Episode 03: The Moon's Shadow

"It looks like Gentaro is trending right now," Pinkie said as she looked at her phone. After eating at the ice cream parlor, Gentaro, Pinkie, and Twilight walked together in town.

"Already?" Gentaro asked. Pinkie showed him and Twilight a story someone posted on their social media account. The post was a video of Fourze flying in the sky with Orion on the bike. Another post that someone made was a photo of Fourze descending from space in a parachute.

"Everyone from our school seems to be talking about Gentaro's superhero identity," Pinkie stated. "Some are making up names like Rocket."

"I'm not surprised. I think there were a few bystanders when you flew out of the gym with Orion," Twilight said.

"Yeah, according to the president a few witnesses came forward and asked her about Fourze," Gentaro said.

"You might want to be careful when you transform into the public. Now that the public is aware of Fourze's existence, they could potentially stick around during a Zodiart attack just to catch a glimpse of a superhero in action," Twilight said.

"Nah, I wouldn't worry about that. Any sane person usually bolts out of a scene the second a monster appears. It always happens in a movie," Pinkie said. "Take the athletes for example. They're some of the strongest people on campus and yet they were running out of the gym like chickens."

"Huh, that's a good point."

"What about you Twilight?" Gentaro asked. "Now that you have that magical girl stuff going on, are you concerned about transforming in public?"

"I'll do what I can to help but it's going to be harder for me to fight in public since I don't have a mask-like Gentaro. I'll probably have to ask Celestia about a spell that might help conceal my identity."

After walking down the block, the three reached a bus stop. Gentaro split off from the group and stood by the sign as the bus approached.

"Looks like this is where we part ways, I'll see ya tomorrow," Gentaro said before boarding the bus. Pinkie and Twilight waved goodbye to their friend.

Since their houses were in the same direction, Twilight and Pinkie walked home together. Pinkie had an "aha" moment and expressed it with an excited smile.

"Hey, can I come over to your place? I need help with a project," Pinkie said.

"Sure thing," Twilight said.

A few minutes later, Twilight arrived at her apartment with Pinkie.

"Mom! Dad! I brought home a friend!" Twilight announced as she entered her home.

"Wow, you actually brought home a friend for once, and here I thought you were anti-social," Spike teased as he peeked into the hallway.

Twilight scoffed and said, "This is my younger brother, Spike."

"Nice to meet you!" Pinkie exclaimed as she shook his hand violently. "I'm Pinkie Pie!"

Twilight took Pinkie to her room. She sat down on her desk while the guest sat on her bed.

"So what do you need help with? English?" Twilight asked.

"Nope, I'm passing that class," Pinkie said.

"Math?"

"I got a straight C, so I'm good."

"Then what subject do you need help with?" Twilight asked.

"I don't help at school, silly. Not every project I do is related to it," Pinkie said. "I need help designing a banner for our new group!"

"Excuse me?" Twilight asked with a confused expression.

"Y'know, me, you, Gentaro, Kengo, and maybe Rainbow Dash."

"Why do you want to make a banner though?"

"Well, I looked around that secret base of yours and there's a lot of open space on the walls. I think we could do a little decorating to make our place more interesting," Pinkie said.

"I'm pretty sure Kengo would tear it down if he saw the banner on the wall," Twilight pointed out.

"Not if we superglue it," Pinkie said. She pulled out a box of colored pencils from her hair and a rolled-up poster from her backpack. "Now come on, let's brainstorm some ideas here."

Twilight smirked as she started to appreciate Pinkie's company a bit more. She never had the opportunity to be around people who wanted to include her in their activities. Her time both in Canterlot and Crystal Prep was spent alone. Even though she had Kengo as her only friend, he never wanted to do anything outside of designing Astroswitches.

When Kengo got home, he immediately started working on designing the Astroswitches. Now that the Zodiarts are making their moves and that Gentaro is officially Fourze, Kengo needs to create more Astroswitches to get the upper hand. Even though the Rabbit Hatch is the place to manufacture the Astroswitches, Kengo does a lot of designing in his very own home.

The suitcase Kengo carries around all the time was the Linkup Terminal. It carries all of the Astroswitches. It has a built-in terminal that collects data, summons the Powerdizer or the ORB-40F, and communicates with Fourze. Kengo also stored blueprints on future Astroswitches modules. One of the modules he's working on is the Hopping Switch. A rough 3D model of Fourze has the Hopping Module attached to his right leg. It's a huge, pink pogo stick beneath his foot.

