Another chapter done! Alhamdulillah.
Credits: Oreichalcos for being my beta reader.
Disclaimer: I own nothing! These show belonged to their respective owners:
Friendship Is Magic: Lauren Faust and Hasbro
Goseiger: Toei and Saban for licensing for Power Rangers
EPIC 3: LANDICK POWER, DIVIDED
It was a morning in Ponyville just like any other. The birds were chirping happily and the warmth of the early morning sun lingered in the air. As usual, the townsfolk were up and about, working on their daily activities. Two ponies trotted along the path to the library, lead by Spike. He had picked them up from their new house, which was near the edge of the town. The baby dragon explained to them about himself, how he came to be Twilight's assistant and all the important things that he could think of. The Skicks listened to his chatter happily.
"Twilight usually makes a mess when she studies, so I'm the one who usually cleans it all up. Also, I can breathe magical fire to send Twilight's scrolls to Princess Celestia herself!" He said proudly.
"Wow! That sounds so cool Spike!" Eri said before she tapped her brother's shoulder. "Right Alata?"
"Yeah." was all he said when he nodded.
As the library came into view, Spike said, "Well, there it is! Twilight's library."
Alata grinned as he bounced up and down happily. "I'm looking forward to it! Alright!" He scooped up the baby dragon onto his back and twirled briefly. Spike was surprised and the pair earned some stares and laughs from the other ponies around them.
"You know? You guys kinda remind of Pinkie Pie. With all that bouncing and all." Spike commented.
"Really?" Alata asked as both of the Skick ponies looked at each other before shrugging and resumed their walk towards the library.
The library was a mess. Books were littered everywhere on the floor, some of which were eventually pulled up and put back on their respective shelves. A faint glow appeared on Twilight's horn as she used the feather duster to clean up the covers. It had been one of her crazy study weekends, filled with lots of research on things that had caught her eye while she was researching other things. Since she was exhausted due to everything that had happened recently, the mess had slipped her mind. It was usually Spike's job, but she had told the little dragon to fetch the Goseis instead.
"There, all done." Twilight said. Her ears then perked up when she heard the creaking sound of the door being opened, along with chattering voices.
"And that's how I rescued Rarity from the Diamond Dogs." Spike said as he and the Skick ponies walked in.
"Welcome to the library you….two?" She looked around, confused at the current whereabouts of the other Goseis. "Where's the rest?" She looked up at her assistant in confusion. "Spike?"
"I couldn't find them, Twilight." Spike responded, shrugging.
Twilight turned towards the Skicks, who were looking around the library.
"Cool library here, Mrs. Sparkle!" Eri commented, skipping towards one of the shelves.
Twilight blushed with embarrassment hearing her mother's name. "Please, just call me Twilight." She advanced towards them and asked. "Where are your cousins, if you don't mind me asking?"
The Skicks stopped in their tracks and turned their heads towards the purple mare comically.
"Hmmm?" Eri said.
Twilight cocked and eyebrow with the same impression.
Excitedly, the pink pony answered, "I bet Hyde's studying marine lifeforms, if he can!"
"Yeah yeah, yeah." Alata nodded.
Nearby the lake's shore, Hyde stood silently, watching the fish swimming. His eyes folded into a squint, carefully observing their swimming patterns. When he shifted forwards for a closer look, his forehoof accidentally tipped a pebble into the water, scaring the fish away. He let out a disappointed sigh.
"'I scared it away'….." Alata said, attempting a mediocre imitation of Hyde. "…is probably what he's saying."
Eri giggled, tipping Twilight and Spike over the edge into laughter. She looked up in thought. "I bet the Landick tribe is training."
Somewhere near the edge of the Everfree Forest, Moune was sitting in front of a campfire, holding a couple of sticks with marshmallows on them. The fire cast away the shadows creeping towards the campsite. Her cutie mark of a sprouting plant was hinted with hues of red from the flame. She smiled when the marshmallows had turned to a nice shade of blackish-red in the flames. Behind her was a green and white tent. Her brother Agri walked out and sat next to her.
"Here ya go bro." She handed him the stick.
"It looks good", he said, taking a bite.
Moune looked straight at the campfire, wondering. "Looks like our lives are gonna change, right?"
"Yeah" was all Agri said. He then took another bite. "What happened yesterday…was kinda awesome."
Moune could only let out a small giggle as she began to eat her meal.
"Battling those aliens, fighting giant monsters with giant machines, why wouldn't it be?"
Agri nodded. "Not that I'm complaining, it's just that, those airheads and Hyde might slow us down."
"Well, our family did send us here to learn to all that friendship stuff, and tie the bonds of our clans." Moune said, looking at two dark spots about the same size as their tent. Agri followed his sister's glance. Three days ago, all five of them had camped here when they first arrived. It was Hyde who went to town to find a house or an apartment to stay. That was before the Cloudsdale incident happened.
Agri returned his gaze to the campfire, shrugging. After finishing their meals, Agri kicked some dirt onto the fire with his hind hooves, putting it out easily. Both of them then looked at each other with a smirk.
"Let's train!" Agri said as he high-hooved his sister.
Twilight just let out a heavy sigh. She was hoping for all of them to come. "Well, let's start with you guys then." She trotted towards the table with both Skicks followed slowly. Twilight took her seat on the comfy pillow she had put out, facing towards the crowd of two. The Skicks took their seats as well, though they saw three more cushions, probably meant for their cousins. Her horn aglow as she opened one of the books. She cleared her throat and began to speak.
"First of all, magic is something you study and practice. It only happens when you decide to do it and it's meant to make something specific that you choose to happen...happen." She smiled a little, remembering how she explained the same thing to Pinkie Pie the other day.
Both Skicks gave an understanding nod. As Twilight continued her lecture, something caught Eri's eye on the table; a book entitled "Fairies And Fairyland." Having found something interesting for a change, she took the book and opened it.
"Oh wow! Hey, Alata." Eri whispered as she nudged him. "Look at this!"
Alata's eyes widened with excitement. "Ooh!"
"And furthermore-" Twilight's train of thought was interrupted when she heard soft laughter coming from the Skick ponies. She looked at them with utter disbelief. Had they not been listening the whole time?
"Guys? What are you doing?"
