> Displaced Rider in Equestria
>  by darkmagician41
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> Chapter 1: The Bloody Warlord Descends
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I’m sure you heard the recent warnings about conventions right?
About how people are somehow disappearing with no explanation.
Well… I found out what happened to those people.
IT happened to me, and my only solstice is that… I didn’t dress up as my original costume.


Displaced Rider


May 29, 2915; the dawn of the second day of the Dallas Comic Con Fan Expo 2015; and twenty-four-year-old May Elizabeth Williams was ecstatic! This was going to be her first convention where she would actually be able to dress up as one of her favorite characters. Well not her all-time favorite; but it was a very close second. She checked over her clothes and make up one last time to make sure any imperfections were taken care of; even though she was only going to wear her costume once.

Her once lovely short dark brown hair was covered up by a long light blond wig that was closer to white or silver then its original color; broken up by a streak of crimson on the left side and burnt orange on the right. Her brown eyes were also covered up with a pair of contacts of similar color to the ones in her wig on the same sides. She wore a silver bodysuit with crimson lines going down from her neck to her wrists and ankles bordered by black with similar colored coded armor on her forearms as well as her thighs and feet forming greaves of sorts.

Silver armor riveted with crimson bolts bordered by burnt orange covered her midsection allowing matching colored armor to hang on her sides down to her knees and a shorter one on the front. May’s chest was also covered in silver armor; but modeled after a pinecone and bordered with crimson while molded around her breast which –along with her body shape- have always been affiliated with Xenovia Quarta from Highschool DxD just with normal colored hair, a natural tan, and a height difference (taller by a half a foot making her 6’ 4”). To finish off the look she wore a long pure white cape around her shoulders with a high collar that would have covered her head if it wasn’t folded back/down halfway. 

All in all she was a near carbon copy of her second favorite character; Kouta Kazuraba, the Man of Beginnings, and Kamen Rider Gaim. Though there were a few differences between her costume and Kouta himself; besides being female that is…

For one, instead of using Kota’s original go to device for transforming –the L.S.-07; Orange Lockseed-; his female counterpart used its enhanced version, the L.S.-07 Blood Orange Lockseed after the original Orange Lockseed was destroyed by one of her rivals/enemies and the enhanced one had been purified of its dark taint by a priestess who lives neared ‘Kouta’s’ home city of Zawame. In additional; May’s self-made Kouta counterpart had also experimented with different Lockseed to see which ones fit her style better and explored the place where Lockseeds came from –the Helheim Forest- to find more making her have a larger collection of Lockseeds than in cannon.

In Fact on a table beside her was a case with the Lockseeds in question along with their accompanying transformation mechanism and the final piece of her costume. In the case itself was fifteen of her favorite Lockseeds on the top portion which included all four man made Energy Lockseeds, Kamen Rider Drive’s Lockseed, and both Heisei and Showa Rider Lockseeds. At the bottom was her Sengoku Driver with its modified Gaim Rider Indicator –which had crimson clouds instead of gold with burnt orange borders-, modified Blood Orange Lockseed –The black tendrils on the original recolored a burnt crimson-, Musou Saber, Genesis Driver Core, Lockseed Holder with her first three secondary go-to Lockseeds, and The K.L.S.-01; Kachidoki Lockseed.

The only thing that was missing was one Lockseed and its accompany part; the L.S.-∞/Infinity Kiwami Lockseed. May didn’t have the money when it first came out thanks to real life and afterwards it was just so expensive –when combined with middle man fees, packaging fees and so forth- with her normal budget or the seller ran out somehow that it wasn’t feasible to get it the normal way. Then she heard rumors of a merchant that, with the right price, could get you anything whether it was rare, out of the ordinary, or just that last little piece of a costume that you could not find normally/in time.

That was the main reason why May was going to the Dallas Comic Con Fan Expo in costume in the first place. According to the rumors, he only paid any attention to those who were in costumes that were out of the ordinary or exceptionally well made.

“Well,” May said to herself as she closed the case with her treasure and began walking to the front door where her friends were waiting, “Time to see if my luck is good or bad.”


Displaced Rider


        7 Hours…

        For seven hours, May had been looking around the expo for the rumored merchant and came up empty handed.

“Crap,” May cursed under her breath as she started to feel the weight of her costume and bought goodies nearly triple due to the long day.

        She had gotten quite a few goodies she had her eye on all hidden by a small knapsack under her cape. Her method of replicating Kiwami Arms ability to summon all the Lockseed Weapons out of thin air.

‘I’m glad I got what I did,’ she thought to herself as she patted her nearly full knapsack before looking longingly at her case, ‘I just wish I could have found Kiwami. It would have made it a perfect day.’

“Excuse me! Woman of Beginnings!!!”

“Huh?” May asked as she looked around for who called her and soon enough found them as her eyes widen in shock.

        There, standing at a non-descript booth wearing clothes similar to the Merchant from Resident Evil; was the very person she was looking for. And with that, May quickly jogged over to the man hoping that the rumors were true.

“Good eve to you; Woman of Beginnings,” the Merchant said with a strange grin on his face.

“Good eve to you Merchant,” May replied, “You’re just the person I was looking for.

That surprised the Merchant as he raised one eyebrow in shock, “Oh? And why would you be looking for a humble Merchant like myself?”

May reached into her knapsack, pulled out her iPhone and began looking through it, “I heard you usually offer rare and exotic items at these Comic Con and I was wondering if you happen to have this.” Finding the picture, the girl raised it up towards the Merchant, “The L.S.-∞/Infinity, Kiwami Lockseed with accompany Senyo Joint.”

Humming, the Merchant looked at the picture before snapping his fingers and began rifling through a nearby bag, “I do happen to have one in stock. It was sold to me a few months ago by a mother who wanted to ‘teach her teenage son about money. And sold it to me for half it’s usually cost without going through the middle man.”

“…What?”

“Indeed,” the man continued, “The thing is she thought he had used her money to buy it; but found out later it was his own hard earned money he had used instead. He was so pissed at her he actually packed up all of his things and left.  Last I heard the woman herself was starting to have financial troubles while the kid is actually living nicely.”

        Scoffing May could not help but flippantly say, “Well, she’s a credit to her gender.”

        Chuckling the Merchant continued shuffling through his bag until, “Aha!” He found the very item May was looking for placed it on the table in front of him. May could not help but gasp in shock seeing her long –barely a year since she first saw Kiwami Arms in action- items. With a shaking hand she reached for the Lockseed and pressed the button on the side allowing the key portion of the special Lockseed to pop out of the bottom as it spoke.

FRUIT BASKET!!!

Barely suppressing a squeal of joy, May then asked the question which she had been dreading.
“How much?”

        When the Merchant hummed a bit, May started to sweat until he said, “How about $60 even and I’ll throw in something that might go well with your costume.”

“SOLD; TAKE MY MONEY!!!!” May shouted so loud it startled everyone near her; but she didn’t care as she quickly grabbed her wallet and pulled out the amount needed. The Merchant chuckled as he reached for strange necklace with a silver coin on it that had the symbol of Gaim but in crimson.

        “What is that?” May asked as she handed the Merchant his money before placing her Lockseed case on the table and gently placed her new Lockseed and Sengoku Driver part in their respective slot.

        “It’s something they were going to have Gaku Sano wear when his character transformed into the Man of Beginnings; but left it out at the last second.”

        May’s eyes could not go any wider as she heard that. An actual piece of clothing that was supposed to be a part of Kota’s God outfit… That was a very big score for her. With a shaky hand, May gently grasped the necklace and placed it over her head. But the moment she did, she started to feel dizzy. As the world began to spin around her, she saw a familiar man appear behind the Merchant that she shouldn’t have seen.

‘Sagara!’

        A second later her vision went dark as Sagara waved cheekily to him while the Merchant said, “Have fun in a new world; Woman of Beginnings.”


Displaced Rider


“What the hell happened?” May groaned out as she felt herself come back to the conscious world in what looked like a forest of sorts. As she sat up, a strand of white/burnt orange hair came into her view irritating her slightly that she tried to pull off her wig.

“OW!!!”

        Only to find out that it had somehow become her real hair; and that wasn’t the only thing that changed as somehow vines were growing around her, each one bearing multiple Fruits of Helheim –the premature form of Lockseeds. More importantly; her treasured Lockseed Toys were all around her with her Sengoku Driver somehow around her waist; the Musou Saber nowhere to be seen along with the Senyo Joint.

“What the heck happened to me?” The young woman asked as she reached for the first of the Lockseeds near her and picked it up; accidentally pressing the button on it.

BLOOD ORANGE!

        May looked at her Lockseed strangely as it spoke in same tone as all natural Lockseeds instead of its original deep dark one; only to gasp as a familiar zipper sound echoed above her and quickly looked up.

“You got to be kidding me?!?!” She gasped in shock as she saw a familiar metal orange recolored crimson with gold lines, burnt orange flames, and a black top floating above her with a circular portal or rather Crack peering into a forest that should not have existed. Quickly the girl closed the lock in her hand causing the Crack to close back up like a zipper as the metal blood orange dispersed into crimson energy which shockingly went into the still stunned girl who was beginning to hyperventilate.

“What the holy fuck is going on?!?!” she shouted; only for someone to shout back; or rather scream.

“AAAHHHHHH~!!!!”

        May’s startled state was shattered at the blood curling scream and without thinking quickly gathered up her Lockseeds and raced towards it only to think, ‘What the heck am I doing?’ But before she could think of an answer, May burst out of the forest and saw something that both startled her and made her blood heat up hotter than lava.

        In front of her, just over the hill the forest sat on, was strange being that reminded May of ponies from a show her younger cousins had recently gotten into called My Little Pony, but anthro-ed up with clothes on similar to the medieval ages. What got her blood boiling was another set of human like beings that reminded her of the Diamond Dogs from the same show but more human-like in clothing similar to a bandit’s was doing.

        They were killing any man or rather stallion that fought them while capturing the children/foals and woman or mares; some of them even had their clothes ripped in were being ‘prepared’ in the worse sense.

“Don’t know what the hell’s going on,” May growled as she saw the scene, “But I already don’t like it.”

        And with that she made her decision hoping that the theory running around in her head was right as she raised the Lockseed in her hand up and shouted something she always wanted to say.

“HENSHIN!!!”
BLOOD ORANGE!


Displaced Rider


1,500+ Years Later


        Over a millennium had passed since May appeared in this new world and the girl was now meditating in the middle of a small Japanese garden wearing clothing similar to a Miko/Japanese Priestess. Sitting in the ancient Seiza position with her main sword at her side; the O-Daidaimaru –a crimson version of the original Daidaimaru with the length of a Nodachi or O-Katana- the girl turned goddess tried to calm her soul.

        Her body hadn’t changed much over the years except for her hair which changed back to its original color except the streaks of crimson/burnt orange stayed with a streak of white added in-between them now reaching to the middle of her back held back by a white ribbon. She was also a bit more toned than when she first appeared though because of her body’s new muscular system, it actually betrayed her true strength.

        At the moment she wasn’t focused on any of that. She was focused on calming her soul from the chaos that began happening around her ‘palace’ that looked more like a mixture of a Japanese temple and a samurai’s home complete with walls and a large gate. The only reason none of the Chaos was affecting her was thanks to the discrete but powerful illusions and barriers she had learned in her journeys before finally settling down about 100-200 years ago that hid her home from all but those who were invited.

        Breathe in.
        Breathe out.
        Breathe in.
        Breathe out.

        All May was focused on was her soul; until something entered her realm of influence or as some of her teachers called it her Seikuken. A second later…

SHING!!!!

        The object that had appeared was cut in twain by the O-Daidaimaru as May stood up in an Iaido stance. Then she saw something that confused her greatly dripping off of her blade and splattered on the ground.

“Chocolate Ice Cream…?”

        Then a familiar laugh that was once blood curling to her but now nothing more than irritating echoed around her. “Discord…” she softly growled out while standing up; O-Daidaimaru now held in her left hand backhand style after she flicked the melting chocolate off it.

        A second later the strange chimera like creature known as a Draconequus appeared through a reverse vortex, his horse like head grinning. “My fellow Avatar of Change!!” Discord cheered as she tried to wrap May in an anaconda like hug; only for the girl to transform into a crimson/burnt orange liquid and flow out of the hug. Discord immediately found himself tangled up as May reformed beside the Chaos God barely keeping a chuckle off her lips.

“We may be Avatars of Change Discord; your powers are based more around pure chaos while mine is evolution,” May corrected as she turned around and began walking to her home.

        Discord snapped himself out of his knot and quickly began floating beside his fellow god like being. “Aw~, don’t be like that May-chan,” the chaos god tried to plead, only to find O-Daidaimaru’s tip pointed an inch from his snout.

