Chapter 1
Key To Harmony Part 1
"Uh… what… where am I? Who am I?" asked a voice drifting through a never-ending darkness. A few minutes past as he observes himself and notice the arm covered in armor. Suddenly he felt a small gravitational pull on his feet. He looks down and spotted a large stain glass floor with a picture of a man with spikey brown hair with his eyes closed holding a keyblade. "Is that me…?" he said as he descended to the ground. He observes the glass and notices other faces, three of them to be exact. One is a boy with a dirty-blonde spikey hair, the other is another boy with white hair, and the other is a girl with blue hair but they seem unfamiliar to him.
"This is your heart." boomed a cold voice. "Who's there!" the man shouted as he turns around and spotted a man wearing the same cloak but with it's hood down. The man is built and muscular; he has his arms crossed behind and seems to be looking at him. "Who are you?" he shouted at the unknown man.
"Sometimes I wonder that myself, I exist yet I have no recollection of who I was. Like you are now." the figure said, "Right, Terra?"
"Terra… that's my name…" Terra mutters as he touches his forehead and thought about it. "That is correct. You use to be a keyblade warrior who was being taken control of until when you were defeated. You wander through the darkness aimlessly for your heart. It would be a long time of course, but thanks to me here you are now." the figure said pointing at him.
"Why can't I remember anything else?" he asked. "Because after I found your heart I stripped the memories from it in order to catch your attention." said the figure.
"What? Couldn't you just tap me on the shoulder if you wanted my attention!?" Terra says feeling anger rising in his veins. The figure notices the emotion changing and chuckles "It must felt so good to have a heart, if you want your memories back then you must do what I command you. Show the ones who possess the elements the way of darkness. Then I shall give you your memories back." he explained.
Suddenly everything around Terra becomes blurry as he tries to reach out to the figure "Wait! What are you talking about? Hey!" Terra shouted as the stain glass shatters leaving Terra falling slowly through the darkness screaming.
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Terra groans as he got up feeling a stabbing pain in his forehead. He looks around and found himself in a strange meadow. The sky was pitch black except for the stars and the moon illuminated some light for him to see. He got up and observes the strange world around him. Terra never, apparently, experiences such an outdoor area with these many trees around.
"I must be a city folk, the air seems very clean and refreshing to breathe! I need to start jogging in the mornings." Terra joked as he makes his way through and spotted a trail. The bricks in the trail ground looked too perfectly line up to be 'nature-brand'. Obviously there must be an intelligent race that constructed this road. However the problem is that there is no way how he could tell that it either leads to society or deep into the forest.
"C'mon girls, we got to find the Elements of Harmony!" shouted a feminine voice. Terra panics as he hears chatter behind and quickly hid in the bushes. He peeks out and literally dropped his jaw at six talking ponies walking down the path into the dark area. "What the hell am I looking at?" Terra asked himself and notices the strange pictures of things on their legs. "Did that weirdo transported me to a world filled with talking ponies with tattoos on their butts? And why the hell is it so dark outside?" he asked staring at the sky.
Terra doesn't know what those female ponies are doing but he believes that they might be heading towards their town. He decided to follow them silently to observe them without getting caught because for all he knows is that there kind is not familiar with his race. The six ponies walk through the dark forest which gave Terra a few cold shivers. As they continue walking ahead, he accidently step on a branch which cracks under his foot.
"Damn-!" Terra mutters and quickly covers his mouth. The pink pony stops for a while but then sneezes, she giggles softly then gallops to catch up with the others. Terra sighs in relief then spotted a small squirrel walking towards him. "Oh hey there little guy." Terra said to the squirrel as he gently lowers his hand to pet it until he notices foam dripping from its mouth. "Uh oh." Terra said then ran away as the rabid squirrel chases him.
"Hey do you hear something?" the lavender pony asked as a huge scream from Terra echoes through the woods. The cyan pony digs into her ears and notices the shouting then smiles maliciously "Must be the victims of the dark forest!" she said trying to scare the girls. The lavender unicorn rolls her eyes doubting what the pegasus is saying. "C'mon Rainbow, there isn't any ghosts or monsters in the-"
"AAAAHHH!" Terra shouted as he sprang out of the bush scaring the colors off the girls, literally. The unicorn steps back to the Cliffside when the dark purple mist appears and causes it to collapse. "Twilight!" the mares shouted as Twilight nearly fell to her death before the orange pony grabs her.
