Pirates in Equestria

Neo's heart flutter the closer she could feel Law getting to her. Then finally they all appeared in the small room with them, their new bodies materializing into sight. She knew him. No matter what form he took, she would know him at any point in time. Tears pooled in her eyes. "Law."

"Neo!" Law jumped to his hooves and tried to step over to her. But his hooves caught on each other, causing him to fall to the floor. "What the heck?! Why am I a horse?!"

"It's okay, Law," Neo said. She walked over to him and nuzzled him between his eyes. "I'll explain everything."

"What?! What happened to me?!" Nami screamed. "I'm a horse too!"

"Technically, you're ponies," Pinkie Pie said.

"What's going on?" Penguin asked, his eyes drifting to then over Neo. "Neo? Is that you?"

"Yes." Neo nodded. "It's me."

"What's going on?" Zoro asked looking at his body.

"Luffy?" Chopper asked.

Neo turned her eyes to her friends. She found they all, but for Chopper and Bepo, had turned into ponies. And those with devil fruits and Zoro were unicorns while Shachi and Penguin were Pegasus, and the rest were earth ponies. Chopper was in a normal reindeer form but he still looked more like a pony to her. He was a bit bigger than the ponies but still smaller than a regular reindeer and as cute as ever. And Bepo was still a polar bear. With a deep breath, she told them everything that happened since she was taken from them.

"This is nuts," Usopp said.

"That's insane," Brook said.

"Super messed up," Frank said.

Neo looked at the cyborg. His cyborg body parts had followed him, making him look like a very strange pony. But she didn't question it. There wasn't time anyway. And a lot of the time magic never had any straight answers.

"Interesting," Robin said while checking out her new body. She spotted her cutie mark, a flower of her hands. "And what's this mark? I've never seen anything like it before."
"It's your cutie mark," Twilight said before telling them about their world and how the cutie marks worked.

"So we have to defeat this darkness crystal," Sanji said. His cutie mark, a frying pan and a spatula.

Neo nodded.

"We were really worried about you, Neo," Chopper said.

"Yeah. Tra was driving us insane with all his pacing around and glares," Usopp said. "I thought he was going to attack us a couple of times."

"I'm sorry," Neo said. "I didn't mean to worry you all. It's not like I wanted to come here."

"It's fine." Law stood up on shaky legs. "We're back together now. How's our baby? Did anything happen to you two while coming here?"

"Just fine," Neo said. "No nothing happened. We're both fine. And you'll get use to the legs."

"If you say so," Law said.

Neo looked to his flank. She wasn't surprised at all to find a scalpel as his cutie mark.

"Well, now that that's settled, I need to get back to my library to see if I can find a path to this kingdom we're suppose to find," Twilight said. "Can you all keep our new friends entertained? And help them with their new bodies and magic."

"You got it, Twilight!" Pinkie Pie said.

Twilight nodded and left with Spike on her back.

"Magic?" the pirates asked.

"Some of you are unicorns," Neo said. "We think it might be because of your devil fruits." She looked at Zoro. "And your swords, I assume."

"This is just great," Usopp said. "How am I suppose to use my slingshot if I don't even have hands?"

"You'll figure it out," Rainbow Dash said.

"Thanks a lot," Usopp said.

"It'll be fun," Luffy said. "I can use my gum gum powers through this horn."

"Are you serious?" Robin asked.

"Yup!" Luffy nodded.

"It's true," Neo said. "You all should practice with your pony bodies. We have no idea what we're going to run into here." Her eyes then drifted to Brook. She had forgotten about his body. Somehow he had one in this world. His cutie mark was, obviously, a violin.

With careful, shaky steps the pirates and ponies made their way back out of the castle and over to Ponyville.

"You didn't get hurt while learning to walk like this, did you?" Law looked at Neo. "I'm not feeling any pain from you."

"We're fine, love," Neo said. "Twilight carried me with her magic at first. And I made sure to take care when I started walking. You don't have to worry about us."

"I will worry no matter what," Law said. "This isn't the first time you've been taken away from me."

Neo smiled, thinking back to when her people had taken her from Law and the crew. It was not a fun time. Then running for your life never was. But it all worked out in the end. She had purified the darkness, got to know who she really was, and got to stay with Law and the crew.

"So this is Ponyville, huh?" Shachi asked when they entered into the small town.

"The name really suits this place," Penguin said watching the ponies clean up the mess they had made, without hands. "There are so many ponies here."

"Is the darkness really gone from them?" Robin asked.

"It is." Neo nodded. "But I don't know if it will come back. This world is so different from ours."

"Try not to worry about it," Law said.

"It's a work in progress," Neo replied.

"We should get started on your training or whatever you want to call it," Rainbow Dash said. "Fluttershy and I can help you two with the wings."

"Oh, um, yes. We can do that," Fluttershy said rubbing her left leg on her right. "But I'm not the best at flying."

Shachi flapped his wings. "Great. We might as well use them since we got them."

