MEGAMAN ZERO: Legends Never Die

by belmontzar

"Why is there always smoke comming out of every castle that I visit?

"Seriously? I mean id like to see a NON smoking castle for once." Zero says with a sigh as he looks about.
"Calm down, there are not panicked ponies or running guards, so its probably another Kitchen accident." Twilight says chuckling slightly.
"So if I remember right, you know this place pretty well don't you?" Zero asks as he turns to Twilight, as the guards help the other ponies out of their Carriage. "You used to live in the castle right?"

"Yes, I lived in the castle while I was studying directly under Princess Celestia." Twilight confirms as Zero nods.
"Wow that must have been really difficult."
"Difficult? tats not what many say when it comes to studying under the princess." The unicorn admits in thought. "They usually think its an amazing thing, living in the castle."
"I chose to look at the fact that you where being taught and given tests by a being who is pretty much all powerful and mighty in the world. Training by the best is always the hardest, but most rewarding should you have focus and talent." Zero says nodding.
"Like when you where taught by Sigma?" Rainbow asks wandering over.
"Yes, he trained two of us almost exclusively. X, the reploid of unlimited potential, and Me, the one who almost killed him without training." Zero says in thought. "Part of me wonders if he had planned to be surpassed in the end anyway."
"Hmm... 'm not sure.." Twilight murmurs in contemplation.

"That or to prepare them for the future to come. I exist here, but other lands need help as well."
The group blinks as all but Zero and Twilight bow down, as the Solar Sister descends down before them.
"Princess Celestia! It's wonderful to see you again!" Twilight says happily as her friends stand back up.
"I do hate to sound rude Princess, but did you learn anything from the reports?" Zero asks as Celestia turns to him.
"Some but not much I am afraid, tell me my ponies, can you see anything different about town?" Celestia asks as they all look about.
"Why, the normally busy square, is down right barren!" Rarity exclaims in surprise.
"Is it just me or is it toasty in here?" Pinkie asks at a far slower tone than normal.
"Correct... Something has caused the temperatures to rise up at extreme levels." Celestia says as Zero blinks.
"Could it be related to that smoke behind you castle?" Zero asks as The princess blinks and turns.
"Oh.. my I hadn't noticed that before.. That seems to be coming from the Magmus Volcano."
Twilight gasps as Zero face palmed.
"Seriously? a Volcano.. named.. Magmus? Really?" He asks as Celestia chuckles.
"I didn't do it, my father had a sense of humor back then." Celestia replies laughing. "He wanted us to have a source of eternal Fire to aid in my raising of the sun when I am weak. I draw upon the power of Magmus when I am ill."
"Ill? but I thought Alicorns where immune to diseases.." Fluttershy states softly walking over.
"Most illness yes, but we can still exhaust and catch bugs and flu. We just use magic to heal faster or Fake it like we are taught." Celestia admits. "We are strong, but we do eventually tire."

