Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic nor any character used in this story.
Note: This Fic is written, assuming the reader HAS played the Kingdom Hearts game series. (Especially I, II, Re:Coded, and Birth by Sleep.) And has watched the first season of MLP:FiM at the least.
Special Thanks: I would like to thank Siegfried432 for helping me with the editing of this chapter and the previous one before it.
Chapter 1: First Encounter
Twilight Sparkle was breathing hard as she galloped to Sweet Apple Acres she practically gulped each breath as she slowed to a trot up to the house that was in the middle of the Apple Orchard. "Applejack! Applejack! Are you there?" Twilight yelled. "Hey there Twilight, Whoa! Where's the fire? You look like you were running from something that came outta the Everfree Forest!" Approaching Twilight was an orange colored pony with mane and tail of blonde, both tied at the end with a red band on her head she wore a cowboy hat, and had three apples on her flank as her cutie mark. "AJ! There was a big thing and it crashed and it-!" "Whoa whoa, slow down there, sugarcube," interrupted Apple Jack "I can't understand you if you keep talking like a mother hen clucking for her missing eggs. Now calm down, take deep breaths and tell me what's wrong" "Right… sorry… Apple… jack…" said Twilight, seemingly out of breath
"I was walking with Rainbow right after we finished with Winter Wrap Up. We were going to get some lunch when suddenly a large… well… object, I guess, fell from the sky right over our heads, and crashed into the Everfree Forest! It left a huge trench that you can see even from over here." Twilight had pointed towards the entrance of the Everfree Forest as she finished her explanation. "Whoooooeey!" Apple Jack exclaimed "Whatever it was, you weren't kiddin! It must'a been HUGE to leave a trench that big!" Her green eyes were staring widely at the extremely large trench that had appeared. The trench looked about a meter long before reaching into the Everfree forest. Some trees were turned over or even uprooted near the entrance. "Yes, and something that big crashed" said Twilight. "Look! There's already a crowd gathering around the entrance." Sure enough, there was a bit of a crowd already gathering full of curious ponies; chattering, gossiping, and just wondering what the hay was going on. "I asked Rainbow to help get Pinkie Pie and Rarity while I came to get you and Fluttershy." explained the worried unicorn "That way, we could investigate what exactly crashed down there." "I getcha…" Applejack responded "How 'bout you go find Fluttershy? I'll meet up with y'all at the entrance to the forest." Twilight nodded at her friend's suggestion and sped off, heading in the direction of the Everfree forest to Fluttershy's cottages. Applejack went into her house to get her knapsack and charged after her friend towards the Everfree Forest.
Riku awakened with a pounding headache. He clutched his head tightly in pain but shook it off to clear up the dizziness he felt. He looked around and noticed the area was completely filled with darkness. He stood up, confused of his whereabouts. Then it hit him… the events that had just happen not moments ago. "Sora…" He whispered to himself. The sadness washed over him, tears fell from his eyes onto the bright ground… Wait a minute… bright ground? He wiped his eyes and saw what had suddenly illuminated. Riku noticed that he was standing what looked to be a platform of a stain glass appearance with a familiar resemblance to someone he knew. As he looked over the platform, he realized it was Sora, but filled with cracks and chipped, blackened edges.
"This place… I…I've been here before." Riku thought to himself. Tap. "What was that?" Riku spun around towards the direction of the sound. Tap. The sound came from behind. He stared into the darkness, wondering if something was approaching. Tap, tap, tap. Riku tried to focus his eyes, to see if he could make out the figure. After some time passed, the person finally came to view; a man the size of a boy in a hooded black cloak. As he stepped onto the pillar, a familiar voice was heard: "I thought you said you'd protect him." Riku was a bit puzzled, but then realized who it was. "Is this your idea of protecting him?" The hooded figure asked while pointing to the Sora platform. Riku tried to explain himself "I-I-I didn't… I was trying-!"
Abruptly, the hooded figure brought up his hand, a light flashed, and appearing in his black gloved hand… was a keyblade; white with tints of blue and yellow. On the key chain was a star shaped keychain made of thalassa shells. "YOU PROMISED!" screamed the hooded individual. "You said you'd keep him safe for her! Was that just a lie!"
"NO! That's not true!" Riku defended " I wanted to save him! But I didn't know what to do! What was I supposed to do!" Falling to his knees, tears streamed down his face. "I know… I know I let her down… I let Kairi down… Even though I promised her I'd protect him…. but the worse is… I let it happen to HIM!" the words choked him. "And now he's gone… because I let it happen." He shook his head as he cried to himself.
