Greetings, one and all and welcome to another chapter of Quest For Equestria: Harmonic Heroes. I hope your going to enjoy it as much as I had writing it and now on to the review.
kyrogue23: I'm going to save that fight for the Arc finale. I liked the comic, and it gave some closure as to what had happened to Chrysalis.
and now on to the story.
Morgenstern sits on his throne lost in thought, until he hears Mizuki enter and taking a knee before him. He felt annoyed by this, though his face didn't show any emotions, he had told her many times she wouldn't need to kneel before him anymore, but he guessed old habits die hard.
He gestured for her to stand up, and she spoke as she did, "My master... Chrysalis has failed. Shall I command the soldiers to abandon...", she told but felt silent as her master raised his hand.
"Tell Byron to bring down the barriers that hide the Chrystal Empire from the Worlds. We do not have to fear that they will catch on to our plans. Celestia will think that idiot Sombra has returned all on his own." he commanded slouching back in his throne, his red head apprentice give a nod showing she understood.
Back over at Equestria, specificly Shoveitupyourass Street 15, Sutakira is busy reading 'The Potter And Kent Chronicles', while Phoenix is observing himself in a mirror.
"I don't know...", the red head muttered to himself, as he placed his hands on his stomach, using his other hand to lift his purple shirt. Sutakira looked up from his book, noticing his friend odd behavior, "What are you doing?" he asked but Phoenix told him it was nothing, "Alright then." the blunette tries to resume his reading.
He couldn't read long, as Phoenix shouted dramatically, "I'm fat, okay? I'm a fatty! This isn't normal anymore!" he gestured over his body, sure he wasn't ripped but he did had some nice tones to it.
"Sorry, I asked." Sutakira said, not looking up from his book, "But your not fat." he added, trying to cheer him up.
"Do you think I'm attractive?" a pouting Phoenix asked, crossing his arms and looking at his friend. Sutakira quickly looked through the room, to see if maybe he was being recorded, "Uhm... no." he said slowly.
This statement made Phoenix shout, "Precisely! I'm fat!", he than laid down on the couch, his hands covering his face. "No, that's not it." Sutakira explained, looking up from his book, "I'm straight so it would be weird for me to say I find you attractive. What's wrong with you?", this question gained a shrug from Phoenix.
"I don't know. I'm straight too." the red head admitted, just as Rainbow Dash entered the living room, having heard the last part of their conversation. "Who is straight?" she asked with a smirk on her face.
Sutakira pointed at the red head, while looking back at his book, "Kyle is straight... According to himself.", his answer made the rainbow haired girl laugh. "Okay.", she chuckled, gaining an offended look from Phoenix. "What do you mean? 'okay'?", he said offended, "Don't you believe I'm straight? Do I have to prove it, Rainbro?"
"Straight guys don't have to prove anything if they are straight." Sutakira said annoyed, as he tried to concentrate on his book.
"How did we got to this topic? I'm insecure about my weight, not my sexual orientation.", Phoenix said with a raised eyebrow as Rainbow gave him a puzzling look. "Why are you guys doing so weird? There is nothing wrong with people with a different sexual preference.", she said as Phoenix agreed.
About a half hour later, Sutakira came out of the toilet room, noticing that Rainbow wasn't there anymore. "I just saw a gigantic spider." he said to Phoenix, taking a seat back in his chair.
"I hate spiders." Phoenix said, still laying on the sofa staring up at the ceiling, "I have nothing against ants, although they look like spiders. Anyways you saw a gigantic spider?"
"Yeah, I killed it." Sutakira said causally, the reaction he got wasn't what he was expecting. "What!?" Phoenix shouted, sitting straight up and looking at him in complete shock, "Did you just killed it in cold blood? Your an murderer!"
Sutakira had to take a second look around the room to be absolutely sure if he was not being filmed, "I'm a murderer because I killed a little spider?" he asked slowly.
"Oh you just said it was a gigantic spider!", Phoenix shouted, making the other face palm at the complete idiocy of the situation. "What's the big deal? It's not the end of the world!", Sutakira asked, just as he said that Rainbow re-entered the room with Fluttershy right behind her.
"There he is Fluttershy!", Rainbow declared, pointing at Sutakira.
"You just took the life of a innocent spider! Who the hell do you think you are!?" Fluttershy shouted, which startled Sutakira a bit, the pink haired girl never raised her voice. "The hell? All this for just a little spider?", Sutakira asked.
"Oh a little while ago you claimed it was a gigantic spider! Who do you think you are, God? Who are you to decided who lives and who dies!? This is not how it works!", Fluttershy shouted, the blunette was actually becoming scared.
"Rainbow, why did you call Fluttershy for something this small?", Sutakira asked as Rainbow gave him a worried look. "I'm sorry, but I heard your conversation and I had too! You need to change! Look at yourself! You've become a monster! Your totally out of control! There is foam on your mouth!"
Sutakira for the moment had no response, slowly placing his thumb to the corner of his mouth to check for foam, just in case. Not feeling any there, he only came to one conclusion as to why they were acting this way, "...Are you guys on drugs or what?"
Rainbow and Phoenix look to the side, pretty much confirming his theory as Fluttershy said, "...I ask the questions!"
Earlier that day, at Fluttershy's cottage, Phoenix, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and McGrath are sitting in a circle in the living room. "Alright, we all eat one portions of Magic Mushroom, alright?" Phoenix said, with the others agreeing.
"I find this kinda scary.", Fluttershy admitted, gaining a blush on her cheeks, "I never done this."