Both ponies looked up at the purple unicorn with goofy grins. Eri quickly put the book back onto the table.
"Sorry Twilight. We kinda got distracted." Alata's goofy smile grew as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Well, make sure you pay attention this time." She said sternly as she turned the page. "As I was saying, to make magic happened, you must have full concentration." Twilight said, emphasizing on the word full.
The wafting sugary sweet smell of SugarCube Corner filled the air of this lovely afternoon, with customers enjoying some sweet, cool, delicious treats to accommodate this hot weather. The pegasus ponies had less work to do at this time of the year since it was summer, only needing to move the occasional cloud and fill the occasional rain request. The sweet shop's door swung open as Pinkie Pie trotted towards two fillies, carrying a tray of chocolate sundaes with her mouth. Gently, she set them down.
"Hope you enjoy them!" Pinkie Pie said happily before she hopped back into the shop.
"Sure thing, Pinkie Pie!" Lyra said as she licked her lips, gazing at the sundae as her horn lit up and her spoon hovered. Her best friend, Bon-Bon had started with hers already.
The ponies around them were enjoying themselves, chattering about their life and other things. They were too loud and to busy eating to notice something approaching. From the rooftop, an alien creature appeared, looking down upon the ponies. The creature was tall and resembled a mosquito. It was mostly white with purple being secondary on its color palette, with just a hint of red running down its neck. Brown leg-like growths decorated its neck on both sides. The large snowflakes protruded from its back. Its legs also had a winter theme; growth of small icy spikes covered them.
"I'll start by freezing this town." He said maliciously.
The snowflakes on his back glowed briefly before streams of icy wind came out of the holes on its shoulder. The ponies below felt a chill blew as the snowflakes began to fall, much to their confusion. They looked up in the sky, checking if it was another pegasus pony weather test. However, a certain pony named Lily screamed as she saw the culprit of this strange weather.
"Monster! It's one of those monsters!" Lily said as she backed off from her table. "The horror, the horror!" After a moment of useless flailing, she ran off. The other ponies panicked and scattered. It was becoming a habit.
Back at the Landick's camping site, Agri was doing some push ups with a rock on his back. Even so, he seemed to be doing well without much of a struggle. Moune on the other hoof was fooling around, skipping happily with a stick in her mouth. Looking at her brother with a smile, she released the stick.
"Tensou." She said. Her necklace transformed into a Tensouder along with a stack of cards, floating gently down the ground. With an enthusiastic smile, she randomly picked a card.
"Hmm….? Rockrush Card?" Her broad smile grew as she inserted the card into her morpher.
"Tensou! Ha!" The familiar glow of the Tensouder gave out as it began its work.
"EXPLOSION LANDICK POWER."
A flash of light appeared on the ground as a large boulder emerged, sealing the ground under it and leaving no crater. The sound of the boulder interrupted Agri's focus on his work out. Moune, without a doubt, jumped and kicked the boulder in mid air with her right hind hoof, karate style, smashing the boulder into pieces.
"Alright!" She turned towards her brother, who has resumed his push ups. "Hey, hey, bro!" She pranced towards him. "I'm pretty good, aren't I?"
"No" was all Agri said as he removed the boulder from his back. "You still have a long ways to go." He grabbed a small towel perched on the nearby root of a tree and wiped his sweaty brow. "Like the Princesses said, we must master our basics first before we do big techniques like that."
Moune moaned. "But that is so boring!"
"It's not boring," Agri replied. "In a pinch, you'll be in trouble."
Moune cocked an eyebrow. "A pinch? Like when?" She let out a soft chuckle. "There're two of us Landicks."
Agri seemed unamused that statement; evident from his blank stare. "Don't forget the other three…"
"Whatever. We'll probably be ok by ourselves." Moune said as she jumped up in excitement, kicking and punching the air. Upon landing, she saw her brother staring at her with a poker face expression. "Something wrong bro?"
"There are 1.5 of us actually." Agri simply said with a stern tone.
Moune blinked. "Are you saying I'm only half?"
"Yeah!"
Moune pouted angrily at her brother. A gust of cold wind blew, catching them by surprise. The Landicks looked down; feeling chills from under their hoofs. Like other Earth ponies, the Landicks had strong bonds with the environment around them. Agri closed his eyes for a moment, feeling the chill under his hoofs. Moune shivered.
"I can feel a terrible chill coming through the ground!" Both ponies' eyes widened when they saw snow coming towards them and the ground being slowly covered in ice. Without much thought, Moune dashed out of the forest.
"Ah! Moune!" Agri hollered as he followed her.
Meanwhile at Ponyville's Spa House...
Rarity let out a satisfying sigh. "Another day of well-deserved relaxation, don't you agree Fluttershy?" She said with a smile.
"Yes." Fluttershy replied simply. The two of them gave their thanks to the spa house twins and bid their farewell. When they opened the door, they were greeted by a chilling wind. They shivered and retreated back in. The wind got inside, causing everypony to shiver as well. When Rarity tried to close the door, it would not budge as it was covered with ice.
"What i-i-in the world?" Rarity said as her teeth chattered due to shivering. One of the spa twins, Aloe went to check up on the door. The three mares gasped when they saw the ice covering the doorway and creeping inside!
With quick thinking, Rarity used her magic on the hinges and successfully closed the door shut. All the ponies breathed a sigh of relief.
Lotus, Aloe's twin sister called out to them towards the window. "Ladies, come and look at this!"
What they saw was chaotic. As the glass frosted over and turned opaque, the four rushed to the sauna and heated the coals as if their lives depended on it.
Upon entering the town's plaza, the Landicks witnessed the same chaos as dozens of ponies were still in a state of panic, running to and fro, screaming and falling over one another, slipping on the slippery frozen ground. A snowy wind blew towards a pony that was unfortunate enough to fall over a broken chair, freezing her. Both Agri and Moune gasped at the sight and gallop towards the victim to check.
"What's this?" Moune asked.
Agri heard chatters coming from Sugarcube Corner. The voice belonged to Pinkie Pie, talking to an alien creature standing on the rooftop. He presumed that it was the Warstar soldier behind this mess. Quickly, he galloped towards them.
