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Post by Jair on May 29, 2011 18:52:00 GMT -5
Chapter 16: White on Black
Shadow and Rainbow dash kept running. They had shaken the guards for a time but they weren't free. Twilight had instructed Shadow to go to Zecora's house to get a salve that she had written down. They kept running till they got to the poison joke patch. "Be careful," Rainbow dash yelled, "The blue flowers will poison you in strange ways."
"Like?" Shadow asked cautiously.
"Horn becoming saggy, loss of stability, diminutive size, mane and pelt becoming giant bundles of hair, voice changing to opposite gender, tongue sagging out of mouth to name six ways out of a million." She said back. Shadow jumped but then got a idea. He used the telekinesis powers to grab the flowers and tore them into tiny pieces. He then crushed them until they were like confetti. Then he tossed them in every direction to hit the guards. It wouldn't hurt them but would knock a few out of commission later on. Rainbow dash was impressed at the black and red stallion's ingenuity. The two walked up to Zecora's home. Even though Rainbow Dash knew it was perfectly safe it was as spooky as anything.
Shadow walked up and knocked on the door. It startled Zecora but she came. "Who, might I ask are you? Is it possible you are new?"
"Shadow is the name of mine, And why did you answer in rhyme?" Shadow said, smugly.
"Cheeky little pony indeed, Now, may I say, what do you need?" Zecora said with a chuckle
"This." said Shadow as he gives Zecora the salve Twilight needed.
"A salve that will relive any nerve, What purpose does this serve?"
"I don't know but we are doing some universe traveling so it could be anything" Rainbow Dash said.
Zecora reeled back like from shock. "No, no a salve will not do. You will need magic as olden ponies knew."
Shadow looked perplexed "Old magic?"
"Yes the story of Equestria is riddled with it. Would you like to hear that bit?" She asked. Shadow and Rainbow dash started listening.
Thousands and thousands of years ago there was only four ponies. A mother and her three daughters, Luna, Celestia and Equestria. All were alicorns. There was no ground just them floating in space. Then the mother one day died and from her body arose the world, the sun and moon. Luna and Celestia were put over the moon and sun and Equestria was put over the world. The world suddenly began to create two ponies, a mare and stallion. They had children and their children did and so on. And it was good. All were earth ponies as there were no pegasus or unicorns. Earth ponies learned how to use earth magic. Before Equestria died and gave unicorns and pegasus life. Celestia and Luna named the world after her. Earth magic all but died out but Zecora learned some of it.
"Wow" said Shadow and Rainbow Dash. Shadow was rarely impressed.
Zecora said that they would need a magical potion that would make people think they weren't gone. Create a duplicate of any people they like and noone would know. then they would merge and everything is great! Shadow agreed and Zecora started the magic. Now, Twilight thought that hex's and stuff were a old pony tale. Guess what. This potion brewing would tear holes one by one in every comment she had. Shadow finally got the vial of the stuff and drank it. He felt odd and then thought of all the people to duplicate. the six elements. Zecora explained that they would not do the same as they intended and only others could see them. It was like splitting the universe into one you didn't do certain things. When Shadow was done he thanked Zecora and turned to leave. Rainbow dash worried about the sudden departure. Shadow quickly stopped and turned around. A chaos emerald was on a shelf. "Where did you get that?" he asked nervously.
"What, my friend, the sparkling gem? It appeared a month ago outside my haven."
Shadow knew they had to round up the emeralds. Quickly.
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Post by Jair on May 30, 2011 18:48:01 GMT -5
Chapter 17: Chaos Round-up
Tails, Fluttershy and cream had found and picked the perfect place for the experiment. It was a small ways off from the everfree in a large grassland. They were waiting when, at nearly the same time. Sonic and Shadow appeared with Rainbow Dash and Twilight in tow. Both were running at top speed, for different reasons. Twilight immediately went to Shadow. "Did you get the stuff?"
"I got the emerald with Luna's magic inside it but I didn't get the salve. That seemed more like a errand."
"Ugh please tell me you got SOMETHING."
"Yes" Shadow replied using the Telekinesis to hold the emeralds up. "And a potion that let us do this without messing up the universe."
Twilight facehooved at the potion. "Those don't exist."
"You would be surprised." Shadow smirked while Twilight turned pale.
