MLP: The Hime-Rangers

by PegaStruckByLightning

Rating: teen
Tags: Violence, Crossover, Death, Alternate Universe, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Shining Armor, Equestria Girls, King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis, Main 7 (EqG), Profanity, Adventure
Length: 11333

When the forces of evil have amassed a threat to the world, five teenagers wearing colorful lycra and themed helmets will save the day.

Sombra's Shadow Army and Chrysalis' Hive Forces have taken over Canterlot Castle, forcing the Princesses to retreat. Their final plan of action falls on the Harmony Orbs: magical conduits of power connected to the primal Zords: the slumbering guardians of the planet.
Princess Luna has located the town of Pony Grove, where the Orbs had chosen the worthy bearers of the powers of good.
These chosen people will then defend against the impending armadas to prevent the doom of the Earth...

Published 2018-05-28 17:00:06 UTC
Last updated 2023-11-01 08:20:40 UTC

Princesses in Peril

“Sister, be careful...” Princess Luna said, embracing her farewell.

“You know what you have to do,” Princess Celestia replied, giving Luna a kiss on the forehead. “We need the Powers of Harmony out of their hands and into those of new Guardians.”

“But who will be chosen?” Princess Luna asked.

“It’s up to you, now fly off!” her sister replied, pushing her into her airship.

The airship took altitude, as Princess Luna looked on to Princess Celestia, eyes watering.

It then took off, with Princess Celestia shaking off any urge to cry.

She then proceeded to run away from the hangar, down the halls, and straight into the throne room. Approaching the throne, she sat on it, waiting for the attacking forces to barge in through the colossal doors.

Within a few moments, the doors blew open, with a menacing male shadow monster wearing a crown and cape, along with a female insect-humanoid monster covered in a green liquid sludge. Both of them were leading armies of lesser but similar looking monsters, minions,and grunts.

Princess Celestia stood firm, staring down the menacing couple as they approached.

“We have taken over your kingdom. Now, yield or die.” King Sombra said, his shadow minions in tow.

“We know you don’t want this to be… painful to your subjects...” Queen Chrysalis added, snapping her fingers to summon her changelings, bringing forth a captured squad of Royal Guardsmen.

Princess Celestia was known to be crafty, but the extent of her craftiness was unknown to the evil lord and lady standing in front of her.

“They’re trained to fight and die for the Kingdom,” Princess Celestia answered. “As much as I hate for them to die, they’re willing to take anything from a bullet to a full powered energy blast.”

She then smirked. “Oh, and I know how your kind proliferates, by conversion. You don’t kill, you capture.”

“Sombrero here's another story,” Queen Chrysalis cooed, stroking the Shadow Lord's cape.

“Get your hands off me,” King Sombra said. “Yet you speak truth. The Shadow Horde feeds on life force.”

“Interesting…” Princess Celestia remarked. “But neither of you will be able to feed on this kind of energy.”

A ray of sunlight blasted its way through the roof, wounding the Changelings and forcing the Shadow Minions to retreat.
King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis were teleported back to their camps.

The Royal Guards got their bearings and took the Princess away, fleeing the castle.

An aircraft landed in the now-destroyed gardens of the castle, with the pilot chiming in.

“Princess Celestia, Shining Armor here, we managed to salvage this before the Changelings wrecked the Royal Guard hangars. I have a message from your sister.”

“All right then,” Princess Celestia said, entering the craft with the guardsmen at watch.

“It was something about the Harmony Orbs, but she managed to go into hiding in a small town called Pony Grove,” Shining Armor explained. “It would be better if she told you herself, since she came close to hyperventilating when she explained it to me.”

“To Pony Grove, then.” The princess ordered. “They wouldn't give chase unless they personally led it, knowing that I'm the target.”

Author's Note

Hello there! It's me, attempting to mash together MLP and Power Rangers/Super Sentai (the title pays more homage to the Sentai, I just love their naming setup. That, and I can't think of using a phrase other than Friendship is Magic), and the answer to "why" is that Power Rangers(along with other Saban Brands) joined the Hasbro domain, along with these little ponies (:ajsmug::duck::facehoof::rainbowwild::yay::pinkiesmile:), as well as the elusive Robots in Disguise...

And I know PR has an even balance of male and female characters but I love the Mane 6 and I wanna try making them kick some Putty butt while wearing colorful spandex and posing wackily(I guess Pinkie has a headstart, then hahaaha)

Anyway, like, and enjoy!

Powers Awaken

Three days had passed since Princess Celestia caught up with Princess Luna, with the latter explaining the situation with the Harmony Orbs.

“They started glowing brightly once I neared the town…” Princess Luna said, adjusting her glasses and taking a sip of hot chocolate.

Princess Celestia grew weak, having depleted her magic in the trap she had set against the Shadow Horde and the Changeling Hive, as well as setting up foundations of a protective shield around Pony Grove. The rest of the shield was completed by Princess Luna and Shining Armor, both insisting that Princess Celestia rest.

Princess Luna had built a recovery chamber for her elder sister, to restore her magic from the critically low state she was in.
“Pony Grove, Pony Grove… why does that ring a bell?” Shining Armor asked. “That's it! My family lives here!” He said to Princess Luna. “And I thought I was going to worry about a place to stay…”

He then paused to realize that the Princesses don't. “Your Highnesses, what about--”

“Go, now.” Princess Luna said. “This place is a vacation manor that our family actually owns. I can fix it up so that it wouldn't be like some lab, I can take care of this. Besides,” she said, bringing the chest containing the five golf-ball sized orbs to the young Guardsman. “You can find who the Orbs choose, they will merge with the person of worth. There was a sixth, but… it flew off right after the sky split in two.”

“Got it, the orbs choose their bearers. Oh, and ladies?” Shining replied after receiving the orbs. “Take care.”

Princess Luna nodded. “Be back the day after tomorrow, the orbs have plenty of time until then to choose their bearers.”

Shining had reached the house where his parents, Night Light and Twilight Velvet, live with his younger sister, Twilight Sparkle.

He rang the doorbell, only to be met with the warm hugs of a near-middle-aged couple.

“Son! What a surprise, Velvet, our son is back from Canterlot!” Night Light said.

“I hope the Princesses took care of you and your fellow Guards,” Twilight Velvet added, wiping his son’s face clean with a steamed face towel.

“Mom, Dad, please,” Shining sighed. “It's the other way around, we take care of the Princesses.”

“So, did they send you home?” his mother asked.

“Sort of,” he replied, “there was an invasion--”

“An invasion?” his dad gasped. “Don't tell me it's those Shadow goons again!”

“Worse, they had an agreement with the Changelings--”

“Oh no, not the Changelings!” Velvet exclaimed. “Are the Princesses safe?”

“They're fine, safe and sound.” Shining said, reassuring his parents. “They told most of the Guards that came with them to lay off the Guard duty, here in Pony Grove. Lucky me, that my family lives here,” he said as he looked around. “Where's Twily?”

“She's staying with her friend Sunset Shimmer, they're studying together.” Night Light said, turning to his wife. “Although, I bet our daughter may be more than friends with Sunset--”

“Night Light, don't jump to conclusions!” Velvet scoffed. “Even if she looks at Sunset like you look at me…”

“Twily’s got herself an other?” Shining asked. “Me and Cadance could use a double date someday.”

“Now now,” Velvet said, “Twily might not be comfortable telling us yet. After all, she only came out three months ago.”

“Please don't tell me she turned my room into a library…” Shining said with a gulp.

“Of course not,” Night Light said, chuckling. His expression changed to a deadpan, saying, “She did that to the basement.”
“By the way, Shiny, dinner is Chinese food.” Velvet said. “Your dad and I ate out, and we brought home additional orders just in case Twily might come home early.”

“She and Sunset sometimes go to the basement,” Night Light added.

