Friendship is herrrrreeeeeee!!!

by Unlimited Harmony Xtreme

Fourze Takes The Stage

This chapter…oh boy. Wow this one was fun to write, more so than usual. I’m pretty confident that this is my best chapter so far (and not just because it’s the first fight). I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it

Chapter 4: Fourze Takes The Stage

“Mommy, mommy” a small colt cried out from the audience “it’s a Precursor. It looks just like the pictures in my book”

“So it’s true…Carter really is the last Precursor” Shining marveled, seeing Fourze in all its glory

“Wait. He’s what!?” one of the guards near Shining balked

“What the hell are you doing!?” demanded a baffled Orion

‘That’s a good question; just what the hell am I doing! I just grabbed the Fourze Driver, some Switches and ran out here, why!?’ Fourze mentally chided himself. Gathering his wits and courage, Fourze gave the him his ultimatum “leave this place now Orion…or I ’ma whoop your ass”

Orion took time to consider this, and came up with a clever, well thought out rebuttal “Buwa ha ha ha!!! Ok, ok. I got to hand it to you; that was pretty funny. Because you gave me the best laugh I’ve had in forever, and because we’re both kinsmen; I’ll let join me in my rampage” this caused a generic group gasp from the onlookers, which the two combatants
ignored

Fourze cocked his head to the side “who still uses the word ‘kinsmen’?” he mused. Suddenly realizing the implications of what he just said Fourze shot up and replied with “hey! The two of us are nothing alike! You monsters have taken countless innocent lives.”

Orion sighed “so you’re goanna be like that huh? It’s too bad really; we could have had a blast wrecking this place. It all looks so…” despite the fact that Orion had no facial control, his expression and voice seemed extremely menacing with his next word “breakable”

A chill ran down Fourze’s spine “I’d rather die than join the demons that took everything from me! You monsters killed my family!”

“I’ll take it you’re not going to accept my offer?” Orion checked

“What the?” Fourze’s shook a little in disbelief “no I’m not going to join you! How thick are you!?”

Orion cupped his chin with the hand that held his shield “well I do have a lot of armor plating…”

One of the knights by Shining Armor’s side turned to his downed captain and asked “um…sir is this how Precursors and Dark Precursors fight?”

Instead of answering back immediately, Shining Armor, who Cadence was trying her best to heal, found that he actually had to think about it “you know; I’m not sure”

“That’s not what I meant!” Fourze raged “Now you’re just messing with me”

“Whatever would make you think that?” Orion asked with any annoyingly sarcastic voice

“That! What’re you’re doing right now”

“Get on with it!” some random pony, a female, from the audience yelled

“What!?” Fourze balked. Turning to the direction the voice came from he said “I’m fighting to keep this guy from killing…whoever that is” he pointed at Celestia “and destroying this city. And you have the gall to tell me to ‘get on with it’!?”

“Yes” the same voice answered

“Oh screw you random audience pony!” Fourze yelled in frustration

Meanwhile, Orion was laughing it up “oh man! This is rich!”

“Stop laughing!” Fourze demanded “This is supposed to be a dramatic moment!”

“Oh really?. I couldn’t tell” Orion said, jovial as always

Fed up, Fourze finally said “alright screw this!” forgoing what little banter there may have been left to go through, Fourze charged at Orion. Orion held his arms out, as if to say ‘come at me bro!’ Reaching Orion, Fourze hit him square in the chest with the hardest punch he could muster “take this you monster!” Fourze cried out as he hit him. The ‘smack’ sound that came from the blow seemed to send out a wave of silence; everyone stood right where they were, frozen, until Fourze broke the silence “AHHHHHH!” quickly pulling back his hand he tightly gripped it with his other one and began shaking it

Orion broke out into laughter again “this…this is just amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever had this much fun before”

“Why YOU” Fourze cried indignantly before kicking him just as hard as he punched him. The kick sent a second wave
of silence, only this one was over rather quickly “AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” Fourze pulled his foot back and started hopping on
his good one “that was so stupid, why did I do that!?”

After a few seconds of laughing at Fourze, Orion spoke up “yeah, my armor is pretty hard, but you know what’s even harder?”

