Spell Five - Apple Hunt Season
Let me tell you from the start, I am strong enough!
- Yuto Sakurai / Kamen Rider Zeronos
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Spell 5
Apple Hunt Season
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A week had passed since the Phantoms attacked Ponyville, and life seemed to have returned to normal for all the ponies in Ponyville. Although, looking at the town hall, with all of the decorations covering the large building, there seemed to be some sort of event going on. Balloons, confetti, and even banners that had apples embroidered on them.
Eventually though, with the stage finally set up almost every pony was drawn to the city hall. At the podium, a familiar lavender unicorn trotted up to the podium with a stack of notecards floating alongside her and a familiar ruby bird resting on her back. Taking a moment to straighten the notecards a few times, Twilight used her magic to lift up the top card and began to read from her speech, “Welcome everypony! Today we are here to honor a pony we can always count on.
“A pony whom we can always…”
Before Twilight could continue, Rainbow Dash flew gently into Twilight, pushing the mare and making Garuda fly over the pegasus. “Did you see Applejack’s slick moves out there?!”
Garuda landed on Rainbow Dash’s head and began to mimic the mare’s arm pumps with its wings, “What an athlete! Later today, she’s gonna help me with my new flying tricks, and I know it’s gonna be so AWESOME!”
Twilight pushed Rainbow Dash to the side, prompting Garuda to land on the podium where Twilight used her magic to gather her note cards once more. “Exactly! And…”
Too bad those notecards got scattered as Pinkie Pie popped up from behind the podium with her front legs pumped up into the air, while at the same time Garuda mimicked the pink mare’s actions. “This week I get to run Sugarcube Corner for the first time!”
“Uh, what does that have to do with Applejack?” Twilight asked as she poked her head out from behind Pinkie.
Both Pinkie and Garuda blinked a few times at the unicorn, but then Pinkie giggled, “Oh! Right! Applejack, being one of the best cooks ever, is gonna help me out! So free samples for everypony!”
The crowd seemed to love the fact of free food, but Garuda seemed to be a bit down. Pinkie rubbed the ruby bird’s head, “Aw, don’t worry Birdie, you can get a free sample too!”
Garuda chirped happily.
“Okay, that’s great.” However, with a push from Twilight, Pinkie Pie was pushed from the podium. Trotting back to the podium and using her magic to get her notecards once more, “Now if I could get on with my speech without getting inter…”
Before Twilight could continue however, a yellow hoof tapped her side and Twilight realized that there was another pony who had snuck up alongside her. This pony was a young bright yellow mare with a long pink mane, she also had a pair of wings folded against her sides, and her cutie mark was that of three pink butterflies. “Um, Twilight?”
“… Rupted,” Twilight sighed as she took a step to the side, allowing the soft spoken pegasus to take the podium for a few moments.
“Twilight,” the yellow pegasus stated. “I’m so sorry, but I just wanted to mention that Applejack is also helping me this week with the official bunny census, where we count up all the new baby bunnies that were born this season. She’s going to help gather them with her wonderful herding skills.”
The yellow pegasus backed off slightly when she realized that Twilight’s brow was narrowed and she obviously wasn’t too please with all the interruptions. So, slowly easing her way off stage, the yellow mare allowed Twilight to step back up to the podium. “Anyone else? Anyone?”
Garuda chirped a few times, before he as flung through the air via Twilight’s magic. “No?”
There was a single cough from the crowd, allowing Twilight to re-gather her notes again, “Good! Now, what I was trying to say…”
Twilight stopped when she realized that the mayor of Ponyville was standing on the stage with a large smile on her face. Twilight groaned loudly before she made all her notes fly into the air, the notes scattering about amongst the area. “Nevermind!”
Clearing her throat, the Mayor trotted towards the podium as the note cards joined the confetti and streamers that riddled the ground. “So, without further ado, it is my privilege to award the guest of honor with the Prized Pony of Ponyville Award…”
Pointing to the side, the Mayor revealed a rather extravagant golden trophy that was topped with a pony striking a dramatic pose, “To our beloved guest of honor, a pony at the upmost trustworthiness, reliability and integrity – Ponyville’s most capable and dependable friend, Applejack!”