"And then I said 'oatmeal, are you crazy?'" She snorted and laughed, a warm pink hoof bracing on the monstrosity's cold hide.
The alien clapped his ears, unable to listen to this crazy pony any longer. In what sense would she speak about a party at a time like this!
"You! Warstar!" Agri yelled.
Both beings turned their heads when they heard the new voice.
"Oh, hey Agri!" Pinkie Pie greeted as she bounced towards the Landicks. Both of them however ignored as they focused on the alien.
"What are you doing?" Agri said angrily, stomping his hoof on the ground.
The alien snorted and clenched his fist. "Lord Drake's orders. I am Hiyousetsu and I will freeze the whole world!"
Moune walked forward, closer to Hiyousetsu's location, much to Agri's disapproval.
"I thought so." She lowered her head and rubbed the ground with her forehoof. "You won't get your way!"
"I won't let you interfere!" A barrage of laser bursts flew out of his eyes towards the group, which they barely dodged.
"Now that's not nice." Pinkie Pie commented.
After picking herself up, Moune transformed without a second thought.
"Tensou!"
"CHANGE GOSEIGER."
With that, she jumped high and landed on the rooftop, directly in front of the alien and began to attack. The alien easily dodged her headbutt move. Gosei Yellow rolled down towards the opposite side before giving a good bucking to the alien's chest with minimal effect.
"Brother! I'll show you I'm a whole pony!" As she countered, the alien managed to slam her with his body, knocking her down.
"Moune…" Agri muttered. "Tensou!" Using his Tensounder, Agri transformed into Gosei Black. He jumped up and body-slammed the alien, which just pushed the alien backwards without any damage done.
"Are you ok?" Gosei Black asked, grabbing his sister's hoof to pull her up.
"Let go!" Moune said angrily as she pulled her hoof away from him, surprising Agri. Brushing her brother aside, she charged.
"Don't go by yourself!" The colt warned as he followed her.
Being a stubborn Landick, Gosei Yellow attacked anyway, attacking whilst dodging attacks from her opponent. When Hiyousetsu shot his lasers forwards, she quickly jumped and karate chopped his head. The alien grunted in pain but stood on his guard. Behind her mask, Gosei Yellow grinned as she charged even as her strikes were ineffective.
Gosei Black jumped in and charged in a similar manner to Gosei Yellow, but his attack actually pushed the alien back.
"Darn you!" Hiyousetsu cursed as he lunged towards them.
Moments passed as Twilight continued her lesson about magic. After that lecture, along with some writing on the chalk board about simple magic spells, Twilight decided to demonstrate. Her horn glowed with radiant pink light as she levitated all the books on the table into the air, before putting them down again. The Skicks were awed like they were seeing fireworks, which earned them a weird stare from Spike and Twilight herself.
"Is it me or they are pretty much excited about anything?" Spike commented.
"That was cool, Twilight!" Alata commented.
The unicorn mare flushed a little but shook her head with a soft giggle.
"Now, who would like to go first?"
Eri quickly put her hoof up. "Me! I'll do it!" She said excitedly like a little filly.
"Ooook." Twilight took a step back to give Eri some space. "Now, I'm not sure how you're going to do it but hearing that story yesterday about you guys being….alicorns, it should be possible."
The Skicks gave a calm nod with a smile.
"Try to lift that book to the table."
The pink mare nodded understandingly and closed her eyes, focusing on her thoughts. At first nothing, but a few seconds later, Eri's body began to glow. Her eyes then shot open, glowing as well. She concentrated her magic on the book, making the object glow with the same light. She tried but to no avail as the book dropped quickly after a tiny lift. She panted as she tried a second time.
"Concentrate and don't force it." Twilight said.
She nodded without looking. With a few grunts and moan, she slowly lifted the book. It seemed her magic was working!
Alata got closer with a gleeful smile.
As the book was about to reach the table, the sound of loud knockings came to the door, making Eri lost her concentration. The book fell to the floor as the pink pony tumbled on the floor, panting. All of her energy seemed to have been drained. Alata trotted towards her and helped her to stand up on her hooves.
"I'll get it!" Spike said as he briskly walked towards the door. When he opened the door, a chilly wind entered the building, covering the interior with frost. Shivering, Twilight walked forward and saw Hyde standing there with a serious demeanor.
"Hyde?"
"Found you," Hyde said as he walked a step further in. "We got a situation here!"
Alata, Eri and Hyde, now fully transformed, galloped through the crowd of running ponies behind a panting Twilight. When they arrived at the plaza, they saw Gosei Black and Yellow fighting against the Warstar.
"Black! Yellow!" Gosei Red called out. Noticing two fallen ponies, a mare and a colt on the ground and covered with snow, Gosei Pink nuzzled to check. Red then followed.
"Are you ok?" Pink asked as she shook the body with her hoof. The unconscious pony opened its eyes slowly.
"Are you alright?" Alata said, checking on the colt. The pony gasped when his eyes met Red's visor. Multiple brief screeches were heard as a swarm of Bibi Soldiers appeared from above, jumping over them and landed in front of them.
At the fountain, Twilight used her magic to thaw out the frozen pony. Her limp body fell onto Hyde's back, which woke her up. She blinked as her vision became clear.
"Roseluck, are you ok?"
The mare gave a frantic nod, her teeth chattering due to the coolness. Her eyes then widened when she realised just whom she was leaning onto.
"Goseiger?"
Behind his mask, Hyde just rolled his eyes. "Get a hold of yourself."
"You better get home." Twilight said.
Giving a quick nod, Roseluck galloped away.
"Now let's handle these guys." Twilight said, her horn glowing. Both ponies charged at the soldiers, alongside Red and Pink. Twilight blasted them with her magic, sending them flying hard to a wall. Blue dodged the oncoming cleaver and head butted his attacker. Red spun and kicked a Bibi's face. Pink shoved one using her forehoof and kicked another behind her.
"I'm coming now!" Gosei Red said as he trotted towards the Landicks' direction whilst ducking his head from the Bibis' cleavers.
Gosei Yellow, who was slightly tired, protested. "He's the Landick tribe's prey!" Don't interfere." She then went back to fight the alien.
"Eh?" was all he could said as he attacked the swarming Bibi soldiers.