"Me neither." Rainbow admitted, as McGrath chuckled. "Don't worry about it. I sometimes ate them while I was working." he said as he took one.
"Twilight, you home?" Skywalker asked as he entered the Golden Oak library. Upon entrance, he saw Spike sorting out the shelves. "You need help with that?" Skywalker offered, but Spike declined.
"She's in her room." the dragon said, as he placed a book in the right row. Skywalker thanked him before walking up to Twilight's room and knock on her door.
"Twilight. It's me, your favorite Jason. Can I come in?", Skywalker said, but no answer came. Instead, she opens the door using her magic. He saw Twilight sitting on her bed, staring out the window.
"Something wrong?" he asked worriedly, she surprised him when she suddenly quickly looked at him. "Jason, I have a favor to ask of you." Twilight said determent, "I want you to teach me how to fight! After the wedding, I noticed how I was great with the theory of magic but not in it's practical use. So teach me how to fight!"
This request was sudden but Skywalker nodded, "Alright, but just so you know. I am a harsh teacher."
"That was pathetic." Skywalker said as he crossed his arms as Twilight dropped to her ass, panting heavily, "Had I used 10% of my power, you would be a pile of ash."
It had been a month since Skywalker and Twilight started to train, she had thus far learned quickly. The only thing she had trouble the first two weeks was her reaction time, but even that she picked up quickly. Conjuring a shield was easy for her, heck it was one of the first spells she learned, but for one reason or another, Twilight had difficulties keeping her shield up under pressure.
Skywalker did noticed that his friend had come a long way, he could see it by just looking at her. When she used a spell, the area around her started to crackle with magic, if she kept it up at this rate she could be some real competition.
"Look, Twily. I'm not your enemy.", Skywalker explained, as they walked over the Main Square, heading for Sugercube Corner for something to drink, "Fear is your enemy. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
Twilight nodded her head, "I know. I'm just having difficulties keeping it up. You make it look so easy... I mean your telekinetic control is really amazing.", she said complimenting him.
"Oh? Is that not normal?", Skywalker asked in his usual calm voice, which made it very difficult to know if he was joking or serious. "Like it ever would be!", Twilight said half laughing.
"People are acting strange." the voice of Rainbow said behind them, turning around they saw her approach them. "So you notice too, huh?" Big Mac said as he, Phoenix and McGrath walked up from the other side. Looking around they did noticed that everybody around town was acting... weird. Most seem to be looking off into space, or not noticing their surroundings.
"Everypony is acting so strange today." Twilight noted, suddenly Griffifth dropped out of a nearby tree startling the Magi. "Why do you keep saying, everPONY?" he asked Twilight, gaining a puzzling look from her, "We would know what you have meant if you said anyBODY. You see that's the thing everybody is doing just because everybody else is doing it." he said leaning against a tree, she didn't really had an answer for that.
"As I was saying... I've been trying to plan a viewing celebration for the secretariat comet this week and I can't get anyone to listen to me at all!" Twilight explained, much to their surprise.
"Jason!" Applejack shouted as she came rushing to the group, "My sister and her crew are being as peculiar as everybody else. Something ain't right." she explained, this was food for thought, as soon the rest of the Harmonic Heroes arrived, and they had also noted that everybody in the village acted strange.
"Guys!" Sutakira broke them out of their train of thought, they saw what got him so scared, the citizens are currently approaching them not unlike a typical zombie horde. "Uh... I think we should move this conversation to somewhere more... Private?" Fluttershy suggested as everybody agreed and made a mad run for the Golden Oak library.
As soon as everybody got inside, Griffifth and Big Mac quickly barricaded the door. "What is wrong with everybody!?" Big Mac shouted, surprising the rest, this must be the first time that he raised his voice.
"Wait... This is too familiar. This reminds me of every bad zombie movie I have ever seen.", Twilight said, it also reminded her of something else, but at the moment she couldn't say what.
"Well if we found ourselves in a horror movie, it was nice knowing you Moody." Phoenix said sadly patting his brown haired friend on the back, making everybody look at him, "In horror movies the pretty boy dies first... Unless there is a black guy, then they die first.", his friend gave a heavy sigh as Rarity did a heavy intake.
"Of course! The royal wedding! The one were Princess Cadance was replaced by a Changeling!", Rarity said.
"Spike!" Twilight commanded, getting the attention from the small purple dragon, "Take a letter!"
Dear, Princess Celestia.
Changelings are invading Ponyville. Please send help!
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle
As fast as she had send it, they got a letter back, "Wow, that was fast.", Griffifth said as Twilight reads the content out loud.
Dear correspondent: I am unavailable due to a royal emergency. Please try sending your letter again at a later time.
"Looks like we're on our own... again..." Skywalker said, rubbing the side of his head, "I think we need to come up with a plan. There are too many to fight head on."
"Uhm... I would be okay with waiting until the princess is available." Fluttershy said with her soft voice, but Applejack interrupted her. "My sister is missin and if those things are responsible, we need to find out what is going on!" the blonde apple farmer said, gaining a nod from the guys.
"We can't just go out there, like Jason said, we need a plan." Fluttershy said, this was true. Before anyone could give a suggestion, "Okay boys and girls! And Dragon..." Pinkie started, gaining the attention of everybody in the room, "We are going to blend in!"
"That's..." McGrath said slowly, making the pink one think she had said something stupid, "Ingenious! Sneak in behind the enemy lines!".
To be continued, hope you enjoyed it. Many thanks to everyone who reads, reviews, favorite or follows this story, you beautiful bastards. For now I wish you all a fantastic day and I will see you ladies and gents, next time.