The Super Avatar of Equestria

Now that I have caught you all up to speed I can continue with the train ride.

We are currently half way to Horseshoe Bay, and the train was haling ass. I wasn’t even helping it move. I mean sure it was the royal train, but it was topping its speed at one hundred and twenty miles per hour.

“Prince, are you ok?” I hear Feather ask me. I look to her, and nod.

“Yes, I’m just relaxing now that I can finally get to the empire, and fix the balance.” I reply as I stand up from the seat I was in. I have to stay in my alicorn form to be comfortable on the ride to Horseshoe Bay.

“How long until we’re there?” I ask her.

“About five minutes.” She replies.

“Good.” I say as I start on my way to the car that has my kids. Feather follows me.

“So how have my children been treating you?” I ask her.

“They’re a hoof full but I can handle them. It also helps that I can teach them about magic, and fire bending.” She replies. I nod, but then stop.

“Can the other two besides Apple Bloom bend?” I ask her. She nods her head, and then the thought of what could happen enters her mind.

“Oh my, it’s a good thing that Scootaloo is an air bender.” She says as she wipes some sweat off of her brow. I just shake my head, and continue on my way into the other car.

“Girls, are you still in here?” I call out.

“Yeah, we’re all still here.” I hear Sweetie Belle reply. I then hear a whoosh of fire.

“Ah, it’s not supposed to do that, why is it doing that!?” I hear Sweetie Belle yell. I rush up to her, and see that she set an orange on fire. I just light my horn with blue chi and gather water from the air, and then make the water put out the fire.

“Sweetie, when were you born?” I ask her.

“The middle of summer.” She tells me. I sigh.

“That’s why your magic acts up.” I say as I sit down next to her.

“What do you mean?” She asks.

“You’re a fire bender, just like Feather Touch.” I tell her.

“Oh, so that’s why every time I use magic that happens.” Sweetie says, as though she barely figured this out. I sigh once again.

“Sweetie, promise me that you won’t use magic until we get to the ship.” I tell her as I lay down on my stomach to be at her level.

“Okay.” She says sadly, as though I had punished her.

“Hey, I never said I was mad, I’m just trying to keep you safe. Fire bending is the most dangerous of the four elements.” I say as I embrace her.

“Then why can’t I use magic?” She asks as her voice wavers in the beginnings of tears. I put a hoof over her tan tien, and send a pulse of chi into it. A bounce back pulse coming from Sweetie gets her to stop her tears before they start.

“You were born with an amazing ability, but you are using both forms of energy at the same time.” I start on my explanation.

“You’re having trouble separating the two energies when you try to use your magic. Can you feel the difference between your magic and chi?” I ask her. She shakes her head.

“Would you like to find out then?” I ask her. She nods to me, “Good.” I reply as I stand up again.

“Now, I want you to think about how you use magic.” I tell her. She nods her head, and thinks about it for a few moments.

“Now, tell me what you feel, emotionally, when you use magic.”

“I feel… angry, and… I don’t know argh!” She shouts as frustration takes the lead in her mind. I sigh, and back up a couple inches.

“Hop on, and I’ll show you what happens to fire when you’re angered.” I say as I tuck my wings in. She reluctantly climbs onto my back. I raise my wings slightly to keep her there as protection.

“Feather, go get Dash. She needs to see this as well as you do.” I say as I head for the back of the train. A few moments of walking and I’m on the back of the train outside.

“So what did you want to show me?’ Dash asks as she comes out of the car door with Feather in tow.

“Follow me to the top of the cars.” I say as I use my magic to keep Sweetie on my back as I spread my wings to their full length.

I grab Feather in my magical grasp, and take to the air. I use my air bending to keep up with the train, and Dash usually flew this fast anyways. I land, and make a shield with my air bending, to make it as though we were on a train that wasn’t moving.

Dash lands next to me, and I let Sweetie down onto the train’s roof.

“I’m going to show you all what happens to a fire bender who uses anger as a fuel for their chi to burn instead of the pure way.” I tell them as I shift to my human form and start to think about my past, and what had caused it to be painful, and filled with the death of those I kept close.

