Soul Equestria

Twilight Sparkle felt reluctant to go to Canterlot on this particular day. Not because she feared seeing Celestia, but the task she was going to assign her with. It felt wrong to judge somepony by their physical appearance, but she couldn't erase the shock that stuck with her as soon as she laid her eyes upon those... creatures. Twilight took a deep breath, and walked as slowly as possible to Canterlot.

After pacing in front of the castle door for quite some time, Twilight opened it slowly. She was surprised to see that her friends were already there.

"Well you came here early." said Twilight, somewhat surprised.

"We didn't get here early, you got here late, Twilight." said Applejack, unamused

"I'm glad you're all here. This is very brave of you, doing something that others would be reluctant to do. As you know, you'll be showing the exchange students around Ponyville. Are there any questions? Oh and one more thing, you are to all meet up at Everfree forest once you're done showing them around Ponyville." said Celestia.

**

"Even if this is a little weird, you have to admit, the room service is pretty sweet." said Soul, who had food on his face from breakfast, caused by a lack of utensils.

"Guys, this is important. If we're going to meet some of the citizens of Equestria, we're responsible for making the DWMA look good, understood?" said Death the Kid, and they all nodded.

"Just talk to them as if they were a human, it would make things a whole lot easier." said Tsubaki wisely

"I don't know about you, but I'm not going to wait five hours before we're told we can leave our room. Who's with me?" said Soul impatiently, walking out the door, they followed. Celestia and the same six ponies from yesterday were there in the long hallway leading to the throne room.

Having already witnessed talking ponies, the feeling of shock was lessened slightly for the DWMA students. Maka was the first one to speak up.

"Good morning to um.. all of you. We were just wondering, when do the extra-curricular lessons start? Let me introduce myself, I'm-" Maka began

"Maka Albarn, right? I've heard good things from you. As for the extra-curricular assignments, you needn't worry about them for now.  For now, I want to make sure you feel as comfortable as possible, so I've assigned each of you a tour guide. When I call your name, step forward please. As soon as all of you are paired, you are free to explore town." instructed Celestia kindly. Once again, the DWMA students wondered how Celestia knew them so well.

"Elizabeth Thompson, your tour guide will be Applejack." Liz walked forward hesitantly, followed by Applejack.

"Death the kid, your tour guide will be Rarity." Kid walked forward, stood straight, and tried his best not to look nervous.

"Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, your tour guide will be Fluttershy." Tsubaki had a rather weak smile on her face, as she was trying to hide her stress.

"Patricia Thompson, your tour guide will be Pinkie Pie." Patty jogged forward, showing no signs of nervousness.

"Black Star, your guide will be Rainbow Dash." Black Star walked with confidence and had a cocky smile on his face.

"Lastly, Maka Albarn, your tour guide will be Twilight Sparkle." Maka tried to look as unfazed as possible.

"Hey wait, what about me? Is the name "Soul Evans" on that list?" asked Soul, who had been excluded. Celestia looked rather surprised.

"Soul Evans.... You're Maka's partner, aren't you? Oh my... this is a problem. I seemed to have forgotten to pair you up. If you don't mind, I'll let you find your own devices as to how you find your way around Ponyville, my deepest apologies." For the first time, Twilight noticed that Celestia looked sheepish. With that, everyone except Celestia made their way to Ponyville.

**

Pinkie Pie stared at Patty. It was almost like looking at a mirror image. When Pinkie tilted her head one way, so did Patty. They looked deep into each others eye, they saw reflections of themselves. When Pinkie made a silly face, so did Patty. They had never left the throne room.

"Come with me." said Pinkie Pie, in an oddly serious tone. Patty followed, curious to see this new world she was introduced to. But Pinkie didn't bother with that. She walked straight past all the sights without a word. Pinkie seemed fixated on going to one place.

She led Patty to the Sugarcube Corner, where she worked and lived. She didn't bother saying hi to Mr. and Mrs. Cake.

Finally they had reached the kitchen, and Pinkie Pie stopped and took a breath.

"Today." began Pinkie Pie

"We make."

"Cupcakes!" cried Pinkie pie, dropping her seriousness. Patty and Pinkie Pie squealed with excitement as they began pulling out ingredients from cabinets.

**

Death the kid and Rarity were one of the first ones to leave, being arguably the most serious of their respective groups, they got down to business with no nonsense in between.

"Right here, we have the lively town of Ponyville, gaze at it's marvels." said Rarity rather flatly, Kid sighed.