“Don’t you DARE call me –chan Discord!!!” The goddess sneered with a killing glare before she brought the blade back down slowly looking to the side, “Only one pony gets to call me that… and you’re not her.”

        Discord could not help but wince at that as he was once again reminded of that. A past prank of his before he was sealed had backfired in a spectacular manner… and accidentally killed many ponies. One of the victims had been someone very close to May. It was the one time he came close enough to meet death himself if it wasn’t for his immortality working overtime to keep him from being a permanent resident of the afterlife. It also caused the two princesses of the sun and moon to fully notice May and start hunting her thinking that she was in league with Discord or something of the like.

“Sorry…” Discord replied softly as a silence descended around them. That was the only prank he ever really regretted pulling because of the deaths. He loved chaos, he just hated when anyone lost a life due to one of his pranks and tried to make sure it didn’t happen; especially after that one.

“I have to ask; how in Faust’s name did you escape that Low Orbit Rainbow Cannon known as the Elements of Harmony?” Discord enquired, “I know I sensed your power in the statue they brought to the Garden and stood next to me. Though now that I think about it… You seem a lot less potent than last time we ‘met’ but more powerful at the same time.” He then squinted his eyes at the ‘young’ goddess who had a slight smirk on her face.

“Sorry Dissy,” May replied with poise as she walked up onto her home’s patio and sat down on one of the nearby cushions, Seiza style again, “That’s one of my little secrets. One you, yourself can’t pull off due to your nature.”

        Discord groaned at that, still floating in the air as he too took the same pose, “Aw Come On!!! Can’t you just give me a little hit???”

        Humming May decided to throw her old ‘friend’ a bone. Bringing him close, she whispered into his ear with a smirk on her face. The Draconequus’ eyes widen beyond normal proportions as he heard how May had ‘escaped’ her sealing.

“REALLY~!!! That’s how you did it?!?!?!” the Chaos God cried out bitterly while May did all she could to keep her giggles in her lungs. “And you’re right. I can’t do it, even if I wanted to unless I wanted to become a spirit until I was released unlike you.” With a great sigh Discord said something many never thought he would ever say, “Sometimes it sucks to be a God of Chaos.”

        That did it; May could not keep her laughter hidden any longer and let loose. As she rolled on her back, clutching her stomach as cackles filled the air; Discord pouted at being ‘pranked’ in a sense. “At least you have a sense of humor despite being my enemy at times. Unlike Celestia or as you call her… Molestia.” He said as his fellow immortal began to calm down.

        May’s giggles nearly started a new at that but kept calm… Barely.

“Well you can’t blame me for calling her that… She literally started to do that when she heard I was from another dimension.” May replied before her emotions did a 180, “At least until we had our ‘Dispute’ then she fully saw me for what I am; thought in the wrong way.”

        Once again both gods were silent for a bit before Discord had enough. “Well I’m off to create some more Chaos and Mischief! I wish you would come with me; but I have a feeling that you have something planed…” The chaos god smirked at May who returned it though unlike Discord’s it was much more serious while still being playful.

“Well~, let’s just say that I’ve been hearing a few rumors popping up about a decedent of a certain bug we know that has gotten too big for her shell and need to be taken down a few pegs.” Discord began giggling as May’s grin became shark like, “And since I’m ‘such’ good friends with her ancestor… I figure that I would deflate her ego back to normal and show her she not on the top of the food chain.”

         Discord really got laughing with that, until he saw May’s grin turn into a frown, “It also gives me the chance to warn Celestia of something coming that is my opposite in power but extremely malevolent. I thought it was destroyed last time it had appeared… But somehow it had survived and lent it power to someone I helped Celestia and Luna defeat. Even if they are reluctant to admit it then.”

“How strong is this power?” Discord asked crossing his arms in thought. A Chaos God he may be; he was always more of an Avatar of Change like May was then a True Chaos God. Many of the things he did always led to something being recreated or modified into something that that affected the world in some way even years after he was sealed. The displaced Rider took over from Discord after he was sealed; but did it in the shadows like a true Kamen Rider rather than in the light.

“At his weakest I say about as strong as my first two power levels,” May responded as she reached into her robes and pulled out her Blood Orange Lockseed and one of her Man-Made Lockseeds, the E.L.S-01 Lemon Energy Lockseed. “His strongest will force me to go all out. But since he gains power from violence, mayhem, and death; if he found out about those things…”

Discord hummed as he heard that; remembering what he and May had found years before he was sealed. “What me to check and see if they are still sealed and safe from anypony before I go back to my fun?”

“If you don’t mind,” May answered clapping her hands together in a pleading motion after putting her Lockseeds away, “I would check myself; but I need to prepare for ‘my opposite’ to come and I’m still not 100% sure that I am immune to awakening them like you are.”

        Thinking about it for a few seconds, Discord slapped his balled right lion’s paw into his left eagle talon “I’ll do it!!! Equas’ had released me from my seal for what I thought was giving the world my unique brand of chaos again… But this might be the true reason I was released. And since Celestia’s protégé is not exactly the brightest common sense wise, I should be able to stick around until Celestia and Luna regain the Elements to seal me again.”

        And so with a “toda loo!” he vanished with an explosion of confetti that disappeared the moment it touched something. As Discord went on his merry way, May could not help but blink in shock before groaning with a face palm.

“Discord, Discord, Discord; not only are you underestimating your enemies… Again,” Thoughts of the first time she tangled with Discord entered May’s mind as she continued, “But you also invited Murphy to come play merry havoc on your ‘plans’. Oh well, he may be a bit pissed that he get resealed, but it’ll be for the best since he will actually be in one place this time.”

        And with that May stood up and went into another part of her compound to do a bit more training before relaxing and planning for what she knew was coming.


Displaced Rider


        Within the castle in Canterlot, Princess Celestia groaned as she slowly felt herself wake up with a huge migraine. ‘What happened?’ she asked herself slowly opening her eyes…

        Only for them to snap wide open as she saw herself encased in a sickly green cocoon hanging from the tall ceiling of the wedding hall that was just transparent enough to see what the heck was going on. Celestia – who was the tallest of all her Little Ponies at 6’ 5” and the definition of a motherly goddess who easily doubled as a MILF- was mentally kicking herself for not being as serious as she should have with Chrysalis and tried to escape. Sadly, the Changeling Queen was more than prepared for the sun princess as she was not only trapped within the cocoon; but also tied her hooves, hands, and wings together while somehow suppressing her magic which should have been impossible.

“So you are awaken Celestia,” she heard Chrysalis’ familiar voice before the cocoon opened up and fell hard onto the floor; only her Alicorn nature keeping her from gaining truly gruesome injuries. As she tried to at least sit up she felt a black hoof kick her in the face sending her rolling a bit before she stopped allowing her to see her enemy. Chrysalis was just as tall as Celestia with a black exoskeleton like skin broken up with patches of sickly green both which were complemented by her armor which made her look like a barbarian queen.

        Behind her was her niece Princess Mi Amore Cadenza –a tall a curvy Alicorn mare with light pink coat and long violet, rose, and pale gold mane- stuck to the wall behind the thrones via green goo with her fiancé Shining Armor –a handsome unicorn stallion with a pale grey coat and dark blue mane- standing beside her in his formal uniform his normal blue eyes green due to Chrysalis’s spell.

“I see that even the almighty Celestia can been thrown for a loop when something doesn’t go her way.” The queen sneered at the princess who glared as best she could from her position.

“You may have beaten me Chrysalis,” Celestia swore, “But my student and sister will defeat you.

        That only brought a titanic laugh not only from Chrysalis herself; but also her soldiers/drones. “Your sister has already been taken care of by my men placing a special potion in her drink before she went to bed. I will last until I administer the antidote after I have place the magic suppressant I have specially crafted just for the two of you and your student on her,” the queen replied stunning Celestia.

        But the shocks were not over yet if Chrysalis’ evil smile was any indication. “Speaking of your precious student and her friends…” She snapped her fingers before the door to the wedding hall began opening.

        Turning to the door as best she could, Celestia’s eyes widen in shocked horror as she saw what would should have been Equestria’s best hope for defeating the changelings get dragged in. Pinky Pie –a pink furred/mane earth pony that had a slight pudge but is such a way to actually enhanced her beauty-, Rarity –a tall graceful and voluptuous mare with whitish coat and violet coffered mane/tail-, and Fluttershy –a small lithe Pegasus mare with a butter yellow coat and light pink flowing mane- were the first to enter the hall; each of the tied and a slightly bruised but not as much as the next two mare.

        Rainbow Dash – a short but athletic Pegasus mare with sky blue coat and long yet wild rainbow mane- and Applejack –an orange earth pony with a blond mane who was the tallest of her friends with amazon like muscles and curves- were the next ones to be literally dragged in more tied up then the first three with a lot of bruises. Thought they still kept fighting despite their predicament. Which quickly led to a drone kicking them each in the stomach to ‘calm them down’.

        But the last pony to be dragged in really pushed Celestia’s berserker button if she wasn’t already immobile thanks to Chrysalis’s preparations. She was an average looking unicorn pony –though with a girl-next-door type of feeling normally- with a lavender coat and dark purple mane that had a stripe of violet through it. Unfortunately your really could tell what her normal coat was sense some of it was either covered in blood or darkened to an ugly shade of black thanks to the bruises under the skin. In addition she had a magic suppressor at the base of her horn but also another object completely covering it. She was tied up as tightly as her friends were; but it was totally unnecessary due to the condition she was in.

“TWILIGHT!!!” Celestia shouted with Cadence in shock seeing her precious student -and secretively more- in such a state. She tried to stand up only for another kick from the Changeling Queen to down her again before the ponies that were dragged violently thrown beside her in front of the dual thrones. Twilight roughly woke up from being thrown and wailed in pain.

        Celestia could only look at her maimed student in astonishment before quickly turning to her enemy with fire in her eyes. “How dare you Chrysalis…” The princess of the sun hissed in fury, “You better hope I never escape or I will make suffer for what you have done.”

        Chrysalis blinked at Celestia a few times before she began to chuckle which quickly turned to malicious laughter which the other drones quickly followed on. “If seeing your ‘precious student’ gets you this mad,” she began as the door opened up again allowing another set of drones to enter, dragging something covered in a white sheet behind them, “Then this should break you entirely.”

        And with that she walked over to the object just as it sat down in the middle of the hall and pulled the cover off making Celestia pale when she saw it. It was a statue of an armored being wearing strange armor over their entire body that resembled a Japanese shogun’s armor with a cape hanging on the chest piece going down to their ankles. Around their waist was a strange belt that stood out just above the armor with the large bulky buckle having a small knife on the side like a lever on the right with what looked like a large padlock on the front with another smaller one connected on the right. In the being hands were a pair of strange swords as it held itself in a stance with them; the right one was a long katana like sword with the blade shaped more like a saber than an actually katana. The left blade was slightly shorter than a regular katana but the guard and grip were replaced by a pistol of sorts with a tab where a gun’s hammer would be.

        But really brought the point of that the being was not of Equestria, was its face. Instead of the face of a pony or some other species, it was of another being never before seen. Devoid of fur except for its mane which just touched their shoulders. In addition, the being’s face was set in a determined scowl as if it was facing down a monster of great might.

“No…” Celestia spoke softly seeing the ‘statue’ in front of her.

        Always the wisecracker, Rainbow Dash forced her was through her pain as she asked, “Are you stupid or something? What’s a statue going to do to Princess Celestia?”

        Chrysalis’s maniacal laugh returned once again before she replied with, “This is just as much a statue as Discord is.” The ponies who did not know gasped in shock when they heard that. But what really stunned them was what the Queen said next. “Except instead of imprisoning a great evil, All Celestia and Luna did was imprison a warrior who did nothing except be at the wrong place and the wrong time.”

“What?!?!” the ponies shouted in shock –thought Twilight couldn’t really do it thanks to the beating she was given- before looking at Celestia who could not bear to look at her subjects in the eye.

        Another laugh permeated the hall as Chrysalis saw Celestia’s defeated face holding her hand out to one of her drones/soldiers, “This being was a thorn in my ancestor’s side for many years until the ‘Princesses’ foolishly sealed her just because they thought her powers were similar to Discord’s when actually they were not.” Celestia quickly glared up at the Changeling who dared reopen old wounds…

…Only to gasp in shock when she saw one of the drones place a sledgehammer in Chrysalis’ hand. “But now, I finally get to repay her for all the trouble she has caused us.” The Queen continued before taking the hammer in both hands swinging back.

“NOOOO~” Celestia shouted in horror as the hammer was swung and slammed into the statue’s head shattering it to pieces. The ponies watching could only look in horror as Chrysalis went to town on sealed figure laughing all the while the princess of the sun cried, begged, and pleaded for the Queen to stop.