All of the ponies cheered out as some of the curtains that were made onto the stage pulled back to reveal… Nothing. The cheering slowly stopped until a certain purple dragon was the only one cheering, “YEAH! APPLEJACK You… Uh…”
There was a moment of silence throughout the entire ceremony, save for another cough from the large group. Spike, despite his little bit of embarrassment, looked around and whispered, “Awkward.”
“Ah’m here!” A southern voice called out from the crowd. The crowd parted as a familiar blonde maned mare slowly trotted through the large group of ponies, strapped on her back was a saddle that had a pair of apple filled buckets that had a few apples falling from them with each step. “Whoops! Sorry ‘bout that, didn’t mean to step on yer tail there!”
After a few more apologies, Applejack got atop of the stage and slowly trotted towards the podium. But there was clearly something wrong with the mare, around her eyes were lines and her usual chipper demeanor seemed to be a bit dulled. Pushing the Mayor aside from the podium, Applejack staggered slightly before she stood behind said podium, “Miss Mayor, thank ya kindly fer this here award… Thingie.”
The gleaming light of the trophy caught Applejack’s attention before she became mesmerized by the glittering gold paint. “Heh, it’s so bright and shiny – Heh, Ah look real silly in it.”
The crowd got real quiet as Applejack seemed to play with her reflection in the award. Save for Pinkie Pie who was joining in the quite entertaining act of insanity.
For a few moments this lasted until Twilight stepped forward, “O-Kay, well, thank you Applejack for saving the town from that scary stampede last week, and always being there for everypony.”
“Y-yeah” Applejack yawned, trying to keep her eyes open. “Ah… Ah like helpin’ them pony folks and…”
It was then that Applejack just decided to fall asleep standing up, Twilight looked at her friend with concern before the Southern pony woke herself up. “Oh! Uh, yeah, um, thanks!”
Taking the trophy with her mouth, Applejack dragged the trophy off stage and through the crowd. Everypony watched as the southern mare just broke the dirt in the path of the large trophy, until she was gone.
Twilight blinked a few times at what just happened, and Garuda landed atop of her head, chirping a few times.
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An hour or so passed since the rather awkward award ceremony took place, Twilight was on her way to Sweet Apple Acres, with Garuda flying closely behind her. ‘Applejack wasn’t acting herself, and with all of the other weird stuff going on, I should really check up on her.’
Reaching the gate, Twilight nodded to herself as she trotted on the dirt path with Garuda landing on her back. Over the course of the week, Twilight had gotten used to Garuda hanging around the library. Spike on the other hand, was basically trying to chase down the ruby bird every chance he got, failing every single time as well.
Most of the time, the chases ended with Spike falling flat on his face, or getting locked out at night, or having a book dropped on his head. Twilight of course wasn’t a fan of seeing her scribe getting hurt, but she couldn’t just allow Spike to devour the ruby encrusted familiar. It was the only clue Twilight had to finding Haru. And besides, it was a perfect chance to study some new type of magic!
Of course, when Twilight sent her weekly report to Princess Celestia, she had neglected to mention Haru or the Phantoms in her writings. The reason for this was that Twilight needed to get more information about these Phantoms and Haru himself before sent a report to Celestia.
She had even returned to the same outdoor bookstore she was attacked at to get the same book. However, when Twilight had reached the store, there was no pony there. Sure, Twilight could’ve left some bits and taken the book, but she didn’t feel it was the right thing to do.
Back to the matter at hand, Twilight looked around at the trees, noting that a number of the trees near the path had freshly been replanted, the turned up dirt and uprooted grass was enough proof at that. ‘Did Applejack plant a few more trees?’
Twilight observed the trees, tilting her head slightly to see that further down the line was another tree, only this one had a large amount of rope tied around it. “And what happened here?”
“Where’d ya go? Come out, come out wherever ya’ll are!”
A cute voice rang out from the trees, garnering the attention of both Twilight and Garuda to see a small yellow mare trotting calmly out from the trees with a slightly curled red mane and tail with a bow in her mane. The foal seemed to be looking for something as she drew closer towards Twilight. “Well, howdy Miss Twilight!”
