Perfect Day, part 1
Shining slowly opened his eyes, feeling like he'd just drunk his weight in booze. At least, that's what he thought that felt like based on what Sig had said about his hangovers. Obviously, Keira's idea of a 'smooth ride' was very different from his own. As his eyes fully opened, however, he found himself blinking in confusion.
He was lying on a rather plush bed, filled with something really soft that made it really comfortable. Even the beds in the Royal Palace in Haven hadn't been this soft, and Sandover and Spargus had used hammocks. The blankets were also especially comfortable. However, far from being comforting, it put him on alert. Leaping out of bed, he quickly did a scan of himself and his surroundings.
Okay...no Eco in the environment, but a lot of the stuff I use for my magic, so this is my world. Plenty of Light and Dark Eco inside me, if I can ever figure out how to tap Light Eco. Bed, dresser, and armor stand...with armor that looks nothing like Precursor work. Purple and gold? Royal colors? Glancing aside, he saw that his Precursor made armor was in an open drawer nearby, somehow. Keeping track of that just in case. Looks like I can hide it under this new stuff. He then began to examine the surroundings.
Let's see...rather spartan in terms of furnishing, despite the luxury of said furnishing. Pictures... He saw a picture of four unicorns, a blue stallion, a grey mare, a purple filly, and himself. All four were smiling. Must be my family. Hope I can find my diary or something to tell me who they are. From the age of myself in that picture, I must have been fully grown when I got sent to Dad...huh. Wonder if I should still think of King Damas as Dad or Night Light...Night Light? Huh, so that's his name. ...figure that part out later. He glanced around at the other pictures. Hmm...lots of me and that little filly. Sister, maybe? The way she seems to be following me around kinda reminds me of how Talwy followed Jak...I meant Keira. Hmm...Talwy...Twiley? That sounds right...oh, someone else with Twiley.
He glanced at the picture of little Twiley and a pink mare with the multi-colored mane and tail, with a horn and wings. Huh. Looks like a sitter or something. At least they're close. Or maybe another sister? Though she wasn't in the family photo... He continued to take in his surroundings. Wow. There are...a lot of pictures of that pink mare. I seriously hope that means she's my girlfriend or something. I'd hate to think I was some creepy stalker- He stumbled across a picture near the bed of himself and said pink mare in a passionate kiss, himself seeming to wave off the camera. Okay, with how happy she looks, pretty sure that means girlfriend.
He raised his eyes towards the ceiling, intending to gather his thoughts...only to catch sight of a picture of said pink mare in a rather risque negligee that somehow made her appearance even more stimulating than all the other images around where she - like nearly every other pony in pictures - was naked. In one corner of the picture was a note in pink. 'Dream of me, Shiney - Cady.'
Okay...apparently Cady is a lot more than just my girlfriend, Shining concluded. Wow. Uh...wow. Well, she's certainly...wow. He dragged his eyes away from the picture on the canopy of the bed to get his thoughts straight. Okay, need to find my journal or something. That ought to tell me something-
At that point, the door slowly creaked open, and the tallest pony he'd ever seen stepped through. She was pure white, with wings and horn, and her mane and tail flowed in the breeze in all the colors of the aurora. She smiled down at him, gilded regalia proclaiming her royal status. "Up already, Captain?" she asked softly. "Given the state of emergency and other events, I'm pleasantly surprised. That bachelor party my niece arranged for you was rather...rowdy." She shot a brief glance upwards, caught sight of the underside of the bed canopy, and chuckled. "Though I see why she felt she had nothing to worry about with those dancers."
Shining thought quickly as he desperately tried to center himself. Okay, apparently she's my fiance, not girlfriend, if I had a bachelor party...which she arranged for me. My fiance is a total freak. ...I like that. Still, gotta get my head in the game. Oh! Party means booze, right? "Umm, I think I might have drunk a bit too much, Your Highness," he spoke up. Highness? Shouldn't I say Majesty? Well, she doesn't seem offended, so roll with it. "I'm still a little addled. What...state of emergency, exactly?"
The regal celestial being before him -
Celestial? Why did I think that? Highness is Princess...Celestia. Oh, that's her name! Glad these memories are coming back like this, but better pay attention.
-pursed her lips in a frown. "I'm not entirely certain, I'm afraid. Princess Cadence went on a diplomatic mission, intending to be back today with plenty of time to prepare for her wedding...but she apparently sent you a message about a threat to the city of Canterlot. Between that and a royal wedding in the works, we felt it best to beef up security to its highest, complete with you casting your aegis all around the city." She glanced out the window. "A very impressive enchantment, since it is maintaining itself despite you having apparently forgotten about it."
Oh, that's why I felt like my shield is up. It is up. An entire city, though? Well, there's a lot more magical energy here... "I'm ready to do my duty, Princess Celestia," he promised fervently. Just as soon as I remember what that is.
"In that case, you'd best get to your post," Celestia observed idly, gesturing to his armor. "You managed to forget to send your sister an invitation to the wedding, so I sent one from my desk. She should be arriving soon."
"Twiley?" Shining gasped in surprise. "Oh, I haven't seen her in so long!" True in more ways than one, he thought to himself.
Celestia chuckled softly. "If I were one of those gossip columnists, I could read so much into how both you and Cadence were more excited before she left about seeing Twilight again than your own upcoming nuptials. As I'm not, I'll simply find it amusing, and advise you make sure my niece doesn't notice." With that and an enigmatic smile, she turned and swept out of the room.
Shining paused, glancing between his Precursor armor and the Captain armor. Better defense but risk awkward explanations I'm not ready for, or stealth? After a time, he donned the Captain armor. Here's hoping Jak's out there somewhere, sees my aegis up, and comes looking for me...not only do I have no idea what I'm doing, I don't want him to miss my wedding.