"N-never mind. What else do we need?" Twilight managed to mutter before she pulled out the book on dimension traveling. "Lets see impart all powers into something else so you can be sure to keep them. We can do that later. You must have a red mage to begin the spell. Red mage? That would be a pony who has power over light and dark magic. There are none."
"First we need to get the emeralds. those would be disastrous if we didn't get them." Shadow interrupted. The others were here by now except Rarity and Knuckles for some reason. Then both of them were careening toward Shadow, horns down... again. He pulled the emeralds in front to stop them. They collided and slumped back. Shadow got a smile knowing those two could find the emeralds. "Problem solved"
"Okay the red mage thing is more urgent." Twilight said. "Also, Applejack, did you and Knuckles figure the riddle out?" Applejack blushed in shame as did Knuckles.
"We did." A voice said from the air. Rouge touched down. "Me and Rarity figured it."
"Great what is it?" Twilight said, excited.
"Well first Twilight what is a 'Twilight sparkle'?" Rarity asked becoming unattached from the emerald.
"That would be a star." Twilight said, puzzled.
"Yes, the light that shines in the dark!" Rarity said. Twilight was impressed.
Rouge floated to Shadow, "I bet you could guess the dark made by the light."
"No." Shadow said in a blunt manner.
"Oh come ON Shadow..." Rarity teased. The others started laughing.
"What? I- oh... shadow.... ha ha." Shadow facehooved.
"The second verse obviously fit Knuckles and Applejack. They even agreed to it." Rarity continued. "The third talks about physical appearance and it says colors. Now the only one that has all colors here is Rainbow Dash. And good thing too she would hate it if she couldn't take the charge." Rainbow Dash nodded in agreement. "And then the blue stream so that obviously fits Sonic. so there! we have our 6 others right here to channel the beam. Now we could be awfully wrong but that would be unlikely right darling?"
"But-" Twilight was about to say when Shadow's horn started acting up. A voice protruded. Marnax. "Shadow, Finally I got your number right."
"Don't I have a unlisted horn?" Shadow asked mockingly.
"Yes but that isn't the point. Look I hope you are on the move because one of the generals sent assassins at you." The others gasped at this thining that this will end horribly. Shadow calmed them saying that the world was split so when we get back none of what happened today, or any other, ever happened. "Great. And thanks for saving our lives."
"Don't mention it. You did a good job of your own back there." Marnax said before cutting the connection. Twilight looked like she wanted to hear the story, but Shadow shook his head.
"Anyways..." Twilight began with a sigh. "We need that mage. Not just someone who could make a cloud." Twilight at this conjured one, "But someone who can make it strike." Shadow did as she showed and Rainbow Dash flew up in excitement.
"I know the filly to help. We have to act quickly so do whatever you need. Sonic, follow me. We have a boaster to find!" She said before taking off at top speed. Twilight wondered what she meant.
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Post by Jair on Jun 1, 2011 11:48:23 GMT -5
Chapter 18: Sonic Rainboom X2
The two racing ponies started off at full throttle toward the direction Rainbow Dash had said. They were at the same pace when a rocky mountain pass followed by another mountain appeared in front of them. At this Rainbow dash looked over at Sonic and nodded. They both were thinking the same thing. A full race at top speed. They took off Sonic as leader due to his acceleration but he began to lose the pace later and Rainbow dash pulled up.
The rocky pass came up. Rainbow dash knew that in the interest of fair sport (That didn't matter usually but she felt that it would be the best thing to do) she would have to fly low. She and Sonic were neck and neck when Sonic did something very very strange. He grabbed a sharp rock, turned around, and cut half of his tail off. He then sped up even more.
Then the blue colt did something she didn't believe. He galloped up the side of the mountain pass and started running on the side. He slowed but then she saw why. Large rocks were coming up. She started turning and ducking every which way while he kept galloping. She turned to the side and started flying alongside him. It was a bit nauseating.
Rainbow dash began to notice the resistance. It was forming around her, and Sonic. They came out of the pass and into a plain. Rainbow dash flew up and Sonic started charging ahead. Sonic looked like he was having trouble. He was much less aerodynamic with the pony body instead of his hedgehog body as normal. He put his head down.
The mountain was approaching. Sonic just sped on having no regards to the path straight up. Rainbow Dash kept flying up and up before they reached the top. Instead of the other side here was a cliff... Sonic looked determined and he started galloping DOWN the cliff. Rainbow dash sped toward the ground.