As Kengo worked on perfecting the Hopping Module's design, a knight in black armor jumped through his window. The black knight had a crescent-shaped ornament over his faceplate, covering his left side. Kengo jumped out of his seat and grabbed the Linkup Terminal. He bolted out of his room in an attempt to escape the knight. A second knight crashed through the rooftop and pointed his lance at Kengo. When Kengo turned around, he saw the first knight right behind him.

"In the name of Princess Luna, you're coming with us!" one of the knights exclaimed.

"Luna…" Kengo muttered. The name was familiar and suddenly he remembered he heard it from Twilight's story about Equestria. He sighed and said, "... Great."

"And done!" Pinkie exclaimed as she raised the poster. The poster had Fourze's helmet as the main icon. On the upper left corner of the poster was Twilight's gem that she used to transform. Spike, who entered the room awhile ago to watch the Kamen Rider documentary from yesterday, glanced at the poster as well.

"Are you guys making a poster for a Kamen Rider?" Spike asked.

"Yeah, you could say that," Pinkie said.

"Why did you put that gem in the corner?" Spike asked. Pinkie glanced at Twilight for any approval to tell Spike about Twilight's magical secret. Twilight nodded no and gestured to stay quiet by zipping her mouth.

"It's because of the magical girl that fights alongside him."

"A magical girl? Why would someone as cool as a Kamen Rider team up with some girly superhero?" Spike questioned. Twilight glanced a quick scowl at Spike before turning away. "So what's with this poster?"

"We're planning to make it for our hang-out spot in school," Pinkie said. "Oh, Twilight! Do you think we can throw a party up there?"

"A party? I don't think Kengo would appreciate such a large crowd being in the Rabbit Hatch," Twilight said.

"Well, what if we keep it between us friends? It'll just be you, me, Kengo, Gentaro, Rainbow, and maybe Miura when he gets out of the hospital."

I guess he wouldn't be that mad if we throw a small scale party," Twilight said.

"Can I come to the party?" Spike asked.

"Sure thing!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Sweet! Maybe I can tell Twilight's friends all of the embarrassing childhood stories," Spike joked, causing Twilight to have a panicked look while blushing.

"D-don't you dare! No one must know about the Voyager song!" Twilight shouted.

"The what song?" Pinkie asked.

"Heh, in fifth-grade Twilight wrote and sang a song about the Voyager satellites for a talent show," Spike explained.

"The what-?" Pinkie asked.

"The satellite that explored the solar system," Twilight said while blushing. Pinkie noticed her embarrassed friend and decided to tease her more.

"Ooh, do you have a video of it?"

"Heck yeah, I do!" Spike proclaimed.

"Nooo! Don't!" Twilight shouted with a flustered expression.

Pinkie and Spike laughed over Twilight's expression. Suddenly there was a blue light emitting from Twilight's backpack. She pulled out the jewelry cases containing the Elements of Harmony and opened them. She pulled out the gem of the Element of Laughter, which is symbolized in a blue balloon. She pointed it at Pinkie and it glowed even brighter. Spike took his eyes off the laptop screen and was confused by the glowing light.

"No way…" Twilight muttered as she realized what this meant.

"Ha! I knew it!" Pinkie exclaimed as she jumped off Twilight's bed and grabbed the gem. "Transform!"

The gem entered Pinkie's body and her body was engulfed in pink light. Twilight and Spike covered their eyes as the light was blinding them. When the light vanished, Pinkie was wearing a headpiece similar to Twilight's. It was white with blue accents across it. It had an ornament of a pink pony with blue eyes and a mane similar to Pinkie's haircut. Pinkie wore a pink shirt that showed off her midriff along with matching shorts. The shirt had a blue cape pin that was in the shape of a balloon. She had silver gauntlets with blue, bulging gems on them. Finally to top off Pinkie's costume was pink boots and white knee socks with silver accents.

"Haha, suck it Kengo! I am part pony!" Pinkie exclaimed. Spike could drop his jaw over what he is seeing.

"S-she just transformed in front of my eyes!" Spike thought. "Also did she say that she's part pony?"

Twilight sighed as she sat down next to her brother. She said, "I wanted to keep this a secret for as long as possible but someone had to transform in front of me."

"It's not my fault that the Elements of Harmony started glowing in front of us!" Pinkie shouted defensively.

"Well, anyways…." Twilight said. Twilight and Pinkie were suddenly teleported out of their room and Spike jumped out of the bed. He looked around to see if they disappeared and panicked when he couldn't find anyone.

Twilight and Pinkie were teleported in the middle of a forest.

"How did we get here?" Pinkie asked.

"I think we got summoned here," Twilight said. The two of them heard a group of footsteps approaching them. They turned to the direction and saw two knights in black, a woman dressed in black and Kengo.

