Final Fantasy Equestria: New Beginning

Chapter 12

All Together

(Our Town)

“This should be the place.” Starlight said as she, the black mage, and the warrior finally made their way into our town. The Scholar adjusted her glasses upon seeing this world’s version of her town that she used to rule over back in her world. She blinked in surprise of how parallel it was to her town, but grimaced as her memories of her actions started to play out in her mind. “Never thought I would come back to this place anytime soon.”

“Yeah, seems like a year or two ago I had to come here to find the ponies from the Maelstrom Company that went missing. Was not expecting you nor I to be picked as the warriors of light.” Applejack said as she placed a hand on Starlight’s shoulder, causing her to jump a bit from it. “Look, we all forgave you for what you did. So you shouldn’t let something like this get to you. Okay?”

“I know...but-”

“No buts. We’ll be in and out before anypony can do anything to you or the baby.” Starlight’s eyes widened upon hearing that as she quickly turned her attention at the earth pony with a blush on her face.

“How did you-” She paused for a moment before deadpanning at the sudden realization. “Sunburst or Trixie?”

“Sunburst.”

“Why am I not surprised by this...that idiot always has to play the hero and thinks of a second plan for stuff like this.” She said before folding her arms “When we get back to our world, I am going to drag that pony out of the plains of aether, and kick his sorry flank for telling somepony our secret.”

“So...you know he’s dead?”

“Yeah...yeah, I do.” She said as a sad expression appeared on her face. “I know now is not the time to be sad and weepy...but-”

“I know. When we get back to Ponyville, you can have time to yourself if you need it.” The warrior said as the scholar gave her a weak smile in return.

“Not to ruin the moment, but Trixie is having a hard time trying to figure out where Fluttershy is. So she’s asking for help in trying to track her aether.”

“Like we told you before Trixie. Tracking somepony’s aether is hard to do given how pure the aether of this world is.” Starlight said as she looked around her alternate home. “If it’s anything like my home back in Equestria, they should be in the mountains where the vault is located.”

“What makes you say that?” Applejack asked as the group heard the sound of a loud roar
Echoing through the town causing them to draw out their weapons.

“Does that answer your question?” Trixie asked as she noticed Starlight bolting towards the vault. “Wait! Don’t run off like that! That’s Applejack’s job!” She yelled before she and Applejack ran off towards the vault.

(Mountain Path, Cutie Mark Vault)

“Everypony, scatter!” The white mage yelled as they all quickly moved out of the way of an oncoming flamethrower heading towards them. “Girls, find whatever you can use in this cave and use Pinkie’s party cannon for back up support.”

“What are we supposed to use?” Rainbow Dash yelled as she quickly took cover behind a rock along with Twilight and Pinkie.

“You’re in a cave, what do you think!?” The white mage yelled as she fired off a ball of water at the monster, causing it to look at the mage and charge at her. Once it was close to the white mage, she tapped the ground with the bottom of her staff as it caused a pillar of earth to erupt from underneath it and hit the monster in the chin. This caused the monster to stagger backwards as Pinkie Pie fired a giant rock from her party cannon and cause the beast to fall onto it’s back.

The White Mage blinked in surprise as she looked over at the group to see Twilight levitating another giant rock and placed it onto the entrance of the cannon. Once it was there, it somehow shrunk and entered into the cannon as the pink pony took aim at the Dhorme Chimera.

“Still baffles me that she can do that with anything that enters inside that thing.” She said before noticing the dragon’s head on the Dhorme Chimera starting to glow. Her eyes widened to the sudden realization as she quickly cast Protect over Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. The dragon’s head let out a loud roar as it shot off a lightning attack that affected the area the group was in. Twilight and her friends were not affected by the lightning attack, but the white mage was as she gritted her teeth and kneeled down as she was paralyzed. “Of all the times to be paralyzed by that attack.”

“Look out!” Rainbow Dash yelled as the white mage looked to see the chimera’s tail thrust towards her and impaled her in the shoulder. The pegasus lets out a loud scream of pain as she was slammed into the wall of the cave behind her. Once she was pinned, the beast slowly made its way over to her as it opened its maw and was about to sink its teeth into the white mage. Before it could get the chance to do so, the beast staggers back from the white mage due to getting hit in the face by a rock from Pinkie Pie’s party cannon.

