Chapters Prologue
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“Okay, okay, this shouldn’t be too difficult.” Twilight said to herself more than Spike. She slowly wrapped her hands around Spike and slowly lifted him up.
“Um…. Twilight are you sure this is safe?” Spike asked, wearing so much protective padding he could barely move, as his big adoptive sister got ready. Said adopted sister was wearing a light purple Lucha mask with a small horn in the middle of the forehead and a dark purple star mark surrounding that with several small white stars around the main star. Her straight shoulder length purple hair, with a light pink stripe going down it, flowed out the back of the mask. She also wore a light purple unitard, with the same star design on both thighs of the outfit.
“Relax Spike, I’ll go nice and slow. I just need to get the feel of doing it on a person who’s going to be moving.” The Luchadora said as she began to grapple her adopted little brother. However as her hands made contact, the door to the gym opened.
“Oh Twilight there you are.” An all too familiar voice called out, causing Twilight lose her footing and ended up tangling herself up with her own move.
“Princess Celestia!” Twilight called out frantically, trying to untangle herself from well… herself. The older woman walked up to her young student. She wore a bright white unitard, almost an exact exact replica of the one Twilight wore, which accentuated her fantastic figure, only with small wing decals on the back and a sun design in place of the star Twilight had. Her hair was a long flowing mass of colors, almost like a rainbow, that spilled out the back of her mask which was also very much like Twilight’s, though white and with a sun on it. Around her waist was a large belt with a golden center with the words “Equestrian World Championship” engraved on it.
“Oh Twilight, you know you don't need to be so formal. We’ve known each other since you were 10.” Celestia said, giving a small chuckle and a warm smile.
“Oh, o-of course Prin… Celestia.” Twilight stopped herself and gave an awkward smile. Celestia then turned her gaze over to Spike, who laid on the mat unable to move.
“Let me guess, still doing it exactly like the books Twilight?” Celestia asked, bending down to give Spike a hand.
“Of course Prin… Celestia.” Twilight stopped herself again, silently cursing herself, as she walked over to help Spike take off his padding. Slowly the pads came off to reveal a 10 year old boy in a purple track-suit wearing a dragon-like Lucha mask with small green fins on it, the main color of the mask being the same as Twilight’s.
“By the way, when can I expect to see Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Inferno Dragon in action?” Celestia asked, giving a little wink to Spike who blushed slightly.
“As soon as he starts taking his training seriously and gets out of the Junior Leagues.” Twilight said, giving Spike a quick playful nudge with her elbow. The dragon-themed boy just laughed sarcastically in response.
“Ha, ha, I forgot how to laugh.” He said, sulking a bit as he picked up his pads and climbed out of the ring.
“Is there anything you wanted… Celestia?” Twilight said, innerly congratulating herself on not calling her mentor by her full name for once.
“Actually yes Twilight there is something. I was wondering how you’d feel about going to Ponyville for a few days?” Celestia asked, climbing out of the ring as well.
“Ponyville? That hick town?” Twilight asked, a little indignantly, which caused Celestia to quickly turn her head towards her personal student.
“Watch the tone Twilight.” Celestia said, her eyes narrowing slightly. She knew full well Twilight wasn’t trying to be disrespectful, it just wasn’t in her nature, but it never hurt to remind her where she stood.
“Sorry m’am.” Twilight said, hanging her head a little.
“It’s alright, but yes I mean that hick town as you put it. Remember Twilight I used to live there before I moved to Canterlot.” The white clad champion said as her student felt her face heat up, looking rather ashamed.
"Lighten up Twilight, even I can admit Ponyville isn't as.... upscale as Canterlot, but there's plenty of good people there and a lot of good Luchadores too." Princess Celestia said as she and Twilight walked out of the gym and into Celestia's mansion.
"Well, okay, but why are we going there?" The younger luchadora asked, ever curious, as she followed her mentor to her personal office.
"Oh not we, you and Spike." Celestia said casually, taking a seat behind her desk.
"Oh... Why?" Twilight asked cautiously. Not many knew this, but the world's best Luchadora, the woman who could beat anyone silly six ways from Sunday, her mentor and role model... was a bit of a practical joker and Twilight was usually on the receiving end. Oh they were never painful pranks or humiliating ones, but they did end up making Twilight feel rather flustered and embarrassed when all was said and done so she knew to be a bit wary.
