The immortal gaurdian Fi takes a involuntary visit to Equestria.
The immortal gaurdian Fi takes a involuntary visit to Equestria, a bright shining land of joy. But this new world comes with a terrible burden, one Fi may not be able to bear. Will Fi and her newfound friends be able to save her from herself, or will the challenges thrown against them finally crack the ancient spirit?
This story probably will not make sense if you haven't played Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Teen rating and dark tag for upcoming drunkeness and a bit of gore, not enough to require the gore tag, I think, but I'll put it on if someone asks me to. My little pony is property of Hasbro, and legend of Zelda and all it's characters belong to Nintendo.
This story has been but on hiatus for now, as I no longer possess the motivation to finish it. However, while you shouldn't except any new content any time soon, I will keep thinking up ideas of where to go with this.
Fi watched as Link, her master, slowly slid the Master Sword into its stone. The sword beckoned to her, and she merged with it, and went into a deep sleep with the sword.
Fi was awoken by a sense of someone entering the chamber. It was the first time she had awoken in... She checked her data. A few years? Or a hundred of them? She couldn't tell. But in any case, why would someone enter the chamber now? Whoever it was but their hands on the swords pommel, and began pulling. If she had possessed an actual form, she would have snorted or rolled her eyes. Only one of the Goddess’s chosen could wield the Master Sword. She waited for the pulling to cease, for the person to give up, but it did not. Ever so slowly, the sword began to pull free of its resting place. She couldn’t believe it. Why would the Goddess have chosen another hero? Fi didn’t know, but decided it would be best to greet her new master. She began to cast the spell to let her come out of the sword. Right as she completed the spell, whoever it was who was holding the Master Sword cast a spell as well, and Fi found herself.. ripped from the sword, and all she knew was pain, and darkness.
Chapter 1
Fi opened her eyes to a white light glaring down. She groaned, rubbing her head. She paused. Since when could she rub her head? She was in a white room, surrounded by odd metal rods, tubes, and devices that she did not recognize. She looked around more, only to see the door at the far side of the room open.
The creature that walked in was… Odd, to say the least. Its eyes were huge, big and sparkly, it stood on four legs, its head was too big to serve any practical purpose, and it bared resemblance to a young horse, except for the horn in the middle of its forehead. Fi blinked a few times, unsure of what she was seeing. Compiling data. She thought, watching the creature warily.Analyzing… Female adult. Close to twenty years. Not a horse, though the bone structures are similar.Fi snapped out of her ‘analyzing’ as the creature spoke. “You’re awake!”
Fi added the data from the creature’s speech to her growing pile. “Yes.” She replied, shakily. Her voice still sounded the same, which she was glad of. Her voice was one of her greatest assets. She was not speaking the creature’s language, but as with all beings, it could understand her anyway, without even realizing it.
Fi sat up, then realized something was wrong. She was not floating. She looked down at her arms. Or, more correctly, what used to be her arms. In their place was now long hooves, as well as her legs. She began to hyperventilate, which was odd. She had never shown emotion in her life, nor tiredness, both of which she had done. Analyzing.. I am the same creature she is, with minor differences... The creature walked forward and tapped Fi on the head, or something..
“Stop using magic! It’s bad for you to strain yourself, especially with your injuries.” She scolded, looking and sounding very motherly.
“Right..” Fi muttered, then opened her eyes wide in shock at what the thing had just said. I do not sustain injuries. Analyzing.. Broken leg, along with a twisted ankle, and several minor cuts and bruises... She found her head being tapped again. “I said no!” she said, looking less motherly now, and more like a guard yelling at a prisoner. Fi did not like that analogy.
“Where am I?” Fi asked her.
“Ponyville hospital.”
Ponyville. It is logical to accept that she, along with me, are ‘ponies’.
“Are you a magic addict or are you just trying to annoy me?” growled the female pony.
“I am neither. I am using magic to help me, and it does not aggravate my injuries.”