“Explains why it became the library,” Shining said, chuckling.

“We'll be heading up now, son.” Velvet said. “It's been a day for us, and your surprise return got us old folk spent.”

“Mom, Dad, you're only in your forties.” Shining said.

The next day, Shining met up with his girlfriend, Cadance, in the park.

“Well look who's back from the force!” Cadance said, jumping on the Guardsman.

“Woah, I miss you too, babe.” Shining replied, turning it into a hug.

Cadance littered Shining’s face with little kisses, almost toppling them over.

“So, what brings you back?” she asked. “No wait, let me guess, the Princesses retreated from an invasion, and they told you to relax while they handle things?”

“Well, that and Princess Luna gave me these,” Shining said, taking out the five Harmony Orbs.
“Wait, they weren't glowing this bright before…” Shining wondered.

“What's that supposed to mean?” Cadance asked, in awe at the five orbs.

“Princess Luna said the orbs were to choose their bearers…” Shining explained. “But what does that--”

Suddenly, the black and pink orbs flew up to the sky, and started speeding up towards two girls buying coffee and biscuits.
“These spa days are a wonder, Rarity,” one of the girls said. She was a meek, shy girl, with long pink hair that hides half her face, despite her being quite a looker, and cerulean eyes that dart away from any pair of eyes she makes visual contact with. She wore a canary sweater and jeans, which, despite her animal caring hobby, remain clean. “Angel has been really grumpy since the girl rabbit I set him up with didn't like him back.”

“Fluttershy, that poor thing, in terms of social cues from his own kind, is under a rock,” the other girl said. She was a beauty like no other, and she knew how to make use of it. Her curled purple hair, her stunning Pacific blue eyes, and her figure that her clothes, a white top, a black designer jacket, and a pleated purple skirt, only accentuate. “Have you seen a sheltered child hold up small talk with someone?”

The first girl, Fluttershy, shook her head.

Rarity, the second girl, sighed. “Now, enough about Angel, you mentioned the previous day, that you received an email from Rainbow Dash!”

Fluttershy felt her insides flutter at the mention of Rainbow Dash. “I'm so surprised she's heading here after her Wonderbolt training, I'd expect her to go on traveling with Gilda or stay full time at the Wonderbolts, or--”

“I bet she's coming here mostly for you,” Rarity added with a teasing wink, which made Fluttershy’s cheeks turn pink like her hair. “You're the only one she's that close to. If there was another, I'd bet it would be that loud farm girl.”

Their chat kept them from noticing the orbs heading straight for them. The black orb aimed itself at Rarity while the pink at Fluttershy. The orbs hit them square in their chests, sending them walking a few steps back. The girls were only carrying a coffee cup and pastry for each of them, so the impact didn't spill or ruin any of their meals, not to mention their clothes.
They were approached by Shining Armor and Cadance, who were checking if they were okay.

“Did those things, hurt you?” Cadance asked.

“Not at all, in fact, we felt energized by those orbs or whatever they were.” Rarity replied.

“It's like they entered our bodies,” Fluttershy added.

“Entered? Like, merged?” Shining asked.

Both girls nodded.

Cadance shared a look with Shining. “Here,” he said, giving the two girls an address and directions to where Princess Luna is staying in. “Someone lives there and she has the answers to what those orbs are.”

Rarity blinked. “Say, aren't you that bookish girl's brother?”

“Bookish girl?” Shining asked. “Purple hair? Red shirt from her math camp?”

“Yes, she's our classmate.” Fluttershy answered.

After a conversation awkwardly brought up due to Twilight Sparkle being his sister, Shining and Cadance went to the marketplace.

“I'm really sorry I got you roped into this,” Shining said.

“Pretty exciting for a reunion date,” Cadance smiled, holding on to Shining's arm.

“Let's get some pie, it's about lunch time.” Shining beamed, noticing a stall run by a large man, and two girls, one young girl and one as old as the two who fused with the black and pink orbs. All three of them look like they're from a farm, with the third one talking to a very energetic girl with pink poofy hair. She was wearing a blue jacket over her pink shirt, and her joggers are colored like her jacket.

“Oh no, Pinkie, I ain't letting you put those into my pies.” the farm girl said.

“But Applejackieee, it's going to taste crazy amazing!” The energetic girl said back, trying to convince them.
“Nope.” The large man said, as he counted the crates he brought in.

“My sister's said no, Pinkie, and it means no,” the younger girl said, as she tried(and failed) to stuff the pie she had.
Shining and Cadance approached the stall. The girl named Applejack, who was wearing a stetson, turned to the couple.
“Howdy Cadance, and welcome back Shining Armor!” she said.

“How did you--”

“Remember the time you sent me a picture of you in uniform?” Cadance asked.

“She went all mushy about it!” The younger girl added.

“Apple Bloom! Go on, you rascal!” Applejack said, shooing Apple Bloom off. She turned back to the couple and asked, “Now what can I get y'all on this fine day?”

“How about an apple pie?” Shining asked.

“A big ole apple pie? Done!” Applejack said. “Careful, still hot!”

“I still don't get why they can fuse to a person of their choosing,” Cadance wondered, holding up the blue and yellow orbs, which were glowing more intensely than the previous two before they fused with their bearers.

Applejack whistled. “What are those purty things?”

“They're orbs that the Princesses gave to me, tasked me to delivering them to someone.” Shining answered, taking a bite of some pie.

“They're solid, though.” Pinkie Pie added, curiously tapping one of them.

Applejack examined the blue orb, while Pinkie took hold of the yellow orb. “They're as big as oranges, well, the ones my Aunt and Uncle have produced in them orchards they own.”

The yellow orb slipped through Pinkie's grip and flew into Applejack, at the same time, the blue orb flew its way into Pinkie Pie.

“Whoa Nellie!” Applejack wondered. “I feel like I could do thrice my work in one day!”

“I feel like I could run from here to Canterlot and all the way to Cloudsdale!” Pinkie added, being even more energetic than ever. A sight that Applejack dreaded to see.

“We actually don't know what happened, trust us,” Cadance explained.

“But Princess Luna knows, she's in this address.” Shining added.

“She didn't tell you nothing about this?” Applejack asked.

“No, she was pretty cryptic,” Shining answered. “But better her than her sister, she's cryptic-squared. Anyway, head to that address, we'll be there too, there's nothing I understand about all this…”

Evening arrived, and Cadance finished talking to her guardians on her phone.

“They're good, I can have dinner with you,” she smiled.

“I hope mom and dad don't bring Chinese food,” Shining sighed. “The milk tea was just… ugh…”

“You never liked milk tea.” Cadance added. “Then again, who would, if it upsets your stomach?”

Shining knocked on the door, which was answered by his little sister.

“Cadance! You're here too!” She said, bringing both Shining and Cadance into a hug.

“You're happy, did something happen in Sunset’ house?” Shining asked, smirking.

“Brother,” Twilight whined. “I don't, like Sunset, like that way. The way you and Cadance look at each other, I mean..”

“She's cute, though,” Cadance said, which turned Twilight red.

“Dinner’s ready!” Velvet called out from the kitchen. “Your father made turkey, I don’t know why!”

“Same goes with your mother, she made macaroni!” Night Light added.

They both rubbed their noses together and then said in unison, “You surprise me every time,” earning eye rolls from both Twilight and Shining. Cadance stifled a giggle as she saw both brother and sister feeling all the embarrassment in the world.
“So mom, dad,” Twilight said. “Sunset and I were talking about the winter camp we're considering, she's found something unusual located nearby. I was going to be her record keeper and assistant for this time, to repay her for last time when she helped me make those improvements to the station wagon, so can I go with her? Please?”

Night Light gave his daughter an okay sign, with Velvet smiling at her.