The air was whipping her mane everywhere and she couldn't take it much. The resistance became more and more. Sonic looked unfazed even though he was pretty much falling at high speeds. That is when Rainbow dash noticed the large rock in front of where Sonic was going to run out. He seemed to notice and charged ahead. Rainbow dash gave up looking and flew. The wind was so fierce it seemed like it could tear her mane off, Then her head. She felt it grow stronger and stronger until... BANG BANG. FLASH BLUR. Two sonic rainbooms occurred. It was a sight that would bring tears to the eyes of any forester. And cause a heart attack to a certain one.
She opened her eyes just in time to pull up... Right alongside Sonic. She looked back and saw that the rock had been obliterated by the force of the wind and Sonic's speed. His rainboom acted upon his body differently. It was leaving rainbow duplicates of himself behind him. The color blue was also more pronounced. Sonic looked extremely surprised as if he expected something different.
Knuckles and Rarity saw the two rainbows. The colors seemed to outshine the emeralds they had before them.
Shadow looked out and, while recognizing the sound as one that jobs were probably not getting done, felt at peace with the strange rainbow created.
Twilight and the rest, who were all working on the preparations, saw them and knew what happened, even though they couldn't exactly know what was happening.
Sonic felt odd. This was not like the sonic booms he always did. It alleviated him of pressure instead of creating it. He noticed the rainbow coming from Rainbow dash and noticed his own. The next thing he noticed was that they were right next to each other, galloping straight at a crowd and a strange stage. And they couldn't stop.
SMASH. A tie... although one that ended suddenly.
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Post by Jair on Jun 1, 2011 11:49:24 GMT -5
((WARNING: GRIMDARK.))[/i][/u]
Chapter 19: The greater and more powerful
Sonic looked up from where he was lying and saw a crowd of people, wreckage from the stage, and a light blue mare with a white and light blue mane and a sorcerer's hat and cloak. She looked angry. "What business have you in destroying The Great and Powerful Trixie's stand!?" she yelled. Then she turned to Rainbow Dash. "You followed me all the way here after half a year? You are slow."
"I'm regretting this already." Rainbow Dash muttered before stood up, "I came here with a challenge." she then said, "One that I would wager is out of your reach with those wimpy illusions."
Trixie got a grin on her face, conjured a cloud and zapped Rainbow Dash, again. Sonic realized what significance that held. She laughed "Learn your lesson. The Great and Powerful Trixie has been studying magic and, trust me, I can do much worse."
"Yeah? Rainbow Dash got out, "You bested me already but me and Sonic can round you up in ten seconds flat."
"Prove it." Trixie said before conjuring a hourglass for ten seconds. She turned it and it was on. Sonic, having little to no idea what was happening, jumped up and sped off to the curtain. Rainbow Dash saw the lead and did the same.
1 second.
Trixie started firing bolts of energy at them. The two blue ponies got the curtain, which was barely holding up, and started twisting it.
2 seconds.
The two saw the bolts and ran off. the curtain got a few holes though. Trixie conjured a cloud.
3 seconds.
Trixie casts multiple lightning bolts. Curtain is on fire. Rainbow dash goes up and makes the cloud rain to extinguish the flames
4 seconds.
Flames extinguished and Rainbow Dash and Sonic get back to twisting it. Trixie tries to teleport.
5 seconds.
Trixie still tries to teleport. The two rolled the curtain sufficiently.
6 seconds.
Rainbow Dash and Sonic charge at Trixie. Trixie teleports behind them.
7 seconds.
Trixie casts a fire spell. Curtain is severely on fire.
8 seconds.
Sonic speeds behind Trixie with one half of the flaming curtain. Trixie flips out.
9 seconds.
Rainbow Dash connects the other flaming half. Trixie is trapped.
10 seconds. TEN SECONDS FLAT
The crowd cheers but a few don't Two unicorns clothed in black, metal wings and with royal symbols step out. The assassins sent for Shadow. Sonic winces while Trixie and Rainbow Dash look confused. They want the black stallion but this rabble also needs to be taken care of especially the red mage. Sonic rides under Trixie and catches her on his back. "I recommend you holding on and doing whatever you can to those guys." And takes off. Rainbow Dash in hot pursuit. Trixie screams like high heaven as they charge forward. Then Sonic reminded her to do something about the assassins. The escapees were going fast but the assailants metal wings were propelled by... are those rockets? Sonic thought that technology wasn't accessible! Then he realized they were being powered by magic. Phew.
