I jumped into the building, slamming the door and pressing my back against it. As my eye's adjusted to the bright lamp light I saw I was in a library, a big one too. The door slamming brought all attention to me. The five mare's I had met earlier where gathered around the purple mare and Spike. I smiled sheepishly a them.

"Sooooo..." I said, trying to break the tension.

"Who's up for Chinese?" I asked with a grin. All their heads cocked to the side except Pinkie's.

"I feel more like Thai food." She said, grinning at me. The purple mare looked back and forth between me and Pinkie a look of complete confusion. She shook her head, and glared at me.

"What in the name of Tartarus are you doing here?" She asked me crossing her arms over her chest.

"I came here to ask some questions." I said while walking toward the her. I held out my hand for her to shake.

"Name's Kenichi by the way, sorry about how we met before." I blushed slightly. She gave me a dubious look, but excepted my hand shake.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle and can your questions wait? I'm trying to find any reference to the Elements of Harmony to stop Nightmare Moon." She said.

"Element's of harmony a reference guide." Pinkie said cheerfully as she picked out a specific book from shelf. Twilight rushed over and yanked it from Pinkie's hands, knocking her over in the process. Luckily I was able to catch her before she hit the floor. Pinkie gave me a grateful smile as I helped her up.

"Where did you find this?" Twilight asked, thumbing through the pages.

"It was under E." Pinkie sing songed as she skipped around. Twilight blushed in embarrassment and clearing her throat she began to read from a passage.

"There are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known. They are generosity, laughter, honesty, kindness and loyalty, the sixth element is a complete mystery. When combined with the sixth element, their true power is revealed." Twilight squinted hard at the page, scrunching her muzzle up in concentration. She flipped back and forth through the pages before slamming the book shut in frustration.

"That's all there is? Not even a foot note?! That doesn't tell us anything! How do they even work?" She rubbed her temples trying to calm down. I had top nod my head.

"If you worry about 'the how' you'll never start." I said. Rainbow scrunched her nose up in confusion.

"What they HAY is that supposed to mean?" She exclaimed. I blinked as my brain registered what i had said and I face palmed.

"Damn, I'm turning into Akisame Sensei." I groaned. Twilight just shakes her head. She looks over the page again then a smile spreads over her face.

"AHA! it may not tell me how to use them but it tells me where their last known location was." She said Triumphantly.

"And where would that be?" Spike asked.

"The last known location was in the castles of the two sisters, in the Everfree forest." Twilight smiled at Spike.

A collective gasp cam from every on but Spike Twilight and myself, followed by, in perfect unison,

"THE EVERFREE FOREST!" I clamped my hands over my ringing ears.

"Please tone it down a bit, I have sensitive hearing." I asked, slowly lowering my hands, but my plea went unheard.

"What's so bad about the Everfree forest?" Spike asked. Applejack gave him a look of disbelief.

"It ain't natural, The plants grow on their own!" She exclaimed at the drake,

"The weather is all wonky and can't be control. It does whatever it wants." Rainbow added with a nod. Fluttershy added something also, but even with my hearing I could barely pick it up.

"The animals take care of themselves, the whole forest is completely untamed." She said. I couldn't help but let loose a bark of laughter. Applejack narrowed her eyes at me.

"And what's so funny to you?" she asked.

"I just don't understand what you are all freaking out about." I said,

"What you all described is an everyday, average forest from where I'm from so I don't see the big deal." I crossed my arms. all their jaws dropped.

"Forest's like the EverFree are average to you?!" Rainbow looked shocked. i just nodded my head.

"The whole planet is like that actually." I said simply. I could've dropped a pin and it would have been deafening in the shocked silence that followed. all of them were just staring at me with various looks of shock, awe and confusion. Rainbow, Spike and Pinkie seemed more excited then the others. I swear their eye's were sparkling. Fluttershy seemed to come out of her shell a little bit and had a look of interest written on her face.

Applejack was staring at me with an odd look, like she wasn't sure if she believed me or not and was debating the evidence in her head. Rarity had a neutral look on her face, like a professional poker player. I couldn't get a read off of her, but I could tell she was thinking. The one that concerned me the most was Twilight. Pieces of her mane were staring to fray and stick out in random ways. A manic smile was working it's way onto her face, and her left eye was twitching like mad.

Rainbow was and spike were the first to snap out of their stupor.

"SO AWESOME!/COOL!" They both yelled. Pinkie wasn't far behind them, she glomped me, and i was once again clothed in an cute straight jacket.

"This is amazing! I'm gonna need to throw you a "Your an alien Welcome to planet Equis" Party!" she shouted, it being slightly muffled cause she was shouting into my chest. My face was heating up as her breasts were pressing against me again.

"Pinkie, that'll have to wait till later, please let me go, I don't like frying pans." i told with a nervous smile on my blushing face.
She looked up at me, blinked twice then grinned at me. She wiggled her eyebrows at me slightly, but not letting me go in the slightest.

"Why? I'm just giving you a hug." She gave me a mischievous, seductive grin and rubbed her chest against mine. Her rock hard nipples making my brain strain to the breaking, trying to stay decent. I breathed evenly as I tried to keep my blood from flowing south.

This little vixen, She's doing it on purpose! I gave her a half hearted glare.

You know you like it. Pinkie's voice sounded in my head. My eyes snapped wide and I looked at my smiling, Pinkie jacket. I just decided to go with it, my brain was already starting to hurt trying to figure this mare out.

That may be true, but we've got bigger things to deal with Pinkie, so please let me go. I gave her a pointed look. She pouted but let me loose from her grip.

Oh, fine. I'll still tease you about this, just so you know. She grinned at me as she hopped back to where she was before. i was slightly worried about that but I had to get things back on track. I opened my mouth but was nearly assaulted by a storm of babble and questions from twilight. The few questions I could decipher from the stream of noise she was spouting off were,

"What are you? ... Are you really and alien?" I looked around at the mares and drake in front of me.

"I'm a bit surprised non of you even gave me being a n alien a thought... if you girls and Spike are anything to go by for the races of this world, I should stick out like a sore thumb." I said. Spike spoke up next,

"Dude, you look very similar to a Minotaur, minus the lower body and lack of horns, I just thought you were a sub- species." He explained. I ran my hands through my hair, this whole day has been one mind fuck after another and it was starting to take effect.

Okay, There are Unicorns, Pegasai, Dragons, and now Minotaurs... I Groaned and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"I am definitely not in Kansas anymore." I said, Twilight instantly asking a new question.

"Is that the name of your world?" She had produced a scroll and quill from... somewhere. I gave her a annoyed look.

"No, my world is called Earth, and to be specific I'm an inter-dimensional being most likely." I said. The look on twilight's face made me wish I hadn't

I slowly started to back away, every instinct blaring alarms of danger and bodily harm. i started to sweat when she started to follow after me.

"Where are you going?" He neck and eye were twitching violently.

"I have so many questions... MMMMM Yes... Sooooo many questions to ask." She kept advancing and I was not going to stick around.

"To the Everfree forest! I'll meet you girls there!" I did a one eighty turn and sprinted to the door. I made it there but found my self being lifted off the floor in a purple aura. Needles to say I was freaking out.

"What the fuck is going on!?" I screamed as I flailed in mid air. I looked behind me and saw Twilight's horn was glowing in the same aura. the look on her face sent cold shivers of fear down my spine.

"You can't leave, not yet. I have so many test to run." Her lips twitched as her manic smile spread wide. the other's had backed away from her with concerned looks. Spike just face palmed and shook his head. I was thrashing wildly, trying to escape.

I have no idea how she's doing this but I need to escape I frantically tried to think of a way to get away. My body acted on it's own, much to my relief and flexed my Ki and pushed against the Twilight's hold. I stopped moving toward her as my Ki pushed against her power. A look of surprise flash on her face followed by extreme concentration. I was forming a plan to get away while we were stalemated.
Whatever she's using isn't Ki, it's similar but it's not the same. I need to get out of this grip. I thought. Twilight and I fought for control neither of us giving an inch.

I noticed movement to the left of Twilight and saw something that made me laugh inside. Pinkie was wearing a cheerleader outfit and holding a sign say "Go Kenny Go" above her head.