The pony nodded. “Alright then.” She picked up a syringe from a nearby table and approached Fi. “This might sting a little, but-“
Fi screamed. Loudly. The pony dropped the needle in shock. She is approaching me with a odd looking dagger. What have I done? Analyzing... Nothing. This creature has attacked me for no reason, and therefore must be psycho. Escape is a very good idea.
Fi opened her, well, muzzle, and began to sing a soft, sad melody from the dawn of Hyrule. The pony froze in her tracks, slowly leaning back until she was on her haunches. Fi stood up, shakily, and began to walk on her four legs towards the door, until she noticed something familiar laying in the table. Her old leggings and cloak, except her leggings had been turned into four cute little socks. Shrugging, she pulled the five items on with quite a bit of difficulty, due to her having to use her teeth while singing. Fi moved to the door, and tried to walk through it as she had used to. Rubbing her now bruised head, she glared at the door, unsure how to open it. Tentatively, she reached out with a tiny ounce of magic and moved the handle with it. Her eyes widened. Accessing the world of Arcana had never been so easy. She crept out the door, still singing. Anyone she crossed paths with immediately sat down with a far away look in their eyes.
She wandered around the white building, stopping everyone near her in their tracks. She walked into another white room, much larger than the others, filled with many benches and chairs, and a couple of desks. She reached the door to the outside with little problem. She walked outside and stopped singing, running into a nearby grove before they could find her.
Her voice had been enchanted by the Goddess to possess its own type of magic. Her voice was similar to a siren’s song, except hers was good by nature. It, paired with another magical instrument, could open a gate to the Spirit Realm. The other two capabilities were an enchanting spell which would freeze everybody near her, as well as protect them from harm, keeping it from being a weapon. The other was not one she had used often. It was not so much a spell as it was a prayer, a soothing melody used to help carry the souls of the dead to the afterlife by appealing to the Goddess.
She sighed. She missed being able to have a normal voice sometimes, to be able to sing without everybody freezing. But she knew her purpose was for good, and that helped. Beginning full analysis... In her mind, Fi could see herself clearly. She was a tall blue pony with wings and a horn, also known as an alicorn. Her hair was the exact same color as she was, sky blue, in its original upside-down tulip shape. Underneath her violet cloak, on both of her flanks, there was an image of the Master Sword. The cloak split at the back, revealing a tail that was also sky blue, and seemed to move without the presence of wind. Her wings, though blue, were tipped with a purple color like on her cloak.
I should find a way back to my sword. Fi thought, sitting down. Scanning for ways home. . . Nothing... She moved closer to the town, and used a small bit of magic from her horn to enhance her hearing.
She spent a few hours listening to the ponies in the town until she had enough data to work with.Analyzing… Alicorns seem to be nonexistent in this town, save me and one other. Their god or religion of choice seem to revolve around Luna and Celestia, which probably represent the moon and the sun. This is a small town, and there is a large town up on that mountain. There are pegasi, unicorns, earth ponies, and alicorns. Only the unicorns have access to magic. I seem to be more powerful in magic than most unicorns here, and from watching the pegasi, it would seem that I can fly. Commencing flight in 3, 2, 1...
Fi slowly flapped her wings, clumsily at first, but remembered seeing the Loftwings do it back home, and used that data to recalibrate her movements. She lifted into the air gracefully and began flying towards the giant gem tree castle, where the resident alicorn was rumored to live.
Twilight Sparkle, the only princess in Ponyville, sat on her bed reading a book, though that was not what her mind was on. Another alicorn had been found, right outside the town. She had been in need of serious medical attention when they found her, and Twilight had not been able to get close to her. As far as anypony could tell, she was not a princess, and possessed no crown. Her cutie mark had been a sword, which was odd, as almost no pony in Equestria had a fighting cutie mark. Defense, sure, but not fighting. The most powerful relics in Equestria were the elements of Harmony, for crying out loud. Twilight read the page she had been another time, and got through another chapter of it before she was interrupted by the rainbow maned pegasus crashing into her balcony.
