Chapter 4: Second encounter
A/N: Enjoy!
Summary: In the last chapter, Dai Shocker has sent three Undeads to help Project D but in the end, they got a shock. Project D has lost his memories and has turned an Undead to his ally. How will Dai Shocker react to this, if they were to find out that is. Because in this chapter, the remaining two Undeads will try to defeat Project D, if they can. Besides that, the mysterious darkness that has invaded the land of peace will be making some evolutionary changes to itself.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kamen rider or My little Pony: Friendship is magic. But of course, I do own my OC for the story.
Night soon fall over the land known as Equestria.
Thorn looked out of the tree shelter that she and Project D had both made during the day. She had a worried expression on her face as she continuously looked around, searching for any signs of her master.
A rustle in a nearby bush caught her attention and she turned to it. Thorn eyed it carefully as a hand emerged from it and slowly, a cloaked body appeared afterwards. She wagged her wooden tail excitedly as she dash out of the shelter and tackled the cloaked being.
"Thorn! How were you?" Project D asked with a smile hidden behind his mouth plate. The Timber Wolf simply barked a couple of times as she nuzzled his chest. Project D chuckled at the Timber Wolf and petted her head as he got up,"Let's get in, Thorn. The night can be very dangerous when we're not careful." Thorn nodded back as she got off of him and trotted back to the shelter with him following behind.
"Capricorn! We have big trouble!" Jaguar Undead cried as he ran over to Capricorn's location.
The Queen of Spades turned and asked,"What kind of trouble are you talking about? Weren't you and Deer supposed to find Project D? Where is he anyway?"
Jaguar shivered,"That's just it! Project D attacked us! Deer fought back and he hasn't caught up with me since. I fear that Project D has eliminated our friend."
Capricorn scoffed,"Undeads do not die, Jaguar. We are merely sealed in those damn cards that Kamen rider Blade and his allies use. And Project D doesn't have that kind of card with him. Besides, now that I know Project D has attacked us, that gives me the perfect plan to make me the hero of Dai Shocker."
"What do you have in mind, Capricorn?" Jaguar asked.
"We, Jaguar, are going to use this belt that Shadow Moon has given us to hand over to Project D. If a Project can use this belt, so will I. But first, we have to find him. Do you know where Project D is hiding at?"
Shaking his head, Jaguar replied,"No. Deer and I merely ran into the inhabitants of this world and Project D attacked us."
Capricorn chuckled,"A sense of justice, I suspect. Or it could have just been coincidence. Nevertheless, we have to find more of those inhabitants and take them as hostage. Then Project D might show himself."
Somewhere in the Southern part of Equestria, mysterious trees have started sprouting out from the ground and it had covered the entire area of destroyed land caused by the mysterious darkness. There, strange purple fruits started developing as well within the forest, confusing the residing creatures that have survived the terror caused by the darkness.
Though the instincts of the creatures told them not to eat the strange fruits, their desires betrayed them as they devoured most of the fruits in the forest.
A Timber Wolf, out of desperation for food, ate the whole fruit in a single go. But then, it cringed as it curled up in a fetal position and started glowing brightly green. Then, its front legs started developing into arms with green armor covering its entire arms and upper body areas. Along its legs, stripes started appearing while claws appeared on its hands.
When the transformation was done, it froze for a moment before looking at its hands. It trembled and fell on its back at the discovery of what it has became but its consciousness was slowly dying out as well when its eyes flashed green for a moment. The Timber Wolf turned Kaiju started growling loudly and howled into the night sky as the nearby creatures cowered in fear at the Kaiju they were looking at.
Footsteps were heard and the Kaiju looked back, only to see a dark figure standing before it."It seems that the first Inves has been created." It chuckled and raised its spear,"Now go! Wreck some havoc!"
The Inves was unclear for a moment before it finally understood what the figure had said and took off without another word.
Back in the Everfree Forest, Thorn had just fell asleep in Project D's lap and he gently placed her at one side of the shelter. He chuckled to himself as he looked out of the window.
