Pikatwig:Well, we're almost done with this story arc.

KKD: That's kind of a good thing for me. For one, no more hypnotized AJ working for the bad guys!

Pikatwig: True dat.

KKD: Still, I suppose this helps as this arc contains some key plot points for the future, like the Rider Ranger keys, and these presumed dark rangers.

Pikatwig: And! Us finding out who the hooded figure is.

KKD: If you haven't already guessed who it was by now, you'll figure it out this arc… I think…

Twilight: Good, cause I wanna know why I find her familiar.

Dash: And I wanna know what the heck she's planning with these things, such as why take the Grand Powers. I know Basco did it because of a rivalry and to find the Greatest Treasure of the Galaxy, but… why does this character want it so bad?

Pikatwig: You'll see. Disclaimers aibou.

DISCLAIMERS: As with most, neither KKD nor Pikatwig own any of the franchises involved, including, but not limited to, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Super Sentai, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or anything else used here; they are owned by their respective owners such as Toei, Bandai, Shotaro Ishinomori, Hasbro, Lauren Faust, The Hub, etc.


Previously on Gokai-Ponies the Mane 6 head for the human world to try and protect the Animarium, only to find the attack to be their own GokaiBlue. They try to stop her only to get roared off the island by GaoLion. After rescuing a little kitten that Fluttershy named Rosy, they learn that the one who saved her life was none other than GaoRed, Shishi Kakeru, and after stopping the monster as the Gaorangers, GaoLion, and the previously unseen GaoBat arrived to give the Gokaigers a hand in battle, forming ChouGao-Gokai-Oh. However, Applejack, who snapped out of enemy control, ends up falling back under it!


"Tankdom, are you sure this is a good idea?" Onichan's voice spoke.

"It is. She knows about the whereabouts of the Ranger Keys and the powers of those annoying kaizoku." Tankdom's voice responded

Something then walked into the room, and it appeared to be some sort of a kaijin, and it blasted someone who was strapped down to a table with a violet blast of energy.


The hooded figure snapped awake, looking around the area, seeing that she fell asleep, and was… recalling something. "I… wasn't always… loyal? No… that's absurd."

"Is something wrong, mistress?" AJ asked, back in the attire the hooded figure gave her.

"It's… nothing. Nothing at all." the hooded figure responded.


(Cue Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger opening theme)

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!

Susume! Yuuki no hata kakage (Forward! Hoist the flag of courage!) *A red pirate ship floats through the skies of Equestria, as Rainbow Dash clears the sky of clouds.*

Nanatsu no umi wo kake-nukero (Dashing through the seven seas) *Twilight Sparkle stands on the bow of the ship, looking out to the Equestrian horizon.*

Ichi ka bachi ka muteki na kaze kimi wo michibiku (Sink or swim, the invincible wind will guide you) *She looks out, and sees her magic holding the Ranger Key of GokaiRed before seeing faint images of the red rangers of every Super Sentai.*

Mezase chizu ni nai basho wo (Your goal isn't on any map) *Twilight is seen with the rest of the Mane 6, Twilight checking a map while the others worked on the red ship in question, such as Applejack manning the ropes while holding the GokaiBlue Ranger Key with her tail.*

Maboroshi nanka ja nain da (It's no illusion) *Rarity looks at a yellow gem, before holding the GokaiYellow Ranger Key.*

Tada hitotsu jibun dake no takaramono dare mo sagashiteru (Everyone is searching for their very own treasure) *Pinkie was in the middle of giving the inside a bit of a paint job, holding the GokaiGreen Ranger Key with her lower right hoof as Fluttershy helps, holding the GokaiPink Ranger Key.*

Tashikametai ze minna onaji ja nai kara (I want to check to see that everyone is not the same) *Suddenly, a flash shows all the suits of the Super Sentai hovering around, with Rainbow Dash, holding the GokaiSilver Ranger Key, flying amongst them.*

Yaritai koto wo yatte yare (Just do what you want) *A shot of outerspace is seen, and the Neo-Zangyack look at the planet where Equestira is at.*

Inochigake daze Hoshitte do sono te de tsukame (It's life or death, if you want it, then grab it!) *Back on Equestria, the Mane 6 stand firm with GokaiPhones and Ranger Keys in hoof.*

Let's go! Let's Gokaiger! *The Mane 6 then look at the Ranger Key Chest, which has a note by it, and then they hold the Gokaiger Ranger Keys to their hearts.*

Go! Go! Let's Go! Let's kaji wo tore! (Let's take the helm!) *The Mane 6 are then seen executing the transformation poses for the Gokaigers as they transform into pony versions of said heroes.*

Kimi no mae no hirogaru umi michi naki michi wo yukou! (Forward to these uncharted routes in these vast seas in front of you!) *Princess Celestia looks on from the blazing sun, and smiles at the six.*

Let's go! Let's Gokaiger! *Princess Luna also looks on later that night from the glowing moon, as does Princess Cadence from the Crystal Empire, both also smiling at the Mane 6.*