Twilight got up and opened the door to the balcony, and looked down at Rainbow Dash. “Is balcony crashing like a thing with you now?”
Rainbow glared at Twilight, about to reply in kind, but then thought better of it. “There’s trouble Twi. That alicorn you asked me to watch? She’s gone.”
Twilight almost fainted. “G-gone?” she choked out, “How she get out? She had so many injuries, she shouldn’t even have been able to move, let alone avoid all those guards and nurses. And you! How did you let her escape?!?”
Rainbow raised an eyebrow. “You do know that you’re not supposed to hold ponies hostage when you’re the Princess of Friendship, right?” Twilight blushed and rolled her eyes. Rainbow continued. “Anyways, about five minutes ago, I was sitting in one of the waiting chairs when I heard a pony scream. It could have been her, the nurse, anyone. I heard running hoofsteps, and I got up to see what was wrong when that alicorn walks in, and she was singing. I kind of.. froze up when I heard it, but it was the most beautiful thing I ever heard. I couldn’t move until she was gone.”
Twilight’s eyes widened and she began to pace. “Her cutie mark is a sword, so why does her voice have magical abilities?”
Rainbow shrugged. “Fluttershy can control animals and monsters with her gaze. What’s the dif?”
Twilight ignored her. “Was her horn glowing?”
Rainbow shook her head. “No.”
Twilight continued pacing up and down the balcony, and neither of them noticed the sky blue alicorn plummeting towards them.
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So far, Fi’s day had been pretty bad, but it had just gotten a lot worse. She had been flying across the town, almost to the tree-castle, when she had started to think about what would happen if she fell. She realized that she would die at this altitude, seeing as she no longer just floated naturally, and got a little bit scared, and just like that, her wings seized up. The only upside was that at least someone might find her body. She fell through the clouds, and the ground came into view. She was right above the castle. How odd. Maybe her calculations had been off. She noticed that two ponies where on the balcony beneath her. At the rate of my descent, I will kill anyone I land on. She wanted to scream at them, tell them to move, but her mouth would not open. All she could do was fall.
She was almost on top of the two ponies when the cyan one looked up and screamed. The purple one looked up as well, and began to cast a spell. Instantly, Fi stopped falling. She looked around. She was covered in a magenta light, the same color that surrounded that purple pony’s horn. The pony slowly moved Fi to the balcony and set her down. She did not realize who Fi was, because her eyes were closed in concentration, but the cyan pony did. Fi remembered seeing her in that building.
The purple pony opened her eyes and smiled. “Are you alright?”
Fi was about to say yes, when the other pony interrupted her. “Who cares if she’s alright, Twilight! She’s the one who froze me!”
Twilight saw Fi’s wings, horn and wavy tail and gaped. “Why would you freeze my friend?” Twilight asked, eyes wide. Not that it was much different, Fi supposed. These creature’s eyes were almost as big as their heads.
“I believe the pony in my room was attempting to kill, torture, or seriously injure me with a dagger. Not knowing if others would try to do the same, I froze everyone, and exited the building at once. Your friend got caught in my song as well.” Fi replied in a level tone of voice.
Twilight stared at her. “What color was the pony?”
“The pony with the dagger was white, with a small red cross on each of her flanks.”
Twilight lifted a hoof to her forehead, and sighed. “That pony was a nurse. That ‘dagger’ was a needle, usually used to administer painkiller, medicine, or disinfectant. You were in no danger.”
“I’m sorry. I perceived danger when she procured a sharp object. I now see that my behavior was irrational.” Fi meant this as an apology, but Twilight seemed to take it differently.
“You don’t need to talk to me like that! I was just trying to explain the situation!” Twilight was glaring at Fi now, as was her friend.
Fi nodded. “As was I. I’m sorry. Was I not supposed to do that?”