You want a show Pinkie? I'll give you a showI sent a smirk her way. I took Conscious control of my Ki flow and forced it out around me in a large blast, trying to break this hold. The effect was instant. with a loud yell a white flame like aura exploded around me shattering Twilight's hold on me. She yelped in surprise and stared at me in shock, panting slightly.

"How did you escape my telekinesis? and why are you on fire?!" She yelled at me while pointing at my aura. I simply smirked and powered down, the light dissipating around me. I crossed my arms and said,

"It's my..." I paused as she leaned forward, her ears sticking straight up.

"Secret." I simply stated. Twilight fell flat on her face. She jumped up and glared at me.

"You did that on purpose!" She yelled, I simply smiled,

"Yep." She snorted and smoke shot out of her nostrils. I realized I had just unlocked hell's gates and should probably be running. I ran toward the door, but not before I saw Twilight create the frying pans again.

"Get back hare and answer my questions!" she yelled as I threw open the door and booked it outside.

"Wait for us!" I heard applejack yell from behind me as I ran down the street with twilight in hot pursuit.

(20 minutes after leaving the library)

After the lovely game of 'dodge the death beams' I played with Twilight, the girls, twilight, Spike and I our on the outskirts of the Everfree forest. I felt on edge as I gazed into the thick underbrush. This forest felt untamed alright, like it was a living, breathing creature and if you rubbed it the wrong way, it'd chew you up and spit out your remains. I steeled my nerves and kept my guard up.

I turned to a huffing Twilight, who was bent over with her hands on her knees. I chuckled to myself,

She needs to gain some stamina, I wasn't really even trying to much I cleared my throat getting her attention.

"I don't have a clue where we'll need to go, so you'll have to take the lead from here on out." I said, she looked confused and shook her head.

"What do you mean we? and where..." She noticed where we were and made an 'oh" shape with the mouth. She took a few deep breaths and shook her head.

"I appreciate the sentiment, but his is something I'd rather do on my own." She started to walk off, but I placed my hand on her shoulder holding her in place. She gave me an annoyed look over her shoulder.

"I can do this on my own." She said hotly, trying to free her shoulder from my grip but failing. I cocked an eyebrow at her,

"I'm sure you could, and I believe you when you say you could do it on your own, but should you?" I asked her, I could see the wheels in her head turning, common sense was starting to over take bravado. I struck while the iron was hot.

"I'm with you on the fighting alone part, heck I prefer a one on one fight, but that's usually if I know my opponent somewhat or have no other choice." I let her go seeing as she wasn't going to run off and she turned to face me.

"We're about to head into unknown territory, and face some one we know next to nothing about, it would be wise to keep all our options open and have as much back up as possible." I gestured to the five mares behind me. Applejack stepped forward,

"Fancy reasoning aside, we can't just sit by and let a friend go off on their own into this place." She gestured to the murky gloom under the trees. She walked past us toward the forest. looking over her shoulder she smiled a Twilight,

"We're sticking to you like caramel on a candy apple." A chorus of agreements sounded as the rest of the girls followed Applejack. I saw a small smile grace Twilight's face, and I chuckled.

"Come on, we don't want to get left behind." I said turning and going heading into the forest with Twilight right behind me.

The forest seemed to close around us like a cage, making me jumpy and on edge.

yeesh, is this the same place I came out of? it seems so different I kept my eyes darting around, looking for any movement to indicate danger. we continued walking in a tense silence, no daring to speak. We came out of the underbrush and face to face with a good sized cliff.

"How are we all getting down?" Spike asked. I felt a flare of Nightmare's Ki for a split second and it was... Right below us!

"Look out!" I yelled but it didn't help. The earth beneath us exploded, sending spike, Fluttershy and Rarity into the air and the rest of us tumbling down the cliff. I dug my fingers and feet into the ground Desperately trying to stop my fall, and by some miracle I did. Looking over my shoulder I breathed a sigh of relief, I saw Rainbow and Fluttershy in the air, Fluttershy looking a bit shook up but otherwise fine. they both were holding onto Spike.

Pinkie had somehow managed to make it to the bottom with out a scratch, as well as Rarity who had just set down and a blue aura around her canceled. The only two who hadn't made it down other then me were Applejack and Twilight. Twilight was hanging dangerously off the cliff and the only thing keeping her from falling was Applejack. They were talking, I would've payed more attention but I felt Nightmare's Ki again.

I Snapped my head back to the top of the cliff face. The same mist that I had seen back when she first appeared, had just seeped into the ground underneath a massive boulder.

She's trying to crush us! The ground under the boulder gave way and it roared down the cliff toward us. I didn't think, I couldn't, I just acted.

"No you don't you bitch!" I yelled and launched at the boulder. With a shout I delivered a punch that shattered the boulder, three times my size, to pieces. I landed on the cliff side and, for no real reason, did a back flip off the cliff and down the thirty foot drop to the ground below. I watched to many super hero movies cause I did that stupid pose when I hit the ground.

Standing up from the small crater I had made, the dust and pieces of the boulder falling behind me.

I could be in the movies I chuckled to myself. I looked over to where the girls were standing. Everyone was alive and unharmed, much to my relief. They were all standing in a group just staring at me. Twilight had that crazy face again, muttering things like 'impossible' and 'how' in a low voice. Rainbow's, Spike's and Pinkie's jaws were on the ground while Rainbows wings were spread wide.

I hope she's okay, it's just like back at the party. I put it up on the 'Pegasus stuff' shelf and left it alone. Fluttershy looked nervous, but I couldn't blame her much. She was as her namesake said, and seeing someone smash a boulder like cardboard box would startle anyone.

Rarity and Applejack had me a bit nervous. They both had this extremely hungry look on their faces and were eyeing me like they were starving and I was a piece of food. I felt a drop of sweat go down my cheek.

"Everyone okay?" I asked. They just nodded in response and kept staring. The tension was so thick you could slice it.

"What is it? Do I have a smudge on my face or something?" I asked, not really expecting answer, just wanting to ease the tension. It worked, some what. The Girls and Spike exploded is exclamations and questions.

"That was so COOL!" Spike and Rainbow shouted in unison.

"You were all Bam, Smash and BOOOM!" Pinkie reenacted what I had done, complete with sound effects. Twilight shook herself back to reality and found her voice.

"How did you do that? The strength to shatter stone like that is unheard of, even in Earth Ponies!" she asked. I just rubbed the back of my head, I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

"It's just the benefits of all my Master's training, that's all." I thought that would be the end of it, boy was I wrong.

"What kind of training did you do to be able to do that?" Applejack asked, genuine curiosity in her voice, just not in her eyes which still looked ready to eat me.

That look she and Rarity are giving me is making me nervous." I chuckled, smiled slightly and answered.

"Nothing to big, basic training was delivering milk to the island residents were we lived." I said getting a few raised eyebrows.

"How is delivering milk training?" Rainbow asked. I scratched my chin in thought.

"Well...We'd skip 5 miles, sprint zig zags through a 2 mile long orchard rows, walking up nearly 2 thousand steps, cross the top of a raging water fall praying we didn't fall off to our deaths, running away from a man eating dinosaur, you know, basic early morning training." I said with a smile. all their eyes shot open to insane width.

"You did what?!" They all yelled. I clamped my hands over my ears.

if they keep yelling like this I'm going to go deaf. I shook the ringing out of my head.

"That has to be the most insane thing I have ever heard of!" Said Twilight.

"Are you sure your Master's were all there, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked, I just laughed at that.

"Not at all Applejack, that's what made them them." Spike seemed to be in thought when spoke up.

"I gotta make sure I heard this right... you said that was early morning training right?" He asked and all their heads turned to me, slightly scared, like waiting for a bomb to blow.. I just nodded my head.

"Yep, that was the early morning training, then there was late morning training, afternoon training, evening training oh, and sometimes night training as well." I said, fondly remembering the time when Sensei Ma and talked me into trying to spy on the girls in the hot springs. I smiled at the fond memories.

That old pervert is probably still trying to sneak a peak of Shigure and almost getting skewered by Shigure's shuriken. I was snapped out of my memories by Nightmare's Ki. I looked around trying to sense where she was, but it vanished as soon as it appeared. I gritted my teeth in frustration,

This bitch is a slippery one that's for sure. I thought as I looked back to Spike and the girls.