"Annoying pests!" Hiyousetsu said, feeling annoyed. He struck Yellow's face with his fist, followed by an arm block for Black's hoof punch. Yellow went at him again, but was quickly struck down by the creature's strength. She rolled briefly on the roof. Black jumped over her and landed in front of Hiyousetsu, and then pushed him back using his body.
Picking herself up, Yellow stood on her hind hoof with her Tensouder. "Just watch! Rockrush Card!" Quickly she grabbed the Explosion Card that appeared in front of her and put in the device.
"Yellow! Your power won't work!" Black warned, struggling on his hooves against the alien's body strength, before he was punched in the stomach and folded over. Again, Yellow was being stubborn and ignored her brother's heed.
"Tensou!"
"EXPLOSION, LANDICK POWER"
A giant boulder similar to the one before emerged magically from the roof, shining with hues of multicoloured light in mid air. Yellow jumped and kicked the boulder, shattering it into smaller pieces which were heading towards Hiyousetsu.
The alien however stood where he was calmly. "I can use that!" When the rocks were millimetres away from reaching him, he slapped them away easily, sending them back at a greater speed to Yellow. The rocks hit her hard while she was still in mid air, causing her to fall down into the building.
"Moune!" Black yelled.
Fortunately, she was alright. The suit seemed to absorb most of the fall. She tried to stand up, but her lower right knee was hurt. The alien jumped down to her level.
"Yellow!" Red hollered, tossing aside a Bibi soldier before turning at a full gallop towards his comrade.
Noticing the injured knee, the alien slowly approached her, ready to kill. His eyes stared down at her coldly. "Die!"
Gosei Yellow moaned, looking up to Hiyousetsu in fear.
A yell came from above as Gosei Black jumped down; swinging his axe at the alien's back, battering its 'snowflakes'. The sound of a painful groan escaped from Hiyousetsu as pain surged through his abdomen from his back. Small pieces of his snowflakes fell to the ground. He stumbled backwards, clutching to his rib. "I was careless!" With that, he made his escape.
Instead of chasing the alien immediately, the other Goseigers ran to Yellow to help her up, much to her displeasure.
"Are you okay sis?" Black said, bending his head down in attempt to lift her up but he was quickly shoved away by her hoof.
"Let go!"
Gosei Blue looked at Yellow, turned his head forward and saw the creature running. "Chase him!" He trotted before turning to a full gallop at the creature, whom was already far away. Red could only give an understanding nod as he gave chase. Black did not want to leave his sister at this condition, but he followed the other two, hoping to give her some time to cool off. Gosei Pink decided to stay back anyways.
"Are you ok?"
Later…
The sunlight burst through the clouds and broadly grew as the pegasus ponies moved away the unnatural cloud, letting the ice melt. The construction workers rebuilding Cloudsdale considered it a karmic gift. The ruined sky city would take months to repair. Producing the hard clouds that stopped buildings from falling right through required lots of normal clouds and a specialized factory. The biggest hard cloud factory had been, of course, in Cloudsdale. It was now all over the countryside, along with the debris of the other buildings. The lack of natural clouds this summer was also a pain. This dark stormcloud could take a whole week off of the recovery time!
Below the busy workers, the chime of a bell rung through the cool air as the door of the Carousel Boutique opened outwards, Rarity and Fluttershy trotting out. A soft aura of magic radiated from the unicorn's glowing horn as she closed the door, tying a tag that read "CLOSED" onto the knob. Fluttershy was carrying a medical kit in her mouth. Without further ado, the two mares galloped away.
In Pinkie Pie's bedroom above Sugarcube Corner, the wild-maned mare was bouncing happily around the room, excited to see all her friends gathering. She wished the same could be said for a certain yellow Landick mare, though. Moune sat on the floor with a grumpy frown on her face. Next to her was Eri, checking the bandage on her cousin's hind leg. Hyde was leaning on the wall, staring blankly outside through the window with a serious look on his face. Alata, like usual, was oblivious to the situation; he was playing with Gummy and made him do tricks on the other side of the room. Agri was leaning on a wall just like Hyde, staring at his sister.
A knock came from the door before it opened, revealing Fluttershy and Rarity. Mrs Cake politely nodded with a smile before she closed the door, leaving the younger ponies privately in the room.
"Um….I got the medicine." Fluttershy said in her usual soft voice as she put a small package near to Eri. Using her muzzle, she opened it. There were bandages, cotton swabs and a natural antiseptic.
"Thanks, Fluttershy."
The shy Pegasus nodded as she helped the pink pony pour the anti-septic on the cotton. Gently, Eri tapped the wounded knee with her left hoof. Moune let out some painful hisses when she felt the contact of the medicine on her skin. Afterwards, Fluttershy wrapped her knee with a bandage.
"There! All done." Eri said with a smile. Fluttershy nodded with the same expression.
"You're such a great helper." Eri complimented, making the Pegasus blush in embarrassment.
"Oh it was nothing. I take care of my animal friends at home all the time."
Eri's eyes grew wide with delight. "Animal friends?"
Fluttershy nodded. "Oh yes. I have many woodland creatures living in my home. One of them is my pet bunny Angel."
"Cool! Although, is it ok with you leaving them alone at home?"
"Not at all. Angel is usually in charge when I'm not around and he is such a good assistant care-taker."
Meanwhile at Fluttershy's house…
The sound of music could be heard alongside the sound of little critters. All the animals were either dancing or goofing off, jumping around and about. Fluttershy's treat cabinet was wide open and snacking animals took food as they ran past it. Angel was running a three-legged race with a small ostrich and many creatures, frightened from all the recent violence and commotion, cheered themselves up by trashing the house and partying like there was no tomorrow.
Back to the group...
Hyde and Agri groaned, hearing the conversation taking a boring, non-violent turn. Twilight cleared her throat, catching everypony's attention. "I think we have far more important things to talk about."
Eri gave a goofy grin while Fluttershy's face flushed as she shrank behind.
"Yes. What Twilight is trying to say," Hyde looked at the group seriously, "is that we lost the alien."
"Too many of those alien soldier things got in the way." Alata said, still playing with Gummy. "There were so many."
"Too bad!" Moune grumbled as she lowered her body to the floor. "We were so close!"
