MLP FiM: Hansen Rising

Ace Spades looked in the forest for Stardust Blaze.

“Big Bro?” he hollered. “Big Bro?”

Ace heard a groan coming from behind a bush in the forest. Ace looked in the bush, but he didn’t see anything.

“There’s nothing inside the bush” he said to himself.

He heard the groan again. Ace got out of the bush and looked on the other side of it, he saw Twilight Sparkle on the ground in pain.

“The princess!” he said.

Ace hopped over the bush and ran towards Twilight.

He pushed her a little and said “Princess? Are you okay?”

Twilight woke up and got up.

“Ugh” she said. “My head.”

Twilight looked at Ace and said “oh, are you lost, little boy?”

“No” he said. “Are you?”

“No.”

“I know where we are. We’re near my Big Bro’s castle.”

“Big Bro? Wait, the castle nearby is Ha-wait, Hansen is your older brother?”

“No. Stardust Blaze is my Big Bro.”

“Your brother is Stardust Blaze? But he’s a unicorn and you’re a pegasus.”

“I know that. When I was a baby, Stardust Blaze found me and decided to take care of me. I followed him on his adventures, and he’s like an older brother to me, which is why I like to call him ‘Big Bro’.”

“Stardust … took care of you?”

“I saw you fighting with him earlier from the castle window, and I came to see if he’s alright, but that’s when I found you. You see, Big Bro isn’t that bad once you get to know him. He’s not what you think he is.”

“Oh? Why not?”

“Here’s the story: when Stardust Blaze was a foal, he was raised by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ungul. They didn’t care for him like Stardust cared for me, but Stardust was inspired to learn about magic, and to become a great unicorn. So one day, the Unguls knew how he loved magic so much that they enrolled him for Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. They told him that he had to take an entrance exam, so he tried hard to prepare for it. Then he met you before you became a princess, you two were about the same age. He told you about the entrance exam, and it made you nervous. You almost failed, and Stardust felt bad for you. But then, a strange Rainbow Ring appeared in the sky.”

“The Sonic Rainboom” Twilight thought in her head.

Ace continued his story:

“After that, you passed your exam, but the phenomenon startled Stardust and made him lose his focus. He failed his entrance exam. As a result, the Unguls abandoned him, and told him not to come home with them, as he is no longer welcome because they don't want weak unicorns in their family. Stardust reminded them that he was their son, but the Unguls told him that he’s not their son because it turns out he was actually adopted by them up until now. So Stardust didn’t have a home anymore, and he had to travel on his own, without any friends or family. Then he found me, and you know what happened. But as we were on our own, we didn’t have much food or money, and no one would help us because they thought of us as street urchins. It was hard for the both of us. So when Stardust met the Eye of Hansen, he had no choice but to join them as he thought they were the only key to helping us. He also wanted revenge on you because he accused you of being responsible for him failing. That's why he hates you so much.”

“I never knew” Twilight said.

“Even though he thinks the Eye of Hansen is his friend, they don't treat him with respect. Stardust never had a true friend before except me. However, we're both fans of royalty, and Stardust never wanted to hurt the princesses, but he realized that Hansen and Celestia are enemies, so he feels like he has no choice but to go against Celestia.”

Twilight remembered Stardust shouted “I'm not gonna let you remind me of everything I hate about my life!”

“So that must be what he hates about his life” Twilight thought in her head.

“I thought I'd tell you” Ace said “because I know you two don't get along, but I can't bear to watch you two fighting each other.”

Twilight put a hoof on Ace’s shoulder and said “Little boy, you did the right thing telling me. Thank you. What's your name?”

“My name is Ace, Ace Spades. And I don't mean to be rude, but how old are you?”

“Seventeen years old”.

“Really? That's how old Big Bro Stardust is.”

“Well, I didn't know how hard Stardust's life must be. I just wanted to pass my entrance exam.”

“I know, and Big Bro probably knows, too. He's just blinded by his own anger. I don't think I can reason with him because I'm just a kid. Maybe you can reason with him. But he isn't willing to cooperate and talk with you about it. So your only option is to use force to teach him about his wrongdoings. If he won't break his chain, you'll have to break it for him. But, just don’t hurt him too much, he’s my Big Bro.”

“Okay. I'll see what I can do. Come with me.”

So Twilight walked away, and Ace followed her.

Meanwhile, Stardust was still in the forest, looking for Twilight, but he couldn't find her anywhere.

Meanwhile, back at Hansen's Castle, Darkord was about to battle with Celestia's group.

Celestia shot a beam of magic back at Darkord, but Darkord opened a portal to duck in the dark magic, and he opened another portal that shot the magic back at Celestia.

Starlight Glimmer self levitated and shot multiple beams of magic at Darkord, but Darkord conjured a magic shield and blocked the blasts of magic.

“What can we do?” Rainbow Dash asked Applejack. “We don't have magic except for Rarity.”

“I don't know, Sugarcube” Applejack replied. “We just need to hope that those two can pull it off.”

Spike and Jade watched the battle.

“C’mon” Spike told Jade as he grabbed her claw “We have to find Princess Twilight.”

So Spike ran into the forest with Jade.

Meanwhile, Grey Shade, sitting next to Fluttershy, looked at Darkord, and he saw Starlight Glimmer battling him.

“I don't know who that is, either” he said.