"You were summoned here by me," the woman said.

"Kengo!" Twilight cried out for her friend. The woman in front of them irradiated a cold aura. "Who are you?"

"I am Princess Luna, the sole and rightful ruler of Equestria!" Luna proclaimed. Twilight and Pinkie gasped and Twilight took a few steps back. She is not prepared to fight against someone as strong as Luna. Luna sensed the fear in Twilight and smirked. "I remember you, Twilight. You used to be such a prominent and powerful Unicorn in all of Equestria, after all, you were Celestia's magical prodigy. Look at you now, a clueless teenager who can barely understand the basics."

Luna glanced at Pinkie, who was still transformed by the Element of Harmony. "It looks like you found the second user, the Element of Laughter. Although, I'm sure she's equally as inexperienced as you."

Luna laughed at Twilight. Twilight pulled out her gem and shouted, "Transform!"

In a flash of light, Twilight transformed into her magical outfit. Even though Twilight is magically empowered in this form, she is still inexperienced.

"It's honestly pathetic to see what you've become. I don't feel like fighting you in this state," Luna said.

With a snap of the fingers, the Lunar Knights approached Twilight and Pinkie. Twilight raised her arm and fired magical projectiles at them. The Lunar Knights blocked each bolt of magic Twilight fired. Pinkie attempted to do the same thing by imitating her but was not successful.

"How do I fire magic like you?" Pinkie asked.

"Celestia explained to me that the Elements of Harmony are tied with classical elements like fire and earth. Maybe you can control them!" Twilight said.

The knights charged at the girls and they were forced to run since they have no means of fighting them in close range. Luna turned to Kengo, who was still standing there. She grabbed him by the cheeks and turned his head towards her.

"You're going to summon the Kamen Rider for me. Those two brats don't know anything about magic and they don't offer that much of a challenge. Fourze on the other hand seems to be a capable fighter," Luna said.

"I'm not going to get Fourze just because you told me to," Kengo stated, trying to stand his ground and resist. Luna slapped the boy for disobeying her. She noticed him down on the ground.

"You're in no position to talk back to me! If you don't summon the Kamen Rider, I'll make sure those two girls suffer," Luna said. Kengo glared at Luna as he reluctantly opened the Linkup Terminal.

"And done!" Gentaro exclaimed as he threw the broom to the side.

Gentaro wrapped up sweeping the balcony of the apartment. He sat down on a chair and admired the view of the suburbs. He heard a honking noise coming from the alley below. He initially ignored it as he assumed it was a random car passing by. The honking continued for another minute and Gentaro finally looked over the balcony. He saw the ORB-40F in the alley. Gentaro realized the motorcycle was calling him.

"Oh, I see," Gentaro said. He pieced together what was going on and pulled out the Fourze Driver. He attached the Driver into his waist and flicked the switches.

3…

Gentaro puts his hands on the railing.

2…

He leaped over the railing.

1…

"Henshin!" Gentaro shouted as he pulled the lever. He transformed into Fourze while in the air. The Kamen Rider used his propulsion pack to safely land on top of ORB-40F. He revved the engines of the bike and shouted, "Uchu Kitai!"

Fourze drove out of the alley and raced down the street. The Radar Astroswitch began to ring and Gentaro flicked it.

Radar on

Kengo appeared on the screen, and it looked like he was in the forest.

"What's wrong, Kengo?" Fourze asked.

"It looks like Twilight's story about magical ponies is true. We've been both taken to the forest by Princess Luna," Kengo said.

"Luna? The one who destroyed Equestrian?!"

Kengo nodded yes and said, "I'm sending you our coordi-"

The Linkup Terminal was lifted from the ground and pointed towards Luna.

"If you don't want to see your friends blasted to dust, you better get over here as soon as possible!" Luna demanded.

"So you must be the one who destroyed the pony world!" Fourze exclaimed.

"Heh, is that what Celestial told you? Of course, she would pin the blame only on me when it was her who cast me to the shadows."

"I don't 'bout that stuff! All I know is that you're going to hurt my friends! That's a good enough reason to kick your ass!"

"If you don't want to see them hurt, you better hurry then. The two elements are amateurs who won't last against my soldiers."

The feed to the Linkup Terminal was cut off.

"Two elements?" Fourze wondered. "Has a second one been found already?"

Fourze revved up his engine and drove off with the motorcycle. A little while later in another of the town, a girl with a Stetson hat and a blonde ponytail was loading crates of apples onto a pick-up truck. The girl wore an orange flannel with short sleeves and short blue jeans. When she finished up, she closed the tailgate. She wiped the sweat off her head after a long day of work. The girl got a phone call and picked it up. The ID said it was from Rainbow Dash.