"Well I guess our next course of action is to check out the Volcano right? IT sounds magically made, so we should be safe. Twilight and Rainbow dash can probably fix whatever damage is done." Zero says thinking. "Thought you shoudl probably come and over see things princess. You know the land best."
"Well thought out.." Celestia admits.
(NOTE:following typed on ds and then typed and edited here]
Zero smiles but blinks as a hoof pokes his side.
"Umm as scary as a V-Volc-cano sounds, I sill would like to see it, if that's ok with you I mean.." Fluttershy says softly.
Zero sighs mentally as the logical response pops to mind but instead. "Alright, just stay safe. Leave us the hard work."
"Oh ok Thank you... Zero." Fluttershy says smiling.
"Uhm Princess? what sort of Magical Defenses will the carriage hold?" Zero asks in thought.
"There are only two really, and they are on all Carriages." Celestia replies. "one seals the magical powers of ponies and the second is a barrier that keeps us all inside." Celestia looks down softly. "Unfortunately, the defenses don't protect you or Spike, and I am as affected as the others."
"Ok so that means I can fight if we get attacked then." Zero says in thought. "Sorry for such an.. unusual question, recent events have me a bit.. paranoid to be honest." Zero nods. "I also wanted to make sure Twi and Shy are safe. Not to make fun or anything, but they are the least survivalist of all of us. Of the group I think they lack the most Field survival skills."
"Something tells me there is more to it than Lack of Field training.." Celestia teases.
"Yes, it is no secret that they are important to me. That and I seem to be unable to tell them no.. even if it means they are in danger." Zero replies, thinking of the others who had similar affects, and the Fates that had met many of them.
"Zero... Just do your best, that is all any of us can or would ask for."
Zero nods, a slightly haunted expression on his face. "I just hope no one gets hurt . I am' done with Nightmares..."
Celestia nods knowingly. "As are we all Zero..."
Zero turns to reply out of curiosity, when a sudden gush of wind and Gasping ponies catch his attention. Turning he is met with what was the Largest Air vessel he had seen so far. "whoa..."
"OMIGOSHYOUCANFITALMOSTHALFOFPONYVILLEINTHATTHING!" Pinkie yells excitedly.
"Now that would be a party.." Rainbow comments chuckling as Zero examines the vessel.
"That is large..to say the least.. What was this from? war fleet?" He asks turning as Celestia nods.
"Troop transportation from Wars held long ago." She admits. "Anyway, everyone on board, ts gonna take a few hours to get started so feel free to rest up while we head out."

----on board Air Craft Seabandits: Zero's Quarters-

"Ah.. finally a chance to rest, relax, and reload." Zero says with a yawn, having not understood how tired he was until he lay on his bed.
-kaboom-
"Gah.. Damn you Murphy and your laws!" Zero yells sitting up irritably and hopping off his bed, just as Fluttershy runs in.
"Zero Zero! Something is happening!"she says sounding panicked.
"No.. Really? Cause I always thought random explosions where a completely normal part of Air Travel." the hunter says sarcastically.

"Well actually The Explosion was Pinkie pie, It's the other thing I'm worried about!" Fluttershy as Zero shrugs.
Of course it was pink- wait a sec." Zero blinks. "Yeah.. that's right, Pinkie stayed behind in Canterlot with Rarity."
Fluttershy pauses and sat down in thought. "But I just saw her outside... how did she get here?"
Zero sighs as possibilities list in his mind. "Only way to find out is to find her." Zero says nodding as he leads th way and follows Fluttershy about.
"AH There she is! Pinkie!"
Zero blinks as he regard the being in front of him. "how to put this ... kindly.. um.. Shy? That's not Pinkie. There is no way that's Pinkie. I mean for starters Pinkie s well.. A PINK earth pony. Not a black pony with messed up wings and a wicked bent horn." Zero blinks. "Sounds like one of those.. Change things Twilight mentioned before."
"Wh-what? A changling?" Fluttershy asks as Faker pie rushed to attack, only to be cut n half. "OMIGOSH it WAS a changling!"
"Well duh.. Pinkie is with Rarity helping Luna out as they study my Nightmare.* (*see chapters before) So just to ask.. that.. thing.. Really looked like Pinkie?"
"Yes.. it had her poofy hair, and her bouncing and even her voice... but...I guess they don't.. affect you?"
Zero nods in thought. "Well if there is one there are probably more,, lets go find the others and make sure the princess is ok. Still.. I thought they whee all cast out by the.. 'Lovey-dovey-wave' As Rainbow put it."
Fluttershy nods. "I thought so too.. we all did.."
"Well.. lets go find the rest of our Nasty surprises shall we?"

Comments

[belmontzar]

how many references can you all see? I made an obviouse one to a Certain Sega Saturn game for the Air ship segment.
I am mostly publishing because of its Length, and it seems a good place to pause for the moment hehe. More as it comes!