The hooded figure ran up to Riku, and grabbed him by his vest collar. "Gone! Who do you think you're talking about!" He screamed right into Riku's face. "You really think someone like that… who could make so many connections… who would face into the darkness, dive into it, all just to save a friend. Someone, who did all that, in the name of friendship, a person who cared from the bottom of their heart, would be gone so easily!" Riku was started, he looked deep into the hood to barely see a pair of sky blue eyes, surprised and gasping at the figure's words. "He wouldn't give up if it was the other way around!" the hooded one continued "He'd never give up! He'd keep going! And he would find a way to save you! You're not allowed to just give up! You're not allowed to let him down, if he wouldn't let you! Or is that all his friendship means to you?"
Riku was startled when he heard those words…. Not because of the sting that they held but because of the undeniable truth…. Sora wouldn't have given up on any of his friends, no matter what….. What kind of best friend was he, to even let himself think that Sora would be gone from something like this? Riku looked back at him, with a new found determination; he looked straight into the hood and said "You're right… you're right, he wouldn't… and I can't let myself think that too… Thank you… Roxas. Thanks for setting me straight." Riku smiled.
And Roxas pulled his hood back, spun the keyblade in his hand, and laid it in front of Riku "Don't get the wrong idea," Roxas warned "I'm just making sure you keep your promise." Riku, smiling, grasped the keyblade in front of him and nodded. "Yeah I will." Then all of a sudden, the ground under Riku shattered and he fell into a deep, bright light, grasping tightly as he fell onto the keyblade, the Oathkeeper, the Keyblade of Promise.
At the entrance of the Everfree forest, the large crowd of ponies there wondered what could possibly have fallen from the sky and caused such a large trench to appear. Some seemed to have spread rumors that it was a large rock that fell from the sky. Others say it looked like a giant piece of candy, made of gummi. As the talks continued, a certain purple unicorn, and a peach-colored pink mane pegasus was rushing to the front. "Excuse me. Pardon me. Can I get through please?" Twilight said as she moved through the crowd. She noticed up ahead her good friend Rainbow Dash accompanied by two other ponies, a pure white unicorn with violet-colored mane and tail, both curled fashionably, Rarity, and a pink earth pony with a more electrifying pink curly mane and tail, Pinkie Pie, who was hopping excitedly in place.
"There you are, Twilight!" Rarity exclaimed "and Fluttershy too! How wonderful! Now we just need to wait for Applejack and we can get started." Puzzled, Twilight inquired "Um… Rarity, what exactly do you mean 'get started'? ". Matching Twilight's puzzlement, Rarity responded "Why, to search for the large diamond that fell from the sky… wasn't it?" At this question, Twilight sighs and placed a hoof to her face in annoyance. "Rainbow Dash, what did you tell her?" She asked the cyan Pegasus. "Hey!" She explained with some irritation in her voice "I never said we were looking for some space diamond, all I said was something really big came crashing down and it looked kind of shiny when I saw it crashing, and that we're going to check out what it was."
"What! But what else could it possibly be?" Rarity argued. "Something large from beyond the sky and is shiny! It must be a diamond from something like a star in the night sky!" "Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!" Pinkie Pie interjected with a large smile on her face "Maybe it's actually a bunch of candy!" All her friends gave her a weird stare with a sense of 'here we go again' "Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Even better! What if it's an alien space ship filled with super heroes from another world!" she said with glee as her eyes grew even brighter, and her smile grew broader and wider. "Uhhh Pinkie" Twilight said while smiling before Pinkie could go any further with her supposedly… well… 'Pinkie' statements "I don't think that's possible. Many astronomy ponies have been studying the night sky for a long time, wondering if there really is intelligent life beyond the stars and, so far, there hasn't really been any form of evidence to support that theory." "Umm excuse me," asked Fluttershy politely "but has anyone seen Applejack? Twilight said she should have been here already, but I don't see her anywhere."
