Little Pony Legend (Rewrite): New Bender
Kindness in an Unexpected Form
Previous ChapterCrystal entered the palace and took the changeling wolf into the sickbay section of the palace. She placed it on a bed and looked through the cabinets until she found what she was looking for; the first aid kit.
The wolf whimpered and she approached it with the strange white and red box. "It's alright. This'll help you feel better." The wolf calmed a little as Crystal got out a gauze, hydrogen peroxide and cotton balls. First, she washed out the wound with some water. She saw the wound was just a medium-sized scratch. After that, she poured some of the peroxide on the wound, earning her a yelp from the wolf. "Shhhh." she cooed. Placing the cotton ball on the wound and then wrapping it up in the gauze, she was soon finished addressing the wound. "There you go, big fella. All fixed." The wolf looked at the bandage and up at Crystal. She lean in and licked her as if saying, 'Thank you.'
"Your welcome."
Iris, Akari, Mai, Hiro, Gallent Seed, Chi, Korra, Mako, Asami, Boiln, the Mane 6, Queens Leliani, Celestia and Luna, Starlight, Sunset, Sunburst, Nova and the lizard Spirit siblings all entered the sickbay, seeing the wolf was up on it's feet again. "Sooo... you've healed it, huh?" Rainbow said.
"Yeah." The wolf jumped onto her chest and started licking her. "He's big softie, can I keep him?"
A moment of silence fell. "Well... Ummm..." Korra started.
"The.. um... thing is, uh." Iris added. Nobody knew exactly what to say to her. Changeling wolves were vicious and dangerous, but this one acted like a puppy. "Please?" she pleaded.
Korra sighed, "Alright, Crystal, you can keep it."
"YEAH!" Crystal cheered, hugging her new pet. The wolf howled too and glowed as well. "What's happening to it?" Chi asked.
Chi got the answer when the light diminished revealing a completely new changeling wolf. He looked like a normal healthy wolf with snowy white fur with silver stars all over his body. His wings changed to that of a falcon.
"Woah, it transformed!" Twilight exclaimed. "But how?"
"Maybe when Crystal showed it kindness, it was able to feed on that and transform? Changelings do feed on emotions." Akari suggested.
"I think you maybe right." her mother agreed. The wolf walked over to Korra and nuzzled her leg. Korra bend down and stared at him. "You look much better like this." she commented, getting her a lick from the transformed changeling wolf.
The wolf bounced over to Crystal and rubbed against her.
"So what are you gonna name him?" Iris asked.
Crystal thought of some names that would fit her new companion. "... Welcome to the family, Silver." The wolf barked, accepting the name. Deino, Dratini and Mareep came over and greeted their new friend.
Soon, everyone was in the palace throne room discussing Crystal's abilities.
"So we know she can change into animals and create animals with the four nature elements." Twilight went over. "And now Chrysalis knows she can do this too."
"So what, she'll just beat her but like the last time." Flash said with a smirk.
"It may not be that easy. She may develop new ways to try and steal her magic." Korra sighed.
'"Well then, we'll just have to continue to train her." Mika stated. The others agreed went to find Crystal to start her training again. They found her already bonding her with wolf pet by laying fetch. "Alright, g get it Silver." The wolf barked and chased after the ball. H got it in his mouth and brought it back to Crystal. "Good boy."
"Crystal!" Korra called.
Crystal saw them and went over to her friends. "Yes, Korra?"
"Crystal, you wanna start training again?"
Crystal grinned, "Yeah." Korra and the others grinned at her happiness, "Alright, let's go."
This time for the training session, they went to a wide open field, this way they would battle at full force and not risk hurting anyone. Iris and her friends were present too, along with Crystal's pokemon.
"Alright Crystal, this time we'll be working with firebending." Korra said. Crystal froze a little and the sound of 'fire'. Mako rolled his eyes. Fire was Korra's favorite element.
Korra started by launching a ball off fire at Crystal, however, instead of deflecting it like everyone expected her to, she just dodged and hid behind a tree. "Huh? Crystal?" Korra called.
"What was that about?" Rainbow asked. Deino, Dratini and Mareep went over to the tree where their trainer was hiding along with Iris and her friends. They saw Crystal curled up in a ball of fear, whimpering with tears coming out of her eyes. "Crystal... what's the matter?" Gallent asked. Deino and Dratini nuzzled their trainer.