If anyone could see his face, they would have noticed Fourze giving Orion a blank stare “dude I swear, if you say your di-” but a smack to the head from Orion’s club stopped him mid-sentence, one that sent him flying into a nearby water fountain

“My club” he answered “and really man, there’s kids here”

‘This is really bad’ Fourze lamented ‘I thought the Fourze Driver would give me a fighting chance, but I can’t even scratch him’ Then it hit him ‘duh! The Switches! Wow do I feel dumb’ picking himself up, Fourze prepared to charge back into the fight “ok, let’s try this one” he switched on Rocket. When he did, a computerized voice announced “ROCKET ON!” and the Rocket Module appeared on his right hand; it was an orange rocket about the size of one of his legs, his hand and wrist were stuck in the middle. Examining it, Fourze turned it over so it was pointing forward, to get a good look at the engines “huh, neat. Now how do I-” but the Rocket Module suddenly roaring to life put an end to his question “AHHHHH!” it took off fast, and dragged Fourze with it, straight towards Orion

“Oh this is goanna suck” complained Orion right before the out of control Fourze hit him. The impact not only made him lose his grip on his club and shield, but got him tangled up with Fourze; they were both spinning now, kept together with centrifugal force. His attempts to get free only succeeded in altering their trajectory; the two of them were now spiraling up to the sky very slowly.

Back on the ground, Shining Armor noticed Orion’s weapons lying on the ground “quick! Somepony get rid of that club and shield” two nearby unicorn guards did just that; picking both weapons up with telekinesis and hiding them on a nearby roof. Satisfied with that, Shining lifted his head back up “come on Carter, you can do this” he murmured to himself

Just then a familiar voice boomed from the direction of the castle “sister!” the princess of the night arrived on the scene, rushing to her elder sister’s side

“Luna” Celestia said her sister’s name with a weighty breath

“Sister! Are thou…are you ok?”

“I…just need to rest” she replied, still breathing heavily

The sight of her powerful sister beaten instilled a strange sense of rage and foreboding in Luna “who, or what hath done this to you?” she asked straining to keep a calm voice

“Luna…they’re real” was all she said

“What!? Who is real!?”

“The Precursors and the Dark Precursors”

“Sister…surly you must be joking! They are but old foal’s tales from long before our birth”

“Well Luna, that means I got defeated by an old foal’s tale”

“But sister-”

“The monster that did this to me bore the markings of Orion’s belt Luna. I wasn’t sure at first, but when the Precursor
started calling it ‘Orion’ then there was no doubt left in my mind. The stories tell of an evil race that was marked by stars,
what else could it mean?”

While Luna was processing what her sister told her, something jumped up at her “wait! You said there was a Precursor
here as well! I take it the two are locked in mortal combat somewhere in the city” her voice sounded both excited and
panicked at the same time. Celestia’s response was simply to look up at the sky, Luna followed suit, mentally preparing
herself for what was sure to be the most awe inspiring thing she had ever seen in her life. What she saw however, was what
looked like something flying around in a circle. “…I find this quite underwhelming sister”

“Trust me; it was very humorous before they took to the sky. It’s really a shame you had to miss it”

“It is indeed, I wish that I had been awoken earlier” Luna lamented

Back up in the sky, Orion and Fourze were halfway between the ground and the cloud barrier and were engaging in
polite and intelligent conversation “what the hell are you doing!?” Orion finally demanded, now more than sick and tired of
being dragged in a loop

“I don’t know!” Fourze replied, voice filed with panic

“Then stop it!”

“I don’t know how!”

“Well find a way to!” Orion bellowed as he started twisting Fourze’s right arm making them fly around sporadically.
Unfortunately for both of them, during this Orion yanked it down, so now the Rocket Module was pointing straight at the
ground, sending them both into a nose dive

Legend has it, that one that day, the screams of sheer terror the two of them let out reached as far as the griffin
kingdom. “You moron!!! Look what you just did!” Fourze yelled, absolutely lived

“Pull up! Pull up!! Pull up!!!” Orion stammered

“I’m trying!”

“Well try harder!”

Struggling to get control, Fourze began jerking his arm around. He managed to adjust their trajectory at the last
second, and they barely skimmed over a blue unicorn mare with a very light blue and white mane “hey! Watch it!”

