Naomi and Landon are major fans of the Okami games. Upon finding two halves of Divine Retribution, they get sent to Equestria. Finding themselves as the sun god and goddess, they decide to have a little fun.
"Have you ever wished you can control the sun? Have the wind dance at your fingertips? Make a mighty waterfall shoot from a puddle? I have..."
Naomi Misuka and her friend, Landon Ward, are the recent victims of a Dimensional misplacement. Stranded as the two white wolves, Amaterasu and Chibiterasu, they strive to find a way home (While having a little fun with ol' Sunbutt).
I. Regret. Nothing. This has been on my mind for a looong while now and so I'm doing it. Just take nothing seriously.
The crisp wind blew through the air, signaling the coming of winter. The single creature out at that time of night shivered a little. The pure white fur showed no signs of disruption. The faded ethereal mane and tail on the being flowed in an invisible air as the being looked up in the sky. This being was one of the princesses of Equestria. Princess Celestia, Diarch and raiser of the sun. Her horn lit with a single yellow glow as she prepared to get ready to raise the sun for the day. In a single second, another being was ready to summon the sun as well. With a swish of the being's tail, a single orange circle was painted in the sky. Seconds later it burst away, revealing the sun. The Sun Princess sighed.
"You're back, aren't you, Amaterasu?"
Sakuracon- Seattle convention center - 1,000 years earlier...
"Calm down Landon... It'll be fun." I try to assure my partner.
Landon adjusts his badge and pouts.
"Yeah, but I wanted to go in cosplay." He complains.
I brush some of my black hair out of my face and put my hands on my hips.
"Then you should have not ripped your robe!"
He was originally going to be going as Waka from Okami but instead he took too long roleplaying and ripped it in half on a tree. My costume was going to be the wood sprite Sakuya from the same game, yet I didn't want to go in costume without him. Actually, My friends sometimes call me Sakuya since I look a lot like her if she was in real life... And since I love Okami so much. The art direction is amazing, I tell you!
"Let's just go. I don't want the good stuff to be gone." He moans, walking off.
"Wait up!" I shout, running after him.
"Hey! Check this out!" I shout.
Landon walks over, curious. I pick up the two halves of a necklace. When connected it looked like a full Divine Retribution reflector. I turned over the small tag on it. It had a big twenty on it. I pulled out Twenty dollars and put them on the counter. The person behind the stand took it and thanked us. I hand a half to Landon.
"Oh I get it." He smiles and puts it on.
"Watch." I say.
I take his half and my half and click them together. In an instant it flashes and a fierce wind fills the hall, blowing apart booths and stands.
"NAOMI! Holdon..." My mind fades from conciseness as I no longer feel the winds flowing against my face.
???- ???
"Come on, Wake up!"
"Five more minutes moooooomm...."
"Stop barkin' at me and get up!"
My eyes flickered open to see... a tiny pony and a Pegasus?
"Don't yell at the poor thing." The Pegasus says.
"Well, It just fell outta the sky Konohana!"
I yawn and roll into a more comfortable laying position.
"I'm dreaming... Right?" I ask them.
"Ugh... Where's a pony with an animal cutie mark when you need 'em..." The tiny pony growls.
He's green with a brown mane and tail. It does have a small streak of red in it. His wings are nearly invisible. The Pegasus is dark pink with a long black mane and tail. On her... leg... she has a picture of a konohana blossom. She looked kind of faded now that I've gotten a better look.
"Great... Just great..." I think to myself.
The two ponies reel back, startled by something.
"Huh?" I mutter.
"Let me try.... Can you hear me?" I think.
"Uh... yes?" The Pegasus called Konohana replies.
"Huh. Telepathy. Neat."
The air turns silent.
"Sooo... How do I think without talking in Telepathy? Actually for that matter how long have I had Telepathy?!"
"Well, You're kinda a wolf... With red markings.... So I assu-"
"WHAT?!"
Everfree Forest- Present Day
"C'mon Girls!" A small orange Pegasus yells, running away from a manticore.
"It's gaining!" The white unicorn yells.
I roll my eyes as I leap from tree to tree.
"I think I'll let you chase them a little longer." I say to the manticore.
"Fine... But you owe me that steak you promised!" The Manticore yells, running faster.
I giggle and leap after them. It's been a long time since I woke up in Equestria as Amaterasu. I've learned a bit about myself and this land. Turns out I can talk to the everfree animals. I've made a few contacts and a few actually worship me as their sun god. Crazy, Right? I haven't found Landon since that day... but I can only hope that he's doing fine.
Fluttershy's cottage- Present day
"NOOOOOOO!" A small white wolf howls.
"Come on... It's ok..." A butter yellow Pegasus says softly.
"SHE'S GOING TO EXPERIMENT ON MEEEEEE!"
"Twilight is a nice pony. She'd never-"
The two were interrupted by a loud crash.
"There you are~!" The crazy lavender Alicorn shouts.
"SHE'S GOING TO KILL MEEEEE!! NAOOOMMIIIIIIIII!!"
....
Yep. I'm sure he's fine!
I follow along the Manticore and the three fillies until they get to a cliff wall.
"Ok, That's far enough." I say to him.
"Bring me that steak tomorrow. I'll be in my cave." He grumbles.
"You're save now, My little ponies." I tell them.
"W-who's t-there?!" The unicorn squeaks.
"A friend."
I leap down in front of them.
"A.... White wolf?" Two of the ponies exclaim.
The unicorn looks in wonder.
"Wow... Look at your markings..." She mutters in awe.
"My name is Amaterasu. You may know me as the other sun goddess. I don't like to consider myself a goddess however.
"Why does it keep staring?" The earth pony filly says.
"I dunno. Maybe it's waiting for something!" The Pegasus exclaims.
"My sister made a fashion based on your fur!" The unicorn then exclaims.
I chuckle.
"Did she now?"
"Sweetie Belle, Are you trying to... talk to the wolf?!" The Pegasus exclaims.
"She's talking to me using... uh... Telepathy! That's it!"
"But ah don't hear anything!" The earth pony drawls.
"Only certain ponies can hear or see my markings. I'll lead you out off here."
I start to walk away, but then turn around to see the ponies in a huddle. They then split and I began to walk away, hearing hoofsteps behind me. A few minutes later we arrived at the outside of the town. The two other ponies run away but the unicorn stays.
"There you go. Sweetie Belle, Was it?" I ask.
Sweetie nods.
"I'd love for you to come visit me again. I just live in a cave not too far in. Follow the path that only special ponies can see." I say.
"But wait! May I show you around a bit?"
I shake my head.
"I'm afraid ponies won't take kindly to me being in town. Especially if you say I came from the everfree."
"But-"
"HEEEEEEELLLLPPPPPP!"
I look down the street and see a wolf run down, screaming. I think I have a clear Idea who that is.
"Excuse me for a second." I mutter.
I focus my mind and close my eyes. In the second they were closed the world through my eyes had stopped. I quckly imagine drawing two lines to look like a equal sign. Flicking my tail, the ink bursts and the world is cloaked with a sort of mist. Things slow down and some seem to fully stop. I quickly charge forward at the small wolf and grab him in my mouth. The mist fades as I leap onto the roof.
"What the-?!" I hear many ponies shout as they point to me.
"How did it move so fast!" A lavender alicorn shouts.
I put down the wolf and try to smile as best as I can.
"Hello Landon." I say.
"N-Naomi?!" He shouts, startled.
"In the flesh." I joke.
"I've missed you..." He says, latching onto me.
"I missed you too. I see you met with the resident princess of this place?" I ask.
"Princess my butt." He mutters.
"Hey. Come on. We better go before the princess goes crazy trying to figure out how "Normal" wolves have magic." I say.
"R-right. I really don't want to be someone's lab rat." He mutters.
"Somepony." I correct.
"Potato, Patato." He replies.
I laugh and recreate the Veil of Mist. We quickly ran across until we got into the Everfree.
Everfree forest- Cave of the Sun- Current time and year
"Soooo... Where have you been for the past Thousand years?" I ask once I got to the cave I was sleeping in.
"Wait, What?! I just woke up!" He shouts.
"Really?" I blink in surprise.
"Yep." He sits down and yawns.
"Still can't wrap my head around this changing into Chibiterasu thing." He says.
"Same. Have you tried to use the celestial brush?" I ask.
He shakes his head.
"I don't really know how to make it work. There's no L or R buttons here." He jokes.
I giggle a little.
"Don't worry. It took me a bit to figure it out." I reassure.
I stretch and step out of the cave to see the moon rising.
"Now watch this." I say.
Focusing my mind again, I "Drew" a crescent in the sky. It burst away to reveal the moon.
"Woah. In all my wildest dreams, I never thought I'd see something like that." He mutters.
"CURSE YOU AMATERASU!"
"AAAND I just pissed off Lulu." I mutter.
"Meh. Whoever Lulu is, they'll be alright. More fun for us." Landon laughs.
I laugh at that statement.
"Sooo, What exactly is this cave?" He asks.
"I call it the cave of the sun. It's what the ponies call it to." I explain.
I turn to the shrine deep within. Bits and food offerings have been piled up. I assume these are from the few ponies that believe I raise the sun everyday. I only do that when I feel like pissing Celly off.
"Woah. Seriously? Ponies believe that you raise the sun? Wait do you?" Landon asks.
"Nah."
He lets out sigh.
"Princess Celestia does. I do sometimes."
"What." He states.
"Did I break you?" I giggle.
"What." He states again.
"Come join when you stop sounding like a broken record." I yell as I go to the shrine.
I look through the gold coins for any of the rare gem offerings. Those usually made good lanterns when the Inferno brush skill is used on them. Welp, None to be found.
"Naomi? Where'd you go?!"
"Back here!" I shout.
Landon comes running up, skidding on the floor and into one of the two springs on either side of the shrine.
"Pfffttt...." I struggle to hold in my laughter.
"Laugh it up Furball." Landon says, using Amaterasu's nickname.
"Oh yeah, Squiddy?" I counter.
We burst into laughter after a full second of silence.
"Ahh... That was fun." He says, calming down.
"So, Want fruit or bread?" I ask.
"Meh. Bring me bread."
I reach out of the pile and flick a large loaf of bread over to him.
"Tanks." He mutters.
I reach in and pull out an apple with my teeth. I bit down with a satisfying crunch and wolfed the apple down. Pun not intended.