"What happened to ya? I thought we were gonna hang out today?" the girl said. She had a southern accent.

"Sorry, Applejack, something came up," Rainbow Dash said.

"Ah-huh," Applejack with disbelief in her tone. "So where are you?"

"At the hospital but don't worry, I'm not injured."

"Why are ya the hospital?"

"Okay, you're not going to believe this but Miura was the one who attacked the school!"

"Wait, the school was attacked?"

"Seriously? I know you're not at school because someone has to look out for the farm but again, seriously?"

"That's what happens when ya have the responsibility of two adults. Back to the topic, Miura attacked the school? He doesn't seem to be the type."

"That's the thing! He may not look like it but he can transform into a monster! Ask any student around and they'll say that a monster attacked the school yesterday!"

"And you know that he's a monster because…?" Applejack paused for a response.

"Because he called me by my real name and sounded just like him despite being all distorted."

"Hm, so did ya kick his butt then?"

"Nope, but some superhero did show up," Rainbow Dash said.

"A superhero?"

"Look, I'm not the only one who saw him! So don't think I'm lying! But yeah, he's a guy that wears all white, orange eyes and rides a motorcycle."

Applejack heard a motorcycle in the distance and saw Fourze driving along the road. She dropped both her phone and jaw at the sight of Fourze. Applejack quickly picked up her phone.

"Is everything okay?"

"No, I think I just saw that superhero you're talkin' about."

"Why would Gentaro be at the acres?"

"Who?"

"Aw, dammit, I wasn't supposed to say his name. His hero identity must've slipped my mind! Can you keep it a secret please?"

"Well, it's none of my business to spread other's secrets."

"One more thing, do you think you can tail him for a bit? I want to know why he's out there."

"Sorry but I have my responsibilities here. Plus I'm not interested to get gettin' up in a superhero's business.

"You're no fun," Rainbow Dash said.

Pinkie was throwing rocks at the Lunar Knight. The Knight shrugged off any rocks that were thrown in its direction.

"Looks like earth is off the list," Pinkie said as she pulled out a birthday candle and lighter from her hair. She lit the candle and tossed it at the Knight. The candle bounced off the Knight and landed in front of him. He stepped on it and extinguished its flames. She said, "Fire is also a no go. At least he cares about preventing forest fires."

The Lunar Knight thrusted his lance towards Pinkie. She quickly dodged the attack, barely missing it. She fell backward and rolled down a hill that she was unaware of. Pinkie glanced behind her and saw a lake.

"If fire and earth are out of the table, then maybe…" Pinkie thoughts were interrupted when As Pinkie stood up, the Lunar Knight leaped into the air and attempted to impale Pinkie. Pinkie waved her arm in a quick motion and water from the lake was shot out. The quick stream of water knocked the Lunar Knight out of the air and pushed him back against the hill. Pinkie gave a playful smirk at the newly discovered powers.

Twilight was busy dealing with the second Lunar Knight. Unlike the Dustards from earlier, the Lunar Knights are skilled and calculating. The Lunar Knight thrusted his spear but was blocked by Twilight's shield. When the bubble lowered, Twilight fired a magic bolt at the knight but he deflected it. As the Knight pulled back his lance to attack, Twilight locked him in place under her telekinesis spell.

"Come on, hold…" Twilight muttered as she struggled to lift the Lunar Knight.

It felt like Luna's soldier was fighting back against her spell. Not only was moving him hard but trying to keep him in place was also a hard thing to accomplish. The field of energy surrounding the Lunar Knight shattered like glass and Twilight felt a sharp pain in her head. The Lunar Knight tried to attack Twilight again but the sound of a motorcycle honking distracted him.

Fourze drove his bike in-between Twilight and the Lunar Knight. Thanks to the Kamen Rider, the Lunar Knight stopped his attack and stepped back. Fourze drifted his bike and turned around to face Twilight.

"Yo," Fourze said as he got off his bike. "So another Zodiart, huh?

"He's no Zodiart, he's a loyal knight under my control," Luna said. Fourze turned around and saw Luna.

"You…" Fourze muttered. He pointed his finger at Luna and shouted "Where's Kengo?"

"He's a weak boy who can't fight back. If he was a threat I'd kill him on the spot. You, on the other hand, you're the one I want."

"Alright, I'll give you a fight if ya want. Let's do this mano-a-mano!" Fourze shouted. Luna smirked and shadowy wings appeared on her back. Fourze turned to Twilight and asked, "Can you handle the knight by yourself?"

"I'll try," Twilight said. The two turned to their opponents and charged at them.