As if on cue, trotting up to the group was Applejack, but what surprised the others was that a Zebra followed right behind her. "Hey girls!" said Applejack "I just took a quick run into the forest to check on Zecora, seein' as how she lives in the Everfree forest and everythin'. Oh! And get this: she says she actually saw what crashed down into the forest! Ain't that right, Zecora?" Applejack indicated to the zebra behind her. Nodding, Zecora clarified "Indeed, it was quite a shock when I heard the boom, I nearly thought the world was nearing doom!" As the ponies went up to Zecora, Twlight asked the first question that was surely on the minds of all the ponies. "Please, Zecora, could you tell us what it is that you saw crash?" "I-if you don't mind that is" Fluttershy meekly added.
"Of course, my dear friend, Fluttershy, I will gladly tell you of my tale." Zecora began "it all started when I went outside to pick up my mail." The ponies sat down to get more comfortably. A few of the other ponies in the group came up to listen to Zecora's tale as well. "While taking my envelopes a shadow flew by, bigger then any tree I've ever seen! Right after then, I heard the loud crash! With the ground shaking, I thought it was quite the scene."
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked. Zecora continued "I saw it sliding, past my home. Only to see it going and as I stared up high I saw a dome." "Wait a dome? Twilight asked "You mean it had dome like shape on it?" Zecora simply nodded and continued. "Yes indeed, it was quite round at the top, but what surprised me more was what popped up!" "What do ya mean Zecora?" asked a confused Applejack "Did something jump out of it or somethin?" Zecora responded "Strange dark things were running around. They came from the forest, they scattered up and down and all abound." "S-s-s-s-st-strange dark creatures?" Fluttershy squeaked timidly "M-m-maybe we shouldn't investigate by our selves, we should inform Princess Celestia-" "We don't have the time, Fluttershy…" Twilight interrupted "I think whatever those dark creatures are, they're after what crashed here…. This is all so mysterious." She placed a hoof under her chin, pondering deeply until she was suddenly interrupted by the Mayor of Ponyville, Mayor Mare. "Twilight Sparkle!" the Mayor inquired with concern. "Do you suppose you could find out what possibly crashed down here? Many ponies in the town are getting quite curious and some are bit worried if whatever crashed down might be dangerous."
"Don't worry mayor!" Twilight said with boastful confidence. "The girls and I are on it! We'll get to the bottom of this you can count on us" At that point, Fluttershy was lying down, feigning sickness. "Oooooh, I don't feel too good, maybe I should head back-" "Oh no, we're all in this together," interrupted Rainbow Dash "that means you're coming too Fluttershy! Besides, you're the one who's good with animals in the forest." "Oooooh, okay." Looking defeated, Fluttershy sighed and got up. "Okay, girls!" Twilight exclaimed "Let's get going! This is definitely going to be another exciting adventure!". Eyes brighten as she lead the others heading in front, with Fluttershy whimpering towards the back as Rainbow Dash made sure that she would not be running back home any time soon.
The six ponies traveled lightly, most of them not making any sounds, alert as their eyes roamed to scan the forest in case of any dark creatures popping out as Zecora described. As of yet, nothing came into their sights yet. "Oh, for Pete's sake! It's way too quiet around here!" cried Pinkie Pie. Everyone, however, had different ideas as most of them were shocked before they turned to Pinkie, giving her a confused look with raised eyebrows while Rainbow Dash glared. If looks could kill, Pinkie would be dead. "Pinkie, are you crazy!" Rainbow Dash yelled quietly. "Didn't you hear what Zecora said? There are strange shadows lurking about in the Everfree forest, what if those things hear you? I mean, I know I could take care of myself… and maybe Fluttershy since she can fly… but even I can't keep all of you safe!" Rainbow dash proudly stood mid air as if she had something to prove.
"Oh, come on!" Pinkie said with a bright smile and cheer. "We've been walking for an hour and haven't seen a thing except the trench getting bigger! I think we should liven things up with a song!" "No, Pinkie" disagreed Twilight "I agree with Rainbow Dash. I really think it's best if we kept quiet to make sure we don't give our selves away to those shadows…wherever they are. Besides, I think we're almost there. I see something just up ahead." She pointed her hoof straight ahead and, sure enough, there was something round there. "It certainly is round like what Zecora described but I can barely see this far." Rarity stated "Perhaps we should get closer?" The ponies agreed and trotted along as Rainbow Dash flew ahead and Pinkie Pie hopped. The trip was short, taking only about ten minutes. As soon as they arrived, they took a look at what crashed. "Whoa, what is it?" asked Rainbow Dash, her eyes widen as she was staring at the strange object.