"Hey. So... What are we going to do now?" He asks.
"... I honestly didn't think of that... Maybe apologize to the Ponyville Princess then go on an adventure?" I ask.
"... Ok." He replies.
"Also, Mermaid springs do exist. In these kind of shrines of course." I say, wolfing down another apple.
"Really?" He asks.
I point a paw in the direction of the two springs.
"All I have to do is use the technique fountain and boom. Instant Mermaid spring." I say.
I walk over and the world stops again. I draw a swirl in the water and it reacts how a mermaid spring would react. I leap in and feel the water wash me away. I pop up in the second one. The springs stop reacting and start to flow normally.
"Wow." Landon reacts.
"Yeah. Fun for those boring days. Kinda like placing twin portals in Portal 1 and 2."
"Huh. Now I wish that Chibi learned that skill." He mutters.
"Technically you should be able to use all the brush skills, just not the secret ones. It took me a helluva time to figure out fountain." I say, stretching.
"Mh...." Landon replies, falling asleep.
"I agree." I mutter, falling down.
As I fell asleep I swore I could hear the tiny hoofsteps of a filly...
"Welcome back... Ammy."
The skidding of hooves echoed through the castle that night.
"Sister! Sister!" The deep blue alicorn shouts.
"Ngh... Luna..." Celestia mutters, pulling off her sleep mask in a golden glow.
"Amaterasu has once again made a fool of me!" She shouts.
"Luna... I know she's awake... But that was a long time ago... you most likely didn't get enough sleep... It was probably a dream..." Celestia mutters, falling back asleep.
"But..."
"Luna goodnight!" Celestia shouts, crankily.
She pushed her out with a telekinetic force and slammed the door.
"Tia is such a pain without her coffee..." Luna mutters, walking away.
My eyes fluttered in the darkness of the cave. I release a heavy yawn before standing up and shaking my coat devoid of anything nasty. I slowly slink out to see the moon had lowered but sun hasn't risen yet.
"Do I really have to do your job?" I mutter.
I silently draw a circle in the sky. The black circle turns orange and a bright sun flies into the sky. I flinch as the warm light hits my fur.
"Morning already?" Landon mutters.
"Yeah. Celly isn't doing her job today." I mutter.
I slowly walk over to the pile of gold and bits. I carefully pick out about one hundred bits with my nose and slip them into a small bag that used to contain a few gems.
"Get up. We're going out to get supplies. The offerings will only hold for so long." I say, walking out.
"I don't want to." He replies stubbornly.
I walk over and nudge him.
"No." He states again.
"Fine. More stuff for me." I say, turning to walk out.
He groans.
"Fine." He mutters.
He slowly gets up and limps over. I sigh and place a paw on the... flat of my snout? I dunno but that's what I'm calling it.
???-1,000 years ago
"So. What your saying is... I was turned into.. a wolf?!" I shout at the tiny pony, Who I've yet to get his name, and Konohana.
"Pretty much." He replies.
"Oh god oh god oh god... Please tell me this is a nightmare...." I mutter.
A sharp pain fills my paw as I jump. Standing there was the tiny pony who was spitting fur out of his mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" I shout.
"Can't hear ya." He mutters.
"What the hell?!" I then think.
"Just checking if you were dreamin'. You're not." He states.
"Great... Just great..."
"What's that supposed to mean!?" Konohana shot forward and placed herself between us.
"Ventus! Uh... Whatever your name is! Stop!" She shouts.
"Oh right. My name is...Hmm... I think I'll go with Amaterasu."
"Too long! I'll call you Ammy!"
When we got to the edge of town, I stopped to look around. I place down the bag of bits and turn to Landon.
"Right. If you see the element bearers or The princess just run. I'm pretty sure that everyone else in this town can't see our markings or hear us." I mutter to him.
He nods. I took a deep breath and slowly moved out of the bushes. Not many ponies saw us.
"Did Fluttershy forget to bring in her animals?"
"Who's dogs are those?"
"Maybe they're Fluttershy's. You know that bunny of hers comes out to get carrots from Carrot Top all the time."
"Just ignore them. As long as we don't run into the Element Bearers or the Princess we'll be fine." I say to him.
"I think..." I add under my breath.
"Welp, What do we need first?" He asks.
I think back to the mental list I made on the way here.
"I think... Apples." I mutter.
"Why? We got plen-"
"We just do!" I shout.
The rest of the five minute walk is silence. We eventually get to the apple cart where I notice something... Odd.
"She's one of the element bearers!" I shout.
I quickly pull Landon behind a building.
"What the hell?" He asks.
"That's one of the Element Bearers... I smell it on her..." I say, sniffing for extra measure.
"No you can't." Landon deadpans.
"You're right. But I've seen her with the Element of Honesty on."
"Well, Can't you go distract her or somethin'?!" Landon shouts.
"Wait..." I mutter.
Drawing an equal sign the mist flows around me.
"Woah." Landon mutters.
I quickly grab a few bits and run out. Jumping over the orange pony I spit the bits into the pocket in her apron. While still airborn I kick a bucket of apples over to Landon. When the mist fades I sprint off around the building, leaving ponies to wonder what happened.
"God. That was terrifying..." I mutter.
"How'd you do that?!" Landon shouts.
"Dunno. Just a random thought. I've learned to not question things." I say, pushing the bucket of apples.
"Oh!"
I turn around to see Sweetie Belle standing there.
"Hello Sweetie." I greet.
"Hello Mrs- Hey! I thought you said you'd never come into town!" Sweetie squeaks.
"We needed to get supplies. Know anywhere we can get a sleeping mat or something?" I ask.
Sweetie thinks for a bit then gasps.
"I know of a place!" She yells.
"Beds and... Excuse me!? What kind of store only sells two things?!" I shout.
"Well... There's many stories that just sell two things, Quills and Sofas..." She starts to list off nearly half the stores in ponyville
"Great... Juuust great. If you need me I'm going to be walking around." Landon sighs.
"Be careful." I say to him.
He walks off, Pushing the bucket off apples along with him.
"I'll go in and see what they have. I don't think the owner will take too kindly for a giant white wolf to run into his store." Sweetie says, walking in.
She comes out again after a little.
"He said he won't just sell the hay mattress by itself." She relayed.
"Not what I wanted but ok." I sigh.
She thinks for a bit before gasping again.
"I think my sister can make something like a sleeping bag for you!" She shouts.
She grabs my paw and the next thing I know we're in front of a house that reminds me of a carousel. Me and Sweetie walk in through the door.
"Raarityyy! I'm home!" She shouts.
"Back here Sweetie!" A voice that reminds me of an upperclass person's yells.
We walk through to the room where this "Rarity" is.
"Did you- WHAAAHAHHAAA!" She yells upon seeing me.
"I suppose this is a good time to introduce myself?" I ask Sweetie.
"Those markings! I've seen them somewhere before...." Rarity starts.
"SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!" I shout.
"Oh yes! I made a fashion line based on them! They sold wonderfully." She then says.
"Right but mrs Ammy, Wait, Can I call you that?" She asks.
I nod.
"Mrs Ammy needs a sleeping bag that you can't get into. Kinda like... How did you say it was?" Sweetie asks.
"A mat in all essence. Two of them actually. I can't exactly use a normal pony bed." I explain.
Rarity thinks for a bit before replying.
"I think I may have just the pattern... It's a little different than what I usually make but I'm guessing I was your last stop for these?" She asks.
I nod.
"Very well. I've got no big or upcoming business deals... I think I can have it done atleast by the end of this week." Rarity replies.
"I'm willing to pay if you like..." I say, nudging the pouch on the floor.
"No no! I can't ask that of you! Weren't you the one who saved my sister?" She asks.
I nod once more.
"Then accept them as a thank you." She then states.
"Fine. I'll be back by the end of the week." I say, picking up my money pouch and walking out.
"I'll come with you!" Sweetie yells.
"Oh no! You still have homework!"
"But rar-" That's all I hear when I close the door.
Welp, Better find Landon.
"LANDON!" I shout.
"Naomi, I'm over here." He says, walking up.
Well, rather it looked like a giant bucket of apples scooting up. It kinda.. creeped me out in all honesty.
"Well, We should go back. We can get the rest next time." I tell him.
He nods and we begin the long trek back.
Everfree forest- Cave of the Sun- Present
I flop down in the middle of the stoney floor.
"That. Was stressful for some reason." I moan.
"Tell me about it. Next time, We're asking that Sweetie Belle pony to get us stuff." Landon says, pushing the bucket in the corner.
"Welcome back, Amaterasu." A familiar voice breeches my ears.
"Hey Konohana." I mumble, barely even turning around.
"Who?" Landon asks.
"A friend." I say, standing up.
The pink Pegasus floats over and smiles.
"I assume this is a friend?" She asks.
"His name is Chibi. Short for Chibiterasu."
"Best name you could give me?" I hear Landon think.
"Shut up." I bark at him.
"Wait, You heard that?!" He shouts.
"Minor Telepathy. I assume whoever brought us here put that on us to make things easier. It only works with people/ponies who can see our markings. It also has a limited radius. Or so I think." I explain.
"Huh."
"I see your fitting into the world nicely again." Konohana smiles.
"Yeah. It's been nice seeing you again." I say.
"It's been nice. I must get back to the tree." She says before fading.
I stretch out and fall on my back. Silence filled the cavern.
"Wanna jump through the Mermaid Springs?" Landon asks.
The wolf goddess yawned as she rolled from her place on the stone floor. Doing her usual routine of checking whether Celestia raised the sun or not then trying to wake up the smaller sun god on the floor.
But this time, Her routine went a little differently. A portal appeared just in front of her cave. Quickly jumping behind a stalagmite, She watched as something unexpected walked out. Rather, Two unexpected somethings.
The first was a white haired girl with weird technologic like clothes and a jewel on her forehead while the other was a man in a red cloak and black sleeveless shirt and pants. “I thought we were jumping in at the same time, Faith.”
“I just couldn’t help myself-.”
Faith’s comment was interrupted once her eyes laid sight on the small wolf pup in the room. In which to her, she saw a puppy. Going over to it, she softly began to pet it and soon hugged it in a loving embrace. “Awww!! Uncle Nicko, Can we keep it? I always wanted a puppy.”