Trixie fired a few homing spears of energy at them. Their wings deflected them. Rainbow dash looked like she wanted to go faster but Sonic was being bogged down by Trixie. The black-clad unicorns started creating small earthquakes. Rainbow dash noticed that their power is land-based. If only they could get airborne. Wait... "Trixie!" she called
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Trixie screamed.
"CAN YOU CAST A WING SPELL OF ANY KIND?" Rainbow Dash called
"ITHINKICANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Trixie yelled back.
"CAST ONE ON SONIC. HURRY!" She called. Trixie swallowed and tried and tried and tried. The assassins started to charge their horns for some movement. Even though Trixie was deeply concentrated she could recognize the magic they were calling on. They wanted a stalagmite to appear under them, impaling her and the blue colt she was riding on. She tried harder and harder. The wings began to form. Not crude, slashing wings but real feathered Pegasus wings. The assassins lowered their horns to cast the spell. Trixie yelled at Sonic who began flapping his wings. It was odd but it felt like they were always there. They jumped up and... the spell was cast and the stalagmite barely missed them. Sonic was not doing well. he was slowing down rapidly as he didn't know how to fly well. His strong point was running. He touched down and they began again.
The cliff came up. Rainbow dash thought that Sonic would slow down too much flying and they would be caught. She heard him yell to Trixie, "HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE." and he came to the broken boulder. Rainbow Dash thought he was insane not flapping his wings but then he charged right at the cliff. Rainbow Dash had come to expect odd things from the colt but when he started running up the cliff without any loss in speed she realized just how good he was. Sure he would never be as fast (she had the advantage of flight) but she would like to see him compete in a freegalloping competition. Trixie was less than pleased. She thought she was about to be killed. The assassins looked impressed as well. But to them these ponies were marks. Not opponents.
Then they went down the mountain and into the pass. They had to lose these guys now or never. Rainbow Dash kept looking behind to see the assassins still gliding forward. She was thinking and thinking of a plan. Then she heard Sonic say "TAKE THE POTATO SACK!!!" Rainbow Dash knew he meant Trixie by the scowl on her face. She glided beside them and Trixie slid to her back. Sonic then fell back a bit and looked. The rocks in this pass were coming up. he waited till they were almost there when he fell back, wings up, to the chasers. The metal wings were as sharp as swords and cut the wings clean off. Blood poured from Sonic's body as he yelled in pain. The assassins lost balance and crashed into the rocks, out cold. Rainbow Dash saw Sonic bleeding to death. The bone was flapping and the skin was flying everyplace and the blood was like a fountain. The cliff was being stained with red, feathers floating everywhere, blue hide scattered and bone fragments. She yelled at Trixie to take the wings off quickly. Trixie was a bit shocked and took some time to do this. By then Sonic wasn't galloping but merely trotting at a fast pace before the wings disappeared and they exited the pass. He then collapsed, near death.
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Post by Jair on Jun 2, 2011 7:42:36 GMT -5
Marnax. This chapter's for you! +INFINITY if you can guess the quote in the chapter title!
Chapter 20: Carried Away By a Moonlight Shadow
Shadow was looking in the direction that Rainbow Dash and Sonic had gone. It had been many many hours. He waited and waited before he saw a very very light blue unicorn mare run forward followed by Rainbow Dash and a bloody Sonic on her back. Shadow wondered what was happening when the blue pegasus filly dashed ahead to Shadow and lay down the unconscious colt. "The assassins sent for you found us."
"There are no wounds." Shadow said calmly after looking.
"Yes. I had Trixie here," She pointed to the light blue mare, "Create some wings, full-fledged pegasus wings not crude ones, on Sonic. Later he charged back onto the assassins sword-like wings to throw them off balance and hit some rocks. But the wings were cut off and he was pouring with blood. We took them off and the bleeding stopped but he had already nearly died."