The right arm was crushed.
The left arm crumbled.
The chest broke in two before the drones fell onto them with their shields and hooves.
The right leg was shattered.
All seemed lost as Chrysalis swung her hammer gleefully until…
…she hit the belt…
…and everything stopped when the hammer refused to move an inch.

“What the…” was all one random drone said before a pulse of energy exploded out of the buckle sending the Changeling’s flying. The same pulse of energy disintegrated all of the goop holding Celestia, Cadence, and the ponies while overloading the magic binders allowing all the magic users to throw them off –though Celestia gently took Twilight’s off since she was barely in any shape to do so. At the same time, the spell holding Shining Armor in a trance like state broke making him fall to the ground… or would have if Cadence didn't grab him first.

        The rest of the statue was vaporized into dust leaving only the front part of the being’s buckle in-tacked; but the bright crimson and burnt orange shine coming from the items made it impossible to see what they were. A second later, everypony began to hear a whistling sound coming from outside and before they could try to locate it.


CRASH!!!


[Play Sengoku Ransei: Kamen Rider Gaim OST #1 Track 1]
        The object suddenly slammed through one of the side walls of the wedding hall and landed to the side of where the ‘sealed being’ once stood kicking up a cloud of smoke.

“What the hay?!?!” Applejack called out as she shielded her eyes from the smoke like everypony else was doing.

        Chrysalis growled at her fun being interrupted and quickly stood up pushing the drones trying to help her away. “Who dare’s stop me?!?”

        A familiar chuckle caused a cold chill to race up the Queen’s spine while Celestia –who was lifting a blushing Twilight up bridal style- froze in shock. “I thought your ancestor’s memories would have clued you in Chrissy.”

“It… can’t be,” Celestia whispered hoping that her ears were not deceiving her as she turned to the cloud of dust.

        As the dust cleared, everyone watching started to see a figure crouching in the dust slowly stand up while lifting up a strange sword. The figure placed the sword on their shoulder; a second later the figure twisted around swinging his sword through the dust scattering it while revealing them.

        The being was a tall one, almost as tall as Celestia wearing a navy blue quilted Japanese style under armor with similar colored armor on their forearms, thighs, and feet trimmed in gold with burnt orange Japanese style flames all modernized. Their chest and shoulders were covered with a crimson armor with burnt orange flames reminiscent of a Japanese samurai with the chest having black on the upper portion.

        Their head was entirely covered by a navy blue helmet with a crimson half circle for a visor with a silver mouthpiece and a gold curved sword like crest on the forehead that had a diamond shaped ruby in the middle of the guard. On top of the helmet was extra armor colored like the chest/shoulder armor covering the top, sides, and back of the helmet which flared out slightly to resemble a samurai’s helmet complete with a short green stem on top. 

        Around the waist was a yellow belt with a strange buckle similar to the statue’s but in black with the knife lever –The Cutting Blade- yellow with a silver edge and black handle. The left portion of the buckle had a side view picture of the front of the being’s helmet with a rainbow visor instead of a crimson one with what looked like crimson and burnt orange clouds on the side.

        In the being’s hand was an exact copy of the sword the statue held showing that the blade of the saber was modeled after an orange slice with the skin and ‘meat’ crimson colored with burnt orange ‘tissue’ between the meat and the skin while the guard was green with the two hand grip was navy blue with a silver rectangular pommel. Sheathed on left part of the waist was the statue’s second sword in black with a silver edge and a transparent gold center on the blade.

        Everypony held their breath as the figure placed his saber back on his shoulder as Chrysalis and Celestia were both about to have heart attacks but for different reasons. For the Changeling Queen; the memories of the past queen granted to her was causing her mind to go into overtime with the disgust of past defeats flowing through her.

        Princess Celestia…
        She was hyperventilating.

        She knew who this being was almost intimately since she was the one who welcomed her with open arms along with Luna only to turn on her when she thought she was a threat to Equestria despite Luna’s misgivings. Sadly this added to the wedge that she had unknowingly been driving in-between her and her sister, turning her into Nightmare Moon later on. It was only after Luna had been sealed that she finally learned the truth and regretted it so much she had taken to secretly punish herself for what she had done while doing all she could to never repeat the mistakes she had made in hope of atoning for her sins.

        Now was the moment of truth and possibly her reckoning.

        Finally the being spoke as she turned towards Chrysalis and said one sentence in a feminine voice revealing it true gender despite the armor it wore.

“Koko kara wa… ore no sutēji da.”

        And with that, she began walking forward towards the Changelings who stepped back briefly before charging forward. Weapons and war cries echoed as they charged the being who kept on walking forward. The first Drone to reach the warrior quickly lifted his huge axe up to cleave the warrior in two, only for her to nimbly duck to the side and slash at his midsection. To everyone’s surprise, the toy like blade easily went through the Drone’s armor and midsection just milliseconds before it turned into green goo.

        Another Changeling Drone tried the same thing with a great sword, only for the blade to be battered to the side then cut in twain from head to feet. Spinning around, the warrior kicked a pole axe wielding drone to the side crushing its chest before cutting through the blade of one trying to sneak up behind her along with the blades wielder.

        Deciding to change things up, the warrior switched weapons head from right to left cutting another changeling from waist to shoulder in the process before reaching for gun blade sheathed on her left, twisting around to cut down two Changeling’s in the process. She then grabbed the yellow tab and briefly pulled it, causing six lights to shine on the blade before pointing at a charging drone and shooting him between the eyes.

        And with that she began to go to town the drones, slashing, kicking, and periodically shooting at them; pulling the gun blade’s ‘hammer’ after every six shots or so. With each slash, either a blade was cut or a Drone turned to good; with each kick, staves were broken, chests were crushed, and skulls shattered; and with each shot, a Changeling’s head gained a new air hole.

        After a while, the warrior briefly hopped back as she reached behind her and pulled out a strange silver lock with a black arm and the image of an Orange on the front. With a flick of her thumb the pressed the button on the lock’s side back making it call out and an orange light glowed behind the metal orange.

ORANGE!

She then placed the lock onto the side of the gun blade where an indent was with a silver ring above it as she landed. The lock’s orange glowed once more as it snapped into place before the warrior locked the arm in place causing the lights on the blade to shine as it spoke to everyone’s shock.

LOCK ON!
ICHI! JU! HYAKU!

As the gun blade counted up to a hundred, the warrior reached for the knife on his belt and put it over the lock on the buckle, ‘cutting’ the fruit on it.

SOYA! BLOOD ORANGE SQUASH!

With that, the blood orange saber in the warrior’s right hand began to glow in the middle as well before she crossed her blade in front of her legs, slowing bringing them up over her head as a small group of drones charged at her.

“Niten Ichi-ryu:,” the warrior softly spoke as she brought her weapons out to her sides looking at the floor before jerking her head up to glare at her enemy. Then with a shout of, “MIDAREGIRI!!!” slashed at the charging group before with her gun blade releasing an orange energy wave before repeating with her blood orange saber which fired off a crimson energy wave before slashing with both blades each one releasing their respective energy waves as the gun blade spoke once more.

ORANGE CHARGE!

        The drones screamed as they were disintegrated by the crimson and orange blades of energy except for Chrysalis and the drones behind her as she quickly pulled up a barrier which broke the second the dual colored energy touched it. One drone tried to take advantage of the warrior’s brief pause with a bolt of energy; only for her to pull the trigger on her gun blade as she released another orange blade of energy cutting the drone in two as the gun blade spoke.

ORANGE POWER!

“Wow…” Rainbow Dash whispered softly as her friends, princesses and future prince stared at the kneeling warrior in shock.

        Taking the initiative, Applejack asked the question burning in everypony’s mind except for a rare few, “who are you?”

        The warrior smirked behind her helmet, bringing her first blade up to her chest as she said, “Watashi wa…” She then stood up adding on, “Kamen Rider…” then twisted around to the startled ponies bending her knees a bit as she placed her gun blade on her right shoulder while holding her blood orange saber to the side as if to guard against something as she said her name.

“… Bujin Gaim!”
> Chapter 2: The Revelations and Reveals
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Chapter 2


The Revelations and Reveals



1,500 years ago


May breathed deeply as she calmed her pounding heart standing in what she knew would be her basic arms if her feelings were right. All around her, the ponies she had just freed were cheering wildly. And around them, many of the dog like beings were on the ground moaning in pain, knocked out, or dead while a few of them fled for the hills, not wanting to deal with the freed ponies or their hero.

“Thank you for saving our village,” May heard and turned around to see one of the ponies she had saved who had also took up arms the moment she was freed while rallying all the others to do so or help the ones who couldn’t

“Not a problem,” the new Kamen Rider replied as she sheathed her Musou Saber at her side while placing her O-Daidaimaru on her back where –to her surprise- it stayed somehow. “I may have just started out recently,” May said, not wanting to reveal her full past, “But I want to protect those who cry out for help.”

The mare smiled as she let her blood covered sword dangle at her side, “Then thank you for being here in our time of need.”

        May just smiled as she took in the being before her fully. While her initial assumption of the ‘ponies’ before her were correct, some of the things she thought she would see were wrong. For one, their hands were more human like then the way most artists back home drew them as –having four fingers and a thumb instead of two or three-. Another thing she noticed was that most of the ‘ponies’ were much shorter than her 6 foot height . Even the mare before her, which was easily the tallest one there, was smaller at 5 feet, 8 inches.

Speaking of the mare, she was an interesting one that was certain. Not only because of her height; but her stature as well which reminded May of an Amazon or to be more precise a hard working farm woman. Her fur was orange in color with her hooves and finger nails a darker shade while her hair -or rather mane- and tail were a light blond in color which emphasized that she happily worked in the fields despite her clothing saying she was of high importance. Her eyes though, her candy apple red eyes was conflicting; both excited to have someone help them in their time of need as her voice said; but also a slight suspicion as to why May jumped into something that was none of her business.

“Anyways,” the mare said as she handed her sword to one of the nearby stallions she had borrowed it from -who nodded in thanks before going off to round up the last of the dog beings still left alive- before holding out her hand “My name’s Apple Jacqueline Smith, but most ponies just call me Applejack. I’m the leader of our small village; mostly because my family was the first to settle here.”

        May smiled as she shook Applejack’s hands. “Well, I’m called Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim when I’m in my armor,” she began as the two released their grips before the Rider closed the Blood Orange Lockseed on her Sengoku Driver causing the Arms and weapons to vanish in sparkling golden light startling the ponies around her with how she looked, “But you can call me May out of it.”

        Applejack blinked a few times before laughing and pulled May into a one arm hug, a big grin on her muzzle. “Well May, consider yourself part of our village here since you saved us from those Diamond Dogs.”

        Despite being shocked by what was said, May could not help the smile that slowly crawled its way onto her face, “I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting friendship.”


Displaced Rider


Present Time


‘And it was Rinko-chan,’ May thought to herself as she saw Jacqueline’s descended right in front of her while getting out of her stance, before turning back towards Chrysalis who looked both irate and terrified at the same time, ‘I just wish I could have told you that you were more than that in those last few months you were alive.’

        The Changeling Queen glared at Bujin Gaim, while slowly reaching for her own blade hidden by her folded wings. Thought with the way the armored warrior was tensing as she did so said that it was not as well hidden as she thought.

        And it was to her immense surprise when the Warrior actually relaxed, placing her O-Daidaimaru on her shoulder while letting the arm with the Musou Saber hang at her side. “As much as I want to see if you are any better than your ancestors with a blade… I think the Bride and Groom had enough of your antics and want you out.”

        At that moment, a bright purple light shined behind Bujin Gaim which caught everyone’s attention with only the Armored Rider not turning towards the light. There, next to the Astral Thrones, stood Shining Armor and Cadence sharing each other’s magic which combined into a royal purple. Unknowingly they had begun tapping into another part of the Elements of Harmony that Cadence was unsuspectingly connected to… The Element of Love.

        A second later the purple Aura combined with Shining Armor’s original spell and supercharged it before shooting out to perform its sole function; evicting all Changelings from Canterlot. When the purple sphere pulsed out of the duo, May quickly shifted her body half a dimension over into Helheim –a neat little trick she unknowingly discovered the first time she was forced to tussle with Celestia and Luna- just in case the spell decided she needed to be given the boot as well.

        Thankfully it wasn’t, as the spell took any and all Changeling’s within Canterlot and sent them flying ala Team Rocket. Hearing Chrysalis Screaming as she involuntarily flew as her ancestor did centuries past was music to May’s ears while shifted back without anyone the wiser. And with that, she reached for her base form’s Lockseed and closed it up, allowing the armor to vanish in its usual gold sparkles; but made the Musou Saber and Lockseed Holder linger. This revealed her clothing that resembled what a Samurai would wear off the battlefield when visiting their Lord called a kamishimo.