"Relax, I swear on my mask it's not a prank, I'm just planning something special. As you know I'm going on another tour this year and I decided to make the first stop in Ponyville. But, in addition to my scheduled matches I thought it would be fun to have a tournament for all the up and coming young luchadores and luchadoras there. It'll do them good to get their first taste of professional Lucha Libre." Celestia explained.
"So you want us to go and set things up? No offense m'am, but isn't this a bit last minute to be planning an entire tournament?" Twilight Sparkle asked, knowing full well the amount of planning it took to get a tournament off the ground.
"Give me some credit Twilight, I've been planning this for about two months. I just need you and Spike to go on ahead and make sure everything is ready and to take care of some last minute things." Celestia said, signing a few papers.
"Alright, I'll take care of it." Twilight said, as Celestia handed her a couple of train tickets.
"Here, you and Spike need to get going. I've already got you a room at the arena." The Equestrian Champion said, causing her student to look at her curiously.
"The arena has hotel made into it, it's actually the biggest tourist attraction Ponyville has." Celestia said, answering her student's unasked question.
"I'll do my best Princess Celestia." Twilight said, a determined look in her lavender eyes.
"I know you will Twilight now scoot, your train leaves in an hour." The Champ said as she motioned to the door.
"So big sister is planning a tournament eh? Well, I think it's a perfect time for the next Equestrian World Champion to make her debut." A shadowed figure said to herself as she read an advertisement in a newspaper.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE VS PINKIE PIE! INSANE FOR THE MEMBRANE!
Twilight and Spike were nearing Ponyville after a 6 hour train ride. Twilight was a little less enthusiastic than Spike was about the whole thing. After all, she could be using this time to practice her moves, not manage a bunch of Luchadores who were probably not all that great anyway. After all, just because they were big stuff in their hometown doesn't mean they would last long against the personal student of Princess Celestia herself.
"Alright Spike, you have the checklist for the tournament and festival?" Twilight asked as her little brother pulled out a clipboard from his backpack.
"Let's see, 1: Meet with event planner for tournament and festival, 2: Meet with crowd control manager, 3: Check in with decoration department, 4: Meet with entertainment supervisor, and 5: Check in with concession and food vendor overseer" Spike read off, as Twilight nodded.
"Good, the faster we get through with this the happier I'll be." The young Luchadora said, crossing her arms.
"Twilight we're almost there, at lest try to look happy." Spike said, noting Twilight's sour expression. The thing about Lucha masks was they did not hide ones eyes or mouth, so your expressions were still an open book and right now Twilight's was telling a story of frustration.
"Why should I be happy Spike? I could be back home, expanding my mind and honing my skills, but instead I'm stuck at some redneck town that time forgot for the next four days." Twilight said, huffing a little.
"So it's four days, what's the big deal? It's not like you can't practice here and you can wrestle with other Luchadores for a change instead of just me and Princess Celestia. Who knows, you might actually win a few matches." Spike said, trying to brighten his sister's mood.
"Please Spike, what could these small timers have that could challenge me? I've wrestled plenty of people, Princess Celestia herself, and did just fine you know?" The lavender masked young woman said, her tone slightly haughty.
"Twi, the only people you've wrestled are me and that's never really serious, Shining Armor and Cadence, and Princess Celestia who can pretty much clean the mat with anybody." The dragon themed boy said as the train stopped and he left their car, leaving a stunned Twilight Sparkle. Twilight recomposed herself and rushed after him.
"I've beaten Shining Armor quite a few times and you know it, Cadence too! I even managed to pin the Princess once!" Twilight argued back at Spike who just gave her a look.
"You do know she let you do that right? To make you feel good? Sorry Twilight you gotta face facts, you've never had a serious match in your entire life." Spike said as they entered the town, carrying both his and Twilight's suitcases.
"Spike I could beat anyone from this backwater town in the ring! I could even beat... Her!" Twilight claimed, her voice filled with a bit of anger and but mostly confidence, looking around and spotting a young woman who looked about her age. She had a head of hot pink puffy hair and wore a bright pink mask with a symbol that had three balloons of yellow and blue on it, the sides of her mask near her mouth having yellow stripes that went up to her ears to give the impression she had a large smile on her face. She also wore a simple pink tank-top with a large yellow smiley face on it, and a short cheerleader-like skirt that had the same balloon symbol on her mask circling all around it.
