Greetings, one and all and welcome to another installment of Quest For Equestria: Harmonic Heroes. I hope you enjoy it and now on to the review.
kyrogue23: Glad you found it funny... Why does everyone want me to make someone slap Griff for saying that!?
and now on to the real reason you all are here.
After Celestia left, the gang settled in the back garden, making some small talk, getting to know each other better and just having a good time. As the night falls and the stars decorated the skies above, they made a campfire and started to roast marshmallows. "So I have been thinking." Rainbow started, pausing to take a bite from her marshmallows. "I hope it didn't hurt." McGrath said with a mock worried tone in his voice as he laid on his back, earning him a glare from the rainbow haired girl before she continued, "As I was saying, what should we call our group?"
The rest of them gave her a questioning look, "I just have this feeling we'll get into more adventure's together, so I was thinking our group needs a name, like the Wonderbolts!", she explained as the others tarts to contemplate. After a few minutes, Skywalker opened his mouth, "It doesn't sound like a bad idea. People will directly know who their talking about... But what should we use?" he concluded as the others started to think of suggestions.
"Oh about... The Mane Eleven? Is has a nice ring to it if I may say so myself." Rarity suggested while the others thought about it, but eventually decided against it. "Team Satisfaction?", Phoenix suggested. "That one is already taken!", Sutakira pointed out. "Justice League? The Avengers?", Rainbow suggested. The rest looked rather surprised by those suggestions, but those were taken as well. "How about... Harmonic Heroes?" the smallest of voices said, they turn around to the source of the barely audible sound and see that it was Fluttershy who spoke up.
"U-U-Uhm... I m-mean... We have those H-Helements Of Armony... No wait I meant Elements Of Harmony...", She continued with each word her blush became bigger, until she stopped talking out of embarrassment.
After a few moments of silence Skywalker was the first to speak up, "I think its a good name. Everyone agrees?", Everyone gave a nod of approval before Skywalker continued, "That settle's it. From this day forth, let our group of friends be known as the 'Harmonic Heroes'!" he declared as he placed his hand above the fire, as the other's figured why he did that, one by one they placed their own hands over his.
Eventually everybody started to become tired from the events of the last few hours, they got up to go back to the house. "Someone needs to put out the camp fire." Applejack stated, not wanting their house to burn down. "I'm on it.", Phoenix said as he walked up the the camp fire, unzipping his flyer and letting out a gold stream on the fire.
Unfortunately McGrath was just standing up and he could see Phoenix's front in all its glory. "I didn't need to see that..." McGrath muttered tired. Applejack meanwhile had gained a large blush on her freckled cheeks, her green eyes wide, "Ya didn't need to do it like that!", she shouted in embarrassment using her hand to cover her eyes.
Phoenix looked at her raising his eye brown, "How else was I supposed to do it?" he asked as if he honestly didn't know. "Ya have that fire power, right? Why didn't ya use that." Applejack suggested. With the fire going out, Phoenix pulls his zipper back on, turning towards her "This way was way more fun. Goodnight AJ, see you later!" gives her a mischievous smile, waving her goodbye.
A little while later, Skywalker is laying on the roof, enjoying the night skies. The window in his room let directly to the front part of the roof, giving him an excellent view over the village and the beautiful skies above. "So few are up at this hour. So few know of nights beauty.", he thinks to himself as he lays down on his back. Trying to figure out some of the star patterns, which he did quite a few. "Why does this seem so... familiar?", he asked himself before his eyes shut and he drifts off to sleep.
Where did I come from? What am I doing here? Who am I? WHAT am I?
Those who are powerful should use their power to do good things, because they are good things. Because using your power to force people to do as you say is not heroic. Its being a bully.
I'm proud of you... You use your powers to help people. I'll love you, Jason Skywalker. Until the end of time...
Skywalker wakes up screaming from his sleep. As he calmed down, he felt the cold sweat on his back, his shirt sticking to his back. Looking towards the horizon, he notice that the sun is slowly rising as he stands up, "Those nightmares again..." he said to himself as he jumps off the roof. He landed on the ground with a soft thud, before he started to run.
