Twilight Sparkle had woken up bright and early in the morning to arrive at the edge of the Everfree Forest on the outskirts of Ponyville with Spike by her side. The lavender-skinned Alicorn girl was waiting patiently for her friends to arrive before hearing the familiar rushing of wind whip through her ears and turned to see Rainbow Dash had arrived.

"Okay, I'm here Twilight but did you have to get me here this early? You know I prefer sleeping in."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Sorry to interrupt your beauty nap but it's of utmost importance that we are here today. Is everyone else on their way?"

"I saw Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity on the way over here. Couldn't see Pinkie Pie but knowing her, she's definitely gonna pop up outta nowhere." Rainbow chuckled at that last bit.

As if right on cue, Pinkie Pie popped out of one of the nearby bushes with an adorable pout on her pink face.

"Hey! No fair Rainbow Dash! You spoiled my surprise!"

"Pinkie now's not the time for fun and games." Twilight chided. "I got a letter last night from Princess Luna, telling me there are creatures from another world lost in the Everfree Forest."

"Huh, that's new. Don't normally get any letters from Princess Luna." Rainbow noted.

However, Pinkie was more excited. "Creatures from another world?! Like that world that you visited to get back your crown from Sunset Shimmer?!"

"Maybe, we're not too sure." Spike shrugged.

"Well, we gotta find 'em!" Pinkie said as she was about to bolt into the forest but she found someone grabbing her tail and saw Applejack having a tight grip with her hands.

"Simmer down, Sally. You know how dangerous the Everfree Forest is, remember?"

"Applejack is correct." Rarity said as she stood beside the Earth Pony cowgirl. "And we have no idea if these creatures are even friendly or not."

"We can't just leave them in the Everfree Forest alone..." Fluttershy softly said, having arrived as well. "Who knows what terrible and unfriendly monsters may find them."

"Fluttershy's right. We need to find these newcomers and make sure they get out safely. Then we can discern if they are friend or foe." Twilight voiced her agreement as the seven walked into the forest.


Meanwhile, in the Everfree Forest, where the shooting stars crashed came a groan from a young man of Asian descent with dark brown hair, a red headband, and was clad in an outfit of a martial artist with spiked armbands.

The man stood up, clutching his head as his vision returned to him, noticing he was in an unfamiliar forest.

"Where am I...?"

This was Liu Kang, former champion of Earthrealm. However, as his vision returned to him fully, he realized something was different; he felt alive again. No longer a shambling corpse with his soul trapped in limbo. Running to a nearby stream, he saw his reflection and realized it was true; he was flesh and blood again.

"I'm alive...but how...?"

Another groan alerted Liu Kang as he turned to see a familiar face getting out of the same crash site he had fallen into. He was a relatively young and handsome man with blonde hair, blue pants, arm wrappings, and sports shoes. The most recognizable things about him were his sunglasses and the name 'Johnny' tattooed on his chest.

"Johnny Cage?" Liu Kang asked before running over to help his friend to his feet. "Cage! Are you alright?"

"Liu-Liu...Is that you?" Johnny slurred dizzily as he struggled to regain his focus.

Liu Kang brushed aside the silly nickname as he made sure Johnny was alright. The movie star martial artist took a while, but after shaking his head free of the stars running around them, he fully noticed Liu Kang.

"Wait...you're alive again? How'd that happen? I remember just a few hours ago you were an angry zombie!"

"I was but somehow I'm alive again. For reasons that I cannot explain." Liu Kang said, putting a hand on his chest to affirm he had a fully functioning heartbeat and everything.

"So where are we anyway?" Johnny asked, now fully taking in their surroundings. "Doesn't look like the Living Forest."

"This realm does not feel like Outworld...nor Earthrealm." Liu Kang noted. "But if we are here, then it is for the best we look for the others. Whatever strange force brought us to this world must have surely brought them here as well."

The two were about to make their way out of the forest when they both suddenly felt a dangerous presence approaching fast. Jumping out of the way to dodge a tiger's claw, the duo saw in front of them an honest-to-god Chimera in front of them with the heads of a tiger, goat, and snake.

"Well, well, well, what have we here...?" The goat head asked, grinning evilly.

"Two morsels lost in the woods by the looks of it." The tiger's head growled out viciously.

