Chapter 11 - With You, Friends
June 8th, 2013 - 7:30 P.M.
Gage
Ponyville
Vinyl Scratch: (nervous) Oh man! Oh man!
The DJ paced back and forth worried for her friend
Vinyl Scratch: I don't know what I would do if I lost my best friend!
She was back in Twilight's library, along with the whole Legendary force, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity too.
Pinkie Pie: (bubbly) Oh don't worry Vinyl! Gage it tough. He will make it back for his congratulations-on-saving-the-world party. Oh its gonna be so much fun.
Twilight: I'm worried! What if Gage isn't strong enough?
Rarity: Darling, if there is one thing you need to know about my Gage, it's that he never backs down. He's the strongest pony ever. For the love of Celestia, he even yanked a sword out of himself one time. Don't you remember that?
She did have a point, but Frieza could have easily done that himself. He was no doubt stronger than Gage in his pony body, but did his human shape increase his power THAT significantly?
Gage: (telepathy) HEY! Twilight!? Can you hear me?!
All the people looked around in the room, because they heard Gage's voice.
Gage: Twilight! Answer me please!
Twilight: Gage? Is that you? Where are you?
Gage: I'm talking to you from another world. We won Twilight! HAHAHAHAHA! We did it!
All the ponies in the room cheered loudly, and screamed for him.
Gage: Why thank you guys, but I couldn't have done it without my team. Are they all there Twilight?
Twilight: Yep! Were all here!
Pinkie Pie: Hurry up and get here! We have an awesome surprise for you!
Gage: Okay Pinkie! Hahaha! But we are kind of stuck here.
Twilight started to freak out.
Gage: Now now, we aren't stuck here permanently Twi, but we do need you to come get us. Think you can do that for us?
Twilight: Yes! I'll be there in a minute!
Twilight trotted to the door and opened it. Quickly she turned around to tell them something.
Twilight: Listen guys, get Princess Luna and Celestia, as well Applejack, Fluttershy, and the cutie mark crusaders okay? I'm gonna go get Gage and Nick.
Pinkie Pie: Okie dokie lokie!
Back with Nick and Gage
Gage: Ok yeah, I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.
Gage and Nick started to laugh, as they heard every word that Twilight had said. Twilight opened the portal in front of the 2 boys. They could see Ponyville, and what looked like Twilight's house. Twilight stepped through it.
Twilight: So, did you guys beat Frieza? Did you get the shard of the Chaos Breaker?
Gage: Yep! Sure did! If it wasn't for Nick here, then I would have been strangled.
Gage in his pony form, flashed Twilight his gem.
Twilight: Oh Nick!
Twilight rushed over to him. Twilight gave him a kiss on the cheek, making him blush redder than Gage's mane.
Nick: Hehehehe! Well...you know...it was nothing.
Twilight: Well, lets get you two back home!
The purple unicorn practically shoved the 2 warriors through the portal.
Gage: (relieved) Ahhh. Home at last!
Both Gage and Nick turned to notice Twilight's door slammed shut. Gage automatically knew what that was all about.
Gage: (teasing) Hey Twilight? Who went into your house? It sounded like Applejack.
Twilight: (lying) Uhhh. Applejack? Why would you say that? hehe!
Gage: Well then, what's that delicious smell coming from your house? Did you make steamed vegetables? Some soup? Oh man, those are my favorite!
Nick: Eww! What kind of a kid are you Gage?
Gage: Dude, I'm a pony, I cant eat meat and all the crap that a human can. It sucks, it makes me completely sick to my stomach to the point where I'm weak, and nauseous.
Nick: Good point.
Gage walked to the door and opened it. He was greeted by a whole bunch of his friends.
Everypony: SURPRISE!
Gage: (faking) Holy shit! Damn, I just had no idea! Hahaha!
Everypony was here. Shadow, Rarity, Knuckles, Vinyl Scratch, Sonic, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Celestia, Luna, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were all here.
Pinkie Pie: Heya Gage! Welcome back!
