Train on the way to Ponyville

With Twilight's brother and sister in law now safe, the defenders were on their way back to Ponyville with Jade along side them. Meanwhile Jax overlooked the damage on his bionic arms. They were beyond repair, and he knew it... he sighed knowing there was no way he could repair them in the form he was in. "Man... the worst thing about being a pony, is that I have no hands to repair my arms with..." he muttered feeling depressed.

Applejack touched his shoulder with a reassuring smile. "Don't worry... Twilight might know a way to fix them up. Maybe even alter them a bit, that way you're not having to deal with them locking up." she said to him and turned to Twilight. "Right Twilight...?" she asked her.

"Theoretically yes, but I've never used a spell on bionics before. So there may be a few complications in the process." Twilight said to her and Jax.

"Well that makes me feel better..." Jax said sarcastically to her. "I want all the help I can get, but I don't want there to be any complications should she work on them." he said to them.

"Jax, come on... she's the smartest pony in this realm, I'm sure she can fix them no problem. "Johnny said to him.

"Yes... do not doubt her skill." Jade said to him as Jax sighed and leaned against the wall of the train getting some rest. Jade meanwhile shook her head and looked to Kitana and Twilight. "So... you took in a student to learn our ways Kitana...?" she asked her and looked to her smiling.

"I did... Twilight Sparkle has show great skill in our ways, even adding her own to improve it." Kitana explained to her and looked towards her student.

Jade looked to her and smiled. "I noticed... you certainly have the strength and skill of an Edenian... but do you possess the knowledge of one...?" she asked her.

"Well, not exactly... I didn't realize that I needed-" Twilight heard her letting out a light chuckle and looked to her surprised.

Jade laughed for a bit and looked to her. "Don't worry your majesty, I was only teasing... besides, any ally of Kitana is my ally." she said to her with a smile.

Chuckling nervously, Twilight began to wonder if she was serious. But she shook her head and focused. "Now... when you first arrived here, where were you...?" she asked her.

"Since you asked, it is quite a long story..." Jade said to her.

"We got time..." Twilight replied to her.

Smiling at her response, Jade immediately got comfortable to tell her. "When I first arrived in this realm, I'm sure you can all imagine my surprise when I saw my new form..." she gestured to herself.

"Believe me, I was beyond surprised..." Johnny said to her.

"Be that as it may... I new I was not in Edenia, or Earthrealm. So I tried my hardest to find the closest village... I found one, that was inhabited by bird-like creatures... with feline features." Jade explained to them. "They of course were rather rude..." she pointed out to them.

Flashback, Griffonstone

The griffons watched as Jade wandered through their town, giving her scowls and greedy looks. Jade knew for certain she was in a tough situation here, probably worse than being stuck in a village of Tarkatan warriors. She knew she needed to get out of the town before she got in trouble, she went straight for the exit, but a griffon got in her war stopping her. "What's your hurry...?" she asked her.

"I am merely passing through, now please step aside..." she said to her about to walk pass her.

But the griffon grabbed hold of her stopping her. "I don't think so... you wanna pass through, you gotta pay bits. That's the rule around here in Griffonstone." she told her and pushed her back. "Now pay up...!" she yelled.

"Listen to me, you do not want to cause trouble with me." Jade warned her.

The griffon chuckled as she clenched her claws. "You have no idea who you're dealing with... I'm Gilda, of Griffonstone. You cause trouble here, you'll have to deal with me." she said to her as she walked toward her. Acting in self defense, Jade pulled out her staff and quickly blocked her attack and smacked her in the face with it. Gilda rolled on the ground from it and shook her head of what she hit her with, and turned to her with a glare. "Alright... if that's how its gonna be..."

"If you start a fight with me, I will gladly end it...!" Jade stood in her fighting stance. Gilda glared at her and charged at her to strike her with her claws. Jade dodged her claws and blocked them to keep her from scratching her. She swings her staff hitting her side and slams it on top of her head, causing Gilda to cry out in pain holding her head.