"Don't worry. You're going to be awesome," Rainbow Dash said.

"If you say so," Shachi said. He and Penguin stepped over to the two winged ponies, ready for their first flying lesson.

Neo watched them. She knew what it was like flying. She hoped and prayed her two brothers would be all right in their lessons.

"I could help with your horn magic, but since your magic, or powers, are from another world I'm not sure how much help I will be," Rarity said. "Besides, I'm not really clear on what these devil fruits really are."

"We'll be fine," Law said. "We can test it out ourselves. We had to do what when we first ate our devil fruits."

"Great." Rarity laughed a bit, uncomfortable.

"And I don't know if there's much I can teach you all either," Applejack said. "But I can show you how we buck apples."

"Buck apples?" Nami asked.

"That's right. You just rare up and kick!" Apple Jack kicked her back legs out behind her.

"Sounds like just want I need," Sanji said.

"Why's that?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Because I use my feet to fight," Sanji said. "I'm the cook of the Straw Hats. I can't use my hands to fight."

"Oh," Pinkie Pie said. "I see. I think."

Neo stepped back from the group. Laying down on the grass she watched as her friends and family worked to get control over their new bodies and their new magic. The more gifted ones, such as Robin, Law, and Sanji weren't having much trouble at all with their new bodies. Sanji only took a few kicks to figure it all out while Robin and Law didn't seem to have much trouble at all. Nothing much changed for them. But then they were three of the smarter pirates.

Zoro was one who was having a harder time. He had to figure out how to move all three swords with his magic instead of his body. "This is so stupid."

"You can do it, Zoro!" Luffy shouted then laughed.

"Shut up!" Zoro said. "I'm trying to focus!" He turned his attention to his swords. He moved one first. When he got comfortable with that he added a second one in, spending several minutes moving the two before pulling in his third.

"This odd," Chopper then said. "I can't seem to use my devil fruit powers."

"Well, you don't have a cutie mark so that might be why," Neo said looking at him.

"Oh." Chopper sunk down to the ground beside her. "I won't be able to use my attacks then."

"Don't worry about it," Neo said nuzzling behind his ear. "Hopefully this trip will go a lot easier than the one on Luminous."

"Yeah." Chopper nodded. "I won't want you to get poisoned again. We weren't even there and the thought still scares me."

Their eyes turned when they heard a loud thump and a groan. Shachi had flown into a tree.

Rainbow laughed as she lowered herself to him. "You okay?"

"Yeah I think so." Shachi shook his head. "This isn't as easy as it looks." He glanced over at Neo. "Now I know how you felt when you first started to fly."

Neo smiled. "Let me know if you're body keeps hurting. I'll heal you with my solar crystal."

"Thanks, Neo." Shachi flapped his wings and lifted himself back into the air.

Her gaze followed. She cringed when he and Penguin collided with each other. Unable to watch them fly around any longer, she turned her eyes to the rest of the pirates. They were coming alone, if at a slow pace. Usopp was getting the hang of his slingshot. All he had to do was stick it into the ground, load it, and then pull it back with his teeth.

"Gum Gum Gatlin!" Luffy cried out before demolishing a rock.

"Hey!" a nearby pony protested when a piece of the rock almost hit him. "Watch it! We're trying to clean up here!"

"Oops! Sorry!" Luffy said.

"Try not to damage this place any farther than it already is, Luffy," Nami said around the baton she held in her mouth.

"I said sorry," Luffy said.

"I think I've done all I can do," Nami said placing her baton on the ground. "Seem like I can still control my baton. Though I might not be much help. I can't seem to keep a good hold on it yet while speaking."

"Well, I'm hoping we won't have to fight much," Neo said. "Since this is the second time I've dealt with a darkness crystal I should be able to heal it quickly enough."

"Either way we need to keep Neo as safe as possible," Law said. "Her crystals might protect her and our child, but I don't want to take any risks."

"We know," Nami said.

"This ain't nothing new, Bro," Franky said. "We'll be super protective of her like always."

"Since I can't use my devil fruit I can take some hits for Neo," Chopper said.

"You sure?" Neo asked.

"Of course." Chopper nodded. "We reindeer are tough. And I am a pirate."

"Okay." Neo nodded.

The group continued to work on their new bodies for another hour before finally going back to the library to see how far along Twilight had gotten.

"Twilight," Applejack said as they walked into the tree. "You done in here?"
"Just about," Twilight said. "Looks like we're going to have to take the train at first." She walked around the room, carrying a book in her magic. "Then we'll have to walk for awhile, maybe a couple days, and then I could use my magic and teleport us a bit. But the whereabouts of the kingdom are still unknown. I have no idea how to get us into this place. All we really know its somewhere in this forest."

"Try not to worry about it," Neo said. "I'm sure I'll sense them. And the darkness crystal will definitely sense me coming."

"Most likely we won't even have to find them," Law said. "They'll find us."

"You all just be prepared," Neo said. "If I'm right and these ponies all have control over the elements. Which mean this isn't going to be an easy battle for any of you."