"We should keep moving, it's not wise to stay in one place for long." I said, then locked eyes with Twilight.
"Which way now?" I asked. She seemed startled about being put on the spot but pointed in the direction we needed to go. I decided to take the lead. If Nightmare was stalking us, I needed to make sure she met me first and not the girls.They kept asking me questions about my training as we walked, which I answered for the most part. I didn't go into details, especially about Master Ma's more perverted training methods.

After a short time I felt Nightmares Ki appear and vanish yet again, I was extremely frustrated.

"Damn it, I can't get a lock." I hissed through clenched. Twilight turned to ask a questions when I massive roar blasted the silence away. We all looked forward as a creature charged at us from the path ahead. This thing looked like it could eat the Timberwolves for a snack.

This creature was something taken out of Satan's worst nightmare, given to the dark Lord Sauron to use as his play thing and took all the steroids in the world and this was the result. It roared again and swung it's tail in a horizontal swipe, sending dozens of spikes flying at us, trailing sickly green liquid in their wake.

"MANTICORE!" Twilight yelled, putting up a shield to block the needle like spines that were sent at us. They stuck into the barrier Twilight had put up, quivering slightly.

"Twilight let me out so I can distract it!" I said as I saw the beast starting to make a leap.

"Are you Insane! That beast will kill you!" She yelled at me. The manticore leapt up high into the air, with a roar it started coming down lowering it's head and horns to smash the Twilight's barrier.

If those spines can stick... My face paled as the beast drew closer. I didn't have time to think any more, I just acted.

"HHAAAAAH!" I bellowed, my Ki surrounding me in it's flame, I jumped with all my strength, left fist raised, and puncured the barrier like a hot knife through butter. Sailing upward toward the Manticore I had my right hand cocked back, I was unsure as to the power of this creature. Tome seemed to slow to a crawl as I tried to determine how hard I should hit. I decided to go with what Master Hiato had told me to do in times like this.

"When you are unsure of your opponents strength, it's always best to overestimate them rather then underestimate... you won't risk dying that way." I was almost on to of the Manticore now, it had just noticed me and had a look of fearful surprise on it's face. I don't know what possessed me at that moment to say this, but it was the only thing that came out of my mouth, as I launched my fist at its face.

My fist slammed into the Manticore's head, right between its eyes. I heard a satisfying crunch as my fist made contact and the Manticore was sent zooming back up into the sky, careening and flipping limply in the air. I watched the Manticore reach the zenith of it's unscheduled ascent and start to tumble back to earth. As I watched it I heard the girls yelling at me so I turned and looked at them..... 20 feet bellow me, and I was hovering. My pores erupted in sweat and my eyes bugged out.

"HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIIIT!" I screamed and flailed in mid air. I must've stopped whatever I was doing to keep myself up cause I plummeted back down to earth like a lead weight screaming bloody murder all the way. I was happy the girls were there, the fall wouldn't have killed me, but it would've hurt like a bitch. I was about to hit the ground when Twilight's purple aura surrounded me and halted my fall. With my heart pounding like a jack hammer I was floated over to them.

"Oh my goodness, are you okay?" Fluttershy rushed over, acting completely opposite from her shy self before. She darted around me, acting like a mother hen. After taking a few deep breaths, calming my nerves and my heart, I nodded.

"I'm fine, just startled is all, even after my master's taught me how, I'm still unused to flying, it makes me nervous." I said. Something in the back of my mind told me that wasn't true. It was a small dying feeling, like it was being smothered by all my memories that told me it was true. This confused and concerned me greatly. I didn't have time to focus on that though, cause Twilight looked ready to have a conniption fit.

A loud thud brought her out of it as we all turned to see the broken body of the Manticore on the ground. I got in front of them and got into my ready stance. I remembered what happened with the timber wolves and I wasn't looking to have a repeat performance. After a minute the creature stirred, trying to stand only to cry out in pain. Even though it was a hideous creature my heart still broke for it, I never liked seeing anything suffer.

It wouldn't last the night, of that I was certain. I started to walk over to it to put it out of its misery. I wouldn't let it suffer, It just wasn't in my heart to do so. I halted my steps as the Manticore started to drag its self over to a nearby bush, growling in pain and determination as it did so. I was certainly confused by it's actions, until it got closer and then my heart shattered into pieces

As I watched the scene unfold, my legs buckled And I fell to my hands and knees as hot tears spilled down my face.

"Why didn't I pay attention?" I asked myself softly. The dying Manticore was nuzzling and licking it's small cub, trying to comfort it. I heard gasps behind me, but what got my attention was the warm pair of yellow furred arms the wrapped me in a comforting hug.

"Sshhh... there there, it's okay,You didn't know." I heard Fluttershy coo as she embraced me tightly and rocked me back and forth slightly. To say I was angry with myself was an understatement.

How could I have been so blind... I was taught to always mind my surroundings and never look over even the tiniest detail, so why didn't I see this?" Questions, what if's and the like plagued my mind and my heart. As I watched the Manticore with it's cub, I realized I had to face the consequences of my actions.

I slowly got to my feet, Fluttershy letting me go and standing up with me. I turned and locked my eyes with hers. it was like a silent conversation between us and we both came to an agreement in the few short seconds we looked at each other.

To every one else's utter horror, Fluttershy and I approached the wounded Manticore, slowly trying to act as non threatening as possible. It saw us and growled loudly, curling it's massive paw around it's cub and trying to seem intimidating even though it couldn't harm a fly in it's condition.

Fluttershy and I knelt next to the creature, who was looking at us with confusion and fear. i slowly reached out my hand and placed it on the Manticore's side, feeling it heart beat under my palm. I looked into it's pitch black eyes, filled with uncertainty. I didn't know if what i was feeling could be conveyed but I had to try.

"I'm so sorry." I said, my eyes still dripping with tears. I saw a glimmer of something in that creatures eyes, like it understood what I was saying and excepted it. what ever it was I felt as if a massive weight had been lifted off me and my shoulders slumped heavily.

I looked at the cub, peeking over it's parents paw at me and my heart broke again.

The cubs big, adorable purple eyes stared at me with curiosity and confusion. It slowly climbed over and down, making it's way over to me, stretching it's neck out and sniffing nevously like a cat.

I slowly offered my hand, palm up for it to inspect. It sniffed it cautiously, but decided I wasn't all that bad and rubbed my hand. I gently scratched between it's ears, making the cub go stiff in surprise at first, then melt and purr loudly in pleasure.

The feeling of Nightmares Ki again brought me back to reality. I looked at the Manticore, it's form seemed to shift and change, like the air on a hot day. The horrific creature of nightmares slowly dissipated and was replaced by a regal creature.

It was all an Illusion! I realized, making the pain in my chest skyrocket. The Manticore's golden fur rippled with each shaky breath it took. Black bat like wings hung limply at it's side. it's face was now like a lions and it's eyes a deep amber and intelligent. I could feel the beats of it heart getting farther and farther apart with each passing second.

"I'll make sure your cub stays safe, I promise you." I don't know why I said it, it just felt like it was something I needed to say. The manticore seemed to relax after I said this and, if my eyes weren't deceiving me, it nodded it's head. It gave a small growl, getting the cubs attention. the cub jumped over to it's parents face and waited. it nodded in our direction and purred slightly.

The cub looked back and forth between it's parent and us in confusion. The Manticore gently nudged it's cub to us. needless to say, the cub was scarred and confused. I gently picked the cub up, it squirmed for a few seconds before it realized I wasn't hurting it. It looked at me, licked my nose and gave a soft purring sound. I smiled and handed the cub the Fluttershy who cradled it like anew born, speaking softly and petting it as she walked back to the group.

As I turned back to the Manticore, I saw it take one last shuddering breath. I placed my hand on it's head, trying to comfort it in its last moments as best I could. I could feel it's Ki extinguish, like some one had just blew out a candle. Fresh tears rolled down my cheeks as I knelt beside It's body. I was surprised when it was surrounded by a soft golden glow. The Manticore dissolved into a glowing dust cloud, that looked like a mass of fireflies had decided to gather.

