A few minutes have passed since Jaune Arc discovered that he had somehow transformed into a pony, and to say that he was taking it well would be... nothing further than the truth.
"How in the name of the brothers that I become a pony?!"shouted the pony in question
Jaune looked at his body closer and noticed that he was a dark kind of yellow, with a brighter yellow arc family creast on both sides of his thighs. He was still wearing the clothes he had on earlier, except for his pants and shoes.
"How in the hell is any of this possible?! I mean, the Grand Line is strange, but even by the standards of the New World, this makes no sense at all!"said Jaune to himself, while he was trying to find a rational explanation for what had just happened to him.
Then, as he was trying to rationalize what was going on, he looked to his side and noticed that his katanas were still sheathed on the left side of his body.
"Now how in the name of the brothers am I going to use a sword when I don't even have hands anymore? Hmm..."pondered Jaune, who got an idea after remembering that a certain diamyo in Wano could battle enemies with a sword in his mouth.
So why couldn't he do the same?
"Okay, I can do this!"said Jaune to himself, before he pulled Kashu into his mouth and held the katana firm with his teeth.
'Okay, this isn't so bad! And it helps I have a strong neck! So I should be able to battle like this for now! Kashu is much more valuable than my other sword, but I'm going to keep my other katana at the ready in case something goes wrong.' thought Jaune, before he heard some wrestling behind him and that's what he noticed some wolves were approaching him.
Only these weren't your normal everyday wolves as these wolves look like they were made out of wood?!
'What the hell?'wondered Jaune, wondering what these creatures were doing so he decided to glare at them.
This made the Timberwolves back off a bit, as it was clear to them that this pony in front of them was not your everyday pony. Unlike most ponies they have encountered, this particular pony did not run away at the side of them. In fact, the earth pony in front of them even had a sword in his mouth! This did little to deter them as they began circling the yellow pony, before one of them charged in!
...Only to be cut in half a second later by the pony in question! This shocked the rest of the pack, as they wondered how this pony was able to so easily cleave apart one of their own with just one slash! Even if they were made of wood, they were still Timberwolves!
'Good, looks like my ryou is still working! Now let's show these piles of wood what a samurai from Wano is made of!' thought Jaune, holding Kashu in his mouth as he was ready for more.
This made the rest of the pack charging at once, as they figured he couldn't fend them all off with them charging on all sides!
'Arc style: great red spot!' thought Jaune, before he spun around in a circle at a fast pace, creating a red mini tornado that quickly swoop up the rest of the Timberwolves!
Some of them tried to run away in vain, but it was not to be as they were quickly swept up by the mini tornado and scattered into many different tiny little pieces!
'Good!' thought Jaune, before he put Kashu back into its scabbard."Now all I have to do is find someone who can talk, and hopefully they can tell me what the heck is going on."
So, with an idea of what to do, Jaune quickly began making his way in whatever direction he was supposed to go as he figured sooner or later he would run into someone, anyone who can tell him what the heck was going on and where the heck was he?
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Meanwhile, not too far away from the Everfree Forest, the place Jaune was at, was the quiet little town of Ponyville. Ponyville was a town made up of the three kinds of ponies the consisted of Earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns. Many different kinds of ponies lived in Ponyville, but there was some exceptions that stood out from the rest that consisted of the mane six!
These six ponies were famous all throughout Equestria for having saved the land multiple times from great danger, like Nightmare Moon, Discord, The Changlings, Tirek, etc.
The group consisted of their leader, princess Twilight Sparkle, the princess of friendship. Next was Pinkie Pie, the local earth pony party planner. Then there was the earth pony Applejack, one of the owners of Sweet Apple Acres, the main providers of apples throughout Ponyville. Next was Rainbow Dash, the Pegasus who is in the wonderbolts reserves. Also included in the mane six is Rarity, a fashionista unicorn who is the owner of carousel boutique, the main provider of fashion throughout Ponyville. Last, and certainly not least is the Pegasus known as Fluttershy, the shy caretaker of many of the animals that call the nearby area their home.