"Heh You just can't kill this guy. One moment." the black stallion said before turning and calling for Twilight. Twilight appeared and saw the scene. She looked sick. When she was about to cast a healing spell Shadow stopped her. He asked if she could do a tracking spell. More likely than not when the assassins crashed at least a little blood was spilled. If sonic had some on him they could track them. Twilight agreed. She searched all around Sonic's body for blood that isn't his own. They found one part. When they looked in the image projected the assassin was still unconscious but alive. Twilight figured it would be okay to let that one off the hook for now. But what of the other? she searched again. This time another scene appeared. This one was the assassin, no mistaking it to Rainbow Dash and Trixie, but was in servants clothes. Replacing a bottle of wine... they heard him mutter something about killing that traitorous princess. Shadow looked up with Rainbow dash horrified as well. Then they saw him leave. They looked at each other and remembered Marnax. THE DINNER. They looked back to the others before they took off.
Shadow was galloping at a speed rivaling Sonic's own. When he was out for a jog of course if it were racing he would still be left in dust without his hover skates, which were destroyed due to the hooves when he appeared in Equestria. Rainbow Dash knew that it would take a few hours at this rate. Canterlot was a long ways away. And the sun was setting. Rainbow Dash suddenly wondered why, when she and Sonic left, Shadow didn't become paralyzed. She asked him. "For someone so fast you are a bit slow. I severed that bond right after we left. I always could do that. I acted when I sent you away." Shadow said, not slowing down one bit.
Night came and Rainbow Dash knew that they would be too late to get there. Canterlot was right in front of them. The gates were there. But the guards were as well. Shadow knew he was the poster colt for "wanted" all over Canterlot. And those guards seemed to know him. He charged, horn down at the guards and jumped above them. The wings on the pegasi were as sharp as swords and were swinging at Shadow over and over. Shadow eventually caught them both with a blast to knock them out. Then they charged.
The dinner had started. Marnax was having a pretty good time. At first there was mostly idle conversation, with various stories and jokes. It quickly turned to politics, and Marnax got involved very swiftly. “Why should we relax trade regulations with you?” asked Celestia.
“Well-” Tayet, the prince of Rumentia's (the country Celestia and Luna were trading with and the country the goats are from) mother by adoption, started, but Marnax, who was the prince's uncle, interrupted. “You should do that because Rumentia is Equestria’s biggest trading partner, and ceasing trade would wreck both economies.” Celestia smiled, and looked at him. “Sorry, your majesty.”
“It’s alright.” she replied.
The rest of the dinner proceeded through the night, until Tinkerbell, the prince, spoke up. “Can we have wine now?”
“Of course.” replied Celestia. She called over a servant, and spoke to him for a second. He nodded, and headed for the wine cellar. A few moments later, he returned with a bottle, which was promptly opened, and glasses filled with it. Marnax frowned at his glass. 'Hmm, there’s something not quite right.' He quietly waited a second. Tinkerbell blinked, looked tired, and collapsed onto the table.
Shadow had drawn the attention of the guards by now. They were running at top speed but the pegasi and unicorns were fast. Shadow kept having to fire bolts, One got close enough to give him a cut to the leg. It was bleeding badly but he charged on.
Marnax cast a web of magic over his glass of wine, and it glowed a deep crimson. “Don’t drink the wine! It’s drugged!” he yelled, only for Tayet to collapse. He jumped to his hooves, and looked around in a hurry. He saw a shadow flit away from a door. He ran out past the servant. “Get a doctor for them, hurry!” he yelled at the servant. He ran down the hall after the shadow. He summoned his sword, and thrust it into the figure, which dissipated. A decoy. 'But why-' Realization came to him.
Shadow felt a bit envious. By now Marnax had his hands full with one assassin probably. He had the entire Canterlot guard after him. He had lost sight of Rainbow Dash by now. But he was running for the castle tower at top speed so he didn't mind as much as he should have.
Marnax ran back to the dining hall with every ounce of strength he could spare. He burst in, to find the servant glowing darkly and bending over the unconscious Luna. “DON’T TOUCH HER!” he yelled, as he tackled him. The servant threw him off with unnatural strength, and drew a sword of his own. They battled furiously, swords sending up sparks with every crash of blades.
Shadow finally got to a hiding place before he came out and fired a chaos lance at them. It wasn't to kill but simply stun. A good portion slumped down before Shadow got back into hiding. So close to the castle. He say Rainbow Dash flying near it.
Marnax drew the crazed servant out of the room carefully, and they fought furiously until they were dueling on the castle walls, when Marnax swiftly disarmed hi opponent. “It’s over. You lost, and Luna will be fine.”
Shadow saw the duel. And he also saw the expression in the assassins face. "NO!"
