind said, her face turning serious. “I’m going to help my friends. Thunder wants you all to keep as quiet as possible. Can you do that?”

“Okie-Dokie-lokie!” Pinkie Pie said in her usual chirpy voice, earning a small glare from Wind.

Unlike the other misplaced ponies, Pinkie’s voice wasn’t all that changed. About the only thing that could be heard in her voice was an accent that no pony recognized.

Wind glared at Pinkie for about minute before sighing, and drawing her right arm behind her back. Her sword appeared in the same fashion that it disappeared, and Twilight saw the tan sapphire embedded in the sword. Wind swirled under the warrior’s feet, and she jumped, using the wind to add extra speed and she landed near her friends. The ponies watched as she held her sword out in front of her and began to lightly spin it. She continued this for a few seconds, and soon a funnel was created, and reached high into the sky.

Satisfied with her work, Wind removed her sword from the funnel she created, and brought up her free hand. With a small push a wondrously sound began to pass through the funnel, filling the air. The sound did the trick and the D-spider changed course again. The male warriors wasted no time in attacking, Thunder leading the charge like any true leader.

Twilight continue to watch as the warriors attacked anew, changing their approach ever few seconds to confused and keep the creature off-balance. If she didn’t know any better she would say the warriors had a way to talk with each other without actually talking. She turned her eyes to Wind, and watched as she continued with her decoy tactic, moving around every few seconds so the D-Spider wouldn’t be able to track her easy.

Amazing… Twilight thought in amazement. The level of control these warriors have over their magic. I can never do what Wind’s doing without pushing my body close to it limit.

The transformed unicorn turned her attention away from the fight and to her mentor. Princess Luna had managed to calm her sister down, and Flower was now doing something. Twilight couldn’t what happening because they were so far away, but looks like Princess Celestia was doing better. She also noticed that Princess Luna was standing, though she had a bad leg.

Twilight smiled, glad that her mentor and sister were doing better. That smiled disappeared when she heard her friends gasp faintly, and looked back at the battle. She couldn’t help but gasp as well, when she realized that the D-Spider has figure out the warriors’ plan, and was now just attacking anything it sees. Wind had abandon her decoy tactic and join with the other warriors on the attack, fighting closely with Fire.

Wind was in front of the male warrior and her sword was being charged with her element. Fire was doing the same thing as well, and it left Twilight to wonder what was going through the two warriors’ heads.

“HURRICANE CROSS!!!” in rapid secession Wind swing her sword in front of her and creating her attack’s name.

“INFERNO DRILL!!” Fire cried as he launched his attack.

The two attacks were on a straight away for the D-spider, but something odd happened. The inferno drill collided with the hurricane cross, and to the ponies’ surprise, merged into a single attack. The combed attack hit the D-spider dead center and a small explosion occurred, partially blocking the creature in smoke.

The D-spider stumble a bit, as Thunder and Ocean, who were trailing behind their friends, jumped high into the air. Their swords were already charged with their respective elements, only it was much stronger then before.

“THUNDER…” Thunder thrust his sword to the sky, and lightening shot up, reaching a good three to four feet in the air where it formed into a blade-like structure. “…BLADE!!” He then thrust his sword down.

“TSUNAMI SLAM!!” Ocean thrust his sword in front of him and that send a stream of hard water out.

The lightening and the water merged together to form a more powerful force that slam right into the D-spider. Because it wasn’t fully recovered from the earlier attack, and wasn’t able the weather the new attack, the creature got knocked back as it was being electrocuting. There was a small explosion a moment after the powerful attack hit, and the creation was sent flying, crushing down a few feet from the ponies. The creature twitched a little, as it tried to upright itself, and the transformed creatures could see that same of its chest plating have been blown apart, and something glowing could be seen in the exposed area.

“OOHH YEAH!” Rainbow screamed, forgetting not to make a sound.