“Hello there Apple Bloom,” Twilight replied with a smile on her face. “And what are you up to today?”
Apple Bloom shifted her head left and right before she trotted up the lavender unicorn, “Ah’m trying to find mah new friend. We were playing hide ‘n go seek, but he’s cheating! Have ya seen him?”
“Sorry Apple Bloom,” Twilight replied with a curious smile on her face. “But I just got here, and I haven’t seen no pony since I got here.”
“Aw,” Apple Bloom sighed disappointedly as she lowered her head. “Ah’m never gunna find him.”
That’s when Apple Bloom looked up and noticed Garuda perched on Twilight’s back. “Say, Twilight, who’s this?”
“Oh, that’s right, you haven’t seen this little guy before,” Twilight giggled slightly as Garuda took a bow towards Apple Bloom. “This is Garuda, he’s staying with me and Spike for a while.”
“He sure is purty,” Apple Bloom complemented as Garuda seemed to puff out his chest in pride. “And he kinda looks a bit familiar. Hmm.”
“Apple Bloom,” Twilight stated getting back into Apple Bloom’s sight. “Do you know where your sister is? I need to talk to her.”
“Gee Miss Twilight,” Apple Bloom replied as she watched Garuda fly off of Twilight and fly around Apple Bloom a few times. “Ever since Applejack got back from that big award thingie, she just went back to work. Ah think ya might be able to find out where she is if ya head to the barn.
“Ah sure Mistah Escargot or… Or…”
“Apple Bloom?” Twilight questioned as she noticed that the younger mare was looking past Twilight. “Are you alright?”
“Sorry Twilight!” Apple Bloom replied before she sped past the unicorn. “But Ah just saw the little bugger! Ah got ya now!”
Twilight blinked a few times as Apple Bloom dashed into the apple orchard, quickly disappearing between the trees. Garuda chirped a few times before it landed back on Twilight’s back, “Huh, oh well, I guess we’ll just have to find this Mister Escargot or whoever. I’m sure we’ll find Apple Jack with their help.”
Garuda chirped a few times before Twilight trotted back on the dirt path. Just as she had reached the top of the hill however, a familiar topaz octopus-like creature flew past the trees that Twilight was observing. Kraken squeaked a few times before it flew off to the other side of the road with Apple Bloom chasing after it.
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It didn’t take long for Twilight to reach the Apple Family household, a quaint large building in the midst of the large Apple Orchard with a barn not too far in the distance. The fresh air was mixed with the smell of apples was enough to brighten anypony’s spirits, Twilight was no different from the almost intoxicating peacefulness that swept through out the farmland.
When Twilight reached the front door of the house, the young mare had to stop and take a deep breath of fresh air. Garuda did the same thing before it chirped wildly. “Yes Garuda, I have to admit Ponyville has its real good charms – The air. The ponies. And even…”
“Hey there Twilight.”
“Hello Haru,” Twilight sighed with a warm smile.
A few seconds passed before it sunk in,” HARU!?!”
Indeed, standing near the corner of the building with a broom in his claws and a red apron over his black jacket that had a large apple symbol on the chest. The magic using dragon merely waved one of his clawed hands up, “How’s it going?”
“Haru!?” Twilight yelled as she stomped up to the still calm dragon. “What in the Equestria are you doing here?!”
Haru looked down at the broom in his hand and shrugged, “Sweeping?”
Twilight brought a hoof up to her forehead with a loud sigh, “That’s not what I meant, I mean why are you here at Sweet Apple Acres?”
“Oh, well,” Haru stated as he leaned on the broom, using it to prop himself up. “Last week, I kinda helped out around here, the little miss here offered me lunch as thanks. I got to talking to the family, and when they learned that I was camping out, they offered to allow me to sleep in the barn.
“But since I’m not really a free loader, I offered to do some of the house chores while the little miss is out doing her Applebuck Season.”
“Applebuck Season?” Twilight questioned with her head tilted slightly. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It’s what the Apple Family here calls their harvesting season,” Haru explained with a wave of his claws. “They gather the apples that they need to sell to support themselves.”