Hearing her rant, Agri began to speak. "Why did you use that Explosion Card back there?" There was a hint of anger in his tone of voice.
"Eh?" Moune responded, looking at her brother with a confused expression. "Why? Because I thought it'd work."
"Did you think your raw-flank Tensou technique would work?" He continued with a louder voice. The Ponyville half of the group gasped when they heard Agri's choice of words.
"Now, hold on a minute." Applejack stomped her hoof angrily. "Around here we don't use that kind of language."
Her complaint was ignored as Agri was glaring at Moune, deaf to the world.
"It's your fault he got away."
"Bro! Are you saying that I'm weak?"
"Yeah." He said bluntly. "You're immature, too. You shouldn't have gone alone!"
He just pressed his sister's button. Moune got up on her feet and walked towards her brother. "What?
"Hey!" Eri quickly got up and earned glares from both of them. "There's no reason to fight!"
Hearing the start of a real fight, Alata stopped what he was doing and began to pace around the room. Rarity's unrivalled eye for detail was the first to see the change in posture from airhead colt Alata to the stallion in the red suit, somepony that could lead and protect.
"This is what my dad once said." Everypony turned their attention towards him, the conflict forgotten. "'There is a limit to what one can do by oneself'."
Pinkie was the one to shatter the tense atmosphere. "Wow, Alata! That sounded really, really cool! I know some fillies who should really, really hear that. Mind if I borrow it? Pleeease?" Alata gave a nod and relaxed once more. Eri could only smile as the tense atmosphere disappeared, remembering the words of their father. Twilight stared with her mouth slightly agape. For a second, she saw that Alata was somewhat competent, unlike the goofball she'd seen these past few days.
Warstar Central Operation Ship….
"Hiyousetsu, that cur," Dereputa criticized. "He has dragged Lord Drake's name through the mud."
Mons Drake himself interjected as he walked towards his subordinate, "Wait, there's no need to say that. He hasn't given up yet."
"They say a wounded animal can be powerful." Bladerun interjected as he entered the room. "He might accomplish more than we expect."
Dereputa snorted. "Really?"
Alata sat in front of his Landick cousins. "Remember before we left home..." Alata reared up, taking on the posture of a college professor. "Kids, to tie the bonds of our clan, you five must learn the value of friendship and teamwork. It's been decided. You five will be going to live in Ponyville from now on till you learn these moral values. Princess Celestia has agreed with this as well...," He relaxed and returned on his usual posture. "And that's what my father said to us before we came here." He finished, giving them a big smile. Twilight pondered for a moment, feeling a little bit of deja-vu. It was similar in her case when Princess Celestia told her to learn the value of friendship after the Nightmare Moon incident. Pinkie Pie just smiled happily along with Fluttershy and Rarity while Applejack and Rainbow Dash snickered.
Agri, Moune and Hyde looked down, recalling those words from their uncle. Their parents were all in this as well.
"That's why I think you guys should move into the new house now! It will be fun to live together, all five of us!" He said happily, clopping his hooves together.
"I'm completely against it!" Moune protested.
"Eh?" Everypony said as they turned to look at the Landick mare.
Alata pouted as he softly tapped the floor a few times with his front right hoof. "Why? It'd be better if us five live together!" He turned to his friends and cousins. "Right?"
"Yeah." Eri nodded. The Ponyville half could not agree more.
Agri shook his head. "No thanks," He said flatly. "The two of us Landicks could take care of ourselves."
Applejack cocked and eyebrow as she approached the Landick. Before she could say anything, Moune got up and began to speak.
"I don't want to be with Agri."
The black colt turned his head towards her with surprised expression on his face.
"I can fight by myself!" With that, Moune walked out the door without bothering to close it. The sound of her hoofsteps faded as she went downstairs. They could hear Mr and Mrs Cake calling to her but no reply, which meant that she had already left the building.
Agri stopped Eri from rushing after her. "Leave her alone!" His anger was still noticable in his voice. "Let her cool her head." He continued, this time with a slightly calmer voice. Even so, he was still worried about his younger sister, staring dully at the door.
"Pardon me for trottin' into family matters," Agri turned around to meet the serious gaze of Applejack. "But like Alata said, you five can't be splittin' up. 'Tain't smart to be alone when monsters are ahoof."
Agri turned around, too stubborn to listen. Shaking his head, he walked out of the door, closing the door behind him. Alata sighed inwardly as he walked out as well. He was going to follow the stubborn mule, making sure he will be alright.
A brief of silence crept over them before Spike broke it. "Well...that was really awkward."
Outside of town, Agri went on his search. He called out to her, searching behind every tree, bush and rocks that he could find. Passing by their campsite, he looked but there were no sign of her. His care for his little sister shone through the tough front he'd been putting up when the other ponies were around.
Agri let out a tiring sigh. "She sure bounces back quickly!"
"Because she's got the raging Landick power?"
Agri turned and looked up to the unseen responder, perched on a tree branch with a smile.
"Alata...!"
"So you are worried about her. Let's search for her together."
The Landick colt shook his head in disapproval and turned away. "No. This problem is between me and Moune, us siblings."
"Eh?" Alata jumped and safely landed on the ground. "This is a problem for us five, you mean."
"Don't just lump me with you guys!"
"Come on, two or five isn't that different." Alata said, briefly rubbing his chin with his hoof.
Agri was getting annoyed. "It's very different!" He pressed his hoof on Alata's hoof, causing him to wince. "Sheesh!" He muttered under his breath as he walked away, now heading back towards the town to continue his search. Alata walked right behind him, much to his annoyance.
"Don't follow me." The team leader moved, walking beside him instead.
Afternoon soon changed to dusk. "Moune!" Eri called out, trotting through an empty alley. Hyde and Applejack were right behind her. They had been searching for hours but found no sign of the yellow mare. Soon, they reached the town's main street. Everypony there started to close up their shop and light the lamps in their homes.
"Can't find her. Oh dear." Eri said sadly.
Applejack looked around and took notice of the ponies closing their shops. She then stared at the darkening sky. "We've been searchin for hours now….And still no sign of that stubborn pony."
"The Landick tribe is just like that," Hyde said. "Seems it'll take some time for them to make up."