The servant looked at him silently, and charged Marnax, knocking them both off the side of the castle, and off the mountain. The wind blew past him as they plummeted.Marnax tried to create wings, but he was unable to focus.
Shadow rushed forward but Rainbow Dash was going to catch Marnax. The assassin looked like he was deploying some metallic wings. Not on my watch. Because the guards were focused on their comrades. He rushed forward and was about to get that assassin.
'So this is how it ends. Saving Luna, Celestia, and part of my family. Not a bad way to die. I hope Tayet remembers how I want my funera-' Suddenly, a colorful blur slammed into Marnax, as a second, darker shape grabbed the servant. Everything went dark.
Rainbow Dash had become separated from Shadow. She looked around and decided to go near the castle. When the two swordsmen came out she watched and was about to charge the assailant when he charged Marnax. She rushed over to get him as Shadow went for the assassin. She brought him up but realized that Luna and Marnax were witnesses and had to be taken somewhere no one would know. She flew over and slipped the unconscious princess on her back. Then flew for Marnax's chambers. Shadow was down with the assassin.
Shadow tackled the assassin. "I guess I'm your mark. Stop trying to kill different marks." he said. He was cut in a different leg by the sword wings. The assailant turned. He saw Shadow who had just picked up his sword and was charging. He deflected the blow and shot a blast of chaos energy at him. 'Black mage vs black mage' Shadow though. He then fired his own bolts. Not regarding what power they were. His legs were pouring blood but he continued fighting until he slipped on a slick of his own blood and fell. The assassin was on top of him immediately and had his wings facing down. Then, nearly from nowhere, Rainbow dash came with Marnax's sword in mouth and sliced the assassin. the blood coated the three as the stallion looked at the pony he was chasing earlier today deliver the killing blow. Shadow looked up and saw all the blood and gore, the skin, the bones all over. When Shadow looked he noticed where she had cut the guard. She had cut him right where the left wing was. "That was for Sonic." she said before driving the sword into the assailant's side. The courtyard was a bloody mess. Rainbow dash and Shadow passed through the fountain to clean off, that fountain was renamed years after to be 'assassins blood fountain' in honor of them, before going to see how Marnax and Luna were.
By now Luna was awake. When she saw the two come in she looked and said, "What are you two doing here? What happened?"
"You highness" Shadow answered, "That servant of yours was a assassin sent to kill me. He must have caught wind of you helping me. Rainbow Dash here says that the wine was before you like it had been drugged. Marnax hadn't taken his. He went after the servant, saving you but was pushed off the castle walls by the assailant. Your guards didn't come because they were occupied chasing me. Rainbow dash saved him and brought you two here. She then grabbed Marnax's sword and killed the assassin."
"Oh... thank you I am glad. But the two from Rumentia?"
"They should wake up soon." Rainbow Dash said. "I'll take them to their castle." She said before she dashed off.
"I guess we are even." Luna continued.
"Agreed even though this put our mission in jeopardy." Shadow said a bit coldly.
"Well..." Luna said, looking at Marnax. "He likes me doesn't he?"
"That's a bit of a understatement if you ask me." Shadow said a bit jokingly. Ever since he got here to Equestria he had been lightening up. Less plots to destroy the world perhaps?
After a while Rainbow Dash came back, "Tayet and the prince stupy the fourteenth are in their castle. I did nearly kick Tinkerbell in the face. When he woke up he tried to hit on me! Can you believe it?" Shadow chuckled a bit.
It could have been a hour later, or a century, Marnax couldn’t tell, when he awoke in bed. Every muscle in his body ached. The first thing he did was look to the side. “Good, no alternate female version of me this time.”
“You’re awake!” He noticed something above him.
“LUNA!” he cried.
“You saved us.” said Luna.
“Yes, well just doing my job.” He noticed Rainbow Dash and Shadow. “You caught us?”
“Yeah, don’t do that again, you were lucky we already owed you.” Shadow said a bit mockingly.
“Heh, I guess you’re right.” Marnax got a concerned look on his face. “The assassin?”
“Dead. Thanks to Rainbow Dash.” Shadow replied
“Tayet and Tinkerbell?”
“Waiting in their castle.”