“That’s… not a dog Faith.” Nicko warned his niece. “That’s a wolf pup. Plus, it’s mother is bound to be somewhere.”
The Sun goddess decided it was time to make herself known.
“You will NOT hurt Landon.” She spoke to them telepathically. Nicko was the first to turn around. Positioning himself between the Wolf and his niece. He recognized the wolf from somewhere…
“Oh boy… Faith…… Put the pup down…”
“But he’s so soft and cuddly…” Faith said with puppy dog eyes.
“Ngh… What’s going on… Huh?! Who are you?!” The small wolf shouts telepathically, struggling to get out of Faith’s arms.
“Aww… he likes my hugs.”
“Naomi! Help!”
“Wait…… Faith, put him down. I just thought of something.” The Rune Slayer told his niece. This time, she was compliant, setting the pup down back on the stone floor as Nicko sat down in a normal Lotus Meditation position as he looked at both of the wolves and their red markings. “I think these two are Displaced.”
“If you mean we were taken away from Earth then you would be spot on.” Amaterasu said mentally.
“The same thing happened to us, but on different circumstances. I’m Nicko Nocte and this is my niece Faith. It is a pleasure to meet you two.”
“Naomi Misuka.”
“Landon Ward. I don’t think I really like Faith…”
“Aww…” Faith moaned with eyes that would make Landon think he caused a little children to cry. Naomi swatted Landon with her paw as he wondered what he did wrong.
“Landon, we don’t say if we don’t like someone OUT LOUD!!”
“Meh. Not my fault.”
“It’s always your fault.”
Nicko sighed to himself as he comforted Faith and remembered something. “So, should we call you by your normal names… or by your god names. Amaterasu and Chibiterasu.”
“I don’t really care.” Naomi replies mentally.
“Anything but that.” Landon mentally deadpans.
“Alright then, Chibi.” Faith giggled at Landon’s reaction to being called that.
“Gaah! Loopholes!”
“Heehee… Sorry, it’s just easier if I say toned down versions of long names. It’s better for my memory since I’m not always good with it.” Faith replied. “It still reminds me of when we met Nelly.”
“You mean Neltharion?”
“Yeah, but I prefer to call him Nel. Not by his other nickname… What was it again?”
“Deathwing?” Nicko told her.
“Right, so anyways, where were we, Chibi?”
“I’m just going to ignore the use of that nickname.” The younger wolf sighed as he looked at the white haired girl
“Well, it’s either than or calling you Lan. Maybe Lando like that guy in Star Wars.” Faith chuckled to herself.
“Weeell, At least it’s better than Chibi or some of the other names he got in the game…” Landon says.
“Whatever you say, dude.” Nicko smiled, looking towards Amaterasu.
She looked like she was silently holding in laughter. The sun goddess quickly swallowed the laughter and cleared her throat.
“Right, So why exactly are you here?” She asks.
“Well, we came here through a Displaced token, which I believe happens to be for both of you.” Nicko said as he held out the Holy bone and Faith held out the Small Cherry bomb.
“I don’t remember seeing these…” Naomi mutters.
“Well, to understand it a little, it might require a bit of explaining.” Nicko started as he straightened himself up. “You see, Displaced means Dimensionally misplaced and if you know science and what not, there can be multiple dimensions of one place. Now, in this case, there are multiple versions of Equestria with each one having their own Displaced. But they could call upon other Displaced using what’s called a summoning token. However, a Token works like a magnet. Either you summon the Displaced you want to fight alongside you or you bring yourself to them on accident. Trust me, it’s happened before.”
“I think I understand?” Naomi replies.
“I kinda zoned out at the start…” Landon admits.
“Well, let’s make it simple. Think Final Fantasy summonings, but it working two ways. Not only can you summon them, but you can summon yourself to them.” Nicko said, hoping that it would help Landon get a better understanding.
“Ohhhh. ok. I feel foolish now.” He says, nodding his head.
“It’s okay. It’s a lot to take in when you meet another Displaced for the first time.”
“Last question, Who exactly sent us here?” Naomi ask.
“That… depends. Most people end up here because of a figure named The Merchant, but for Faith, the circumstances were different. She found a small pendant that went along with a costume she found in the attic of her home and then ended up in Equestria when she woke up.”
“Hey, just out of curiosity, Where’s that Disk you keep on your back?” Nicko asked. “You know… I think the name was Divine… something.”
“Divine Retribution. I’ve figured out how to make it appear and disappear on cue.” Naomi explained, Making the reflector appear and vanish with a burst of light. The Rune Slayer nodded with a slight “Ahh.” as he saw the goddess perform the action. But soon, his hearing began to pick up something else. The sound of hooves.
“Uhh, Naomi? Were you expecting any early morning visitors?”
“It’s probably Sweetie. She said… sometime… I honestly don’t remember but she said she was going to visit.. Maybe? I was kinda busy at the time.” Naomi sheepishly replied.
“Oh great… More visitors that want to hug me.”
“I wouldn’t blame them.” Faith said. “You are so FREAKING CUTE!!!”
“I am not CUTE!”
“Yes you are!! You’re just not admitting it!!” Faith told the wolf as she quickly grasped Landon in another snuggle hug. “SNUGGLE!!!”
“GAAAHH!”
Nicko was trying to hold in his laughter as he watched Faith cuddle with the Wolf Child.
“I think Sweetie took another wrong direction…” Naomi sighs, hearing the hoofsteps get fainter.
“Should we go look? Or have Faith and Chibi go look- Agh!!”
As soon as Nicko stepped outside, his leg was caught in a lasso rope trap. As his sword fell down to the ground, he noticed three girls in the trees above him.
“Alright! We totally got one!”
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS MONSTER HUNTERS!!!”
“Oh great……” Nicko groaned as his coat fell off now.
Naomi stepped outside the cave and giggled.
“Wait… I’ve got a good one! Why are you just…. Hanging around?”
“Seriously…… Worst pun ever.”
“Hey girls!! It even talks Equish!! We’re one step closer to completing that Species Project for school!!!”
“Sweetie belle, Can you let my friend down?” The goddess says, stifling her laughter. The Filly, upon noticing this, tried to untangle the ropes. But due to Applebloom’s knot tying skills, this was harder than you would think. Naomi, sighing, used the Celestial brush and drew a single stroke to execute a Power Slash and cut the rope. This though, cause Nicko to fall on his head.
“OWW!!”
“Sorry.”
“It’s alright, I’ve had to deal with worse. Think about yourself running from a ticked off Griffonia because they see you as an intruder.”
“Eugh. Yeah… I couldn’t outrun them.”
“But, things toned down once my teacher settled things down.” Nicko sighed as he brushed the dirt off his clothes.
“Guessing another Displaced?”
“Yup. An Elder Dragon named Ryu.”
“OOOH! Girls, it knows a Dragon!!”
“You do realize I have a name right?” Nicko sighed as he watched Faith and Landon come out of the cave. Sweetie Belle turned, seeing the young wolf and the girl. Preparing herself, she soon pounced onto the wolf.
“NOOOOO! Not againnnn!” Landon cried. Faith though, used the moment to cuddle both of them at the same time, making Sweetie Belle giggle.
“This is so much fun!! Well, for me, but meh… Who cares?”
“I care!” Landon snapped.
“Hush, Squiddy.” Nicko said, hearing the wolf’s cries that hurt his ears as he was trying to adjust himself.
A green line then started to connect the two wolves together as Landon was sent flying out of Faith’s arms by the Vine technique. Sweetie Belle was treating the experience like an amusement park ride as she was floating in the air. “WHEEE!!!”
“That’s some filly that you made friends with, Ammy.” Nicko commented as he caught Sweetie Belle when she jumped from the vine.
“I honestly just saved her from a manticore. That’s all.”
“Well, she see’s you as more than that.” Nicko said, looking behind him as the sun was rising. “Which begs the question…… do your sisters know you’re out this early?”
“Uh… No…” Two of the three fillies answer. Scootaloo didn’t say anything.
“And what season is it Ammy?” Nicko asked as he turned towards the wolf. “Spring?”
“Early season 4 I think?”
“Wrong season, Naomi.” Landon muttered.
“Go jump in the Mermaid Spring.” She mutters in return.
“He’s asking what month it is, sunbutt.” The young wolf retorted before hiding himself behind Faith.
“Don’t you DARE associate me with her! She’s lazy and I’m not!”
“Uhh, Ammy?” Nicko interjected. “I hate to break it to you, but he is right. I was asking for what month it was. Because if it’s spring… then it’s harvest… and if it’s harvest……”
“APPLEBLOOM!!!”
“Welp, That answers that.”
“Aww man!!” Applebloom pouted.
“Come on, let’s get you back to Sweet Apple Acres. You can ask me questions for your “Project” after you do your chores. How does that sound?” Nicko offered as Amaterasu walked alongside him. The other two Crusaders followed them, along with Faith and Landon, who was still scared after the freak out with Naomi. Applebloom though was happy as they soon came across the side of the barn on the famous Sweet Apple Acres property, where her sister was waiting.
“Now then, where the hay were-. WHAT IN TARNATIONS!?!”
“Uhh… Hi Applejack.” Applebloom squeaked.
“Land Sake, sis!! What were you fillies doing up this early!?” The Farm pony asked as his brother soon came out and saw the small group.
“We were… doing a project. The one for Ms. Cheerlie’s class.”
“At five in the morning?”
“Yes…”
“On a sunday?”
“ ……… Yes.”
Applejack looked a lot different from the way Nicko remembered it. First off, she was an actual pony and not an Anthropomorphic one. Second, she was up to Nicko’s waist on all four of her hooves with her head going up to his elbows. But one thing was for sure, she was still the same mare he remembered the last time she saw her.
“And what did ya happen to catch this time?” Was the Element of Honesty’s next question.
“Well, it was less like catch and more like decided to come along-.” Faith speaking though, startled Applejack and Big Mac.
“Y-you can talk!?”
Nicko facepalmed himself as he and Naomi looked at her. “Nice job…”
“Sorry…”
“No use feeling sorry now.” Naomi mutters.
“It’s okay, Faith. Mistakes happen.” Nicko said. “Applejack, am I right? We mean no harm to your sister and her friends. She happened to find myself, my niece, and two friends of mine and we decided to help bring them home so they were safe.
“Where were you though?”
