In October 2015, I posted my first ever MLP Novel entitled: Friendship Through the Worlds. This story you're about to read is the sequel to that story. The entire tale is set after Season 5 and just before Season 6. Now, unlike the first one, this book will have chapters posted a few days apart from each other, much like Sunset's Redemption and Sweetie Belle's Big Adventure. Speaking of which, this novel has no connection to those two novels as it's part of the MLP FIM in Real Life Series. Oh and before we begin, if you all really enjoy this story, there will be a third novel to follow for next year.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in Real Life
Battle for the Worlds
Written by: ThomasZoey3000
Chapter 1: A Year's Difference
The sounds of a steam locomotive whistle could be heard in the distance, and by the sounds of it, it wouldn't be long before the train pulled into the Crystal Empire's railway station. Sure enough, two minutes after the whistle was blown, the train pulled in with the steam locomotive hissing steam from the cylinders.
"Next stop, Cystal Empire!" called the Conductor Pony, "make sure you have all your belongings, and enjoy your visit."
There were many ponies on board the train, some were unicorns, others were pegasus ponies and a few were earth ponies. There were even a few Crystal ponies returning home. However, there was only one Alicorn pony on the train today and that was Princess Twilight Sparkle.
The Princess of Friendship had come to the Crystal Empire to visit her brother; Shining Armor and her sister in law: Princess Cadance. She had been busy as of late, not only was she a princess and had to take care of royal duties, but she was also a teacher now. Today however, Twilight had some free time on her hooves, so she was able to visit the Empire and check on the happy couple.
Like always, crystal ponies waved happily as she walked past them.
"Welcome back to the Crystal Empire Princess Twilight," they said. "It is lovely to see you again."
"And it's lovely to see all of you as well," she smiled back.
"Is Spike the Brave with you?"
Twilight shook her head, "sorry not today, he has things to take care of back in Ponyville, so it's just me today."
Despite Spike the Dragon not being there, the Crystal ponies continued to smile as Twilight walked up to the castle. Waiting outside the castle was her brother, who gave her a big hug upon seeing her.
"It's so good to see you again Twily," he said, "and I know Cadance will be happy to see you too."
"Where is Cadance?" Twilight asked.
"She's resting in the living room. She has to stay off her hooves for the next little while, doctor's orders you know."
Twilight nodded. Not long ago, Cadance and Shining Armor had annouced they were going to become parents, and ever since, Twilight and her friends have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the baby.
The duo walked through the hallways and soon reached a room where they found Princess Cadance. She smiled when she saw her sister in law, she got to her hooves and walked over to Twilight. Shining Armor rolled his eyes, he knew what was coming next and knew Cadance would never stay in her seat if it meant doing the one thing she and Twilight have done since she was a filly.
"Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" they chanted together, and giggled.
The giggling though didn't last as Cadance started groaning. Shining Armor helped her back to the couch, then pulled up another chair for Twilight to sit on.
"I think the little one wants to join in on our little rhyme," giggled Cadance.
"Maybe," smiled Twilight. Then she had to ask cause she, agmost all ponies, was curious to know, "do you two know if your baby will be a filly or a colt?"
Both Shining Armor and Cadance shook their heads.
"Not yet, but to be honest, we don't want to know until the day the baby arrives," said Shining Armor. Then he smirked to his wife, "I still say though it's going to be a boy."
"Don't be silly Shining, it's going to be a girl and you know it."
Twilight rolled her eyes. Shining Armor and Cadance loved each other, but they also loved to tease each other every now and then.
"Still, the doctor says it can be any day now," added Cadance. She then groaned as she felt the baby kick, "and the baby just kicked to agree."
Shining Armor could only smile. He turned his attention back to his little sister, "enough about us though, what's been going on in Ponyville? Anything exciting as of late?"
Twilight shook her head, "not since the day Spike and I travelled through time has anything interesting happened in Ponyville."
"Oh come on Twily, surely there must've been something exciting going on in Ponyville. What about parties, or have any more fillies or colts recieved their cutie marks?"
"Well there's been a couple of parties, as held by Pinkie Pie, of course, and Applejack and her family have invited ponies to learn about being farmponies, but that's about it. Other than that, I've mostly been at the castle giving friendship lessons to Starlight."
"Wow, that's susprising."
"Oh come on Shining, it's not like everyday's a fight with a baddie wanting to take over Equestria." But then a thought came to Cadance, "wait a minute, did you say Starlight? As in Starlight Glimmer?"
"Yep, that'd be the one."
"Isn't she the one that tried to destory the current timeline for what you did in her town?"
"Yep, that's the one."
Shining Armor's smile changed to a frown, "I'll never understand why you decided to become her teacher, especially after what she tried to do here in Equestria."