I watched in awe as it hovered in the air for a few seconds then faded into nothing. leaving us back in the darkness of the Everfree forest. Rising to my feet, keeping my head down, I motioned for the girls to follow me and we continued on our way. Everyone was silent, no one wanted to speak after what had just happened. Even Pinkie was slightly less bouncy then before.

The silence was finally broken by a loud purring. we all looked to see Fluttershy giving the cub a belly rub. It's purple eyes half lidded and its tongue lolled out the side of it's mouth made us all smile. Twilight looked at Fluttershy confused.

"I'm curious Fluttershy, Manticore's are known to guard their cubs fiercely... How did you know you'd be okay and not be attacked?" Fluttershy Turned to look at Twilight, causeing her long mane to swish in front of the cub. It batted at it and tried to bite it like a kitten playing, making us all awww at it's adorableness. Fluttershy giggled at the cub antics and answered.

"I didn't, sometimes showing a little kindness can go a long way." She wiggled her finger in front of the cub who batted at them. She didn't seem to mind being a cat toy. Fluttershy's face turned serious and she turned to me.

"What are you going to name her?" She asked. I was surprised, I'm not here one day and I've made friends with ponies, met a dragon and now I'm being asked to name a baby Manticore...what else is real here. my brain conjured up some disturbing images. I rubbed the back of my head,

"I've never been really good with name but I'll give it some thought." I said before I could really think about the situation. it hit me like a semi truck.

"Wait a minute! you aren't actually suggesting that I keep it are you?" I frantically asked Fluttershy. I'm in panic mode right now. The completely serious look on her face tells me she means business.

"I can't take care of the cub, I don't have the money..." I paused for a second as another reality check hit me, volcano style.

"I don't even know the basics of living here, geting a job, a home, how can I take care of a baby Manticore?" I frantically plead with Fluttershy, all she does is raise an eyebrow. I roll my eyes.

"I know I can ask for help, but the only one I know are you six and I don't like being a leech." I say, Fluttershy shifts her stance. I shake my head

"Nope, I'm not asking." Fluttershy blinks.

"N, O, NO." Fluttershy roles her shoulders. beads of sweat appear on my face as my will starts to break down.

"I'm not doing it." I strain. The final straw was the massive kitty eyes the cub was giving me.

My heart nearly exploded from the cuteness. i tried to look away my Those big, adorable, hope filled eyes had me locked in. I sighed,

"Are you kidding me with those eyes?" I ask the cub, she responded with loud purring and stretching.

Why am I such a sucker for this? I ask my self. I gaze at Fluttershy who's giving em an expecting look, I just sigh.

"Fine, I'll take care of her." I swear I heard a squee when Fluttershy smiled. But if she thought I was going to be the only one in on this she was wrong.

"But you'll be watching her till I get settled, got it?" I asked. I was expecting some resistance, but she seemed excited about the idea. Her mane bobbed as she nodded her head, the cub still trying to catch it. I sighed, and looked at the rest of the group. they all had bewildered looks on their faces. i just decided to ignore it and started walking again.

I could here them talking to each other behind me.

"Darling, how did you get him to agree with out talking?" I heard Rarity ask. I didn't hear Fluttershy's response even with my sensitive Saiyan hearing. We continued on and the ground started to get very soggy. our steps squelched loudly into he mud.

"My eye's need a rest from all this icky filth." Rarity whined and though I wouldn't voice it, I kind of agreed with her. Fate deemed out request worthy of answer as the moon was blocked my thick cloud cover, plunging the forest in near complete darkness.

"I didn't mean literally." I heard Rarity say from a head of me.

How'd she get in front? I pondered, then I walked straight into someone, sending us tumbling into a mass of legs and arms on the ground.

"Hey watch it!" Rainbow huffed as we disentangled our limbs.

"Sorry, I just so dark I can't see passed the end of my nose." I said, groping around till I found her hand and helped her to her hooves. I felt Nightmare's Ki make it's self known again. I stiffened, forcing all of my will into locating her. It was all around us but still weak enough that I couldn't pin point it. It was frustrating me to no end.

This is totally different from how she acted in the hall... she didn't play this cat and mouse deal. Something doesn't smell right. I thought as I kept trying to find her. then something happened, it was quick like just blinking. I probably would've missed it if I wasn't so focused right now. This Ki and Nightmare's were... different. I hadn't noticed it before cause they were similar but separate, it was like comparing a blow torch to a bon fire. They're both fire based, but completely different.

"Who are you?" I said quietly. I heard one of the girls scream and I whipped around to where they were. I saw fluttershy cowering a few feet away from the most tacky scary faces I have ever seen in my life. it was plastered on the tree like a bad nock off from Snow White. The Manticore and the cliff had Nightmare written all over it, but this... this was a complete 180. The light around me was dim and I could see the rest of the girls. when they saw the faces they screamed and huddled together.

I felt a warm body glomp me and the new arms around my neck started to cut off precious oxygen. I twisted to see Rainbow Dash, with her eyes squeezed shut clinging to me for dear life. I tried to tell her I needed air but all that came out was strangled garbles. My saving graces was Pinkie Pie who... was laughing?

Rainbows arms loosened and blessed air was rushed to my lungs stat. I coughed as I steadied my breathing and looked over at Pinkie. She was making the most insane funny faces at the trees. It was taking all my will power not to bust a gut right then and there.

"Pinkie what are you doing! RUN!" I heard Twilight shout. it seemed that only Pinkie and I knew these things weren't deadly. She turned and looked at twilight.

"Oh girls don't you see..." I was treated to the biggest insanity drop in all of creation. Music started playing from all around me, it was just there. then Pinkie started to sing.

What the FUUUUUCCCCKK! My mouth hung open in disbelief, only to be replaced by choking laughter as Pinkie made one of the faces disappear with the most fake, monotone bad laughs ever voiced.

Pinkie's antics and silly lyrics had all of us rolling on the ground laughing. As the laughter died down, the suffocating feeling the forest had had before seemed to fade away some. the place didn't seem so threatening. we continued on our way, feeling a bit more at ease then before.

It wasn't long before we came to a wide stream. My tension came back with a vengeance.

This is were that thing was! I thought frantically as I looked up and down steam for any sign of anything. The water was murky and dark, not clear and clean like I had seen it before. It was also roiling badly, I was confused.

"This isn't how I saw it yesterday." I said out loud. I jumped as a loud wailing reached my ears. I turned to look down stream again and I saw a the massive beast that made me run before. It had a large head, a bright reddish orange mane was it head. it also had a pair of spindly arms.

Whatever this thing was it was clearly upset if it's wailing and flailing was any indicator.

"OH what at world!" It kept yelling as it's body thrashed around in the water, making it impassable to us till he stopped.

"Excuse me sir, why are you crying?" Twilight called to him. I was trying to figure out how she knew it was a guy. He sniffed and looked at Twilight.

"Oh I don't know, here I was enjoying some stargazing time when this tacky little bit of smoke came by and sliced of part of my beloved mustache." All our eyes locked onto the large mustache on his upper lip. Like he said there was only have left. I had to suppress a giggle, it looked ridiculous.

"And now I look simply HORRID!" He wailed, making a dramatic flop into the stream. He must not realize his size cause he sent a small tidal wave crashing at us. i grabbed the girl closest to me, which happened to be Applejack and, carrying her bridal style, jump high to avoid the wave.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Applejack screamed as we reached the peak of my jump. As we start our decent, me being an idiot, I said something stupid.

"Nice of you to drop by." I said with a smirk, but the ironic stupidity was lost on Applejack as she was screaming her head off while we plummeted back down. I landed with a loud thud, my legs bending to absorb the force. Applejack's were screwed tightly closed, her muzzle was pressed into my chest.

She had lost her hat somewhere along the fall letting her golden hair be seen. It flowed perfectly over her shoulder and down her chest.

"Mustache or no, that is adorable." I heard the "serpent" guy say and I turned my head to the group. Serpent guy had his hands underneath his and smiling widely at Applejack and me. All the other girls were sopping wet and staring at us with deadpan faces.

"Thanks for the save." Rainbow said, sarcasm dripping from her voice like the water from her clothes. I smiled sheepishly as I set Apple jack down.