[MaverickHunterZero]

"Difficult? thats not what many say when it comes to studying under the princess." The unicorn admits in thought.
missed an h there dude.

"Yes, he trained the two of us almost exclusively. X, the reploid of unlimited potential, and Me, the one who almost killed him without training." Zero says in thought. "Part of me wonders if he had planned to be surpassed in the end anyway."
Try adding the on that spot, may make it sound better.

"Hmm... I'm not sure.." Twilight murmurs in contemplation.
Missed the I there, unless Twilight felt like talking like AJ lol.

"Princess Celestia! It's wonderful to see you again!" Twilight says happily as her friends stood back up.
shouldn´t it be stood instead of stand?

"Well I guess our next course of action is to check out the Volcano right? IT sounds magically made, so we should be safe. Twilight and Rainbow dash can probably fix whatever damage is done." Zero says thinking. "Thought you should probably come and over see things princess. You know the land best."
You mixed the order of the letters there

"Ok so that means I can fight if we get attacked then." Zero says in thought. "Sorry for such an.. unusual question, recent events have me a bit.. paranoid to be honest." Zero nods. "I also wanted to make sure Twi and Shy are safe. Not to make fun or anything, but they are the least survivalist of all of us. Of the group I think they lack the most Field survival skills."
Here is just a doubt, but since Fluttershy is an animal expert, shouldn´t she be more fit as a survivalist than Twilight? And Rarity wouldn´t demigrate herself to sleeping in open skies when she has her perfectly roofed and clean house, I think she would be the one withe the least survivalist skills. just my point of view though, feel free to disregard it.

"Zero... Just do your best, that is all any of us can or would ask for." just who in Celestia´s name is talking here?

Good chapter overall, although I played my own game instead of yours, I found almost all errors, lol I hope you don´t take it the wrong way I´m only pointing it out so you can correct them, and make this story look even better!
Take care Belmont and I hope to read more about you soon

[Corvus]

please more

[Sunstar]

LOL!

Loved the part where just as Zero settles down to sleep, theres an explosion. "Dam you murphy and your laws!" I just might have to use that line in my Megaman X story, Corruption.

[belmontzar]

1337622
yeah one day I'm gonna come back and fix stuff..
now for my comment YAY
Two of us/ the two of us. I went with Trained two of us as a half reference to translation error, and to show that Sigma was not only THIER teacher. The two sounds Exclusive to me. Two, sounds inclusive with all the other students with some extra focus on Zero and X.
Stood and Stand. Grammer wise Stand seems to fit better. Stood is past tense while Stand is what was happening Right then.
"Zero just do your best-" Zero and Celestia had been talking for a while, so I naturally assumed it would be obvious t was her still. Ill check a way to make it more clear some time.

1344105
I always try to bring Murphies law into play whenever I can.

REference reveals part 1
SEabandits / sleeping wake up scene: Reference to teh game Dark Savior from the Sega saturn. The song of the first level, set on a boat, is named Seabandits. The game starts with your character waking up from a nightmare [or was it?] followed by alarms. the missing crew s also reference. [though in teh game its cause they are Dead corpses all over the boat XD]
"Im done... with Nightmares." Seigfried line from Soul calibur 3
"Damn you murphy and your laws." Not only Murphies law, but also Harry dresden and the Castle Tv show.

Random typos. I will miss alot of I's due to the fact I type at night and my I key is kinda.. busted..