"Oh. I think they'll solve their problem quickly and easily." Eri chirped as she and the rest continued their walk. Hyde and Applejack could only respond with a smile towards Eri's positive attitude.
Somewhere on a hill, Hiyousetsu appeared, overlooking the town, bringing with him the same malicious aura he had before.
"I'll freeze them from here, then!" With the familiar glow of the snowflakes, streams of icy wind came out of his shoulders and shot towards Ponyville.
At the same time in the outskirts of the town nearby the Sweet Apple Acres, Moune continued her search for the alien. As she walked, the piece of snowflake she carried was glowing.
"It's that Hiyousetsu!" She said, using her instincts and letting the fragment guide her. She knew he was not far.
Among the apple trees in the farm, Agri and Alata walked out, slightly too late to see the mare walking away.
"Agri," Alata said. "Don't search for her all by yourself. We'll find her faster if we all search. Having comrades is a gift, not a curse." The red colt tapped his chest with his forehoof a few times.
Agri snorted with a frown, "Comrades eh?"
"In other words…" The red colt looked up in thought, trying to find the right words to say. "Maybe you should rely on us more."
The black colt's frown grew. "I don't like relying on others or being relied upon."
"But…," Alata went over to his front. "…didn't you tell Moune not to go by herself?"
Agri's eyes widened, his frown gone. He gazed at Alata, sifting through the contradiction. The gears in his head clicked along slowly but surely.
Snow covered the town like before. A raging blizzard blew, trapping everypony inside their homes. The windows glowed like stars as the lamps were turned up to provide whatever heat they could. Those who were unlucky were frozen. Hiyousetsu chuckled as he walked along the streets, proud of his work.
"Hmm?" Even though the blizzard drowned most sounds, he could still hear the sounds of approaching hoofsteps. He turned around and saw her, the yellow mare that attacked him at the sweet shop, limping towards him. When she reached an appropriated distance, Moune stopped and spit away the fragment from her mouth.
"Hiyousetsu! Fight me!"
"You! So you're all alone?" He curled up his fingers before throwing his arm to his right. "Don't make me laugh!" Using his icy wind, he blew her away with ease. She fell to the ground doing a barrel roll. "Fool!" He pointed and laughed at his next victim.
Moune glared at the alien, a hoof rising to her Tensounder. "Don't mock me! Tensou!" She picked herself up off of the icy ground slowly as the transformation completed. Her hooves crushed the thin ice like glass as she charged.
"Take this!" Hiyousetsu fired hot scorching lasers from his mouth but all of them missed his target. The attack produced small explosions on impact that actually melted the areas of impact. Instead of head butting the beast, she jumped into the air.
Their necks brushed aside as Agri paced forward.
"Moune has talent, but she doesn't work on it." He decided to take a sit on nearby rock. "That's why she can't properly use her power. Except for planting of course…" His eyes gazed down. "Even with that she's impatient."
"I see." Alata said with a smile as he took a sit next to his Landick cousin. "Agri, you actually are impressed by Moune's strength. You really do trust her."
Agri couldn't help but smile at those words. "Despite that, she…she has a bad habit of acting on her own without me to be there for her."
The Skick pony gave an understanding nod. "So do you, Agri."
Agri looked up and glanced at him.
"You two try to act alone when it should be the five of us." Alata got up and leisurely walked forward. "Trust us too!" His ears perked down, his face carved a smirk as he bounced in anticipation. Taking a few steps forward, he then jumped and made contact with a tree before pulling away with his hooves, spinning into the air. "We're pretty good." He landed perfectly on all four of his hooves, unscathed. "Yay!" He winked with a grin.
Agri could only chuckle at the needlessly acrobatic stunt. "Pretty good, eh?" He chuckled some more as he got up and walk towards Alata, pushing his head playfully with his forehoof. "Alata, you really are a Skick."
"Hehehe."
Their smiles disappeared as a familiar sensation came to them. Alata felt the sudden temperature drop from the wind that blew over him while Agri could feel the ground freeze under his hooves.
"I can feel a chill! It's probably…" Agri exchanged glances with faces of concern. Alata nodded and both of them then galloped away.
"Let's find Eri and the rest first." Alata said.
"Landick Claw!" Gosei Yellow cried out just out of earshot as she slashed Hiyousetsu's chest with her weapon whilst dodging his fist. She attempted another attack but the alien easily blocked it with his hand. Moune assumed a backward bent posture, rolling over the ground, kicking away more of Hiyousetsu's fist moves. She managed to land another hit on his chest when he tried to attack her. As she tried to take advantage, the pain from her wound stopped her from going further.
"My leg…" She grunted.
Seeing this golden opportunity, Hiyousetsu attacked. "Now!" He unleashed a barrage of lasers from his mouth, this time landing hits on Yellow. She hissed in pain as the explosion pushed her back. As she about to get up, Hiyousetsu came to her and stomped a bony foot onto her tender loin.
"The finisher." Before he could carry such a thing out, Gosei Red and Black arrived from the side.
"Stop!" Red and Black said in unison as they hit him with their sword and axe, respectively.
As Hiyousetsu picked himself up, a bolt of magic struck his chest, causing a small explosion on impact that sent him staggering backwards.
Four silhouettes were approaching from where Gosei Red and Black appeared with the sound of galloping hooves. The sound grew until the blurry images were recognizable as their comrades.
"Gosei Yellow!" Twilight Sparkle called out as she and the other Goseigers approached the yellow suited mare.
"Are you ok?" Pink asked as she bent her neck down to lift Yellow up, only to get pushed down by her remarkable strength.
"Let me go!" Yellow said harshly as she got up and moved forward, brushing off both Red and Black by their shoulders. "Go away! I'll defeat him!"
Hearing this, Black tilted his head, rolling his eyes behind his mask in annoyance. He tapped and held her shoulder with his right hoof, putting down his weapon before he spoke.
"I know you're strong!"
"Eh?" was all she could say as a respond.
"He's our p…" He glanced at his comrades before turning back to Yellow. "No! He's the prey of the Goseigers!"
The sound of painful grunts came from Hiyousetsu as he struggled to stay on his feet.
"Let's get this over with. " Twilight said. As she activated her magic, she noticed Alata was rearing up on his hind hooves, with his sword still held by his mouth and one of his cards entering his Tensounder, much to Twilight's confusion.