“I see,” Twilight muttered out loud. ‘I guess this would explain why Applejack wasn’t herself at the Award Ceremony, but still, she looked like she skipped out on some sleep and such.’
Twilight was about to question Haru where Applejack was, but before she could, a loud crashing sound echoed through the air. Many birds flew from the orchard of apple trees, drawing Haru and Twilight’s focus to the orchard.
With a growl and tossing his apron into the air, Haru began to run towards the orchard. “Damn it! I was wondering when this guy would show his mug!”
Twilight saw that as Haru was running he already had donned a familiar ring, and when she heard the magic words…
“DRIVER ON!”
… Twilight instinctively ran after Haru, Garuda flying not too far behind.
“FLAME – PLEASE!”
“HARU!” Twilight called out as the large fiery circle appeared ahead of the red dragon, allowing the dragon to run through it. “IS THERE ANOTHER PHANTOM!?”
“Hii Hii Hii Hii Hii Hii Hii!”
Although, Twilight knew that was the case, the moment she saw Haru’s form become that of Wizard, his black and ruby armor gleaming in the light that seeped through the leaf covered branches overhead. She had only see Haru dressed like that whenever he fought against these monsters, so as fast as her legs would allow her, Twilight galloped behind Haru.
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Deep in the hilly orchard, Gnome stood before another fallen tree that he had ripped out of the ground with his superb digging abilities. But, he wasn’t happy with the results he was getting. A week before, pulling the trees out or cutting them in two was enough to enrage the southern mare before him.
But since he was licking his wounds to get himself back to full strength during the week, something had changed in the behavior of the orange earth pony. She didn’t realize his presence when he had appeared, and even when he was delivering his threatening speech, all she did was yawn and trot over to another tree that had a few buckets surrounding it.
And so now he had pulled the tree out of the ground, “Now zis is getting ridiculous!”
Anyone would get annoyed with this, Applejack was at the very same tree, trying to knock the apples out of the branches with every kick she sent. Unfortunately, she was a few feet away from the tree, and only succeeded in hitting the air several times.
Gnome tapped his foot against the ground a few times with a growl, “If zis is not going to go according to moi’s magnificent plan, zen moi must go wiz ze direct approach.”
With a snap of his fingers, Gnome summoned a column of rocks from the earth next to him. Slamming his right fist through it, Gnome produced his trident from it and gripped the metallic weapon tightly. “Moi hates zis mezod against mares, but zere is no choice here.”
Before taking even one step, Gnome sniffed the air. Then he sniffed it a few more times as he closed his eyes. “Hmm, burnt charcoal, powdered sugar, and a touch of lilac – Zis smell…
“WIZARD!”
Gnome spun around, only to receive a volley of red bursts of energy to the chest and sent him flying. “URK!”
Crashing into the ground Gnome rolled around on the ground with smoke lofting off of his body. Leaning up against one of the trees was Wizard, spinning the gun on his finger. “Hark, the Phantom speaks, and here I thought it would be a change from the usual bad dialogue.”
“Burnt charcoal, powdered sugar, and a touch of lilac?” Twilight asked as she trotted next to Wizard. “Is that what you really smell like?”
“Hey, I’m a dragon,” Wizard retorted with a wag of his finger. “And I like to maintain my personal hygiene. I suspect your little scribe is like that too.”
“Yeah, but not lilac,” Twilight replied as Garuda chuckled happily.
“What I smell like isn’t important,” Wizard growled as he pushed himself from the tree, unfolding his gun into the sword in the process. “What is important is that you get Applejack away from here, I’ll deal with our Nosey Little Phantom here.”
“You still owe me some answers you know!” Twilight retorted before her horn glowed brightly, making her and Garuda pop into a large flash light. Moments later, Twilight appeared in front of the almost asleep Applejack.
“Hai, hai,” Haru replied as he charged towards the Phantom.
Gnome was back on his feet, and immediately brought his trident up to block Wizard’s downward slash. “Cheap tactic you used, Monsieur Wizard!”
“Like you Phantoms can really talk,” Haru stated as the Gnome used his full strength and pushed Wizard back.
With Wizard’s sword raised in the air, the Gnome spun around to slam the trident’s pole into the magical dragon’s torso. Before the metal could strike, Wizard dropped down to the ground, dodging the attack.