Looking up at the sky, clouds were starting to form and a lightning bolt ran across the sky, followed by a loud thunder that woke up the now frightened Timber Wolf. The Kaiju instantly appeared at her side to calm her down."It's alright, Thorn. I'm here for you. You have nothing to fear. Just go back to sleep and nothing bad will happen to you." The Timber Wolf whimpered at first but nodded at his words and again, went back to sleep.
Project D made his way back to the window and stared out of it as rain started pouring.
Very soon, a shadow appeared over him and Project D looked up, only to see Deer Undead hanging on his ceiling."What are you doing up there?"
Deer got down from the ceiling and said,"I...I was just looking for shelter from the rain, master. I was hoping if I could stay with you till the rain stops."
Project D nodded,"Of course you may, Deer. There is plenty of space in this place. As long as you don't disturb Thorn, you won't cause me any trouble." Deer nodded as he bowed and left. Project D looked up at the sky again and sighed,"This world...I can feel its pain. If only there was a way I can save it from the pain it is suffering from."
As he turned, he felt something touching his back. It felt as if something scorching was tapping his back. He turned back and was face to face with no one. He looked around the place trying to find out who tapped him. Then, Project D received a head splitting headache. He clutched his head with his hands and fell to his knees and he gave an ear-piercing screech that caused Thorn to wake up and cower at the sight of her master in pain while Deer tried to comfort her.
In his mind, Project D saw yet another vision. But this time, the vision was showing him a being covered by golden light as a sparkling cape hung from the golden being's cape. A golden belt with a blue buckle was attached to the being's waist and a weapon that appeared to be a golden gun was attached to the right side of the belt.
Project D had no idea what the vision was trying to tell him but watched with interest as the being removed his gun and blasted a few shots at Jaguar Undead before the vision changed into another one where the golden being's gun had changed into a sword and he started slashing Jaguar with it.
Very soon, the vision went blank without a warning.
The Kaiju woke up to see that Deer and Thorn were both by his sides,"Master, are you alright?" The Undead asked worriedly. Thorn gently nuzzled his hand and whimpered in a worried tone as well.
Project D nodded,"I'm fine, you two. I'm sorry that I made you worry for me. It's just another vision." However, Project D was not alright in reality. He had a question running across his mind that he needed someone to solve and soon: Who was that golden being in his vision and why did it showed him that?
"Celestia, Luna, it's time for bed!" Aurora called out as she made her way to Celestia's room. As she entered the room, she saw Celestia and Luna both in Celestia's bed and they were both giving their mother a big grin."Luna, this is Celestia's room. Your room is on the other side of the hallway. It's just a couple more steps away from here. Are you that lazy?"
Luna pouted,"But mother! Could I just spend this night with Celestia? Please! Please! Please! I promise we won't cause any trouble!"
Aurora chuckled,"Well, I'm not worried about your sister causing trouble because she is older than you but you on the other hand, are more younger. You're much more energetic than your sister and that could be some problems. But I trust that you can keep your sister out of trouble, Celestia. A princess has to know her limits and Luna should learn that when she grows up."
"Yes mother." Celestia replied.
The queen nodded and was about to head out when she remembered something and turned again,"I almost forgot to tell you. Prince Bright Wings will be making his way to our castle. I know that we are still being invaded by this mysterious force but Prince Bright Wings has offered to help us as well. He's such a gentlecolt. Who knows, maybe he may ask your hoof in marriage after this, Celestia. When you reach your matured age, I'm sure you will fall for him like how I had fallen for your father."
Luna stuck her tongue out in disgust and Celestia silently giggled before she replied back,"I'm not sure about that, mother. Besides, the last time he visited us, both he and Luna caused so much mayhem in the castle that you had to separate them both for a few months."
Aurora smiled,"I remember that. I'm sure Bright Wings will forget that and try to make friends with you, Luna. I think you should do the same too. It's not right to hold a grudge against somepony, especially if he is going to be your new brother-in-law soon."
"Mother!" Luna whined."I don't want him as my brother!"
Smiling, the queen walked out as she closed the door.
Once she was gone, Luna smirked as she got off the bed,"Okay, Celestia. It's time to go." Luna started hopping around the room and giggled away."Can you believe it?! Mother wants you to marry that greedy Pegasus! And it made it worst when she said he was a gentlecolt. I think I might puke. I bet he's just here to create more troubles for us."