“Stay behind me.” I growl as my anger comes into play. I get a positive response from all of them.

My hands were fists, and clenched as tight as possible as I let my anger build, and boil inside my chi, like magma building pressure to burst free from its mountain.

I felt my chi start to burn with my anger. I felt unstoppable with this force. I was in a haze as my hands thrust forward, letting out a torrent of flames that even a dragon could not produce. I was letting out a roar with flames of purple spewing from my mouth.

I could feel my rage turn to pure hate, and watched as my fire turned completely black. This scared me, and I halted my chi flow, and block my hate from my mind. This causes me to lose control of my air wall, and the rush of one hundred and twenty mile per hour winds hits us at its full.

I regained control almost as soon as I had lost it. I hear a scream, and look to see that Sweetie had been pushed too far back, and she was still in the wind. I look down at the top of the car we were in, and see that it is a cargo car that was carrying our belongings.

I took some ki, and blasted a hole in the roof of the car. I push Dash, and Feather down into the car and then launch to Sweetie, right as she falls off of the edge.

Time seemed to slow as I reached out for her hoof. I watch Sweetie’s face turn to one of pure fear right before I manage to barely grab her hoof. I grab her with my other hand, and pull her up to me before I spread my wings, and take to the sky with the giant amounts of lift I got from the speed of the train. I slowly made my way back to the caboose of the train, and land carefully on the back platform with Sweetie in my arms.

Once inside I close the door, and start to make my way to my personal car.

Sweetie was quietly crying into my chest. I just sat down on the chase lounge that was in my car, and pet her back, and cooed sweet nothings into her ears to calm her.

We stayed like this until the train stopped at the station in Horseshoe Bay.

We were being escorted by a few royal guards, that had volunteered to come with us to protect Cadence, and my kids while I finished my mission, and we were currently heading to Celestia’s flagship of the royal fleet, and I was planning on being at the empire in three weeks instead off three months by speeding the ship up with my air bending greatly.

“Okay and there is the shi…” I pause as I see exactly how big the ship was. This ship was amazingly huge, and it had fifteen masts six of which were at least ten stories tall.

The flag ship was two football fields long, and at least three school busses wide. She had at least two hundred cannons along the side of her hull, and her sails were massive, even when they were tied to the masts.

“Celestia and Luna really want me to travel in style, don’t they?” I ask after my initial shock faded.

“No, this is mostly for my and the kids’ comfort while you are in the country doing work. Well, that and you are a prince.” Cadence tells me as she walks up the huge gangway. The gangway could allow a semi-truck to be driven up onto the ship’s deck. I just shake my head, and walk up onto the ship with my doubts following me.

“A ship this size will take four months to get to the empire,” I thought aloud to myself, “and that would be with me helping it along.” A feminine voice laughs, and catches my attention.

“That has got to be the best joke I’ve ever heard on my ship.” The voice says as a female unicorn pony walks up to me.

“You seriously think you could make it in less than four months?” I ask her.

“Please, if I wanted the ship to be there I could get her there in under a couple weeks.” The mare says with a wave of her hoof.

“I’m just going to chalk that up to magic.” I say as I head to the bow of the ship as the huge crew takes our luggage down to our rooms.

“I’m surprised you’re what the Princess was fussin’ about when she sent that messenger to me saying to prepare for a voyage to the empire with a few precious ponies, but she didn’t mention that you weren’t a pony.” She replies.

“Well, I am and I’m not.” I tell her as I shift into my alicorn form, and then into my Pegasus form, and then back to my human-ish one.

“Eh, I’ve seen creepier.” She tells me. I give a laugh to that, and she joins in with me.

“So I assume you’re the Capitan of this beautiful cruiser?” I ask her after our laughter died down.

“Aye, I am your majesty, but she is a ship, not a ‘crewser.’” She tells me.

“From my world a cruiser is a giant war ship. Well this ship fits more into the dreadnaught category, but who am I to say?” I reply with a wave from my hand.

“Ah beg your pardon Prince, but uh, could you change into your pony body as to not scare me crew?” She asks me. I just nod, and shift back into my alicorn form.

“So tell me Capitan. How fast can your ship sail?” I ask as we near the bow of the ship.