“Alright. Now, if you don’t mind I think I’m going to pass out again...” He fell asleep again, murmuring “So beautiful...” as he did so. Luna smiled weakly as a blush spread over her face. Shadow and Rainbow Dash smiled before saying farewell and heading back to the others
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Post by Jair on Jun 3, 2011 19:35:49 GMT -5
Chapter 21: Down the rabbit hole
Twilight looked out and bit her lip. It was morning and there was no sign of Rainbow Dash or Shadow. She and Tails were waiting at the site where everpony else was sleeping. Tails had finally worked out how to select items so that certain powers would be stored. It started with two odd rings that Rarity and Tails had designed for Fluttershy's hooves. They had taken a feather from each wing and put them in the ring. The pegasi had something at least to use, even though Rainbow Dash's hadn't been tested. She and Rarity would have to make use of the light emeralds Tails had made. He was smart for a colt.
Twilight began thinking about the forms the ponies' bodies would take. If hedgehogs and foxes and the like turn into ponies here what would a pony turn into there? She brushed it aside and she finally caught a glimpse of something colorful coming down the path. She chuckled. Rainbow Dash was carrying someone again. That pony just couldn't get around fast enough. As they approached it became clear that they had been in some fight. There were specks of blood on the pegasus' face. Shadow looked like he had been cut in the legs. It was a open wound and was still bleeding a bit. Rainbow Dash landed and let Shadow off, who promptly sat down. "Any excitement?" Twilight asked. A bit squeamish.
"Nah, basic stuff. Being chased by guards, saving royalty, killing assassins the usual trip to a town." Shadow replied mockingly. Tails was by him already cleaning the wounds and the blood on Rainbow Dash's face and back. Twilight started healing the wounds. Rainbow Dash looked around. "How's Sonic?" she asked.
"Fine. Fine. When I told him to wait till this morning to go out for a jog he was a bit frustrated." Twilight chuckled.
Tails got the rings for Rainbow Dash. The feathers were good and the rings lit up. They called the others. Sonic came first and asked how it went followed by the rest. Knuckles and Rarity were going a bit slowly due to being tired. They had a scuffle with that manticore Shadow killed's mate. That and the exposure to the Chaos energy when they broke the restrainers took a lot of strength from them. Amy, Cream and Rouge all had their belongings on, they didn't want to lose them. Trixie was strutting up to where Twilight had indicated. She looked at the spellbook Twilight had given her with the spell that was needed. Spike was snoring on Applejack's back. Normally Twilight would leave him behind but she didn't know how long they would be gone. "Ponies line up to where I told you." Twilight said.
Trixie was still reading when they finished getting into position. "Hah, This will be no problem for 'The Great and Powerful' Trixie!" She laughed.
"Then cast the spell Great and Powerful Trixie." Shadow said with his words dripping with sarcasm. He then felt a lightning bolt strike his flank. He shot a lightning bolt back at Trixie. She dodged it handily and began charging her horn. It grew and grew. It became so large that it nearly engulfed the entire group before Twilight stepped up and placed a emerald in the center. It sent something back to Trixie and her horn grew more. She was groaning and screaming and was being bogged down by the immense energy. Sonic felt like he was changing a bit. The last thing he heard was Spike saying "Is it morning yet?" before everything went dark.
When he woke up he looked, saw something and fainted again. This happened to Knuckles and Shadow before Amy woke up. She looked and, yes, she was a hedgehog again. When she looked she saw seven unfamiliar figures. She screamed and told them to follow her quickly. Tails woke up right after they had left and looked at his friends. They were all in their original forms. One odd thing was that Spike was still around. He looked like... a young, purple and green dragon. Tails guessed that there was no form parallel for him. They were laying in a field that Tails guessed was somewhere on the south side of Station Square. The roads to the mystic ruins were nearby them. Cream was stirring now. She looked up and saw herself, then the others. She squealed and jumped for joy. Then she looked around and said. "Tails, do you know where Amy, Rouge and the ponies are?"
Tails looked and noticed that no new forms were present. And Amy, along with Rouge, was missing. Then he heard Rouge laughing. She was high in a nearby tree. "Oh it was hilarious. I was one of the first to wake up and I saw it happen. I woke up before the others and saw the odd thing and went up here to see the boy's reactions. Sonic woke up first and saw the newcomers, He fainted flat. Ha ha! Then Shadow and Knuckles woke and did the same. Oh it was so funny! Then Amy came to and took them to her house, but OH," She paused laughing uncontrollably "That was one of the funniest things I saw I my entire life."
