Starfleet Magic: Season 2
Episode 2: One Hot Capture
Previous ChapterNext ChapterLightning Dawn and all his friends were out in the meadow outside of New Ponyville. Their majesties were present as well. Yesterday, they discover six stones and thirteen dinosaur cards in a meteor that crashed. Soon, they encounter the Alpha Gang who were destined ato collect all the dinosaur cards, including Sapphire's. The reason why was unknown.
For now, the team wanted to study just how strong the dinosaurs were. "Alright, Sapphire, bring them out." Lightning said.
"Right." She took out the six cards and slashed them.
"STARFLEET SLASH! DINOSAURS ARISE!"
And just like that, the six dinosaurs appeared and roared. Fluttershy and Pinkie were amazed at the beauty of the dinosaurs. "They're beautiful." Fluttershy praised.
"Alright, Sapphire. First, we'll test you dinosaurs strength in battle." Grand Ruler stated. He took out his piece of the Rainbow Rod and Celestia took out her matching piece. They nodded at each other and combined the two and the rod began to glow, consuming their bodies into light entities and whirling round and around. Everyone watched in awe as the two forms of light swirled in spiral-loops and came together to form Grand Celestial Ruler.

"First, we'll test you Acrocanthosaurus and Amargasaurus strengths." Lightning said.
"Alright, Blaze, Strom, ready?" Sapphire called. The two dinosaurs roared in agreement while the other four backed away.
Blaze and Storm charged The Ruler. The Ruler dodged and punched Blaze, but he roared and smacked them with it's tail. The Ruler lunged again at the two but Blaze tried to bite them. They zipped away, but Storm came in and bashed them, sending them crashing to the ground. "Woah."
The Ruler got up just as Storm charged them. They flew high in air and prepared to slash him with it's scepter, however, they didn't expect Blaze to jump high into the air too. He roared and The Ruler looked behind and saw it's silhouette above them. They tried to avoid it but Blaze came down and smacked them with it's head. The Ruler crashed into the ground. "Wow, they use teamwork to attack The Ruler! Amazing!" Lightning cried.
The Ruler staggered to it's feet and decided to use their attack. They powered up the staff and recited the magical chant.
“Cosmic powers, hear our call
Come forth now, and make evil fall
Nevermore will darkness reign,
Let peace and harmony replace the pain
Now let be finished what has begun
And through the darkness shall light now run
Let hope shimmer and burden so bright…
I summon forth the…
and unleashed the “MYSTIC LIGHT!”
The blast headed straight towards Blaze and Storm. Sapphire took out their move cards.
"MAGAMA BLASTER!"
"FUTBA SUPER CANNON!"
Blaze's mouth filled with fire and he stomped his foot. Rearing back, he unleashed a large stream of fire at the blast while a pool of water came in front of Storm and a Futabasaurus appeared. It opened it mouth and formed a ball of water then it blasted a powerful stream of water at the blast. The three combined and after a power struggle the dinos attacks pushed back The Ruler's attack!
"What!" The Ruler cried as the two attacks hit them hard. They skidded across the ground until they crashed into some trees. "Ruler!" Lightning cried. He and the team rushed to the crash site.
The Ruler groaned as they got up and defused into Grand Ruler and Celestia. Both of them were pretty banged up; scratches and a few bruises. "Are you two alright?" Starla asked.
The two nodded. "Well, the strength test is a success." Grand Ruler groaned. Sapphire returned her dinosaurs to the cards. "Sorry, I guess they overdid it."
"No, no, Sapphire, we're fine." Celestia reassured.
"Come on let's get you two to the palace to heal." Lightning said as he lifted his master into his arms bridal style, while Starla did the same with Celestia. "Krysta."
"Right."
Krysta used her magic to warp the team to the palace sickbay. However, they didn't notice that some of the flames floated around in the air. The flames hit a dinosaur card, it glowed red and turned into a large carnivorous dinosaur! It roared and saw New Ponyville in the distance. It decided to go have a look.
At the Alpha Gang's headquarters, Dr. Z and his minions were in the lab where he finished three new move cards for them. "Here, these cards we'll definitely help us capture those dinosaurs."
"Okay, Dr." Ursula said. Then their Alpha Scanner began blinking and beeping. "Another dinosaur!" Ed cried.
"Where?" Dr. Z asked.
"It looks like it's in a town somewhere."
"Well then, go get it!"
"Alpha Gang, ready!"
At the sickbay, their majesties were treated for their wounds, luckily, they were only minor injuries. Sapphire had her dinosaurs in their chibi mode. "Once again, sorry that I overdid it."