"Hey you!" Twilight called out as she marched over to the other girl, this being one of the few times she didn't think something to death before doing actually doing it. Spike knew from vast experience things never turned out well for Twilight when she didn't think. Granted sometimes thinking didn't always help much either, but 9 times out of 10 she avoided massive humiliation that way.
"You're a Luchadora from around here right?" Twilight asked, crossing her arms across her chest. The pink clad girl just smiled, the design of her mask making it look inhumanly wide, and giggled.
"Sure am! I'm..." The girl answered in a chipper tone as she tried to introduce herself, but Twilight cut her off.
"Yes, yes, you're the best in town, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, I challenge you to a match." The star masked girl said, living little room for arguments.
"Okie-dokie-lokie! Sounds super fun!" The cotton candy haired girl said with a squee as she ran off into some nearby bushes.
"Wait come back!" Twilight called as she started to run after the girl, but stopped when she say her running back with a bunch of poles and ropes in her arms.
"I always keep a ring set stashed around town, in case of wrestling emergencies." The pink clad girl said as she shoved the poles into the ground and set up a makeshift ring right in town square. A crowd gathered, a large number of them other luchadores, as they got ready to watch the match. A walleyed blond woman with a muffin shaped mask entered the ring, quickly putting on a black and white striped vest over her all grey leotard which had a the image of several bubbles on her thighs.
"Luchadores ready?!" The muffin masked woman asked, both eyes somehow fixed on both wrestlers. Seeing a vigorous nod from the pink clad girl and a slow, somewhat confused, nod from the purple clad one.
"LUCHARAN!" The muffin woman shouted as Twilight took that as the cue to rush her opponent and try to perform a bear hug. However this was easier said than done as her opponent kept bouncing all over the ring, smiling widely. Each time Twilight got close her opponent would hop out of the way like a rabbit with springs on her feet.
Twilight then tried to change tactics, launching herself backwards into the ropes and trying to perform a clothesline attack, but her opponent dropped to the ground and quickly grabbed hold of both Twilight's legs. However, instead of capitalizing on this accomplishment by trying to make Twilight fall over, her opponent just laid there holding her legs, laughing.
"Hey, let go!" Twilight said, trying to pry the other girl from her legs.
"Okay, if you say so!" The pink menace said, glee evident in her voice, as she let the still struggling Twilight go, who ended up tumbling into the ropes and getting tangled. Quickly freeing herself, Twilight looked up to see her opponent standing next to her, leaning on the ropes casually.
"You okay? That looked kinda like it hurt." The pink clad loony said as Twilight managed to maneuver around her and get her in a headlock, forcing her to the ground.
"Okay, now I just got to..." Twilight said, thinking out her next moves with careful consideration. However her opponent managed to wrap her legs around Twilight's waist in a vice-like grip. She then, somehow defying all known laws of motion Twilight knew about, pulled Twilight forward and onto her back. Twilight was so stunned she released her headlock without thinking. The only thing she knew was her opponent was going to try and pin her so she had to be ready. However she no longer felt the weight of the other girl on her, looking to see she was indeed no longer on top of her. She looked up to see her opponent was in one corner of the ring talking on her cellphone.
"Don't worry Mrs. Cake, I'll make sure that birthday cake is delivered on time. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." She said, making some random motions before touching her open hand to her closed eye.
"Would you please take this seriously?!" Twilight snapped, glaring intently at the pink haired girl.
"Shush! I'm on the phone! I gotta call you back Mrs. Cake, I've got an Antsy Nancy here, see ya later!" The girl said as she hung up, looking at Twilight with a kind smile.
"Now what is it you wanted?" The girl asked, causing Twilight to rush toward her. However the girl bounced out of the way as Twilight ran straight into a pole with a loud smack.
"Oh! If you didn't want to play around all you had to was say so you Silly Billy!" The pink haired girl said as she leaped backwards into the ropes and pulled herself back as far as she could. Twilight, who had just gotten up, heard her shout something.