Fourze tensed up “you!” he yelled, remembering her voice “I’ll be back for you random audience pony! I’ll remember
your face…” he managed to yell before flying out of earshot

Were he able too, Orion would have most likely hurled by this point “getting dizzy!”

“Ok, screw this!” Fourze switched Rocket off. The Rocket Module disappeared and the two of them began to slow
down. Once they reached the peak of their accent they came apart, no longer held together by extreme G’s

As gravity kicked in and dragged them back to earth, Orion vocalized his displeasure “you fool! Now we’ll both plummet
to our death! Are these horses really worth giving your life to protect!? This isn’t even stopping us; we will return here and
wipe them all out!”

Fourze’s response was simply “you done?” Orion nodded “good” Fourze switch Rocket back on “ROCKET ON!” and
flew down to the ground

“…oh yeah, I forgot all about that.” Orion plummeted to the ground, landing face first on the ground, leaving a crater.

When Fourze was just a few feet above the ground, he switched Rocket off. He landed on his feet, but stumbled and
nearly fell down “really need to practice with that” he mused. Taking a look at Orion, Fourze saw that he was struggling to
get back up. Which was mostly due to his dizzy state “now’s my chance!” Fourze switch the switch next to Rocket on
“LANUCHER ON!” the Launcher Module appeared on Fourze’s right leg. It was a single blue greave with 5 slots for
projectiles on the right side of it “time to-” but before he could finish his sentence, something occurred to him “oh crap. I can’t blind fire with this many civilians around. What was I thinking!?”

Orion was now on his knees, still struggling to get up thanks to his injuries. “Carter!” Shining called out “he’s getting back up. Hurry up and do something!”

“Yeah, yeah, hold your horses” Fourze briefly chuckled at his private joke before switching on the switch opposite of Rocket “RADAR ON!” the Radar Module, a dish connected to a glowing screen much like the one in the Rabbit Hutch, appeared on his left arm. He pointed it at Orion, and after a few seconds it started beeping “target lock! Fire” the five projectiles in the Launcher Module shot straight at Orion. Each hitting him dead on and exploding on impact

“AHHHH!!!” Orion cried out in pain as the explosions knocked him back into a building. “That’s it!” he bellowed “I’ve had enough of this!” he easily got back to his feet from his position, imbedded in a wall “prepare to die!” With a loud war cry, Orion charged at Fourze

“Awwww, is someone cranky?” Fourze mockingly cooed. He switched off Launcher and Radar and replaced them with the other two switches “Chainsaw! Parachute!” he switched Chainsaw on “CHAINSAW ON!” like Launcher, the Chainsaw Module was blue. Unlike it however, The Chainsaw Module had a…well…chainsaw on it. The chainsaw pointed up, parallel to his leg. Armed and ready, he charged to meet Orion

Orion threw a punch at Fourze’s face which he caught, as well as the second punch. Now locked in a stalemate, Orion could only mock him “you fool! Do you honestly think you can defeat me!?”

Fourze sighed “geez. Did I knock something loose in your brain when I hit you with Launcher, or are you just this bad at being original and witty when mad?” The Chainsaw Module came to life. The blade spinning as it lowered itself onto
Orion’s leg

“AHHHH!!!” Orion cried out in pain for the second time today. He broke off from Fourze, not wanting his leg cut off
“what the hell was that!?”

“You know?” Fourze began “I always used to wonder why my dad thought it was a good idea to make Chainsaw a leg
switch. Now that I’ve gotten to use it in battle…I can see why”

“I’ve had enough of this!!!” Orion bellowed

“You already said that” Fourze remarked

His comment made Orion make a noise that sounded bot angry and hurt “that’s it! I’m going to slaughter everyone
here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Orion started yelling

Fourze scoffed “this isn’t Dragon Ball Z bub” his mocking was cut short when he saw Orion begin to glow a sickly
golden color “shit! That doesn’t look good! I need to get him out of the city” he switched Rocket on “ROCKET ON!” and took off flying to Orion. This time he knew what he was doing. He grabbed Orion and readjusted the Rocket Module to send them up. After they had risen above the nearby mountain, Fourze let go “let’s try this one” He switch on the switch between Chainsaw and Parachute “DRILL ON!” The Drill Module manifested itself as a yellow drill on his left foot “wait a minute…” he gave a quick glance at the Rocket Module, and then the Drill Module “oh ha ha, very funny dad. Honestly, I would expect something more creative from him the a rocket powered drill kick”