Making his way to the hill not far from the house, jumping, faulting, and flipping all over any stone, tree trunk in his way, an voice spoke in his mind, he couldn't remember if this was a memory or not, but it sounded familiar.
Thanks to a yellow sun, your cells will drunk in its radiation, strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses. You will grow stronger than I ever could imagined. The only way to know how strong is to keep testing your limits.
Standing on a hill overlooking Ponyville, Skywalker closes his eyes while crouching down. He places his fist on the ground, concentrating as small rocks and some dirt starts to float off the ground. Opening his eyes, Skywalker jumps up, blasting off into the air, a trail of dust raising from the ground.
For a brief moment Skywalker soar's over Ponyville but soon he lose's momentum and altitude. "Crap, crap, crap, CRAP!" crashes into the ground, his momentum slowed but his head still knock's against a door. "Damn it!" Skywalker shouted in frustration, rolling on his back the door opens and purple eyes looking down at him. "Good morning to you too, Jason." Twilight said with a chuckle, dressed in a purple pajama.
Skywalker looked back with his own amber eyes, calming down, not wanting to scare his friend, "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?", he asked as he stood back up. Twilight look a little surprised before replying, "All of them at once, I suppose." she stepped aside, allowing him to enter.
Skywalker entered the library, the smell of books entering his nose. Its not a bad scent if your into that sort of thing, he walks over to the couch and noticing a stack of books on the coffee table. "Have you been up all night?" Skywalker asked as he took a seat, Twilight takes a seat next to him. "No, I just woke up and these are the books I want to read before noon." Twilight said before her eyes winded, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't ask if you wanted something to drink! Unless... It isn't rude to ask if your guest want something to drink right?" get's a little blush on her cheeks, which Skywalker found quite adorable.
"Don't worry I'm good.", he said. Twilight let out a small sight, "My apologies, Jason... I'm not very good with socializing, and I never spend much time with a boy my age... Especially one of another World... I'm babbling again.", she said shaking her head. Skywalker had to laugh a little before saying, "It's alright, Twilight. No doubt you have a lot of questions. If I can help answer any of them, I'd be happy to do so."
Twilight beamed in delight as she fired off a bunch of question's in rapid succession, like 'Why don't any of you have horns or wings?', 'How come you speak Equestrian just like us', 'how did you got here?', 'what is the culture at your planet?'
"This... Is gonna be a looooooooong morning." Skywalker thought to himself as he started to answer any question he can.
Early in the afternoon, the guys finally get up. Currently McGrath is looking at the coffee machine, waiting for it to fill his mug. After a little while, McGrath is leaning against the kitchen counter enjoying the black liquid with a content look on his face. A knock is heard on the door, noticing that nobody else is gonna open it, he walks to the door. As he opens it, a big pink fuzzy ball invaded his personal space "Goood afternoon! How was your first sleep in Ponyville? Good? I hoop it was good, if it wasn't I would be so sad!"
"Good afternoon to you, Pinkie." McGrath interrupted her with his usual emotionless voice, but Pinkie in turn interrupted him again, "You remember me! That makes me so happy! And I like being happy and making other people happy!" she said grinning ear to ear. McGrath having to interrupt her again, he wouldn't get a word through otherwise, "Believe me, Pinkie. I couldn't forget you even if I wanted to.", taking a look over her, noticing two basket's filled with muffins beside her. "What are all these muffins doing there?" he questioned her.
Pinkie explained that they were for him and the other guys. "Muffins? What are you giving me muffins for?" he asked with a slightly suspicious tone in his voice. Pinkie was slightly taken aback by his reaction, thinking she offended him somehow, before her expression turns back into her usual smile, "A welcoming present from Mr. and Misses Cake, silly!" she said and McGrath helped her take the baskets in the house.