Twilight and the other pony stared at her in amazement. Fi did not see what was worthy of amazement, but trying to look amazed too, to try and fit in.
Twilight’s eyes narrowed in anger again.”Why are you so rude?”
Fi gave a start of surprise. “Please forgive me. I am not trying to be rude. I am simply trying to fit in.”
Apparently, this was also the wrong thing to say as the cyan pony flew very fast at her, yelling, “Does that mean you think that all ponies are rude, arrogant, butt-heads?”
Fi screamed, willing herself to be anywhere else. She found herself violently hurtling through space, and reappeared behind Twilight in a flash of whiteish-purple light, causing the pegasus to hit a wall.
“Rainbow!” Twilight yelled, staying in front of Fi.
“I am sorry.” Fi said, watching Rainbow. “I did not mean to offend you. I was trying to.. to.. say sorry? I do not know anymore...”
Rainbow and Twilight stared at her. Fi cocked her head, then realized something. Twilight had wings and a horn! She was the alicorn who lived here!
Fi hurried towards Twilight and bowed. “I did not mean to offend you, princess. I ask for forgiveness.”
Twilight seemed taken aback, though Fi didn’t know why. Wasn’t she used to this?
“Forgiveness granted?” Twilight said, cocking her head. Twilight shifted her hooves.
There was something in Twilight’s tone of voice that made Fi pause. Judging by tone of voice, facial expression, and body movement, Princess Twilight is uncomfortable. I have done something wrong. Fi was about to correct her mistake when she realized that doing so may offend the Princess once more.
Fi opened her mouth to continue, but Twilight interrupted her by asking, “What spell were you casting?”
“I am not aware that it has a name. It helps me.. recalibrate myself.” Fi replied, not sure if they would like it if they knew she could scan them.
Twilight was looking at her oddly though, so Fi decided to change the subject. “My name is Fi, by the way. Thank you for saving me, your highness. If I may be so bold, what is your and your guard’s names?”
Fi had been sure she had said everything right, and that there was no way that they could be offended, but she was immediately proven incorrect.
Rainbow glared at her. “I’m not her guard! I’m her friend! And a friend is something you’ll never have.”
For some reason, this statement made Fi think of her old Master, Link, chosen of the Goddess. She realized that Link had could have died by old age years ago. Her eyes began to sting. Was there a toxin in the air?
“Rainbow!” Twilight shouted again. “Honestly, if you can’t control your emotions, you should just leave! You even made her cry!”
Fi looked up at her. Cry? I can’t cry. I am unable to cry. I am not crying. Analyzing... I… Am crying. How am I crying. I am not alive! Rainbow snorted, and flew off. Twilight walked towards Fi and put a hoof around her shoulders.
“I’m Twilight Sparkle. But I’d rather that you called me Twilight instead of your highness. You’re an alicorn too, you know.”
Fi sniffed and dabbed at her newfound tears with a wing. “You measure rank by whether or not one is an alicorn? That seems rather racist.”
Twilight stared at her. “No!” There are only four alicorns in Equestria! Five, counting you.”
“Equestria? Is that what this world is called?”
Twilight blinked. “Where have you been all your life? Yes, the kingdom of ponies is called Equestria.”
“I have lived in Skyloft, as well as the lands beneath it.”
“I, w-well, I g-guess that makes sense. Why don’t you come inside and we can talk about where you came from over tea?”
“I would rather not dangle or fly over a pot of tea, but I would join you in drinking some, if you want.” Fi said, quite nervously.
“R-right…” Twilight stuttered, leading Fi inside.
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Walking through the halls, Fi marveled at the crystalness of it all. There was enough money in gems here to feed an entire kingdom for three lifetimes! She could not tell what kind of crystal the windows were made of with her analyzing spell, only that they were crystal.
Finally, they came to a large dining room with a table that had a beautiful swan statue standing on it. Twilight disappeared into a side room for a moment, coming back out with a pot of tea and two teacups ensnared in her magic, placing them on the table.