Gage: Why did you guys throw me this party? Its not my birthday for another 2 weeks or so.
Pinkie Pie: This is a little something for saving Ponyville from Dr. Eggman, and saving Sonic's world from Frieza!
Gage: Well, thanks.
Gage sniffed the air again, his mouth instantly drooled.
Gage: Dude, wheres the food? Oh my GOD I'm so hungry, I could eat a damn pony.
Pinkie Pie gasped.
Gage: Figuratively speaking of course, now WHERE IS IT?
Pinkie Pie: Uhh. It's right there over by the table.
There was candy to spare and a few vegetable trays, but nothing too wholesome, except an apple pie. Gage sat the apple pie down and dug into it.
Applejack: Uh sugarcube? That apple pie was for everyone.
Gage continued to munch on the pie. Applejack didn't mind too much, even though it was rude, there were still plenty of apple pies to go around.
Bon-Bon: Man Gage, you eat that pie faster than Soarin does.
Gage looked up to see Bon-Bon, a yellowish pony with a dark blue and pink mane that curled at the end. She had the same color of eyes that Gage did, a sky blue/cyan color.
Gage: (mouthful) How do you know my name? *swallows Eh, sorry.
Bon-Bon couldn't help but giggle.
Bon-Bon: (cheerful) Everypony knows who you are silly!
Gage: Is that so?
Bon-Bon: Listen, could you do me a favor?
Gage: Sure!
Bon-Bon: Can you go super pony for me? Word is, your the strongest pony in Equestria!
Gage: (arrogant) Ohoho! Not in here sweetheart, It would make a hell of a mess.
Rarity: GAGE! What are you doing calling Bon-Bon a sweetheart?!
Rarity ran over to Gage and clobbered him in the face. Of course, it didn't injure Gage too much.
Gage: Uhh. Sorry my love! Slip of the tongue.
Lyra: Wait, you 2 are going out?
Gage: Yes indeed we are! I love you Rarity, and sorry for calling her that. I'm used to being a bachelor. So Bon-Bon, do you want me to show you how strong I truly am?
Nick: Oh come on you show-off!
Trixie: Pffft. Surely your not as powerful as Trixie.
Rarity, Gage, Nick, Lyra, Bon-Bon, and Trixie stepped outside really fast. Gage found a nice spot to power up at while the rest sat back to watch
Gage: Are you ready?
Bon-Bon: Do it!
Gage: (powering up) Hehehehehe! Brace yourself. hhheeeeyyyyaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
Gage powered up to a relatively small power, when it grew, his eyes eventually whitened out. Then his static power charged his hair up. The white fire aura surrounded him. It began to build on him, seeming to come from thin air itself. The ground began to quake slightly.
Bon-Bon: (astounded) Whoa Whooohoo Gage! Incredible!
Gage: Oh, I'm not done yet!
His body glowed white, until it was a silhouette of white. The shape turned human, then the light receded and formed Gage with only his swimming trunks on.
Lyra: (amazed) A HUMAN!
Nick: What's so impressive!? Were humans! See?
Lyra's eyes twitched.
Lyra: 2...2 HUMANS?
Gage: (powering up) AHHHHH!
Gage screamed powering up nearly to the max. All the ponies outside were having difficulties keeping their balance. The ground was shaking too hard.
Rarity: Gage! Stop! Your gonna shake Ponyville apart!
Gage dropped his fists to his hips and let his power naturally return to the environment.
Gage: (happy) Is that what you wanted to see Bon-Bon?
Bon-Bon: Yes, Gage, that's awesome! All my friends told me that you weren't really that strong, and you weren't really Celestia's son, but only her son would be able to do such a thing. I never believed them!
Gage: Well, It's getting dark, let's get our flanks inside!
Everyone went inside but Gage and Trixie were last. Trixie stood and stared at Gage.
Gage: After you ma'am!
Trixie shot him daggers. Gage thought little of it and walked off. Gage, still in his human form walked in and nailed his head on the doorway, causing him to bust his ass.