“Wait, what?” Shining asked. “Dad, what's she talking about the station wagon?”

“I uh, changed the fuel system from fossil fuels to biodiesel…” Twilight said sheepishly, “It runs on food grease, basically.”
“Where do you get grease? The fast food restaurants?” Shining asked. His eyes widened. “No… You're joking…”

“No, Pinkie Pie's used cooking oil.” Twilight answered. “She makes her Fry-Day Foodsies every Friday, and replaces her cooking oil every month. The things that girl eats, BBBFF…” she said as she ate the last of her food and drank her water. “May I be excused? I have homework to do.”

“Sweetie, you just finished your homework over at Sunset's,” Velvet retorted.

“Mom, I'm talking about next week's homework.” The girl said as she slipped off into the basement.

“Homework for next week?” Night Light wondered.

“I know what she's doing, darling,” Velvet said, giggling. “I bet she and Sunset are sharing video calls together.”

“So, Miss Velvet--” Cadance began.

“Cadance, dear, call--” Velvet interjected.

“Mom, no,” Shining interrupted.

“So Cadance, any plans for the future?” Night Light asked.

“Well, um, I am considering education, I'm planning to put up a small school, maybe Miss Cheerilee can help--”

“Ahem, dear, I meant…” Night Light interrupted, his eyes looking back and forth between Shining and Cadance.

Cadance realized what her boyfriend's father meant, and blushed madly.

Twilight turned on her computer and video camera, started a video chat app, and clicked on the icon of a red sun, connecting her to a girl with red hair coupled with many streaks of orange and yellow mixed in, making her hair look like the perfect sky for, according to Pinkie Pie, for Applejack to walk away to, who was also wearing motorbike shades and a leather jacket.

“Hey, just got home,” she said to Twilight. “You?”

“Oh, uh, I just came from dinner,” Twilight replied. She then noticed that Sunset, the girl she was talking to, was taking off her clothes. “Umm...”

“We’ve seen each other in our undies, Twiles.” Sunset said, “Unless you suddenly want to pin me down and kiss me...” she naughtily added as her cheeks turned pink.

“Sunny!” Twilight said, covering her cheeks. “So, what do your folks say? We good to go this winter?”

“We are good to go, indeed.” Twilight beamed. “You and I are gonna have a snow hunt, yes!”

“Hey, get your stuff ready,” Sunset said. “I don’t want you hugging me or nothing...”

“Umm, Sunny, look what I found.” Twilight said, hoping to change the subject before she accidentally blurts out that she likes her.

“Go on, shoot.” Sunset said, having finished putting on her night clothes, consisting of a t-shirt with a metal band logo on it and a pair of shorts.

Twilight presented a red orb along with a card with an address with landmarks on it. “I found it in the stuff that my brother and Cadance left in the living room. I also noticed a checklist with the words Blue, Yellow, Black, and Pink checked off, along with question marks around the word Thunder? which was encircled. The word Red however, is untouched.”

“Safe to say that whatever you’re holding is what Red is,” Sunset said, tapping her cheek. “And that the other colors aren’t there, so it means that your brother is hiding these… orbs.”

“Hmm...” Twilight said, thinking of a plan. “Aha! I’ll give this back to my brother. And then, we follow him tomorrow!”
Sunset, happily listening, realized that Twilight meant both of them. “Wait, tomorrow?” she asked. “Twiles, I have band practice tomorrow! The Dazzlings have no one to watch over them, have you any idea what they tend to do with their own equipment without supervision?”

“Hare-brained plots involving them making some crazy device?” Twilight asked.

“Yes and if they do that again to their instruments...” Sunset said, frantic. “The music shop will ban the whole band! Sure, I’d understand why Arctic would ban them, but me? Sure I had an edgy brooding phase where I almost started a sacrificial cult, almost is the key word here, got it? But still, it was a phase, that I got over!”

Twilight gulped. “I… Sounds like this is the first time we’re not doing this together, I’m getting nervous...” she said as she started breathing heavily.

“Breathe, girl,” Sunset said, exaggerating her breathing so that Twilight can sync up with her. She managed to get the nervous bookworm to calm down with their breath syncing.

Suddenly, Twilight heard a voice from the stairs.

“Twily?” It was Shining Armor. “Did you see a red orb with some other stuff laying around?”

“They’re over here!” Twilight answered. “What is it though?”

“Something the Princess told me to take care of,” Shining said, going down the stairs. Twilight gave the orb and the paper sheets to her brother, who took them with a sigh of relief. “If I lose these, she’ll kill me!”

“Not if she kills me for failing to get the red orb to its bearer first.” he thought. He patted his sister on the head, saying “Thanks, I can’t imagine what Princess Luna would do to my hide if I lost this...”

He then left the basement, going up the stairs.

“Guess you’ll be going, planning your pursuit,” Sunset said, winking at Twilight, making the latter giggle.

“You owe me a hot chocolate date,” Twilight said back, pouting, “‘cause you couldn’t make it.”

The next day, Shining, finishing his call with Cadance, headed on, towards the direction where Luna’s lab is.
Little did he know that his little sister, wearing a thick red hoodie to hide herself, followed pursuit.
The guardsman had reached the entrance, where he encountered Princess Luna.

“Princess, about the red orb, I can explain--”

Suddenly, the orb started glowing.

“Well,” Luna exclaimed. “My guess was correct.”

“What guess?” Shining frantically asked.

“The orbs are varying in terms of pickiness.”

“Pickiness?”

“Yes, pickiness,” she said. “This one’s the pickiest of them all.”

The orb flew out of Shining’s hands, and collided with the hooded Twilight, who didn’t see it coming thanks to her hood.
She was knocked down by the impact, disoriented.

Twilight took off her hood, rubbing her head. Shining was surprised.

“No, no, no, absolutely not! Of all the people to choose, not my sister!” Shining said, looking frantic. “If anything happens to you, I’m dead!”

“You mean like how the orb knocked me over and that I possibly scraped my--” Twilight said, as she suddenly looked for a wound or scratch. “I hate it when I can’t support my lies.”

“Shining Armor,” Princess Luna began. “The orbs choose their bearers. The decision cannot be swayed, and it also proves that your sister also has the spirit that you have shown when bringing my sister to safety.”

She then walked to Twilight, offering her hands to help her up. “Like I said, the red power is the most indecisive, tied closely with the lost sixth orb. All the orbs have powers unfathomable, but the red orb and its missing sixth sibling have more of their power unlocked, because my sister and I harnessed the energies to build up the shield around Canterlot, several centuries ago.”

“Ughhh...” Twilight said. “What’s going on--”

Her eyes widened at the sight of Princess Luna.

She then let out a squeal, and hugged the Princess. “Oh my goodness it’s you!”

Princess Luna chuckled softly. “I’d want to take the time to meet you, all of you, but time is not on our side. Follow me.”
Twilight and Shining followed Luna into the large manor base. “Good thing you instructed the others to come, Captain.” she began. “King Sombra sent one of his Shadow Warriors, en route from Canterlot Castle. We need the five of you to find your powers.”

“Find our powers?” Twilight asked. “What did those orb things do, firstly?”

“The Harmony Orbs had chosen their bearers, they who would harness their powers,” Princess Luna began, leading Twilight into a large room with four girls in, waiting for explanations. “However, you can only access them once you connect with your Zords.”

Twilight looked at the four other girls present, recognizing them from school. “Zords?”

“Yes, Zords.” Princess Luna replied. “Imagine mechas. Imagine giant mechas. Imagine living giant mechas. Living giant mechas with spirits of good, waiting for worthy ones to awaken them.”

Applejack spoke up. “Hang on.” she asked. “We’re gonna speak to giant robots?”

“You’re going to connect to them,” Princess Luna explained. “Bond with them, win them over. Only their powers can unlock yours, and stand up to the forces of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra.”