That… was a good question. The Cave of the Sun was where they were, but he didn’t know where the cave entrance was located. Was it in the Everfree Forest? Nearby the lake? Naomi soon answered that question.
“My home. No, You can’t know where it is. It’s protected by several charm spells to prevent robbers.” She deadpans.
“Okay, I understand your reasons for it. But something concerns me… With it being the Harvest, we have one major problem-.”
That’s when a series of howls began to echo in the distance and all of them began to see multiple pairs of green eyes.
“-Timberwolves.”
“Let me handle this… Everfree monsters kinda respect me in a-” Naomi never finished that as she was tackled by one. Nicko kicked it off of the wolf and then used his magic to conjure a Wind Blade to destroy it.
“Faith, protect the fillies!!”
“Yes, Uncle!!” She replied as Moby and Remy soon formed by her side. With the skills she knew, the Code Nemesis put up an Atomic Shield that surrounded not only Landon, the girls, and Appleblooms siblings, but the Barn as well. “Stay inside the bubble, you’ll be safe for now.
Twin lines started to flow midair as the burst away in blue smoke. Rain began to pour down as Deluge took effect, Reacting like acid to the timberwolves barkskin.
“Alright. I’m guessing the rain is helping out by weakening them?”
“Should stop them in their tracks until it lets up.”
“Allowing us an opportunity to strike?”
“Yep.”
“Alright, just tell me when.” Nicko said as he unsheathed his sword. Getting a good grip on it, he turned towards Naomi, waiting for a signal.
Drawing a single stroke across the Timberwolves, she enacted a Power Slash against them. In all of a sudden the marking on her coat faded and her reflector vanished.
“Oh crap. Ran out of ink. Deluge took it out…” She moaned.
She pawed the ground before shouting two words.
“WOLF FUUUUUUUU!!!” She all of a sudden ran up and without thinking tackled the timberwolves similar to what they did to her. Soon though, Nicko leaped in and caught Naomi.
“Get yourself refueled. I got this.” He told her as the Rune Slayer gripped his sword. Putting a rune on the blade, Nicko used the lesson on mastery Ryu taught him in a different way. Normally, he would have the magic explode from his hand or on his feet to make himself move faster. he then proceeded to strike a few of the wolves, leaving a mark of the rune on their bodies.
“Click… Click… Boom!”
One snap of the finger later and the runes on the Timberwolves became live explosives, detonating and annihilating them.
“Wow.”
“Not done yet. We still got five more left.” Nicko told her, seeing five pairs of eyes in the distance.
“Alright... “ She mutters, stepping up with her markings back.
Seeing an opening a Timberwolf charged. What it didn’t take into account is the giant tree that had just sprouted out of nowhere.
“I’d watch out for that.” Naomi taunts the dazed Timberwolf.
“Is that some kind of mutation?”
“No. It’s bloom.” Naomi explains, Making a single dot pop up. Later in it’s place was another giant tree.
‘Oh I get it. The Celestial Brush.’ Nicko thought to himself. “Get them close enough and I can take them down in one spell.”
The sun goddess nods and takes a fighting position. The Rune Slayer gave her the nod of approval for her to commence her attack as he began to channel his power. Charging forward, she stuck with trying to attack the wolves head on with her reflector, despite not knowing how. Slicing those who got near, she eventually managed to get them in a group.
“Got them!”
“Alright. Now Ammy, Jump!!”
The Sun goddess was confused at first, but soon realized what he was doing as his hand made contact with the ground. Nicko’s magic surged as it sprang from the ground, hitting each of the wolves with the skill called Rising Wave, an ability that sends a series of magic blades forward in a rising motion from underneath the opponent.
“Woah…” Landon spoke.
“One, two, three… Just like that.” The Rune Slayer smiled as he sheathed his blade.
“You have one awesome uncle, Faith.” Applebloom told her as she lowered the shield.
“Everypony okay?” Nicko soon asked as he walked back on over to the rest of the group. But soon, he noticed something in the air. “Okay, who called the Princess Patrol?”
“Not me.” Naomi and Landon spoke at the same time.
“Something tells me it was your magic, Uncle Nicko.” Faith replied. “Back where we’re from, Yuri said that Unicorn’s and Alicorn’s can feel how powerful a caster is depending on how dense their magic is.”
‘Like Power levels in Dragon Ball Z…… Fan-freaking-tastic’ Nicko sighed.
‘Was your power over 9000?’ Naomi soon spoke mentally.
‘YOU HEARD THAT!?!’
‘What part of Telepathy do you not understand?’
Nicko’s only response was smacking his face as Princess Twilight, Celestia and Luna landed nearby.
“Wassup Celly?” Naomi speaks like nothing happened.
“What happened? Don’t lie to me, Amaterasu. We felt the magic from Canterlot. So what happened?”
“If you must know, Timberwolves.”
“Timberwolves?” Twilight asked. “I’m sorry, but single word answers aren't helping us here.”
“Just Timberwolves happened.”
“Yeah, but they took care of them like Ka-Blam!! POW!! SMACK!!!” Scootaloo said, impersonating sound effects from comic books. “Both her and Nicko.”
“Forgive me, but who is this Nicko that you speak of, young Scootaloo?” Luna asked.
“You know, I’m standing right here, right?” The Rune Slayer said as he leaned back and put his arms behind his head. Celestia now looked at Naomi, narrowing her gaze to where she looked serious.
“Don’t blame me! They just came out of a magic portal!”
“And how are we to believe that? This little thing doesn’t look like he could-.”
Before Luna was able to finish her sentence, Nicko straightened himself as his expression changed. His magic kicked in as he conjured a medium sized rune in his hand.
“I am NOT a thing!! I am Nicko Nocte!! And you will FEAR MY LASER FACE!!”
Faith now was the one to facepalm herself. “Oh brother… That was one thing I forgot to mention…”
“What’s wrong, Sugarcube?” Applejack asked.
“My uncle is not a fan of being referred to by his height. This happened before when we met Chrysalis in another Dimension.”
Twilight’s ears perked up at hearing the last two words from Faith’s previous sentence. Looking at both her, Nicko, Naomi and Landon now, she was thinking something through.
“Uhhh… Yeah, I think we should go before she tries to experiment on us...”
Nicko sighed. “Trust me. I got this…”
“Got what?”
“So, Princesses, should we discuss this somewhere else? I believe the Apple Family rather not have us delay them from helping with the harvest.”
“He does have a point, Princess.” Twilight replied. With a nod, Celestia casted a spell and soon, Nicko, Faith, Naomi, and Landon found themselves in Canterlot and no longer on the property of the farm.
“Could you give us a warning before you do that next time?”
“Sorry, no can do.”
‘F*ck.’
“Such a troll.” Naomi joked around, looking at Nicko.
“Welcome to Canterlot Castle. I must admit, this might be a little sudden, but I thought it would be easier to bring you here than anywhere else.” Celestia stated. “Now, Amaterasu, care to introduce us to your companions?”
She rolls her eyes. “I guess. The guy over here is Nicko, and the girl is Faith, His niece.”
“And where are you from, Nicko and Faith?”
“Would it be crazy to say another Equestria?” Faith asked. Twilight’s eyes widened as well as the princesses. “Too soon?.”
“They asked.” Landon said.
“Amaterasu…… explanation… NOW!!!”
“Calm down, Nick Fury. We’re getting there.” Nicko said. “My niece and I are Displaced. Short for Dimensionally Misplaced. There are others like us who end up getting themselves somehow sent to different versions of Equestria. Which is possible according to the Multiverse theory.”
“Multi-what?”
Nicko sighed, rummaging through his bag and grabbing a series of papers. “Here, seems like you have some required reading to do. It’s a report from the Clover the Clever in my world that composed a theory based on what we're talking about.”
It took about ten minutes for the princesses to go through the papers and clear up some common miscommunication. Then, Celestia began to speak. “So let me see if I get this right… You two used a Token to come to our Equestria?”
“To put it lightly, yes.” Faith said, Sitting down and cuddling Landon again.
“Please stoppp!” Landon moans.
“But you’re so soft!” She says, petting Landon between the ears and massaging him.
“Why does that feel so good!” He yelps.
“Because you’re such a good puppy!!” Faith cheerfully said as she gives him a belly rub once Landon hit the floor.
“I gotta say, Landon looks adorable like that.” Nicko chuckled.
“I’M NOT ADORABLE!”
“DENIAL IS PROOF!!!” Faith announced, rubbing Landon’s ears some more.
“Since when does that make sense?!”
“You’re in Denial that you’re not adorable. Therefore, you think you are, you handsome pup!!” Nicko himself chuckled a little more at his niece’s logic. She reminded him of when his brother was younger.
“I give up! Just stop hugging me!”
“What’s the magic word, Chibi?”
Landon remained silent then muttered something unheard.
“I can’t hear you…” Faith teased, now proceeding to rub under Lance’s chin in a massaging manor.
“Gaaah! Pl...ease…” He muttered.
“Good boy!” Faith congratulated, setting Landon free. “See, a little bit of courtesy can go a long way.”
“Wow… Never thought you would be the Animal Whisperer…” Nicko said, surprised at how Faith handled the situation with Landon.
“I do the same thing with Grandma Ciela all the time.”
Now that got Nicko to laugh. Who knew that the same tactics worked on his mother?
“Probably should have mentioned this ahead of time, But Landon has an ego slightly bigger than Rainbow Dash. He denies it however.” Naomi snickered as she looked back at the Wolf Pup.
“I DO NOT!”
“WHAT DID I TELL YOU, CHIBI!?! DENIAL IS PROOF!!!!”
“I’m just going to take your crazy logic and throw it out the window.” Landon replied.
“Right… So where were we before we got all sidetracked?” The Rune Slayer asked, trying to bring the conversation back to the original topic before the chronicles of Faith and Landon occurred.
“I believe we were talking about the Multiverse?” Twilight stated, eagerly holding a quill in a telekinetic grip and wanting to write down notes.
“Ah yes. Well, each version of Equestria is different in their own way. For example, where I’m from, Celestia has a little brother instead of a little sister named Artemis. Also, each one differs depending on what world you enter. How we came here though is through these two tokens, which I believe belong to Amaterasu and Chibiterasu.” With this, Nicko took out the Holy Bone he held onto and also the small cherry bomb that Faith used earlier.
Landon burst out laughing.