"Sapphire, it's alright. We're fine." Celestia reassured. Suddenly, her husband screamed in pain and the gang soon saw why. The Styracosaurus, which Sapphire named Bolt was chomping on Grand Ruler's leg... again. "Bolt, stop it! This instance! Stop!" he cried.
Sapphire giggled, "Come here, girl." she picked up Bolt, who reached out it's legs at Grand Ruler, wanting to get more chomping in. "Now, now, no chomping on his majesty."
Bolt roared softly.
Just then her device which she called her Dino Bracer began bleeping. "What the-?"
She looked at it and saw a red light. "What is it, Sapphire?"
"I think my bracer is detecting a dinosaur nearby."
"WHAT?" Everybody exclaimed.
"Where is it?" Starla questioned. Before Sapphire could answer Captain Shania came running towards them. "Your majesties! News from New Ponyville, some large creature is roaming the town."
"Oh no!" Pinkie cried.
"Let's move!" Lightning snapped. The team agreed and Sapphire turned her dinosaurs into cards and followed the gang out the window.
In New Ponyville, the dinosaur was walking around and roaring. The civilians screamed in fear and dashed for safetly. It opened it's mouth and launched a large fireball at the buildings. Luckily they were protected by the shields. The team arrived on the scene and saw the dinosaur attacking. "It's using Fire Cannon!" Sapphire identified.
The dinosaur then headed towards New Ponyville Elementary School. "No! It's heading towards the school!" Lightning cried. Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity and Buddy were all worried about their younger siblings.
"Applebloom!"
"Scootaloo!"
"Sweetie Belle!"
"DD!"
"Don't I'll stop it!" Sapphire claimed as she dashed to the school while the rest of the team dealt with the fires.
*Mykan's POV*
Me and Cheerliee were busy handing the students back their tests.
“Very good, excellent, not bad, needs improvement...”
I handed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon’s tests back, and they both had a C-Minus. “What?” snapped Diamond “But how can this be.”
“Yeah, we studied extra hard.” whined Silver Spoon
I ignored their whining and then turned to the Cutiemark Crusaders. I smiled at them very proudly, “Very well done, girls.” and I handed then all their tests, which had perfect scores!
The girls all smiled,
“Wow! Our new study group has really helped us a lot.” said Sweetie Belle.
“You see, class…” I said to the children “With a little self-discipline and a lot of concentration, you’ll find you’re capable doing more than you think.”
Applebloom raised her hand.
“Yes, Applebloom?”
“Um… is all this studyin’ and hard work how you became the man you are today, Mr. Stevens?”
I chose my next words carefully, “Well, I do owe a lot of what I am today through a lot of hard work, but remember this, children: Fate works in mysterious ways, and sometimes, things just happen all at once.
After all, I originally came to your world by a stroke of fate, not out of design.”
I surpassed my painful memories of how Lord Titan changed my life, using me a guinea pig for his portal test, and he killed my girlfriend, Michelle. That was two years ago.
“The point is,” I quickly said “Things can just happen, like a bolt of lightning that strikes without warning.”
POW!! That’s when a loud noise, like thunder was heard outside.
“Was that thunder?” asked Scootaloo.
DD who was sitting closest to the window looked up at the sky, “Whoa! Check it out!”
All the students rushed to the windows, and I looked outside as well. There, was a large dinosaur. It was 44 feet in length and 12 feet in height. It was green with markings on it's back.
“That’s a Carcharodontosaurus!” I said. The children were amazed. They never seen a dinosaur before, but that excitement turned to horror when the dinosaur unleashed a fireball from it's mouth, nearly hitting the school! "It's alright children, there's no need to panic." Cheerliee cooed, trying to clam the children down. The Carcharodontosaurus roared and began to charge right towards the school. "That big fella's gonna destroy the school!" Applebloom cried.
Suddenly, Sapphire came down in front of the school.
"STARFLEET SLASH! AMARGASAURUS, GUSH OUT!"
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Storm appeared and charged the Carcharodontosaurus, using his neck he knocked the dinosaur to the ground. "Way'd a go, Storm keep it up!" Sapphire cheered.
Just then, a black and yellow Spinosaurus appeared and leaped on top of Storm. "Hey!"
That's when we all saw three adults. "Alpha Gang." Sapphire snarled. "What do you want?"
"We came here for the dinosaur, so back off, you half-pint." Ursula demanded.
"No way, old lady!" A tick mark appeared on the women's head. "I am not an old lady!"
"Never mind that, just get the dinosaur!" Zander replied. "Oh, right." Ursula added. "Spiny, knock the dinosaur back into it's card and we're going home!"
Spiny roared but Storm flung him off his back, sending him to the ground. Spiny got up and charged Storm. Spiny grabbed Storm by the neck but Storm managed to toss Spiny back and forth until he slammed him onto the ground. Storm wasn't done there. He charged Spiny at full speed, colliding with him with such force, causing a lot of dust and smoke to circle the place. The CMC's were amazed.