Princess Luna motioned the five girls to put their palms out together. Twilight took the lead, and put her palm out.

“Ah, heck. If it gives me what the hell is really going on...” Applejack said, putting her palm right beside Twilight’s.

“I agree. It might be something that can help keep our place safe from Sombra’s army.” Rarity added, putting hers out, beside Applejack’s.

“Weee!” Pinkie bounced, putting her palm beside Twilight’s, along with a silent peep from Fluttershy who gently put her palm beside the bouncy girl.

The five Harmony Orbs materialized onto their palms, and started glowing.

“They are now locating your respective Zords,” Princess Luna said, looking determined, and a little bit hopeful. “Gain their favor, and unlock your powers.”

The five girls found themselves engulfed in a growing ray of light, losing sight of Shining Armor, Princess Luna, and her lab.

Calling the Zords

Applejack found herself in the middle of a forest, with none of the others in sight. She was on her own, and all she had was her yellow Harmony Orb.

She stood up slowly, trying to regain her senses. She noticed a dirt road a few ways to her right, and walked towards it. She then looked around to see if there is any sign of civilization, and found no luck.

She called out, “Is anyone ‘round here?”

No response. She tried again, and heard nothing, except for a low rumbling noise coming from down the road, leading to a thicker part of the forest.

“That’s gotta be a live vehicle,” Applejack thought. “And when there’s a live vehicle...”
She then ran toward the source.

Rarity came to her senses in the mouth of a large cave, with rail tracks and mine carts littered near the entrance. She gripped on her black Harmony Orb, as it glowed a light that provided enough illumination for her path.

She noticed that the cave was rich in some sort of crystal matter, something she didn’t quite recognize from her knowledge of crystals and gems. Her Harmony Orb glew a bit brighter as she moved towards where the unknown crystal seemed to originate, following the direction where the crystals are larger.

“Unbelievable,” she wondered. “These crystals… it’s as if they’re growing so fast that you could watch them grow!”

Pinkie Pie shivered as she walked through the snow storm, her blue Orb in hand. “I have to get to shelter soon,” she said. “Then I could make a fire and heat up my doughnuts! Hee hee!”

She then located a cave which she could stay in for a while, any longer and the winds might turn her into a frozen sugary Pinkie-popsicle.

She wiped all the snow off of herself, as well as shaking it off. “Brr, that was really cold!” she said. She then prepared a fire after she finished warming herself up. “Heehee, who knew the blue Orb’s light can do that?” she thought.
“Okie-dokie-lokie, now let’s get this flat rock on top of the fire, and then...”

Fluttershy looked around the mountainside forest that she woke up in, finding feathers of different kinds of birds. “Am I in a nesting ground?” she wondered to herself. As she examined the more unusual feathers, she heard faint singing from a direction she could not tell.

She then pulled out her pink Orb. “It’s… glowing?” she thought.

As she moved the Orb around, she noticed that the song got louder as she pointed it near the side of the mountain, where the feathers lead.

“I don’t recognize that song…” Fluttershy said, walking towards it. “It could be a kind of bird I haven’t seen yet...”

Twilight looked in awe at the titanic mecha-like bear looking straight at her as she held the red Harmony Orb in fear.

She glanced at the red Orb she held, noticing that it’s glowing. The titanic bear turned its attention to Twilight’s Orb. “This?” the girl nervously asked. “You want to give me something, if I show you this?” She brandished the Orb.

The bear growled at a rustling within the nearby forest. Part of the forest was being engulfed in a patch of darkness that was moving closer.

“Shadow creeps!” Twilight gasped.

The bear put one paw forward. “Understood,” Twilight said, climbing on to the bear’s paw. It let out a large roar, causing a red shockwave that knocked the shadow back.

“Thank you…” she said, patting the paw she rode on.

Applejack looked on to the sight that she couldn’t believe: a large pack of wolves gathering around an enormous statue of a wolf. “What in tarnation? Are they worshipping the rock?” she wondered. Her Harmony Orb glowed even more, the intense light stinging her hand. She grunted in pain, while tossing her Orb into her other hand.

The wolves heard this, and noticed her. However, they didn’t attack. They slowly retreated, giving Applejack a pathway.
“Whoa, Nellie.” she said, walking towards the wolf statue. The wolves didn’t move, they let Applejack push forward. However, as soon as she reached reaching distance of the statue dais, the wolves started growling.

“Why do you go here?” a rumbling voice demanded.

“To find the one bonded to this Harmony Orb.” Applejack answered, lifting the orb up. However, the Orb flew into the dais of the statue, causing the ground to shake. All the wolves suddenly started glowing, and turned into forms of energy that fired directly at the statue.

“Dog gone it, I had a bad feeling about this, It’s some sort of trap!” Applejack said, trying to run away. The moment she turned around, her eyes widened in shock. The area she was in, sealed inside a yellow barrier.

She gathered momentum to charge at the barrier hoping to break free. Her shoulder hit the barrier, but the barrier absorbed the impact like a cushion. It’s as if she hit a trampoline, because she was propelled back to nearby the statue, landing flat on her back.

Feeling sore, she slowly stood up, only to realize that the giant wolf statue was crumbling apart, revealing a more metallic structure underneath. The wolf head cracked in half to reveal the face of a yellow mecha wolf, looking at Applejack with judgment.

“Why do you come here, bearer of this Yellow Orb?” rumbled a disembodied voice.

Applejack, thinking it was the wolf who asked, sighed. “To be honest, I actually don’t have an idea why. I don’t know why the Orb chose me, or why it took me to this place...”

Another sigh.

“But what I do know, is that this Orb’s gonna help me try stop something that would doom the world. Because I feel like I can’t stand aside when an evil invasion’s started to take many places already.”

The stone that was covering the mecha wolf crumbled apart, falling off. The mecha wolf bowed its head slightly, and let out a howl.

The orb flew back to Applejack, which then materialized on her left arm, a bracer with a device on it, shaped like a wolf’s head which can open its mouth.

The mecha wolf barked at Applejack. “Well, alright then,” Applejack said. She took the Orb in her right hand, and opened the mouth of the device. She placed the yellow Orb into the mouth and closed it, the gadget letting out a phrase:

“Yellow, Hardened Wood Power!”

Her body started to glow, and then a yellow and white suit made of tights materialized on her. A yellow helmet also materialized around her head, having the features of the wolf mecha on it.

“Whoa, there. What the heck am I wearing?” she asked herself. The suit also had a grey vest and skirt on, as well as white knee-high boots and white elbow-reaching gloves.

“I look forward, to defending the world with you, Yellow Ranger.” said a voice sounding similar to the voice that asked her questions, but without the rumbling feel and the trembling earth.

“Yellow Ranger?” Applejack thought. Surprised, she looked around trying to find the source of the voice.

“Look at your Morpher,” the voice said. Applejack looked at her bracer that had the wolf head-shaped device on it.

“This is my Morpher?” she asked.

“You can communicate with us through the Morpher and the Orb. When both are separate, it cannot be done. I am the Timber Wolf Zord, Guardian of the Forests and Trees.”

“Trees? It wouldn’t hurt to ask.” wondered the southern belle. “Including apple trees?”

“Yes, including apple trees.” he replied. “Apples have indeed fed your family in more ways than one.”

“Them apple trees we have make the best apples I’ve had!” Applejack said proudly. “Make ‘em into an apple pie and it’d be deeeelicious!”

“Your heart is honest, Applejack.” Wolf Zord mused. “Your honesty will give you strength. Now, go, the Red Ursa will want to see you.”

The crystals had led Rarity to a large cavern made almost entirely of the minerals, which housed a large canine mecha with a black color theme, laying down.