“Is that a tiny cherry bomb?!”
“I believe so, and I think that one is yours…” Faith said. “It works out so well since you’re just as tiny as this.”
“I’m not that tiny! Am I?”
“Twilight, do you happen to have a mirror?” Nicko asked. The Alicorn nodded, Bringing in a wide view mirror so they could compare the height of the four Displaced. Out of all of them, Landon was indeed… the shortest.
“Oh come on! Back on earth I was the tallest out of all of us!” He continued on in a rant about their sizes.
“Oh zip it. I was this size when I first got here and when I was turned to stone. You have nothing to complain about.”
Twilight and the other Princesses blinked a little. “I-i’m sorry. Did you say “Turned to Stone”? Like by the elements?”
“Long story short, my brother and I were fighting a crazed maniac and when the Elements of Harmony tried to encase him in stone, the maniac deflected the blast towards my brother and I took the hit instead. Waking up seven years later, I find Faith and found out she was my niece and that my brother was her Father.”
Landon blinked. “Now that’s what I called being Stoned.” A faint rim shot was heard in the distance.
“Not funny, Mutt.” Nicko snarled. “Not funny.”
“I’m the only one here who gets to make puns.” Naomi growls. Faith herself joined the other two and looked down on Landon. All three were disappointed in him, but Faith was the one who expressed it in words. “Bad boy, I thought we teached you better manners than that!! Do you want me to leave you at Fluttershy’s?”
“I’m not a child! I’m twenty one! Quit treating me like one!”
“Technically, you are a pup.” Twilight pointed out. “Amaterasu is your mother, right?”
“HELL NO!” They both shouted.
“Right…… forget I asked.” The Alicorn said. Before she could continue though, Twilight turned towards Nicko now. “So Mr. Nicko. Before you go anywhere, can you give a demonstration of your magic?”
“Sure. Faith can demonstrate what she can do as well.”
“Okay, Uncle!” Faith happily replied, summoning both Moby and Remy from their standby forms.
“W-what was that?”
“Oh, I just summoned my Two drones. This is Moby and that’s Remy.”
“Pfft, you gave them names?” Landon smirked with a snarky attitude, only to be startled when the Drones began to speak.
“Why yes, pup. We’re Ms. Faith’s guides and guardians, fighting alongside her whenever it is necessary.”
“Most of Faith’s powers are technological based in which she can construct with the help of Moby and Remy.” Nicko explained as Faith revealed the Nasod Spears that were along her back like wings. “As for me, I use Rune Magic to conjure multiple kinds of spells. Some runes are explosive, while others create blades from magic.” Nicko demonstrated by conjuring a small rune and detonating it in the palm of his hand.
“So that’s what the magic is called…” Naomi mutters.
“Yes. I’m a Rune Slayer and Faith is what she calls herself a Code Nemesis. Not in a bad way, of course.”
“Huh. Interesting.” Twilight says, writing her observations on her scroll.
“There’s more… but a few of our friends would be considered troublemakers by your standards, Princess.”
“How so?”
Nicko sighed, taking out his cell phone and began to look for an Audio recording he caught of Amy when she didn’t realize it. “Let me warn you, things might get a little out of hand. This was basically her version of infiltrating the Changeling hive.”
He then clicked Play.
“Excuse me Ma’am, but we can’t let you pass.”
“Aww crap. Well this sucks. And just when we got this bus filled with foreign exchange students here for a field trip.”
“Oh really? Where are you from?”
“TEXAS!!!”
The last comment was followed by the sounds of Amy and her sister mowing down a battalion of Changelings, one bug at a time. “Yes, my friend Amy can be quite… Random, if I do say so myself.”
“Really? I don’t see it.” Landon said.
Nicko sighed… “Exhibit B. When an Assassin tried to claim the life of Princess Cadence.”
Play
“Now if you don’t mind, I’M GOING AFTER THAT CADENCE B*TCH!!” The audio continues to hear the clicking of multiple weapons as soon as the Assassin opens the door.
“Well, that’s just not fair at all…”
“I’m sorry, but…” Amy retorted. “We DON’T GIVE A F*CK!!!”
*BANG!!!* *BANG!!!* *BANG!!!* *BANG!!!* *BANG!!!*
With that, Nicko shut off his phone. “I think that’s all the necessary proof I need to show, wouldn’t you agree?”
“I’ll say.” Naomi chuckles.
“Yep. It’s gotten to the point where she does some things just to drive Celestia crazy… I mean, our Celestia, not you your highness.”
“It’s alright. It seems as we now have a better understanding of the situation. For now though, we should keep this meeting between ourselves. I don’t want to cause a panic with the public if word gets out about this.” The Princess said as Nicko assured her of his compliance, the Alicorn retreating to her quarters.
“Well, we should prepare to go as well.” The Rune Slayer. “But before we do… Naomi, Landon, we have something for you.”
“Hm?” Naomi replied.
With that, Nicko handed his token to Naomi and Faith did the same. “These are our tokens. You can use them to either come to us or call upon us when you need our help.” In her paw, the Wolf now held Nicko’s Mark of the Rune Slayer and Faith’s Nemesis Blade.
“Huh. Cool. Thanks.”
“Your welcome. Can’t wait to see you again soon.” Nicko replied as he conjured a portal using his copy of his token. Before leaving though, Faith turned to Landon. “Bye Lanny!!!”
“Bye.” Landon deadpanned.
Naomi rolled her eyes before waving a subtle goodbye with a paw as both Nicko and Faith faded away with the portal they created.
"I AM NOT CUDDLY!" Landon suddenly woke up screaming.
"Dude, that was yesterday. Calm the hell down." I try to tell him.
"I guess..." He whines.
I curl back up in the sun and relax again. Celly and Lulu gave me an earful about how I should... *Ahem* "Be wary of others like them. You never know if they're dangerous or not." Yeah, I'm not a child Celly.
"Hey... Uh... Mrs Amaterasu?" Sweetie Belle's voice echoed from outside.
"Hello Sweetie. What bring you here?" I ask.
"Well, Uh... It's just that... Rarity and mom are fighting again... over Rarity's future..." Sweetie says, walking in.
Her fur is tear stained and is stained brown in some places with dirt.
"Come here." I say, patting a place on the ground next to me.
She sniffs and nods. She sits down in silence.
"Don't worry, You can stay here for until they stop fighting..." I calmly tell the filly.
She nods again and buries her head in my fur. I curl my head around her as best I can to replicate a hug.
"T-thanks... Mrs Amaterasu..." She says.
"No problem."
I then fall silent to let Sweetie Belle cry her eyes out.
"T-the other crusaders don't listen to me when I try to talk about this stuff to them... Well, They do.. But they don't understand..." Sweetie sniffs.
She buries her head once more and we all fall silent, save for the occasional yellings of Landon in his sleep.
"Sweetie Belle?!"
I lift my head up and try to wake Sweetie Belle.
"Huh? W-wha..." She yawns.
"Sounds like somepony is looking for you." I tell her.
"R-rarity?!" She cheers happily.
She darts outside and I follow to the entrance. From the cover of the trees I can see Rarity and Sweetie Belle once again are reunited. Rarity says something to Sweetie and she nods. They begin to walk back to the town.
"Landon!" I yell.
"I'M NOT FLUFFY!" He shouts.
"Dude, calm down. What time is it?" I ask.
"Uhhh... Noon?" He mutters.
"..... AAAAAAAAAAADVENTURE TIIIIMMEEEE!" I shout.
He faceplants on the ground.
"What?" I ask.
"Mph." He mumbles.
"Come on. Let's go on an adventure!" I shout.
He groans but sits back up.
"MERMAID SPRING, AWAAAYYY!" I shout, running to the pools of water.
Everfree forest- 1,000 Years ago
I turn to look at Konohana. She's idly floating along as we make our way through the forest.
"So exactly... How are you floating without using your wings?" I ask.
"I'm the spirit of the tree of Harmony. We're not too far so I came to see what the fuss was about." She says.
"Huh." I mutter.
Ventus casually hummed a small song as he sat upon my head.
"Where exactly are we going?" I then ask.
"To my home." Ventus replied, a small scrap of paper falling down from my head.
We continue the walk in silence until we reach a very small shack. I mean SMALL.
"Welp, This is it. I don't think you'll be able to fit however." Ventus jokes.
"If only the magical hammer of smallness was here..." I mutter.
"WWWWWEEEEEEEEE!" I shout as I fly out of the Mermaid Spring of a different shrine.
"AAAAHHHHH!" Landon shouts as he gets a mouth full of dirt.
"You need to work on your landings." I simply tell him.
"Mph." He once again growls.
The world once again stops as I draw a line from the pool of water and then onto him. The world then starts again and Landon ends up drenched.
"I wanted to wash the dirt out." I lie.
To be honest, It's fun abusing my power to have fun with Landon.
"S-Sure y-you did..." He shivers.
"Whatever." I say, walking out of the shrine.
I took a quick glance at the statue. It was of Lulu.
"Wait... this is... Hollow Shades..." I mutter.
"And what does that mean?" Landon asks.
I start to internally squee.
"BAT PONIEESSS~!" I shout, running out into the main part.
"Wait!"
The area lacked a surprising amount of bat ponies.
"This sucks." I mutter.
Landon caught up, panting.
"Wait... Up! Stubby legs!" He shout-pants.
I stick my tongue out at him. He glares at me before we break into laughter.
"Welp, Some adventure this turned out to be..." He mutters after recovering.
"Let's just go back to jump into the mermaid springs over and over again." He adds, walking back.
I sigh.
"FIIIINEEEE!" I start to follow him back.
"WEEEEEE~!" I shout, flying out.
"GAAAH!" Landon shouts as well, tumbling head over heels.
"You reaaally got to work on your landings." I mutter, face...pawing.
"Whatever." he says, shaking dust off his fur.
That's when I noticed it. The beautiful thing that was made from cardboard...THE GIANT BOX.
"MINE!" I shout, leaping in it.
I slowly poke my head out as Landon ran at me.
"Nope!" I shout, nudging the flaps closed.
"You can't stay in there forever!" He shouts.
"WATCH ME!"
I heard crickets chirp as I woke up. Then it hit me.... Who left this box?
"Stupid.. Teleportation spell..."
I slowly peak out of the box to meet the face of the purple Alicorn, Twilight Sparkle. We carefully stared into each others eyes until I started to lean in. She started to do the same. We got closer and closer until...