While Wizard was on the ground, using his tail to push himself, Wizard spun on the ground to deliver a dual footed donkey kick towards Gnome’s abdomen. However, Gnome quickly brought his trident in front of him and allowed the force of the kick to be absorbed by the metal staff of the weapon. Still, the force was enough to push Gnome back.
Smacking his tail against the ground, Wizard was back on his feet and charged once more towards Gnome. Gnome spun around to unleash a powerful swipe of his trident, with Wizard gracefully leaping over the attack.
Both combatants spun around, and stabbed both of their weapons towards each other. When the blades of both weapons crashed into each other, a large amount of dirt flew from their feet and two stood there deadlocked. Wizard chuckled slightly as he pushed forward with the blade, but the two weapons didn’t budge.
“Surprised?” Gnome questioned before both he and Wizards leapt back from each other. “Do not mistake moi for ze common Phantom! Zis shall be your last day on zis earz for moi is not some regular blue Phantom! Moi is ze…”
BANG!
“GARGH!” Gnome yelled as several sparks of red energy crashed into his torso.
“You talk too much,” Wizard stated with his sword reverted back into a gun, with which he promptly pointed at Gnome once more.
While Wizard and Gnome were locked in battle, Twilight was trying to convince Applejack to leave the area. Unfortunately, words seemed to be useless on the southern mare, “Applejack! You have to run!”
Applejack just yawned as she inched closer to the tree she was trying to harvest. With a powerful kick, most of the apples knocked into the baskets, “H-Howdy there Twilight, Ah can’t really talk, Ah got a lotta work to git done.”
And calmly, Applejack just trotted past Twilight towards another tree, unaware that Wizard had donned a familiar ring on his finger.
“BIG – PLEASE!”
Twilight turned just in time to see Wizard slam his hand atop of the unsuspecting Gnome, mashing him into the ground. The earth shook and caused a number of apples to fall from the trees. Applejack grumbled as she spun around, “Darn it Mistah Souma! What did Ah tell ya about helpin’ me out here?!”
“Not like I’m doing it on purpose!” Wizard called back as he drew back his large arm though the magical circle, returning it to normal size. “I’m kinda fighting a Phantom over here!”
“Well, try to fight it without helpin’ me!” Applejack ordered before she walked over to one of the trees that still had apples in it.
Twilight just had to blink in confusion as Wizard tossed his gun back into his right hand and took aim at Gnome. Shaking her head, Twilight galloped in front of her earth pony friend. “Applejack, we can’t stay here! We need to leave!”
“Unfortunately, Ah can’t,” Applejack replied trying to gather her senses before she walked past Twilight. “Ah gotta gather these here apples done ‘fore Applebuck season’s done. Ah can barely squeeze time in fer helpin’ the others – With Big Macintosh injured, Ah gotta get this done myself.”
“Applejack, normally I’d offer my help with this,” Twilight stated as she trotted in front of Applejack. “But there’s a monster over there! We need to run from here!”
“Rain or shine, alone or with mah family,” Applejack sighed as she smiled weakly. “Monster attack or evil apocalyptic plot, Applebuck season still rolls around, and so must Ah. So, if an ya’ll don’t mind, Ah kinda need to git back to work. Ah got some places Ah need to be real soon.
“Uh, hint, hint?”
Twilight rolled her eyes and was about to use her magic to just teleport her and Applejack away when all of a sudden Gnome landed a few inches from the two mares. Twilight yelped while Applejack just took the opportunity to walk past her friend. Gnome pushed himself off of the ground and was about to just attack Applejack with his bare hands…
“EXTEND – PLEASE!”
A familiar hand flew over the Gnome’s shoulder and soared around the Phantom, with an insanely long arm wrapping around the monster’s body. Gnome grunted as the extended limb bounded his limbs to his body.
“Is this a new spell?!” Twilight questioned as she quickly galloped out of the way.
Wizard’s body began to catch up to the elongated arm, and before the mystic dragon slammed both of his feet into the Gnome’s head, the arm uncoiled itself. At the moment of impact, Wizard slammed the Phantom’s head into the ground, leapt off of the monster and landed on the ground next to Twilight with his arms lifted up into the air. “What ya think? I think I stuck the landing.”
