Ponyville:
Everypony cheered for Laharl and Issac for their victory over the teen dragons. Never before have they seen anything miraculous. They all gathered around the two heroes to congratulate them, shake their hooves and ask them random questions. Young mares came up to ask if they had and very special somepony in their lives. The guys chuckled and replied 'no' which made the mares giggle and give out their names, hoping they will be theirs.
Fluttershy grew a little angry when she saw this. 'Why can't I be brave like those girls,' she thought, 'he would probably laugh at me if I even ask him.' She lowered her head and some tear started to flow from her eyes. Applejack looked over and saw Fluttershy's face. She looked determined to find out whats wrong and ask her later. A podium was brought out and standing behind it was a light amber mare with a light grey mane and tail with a lighter grey streak. She wore half-moon yellow glasses and a white shirt collar with a green ribbon tie wrapped around it.
She stood up, talked with an authoritative voice, "May I have everyponies attention please." It took a bit but all ponies settled down. The authoritative mare cleared her voice and spoke again, "As mayor of Ponyville, I would like to congratulate these two young stallions," she pointed a hoof at Laharl and Issac, "for stopping those dragons from destroying our fair town." All the ponies cheered some more and stomped the ground.
The mayor waved her arms, making the crowd settle down. "Now I would like those two to please come up here to take a bow," said the mayor waving an arm at the two guys. They both shrugged and walked up to where she was. Everypony roar in excitement as Laharl and Issac were standing there being praised. Issac was jumping up and down, cheering along with the crowd. Laharl chuckled and scratched the back of his head.
Somepony in the crowd yelled, "SPEACH, SPEACH, SPEACH!," Mayor gestured to Laharl to come to the podium.
He walked up and spoke in a embarrassed tone, "Umm, I really don't know what to say. They came, we saw and we kicked butt. But if they ever do come back, we will handle them and anyone they bring." The crowd cheered even louder than usual. He turned to the mayor and whispered, "Don't worry about the building, I can pay to have it repaired Miss... ,"
"It's Miss Mayor Laharl and thank you," she said with a smile.
"I CALL SHENANIGANS ON THOSE TWO SHARLITANS," a loud female screamed through the crowd. Ponies moved out of the way to reveal a dark azure mare. She had a pale blue mane and tail with a even paler blue streaks in it. She was sporting a matching purple magic hat and cape with various colored stars on them. Her cape had a diamond on it, keeping it from falling off the mare. She stepped forward and spoke in a dramatic voice, "The Great and Powerful Trixie thinks these two are frauds and liars and their powers are a faked by illusion."
Issac leaned over to Laharl and whispered, "Dude, what's she saying?"
He whispered back, "That your stretching and my blood arcane is a sham and fake."
Issac got angry and pointed a hoof at Trixie, "Hey stupid pony, how dare say my gum gum powers are fake."
Twilight grew more worried by the second. 'Oh no,' she thought, 'why is she back? If she makes them mad... '
Trixie chortled, "What foolishness is gum gum, you are pathetic in Trixie's eyes."
He grew more angry the more she laughed. He stretched out his right arm ready to strike her down and launched a pistol at her. Gum Gum Pis-: his arm was caught by Laharl's smaller version of 'Demon's Fury'. Issac looked at him to see his semi-serious face. Laharl let go and Issac sat down, watching for what's about to happen. Trixie laughed even harder, "What a pathetic excuse of ponies if I ever saw any."
Laharl smiled and as he took a step on the ground, he disappeared and Trixie stopped laughing. She looked around and couldn't find the strange pony she was taunting. The whispers around her mentioned "how did he get on her back," so she just turned her head and to her surprise, he was laying on his back, on her back.
He chuckled maliciously, "Something tells me the great and powerful Trixie is in way over her little head."
He turned over, took off her hat and started humming, while playing with her ears. Trixie's mind was in a jumble, 'How did he get here so fast? What is this horrible energy I'm feeling? Why am I... enjoying this a little?' He disappeared again only to appear in front of her, lifting her up off the ground with on of those claw digits under her chin. Trixie smiled along with him but his turned into a small scowl.
He looked her deep in the eyes and said in a deep voice, mean voice, "If you think you can take me and Issac down then you are wrong little girl... dead wrong." She looked in terror at this stallion who was not only showing her up, but threatening her. He gently tossed her on the ground, threw her hat on her and pointed at her with one of those claws, "You better be ready for what's about to happen." A magenta aura color came from her unicorn horn and a large fancy wagon came out of nowhere and stopped behind Trixie.
She put on a angry face, took her hat from him, put it on, stood up on her hind legs and yelled, "YOU DARE MOCK THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE, SHE WILL UNLEASH HER MONSTER ON YOU!" A loud roar came from the wagon that piqued Laharl's interest. With her magic, Trixie opened the door and out rushed a creature. It stood in front of Laharl, this humanoid-bat creature with dripping fang, wing folds under it's arms and piercing red eyes.