"PARTY CANNONBALL!" The pink lunatic shouted as she shot off the ropes like a rocket, streamers and confetti flying everywhere as she barreled into Twilight, bouncing her all over the ring in the process and eventually knocking her onto her back. The pink haired girl then hopped onto the dazed Twilight Sparkle as she pinned her shoulders down.
"UNO! DOS! TRES!" The muffin masked referee counted off as she rang a small bell, signaling the end of the match. Twilight slowly got up, still groggy and wobbling a little, as her opponent bounced up to her.
"That was super duper fun! My name's Pinkie Pie what's yours?" Pinkie Pie asked, but Twilight was still too dazed to respond.
"Well, I'm sure I'll see ya later so you can tell me your name then. Anyway, I gotta go, there's a festival I got to put the finishing touches on and I gotta get the banner set up for the Lucha Tournament. You should enter, you're pretty good." Pinkie said all in one breath as she skipped off into the town.
"Spike? Wha happened?" Twilight slurred slightly, coming to her senses.
"Well, you met the event planner and things seem to be going good on that end." The dragon boy said as he checked off meeting with the event planner and then helped his sister walk to the Arena Hotel.
"Also you kinda got your butt handed to you in a Lucha match." Spike said casually as Twilight barely registered his words.
TWILIGHT SPARKLE VS CROWD CONTROL!
Twilight Sparkle had gotten over her soreness and addled senses as she and her little brother Spike headed to their hotel, which was of course connected to the local Lucha Arena. However Twilight was still smarting after he defeat from Pinkie Pie, more mentally than physically though.
"It doesn't make sense! I should have easily won that match!" Twilight said as she stomped into her and Spike's room.
"Yeah you could have, but you kept thinking too much!" Spike said, clearly losing patience with his sister.
"Thinking too much?! Spike, you have a lot to learn about lucha. There is no such thing as thinking too much. You have plan out your strategy and stick to it. If you know what you're doing then there's no way you can't win." Twilight lectured, causing Spike to roll his eyes.
"Then how do you explain what happened just now?" The young boy questioned, causing his sister glare at him slightly.
"It was that crazy girl's fault! She wouldn't take the match seriously!" Twilight said as she huffed up to the hotel desk and rang the bell. Suddenly she heard a loud mechanical wheezing sound come from the back room, which was hidden behind a blue curtain. After a moment a man came out from behind the curtain and bounded up the counter.
"Hello, I'm The Doctor and welcome to the Lucha Hotel!" The man said in an English accent with a cheery tone and a wide smile. He was fairly thin, almost lanky, and wore a blue lucha mask with an hourglass symbol on it, along with a blue pinstripe suit and brown trench coat.
"Uh..." Was the duel response from Spike and Twilight.
"Oh you want a room right? Well we're all booked up with the tournament, but... Hold on a tick." The Doctor said as he looked through the registry.
"Is your name Twilight Sparkle by any chance?" The Englishman said as Twilight nodded her head.
"Yes?" The purple clad girl said as the Doctor smiled
"Brilliant! Here's your key and your room number is 104." The Doctor said, as Twilight looked down at the key that was practically shoved at her. When she looked back up The Doctor had seemingly vanished. She looked around warily, even peaking behind the counter, but no sign of the odd British man.
"Hello there I'm the Doctor! Care for a jelly baby?" A deeper English voice called out. Twilight tumbled behind the counter in fright. She got up and saw a man with the same mask as The Doctor, but he was noticeably taller and wore a different outfit, the most striking thing being a large fedora and a ludicrously long scarf. He was also holding out what looked like a small gummy candy and had Spike and Twilight's bags in his other hand.
"No thank you, just... Take us to our room please." Twilight sighed as the Doctor took their bags to their room. The reached the room and Twilight and Spike entered, Twilight flopping down on the bed as Spike turned to tip the Doctor. However the young boy jumped in fright as the a different man stood in the Doctor's place. This man wore the same mask as the last two Doctors, but also wore a tweed jacket, black pants and boots, a red bow-tie, and a bright red fez.
"Wha.. Who... Where... Never mind, here you go." Spike said as he gave the man who he was sure answered to "The Doctor" a silver dollar.