“This isn’t the time to be silly!” Twilight snapped with Garuda chirping loudly.
“I disagree,” Wizard replied as he spun around and lifted his left hand up, allowing the ring on his finger to gleam brightly. “But, I suppose I should get serious!”
At Wizard’s feet, small flames erupted around his ankles. With a great leap, Wizard delivered a powerful kick towards the now standing up Gnome, the foot slammed into Gnome’s chest and he skidded backwards. “URK!”
Landing on the ground, Wizard ran forward and unleashed another kick, but Gnome ducked down. With his initial kick missed, Wizard spun around to send another fiery kick towards Gnome, still the Phantom yelped and leapt back to dodge the kick. The process continued, with fiery attacks missing the Phantom, until Gnome snapped his fingers.
The ground rumbled and Wizard jumped back as several jagged spikes erupted from the ground where Wizard was only half a second ago. Gnome took this opportunity to cross his arms over his chest and spin around. Within seconds, Gnome had dug himself into the ground behind the spikes and disappeared.
Wizard clicked his tongue against the inside of his teeth before he turned towards the lavender unicorn behind him, “Twilight! You and Applejack need to get out of here right now! This guy can travel underground and I don’t know where he’s going to strike!”
Twilight nodded and turned to where Applejack was, but the mare was nowhere to be seen. “What? Where did she go?”
Even Wizard was confused where the southern pony had gone, but he had other problems, the ground beneath his feet shook and just as he looked down, the ground at his feet opened up with a rocky fist aimed right at him.
The fist collided with the bottom of Wizard’s masked jaw, the rest of Gnome leaping out from the dirt. Wizard flew from the impact and landed on the ground near Twilight as Gnome spun through the air.
While he was at the apex of his ascent, Gnome looked around the orchard and scoffed loudly, “Curse you Wizard! Zis is not over! Consider yourself lucky zat moi has his job to fulfill!”
Then with a spin, Gnome dove towards the ground, forcing Wizard to dodge the oncoming Phantom. From where Wizard was, Gnome spun into the ground, disappearing underground once more.
For a few moments, Wizard kept his hand to the ground, trying to feel where Gnome was going to strike. But after some time passed, no attack occurred.
Wizard rubbed his chin through his mask, “I think he’s gone. Are you alright Twilight?”
“I’m perfectly fine, thank you,” Twilight huffed as she trotted up to Wizard. “But that’s beside the point. WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME THAT APPLEJACK WAS A GATE?!”
That yell was enough to have Wizard fall backwards onto his rump and tail, the costume disappearing to reveal a nervous looking Haru. And yet, Twilight just leaned closer at the slightly quivering dragon, “And you just left me and the girls hanging! There were so many questions that we had to ask you and you just up and left!”
Pulling himself away from the enraged mare, Haru stood up and cleared his throat, wincing at how his jaw as a little sore, “Look, I didn’t mean to do that to you mares, it’s just that it’s a touchy subject with me. Besides, I didn’t want to get you all involved any more than you were.”
“A little late for that!” Twilight yelled at the sleek dragon in front of her. “I was attacked, and now so has Applejack! That Phantom’s probably after her right now!”
“Right!” Haru stated as he rubbed his chin. “So don’t you think we should be trying to find her instead of bickering?”
Twilight was about to yell again, but sighed when she realized that Haru was right. “Right, but where did she go? I couldn’t tell where she went.”
“Well, that’s where this guy comes in,” Haru chuckled as Garuda flew down from the air and landed on Haru’s shoulder. “Garuda, you mind finding our friend? I’ll be keeping an eye on Miss Sparkle over here.”
The ruby encrusted bird chirped a few times before it flew up into the air, disappearing through the grove of trees.
“Look, Twilight,” Haru sighed as he slumped his shoulders. “I don’t really wanna talk about what happened with me and the Phantoms, it’s really, really, REALLY personal. And to be frank, I didn’t want to throw that onto with everything else that happened with you on those days.
“I promise you someday I’ll tell you everything, but not now.”