Shaking off the pain, Gilda glared at the Edenian Unicorn for it and snarled charging at her to claw her eyes out. But the unicorn avoided her attacks and blocked each of her attacks. "You're going to regret picking a fight with me you bi-" before she could finish her sentence, Jade jabbed her in the stomach with her staff forcing her to let out a grunt. She groaned from it as she held her stomach and coughed a bit but glared at her. "You've really gone and done it this time!" she threw her tail at her snaring her leg and swings throwing her at a building.

Jade let out a grunt as she crashed against one of the houses and landed on the ground. She shook her head and looked seeing Gilda charge at her about to take her head, she quickly dodged her attack as Gilda's claws scratched through the wall behind her. She put her staff away and landed two quick jabs at her torso hitting her weak points. Gilda hissed from it and swung her claws at her only to miss as Jade ducked from her attack and leaped away. "Last chance to leave... I suggest you take it while you can." she said to her.

Gilda only let out a scoff as her claws extended. "You think that's gonna stop me...? Think again little unicorn!" she leaped into the air and flew straight at her... Jade prepared to strike her, but Gilda kicked dirt at her causing her to temporarily go blind. "You're mine!" she charged at her and clawed at her arm causing her to cry out in pain and hold where she was scratched. "Hard to fight back when you can't see huh...?"

Rubbing her eyes, Jade tried to focus her vision, but Gilda smacked her with the back of her hand causing her to stumble. The griffon landed a few hard punches against the green unicorn and swung her leg kicking her face. Jade hit the ground and groaned from pain. She shook her head touching the ground and felt water... she rubbed the water over her eyes to clean them as Gilda approached about to hurt her some more. But Jade's eyes snapped open and splashed the water in her face to distract her as she pulled out her boomerang and threw it at Gilda slicing a few feathers off of her causing the griffon the shriek from it. "Next time you want to fight dirty, pick on someone your own size!" she charged at Guild and struck her with her staff cracking a few ribs, she twirled it and smacked it against her jaw fracturing it. She pointed her staff at Gilda's head and let it extend, seeing it smack against the griffon's forehead sending her flying backwards hitting the ground. She groaned from it but shook off the pain glaring at the unicorn as she got back up onto her feet. "Stay down... or I will have to knock you down again..."

"I'm not giving up... not by a long shot." Gilda said to her and charged at her. Sighing knowing how stubborn she is, Jade dodged her attack and struck her arm hitting its nerve points forcing them to go limp. Seeing it surprised, Gilda went to strike her with her other arm, but Jade hit the nerve points on her arm getting it to go limp with the other arm. Struggling from what she did, Gilda glared at her. "What the hell have you done to my arms?!"

"I just simply paralyzed them... I tried to warn you." Jade said to her only to see her throw a kick. She quickly hits the nerve points on her leg as she quickly dodged her attack seeing her fall on the ground.

The griffon cried out as she laid on the ground. "I swear, this just gets worse for you!" she cried out.

"You're just embarrassing yourself... please... stay down... final warning." Jade warned her.

But she refused to give up as she got up from the ground. "Hope this will be the only time you see a one legged griffon in an ass kicking contest..." she said to her as she hopped around on her only working leg.

"Are all your kind this stubborn...?" Jade asked her.

"Yeah, come with the job description of a griffon... now quit standing around... and fight me you god damn little-"

Jade quickly threw her right leg up kicking her lower jaw as it clamped down on her tongue shutting her up. Gilda flew through the air and hit the ground finally unconscious from what Jade did. Jade dusted herself off and looked to the other griffons. "Anyone else care to try and fight me...?" she asked them only to see them back off. "Good... now... which way to the other settlements...?" she asked them as the all pointed Northwest towards the Crystal Empire. Looking towards it, Jade nodded and made her way there.

Present Time

"And that's how I came to be in the Crystal Empire when it was being invaded..." Jade finished her story.

Rainbow looked at her surprised and shook her head. "Wait, wait, wait... you mean to tell me... that you fought my former friend who tried to mug you for your bits?!" she asked her.

"I'm actually quite surprised you consider her a friend... are all griffons like that...? Jade asked them.