Celestia sighed,"Luna, it's not nice to say that about him. I know he might be a pain in the neck but I think he might really be helping us this time."
"He's older than you, Celestia! Can't you see that?! What do you think he may become when you reach the legal age? He would become a tyrant if you'd ever marry him. I remember him wanting everything through the power of dominance. I'm not losing my sister to a stallion like him! You deserve somepony better. Somepony who cares about you and somepony who can also look after me as a true brother-in-law. That's all I want. I want both of us to be happy, Celestia. I too want someone who appreciates me and someone who will appreciate the beauty of the night I created myself."
Celestia hugged her sister,"Luna, I'm sure we will meet out special somepony one day." As she removed her hoof, she smirked,"And by the way, weren't you complaining that we shouldn't head out to the forest and see what is the mysterious energy coming from?"
The younger Alicorn squealed in delight as she and Celestia silently flew out of the window.
As Aurora made her way to the Throne Room, she saw vines coming out from the room and she rammed the door."Solaris! What's happening?!"
Solaris turned back and spoke,"Aurora, its...its incredible! The fruit...it changed!" He raised his hoof and showed her a lock that had an image of a Pineapple as vines appeared at the base of his hooves.
"No! I meant why are all this vines here?!" Aurora shrieked.
The smile on Solaris's face vanished and he replied,"Oh, well...you see, before the fruit changed into this, the vines started appearing as it glowed and that's how this happened. I think more of these fruits are being produced as we speak."
Aurora knocked the device out of his hoof and said,"Solaris! We don't know what these fruits even do! The least of our problems is that the girls see all these. It's a good thing they're both in bed. But what will you do about all these when they wake up in the morning?"
"Simple." Solaris said."We'll just get rid of them using our magic. It's the same thing we always do to get rid of messes, remember?" As he placed his horn on a vine, his horn glowed but after a moment, Solaris lifted up his head,"I...I think we have a problem. My magic doesn't work on them!"
Rolling her eyes, Aurora sighed,"Really, I wished you would have thought about that for a moment. Now let's get rid of them and put down that thing!"
Nodding, Solaris placed the Pineapple Lock down and started cutting the vines with his horn.
"Come on, Celestia. We're almost out of here." Luna said with excitement.
Sighing, Celestia replied,"I know. I know. Just let me cast the spell first." As her horn glowed, a small patch of the barrier in front of them started cracking and soon, it broke apart.
The two quietly made their way out of Everfree and tiptoed into the forest as the barrier restored itself.
Luna sighed in relief,"See? I told you we would make it out. Now let's go find that creature!"
As she was about to run off, Celestia raised her hoof,"Hold on, Luna. We're still unsure if this creature is a friendly one or a deadly one. We're not even sure if it is a creature."
Rustles in the bushes in front of them were heard and the two quickly dove behind a tree beside them. As they peeked out of their hiding spot, they saw the Elite Guards of Everfree walking out of the bushes but the two knew that the Elite Guards would stick together. However, one of them was missing.
"Guys, how do you think the king and queen will react when we tell them about the death of our comrade?" One of the Unicorns asked.
The leader sighed,"I don't know. But I hope they won't get angry. Luckily we have information on the creature that they sensed this morning. We're lucky that it's on our side unlike those other ones."
As they entered Everfree, Luna looked at Celestia,"Did you hear that? The creature's a friendly! That means that we can approach it!"
"Hang on, Luna. We still have no idea how it looks like. We can't just go up to a random creature. Besides, the Guards talked about others. That means that there could be more creatures we have never seen." Celestia warned.
Luna rolled her eyes in amusement,"Oh Celestia. You're always the cautious one. It will be fine. Now come on! We don't have all night!"
Back at Project D's shelter, Thorn had finally gone to sleep after she had felt the Kaiju calmed down and Deer had left when the storm was gone. Now, only he was the only one awake as he looked up at the night sky.
"The night...one thing that I would love to know is who had created such a beautiful piece of art." Project D sighed. He was replied by a snort from a sleeping Thorn and he chuckled to himself,"I guess I'm talking to myself now."