Twilight approached it as did Rarity. "It…it looks like gummi candy." Twilight said out of observation. "It certainly does." agreed Rarity "The whole thing seems to be made of it." "Now, hold up there, Rarity" asked Applejack "you tellin' us this whole thing is made of candy? Somethin' that just fell from the sky?" "Ohahahaha!" interjected Pinkie with a giggle "Oh, you guys are so silly, that's not gummi candy!" "Wait, you can tell?" Asked Rainbow "Uhhh Helloooooooo!" answered Pinkie with know-it-all tone "I work at Sugarcube Corner! I'm around sweets of all kinds ALL the time!" "She's right." agreed Twilight as she banged a hoof on it. "This thing just LOOKS like gummi candy, but it's as hard as a rock." "Uhhhh girls?" asked Fluttershy timidly. "What is it Fluttershy?" Twilight asked. "T-Th-There's something in the bushes….. I-i-it doesn't look like a-anything I've ever seen before in the E-e-everfree Forest!" Fluttershy backed away from the nearby bushes.
The mares gasped, following suit and backing away from the bushes, half curious, wondering what it could be, and half scared, wondering if it was something dangerous; even Rainbow Dash had an uneasy look on her face. The rustling of the bushes got more wild as something made its way out. It was… it was… IT WAS… "A rabbit?" Rainbow Dash asked, confused. The rabbit in question was quite… strange. In fact, the ears were all floppy almost paper like, and so were its' feet; it didn't seem to have any toes, and its' arms were incredibly short, stumpy even. Plus the shape of its' head and body were very round like; it didn't even seem to have fur at all. It was completely black, save for its bright yellow pupil-less eyes. It didn't even have a nose, mouth or a tail for that matter.
"What in the name of Celestia is it?" asked Rarity with curiosity "That is certainly no rabbit I've ever seen!" "Oh my!" Fluttershy's expression changing from fear to adoration "It's so adorable!" The yellow mare flew up to the shadow "W-Wait!" Twilight warned "Fluttershy, it might be dangerous!" "Why hello there little one" Fluttershy bravely asked "what are you doing here in this forest?" The Shadow creature tilted its head to one side, confused. Fluttershy just smiled brightly at what she perceived to be an adorable reaction of the shadow… that is until the shadow spun around and tried to kick at her! "Look out!" Shouted Rainbow as she pulled Fluttershy's tail with her mouth back before the shadow's attack could land. "Oh my!" gasped Fluttershy, shocked at the attack. "Fluttershy!" The other ponies yelled.
Meanwhile, back on the ship. "Oooooh" quacked Donald softly but in pain "My head is killing me. Goofy, you okay?" Donald clutched his head, practically pounding from the headache he had. He looked around, wondering where his tall friend was and hoped he was alright. "I'm over here, Donald, I'm okay!" Goofy waved. The lights inside of the gummi ship were blinking but Donald could see Goofy was alright, standing over something. It had long, white hair… Long, White Hair? "Riku!" Donald's shrilled voice echoed as he quacked loudly. "Goofy! Is he alright?" Goofy looked back at Donald, worried. "Gwarsh, I don't know, he's… all different now." He said, crouched down while looking at Riku. Donald ran up to them and saw for himself.
"Huh?" Donald quacked inquisitively, he saw… A four-legged creature with hooves. "A horse?" Donald quacked curiously "Actually, he looks more like a pony to me." Goofy replied. Looking down, the pony in question had a long, spiky, white mane, same with its' tail, the main body was a silver color. On its' flank, a symbol was on it. "Goofy, look! That symbol! It's gotta be Riku!" Donald loudly quacked as he pointed at the symbol on the pony's flank. It was completely black, save for a red outline. It began as the shape of a heart at the top and at the end two extra points curled at the bottom, the symbol of the Heartless. "It looks just like the symbol he wore when he was under Ansem's control!" "Gwarsh you're right! But… why does he look like a little horsey?" Goofy said while scratching his chin. "How would I know?" Donald quacked back. His face having a look of worry as well, they both looked worried. Both were thinking of the same thing, what were they supposed to do now? Sora was gone and not only that his heart had been shattered into fragments and they don't even know if they're still around. They were at a complete lost.