The mecha dog whimpered at seeing Rarity touch the crystal walls. Her response was delayed at how much she felt marvel over the crystal structure that formed the cave.

“You… made these?” she asked.

The mecha dog nodded. It noticed the Orb that Rarity held, and then rose up a bit.

“You, know this?” the fashionista asked. The dog barked at her.

She raised the Orb up, and it flew towards the mecha dog. The dog filled with black rays of energy and let out a howl.
The crystalline cave suddenly cracked and broke apart, much to Rarity’s fright. She tried to run away, but was trapped in a black-tinted barrier. She looked up, seeing that the barrier is also protecting her from the cave-in.

The barrier suddenly rose, moving the rubble out of its way. It carried Rarity up into the air, and then landed her on top of the canine mecha.

Her Harmony Orb flew its way back to her, as something materialize onto her left forearm.

The fashionista inserted her black Orb into the device that resembled the canine mecha, and then she glowed.

“Black, Earthen Crystal Power!”

A suit and helmet materialized onto her, mostly black, with a grey vest and skirt, and white gloves and boots. The helmet had the visage of the dog mech on it.

The Morpher’s eyelights started to flash. “Greetings, miss Rarity,” said a feminine voice. “You look good in black.”

“You flatter me, dear, but I am currently--” Rarity replied, being cut off when she noticed the suit that she was wearing.

“Oh my goodness!” she exclaimed. “This is, just… This is the cutest outfit I’ve seen! You have to tell me your secret, darling! How did you get it on me?”

“We can talk anytime, just insert your Harmony Orb into the Morpher, and you can talk to me, the Diamond Dog Zord.” the mecha replied. “But, first things first. I’m sending you to Red...”

The party girl shivered as she walked towards the area where her Harmony Orb flew to.

“Aww, why did you have to fly away?” She shouted in frustration.

She couldn’t see where she was walking due to the snowstorm, but she kept pushing on. However, she slipped on an icy rock, and slid away. She slid left, right, over, and under things, around and around, until she slowed down, falling onto thick snow.

She heard a whinny from behind. She got up slowly, feeling pained from bruises thanks to the fall. When she turned around, she saw a surprising sight. A towering blue mecha resembling the fabled windigoes, cold storm spirits that partly resemble steeds made of snow.

The windigo mecha’s eyes glowed, and Pinkie found that a Morpher materialized on her left arm.

Her Orb returned and she placed it into the Morpher’s mouth.

“Blue, Arctic Gale Power!”

A blue suit, coupled with a mostly grey vest and skirt, accented by white gloves and boots, materialized onto her, followed by a blue helmet with resemblance to the large equine mecha.

“Cool! This is amazing!” Pinkie said as she jumped up and down in delight.

“I feel like I’m on top of the world!” she said as she zipped around. She laughed and laughed until she was taken by surprise. She heard an old but sophisticated male voice from her Morpher. “Your arrival was something that I found exciting and hilarious! I, the Windicorn Zord, will fight with you, Blue Ranger!”

“Blue? I like blue! It’s like the color of the sky! The one thing I see when I bounce up and down!” Pinkie said as she kept zipping around.

“Now now, calm yourself.” Windicorn Zord said. “Because I’m sending you to Red Ursa!”

“Hello? Is anyone here?” Fluttershy squeaked as she approached the large nest.

She saw a large pile of ash, surrounding a large egg seated in the middle.

Fluttershy noticed the pink Orb she held glow intensely. The pink orb flew to the ash pile, and ignited the whole nest.
She stared in horror as the egg was being engulfed in fire. It glowed bright from the heat, and then hatched in a large shockwave.

Out of the flames rose a large avian mecha, with shades of pink resembling waves of fire. The large robot bird sang a song that Fluttershy recognized from previously.

“You’re the one singing that song I couldn’t recognize!” Fluttershy gasped. “Amazing!”

Suddenly her pink Orb flew back to her, and lodged itself into the mouth of a Morpher Fluttershy knew she never had.

“Pink, Restoring Flame Power!”

Her surroundings went white, as a pink suit materialized around her body. The suit was followed with a grey vest, white gloves, and white boots. A helmet followed, which resembled the magnificent bird mecha she had encountered.

“Oh my goodness…” Fluttershy fidgeted. “This outfit is too much...”

“It looks good on you, don’t worry!” said an older feminine voice, which surprised Fluttershy, knocking herself over.

“You’re a shy little thing, aren’t you? Let me introduce myself. I’m the Phoenix Zord. You have been chosen to fight as the Pink Ranger, and in good time too… Evil has arrived, and Red Ursa was just alerted to the presence.” Before she could continue, the Phoenix Zord noticed Fluttershy raise her hand.

“Um… will we need to go to Red Ursa?” Fluttershy asked the Phoenix Zord, to which the mecha nodded in agreement.

The four girls were teleported to the lookout where Red Ursa and Twilight were located in.

“Girls! You’re here?” Twilight asked in surprise.

“Wait, how can you know--” Applejack asked in confusion, while Rarity interrupted her, deadpanning “Applejack. Our visors aren’t on.”

“That’s so cool! Visors on!” Pinkie shouted. Her visor closed shut.

“We’re supposed to go to the Red Ursa for something, right?” Fluttershy asked.

“Aw, shucks. You’re correct.” Applejack sheepishly replied.

“Red Ursa?” Twilight wondered. She turned to the large bear and asked “That’s you?”

The bear’s eyes lit up, sending the red Orb to the bookworm. Her left hand lit up, and a Morpher appeared, looking just like the large bear. The red Orb inserted itself into the Morpher, and Twilight suddenly found herself wearing a suit similar to the ones that the other four girls had on.

“Red, Mysterious Void Power!”

What she didn’t expect, was the sudden spike of power that her suit gave her.

“What? What is this? What’s--”

“I’ve filled you with power, to send you back to your town!” Red Ursa said through Twilight’s morpher. “Time is of the essence, a powerful evil has arrived to your town! We’ll handle the evils here, now go!”

“Understood!” Twilight replied. She pressed onto her Morpher, making it do a biting motion. “Transport to, Pony Grove!”

Five pillars of light engulfed the girls, sending them back to Luna’s manor.

Author's Note

I couldn't resist drawing the Ranger costumes for them, it's one of my innate ticks when it comes to drumming up a Super Sentai/Power Rangers team hehehehe

I posted them on deviantArt (and maybe on tumblr soon but eh, I decided between which of those to post them first via a coin flip)

But anyway, woohoo now they got their powers! Will they get the hang of it or will they clumsily go through trial and error? All in the next chapter!

Chrysalis' Hive: Attack of Honeycomb and Summoning the Zords

The five costumed heroines were briefly questioned by the few officers as soon as they managed to settle down the civilians who were attacked. Fluttershy and Rarity consoled the people who were attacked by the Snail Monster, while Pinkie did the thing she does best; occupying the attention of the children. The five girls agreed that it is safer referring to each other based on their Ranger colors while in Ranger form.

“Looky here! Let’s play duck-duck-goose!” she exclaimed excitedly.

The children were happily occupied with the girl in blue, cheering and laughing.

Meanwhile, Twilight was nervously talking to the officers.

“Not that we weren’t grateful for your help--” one officer said.

“But isnt your arrival really convenient?” the second, an older uniformed one, asked.

“Not really, since we were in--”

Applejack, having a more calm demeanor than Twilight, interrupted. “Please, kind officers, she’s still tired from the fight.” She turned to Twilight and whispered, “Call Black.” Twilight nodded and used her Morpher to call Rarity. “Psst, Yellow needs your help, I think it’s--”

“She’s a terrible liar?” Rarity answered. “I know, I know, now accompany Pink so she doesn’t start clamming up.” Rarity then stood up and headed to where Applejack was, while Twilight went to accompany Fluttershy.