"Sorry, you weren't within grabbing distance." I said. Applejack seemed to get the idea that the event was over and her hands flew to her head.

"My hat!" She exclaimed in panic, looking around wildly. I spotted it on a high tree branch.

"I got it." I said to Applejack and made another jump. I overpowered it a bit, I grabbed her stetson but kept going for a few more seconds. I examined the hat as I went up. it was weather worn but well cared for. The only odd part I could see was a tiny sliver of some kind of metal just poking out on the edge all the way around the brim.

As I started my decent, an idea popped into my head. I aimed and threw the hat like a frisbe. To my astonishment it flew straight and true all the way to Applejack who caught it with a spin and set it on her head in the same motion. It looked cool.

I landed, and walked back to the group.

"That a cool hat you got Applejack." I said, she smiled sadly,

"It was my dads, he gave it to me before he past." She shook her head.

"Thanks for getting it back for me." she said.

"Your welcome." I said, but I wanted to know about that metal ring.

"What's with the ring though? it's a hat not a throwing disc." I asked. Applejack took her hat off and examined it. I showed her what I meant and she seemed to find it odd as well.

"I never noticed it before, just wore the hat and never bothered to look at it much." She rubbed her chin in thought.

"I'll ask Granny when I get home, she should know." She decided, I'd have to wait for my answer till then. Our attention was drawn back to our friends when we heard the serpent cry out in pain. It seemed Rarity had plucked one of his scales off.

What is that crazy girl doing?! I thought. and to my utter confusion she grabbed her tail and slashed it off near the base. The serpent seemed to find this horrifying because he passed out for a split second and his head hit the ground with a loud thud and waking him up.

Rarity lifted her cut tail in some kind of telekinesis, and managed to attach it to the serpent's lip. The serpent's head rose and he brought one of his hands up to stroke his new facial hair. He squeed in happiness.

"OH! My Mustache! Thank you!" He said to Rarity who just smiled at him.

"You look smashing." she said with a kind smile. I kept looking back and forth between them, surprised at Rarity's generous gift and dumbfounded as to why she did it in the first place.

"Oh Rarity, you tail." Twilight said making Rarity blush slightly.

"Oh, it's quite alright dear. Short tails are in this season, besides, it'll grow back." She tried to reassure Twilight, but not fooling anyone. I leaned toward Applejack and whispered,

"So would the mustache." Her face scrunched as she tried to keep her giggles contained.

"Look we can cross now." Twilight said and I saw that the water calm again. She was about to jump in when she was stopped by the serpents large form blocking her.

"Please, allow me." He stretched his long body across to the other side were he dipped his head down. He effectively made a living bridge. I looked at his back uncertainly, then I realized I could just jump across. I face palmed and made the leap as the girls crossed on his back. We said our goodbyes to the serpent and continued on to our destination.

We made idle chatter and sooner then we thought we sighted a castle ruin in the distance. we increased our pace we all wanted the sun back, none more then me. Every second I was out in the night was a chance I would look at the moon and then all hell would break loose.

As we neared the ruin, we saw what looked like a bridge ahead of us.

"Come on! We're almost there!" Twilight yelled excitedly and started running forward, We followed a few seconds after. as we got closer I noticed that the bridge was out, and Twilight's head was turned to look at us and not were she was going.

"Look out!" I yelled putting on the speed to catch her before she fell. She turned to see what I was talking about, only to have her hoof hit nothing but air.

"AAAAHHHHH!" She yelled as she began her plunge to the bottom of a massive cliff. I grabbed hold of her hoof with one hand and the bridge post with the other.

"Stop flailing or I might drop you!" I yelled at a panicking Twilight. She froze instantly. I grunted as I hauled and myself back up to the cliff top. Rainbow and Applejack got to us and helped pull us to safety.

"What's with you and falling off cliffs today?" Rainbow asked. Twilight chuckled sheepishly. I looked over the edge again and saw the bridge that used to span the gap.

OH Great, what are we going to do now?"

"What are we going to do now?" I heard Pinkie ask.

She must've read my mind. I thought. I saw Rainbow dash give her cyan wings a wiggle.

"Duh" She said with a smile before she leapt into the air, diving down and grabbing the bridge before hauling it up. As she landed on the other side A large bank of dense fog rolled in and blocked our view of her. A chill of foreboding slid down my spine.

"I don't like this." I said as my eyes darted left and right, scanning the fog bank for any sign of enemies. Twilight called across the canyon but there was no answer. As I was really starting to get worried, a blue blur parted the fog and landed in front of us. Rainbow Dash smirked and her arms folded across her chest.

"I never leave my friends hanging." She proclaimed proudly, puffing out her chest. We cautiously made our way over the bridge and found ourselves in front of a massive doorway. The outer walls of the ancient castle had long since be claimed by nature but a good portion of the inner keep was still in okay condition.

I walked up to the large doors and gave an experimental shove. The barely gave an inch but they gave.

Just like Ryozanpaku. I thought as I pushed on the mighty doors. With the screeching groan of rusty hinges they swung inward giving us entry to the inner keep's main hall. We entered what seemed like a good sized reception hall, that tapered inward till it reached another large set of door. These were smaller then the ones we'd come through but they looked tougher, the iron bands and studs seemed untouched by rust.

Murder hole lined the upper part of the hall, where defenders would rain hell down upon any enemy stupid enough to get in.

I'm almost certain the elements would be in the most heavily fortified room. I thought as I turned to Twilight.

"The most logical place to look for these Elements of harmony is in the throne room as it would be the most defended." Twilight nodded her head in agreement.

"Luckily there was a map of the layout of this castle back in Canterlot." I gave a snort of laughter at the name. It finally dawned on me the terrible pun like names of this place. Twilight wrinkled her nose at me in annoyance.

"What's so funny?" She asked.

"I just realized the weird town names you have here, Canterlot, Ponyville... It's just weird." I said.

"What's next Manehatten?" I chuckled slightly. Twilight just looked confused.

"That's on Equestria's east coast. What about it?" She asked. My jaw dropped in disbelief.

"Uh... Nothing, forget I said anything." I turned and started to walk away. I continued for a few seconds before my brain made me turn around and walk right back.

"Maybe you should lead the way cause... I have not idea where I'm going." I said an embarrassed blush spreading across my cheeks. Twilight just sighed and took the lead. We took a small hall way off to our right, which caught me off guard. Twilight must've sensed my confusion cause she started talking about Equestrian fortifications.

"In the castles of this time period, the throne room was often to one side of the keep. The doors you saw we're used as a trap for enemy forces." She explained.

"The defenses we're based on the principle, "If you watch the ax-pony you'll never see the assassin." I found this to be quite interesting. We wove through a few more halls which to my surprise were in good condition, considering the age. We finally came to a small door.

Before we even neared it I could tell this place was something I'd never want to attack. the air it's self seemed to hum slightly and goose bumps covered me. Twilight halted before the door.

"The spells here are still quite strong, even after a millennium." Her horn glowed and the hum slowly faded.

"It should be safe now." She pushed the door open and walked through. We all followed her into the throne room.

"It was large, tall pillars of black and white granite lined the main walkway. Statues of different ponies from bygone era's guarded the hall with their ever gazing eyes. On the far end was a large dais with two thrones. One made of white marble, with a blazing sun etched onto the back in red gold. Large, fierce eagles of silver made up the arms with rubies for eyes.

The second throne was made of one large chunk of obsidian, polished to an absurd shine. A Stars of silver dotted the back like the night sky with a cresent moon to match. Two large, bronze great horned owls stood at the ens of the arms. Their Massive, sapphire eyes seemed to stare right back at you. they both oozed power and strength even without their owners sitting in them.

"Off to the left of the dais was a strange monument. A stone statue with five limbs holding five different stone orbs. It seemed plain for it to be in this room.

"Is that what we're looking for?" I asked point at the statue. If this was it, I wasn't convinced. Twilight squinted.

"I think so, some on." She led the way over. As we got closer the more excited she became. it seemed we found our prize. Rainbow, Fluttershy and myself grabed each of the orbs one by one and set them on the ground gently. Pinkie hopped over and looked at them.

"There's only five. Wasn't there supposed to be six?" She asked. Twilight shook her head.