"Well Starlight regrets what she did, and wants to learn what it means to be a good friend, so that's why I'm teaching her. Besides, no pony can hold a grudge forever. Right Cadance?"
Cadance nodded her head.
"I guess you got a point," said Shining Armor.
"Though I'll say this, she regrets what she did on Earth alot more."
"Isn't that the world you were telling us about with those strange two legged creatures...oh what were they called?"
"Humans, and yes Shining, it is that world."
Twilight sighed and thought back to almost a year ago. She and her friends had been summonded to a town with a friendship problem, only to discover it was under the control of Starlight Glimmer. They chased her down, after helping the ponies get their cutie marks back, and when they thought they had her, she teleported them to the world called Earth, where they worked with four humans to stop Starlight from conquering that world.
"Just mentioning that world often makes her flinch."
"I'm not surprised considering what you told us about that one human called Matthew, he really fought hard from what you said."
"Yes he did," Twilight chuckled. She then sighed and looked out the window, "it's been almost a year since we last saw him, and we all miss him."
"Wasn't Princess Celestia suppose to teach you that teleportation spell?" Shining Armor asked.
"She did, but I've just been too busy with teaching Starlight to go to the other world, even with Rainbow Dash asking if we can go over there."
"Well you never know Twilight," said Cadance, "maybe one day you'll get a chance to visit him again, or bring him here to Equestria. I mean, if you can find time to visit us, surely you can find time for him."
"Yeah I guess so." The smile returned to Twilight's face.
"But what if he's forgotten about you and the other ponies?" Shining Armor asked.
Twilight chuckled, "Considering everything he knew about us, I'm sure he hasn't forgotten."
Meanwhile on another world, far off from Equestria, and in the province of Ontario Canada, a black pick-up truck was driving down a two laned highway and heading for it's destination, a small house on the border of Ontario and Quebec. The person driving the truck was none other than Matthew, the very person Twilight and her friends met almost a year ago. He looked a little bit like he did the year before, but there were some differences with him this time.
For starters, he knew that the magic of Friendship wasn't gone, it just needed to be brought back out. In fact, he and his friends; Ryan, Patrick and Emily had started their own 'Friendship is Magic' groups to help people remember and better understand friendships. He was also now a full time film-maker, filming trains and combining all of his films together to make one movie. This meant that quite often, he was away from his hometown of New Liskeard and seeing all the different trains of Canada, and in some cases, America. Also, since the time the ponies left for Equestria, he had become like them in many ways.
He now had more loyality than before, and was very generous towards others. He also gained a new sense of humor, which helped him to make people smile. His kindness also grew, and he's been making a better effort in being honest with others rather than lying to them. Added with the knowledge he had of the magic of Friendship, he was like the mane 6 all rolled into one. He even now had a cowboy hat on top of his head.
Finally, he pulled into the driveway of his house.
"Ahh! It's good to be home," he sighed.
He got out, got as many bags as he could and walked inside. Bridget the cat was there to welcome him. She rubbed up aganist his leg, purring happily.
"Hello Bridget, it's good to see you too girl," he smiled. "Now has she been trying harder to keep the place clean?"
"Meow," said Bridget the cat.
"I'll take that as a no. Alright, let's see how bad it is."
Originally Matthew was on his own, apart from having his small orange tabby cat Bridget with him. But now, he had a girlfriend and room-mate named Sara. She is a General's daughter and had moved to Canada for studying. However, she was not too fond of living in an apartment building, and she had very little money. After bumping into Matthew one day, the two got into talking and over time, she explained her problems to him. Having started a new friendship with her, he had invited her into his home. She was grateful, however more often than not, Matthew does come home to find his kitchen a mess.
"Oh not again," he groaned. On the kitchen table were empty pizza boxes and McDonald's Burger bags. "You got to be kidding me. SARA!"
Moments later, the long brown haired girl came walking into the kitchen, "oh hi Matthew, did you enjoy your trip?"
"Yes, and I'd be a lot happier to come back home to a clean kitchen."
Sara looked down unhappily, "I'm sorry Matthew, I was just hungry and I didn't feel like cooking you know."
"I know Sara," he sighed, "just try and be a bit neater in the future."
"I'll try."
"Good, now tell me, have you found a job you can do?"
"Yes, I now work at the Wal-Mart store in New Liskeard, but only as a part-time person."
"Well that's better than nothing," Matthew smiled as he began to clean up the mess. "Now phone calls, have we been getting any while I was away?"
Sara nodded, "just one, and it's from your friends Ryan, Patrick and Emily, they're in town again this week."