Even though she just discovered them, Pinkie is already showing decent mastery over her control over water. With a trail of water behind her, she whipped the Lunar Knight from a safe distance. He tried his best to block the constant whipping but the water would only go through the spear and hit him.

"All this attacking is making me sweat," Pinkie panted. "I need to cool off-"

And just like that, the water trail around her fell on top and froze her in an icy shell. The Lunar Knight charged and attacked Pinkie. Luckily for her, the ice shielded any devastating blow.

"I have powers over ice too!" Pinkie shouted as she jumped up. Since she was right next to a lake, she had a bubble of water jump out and land on top of the Lunar Knight. She completely froze him solid in ice. The layer of ice was thicker and made it hard for the Lunar Knight to break free. "Kinda dumb to attack a person who controls water right next to a lake. I was being kind to you but you caught me with my pants down. That's some that I can't let go!"

A stream of water flew into Pinkie's hands and formed a mallet. She looked at the weapon she created and was unsatisfied with its size. She threw it aside and a bigger stream of water flew into her hands and formed an even bigger hammer. With all her strength she jumped in the air and lifted the hammer. Pinkie smashed the Lunar Knight into pieces that quickly dispersed into a shadowy mist. Pinkie panted as using both the magic and lifting a heavy hammer in the air has completely exhausted her.

Twilight was being chased by the knight and tried to blast him with her magic to distance herself from him. The Knight easily dodged or blocked each incoming bolt with ease. Twilight leaped behind a fallen tree trunk. She looked over it and saw the knight still pursuing her. Twilight inhaled and exhaled before using her telekinesis powers to lift the tree trunk from the ground and tossed it to the Lunar Knight. The ground soldier tried to turn around and run from it but it crushed him before he could move his legs. The knight's body was dispersed in a shadowy cloud.

"Twilight!" Pinkie shouted as she approached her. She carried a normal-sized sledgehammer made out of ice.

"It looks like you're getting used to your element quite well," Twilight said.

"Yeah, well it somehow comes naturally to me," Pinkie explained.

"Come on, we have to go find Gentaro. I feel like he won't stand a chance against Luna by himself!"

Gentaro, armed with the Rocket, flew through the forest while avoiding Luna's magical bolts. Gentaro made a U-turn around a tree and faced Luna head-on. She raised a bubble shield. The Rocket pushed against it but Fourze was bounced off. The propulsion pack made it easier for him to land safely. The Kamen Rider flicked two switches on the driver.

Launched on!

Gentaro fired a barrage of missiles at Luna. She lowered the shield and flew away because the explosion could overwhelm her shield and breakthrough it. Luna flew at a high speed to keep away from the missiles. She turned around and chucked a shadow ball at one of them, causing a chain reaction and destroying all the missiles at once.

Drill on!

Fourze flew through the smoke with the Rocket, extending his left leg with the Drill module. Luna easily dodged Fourze's attack by dashing to the side. The Kamen Rider flicked the Drill module off and used the propulsion pack to land safely on the ground. He pulled off the switched the Launcher Astroswitch with the Chainsaw one.

Chainsaw on!

Fourze dashed forward with the propulsion pack and swung his right leg. The Chainsaw popped out of his leg. Luna disappeared in a puff of black clouds and appeared right behind Fourze. She blasted the Kamen Rider in the back with a magical bolt. Fourze fell and faced Luna. Her right hand was powering up for a charged projectile.

"Even though you're a better fighter than those two amateurs, I'm still leagues better than you," Luna taunted. "What a shame. I thought Kamen Riders were this planet's greatest heroes."

Before Luna could attack, several missiles were fired at her. Luna evaded the attack by teleporting out of the way. She and Fourze looked at the direction the missiles were fired at and saw the Powerdizer in vehicle mode. It charged at Luna before it transformed into a large mech. Luna projected a bubble shield and the Powerdizer kept on punching it. The sheer raw strength of the Powerdizer was slowly breaking the bubble shield apart. The Powerdizer raised both of its arms to smash the bubble. The fallen princess quickly teleported at the last second.

Luna appeared in front of the Powerdizer with a charged attack and blasted Fourze with a beam of shadowy energy. The blast knocked down the large mech but it quickly got back on its leg. The cockpit opened, revealing Kengo. He was covered in sweat and looked like he was about to pass out.

"Kengo? What're you doing here? I thought you weren't in any condition to fight," Fourze said.

"I don't care about that! If what Twilight said is true, then this woman played a hand in the creation of the Zodiarts and my father's death!" Kengo proclaimed. Fourze was speechless. He didn't know what to say to Kengo. The Kamen Rider didn't want to see his friend go berserk over getting revenge but at the same time, this woman is the reason he suffered.