"Oh, silver dollar that's new!" The Doctor said as Spike practically slammed the door shut.
Twilight woke up an hour later, her soreness finally gone as she sat up on her bed.
"Alright Spike who's next?" Twilight asked as she got up and stretched a bit. Spike grabbed the checklist and looked it over.
"Well since we're already at the arena we should probably go ahead and talk to the crowd control manager." Spike said as he and Twilight left their room.
They passed the hotel's front desk, this time an hourglass masked man in a cricket uniform stood behind the desk, as the pair rushed past him and entered the arena itself.
The arena was very large, looking like it could sit at least 200,000 people with a large jumbotron screen above the ring which was the average regulation size.
"Now if we could just find that..." Twilight began to say as she was suddenly knocked over by a rainbow colored blur. Getting up she came face to face with a girl her own age. Her Lucha mask was a cyan blue with a rainbow lightning bolt on the forehead of the mask, and had wing decals on the sides of her mask. Her rainbow colored hair came out in a mohawk style from her mask and she wore a blue sports bra, blue cargo shorts, sneakers, and had bandages on her hands going up to her elbow and she was very tan.
"Excuse me do you know where I can find a Arcoiris Apurado?" Twilight asked as she looked at her checklist, getting an annoyed groan from the other girl.
"The name's Rainbow Dash, I changed it years ago when I came over with my family and somehow people still get the name mixed up, bola de idiotas." The now identified Rainbow Dash said, cursing a bit in Spanish, as she looked Twilight over.
"Ah, well you must be the chica Celestia sent to check things out. Well things are going good so adios, I gotta finish up my lap around the arena then it's snoozing time." Rainbow Dash said as she started to run off, almost like a bolt of lighting as she was practically out of sight before Twilight could say anything.
"Wait! I need to inspect you first!" Twilight called out, her frustration already starting to return.
"What's there to inspect? I can handle any yahoo that tries to get too rowdy. In fact I could take anyone down in under a minute." Rainbow Dash boasted as she motioned to the ring.
"Fine, but just to make sure you're really qualified." Twilight said as she entered the ring. Spike entered as well to fill the role of referee.
"So here's how this works. You pin me in under a minute, you get to inspect stuff on my end as much as you want. I pin you in under a minute, you take my word for it and let me finish my laps. Deal?" Rainbow Dash said as Twilight appeared to mull it over.
"Alright, you got yourself a deal!" Twilight said, knowing full well she could pin someone in under a minute.
"Luchadores ready?" Spike asked, getting nods from both women.
"LUCHARAN!"
And with that the match was on. Twilight found herself on the mat and being pinned before she knew what happened.
"Uno! Dos..." Spike began counting off as Twilight quickly managed to maneuver herself around the other girl and get her into a headlock. Rainbow Dash quickly elbowed Twilight in the stomach and grabbed her arm, spinning her around so fast Twilight felt like she was in a tornado. Rainbow let go and Twilight was sent hurtling into the corner of the ring, where Rainbow Dash quickly used the ropes to propel herself up into the air and tackle Twilight from the above. Twilight Sparkle was slammed hard into the mat and was again pinned.
"Uno! Dos..." Spike again began to count Twilight forced herself up, rolling Rainbow Dash onto the mat. She quickly had Rainbow in a Boston Crab hold. Rainbow growled in pain as she worked hard to free herself. Rainbow managed to twist her body around, effectively flipping Twilight over and onto the mat. However she wasn't ready to pin her, not just yet.
"SONIC RAINBOOM!"
The last thing Twilight saw was a bright rainbow slam into her from overhead with enough power behind it to make a nuclear explosion jealous.
Twilight laid dazed as Rainbow Dash casually pinned her
"Uno! Dos! Tres!" Spike counted off as Rainbow Dash got up and stretched.
"Oh yeah, 54 seconds with time to spare! You did pretty good, not as good as me of course, but you could go places." Rainbow Dash said, but soon realized Twilight was no longer conscious.
"Tell her that when she wakes up." Rainbow Dash told Spike as she resumed her laps around the arena, leaving Spike to once again try to wake up Twilight.
"At this rate she'll be spending the rest of the trip in the hospital." Spike said as he opened a bottle of smelling salts and put it to Twilight's nose.