"Ugh gross! Wolf slobber! HELP HELP! I NEED DISENFECTANT!!!" Twilight shouted, running off screaming like a little filly.
"Ouch. That hurt." I mutter to myself.
I climb out of the box and look around. I was in a... tree. TIME TO FOR THIS TREE TO GET REKT!
...
Dear god, Never let me say that again....
Using the power slash brush skill, I managed to wreck her bookshelves. Before she came back I drew the veil of mist and ran out into the cold night air.
"I feel so ALIVE!" I shout, running out into the streets.
Skidding on the turn into the forest, I ran back into the cave where Landon was sound asleep. Panting, I flop on the floor and try to slow my heart rate.
"I need to have more fun days like this..." I yawn.
GODDAMNITFUCKNO! NEVER GOING BACK THERE! NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!!
I land out of the portal with a slam as Landon falls out with a shocked look on his face.
"... TAKE ME BAACK!"
WHY DID SHE HAVE TO APPEAL TO HIS PERVERTED SIDE?!
"Never again..."I mutter, shaking.
"Never again... What?" Sweetie asks.
I give her the selfie token... Well, more like try to shred it with my teeth while giving it to her.
"Burn it. Burn it as quickly as you can." I mutter to her.
"B-but, It's such a nice picture..."
"BURN IT!" I shout.
She quickly nods as I go back into my panic attack. After a few moments, I start to calm down.
"L-landon?" I mutter.
He's still staring straight ahead, blank expression plastered on his face.
"Damn you Max..." I mutter.
I bend my neck to my back and grab the sword I was gifted.
"What to call you... Damn what was that sword called in the game... Tsukuyomi? Yeah.. Tsukuyomi was the sword that sealed Orochi away. Then I'mma call it Tsukuyomi."
I walk into the cave and place it in the back. Grabbing a few red gem lanterns I place them in front of it to warn ponies. I then walk back over and pick up the Scythe token I was gifted with. I'll have to take a look into this. I place it on a flat rock a distance away from Tsukuyomi.
"Landon! Git yo butt in here!" I shout.
He shakes his head and runs in.
"We're back?" He asks.
I nod.
"Aw.."
I slap him with a paw.
"Ow! The heck?!"
"Snap out of it! She's GONE!" I shout.
"But where's-"
"Sweetie's getting fire." I deadpan.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!"
I sigh and place a paw on my snout.
"Yes!"
Using waterspout I move a little water over to Landon and soak him again.
"WHAAA!"
"Now shut up and get me some brain bleach." I mutter.
Out in the Everfree that morning, only three creatures could be seen actually enjoying that day in the creepy forest. One small unicorn, and two wolves.
“Hurry up slowpokes!” Sweetie belle giggled as she ran ahead.
“One second! There’s something over here!” Amaterasu yelled as she noticed something hanging from a tree branch.
“What is it?” The unicorn asked, running back.
“Who cares.” Chibiterasu moaned, flopping on the ground.
Hanging from a tree branch was a keychain. Only this one emitted a strange magical pulse.
“Is it another token?” Amaterasu asked.
“If it is… Hey! Weren’t you just telling me that the princess gave you a lecture on that?!” Sweetie belle shouted.
“Weeelll…”
“Again, WHO CARES?!” Chibi yelled.
“Shut it.”
“It sure is pretty…” Sweetie mutters, tapping it with her hoof.
In an instant it started to glow a bright white, opening a portal. Out of the portal was a human clad in black armor, with pale yellow hair that matched her eyes, and jet black and red sword. Next to her was an anthro version of Princess Luna who was wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with black and white stripes, and blue jeans.
“Um…...hi.” Said Saber giving them a awkward smile which showed off her sharp jagged teeth.
“Well. Didn’t expect that was a token.” The smaller wolf laughed.
“MONSTER!” Sweetie squealed, running as fast as she could away from there.
“Goddamnit.” Amaterasu sighed.
“Hey! Don’t call my servant a monster.” Said Luna hugging her servant in defense.
“I think she was talking about you!” Chibi laughed again.
“I said shut it! Go get Sweetie would ya?” Amaterasu scolded.
“Fiiine.” He moaned, getting up and walking out.
“Anyways, Who exactly are you two?” Amaterasu addressed.
“I am Princess Luna and this is my servant Saber.” Luna said as Saber waved to Amaterasu. “Care to tell us who you are fluffy?”
“If you want fluffy, Talk to the wolf who just ran off. Anyways, My name is Amaterasu, I guess second sun.. goddess. Well, Second to our Celestia. I see you’re no stranger to Displaced.”
“We met a few of them, so far they been pretty nice towards us. Though the stories they told us about how some of them got turn to stone due to their appearance…...well we just pretty much smack their worlds princesses in the face.”
“Huh. Try being asleep for around a thousand years. Anyways, We didn’t mean to summon you, It was just Sweetie Belle getting curious. You can leave or what-” A snarl soon hit the air as a rock flew through the air.
“Hey! Shut up and get some scales with that magic sword you got!”
“Allow us to deal with that, Saber if you would?”
“Yes Master.” Saber said as she charged at the beast, like a bullet being fired out of a gun.
“So care to tell me what’s a cragadile?” Asked Luna.
“Think an crocodile on steroids, then basically glue rocks all over it’s body and you’ll almost got a Cragadile.” Amaterasu explained.
“Interesting….Saber! Kill then take the body with us when we leave!” Luna ordered as Saber dodge the Cragadile’s attack. “Wait till Celestia see what I got on my visit through the multiverse.”
“Ok… I think I’m more afraid of your universe than the last one we went to.” Amaterasu stated.
“Hey our world is not dangerous, though you want to be careful of Derpy for the moment.”
“Derpy? Why Derpy?”
“Little bit of advice, don’t let Nightmare Moon wander off after she get’s her wisdom teeth removed. Cause if she does, you’ll end up having a Derpy who can control muffin base foods.”
“That doesn’t sound terrifying. It sounds amazing!” Chibi shouted.
“Prepare to be surprise if you end up being chased by giant muffins that want to eat you.”
“Not so amazing.”
“Saber hurry up and kill that thing already!”
“On it!” Saber knocked the beast off guard as she pushed herself back from it. As she did prana energy started to burst from her sword.
“Now die! Excalibur!” Saber unleashed her noble phantasm upon the most, sending a wave of crimson black & red prana energy through the beast and past Canterlot. “Oops….I think I might have overdone it that time.”
“Why do I feel like this is going to end up with me getting lectured again…” Ammy sighed
“Well…..at least it didn’t hit anything in Cant-.” Just as she said that, the blast hit the side of Celestia’s room. Not to much for it to be damage, but enough to get notice by certain ponies. “Oh it’s high school all over again for me.”
“Goddamnit… I so hope Celly didn’t-”
“AMATERASUUUUUUU!”
“.... Nope, I just can’t deal with her today!”
“Don’t worry I’ll handle this.” Said Luna calling Saber to her side. “I mean how bad can it be?”
“... I’ll go get the sponge…” Chibi sighed.
“Wait what?”
“Our Celestia tends to ramble on when lecturing someone… I needed something for earplugs. If I was gonna get lectured…” Amaterasu explained.
“Huh, reminds me of how my parents lecture me when I accidentally turn the moon into cheese that one time.”
“Here she comes.” Saber said pointing at the pissed of Alicorn landing towards them.
“It wasn’t my fault this time!” Amaterasu instantly shouted as the Alicorn landed.
“It was so totally your fault.” Chibi egged on from the corner.
“You’re not helping!!!”
“Hey! If anything we’re the ones that saved those three from a that cragadile thing.” Luna proudly said.
“I sent those two out here to collect scales for my previous student.The have their methods.” Celestia calmly said.
“That’s what I kinda was trying to explain?” Amaterasu nervously smiled. “Then why didn’t you do it yourself then Celestia?” Saber asked.
“Luna was… Er…” Her face grew a quick shade of crimson.
“Oh dear god, Here we go again....” Chibi sighed.
“What?”
“She made me…” She coughed. “Work thy royal flank to the gym.”she said in an impression of Luna. She lowered her head.
“......You know if my sister was here she would be laughing her flank, mostly because after getting a good look at you she could tell that you need to lose some weight.” Said Luna giggling a bit from the thought of it.
“I did not need to hear that impression again.” Chibi sighed.
“Speaking of where is this world’s Luna?”
(Somewhere in Canterlot Castle)
“I do hope Tia doesn’t mind that I’m putting her on a diet.” Luna mutters, using her magic to throw her sister’s cake stash into a dumpster.
(Back to the everfree)
“I think she was heading back to the- Wait, Why are we idly chit-chatting!?”
“Cause it’s fun, plus your dork.” Luna answered while playing with a handheld video game.
“Actually you are kinda-”
“Be quiet.”
“Does everyone hate me?!”
“Luna and I don’t hate you.” Saber Answered. “If you were in our world, then you wouldn’t have to deal with up tight ponies like Celestia over there.”
“Meh. I’m fine here.”
“Suit yourself.” Luna said as she pulled magically summoned a bottle of wine in front of herself. “What? I’m on vacation for the next 1,000 years or so, don’t judge me.”
“... Amaterasu? Are you sure you didn’t summon these ones? I already gave you a lecture about the other two that arrived here!” Celestia started yelling.
“Oh god, now she’s gonna go on and on…” Ammy complained.
“Hey lay off her will you?” Luna said after taking a sip from her drink. “You should be getting used to seeing weird stuff like this happening. Hell if my sister was ok with have displaced humans come by our world, then you should be used to seeing stuff like this. Or do I need to tell Ammy here about certain embarrassing things about you sister?”
“W-we’re T-two different ponies, Me and Y-your celestia! W-what could you possibly k-know about me?!”
“You got dirt on Celly? TELL ME NOW!” Amaterasu begged.
“Honey I’m reading her mind right now as we speak, and so far her my sister are almost the same. Like this one time with your Celestia got drunk with one nobles from the Kirin nation son-”.”
“That’s enough! That was only one time!” Celestia’s face turned near blood red.
“Yeah just like the time when you sleep with Chrysalis as well right?”
“I-I-” Without saying another word, Celestia flew off, her mane practically on fire.
“You can’t run away from your mistake Celestia! I know everything about you!”