“I suppose I can understand that,” Twilight stated. She knew that there were a few things that anypony (or dragon) would want to keep secret from others – Even she had a secret or two hidden. “But why didn’t you tell me that Applejack was a Gate?”
“I had to confirm it for myself,” Haru answered as he looked over the damage that was done. “There are other ponies on this farm who depend on this farm – Big Macintosh, Apple Bloom, Granny Smith and of course, Applejack herself.
“Huh, the parents must’ve really wanted to insure that the family business would be still alive.”
Shaking that thought off of his head, “I mean, the Phantom only attacked once and that was a week ago. I didn’t have enough proof to conclude who the Gate was, so, I had to stick close with the family to make sure of it.
“I could’ve had my familiars watch them, but I had Garuda and Unicorn stick with you, so if you were attacked, they could signal me. Since Big Mac, Granny Smith and Applejack usually stay here most of the time during the day, I had Kraken follow Apple Bloom around.”
“I guess that makes sense,” Twilight admitted but lifted a hoof up to her chin. “But, I’m a little curious, how do the familiar signal you?”
“Well, since the familiars are made of my own magic,” Haru explained with a smirk on his face. “I can easily sense where they are – Eventually, though, the magic I transferred into them returns to me. How long it takes depends on how much I put into the rings, of course, the familiars can deactivate themselves automatically.
“When that happens, the magic that returns to me gives me a precise idea where the Ring is, and thus, I can easily use Connect to transport myself there.”
“That’s a pretty smart approach,” Twilight had to admit. “So, if I was in trouble…”
“Either Garuda or Unicorn would’ve sent the magic back to me,” Haru replied with a smile on his face. “And I’d be back as your meddling mage to help you. But we’ve got something else to worry about, do you know where Applejack would go? If that Phantom didn’t see her on the orchard, she must’ve left…
“And I just realized, she must be quick on her legs, cause it didn’t take her long to leave.”
“Well, Applejack is Ponyville’s best athletes,” Twilight answered as she closed her eyes. “She has a number of ponies who count on her…”
That’s when it hit her!
“Rainbow Dash!”
“Rainbow Dash?” Haru questioned with a raised brow. “Oh, that rude, blue pegasus friend of yours, right? What about her?”
While Twilight didn’t care for how Haru was describing her friend (even if it was slightly true), she easily remembered something from earlier, and quickly galloped through the trees. “I’ll explain on the way! Hurry up!”
Haru blinked a few times before he ran after Twilight, “Okay! But slow down! Two legs don’t exactly give the same amount of speed as four!”
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Midafternoon, just outside of Ponyville, Rainbow Dash sighed as she tapped her front hoof against the fence post in annoyance. It was about over half an hour past the desired time that Applejack was supposed to meet her in helping her with her tricks. Ever since she made plans with the earth pony a week ago, Rainbow Dash had spent the better part of the week building the contraptions she felt would help her in her quest to make new tricks.
She had even enlisted the help of another Pegasus to help her build them, although, admittedly, the only help she could get was that of one Ditzy Doo. Sure, the pegasus in question wasn’t the most reliable around, but she was the only one Rainbow Dash could get to help.
Besides, the wooden platform and catapult looked to be in top condition. Besides, they only needed to last for one day.
When the sound of skidding hooves echoed through the air, Rainbow Dash turned around to see Applejack yawning behind her. “There you are!”
“Ah a might sorry there Rainbow,” Applejack yawned as she rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. “It’s been crazy at Sweet Apple Acres, and Ah almost forgot about mah promise with ya.”
“Don’t sweat it,” Rainbow Dash replied as she leapt off of the fence post. “See this contraption?”
Applejack followed the direction that Rainbow Dash pointed at with her hoof, seeing the wooden tower and catapult. “Yeah?”
“Well, I’m going to stand on one end,” Rainbow explained as both ponies trotted towards the two wooden structures. “And you’re going to be atop of that platform, when you jump off and land on the other end of the catapult, it’ll send me flying into the air where I’ll be able to do some amazing tricks!”
“Ah see,” Applejack muttered. “But, ain’t this a might dangerous?”
“Not for a skilled flyer, like yours truly!” Rainbow laughed with her head held high.