"Well, griffons are as greedy as dragons... they had massive hordes of gold, even greater than what dragons had. Griffonstone is one place I always wanted to see." Twilight said to her.

Jade let out a small chuckle and looked to her. "I'm speaking from experience... you don't want to see it..." she advised her.

"Point taken... but I still want to go." Twilight said to her feeling eager.

Jade rolled her eyes from hearing it but smirked. "You certainly are a student of knowledge..." she looked out the window looking at the wilderness outside the train. But what immediately caught her attention... was something flying through the dark clouds above them. She stepped closer to the window and looked around, earning everyone's attention. "Do you all see that...?" she asked them.

Everyone looked outside the train seeing the shadowed figure, they watched as it got closer to the train. "What is that?!" Pinkie asked as the mysterious being flew above the train landing on top of it.

The train shook from the impact and everyone in the train fell down to the floor from what landed on the roof. "What in the name of the Elder Gods was that?!" Sub-Zero asked them.

"It must be a creature of this realm..." Scorpion said to him.

Rainbow Dash poked her head out and saw what it was as her eyes widened. "Uhh... you could be right, but I don't recall a dragon wearing Outworld Armor..." she said to them.

Liu Kang looked poked his head out of the window and saw what it was. "That's no ordinary dragon... that's Onaga..." he said to them as he got back in with Rainbow Dash. "Onaga... the former emperor of Outworld, the Dragon King himself..." he explained to them.

"But what's he doing here?!" Rarity asked him.

"Its possible that the transfer to your world also sent him here to find us..." Sonya put it in theory.

"As impossible as it sounds, we still need to get him out of here!" Jax exclaimed as the train began to shake.

Jade armed herself and rushed to the window. "Leave it to me!" she opened it and leaped outside landing onto the roof of the train and looked to the Dragon King. "Onaga... why are you here...?!"

"I have been searching for Earth's Defenders since I arrived in this realm... never would have imagined you would be in this particular form." Onaga growled a bit as he stepped forward towards her. "But no matter the form... I won't let any of you stand in my way of getting my revenge on Shao Kahn...!" he snarled.

"I understand your need for revenge against him... which is why you should join us Onaga." Jade offered a chance to ally himself with them.

Sneering at the thought of it, Onaga stomped on the roof of the train causing everyone inside to panic. "Me, ally myself with defenseless ponies? You are sadly mistaken child!" he went to crush her, but Jade dodged his massive claws and twirled her staff striking at his muscles. But the Dragon King shrugged it off and swung his tail at her, only for her to leap back dodging it as the tail bent the roof.

Johnny felt a bolt land on his head causing him to yelp. "What is she doing up there?!" he asked them.

"If I have to guess, she's facing the Dragon King alone..." Nightwolf said to him.

"Somepony's gonna have to help her... there's no way she'll stand a chance against that guy." said Applejack as she stepped up to the window.

"AJ, what do you think you're doing?" Nightwolf asked her.

"I can't just stand here and let her risk her life out there Nightwolf, you out of everyone here should know that" Applejack said to him as the fight above them got worse. Nightwolf looked back to her and nodded as he helped her get to the roof, Applejack reached the top and looked to the fight as Onaga swung his claws at Jade trying to kill her. "Hey!" she swung her lasso at him snaring it around his neck choking him as she pulled him away from Jade.

"Nice timing there..." Jade said to her and charged at the Dragon King and leapt into the air kicking him at his chest knocking him over onto his back.

Onaga let out a grunt as he shook his head and growled as he used his claw to break the lasso off and turns to Applejack. "You should have stayed inside where it was safe little pony!" he snarled launching a fireball at her. But Applejack's defensive instincts kicked in as a powerful aura surrounded her, allowing her to charge through the fireball without getting burnt.

Nightwolf was surprised from what he had witnessed, Applejack was amazed as well as she looked to Onaga. "Ya know... when it comes to fighting a monster such as you, I try to hold back. But you...? I think holding back isn't gonna be an option at this point and time!" she exclaimed as Onaga snarled going for the kill. But Applejack dodged his attack forming a lasso out of spirit energy and throws it around his wrist snaring it. She pulled hard on the lasso as it forced Onaga to hit himself several times. Jade smirked as she charged at him swinging her staff smacking his legs tripping him over as his body slammed down to the ground.