"Help!" shouted the white unicorn as she and the pink pony fall off. Rainbow Dash and the other Pegasus descended into the depths. "Applejack! Pull me up!" Twilight shouted as Applejack struggles to carry her. "I… I can't!" she exclaims as she tries to use all of her strength.
Terra notices the two ponies in trouble and kicked the squirrel out of the way. "That Apple pony seems strong but she can't hold on for long. If I tried to pick her up she might accidently lose her grip!" Terra thought cursing under his breath until an idea came to his head. He grabs out his keyblade and morphs it into a vehicle. "Whoa!" shouted the rainbow mane pony as she floats up watching Terra hop on to it then flies under where Twilight is hanging.
"Let go of her!" Terra calls out to Applejack. Twilight eyes widened as she heard the demand from the strange being and looks up at Applejack who's frowning at him. "Why the hay should I do that?" Applejack shouted at him. Terra held out his hand and looks into her eyes "I'll catch her, trust me!" he pleaded.
Applejack looks back into his eyes for a while then whispers to Twilight "Let go…"
"You want me to what?! Are you crazy?" Twilight shouted hoping her friend hasn't completely lost it. "Twilight, what I'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe." Applejack promises. Twilight closed her eyes then screams as she drops from the cliff but Terra held out and catch her just in time then descended to the ground.
"You got quite an honest friend there." Terra complimented as Twilight smiles at Applejack making her way down the mountain. As soon as they landed Twilight immediately jumps out and stares at Terra like he's a hostile threat. "Who are you?" Twilight shouted.
"What are you?" Rainbow Dash asked as she landed to the ground with Rarity. Terra raises an eyebrow then jumps off his vehicle as it morphs back into a keyblade. "Is that how you thank somebody for saving your life?" Terra smirked as he taps Twilight's head. Twilight frowns at him but Applejack went in front of her saying "Easy there, sugarcube. This… being's right. Anypony who saves my friend is a good friend to me." Applejack says smiling at Terra.
Twilight's frown change to a small smile and nodded at him "Yes you're right, sorry Mr.-"
"Terra." he replied holding out his hand towards Twilight who stares at it for a while then recognizes it as a handshake/hoofshake and shook it gracefully. "So what are your names?" Terra asked the colorful ponies. The pink pony jumps in front of him "Ooh, ooh! The name's Pinkie Pie! That's Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy." she said as she points to each of the mares.
Terra nodded at the group with a warm smile until Twilight suddenly remembers what they were here for. "Let's go girls! We got to find the Elements of Harmony before Nightmare Moon takes over!" she says as she gallops ahead with the rest of the mares following behind. Applejack stops and notices Terra staying behind and called for him "C'mon! Just because we said girls don't mean you're not following us!" she shouted.
"It doesn't?" Terra mutters then follows the ponies. After a few minutes all of them heard a huge roar catching Terra off guard. "What was that?" Rainbow Dash shouted as they hear noises in the forest. Suddenly a large lion creature jumps out roaring at them in rage. "Manticore!" Twilight shouted as the creature charges at them.
Terra grabs Applejack and dodges from the incoming attack. "Stand back!" Terra shouted as he summons his keyblade trying to ward off the monster. The Manticore charges at Terra again with it's tail ready to stab. Terra dashes away then throws his keyblade at the Manticore hitting it right in the jaw. The Manticore screams in pain then charges at him again as Terra charges as well with his keyblade before Fluttershy appears between them and screams "WAIT!"
Terra halts then stares at the yellow Pegasus plucks a thorn from it's paw. The Manticore suddenly changes its violent behavior then cuddles with Fluttershy licking her like a love sick puppy. Apparently the Manticore was enraged by the thorn causing it pain, and it seems Fluttershy is the only one who chose to act with words and kindness instead of Operation: Break-a-animal's-jaw-with-a-keyblade.
"How did you know that there was a thorn in his paw?" Twilight asked, still surprised how the Manticore became lovingly. "I didn't. Sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness." Fluttershy said. Terra smiles then continues to walk away until Fluttershy coughs "Um, excuse me Mr. Terra." she said as she brings the Manticore to him.
Terra stares at her for a while knowing what she wanted then look at the Manticore. "Sorry about… hitting you with a keyblade in the face… my bad." he said to Manticore. The lion creature smiles then licks Terra's face making all the mares laughing in delight. "This is going to be quite an adventure." Terra mutters as they continues their path.
