Heroes, Unite!

“What in Lordran is happening here?” Solaire exclaimed, staring at the Chief. At least Chief usually kept some sort of rationality. Dante was still howling with laughter, but calming down slowly, giggling about “WMC”, or something of that variety. Solaire recognized the acronym. THAT was why Chief was holding Sweetie Belle like a gun. Still though, that looked weird...

“HE INSULTED SWEETIE. NO ONE INSULTS SWEETIE.” He said, still pointing the little filly’s horn towards the white-haired man. Before looking up at Asura and Pinkie, shaking his head in sheer confusion, and looking back down. Dante had stopped laughing, following his gaze.

“Odd pair, aren’t they? Or rather...scary. I mean, look at them. They’re just breaking physics like it’s nothing..” Dante said, staring at the God of Madness, and the pink pony. He didn’t really get physics, but he knew enough to know that people CAN’T sit upside down on ceilings. “Not possible.”

Chief nodded, before placing Sweetie back on his head. Somehow, without tackling the problem directly, they had come to an understanding. “Yeah, I know what you mean.” Sweetie said, a little confused about what had just happened, but shaking her head to get to a new topic, as only young children could. “But, Mr. Asura seems friendly enough, doesn’t he?”

Steve raised his eyebrows at this, but letting Solaire talk for him. “Apart from the fact that he can cause people to go insane by being near them?” Asura seemed to hear him, as he glanced towards the Knight, before facing the wall again, still talking to Pinkie Pie. The Chief nodded, nonchalantly removing AJ’s hoof from her face. The orange mare blinked a few times, before trotting over to nuzzle Steve’s side.

“‘Least you ain’t an idiot, Steve. Ah think yer too protective of Sweetie though, Chief.” AJ said, shaking her head. Not missing up the opportunity to take the piss, Dante spoke up.

“Yeah, it’s like ya have a crush or something, Chef.” He said, in a stern tone. Rarity almost immediately picked up on what he had said, and growled slightly, stomping up to the Chief.

“WHAT?! SHE IS ONLY NINE YEARS OLD, you PERVERT! Sweetie, get off of him!” Sweetie and Chief were just confused, flailing both arms and hooves. Sweetie also snuggled deeper into the Chiefs helmet, as Dante roared with laughter again. Rarity looked about ready to lash out, until something white coiled around her wrist. Looking up, she saw one of Asura’s trailing scarves latched around her hoof.

“I believe Mr. Dante was making a joke...” The Kishin said, his three-eyed scarf staring at Rarity. Nodding nervously, Rarity stepped backwards, looking at the God of Madness. He shrugged lightly, before looking to Chief and Solaire.

Dante shrugged as well, moving to sit beside Twilight, who was by now on her sofa. There was a slight twitch, but nothing too major. Steve and Applejack decided to sit beside each other against the opposite wall, with Solaire and Fluttershy stood to their left, nearer the door to the treebary. Luffy and Rainbow had the same idea, Rainbow laying on a bookcase, Luffy sat beside her feet, grinning all the while. Asura and Pinkie chose to stay on the ceiling, Pinkie giggling all the while. Chief, Rarity, and Sweetie stood, Chief’s arms folded. Now was the time for business.

“Right, men. And ponies. We need to strategize. There is no telling what kinds of things could be waiting out there for us.”

“Who says there are things out there?” A voice said, coldly. This was Rarity, Seems she didn’t trust him after Dante’s little prank.

“Miss Rarity, we may not be the only people pulled into this world. Or the only things from our own worlds.” Chief said, facing her. Steve, at this, started to shake slightly, a slight look of fear passing across his visage. Looking at the mute human, he nodded. “And I don’t think Steve wants that in any way. SO. I need a full roster of abilities and equipment. Pinks and Asura, you are up first.”

The party mare decided to jump off of Asura’s head, flipping to land on her feet. “Oooh, I can bake! And throw surprise parties! And. And.. AND I HAVE MY PARTY CANNON. And I know everyone in Ponyville!”

Everypony in the treebary facehooved at her mention of Party Cannon, but both Knight Solaire and Master Chief were thinking. It was Solaire who spoke up. “So, you can bake. That means food. Excellent..and surprise parties?”

“Means surprise ambushes. And your mention of a Party Cannon? May we see~ wait. Not in here.” Chief said, sensibly. “Okay. Solaire, want to go next with Fluttershy?”

“Certainly, Chief. Well, I am Knight Solaire, and..well. I can heal, I have experience with a sword and shield. I believe that is it.” The Knight

“Along with punching through solid walls, and throwing lightning. Seriously, too cool.” Rainbow Dash interjected, grinning lazily at Solaire, before raising her eyebrow at Fluttershy.

“Oh! Umm... I-I’m Fluttershy...uhh....I look after animals.. they seem to listen to me, and I nurse them back to health..” She muttered, looking away from the group.

“So, two healers, one of which is a front line fighter, the other can talk to animals, does that sound right?” Chief asked the group in large. Twilight nodded slowly, looking rather nervous, a look that grew when Dante placed his hand atop her head, chuckling lightly. Dante spoke up then. “Us next, Chef?” When Chief gave an irritated nod, he laughed, before clearing his throat. “My name is Dante, and I am half-devil, half angel. I can summon certain weapons from my own soul, I have limited flight capabilities, along with improved strength and agility.” He said, boasting, and laughing at the stunned expression on Twilight’s face. “Aww, Ickle Twilight scared of big mean Dante?” He teased, chuckling as her face became hard again, stroking behind her ear.