"The book said that when the five are present, a spark will make the sixth appear." Twilight's horn started to glow.

"Give me some space please. I need to concentrate and I don't know what will happen." She asked. The girl nodded and walked back to the other side of the room. I wasn't so hot to the idea of leaving Twilight all alone so I just took a few steps back.

It's a good thing I did because Nightmare's Ki flare to life full force. Twilight's eyes were closed in concentration. so she didn't see the mass of black, sparkling mist, I did.

"Look out!" I yelled as I dove toward her. The mist surrounded us both, swirling like a mini hurricane, the wind stinging my eyes making me close them. There was a bright flash and then laughter. I opened eyes to see Twilight and I we're back outside in the main courtyard. Nightmare moon was standing on the far side, the elements lay at her hooves.

"You honestly thought you could defeat me?" She asked chuckling the whole time. Twilight glared at Nightmare and started to walk toward her, horn glowing brightly.

"Your kidding right?" Nightmare taunted. Twilight would've taken the bait if I hadn't stopped her. i grabbed her shoulder, leaning down slightly to whisper in her ear.

"I'll distract Nightmare, you get the elements." I didn't give her any chance to respond as I strode forward to face Nightmare Moon. I look of actual concern crossed the tyrants face.

"Your not kidding... And who are you creature that would stand against the might of Nightmare Moon?!" She demanded.
I stopped my advance and sent an intense glare Nightmares way.

"My name is Kenichi G. Shirahama..." I said never taking my eyes off of hers. i sliding into my basic fighting stance.

"And I'm here to kick you ass!" I shouted. A look of shock crossed her face. I knew I need to keep her attention on me so Twilight could do what she needed, and my stupid brain thought 'What better way to get a evil, tyrannical women's attention then by calling her fat'.

"And with an ass the size of yours, there's plenty of room for me to kick." I smirked as unbridled rage replaced shock.

"You will die a slow and extremely painful death." Nightmares voice was icey and low.

"Only if you sat on me." I said.

"I swear you could cover half of Ponyville with those flabby, sagging..." She cut me off with a rage filled war cry. She shot a blast from her hands right at me. I flared my Ki and shot a blast of my own. the collided in the center of the courtyard with a massive explosion. I could sense Nightmare still on the other side of the smoke cloud and Charged through it. with a flying round house i scored a solid hit on the mares jaw. She was sent tumbling over the ground and slammed into a crumbling wall.

She let her guard down, if she keeps doing that I may have a shot. I thought as I sent a blast at where she landed. Just before it hit a dark blur shot up into the sky. Nightmare did not look happy. I could just make out a small trickle of blood where her lip was split.

"Not bad creature." She spat at me as she hovered in the air.

"I've only been struck by one other in my lifetime." Her fists clenched in anger.

"The foal gloves are off, I can tell you are a fighter and I will give you the honor of a quick defeat." She lowered herself to the ground, as her hooves touched down her hand and horn glowed. The shadows seemed to come to life and converge on her right hand, quickly taking a very dangerous shape.

Two long, double edged, curved blades made of what seemed to be pure darkness were at either end of a four foot silver pole. She spun it expertly, making me incredibly nervous.

Where's the power pole when you need it? i complained in my head. I was panicking. I was an unarmed combatant that was facing an armed opponent. I was at a extreme disadvantage. A thought suddenly dispersed my fear.

I stopped Trunk's sword with one finger, I should be able to do the same here. I drew my Ki to my hands, they were then coated in what seemed to be white fire. Night mare seemed more cautious of me, now that i landed a hit. We circled each other, both trying to feel the other out.

The silence was deafening, it felt like the whole world had held it's breath, waiting. A small piece of rubble fell and clattered to the floor, sounding like a gunshot in this quiet, and our battle began.

(POV- Twilight Sparkle)

If Anypony had told me that they had witnessed this battle, I'd have thought they were spinning the biggest ball of yarn ever. But here I was watching it with my own eyes. Nightmare Moon, the tyrannical moon mover, commander of night and the strange pony with unbelievable power known as Kenichi, were nothing but blurs of motion as they fought.

Each time they struck, explosions of displaced air boomed around the courtyard. I was terrified, frozen solid on the spot as two Titanic beings struggled for supremacy. I couldn't even make out who was winning they were moving so fast. the then just appeared, standing on their starting sides.

Nightmare Moon panted slightly, she was... smiling, at Kenichi. I was curious and scared as to what that could mean.

"You put up a better fight then any other opponent I have ever faced, but sadly the fun ends here creature." Her weapon dispersed into black smoke and she slowly rose from the ground her entire body glowing with the power of her magic. Nightmares face split into a maniaical grin as she charged he attack. The amount of magic in it made my blood run cold.

"Run Kenichi! If you get hit by that attack there'll be nothing left!" I snapped out of my fear induced trance and yelled to him. Nightmare Moon glanced my way causing me to flinch under her gaze.

"See? Even this mare has the sense to know it is hopeless for you to win, you should listen to her and flee, there is no chance of you defeating Nightmare Moon, HAHAHA!" A massive ball of magic was forming above Nightmare as she laughed loudly. To my astonishment, Kenichi stood his ground.

"Your no different from all the other villains I've fought in the past, so full of your self you don't know when to quit!" He yelled at Nightmare. His power exploded outward enveloping him in white flame. Even afraid I was curious, what was this power he had.

He shifted his stance to a low and wide one. He took both his hands, keeping the palm's close together and having his fingers forming a kind of cage right next to his hip. I was scared for him, he had no idea what he was attempting. I need to get the elements working quickly before it's to late.

I quickly ran over to the elements, keeping my eye on Nightmare so I didn't get spotted. Kneeling down I charged my magic.

"Come on just one spark, just one!" I grunted as I forced my magic to connect with the elements. As I tried to force my magic out I heard something behind me... some kind of chanting.

"KAAAAAAA-MEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAA-MEEEEEEEEEE..." I chanced a quick glance back and was dumbfounded. The raw power I could feel coming from Kenichi was insane, whatever he was using wasn't magic, of that I was certain, but that didn't make it any less deadly. The ground rumbled and shook, small pieces of rock and rubble seemed to ignore gravity and started ascending into the sky.

I glanced at Nightmare, she had a scowl on her face.

"You think a weakling like you could stop Nigh... what?" I panicked.

She saw me! Oh bucking tartarus she saw me! I redoubled my effort to ignite the elements.

"NO!" I heard Nightmare scream.

"You dare try to usurp me! Die now scum!" I looked back and saw the massive ball of pure magic start it's destructive decent on Kenichi and I. I've never been so afraid in my life, seeing that attack ran the situation through for me.

I'm going to die. The thought sounded in my head like ringing funeral bells. The magic I had been charging faded as I lost hope. It seemed foolish now, everything I had tried to do to get here. I was just a bookish filly who didn't know what she was doing and got in way over her head. I just about gave up hope when I heard Kenichi yell.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

I felt my eyes bulge out of my head. The massive blue beam shot away from Kenichi, slamming into Nightmare Moons attack.The power was explosive as the two attacks struggled, one trying to overpower the other. waves of energy slammed into the surroundings cracking stone and snapping nearby trees. The very earth it self quaked and trembled from the power of their attacks.

"I WILL BEAT YOU!" Kenichi yelled defiantly at a snarling Nightmare Moon. He poured more power into his attack making the beam bigger and it actually started to push Nightmares attack away. The air sparked and zapped as energy and lightning flashed all around. I looked at Kenichi with wonder.

Here was a guy who was fighting against impossible odds, doing everything he could to keep Nightmare at bay and here I was acting like a scared foal and giving up at the first sign of trouble. I gritted my teeth and charged my magic again.

If he's not giving up, Neither will I! I poured all my will into my magic. I held my hand over them and then was flung backwards by my magic backlash as a spark jumped from me and struck them.

They each glowed a different color, and slowly started to rise from the ground electric power coursing over their surface.

"NO!" Nightmare screamed in actual fear as she saw the elements begin to activate. Kenichi saw this lapse in her concentration and pushed all the power muster into his attack. He bellowed in defiance as white flames erupted over him. His attack doubled in size pushing Nightmare's attack back with surprising speed. Nightmare Moon didn't react quickly enough to gain control back.