It consisted of a formal navy blue kimono with a burnt orange hakama over her legs all held closed by her Sengoku Driver, and navy blue tabi socks over feet with simple wooden geta on. Over the Hakama was a gold lined crimson kataginu –sleeveless jacket with exaggerated shoulders and her Rider Crest on chest the same place a samurai’s family crest would be.

“May…” Celestia softly said though everyone there heard it, especially the sadness in her tone, causing the warrior to turn to her along with everyone else. Her head was bowed as she said that with only Twilight seeing her teacher’s nervous face with tear filled eyes.

“I’m so sorry,” she began softly, “when you nearly killed Discord all those years ago, I thought you were similar to him and wanted to get him out of your way…” The princess of the sun kept quiet for a bit as her subjects, student, and niece stared at her and May in shock before she continued, “Luna didn’t believe that you were evil for a second; but I kept reminding her of our duties to our little ponies so she reluctantly helped me seal you.”

“It was only years later after I was forced to seal Luna that I found out the truth… That while you were similar to Discord… you only wanted to discover what your powers did… consisted of… what was possible. All the lies the nobles back then told me; thinking that I actually helping the common ponies… only to find out they were using me, my sister, and to an extent… You.... to further their own goals.”

        May could not help the raised eyebrow at that… To think that Celestia actually took the word of her own nobles over the ‘common’ ponies and even her own sister. Though to be fair, the poor sun mare was more attuned to the elements of Generosity, Kindness, and Magic then Luna. That mare was truly connected to Honesty, Laughter (even if she did keep it hidden to an extent), and Loyalty to keep her hope about the displaced rider up despite all of the pressure coming at her from all sides at the time.

Then something happened that stunned Celestia. “I believe you,” May said, making the sun princess jerk her head towards the ‘human’ whose smile was much brighter than before as she added, “And I forgive you.”

        Celestia’s eyes widen in shock before tears started to fill them again but refused to fall, until her own student; despite her pain, circled her arms around the princess that those tears were allowed to fall. At the same time, all the ponies looked between the two, beyond stunned that May willingly forgave the sun princess since something like that would have been very hard for them to forgive themselves.

        Rainbow Dash even commented on this as she quietly yet swiftly –as per her nature- want up to the warrior and whispered, “I’m surprised you forgave her like that.”

“Well… yes and no,” was May’s whispered reply earning a confused look from the speedy mare, “While yes I do forgive her for what she tried to do… It doesn’t mean that I will forget… nor get a bit of revenge via a few pranks and trolls.”

        RD looked at the Bujin in shock before a smirk made its way onto her muzzle, “mind if Pinkie and I join in?”

“Well... I wouldn’t say no to a helper, conspirator, or enabler.” the Warrior replied with her own grin, “You live for over 1500 years and you become very bored quickly; making one do whatever they can to get rid of it.” May then glanced over at Pinkie who was poking at the ‘remains’ of her statue self as she added, “Though would your girlfriend really mind you ‘volunteering’ her for services as a helper?”

The second she said that, Rainbow Dash quickly covered her mouth with a quiet yet hurried “shush!!!” The Pegasus mare looked around and saw everypony was busy and let out a sigh of relief before glaring at May. “Please don’t tell that to everypony!!!” she softly hissed, “I just figured it out recently and I haven’t a clue as to how to tell her or if she even likes me.”

“I would suggest just telling her,” May began as he looked over Rainbow’s shoulder to see the pink mare still poking at the statue –though for some reason not as enthusiastically as before. “But I don’t think it will be that easy,” she then gently clapped RD on her shoulder, “Don’t worry something will come up that allows you to tell her. Trust me… but you will need to tell her soon or you may not be able to at all.” The girl finished with a sad smile briefly taking a peek at Applejack who was busy trying to keep Fluttershy from fainting from all the stress.

Before RD could say anything, a dark blue blur shot through the cavity May created in the wedding hall which quickly skid to a haul revealing another Alicorn similar to Celestia, but different at the same time. Her fur was a dark blue compared to Celestia’s white while her mane/tail while a slightly translucent dark sapphire with a few pin sized white dots on them replicating a clear night sky. Her build was more muscular than the sun princess, thought that did not subtract at all from her look; rather it gave her an unearthly grace and elegance.

At least at times where she was not extremely worried like right now, enhanced thanks to the silver and dark blue armor that; while it did conform to her body, it was not skimpy in the least bit but covered everything very well without subtracting too much mobility. This changed her image from a lofty goddess to a warrior one that could rival the beautiful Greek warrior goddesses like Athena. In her hands was a navy blue halberd with a large silver arrow head shaped blade that had guard like horns on either side. 

May’s mouth dried up seeing her old friend she had lost in front of her, no longer tainted by her own darkness which had been enhanced by her Alicorn magic; Princess Luna.

“Are you okay sister?!?!” Luna asked as she took in Celestia's appearance and her student who was still in her arms and was quite stunned by what she saw, “Twilight Sparkle; what has happened to you???”

“It was Chrysalis, Luna,” Celestia replied sadly, “She had disguised herself as Cadence and nearly taken over Canterlot for her nefarious scheme.” Her frown soon turned into a smile as she added, “Thankfully an old friend of ours had once again saved us like she did so long ago.”

“Old friend?” Luna questioned tilting her head to the side in a manner that would have looked cute if it wasn’t for her helmet. She then looked around, only to be shocked when her eyes met May’s

“Hey Luna,” the ‘young’ woman greeted a bit weakly, “It’s been centuries.”

        The ponies who did not know their relationship gasped in shock by what she said, while Luna’s grasp on her spear loosened causing it to clatter to the floor before it vanished in a flurry of navy blue sparkles with her armor following behind. In its place was sheer navy blue nightgown with silver edging that was covered up by a hastily thrown sleeping robe that caused many ponies watching to blush and turn their heads –for the more courteous ones- or droll –the uncouth ones. May herself would have done the latter... if the Alicorn hadn’t jumped at her in a tackle hug that would have send them both to the ground if the human hadn’t anchored herself.

        “MAY!!!” Luna cried out as she wrapped her arms around her oldest and most loyal friend hoping she was not dreaming –despite knowing if she was thanks to her dream walking magic. She buried her head into May’s neck easily enough thanks to the latter’s own height and let the tears she had been holding back for so long loose.

        After her brief shock –and accompanying blush- wore off, May just smiled and held her dearest friend close to her for the first time in centuries. To be honest May had a bit of a crush on Luna that Rinko –her Applejack- knew about even if she didn’t know about the ‘human’s’ crush on her. She still had it mind you; but the years of separation/self-exile allowed for much reflection and made what seemed like a schoolgirl crush into true love…

        Even if May was reluctant to say anything about it at the moment.

        Celestia watched the reunion with a forlorn smile on her lips as she held Twilight a bit closer unconsciously. She knew about May’s crush on Luna all those years before the two were sealed. She was suspicious about it at first; but once the truth about May was revealed after Luna was sealed, she deeply regretted her thoughts at the time. Once her beloved sister was freed, the two of them took a long cleansing cry together with much heartbreak and sadness between then. Especially with how they were betrayed by their own ponies while unknowingly betraying the one had considered a friend –if not more for the lunar mare.

        The other ponies just looked on with teary smiles at the reunion. Rainbow on the other hand suddenly began to understand where May was coming from saying what she did and snuck a peek at Pinkie who was doing the same causing both to look away with blushes on their cheeks.

        After a while May noticed that Luna had stopped crying and looked down to see her asleep, a small content smile on her lips. With a similar smile on her lips, the samurai based warrior stood up slowly and looked towards Celestia.

“Look like Luna fell asleep,” she mentioned as she held the princess in her arms bridal style. This made Luna snuggle tightly against May making her blush lightly since it placed her head right on the warrior’s breasts, This made Celestia and Cadence –whose talent was based around love and could see the lines between the two- giggle at the scene with the other girls not far behind.

Clearing her throat lightly, May continued asking, “May I take her up to her room Celestia?”

“Of course,” The older sister replied as she schooled her chortles smiling at the warrior and her sister, “I will get one of the guards to guide you to Luna’s room.”

“No need,” The young woman replied making everypony look at her strangely as her eyes took on a mischievous shine, “When you and Luna ‘hit’ me with your Rainbow colored ion cannon, you didn’t really ‘seal’ me as you had wanted. Rather you had sealed away a portion of my power and abilities along with their catalysts.”

With that May turned around and looked at the pile of rubble that was once her ‘double’ so to speak. Her eyes began to glow in a kaleidoscopic way with her pupils taking on a crimson shine which was mimicked by something within the rubble. A second later two items pushed their way out of the pile and floated over to their owner. Both items were locks similar to the one May had used in her ‘fight’ with Crysalis but way different at the same time.

        Celestia gasped as she saw the Lockseeds remembering how the forms attached to them had easily defeated her and Luna despite their own immense power. What really shocked here was their appearance which was not what she remembered. The first lock was a bulky block shape that barely fit it in a pony’s hand and was made of slightly transparent burnt orange plastic like material with a few crimson streaks on the sides, the back/arm a very dark grey. On the front of the lock was supposed to be a crimson octagonal orange with burnt crimson flames on a silver background with a green stem. Instead the crimson was a very dull grey with the burnt orange flames and silver now black with a rusted look to them; though the lock number could still be clearly seen: K.L.S. – 01; the Kachidoki (Triumph) Lockseed.

        She quickly looked at the second lock that was shaped like a vertical oval with the bottom part flat except for a slight smaller part at the bottom making it look almost like a key, made entirely out of a the same dark grey material as the previous lock except for the front. The front itself was supposed to be gold in color with the top portion of it modeled after a fruit basket of sorts with seven fruits in it; a blood red orange in the middle with a strawberry, pineapple, watermelon, banana, grape, and a melon surrounding it. But just like the Kiwami Lockseed, the gold had turned to a darkish grey with rust on it while the crimson orange becoming black. In addition, the fruit surrounding the orange had vanished somehow as well. The only thing left was the number on the lock itself denoting what it was: L.S. - ∞: Kiwami (Extreme) Lockseed.

“W-what happened to the Kachidoki and Kiwami Lockseeds?” Celestia asked barely keeping herself from screeching as her niece and subjects looked at her with confusion.

“I’ll explain later,” May replied with a sad smile on her face seeing her cherished Lockseeds in the state they were in before sliding them into her kimono then turning to Celestia as her eyes reverted back to normal, continuing on, “I’ve been keeping an eye on you and Luna from the shadows since you ‘sealed’ me; so I know a few things. So if you don’t mind I’ll take Luna back up to her room.”

        And with that, her eyes once again took on their kaleidoscope like form which also covered May and her passenger then vanished along with the two.

“Now that’s cool,” Rainbow Dash said which the other acknowledge. Unfortunately this caused Twilight to cringe in pain making her teacher look at her.

“Let’s get you and your friends to the infirmary…” She said softly walking to their destination, “And Twilight…”

        The mare in Celestia’s arms looked up and saw her mentor looking back with a sad smile on her lips, a few tears in her eyes. “I’m sorry for not believing in you. You know your brother and Cadence better than I should have.”

        Twilight looked at her teacher (and secret crush) in shock before smiling with tears in her eyes. “You’re forgiven,” she said, snuggling up to Celestia –which caused the Alicorn Mare to blush lightly- with a blush on her cheeks as she continued, “And thank you for everything you have done…” ‘Including stealing my heart.’

        Celestia just smiled, unknowing what Twilight had just thought of, and was glad that her student didn’t hate her for what she had done. The sun princess didn’t know what she would have done if Twilight had hated her.

        Despite the horror of the Changelings, all was right for the moment despite the wedding having to be rescheduled; with the right bride being given away this time.


Displaced Rider


        Over in Luna’s room, our warrior and her princess appeared in the middle of the dark navy blue room in a flash of a rainbow before dying down again. May looked around the room and could not help but smile nostalgically; the room almost look exactly like Luna’s old room in the Everfree Castle with the addition of a few modern day appliances such as a large flat screen TV with a gaming system, air conditioning, and what not.


        May took one step towards Luna’s bed… and had to stop as she felt the edge of a blade on her neck.


“Nice to see at least one Night Guard still trying to do their duty,” she said as the one with the blade walked around her revealing herself to be a thestral; an earth/Pegasus pony who had been ritualistically turned into what some would call a bat pony with a gray coat of various shades, cat like eyes, and bat wings on their backs. While the few Night Guards had armor opposite to their day counterpart –dark/light purple armor with various medieval decorations and such-; the huge majority were more like the Ninjas of japan.


        Espionage, assassination, sabotage, infiltration, and other covert workings were the Night Guard’s bread and butter. In fact May herself gave Luna the idea to turn her guards into what they were today. When Luna was sealed into the moon as Nightmare Moon; May was the first one to secretly hide the Night Guard from the overzealous Day Guards at the time, sending many to Neighpon where the Shinobi Sect there welcomed them with open arms. And over the millennium that Luna was in the moon, the Night Guard never forgot the one who save them from extinction.