“Hey, leave her alone you jerk! Pick on somepony your own size!” Pinkie Pie yelled as Twilight loaded another large rock into the cannon and the earth pony fired it at the chimera again. The beast quickly pulled its scorpion tail out of the white mage as it began to dodge the oncoming fire from Pinkie Pie’s party cannon. The white mage winced in pain from feeling the stinger pulled out as she quickly reached into her saddlebag, pulled out a bottle of antidote, and began to drink it down quickly. Once she was done, she noticed Twilight flying over to her to help her up to her feet.

“You okay?”

“I-I’ll manage, but we need to l-leave.” The white mage said before feeling her legs give out a bit as she kneels down along with the alicorn.

“Kinda hard to leave with that giant monster blocking our path.” She said before noticing the pattern the monster was moving. “If we can make it trip over something, then it could give us a way to escape. We can use the rocks Pinkie Pie is using to do that, but we’ll need to time it just right for when it lands.”

“I-I don’t think that will be an issue.” The white mage said before pointing a finger over at the entrance. Twilight looked over to where the pegasus was pointing as she saw a familiar looking axe flying through the air, and cut off the tail of the chimera. The monster lets out a blood curdling scream as it staggers and rolls on the ground from the pain of its tail being cut off. “Looks like our backup has arrived. You might want to move back a bit.”

“What do you mean by-” Before Twilight could finish her sentence, she saw the warrier version of Applejack charging into the cave and lunging herself at the chimera and began to pummel it with her fist.

“Never fear!” yelled the black mage as a puff of magical smoke appeared in front of Twilight and the white mage. “For the Great and Powerful Trixie has come to save the day!”

“You do know you’re not the only one here to help. Right Trixie?” said the scholar as she used her magic to make the smoke the black mage made disappear. Twilight was taken by surprise by their counterparts version of Trixie and Starlight. Before she could say anything else or react, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie made their way over to Twilight and the white mage. Only to pause as they say Starlight and Trixie.

“....Is she with you Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash asked as the white mage rolled her eyes.

“Naw because there isn’t anypony here that would look like your Starlight, and wear clothes from our world.” The pegasus said, groaning in pain from her injury as she began to heal herself with cure.

“Hey, no need to be rude about it.”

“I got stabbed in the shoulder and got electricuted. I’m pretty sure the pain I’m feeling is justified for me being rude.” She said before noticing Pinkie Pie appearing in front of the black mage and scholar

“Oh! So these are what Trixie and Starlight look like from your world?” Pinkie Pie said as she zooms around them like a bullet while giggling. “Wow, they look so different then the ones we have.”

“So this is the Pinkie Pie of this world?” The black mage said as she eyed her along with the other counterparts. “Trixie is not impressed by this.”

“Trixie, be nice.” The scholar said before noticing the wound on the white mage’s shoulder as she reached for her book and summoned a fairy to help aid in the white mage’s healing. “You okay Fluttershy?” The Scholar asked as the white mage cast esuna on herself to dispel the paralyze inflicted upon her by the monster.

“Glad to see you girls are here to help.”

“Might not be much help on the fighting aspect.” Trixie said as she points over to Applejack beating the ever living daylight out of the chimera while dodging its snake headed tail. “But Trixie will assist in this endeavor.” She said before rushing over towards the fight as she fired off a flare spell at the monster’s face, causing it to stagger backwards from the surprise attack. The warrior stopped her assault on the monster as she looked over at Trixie with a grin.

“And here I thought I was going to fight this varmint on my own.”

“Trixie is more inclined on letting you handle this. But right now, she is not in the mood for a long winded battle.” The black mage said before gathering magic into her staff. “We need to head back to report to the others about this.”

“You mean the fact that the ascians are here in this world?”

“Indeed. Which might prove to be a problem seeing how this world’s magic makes crystals more effective then back in our world.”

“You think they’ll use it to summon a primal into this world?”

“Trixie wouldn’t be surprised if that happens.” The black mage looked back at the monster as she fired off a blizzard attack at the chimera’s tail and froze it in ice. The warrior took notice of its tail encased in ice as she quickly lifted up her axe, threw it at the tail, and lobbed it off like a knife through butter. The beast lets out a mighty roar from the pain it felt as it turned at the two warriors of light and unleashed a wave of fire from its mouth. Just as the flames were about to hit the two, a barrier appeared around them as the flames moved around them. The Warrior and Black Mage blinked in surprise before noticing The Scholar and White Mage appearing in front of them via teleport as the scholar fired off a Ruin spell at the Dhorme Chimera’s dragon head.