"Uh, Liu..." Johnny nervously began. "Please tell me my eyes are playing tricks on me."

"Your eyes do not deceive you, Cage..." Liu Kang said. "We must run!"

The two quickly made a hasty retreat from the Chimera, the three heads all glaring in unison as they gave chase.


Meanwhile, Twilight and her friends were looking through the forest but so far, nothing was turning up.

"Twilight, are you sure that we're going the right way?" Rarity asked.

"From what I can gather, we're surely closing in on their point of arrival," Twilight said.

Suddenly, a loud girly scream echoed through the forest as the seven quickly got on guard.

"Oh no, some poor little filly is lost!" Fluttershy said worriedly.

Applejack's ears suddenly perked up when she heard the familiar sounds of a Chimera close by and paled considerably.

"Whoa Nelly, that ain't good..."

Suddenly, out of the bushes came Liu Kang and Johnny Cage, the latter having been the one to emit the girly scream. The Chimera was close behind them but got stuck between two trees they jumped past.

"Get back here! We just want to feast on your flesh!" The tiger's head roared.

"Yeah, screw that!" Johnny snapped as he turned around before smirking at the beast's current predicament. "Oh man, that's gotta be embarrassing."

The snake's head stretched forward and got up in Johnny's face, staring into his eyes to try and hypnotize him.

"Come closssser...I promissssse I won't hurt you."

Johnny looked at her eyes for a moment but smirked and grabbed her by the neck tightly, shocking her.

"Yeah, sorry sister. The whole hypnotizing thing doesn't work if I'm wearing shades."

With that, Johnny brought his foot down on the snake's head, smashing her into the floor as the goat and tiger heads both panicked at the sight of their sister being taken down.

"Are you alright?" Twilight asked as she and the rest of the Mane 6 and Spike approached the two Earthrealm Warriors.

"Yes, we are alright." Liu Kang said as he took notice of the girl's features. They looked mostly human but they had different colored skins, pony ears, and tails. One had a spiral jorn while another two had wings and one other had both a horn and wings. Also with them was a young dragon boy who looked to be a teenager.

"Huh, I dig the hat, sister," Johnny noted to Applejack as she smiled, pulling it over her eyes.

"Thanks, it was my Pa's..."

"Are you natives of this realm?" Liu Kang asked as he decided to get to introductions. "I am Liu Kang, this is Johnny Cage. We hail from Earthrealm."

"Those are some funny names! I like 'em!" Pinkie Pie giggled.

"And what's with that thing on your chest?" Rainbow Dash asked Johnny, who rolled his eyes.

"For your information, Skittles, it's tattooed."

"Skittles?" Rainbow asked incredulously.

Suddenly, a roar was heard as the Chimera managed to break free from its restraints and lunged, vengeance clear on all three heads' minds.

"Aww crud!" Spike cursed as he and the Mane 6 got ready to defend themselves, only for Johnny to smirk as he stepped forward.

"You may have scared the bejesus out of me earlier but now that I look at you a second time, you're not so tough!"

The snake lunged once more to bite Johnny with her venomous fangs but he grabbed her by the neck again and smirked, gauging her terrified reaction.

"Damn, I'm good!"

With a tug, Johnny pulled the rest of the Chimera's body toward him as he delivered a fast right hook to the tiger's nose, making the whole body stand up on its hind legs in pain as Johnny peppered its torso with body blows before kicking it away.

The three heads growled and hissed as the body propped itself up before turning to glare at Johnny with pure rage and charging again.

"That's it! DIE!"

Johnny grinned as he decided to pull out his trump card. Green shadowy energy surrounded him as he flung a High Forceball toward the Chimera, hitting the goat in the face as she screamed and thrashed, throwing the rest of the body off-balance.

"What the-?!" Twilight gawked. "Was that magic just now?!"

"Oooh! It's all glowy and green!" Pinkie said excitedly.

Liu Kang chuckled knowing what it really is, but he chose to keep it to himself as he watched what Johnny would do next. Sure enough, the movie star rushed toward the stunned Chimera and performed his Shadow Kick, the sound of ribs crunching was heard loud and clear as the Chimera tumbled and then crashed into a nearby mountain, groaning weakly.

"Oh yeah!" Johnny smirked as he did a few practice jabs and a spin kick. "I make this look easy!"

