MLP FiM: Hansen Rising

After Jade escaped, the guards began searching all over the castle for her. However, Stardust Blaze was clueless about the situation.

One guard came up to Stardust and told him “Hey, new guy! Go make yourself useful and look for the escaped prisoner!”

“Oh, right” he said. “Yes, sir.”

So Stardust ran off to find the escaped prisoner. He ran past a pegasus colt who was in the hallway. But then he stopped in shock. He looked back at him.

The Pegasus colt had a coat similar to Featherweight’s, a red mane and tail, eye pupils similar to Rainbow Dash’s, slightly taller wings than Scootaloo’s, and no cutie mark yet. His name was Ace Spades.

Stardust went back towards him and said “Ace Spades, I told you not to wander out of my room like that.”

“Sorry, Big Bro” he said. “But I took a nap and had a nightmare, and I was looking for you.”

“A nightmare? Care to tell me about it.”

“Well, the thing is, I had a dream where you were a bad guy, and you were being mean to everyone, including me. Are you mean?”

“Ace, you know I would never do that. Besides, you’re my Little Bro, I would never be mean to you.”

Stardust hugged Ace and told him “My job is important, but I would never be mean to you.”

“But Big Bro, I heard what you were talking about with some guy named Hansen. Who’s Hansen?”

Stardust sighed and said “Ace, I have a job to do … but I suppose if no one’s looking, I can skip my job and tell you. But first, we can’t let anyone see you.”

So Stardust hid Ace under his cloak and they both walked away.

Stardust and Ace went back to Stardust’s room: it had a living room, a bedroom, and a kitchen all in one room. Stardust went to a chest in the living room and took out a piece of paper with a picture of Hansen on it. He levitated the picture in front of Ace.

“This … is Hansen” he said. “Ponies say that what we’re doing is wrong, but we have no choice but to ignore that. You see, when I was young, I told you this, but life was hard for me, so I turned to the Eye of Hansen in order to make some friends. Our leader is Hansen, and we call him ‘master’. His goal is to destroy all of Equestria and rebuild it in his own image.”

“But … is that … wrong?” Ace asked.

“That’s the same question I asked them after joining them, but their reaction wasn’t so compassionate: they responded to my question by punishing me. I didn’t want to tell you this because I didn’t think you were ready to know about the harsh reality of the Eye of Hansen. Their goal was to overthrow Princess Celestia, along with the other princesses. Of course, you and I don’t agree with that, and I once again questioned them. You know what happened next?”

“You got punished again?”

“Yes. However, there is one princess I don’t, exactly, agree with. But because I had different thoughts about the other princesses, I’m hated by my fellow members of the Hansen Eye. I only got to a high rank because of my power at magic. The truth be told: the Eye of Hansen is either hated or feared by other ponies. Unfortunately, I’m one of them, because they’re the closest I have to making friends.”

Ace hugged Stardust and said “I’m your friend.”

Stardust hugged him back and said “I know. But unfortunately, I have no other choice, now. I have to work for them in order to take care of ourselves. They’re at least kind enough to give us a place to live.”

“Isn’t there another way?”

“Who can we turn to? No one trusts us anyways. But Ace, there’s a reason I don’t want you to wander off: the Eye of Hansen doesn’t know about you. If they knew about you, they’d be as harsh to you as they were to me. That’s why I want you to stay here in the castle, so I can protect you.”

“Okay, Big Bro”

Then, a knock came at the door

A voice from the outside said “Hey, who’s in there?”

Stardust whispered to Ace Spades “Ace, hide under the bed, and don’t make a sound.”

So Ace Spades hid under Stardust’s master bed, and then two guards came into Stardust’s room.

One guard at the left said “Stardust Blaze? Weren’t you assigned to look for the escaped prisoner!?”

“Oh” he said “uh, yes, I was looking for her, I thought she snuck in here.”

“In your LOCKED bedroom!?”

Stardust gulped.

The other guard sighed and said “Stardust, YOU are … I don’t know how to describe how hopeless you are. Get back to work.”

“Yes, sir. Eh, sirs” he said with a salute.