        Even when Luna returned and they made the exodus back to Equestria, they still kept May’s status of not being sealed a secret.


        Which was why the moment the mare saw May’s symbol, she quickly pulled her ninjato away from her neck and bowed at the waist after sheathing her sword. “William-sama,” she said with a slightly accented speech, “It is good to see you again.”


“It’s good to see you to Shadow Blade,” The Rider replied recognizing the mare and her silent blade that had killed many a threat and traitor to the Equestiran Crown unknowingly to the major populace. “I still see you’re keeping your skill sharp as your favored blade.”


“Doumo arigatou gozaimasu,” the mare replied as she stood up from her bow, “Are you going to step out of the shadows now William-sama?”


“To an extent,” the young woman replied softly as to not wake Luna up, “People will know I’m back; but I think I will keep hidden from the public eye unless needed.”


The mare nodded before looking at her master in May’s arms and quietly hustled the duo over to the bed before pulling back the covers. May followed behind her and placed the Night Princess down in the bad and would have stepped back… If Luna hadn’t grabbed her hand while she was asleep.


“The heck?” the warrior questioned as she tried to gently pull her hand back, only for Luna to whimper in her sleep and pull back nearly knocking May into the bed.


        Shadow Blade quickly placed a hand over her muzzle to keep the guffaws from escaping making her species’ savior glare at her, though it was ruined by the blush on her face. “I think I’m going to see if the rest of my comrades need any help.”


“Wait a minute!” May hissed a loudly as she could without waking Luna up –the mare was not a morning/day mare and usually needed a few cups of coffee to wake up outside of extenuating circumstances. The mare just ignored her as she slid into the shadows and vanished like smoke in the night.


“Kuso…” the Rider groaned as she once again tried to escape the mare’s grip. She began to get tempted into using one of her two escape tricks when she heard something that stopped her in her tracks.


“Please don’t go May,” Luna whimpered in her sleep, “I’m sorry… so sorry…”


        That crumpled all of May’s desires to escape and decided to follow the old proverb, ‘if you can’t beat them… join them.’ And so with that, she focused her power again, causing the rainbow like aura to briefly form over her clothes, switching them out for her night clothes –shorts and a long t-shirt.


        Then with a gulp of fear and a quick prayer to anyone listening that Luna won’t shoot first ask questions later when she woke up; Slid into bed where the mare quickly and surprisingly wrapped her arms around the Rider making her light blush brighten considerably.


“Either this is going to be funny, or painful,’ She thought before shrugging and deciding to take a nap herself. May had kept herself awake last night trying to figure out what she was going to do and sleep was calling her name.



Later that evening



With a light groan, Luna started to wake up as her mind began to tell her she needed to do her responsibility of ‘raising the moon’. As she woke up she suddenly remembered a ‘dream’ she had where one of her dearest friends –and huge crush- had returned from being sealed. As she looked around she did not see anypony in her room making her sigh sadly.


“Another night, another dream about May…” she muttered looking down at the navy blue sheets of her bed, “I can control any ponies’ dreams easily… But controlling my own is hit or miss if I do not use my magic.”


“Huh?” a familiar voice suddenly uttered behind the princess making her sit up straight in shock, “You can’t control your own dreams without magic? I’m surprised you didn’t learn how to become a lucid dreamer without it… Guess some things just are too hard to learn at times…”


        Slowly, as if dreading that the thought that the voice was an delusion conjured by her recent dream, Princess Luna turned around only to gasp in shock as she saw the one pony, or rather being she always wanted to see. Someone who she thought would never see until that time came in a year.


“I… Is that you May?” Luna asked with a shaky voice and she pushed her sheets to the side to stand on her hooves.


“It is Tsuki,” May said using Luna’s nickname making the mare gasp, “Sorry I wasn’t able to welcome you back when you’re finally broke free of your darkness.”


Before anything else could be said, May was once more the recipient of a tackle hug, one that actually made her fall to the ground. The young woman briefly saw stars as her head hit the floor but it cleared quickly when she heard Luna sobbing.


“I’m so sorry May,” Luna cried into May’s sleeping shirt which she wore, “I did not believe for a second the lies the ‘noble’ ponies back then told about you…”


        Quietly hushing the crying mare, May made Luna look up at her with a sad smile on her own lips. “I know what happened back then Luna,” the Rider said making the mare jolt back in surprise, “Despite what everypony thought back then; you and your sister didn’t really seal me up… But rather my two more powerful forms.” She then pulled out the Lockseed for those two forms causing Luna to gasp seeing their state.


“How is that possible?”


        May just shrugged, “Not really sure myself. I just meant to leave a clone of sorts to take the hit… but instead my two most powerful Lockseeds got sealed along with some of my powers and many of my abilities outside of the basic ones. All of which have not returned to me; though they probably will when Kachidoki and Kiwami are back to normal.”


        Luna just blinked a few times then shrugged as she hugged her friend, “I don’t care. I’m just glad your back.


        She then pulled back and began glaring at May who suddenly felt as if her head was on the chopping block, “Though I do not like that you needlessly made me worry for you when you were perfectly fine.”


        Sweating Bullets, May quickly began to explain less she get sent to the moon or worse… “Well I was extremely low on power after I was grazed by the Artifacts. I was barely able to find a stop where I could rest in a in a healing coma to allow my body to adjust to the loss.” Then the girl’s voice got low as she concluded her story, “By the time I came to… You were already sealed in the moon.”


        Luna just stared at the girl in shock, she was that incapacitated for that long!!! “But I thought those Lockseeds of yours were supposed to re-energize you if you were weak!”


“Keywords ‘supposed to’ Luna.” May replied, “Despite only losing Kachidoki and Kiwami, all of my Lockseeds were affected by the sudden energy loss; with the exception of my Energy Lockseeds, and I can’t even use them like normal Lockseeds even if they were compatible with my Sengoku Driver without the Genesis Core.”


        Suddenly feeling very low, Luna could not help but blush lightly with embarrassment as she pouted and turned to the side, “W-well, how was I supposed to know???
‘Tsundere…’ May could not help but think with a quick giggle before turning off that road of thought and getting back to the present, “Well, since it’s probably time to raise the moon, why don’t we get dressed and something to eat if we have time?”


        Finally Luna saw the predicament she was in, both warrior ladies in their nightwear with the Princess straddling May. The poor Alicorn’s blush could have allowed her to replace the moon with its glow before she suddenly vanished with such speed it could have been mistaken for teleportation. Blinking a few times in shock, May quickly began to laugh her butt off. While she respected and liked Luna; that didn’t mean she wasn’t above trying to get a rise out of her. Her moments of ‘vulnerability’ were absolutely adorable.


About an hour later, Luna and May finally made their way to the dining hall with the warrior in her original outfit while the princess wore something given to her a few days after her release from the moon. It was a Chinese style midnight blue Cheongsam; but with the skirt on it reaching Luna’s ankles on the front and trail slightly on the back. The sleeves reach just past the wrists and were flared out similar to a Kimono; though the upper portion of the sleeves where they would have met the shoulder were missing connecting just under the arms. In addition Luna’s cutie mark was situated on the side of her hip but in a Chinese style.


May could not help but smile seeing the dress and commented on it, “Glad to see you wearing my gift Luna.”


“Hmm?” the night princess hummed before she inquired, “What do you mean ‘your gift’ May?”


“Well…” May began, “Since I couldn’t exactly go see you in person, I decided to at least welcome you back with a small gift even if I had to stay in the shadows at the time.”


        With a light blush staining her cheeks, Luna could not help the smile that made its way onto her lips. “Thank you May. Your gift allowed me to push on through the Nobles’ words until I finally met more ponies who liked me for me in Ponyville.”


“Not a problem.” The Rider replied with a smile of her own as they reached the Dining Hall.


        The guards there were a bit wary of May; but still opened the door once the two walked over a specialty rune circle on the floor that was created to dispel any disguise magic. Once the two walked in, they saw every-pony that was in the wedding hall at the table all their wounds heal –or mostly healed- except for Twilight’s. While a lot of her wounds had been healed over, a few of them were a bit too severe to be healed by normal magic, and the doctor who could do so were sadly needed elsewhere at the moment.


The only exception was Shining Armor who was trying his best to make up for his stupidity by rounding up any and all stranglers and personally giving them to boot into the dungeons under the castle. In his place was a young dragon who looked about 15-16 years old wearing a pair of jean shorts and a purple shirt giving Rarity ‘discreet’ looks of love


        May notice of this as everypony in the room quickly welcomed them. And while Luna quickly took a seat, she walked over to Twilight who noticed and became nervous until Celestia calmed her down with a hand on her shoulder.


“Celestia,” May said nodding her head to the princess who replied in kind before turning to Twilight. “Miss. Sparkle,” she began startling the unicorn mare shocking her that May knew her name, “While I am glad to see you’re feeling better after what Chrysalis’ drones had done to you… I can tell that you are not healed 100%.”


“Umm… that’s correct miss…” Twilight began but stumbled a bit on May’s name.


“May Elizabeth Williams,” May replied with a smile, “Just call me May, Ms. Sparkle.”


“Only if you call me Twilight,” the mare replied with a smile though she winched a bit as some of her more prominent injuries complained a bit. “I would ask how you knew my name,” Twilight began clenching her teeth in pain hunching over slightly, “Though I believe you kept an eye on Equestria despite having to stay hidden.”


‘Not as hidden as you believe,’ May could not help but think before reaching into her Hakama and pulled out a ‘belt buckle similar to the one around her waist. The only difference was the left side did not have a picture on it and the knife shaped lever was missing.


“Isn’t that was you used to transform into your armor, May?” Rarity asked sitting beside Twilight as she tried to keep her friend from falling.


“Only a prototype,” May responded as she placed the Prototype at Twilights waist where a yellow band quickly wrapped around her hips, securing it in place. She then pulled out another Lockseed, this on having a black and white sunflower seed with the code ‘L.S. – 00’ which she quickly unlocked and placed on the driver before relocking it.


        Everypony watched as the lock briefly glowed before then watched in shock as Twilight blinked a few times before standing up in shock.


“Twilight!!!” Her friends, brother and future sister-in-law called out in shock only to be amazed when the mare move around a bit without any pain.


“I’m… Healed?” she asked stunned as she looked over her body then to the belt buckle.


“What you have around your waist,” May began explaining, “Is the prototype version of my Sengoku Driver. You can’t transform with it nor does it have the safety feature my Driver does that locks onto the first user’s DNA, making it so that only they can use it; unless the data is rewritten.”  ‘Or they die.’ May mentally added.


“That’s cool and all,” Rainbow Dash said ignoring most of the explanation before pointing at the lock on the driver, “But what is that?”


“OH, OH, OH!!!” Pinkie began calling out waving jumping in her seat beside RD, “Are they some kind of lock that grows on vines and can summons monster from another dimension!!!”


Everypony gave the hyperactive mare the same ‘are you high or something’ look… AT least until they heard Celestia, Luna, and May giggling which confused them.


“She’s not that far from the truth,” the Rider replied making Everypony’s jaw drop in shock.


“How’s that possible?!?!” the young dragon –Spike- shouted in shock.


“Like this,” May replied as she looked over at one of the potted plants in the Dining Hall and waved a hand towards it as her eyes gain their rainbow glow again.


        A second later, strange vines began glowing from the soil and gently wrapped around the tree, and seconds later… strange purple flower like fruit began to grow from it. Fascinated, Twilight and Applejack quickly raced over to the fruits as they watched to grow to full size. The main part of the fruit was a light purple in color with the bottom part a dark blue while the stem was shaped to look like the arm of a lock.


“Impossible,” Twilight spoke softly as she reached out and pulled one of the fruit off the vine. Suddenly it began to glow a familiar spectral color before hardening and transforming to something very familiar. The very lock Twilight had on her Driver at the moment.


“HUH?” Everypony watching shouted in shock.


“What you were holding Twilight is what called the Fruit of Helheim or immature Lockseeds.” May began as everypony turned to her, “it is actually a facsimile of another powerful fruit called the Golden Apple or Forbidden Fruit that is said to give God like powers to anyone who eats it.”


“Really?!?!” Rainbow Dash and Rarity shouted in shock as stars filled their eyes.


“Yep,” May replied, “Anyways, the Lockseeds are quite powerful no matter what for they take despite being only a facsimile. Unfortunately they can only be used in the form you have in your hand right now Twilight.”


        Twilight looked down at the Lockseed in her hands in shock. Applejack decided to pick a fruit as well… only for it to stay the same.


        “Well, how come this fruit here didn’t transform?” she asked showing it to May and her friends.