Twilight turned to Johnny with a face that demanded answers. It was clear as day she was greatly intrigued by his powers.

"Okay, how did you do that?! Is that what your realm's magic is like?"

"Trust me, sister, I have no idea how I'm able to do that." Johnny shrugged. "I've been able to do it since I was a kid. Never could figure out how to make it work for me until Master Boyd helped unlock my inner chi and all that kung-fu stuff."

The Chimera got up once more and growled as it prepared to lunge, only for the snake to be cut off from the rest of the body by a sharp blade. The tiger and goat heads could only stare at their sister's lifeless head in horror before a blue blur zoomed in gracefully like the wind and stabbed two more blades into the goat's eyes, piercing through her brain. The tiger tried to flee but a blade was stabbed into her forehead and into her mouth before they opened up to reveal bladed fans, chopping her head into segments.

The Mane 6 stared in horror at the brutal scene before them as the Chimera's corpse collapsed, followed by the source of the blades landing gracefully down and standing to its full height, revealing a beautiful woman with a blue mask covering her nose and mouth, long flowing raven black hair, pale skin, and a very revealing outfit.

"Kitana..." Liu Kang said softly, recognizing the woman anywhere.

"Whooo! Fatality, sister!" Johnny grinned, giving a double thumbs-up.

The woman folded her fan blades and put them away before noticing Liu Kang having called her name, gasping silently as tears brimmed in her eyes.

"Liu...You're alive?"

Liu Kang calmly approached her, knowing she wasn't a threat. No words were spoken as Kitana embraced him, which he returned.

"It's you...thank the gods..." She whispered, crying tears of joy.

"Ah, you gotta love a happy ending." Johnny smiled.

"Um, excuse me..." Twilight awkwardly said, blushing slightly as she bowed her head, trying to show courtesy. "Kitana, was it? My name is Twilight Sparkle."

Kitana and Liu Kang broke the hug as the Edenian Princess turned to the Alicorn Girl.

"The honor is all mine. I am Princess Kitana of the realm of Edenia."

'Oh my, that's quite a lovely name." Rarity said as she approached. "Forgive my manners, my name is Rarity. I must say, your outfit is lovely but...it leaves a lot to be desired, darling."

"Um...is this how all your people dress?" Fluttershy asked, blushing.

Kitana couldn't help but chuckle. "In a manner of speaking, yes. I wish to thank you and your friends for finding us."

"The only question we have is what realm is this." Liu Kang asked.

"You're in Equestria, specifically in the Everfree Forest," Applejack explained. "Oh, sorry 'bout that. I'm Applejack, and we sure do love making new friends."

"I'm Pinkie Pie! The bestest party planner in Ponyville!" Pinkie cheered, bouncing up and down like a schoolgirl.

"M-My name is Fluttershy..." Fluttershy nervously introduced. "A-And this is Rainbow Dash."

"Pleased to meet ya." Rainbow smiled, her hands on her hips.

"And I'm Spike! Twilight's number one assistant!" Spike proudly introduced.

"Well, now that introductions are out of the way, how did you guys know where to find us?" Johnny asked.

"Oh, thanks for reminding me!" Twilight perked up. "Princess Luna sent me a letter mentioning lost individuals from another world, and I can tell that she was referring to you three. We came in here to escort you to safety, and bring you to Canterlot."

"Yeah! You guys were those shooting stars from last night!" Pinkie pointed out.

"Princess Luna? Is she the ruler here?" Kitana asked.

"She's not the only one, darling." Rarity said. "There's also her sister, Princess Celestia, and over in the Crystal Empire is Princess Cadance."

"Let me get this straight...your world has more than one ruler?" Johnny asked.

"Yup!" Rainbow Dash proudly said. "And Twilight here is a princess as well! The Princess of Friendship!"

"Rainbow, I only just became a princess last year..." Twilight said in exasperation. "And I only recently got my title after defeating Lord Tirek. Now, let's not waste any more time. We need to bring our new guests to Canterlot."


Upon walking into the town of Ponyville, the two Earthrealm Warriors and Edenian Princess looked around at the town and all its people.

"Man, this town's pretty nice. It looks like this place hasn't seen a war in...ever." Johny noted as he saw how peaceful and happy everyone was.