That other guard looked back at a blue sleeping back in the living room area of Stardust’s room.

“Hey, since when have you had a sleeping bag?”

"Oh no" Stardust thought in his head, "that's Ace's sleeping bag."

Stardust said “oh, uh that? I-”

“It’s not important now” the other guard told the one guard. “Let’s just keep searching for the escaped prisoner, and we’ll ask about that later.”

So the guards left, and Stardust put his cloak on and left as well, using his magic to close the door behind him.

Stardust Blaze was running with the other two guards, looking for Jade.

The first guard told him “So Stardust, how did you take Hansen’s crystal anyway?”

Stardust told him “well, I was spying on Celestia and Luna, looking for a plan to infiltrate their castle when no one’s looking. Then, I heard that they were going away for a bit. So I thought I’d search in the most private quarters, which of course is where I thought they were hiding it. But then, I saw that Twilight and her friends were looking into the Dark Magic library. I didn’t know if it contained him, but I thought I’d give it a chance. So while Twilight’s allies were hiding inside a bush by the door, I snuck into the library behind Twilight. Little did I know that the first book she picked up was the one that contained Hansen’s crystal. Then I attacked her and took it.”

They all stopped, and Stardust stopped with them.

“You … attacked her! No wonder she knows about us! You should know that the rules forbid attacking the possessors of treasure, we have to take it in secret. Please tell me you at least didn’t say your name.”

“Well … I”

“I should have known. No wonder they knows about us. You’re hopeless!”

“But, but I-”

“Quiet!”

Stardust paused.

“You are an embarrassment to the Eye of Hansen, even if you did free our master. Your only hopes at redeeming yourself is to stop Princess Twilight and company.”

“Of course” Stardust responded. “That’s just what I’ll do when we return to Canterlot in a month.”

“You’re lucky that you still have powerful magic, otherwise we’d banish you from the Eye of Hasnen. You’re also lucky that it all happened by coincidences, but still, that’s low.”

Stardust thought in his head “once again, Twilight, you’ve ruined everything!”

Meanwhile, Princess Celestia, Discord, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Spike, and Starlight Glimmer were on their journey to find Hansen and his army.

Celestia asked Discord “Grey- uh I mean Discord, can you see if you can find Hansen’s whereabouts?”

“Sure thing.”

Discord teleported away, and then teleported back with a suit and a briefcase, saying “nothing in Manehattan.”

Discord teleported away again, and then teleported back with a florida shirt and a straw hat, saying “Nothing in Hay-waii.”

“Is there an easier way to look for him?” Celestia asked.

“I can try” Discord said.

So Discord took the entire map of Equestria and shrunk it with his two hands. He looked over it, like a regular map, with a magnifying glass. Then he saw Hansen’s castle far away from Celestia’s location. So he used his hands (or lion paw and eagle talon) and grew Equestria back to it’s original size.

“Have you found it?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“It’s far” Discord said. “But not a problem. I can teleport there.”

So Discord teleported away, but then he teleported back.

“What just happened!?” he shouted.

“You tell us” Rainbow said.

“I don’t know what happened. All I remember is that I teleported into Hansen’s castle, and then I felt a force of Dark Magic teleport me out of it.”

“What if” Pinkie Pie said. “He put a magic barrier around it to keep intruders out.”

“What gives you that idea?” Twilight asked Pinkie Pie.

“Just a hunch.”

“Well then” Twilight said. “I guess we’ll have to go there on hoof and find out.”

So the group continued their journey to Hansen’s castle on foot.

After much walking, Fluttershy turned her head and thought that she saw a green baby dragon running. Fluttershy ran off to follow it.

“Fluttershy” Spike said. “Where are you going!?”

Spike followed Fluttershy.

“Spike” Twilight said. “Wait up!”

The rest of the group followed Spike and Fluttershy.

So Fluttershy caught up with the green baby dragon. It was Jade, after she escaped from the Eye of Hansen.

“Wait up, little dragon” Fluttershy said.

Jade turned around and shouted “Leave me-”

Jade then paused as she looked at Spike and Fluttershy.

