Equestria Adventures: Enemy Appears
Twilight was rather surprised at the urgent summons to Canterlot, especially when she was instructed to only bring Spike with her. While confused, she recognized from the tone of the letter that it was of supreme importance, and thus instructed Qwark to keep an eye on Ponyville while she was away, placing him in charge of the town's defense. While Ratchet, Clank, and even Nefarious were better tacticians and strategists, Qwark had proven again and again that no one bested him when it came to playing tank, and the others were more likely to hare off on attempts at a flashy resolution to a threatening situation involving them plunging into the heart of enemy forces to single-handedly destroy the oncoming onslaught. While all well and good, Twilight wanted someone in charge who knew how to Sit and Stay.
She'd actually been glad to be more or less left out of the latest interaction with foreign dignitaries up in the Crystal Empire. She'd never liked the 'sit pretty and polite' part of politics, much preferring when she could just tell the various politicos what they had to do knowing she'd be obeyed implicitly. Thinking about that had made her realize why she so readily compared being Qwark's VP to being Nefarious' Dragon, as the trope would describe it. However, those thoughts were not for now, as she was about to meet with Celestia, Luna, and Cadence in Canterlot regarding whatever matter of importance called for this emergency meeting.
As she took her seat at the table with the others, Celestia began explaining. "Tirek and his brother Scorpan came to this land with the intent of stealing Equestrian magic," she explained, showing images within a storybook for reference. "But Scorpan-"
"Yeah, I kinda already know all this," Twilight interrupted. "When I haven't been overseeing unimportant affairs or spitting common sense at my friends to get them to drop the idiot balls they've been stuck with or playing tutor to their sisters, I've been spending the time since the Tree of Harmony spat that box out using the Time Window Grandpa Orvus lent me to look back through Equestria's ancient history for any of the old villains and threats that were still alive that I might have to deal with, just to make sure we can handle them without the Elements." She then glanced over at Luna. "But speaking of Scorpan..."
Luna glanced away, suppressing a blush. "That particular event is not important to the current crisis, Twilight," she grumbled in embarrassment.
"But yeah, I'm already aware of Tirek and all that," Twilight continued. "Let me guess, he escaped Tartarus back when Cerberus wandered from his post, and he's finally regained enough strength to start stealing pony magic again?"
Cadence chuckled at Celestia's stunned expression. "Really, Auntie, you should have expected this," she pointed out playfully. "Twilight was always one to be as prepared as ponily possible for any conceivable situation, the only limit being the situations she could conceive of. Her galactic adventures have simply expanded - if not flat out removed - that limitation, so she's obviously the best equipped to hunt down Tirek. That's why you called her here, isn't it?"
"Actually, I had another in mind for that task," Celestia corrected, trying to smooth past the awkwardness she felt. "Discord has the ability to sense imbalances in the magical field, such as when Tirek drains a pony's magic-"
"Can he sense it over the experiments I've been running in my lab regarding the fundamental nature of Equestria's magical field?" Twilight asked worriedly. "I mean, he's popped in no less than 17 times complaining of the headache they've been giving him, and despite all efforts I haven't been able to tweak it so he doesn't feel it, and that's not the sort of experiment you just shut off..."
Celestia stared at Twilight, completely poleaxed. "...Twilight, I'm not entirely certain now if there is a way to stop Tirek-"
"I just need to tweak my RYNO weapons to run on Harmony energy," Twilight interrupted. "Based on my studies, the primary function of Harmony Power is to restore things to their natural state...in this case, returning any magic Tirek's stolen to the ponies he's stolen it from. Which means my friends and I should head to the Palace of the Pony Sisters and focus on getting the box open. Probably safer to plug the big guns into that then trying to plug them into the Tree of Harmony directly."
"And...what?" Luna asked worriedly. "After that, you simply intend to wait until Tirek comes to Ponyville before blasting him to bits?"
"Pretty much, yeah," Twilight confirmed. "I mean, Ponyville and the Everfree is one of the most magic-rich regions on the entire continent. If Tirek wants to steal all of Equestria's magic, he'll come there eventually...and a powerful enough Harmony blast will repair any damage he's done in the meantime. Heck, as soon as he has enough strength he thinks he can take anything short of an alicorn, he'll probably head for the Everfree for a hiding place while he drains magic from the creatures there, and any pony who wanders into the forest. If he's going to come to me anyway, why should I put myself - and thus the country - in danger by looking for him?"
Celestia groaned, burying her face in her hooves. "I can't argue the point...but by the Makers, I need a vacation."
"By the way, Nefarious is going to be kidnapping us before the afternoon is up," Twilight pointed out. "Qwark is going to team up with Shining, Pinkie, and Spike to rescue us, since Nefarious has already snagged Rarity."
"You seem remarkably lax about the idea of your boyfriend kidnapping you and the rest of us," Cadence pointed out as Celestia and Luna glanced around nervously.
"He's going to be holding us in the Ponyville Day Spa," Twilight pointed out. "He was already taking over it when I left for this meeting. It's how he snagged Rarity in the first place."