"Rouge," Tails popped in, "What was the thing?"
"Ha ha! We had forgotten to give the ponies clothes. The sight knocked them out." Rouge got out. Tails laughed a bit too. It was just something they had forgotten. The ponies didn't wear anything except for formal occasions. And, for some odd reason, in this world men don't have to wear anything. The only reason the three from here had anything on was because they didn't want to lose them. It was a complete oversight.
Tails looked over and tried waking Sonic. He came to fairly quickly. He blushed profusely. Cream tried waking Knuckles while Rouge went to wake up Shadow, "Wake up fainting prince." Rouge snickered. Shadow and Knuckles had much the same reaction. You couldn't notice it much in Knuckles. But it was resonant in Shadow and Sonic who contrasted nicely with the red. They were all silent before they began walking toward Amy's house with Spike, who had just woken up.
They looked and there was Vanilla, Cream's mom, Outside. She rushed forward to greet her daughter and the others. She had been worried sick about Cream since she had been gone over a month. At this Cheese popped out. The chao rushed out to greet it's owner. "Now I kind of feel odd about this other pet I have." Vanilla laughed, out popped Angel. The bunny looked over at the bunch and Spike gave a low growl. The thing had followed him even here. "The new people are in Amy's house. It looked like one was helping Amy redesign a few of her things for them." Vanilla continued, reading the expressions on everyone's face.
Then out came a yellow and pinkish Echidna with two rings on it's hands. It was wearing a pair of baggy pants and a yellow sweater with two holes in the back. Fluttershy. She blushed and gave a slight gasp to the five who had been with her. They looked nothing like the ponies she had met, and yet very very similar. "Wow this world is very different." she said.
"Hello, Fluttershy, do the rings work?" asked Tails, a bit anxious.
"Oh, yes Tails." She said before closing her eyes and concentrating. The rings glowed and two wings appeared through the holes in the sweater. "They are odd, nothing like Pegasus wings." She commented. Vanilla looked puzzled but looked on. Fluttershy took off the wings and started walking forward when she tripped. "Oh, sorry, I'm not used to walking on two legs. Or using these... things on my front hooves." Vanilla looked even more puzzled and turned to the group. But looked back knowing it was probably a long story.
Then came a hedgehog. Sonic thought it was Amy until she opened her mouth. "Oh wow this is great, I mean its so cool, I can jump higher..." Pinky continued. Sonic was amazed at how similar the two looked. The spikes were the only difference. Pinky's had hers flying everyplace. She even wore one of those dresses Amy always did. She chattered on before she skipped off to look at this new world.
Trixie and Applejack came out next. Both were echidnas. (It seemed like it was hip to be one all of a sudden. Maybe it's because echidnas were known for a variety of things.) Trixie was light blue and was wearing a skirt and a short top with a cape behind her. All blue. Sonic figured this was touched up from a different outfit. Applejack was wearing her hat, a shorter top as well as jeans. She took a look at the rest and her jaw dropped. Trixie looked impressed as well. But she was too stuck-up to think about it too long. "Well I'll be. You weren't talking hoey with that hedgehog thing." Applejack said. Sonic smiled and began chatting.
Rainbow Dash came next, wings out, as a light blue hedgehog with a single rainbow stripe down her central spike. She was wearing that outfit Amy had used in the Extreme gear competitions, painted of course to match her. She looked around and laughed. "Man this feels good. I think coming here was a great idea!" She then flew up and around at the same high speeds. By now Vanilla was thoroughly perplexed and was shaking her head.
Twilight emerged from the house and looked a bit shy. She was a hedgehog as well and was wearing a outfit similar to Applejack's but with a deeper tone. Her spikes were facing down and had the same stripe format that Shadow did. She was the same color she had been as a pony and her stripes were the same as the one in her mane. She looked around and produced a piece of paper and struggled to write all she saw. Hands were new to these ponies after all.
Rarity and Amy finally came out. Rarity was unique from the others in the fact that she was a bird. She had white and purple feathers and was wearing a nice dress that looked more complex than the other outfits. Amy looked exhausted. "Oh I do love this body. It feels fairly odd but it is gorgeous." Rarity said. It was.
All of them, minus Vanilla who was sitting down wondering what she was getting into, regrouped and looked at each other again. They all were in the other's world... Now what?
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