Go! Go! Let's Go! Let's arashin naka! (Let's sail into the storms!) *The stars then turn into the helmets of the 40 Super Sentai teams, all looking at the Mane 6 with an approving look. However, the Gokaigers are helmetless while looking at their successors.*

Ganbaru kino no gamushara ga ima kono sekai wo kaeru ze (Your persistent recklessness will change the world) *At a nearby cliff, somepony watches the Mane 6, with glowing violet eyes…*

Dekkai yume wa mugendai! (Big dreams are endless!) *All of the Mane 6 get a headshot while smiling, looking at the area in front of them, knowing adventure is out there.*

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger~! *The opening ends with the Gokai-Ponies slashing at the screen with the Gokaiger flag and story title behind them.*


Chapter 12: Entrancing Sunset Part 4


"Well, we lost Applejack to whoever hypnotized her!" Twilight groaned, having been shown what had happen via a security camera feed that Jasmine had given her before their return to Equestria.

"But… we're still ahead two Grand Powers," Dash informed.

"Yea, so don't get so down Twilight," Spike insisted, as Twilight was looking outside. "Twilight?"

"...Oh… sorry Spike… I… I guess I …look outside," Twilight informed, and everypony did so, seeing there was a solar eclipse.

"Wow…" most them gawked upon seeing it… albeit not directly.

"Hey… it looks a bit like your Cutie Mark Twil," Dash informed.

Twilight just smiled as her marefriend before hugging her, and seeing she was right. Spike then burped up a letter and it was from Celestia.

"Another note… now?" Twilight groaned as Spike looked at it.

"It's from Princess Celestia. She wants you to go to Canterlot Castle as soon as possible!" Spike told her.


Then Twilight (alongside her marefriend) had arrived at Canterlot Castle, and saw a teary eyed Princess Celestia.

"I wonder why the princess contacted you, Twil," Dash wondered.

"We're about to find out Bowy. Princess Celestia, is everything okay?" Twilight asked as they entered.

"Twilight… am I glad to see you… but why is Rainbow Dash here?" Celestia asked.

"Just tagging along," Dash informed.

"Something the matter?" Twilight asked, as Celestia showed her the picture of the Princess and Sunset Shimmer.

"It was only a year before I asked you to become my student Twilight… all those moons ago… when Sunset Shimmer had left…" she sighed.

"Princess… does this have anything to do with Sunset?" Twilight asked.

"I just miss her Twilight. It was one this day many moons ago, when she left through the portal to that other world," Celestia informed.

Twilight thought to herself for a moment, and then gave a confused look. "That, can't be right. The portal only opens up for three days every thirty moons. It hasn't been thirty moons yet,"

"It used to be opened up indefinitely," Celestia started.

"It did?" Dash gawked.

"...Then… when was the restriction placed upon it?" Twilight asked.

"After Sunset Shimmer left…" Celestia sighed, looking up at the image showing her defeating Nightmare Moon. "It was… one of the biggest regrets in my life… seeing her leave."

"...I… I see…" Twilight sighed.

"I prematurely raised the moon early that day… and so I choose on this day, there would be a solar eclipse every year," Celestia continued.

"Okay…" Twilight replied, confirming that she was still listening.

Dash was also a bit interested.

"Y'know… I think she made friends…" Twilight informed.

"...I certainly hope she did…" Celestia sighed.


"You are going to regret this Princess Celestia! This is one of the biggest mistakes you have ever made!" a voice shouted at the Princess, before the owner of the voice ran into a portal… waking up in a whole new reality.


"What are these memories… are they even mine?" the hooded figure wondered. She simply looked around for a moment before looking into a nearby mirror, but all she could see under the darkness of her hood was the orange-yellow unicorn horn and her seemingly normal violet eyes being blue-green eyes at the moment, which conveyed… a strange sadness that felt both foreign to her… yet at the same time… an all too familiar feeling as well. She closed her eyes, and they turned back to the seemingly normal violet.

"Is everything okay?" Applejack asked walking in.

"...It's nothing AJ… Just… leave me alone for a moment," the figure requested as AJ walled out, forcing the figure to try and keep herself calm, "Come now girl… keep your head on straight."

She calmed down, and looked over at the Ranger Rider Keys, and originally, there were three, now there was more of them. The first one was of a red body-suited being with silver parts on his body, and it was topped with yellow banana-themed armor, which was most seen in his helmet with the yellow visor between the knight-grill of a helmet, and the banana horns on the sides. The second was of a black suited figure with silver and red armor parts, and a visor that resembled two halves of a peach divided by a golden yellow piece, but the figure also resembled having train aspects. The third was a figure that was mainly white with aspects of an astronaut, having orange and black lines, a helmet that looks like a rocket with antennae, a green jewel in the forehead, and red bug-eye like lenses along with vaguely noticeable symbols on his wrists and ankles, resembling the shape buttons on a Playstation controller. The fourth of these key was another black body-suited figure with green armor on the legs that looked like grasshopper legs, yellow armor on his arms that resembled as tiger's claws, and a red helmet with green eyes, bearing resemblance to a hawk, and the chest having those animals in those color in a symbol form surrounded by a golden circle. The fifth key had a white body with gold and black designs, the torso armor being silver, and green with a melon rind pattern, also showing a sort of samurai symbol in gold on one section, while over the right shoulder was orange armor looking like a cantaloupe slice, and his helmet continued the fruit-samurai theme with orange eyes. Finally, the sixth key looked like it was split in half with colors, one side being green and accented with gold while the other side was black accented with purple, the waist being red along with the eyes, and above the eyes was a W-shaped piece that resembled antennae.