"Woo! You guys see that?! Applejack is really holding her own out here!" Johnny watched the fight between the two ponies and the Dragon King.

"Cage, get your butt back in here!" Sonya grabbed hold of him and pulled him inside. "You trying to freeze yourself to death?" she asked him with a scowl.

"Hey, you know I can't miss out on a good fight." Johnny said to her.

Meanwhile outside Onaga roared out and breathed fire at the two ponies as they retreated from his fire breath and got between two train cars as the flames flew above them. Applejack panted from seeing it and looked to Jade. "Don't suppose you have an idea on how to get passed that...?" she asked the Edenian.

"Onaga's fire is lethal... it will be difficult to sneak up on him." Jade replied and looked behind her. "And getting to the back of the train will be much worse because of the passengers..."

Applejack tried to come up with a solution that wouldn't get them both killed and looked down towards the tracks. She looked to Jade with a smirk. "You thinking what I'm thinking...?" she asked her.

"Most certainly... distract him..." Jade said to her as she slipped between the train cars going under the train itself.

Applejack looked up seeing the flames cease as she held her hooves up. "Okay! I surrender! I surrender!" she climbed up seeing him. "You got me cornered... I have no reason to keep fighting."

"That is the first smart decision you made since you came out here to fight me little pony... but your attempt to surrender is pointless." Onaga growled as he slowly approached her but realized something. "Wait... where is the Edenian?!" he asked her only to see a smirk form across her face.

Jade appeared behind Onaga and charged at him from behind and struck at his spine with her staff, causing him to let out a painful shriek. He snarled at her throwing his massive claws at her, but she ducked under them and threw her boomerang at his face leaving a deep cut on it. He writhed from it and held it as he bled, meanwhile Jade caught her boomerang and put it away as Applejack approached her. "Not bad for a country girl..." she complimented her.

"Likewise Jade... but lets save the compliments for later." Applejack said to her and turned to Onaga as he roared out and went to kill them. Applejack charged at him as a powerful orange aura surrounded her, she rammed against Onaga's chest as her aura formed into a bears claw punching against his face. She looked to it as the aura vanished leaving her in a state of surprise. "Wow... that's definitely something else..."

"Focus Applejack!" Jade leaped over her and struck at Onaga with her staff and smacked it against his lower jaw cracking it. Onaga stumbled back as he slowly reached the edge of the caboose. He shook his head a bit but was in a daze as Jade and Applejack stood ready. The two ponies charged at Onaga and rammed him off the caboose leaving him in the frozen wasteland, Jade let out a sigh of relief as she took a chance to relax. "Its no wonder Shao Kahn dethroned him..." she said out loud.

"You said it... wait, Shao Kahn did...?" Applejack asked her.

"Yes... but lets get inside before we freeze to death..." she said to her as she and Applejack went into the train.

Their friends gathered around them congratulating them on their victory. "You fought well you two... but I doubt we will see the last of Onaga." Sub-Zero said to them.

"Sub-Zero's right... Onaga may be gone for now, but he will keep hunting us..." said Liu Kang.

Nightwolf approached them and looked to Applejack. "You certainly surprised me out there Applejack... I have seen many unique beings reveal many different abilities. But you...? You have a strong spirit animal protecting you..." he said to her.

"To be honest, I'm just as surprised as you were... I didn't know I had it in me to begin with." Applejack said to him as she looked to her hoof. "With this kind of power... I'm definitely gonna need a lot of help with it." she turned her attention to him. "Would you care to help me out...?" she asked him.

Nightwolf smiled at her and nodded to her. "I will teach you everything about the spirits... and the ways of my people the Matoka. But know that animal spirits may be unpredictable... you must earn your spirit animals trust before you can trust it." he said to her. Applejack nodded in response as the other smiled for them. Jade meanwhile looked back to the frozen tundra knowing Onaga will still come after them, even if they reach Canterlot or Ponyville. Being a Dragon King, he'll definitely be back.

