Ch. 6: It Is Decided

As morning came into the village of Ponyville, Twilight sat under a tree, reading a good book while Spike was practicing on his flute. Drago was practicing his swordplay with Wolfurio, while Skyress was soaring through the air, testing her Ventus wind powers. As they were doing so, Applejack and Fluttershy were feeding some apple slices and baby carrots to some little baby rabbits, squirrels, and other baby critters, while Boulderon fixed a deer's broken leg.

Despite the peacefulness of the area and the beautiful music of Spike's flute, Twilight couldn't enjoy them or the book. She's still thinking about the mysterious stranger that saved her last night. Who was he? Where is he now? She let out a heavy sigh, frustrated on her thoughts returning to her hero. Hearing her sigh, Spike stopped playing his flute and turned to his adoptive sister.

Drago meanwhile couldn't focus on his sparring match with his Haos Knight friend. He was thinking about the mysterious stranger that saved his life from the dark Swampert last night. Who was she? Where is she now? He was so embroiled in his thoughts, he didn't even try to block the Haos energy infused strike that Wolfurio aimed at him. BAM! Drago was sent reeling into the ground, causing a cloud of dust to rise around him. Wolfurio withdrew his lance and grinned. "That's why you must watch out all time in combat Drago. Never know when your opponent will strike." Drago simply sighed. Hearing his sigh, Wolfurio knelt down beside his friend. Skyress swooped down from the sky and landed on her adoptive brother's shoulder, her golden eyes sparkling with concern.

"Is my music bothering you, Twilight?" he asked. Twilight looked up at him with blinking eyes.

"Huh? Oh, it's not your music, Spike," she answered. "I was just thinking again."

"Yeah, you alright too, Drago?" Skyress asked with concern in her voice. Wolfurio nodded. Boulderon finished splinting the doe's leg with a rock cast, then came lumbering up besides his friends.

"I'm alright Skyress," Drago replied, his emerald eyes lowered to the ground. "I'm just thinking again..."

"'Bout that mysterious hero of yers, SugarCube?" Applejack asked Twilight, looking up at the her.

"And about that mysterious hero of yours, Drag?" Wolfurio asked, looking at the fearsome Pyrus Dragonoid.

"Yes..." Twilight and Drago answered with sighs of defeat.

"I just can't get her voice out of my head," Drago explained. "It made me feel... loved and cared for."

"And I just couldn't get his voice out of my head," Twilight explained. "It made me feel like I'm…safe and protected."

"Um, no offense, Twilight," Fluttershy asked timidly, "but are you sure you and Drago didn't just imagined them? I mean, a bump like that could do those sorts of things to you." She then pointed at the bandage wrapped around Twilight's head to indicate said bump. Boulderon nodded as well.

"Yeah, and your bump looks painful, Drago," he said, motioning to the bandage wrapped around Drago's head.

"I'm sure I didn't imagine him, Fluttershy," her friend answered her calmly. "I mean, if I did, how else did I end up at Dusknoir and Zecora's doorstep after the branch fell on me?"

"I'm with her on that one, Boulderon," the Pyrus answered his Subterra Golem friend. "I don't think I imagined him either…or his comrade. If I did, how else did I end up with her at the doorstep after the Swampert attacked me?"

"They has a point there, y'all," Applejack concurred. "They couldn't have made it there unconscious."

"Not unless they were sleepwalking." Wolfurio followed as well.

"Yes." Skyress giggled alongside Spike's chuckle. "What are the odds of Drago and Twilight ever doing that?"

Meanwhile, a couple of miles from the outskirts of Ponyville, Marvin, Dialga, Queen Tyr'hanee, Dodgers, Palkia and Cadet lied exhausted by the river. Feeling the water splash against his face, Marvin opened his eyes and slowly got up to his feet. Dialga had water splashed roughly on her face as well, and she opened her eyes and slowly got up to her feet.

I guess I'm not dead, Marvin thought to himself before it just hit him. Wait…why am on all fours? He then turned to the river to see his reflection.