        Celestia took over from here, “that’s because you need a Sengoku Driver to mature it into a Lockseed Applejack.” May took point here as she went over to the vines and grabbed a fruit herself. A second later it transformed as well, but instead of a sunflower seed, the face of it had a lime green musk melon on the front with a gold circle around its code: L.S. – 04.


“The Fruits,” May continued as everypony gathered around her to look at the new lock, “which come from a different dimension called Helheim by the first people to discover it, has the DNA of all fruits, nuts, seeds, and berries in existence, allowing it to transform into any kind of Lockseed depending on how much power it has at the time. Despite this there are only 12 Lockseeds that had what are called Armor Parts and Arms Weapons attached to them. Not counting the manmade ones that is…”


“Why is that?” Pinkie questioned, “If Lockseed can be any type of fruit, does are there only 12 weapons?”


“Never could figure that out myself,” May said as she handed the Melon Lockseed to Luna and pulled out another one from her Hakama. This one had a cover the shape of a coffee bean on it but no code on it at all. “This is the first Lockseed I found that didn’t fall under the known locks but didn’t have a weapons despite having the same power as my Blood Orange Lockseed.”


        Twilight thought for a second as she took the fruit in Applejack’s hand and watched it turn into another Lockseed, this one with a bunch of bananas on the front with the code L.S. – 08 on it. “Maybe it was done to limit what kind of Lockseeds are available.”


        May blinked a few times in shock, “That could be true. The first humans that found the Lockseeds that the dimension they are a part of were actually connected to a corporation called Yggdrasill.”


‘Sengoku Ryoma,’ the Rider thought as she looked at the coffee Lockseed remembering the original creator of the Sengoku Driver, ‘were your ambitions so great that you rather create a just few different Arms Weapons/Parts to appease Takatora Kureshima while you focused on your true goals rather than give humanity the fighting chance it needed them?’


        May jumped a bit as someone placed their hand on her shoulder startling her from her thought. She turned around to see Luna looking at her sadly.


“Are you okay?” the moon princess asked seeing the looks of sadness and anger on her friend’s face.


        Nodding, May continued with her explanation about Lockseeds. “As I said, Lockseeds are only found within Helheim where they guard the Golden Fruit until someone brave enough and strong enough both physically and spiritually comes and takes it.”


“Um… Excuse me,” Fluttershy said softly making May turn to her which caused the poor Pegasus mare to blush slightly, “W-what do you mean guard?”


‘Damn it!’ May said hoping not to approach the subject Fluttershy was asking before sighing.


“Immature Lockseeds grown in Helheim have a pheromone they secrete that causes anyone, be they human, animal, or pony, to want to eat them. If they do… They die.”


        All the ponies, including the older Alicorn princesses, gasped in shock as they heard that.


“But that’s not all,” May continued turning away from the ponies not wanting to look at them, “AS they die, their bodies, their minds, their very DNA become rewritten… forcefully mutating their bodies into being known as an Invasive species or Inves for short. Only those with the strongest will or have some kind of immunity to Helheim’s poison can survive the transformation with their minds in tacked.”


“Otherwise…” gulping a bit May pushed forward, “They might as well be zombies…”


“W-wha-what?” Celestia whispered softly as she remembered an incident with May before she and Luna had ‘sealed’ where they had temporarily fought alongside the Rider against a dark being that even they had troubled fighting against, let alone weaken enough to use the elements on. She remembered the strange black monsters that were a cross between ponies and pupa like insects that fought alongside the dark being, thought they mostly focused on May for some reason.


“Those beings…” Celestia said softly not catching anypony’s attention except for Luna and May both of whom kept quiet for them moment.


        Twilight looked at the Lockseed in her hands trembling as she thought about the curse hidden under the lock’s facade. She thought about throwing it away until May gently placed a hand over the lock bringing Twilight’s attention to her.


“Don’t worry,” she said with a sad smile, “In this form, the Lockseeds are harmless and only release their power when used with a Sengoku Driver or any object that had a Drive Bay on it. In fact they can actually replace the need for real food as Lockseeds can impart their nutrients through the Driver to keep you filled or heal you as the Himawari Lockseed is doing right now.”


        Nodding, Twilight acknowledge May’s wisdom and looked at the lock once again. Seeing the mare had calmed down she went back to the vines and plucked all of the fruits off it before banishing the vines they grew on. One they had transformed, all into Himawari Lockseeds, and handed them to a confused Twilight.


“Lockseeds may be powerful,” May explained, “their power is not infinite and do run out. When you start feeling hungry or any pain quickly replace the lock on the Driver for another one. Save the Banana Lockseed for last since it is far more powerful than even all those other Lockseeds in your hands.”


“Thank you,” Twilight acknowledged with a small smile before looking around to for something to place them in. Only for Pinkie to suddenly appear holding out a bag.


“Here you go Twilight!!!” Pinkie said happily as a confused Twilight looked at her in shock, “What??? I always have a few bags on hand for a bag emergency!”


        Sighing, Twilight just shook her head with a smile before placing the locks in the bag. Then she thought of something that just hit her before turning to her mentor. “Is the wedding still on Princess?”


“Of course!” Celestia chirped happily with Cadence, “And this time there will be no party crashers!”


        The six mares squealed happily at that before gathering around the Mare of the hour with Shining Armor, who had just walked in the door, being dragged in. As the Mare happily chattered, Celestia and Luna discreetly went over to May who already had an idea as to what they wanted.


“May,” Celestia began, “Those strange monsters we fought when Sombra was sealed… Were they?”


        May sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair, “I’m not sure Celestia… The lesser or Elementary Inves are normally grey with the only color being on their face and chest. Not the black colored Inves we had fought so long ago.”


“There is only one being I know that has the power to create their own Inves. I thought he had died at the hands of my predecessor all those millennium ago.”


        The sister looked at each other with worry in their eyes before looking back at their old friend. “Do you know this beings name?


        Nodding May continued, “He is an artificial being that was made in hopes of recreating the Golden Fruit. What was created was a being who thrived on war; feeding off of the sadness, hatred, angers, regret that comes from it; making it his fertilizer to cultivate the false Golden Fruit…”


“His name is…”



Displaced Rider



Deep in the frozen north, sleeping under tons of ice and rock… a being began to stir.


What was once a noble soul who wanted nothing more than to protect his ponies… had become a power hungry tyrant when he found a source of power that rivaled the princesses of the sun and moon.


Unaware that he was nothing more than a pot for a dark plant that wanted to gather enough power to free itself from the prison of its own making and walk the earth once more.


‘Soon I will rise.’ The being thought as he watched and waited for the right moment, ‘and this time I will become the God of this world. And not even HE will be able to stop my evolution.’

> Chapter 3: Revenge of the Devil in White
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


        A few weeks had passed since Twilight, her brother/assistance and friends arrived in Canterlot, planned a wedding, had it crashed by Changelings, got rescued by a crimson armored warrior, and learned some harsh truths about their princesses; Especially Princess Celestia. And now they were heading by to their home in Ponyville, all of the talking about what had happened in the past few weeks.



        All except Twilight, who had been fully healed by the Lockseeds in a couple of days instead of the week's projected. She was contemplating about her beliefs in Celestia.



        Sure she knew the princess was quite beautiful both inside and out –many of her fantasies of Celestia had her surrounded by falling flowers and sparkles- but now… Now she saw her for what she truly was, a mare. One who was more than likely going to outlive her, her children, and her children’s children.  A mare who wanted somepony to see her for her, not her elevated status as a Princess or a goddess like being.



        And it all started with the mare that had given her the lock and belt buckle she was looking at her in her hands. The yellow banana gleamed as Twilight tilted it this way and that while the Driver sat on her lap; mentally asking them for the answers to her questions. Questions she wanted answered by May who disappeared the day after the true wedding just a few days ago.



        The six friends had went to the Solar Princess asking her where the Rider went to; only to find out that she had something to take care of quickly and did not have too much time to waste.



        Before her thoughts got to deep, Twilight felt someone shake her shoulder startling her as she looked to see Applejack getting her attention.



“You alright sugarcube?” she asked with some worry in her eyes.



“I’m okay,” the Canterlot mare replied as she slid the Lockseed into her jacket pocket while the Driver when into her bag, trying to pass off her worry. It didn’t work as Applejack gave her friend her patented ‘I don’t believe you/you’re lying’ look.





        Sighing, Twilight explained as the train slowed to a stop, “These past few weeks, so many of my expectations, and beliefs have been shattered or inverted. Not just about Princess Celestia, but about what can be called good and evil.”



        Applejack looked at her friend softly before pulling her hat down, “I understand. To be honest I’ve heard about her before.” Twilight looked at her friend in shock as the cowgirl continued on. “There are stories in my family about a crimson and orange warrior that had saved our family many times during before Discord was sealed; but I thought they were nothing but a bunch of hooey.”



“I don’t blame you,” Twilight agreed as the two grabbed their bags and got off the train, “Since it was during Discord’s reign anything during that era wouldn’t be taken lightly.”



“I, I also heard stories about May,” The two heard behind them and looked to see Fluttershy with Rainbow Dash beside her.



	The fast blue Pegasus also nodded in agreement, “Yeah, same here. Even Gilda had some stories about May but after she was ‘sealed’. Some of them also include other ponies in armor helping her.”



“Huh?” Twilight and Applejack almost shouted in shock.



“She’s not the only one who’s heard the stories darlings,” Rarity said as the group stopped near the exit of the train station, “My mother and Father also have stories about May, or rather Bujin Gaim, and they also entail of somepony helping her who was armored as well.”



“Good grief,” Spike sighed as the group continued onwards, “That mare’s been everywhere!”



        Pinkie could not help the frown on her face as she saw Twilight’s hair starting to frizzle a bit and quickly decided to halt the train wreck coming.



“Well who cares?!” The hyper pink mare shouted as she jumped on a brooding Twilight, wrapping an arm around the unicorn’s shoulders, “The important thing is; Twilight’s brother got married to her old foal-sitter, the Changelings got the boot, And everypony’s A-OK!!! This calls for a celebration at Fruit Drupers!!!”



        Twilight looked at her party loving friend in shock but could not help the smile crawling into her lips, “You’re right Pinkie; we all need a break. Why don’t we take our things homes and met up at Drupers in an hour?”



“Yeah!” the Mane 6 and Spike shouted in agreement before they split up to take their bags home.



        As they did; somepony watched them within the shadows of a nearby alleyway and could not help the smirk forming on their muzzle. “So… Now that Shishou has revealed herself; how about I show those so called ‘heroes’ my displeasure?” the pony asked themselves as they looked down at their hands which held what looked to be a lock… but the alley was shadowed too much to get a good look.



An hour later



        Fruit Drupers; a fruit parlor/soda shop that opened up just a few days after Twilight moved into Ponyville. Next to Sugarcube Corner, it was the girls’ go to meeting spot in their town besides Golden Oaks Library. Each of the girls were happily chowing down on their favorite fruit concoction that the parlor was famous for such as Twilight getting a double decker banana/mango split, Applejack having a mini apple tart with vanilla ice cream, and Pinkie snacking a black berry cheesecake. Even Rainbow Dash was happily slurping up a special that only Fruit Drupers was allowed to create, a Zap Apple smoothie they called a Zap Charge.



	Soon, all the mare and Spike finished their little deserts; quite content as they were just filled enough without feeling bloated. Even Pinkie was happily filled as she finished her blackberry and plum fruit salad with a wide smile, gently patting her stomach.



“Ohh Wowie,” Pinkie said slowly as she leaned back into her seat with her best friend Rainbow Dash beside her, “If I didn’t like the Cake’s so much I would have quit Sugarcube Corner and go to work here.”



“Well I wouldn’t mind stealing you away from those two, Pinkie,” said the parlor’s owner. Sembikiya. said as he walked over to the group’s table with another dish in hand. He was a lanky Earth Pony with lite brown fur and short messy mane/tail. He usually wore one of his many open colorful Hawaiian shirts with a white shirt beneath it, and short kakis unless it was too cold for such.



        The girls gasped as they saw a small platter of fruits being laid down between them mostly filled with blood oranges with a variety of other fruits like pineapples, strawberries, and cherries. Pinkie and Fluttershy’s eyes sparkled as they saw the feast before them while Twilight was a bit confused.



“Mr. Sembikiya,” she said gaining the older stallion’s attention, “we didn’t order this…”



“True,” Sembikiya replied with a smile, “But somepony did for you. Probably to thank you for saving Canterlot. This is actually a version of another platter; I guess you can call it the Blood Orange Sparking platter.”



        The girls looked at each other in shock before Twilight turned to Sembikiya, “Who was this pony?”



        With a smile, the stallion turned around and pointed towards a lone unicorn mare sitting at the soda bar with lite red fur that bordered on pink, short white mane/tail and almond colored eyes. She wore a black skirt that stopped just above her knees –highlighting her strong legs- with a white blouse over it with a bright pink jacket on a nearby chair.



