Ponysona: The Butterfly Mask

by The Lawful Hermit

School Life

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Me, Twilight, and Chaplain start running down the factory hall until we are blocked by three green impish creatures carrying spoons that are on fire. "Surrender now humans." the creatures hissed.

"Persona!" I shout as Horus rises from the flames on my face. He shoots a gust of wind at one of them, they seem slightly harmed by the attack.

"No, no no. You need to use logic you fool. Persona!" Chaplain summons Ma'at and she hits one of them with a splash of water. The enemy topples to the floor in a daze. He does the same move again, the same thing happens. He follows that up with another which leaves them all vulnerable.

"Wait... Stop. Please?" says one of them

"Why should we?" I reply

"I can heal you guys if you want." he pleads

I deliberate it for a second, should I let him go, or should I press further. "That's not good enough." I finally say

"......Fine, you win. I am Ukobach I will be your subordinate from here on out." Ukobach says stubbornly as he is absorbed.

"The hell did you do?" Twilight looked completely confused.

"I can use multiple personas. It's pretty awesome." I boast.

Chaplain snacks me on the head and continues to move forward. The other creatures seemed to leave behind metal darts. He picked them up and decided to use them as weapons for the time being.

"Let's keep moving... I'm sure we will reach the next set of guards." I say to the group. They all agree and start walking.

"Not so fast humans!" a large green monster with crazy hair and a loincloth appears behind us. In its hand is a giant wooden club. He swings it at Twilight causing her to fall over. He than proceeds to hit me with it. I am only slightly damaged by the strike.

"Persona!" I yell as Horus surrounds Chaplain in a yellow light. I could tell that he looked stronger by the spell.

Chaplain takes one dart and throws it really hard at the beast knocking him to the ground.

"Any last words?" I ask it

"Ha, Ogre not afraid of a puny human like you." he says with a smirk.

"Ok guys, let's take him out!" I say as we all jump at him and start attacking left and right until it disappeared.

"I'm... Kinda... Tired" I say to the team.

"It would appear that using your persona puts strain on you." Twilight said thoughtfully

"Than we better keep our persona usage at a minimum." I advise. They both nod and we keep going forward.

All of a sudden the whole factory disappears from around us. "What the.." I exclaim. I pull out my phone 4:00, I sigh.

"You have a lot of explaining to do." Twilight said.

I told them everything that Cherry told me about the witching hour. Twilight looked horrified

"Then, could that man Clock Watcher be trapped there too?" Chaplain inquired

"Listen, all I know is that we need rest, and weapons. Cause our personas can only carry us so far." I say before heading to my room. "We should all get some sleep." I suggest.

Thursday August 23rd Morning

I walk downstairs but... Twilight wasn't their. Instead it was Mr. Turner.

"Hello Spearhead.. Have you been enjoying your school week so far?" he asked with a grin.

"Yeah.. They've been great.' I yawn.

"My word.. You look terrible, did you get enough sleep last night." he asked consernedly.

"Yeah I woke up in the middle of the night, but that was it." I lied

"Ok.. Well as long as your fine than I won't worry." he smiled. I feel as if he is truly taking up a fatherly attitude towards me.

I am thou. Thou art I
Thou hast established a new bond

It brings you closer to the truth

You shalt be blessed when creating

Personas of the Aeon Arcana

Another social link... Sweet! "Thanks for asking." I say

"It is no trouble, it's what I enjoy doing." he replied

August 23rd After School

I start looking for Vinyl. I promised to help her out when I could, and that's what I plan to do. I kept walking around the halls to see Vinyl sitting in front of a window in the music room. She was clutching her jaw. Oh no.

"Oh, hi Spear. What's up." she shivered.

"Who the fuck did this to you!?" I shouted.

She sat there in silence for a few moments.

"Octavia's mom. She screamed at me about how I "ruined her daughter." what a buch of bullshit." Vinyl looks down again

"That's not right." I scowl

"I know, but I have to respect her beliefs.. Mom always told me too." she looked at me

"No you don't! You have to acknowledge her beliefs than you have to reserve the right to say that it's fucking stupid." I shout

"..." Vinyl sighs a bit.

"You can't let that bitch push you around." I say firmly

Vinyl chuckled. "Maybe your right. Thanks for... Thanks for the advise dude." Vinyl smiles. I sense a genuine trust in her voice.

"Well, if you need any more just ask ok." I say as I walk away.

August 23rd Evening

When I get there Chaplain and Twilight are sitting on the lounge's couch. No sign of Mr. Turner anywhere.

"Sit down... We need to talk." Twilight said, I did as I was told and sat.

"So, first things first we need to plan a date to save Pinkie." Chaplain says in a dead serious tone.

"How about... Monday?" I suggest.

"That sounds great. Monday it is." Twilight says

Chaplain nods. "We'll have to get some weapons if we're going to be in that place." Chaplain says.

"I know a place. I got my switch from there." I say as I pull out my knife.

"Wonderful, let's go tommorow." Twilight beams.

"Lastly, we need a leader to direct us. Seeing as Spearhead has known about this longer than us, I say he should." Chaplain says

"Sure, I think he could be a great leader." Twilight agreed.

I feel as if we are an actual team, and I have been in unanimously decided to lead. "Ok, let's save Pinkie." I say enthusiastically.

