Sickeningly Sweet
By: AtomicKokoro
Storyline
When things go wrong with a magic remote, Mikado and Masaomi are stuck with whole new bodies in the Children's show My Little Pony.
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Before You Read
Last chapter, the Ursa Major was about to attack Ponyville! And, also notable, Applejack swore for the first time.
On with the story!
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Chapter 11
Constellations – Part 2
Princess Celestia paced back and forth before her sister, Princess Luna, who was sitting on her throne, fidgeting. "Sister, should not we go and aid them?"
"No," came Celestia instant answer. "I trust they can do it on their own."
Before Luna could object, something smashed through the window, startling the sisters, and tumbling until it landed dead center of the floor. When the dust settled, they saw a rainbow Pegasus on the floor. She jumped to her feet and turned to them. "Princess!" she gasped, completely forgetting she was to bow when addressing royalty.
"Rainbow Dash," Celestia gasped. "What are you doing here?"
"Iza," she panted. "suggested we use the Elements of Harmony to defeat the Ursa Major."
"Iza?" Lune echoed. "Izaya Orihara, you mean."
Rainbow Dash nodded. "Twilight thinks he is right, and that we should get the Elements of Harmony. Please, Princess."
Celestia thought about it, then nodded. "Alright," she said. "Come with me. I'll take you to the Elements of Harmony."
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The first move was a boulder large enough, thrown hard enough to take the tip of a mountain clean off. The boulder hit the Ursa Major on the head and everyone almost expected it to end there, but the Ursa Major simply shook it's head and roared loudly.
Panic arose from the streets of Ponyville. Everywhere, Ponies ran from their homes and tried to relocate away from the Ursa Major, something Twilight might have missed while giving directions to the other Ponies, but Shinra was on it, gathering up any lost young ones (and even helping Granny Smith) in directing them in the direction every other Pony was going.
He followed the last one to the edge of the town, then turned back and glanced around. He assumed his medical knowledge would be needed, so he quickly made his way towards the hospital that he could see from where he was standing.
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I need you to brew up something to drive the Ursa Major away. That was what Celty wrote on the paper Zecora found in a drawer in her bedroom.
Zecora nodded. "A brew I shall brew until the Ursa is gone, and that, my dear friend, should not take long."
Celty nodded. Tell me what to get, and I will get it for you.
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Masaomi had taken to the air, watching the battle go on down below. Twilight was running around the Ursa Major in circles, drawing it's attention by forcing her horn to shine. Already, he could see the sweat on her coat. She was running out of energy.
Off inside, where Masaomi couldn't see, Mikado was practicing the light spell with the help of Pinkie, although she had no idea what she was doing. "C'mon, Ryū! You can do it!" she cheered. "You're so close, I can feel it! Oh, tail twitching!"
She jumped to the side as a book landed right where she was standing. She glanced up at Izaya, who was standing on the floor above them. He smirked, turned, and continued doing whatever he was doing. Pinkie Pie huffed. "Could at least say your sorry," she muttered under her breath, then turned back to Mikado and continued to cheer him on.
"Am I close?" he asked, opening one eye. He was also sweating, trying so desperately to cast the spell.
"Oh, so close!" she strained, as though she was also trying to cast the spell herself.
There was a loud bang, and half the roof was gone. Mikado stopped his spell and glanced up at the hole. The Ursa Major was right above them, glaring down. They were surprised the giant, purple bear hadn't taken the whole house from the ground; it was just the size to do that.
Pinkie Pie screamed and ran out the door, Mikado following after closely. Izaya turned and growled. Being on the second floor had it's advantages, but being stuck away from the exit wasn't one of them.
The Ursa Major reached down for the red-eyed stallion but Izaya jumped. He landed on it's arm and run up towards the elbow, passed the elbow, up towards the shoulder.
"He's crazy!" Twilight gasped, panting heavily, still running. Masaomi growled and hesitated to dive in. He had to wait. He needed to wait.