“Trixie, think you can take this monster out with a meteor spell?” The Scholar asked as the black mage, white mage, and warrior raised their eyebrows at her. “I want to end this quickly, and given how we’re a bit limited on teammates at the moment. We need something big to kill it in one shot.”

“Trixie will need time to prepare the spell. During that time, you all need to protect me.”

“So we’re going with the hydra method?” Applejack asked as she looked at the monster and cracked her knuckles. “How much time do you need?”

“Trixie will need a minute or two for the spell to be cast.” The blue unicorn said as she looked over at Twilight and the others. “You might want to find cover!” She yelled as arcane magic started to erupt from her. Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash blinked in surprise as they quickly took cover outside of the cave they were in.

“Fluttershy, you’re on point for healing and support. Starlight, keep that barrier around Trixie.” A red murderous aura appeared around Applejack’s body as her eyes beamed red. She soon lets out a primal roar before charging at the Dhmore Chimera. The monster sees the warrior making her way towards itself as the goat part of its head fires off a beam of ice. The apple warrior tanked through the attack before quickly reaching for her axe and threw it against the goat head of the chimera. The beast let out a loud roar as the goat head was lobbed off and caused the monster to stagger back a bit from the pain it felt.

The Dhmore Chimera glared at the apple warrior as it took a deep breath and fired off another flame attack at her along with the others. The flames brushed off the barrier that the scholar made as the white mage quickly cast regen and cure on the warrior who was using her arms to cover her face from the flames. Once the flames died down, the warrior quickly lunged herself over at her axe before throwing it at the dragon part of the monster’s head and lobbed it off with ease.

“How long before you’re done!?” The warrior asked as she quickly dodged the monster’s pounce attack and countered with a strong left hook to its face and caused it to topple over to the side.

“Trixie is almost done! Don’t rush her!” The black mage yelled as a portal appeared above the Dhmore Chimera. “You might want to get your fat flank in here!”

“My flank is not fat you one eyed bitch!” The warrior yelled as she quickly bolted over to where her axe landed after cutting off the dragon part of the chimera. Once she got it, she felt herself being pulled into the barrier by the white mage as she quickly made another barrier within the one the Scholar made. Just as she was pulled into it at the last second, the meteor that the black mage summoned appeared from out of the portal and quickly crashed down upon the monster. The warriors of light quickly covered their eyes from the blinding light from the meteor as the barrier the healers made buckled a bit from the explosion. Once the dust from the explosion subsided, the healer's barriers quickly vanished as they all looked to see if the monster was dead. To their surprise, the beast was dead...but pieces of its body were scattered around the cave.

“....Wow...don’t your spells usually make monsters or ponies disappear without a trace.” The warrior asked as the black mage kneeled down onto one knee and pants a bit.

“Normally Trixie would. But seeing how we’re in a small area, Trixie had to put more of my magic into making the portal for the meteor to come through. She prefers not to be buried alive in rocks.” The black mage said before looking over her work. “Not one of Trixie’s best works. But she got the job done.”

“Dear Celestia.” The warriors of light turn their attention at the entrance as they see Twilight, her friends, and the citizens of Our Town stare at the scene in a mix of fear, horror, and grossness. Mainly grossness from Rarity who lets out a terrifying scream as the head of the chimera hit the floor with a loud thud.

“Hey, we’re done in here.” The warrior said as she grinned at the group outside of the cave. “Y’all can get your cutie marks and stuff if y’all want...though you might want to avoid accidentally stepping in the mess we made.” she said before taking a step forward, only for some of them to take a step back. Mainly because of the murderous aura around the warrior. “What? Was it something I said.”

“You’re kind of giving off a murderous aura Applejack. Might want to tone it down a bit.” The white mage said as the warrior let out a deep breath as the aura around her body vanished. “Much better.” She said before making her way over to Twilight and the others. “Sorry about the mess we made. We didn’t have much of a choice in the matter.”