"I'm not going to die in that metal casket, let me and Twilight handle this," Fourze said.

"Remember I only permitted you to use the Fourze Driver to fight against the Zodiarts. I never asked you to get involved any further than that!" Kengo shouted as the cockpit sealed.

"Gentaro!" Twilight shouted as she approached them with Pinkie right behind her.

"You two are alright?!" Fourze shouted as turned around and faced them. The Kamen Rider glanced at Pinkie. This was the first time he saw her in her magic form. "Huh? Pinkie? You're a pony as well?!"

"Of course I am!" Pinkie exclaimed. She smirked while posing, "Can't you tell by my spectacular appearance!"

Fourze looked up and down. He noticed that it was a bit more revealing than Twilight's costume. He muttered, "Well spectacular isn't something that comes up…"

"So four little kids think they can stop me?!" Luna shouted, getting everyone's attention back.

"Not just any kids! We're the Elements of Harmony!" Pinkie exclaimed as she wrapped her arm around Twilight's and tugged her close. "Plus a superhero and a robot!"

"Hm, two elements aren't enough to defeat me.," Luna said with a smirk. "To prove my point, I'll allow one of you to attack me and I won't do anything to avoid or block it."

"Now's our chance!" Kengo exclaimed. He took a few steps with the Powerdizer but Twilight ran in front of the large mechs with her arms out open.

"Wait! You can't just attack her with the Powerdizer! We don't know her full strength yet!" Twilight pointed out. "Your attack might even just kill you!"

"Get out of my way, Twilight. She's the reason why I have this burden!" Kengo shouted.

"Even though I'm giving them an open to attack, they're arguing," Luna scoffed.

"You're not the only one who suffered because of her! Remember what she did to Equestria. I may not have the memories of when I was a Unicorn but if she did something that evil to me in another lifetime, then I have the same right as you have to pay her back."

Kengo sighed and stepped back.

"Maybe if I use a Limit Break move like I did earlier, maybe I-" Fourze was interrupted by Kengo.

"It's pointless. Fourze isn't strong enough to fight against her. Her cosmic energy greatly exceeds any Astroswitches we have. We can only put our trust into Twilight and Pinkie," Kengo said before sighing. He was reluctant to allow these two but maybe they have a better fighting chance. "Whatever you have to do Twilight, do it."

Kengo had no idea how strong her "magic" is compared to Luna's. If the Elements of Harmony are as strong as Twilight says, they'll be strong enough to take her out.

"Do what you have to do Twilight!" Fourze exclaimed.

"So can us Elements do against someone like her?" Pinkie asked. Twilight grabbed her hand and began to focus her thoughts on reaching the Elements of Harmony. "Please Elements of Harmony, for the safety of my friends and myself, help us."

The four remaining crystals began to emit light. Spike, who was still in their room and panicking over her disappeared sister, noticed the light from Twilight's backpack. Twilight and Pinkie had a white aura radiating from their body and began to levitate.

"Hm, she's using the six Elements even though she has only two of them," Luna thought

"Friendship's magic!" Twilight shouted. A rainbow-colored beam fired from the white light and directly hit Luna. Smoke covered the area as the two girls landed on the ground. The attack drained a lot of stamina and the two could barely stand on their legs.

"Do you think that did the trick?" Pinkie asked.

"I hope so…" Twilight replied. They heard laughing from the smoke and came out Luna.

"Do you think you can use the Elements of Harmony against me when you only have two elements?! The six gems can only achieve their full power when they all find their users!" Luna explained. "Now that I've given your turn, now for mine!"

Luna raised her hand and a dark orb began to grow on her palm. She said, "No more playing around! You'll now face the full power of an Alicorn!"

Fourze stood in front of Twilight and Pinkie, ready to shield them from whatever Luna throws at them. The cockpit to the Powergizer closed as Kengo was ready to fight as well. Luna fired the dark orb but a white comet landed in front of them. Celestia appeared and raised a shield. Celestia managed to save the four high schoolers from the devastating attack.

"Huh, what do you know? After all this talk about magical ponies, I was wondering when I would get to see one," Fourze remarked.

Celestia turned around and said, "Sorry for arriving so late Twilight. Thanks to your magical attack, I managed to find you just in time."

"So we finally meet, sister. Tell me why are you in your old form?" Luna asked.

"Because you say that your problems came before we became human: so let's face each other as we were before!" Celestia proclaimed as she flew towards Luna. The two of them disappeared in a bright flash of light, blinding everyone around them.

Twilight and the others suddenly teleported into her room. The surprising appearance caused Spike to trip backward and land on his butt.