Recently, Twilight has even taken in a pupil in the form of her former enemy, Starlight Glimmer.
Like Twilight, Starlight is a pony who is talented in magic, but did not have a proper concept of friendship until she met the Mane Six, was defeated, tried to break up the Mane Six, and surrendered. Since then the light purple unicorn has been struggling to learn how to be a proper friend, instead of the dictator/cult leader she used to be.
These unique ponies all cared about Equestria, and whether they knew about it or not soon they would be encountering someone they never expected to meet. And it all started when the map from Twilight's Castle called all members of the Mane Six!
The five ponies who did not live in the castle quickly rushed towards the meeting room as fast as they could! They did not know why the map was calling them, all they knew is that they had to answer the call.
"We got here as fast as we could, Twilight."said Applejack, the first pony to arrive.
"We would have been here sooner, but some pony had to finish her apple."said Rainbow Dash, referring to Pinkie Pie.
"Hey, it was a caramel apple. What do you want from me?"questions Piinkie Pie in her own defense.
"It's rare for the map to call all six of us."said Fluttershy, before she began looking around."Where's Rarity?"
"I'm right here, darling."said the fashionista unicorn as she appeared."I was in another part of the castle, changing the drapes."
"Why?"questions Rainbow Dash.
"The traits that were hanging were so last season so I just had to change them. Anyway, I dropped everything I was doing as soon as I was cold."said Rarity, before she noticed something."Where is Twilight?"
"I'm up here."said the alicorn princess, revealing to her friends that she was flying up in the raptors.
"Twilight, what are you doing up there?"asked Applejack, wondering why Twilight was not in her usual seat.
"I was teaching Starlight teleportation magic when I was suddenly called by the map. So I teleported here as fast as I could, but I guess my aim is still a little off."said Twilight while she was flying down to her usual seat, before she sat down.
"So where are we going this time?"asked Rainbow Dash, who was always the first to be ready for an adventure.
"Looks like the Everfree Forest."said Twilight while looking at the map and noticing that they're cutie marks was flying above the Everfree Forest.
"Why would the map call us to that place?"questions Rarity, wondering why the map was calling them to the Everfree Forest of all places.
"I don't know, but it appears as though we're being called to the Castle of the Two Sisters."said Twilight, noticing that the castle was where the map was pointing to specifically.
"But we've been to the castle many times. Why are we being called there?"questions Fluttershy, who wasn't fond of the castle because it was creepy and dangerous.
"Who cares. We have a mission every pony and we need to complete it! Besides, the Cakes want me to be in charge of a special order cake so we need to hurry this up."said Pinkie Pie, as she really wanted to get back to Sugarcube Corner to bake.
"Well, we won't get our answers standing here. Let's go, every pony!"said Twilight, before she and the others began running out of the meeting room and heading out of the castle as fast as their hooves could take them.
"What or who do you suppose it's at the castle?"questions Rarity, figuring that there must be something in the castle that would be considered a friendship problem, and that was usually another sentient creature.
"I don't know, but we'll get our answer as soon as we get there."said Twilight with confidence, feeling as though they could solve this problem in a jiffy as they were not too far away from the Castle of the Two Sisters.
Meanwhile, inside the castle in question, Jaune Arc was exploring the castle as he wondered if someone was still living there. He doubted anyone lived there as the castle was in ruins, but based on restoration on the local tapestry he figured that someone had recently visited the castle and he had hoped they were still there.
"Hopefully I'll be able to talk to someone, anyone and they can explain to me why turn into a pony of all things."said Jaune to himself, as he wondered why he was a pony of all things and not his usual human self.
He needed to find someone who could tell him what the heck was going on, along with information that would lead to him going back to human as he needed to be as human self in the final battle at Onigashima, what he plans to face Kaido, the King of the Beasts!
He needed to get back to the Grand Line and gather allies, as only through an army could they defeat Kaido and his Beast Pirates!
And little did he know that certain potential allies would soon be visiting him in the castle. Now the only question is if they would get along on the right hoof.