        Seeing the Elements looking at her she got up from her seat, picking up her muskmelon parfaits and jacket walking over to them. As she did, Applejack suddenly got a strange feeling about the mare. Something about her didn’t feel authentic at all yet did all the same… normally Applejack trusted her feelings; but with this mare she wasn’t sure.



        The mare smile as she sat down at the table next to the heroes. “So the six of you are the Elements of Harmony?” She asked with a tilt of her head, “I will say it is ‘nice’ to meet you.”



        “It’s nice to meet you to!!!” Pinkie happily replied, though for some reason she was getting a slight ‘shutter’ up her back as she did so, “Are you new to Ponyville? Because I haven’t seen you before?!?”



“Not really,” the Mare replied, “My name is Akarei, and I was born here in Ponyville 20 years ago but my family had to return to Neighphon a few months before you arrived Pinkie.”



“So you have just returned recently?” Rarity asked a bit interested in the mare’s clothing as she discreetly measured them and found it interesting… so say the least.



“When Princess Luna returned in fact…” Akarei replied though she seemed both saddened and angry about it. “Anyways, that’s not what I came over here for…” 



        The mare reached into her jacket and pulled out an object that startled the heroines when they saw it.



“A LOCKSEED!!!”



        Indeed, in Akarei’s hand was a Lockseed… Though not just any Lockseed, but one of the ones May had first plucked when she was explaining about the otherworldly items. The green muskmelon Lockseed seemed to gleam slightly as it was held up, the code L.S. – 04 plain to see.



“Indeed,” Akarei replied with a smile as she looked at the lock in her hand before placing it back into her jacket. “I found this a few days after I got here and you could say that… I know a pony who has more of them.”



        That really caught the girls’ attention as they looked at each other in shock before Twilight turned to Akarei. “Can you take us to this pony?”



“I can,” The crimson mare replied with a smile, “But I think we should finish our treats first, don’t you?”



“I hear you sister!” Pinkie replied with RD before the seven friends began digging in…



…Though as they were, Akarei’s expression briefly turned into a dark one before going back to normal.



Displaced Rider



	A few minutes later, the seven mares and one dragon were trudging through a part of the Everfree Forest in a direction none of them had taken before. The Mane 6 and Spike had all be into the forest quite a few times since the two Canterlot Transplants had arrived in Ponyville, but none of them had even been in the section of the forest they were in now as the trails Akarei was leading them down was even further then Zecora’s tree hut was.



        Out of all of them, Rarity was having the most trouble thanks to her clothing which was not suitable for their ‘nature walk’.



“Ugh,” she said as she side stepped a mud puddle only to hit another hidden one, “If I had known that we were going into the Everfree, I would have dressed properly for it.”



“Really, Rarity,” Rainbow Dash replied with a groan as she hovered as high as she could without hitting the treetops, “you think with how many days we have not been here, you would know we were probably due for a trip here.”



        The high-class mare just humped as she tossed her hair to the side, “A lady always has to look her best no matter what. Besides… I though with the adventure we had in Canterlot, an Everfree trip would have taken a few days longer to happen; not the day were return.”



“Settle down girls,” Twilight said from the front of the herd while following Akarei, “We might not have much further to go.”



“Indeed we don’t,” Akarei acknowledge as she parted some bushes in front of her to reveal a rare hidden clearing, and something else.



	Fluttershy, who was hidden behind Applejack, poked her head out then gasped along with her friends at the tall alabaster wall that surrounded a good portion of the clearing in the middle with a ceramic roof on top. On the outer part of the wall were large bushes all filled with immature Lockseeds with an opening which revealed a large wooden double doors with a familiar insignia carved into them.



“This is the place,” Akarei said as she continued on forward.



        The rest of the mares were a bit hesitant in following but did anyways with Spike lagging behind since the place seemed familiar to him for some reason. Walking up to the door, the Crimson mare placed her hands on it and with surprising strength pushed it open revealing the modest yet beautiful Japanese mansion within.



“Oh my stars!” Rarity gasped as she saw the place with starts in her eyes, “This is so wonderful!!!”



“It looks like something out of a Manga!” Pinkie shouted as she jumped around looking at all she could.



“It could be about 20% more awesome,” Rainbow Dash replied with a shrug to hide her own fascination, “But it is pretty cool.”



        Fluttershy also had stars in her eyes as she saw the place that was one with nature, “It’s so pretty…”



        Spike himself was speechless as he walked through the door while Applejack and Twilight, thought stunned themselves, kept on their toes.



“Akarei,” Twilight began as walked up to the mare that lead them here, “Do you know who owns this place?”



        With her back turned, the lavender mare did not see the crimson mare’s smile turn dark, “I do but first…” 



        Everyone –except Akarei- jumped as the door to the place suddenly slammed closed with a crimson aura before Twilight found herself in a telepathic grip with a similar color and thrown towards her friend roughly.



“Twilight!!!” her friends and brother shouted in shock as Akarei turned around to reveal her dark side. 



“For what you did to my little brother,” she began as her horn glowed with a crimson glow, “I’m getting my pound of flesh form your worthless flanks!!!”



        A second later, crimson orbs of magic formed around the pissed off mare before firing at the seven heroes who quickly ducked out of the way.



“What the hay are you doing?!?!” RD shouted as she rushed at the crimson mare at full speed hoping to catch her off guard.



        Thought that was reversed as Akarei showed she was quite quick with her magic and grasped the furious Pegasus just before she hit and threw her back with twice the force. RD cried out in shock as she suddenly flew backwards before slamming hard into the mansion’s walls with a loud crack.



“Rainbow Dash!!!” Fluttershy and Pinkie shouted in shock –with the party mare’s being the loudest- and rushed other to their friend while the rest looked on in shock before Applejack’s turned to anger.



“How dare you!!!” she shouted, turning towards the smug Akarei and shot forward herself to punish the one who harmed her friend/rival.



        The cowgirl soon found that a bit harder to do then she though as Akarei easily ducked and dodged the barrage of kicks with a bit of work. But an overextended kick was Applejack’s undoing as she suddenly found Akarei in her face and had to block a right hook to her gut…



…Only got a surprise kick to the face to send her flying back.



“Applejack!!!” Rarity and Spike shouted in shock as the dragon barely caught her midflight.





        Twilight on the other hand noticed something, “Your using you magic to supplement your strength?!”



        Akarei, instead of being shocked at the sudden reveal, just smirked, “Shisou had told me you were quite the sharp intellect. But I doubt that will save you.”



	And with that, she went on the attack with sudden speed and power that Twilight barely had a chance to put up a shield. It lasted a few punches but it was long enough for Spike of all being to suddenly jump over his sister and release a rather sizable plume of fire for his age and height. This forced Akarei back, allowing Pinkie to suddenly appear in her vision.



“How dare you hurt my Dashie!!!” she shouted before she began to throw what seemed to be a random combination of punches that nearrly caught the crimson mare off guard. One punch actually got through and slammed into Akarei’s stomach.



        If the mare hadn’t unconsciously created a shield just powerful enough to take off some of the bite; she would have gotten the wind knocked out of her. Instead she was just sent flying back a few feet and would have attacked the pink pony if she wasn’t forced to create another shield, blocking a barrage of gems.



        Rarity, of all ponies, was glaring at sudden enemy with a swarm of sharp arrow shaped crystal floating around her. Her friends were stunned by what they were seeing… So much so that RD –despite just getting air back in her lung- asked, “Where did you get those?!?!”



“Just a little surprise I’ve been working on ever since the Invasion,” Rarity replied as she fired another salvo at Akarei with more being pulled out of her purse with each one ‘lost’, “Despite being a lady, I am tired of having to rely on everypony to protect me. Now it’s my time to protect you.”



        As Akarei was forced to hind behind her shield, Pinkie quickly tried to capitalize on the distraction her friend made… only for a soft voice to stop everything.



“Why?”



	Everypony looked at Fluttershy as she looked down at the ground before lifting her head up, revealing tears falling from her eyes. “Why are you doing this?!?! We never did anything to you!!!”



	All of the shy mare’s friends were stunned, not by what she said –since they were all thinking the same thing in one form or another- but how loudly she said it. Everybody turned to Akarei whose head was bowed as if she was thinking about her answer… Though her trembling body told a different story.



“So she didn’t tell you…” she began confusing her ‘enemies’.



“Tell us what?” Twilight asked thought she was getting a bad feeling all of a sudden.



“…Do you know what truly happened the night Nightmare Moon reappeared?” She began as the shaking got worse and her hands began to ball up into tight fists; her knuckled turning white despite her fur. “…Do you know how many ponies were injured or nearly killed because Nightmare Moon forgot about the monsters hidden in her darkness?”



“What…?” Applejack whispered softly as she heard that.



“… So many monsters decided to take advantage of the extended night,” Akarei continued as her fists constricted so much, her nails dug into her palms making them bleed.



“But the guards…” Rarity began to say…



… Only for Akarei to jerk her head up revealing her rage filled face, “THE GUARDS COULD BARELY DO SHIT AGAINST SO MANY MONSTERS ATTACKING AT ONE TIME WITHOUT NOTICE!!!”



	All the ponies –and one dragon- flinched back in terror that the rage… no the fury radiating form the mare’s face as her magic came to the forefront forming a crimson corona also revealing her Cutie Mark. It was a strange sword that was similar to a katana but longer crossed over a Japanese bow or Yumi both on top of a strange shield of swords.



“Princess Celestia tried to do her best to prepare all the cities for what could happen in secret,” Akare continued startling Twilight as she had thought that her Mentor had no preparation done for Princess Luna’s darkness –seems like she was vastly mistaken-, “But she did not take into account the six of you taking your sweet time to defeat Princess Luna’s Darkness.”



“And because of that…” Akarei began as the corona faded revealing her tears falling down her face, “Because of that…. MY OWN LITTLE BROTHER WAS NEARLY KILL BY A MANTICORE THAT ESCAPE THE DEFENCES THE GUARDS PUT UP!!!!”



         …



		      Total shock….



        That was the only think going through Twilight’s mind along with her friends and little brother.



        They had thought that no pony had been harmed during the extended night. They thought they had been fast enough to actually keep anything too bad from happening to their precious country.



        They were wrong…



        Their perception of time had been messed up by not only the extended night… but the Everfree’s own natural magic/ambiance. Celestia had sadly overlooked the Everfree’s own subtle magic and decided to discreetly keep that information from them so as to not discourage them.



        … Clearly that had backfired on both her and the Elements.



        Twilight tried to speak…“B-but…” only for her words to be stuck in her throat because of her horror.



“If it wasn’t for May-Shishou coming to his rescue and my own…” Akarei continued as she reached into her jacket for something. “I own her so much… If she hadn’t stepped in when she did. He could have died… And it’s all your fault!!!”



        With that she pulled out something that stunned the girls and Spike even more. A Sengoku Driver with an Indicator that was similar to May’s but the helmet and the background were white with black clouds while the visor’s edged had a flame or wing like look to them.



        Twilight’s eyes bulged as she saw the device, “Is that a Sengoku Driver?!?!”



“Indeed,” Akarei replied with a dark smirk as she placed the Buckle at her waist allowing a yellow belt to wrap around her. “And it will be the instrument of your punishment,” she added as she took out the Muskmelon Lockseed she had showed and held it up next to her head as she unlocked it saying one thing as seed glowed briefly.



“Henshin.”



MELON!



	A second later, the sound of a large zipper opening caught the Element’s attention causing them to look up and gasp. There in the middle of the air above Akarei forming a circle was a large silver zipper that had opened by itself. This allowed the middle of the circle to droop downward revealing a forest of sorts that made the hairs of the Element’s neck stand on end by the disturbing aura that seemed to admit from it.



	In addition to the forest, a large metallic muskmelon floated downward through the zipper portal which closed back up the moment it was through. As it did, Akarei threw the Lockseed upwards where it just barely missed hitting the metal fruit before coming back down. Without fail, the crimson mare caught the lock then quickly placed it into the indent of the Driver before securing the seed.



LOCK ON!



        A second later, music –to the Element’s confusion- began to play from it that briefly sounded like a conch horn before a DJ’s beat began to play alongside it. It barely lasted a moment as Akarei brought her hand down to the knife on her driver and ‘cut’ open the lock causing the front of it to flip open. The inner part of the lock’s ‘fruit’ revealed the ‘meat’ of the muskmelon while the flap had a picture of a shield of sorts.



SOYAH!



        The metal melon fell down on top of Akarei’s head allowing green and white energy to cover her body forming a suit similar to Bujin Gaim’s; but it was white instead of navy blue with the ‘clouds’ painted black and a Mushou Saber forming at her side. Within the metal melon, the helmet on the Indicator formed revealing more differences such as the crest was shaped like a crescent moon of sorts with a red oval gem in the center and a thin gold line running down the middle of her visor and mouthpiece. The back, sides, and top of the helmet were similar to the first Rider the Elements had met; but with a muskmelon skin and one gold fin on either side instead of two.