"Twistornado Card!"
"Hmm! Whether there's one of you or seven of you, it's still the same for me!" Hiyousetsu then unleashed his icy wind.
"EXPLOSION SKICK POWER."
A red tornado of light appeared in front of the group, spinning with furious heat as it neutralized Hiyousetsu's attacks. It then vanished, leaving a surprised, confused and unarmed alien.
Alata clapped his hooves happily, the sword in his mouth shaking a little. "Hehe, howz at?"
"Woah nelly! That was one hay of a gale there, Alata!" Applejack complimented.
"Let's go!" Gosei Black ordered. Everypony nodded as they ran off to attack their enemy. Yellow however still stood where she was, pondering. Noticing this, Applejack halted as she turned back around and went towards her.
"Y'alright sugarcube?" The orange mare asked.
Yellow looked at her before softly nodded. Even though she was behind her mask, Applejack could tell she was smiling.
"Come on, let's send this alien 'ere back to where he came from!"
Yellow gave another nod, before she and Applejack slapped their hooves.
Hiyousetsu went on the defensive as the four Goseigers and Twilight encircled him, attacking from each side. Twilight stood in a distance waiting for a clear shot. The Goseigers attacked with all their might using their weapons, but the alien proved competent enough to block all their attacks. He then easily pushed them away.
Black recovered and sat in a crouching position, gesturing at Alata to attack.
"Got it!" With the combination of his agility as a Skick Gosei pony and the Gosei armor, Red performed an extraordinary jump, aiming at his opponent. Tilting his head, he slashed Hiyousetsu and landed with a slide. "Guys, move away now!"
The other Goseigers' turned around, nodded and moved away quickly like they were told. Behind them, Applejack marched forward, swinging her tail as she lassoed the alien.
"W-What's this?" Asked a confused Hiyousetsu, now all tied up. With a clear shot prepared, Twilight's horn glow as she thought up of an offensive type of spell. A ball of energy then generated from her glowing horn and it broadly grew to the size of a basketball. She fired it and hit the alien directly on the body, sending him backwards hard. The ball of magical energy not only burned the rope but shattered his icy wings.
"Grr….Damn you!" Hiyousetsu growled angrily, covering his body with an arm as he began to charge, even with that injury. Gosei Black charged as well. Hiyousetsu's attempt to punch Black was negated as the colt ducked his head down and slid towards the alien's back. Swinging his axe, Black battered his back, hacking away any remains of the alien's snowflake wings in the process.
Hiyousetsu's pain and anger increased. Ducking down the next blow, the alien quickly turned around and grabbed Black's neck, strangling him briefly before punching him in the gut and flinging him back.
"Bro!" Yellow called out as she trotted towards her brother. "Are you ok?"
"Go, Gosei Yellow," he said. The "lips" of his mouth plate closed over his mouth since his weapon had been dropped. "It's your turn now!" He continued, tapping her shoulder. "Go!"
Yellow gazed at him before turning her attention towards Hiyousetsu, and charged.
Rearing up, Gosei Black summoned his own Rockrush Card.
"Tensou!"
"EXPLOSION LANDICK POWER"
Unlike Yellow's, multiple boulders emerged from the ground, each acting as a shield for her by blocking Hiyousetsu's icy wind. As the last boulder froze over, Yellow jumped up and swung her claw weapon at the creature's face. After giving the first blow, she paused before giving another two. The alien screamed as he flew backwards before landing on the ground hard.
"Good job you five!" Twilight complimented.
"Now that's what I call a good bucking!" Applejack said.
The group reunited together with Yellow.
"See you two..," Applejack said, catching everypony's attention. "This is why families have to stick together." She winked.
"Yeah." Both Landick Goseigers nodded in understanding.
"Damn you!" The alien swore, causing everypony to turn to him. "It won't end here!" He threatened. His feet wobbled as he picked himself up.
"Aww man!" Gosei Red complained, looking at his weapon before turning back to the alien. "Seems our weapons can't finish this guy off!"
While everypony began to chatter, Twilight recalled something about these weapons. Last night, when she read about them, she saw a page, saying that the weapons were merely the pieces of a cannon powered by magic.
"Guys! Listen! Try to combine your weapons!"
"Eh?" Agri said.
Hyde was skeptical. "We can do that?"
Twilight responded with a simple nod. "Yes. Applejack and I will distract them while you guys figure it out." Her horn glowed with magic as she repaired Applejack's burnt rope. Both mares than charged towards the alien with ear-splitting battle cries.
The group looked at their weapons, wondering how to combine them. Gosei Red and Pink exchanged nods as they attempted to jam their weapons together, and it worked! Seeing this, Black, Yellow and Blue tried a similar attempt. Both Landicks attached their weapons to each side of the Seaick colt's weapon, with Black's axe at the right and Yellow's claw at the left. With that done, they combined the two parts together, and it fit perfectly.
"Cool!" Gosei Red said with awe. The others gave a similar response.
"Umm fella's, y'done yet?" Applejack said as she struggled to keep the alien tied up. Even with the combination of Twilight's reinforcing magic and Applejack's lassoing skill, they could barely keep the ice monster at bay.
Five new cards dematerialized in front of the Goseigers. All of them were exactly the same, with the phrase "Gosei Dynamic" printed on each one.
"Hmm…" Red looked at the cannon in curiosity. Common sense said that the card was smaller than the small slot on the cannon, so they should put these cards into their Tensounders instead. Alata had very little common sense. When he touched the card to the slot, it slipped in and the weapon glowed red! The others gasped with surprise and followed his lead. Their colours were added to the weapon. When all five cards were entered, the magical energy from their suits surged through their bodies and into the cannon, making their eyes and visors glow with radiant light.
"GOSEI DYNAMIC!"
The tip of the cannon began to glow, a bright orange light blazing from the tip. Twilight and Applejack quickly disengaged when they saw it.
"Fire!" The Goseigers shouted in unison. Instead of firing a ball of energy like they expected, the weapon fired three of the ancient symbols on their chests. The symbols, after the first second of release, combined to form an emblem nopony there could quite read, striking Hiyousetsu squarely. He screamed in agony as he fell to the ground and exploded into a cloud of flames.