I am thou. Thou art I
Thou hast established a new bond

It brings you closer to the truth

Thou shalt be blessed when creating

Personas of the Fool Arcana

After our meeting I went upstairs and into my room. I flipped on the television to find that my favorite song was on a commircial. I kept watching that channel to see what was on, and I was surprised to see a movie I hadn't seen in years was just starting. The movie was in the style of an anime and was called "Howl's Moving Castle" I remember loving this movie when I was a kid, I watched the whole movie, commercials and all. It was around midnight when it finished so I decided to go to sleep.

Friday August 24th Morning

I walked down stairs to see Twilight on her phone. She looked extremely happy.

"Hey." I said groggily as I trudged towards the couch.

"Hi Spearhead. How's it going?" she gave a big smile.

"Someone's happy today." I rubbed my eyes.

"Oh." she blushed "I just got asked out on a date by Flash Sentry." she swooned

"That guy with the guitar?" I asked.

"Yep." she says, her smile grew even wider.

"Well that's great. Tell me about it sometime ok." I say smiling back.

Maybe I could introduce him to you. I bet he'd like to meet you, Chaplain, and.... Pinkie." she swallows

"That'd be great. Don't worry we will save Pinkie." I say with a stern look.

"Thanks Spearhead." she looked down I could sense her gratitude.

August 24th After School

I was walking down the hall for quite some time. Wanting something to do, when suddenly a poster caught my eye. "Soccer Tryouts. Tuesday 30th 3:00-5:00" I guess I'll try when the time comes.

I walk towards the dorms when suddenly, Chaplain and Twilight stop me.

"It's time to get out weapons, you said you know a place." Chaplain said

"Yeah, follow me." I reply as I start walking towards the weapons shop.

We walk into the shop which looked more like an pawn shop. At the register is an old man wearing an obvious orange wig.

"I'm Crankey Doodle and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my wife, Matilda. Everything in here has a story and a price." said the man.

"What kind of items do you get here?" Twilight asked

"One thing I've learned after 21 years, you never know what is gonna come through that door." answered the man.

After looking around we decided to buy Twilight a short sword, and Chaplain got a bunch of needles. I already had my switch so I was fine. We payed for our weapons and left the shop.

August 24th Evening

We put our stuff away upstairs and went down to the lounge to hang out. A few minutes after We sat down Time Turner walked through the door.

"Hello everyone. How was your first week at Canterlot?" he said to me with a grin.

"It was pretty ok." I replied.

"That's great.... Where's Pinkie?" he asked.

"She went out. We don't know where." Twilight spoke up.

"Probably at that Sugercube Corner place again." Chaplain agreed.

"What's that?" I ask confused.

"Sugercube Corner is a local cafe. I hear they are hiring." he hinted

"I'll check it out tomorrow." I say.

We watch tv for a while and go upstairs. However, I'm stopped before I can leave.

"Hey Spearhead. You seem stressed, what's the matter." he looked really confused.

"I'm just really tired. I have been for the whole week." I say

"I heard about you being attacked." he finally says

I sigh and put my hands on my pockets.

"Listen, you can tell me things like this. That's what I'm here for." he gives a soft smile.

I nod and start walking upstairs. Time Turner really is kind, maybe I should talk to him more. I get to my room and start doing my homework and go to bed.

Saturday August 25th Morning

I wake up and go look for this Sugercube Corner they were talking about earlier. It was a nice little coffee shop run by a orange haired man with yellow skin, and a blue skinned woman with pink hair. I notice a help wanted sign on the window, so I decide to apply for a job.

"Hello, how can I help you?" the skinny man said.

"I'm Spearhead, I was wondering if I could apply for the job." I say.

"Ah, yes. I'm Carrot Cake, come right here." he said directing me to the staff room.

"What you'll be doing is unloading the shipments when they come. You'll also be cleaning." he said.

"I can manage that." I answer.

"I need as much help as I can get, now that Pinkie has disappeared." he gulped.

"How did you.." I paused.

"I'm not stupid you know, Pinkie would never miss a day without telling us." he answered.

"Don't worry, we are going to find her and bring her home." I say determined.

"Please. Bring her back, I believe you can... Oh and you got the job." he smiled

"Thank you sir." I shake his hand

"Please, call me Mr. Cake." he laughs

I am thou. thou art I

Thou hast established a new bond.

It brings you closer to the truth.

Thou shalt be blessed when creating

Personas of the Hierophant Arcana

August 25th Evening

"Tomorrow is the big day, we are going to save Pinkie." I say

We all put out our hands and agree to do our best. We then all go upstairs to get rest.


Author's Note

Social Links:
Fool(Dorm): Rank 1
Magician(Twilight): Rank 3
Hierophant(Mr. Cake): Rank 1
Hanged Man(Vinyl): Rank 2
Aeon(Time Turner): Rank 2

Demons:
Name: Ukobach
Arcana: Devil
Level: 5
Re: Fire
Weak: Water, and Ice
Skills: Agi, Tarunda, Dormina
Level 8: Maragi

Name: Ogre
Arcana: Strength
Level: 8
Re: Strike, and Earth
Weak: Wind
Skills: Sonic Punch, Mamagna

Horus learned Rakunda

Ma'at learned Poisma

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