“Oh, sorry” Jade said “I thought you were someone else.”

“Who else?” Spike asked.

“A pony from a group called the Eye of Hansen.”

“The Eye of Hansen!?” Spike shouted. “How did you know them!?”

“I didn't say that I knew them. All I know is that they captured me when I wandered away from home, and then I escaped in secret. But I know the name of the pony who captured me: Stardust Blaze.”

“That jerk!” Spike said. Then Spike looked at Jade and said “wait. You're another baby dragon.”

“So what? You've never seen another dragon before?”

“I've seen dragons, but they weren't very nice. But I never met a dragon around my age before.”

“There you are” Twilight said as she, and the rest of the group, caught up with Fluttershy and Spike. The group stopped as they saw Jade with them.

“Who are you?” Twilight asked Jade.

Jade responded “my name is Jade, who might you be?”

“I’m Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship.”

“I am Princess Celestia, the Princess of the Sun” said Celestia.

“Jade said that she escaped from the Eye of Hansen after they captured her” Spike told the group.

“What a coincidence” Twilight said. “We were on our way to the Eye of Hansen right now.”

“I wouldn’t go there if I were you” Jade said. “They have a magic barrier above the ground keeping all intruders out. I was lucky to escape because I dug a hole under the barrier’s wall.”

“That explains why I couldn’t teleport in there” Discord said.

“Uh, who’s the goat-pony?”

“What goat-pony?” Discord asked.

“I’m talking to you.”

“I’m not a goat. I’m so tired of ponies calling me that, I was called that because they think my head looks like a goat’s head. I have the head of a pony, I just happen to have long eyebrows and a long beard.”

“Jade, was it? Would you mind if you join us on our journey to find the Eye of Hansen?”

“Why would I go back there after I just escaped from it.”

“Good point.”

“Don’t worry” Twilight told Jade “we’re going to stop the Eye of Hansen and defeat their leader.”

“Defeat … their leader?” Jade asked.

“Yeah” Pinkie Pie said. “We’re gonna show that big meanie-meanie-pants who’s boss!”

So the group resumed to continue their journey to find Hansen. Then Jade walked with Twilight and Spike.

“Excuse me, Princess Twilight” Jade said. “Well, even though I escaped, I’m kinda lost.”

“What do you mean?” asked Twilight.

“I mean that I don’t know my way back home. Do you mind if I stick with you until I find my way back home?”

“Sure.”

“By the way, you have no idea what you’re getting into. I heard that their leader, this Hansen guy, is very powerful.”

“We know. That’s why we have Discord with us.”

“Discord?”

“The goat-pony.”

“Oh, him. I don’t get it.”

“He has powerful magic of his own. In fact, Hansen’s the one who created Discord, sorta.”

Jade was still confused.

So the group, with Jade added to it, resumed their journey, and they finally reached Hansen’s castle. But there was no magical barrier seen.

Twilight said “I don’t see a magical barr-”

Then she stopped as she bumped into an invisible wall.

“That’s the magical barrier” Jade said. “It’s invisible.”

“How do we get in?” Twilight asked.

“We could try the hole I dug up. Follow me.”

So Jade ran off towards the hole she dug up, and jumped into it. Twilight and company followed her, but the hole was too small for them.

“Uh, Jade” Twilight said. “The hole is too small for us.”

“Not for me” Spike said.

Spike jumped into the hole as well.

Jade came out of the hole and said “I suppose I could do some more digging to make a bigger hole.”

But then, Stardust Blaze ran out of the castle to continue his search for Jade. He stopped as he saw Twilight and company talking.

“Princess Twilight” Stardust said. “I should have known you’d be here.”

Then, Stardust looked at the hole that Jade was sticking her head out of.

“And the escaped prisoner is here, too?” he asked himself. “Must be my lucky day.”

So Stardust charged towards Twilight as Jade was digging. Twilight looked back at him as Stardust ran into her, tackling her.

Stardust was angrily panting heavily as he looked at Twilight.

“You!” Twilight said.

Stardust got off of Twilight and said “I’m not gonna let you ruin everything again!”

TO BE CONTINUED ...