"Deino?"
"Tini Dra, Tini."
The three pokemon haven't seen her like this, even though they've know her few a few days, but they didn't like it.
Crystal did something between and sob and a breath, ".... No.... fire.... memory."
"Memory? Of what?" Gallent asked. That's when Korra, Twilight, Celestia, Luna and Leliani came over. "Children, what's wrong?" Leilani asked. The saw Crystal huddled up in the ball. "Why is Crystal so distressed?" Luna asked.
"All she said was 'No... fire... memory'." Akari said.
"Memory about what?" Celestia asked.
"That's the question, but based on her reaction, it had to be pretty terrible for her to be afraid of fire like this." Iris added. Crystal sat up and sniffling, wiping tears from her eyes. "Crystal... do you wanna tell us why you're scare of fire?" Korra asked gently, kneeling down beside her. Crystal sniffled and nodded, "Can we talk... in the palace?"
Korra nodded and the girls took Crystal to the palace main room. They wanted to speak to her alone so they asked their friends to leave.
"So it started when I was about nine years old..."
Flashback
Nine-year old Crystal was playing in a field with her parents watching her from a bench. She was happy and cheerful until fireball came out of nowhere and almost hit her. "Crystal!" her mother immediately raced over to her daughter and picked her up. "Are you alright?"
Crystal nodded, very shaken up. That's when the family heard a loud swquck from above. Looking up they all say a giant yellow bird with a long, flowing head crest and a billowing tail, both made of flames. Additionally, its wings are also shrouded in fiery plumage. Its straight, pointed beak is brown along with small talons.
The bird kept blasting everything with a fire attack, burning the fields easily. "Mommy!" Crystal sobbed. Her mother held her daughter tighty, trying to calm her down. Her father used his firebending to disperse the fire long enough for the family to escape. The large bird flew away while the family tried to recover from what they just experienced.
End of Flaskback
"After that I became afraid of any fire, coming towards me. Me using fire attacks is fine, but I just get that horrible memory when fire is launched at me." Crystal finished.
The Queens were all shocked and horrified from Crystal's story. "That's terrible." Korra said.
"No wonder you freaked." Twiight added. Crystal nodded.
"How about we just focus on wind, water and earth. Then, if you feel ready by then, we'll train with you fire bending?" Korra offered. Crystal liked the idea and nodded.
Korra smiled and they all exited the room. "Korra, what happened?" Mako asked.
"Yeah, what's going on?" Chi added.
Korra and Twilight explained everything to the group. When they were done, they were in a mixture of sadness and shock. "Poor Crystal, so that's why you were so scared when Korra fired fire at you." Fluttershy cooed.
Crystal shyly nodded.
Iris and Akari came up to her. "Don't worry, just focus on the other three elements and then you'll focus on fire." Iris stated.
"Alright." Crystal said.
"So why don't we start with some water bending?" Korra proposed. Crystal nodded.
But before they could began Mareep came into the room, crying in distress, "Mareep! Mareep!"
"Mareep, what's wrong?" Nova asked.
Mareep ran out of the room and the gang followed her to the outisde of the palace wherer Deino and Dratini were present, however, something was wrong.
Deino and Dratini were glowing!
"Why are they glowing?" Mai asked.
"Cause they're evolving." Crystal replied.
"EVOLVING!" Everybody exclaimed. And sure enough when the light vanished in place of Deino and Dratini were two different pokemon.
The first one was the same color as Deino, except it had two heads and four legs with two thin wings on its back, each ending in two points. The second was a longer version of Dratini. It had a small orb underneath it's neck and an orb of the top of it's head. Its head is flanked by two small, stylized wings, which are white and curve into a swirl at the base.
"Sweet Mother of Raava! What are they?!" Hiro and Mai cried in unison.
"Zwellous and Dragonair, the evolved forms of Deino and Dratini." Crystal said.
"But how?" Mako asked.
"Pokemon evolve when they reach a certain level or by an evolutionary stone. Deino and Dratini must have reach their evolution level." Crystal explained.
Zwellous and Dragonair came over to Crystal and nuzzled her. "Hehe, I'm so happy for you both."
"Zwellous, Zwe!"
"Nair."
The friends were happy for the pokemon. Mareep came over and cried happily for her friends. "Now how about that water training?" Nori asked. Crystal smiled, "Alright."