Applejack caught up with Mikado in the center of the road. Shizuo and Big Macintosh were still throwing heavy objects as best they could, but nothing seemed to be working. "We're runnin' outta options," Applejack panted, her lazy English coming into play more than ever. "I'm thinkin' we betta get s'more stuff."
Mikado nodded and looked around. There was nothing they could pick up without hurting themselves that might deal damage on the Ursa Major, which didn't even seem to notice Twilight's glowing horn. "I'm thinking the book is wrong," he said after a moment. Then, it dawned on him. "That's not an Ursa Major."
"What?" Applejack yelped. "Whad'ya mean i's not 'n Ursa Major?"
"Look. Masaomi!"
Masaomi glanced at Mikado, nodded, then turned to Twilight. "Twi!" he yelled. "Light me up!"
Twilight stopped where she was, panting all too heavily, and pushed herself hard to cast the spell. Masaomi began to light up, a white aura surrounding him all over. "Alright, let's do this."
Using the flying skills he learned from Rainbow Dash, he dove down in front of the Ursa Major, fast, but slow enough the Ursa would still see him. Izaya, who had made it to his shoulder, jumped up onto the Ursa's nose while it was distracted and smirked. "Now, if you aren't an Ursa Major, then what are you?"
The creature growled and tossed it's head, throwing off Izaya. The peppered Pony flew off and landed somewhere in the Everfree Forest. Pinkie Pie stole a glance around, realizing everyone was busy, then headed off after him to see if he was alright.
Masaomi darted around the creature's head. It looked around, growling, swiping it's paws at him but missing almost every time. "These lessons are paying off!" he chuckled, diving under another attempt. He tossed his head back and whooped. "Catch me if you can!"
The creature stared at him for a moment, just watching the Pegasus fly in circles around it's head. Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched as the "Ursa Major" only sat and watched the glowing Masaomi fly in circles. Once Masaomi realized there was something wrong, he slowed down a bit to a speed walking pace and watched the creature back.
Eventually, he stopped right in front of it's nose and tapped it. "Uh, what's wrong?" He whipped around. "Why is it not trying to kill me?"
Then, the Ursa began to change it's shape and everyone gasped. Masaomi watched it shrink, mold, and form itself into a large red dragon. "Holy crap!" he yelled.
"That doesn't make sense!" Twilight gasped. "It couldn't be a changeling, could it? But then it would... That doesn't make sense!"
"A spell!" Mikado gasped as it dawned on him. "Maybe it's not a changeling. Maybe it's a unicorn, just like us!"
Masaomi stared at the dragon, frozen for a moment in shock, until the dragon tilted it's head back, glaring at Masaomi, then opened it's mouth and threw fire at him. Masaomi gasped and couldn't register the thought to move. Masaomi was engulfed in flames, crying out, and, when the fire disappeared, he fell from the sky.
"Masaomi!" Mikado screamed, terrified. But, suddenly, a rainbow tore from almost nowhere, catching Masaomi half-way through the air and landed in a perfect landing beside Mikado. Mikado blinked and gasped. "Rainbow Dash!"
The rainbow Pegasus puffed her chest up with pride, trying to seem as heroic as possible. Applejack helped Mikado lift Masaomi of Rainbow Dash's back. Masaomi came to and jumped to his feet. He wasn't too injured but he was grounded; his wing hurt too much to fly. "Thanks, RD," he said, facing Rainbow Dash.
She simply smiled.
Twilight ran over and glanced at the chest Rainbow Dash was holding. "Is it?"
"Yes," she said, opening the box. "Here they are."
Twilight shook her mane. "I'm sorry, but I don't know if we can use them."
Rainbow Dash's eyes went wide. "Are you kidding me?"
"No," the purple Pony replied. "We think it might be a Unicorn using it's magic to change it's shape. We don't think we're fighting an Ursa Major. Look. It's a dragon now!"
The dragon was roaring, blowing flames at the two Earth Ponies, Shizuo and Big Macintosh, as they tried to attack it. "We can't keep talking," Masaomi growled. "We have to- Ow..." He rubbed his injured wing, too excited about getting into the fight. Or afraid.