“Dear officers, we were not here by coincidence,” Rarity began. “We have been searching for monsters like them, what was coincidental was the sightings of this recent snail-looking monster in Pony Grove.”

“I was gonna suggest we offer our assistance,” Applejack added. “So that y’all can directly focus your efforts on protecting the civilians. I think that’s the most important thing these days.”

“Sir, are we gonna let vigilantes roam free?” the younger one asked.

“They took down a beast whose shell deflected our ammunition like it was nothing.” the older one answered. “And any run-of-the-mill vigilante will be asking for payment like some ol’ west cowboy. These girls stayed to help the people.” He turned to the yellow-clad Applejack and offered his hand for a handshake. “Now I can’t speak for the Department, but you at least got my vote, kiddo.” he said. “Also, the ambulance carrying the first aid force is arriving, I recommend you get on going before you find out it’s Redheart leading this group.”

Applejack and Rarity nodded. Rarity went to fetch Fluttershy and Twilight, while Applejack headed for Pinkie Pie. The five color-coded girls then bid the people farewell, summoned their Steed Speeders, and headed off.
They returned to the Princesses’ mansion, entering the basement lair. Cadance waved at the five color-coded girls as they hopped off their Steed Speeders. “Hey, I’ve made some refreshments for you! Granted, I got lost and spent a lot of time wandering the first floor just to get to the kitchen, so they’re just sandwiches and lemo--”

Cadance gasped in surprise as the girls took the snacks, with Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy saying thanks in the process and the other two girls conveying thanks with their tears of joy.

"Worked up an appetite after the fight?" She asked.

"Yepperoni!" Pinkie answered, forgetting to remove her helmet before eating.

"Um, Pinkie," Fluttershy whispered. "You can't eat with the helmet on, blocking your mouth."

"What… Are… those…" Sombra asked, his hand gripping the throne's armrest, cracking and chipping it.

"Looks like the Snail has been salted." Chrysalis quipped. "Luckily, we have good news from the Hell Generals, who are--"

"I can't wait for them to arrive!" Sombra boomed. "Time is of the essence, the Princesses got away! Every second wasted is
them being able to lick their wounds and regain their power! You should have sent the--"

Suddenly, three beings teleported into the throne room, in front of the fuming dark lord.

"Apologies for interrupting, King Sombra." said a voice. "The Hell Generals… Behemoth, Ziz, and myself, are here."
The one who spoke, resembling a sea monster, with fins covering her mouth, bowed her head, her hair-like tentacles still floating as if gravity was a non-issue.

"Let me at them five color bozos, Leviathan!" Said the largest of the three, resembling a cross between a bear, lion, and minotaur. His eyes are clawed out, with a bloody blindfold covering the area. "I'll grind them into paste!"

"..." The third one, silently, blocked the large one with a sword resembling an eagle wing. Her appearance resembles a multi-winged avian gryphon with lion legs and claws resembling those of dinosaur raptors. Where her ears are supposed to be, claw-like earmuffs are embedded in place.

"Ziz, you insolent--"

"SILENCE!" Chrysalis shouted. "You three have one purpose in this summons. And that is to tell King Sombra of your plan." She stood up from her throne, and summoned her changelings. "Now, bring her in."

A group of changelings entered, pushing and pulling at a cage with a monster resembling a giant humanoid bee, with hexagonal holes covering its back. "The Growth Serum has been implemented amongst all future Beast-captains. This one is capable of returning to life after defeat, but those five fighters will have a BIG surprise should they be able to defeat her…"

The following day, Twilight arrived late to the Princesses' manor, looking sullen.

"You look dreadful, dear," Rarity said, offering Twilight some apple juice that Applejack brought.

"Sunset Shimmer, my best friend, just sent me a message saying she's had to take her whole band to a workshop, so she wouldn't be here for a week or two…" Twilight said with a sigh.

"I just don’t know what to do without Sunny, and at the same time I can’t stop worrying about her…” Rarity listened intently to what Twilight said. “You really care about her, I take it?” Twilight nodded.

“I gotta say, she’s really come through a lot ever since the whole thing she did, and the Dazzlings too,” Applejack chimed in. “You connected with her in another way due to having been in the same boat, I guess?”

“Mhm,” Twilight nodded. “I would have done much crazier stuff had they not gotten real with me.” She gave out a sigh as she looked at her phone’s wallpaper, which had her and Sunset while at one of the Dazzlings’ concerts. Rarity nodded to Applejack and left the red-clad girl, saying “I’ll ask Cadance if she can give you some water, Twilight. Will be right back.” The fashionista wearing black headed to the kitchen, where Cadance and Shining were. She was trying to teach Shining how to handle large kitchen knives.

“Come on, Shiny! These are easy to use!” Cadance said in confusion. Shining was very hesitant to approach the counter where the knives were.

“Both Twily and I have a bad history with kitchen knives,” Shining Armor said, his voice quivering in slight fear.

“Hey if I can get Twilight to use paring knives and steak knives and cut her food herself, you’re going to as well.” Cadance said, one half of sternness and one half of encouragement can be detected in her voice. “You’re going to be fine, Shiny.”
Rarity cleared her throat, and spoke up. “Hello, I would like to ask,” she said as she filled some glasses with water. “Does Twilight have feelings for Sunset Shimmer?”

Shining almost collapsed. “My little sis Twily?”

Cadance nodded. “That obvious, huh?”

“Not quite that,” Rarity answered. “But when she spoke of Sunset, I recognized it as very similar to Fluttershy when she spoke about her longtime friend… As of now, that friend, she’s with the Wonderbolts.”

“Wonderbolts, huh?” Shining wondered. “Possibly one of the new ones, according to Spitfire, they had an exemplary upstart among them.”

“Oh dear,” Rarity gasped. “I must get these glasses for the others. Thank you for entertaining my question!” She said with a mild curtsy and left the kitchen, leaving the older couple to their knife debacle.

Rarity then handed the glasses to the other girls, with Applejack standing to help. Just as Applejack was approaching Rarity to help with the tray, alarms started blaring.

“Uh oh,” Pinkie said, looking at the video feed. “We got another visitor! It’s headed towards the--Applejack!”

Applejack, running towards Pinkie, looked at the screen, and shouted, “Helmet On! Steed Speeder, ready!” She then ran towards her Steed Speeder as her helmet materialized around her head. Rarity, upon hearing the commotion, sighed. “Oh dear. Girls, we need to follow Applejack, at once!”

Fluttershy and Twilight nodded, having already materialized their helmets. “The monster is headed towards Apple Orchard land,” the girl in black said, “and knowing how protective the Apple Family are of their livelihood, it’s a certainty that Applejack’s family might get hurt.”

“They’ll be fine!” Pinkie Pie said. “Big Macintosh will be there--”

“And so will Apple Bloom and Granny Smith!” Fluttershy said. “A grade-schooler and an old woman!”

“Now girls,” Rarity said with a clap. All four girls shouted in unison, “Steed Speeder, ready!” All the girls get on their Steed Speeders, with Rarity saying “Helmet On! Pinkie, you too!”

“Helmet On! Let's go!” Pinkie cheered.

The four girls drove their Steed Speeders headed for Sweet Apple Acres, in order to catch up to Applejack. By the time they got there, Applejack was already fighting off the monster.

“Buzz! Buzz!” the monster buzzed. “You have a nice orchard in bloom… I must feed!”

“No thanks,” Applejack growled. “Not after what you did to eight of our trees!” She said, pointing at an injured Big Macintosh, looking sad at the stumps of what used to be eight apple trees, along with an equally sorrowful Apple Bloom trying to pour some water at their bases.
The monster saw this as an opportunity to throw Applejack off-balance, tripping her. She then hovered towards where she started her plant gorging.

“Blue!” Rarity chimed. “We gotta get Yellow on her feet! Red and Pink, chase that bug down!”