Gage: OW! Damnit!
He walked through Twilight's library towering over all the ponies.
Luna: Gage? Is that you?
Gage: Sure is aunt Luna!
He gave his aunt a big hug. Gage and Luna were the exact same height.
Gage: How have you been? Oh, by the way, does it suck to be 6 feet tall all the time?
Luna: After thousands of years, you get used to it. Anyways, sweetheart, did you get that Chaos Breaker shard from Frieza?
Gage reached into his pocket and grabbed it. He handed it to her.
Luna: Great! We will make sure to give this to your mother. Does this make 3? Your doing such a great job! Now, go have fun. This is YOUR party after all...
Everyone stared at Gage like he was a freakshow.
Luna: (whispering)...but you might want to go back to a pony.
Gage: Oh, good idea!
He quickly transformed in front of everybody, which kind of freaked them all out. Gage took a seat in one of Twilight's chairs. The cutie mark crusaders came to him.
Scootaloo: Hey there Gage!
Gage: Hey Scootaloo, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle. You guys ready to get your cutie marks?
Applebloom: Well Gage, we were gonna have a sleepover at my house tonight, could we maybe do this tomorrow?
Gage sighed.
Gage: Oh well, I guess so.
The cutie mark Crusaders laughed and nodded their heads, then walked off. Gage let a sharp exhale out, then he got comfortable in his seat.
Gage: Today was a good day!
Carrot Top: And it's not over yet! Nick is fixing to sing a song!
Gage: Really! Hoho man, this I gotta see!
Nick was fixing to sing one of his favorite songs for everybody. Twilight was on a piano as Nick tossed the sheet music over to her.
Nick: Think you can play that for me?
She nodded, as Nick went human. Nick took a deep breath and started singing, Hallelujah, by Rufus Wainwright. He sang it beautifully
I heard that there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall, the major lift,
The baffled king composing hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Everyone in the room was staring at Nick, some smiling, Octavia was crying listening to the beautiful song. And most mares hearts were stolen.
Gage: Damn Nick...
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, hallelujah
maybe I have been here before
I know this room. I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, hallelujah
By this point, most of the mares were smiling and crying at Nick's awesome voice. Then Rarity came over to Gage
Gage: RARITY! That song made me think of you.
Rarity: It's so good to see you safe and sound. Your going to hurt yourself one of these days fighting.
Gage: Ehehehe, yeah. I got the hell beat outta me today.
Rarity: Wow! Nick's amazing.
Gage: No...your amazing.
The white unicorn blushed. Gage hugged his marefriend tightly.
There was a time, you let me know
What's real and going ob below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Maybe there's a god above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night,
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
The song ended. Twilight stopped playing the piano, and clapped her hoofs.
Gage: (cheering) Yeah NICK! WHOOO!
Nick smiled and gave Gage a thumbs up. Ponies cheered and shouted and praised Nick for his beautiful singing voice
Nick: Hheheh! Thank you! Thank you! I'm here all week! HEHEHEHE!
Gage: Nick...That was...BADASS! You can sing even better than me!
Meanwhile
Shadow was keeping to himself in the dark upper part of the library. He was laying on the railing of the balcony with some punch in his hand.
Shadow: Hmm. I must be in hell! Tsss, ponies. Give me a break!
The black hedgehog looked all over the place.
Shadow: Although it is peaceful here, and quiet. I like that. Maybe I can get used to this. At least I'm still in my normal body.
Just outside of Twilight's library, a stone statue fell from the sky, putting a big ass dent into the ground. It was a man frozen in stone, with a sniper rifle in his hand. Shadow being the badass he is, wasn't surprised.
Shadow: Whoa! What is that thing!? It looks like a G.U.N. soldier frozen in stone!
He jumped off of the balcony to investigate it.
Shadow: Hmm.
On the statue read, "A message from Discord"
Discord will be next on Gage's list. Why did he send Ray to Ponyville? Does Ray, Gage, and the rest really even stand a chance against Discord? Find out next time! As always, review, favorite, and follow.