"Hold your horses, cowboy," Applejack said, placing a hand on Masaomi's shoulder. "I'll help them." She turned and ran after the stallions.
Rainbow Dash looked around. "We're still missing some Ponies," she said. "Where are they?"
"I don't know," Twilight replied. "Izaya and Pinkie disappeared into the forest, Cel is still with Zecora, and I don't know where Rarity, Fluttershy, or Shin are. I'm assuming Rarity and Shin left with the other Ponies and Fluttershy is with the animals in the Everfree Forest."
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Twilight was mostly wrong. Fluttershy was still in the Everfree Forest with the animals, but at the sound of a dragon's roar, she hid in bushes with Angel, her bunny friend.
Rarity was still inside her boutique, finishing some last minute work. However, she had been blasting some music and never realized the situation outside. She assumed the shaking was from Shizuo and Izaya fighting and never assumed anything was wrong.
Finally, she finished her final dress and examined it over carefully. "Could use a few touch ups," she muttered to herself. "but I could always do that later."
She clicked the radio off and sighed. Suddenly, a loud roar tore through the air and she screeched, terrified. "What was that?"
Rarity turned and ran outside. A dragon was hovering over Ponyville, blowing fire on the Ponies down below. Terrified by the scene, she ran back inside, bucking the door shut behind her.
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Meanwhile, Shinra was running around the inside of the abandoned hospital. He ran into several mirrors, expecting to end up in the world of Silent Hill, but never ended up anywhere. Eventually, he found himself in the surgery room. He smiled, looking over all the medical supplies he could use.
He grabbed a nearby saddle back and started packing everything he possibly could into them.
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At Zecora's home, the Zebra finished the brew and was pouring it into a flask. "This brew shall drive away the Ursa stat, right back to where it should be at." Celty nodded a thank you, then headed out the door. "Do be careful, my dear friend!" Zecora yelled out the door. "Don't let Ponyville – or you! – come to an end!"
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Mikado, having more than enough of standing around and doing nothing, used his sword like a knife and tried to stab the dragon and draw blood. It worked several times, but he knew it wasn't as effective as Shizuo throwing railings at it.
The dragon eventually had enough of whatever they were doing and took to the sky. Rainbow Dash took that as her cue to follow it into the air, flying as fast as she could when it began to take off in a direction. She paused, stopping, and watching it fly off.
For a moment, they all thought the dragon was retreating, until it turned around and started back at them again.
Izaya and Pinkie Pie suddenly burst out of the forest, Fluttershy behind them. Izaya was injured, limping off his right front leg. Pinkie Pie was trying to help him walk but he seemed to have been persistent on walking on his own. "It turned into a dragon," he said. "It's just as I thought. A Changeling."
Twilight ran up to him and looked him over. "You can't be serious!" she growled "The Changelings were thrown far away from here! What could they be doing back here?"
"I know that Changeling, actually," Izaya replied, calm. "She won't hurt us."
"Guess again, idiot!" Masaomi snapped, walking up to Izaya and side stepping to show his injured wing.
Izaya hummed for a moment, then turned to Mikado. "Well, she won't hurt you."
Mikado turned and tilted his head. Masaomi's stomach flipped at the sight from blood dripping from his horn, but to know it didn't cause any serious damage seemed to make him feel better. "Why not?" Mikado asked. He sounded strangely calm, and it dawned on Masaomi. Fear took over and he almost collapsed.
Izaya smirked and said nothing. If he was going to, he didn't have the time to as the dragon dropped from the sky and landed again. She roared and showed her wings again. Rainbow Dash glanced down, as though to wait for a signal. Mikado shook his head and Rainbow Dash backed down, landing beside Masaomi.
The dragon stared at the Ponies for a moment, who almost refused to move as well. No one realized Celty was standing at the edge of the forest, watching with the brew in a casket tied around her neck. She didn't know what happened to the Ursa Major, but she knew that something had happened.