"What battle ever is easy?" Usopp asked.

"Anyway, we really should get going tonight," Twilight said.

"Are you sure?" Fluttershy asked. "It's getting late. A lot of strange creatures can come out at night."

"You're really shy, aren't you?" Usopp looked at the yellow pony.

Fluttershy blushed and looked away. "I'm sorry."

"Don't worry. We have Bepo here with us," Penguin said. "I'm sure his big body will scare other creatures away. He's a bear after all."

Fluttershy looked at the bear and smiled. "I don't see how such a cute bear like him could scare anyway."

Bepo flushed, unsure of what to say. He didn't even know if he could fight like this, in this form. It was different from his mink form.

"I know it's getting late," Twilight said. "But it's a really long journey. And a lot of the time we're going to have to be walking. The longer we wait the worst it's going to get. We can sleep on the train. Let's get packed and meet at the train station in thirty minutes."

"Well, I'm already packed!" Luffy grinned.

"Don't be an idiot!" Nami whacked him over the head.

"Well, we might as well get packing," Rainbow Dash said. The ponies mumbled their agreements before heading for the door. "What do we even need on a trip like this?"

"I'm afraid we're not going to have much room for you all in our tents," Twilight said to the pirates.

"Wait," Neo called. The ponies paused and looked back at her. "I don't think you have to bring anything. I can create vegetables and fruits with my earth crystals. And I can easily find us shelter with my crystals. So we can leave right now if you want."

"You're just mighty handy, aren't you?" Applejack said.

"Unless there's something you all need or what to bring along," Neo said.

The ponies exchanged looks and mumbled they didn't really need anything.

"Well, this is the easiest trip I have ever packed for," Rarity said.

"Then let's get going," Twilight said. "The sooner we get there the sooner we can save Equestria."

The pirates, ponies, and one dragon left the library. Following Twilight they headed back to the train station. It was getting ready to leave when they were buying their tickets. They rushed onto the train. It was quiet, pretty much abandon. Only one other pony was on this car so they pretty much had the place to themselves. They all sat down. Neo got on a bench with Law and sighed. "I'm getting a bit sleepy. I think the stress of all this is finally getting to me."

"Then rest," Law said.

Neo nodded and laid down as close to him as she could, falling a sleep in seconds.

"That was fast," Applejack said.

"She sleeps when she gets stressed," Law said. "And having to take care of our baby causes her to sleep too."

"Is she going to be all right on this trip?" Fluttershy asked. "I mean we're suppose to be fighting."

"She'll be fine," Law said. "Her crystals have formed a shield around our baby. While it's not unbreakable it down help protect them both."

"She's such a strange creature," Rainbow Dash said.

"You have no room to talk," Usopp said. "You have rainbow hair. Who has rainbow hair? This place is just too weird. I want to go back to the Sunny."

"What's a sunny?" Spike asked.

"It's our ship," Usopp said before describing the Sunny to them.

"Sounds amazing," Spike said. "Wish I could see it.

"Maybe one day you all can come to our world," Nami said.

"Now that would be awesome," Rainbow Dash said.

…

"Neo, time to wake up," Law said.

Neo shifted in her sleep. Opening her eyes she looked up at Law. "What?"

"It's time for us to get off the train," Law said.

"Oh, right." Neo stepped off the bench and stretched out.

"Sorry I had to wake you. I know you were sleeping really well," Law said.

"It's fine," Neo said nuzzling against him. "I was about to wake up anyway. How long have I been asleep?"
"A little under three hours," Law said.

"Hey, you two coming or not?" Penguin poked his head back into the car. "We're waiting on you."

"We're coming," Law said.

Neo followed him off the train. Night had fallen. The moon was bright, full, and huge lazily in the sky.

"Are we really going in there?" Fluttershy asked. Her eyes were locked onto the dark forest in front of them. "It looks dark and scary. Who knows what kind of creatures on in there?"

"Yes, that's where we're going," Twilight said.

"This is going to be so much fun," Luffy said.

"Totally!" Pinkie Pie said jumping around.

"Why does it have to be a forest at night?" Spike asked. "Why never a night shiny path in the daytime?"

"It'll be fine," Twilight said heading for the forest. "It's not like we haven't walked through a forest at night before."

"She's got a point," Applejack said as they all followed the purple pony.

"Well, this is charming," Rarity said looking around the forest.

Neo summoned a couple fire crystals. Lighting them up she flew them ahead of everyone to give them light. She looked around. A few owls flew off to get away from the light. Some bats screeched but never came close to them.

"Something wrong, Neo?" Sanji asked.

"The darkness is here," Neo said. "It appears to be all over this place."

"It was like this on Luminous," Penguin said.

Neo shivered and stepped closer to Law. "The elemental ponies have been here. And it's not been all that long before they were here."

"You sensing them?" Brook asked.

"No," Neo said. "But the forest tells me they were hear. It's possible for them to come back. Keep an eye out."