Suddenly a scream! "Fluttershy!" "What was that?" loudly quacked Donald. "It came from outside!" Goofy said, looking to his feathered friend "I think someone's in trouble Donald!" Worried, Donald faced his dogged-face friend. "Should we check it out?" he quacked inquisitively."I think we should help them." Goofy answered. In agreement, they moved to the back of the ship, hurried to the small airlock top and opened the door. They covered their eyes from the stinging, bright light. As their eyes adjusted… they saw…
A moment earlier… "Fluttershy, you okay?" asked a worried Applejack. "I-I'm alright." Fluttershy assured her, though she was a bit shaken "I can't believe it tried to attack me... Did I do something wrong?" tears were forming in her eyes. "Don' worry none now, sugahcube." Reassured Applejack "You din't do anything wrong at all. That there critter just has a bad attitude that needs fixin is all." Applejack glared back at the shadow that tried to kick at Fluttershy. She couldn't believe it! Fluttershy was the kindest pony she knew! No critter with a heart would try to attack her, yet this black, weird hare went straight for it… so suddenly! The shadow in question looked like it was backing up at first until it leaped up into the air.
"It's going for Fluttershy!" Pinkie cried. "Not if I can help it!" Rainbow yelled, dashing straight for it in the air, giving it a head-butt knocking it out of the air. "Ha! Take that you…you… uh-oh!" Rainbow Dash's enthusiasm plummeted as more Shadow "hares" appeared from the depths of the forest. In short, they were surrounded! "Oh no! There's too many of em!" yelled Applejack. "Twilight, what do we do?" asked Rarity as she turned to her fellow unicorn pony. "I-I-I don't know, I never really dealt with or read about this kind of situation from my books before!" Twilight said. She was panicking as they were about to be overrun by shadow creatures, and didn't know what to do to stop them! "We…. We have to fight them off!" Twilight suggested "But there's too many!" Pinkie cried. "I don't know if my Pinkie Sense can even keep up if they all go at once!" The situation was not good, especially if even Pinkie isn't able to laugh at the situation they were in. It all seemed hopeless… then out of nowhere…
Adjusting to the light, Goofy and Donald saw… ponies… six of them in fact, right near their ship… two with wings, two with horns, and two with no distinguishing features. They were huddled together facing off "A Heartless!" Goofy cried. "That's not good. I really think we should help but… we're not supposed to interfere with other world's matters." Donald said. "But Donald," Goofy argued "Heartless are also our problem! We should help!" "But it's only one!" Donald quacked "And there's 6 of them! I'm sure they'll be fine!" "Not for long!" Goofy interjected "Look over there!" he pointed towards the bushes. More Shadows appeared flat as a piece of paper, crawling out of the shadows like ants on a march for picnic food. They appear to have popped into life joining the ranks of those already there. "Oooh I don't care what you say, Donald," Goofy disputed "I'm helping them! If Sora were here, he'd help those little horsies, and as his friend, I'm willing to do the same!" Goofy leaped into the fray. "Goofy wait!" Donald cried, but it was too late as his friend had already jumped ship. Goofy proceeded to summon his trusty, round shield in a flash of light with the symbol of the King, two round spots attached to a bigger spot. "Look out belooooooow!" Goofy yelled. "Ooooooooh." Donald quacked disappointedly as he placed his feathery hand over his eyes.
The ponies looked up to see a strange figure falling, crushing the shadow creature on the way down… causing it to dissipate in an instant. Fluttershy gasped as she saw what happened to the little creature. "H-H-How could you!" She cried at the anthropomorphic dog. "Gwarsh… you don't have to worry about them, little uhhh miss!" Goofy reassured Fluttershy behind him. "They're not alive! They're monsters! They can't feel anything or understand anything. Whooooa!" Goofy brought up his shield as a large group of them leaped right at him. As they pounded at his shield, he pushed them off. "Here I gooo!" Goofy yelled as he charged forward like a rocket, rapidly plowing through every single one of the shadows causing them all to dissipate. The ponies watched in awe, though there was a slight bit of fear in Fluttershy's eyes. "Hoooey!" Applejack whooped "That feller, sure knows how to take care of himself." "Yeah, a bit silly but definitely cool." agreed Rainbow. As the last shadow fell, Goofy looked back, smiling at the ponies, giving them thumbs up "All clear, folks!" Goofy reassured the ponies. The celebration was cut short, however, as their cheers turned to cries of fear. Goofy was puzzled until he noticed the big round shadow under him. He looked up, turned around and came face to face with…
"A Large Body!" Donald quacked loudly as he chewed his feathered fingers frantically. He knew Goofy was strong, but he had a horrible weakness to Heartless like Large Bodies, Heartless twice the height of Goofy and probably quintuple the size in girth, round, short legs, and big, long arms. They wear tight blue pants, maroon-colored tunic, and a hat that resembled a silver cymbal. It's defense is almost nigh impenetrable. Usually, it was either Sora or Donald that took care of them because they were really weak to magic and Sora was usually fast enough to get behind them, their only weak side. Unfortunately, Goofy had yet to figure out how to get behind this type of Heartless, he was just too slow with his fighting style.