Her attack exploded in her face and she was struck head on by Kenichi's beam sending her high into the sky. She screamed in pain as his attack burned her skin and fur before exploding. Nightmare tumbled through the air, plumeting down to the surface. She smashed into the courtyard, leaving a small crater where she landed.

I actually felt we could win, but the feeling didn't last long. The elements just stopped and fell back to the ground, as inactive as the were before.

"What? this should've worked!" I wracked my brain trying to figure out what went wrong. i looked over at Kenichi, he seemed utterly spent.

He must have put everything he had into that last attack. I thought. Kenichi's face went white as a sheet and he stared at something... something behind me. I heard laughter, I whirled around and came face to face with an injured and laughing Nightmare moon.

Nightmare arm blurred and my face exploded in pain. I flew through the air from the force of Nightmare's blow, luckily Kenichi caught me.

"You alright?" He asked as he set me on my hooves. i didn't answer I just stared in horror as Nightmare Moon eyes flashed white and I saw cracks appear on the elements. They shattered like glass, the pieces spread around Nightmare in a circle.

"no." I barely whispered as I slumped to my hands and knees. Nightmares laugh ringing loudly in my ears

"You actually thought you could defeat me?" She laughed, her triumphant smile sending shivers down my spine.

"Now your only hope is gone! The night will last forever!" She yelled to the sky. I didn't know what to do, with out the elements there was no way we could win. Kenichi stepped in front of me protectively. I just stared at him in disbelief.

"What are you doing? There's no scenario where we can win now." I asked him He just looked at me with a smirk on his face.

"I don't believe in no win scenarios." He said as he turned and walked away to face Nightmare again. I was dumbfounded.

Why? Why does he keep going? Why does he keep walking even when he knows it's pointless? I asked myself, I had so many questions I wanted to ask.

"Twilight, were you at Sugarcube!?"

"Darling! What happened here?"

"You guys had to start the fun with out me?! Rainbow Dash! That's just rude."

"FUN! WHERE?!" I snapped my head around as I heard the voices of my friends. I blinked in surprise... My friends. I'd never had friends before, never had the time. I felt my heart warm at the thought that i had friends like them. Then it hit me like that Kenichi's beam hit Nightmare Moon.

How could I have been so blind! I got to my hooves and was engulfed in a pink colored hug. I pried myself from Pinkies grasp. I looked around and saw their faces, full f worry, fear and anger.

"Are you okay Twilight? Your cheek is bruised badly." Fluttershy asked. Her kindness radiated like the sun.

"I'm fine Fluttershy." Rarity came up me, licking the sleeve of her whit shirt and rubbing off the dirt on my face.

"Darling, you look like you've been dragged through a dirt pile, let me help." She said as she kept trying to wipe the dirt off, getting her cloths dirty in the process. I caught her hand and stopped her. Her generosity was something else.

"It's okay Rarity, a little dirt never hurt anyone." That got a nod from Applejack.

"I agree, but you look like you got ran over by stampeding cattle." She said, just as bluntly honest as ever

No one hurts my friends and get's away with it." Rainbow growled and cracked her knuckles. Her loyalty to her friends was rock solid.

"Black Snooty didn't get away, she right there." Pinkie Pie pointed at Nightmare moon, smiling at a face palming.Rainbow. i couldn't help but giggle a little. She made the whole world brighter with her laughter. It all made sense now.

"You think you can destroy the Elements so easily?" I yelled at Nightmare, who looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"You may have shattered their physical forms but the spirits of the elements are right here!" I said gesturing to my confused friends. The shattered pieces of the elements began to glow again, causing Nightmare Moon to panic.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was holding on for dear life on a cliffs edge represents the spirit of Honsety." orange glowing Crystal shards zipped over to a surprised Applejack.

"Fluttershy, who comforted a dying manticrore and gave support to a grieving friend represents the spirit of Kindness." Flutterhshy 'eeped' flinching slightly as the glowing pink crystals circled her.

"Rarity who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of Generosity." as the crystals circled Raruty Nightmare just snapped.

"I Won't let you win!" She screamed in rage, summoning her weapon again and charging at us. She was stopped dead in her track as Kenichi, who had somehow managed to get behind her without her noticing, grabbed her tail and started swinging her around.

"Keep going Twilight! I got this!" He yelled as he launched Nightmare into a broken pillar. I was startled but kept going.
Pinkie Pie who laughed in the face of danger and showed us with laughter even the darkest time and be made bright, represents the element of laughter." Twilight grinned widely as Pinkie kept trying to poke the blue crystals circling her.

"And rainbow dash who is always there for when her friends need her, represents the spirit of Loyalty." red crystals circled the hovering mare with her striking poses. Kenichi was knocked across the court yard, before getting embedded into the far wall. Nightmare stumbled slightly as she stood up. she had quite a few cuts, burns and bruises.

"But you still don't have the sixth element!" She stated with a triumphant smirk as she started her advance.

"That spark didn't work." I just smirked at her, which made her steps halt.

"Oh but it did... it was just a different kind of spark..." I turned to the girls,

"I felt it when I heard all your voices, and realized how happy I was to hear you, too see you." I smiled at them.

"I felt the spark when I realized you all, are my friends." A brilliant flash of light came from above us, and a sixth orb lowered till it was floating above my head. I grinned at a fearful Nightmare Moon.

"You see Nightmare, when the five are present a spark will reveal the sixth element, the element of magic." The orb shattered and reformed into a tiara with a six point violet star and set on my head. All the shards circling my friends shimmered brighter and reformed into necklaces.

"And together these elements make up, the magic of friendship!" A white glow encased all six of us, we slowly levitated off the floor, the tiara and necklaces glowing brightly. Nightmare Moon was now very afraid. Nightmare may have been frightened but she wasn't out.

"I won't let you use them!" She charged another massive attack.

"I'll not be sent back there! I'm never going back!"She screamed cocking her arms back getting ready to launch her attack. My friends and I floated in the air, all five of them surrounding me, the gems all shot out different bolts of colored lightening all converging on the violet star. but Nightmare struck first.

"NEVER!" She screamed and launched her attack right at me. I was scared. Would we be okay? I didn't want my friends to get hurt. Then I heard a voice yelling and I'd never been happier with hearing somepony.

Kenichi's blue beam slammed into the side of Nightmare's attack, pushing it to the side and sending it into the sky where it exploded in a massive fireball. I stared at the panicking Nightmare Moon,

"Your reign of terror ends here!" I said, aiming my palms at her. A multicolored beam of intense magic catapulted from my hands and slammed into Nightmare Moon.

"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!" Her screeching wail was heard as she was engulfed in rainbow light. There was a bright flash of light and i passed out.

(POV- Kenichi)

We did it... I was almost hesitant to even think it but the excitement over ruled caution.

"We did it!" I cheered jumping up and down. not my wisest move as I was extremely sore. i grunted in pain as I clutched my side.

"Definitely got a broken rib from that bitch." I hissed. I looked over to the girls and saw them starting to stur. I sighed in relief. I leaned back slightly against the wall that was behind me and opened my eyes to gaze at the beautiful moon. I realized to little to late.

Pure dread filled my gut as I slammed my eyes closed, even though I knew it would do me any good. i opened them and looked over at the girls and saw they were up and talking. I had to warn them, I could already feel something changing, so I did the only thing I could think of in my panic.

"RUN!"

(POV-Third Person)

"RUN!"

Twilight and her friend's head all swung toward the fearful warning from Kenichi. They started to rush toward him to see what was wrong but they didn't get far.

"Sat back!" He screamed his voice deeper then it had been before. Kenichi yelled in pain as his body started to grow and change shape, starting slowly but getting faster. His yells of pain turned to roars of rage.

Clothes ripped and shredded, brown fur grew all over his body, his face grew longer, turning into a snout and long jaw filled with massive razor shape teeth. His eyes changed from gentle brown to furious red, as his body grew and grew in size. the girls huddled together in fear as Kenichi's transformation finished, and he reached his full three hundred foot height.

His breaths were heavy pants as the pain from the transformation wore off. Taking a deep breath he lifted his head and let out a ear shattering roar that made the ground tremble.

Twilight didn't know what to do, She was to afraid to move. She heard the familiar popping sound of a teleportation spell and a voice she knew was overjoyed to hear.

