Disclaimer: My Little Pony isn't mine. Power Rangers and the Eternal Falls are not mine. Everything you don't recognise is mine. Pinkie is not mine, but she's hovering around me and waiting to be put back into the story.

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Chapter 14: Mending and Creation

The soft sound of beeping filled the air as the Rangers watched their friend float in the tank. After Fluttershy had driven Discord away, they had teleported back to the Command Tower to see Dimitria submerging Billy in a pool of water. The Inquiran has informed them that this water was from somewhere called 'The Eternal Falls' and it would allow him to recover much quicker. Although Twilight had been leery of the strange water, it had seemed to do the trick as his vitals were steadily improving. They had also learnt that his Power Coin had been destroyed and he was not a Power Ranger any more. The last fact saddened most of them as it meant that they would truly be alone on the battlefield, except Applejack – who had learned that Billy had more than enough brains for everypony.

Princess Celestia looked over her Rangers as they watched their friend steadily heal in the tank. She was very much grateful that Dimitria had said that he could go into the tank fully clothed. Friend or not, there were just some things a Princess was not fully ready to see yet. The destruction of Billy's Power Coin was something she was expecting, but not so soon. If Billy had been a 'backup' fighter, the odds of something like this happening down the line would have increased with each battle. The raw magic charges she and her sister had done to sustain the morphing energies had already sped up the deterioration of the Power Coin and she had posited that it would break on its own in three more battles.

Billy would prove his worth to them in other ways other than his fighting prowess – a fact cemented by the unveiling of the Harmony Zords. This increase of their arsenal would give them an added advantage against Lord Zedd and Discord, especially when she looked over the blueprints once more. In all actuality, she had to hoof it to Billy for making the Zords exact replicas of the Elements of Harmony when the only access he had to them was when she had sent the six to remove the dragon on top of the temporary outpost.

Flashback

Princess Celestia's eyes lit up as she read the letter of Twilight Sparkle and she shared a look of delight with her sister. It seemed that Fluttershy had shown her true colours in driving away the dragon, but only when her friends were hurt. The normally timid pegasus had reverted back to her usual state soon after, but it was reassuring to know Twilight's friends had hidden depths.

"You could have waited another few days. Then I could have tried doing the same to my morpher. Seven Rangers is a hell of a lot better than six these days."

Rolling up the parchment, she sighed and turned to see Billy walking out from behind a marble column. From the oil and grease on his hands, it was obvious he had just come from the mechanics facility or the 'Zord Bay'. What a Zord was, Billy had yet to tell either of them, but he had promised that they would be crucial in the long term. Snorting in an exaggerated manner, she replied with an air of mock regality.

"Yes, Billy, I should have sent them later. Even though the dragon was casting Ponyville with a blanket of choking smoke and was blocking out the sun. The sun that is required to grow all food and that which sustains all life. The very sun that I raise each and every morning and that I…"

"All right, I get it. Those six are…quite something. I was only able to get a few images of them for reference."

Luna raised an eyebrow at the mention of the images. She knew that he was having some degree of difficulty in finding the proper shapes for the future Zords as well as making them fit and form together in various configurations. She had to admit, some of his designs were downright bizarre – ranging from ancient creatures to animals from his dimension…he had even toyed with creating zords based on their Cutie Marks but had thankfully abandoned that train of thought.

"Billy, would thoust please tell us your intent of the capture of these images?"

Billy rolled his eyes.

"Luna, you've been reading those Shakespeare plays again, haven't you?"

The Princess of the Night had to put a hoof to her muzzle to attempt to stifle the giggles that came out. Restraining the urge to roll her eyes, Celestia shook her head lightly but motioned with her hoof for him to continue.

"Anyway, I will be designing the Zords based on their appearances. Two land based, two aerial and two long range Zords should be enough for all situations. I have an idea for what to do with the Megazord, but I will have to do some more designing."

Celestia nodded and then motioned to her sister. As Luna had been spending the majority of the time with the young human, she would know better than her what these terms meant. However, the response she heard next was not one she was expecting.

"How close will the similarities be? You said that the identities will eventually be known, but will the Zords be complete carbon copies of the Rangers or will they retain some form of identity protection?"

"At the moment, I will be incorporating some advanced Eltarean magic into their shells. Only those who know they are Rangers will see the resemblance. To everybody else, it will look like generic body shapes."

"And the Megazord? This will be a gestalt of the six individual zords, correct?"

Celestia settled back down on her throne and flicked an ear in annoyance. She knew she had to know about the inner workings and mechanics of the Rangers, but all the talk was more boring than her courts. Suddenly, her ears perked up at Billy's next words.

"In conclusion, I believe we will have six individual zords, three 'warriorzord combinations' and one Megazord with six individual modes. That should be plenty."

Celestia did the math in her head and frowned lightly. Fifteen options sounded like a lot and she wondered if they really needed all those options. Shrugging to herself, she settled down once more.

Time would tell…

End Flashback

Seeing what damage just one Zord could do strengthened her resolve to see this problem addressed. Fifteen options would mean a lot of on-the-fly strategy changing and she didn't know if her prized student was up to that degree of challenge. She supposed her friends would continue to help her learn and grow. Of course, Billy would be there as well as Dimitria and they would ensure that the Rangers kept some degree of their innocence about them.

As her sister stepped next to her, her thoughts drifted to the reappearance of Discord. The humanoid creature that she had seen had changed during his imprisonment and seemed to not be as content with manipulating words with his alicorn magic. The loss of his horn probably was the cause of it, but as far as she knew there wasn't any force on Equestria capable of cleanly snapping one's horn off. As another thought came to her, she had to swallow hard to keep the bile rising in her throat. She wouldn't entertain that thought a minute longer than she had to…even for her enemy, it seemed like a barbaric thing to have done.

Banishing those thoughts from her mind, she looked at her Rangers again. They were weary, but not beaten down yet. A smile began to form on her lips as she saw a most promising sight.

Billy was fully healed.

TBC…