Fi watched as Twilight poured them both a cup of tea with her magic, as well as bringing a platter of biscuits from the room Fi assumed was a kitchen to set on the table. Fi cautiously lifted a cup with her own magic, and brought it to her lips. She did not drink it though, as she had never drunk anything in her life, and was a little afraid to try.
Twilight looked at her for a moment, then with a smile on her face and a small eyeroll, she said, “I haven’t poisoned it, if that’s what you’re thinking.”
Fi steeled herself and drank a little bit of the tea. It was good! She could feel the liquid going down her throat, soothing it. She drank her entire cup fast enough to make Twilight blink in surprise. Fi had thought that dry feeling in her throat came from being a pony. It made her think that maybe the empty, hurting feeling in her stomach was hunger. Analyzing.. I am hungry enough to, ‘eat a horse’ as the saying goes. If I go two more hours without food, I will collapse, become erratic, or perhaps get light-headed and get horrible migraines.
Fi snatched one of the biscuits off of the table with a hoof and munched on it contentedly, unable to eat slowly. She grabbed another. The weren’t very good; actually, they were burnt, but she didn’t really care.
She felt something odd in the air. Fi looked up from the bread to look at Twilight, whose horn was glowing as well. “What are you doing?” Fi muttered, trying to edge away from her without falling off the chair.
“I’m trying to figure out what you’re doing.”
Fi did not reply, just watched the other alicorn’s glowing horn.
Twilight stopped abruptly, and the weird feeling ceased. “Are you afraid of my magic?”
Fi replied in a melancholy tone. “Most experiences I have had with a magic user other than me or the Goddess have been... Negative, to say the least.”
“Goddess…” Twilight murmured. The purple pony stood up and grabbed a blank piece of paper from a shelf, then spread it out on the table before Fi. “Can you draw a map of the land you are from?”
“Certainly.” Fi grasped a quill from the same shelf with her magic and began to draw Skyloft and the lands below. Fi calculated where the areas of Skyloft and below were by drawing up memories she had of her lands and old maps.
Twilight watched in awe as Fi drew a very detailed map, not once having to stop and erase her work. “I’ve never read about this place before. Where is it?”
“I’m afraid that I do not understand your question. This is my land. This is all there is.”
“Then how did you get here?”
Fi sighed. “I do not know, Twilight. But I also do not know if I can get back.”
“Well, my own knowledge of portal magic is limited, but I do know someone who might know how to get you home.”
Fi smiled at Twilight. Finally she could get home. “Who?”
“The ruler of Equestria. Princess Celestia.” Fi was rather confused. Did Twilight really think that her current leader was the goddess of the sun? On the other hand, human leaders had sometimes claimed to be descendants of the Goddess, so she supposed this ‘Celestia’ was the same way. “Of course. I would like to find her at once, if that is alright.”
Twilight nodded and picked up Fi’s map. “Let’s go then.”
Fi got up, grabbing a couple more of the burnt biscuits off of the table with her magic and walked to the door. Still used to her old habits, she tried to walk through the door, only to find that all she had accomplished was a bruised muzzle. “Ow.” She said, not really sounding it, or feeling it, but saying it because it was the thing to say.
Twilight laughed, not cruelly, just at Fi’s confused look. She stopped immediately when she noticed Fi watching her. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to laugh at you.” She opened the door with her magic.
Fi just nodded, not seeming offended in the slightest. She simply walked out the door and into the sunshine, and shielded her eyes from the sun with her wings. Twilight paused. Her eyes… They weren’t normal! That was what was different. Twilight watched her for a moment, trying to pinpoint the problem. Then she found it. Unlike a normal pony, who had a white part of their eyes, an iris, and a pupil, Fi had a white part of her eyes, then the rest was a slightly lighter blue than her coat, with no pupil. What is wrong with this pony? Twilight thought, following her out the door.