Equestria, Masters of Friendship!
Way of the Ninja
Load Full StoryNext ChapterIt was a beautiful sunny afternoon, earth ponies wearing straw hats were farming, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky thanks to the pegasi making sure they were clear. It was nice, quiet, and peaceful... At least outside of a certain blacksmith's shop. The door was open to the shop known as Four Weapons and the sound of metal being melded could be heard. Inside of the shop was a mare, she wasn't just any mare, she was a pegasus. She had a cyan coat, and a rainbow mane with a rainbow lightning bolt coming from a cloud for a cutie mark. "To forge the perfect weapon, you need the right amount of metal and plenty of heat." She said looking at her creation made of red hot metal."Cool it off," she began sticking the hot blade into the water,"And Presto!" she frowned at the sight of her crippled sword,"Awwghhhh." she moaned complaining.
"Hehe, you made it too quickly Rainbow Dash, you need to be patient, if mother were still here she would say..."
"I know, no matter how much fire you have experience isn't something ya learn overnight." Rainbow quoted her mother,"That may work for you Elusive, but I'm gonna be a better blacksmith than mom ever was!" She cut off her younger brother. Elusive was a white unicorn with an amazing purple mane, he had three diamonds for a cutie mark. Elusive rolled his eyes as a quite tall pony walked in.
"Your metal is loud and heavy, great tools for a samurai, but nothing for a ninja?" the mysterious pony pondered.
"Ha Ninja!, you're a long way from finding a ninja in these parts old mare, so either buy something or go pedal your insults somewhere else!" the mare threatened the white coated mare with a pink mane. She had a shining sun for a cutie mark as well.
"Ha! too bad, thought I'd find something special here." she told the rude mare as Rainbow turned towards her brother. He motioned for her to talk to the stranger some more.
'Fine!' Rainbow mouthed to her brother before turning back to the mare with a roll of her eyes. "let me show you..." She was gone!,"but she was just!" Rainbow protested before letting out a long exhale,"Whatever!"
Right as she let out that breath, dark clouds covered the once clear sky, and vehicles made out of bones came into view! On the largest vehicle were three skullkin. "Let me go first! Please oh Please, I'm dying to go down there!" What used to be a pegasus pleaded with his alicorn master.
"You idiot, you're already dead! Try to control yourself in front of master Samukai!" yelled what used to be a unicorn. "Ahem, with all due respect last time you DID say that, I could go first." He retorted.
"Sorry boys this one's mine!" he said with an evil chuckle. "Just remember, FIND THAT MAP!" the alicorn ordered. "Attack!" He yelled, charging towards the earth ponies frightening them into running away.
"What are they!?" Elusive asked his older sister alarmed.
"I don't know, stay here this could get dangerous!" she commanded. Rainbow immediately rushed into battle, just to be crowded with skullkin. She tried to escape by flying, but she didn't notice the skullkin that were pegasi.'How can they even fly, they don't have feathers!?' she thought freaking out.
The skullkin forced her back to the ground, she was almost overwhelmed until, *WHACK, WHACK!* Elusive had charged into battle wielding a bo staff.
"Elusive, I thought I told you to stay back!" Rainbow told her brother.
"And what, let you have all the fun!?" he joked smacking another skullkin in the face. The battle continued, and they both continued fighting until Rainbow Dash challenged a unicorn to a battle. However she immediately regretted it when the unicorn sprouted alicorn wings!
"Oops." she uttered trying to fight back, only to be knocked below a water tower. The alicorn smirked, and used his magic to throw his daggers at the tower, making it fall over. It was about to crush Rainbow Dash when...
"NINJAGO!" a mature voice yelled as a golden tornado picked Rainbow up, and carried her to safety before stopping in front of the skullkin. She had her huge alicorn wings sprung outward in a battle stance as her horn glowed a golden color complimenting her pink hair.
"Sensei Celestia, your spinjistzu looks rusty!" Samukai challenged.
"Nothing like bone to sharpen it's edge, Samukai." She retorted.
Two skullkin generals meanwhile, snuck into the shop. One, a pegasus picked up a helmet with his hooves. The other general, a unicorn tossed a helmet at him with his magic,"You are not looking hard enough!"
"OW! y-y-ou're not looking hard enough!" a small fight broke out between tem as they destroyed much of the shop until a single item was knocked down, a painting which revealed behind it...
"The Map!"
The three hero's continued fighting until a pegasus called,"Nightmare Moon says take the boy!" they shot out a magical bubble of magic picking up Elusive and carrying him off to who knows where! The rest of the skullkin retreated as one final loud noise rang through the air.
"Eluuusiiiiveeee!" Rainbow called trying to catch up, but they were already gone. "They took Elusive."
She was about to fly after them but the white alicorn got in Dash's way.
"I told you, useless." she said using her staff to tap Rainbow's helmet.
"ARRRGGGHHHHHHH! YOU COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING! YOU COULD'VE USED YOUR TWISTITZU OR YOUR TORNADZU..."
"Spinjitzu." she corrected.
"But you did nothing, I'm gonna go get my brother back." she said with determination.