"Oh… my head…" the hooded figure groaned, she then looked over to the computer to see the final concepts she was going to present to the leaders were completed. "...Perhaps if I continue my work… these thoughts will go away."

"Mistress… is something wrong? I heard some sort of sparking sounds," AJ asked through a crack in the door.

"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR CONCERN SERVANT!" the figure snapped before realizing how she said it, "Uh… sorry, AJ… I'm not quite… feeling… like myself… I think…"

AJ walked in and looked at her, helping her out of her chair.

"You sound like you need some rest, Mistress," AJ figured.

"Yea… thanks Applejack, I owe you…" the hooded figure thanked.

"I'll do anything to help you, Mistress," AJ smiled.

The hooded figure couldn't help but giggle, as AJ smiled, and the hooded figure shifted her hood off, just a bit.


"So… she misses the last student before you Twilight?" Rarity asked when Twilight and Dash got back to the Galleon later.

"Seems that way, Rarity," Twilight shrugged.

"She's talkin' about that lowlife Sunset Shimmer," Dash informed.

"Sunset?! Oh… that no good meanie-face!" Pinkie growled.

"I don't think Celestia would talk about her like that if Sunset wasn't a good student, Pinkie," Twilight noted.

"...eh," Pinkie shrugged.

"I almost wonder how she was before we met her, though…"


A filly was holding a book with a teal magic glow, reading, almost similar to Twilight, being very strict with her studies, and trying to be the best she could be.. But she had no family, she had no friends, and was bullied.

She was at an entrance exam to enter Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, and she concentrated very hard to get it right. She passed the exam, but her magic grew wild and out of control… for reasons she didn't know. She blasted the examiners, transformed the classroom she was in into snowy area, and her subject, a phoenix, was suddenly a giant.


The hooded figure saw these memories again, and was trying to stay asleep.

"No… don't…" she groaned, trying to stay asleep to not remember the memories.

Applejack had seen the room was okay, but the hooded figure was not in her hood, but covered up in the blanket. Yet as she struggled in bed, some of her yellow and red hair was seen poking out of the blankets.

AJ saw this, and lassoed her down, causing the magic fits to stop, and the unicorn to wake up, panting like crazy.

"...Oh no… not again…" she groaned.

"You okay?" Applejack asked.

"I… I don't know anymore, AJ," she sighed.


"I'm still worried about AJ… I can't help but wonder what those jerks are doing to her right now," Dash told her marefriend.

"You're not the only one, Dash," Twilight sighed.

"We need to lure them out somehow…" Dash began to mutter when an idea hit her. "The Ranger Key Chest! We can use that to lure the hooded figure out of hiding, and then you can use your magic to snap AJ out of it!"

"Are you sure about that, Rainbow? We could risk losing the keys altogether," Twilight pointed out.

"We can tie it to a rope, or use magic. It's our best bet to get AJ back!"

"...I guess…" Twilight sighed.

"Um… why don't we just empty out the box of all its keys?" Fluttershy asked.

"AH!" Twilight and Dash gasped, seeing Fluttershy was there.

"What are you doing in our room?" Dash asked.

"The door was open," Fluttershy answered.

"...Whoops," the marefriends responded, nervously.


"Applejack… I wanna thank you…" the hooded figure told AJ.

"I just wish I can help you more… you seem… tortured," AJ sighed.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"...When you were sleeping, or weren't feeling well… you sounded like you were trying to escape troubles you had in the past," AJ answered.

"You're a good friend Applejack…"

AJ nodded with a smile on her face, but she somehow felt kind. And she felt like… the real her, was saying… whoever this is, is suffering.

"So AJ… do you like me… as a friend?" the hooded figure asked.

"...Well… you're my mistress and all that… so I can see you as my friend," AJ figured.

"...Thank you… Applejack… I just needed a bit of comfort with that information."

The hooded figure smiled, as Applejack took her leave, and thus the hooded figure felt… happy. But she couldn't shake the feeling she had met Twilight and her friends somewhere before this mess had begun…


To be continued…


Pikatwig: Four down, one to go.

KKD: And for sure, AJ will be back on the team next time.

Pikatwig: Yea, and we're learning a whole lot more about the hooded figure.

KKD: I bet a lot of the readers already figured her out by now, though.

Pikatwig: But still, no spoilers. Anyway, favorite part aibou?

KKD: Well...the closest thing I can think of might be the flashbacks.

Pikatwig: Mine was how the chapter ended, showing there's another side to the hooded figure, and we'll finally see who she is next time.

KKD: Well, let's not waste any time then. Until next time, Jaa ne.

Pikatwig: Just Live More.