“She can reach about seventy knots with a good wind, and me pushin’ her.” She replies with a prideful smile. I laugh when I hear this.

“You must be kidding, because even the fastest warships from my world can only reach about fifty at their best.” I tell her.

“I’m not kidding prince; she’s the fastest ship in the ocean.” She tells me. I stop laughing when I hear this, and then I take another look up at the sails of the ship before I get a tap on my shoulder. I look to the Capitan and she is smirking at me.

“Well, I hope your sails are strong enough to hold up against gale force winds.” I tell her as I motion for her to follow me.

“And why is that?” She asks me.

“Because I’ll be the one helping to move the ship.” I tell her. She gives a hearty laugh at that.

“Please Prince; these sails are enchanted to take a hurricane.” She tells me, “Besides, I doubt you could make something that strong even with your magic.” She tells me.

“Oh, I can.” I tell her, “But I won’t be using magic.” She looks confused at this.

“I’ll show you, but I have to be in my human body to do it.” I tell her. She nods to me, and I shift back into my form.

I gather up some chi, and create a tornado force wind flowing down into the water. The wind made the water create a huge wave that splashed up onto the dock with at least a foot of water.

“How… but I…” The Capitan was speechless. I smile, and made a drop of sea water drop onto her nose. This makes her blink a few times before she grins at me with a sultry look in her eye.

“Well I don’t know how you did it, but I love a stallion that can literally blow me away.” She tells me.

“I’m sorry Capitan, but I’m already taken by two mares, and if I even so much as ask them if you could join in on our fun I would be gelded.” I tell her.

“I was just pulling your leg Prince. I know where I stand.” She replies. We give a laugh at that, and I look out to the sea.

“So, when do we cast off?” I ask her.

“When you’re ready.” She replies with a nod.

“Well, I’ve been delayed for too long, so now would be preferable, and I want to be there yesterday.” I tell her as I head to the stern of the ship. She follows me.

“Alright, let me get to the wheel of this ol’ girl, and we’ll go.” She tells me. I smile, and she teleports to the rudder control wheel. I smirk, and open my wings and flap them once with the help of my chi. I am launched to the rear of the ship in a few seconds with the speed I was going at. I land right behind the Capitan, and walk up to her side.

“You know I never caught you name.” I say as I stood at ease next to her.

“Aye, my name is Graceful Current.” She replies. I smile at the name.

“Beautiful is the sea, and her many names.” I say as I shift back into my Alicorn form.

“Oh, I didn’t take you for a poetic stallion.” Graceful says as she playfully flirts.

“Well, I am a stallion in body, but a man at heart. So yeah I guess you could say that.” I reply with a nod. I then look out on the ship, and notice I can’t see past all of the masts. Oh well, not my ship, not my problem.

“So, would you like to call out the order Prince?” She asks me.

“Just tell me what to say, and the whole harbor will hear it.” I tell her.

“Royal Canterlot voice? Well, here we go. All deckhands on deck, we cast off now.” She tells me.

“ALL DECKHANDS ON DECK, WE CAST OFF NOW!!” I shout in the royal voice which causes the ship to vibrate, and small waves to churn in the water. I laugh as I hear the echo of my voice bounce of off the few clouds, and hit the ship again. Hundreds of Crew members come out from the ship and onto the deck, and start prepping the ship to leave. The sails are let down by many Pegasi, and the anchors are being hauled up by earth ponies, and the water was being raised by unicorns.

“Alright your highness, I’ll take it from here. I would take ya down to your quarters, but I have a ship to sail.” Graceful tells me. I just laugh at that and change into my human form.

“Please Capitan, I’m pushing the ship, and I can start now.” I tell her. She shakes her head at me.

“Not now Prince, for we need to be out at sea for you to do that. I don’t need my crew falling overboard and getting hit by another ship.” She tells me.

“Then I’ll use water bending, and pull the ship out to sea.” I tell her as I ready my chi. She raises an eyebrow at me, and shrugs. I turn to the docks, and start to do the pulling motion.

The ship starts to pull forward at a faster pace, and the sails slowly billow open, catching the wind. We were most likely moving at eight knots right now, so I start to pull more water at the stern of the ship, making us speed up.