“On it!” Twilight and Fluttershy nodded. Fluttershy called her Burning Staff, and exclaimed, “Smoke Screen!” She pointed the staff at where Big Mac and Apple Bloom are, covering them and the trees in smoke. The creature accidentally inhaled some of the smoke, sending it into a disoriented daze. “Red, now!” Fluttershy said, hurrying to assist Applejack’s siblings.

Twilight aimed her Star Blaster at the monster, and prepared to fire. “Piercing Power Prioritized, Fire!” She took the shot, damaging the monster significantly. “Black!” She called through her Morpher. “Has Yellow come to? Need some assistance here! This Queen Bee thing ain’t going down anytime soon.”

“I’m already…” Applejack said, charging with her axe. “Done!” And with a cleave, the apid monster was vanquished. She then turned to Fluttershy and Twilight and knocked them to the ground. “Get down!”

The monster’s remains let out a large explosion, but the color of the cloud was redder than before. The cloud then spun itself into a small tornado, scurrying away into the distance. Just then, a red lightning bolt struck where it headed, letting out a bright flash, and a rumbling sound. A larger version of the monster grew out of the site where the bolt struck.

“Honeycomb has returned! Tremble in fear, Pony Grove!”

The five girls’ Morphers chimed in with a ring. Twilight pressed on hers, the Ursa head making a chomping sound. It was Luna. “Call the Zords, they’re the only ones who can size up to that! I’m sending you the command, read and understand it!”
Twilight then scanned what the Princess sent her, reading through it quickly. She then nodded and turned to the other girls. “Alright! Come on girls!” Twilight said, waving her hand. “Ok, once I count down, say Zords Descend! then press and hold for two seconds, and they’ll enter the battle!”

The other four girls nodded. “Three, two, one!”

The five shouted in unison. “Zords Descend!”

A portal opened high in the sky, accompanied by lightning cracks and rumbling, and out came the five Zords, Ursa taking the lead in a charge towards Honeycomb. Following closely behind were Timber Wolf and Diamond Dog, with Windicorn at the back, and Phoenix soaring above. The Zord arrival took Honeycomb by total surprise, as Timber Wolf and Diamond Dog managed to subdue two of its limbs with bites, leaving an opening for Phoenix and Windicorn to blast at it.

Honeycomb broke free after managing to heave Timber Wolf in the way of Windicorn’s gust bullets.

“Oh, poppy.” Windicorn said through Pinkie’s Morpher. “Terribly sorry, Timber!”

“This monster’s stronger than I thought!” Timber said through Applejack’s Morpher. “Ursa, how about we show it, that?”

“Twilight!” Ursa spoke. “You know what to do!”

“Ok! Girls! On three!” Twilight exclaimed, as she counted with fingers. All five Rangers, while in a circle facing each other, held their right arms out. “Zords Combine!”

“Hold it right--” Phoenix protested.

“This is not--” Diamond Dog added.

“The command has been sent!” Ursa shouted.

Suddenly, the five girls found themselves enveloped in blinding white light. In an instant, the light faded, and they found themselves inside a room with five glowing circles on the floor, supposedly corresponding to their colors, but Rarity took notice. “Has anyone noticed I’m the Black Ranger? It’s not exactly an indicator of light, more like the absence of it.”
“Try the one matching your gorgeous hair,” Applejack said. “That purple zone, I guess?”

“Oh dear, Yellow…” Rarity teasingly said with a light swoon. “Keep it up and you might take my heart too!”

“Yellow and Black, sitting in a tree!” Pinkie sang.

“Hey, hey!” Twilight said. “Let’s just get to the positions alright?”

They all nodded to the suggestion, and went to stand on the circles of light.

Diamond Dog and Timber Wolf screeched to a halt, and then their bodies began to change into what seemed to be robotic legs. This was followed by Windicorn propping his body upright and putting his rear area down, transforming into what passes as a right arm. Phoenix then followed suit, but did it in reverse, with her head and wings detaching to form a shield, and the rest of her transforming into a left arm. In the center, Ursa’s body shifted, with the front part attaching to the legs and arms that are the other Zords and becoming a torso, and his back part latching onto the back of the forming robot. Once the combination was concluded, the head of the new robot arose from within.

From five Zords, form one giant robot.

The Harmony Megazord is formed.

“What have you done?” Luna chimed in. “You aren’t supposed to combine all five Zords!”

“What?” Twilight asked. “How come? I was given the instructions and--”

“This combination won’t last long, I’ll explain later!” Luna said. “I’m overriding controls, shield yourselves!”

As the princess spoke to the five girls, the Megazord bolted towards the giant Honeycomb and grabbed hold of it.

“Rangers, eject!” Luna commanded the Morphers, which force-ejected the five girls out to safety. Applejack looked on to the battle, the giant robot made out of Zords holding the monster in a tight hold, as it flashed and blinked, faster and faster. In just a few more seconds, both the robot and the monster exploded, with the shockwave almost sending the Rangers flying. Rarity and Fluttershy were knocked over, Twilight and Applejack managed to keep their footing, while Pinkie out of sheer luck jumped around the shockwave’s path.

As they were coming to, the Steed Speeders screeched to a halt nearby, taking them by surprise. “Get on, you’re going back to base!” Luna shouted through the Morphers.

The girls did as they’re told and sped back towards the manor.

“Okay…” Luna sighed. “You girls are lucky I managed to take over, or else that would have been ugly. I don’t want to go on a lengthy sermon, so I’ll cut to the chase. With forming the Megazord, you can’t use all five Zords. I should know, because I made the same mistake… I was out for a week, and my sister was worried sick. And now I…” Luna sighed again. “Take a rest, girls, don’t forget what I just said.”

The girls nodded, and powered down their Morphers. Fluttershy whispered while raising her hand.

“Princess?” Twilight asked. “Fluttershy has a question.”

“Ah,” Luna wondered. “What’s on your mind, Fluttershy?”

“Will the Zords be okay?” Fluttershy asked.

“They will need to rest,” Luna said. “For the meantime you girls should too, luckily for us, that experiment that the enemy did ended up with their giant monsters having an effect on their troops, destroying a giant monster will put down any attempted advances for a while.” She then took off her hair ties with a yawn. “Go home now, let’s call it a day while we’re at it--”

Just then the front doors swung open, and a white haired girl collapsed on the doorway. “Uh oh,” Applejack said, rushing to carry the unconscious visitor to the lounge, with Fluttershy preparing a hot towel and Pinkie preparing some water to nurse the girl back to her senses.

Author's Note

New chapter's here!

Also added some beginnings of what I would consider fuel for SunLight and FlutterDash (Dashie's not gonna enter the fray yet, and Sunset's still keeping an eye on the Dazzlings, so at most we get stuff from Flutters and Twily's end), hence why I have now added the story to the according groups(I didn't feel like it was sufficient adding it before the addition of this chapter, but with this chapter now I can sigh in relief)

Also the door's open for anyone who wants to help out with any suggestions about improvements, I haven't written in a while, and I think there is at least some rust showing. I also would be open for suggestions to changing the title of the fic itself(which is just how the Super Sentai series names its teams), I haven't inserted what the team is specifically called other than "the Rangers", so far I'm sitting on either "Himerangers" or "Ponyrangers" (first one is the whole "their powers were something the Princesses used", second one is cuz of the town they're defending), any other suggestions are welcome

The Hell Generals Arrive! Harmony Defender Megazord, Awaken!

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Ziz, the Sky Lord! Dark Gryphon, Arise!

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Ziz Zord Control? Harmony Striker Megazord VS Dark Gryphon Megazord!

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Ziz Uncovered! Missing Orb Found?

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A New Ranger? Thunderstorm Megazord, Rumble!