He looked down at his own hands and clenched them into fists as he muttered,"If only I had been faster, that creature wouldn't have been killed by Deer's friend. If I'd ever get my hands on him, I'll make sure to deal with him to avenge that fallen creature." His wings unwrapped from his body and he looked at his wings in confusion at what they were doing.
Then, golden lights were starting to glow from his wings and soon, his whole room was lit up with a blinding light that lasted for a few moments before it disappeared. There, laying in his hands, was a deck of blank cards. He examined each cards and saw that one of them was glowing. As he examined it, a scream was heard and Project D looked up. He quickly placed the deck of cards down and his wings wrapped around his body as he got up and left the shelter.
"That's right. Scream!" Capricorn smirked as he placed his dagger near Luna's neck.
The blue Alicorn shivered in fear as the cold metal tip of the dagger poked her neck and Celestia glared at the Undead,"Leave her alone! She hasn't done anything to you at all!"
Capricorn turned his attention to Celestia and smirked,"Oh, I see that I have a brave one too. You'll make a fine prey, my dear..." As he stroked Celestia's cheek, she flinched at the feeling of his hand and glared at him again. Capricorn merely laughed,"I like that attitude of yours, little girl. Too bad you're not an Undead. Then maybe I could have call a truce with you and maybe even get you to like me."
"I'd rather die than be near you!" Celestia cried.
"Suit yourself." Capricorn replied as he raised his dagger up. But before he was about to swing his dagger down, a lightning bolt struck his hand and he dropped his weapon. Capricorn looked up, only to see Deer standing on top of a tree."Deer?! I thought you were dead!"
Deer leaped down from the tree and scoffed,"It seems you have forgotten that we cannot die. But I won't let you kill them!" He took out his two swords and got into his defensive stance.
Capricorn chuckled,"Oh? I think Project D must have used his so call 'ally maker' technique on you. Undeads do not protect any kind of creatures except their own!"
"No! Project D has freed me from the mind of a creature! And I shall repay him back by defending these two." Deer cried.
"Have it your way, then." Capricorn finished. As he picked up his dagger, he snapped his fingers,"Jaguar, time to bring back Deer to our side."
Instantly, Jaguar Undead leaped out from Capricorn's shadow and he tackled Deer to the ground.
As the two started rolling around, Capricorn made his way towards the two ponies. He stood in front of them with his dagger raised,"Time to die!" Then, he felt a kick on his back and he was knocked down."Who is it this time?!"
When Capricorn looked up, he was face-to-face with Project D cloaked in his wings."P-P-Project D?!"
Project D gently lifted up the two Alicorns from the ground and laid them next to a fallen tree. He turned back to Capricorn and his mouth plate opened up before he started hissing at the Undead. His blade extended out from his wrist while his shield appeared in his other hand. His wings slowly flared out to reveal his body while the pair of menacing eyes appeared on his wings.
Capricorn flinched at the look of the eyes and Project D used that moment to his advantage by thrusting his blade forward, striking a hit on Capricorn's chest. As the Undead was knocked down, Deer kicked Jaguar off of him and made his way to Project D,"Master, I'm glad you're here."
Nodding, Project D spoke,"It's good to see that you are now helping the innocents. But I'll handle them now. You can take care of those two creatures that were almost harmed by your friends."
"They're not my friends, master. I am no longer one of them now. I am on your side. Let me help you, master. I can lend you my strength." Deer spoke as his antlers sparked with pride.
Project D nodded,"Alright. Just don't cause too much damage to the forest. Everything is important to the lives in this place."
Deer nodded as he placed his hands on Project D's shoulders. As his body sparked with electricity, it flowed from his antlers to Project D's blade. He raised his blade up and a projectile that looked like a replica of his blade extended out before he slammed it onto Jaguar. As Jaguar rolled back, his body sparked from the impact that the blade had left behind and his buckle opened.
Seeing this, Deer looked at Project D,"Master, Jaguar is now ready to be captured."
"Captured?" He repeated.
Deer nodded,"Yes. The buckle on all Undeads opens whenever we are defeated by an opponent. We are sealed inside of cards that represents our element. Jaguar and I are both in the Spade Category 2 to 10. Capricorn is in the Royal Club Undead Category. I'm sure you should have the cards."