“I’m getting the feeling that your Luna’s not gonna be happy about this.” Said Saber.
“Meh. If you really want to meet her, I know just the thing to piss her off.” Amaterasu joked.
Luna turn her attention toward Amaterasu after hearing that. “Oh please do!”
“Alright. Prepare for Pissy Lulu.” Amaterasu muttered.
Focusing her magic power, A ink line in the shape of a crescent suddenly was drawn in the sky. It burst away, turning the sky dark and changing the sun into the moon.
“Three… Two… One.”
“AMAATERASUUU!” A different voice yelled. For one, it was much louder.
With a pop an angry princess luna was standing in front of the group.
“I’ve told you one too many times the Nig- Who are these ponies?”
“I am you from the distant future! We must stop the angel of chaos before they destroy Equestria!” Luna said in a dramatic fashion.
A single cricket chirped in the background. “Oh screw you all I thought it was funny.” She said as she took another drink from her special wine bottle. “Anyway all jokes aside I’m an alternate universe version of you Moonpie.”
“... Is this another one of those… Er…” “Moonpie” Muttered.
“Yes, Luna these are more Displaced.” Chibi said.
“Take a guess which of us is the displaced.” Luna said as her servant stood next to her.
“Erm… Whoever… Isn’t me?” She questioned.
“Correct!.....Hold a second.” Luna bent down and reached into her shadow, she then pulled out an anthro version of nightmare moon wearing a steampunk outfit with glasses on. “I thought you said that moonshine we made was suppose to strong, so far I’m not buzzed off my flank at the moment.”
“Could be that your body build up an immunity towards it.” Nightmare Moon answered.
“Ok. I have no idea what’s weirder, Seeing Nightmare moon come from… you/me or that other time with those two displaced.” P. Luna stated.
“Prepare to a lot of weird stuff like this.” Saber said as Luna hugged Saber. “At least you deal with her sister at times.”
“That remind me, Celly needs to be back at the gym now.” Luna stated normally.
“Yeah good luck with that, after what I did to her she’ll be hiding in her room from the next few hours or so.” Luna said as she was laughing. “Man she had a lot a secret stuff she been keeping from you Luna.”
“I bet. Well, I’d better pull her out from under her bed.” With a pop, Lulu vanished.
“Darn, wanted to tell her that she had another secret stash of cakes hidden underneath Twilight’s home.” Luna shrugged. “Oh well her loss.”
“Really? She does?” Ammy asked.
Luna magically summoned a book right in front of Ammy. “Here’s a book with both your worlds Luna & Celestia secrets, both weird and funny as hell secrets to use on them if they give you any trouble.”
“Wow. Cool. I now feel like giving you something in exchange.” She muttered.
“Hm….I might have someone that you might want to teach some of you spells you have.” Luna pulled out a talisman, and summoned a girl with fox ears from out of thin air.
“When there’s no more room in hell, I Tamamo-Na-Mae shall rise a-.” Caster paused as she looked around to see Luna, Saber, Sweetie Belle, and two adorable wolves. “Of the hell, what the hell?”
“Ok… Yeah…. Who is this?”
“Introducing Caster aka the original Amaterasu of the japanese folk tales. Basically She’s kinda like you just with more tricks up her bunny hoodie sleeves.” Saber said.
Caster focus her attention towards the the two wolfs. “Hello!”
“S’up?”
“When did she get here?” Chibi muttered.
“Shut up.”
“You’re mean.”
“To answer your question little one…...magic.” Caster said as she patted Chibi on the head. “And for the record I’m the original Amaterasu of the killing stone, so that makes me older than you two.”
“Yeah but not the brightest.” Muttered Saber.
“Uh… Are you sure She’s… erm.. Bright enough to learn the brush skills I know?” Ammy said privately to Luna.
“Just because she’s not the brightest, doesn’t mean she’s that stupid to know how to use a brush. Hell she able to do that with her talisman she has on her.”
“A-alright then…” “Yay I get to learn more spells than the one’s I have now. This will be useful when using my noble phantasm.”
“ I know quite a few… Uhhh… I’ve never actually taught anyone… this kind of stuff.”
“It shouldn’t be that hard. I mean all you have to do is show her how to do it, and she’ll be able to do it.”
“Alright. I’ll make no promises I can do this however.”
“Oh don’t worry, I’m a faster learner.” Said Caster hugging chibi like a plushy.
“AAAnndd there’s the hugging!”
“How can I not hug him, he’s so adorable just like Sweetie Belle.” She said as her tail was holding onto Sweetie Belle.
“Well… That’s one mystery solved.” Chibi muttered.
“Caster you can’t keep them.” Said Saber.
“Aw! You can’t let me have this can’t you?”
“Mostly because they belong here.”
“Will you exchange them for a token?” Ammy bargained.
“What kind of token?” Caster asked.
“I think I might have it - Wait, Sweetie, Give Caster the token I told you to.. keep safe.”
Reaching into her mane, Sweetie pulled out a small photo.
“That’s it.”
“A photo?”
“It’s a weird thing but me and Chibi got sent to another Displaced’s world by that and… I really don’t want to remember that adventure..”
“Fair enough.” She said letting go of Chibi & Sweetie Belle.
“Just a fair warning, Don’t summon her unless you want Innuendos galore… NO REFUNDS.” Ammy said to Caster, shutting off her Telepathy and pulling chibi and Sweetie behind her.
“Oh, This will be useful in case someone tries to attack me.” Caster summoned her mirror and placed the photo into it. “There we go.”
“So, Ready to learn some spells?”
“Yep!”
“I’ll give you four to pick from, Power slash, Cherry Bomb and- Hell, I’ll just show you all four that I know so far. ”
“Sweet!”
“First, Cherry Bomb. Don’t attempt this indoors.” In midair, a circle was suddenly drawn with black ink with a line going halfway out the top like a few. It burst away to reveal a lit paper bomb. Ammy kicked it a fair ways away and watched it blow up in an explosion of color.
“Oh. Ok my turn!” Caster drew the same sign as Ammy did, only with hers the cherry bomb was bigger and landed on top of Saber and exploded. As the explosion clear Saber had a magical bubble barrier around herself.
“It’s a good thing servants have anti magic resistance on them at all times.” Saber said
“Huh. Well anyways, Next is Power Slash.” Ammy drew a straight line across a tree. When the ink burst away, A burst of light shone and the tree suddenly fell down in pieces. “Can cut through any object. I dunno about armor.”
Caster looks at Saber with a devilish smile on her face. “Let’s find out?” She said as she drew the sign for Power Slash at Saber. Which in turn did no damage to her, but is did damage and knocked down ten trees.
“I’m getting the feeling you’re gonna use me as a test dummy for this are you?” Saber asked.
“Yep.”
Ammy chuckled and continued. “Alright… Lemme see… Does anyone have a source of fire or water?”
“Oh I do!” Caster answered as she threw two talismans onto the ground, summoning up a stream of water & fire.
“Cool, Alright, First Inferno.” Ammy drew a line across from the stream of fire to go straight across left. In an instant a pillar of fire erupted from the place where she drew for a few seconds.
Caster in turn did the same, but aimed the fire at her test dummy. Causing a twister of fire to swallow Saber up, but still did not damage to her. “Like that?”
“Yes! That was awesome” Amaterasu suddenly fell down in a fit of laughter.
“Gee I’m glad someone is getting a kick out of this.” Said Saber.
“I-I’m sorry.” She said getting back up.
She cleared her throat and turned to Caster. “Actually we can go through two routes here. I can teach you Waterspout or Fountain, No, They aren’t the same thing.”
“How about both?”
“Ok.” Ammy said after a while.
(A few hours later)
“I think that’ll be it for now.” Said Caster finishing up her last sign.
“Just be careful.” Amaterasu warned.
“Hey this is me we’re talking about, if there anything you should know about me is that I am careful with stuff like this.”
“... Ok.”
“Oh whatever!” Caster said as she teleported back to her own world leaving behind her token, along with Gilgamesh’s token which was an axe made of gold.
“I’m guessin’ you two are gonna go next?” Chibi muttered from the back on the room.
“Pretty much yeah, I have to go get my sister from out of jail. Faust knows she’ll end up harassing some of the ponies in jail with her.” Luna said as she open a portal back to her world. “If you need any help, give us a call and we’ll help.” With that her and Saber walked through the portal.
With a puff of smoke, Amaterasu’s Celestia and Luna teleported into the cave.
“You still have some explaining to do.”
“Ah great.”
“Use the boooook.” Saber said telepathically
“Yes I know!” Ammy yelled.
“The read something on page 51 about how Luna been eating from Celestia’s secret stash of cakes, while she’s been going to the gym.” Caster suggested.
“Doing it.” Chibi spoke, flipping the pages with his nose.
Once he got to page fifty-one, He burst out laughing.
“Ohh Lulu you naughty little princess! Eating Celly’s stash!” He laughed.
“Luna!”
“But- I-”
“No buts! We’re heading back to the gym, This time for you!” Celestia shouted, teleporting away.
"GAAAH!" I shouted as the face of a certain blue alicorn met my nose.
"Luna! Language?"
Oh great! SHE'S here too!
"Nooo.." Landon muttered as he rolled over in his sleep.
"Alright, What's the deal." I state.
I slowly cast my eyes to the book I was given yesterday.
"Nope!" I shouted, pouncing on it.
I grasped it with my arms and held it tight. I felt the tingling sensation of magic as I was lifted off the ground.
"NOOOOO!" I shouted.
"Give. It. TO. US!" Luna shouted, pulling with her magic.
"But it's mine! I haven't finished reading it!"
"Amaterasu! Give!" Celestia shouted.
"I'm not an ordinary wolf you know Celly!"
"AMATERASU!"
... Meep...
It was at that time that our friendly neighborhood manticore that I totally remembered about and who made I deal with ran through my cave.
"FUCK OFF!" I shouted at him.
I pulled away from Luna's magic and jumped to the ground.
"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! AND FUCK YOU!" I shouted, looking in each of their directions.
The three slowed down as I panted.
"Can't I have ONE day to relax?! I mean! Seriously! Come on!"
"... I'll give you a week, THEN you'll be next!" Our favorite manticore shouted before flying off.
"Love ya too!" I sarcastically shouted.
I turned back to the Princesses.
"Would you take a gift from friend away from another?" I reluctantly asked.