"Awesome!" Scootaloo claimed.
"Sapphire's beatin' them for sure." Applebloom added. Me and Cheerliee were also amazed by the dinosaurs battle. "Ursula, this is not looking good. Throw in the towel." Zander said.
"That thing is kicking Spiny's butt." Ed added.
"Thank you both for you confidence." Ursula pulled out a Water-Type move card.

"Did you forget the special move card that Dr. Z gave us?"
"Oh Yeah, the move card." Zander replied.
"Swipe the card and let's swipe that dinosaur." Ursula stated as she gave the card to Zander. Zander slashed the card.
"Go Spinosaurus SHOCK WAVE!"
A large amount of water surrounded Spiny. Sapphire knew what they were doing. "Oh yeah?" she took out her own move card for Storm.
"WATER SWORD!"
Spiny launched the attack just as Storm made a sword of water from it's mouth and sliced the Shock Wave attack with it. The result was a spinning tube of water. "Woah." I gasped silently.
Ursula growled. The Carcharodontosaurus roared and charged at Spiny knocking him to the ground. "Hey pal, what's the big deal?!" Ursula exclaimed in shock. The dinosaur responded with another fireball, blasting Spiny and sending him flying. "Spiny!" Zander cried. The Spinosaurus skidded across the ground. Sapphire took out another move card "Alright Storm, let's finish them. ULTIMATE WATER!"
Storm roared and a wave of water launched him at Spiny. He made contact and sent Spiny rolling across the ground. He glowed blue and turned back into a card. "Alright, Storm!"
"Wah!" The Alpha Gang cried. Zander raced over and picked up Spiny's card. "You'll pay for this, you brat!" Ed said. The Carcharodontosaurus came in front of the Alpha Gang and roared. They screamed and ran away in fear. "Bye bye, Alpha Gang."
"We'll get you for this!" Ursula declared.
When they were gone for the day, the Carcharodontosaurus turned to Storm. It roared at him. Sapphire knew it wanted to finish the battle before the Alpha Gang interrupted.
"Alright big fella, let's finish this." Sapphire said.
Carcharodontosaurus roared and prepared another Fire Cannon attack. "Storm, hit in the mouth!" Sapphire ordered. Storm roared and charged Carcharodontosaurus. It smacked it's head into the mouth, making the dinosaur hit itself. It collapsed, glowed red and turned back into two cards.


Sapphire ran over and picked them up. "Don't worry, you're safe now." She returned Storm to his card.
*POV Ends*
Sapphire came into the school to check on the children. Entering the room, she was greeted by a roar of applause and cheers from the children. She blushed, "Everyone alright?"
"Yes, we're alright, Sapphire." Mykan replied.
"No body was hurt." Cheerliee added.
That's when Lightning and the team arrived in the room. "Applebloom, are you alright?" Applejack asked in a panic. Rarity, Rainbow and Buddy asked their younger relatives the same thing. The CMC's calmed their siblings down and told them about the dinosaur battle. "The Alpha Gang tried to take the Carcharodontosaurus?!" Lightning exclaimed.
"Yes, but Sapphire and Storm beat them into the ground." Mykan replied. Sapphire showed the gang the cards, "and I got the cards before them."
"Great work Sapphire. You saved the children and the dinosaur." Starla praised. Sapphire smiled and Lightning and the team were proud of her and Storm. She took out Storm's card and swiped it backwards, turning him into a chibi form. "Well, Storm, looks like you were a hero today." Sapphire said.
Storm roared happily.
Soon, the gang were back at the royal palace. Mykan was present as well. "So the Alpha Gang tried to capture the Carcharodontosaurus?" Celestia asked.
"Yes, they came in when Storm had it on the ground. They tried to beat Storm so I couldn't stop them from taking the dinosaur." Sapphire explained. Grand Ruler thought about this information. "Well then, we'll have to be more careful. But the real question is how did the dinosaur get activated in the first place?"
"Maybe it had something to do with earlier?" Sapphire suggested.
"What do you mean?" Celestia asked.
"After you two were taken to the hospital I noticed some of the flames from Blaze's attack flying in the wind. I didn't think anything of it but I think one of the flames hit the Carcharodontosaurus card, activating the dinosaur."
"So you're saying the dinosaur can be activated without the stones?" Mykan asked.
"It appears the dinosaurs can also be activated when they touch their natural element." Grand Ruler theorized. "If this is true then we'll have to be extremely careful. Who knows what or when the next dinosaur will appear."
The team saluted in response. For now, everything was peaceful... for now.
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