Placing them on the kitchen counter, McGrath listened to her explaining which muffin was which taste. "Come on, try one! Their still warm!" she encouraged him, taking one she described to be a chocolate muffin, he took a small bite. He chewed on it, before wolfing down the rest.
"I take it you liked it?" Pinkie said with a big smile. McGrath cleaned the sides of his mouth, "It is very good. I'll have to give Mr. and Miss Cake my thanks later." finishing his mug of coffee and places it in the sink. "Say McGrath, why did you react so surprised about the welcoming present?" Pinkie said tilting her head in curiosity. McGrath looked over her, "I... Before I met the guys, I just never received a gift before." he got out with much hesitation.
Before Pinkie could ask for more, the other guys save Skywalker entered the room. Griffifth sniffed before asking "What's smelling good?" they notice Pinkie standing there. Sutakira was the first to say, "Good afternoon, Pinkie.", and the bubbly girl gave them a big smile. "Goood afternoon! How was your first sleep in Ponyville? Good? I hoop it was good, if it wasn't I would be so sad!" she asked them in quick succession.
Phoenix cringed as he massaged the side his head ."Please, not so loud. I'm having a huge hangover." taking a muffin.
After answering questions all morning, Skywalker said goodbye to Twilight and Spike, he decided to explore the town a bit. The citizens of Ponyville took it very well that people from another World now living among them. Strolling along a pad in the woods, enjoying the quite but failed to realized that a certain Seraph was leading a line of rabbits to another area with her back turned.
Skywalker is suddenly thrown to the ground. Fluttershy turns around and noticing who she knocked over, "Oh, my goodness!" trying to help him up Skywalker, "I'm really sorry for bumping into you like that! I didn't know you were behind me! I was just..."
"Fluttershy, Fluttershy!" Skywalker interrupted her, dusting his hoody off, "It's okay. I know it was just an accident." standing back up and scratching his head. Fluttershy smiled, but she was blushing more than usual. Skywalker his head is tilted slightly with a confused look, "Are you okay, Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy looked away from him, her blush somehow getting bigger. "I-I-I'm fine.", she gives a nervous giggle. "Alright.", Skywalker said slowly, looking over at the animals behind her, "You, uh, need help with the animals here?" Fluttershy looking up at him with her big blue eyes, her face is almost completely red now. "Oh, Yes!... If that's okay with you..." she added with a small voice.
Back at the guy's house, the sounds of drills and hammer's hitting wood is heard from the basement. Rarity entered, but none of the guys seems to be around. Noticing the sounds coming from the basement, she walked over it and gave it an elegant knock.
The working sounds stops as foot steps can be heard walking up the stairs. The door opens as McGrath peeks outside to see who dares to interrupt his work. "Yes?" he asked, eyeing her suspiciously. Rarity cleared her throat before speaking, "Good afternoon, McGrath. I find myself in need of your assistance."
"With what?" he asked her directly a hint of irritation in his voice. Rarity blinked her eyes, not used that a male would speak to her that way, though keeping her composure she answered, "Why I have need of an assistant today. I need to get some materials for my dresses and you seems like the excellent candidate to lend me a hand.", she said with a seduction voice, and batting her eyelashes at him. That usually does the trick.
"Why would I help you?" McGrath asked, his face showed no expression but his voice was dripped with annoyance. Rarity was now even more surprised, no male had ever reacted to her this way before, not after she gave them the eyelashes. "You mean your seriously turning down a request from me!?" she responded with utter surprise.
McGrath stared at her sapphire blue eyes with his own emerald greens, "I'm sorry? Perhaps I wasn't being clear?" his voice now dripping with sarcasm. "But... but I'm the most beautiful girl in the whole town!" she sputtered, before she could say anything else McGrath said, "And that still doesn't change that I'm busy and am unwilling to help you." closing the door as the sound of hammers restarted.
And that is another chapter, hope you enjoyed it as much as I had writing it. Many thanks to everyone who reads, reviews, favorite or follows this story, you beautiful bastards! I wish you all a fantastic day and I will see you ladies and gents, next time!