Revenge of Lavan

Last time…

“Today, and I are going to talk to you about witch weed and the dangers of its abuse. As you may or may not know, Princess Celestia had banned the growth and use of witch weed after what was known as the ‘Catrina Incident’.”

“I’m afraid those questions will have to wait until later.”

“Yeah. If we don’t discuss what Sally and I found in your library, Equestria won’t stand Buckley's at surviving bein’ covered in lava.”

“Wait, what do you mean we ‘won’t stand Buckley's’?” asked Rainbow Dash. “Are you a spy? Whoa!”

“Hang on a tick, we’re getting’ to that,” Trixie said, pushing Rainbow Dash aside. “You see, we’ve reading up on Equestrian history in this library, and, well, take a squizz at this.” Trixie produced an ornate book from her pouch and laid it down on the table.

“Pony Land History, Volume One,” Princess Twilight read aloud. “What does this have to do with us?”

“We have a relevant page bookmarked, just in case,” replied Sally.

“‘Lavan, a malevolent lava demon who kidnaps the Princess Ponies and steals their magic wands, since they contain all the magic in Ponyland,” Princess Twilight began. “He tried to use them to transform himself into an all-powerful crystal being. At first it didn't work, instead upsetting the balance of Pony Land. Once the Princess Ponies recovered and repowered their wands with the Heart of Pony Land, The Princess Ponies, along with Megan, destroyed Lavan. That was an interesting read, but what does that have to do with us?”

“I have reason to believe that Lavan may return at some point in the near future,” Princess Celestia related to a brown-haired pig woman, an emperor penguin, Princess Sally, Trixie and Princess Luna. “Princess Acorn--”

“Sally.”

“Excuse me, Princess Sally, you mentioned that your friend said that these ‘Chaos Emeralds’ are the only things that may be the key to Lavan’s revival?”

“Yes. If we had a lead on where one might be located, we could theoretically keep them in a safe location.”

“Even if we had all seven,” said the pig woman, “Let’s not forget that, if Lavan were to return, would you be able to stop them without the Princess Ponies? Now that they have, um gone to greener pastures?”

“All in due time, Porcina dear,” said the penguin. “We’ll just have to wait it out for now.”

“If you say so, Charlatan.”

“…What if there’s an Autobot that sounds like Cheese Sandwich?” asked Pinkie Pie? [1] “Wouldn’t that be super-duper awesome?”

“Almost as awesome as a seal speaking French,” replied Sonic. [2]

“In all my time here,” said Megan, “I’ve never met your family, Pinkie.”

“Yeah,” added Kalena. “I bet they’re as awesomely fun as you.”

“Yeah, about that. Y’see…”

As the train pulled up to the rock farm station, the sextet were greeted by Pinkie’s parents and sisters.

“Hi, Pinkie!” greeted Limestone.

“Hi, girls. Hi, mom and dad!”

“Good tidings, Pinkamena,” greeted Cloudy Quartz.

“Pinkamena?” questioned Leslie.

“Yup, that’s my name: Pinkamena Diane Pie,” stated Pinkie, as if it were a fact to be proud of. She turned to Limestone and asked “Did Maud get her rocktorate yet?”

“Not yet,” replied Limestone, “at least according to the reply to the hundreds of letters you mailed her asking about it.”

“Mm-hmm,” added Marble.

"Hey, aren't you going to introduce us?" asked Sonic.

“Oh, yeah,” said Pinkie, “I’d like to introduce you to, in no particular order: Sonic, Marina, Leslie, Kalena and Megan.”

After the quintet said their hellos, Sonic turned to Cloudy Quartz and Igneous Rock and said, “We need your help.”

“What is it?” asked Limestone.

“We’re looking for… how do I put this lightly… rocks called Chaos Emeralds,” replied Sonic, the location did not endear him to the quest at hand. “Have you seen any?”

“Now that you mention it,” said Cloudy Quartz, “Marble did find an odd colored stone a few days ago. We didn’t know what it was, but we’d be glad to give it to you.”

“That’s exactly the answer I’ve been waiting for,” said a disembodied voice.

“Who said that?” asked Megan

“I did.”

The owner of the voice revealed itself to belong to the paper dragon from the Crystal Empire’s library, only now it took on a form not unlike Discord’s covered in the writings of centuries long gone.

“Greetings,” said the dragon. “I am the Pagemaster, master of the written word and harbinger of your doom. If you value your lives, you will bring me the Chaos Emerald without any problems.”

“Fat chance, bookworm,” taunted Sonic. “The only way you’re getting that Emerald is over our dead bodies.”

“If you insist,” Pagemaster retorted. With a snap of his quill claws, assorted rocks assembled themselves into a humanoid figure with demon horns. “You know what to do, Haniwarrior.”

With that, the paper dragon teleported away to let the heroes deal the rock monster.

“What do we do, guys?” questioned Pinkie. “We can’t let that thing hurt my family.”

“And we definitely can’t let it get the Chaos Emerald,” added Megan.

“Chill, guys,” said Leslie, “we got this.”

“Are you sure?” Kalena asked. “Shouldn’t we call Sally and Trixie?”

“It’d take too long for them to get here in time,” said Marina. “Time to follow the sun?”

“And catch the sun? Let’s do it!”

“Wait are you sure they won’t mind?” asked Megan.

“Sure we’re sure. You girls ready?”

“Let’s do it to it. Natural Source, Solar Force!”

The trio summoned three hand-held devices, one red, one blue and one yellow and changed them into similar devices, the red bearing the image of an eagle, the blue one a shark and the yellow one a panther. They then leapt up into the air, whereupon a spinning person and flash of light morphed them into a trio of superheroes.

“Solar Force: Red Eagle Ranger!”

“Solar Force: Blue Shark Ranger!”

“Solar Force: Yellow Panther Ranger!”

“Follow the Sun! Catch the Sun! Power Rangers Solar Force!”

As the Rangers and Haniwarrior rushed into battle, Mr. and Mrs. Cake over in Ponyville are about to get a surprise of their own.

To be Continued…