"But I..." Just then, Project D felt something behind his back and he grabbed it. When he saw what it was, he gasped. It was the deck of cards he had left behind at the shelter. This time, two cards were glowing. As he removed them, it showed that the Spade 6 and Spade 9 cards were the ones.
"Those are the ones, master. I am Six of Spades, Thunder Deer. Jaguar is the Nine of Spades, Mach Jaguar. You can seal us away with our respective cards."
Project D looked up at the Undead,"But...you'll be sealed permanently. I won't be able to let you roam free like I had promised you."
Deer placed a hand on his shoulder,"Don't worry, master. This is just temporary for me. After all, I did caused you trouble before. Now, I can repay you." As he took the Spade 6 card from Project D's hand, Deer was slowly absorbed into it and the card returned to his hand.
Clutching his fist, he tossed the Spade 9 card at Jaguar and the Undead was absorbed into the card before it flew back to Project D's hand.
Seeing that his ally was sealed, Capricorn growled,"This is just not according to my plan! But who cares. I still have something that could help me..." As he took out a golden belt from his back, Project D eyed it carefully and realized that it was the belt from his vision!
"Wh-what is that monster doing?" Luna whimpered.
"Henshin!" Capricorn yelled as he pressed the belt against his waist. At first, it looked like the belt was attached to him but then, sparks flew everywhere as the belt rejected him and ejected from his waist."B-but how?! I was certain the belt would turn me into Dai Shocker's own Kamen rider!"
Project D picked up the belt,"Kamen rider you say?" He started chuckling as he placed the belt on his waist. As he did, the belt's blue gem in the middle of the belt's buckle flashed.
"No...tell me you're not..."
"Henshin!" Project D cried. The gem started glowing brightly as his body were engulfed by a bright golden light.
Soon, a white suit materialized on him as golden armor parts appeared from thin air and attached themselves onto his wrists, legs and chest. Then, a shield-shaped silver armor was attached to his chest and a blue cross appeared. His helmet appeared next in a color of gold as his visors were blue and the cross attached in between his visors split open as flame erupted out, burning the ground.
The wind blew strongly against him as rainbow sparkles gathered at his back, forming a golden cape. And in his hand, a golden gun materialized.
Project D looked at his new armor,"I never thought I would become like this now."
Capricorn growled as he charged towards him. Project D saw this coming and he pointed his gun at him before firing a few shots at the Undead. As the Undead fell, Project D saw Deer's card flashing and he picked it up. Then, the blue gem on his gun glowed. Seeing this, he swiped the card across the gem and the gun announced in a mechanical monotone voice,"THUNDER DEER, CHARGED! READY FOR RELEASE!"
Project D gripped the gun with both his hand and a golden sphere started forming in front of his gun. The wind then started blowing against him again as Capricorn got up,"What's happening?! What are you even doing?!"
Ignoring him, Project D pulled the trigger,"FIRE! THUNDER DEER!" As the sphere was fired, it slowly turned into a silhouette of Deer before it collided with Capricorn, knocking the Undead down again.
Now, Project D rubbed the blue gem on his gun a few times before it announced,"JUSTICE SONIC!" Pulling the trigger, five golden spheres were blasted out of the gun and they spiraled around Capricorn before colliding onto his body, causing sparks to fly in every direction. Then, the blue gem flashed and Project D pressed his thumb against it for a few seconds,"CRUSADE SHOT!"
As he pulled the trigger, a giant golden sphere was formed in front of his gun before it was blasted up into the air. It then split up into ten beams as they rained down on Capricorn, each beam hitting his body. Then, Capricorn fell and his buckle opened up.
Project D walked over to him and the Undead grunted,"Go ahead. Seal me off. I will be back to kill you someday!"
Scoffing, Project D dropped the Spade Queen card on top of the Undead,"Just keep your mouth shut already." As the Undead was sealed into the card, it flew back up to Project D's hand.
A/N: That's all for today! I'm sorry for the delay but I needed more time for this. And today's also my birthday! So I wanted to finish this chapter by today as well. Please review if you wish to! I appreciate any kind of reviews or PMs you send me!