Twilight and Applejack moved quickly, covering their overexcited friend’s mouth. But it was to late, the creature most have heard her, as it tried to look in their direction. It then did something both amazing and frightening; the creature swing it’s claw behind it head, and use it extending claws to help it back to it feet. It then turned it attention to the transformed ponies and began making it way to them.

Twilight and her friends tried to make a run for it, but in their haste they lost what little control they have over their new bodies and the tripped over their own feet, felling into a hump. Twilight manage to untangle herself enough to look behind her, and screamed when she saw the creature was over of her.

Thunder suddenly land in front of the transformed ponies, his entire body alive with lightening. “I don’t think so!!” He screamed as he thrust his sword out in front of him.

The blade became energized in a matter of seconds, and a thunder blade was fired point blink at the creature. The creature, in a surprising move, was able to lean down enough that the center wasn’t hit. Still, the blade of energy tore through it, and threw it back a good complete of feet.

Thunder stopped his attack and took up his battle stance. He stared at the creature, as it struggle to stay on it feet. It managed to straighten itself up, only to start shacking violently. The warrior could also see the light in center of the D-spider’s exposed chest starting to glow brightly. Thunder suddenly gasp and dropped his sword, spinning so he was facing the ponies. Within a couple of seconds, the other warriors had appeared and covered them as best they could.

“Whatever you do, don’t look at what’s coming next!” Thunder said in a harsh whisper. “Trust me you wouldn’t like what’s coming next!”

Twilight looked at the mysterious pony, and was about to ask what he meant. The words died on her mouth when she saw a bright flash of light over head, and everything went dark after that.

(…)

Thunder held his own eyes shut for about a minute and half before he dared to open them. Even after opening them, he found himself a little dizzy. The feeling wore of quickly, and he pulled himself from the pile. He looked at his friends and saw them recovering as well.

Even with our powers we still can’t handle a flash pulse very good, He thought warily, and looked behind him.

He frowns when he noticed the creature was gone, and a quick scan confirmed that it wasn’t anywhere near by. He growl lowly as he looked back at the mysterious girls they found. He frowns when noticed that they were all out cold. He watched as Ocean, now recovered, kneels in front of the girls, and looked at his right hand. The gauntlet disappeared with a swirl of water and the fabric cover his hand retracted. Once his hand was bare, Ocean began to examine the mysterious girls.

“Well…” Thunder asked calmly.

Ocean looked at his friend, his expression void of emotions. “They’re fine, just knocked out from seniority overload from being indirectly exposed to the Flash Pulse. They should recover in a few hours,” the warrior that controls the waters replied calmly.

Thunder nodded and looked where the other warriors and their charges were. He was glad that Earth was able to put some of kind of earth dome before the flash went off. He jumped from the small hill side, and ran with unnatural speed the second his feet touched the ground. He reached the other within seconds, came to a stop in front it, and knocked lightly on the dome of earth that covered the other two warriors and their charges.

“...Sorry, no one is home at the moment! Leave a name and number, and we will get back to you in the next two decades.” Thunder cocked an eyebrow as he heard Earth’s goofy tone followed by a light whack and heard Earth voice once again, “OW, it was a joke, a joke! Ok?”

Thunder just shook his head, and watched as the dome began to shutter and opened at the top. Within the span of five and half seconds the dome have been completely absorb back into the ground, and Thunder could see his follow warriors and their charges. He nearly cracked a grin when he noticed Earth rubbing his jaw. That feeling left him when he noticed the two unconscious women behind his friends. Both were out like lights, no doubt due to the flash pulse.

“How are they?” Thunder asked Flower.

The pink warrior looked at the two females, and sigh slightly. “They fine, just knocked out due to that flash pulse,” Flower looked at Thunder, her eyes wanting to tell him something.

The warrior that controls lightening didn’t missed the tone his light Japanese accented friend had sent, and was about to ask what was wrong.

“Listen, coz,” Earth said in a light Russian accent, having stopped his jaw rubbing to address his cousin. “There’s something you got to know, about these two women.”

Thunder looked at Earth, his expression serious, “Go on…”