"You are scared, no," Trixie asked hoping for the answer she wanted.
Laharl raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "No and where did you get the Sigbin?" The Sigbin roared and rushed towards Laharl with its claws out ready to slash him. Laharl quickly punched the creature in the face, sending it flying into wagon, destroying it. Ponies were impressed by how quick he was. The girl were excited and worried at the same time.
Fluttershy closed her eyes, lowered her head and prayed, 'Dear Celestia, please don't let Laharl get hurt... I don't know what I would do if... ' Her thoughts were interrupted when the Sigbin got up and lunged forward slashing at Laharl. He dodged all incoming attacks like it was nothing. Suddenly he ducked down, raised his left hind leg and kicked the Sigbin in the jaw, sending it flying in the air. As it flew up, Laharl jumped up and somersault kicked it back to the ground. When it landed, Laharl landed as well but more graceful.
The Sigbin got up and charged at Laharl again, only to be sent flying again by Applejack bucking it in the face. Then all the other girls came out to help with the fight. Spike was next to Issac watching the whole thing. Trixie laughed at their attempt to help, "HAHAHA, what do you six think your doing. No pony can beat my creature."
Rarity got angry, "Now listen here darling, we are not about to let you hurt are friend here."
Rainbow stomped the ground, "Yeah, we're going to teach that over sized bat a lesson." The Sibin screeched and charged once again but this time it was at the girls. They braced themselves for a fight but Laharl stood in front of them. He raised his right arm and his claw grew five times bigger and all red. Let The Darkness Consume You: He thrust his claw forward, grabbed the Sigbin and lifted it in the air. Then dark energy bolts came through the ground, striking the Sigbin many times. Shatter: His claw grew lighter and threw the Sigbin, sending it into the wagon rubble with a burn mark on it's chest.
His claw shrunk back down to its normal size. Everypony stared in awe at what just happened. Laharl drew and upside down lower case "t" in his left claw with his right and gestured with his right claw like he was grabbing something. Blood Arcane: Red Cross: He pulled what appeared to be a long red sword out of his left hand. It was dripping his blood and the dripping stopped. The Sigbin got up from the wreckage, groaning in pain.
It charged once more, screeching even louder like it was going to deliver the final blow. Laharl stepped forward and with lightning speed, he slashed the Sigbin and all was still. When Laharl stabbed the earth with his sword, the Sigbin started bleeding from various places on its body and then it exploded in a red haze. Everypony looked around to see where Trixie was, but she was nowhere to be found. Laharl walked over to the wagon wreckage and he noticed a red piece of paper under some things.
He picked it up, scanned it and put it in his coat. "Everyone go home, there is nothing else to see here," he said in a authoritative voice, "and Miss Mayor, I will drop off the money to help fix the building that was wrecked." He grabbed his coat, wrap it around himself and disappeared into the night. The sword he put into the ground disappeared as well. Ponies looked to where Issac was and he was gone as well. After some small conversations, everypony went to their respective homes and shops for the night.
Fluttershy's Cottage:
Fluttershy laid on the rug in her living room, contemplating the events that happened tonight. Her thoughts were in a whirl after seeing what Laharl can do. She closed her eyes hopping to get a peaceful sleep but was startled by a knock at her door. She walked to the door and peeked through the door hole, "Who is th..th..there?"
It was Applejack, "It's Applejack sugarcube, can Ah come in?" Fluttershy opened the door to let her in and Applejack shut the door behind her. "Sugarcube, Ah saw how you reacted when all those mares were all over Laharl and Issac. Do you wanna talk about it?"
Fluttershy looked away, trying to hide her anger, "Oh it's fine, I'm not bothered by it."
Applejack walked over and lifted up Fluttershy's chin to see a teary-eyed face, "Sweetie, Ah'm the 'Element of Harmony' and Ah can tell when somepony is lying to me. Please... tell me wut's on your mind.
Fluttershy on the verge of crying looked her deep in the eyes, "I... I... I... "
Ponyville Library:
Twilight just finished up her letter to the Princess for the night. She looked it over before sending it to her.
'Dear Princess Celestia,
I am afraid I did learn about the friendship between Laharl and Issac. It is... to say 'Interesting' how their friendship is. They hit each other, call each other very bad names and argue about everything. They even fight until what Laharl said, "Blood is drawn." But somehow they always stay friends by the end of the day. It is so strange... that there exists... other beings who act like this to each other. One thing that amazes me is how they cooperate when they battle against creatures that threaten to destroy Ponyville or other places. The way Issac can stretch himself to fight. When he was sent flying down the street, he grabbed hold of a street, stretched his arm out and retracted himself into that dragon was amazing. Laharl, I'm ashamed to say, scares me a little. He can do devastating things with his blood and summon dark light from the ground. Dark powers are amazing but when unchecked, it can be dangerous. Even Issac is a little afraid of Laharl. The talk about Supreme Overlords and demons is frightening. If you can, please tell me what they are doing here. It not only concerns me but the other girls as well.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle'
"Spike," she called for, "My letter is ready to be sent."