"Well that's good to know." He then remembered something he had asked Sara to do while he was away, "now the show 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic', how many episodes have you been watching?"
"Four," she answered.
"Four?" repeated Matthew. "I've been gone for several days and you've only managed to watch four episodes?"
"Yeah, well I am busy during the day, and there are some good shows on during the night. I couldn't miss any of those."
Matthew sighed, "I guess you got a point. So you're up to Season 1 Episode 15. Have you learned anything from the show in those episodes?"
"Only that Orange Pie has a sixth sense about things, and I don't know how she manages to do half the things she does."
Matthew rolled his eyes, it wasn't the first time Sara had got the names wrong for the ponies. She once called Rainbow 'Rainbow Bash' and Twilight 'Sunlight Sparkle'.
"That would be 'Pinkie Pie', and trust me, I've given up on figuring out how she does half the things she does."
"Honestly though, I know those things could never happen. After all, it's just a cartoon TV show, it's not real."
"You'd be surprised Sara," he muttered.
Although the fight with Starlight Glimmer had been shown on TV networks around the world, not everyone believed it was real. Some people believed it was all made up, but Matthew and his friends knew otherwise.
To help Matthew out, Sara took his suitcases and bags down to his room, then helped him finish cleaning up. Once finished, Matthew got to work in making Spagetti since he hadn't had it since he left. He turned on the TV and saw that the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was on. Unlike Sara, he had seen all the first five season's episodes and knew everything that happened in them, including the Season 5 finale, which just happened to be on at the time.
"Hey Sara!"
"Yes?"
"Has anything unusual happened with the television since I left?"
"No why?"
"Just curious!" he called back. He sighed and looked down to Bridget, "it's not likely that they'll come through the television again, right Bridget?" The cat meowed once and turned away. "Didn't think so."
He stared at the television screen and saw the intense fight with Twilight aganist Starlight Glimmer.
"How the heck did she get out of the cell she was in?" he thought to himself. "And why would Twilight trust her? I certainly don't, and that's not going to change."
Back in Equestria, Starlight Glimmer was at Twilight's castle and having some trouble finding her way around. More than once, she found the closet with cleaning supplies.
"Oh, not again," she groaned.
"Need a helping claw Starlight?" she looked up and saw Spike the Dragon.
He quickly helped clean up the small mess and shut the door to the closet, "Thanks Spike. I can't believe that after all this time, I still can't find my way to Twilight's library. She told me there were some books that I need to read while she's at the Crystal Empire."
"Well the books are not in the library, they're in the living room, just follow me."
"Thanks Spike, I really appearcite it."
"Hey, what are friends for?" he smiled. "However you do know where one room in particular is."
Starlight groaned. She knew which room Spike was talking about; the map room. It was here that she had her first comfrontation with Twilight and Spike before they ended up travelling through time itself.
"Sorry, I forgot you don't like being reminded of that."
"It's fine Spike. I know I haven't been the best pony in all of Equestria, but I am determined to learn from one of the best, and maybe make friends along the way."
"That's the spirit," Spike smiled.
At last they reached the living room where they found the books Twilight wanted Starlight to read.
"If you need anything else Starlight, just call out to me and I'll get you whatever you want."
"Thanks Spike, but I think I'm going to be okay for now."
"Well alright then. I'll guess I'll go to the library and do some dusting," and with that, the little dragon walked away.
Starlight picked up a book with her magic and started reading away. However, reading was difficult as every now and then, memories of the things she did came back into her mind, including the fight back on Earth.
"I do need to apologize to those humans one day," she thought to herself.
An hour later, the Friendship Express pulled into Ponyville station. Twilight was one of the last passengers to get off. She sighed happily to herself, "it's been a peaceful day, I got to see my brother and sister in law, and nothing has gone wrong. I honestly cannot see how this glorious day can go wrong."
She made her way through the quiet streets of Ponyville and reached her castle where she found Spike waiting outside.
"Hey Spike, what are you doing out here?"
"I've been waiting for you Twilight," he answered. "You have a couple of visitors waiting for you in the map room."
"A couple of visitors? Who are they?"
"Just follow me and you'll find out."
So Twilight did, she followed her little dragon assistant into the castle, through the hallways and into the map room. There she found her friends; Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity. There were also two other alicorn princesses in the room; Princess Luna and Princess Celestia.
"What's going on here?" she asked.
Princess Celestia looked down with a firm stare at her former student, "I regret to tell you this, but an old foe from the past has returned and is threatening the lives of all the citizens of Equestria. Queen Chrysalis has returned."
The other ponies gasped while Spike fainted. Twilight meanwhile smacked her forehead, "I guess that's what could ruin a glorious day like this," she thought to herself. "I got to stop saying that pharse."