"You don't have to pretend to be interested, you know. I'm just as confused as you are. Let me do us the favor of explaining myself now than later. I am a grim reaper, or rather, the son of the grim reaper, where I come from.  My friends and I come from a special academy called the DWMA, or the Death Weapon-Meister  Academy. My father is the head of said academy. At the DWMA, there are two types of students, one division belongs to those who can transform into weapons, the other division wields those weapons, the meisters. I myself, am a meister. Our main goal at the DWMA is to balance good and evil in the world, by vanquishing those who have steered from the path of good, those who have abused their powers to kill the innocents. As for why that Celestia character is familiar with the DWMA, I'm not sure. Any questions? My name is Death the Kid, but I prefer to be called just Kid. " he explained. Rarity looked quite shocked, but she took in a deep breath and began to speak.

Rarity was just staring at Kid, with unfazed eyes.

"What? You don't believe me?" asked Kid

"Oh, I do. But I can tell just by looking at you who you are. You are somepony who stands out in the most classy way. You present yourself in a way that just screams professional. If there is a mistake there, you will waste no time in correcting it. You... are somepony who has style. Just look at that symmetrical suit! You may call me Rarity." said Rarity. Kid smiled.

"Something tells me we're going to get along well, Rarity."

**

Black Star and Rainbow Dash busted out the door, challenging each other to go faster. Black Star ran while Rainbow Dash flew, they raced all across Ponyville, leaving afterimages as they increased in speed. Every few seconds, one of them would gain an advantage over the other, and take the winning position, only for them to switch places seconds later. The race ended in a tie, at the bottom of a mountain.

"So you couldn't keep up with me? Go figure." said Black Star obnoxiously

"You couldn't keep up with me? Puh-leez, I totally won that race." said Dash arrogantly

"Yeah right, you're just in denial. I'm gonna be the guy to transcend god, there's no way you can be faster!" bragged Black Star

"Try telling that to a future wonderbolt! Did someone just paint a porcupine blue, put it on your head, and call it hair?" said Dash angrily

"What, did someone just a rainbow in a blender and call it yours?"

The arguing and insults continued for hours, getting worse and worse with each insult.

**

"So, um... judging by your clothes, have you ever worked on a farm before?" asked Applejack

"What, this?" said Liz, looking at her cowgirl outfit. "It's just for show. I'm from the city, actually." said Liz

"So you're a city gal, ah see. I've got a few cousins up in Manehatttan and..." Liz's eyes widened

"Wait, what? Say that again, what you just said!" said Liz suddenly

"Are you trying to make fun of my accent?" said Applejack

"No, not that. You said something about "Manehattan." What is that?" asked Liz urgently

"Manehattan is a city, is that what you wanted to know?" Once again, Liz's eyes widened and her jaw hung open.

**

Tsubaki and Fluttershy walked out without saying much. As they walked, they absorbed the sights silently, Tsubaki looked in awe at the lively town of Ponyville.

"Ponyville is okay, I guess. But I think the real beauty lies in the forest. Follow me, please." said Fluttershy meekly. She lead Tsubaki to the serene Everfree forest.

Tsubaki was speechless. The sheer beauty of it rendered her unable to talk. Rose petals grazed her face as a light breeze passed throughout the area. She closed her eyes, and achieved a state of peace, just for a couple seconds, she forgot where she was, she forgot who she was, for a couple of seconds, she had achieved true peace.

Fluttershy seemed to notice that Tsubaki was zoned out. She picked up on this and began conversation.

"Excuse me, Ms. Tsubaki? Are you... alright?" asked Fluttershy. Tsubaki blinked, and shook her head.

"Sorry, thanks for that." said Tsubaki, Fluttershy was confused as to what she was thanking her for. Before the conversation could continue, two Earth Ponies carrying a cart rushed in between Fluttershy and Tsubaki without even acknowledging it, they talked loudly about their daily gossip.

"Excuse me, but that was kind of rude of you! Would you mind apologizing?" said Tsubaki, irritated. They looked back, and continued gossiping. Tsubaki looked somewhat flustered. Fluttershy reached across the cart and tapped one of the ponies on the back.

"OMG, what is it?" said one of the obnoxious ponies

"Yeah, we don't have like, forever." said the other. When they looked back, they saw one angry pegasus glaring at them. Without hesitation, they fled the scene.

**

Maka and Twilight were both determined to be the best possible student, despite the awkward circumstances. They walked at a fast pace, rushing to get their task done.