"Where they go mortal ponies cannot." she lectured. "That was Samukai, lord of the underworld, and if he is carrying out orders for Nightmare moon, I fear things are far worse than I had thought."
"Underworld... Ni- Nightmare Moon! What do they want from us?And Why would they take my brother?" she demanded.
"What do they want? How about everything in Equestria itself." she said. "Long before time had a name, Equestrai was created by the first spinjitzu master using the four golden weapons of spinjitzu. The Scythe of quakes, the nunchucks of lighting, the shurikans of ice, and the sword of fire. These were so powerful, nopony could handle all of their power at once." she paused for a moment,"When she passed, her two daughters swore to protect them, but the younger was consumed by darkness, and wanted them for herself. A fight between sisters broke out, and the youngest was struck down to the underworld. Fearing that the sister would come back looking for the weapons, she hid them. However knowing her sister, she placed a guardian to protect each weapon. And for fear of her own demise, a map for an honest mare to hide. That honest mare was your mother, the younger sister was Nightmare Moon, and I need to get those weapons before she does." she finished her small speech.
"So your the older sister?" rainbow questioned.
"Yes."
"Did you come looking for the map?" she asked.
"No, I came for something greater... YOU!" she pointed a hoof in rainbow's direction.
"Sorry, I would love to get involved in your sibling rivalry, but I have to get my brother back." she turned to leave.
"No, Rainbow Dash, since my sister cannot enter Equestria, it is obvious that Nighmare Moon has struck a deal with Samukai. If she collects all of the weapons even I cannot stop her again, but you, you have the fire inside, harness it, become a spinjitzu master!"
"Mmmhmmm." Rainbow grunted,"See you never! I'm gonna go kick some skullkin but!"
"Ha!" Celestia laughed, tackling her, you are not even ready to face my front hoof!" Rainbow strugged against her,"You must train, become a spinjtzu master, only then will you be able to face... Nightmare Moon!"
Rainbow was having trouble climbing up the huge mountain that Sensei Celestia made her climb. She didn't see why she wasn't allowed to fly, her wings were her greatest strength! However, what really surprised Dash was how easily Celestia was doing it. She was like a spider, not even using her strong alicorn wings, or her magic. Once she finally made it to the top she asked out of breath,"How long is this training gonna be!?"
Celestia sighed,"Patience." she told the pony before she opened the doors revealing an empty arena.
"A monistary!? You expect me to learn to fight in a place of peace!?" she said in disbelief.
"Not fight, train." Celestia answered.
"No offence Celestia, but there's nothing here."
"In order to become a true ninja, first you need to learn to see what others cannot." she said flipping over a decorative golden dragon and pressing a button hidden underneath it activating a system of wood planks, punching bags, and dummy's that came out of the floor.
Rainbow's mouth was left agape,"Cool! Will this teach me how to do that awesome move!?" she asked jumping on one of the planks. To her surprise though, it sunk down to the floor until a clicking sound was heard which caused it to shoot rainbow across the training course.
Still recovering, dash was lying on the ground moaning in pain. "Complete the course before I finish my tea, then we will see if you are ready." She poured some tea from a pitcher and into a small tea cup. She took one sip and finished it all at once!"Today you fail." she said harshly,"You may try again tomorrow."
"FAILED!? but I didn't even start to..." she was cut off by the sound of Sensei Celestia closing the doors.
The next day rainbow was ready, she jumped right into the course, but fell on the first obstacle,"Failed." Celestia said.
Rainbow tried many more times but every single time she got,"Failed. Failed. Failed. Failed. Failed." That was until one day, Rainbow Dash felt ready. She approached the course, and with her wooden sword gripped in her mouth, she began. She was doing awesome! She was about halfway through the course when Celestia was about to drink her tea, so Dash threw her sword directly at her teacup, knocking it out of her magical grasp. Sensei Celestia hurried to try and puor another cup, but by the time she got to the sugar, she turned around and...
"Is that one sugar, or two?" Rainbow asked holding up the container that held the sugar to Celestia.
"Ha!" she grunted surprised.
"So... am I going to learn this spinjitzu I have been hearing do much about?" she asked as if to brag.
"You already have." Celestia answered. "Your final test comes tomorrow, my advice would be to get some sleep." Ranbow was confused by the sensei's words but brushed it off as weird sensei knowledge.
As Rainbow dash was brushing her teeth, three figures clothed in black were on the rooftop of the monistary. They had suits that covered their entire bodies except for the top of the head, where their mane's were. There was a mask covering the other half of their faces. The other thing that was revealed were the mystery ponies' flanks, revealing their cutie marks.
Rainbow could hear her sensei's words repeat in her head,'My advice is to get some sleep.'
"Oh yeah! Well take this!" she yelled using her toothbrush as an imaginary sword as a ninja with nunchucks hid right beside the mirror, just out of sight. "And this!" she continued the imaginary battle in her head as another ninja wielding shuricans appeared in the corner of the bathroom."Uuughhh," she grunted spinning around,"And this!" she finished bumping right into a ninja holding a scythe in a fighting position. "Oops." she said noticing the position she got herself stuck in, cornered by three ninja's!
To Be Continued...
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