“Um...I mean I’m glad you’re all okay...but...um.” Twilight said as she was at a loss for words as to what just happened.

“THAT WAS SO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she zoomed in front of the white mage. “The way that you guys took that monster down like it was nothing was so epic! Is that how you usually do things in your world?”

“More or less. It mainly depends on the monsters we fight and their size. Hold on for a second.” The white mage said before looking over at the warrior. “Make sure to take some of the usual parts from that monster! We can use it to make weapons and food from it!”

“On it!” The warrior said as she used her axe to cut off certain parts of the dead chimera and placed it in her saddle bag.

“How can you all be so casual about something like this?” Rarity asked, still in shock at seeing the beast remains scattered around the cave. “Doesn’t it gross you out or make you sick?”

“Not really.” She said before noticing the Scholar making her way over to her and the others. “Nice to see you and Trixie are okay. I’m a bit surprised you both ended up being teleported here.”

“Not like I had much of a choice.” She said before looking over at this world’s Twilight and the citizens of Our Town. A grimace appeared on her face as she looked over at the vault containing their cutie marks and fired a ruin spell at it. Upon making contact, the vault exploded as a storm of Cutie Marks came rushing out of the cave and returning to their rightful owners. The citizens of Our Town let out cheers of joy upon getting their cutie marks back, but were still a bit on edge after seeing what just happened. Mainly at Starlight’s counterpart, seeing how she might be the same as their Starlight.

“So you must be the Starlight from our counterpart’s world?” Twilight asked as the Scholar nodded while looking for this world’s Starlight.

“I take it your Starlight got away?” The Scholar asked as the purple alicorn nodded.

“She ended up escaping with an ascian.” Twilight said as the scholar raised her eyebrow in confusion before looking over at the White Mage.

“I’ll explain on the way home. But for now, we should get back to Ponyville and explain the situation with the others.”

“But what about the ponies in this town?” Pinkie Pie asked. “Shouldn’t somepony stay here in case something bad might happen? Or worse, Starlight might return here to try the same thing again.” She said before looking over the scholar. “Not this Starlight, she seems pretty trustworthy. I was talking about our Starlight who ran off with that hooded robe pony.”

“Thanks...I think?” The Scholar said before shaking her head. “As for this town...I think they should take care of themselves in this case. No sense in letting outsiders get involved too much.” She said before thinking for a moment. “I suppose we can have some means of communication between us and this town. But Twilight will be the one who’ll be the one to do it.”

“Shouldn’t it be you who should be doing it?” Rainbow Dash asked as the scholar stared at her for a moment before turning around and walking back over to where the warrior and black mage were. “What? Was it something I said?”

“I...think it would be best for Twilight to be the one to make a means to communicate between Equestria and Our Town.” The white mage said before following after the scholar and the others. “We’ll meet you at the entrance of Our Town. This is gonna take a while, and I’m sure you girls want to investigate Starlight’s home for some clues or something.”

“Twilight...I’m having second thoughts about our counterparts.” Applejack said as Rarity nodded in agreement.

“Normally I wouldn’t complain about something like this. But they seem to be so...well...okay with something like this.” Rarity said as she looked over at the warrior pulling out the chimera’s heart as she felt herself feeling sick from seeing this. “Oh dear Celestia.”

“Oh come on, they’re not that bad. I mean they’re from a different world so stuff like this is natural for them.” Rainbow Dash commented before thinking to herself. “Think my counterpart could teach me how to do something like that?”

“And they did save us along with the ponies in this town.” Pinkie Pie added before realising something. “Oh! Maybe we can host a party here for a celebitory victory party!”

“I don’t think now is the time to have one. Especially seeing how our counterparts seem rather uncomfortable about this place.” Fluttershy said as she looked over at the scholar. “Especially their Starlight.”

“You think they might be hiding something that they’re not telling us?” Applejack asked as Twilight shook her head.

“They might be, but now is not the time for that. Let's go see if the ponies are okay before we return to Ponyville.” Twilight said as her friends nodded in agreement and followed after the purple alicorn back into town, but the farm pony paused and looked over at her counterpart who in turn looked up at her. The farm pony glared at her counterpart for a moment before turning around and quickly followed after her friends.

“Is something wrong Applejack?” The white mage asked as the warrior turned her attention back to her work.

“No...nothing's wrong.”