Fluttershy hid behind Shizuo, who really could have cared less who hid behind him and who stood in front of him to fight, but he knew he had to stay still. It wasn't his fight (and he really didn't want to fight for it, but due to the circumstances, he made an exception) so he wasn't making any moves.
The dragon stared at them and Mikado stepped forward. "Who...are you?"
The dragon stared at him for a long time. She leaned her head back, roared, and threw herself forward again, another column of flame erupting from her mouth.
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Along the forest, as Celestia could see, there was silence. There was almost nothing happening and she began to worry. Luna stood beside her. Night was beginning to fall and the silence was almost too long for a battle.
Suddenly, a ball of fire exploded from where Ponyville was and the sisters gasped, exchanging horrified glances. "Oh, my God!" Celestia gasped, pressing herself against the window.
Again, there was silence, as the light from Ponyville faded.
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When the fire exploded from the town square, Rarity feared she was the only one left. She ran out of the house, unable to take anymore hiding, and stared off at the sky. The dragon was flying off, disappearing from whence the Ursa Major came.
She watched for a moment, the night silent. Then, she turned and galloped towards the town square.
When she arrived, there was almost nothing there but wreckage and the remnants of fire. "By the name of Celestia..." she whispered, slowly walking onto the scene. Wood laid scattered everywhere, nothing to be seen. Even some trees from the edge of the forest were lost.
Rarity watched the trees. The headless horse stepped out, her knee bleeding, but seeming to be having no trouble walking whatsoever.
"Did someone call for a – Oh, dear, God..."
She turned and saw as Shinra was appearing at the last moment. The three stood in silence, realizing the damage done.
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Rarity, Shinra, and Celty each pulled the injured Ponies from the disaster. Big Macintosh was the last one pulled out (as he was the heaviest). Shinra had already gotten to work on healing the injured Ponies, glad he had stayed behind to look for medical supplies.
He was half way through patching Applejack up (who had lost her hat somewhere within the destruction) when Big Mac managed his way out of the mess and onto solid ground with Shizuo's help. Shizuo sat with the large red Pony until Shinra came over to them to deal with their wounds.
Masaomi was glaring at Izaya from where he sat. His wing was bandaged oddly (since Shinra had never patched up a Pegasus wing before) and he was still in a bit of pain. Many of the Ponies had their legs bandaged or band-aids on their cheeks or, in Twilight and Fluttershy's case, a tensor around their rib and abdomen areas. "This is all your fault," Masaomi spat, glaring Izaya down. "You told us she wasn't going to hurt us. You told us that she wouldn't hurt us!"
Izaya stared at Masaomi, something of anger and hate in his eyes. However, whether it was directed at something or at himself, it wasn't quite clear. "She...She didn't act the way I thought she would," he replied softly.
Masaomi opened his mouth, but shut it. He turned and stared at his hooves.
Applejack watched Masaomi for a moment, then turned her gaze to Mikado. He had his back to everyone, head dropped and ears back. For a moment, she thought he was crying, but he wasn't. She got to her hooves and trotted over (with a limp for both her back legs), sitting beside the peppered Unicorn. "Are you alright?" she asked. Her lazy English had disappeared with her fear and anxiety, this time only a country accent to differ her words.
Mikado continued to stare at his hooves. Applejack thought she wouldn't get an answer, until he spoke. "I wish I knew who it was," he whispered. "Izaya won't tell me, but he never really tells everything he knows." Applejack watched him for a moment. "But I think I know who it is."
There was a small silence. It was fragile, with Twilight whispering to Rarity what was going on, Rarity's eyes full of terror, and Fluttershy whimpering on Pinkie Pie's shoulder. She thought of trying to make everyone happy, but she was so shook up herself that she couldn't think straight enough to come up with anything decent.
The night was silent and heavy. No crickets rang in the forest, no animals scurrying. No fire cackling to keep them warm as the air chilled (any fire from the dragon had gone out after a while).
The dragon roared off in the distance and that was all that was heard.
Then, Izaya whispered. "It's Anri."
And everything was truly silent.
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After Notes
I shocked even myself...
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