Orion raged from his position in the air below Fourze “you’ll never beat-”

“Oh will you just shut up” Fourze screamed as he pulled the leaver on the side “Limit Break!” with the Drill Module
spinning at high speeds, the Rocket Module shot him down to Orion, tearing right through him in a massive explosion

The crowd below witnessed in horror as Fourze was engulfed by the flames “no” Shining lamented, as he tried to hold
back his tears

“Mommy” the young colt from before nudged his mother’s leg “is the Precursor going to be alright?” Not knowing how
to answer her son, the mother just stayed quiet

The solemn silence was broken by a familiar voice “PARACHUTE ON!” out of the dissipating cloud of Debris fell
Fourze, the Parachute Module’s 3 parachutes slowing his decent. The assembled ponies exploded in cheers.

“He survived…he survived!” Shining cried out

"Wow! As Fourze touched down on the ground, he was swarmed by many little colts and fillies “whoa! Personal space.”

“Wow! A real live Precursor! I told you they were real mommy, I told you!” one of the fillies bragged

“Hold on a second. What’s a Precursor?” Fourze asked

Shining now healed enough to walk, got to his hoof and trotted to Fourze “the Precursors are a mythical race that
existed long before recorded history. Legend has it that one of them, The First Mother, was the one to give us language. It’s
said that they had technology far beyond our capabilities and that they were wiped out by the evil Dark Precursors”

Fourze shrugged “eh. That does kind of sound like my species; don’t know what to make of ‘The First Mother’ though.
And I know that I’m in the future. So…yeah, it sounds like I’m what you call a Precursor” a gasp ran through the crowed ‘got
to hand it to these ponies, they sure are synchronized’

“What do you mean you sound like a Precursor?” the colt from earlier asked

Fourze knelt down and ruffled his mane a bit “well little guy, we didn’t call ourselves Precursors. That would sound a
little weird”

Because of her sister’s injuries, Luna took it upon herself to greet the newcomer in the name of Equestria “Greetings
noble Precursor” while she managed to hide it well, she was extremely nervous. There was no standard procedure for
dealing with lone surviving members of an elder race. So she was just going to have to play it by ear

“Hey, what’s-” he froze upon seeing Luna

Worried she had somehow offended him, Luna asked “have I said something to-” but Fourze interrupted her

“Oh my god!” he exclaimed much to the shook of everyone around “you are so adorable!”

Celestia let out a quick laugh. A very light blush appeared on Luna’s face “…did you just call me adorable?” she
couldn’t remember the last time someone had referred to her like that

“I could just hug you right now. But I don’t want to invade your personal space” he continued

Most of the crowd didn’t know how to react. Shining however did; a simple facehoof conveyed his current feeling quite
well. Treading carefully, Luna wisely changed the subject “yes well…thank you. I believe there are things we need to
discuss”

Fourze let out an amused breath “yeah I bet we do.” A team of medics finally made it to the scene, they had with them
a stretcher and several first aid kits “those your medics? They sure took their sweet time getting here”

“Yes, I suppose they did” Luna made a mental note make sure she and the medics were alerted soon the next time
something like this happened. She addressed the head medic “attend to my sister” the medics lifted the princess of the sun
onto the stretcher and carted her off “I believe it would be best to wait until my sister recover”

“Fine with me” Fourze answered “what should I do until then?”

“I can take you to the guard barracks to wait” Shining offered

“Fine with me” he replied “that cool with you?” he asked Luna

“Yes. That is quite… ‘cool’” she answered

Fourze turned back to Shining “alright then, lead the way”

Well, that the first battle, tell me what you think. For the most part, the Zodiart fights and switch debuts will happen in the
same order as the original. Also, about the first line of dialog this chapter; there are books with stories about the Precursors in Equestria. They include very crude pictures of them.

Comments

[ISWIS]

I WAS LAUGHING THE ENTIRE TIME!!!!

[Smurf]

lol that was crazy awesome!

[striberx]

eh... 8 out of 10. but it's still a good story.