"Twilight what's going on?" Celestia asked as she quickly looked around and up at The massive ape that stood over them.

"Princess we need your help! Somethings happened to our friend Kenichi but I don't know what!" Twilight Pointed at Kenichi, yelling so she could be heard over the roar.

Kenichi stopped roaring and looked around. His gaze locked onto a large mountain in the distance. He roared again but along with the sound out came a golden beam of Ki that shot straight toward the mountain. it collided and the mountain was shattered to pieces and nothing was left but a large smoking crater. Kenichi beat his chest in triumph.

Celestia's eyes narrowed at the display.

He is powerful, very powerful. She thought.

"He wasn't always like this?" She asked. A large fist was sent rocketing at them. Celestia put up a shield just in time and the fist was deflected back. It may have blocked the blow but there were small cracks left in the shield.

Kenichi growled in frustration and drew his fist back to strike again. Celestia started thinking and went with the first plan she came up with. lowering the shield her horn and hands glowed in a golden aura as she readied her spells.

Kenichi's fist rocketed toward them in a blur but never made contact.

Twilight heard the distinct 'pop' of a teleportation spell. She realized what had happened. She rounded on the princess

"He needed to be help and you just teleported him away!?" She yelled her mane seemed to burn like fire in her rage. Celestia was quite shocked at her outburst.

"It was the only plan that gave us time to fins a way to help him." She tried to placate Twilight, but the Unicorn wasn't having it.

"Then why didn't you just preform a sleep spell? or a high tier paralysis spell? Those would have given us just as much time!" Twilight was pissed.

"Now he's gone, Faust nows where, and rampaging through somepony else's home!" Twilights attention was drawn away from Celestia by a loud groan. She looked over to where Nightmare Moon had been when she was struck and saw a dark blue alicorn filly lying on the ground.

Twilight was confused but rushed over anyway, followed closely by her friends, and picked the filly up off the ground. Fluttershy gave the filly a quick look over.

"She seems alright, just looks like she's sleeping." Fluttershy said.

"Who is she?" Applejack thought out loud. As they pondered who the filly might be their answer came from the princess.

"She;s my younger sister, princess Luna." A chorus of gasps came from the girls.

"Your sister?" Twilight asked, she had a bad feeling about how all this would connect. Celestia nodded.

"There is much we need to talk about, my student." Celestia said locking her eye's with Twilight's. Twilight looked back down the sleeping filly she cradled in her arms.

"I'll take us to Canterlot castle so we can talk in a more... accommodating setting." Celestia said as her horn was bathed in a golden glow. Twilight had a few seconds to think before they left.

Kenichi turned into a monster, got teleported away by the princess to some unknown place, This filly appears out of no where and is Celestia's little sister... I need an adult. Twilight thought with a sigh before there was a bright flash and the nearly demolished court yard was empty again.

(POV-Kenichi)

My ears were ringing badly as I slowly came back to the world of the living. i groaned, my body felt like it had been taken to the cleaners more then once.

What happened? I thought as my brain rebooted from unconsciousness. Memories of the night before started to come back, making my worry sky rocket.

I looked at the moon and changed into the Oozaru form. I opened my eyes slowly and blinked rapidly to clear them. I was in a dimly lit room. there was nothing in here, not even a table or a chair. The walls drew my attention the most they weren't made of stone or wood, the best thing I could describe them as were the walls of an insect hive. My fear for my friends and strange surrounding made my mind jump off the deep end of logic and into fear warped fantasy.

I tried to move, but I found my arms and legs didn't budge. I looked at my limbs and found them encassed in some kind of chitin like substance. I had seen 'aliens' the movie and I didn't like where this was going.

"If i see a face hugger I'm giving up on reality." i said out loud, trying to break the deafening silence that permeated the room.

"What's a face hugger?" An unknown female voice asked. I jerked my head up and my jaw dropped at what I saw.

"You are not a face hugger."

(POV- Third person- Ponyville)

A cloaked form slipped from shadow to shadow, making sure not to be seen by the many guard patrols. He made his way to the local library. As he made it to his destination she flattened himself against the trunk as another patrol passed.

I need to be extra careful, if I get caught I don't get paid. He shimmed up the tree reaching the second story window. He tested it and it swung open. Chuckling at his luck he slipped inside.

never leave your windows unlocked kids, some one might try to break in and steal your stuff. He thought sarcastically quickly making his way down to the main floor. When he reached it he started searching for his target.

Where is it, where is it? He thought in frustration. He bumped into a table sending something clattering to the floor. Quickly picking it up to set i back on the table, he grinned triumphantly.

My luck is blazing right now, this is just too easy. He thought as he pocketed his prize and started to make his way back upstairs toward the window. His luck, however, decided he need a dose of reality as the front door opened and the light was switched on, leaving him frozen like a statue.

Spike stared at the cloaked stallion in surprise. he had ran all the way back to ponyville to get help when Twilight and Kenichi disappeared. He had recieved a scroll from Celestia telling him Twilight and the girls were okay and in Canterlot. He had come back here to grab Twilight's and his things for the morning train to Canterlot. He quickly got his wits back and took a challenging stepp forward.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" He demanded of the cloaked figure. The figure didn't answer, not the way Spike wanted at least. he ran up the stairs as fast as his hooves could carry him, with spike chaseing right behind.

"Stop!" Spike yelled in vain as the figure jumped out the open window. Spike leaned out and watched the figure sun down the road at a full sprint.

"Guards! break in at the library!" He yelled at a patrol who was making rounds close by.

(20 mins later)

The cloaked figure's breaths came in ragged gasps. He hadn't had to run that hard in a long time.

Papa's a little out of shape. He thought. Reaching into a bag at his hip he took out a large phone.

Dialing a number he held it away from his ear as it made some awful screeching sounds while it connected. The familiar purr of a ring tone sounded twice and then somepony answered.

"Who is this?" A gruff voice asked.

"Cipher Slip, who else has this number you knot head." Cipher asked, slightly annoyed.

""True, but you know we're not supposed to use it unless it's important, the boss doesn't like idle talk on encrypted lines." Cipher just rolled hie eyes.

"This is important, my friend.. I just got my hands on some thing that will catapult us decades ahead of the competition."

"That important huh?" The voice asked, sounding slightly disbelieving. Cipher withdrew a slender device from his pocket, looking at the bitten apple symbol on the back.

"Oh yeah... that important." He chuckled happily.

Author's Note

I hope you all enjoyed the fourth chapter of ESWW. I have some thing here I need all my readers to decide. this is a small herd story for Kenichi, consisting of 5 mares. The first four have been chosen so there's no changing them, but the 5th is still open and I want you all to vote on who it should be.

When this chapter is posted I'll also post a blog with the list of mares for the 5th slot. It will be up for 1 1/2 weeks so as many readers can vote. after that I'll count the votes and release a winner!

OOOH! OH! who's it going to be? WHO?!

Pinkie! I can't tell you, one, the readers haven't voted yet, two even if they had I wouldn't tell. it would ruin the surprise.

Oh. Okie Dokie Lokie. what should I do till then?
*a silver colored disc floats up next to me and a smal holographic figure appears*

Bow chicka wow wow!

BETA! that's not helpful!

I thought it was hilarious.

What's bow chicka wow wow? some kind of cake? it sounds yummy. what kind of frosting does it have?
*Beta and I just stare at Pinkie*
Yeah Pinkie it's a cake.

Is she for real?

Of course I'm real silly. Who are you? I've never seen you before.

Sigh Pinkie this is Beta, Beta Pinkie. He's my sense of humor given form.

Ooooo are all of you emotions like that?

Some, I haven't seen a few of them in a long time.

You should meet Orion Pinkie, you and him would get along very well.

No! NO! and NO Again! That is something I will not let happen!

It'd be funny and you know it

I LOVe meeting new Ponies. Can I meet Orion? can I, can I?
*I blush madly and turn toward all of you guys*
Any way I hope you all enjoyed the 4th chapter of "Equestria's Strongest Warrior or Wimp?" what will happen in the next chapter wait and see.

I want to meet him!

Not happening.
*beta gabs a holo-box of popcorn*

Dis gonna be gud.