"Okay," he responded. He walked over, took the letter and breath green fire on the letter which evaporated into a sparkley mist and flew off into the night. He jumped up and down in excitement, "Did you see how those guys took out the jerk dragons? They were like POW and BAM and such. I wonder if they could teach me?"
The thought of that scared twilight a lot. She wanted Spike to be braver and stronger. But she didn't want Laharl and Issac to teach him anything. Their powers are dangerous and she needed to observe them some more. Suddenly Spike started to heave and spat up a scroll with a red ribbon on it. Twilight used her magic, undid the ribbon and gasped at the letter she was reading.
'Dear Twilight Sparkle,
I appreciate your concern but I can only tell you some things. There are... dark things happening in our world and Luna and myself are limited on what we can do about this. Our powers can do so much but it is not enough. Even the Elements of Harmony won't do us much good. So I did what was best and sought outside help. It took me a long while to find help but then I found Laharl and Issac. Even I am concerned about what they can do. Me and Luna saw the events that happened in Ponyville this evening. It was both amazing and terrifying at the same time. I have a new mission for the both of them and I need you and the rest of the girls to go along with them. You must be scared to hear this from me but it is necessary. I will be sending eight train tickets to their next location. The train will leave at nine in the morning the day after tomorrow. Along with the tickets will be the mission details for them. Please give it the boys and everything will come together after that. I would come along but Laharl has more experience with what you all are about to face. I have faith in both of those boy and I trust them with you girls. You all must have faith as well.
Your Princess and Teacher,
Princess Celestia'
Shortly after reading the letter, another letter came out of Spike and it looked bigger than the last. Twilight braced herself for what she was about to read.
Fluttershy's Cottage:
Applejack's mouth hung open after hearing what she just heard. She can't believe it at all. Fluttershy started to cry hoping Applejack wouldn't yell at her. Applejack shook her head, "Sugarcube, why... why like Laharl?" Fluttershy couldn't answer, she was too frightened. Applejack walked over and placed a comforting hoof on Fluttershy. She spoke in a soft voice, "Ah'm not mad dear. Ah just want to know why. He is handsome, brave and powerful. But he can be scary at times."
Fluttershy spoke in a very meek voice, "I can feel the hurt and pain in his heart. I feel like it's up to me to help him and I hope I can tell him my feelings one day."
Applejack hugged her, "Ah promise not to tell anypony about this and Ah promise Ah'll do wat Ah can to help." Fluttershy smiled a little but continued to cry.
Alchemy House:
Laharl read the red letter many times over to get the bigger picture. He didn't tell Issac because it would be too much for him to handle. Tomorrow will be filled with new questions to be asked and little answers to give. Hopefully Twilight will know something.
Ponyville:
Laharl sat back down next to Issac at a restaurant he picked. "So," Issac asked, "did you drop off the money to the Mayor?" Laharl just nodded and didn't say anything. The sun shined brightly giving the outside restaurant a good atmosphere. Just then, all six pony girls came and sat with the guys.
There was an awkward silence until Pinkie spoke up in a chipper voice, "Come on guys and gals, lets stop the silence and have a little fun."
Laharl chuckled, "Pinkie, sweetie, we could have a problem." Twilight pulled out a letter from her saddle pouch and placed it on the table. Laharl grew his claws, took the letter, took out his glasses and started to read the letter.
"So," Rainbow finally said, "what does the letter say."
He sighed, put his glasses away and put the letter down, "Well, we all are going on a trip to a place called 'Bright City', find some priest-father guy called 'Father Mauve' and take him out."
The girls looked in shock except for Twilight. "This guy is conducting blood experiments on ponies and he is getting out of hand." Issac whistled.
Rarity shook her head and spoke in a calm but panicky voice, "Hold on darling, did you say all of us are going?" Laharl just nodded.
Rarity got up and started to walk away only to be stopped by Applejack, "Now listen sugarcube, we are given somethin' to do by the Princess and we have to do it."
Rarity sighed and walked back over to the table and sat down. Twilight eyed the red letter Laharl had, "Hey, what does that letter say?"
Laharl put it away in his coat, "I'll tell you later. Now, you girls go home and prepare for tomorrow. Something tells me we need to be prepared."
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Author's Notes: Redone number 7. Blazblue reference will be explained in a much later chapter. Ciao!