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Heh heh heh. Methinks that Queen Chrysalis and the Changelings invasion is NOT going to go so well.
7740518 Fro think's so too.
whelp it's time to smack a changling sorry queenie I adore you but, Clearly you're going to get smacked. Also Sorry Sombra you're gonna get smacked in the epilogue.
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Jak & Co. are gonna shred some fuckin' changlings.
Huh.... an odd place to return....
Hmm.... it's like everything happened in the span of a single night for equestria but for Shining, it all took years.... time is a strange thing indeed....
I was not expecting this. It is not unwanted, just unexpected.
At least their close
1. They're.
Huh, so Shining had the equivalent of an out of body experience in comparison to the rest of the PWNY crew. Though Rarity's case might be similar... hmm... Rainbow punched through time and space, Fluttershy and Spike were teleported, Pinkie... Uhh, I think created the universe. Hmm... can't remember AJ but from this point my mind is hazy on the details. Oh well, now I feel boneheaded for thinking too much.
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Depends on if the author is considering Sombra's backstory in the comics to be canon. The Empire's leader basically left him to die in ignorance, without so much as a "You're having a strange negative reaction to the Crystal Heart, perhaps you should move to Equestria". With a sob story like that, he's prime PWNyverse redemption material.
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Now Queen Cheese Legs, however... Lets just say that Thorax may be taking over the Hive a little sooner than he did in the show.
7740608 Let's see... Discord owed the ghost of Sparda a favor. Sparda wanted his sons to be happy, so he called in the favor. Said favor took shape as an infant Applejack showing up with Dante, her memories suppressed. She did her PWNY-verse thing, travelled with Dante, kicked demon ass on so many levels that it's hilarious, and eventually made peace between humans and demons possible through good food. Then she had one last job that took her and Dante to Hell, and when they escaped, she was in Equestria instead of Earth.
Oh, and Sparda's steed was apparently AJ's biological father.
I... think that about covers it. I think.
7740608 Pinkie inspired the Titans to create her world... which was only possible because she went back in time to- And once more time travel gives me a damn headache...
i wonder how badly the bug queens gunna get squashed by jak, daxter and shiney
And of course, they get back just in time for this... Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
7740594 Cadence's took 30 years-ish and crammed it into 5 minutes.
7740822 huh....
And watch that Celestia was just trolling the whole time.
So this is how Chrysalis is able to hoodwink Shining Armor. He doesn't remember how Cadance should act.
I'm just waiting for the moment Shining instantly recognizes the Dark Eco (or the Equestrian equivalent to it) surrounding Chrysalis while she's disguised as Cadence
Just have him go "Do you think I'm stupid?"
7740541 That Fairy Tail reference
7740952 Eeyup.
Looks like the real bachelor's party is coming.
Huh. Didn't expect him to arrive here. Neither did I expect his leaving Equestria to apparently be so unnoticeable that it could be written off as a hangover. Anyway, let's see where this goes.
50 bits on Chrysalis getting her flank handed to her by Jak.
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More than likely NOT. Reason?
to quote the story -
Equestria has NO Eco, or it has all been sublimated by Magic, thus Jak (and Daxter if he came along) will have just what they generate themselves ... and as Shiny in the Precursor world was showing us ... running on your own internal reserves constantly tires you QUICKLY when you do big stuff constantly. And yes, teleports, telekinesis of gigantic objects, and omni-directional barriers are BIG STUFF.
Just to work off D&D 3.5 for an example of those various spell-effects that we take for granted due to Twilight "Power-Gamer"/"Goddess of Magic" Sparkle - most teleportation effects either have a failure/miss chance, or a short range. Greater Teleport is a 7th-level (of 9 spell tiers/levels) spell. Telekinesis is a 5th-level, and Wall of Force (which is basically what Shiny uses for his shields, and can be cast as hemispheres, spheres, or planes/walls) is 6th-level. Just saying.
And before the "what about the incidental TK that every unicorn does to move stuff, etc." - Mage Hand, a VERY limited telekinesis spell, is a 0th-level spell, or a cantrip ... something spellcasters in D&D can crank out mostly all day.
7742061 That's disturbing.
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Jak doesn't need Eco to give Chrysalis a beat down.
7740833 Yep!
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Even so, but would that not turn Shining Armor into little more than window dressing in HIS story? That would break the formula Tatsurou has been using and would really make all that build up of Shining's capabilities pointless - as if saying Jak will ALWAYS be stronger/faster/better than him; which is not why these stories are writ.
Well, if Daxter ended up near Fluttershy, he's probably having to deal with being cuddled to near death by her and Angel Bunny trying to kick his butt.
Just hope Jak didn't appear in front of Lyra, she'll be chasing him around chanting, "HANDS!" all day long.
Chrysalis is NOT going to be having a good day. Especially if Shining is able to trap her in a hamster ball like shield and send her bouncing like a pinball with one good buck.
Yeah, the day would be perfect IF MEGA MAN WAS STILL ALIVE! I'm sorry, I am just ABSOLUTELY LIVID.
Ahhh, so we're getting the wedding plotline. With as many chapters left in the story, I was wondering what it was going to be.
It's likely because this is my first PWNY story, but Shining's return was jarring. I guess I'll see how the timelines/dimensions/whatever work as I read more, but that's only part of it. I think what bugs me is it seemed like Shining somehow knew in advance he'd be fusing with another life and getting memories of both. I feel like some major confusion would be warranted here, or some set-up showing how he knew what to expect. Maybe I missed something, or maybe it's explained later, but it just seemed odd reading through naturally. That aside, looking forward to the rest!