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Reunion, Homeward Dash

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The Rainbows

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Sombra’s Shadow Army: Snail Soldier Arrives

The five girls returned to Luna’s lab, where the princess was playing checkers with Shining, with the latter losing for the 14th time.

“King me.” Luna said. “Best 15 out of 29?” Shining demanded.

“We’re back, Princess!” Twilight said, walking towards the checkerboard.

“And we got them Zords to help!” Applejack added.

“At least there’s some good news,” Luna sighed. “However...” she said as she opened the live news feed. There was a snail-like monster armed with poison stingers on its wrist, chasing down the people at the park.

“Hear me, you dry whelps! I, Snail Soldier, will claim this little town for the Shadow Empire! After this, King Sombra will reward me with a bounty of mates for sure! Bwahahahahaha!”

“This just in,” said the reporter. “King Sombra’s Shadow Army has arrived for Pony Grove!”

“How are we gonna get there in time?” Rarity wondered.

“Oh no, we’re going to have to run there, are we?” Fluttershy asked with a gulp.

Fluttershy’s Morpher started blinking. “Use the powers we granted through the Morpher, that will get you there.” Phoenix Zord said.

“All right!” Fluttershy said with a nod. She pushed on her Morpher, saying “Umm…”

Twilight cocked her head sideways. “Let me try…” she said as she pushed on hers, and listened to each entry. “Hmm… Grizzly Shield… Star Blaster... Steed Speeder? I’ll try the Steed Speeder...”

She pressed on her Morpher, calling out “Steed Speeder, activate!”

A motorbike themed like a horse spawned in the empty space of the lab.

However, Twilight realized that despite her time with Sunset and her motorbike, she doesn’t know how to ride one. “Uh, Ursa?”
“There’s autopilot options available,” the Morpher answered.

With a sigh of relief, she turned to the girls and nodded. “Now that that mystery’s taken care of, let’s get on our Steed Speeders!”

Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy summoned their Steed Speeders, and then got on.

“I’ll open the exit ramp,” Luna said. Without even looking, she pulled down a lever that opened the exit ramp.
The five girls sped off on their Steed Speeders, heading for the park.

“Nothing is working!” a police officer said to another as he tried to shoot at the snail monster.

“Can we contact the Army?” a third one asked.

“They’re occupied!” the first one answered. “Thanks to the Canterlot invasion, their hands are full in order to maintain the blockade on Sombra’s army! Chief explained it to us this morning, remember?”

“Dammit!” the second officer said. “How about the rest of the Canterlot Guards? The Wonderbolts? The Shadowbolts?”

“Also occupied,” the first officer added. “They are keeping Chrysalis’ Hive in check.”

“All of them?” The third one asked.

“All of them.” The second one answered.

“If their forces aren’t held at bay,” the first one said, “they will be able to walk through conquering half the continent with ease.”

“This is such a bad day for lunch...” The second one said.

The monster turned around to the officers. “Ha ha ha! My slime just softened those shots you took!” it said.

“Oh yeah? How about these? Star Blaster!” someone shouted.

From out of nowhere, energy blasts littered the monster with hits, staggering it.

“Errgh, foul shot!” the monster shouted.

“You’re one to talk!” someone shouted back. “Heartwood Axe!”

The swing was dodged by the monster, and it curled up into a fetal position. “You’ll never get through the Shell Formation!” it shouted.

The police officers looked in shock and awe. Five female fighters, clad in colorful lycra, wearing helmets with animal visages.
An officer spoke up. “Excuse me!”

The five girls turned to the officer, as he added, “You can’t park on the grass!”

The girls looked at each other, confused. They looked at their Steed Speeders, which they left parked on the park grass.
“Hey, Windy!” Pinkie said, talking to her Morpher. “Can the Steed Speeders be de-summoned?”

“Of course, loud girl!” Windicorn Zord said, his voice sounding more gruff. “Steed Speeders, Dismiss!” he said out loud.
The Steed Speeders then vanished into thin air. “Say ‘summon’ when calling on your arsenal, ‘dismiss’ when you don’t need them.”

“Thanks a lot, Windy!” Pinkie cheered.

“You girls better get used to the whole ‘fight against evil’,” Windicorn Zord said with a chuckle. “It’s a long one...”

“Alright!” Fluttershy said, gulping. “Burning Staff!” she said out loud, or what she would consider loud, and then put her hand out. A pink staff patterned with flames and topped with an avian head spawned onto her grip.

“Crystal Saber!” Rarity said out loud, as she conjured a fencing saber and took pose.

“Alpine fan!” Pinkie shouted, coupled with bounces. Two folding fans appeared, one in each of her hands. The three of them then charged at the snail monster, supporting Twilight and Applejack’s advance.

However, the monster was quick to dodge their individual attacks, evading the lunges Rarity made while stepping aside to be clear of Applejack’s swings.

Fluttershy’s fire blasts managed to hit the monster’s shell. However, the blasts only managed to leave scorch marks without burning through it. “Oooh, why I oughta scream--” Fluttershy said, annoyed. She then screamed in her standard Fluttershy manner, very softly. “Aaa...”

Pinkie fanned a couple of air gusts at the snail monster. The shell didn’t budge, but the antenna did.

“Dang it, I’m blinded!” it said, squirming and covering what seems to be its face, where the antennae retreated in. “Soot in my eyes!”

Applejack managed to whack a hit at the shell, making a crack. “Rarity, now!” Rarity then attempted a thrust attack, but she couldn’t get a stab at the crack. “Unbelievable, the crack’s too small! And it’s healing!”

Applejack swung her axe at the monster's feet. "No good, there's armor there as well!"

Twilight, after observing the recent effects, then turned to Fluttershy. “Scorch the ground and soot it up!” She then turned to Pinkie and said, “Blow the soot at the monster as soon as he comes to!”

“Okay!” Pinkie and Fluttershy both said. Fluttershy then aimed her staff at the ground, and exclaimed, “Scorch… please...”

The staff then blanketed the ground with a swath of bright flame, covering it with a considerable layer of soot.

Pinkie then prepared her fan. “Go Go, Gale Gust!”, she shouted, hurtling a dust devil made of soot, at Snail Soldier.

The soot then covered its eyes and antennae, this time, blinding it for good. “I can’t see! Why didn't Lord Sombra let me bring backup!”

Applejack then rolled her shoulders, and then nodded at Rarity. “C’mon, hun! Ah gotcha!”

“Why, I never!” Rarity scoffed. “Ladies like to have ample independence, for your information--”

Before she could finish, Applejack sprinted at the monster and cracked the shell in half with a solid swing.

Rarity shook her head. “Yes, dear, I can hear your muscles bulging… Forward, forward, dash, low outside!”

A solid pierce at the weak point by Rarity’s Crystal Saber, skewered the monster. She pulled her saber out from Snail Soldier as it collapsed and exploded, staggering the two girls.

“I...” Rarity said in shock.

“Darling, the forces of evil tend to… burst upon defeat.” Diamond Dog said. “However, this one was not of enough power to damage you.”

“Be warned, however,” Ursa added to Twilight. “Your victory may have just landed us on the Coalition’s radar.”

“Ursa is right,” Princess Luna said through communication. “To get to me and my sister, Sombra and Chrysalis will have to go through you girls.”

Author's Note

Hello, I've continued progress with this fanfiction in the form of this chapter(and three more currently stowing while I hammer out any dings needed), sorry it took so long, been stuck in trying to advance the story. Lesson learned, rein in the worldbuilding.

Secondly, considering the stuff I've written previously, I will indeed be nudging the girls into an F/F direction, hopefully I can make it more organic. The cosmic unknown knows that I've put on hold many large stories because I feel like I screwed up writing the romance. Oneshots are fine, especially when based on prompts. But as for long-ish stories I'm wondering