I'm... not dead? Dialga thought to herself just before it hit her. Wait... why am I on my hind legs?! She then turned to the river to see her reflection.

What they saw astounded them. Instead of a Martian, Marvin is looking at a black Unicorn Pony. His new body has red eyes, and his mane is also red and made to look like the hairstyle of the Trojan horse. His tail is also red and handsomely groomed. And on his flanks are his Cutie Mark, crossed spears that are also red.

His body is not the only thing that has changed. His gloves and sneakers have morphed to fit his hooves. His helmet has molded to fit the shape of his head, moving around his mane, ears, and horn. And his skirt thing, though pretty much the same, fits his pony waist rather nicely.

Instead of a Dragon/Steel Pokemon, Dialga was looking at a blue Dragonoid. Her new body has crimson eyes, and her head was changed just to match Drago's, with a massive horn sprouting from the tip of her snout. But, it was silver instead of gold. Her tail was long and whip like. A pair of golden blades interlocked her chest, protecting the blue diamond that controlled time embedded in her chest. Her arms are long and slender, and tipped with five fingers, tipped with sharp claws. Rows of overlapping scales, blue and silver, covered her body. Her mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, and her jaws felt... more powerful...

However, none of these could match the feelings of having... wings. She looked back to see a pair of massive wings, exactly matching Drago's, but blue and the razor edges were silver. She flapped them and they created a powerful whirlwind that whipped Palkia into the water with a cry of alarm. He quickly scrambled out of the water. She can tell that she's not dreaming since she saw it with her own eyes.

Also wanting to make sure he's not dreaming this, Marvin lifted up his hoof. His reflection did the same. He swished his tail. His reflection did the same. He smiled with his new mouth. His reflection did the same.

It's real, he thought with excitement. I'm really a Unicorn. Discord kept his promise after all. He reared up and laughed…only no sound came out of his new mouth.

It's real, Dialga thought with excitement. I'm really a Dragonoid. Razenoid kept his promise after all. She reared up and roared with happiness... only no sound came out of her maw.

Oh, right, they thought, calming down. We gave up our voices temporarily. They then turned to Tyr'hanee, Dodgers, Palkia and Cadet as they got up.

I hope my queen is alright, he said, trotting over to her…only to trip. Darn it! I need to work on my new legs. Walking on all fours is more difficult than on two.

Marvin! Dialga then rushed over to help her partner...only to trip and fall flat on her face. Curses! I need to work on my new legs. Walking on two legs is more difficult then on four. Tyr'hanee and Palkia rushed over to the fallen Martian-turned-Pony and Pokemon-turned Dragonoid.

"Commander, are you alright?" the queen asked.

"Captain, you hurt?" the Spacial God asked. They wanted to answer them, but how can they do so with no voices?

Marvin spotted a stick nearby and got an idea. Concentrating hard, he used the magic of his new horn to have the stick float over to him and write in the dirt. Dialga then began writing in the dirt as well with her new Dragonoid claws.

"I am fine, Your Highness. I just need to work on my new legs, that's all."

"I am perfectly fine Palkia. I just need to work on my new legs. That's all. The Spacial God and Martian Queen stared at Marvin's performance in shock.

"How…how did you do that, Commander?" Palkia asked, a little breathless and beyond belief. Now that Marvin thought about it, he never knew how he did it. It was his first time ever using his new horn.

"I don't know," he wrote in answer. "I just…knew. It must have come with my new body."

"Yes... that must be what happened," Dialga added.

"Well, this is just great!" Dodgers yelled at him. "You just had to get yourself turned into a Unicorn and your guardian into a Dragonoid." Marvin, feeling bad that he had to worry his friends and queen like that, wrote into the dirt again to explain.

"We're sorry, Dodgers, but we want to do it. How else am I to face Twilight and Dialga to face Drago?"

"Twi-Twi-Twilight? Dra-Dra-Drago?" asked Cadet, confused at this response. "Who're they?"