Warstar's Central Operation Ship...
Having watching the whole battle, Lord Drake could only muster a surprised gasp at the death of his loyal soldier. He then turned to the doors.
"Bladerun!" He called as he walked away. "I leave the rest to you."
"Yes, sir. Bibi bugs...," The alien equine looked at the Bibi Bugs that were flying around him, with one perched on his back. "Take care of it."
"Creepy lifeforms." Said a gruff voice.
Bladerun turned to look at the beehive designed window where the voice was. Dereputa appeared from the pole blocking the view. "I've never seen such things on any planet before."
Calmly, Bladerun replied. "I created them using poisons and diseases extracted from life forms that I have encountered on my journey." Looking at the Bibi Bugs, he softly stomped his hoof on the metallic floor. "Go!" With that, the Bibi Bugs took off and flew away. The little creatures descended from the ship and latched themselves onto the fallen alien soldier. Feeling the energy, Hiyousetsu got up on his feet. An alien blue hexagram appeared before him as he glowed with the same color, growing to a gigantic size. He let out a roar of pain as the process completed.
"I'll completely freeze you!"
The group of ponies gasped at the sight. They were still not used to seeing giant monsters and aliens. Twilight, Applejack and the Goseigers exchanged nods, knowing what they needed to do now. The Ponyville mares than galloped away, heading towards the town to warn the townsfolk.
"Gosei Machine Card!" They slammed the jaw of their Tensouders. "Tensou!" Like before, the Headders appeared from their Tensouders and transformed into the amazing Gosei Machines. Without further ado, the Goseigers jumped in.
"Tensouder!" Gosei Red said as he inserted his Tensouder into the control console. "Set!"
Now in unison, the Goseigers summoned the Gosei Great Cards.
"Tensou!" The Gosei Machines began their combination transformation.
"COMBINE GOSEI GREAT" In a matter of seconds, Gosei Great's formation was completed, and entered the wintery battlefield. The sky was dark due to the snowy clouds blocking the sunlight, artificial night spreading across Equestria.
"It'll end the same way no matter what comes!" Hiyousetsu said angrily, blasting the war machine with his icy wind. Despite made of metal, Gosei Great was flinching. Sparks flew from its chest. Hiyousetsu lunged and attacked the machine viciously. The whole cockpit vibrated from the attacks, making the Goseigers grunt as their cockpit shook furiously.
"Let's go, Yellow!" Gosei Black said.
"Right on bro!" She replied. Both Landicks made the machine move together. The others followed their lead. Gosei Great flew up and came to a hover, between the skies and the ground.
"Headder Combo Kick!" Black and Yellow said in unison. Gosei Great flew down, aiming its right leg at the alien and kicked him rapidly.
"Alright!" Gosei Pink said excitedly.
"We're not done yet!" Black announced.
Yellow reared up and struck out over her console, jabbing at the air with hooves that longed to smash into the overgrown pest's hide. "Headder Combo Attack!"
The Landick Headders detached themselves from Gosei Great and flew towards Hiyousetsu. The alien attempted to swat them away, but their approach was far too fast for him. The Snake Headder narrowly dodged his right leg while the Tiger Headder managed to bite it. The Snake Headder then struck down the other leg. Their enemy incapacitated, the Headders reattached themselves to the war machine.
"Now!" Gosei Red declared as he and the rest summoned the Victory Charge Card. "Tensou!"
"VICTORY CHARGE!"
Gosei Great drew its Dragon Sword, covered in flames. Like before, magical energy bound their damaged opponent, just to be safe. The war machine flew towards Hiyousetsu, channeling its enormous momentum into a single slash. The alien screamed, pain surging through his body with sparks and the lingering effects of the Bibi Bugs. Slowly, he fell into a final explosion, his life ending in a cloud of flames.
With his destruction, the snowstorm stopped and the artificial clouds began to disperse even before the pegasi could get to them. The summer sun shone brightly towards the surface, melting the ice and snow that had invaded the area. With the surroundings now safe and monster free, the ponyfolk opened their doors and walked out of their houses, cheering for the Goseigers who had saved them again.
"Waa? Is this really our house?" Moune said, mouth agape at the sight of their home. "Are we really living here?"
Her cousins and the Ponyville half could only smile at her. Who would not be excited? The living room was large and decorated with comfy furniture. The kitchen was clean and appealing and their rooms were larger than average. Basically, this house was more like a mansion!
"You guys finally made up!" Pinkie said with a grin as she bounced between the two Landicks. They gave an awkward smile to the pink pony. "And you know what that means….?" The Goseis looked at her, anticipating. The Ponyville group didn't even bother guessing.
"A party!"
"Yay!" Alata and Eri cheered excitedly.
Pinkie Pie slid through the room and turned on the record player resting on a chic wooden table. Music began to play, cheery and upbeat. From her saddlebag, Pinkie took out the necessary equipment to make this a real party; streamers, balloons, beverages, a large cake and some other sweet treats. She threw these things all over the room (except for the cake) and gave a shout. "Come on everypony! Let's shake those groove-thangs!"
Everypony cheered except for Hyde, who just sat in a corner with a smile. He never was in the mood to party; simple relaxation was enough of a reward. Twilight gave herself a moment away from the crowd as she wondered just what she had learned today about friendship. Spike stood next to her, ready to write.
"Dear Princess Celestia,
I learned today that friends and family are a blessing, rather than a burden. They will always look after you and help you in times of need. Like Alata said, "Comrades are reassuring.". Speaking of which, the Goseigers have once again saved the town from a Warstar. Eri seems to have had some progress with her magic, which makes your and Princess Luna's statement about them being alicorns true. Not that I had any doubt!
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle."
Inhaling, Spike released his magical green flame, burning the paper and sending the ashes through the window. Alata and Eri watched from below.
"Wow! That was cool!" Eri said as she clapped her hooves.
"Aw' shucks guys." Spike said.
"Well then," Alata gestured his hoof towards the crowd. "Come and join in!" He finished with a smile. The purple unicorn returned the smile as she nodded. She and the Skicks joined in and danced. They ended up partying for the rest of the night.
So...what ya think? Hope I got each of the character's personality right :)
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