"Don't hurt me!" Spike cried out.

"Spike, are you hurt?!" Twilight asked as she got down to help him. Spike opened his eyes and saw her and Pinkie in their magic costumes.

"Huh? Why are you two cosplaying?"

"Does he not know the truth about where you came from?" Kengo asked.

"Huh? Where did he come from?" Spike questioned as he pointed at Kengo.

"Do you honestly think he'll believe that his sister merged with a horse?" Fourze asked.

Spike glanced at the Kamen rider and shouted, "And why is there a Kamen Rider here! What is going on?!"

The door opened and a woman with multi-color hair walked in. The colors were light blue, turquoise, cobalt, and pink. She wore a white tank top with blue jeans.

"Celeste!" Twilight exclaimed. "When did you come back?"

"Just now, I was having some R from in a hotel in Sweden until I sensed the Elements of Harmony being used in such an extreme way," Celeste said.

"What about Luna?" Fourze asked.

"I used a projection to lure her into a trap. She's currently trapped on a deserted island in the Pacific. I'm going to have to keep an eye on it so I can prevent her from escaping. Although, I don't know how long I can hold it," Celeste said.

"Okay, I'm going to have to ask this again…" Spike said before raising his voice drastically, "Can someone tell me what's going on here?!"

Luna sat down on the sand in the large deserted. She tried to fly out of the island but some barriers are preventing her from leaving. As she sat down, she heard footsteps approaching her. She turned around with shadowy projections of her wings and horn appearing. A Zodiart approached her.

"Libra? How did you manage to find me?" Luna asked.

"Our master has methods of tracking you, Luna. You may be an independent agent but he wants to keep a leash on you," Libra said.

"Tell him not to mistake me for one of his Zodiart dogs and remind him again that it was me that helped him achieve his powers!" Luna snapped. "Anyways, why are you here? I'm pretty sure you're not here to have a nice chat."

"No, I'm here for business," Libra said. "With you stuck on the island, it changes our deal. The original deal was that you give us the powers of the zodiacs and horoscopes, and to eliminate the obstacles to our ascension. We can still help you on your revenge quest to kill those six girls who wronged you back in Equestria but how can we expect you to help us if you can't do the latter?"

"Well, I still have the Lunar Knights. They're a better fighting force than those ninjas. I can't give you an entire army to fight since I need my strength to stay alive here, a small squad of them will match about an entire army of those ninjas," Luna said. "Is that enough compensation?"

"Indeed it is, however, our priorities are to evolve our students to become the next Horoscopes. Our numbers are small and with a Kamen Rider and two Elements of Harmony, we need all the help we can get."

"I give you the powers of the stars and my soldiers, and yet you can't do anything in return?"

"You acted on your own will and because of it, you're stuck on this island. Don't blame us for your mistake. Think of it as punishment."

Luna groaned as she summoned half a dozen Lunar Knights. She said, "I'm only doing this because you're the only chance I have against those girls."

"By any chance can you remember the identities of other girls?" Libra asked.

"No, I can't. My memories from Equestria are hazy still. It's still trying to correct itself to my human counterpart. I still think my biggest mistake was merging with my human counterpart months after I arrived on Earth. Since I took so long helping with the creation of the Switches, my strength as an Alicorn slipped away. I still retain a lot of memories but for some odd reason I can't remember their names until the Elements bond with their user."

"That's a shame. By the time you remember all six, they would be at full power," Libra said. A starry portal appeared behind him. "I'll take my leave. I still have human duties to attend to."

"If you need more, you are more than welcome to come back to this island. Just don't expect me to crank a dozen every time."

Libra nodded before leaving with his new soldiers. Luna summoned two more soldiers and said, "I can't sit around this island and wait for all eternity. If Celestia is trapping me here with Equestrian magic then Equestrian magic will help me break free!"

"... And that's the story so far," Celeste said. Everyone stuck around Twilight's room while Celeste caught up Spike to speed. Kengo was busy designing another Astroswitch device on Twilight's desk. Twilight herself was sitting on her bed while paying attention to the story. Pinkie was drawing the gem of her Element of Harmony onto the poster. Meanwhile, Gentaro was sitting right next to her while playing on his phone.

"So let me get this straight: Twilight and Pinkie are part pony while you were a very powerful, magical one in another lifetime, star-themed monsters are attacking Canterlot, and your sister from another world is trying to kill Twilight for revenge?" Spike asked.

Celeste nodded and Spike asked, "So most of this town is part pony, huh. Does that include me?"

"No, Spike, you were a dragon back in Equestria," Celeste said.

"Woah, a dragon? Ha, I didn't know I was so cool! I bet I spent my time burning down villages and eating castles!"