[MaverickHunterZero]

1283131Where have youve been all my life <3 lol
Liked your idea of fusing the chip system of the Zero series with the CM
Just some things, the doubletooth doesnt have any elemental attributes, even though it seems like it . And the existense of a blue and purple ( electric element is handled like purple in CM) have never been confirmed. Also buster shot ( Zero's buster in MMZ) is a normal gun powered by the Z-saber being put into the energy battery place. The chain rod is also the reconstructed version of the triple rod, not a transformation.
I'm not critizicing your knowledge about Zero, if anything you gave a bery good explanation of how his weapons work, and I only wanted to give my opinion

Actually I'm forming a megaman group for allthe fans, check it out on my userpage if you want to join to talk about and share all regarding megaman and pony
Take care
MaverickHunterZero out

[belmontzar]

1337622
"Ok so that means I can fight if we get attacked then." Zero says in thought. "Sorry for such an.. unusual question, recent events have me a bit.. paranoid to be honest." Zero nods. "I also wanted to make sure Twi and Shy are safe. Not to make fun or anything, but they are the least survivalist of all of us. Of the group I think they lack the most Field survival skills."
Here is just a doubt, but since Fluttershy is an animal expert, shouldn´t she be more fit as a survivalist than Twilight? And Rarity wouldn´t demigrate herself to sleeping in open skies when she has her perfectly roofed and clean house, I think she would be the one withe the least survivalist skills. just my point of view though, feel free to disregard it.

My comment: Zero means for Random ambush and battle. NATURE wise yeah Fluttershy is the best off and Rarity is toast unless there is an intelligent creature she can 'whine' into working for her. Twilight would be fine due to her Over book knowledge [which wont beat Fluttershy and her ability to ASK animals for food.]
AJ also has training as a farmer and knows some things about nature, Rd will just fly to a town. Pinkie is fine, with her Random item generation.
COMBAT wise Fluttershy and Twi are most toast, While they are strong, they need people to back them up, or be beaten around them first. Twi s tough yeah, but she panics a bit too much for sudden battle.
Aj and Rd are pretty much bred for battle.
Rarity has some DAM good defence spells, and panics slightly less when on her own. [See how fast she whooped those Diamon dogs into shape? I mean dam when she wants she can make anything bow.]
Fluttershy: probably never has to fight, and outside of STRANGE intense events, never has to enter conflict at all. If she can't stare or talk something down shes... kinda toast. Specially with her panic 'wing lock' thing. She may be my fave pony but Rambo she ain't.

In short if its a walk in the woods, or a normal animal attack, Fluttershy is your girl . If people are in danger, you grab twilight
if your running away from something.. speed and armor are best. Wanna just beat the -yay- out of something?
yeah... least that's how I see it all anyway.
oh and if rarity or Twi are in trouble could be handy but he hasn't seen much combat. but he is just a baby dragon. Though he is good for Calling for help. XD

oh yes. when I mean normal animal, I mean non magically enhanced Native to Equestria.

[MaverickHunterZero]

1357254 hmm maybe that's true, I didn't saw it from your point of view.

I agree on the fact that AJ and RD are the ones I'd like to have on my team for a head on fight. (Man I hate so much Fighting is Magic for making me like RD so much xD), and while Rarity has never shown those spells its not to doubt that she should have some gem based defensive spells.

But, my conflict here is with Twilight, she is the small sister of Shining "Freaking" Armor, she should know at least half the shield spells her brother knows, and should have been taught how to defend herself by him. (c'mon now, if you were a top grade soldier, and had a very dear and loved little sister, wouldn't you teach her how to defend herself in case of an emergency.... say like the changeling invasion where Twi transformed into a magic beam gatling gun?) Also Twilight has proven to have a shield that could stand against discord's disharmony without harnessing the power of "The big crown thingie" aka element of Magic.
The ones I think wouldn't be able to do almost anything unless they're friends got injured are Pinkie and Fluttershy. the first one going cupcakes on the aggressor, while the latter would go all New Fluttershy on him/her/it.

Well truth to be said everyone should have their own point of view, and as you showed me yours, I'm showing you mine.

Take care my friend, and I hope you keep writing this marvelous story.

And the other readers and I can't stress this enough: Get a Pre reader to find most of your mistakes before you publish the chapters, that way it'll be easier for other people to read it.

This time I'm truly ending my message, take care Belmont.

[megamanzero]

five words totall too short....