MELON ARMS!



        The Lockseed/Driver continued talking as the metal fruit began to fold outwards and down taking a form similar to her teacher’s own arms; but the shoulder pads stayed open giving them a pointed look. The chest piece was also pointed at the sides adding to the dangerous look that unnerved the ponies watching. Finally a shield formed in Akarei’s left hand that was reminiscent of the crest on her helmet complete with the gold line running down the middle of it, ending in a large point and the ruby gem in the cusp of the crescent moon.



	On either side of the gold line was the green pattern of a muskmelon with gold on the sides, and in the arc of the moon was a round disk with a muskmelon design in the middle surrounded by silver with black lines. As the shield, known as the Melon Defender, finished forming the Lockseed/Driver completed its announcement with the entire transformation taking less than a few seconds.



TENKA GOMEN!



“What… The…Hay???” Rainbow Dash gasped in shock at what her and her friends just saw.



        Akarei just scoffed in a disgust at the Element’s unwillingness to attack her when she was probably at her most vulnerable and unsheathed her blade gun while announcing herself.



“Authorized by the Divine Providence,” Akarei declared in enquish despite wanting to use her homeland’s native language, “Kamen Rider Zangetsu; Going Forth!”



        That shook RD out of her funk, turning her stunned look into a glare, “I don’t care if you have armor the same the May or not… I’m still going to kick your flank!!!”



        With that, she pushed Pinkie and Fluttershy out of the way before charging with all her speed….



        Only for Zangetsu’s helmet to appear in her face. She barely had time to be startled before the Rider slammed her shield into the Pegasus sending her slamming into the wall once again.



“Rainbow Dash!!!” her friends shouted in shock before Applejack quickly turned to White Rider and charged at her with a solid roundhouse that had knocked many a pony with wandering hands from one side of Ponyville to the other.



        Seeing the charging cowpony, Zangetsu quickly raised her shield up and blocked the attack, only skidding back a few feet instead of being rocketed off like those who had blocked before her. A startled look briefly formed on AJ’s face before changing back into a scowl and continued her assault. This too was met with the same results, but Zangetsu actually used her Defender to redirect the attacks this time instead of taking it head on like before… and waited.



        She didn’t have to for long, as AJ over extended on one of her kicks, allowing to reach for her sidearm; unsheathing it while cutting at the same time. This time, AJ was forced to jump back and briefly thought she had dodged the blade in time…



…Only for a small incision to appear just under her tied up work shirt, forcing Applejack further back then she wanted while making Fluttershy and rarity scream in shock.



“APPLEJACK!!!” The two of them shouted with the medic of the group quickly rushing to aid her friend while the Lady quickly turned to Zangetsu, summoning more crystal arrowheads then she had before as the magic flared brightly around her horn, enhanced by her rage.



“How DARE you harm my friend, You Miscreant!!!” Rarity shouted before firing everything she had at the Rider who was forced to quickly block it.



        To her shock Zangetsu was slowly being forced back by the seemingly endless barrage despite her enhanced strength. ‘How is she this strong?!?! She’s just a wimpy dressmaker with a hatred for getting dirty!!!’



        As Akarei was trying to figure out what was happening, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that Pinkie was trying to sneak up on her. So she decided to ruin the party pony’s day… simply by putting both of her weapons in one hand, unlocking the Melon Lockseed, and locking it onto the Musou Saber causing a green aura to form around the blade.



LOCK ON!!!



ICHI (1)! JU (10)! HYAKU (100)!!!



“Buck OFF!!!!” Zangetsu shouted as she pushed back the alst of Rarity’s barrage with her shield and magic forcing the fashionista to dodge. She then clanged the Saber on her shield transferring part of the energy into the Defender before twisting towards Pinkie whose ‘senses’ began blaring at her to back off… but it was too late.



MELON CHARGE!!!



        Swinging her shield arm back, the White Rider threw the energy on it at Pinkie who was quickly engulfed by IT, trapping her in an orb shaped like a muskmelon. “Pinkie!!!” the party mare’s friend shouted out in fear and tried to help her. Only for Zangetsu to use the remaining energy in her Musou Saber to fire a beam blade at them, forcing the Elements back.



        She then took the Melon Lockseed off the Musou Saber and placed it back on her driver, locking it before cutting the seed twice.



LOCK ON!!!



SOIYA: MELON AU LAIT!!!



“Todomeda,” Zangetsu said softly but with a lot of authority as she jumped up high into the air, green energy gathering at her right foot before she came back down with a side kick, aiming straight at the horrified Pinkie Pie, announcing her attack.



“BURAI KICK!!!”



        The moment the mare’s energized foot came down onto the orb, it exploded violently stunning Twilight and the others. Rainbow Dash’s heart dropped as she saw the mare she loved suddenly die right in front of her, and could not stop what scream the ripped from her throat as the flames died and the smoke parted momentarily showing that the Rider had survived; but the party mare...



“PINKIE!!!!”



“Y-yes…” a weak but familiar voice spoke up behind the speed mare. Stunning her and her friends before their faces brightened.



“Pinkie...” Rainbow Dash shouted as she turned around towards the mare… Only to stop and gasp in shock.



        The pink mare was still alive… but she was greatly injured; almost to the same extent as Twilight was when the Changeling’s attacked. Her clothes were tattered and torn, barely coving her modesty if it wasn’t for the cut and slowly forming welts showing through. Her face was the least damaged, but still showed signs of the attack with one of her eyes blackening around the socket and a bit of blood dripped down the side of her mouth which looked grizzly with her grin.



“Sorry to worry you girls,” Pinkie said with a slight stutter as she began swaying, “But I survived her…”



“Pinkie!!!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she shot towards her friend and crush, catching her just before the party mare crashed onto the ground. Her friends quickly gathered around her with worry in their eyes, which quickly turned to relief as they saw she had just fallen unconscious.



“So she’s still alive,” Zangetsu ‘asked’ still standing where she had landed her attack, “Good. I don’t want to kill any of you. Just make you feel at least a fraction of the pain I went though. Now let us…



“That enough!!!” Twilight shouted startling her friends, brother, and their enemy as she slowly stood up with her head bowed, “Pinkie is hurt; we need to take her to the hospital.”



        She lavender mare could not continue as Zangetsu suddenly fired around her hooves, making Twilight’s friend jump back while the mare herself stayed put.



“Pinkie is hurt?” Akarei asked with a mockingly confused voice, “she need to go the hospital… Are You That Pathetic?!?!”



	      The girls all jumped in shock as the white rider’s declaration except for Twilight once again as Akarei began to rant, “Do you really think that just because one of your friends needs to go the hospital that I’ll willingly let you go?! No self-respecting adversary would willing let their opponent go just because of a little excuse like that.”



“LITTLE?!?!” Rainbow Dash shouted with indignation; but shut up as Zangetsu fired at her once again.



“You girls really must be pitiful if you think I’ll do something that stupid as let you get backup after your friend gets healed up,” Akarei continued, “To think the heroes of Equestria fall apart when one of their own gets a little wounded. How pathetic? Your so called ‘Magic of Friendship’ really is weak…”



        Before the Rider could continue; Twilight suddenly jerked her head up at that statement. Her eyes glowing just like they did two years ago when she was trying to find out the secret of the currently wounded mare’s abilities. Zangetsu barely lifted the Melon Defender up in time to defend against a large fireball the pissed off mare fired at her without notice.



“Weak,” Twilight began as she slowly stepped towards the suddenly scared Rider, “Pitiful… How… How dare you spit on the bonds between me and my FRIENDS!!!”



        A pulse of magic escape Twilight’s body forcing her friends and brother to bunker down while Zangetsu took the brunt of ‘attack’.



“Yes my friend and I may have taken longer than we should have defeating Princess Luna’s darkness,” the Canterlot Mage admitted, “But we have no sense of time in the Everfree forest! We didn’t even know we had a time limit or otherwise we would have been a lot quicker.”



“What about my brother and what you did to him?!?!” Zangetsu shouted as she cut her Lockseed once, transferring the energy to the Musou Saber and firing a beam blade at the ranting mare.



SOIYA: MELON SQUASH!!!



        Twilight ignored it as she reinforced her arm with magic and slammed the beam blade to the side with barely any of her fur getting singed to her friends and the Rider’s shock.



“I’m sorry about what happened to your brother,” Twilight admitted, “But none of us were directly involves with what happened. The only pony I could blame –with great reluctance- is Princess Celestia who could have prepared us a bit more for that night.”



        The girls all gasped in shock at Twilight admittance to admitting her mentor might have made a mistake; but the lavender mare ignored them as she continued on.



“Despite that, my friends and I did what we could to find the Element of Harmony as quickly as we could,” Twilight declared, “And though out that journey we discovered the fledgling bonds between ourselves which allowed us to save Princess Luna form her own darkness and keep other ponies from dying instead of just being seriously wounded.”



        She wanted to attack the Lavender mare… She wanted to cut her down as she was ranting on top of her soapbox… But for some reason… Zangetsu could not move. The words cutting deeper than any blade had before. Even when her teacher tried to tell her the same thing Twilight was at this moment; they did not resonate with the same emotions and power it did now.



“I don’t care what excuse you give to attack me and my friends. But if you continue on with this… I will put you down!!! No one disrespects the bonds I have with my friends!!! And I will never surrender to any pony who attacks us while do so!!!”



        At that moment, a bright light suddenly began to shine above Twilight the same lavender color as her magic. Everpony looked up –including the slowly awakening Pinkie- and could not contain their shock as Twilight’s Artifact of Harmony appeared above its partner. A second later, the same lavender glow began to shine from within Twilight’s vest, then the Prototype Sengoku Driver suddenly floated out and hovered in front of the mare.



        The gem on the Artifact of Magic began to glow brightly before it shot a beam at the Driver, focusing in on where the Cutting Blade would be. Zangetsu could not help but be shaken as that very missing item slowly began to form from the magic being radiated onto it. Once the Cutting Blade was fully formed, the Artifact glowed once again before vanishing; its job done.



        Twilight gasped as the driver slowly floated down to the mare who took it in her hands. Gradually, the stunned look was replaced by a look of determination as she help up the Driver then placed it at her waist where the belt formed once more. This time, a sort fanfare of trumpet announced the Driver accepting its new owner as the blank Rider Indicator suddenly gained a picture on it.



        It depicted a silver helmet with a red faceplate and extra red armor above the forehead. The eye piece had a white grim over a polychrome lens with a jewel between the lens and the extra crimson armor on a thick silver strip. Behind Twilight, her friends were stunned by what just happened as Pinkie slowly began to stir.



“You wanted to test the power of our friendship Akarei,” Twilight said as she reached into her vest and pulled out the Banana Lockseed, “Then allow me to show you the depths of that power.”



        And with that she said the word that would catapult her into a whole new world of adventure as she unlocked her Lockseed. “Henshin.”



BANANA!!!



        Above Twilight, the same portal that summoned Akarei’s armor appeared above the mare but with a large yellow and silver banana floating out horizontaly. Then for some reason the mare twirled the Lockseed by its arm before placing it onto the Driver’s Drive Bay and locked the seed,



LOCK ON!



        Suddenly the sound of European Trumpet began to play from her driver briefly before she cut open the seed just before the banana dropped onto Twilight’s shoulders forming her Rider Wear. A silver quilted like bodysuit formed over her chest with crimson on her arms and legs that had silver gauntlets and greaves resting on her forearms and thighs as the driver began it’s acnoucement.



BANANA ARMS!!!



“What the?!” Applejack said in shock while RD stuttered out something pretty funny for the moment.



“B-BA-BANANA!!!”



“I am Baron!” Twilight declared as the helmet on her Driver formed over her head with the gem going over her horn which reveal itself to be a replica of the gem on her Artifact of Harmony. A second later, additional armor fell onto the back of her helmet giving her banana shaped horns while turning her white visor yellow.



        The then metal Banana began to disassemble, the points folding down to form shoulder armor while the front of it –in front of Twilight’s face- tilted down and the top and back foalded backwards. Then in a flash of yellow light, the Lockseed’s weapon formed in Twilight’s right hand; a pale yellow lance with a black handle and a yellow guard split into three pieces making the whole thing resemble a pealed banana as the Driver finished its announcement as Twilight’s visor and gem flashed briefly.



KNIGHT OF SPE~AR!!!



        And with that Twilight began a new life as this generation’s Armored Rider… No…Kamen Rider… 



        BARON!!!



“Now then,” Baron began as she reached for a part of her weapon -the BanaSpear- and pressed a hidden button allowing it to extend, “Where were we?”