"Goofy Tornado!" Goofy yelled, but as he spun around, the Large Bodies ganged up on him, his attacks bounced around harmlessly. He stopped, disoriented from the spinning. The Large Bodies were starting their wind up for their attack. "THUNDER!" A loud quack was heard. The ponies looked to where the voice came. It was.. an anthropomorphic duck with a strange wand in its feathery hands but what surprised the six mares was that the lightning came down and struck the three Large Bodied creatures that came out and started to attack their savior. The electricity coursed through the creatures before causing them to dissipate as well. "Donald!" cried Goofy "Don't worry Goofy, I got your back!" Donald told him, as he landed right next to his old friend.
They faced their opponents, back to back. "I couldn't just leave you out here by yourself," Donald quacked "after all we made a promise too right? With Sora!" Goofy agreed "Yeah! All for one!" "And one for all!" Donald finished. They smiled and got into their stances again. "I'll take care of the big ones." Donald said. "Then I'll go for the rest." Goofy replied. They charged. True to his word, Donald kept attacking the Large Bodies while Goofy smashed everything else down with his shield. It wasn't until a while later that the Heartless fell. All the way, the ponies cheered them on. Seeing the display of a wonderful bond of friendship, the ponies were quite inspired. Especially Rainbow Dash, seeing the loyalty between the two. "Now THAT is awesome." Rainbow Dash commented while flying as she pointed at the pair. "I kin definitely agree to that, sugarcube." agreed Apple jack with a smile.
As the last Heartless fell, the two warriors looked to each other before smiling at each other and turned to the ponies. But as they walked to the mares, several large shadows flew over head. "Wha?" cried Donald. Soon after, something that resembled large… purple foot fell on Goofy. "Goofy!" Donald cried. The ponies cried out in surprise and fear as a giant armored hand shot down and pinned Donald down as well. "Bwaaaaaah!" Donald quacked loudly. Goofy's head stuck out under the crevice-like opening of the foot and saw what was happening "Donald!" he cried and saw an opponent he knew all too well. "The Guard Armor! Wh-What's that doing here?" Goofy cried.
Pinkie Pie gasped before proclaiming "Oh no! It's gonna flatten them like a pancake! Or a tortilla, or a flapjack, Or a-" "We get it, Pinkie!" Twilight interrupted "But how do we help them? Come on, think, Twilight, THINK!" Twilight Sparkle tried to concentrate to think of a plan to help the two who helped them. Then… "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY FRIENDS!" A shout was heard "ZANTETSUKEN!" a flash of light then nothing. Both Donald and Goofy were freed from their captures as the fragments of the foot and hand dissipated, and to the ponies and to Donald and Goofy's surprise… it was another pony. A silver earth-pony stallion with a mane and tail of long, spiky, white hair with emerald-green eyes; on his flank was the Heartless symbol. In the stallion's mouth was a weapon. To the ponies, they thought they saw a large ridiculously décor of a giant key.
But to the two friends, they knew it was a Keyblade, white in color with a star-shape end and a star-shaped keychain made of thalassa shells, as the two friends looked up, they yelled his name. "RIKU!" The pony in question looked back at them and nodded in acknowledgment before turning back to face the giant specter-like knight. Standing on all fours, he held his key blade in his mouth then turned his head from left to right, doing so his body followed making a full three sixty turn. At the end of it he pointed his key to the sky and yelled as best as he could muffled by the handle "Light, bring unto us SALVATION!" At that moment, pillars of light blasted from the key's end, shot toward the sky and a second later, beams of bright light showered upon the creature, its remaining limbs each hit by the light, damaging it more and more until, finally, a ring-like explosion of light bursting from the key's end overtaking the shadow and, eventually, shattering the darkness. Everyone and everypony had to cover their eyes from the sheer intensity but Twilight Sparkle could have sworn right before she covered her eyes, could have sworn she saw a heart-shaped object being released into the air from where the monster once stood. This was going to be some adventure for her and the girls.