"Yes, it does seem that way. But Princess Twilight, did you not say that you recently defeated someone by the name of Tirek?" Kitana asked her.

Twilight frowned. "I did, Tirek is a centaur that had the ability to steal a pony's magic. He was trapped in Tartarus a thousand years ago but he recently broke out and began stealing the magic of all creatures in Equestria."

"But my guess is that you kicked his ass and sent him back to where he came from, right?" Johnny smirked.

"Heck yeah, we did!" Rainbow grinned back. "It was touch-and-go and we almost lost but Tirek didn't count on us having the best magic of all!"

"The Magic of FRIENDSHIP!" Pinkie cheered, shooting rainbow poppers into the air.

"That is the corniest thing I've ever heard." Johnny chuckled. "But you know what? Considering a lot of the crap we've seen back in our world, this is a nice change of pace."

"Ignore him. Cage more often than not has the tendency to shoot his mouth off." Liu Kang said with a roll of his eyes. "But how long until we arrive in Canterlot?"

"It's just a train ride there, might take an hour or two to get there." Rarity said. "That will give us plenty of time to get to know each other."

"Yeah! And I wanna know all about you guys!" Pinkie said, bouncing up and down as she zipped between Liu Kang, Johnny, and Kitana. "Like, what's your birthday, how old are you, what's your favorite food, and most importantly-"

Johnny slapped a hand over her mouth, causing her to muffle the rest of her words as he playfully wagged his finger.

"Easy there, sister. Johnny Cage is always happy to tell his life story to his fans. But first, you gotta take it down a notch, K?"

The group soon arrived at the train station and Twilight noticed someone standing there. He was a young Pegasus man with yellow skin, slicked blue hair, and wearing royal armor over a blue t-shirt, black jeans, and sports shoes.

Twilight lit up when she recognized who it was; Flash Sentry, her sort of on-off boyfriend. He noticed her as well and gently smiled, waving at her as she waved back shyly, Liu Kang and Kitana noticing before grinning playfully.

"So, do you know him?" Kitana asked.

"You could say that..." Twilight said, her cheeks glowing red.


Meanwhile, back on Outworld in Shao Kahn's dungeon, screams echoed through one of the cells. Within that cell was none other than Raiden, who was being tortured by Mileena, the Tarkatan-Edenian Hybrid stabbing him in non-fatal areas with her signature sai's.

"Have you managed to get anything from him about what he did with that amulet?" Shao Kahn asked as he came into the cell.

Mileena shook her head. "Forgive me father, but he refuses to speak, no matter how many times I cut him open."

The evil emperor patted his daughter on the shoulder as he approached Raiden with a fierce glare.

"You can't hide them forever Raiden, you will only die in trying..."

Despite the pain he was in, the God of Thunder looked up at Shao Kahn with a glare of defiance before spitting blood in his face.

"I will gladly accept my fate Shao Kahn... for you will never reach the realm I sent them to..."

Shao Kahn wiped the blood from his face and growled hatefully as he prepared to rip Raiden's head from his shoulders, only to be stopped when Quan Chi appeared from a portal.

"What are you doing here, Quan Chi?"

"There may be another way, my emperor." The Necromancer said cooly as he walked over to Raiden and grabbed his head, searching through his memories and seeing everything; the land of Equestria, the residents, and even the Princesses who ruled the lands.

"NO!" Raiden cried, trying to shake free from his chains as Quan Chi let him go.

"I know now where you sent them Raiden... Now there is nothing you can do to stop their demise." Quan Chi said with a cruel smirk as he left.

Chuckling, Shao Kahn turned to Raiden with a cruel grin. "I will let you live Raiden... only to see your comrades and all who defend them die."

With that, the evil emperor left the cell with Mileena following closely behind. Raiden could only helplessly bow his head in sorrow.

"Celestia...Forgive Me..."


We got to see some action and Liu Kang, Kitana, and Johnny Cage have arrived in Equestria. Unlike in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of Equestria, they retain their human/Edenian forms, the same will be said for the rest of the Kombat Kast as well.

Also, another difference from Defenders of Equestria is that Rainbow Dash didn't pick a fight with Johnny Cage and the Chimera was the one who got its ass kicked, followed by Kitana delivering a Triple Fatality on all three heads.

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and Happy 4th of July!