Celeste chuckled and said, "No, you were much more tamer in fact. You were Twilight's assistant."

"What!? An assistant!?" Spike shouted. Twilight laughed at Spike's overreaction. Kengo turned the chair towards Celeste.

"So that means Kisaragi and I are the only ones here who didn't have an Equestrian counterpart, right?" Kengo asked.

"That's right. Even though you weren't Equestrian citizens, you both play an important role in protecting my former citizens," Celeste explained. Gentaro and Kengo were curious about what Celeste meant by that. They both glanced at each other and looked towards Celeste. "Most of Equestria's citizens have counterparts in Canterlot and this city is in danger from those who use Zodiart Switches. With only two Elements of Harmony discovered, we need as much help as we can get."

"My mission is to protect my father's legacy of Switch technology by destroying the Zodiart Switches. Our interests align, so you already have my help," Kengo said.

"Same here!" Gentaro exclaimed. "I just can't sit aside and let these people hurt others!"

"Thank you," Celeste smiled.

"And done!" Pinkie announced as she showed everyone her poster. Pinkie's balloon symbol appeared in the upper right corner. She added the name "Kamen Pony Club" below.

"Looks cool!" Gentaro complimented.

"What's this for?" Kengo questioned.

"It's something to hang up on the walls at the moon base," Pinkie said.

"Woah, you guys have a moon base?" Spike said with a captivated look.

"Y'know, we might as well make a club that focuses on protecting this town from evil."

"No," Kengo said in a cold tone. "I'm not letting you turn the Rabbit Hatch into a clubhouse."

"Aw, come on!" Pinkie cried out. Kengo and Pinkie began to bicker among themselves. Twilight chuckled over the two's exaggerated tones.

Celeste placed her hand over Twilight's shoulder and said, "Twilight, it's time that I go back to Sweden."

Twilight and Spike hugged their sister.

"I wish you could stay longer," Twilight said.

"Same here, but I'm currently looking for an Equestrian artifact that's somewhere in Europe," Celeste said.

"An Equestrian artifact?"

"Equestria may be gone but its most powerful artifacts live on," Celeste said. "I need to get them before Luna does or else she might break free from her island prison. Stay safe, Twilight."

The next day…

Gentaro, Twilight, and Pinkie arrived at the front of the school. Rainbow Dash was there, trying to juggle a soccer ball with her feet. When she saw the three of them, she caught the soccer ball and ran up to them.

"Hey, guys!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Sup," Gentaro said. Gentaro shook Rainbow's hand and fist-pumped. He then pounds his fist downwards and upwards. "How's Miura doing?"

"He's fine. He felt really exhausted after he got out of that cocoon," Rainbow explained. "He's just going to be out of school for a few days until he regains his strength."

"That's great. Can't wait to see him back in school with the rest of us."

"Say can I ask you a favor?"

"Sure what is it?" Gentaro asked.

"Please take me with you on your superhero adventures!"

Author's Note:

Hope you guys enjoy this new chapter. I wanted this chapter to establish our character's motives/goals. I wanted to make the relationship between MLP and Fourze's villains clearer to the audience. They are working with each other because it would be beneficial to do so. How Luna got into the relationship will be revealed much later on.

Let's talk about the Mane Six for a second. I decided not to introduce all of the Mane Six in the first chapter because I felt like rushing through introductions. Since they are the main characters of the story, I want to introduce them with proper scenes rather than a brief cameo. Even though Applejack's introduction had nothing to do with the story, I thought it was at least important to introduce one mane character. I decided to take Mauroz's Applejack and make it less extreme while mixing in regular EG Applejack. I felt like his AJ depiction was too extreme. In my version, she isn't too concerned about making new friends or establishing new relationships. The only exception is a few old friends. She's a family-woman who only wants to look out for her own kin. I like the Mauroz version, she isn't going to shove aside friendship.

Finally, I want to talk about future plotlines for the story. Without going into detail, there are going to be two main types of villains. One is the Zodiarts/Horoscopes and the other are those who use Equestrian artifacts in their own self-interest. These artifacts will vary but some will be from the EG movies while I'll create a few original ones. As for which Zodiarts I'll be using, I'm hoping to use those from the source while creating a few Zodiarts based on unused zodiacs.

Now the final thing I want to touch upon is crossovers with other Kamen Riders. Fourze is an anniversary season so I'll make four chapters on the team-ups. The first two Riders will be Kamen Rider Den-O and Amazon. I wanted to write a homage to Friendship is Timeless, the story that inspired me to write this fanfic. As for Amazon, I wanted to write a chapter about a Showa era Rider.

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