"Bu-"
"Page 45, Luna secretly puts on a pop record every night after Celestia goes to sleep and starts to sing "Disco Mare"... Wait. I just got a feeling of Deja vu..."
I looked back up at Luna, who had a bright red blush emblazoned on her cheeks.
"Uh... Do we need to have a talk?" Celestia asked.
"... T-that's not true!"
"You HATE pop!"
"Now. LEAVE." I pointed a paw at the edge of the cave and gave then a deadpanned stare.
With a blast of light the two left, Leaving the cave in silence.
"Thank.... Erm... Cadence..." I sighed, slumping down.
"Hm? Did I miss something?" Landon spoke up.
"Yes. A lot." I sighed again.
"Meh."
A silence flew into the room.
"Wanna go on an adventure?"
I got up and looked at him.
"Why not."
(Landon's POV)
"NAOOOMIIII" I called as I roamed the empty halls of the castle.
I turned down the long hallway to see a light at the end. I slowly stepped to look through the edge of the doorway.
"THOU SHANT BEST ME!" A loud voice shouted.
"Bring it on! I've still got enough time on my side!"
Silence echoed through the room before I heard a scream.
"NO! THAT WAS MY SECRET WEAPON!"
"HAHAHHAHAAA!!! THOU CANNOT BEST THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT!"
"Naomi!? Are you-" I asked, stepping through the doorway.
Inside was the spectral image of Nightmare Moon and Naomi. They were sitting at a table playing something that looked reminiscent to Hearthstone.
"I-I can explain." Naomi spoke.
A hour earlier...
"Are we there yeeeeet!" I moaned, dragging my paws a little.
"No." Naomi spoke irritably.
I waited a bit before whining.
"Stop! We're here!" She shouted.
I gave her a cheeky grin before realizing where we are.
"No." I deadpanned at the sight of the giant castle.
"Come on... Stop being such a baby!"
"No."
"How about I give you anything you want if you go in for twenty minutes."
I waited and thought it through.
"Fine. If a pony Slenderman jumps me I'm blaming you from beyond the grave." I sighed.
"Deal." she said, gleefully.
"This isn't so bad." Naomi stated, bumping me a little.
"Mh." I mutter, walking a little slower.
I stopped in front of a pony shaped suit of armor.
"Oh god... I'm getting bad memories of Amnesia...." I muttered, poking the suit of armor.
"Landon! Hurry up!"
I span around to find that Naomi had left me. Shit. I slowly crept away for the armor as I continued down the hall. There was no light but it wasn't too bad.
"Naomi?" I whispered in the dark.
For about thirty minutes I wandered in the darkness. Soon a strange purple light lit the torches.
"... Uhhh..." I muttered.
"Come here..."
... NOPE!
With that thought, I swiftly span around and walked as calm as possible away from the voice.
...
By that I mean I ran away screaming.
"GAAAAAAAAHHHH! CREEPYVOICEGOAWAY!"
About ten minutes later I stopped to catch my breath.
"... And this last move will make me the victor!"
"Naomi?" I whispered, looking in the direction the voice came from.
Current time
"Uhhhh..." Naomi muttered.
I just sigh.
"Lets go home..." I sigh.
Naomi sighed and walked behind me.
"Oh yeah, It's been around an hour..." I muttered.
"... Ok... whaddya want..." She muttered in return.
"Chocolate." I stated.
"Chocolate." Naomi deadpanned.
"Yup."
"Isn't that supposed to be poison to wolves and dogs?"
"We're magical telepathic wolves. I think we'll be safe." I deadpan.
"Whatever."
We continue to the end in silence.
(Naomi's POV)
By the time we get back to the cave we're both tired.
"Niiiiight~" Landon muttered, falling down.
"Meh." I mutter, falling on the ground as well.
Before long, I'm knocked out cold by fatigue.
"NAOOOMIIII!!! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!"
My eyes flutter open at the scream of Landon. What I see... makes me want to freak out.
Evil black vines... Evil black vines everywhere...
“You mean we’re THAT early in the season?!” I shouted, tearing the vine around my waist with my mouth.
“A little help?” Landon deadpanned.
With a solid Power Slash, I managed to cut him down. Jumping down from my place in the vines, I picked him up by the skin of his neck and started to run out.
“Ok. Soooo…. What’s going on?” Landon muttered, breaking free from my hold and running alongside.
“Short or long?”
“Short.”
“Evil vines take over Equestria and now we have to find the elements.” I quickly drew a circle with a line and watched as a group of venus flytrap vines blow up.
“Oh…. Well, SHIT!” Landon exclaimed from behind me.
The rest of the run to ponyville was filled with giant killer vines and fly traps.
“HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO MEEEE?!~” Landon sang as we burst into the edge of ponyville. With shocked faces, the mane six look up at us, Minus one white-eyed Twi-Twi.
“Ok, Who invited the plants from PVZ and gave them steroids?” I deadpanned.
“Huh?” All the ponies muttered.
“Nothing…” I moaned.
“Er… Right.. So y’all know how to beat these here weeds back?” Applejack suddenly asked.
“No clue!” I shouted.
The ponies groaned as I used Power Slash to cut down a pair of unlucky ponies.
“Ahhhh! It’s my good friends Ammy and Chibi~!” A voice yelled from… somewhere.
“Yeah Yeah, Fuck you too Dissy.” Landon deadpanned.
In a burst of smoke, Discord popped into existence.
“Oh Don’t be like that!” He suddenly leaned in to my ear. “You’ve been meddling with the multiverse again haven’t you?” He chuckled.
“Just a few visitors, Didn’t Celly tell you about the anthro Luna that visited?” I whispered back.
He chuckled again and teleported away. I rolled my eyes and looked to where Twilight was staring at me.
“What?”
“You’re here… Because of HIM?!” She shouted, pointing a hoof at me then discord.
“... Can we discuss this later?” I nervously giggled.
She glared at me then turned to the rest of the six.
“Welp, I’m sure you all know what to do so… Bye~!” Landon shouted, running.
“LANDON! Wait….” I moaned, running after him.
“Hey! Amaterasu!”
I looked at Landon and sighed. “I’m going to have to deal with her… aren’t I?”
With about half the journey to the Tree Of Harmony, I looked up at the sky for the first time. Half day and half night.
“I… Probably should fix this.” I deadpanned.
“Let me try.” Landon insisted.
He closed his eyes and within a few minute I saw a shaky circle be drawn in the sky. After he opened his eyes, it crumbled to dust.
Landon sighed. “Welp, Lets go and wait for the elements.”
I nod and we continue our journey to the tree.
…
Which turns out to be just around the corner.
“Well. That was quick.” Landon commented.
“.... So, now what?” I muttered.
Landon shrugged as I beat off a vine with Tsukuyomi.
“Remind me why we did this?” I asked him.
“To avoid questions?” He nervously answered.
Power Slashing another group of vines away, I sighed.
“At a time like this, I’d expect you mutter something in Japanese.” Landon replied, jumping away from a venus flytrap vine… thing.
“The habit wore away eventually.” I simply answered.
“Still say something for old time's sake.” He begged.
I sighed and muttered “Kono yō na no baka…*”
“Wait… Baka means… HEY!” He shouted in anger.
I giggled and quickly beat off another vine.
By the time the Mane 6 got there, We were knocked down and out of breath.
“HALP!” Landon screeched.
“Shut. The. Hell. UP!” I roared, stomping a vine into the ground.
“Uhhh…” The familiar voice of Rainbow Dash uttered
“Are y’all ok?” Applejack drawled.
“... No.” We both groaned.
With a few more quick and well placed attacks, we managed to clear the area for now. It doesn’t stop the ones on the tree however.
“So where’s Twi?” I asked, calming down.
The ponies remained silent until Fluttershy spoke up.
“We.. uh… Sent her home…” She squeaked.
“...”
“Is there-”
“YOU DID WHAT?!” Landon shouted.
“We all thought it was for the best Darling…” Rarity argued.
“You sent the ONLY pony who could help at this moment… back to ponyville… which is HOW FAR AWAY?!” I shouted.
“Well DUH silly!” Pinkie shouted in return.
Slapping a paw on my face, I sighed.
“Baka…” I muttered before my eyes widened.
“DAMN YOU LANDON! IT’S RETURNED!”
With that response, Landon fell down coughing.
“A-anyways, Shouldn’t you go apologize to Twi-Twi?” I suggested.
The group responded with various “Yeah”s and “I guess…”s.
“And I’ll stay here and sleep.” Landon yawned.
“I guess we’ll stay here and watch the… tree.” I muttered in annoyance.
The mane… 5 looked at us and shrugged before walking off.
“Looks like we’re waiting for them to-... Why weren’t we killing vines this whole time?” I pointed out.
“... Well. Shit.” Landon stated as he looked at the vines around him.
A few minutes later…
I sighed as I struggled against my leafy and… planty prison.
“This is your fault!” I yelled as I tried to power slash out.
“Me? What’d I do?” Landon shouted from a few feet away.
“You- Never mind…”
“You want to do what?!” The voice of the ponies sounded.
The rest was blocked out but it continued for a few minutes until a bright light emitted from the direction the Tree Of Harmony was. Within a second the vines surrounding us disappeared back into the ground.
“About time!” Landon shouted, Stretching out.
“You- Er… What are they doing here?” Celestia’s voice came from behind me.
“We’ll… go now.” I stated, nudging Landon.
“Fine.” He muttered, walking out.
“Amaterasu?” I turned to see an ethereal pink pegasus staring at me… or Konohana.
“Konohana?” I spoke, turning around.
The pegasus blinked before giggling. “I’ve got to go… But I’ll see you sometime.” She looked at me sadly before vanishing.
“Who was that?” Landon asked.
“A friend.” I simply muttered, exiting the cave.
“We still have some daylight to burn.” Landon spoke up once we got back to our cave.
“I kinda just want to sleep…” I yawned.
“Oh yeah, What about that order we put for Rarity?”
I stopped in my tracks as I remember that order. The one I put in the day before Nicko and his niece visited. The one for sleeping mats.
“... SHIT!”
“I guess we’ll get it tomorrow?” Landon nervously muttered.
“You know what? I’ll do that.” I said before sitting down.
“So what now? We… helped save equestria, we… did nothing but fight really…” Landon trailed off.