Pulling away from his hand, Twilight huffed, looking away. “My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I am well versed in magic, and it’s applications. I also have extensive knowledge of Equestria, if that helps.”

“It helps a lot, Miss Sparkle. So, a ranged fighter, if I get this right, with great knowledge, and a melee fighter with augmented abilities.” The Chief summed up, looking at pair. After a few seconds of thought, they both nodded grinning in sync. “Excellent. Luffy, Rainbow.”

Luffy spoke up first, cutting off Rainbow, grinning at her. This made her visibly blush and freeze up, before shaking head. “Well, I am Monkey D. Luffy, but call me Luffy. And I am a rubber-man, and I AM GONNA BE THE PIRATE KING!” Everyone stared at him, but there was nothing more coming forth from the kid. Rainbow blinked slightly, before shaking her head comically. “Uhh, I’m Rainbow Dash, and I am the FASTEST MARE IN EQUESTRIA!” She shouted, grinning from ear to ear.

“Two hit and run fighters then, it seems. Steve?” Solaire said, talking for the Chief. However, Steve already had a sign up in front of him.

Do Chief first, mine would be easier to show, not type.

Chief nodded, looking at Rarity, before talking. “Well, I am the Master Chief, although you seem to have taken to calling me Chief, not that it matters. I am trained in hand to hand and firearms combat, I can jump to a planet from orbit and survive. I can’t swim though, not in this armor. And my weapons are gone. Rarity?”

The Alabaster mare smiled lightly. “My name is Rarity, and I can use some of the same powers that Twilight over there can. However, not to the same level, unfortunately. I can create casual wear given materials, and I can find gems.”

“So, diplomacy and money finding, and a front line fighter?” Rainbow Dash ventured, smiling lightly. Chief nodded, and then motioned to Applejack.

“Well, ah’m Applejack, and ah’m just’a farm pony, really. Ah grow apples, ‘nd harvest them. ‘Lthough, Ah’m quite strong, ah guess.”

Chief nodded, before looking at Steve. In response, he stood up, and walked out, beckoning them to follow.

Steve had lead them all to a small clearing, with a few trees around. Looking behind, to check they were all there, he walked up to a tree. Looking at it, then how tall it was. Only a few metres above him. Excellent, wouldn’t need to nerdpole up to grab the last few bits.

And then, he punched the tree. A solid metre block of bark vanished, absorbing back into his arm. He smiled at the group, their mouths open, apart from AJ. Then a crash, as the tree fell down on the stump, and started tilting towards him. Frowning, Steve walked back, slamming his fists into the tree. One after another, metres of the wood were absorbed into his hands, until he dodged the falling twigs and leaves. Grinning, he walked towards the group, ignoring the shocked stares, whilst he summoned a wood block. Throwing it up, he punched it, splitting it into four blocks of wooden planks, and then catching them, before slamming them into the floor, making what seemed to be a work bench. Slamming a pile of 3 wood blocks into the table, turning them into twelve planks, he grinned, as two of those planks were turned to sticks. Looking at the table, he placed two sticks, then three wooden planks on top of them, before slamming his fist down. In his hand was a full-sized pickaxe, which he lazily spun around, before facing the group, smiling lightly.

“Uhh...wow.” Applejack said, blinking lightly, before shaking her head, and grinning at the Crafter. “Tha’ was awesome, Steve!” In response, he simply shrugged, grinning back, before slamming his fist into the floor under him, making a stairway through the dirt, until he reached stone. Hopping back up, he gave a thumbs up, his pick nowhere to be found. Absorbed into his hand, most likely.

“Yeah. What can you make, Steve?”

Got a few hours? Its a long list.

Taking the hint, Chief nodded, before looking at Applejack, then back at the Crafter. Thinking out loud, he chuckled. “So, Steve can absorb blocks of material, and can make pickaxes, and probably other tools. Applejack is a strong pony. AJ, Steve,you are to be resource gatherers! Rest of you, on stand-by”

Caught off guard by the order, Applejack nodded, whilst Steve saluted, grinning as he slammed his fist down on his crafting table as he did so, absorbing it into his body. Motioning to AJ, she trotted over to him, and nuzzled his side once again. Rainbow Daww’ed, but stopped when she felt Luffy’s hand scratching her head. Looking up, he saw that he was actually a few metres behind her, his arm stretching. She shook her head, before walking up to him, grinning slightly. “The Chief seems to know what he’s doing, huh?” she said to the rubber-man, smiling nervously.

Luffy nodded, smiling from ear to ear. “Yeah, he’s pretty smart. Hope Hat-pony and Stevie gonna be alright. Wonder if there’s any meat down there...” Rainbow tensed up, the slightly familiar canines still glinting in her vision. Fighting down a startled moan, she looked away, before grinning stalwartly.

“Yeah, they’ll be fine, AJ knows her stuff. Besides, what is the worst that could happen?”