"So...this 'kidnapping' is actually a carefully veiled excuse for a vacation just before a huge crisis?" Luna clarified carefully.
"In essence," Twilight confirmed.
Celestia let out a resigned sigh. "...just let me grab my shades..."
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I guess Celestia has to "Deal with it."
I like the implication here that Celestia is STILL hungover.
Twilight has broken beings far more stronger and out of this world, challenging entire galaxies in threat, than 'Eats magic to get stronger and might destroy 1 world'. I think she will be fine.
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Luna x SCorpan. totally awesome new ship. Lets make that happen.... And now I am wondering if she actually fast forwards past the naughty parts of history... or takes notes......
Aww! i wanted the orbital death ray! Oh, well it might still show up.
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7955358 Dude.
7955358 that picture is great
Twilight's gobsmack attack continue.
And Twilight gets ready to lay the smack down. This fic, as opposed to the others, seems to act like it's going to continue past Tirek. I'm not sure if I'm looking at things that aren't there or what, but if it does I'll be a very happy camper. This is by far my favorite of your fics, and the longer it goes, the better in my opinion. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
7955280 While I do admit it's one of Celestia's shadiest ideas she has to admit that Twilight's got it made in the shade.
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If you care to continue....
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And let's watch Tirek get his flank handed back to him on a platter. Again.
Bitches.
Love.
Cannons.
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Judging by how this version of Twilight has been handling herself, my vote is on her taking notes and devising ways to improve the experience.
*clears throat* "Ahem, we will now starting the betting! I say Ten-bits, that one more week, and Celestia has a total mental break down"
I am starting to wonder how muck of a functioning alcoholic Celestia has become? Plus I think Twilight will still have a few issues useing the box.
7955549 I don't know... Cadence is taking everything remarkably well. Almost too well. Five bits on Cadence suppressing her panic attack, leading to a large one later down the line.
Looks like Nefarious has expanded his villainous repertoire to the time-honored practice of kidnapping princesses.
Also, he seriously needs his own comic book series. "Evil Robot Alicorn Captures Four Princesses!" would sell quite a few copies.
well now there goes my idea of twi putting tirek in a magic hamster ball that makes him super small & having all the other tirek's that the main 6 have killed &/or humiliated's shike all in one body thus giving him the most unusil multi personality order.
7955280 oh god... Can't stop laughing!
why not simply kill him with a big gun?
7955280 That sire.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Nothing says 'Dominated' like a carefree vacation before kicking someone's ass after meticulous planning.
Celestia, you put her on the path to being super OP. Accept responsibility or that headache will never go away.
7955605 Twenty on Twilight turning the entire government on its head and appointing a governor for the planet, along with bringing tech to the planet slowly.
7955821 if you mean Tirek, I have to ask. Which would be worse? A Quick (relatively) death. OR Being beaten within an inch of your life, and being sent back to Tartarus knowing that once the others there find out your ass was kicked by a pony your cred is then gone?
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Double that says she's already working on the latter while the former is still in the planning stages, probably with some Machiavellian scheme to get the nobility to willingly give up what hereditary power they currently have left with smiles on their faces.
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While the latter has appeal, the former is much more pragmatic, which would be more in line with Twilight's current modus operandi. After all, corpses can't fester in their hatred, waiting for eternity for the opportunity for revenge (again)... Unless they're robot-ghost-zombie-pirates of course, but they're all unfailingly loyal to Twilight...
does this mean we may be getting 6 FTF RYNOs each one keyed in to an aspect of harmony using the 6 "keys" that Twilight and her friends already aquired?
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If it does, heaven help the poor fool who will become deader than dead.
7955969 he cant come back then and it whould have a comical factor if he dies that easily
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I like Nefarious' plan to 'kidnap' Twilight, Rarity, and the other princesses and imprison them in the spa. I can just see Tirek ripping off the roof only to get blasted by all four princesses at once so they can go back to getting a massage or whatever pampering they were in the middle of that he interupted.
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Tirek: You- *kaboom*
Twilight: Really? Oh well, I guess we can get a tan now..
Everyone else: *looks at Twilight like WTF?*
7961748 Lol, yeah, just like that. But Celestia, Luna, and Cadence getting in their own hits would also be good.
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Sure they do! It's kinda the big thing with the Wraiths- where they phase to become invulnerable/move through walls and then phase back with their claws in your chest...
Deathmarks (the snipers) do a similar thing where they shift to another dimension when hunting.
7962885 meh, Necrons are probably the race i know least about (cept for Dark Eldar) and i was thinking you based that off of the phase sword the Callidus Assassin has. Ma bad.
On the bright side, new knowledge, yay~
Also, am i the only one upset at the retcon of the Heavenfall Wars?
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Better than the alternative of him being a child of Ilos or a Draconi Quant.
7964506 a child of IIos doesn't fit him at all.
Can he just be a Cabal that is an eternal?
Ooh, that actually does fit. If that one fellow Alpharius killed is a Cabal eternal, that works for the plumber quite well.
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Oh! Good catch on Cabal eternal.
By God's beard! The Harmony RYNO is nigh!
7964990 it worked in a few other stories i read used guns were shotguns and or at rifles i think