"Twilight Sparkle," the Commander wrote, "is a beautiful violet Unicorn whom I can tell is intelligent. Dialga and I met her and her guardian Drago last night at that storm. Twilight got hurt, and I saved her. She didn't get a good look at me, but she told her friend named Zecora that I was comforting and kind through my voice. She's just…wonderful."

Dialga nodded as she wrote, "And her guardian Titanium Dragonoid, is a handsome Pyrus Dragonoid whom I can tell is very courageous. When he tried to help Twilight after she got hurt, a Swampert attacked him, and I saved him. He didn't get a good look at me, but he told his friend Dusknoir that I was comforting and brave through my voice. He's just...amazing..."

"Oh, no!" Dodgers cried, palming his face. "Don't tell me you two fell in love!" The black Unicorn and his blue Dragonoid glared at him.

"Of course we've fallen in love!" Marvin wrote.

"They're the ones; I know it!" Dialga wrote.

"Aura senses?"

"Aura senses." Dodgers rubbed his eyes with a heavy sigh as Tyr'hanee, Palkia, Dialga and Marvin stood up again.

"What are we to do, Dodgers?" Tyr'hanee asked.

"Well, we could sneak into the ruins and get their voices back," he answered. "That would change them back, and then—" He was suddenly cut off by a loud slam from Marvin's hoof and a fiery discharge of flames from Dialga's maw, which the duck quickly dodged.

"NO!" Marvin wrote furiously. "I don't want to change back! I want to be this way so that I can be with Twilight!"

"And I want to be this way so I can be with Drago!" Dialga added angrily.

"Why couldn't you just go talk to them as the real you?" asked Palkia.

"I can't," Marvin answered. "If Twilight sees me as what I really am, she might get scared off or something. I don't know what she'll think of the real me."

"I can't either," Dialga answered. "If Drago sees me as what I really am, he might get scared off or something. I don't know what he'll think of the real me."

"Look, Marv, Dia," Dodgers said to him calmly. "You're not seriously thinking about staying a Unicorn or Dragonoid forever, are you?"

"Yes, we do," the black unicorn answered, his angry eyes starting to well up. "Why couldn't you understand that?"

"You're suppose to be our friend, Dodgers! " the blue Dragonoid added, her furious eyes starting to well up.

"We are friends," Dodgers stated. "I just don't trust those weirdoes back there. If we get you back your voices and change you back, we can take you back to Mars where they won't try to hurt you, and you can go on with your Commander and Captain lives and just be…just be…"

Dodgers slowly stopped when he saw Marvin and Dialga break into silent tears. Guilt had finally slapped him right in the face. All that his Martian and Pokemon friends wanted was to be with the Unicorn he had fallen in love with and to be with the Dragonoid she had fallen in love with, and the stupid duck acted like they were nothing. It was bad enough that he stole Tyr'hanee from Marvin; now he's tearing him and Dialga away from their chances with Twilight and Drago.

"Just be miserable for the rest of your lives," he finally finished sadly.

Man, they'd make a career as travel agenst, the black duck thought with a shake of his head, cuz they're sending me on one heck of a guilt trip.

"Alright, alright," he sighed in defeat. "We'll help ya win Twilight and Drago. Just stop crying alrea—DYAUGH!" He was cut off again when Marvin threw his front legs around him and hugged him and Dialga threw her arms around them both and crushed them in a bone-breaking hug.

"Okay," he groaned, "okay, take it easy." Tyr'hanee and Palkia then thought of something.

"Commander, captain," they asked them, "are you sure they didn't get a good look at you?"

"Twilight described me as a dark figure with a golden green hat and a red cloak," Marvin wrote. "I'm guessing she must think I'm a Pony like she is."

"And Drago described me as blue and silver figure with a angelic aura," Dialga wrote. "I'm guessing he must think I'm a Dragonoid like he is."

"Well, if you're going to match her description," Tyr'hanee answered, bringing out Marvin's red cloak, "you're going to have to wear the cape."

Palkia nodded as he tapped Dialga's diamond, causing an aura of blue light like an angel's to spout around her. Dialga smiled.

"And if you're going to match his description," her brother figure added, "you're going to have to use this aura."