“Pardonnez-moi, Mesdames,” a snooty voice called out to the two. “Mais cela ne sonne dangereux, peu importe le niveau de compétence.”
Both Applejack and Rainbow Dash turned to see Pierre Escargot standing a few feet from the two mares, with a saddle that had two bags strapped to both sides. “Bonjour.”
“Oh, if it ain’t Mistah Fancy Talk,” Applejack sighed. “Shouldn’t ya’ll be back at the farm gatherin’ them apples?”
“Oui, oui, zis is true,” Pierre chuckled as he waved a hoof towards Applejack. “But, Madame Smith request zat moi pick up some groceries. Moi was on ze way but, when moi’s eyes saw you Madame, moi just had to say hello. Moi assumes zat zis is one of your friends?”
“Yeah,” Applejack yawned. “Rainbow Dash, this here is Pierre Escargot, he’s a pony that Big Mac hired behind mah back.”
“A pleasure to meet you, Madame Dash,” Pierre greeted with a slight bow towards the Pegasus. “It is always an honor to meet a lovely pony such as yourself.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Rainbow Dash sighed as she turned away from Pierre. “So come on Applejack! Let’s get this show on the road!”
“Right,” Applejack yawned once more.
Pierre only smirked as he leaned up against the very same fence that Rainbow Dash was atop of moments ago. ‘Moi knew zat moi would find her… But, zis could be entertaining, so moi will hold off on moi’s plan for now.
‘Zere will always be time to awaken ze Gate, but moi will take moi’s time wiz zis.’
TBC
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Well let me tell ya, you're use of Phantoms, much less the fact that they seem to be hanging around, is very interesting!
Mind you, I fully expect you've got something planned, and I look forward to it!! Best of luck, and send word if you ever need help!
Is it just me, or does Haru in the picture look like he has a mustache?
Not bad. Did you get the TV Size Lyrics I sent you?
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Well, maybe Twilight used that one spell on Haru to make mustaches appear when I wasn't looking. lol
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Eeyup thanks!
Sees update.
Has this reaction:
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I will now proceed to read!
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Thanks dood, I appreciate it.
And with this, the events of Applebuck Season, with Haru added to the mix, have officially started.
Also, I have a feeling that the Mane 6 will all be Gates. After all, the Phantoms have already targeted Twilight and Applejack, so that seems to be the logical conclusion.
And if even more of the ponies in Ponyville also turn out to be Gates, Haru will have trouble keeping an eye on all of them by himself.
And we're going to get an extra long chapter next time? MangaKamen, I am now your number one fan!
Can't wait for the next chapter! Here, have some badges!
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Also:
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Sir, you've made me go re-watch the episodes of Wizard I have.
I hope you are satisfied.
You've done rather well to adapt the show into a story that would apply to FIM. I hope to see more of this wonderful story soon! Keep up the great work, my fellow rider-fan!
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SUBARASHII!
Good to hear! And I shall update once more this week!
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i like where this is going, and the time between updates is pretty short, awesome chapter!
Holy Decade!!! I didn't think someone else would also use fuse Kamen Rider Wizard with MLP:FiM besides me.
Awesome!!! I will definitely be tracking this story and can't wait for more to show up. BTW I'm surprised you had Gremlin show up so early in the story but then again this should be very interesting.
Awww, Dragon Haruto is adorable.
Anyway, lovin this series, it somehow finds ways to mix Riders with ponies in a beautiful way.
"A wild douchebag appears!"
Thought of it when a Phantom decides to make Haru more popular.
Every. Single. Time.
I find Applebloom and Krakken's interactions adorable.
Fine chapter, but u seriously need some spit and polish with your grammar dude.
Garuda chirped a few times, before he as flung through the air via Twilight’s magic
She had only see Haru dressed like that whenever he fought
must’ve really wanted to insure that the family business would be still alive
Well, Applejack is Ponyville’s best athletes
1. Was. Also, I guess Twilight decided to... Flip the bird
2. Seen.
3. Ensure.
4. Athlete.
Is this canon to the show? I only ask because it's been a while since I watched KR Wizard. Been trying to rewatch it (Y'know, for old times sake) but haven't had the time