We’re pulling out of the bay at twelve knots, and the Capitan lights her horn. The sails pull at their masts, and the ship starts to gain speed. The ship starts to leave a small wake in its path as it sped up. I stopped water bending after we were one hundred yards away from the bay, and turned to the sails.

“Alright Capitan, I believe it is time to speed this ol’ girl up.” I say as I sweep my arms back in a breast stroke, and push them forward making a tornado strength wind push into the sails.

The ship starts to speed up again, and I do the motions a few times more. Each time I pushed air into the sails the ship sped up about five knots.

“Capitan, I believe you can handle it from here.” I say as I walk up to her and shift into my Pegasus form. The ship was sailing at about thirty knots, and we were making some big waves.

“Aye, I can, but to keep this speed I’m going to need a boost.” She tells me. I smile as I put a hoof on her shoulder.

Before she could complain I pushed half of my ki into her.

“What did you just do?” She asks me.

“I gave you half of my ki.” I tell her with a smile.

“With this I could double our speed for two days.” She tells me.

“We’re already hauling ass Capitan. I just want to get there. Not run the ship up onto the shore, and then into the capital.” I tell her with a chuckle. She laughs with me.

“Alright Prince, would you like to get shown to your room?” She asks me.

“That would be preferable.” I tell her.

“Stargazer, come and take the wheel. I’m going to show the Prince to his room.” Graceful calls out to her first mate. A black unicorn comes up to the rudder wheel. His horn glows, and Graceful’s stops glowing.

I put my hoof on him, and give him nine tenths of my remaining ki. He shrugs it off, and Graceful takes me down the stairs, and into the stern living quarters.

“My room is below yours, and you can come speak with me at any time.” She tells me. I nod as I walk into the room, and look around.

“I’ve got to go steer the ship, and keep the winds blowing, so you just make yourself comfortable.” She says as she walks outs the door.

I lay down on the bed with a sigh, and change back into my human body. A few moments later Cadence walks in, along with Zecora.

“Mist, I would like to talk, but Zecora has a question.” I just wave for them to talk as I was tired from giving most of my ki away.

“I am wondering if I could sample some of this rare energy you call chi.” Zecora says. I wave for her to come closer. She walks up to the bed. I put my right hand on her shoulders, and push a bit of my chi into her.

“I’ll give you more later when I have my ki back.” I tell her. She nods, and leaves the room.

“So what would you like to talk about Cady?” I ask as I slowly sit up.

“It is about the three fillies you brought with us. I want to know why you did so.” She replies with a look of determination in her eyes.

“I’m listening.” I say as I sit up to give her my undivided attention.

“You know that this mission is too dangerous to bring them with you. So why did you?” She asks me.

“Because Cadence, they need to know that the world they live in is not as peaceful as it seems. Back in my world everyone knew that there was a war going on, or somewhere was having troubles getting by on the supplies that they had. I know this world is different from my own, but I want them to have experience with the harder parts of life. Like it or not this is how it is, but you can have an active role in shaping them into fine young mares. I didn’t fall in love with you for just your looks my Dearest Cady. I fell for you as a whole.” I explain with a smile on my lips.

“Why not protect them from the harm it will cause them instead?” She asks me.

“Cadence, my father and mother both tried to do that, and it made it all the more painful when they died. It does help that Solaris is back in my head, but it’s not the same. With me being at least part alicorn I will outlive all of my children. I want them to live a prepared life, not one of pure ignorance, and bliss.” I say as I sit up on the bed.

With a small amount of air bending my shirt was removed, and my skin was revealed with all of the scars I had from my training.

“How did you earn some of those? I never asked about them before, because you had a temper.” She tells me. I sigh as I look across my torso. I had sword cut scars, a bullet scar. I even still had a callous the over my left side from when I tripped into the fire one night.

“Most of these are from training, and very few are from actual combat.” I tell her as I look into her eyes.

“Jinkan was the best damn man I ever met.” Cadence smiles at this.

“He must have been a great teacher then.” Cadence says as she lies down next to me.

“He was the best that I knew.” I tell her as I prepared to tell more of my past to her.