Then he saw Princess Celestia, and he remembered the last time he saw her, which was when she was a filly.

“Celestia!?” he said. “I don't know who this Darkord - guy is, but I have to help Celestia, I'm the student of Star Swirl the Bearded!”

So Grey Shade ran towards Darkord, and he charged his horn with magic and shot it at Darkord.

Darkord blocked it with his hand, and he shot a beam of magic through his eyes at Grey Shade, launching Grey Shade away back onto the ground.

“Discord!” Fluttershy shouted.

Rainbow Dash arrived as Fluttershy ran towards Grey Shade and told her “It's no use, Fluttershy, that's not Discord anymore. That's Grey Shade!”

“No! I still believe Discord is somewhere in there!”

Fluttershy arrived at Grey Shade’s side, and Grey Shade got up. Grey Shade charged magic in his horn and shot beam of magic at Darkord, but Darkord kept deflecting them.

“It’s no use” Celestia said. “WIthout Twilight, we can’t beat him.”

“Celestia” Grey Shade hollered, “We have to try!”

Meanwhile, Spike and Jade were running through the forest away from the fight. But then, one member of the Eye of Hansen arrived, it was an Earth-pony stallion.

“Where are you going, escaped prisoner?” he said.

Spike then breathed fire at the Eye of Hansen pony, and only his tail caught in fire. He ran and screamed as his tail was on fire.

“Can’t you breathe fire, too?” Spike asked Jade.

Jade answered “I can’t, I was never taught how to.”

“It’s easy, I’ll teach you later, but we have to get away from Hansen, first. Or, Darkord, I mean.”

“Why are you protecting me?”

“Because you don’t deserve to be captured by them! Besides, since we’re both baby dragons, you could be my friend.”

“Your … friend? I never had a friend before.”

“Well, if you like, we could be friends.”

There was a pause as they were running.

“Okay” Jade said. “So what you said was that you’ve known Princess Twilight your whole life?”

“Yes” Spike said. “She’s a great pony. She’s really nice, and she’s extremely powerful at magic.”

“Really? What about your family? What are they like?”

“Family?”

“Don’t you have parents, too? What about siblings?”

“Not that I know of. Twilight hatched me from a dragon egg when I was a baby, and I was raised by ponies ever since. What about you?”

“I naturally hatched from a dragon egg. I have four siblings: Scorch, Botch, Slither and Pepper. My parents are named Frill and Ruffle.”

“Sounds like you have a good family.”

“Not really. I don’t usually get along with Slither and Scorch because Scorch always brags about how he’s better than all of us and Slither manipulates others just so she gets what she wants. Pepper is nice, though. Also, Botch looks up to Scorch like a hero and someone better than me. However, I’ve never had a friend before, up until I met you. Well, I don’t know if we’re friends, yet.”

“We could be if you want.”

“I don’t even know who you are.”

“My name’s Spike.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

Then, Spike and Jade ran into a unicorn stallion who was working for the Eye of Hansen.

Spike tried to breathe fire on him, but the unicorn used a magic shield to block Spike’s fire breath. Spike tried a karate kick on the unicorn, but he blocked Spike’s attack using his hoof.

“Run!” Spike shouted.

Spike and Jade tried to run away the other direction, but they were surrounded by ponies who worked for the Eye of Hansen.

Later that night, Twilight and Ace Spades made it to Celestia and Luna’s castle, and into the throne room where Luna was sitting on the throne.

“Princess Twilight” she said. “I thought you were with your friends trying to stop Hansen.”

“Well” she said. “We have a bit of a problem. My new friend, Ace Spades, told me that Hansen is fighting my friends, and he absorbed what used to be Discord.”

“What … used to be … Discord?”

“Yes. He reverted back to Grey Shade, and Hansen absorbed Discord and became Darkord. Let me explain the whole story. First of all: I lied about earlier when you returned …”

So Twilight Sparkle explained the whole true story, including when she lied to Celestia and Luna about what happened.

“Then I led Ace Spades, here, with me to see you. Basically, that’s what happened.”

“So what you’re saying is that my sister and your friends are fighting Hansen, and you feel responsible for Hansen’s release from his imprisonment.”

“Yes. I’m sure they’re still fighting.”

“Princess” Ace said. “It’s been going on for hours, and it’s already nighttime. I’m sure they would have stopped by now. But I heard stories about Discord, stories that he is a very powerful being. Now that Hansen absorbed Discord and became Darkord, he’s probably powerful. He probably captured them.”

“That is a possibility” Twilight responded.

Luna told them “what was the reason you came here.”

“Because” Ace told Luna “my Big Bro, Stardust Blaze, is blinded by his own anger, and Twilight told me that you felt a similar way about your sister when you were Nightmare Moon. Is there a way you could talk some sense into him?”

Luna paused for a moment.

“Well, Twilight, when you told me your story, you said that Stardust Blaze accuses you of causing his misery because you outshined him. It’s true, I felt a similar anger towards Celestia, back when I was Nightmare Moon. Maybe if I talk to him, I could help him realize that what he's doing I'd wrong, and maybe he could change for the better. As for now, we don't know what happened with Celestia and her group other than what you told me. So we'll have to prepare our army for battle with the Eye of Hansen.”

“Thank you, Princess Luna” Ace Spades said.

TO BE CONTINUED ...