"The faster you get this done, the less time you have to spend with her, Twilight." she thought to herself

"If Lord Death sees how well I can handle this, maybe he'll let us leave earlier." thought Maka

"Our first stop is Ponyville, an interesting little tidbit about it is that it all began with- Wait, what are you doing?" asked Twilight. Maka was scribbling something down in her notebook. This was partially because she wanted to avoid eye contact.

"Oh, sorry. I'm just taking notes." said Maka, not looking up from her notebook.

"You're taking notes? But Celestia didn't say anything about a test!" said Twilight, surprised.

"You never know, a test can come out of nowhere!" replied Maka

"Exactly! It's about time somepony agreed with me. My friends always seem to be busy with something to study!" said Twilight excitedly.

"I've been waiting for someone to say that! There's a saying where my friends and I come from: success comes before hard work only in the dictionary!" said Maka, looking up from her notebook.

"Wait a minute, I have an idea. Come with me!" said Twilight, who was eagerly running towards her home.

"Y-you have your own library? That's amazing!" Maka stared in awe at the large collection of books. Maka was surprised to see that the books were in English, strangely enough.

"It's all yours. Just let me know if you need help studying!" said Twilight, with genuine inthusiasm

"Y'know Twilight Sparkle, when I first saw you, I was kind of disapointed. But now that I've gotten to know you a little better, I think we could be good friends!"

"My thoughts exactly."

**

After meeting each other, the DWMA students and the Mane six met in the center of Everfree forest as they were told. Everyone was in relatively high spirits except for Black Star and Rainbow Dash, who were ready to pull each other's hair out.

"Ugh, where's Soul? Shouldn't he be here by now?" asked Maka, irritated

"I'm sure he's fine, Maka." said Tsubaki reassuringly

"Why the hell did your queen make us come here in the first place? To plant seeds or something?" said Black Star impatiently

"Would you just shut up! And she's a princess, not a queen, doofus." replied Rainbow Dash angrily

"Hey big sis! Guess what we did!" said Patty excitedly, licking frosting off of her fingers.

"We made cupcakes!" answered Pinkie Pie before Liz could answer. Just then, a nearby snarling, grinding sound could be heard. Everyone turned their heads, and suddenly, they were surrounded by Timberwolves. Their eyes glowed, hungering for blood. They howled to the sky. There was at least seven of them.

"Ya'll stay back, we don't want ya to get eaten or anything." said Applejack, getting ready to buck.

"Applejack is right. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if one of our guests got hurt." said Twilight, her horn glowing with a magical aura. Pinkie inexplicably had her party cannon with her, getting ready to fire.

"Actually," said Kid, stepping forward. "You don't need to worry about us. Liz, Patty, weapon mode, now." The Mane six was shocked to see the Thompson sisters turn from human to twin pistols so quickly.

"Alright! Time for the great Black Star to make his entrance! Tsubaki, you ready?" yelled Black Star eagerly

"Black Star... Please don't do something stupid." said Tsubaki, transforming into a chain scythe. Maka looked around for Soul, hoping he would show up soon. She cried his name loudly, no response.

The battle begun with Black Star speeding around the battlefield, taunting the Timberwolves at every oppurtunity. Kid

stood there patiently, still as a tree, as one of the Timberwolves charged at him. As soon as it was in a few feet's range, he did a flip, and fired, leaving it's face in a smoking ruin.

Black Star began running behind the Timberwolves, his movements were nearly impossible to keep track of. Sounds of metal clashing against wood could be heard. When he stopped running, the Timberwolves appeared to be perfectly fine, just then, a creaking noise could be heard. The trees behind the Timberwolves began to wobble, and they collapsed on top of five of the Timberwolves. Only one Timberwolf remained.

"Maka! Heads up!" She turned around, it was Soul, he jumped, and transformed into a scythe in midair, she caught him.

"Soul, what's the deal? You're late!" said Maka

"Well I'm here now, aren't I? Let's finish this weird thing off now!" said Soul. Maka sprung into the air, and raised Soul above her body.

"Soul resonance: Witch Hunter!" cried Maka and Soul in unison. Soul's scythe form grew in size, and another blade. The scythe landed right in the rear end of the Timberwolf. Maka pulled the blade right through it, tearing it in half. The mane six stood in silence at what they had witnessed.

"What's with that look? Did we do something wrong?" asked Maka.

"Yes, I mean, No, I mean... What was that?" asked Twilight

"That was amazing! Not as amazing as me, though." boasted Dash

"Hey, how about we talk this over somewhere else? It's hot out here." proposed Soul