Shao Kahn's Dungeon, Outworld

Raiden calmly meditated trying to get back in touch of the thunder god he used to be... but the crimson red lightning around him began to flicker as he sensed someone coming. "Come out of the shadows Reptile... I know you're there..." he said to the Zaterran as he glanced behind him.

Reptile emerged from the shadows and looked to him. "You knew I was here..." he said to him.

"And that you betrayed Shao Kahn because of what he did to your people... but do you believe that you can be so easily forgiven...?" he asked him as he looked at him.

Reptile lowered his gaze but looked to him. "My peoples honor is lost... but it can be restored. That is why I changed sides in this fight... you might not find it in your heart to accept it, but I do not need your permission to live. I only wish to undo the damage that Shao Kahn wrought upon Zaterra." he said to him.

The Dark Thunder God looked at him but shut his eyes knowing that it won't be easy to accept he changed sides. But given his current situation, how can he refuse...? He looked to the Zaterran with curious eyes. "You spoke to Princess Celestia... what has become of her in recent events...?" he asked him.

"Shao Kahn sent several of his forces to try and destroy Equestria, and the Earth Defenders who protect it... only to fail several times in trying. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, along with Queen Sindel are working on a plan to free you from this prison. Princess Celestia most of all... wants to save you more than anything." Reptile explained to him.

Hearing it... Raiden lowered his gaze unsure of how she will react to his appearance. But... to know that Princess Celestia is trying to save him, fill his heart with hope that she still loves him. He looked to Reptile as his lightning slowly reverted to being blue. "Reptile... I need for you to deliver a message to her... I must do it quickly before the next guard comes by..."

"I'm ready..." Reptile said to him as Raiden's lightning flowed to him leaving no burns. Reptile accepted the energy and stood up. "I will make sure she receives this message... you have my word."

Raiden nodded to him and bowed. "May the Elder Gods watch over you..." he said to him as Reptile vanished.

Ponyville, Equestria

Back in Equestria, Johnny stepped out of the train and breathed the fresh air. "Man its good to be out of that train..." he looked to it seeing its bit of a wreck. "Well... what's left of it..." he pointed out to it.

"It can be fixed... just bang out the dents, and it'll be good as new..." Sonya said to him as she looked at the train only to see it fall apart as a sweat drop ran down her face. "On second thought, just leave it... this is above our pay..." she said to him.

"Yeah, way above..." Johnny agreed with her and looked to Jade. "Well Jade... welcome to our home away from home." he welcomed her.

Jade looked at the small town and smiled at it. "I think its quite charming..." she complimented it as she looked around.

Meanwhile, Flash approached Twilight to deliver the bad news. "Twilight... I'm afraid I can't stay in Ponyville, I just called back to Canterlot Castle by Princess Celestia. I don't know what it is, but it must be important. I'll come back as soon as I can to deliver the news." he said to her.

"Do what you must, we'll be waiting here for you." Twilight said to him and quickly kissed his cheek. "Just be safe, alright...?"

Flash nodded to her and went back into the train as it closed, Jade approached as the train departed the station and watched it leave. She turned her attention to Twilight with a goofy grin on her face. "Quite cute... you two engaged...?" she asked her.

Twilight blushed from hearing it and rubbed her hooves a bit. "Its bit of a complicated relationship... given there's a war coming to our realm and all..." she said to her.

Smiling at hearing it, Jade nudged her playfully earning her attention. "I was like you once... I too fell in love with a strong warrior." she said to her as she walked away with her and the others back to the Castle of Friendship.

Twilight walked beside her and looked to her face. "You really did...? Who...?" she asked her.

Jade looked to the sky remembering her beloved. "His name was Koatal... but everyone in Outworld referred to him as General Kotal. An Osh-Tekk warrior... his realm surrendered to Shao Kahn in order to survive. But Kotal wanted to fight Shao Kahn, his father however... forbade it... so he sent Kotal to Earth Realm. Where he first came across the humans before technology came to be... they worshipped him as a god for his power, and he taught them his ways... but doomed them in the end. The blood they ingested only killed them from the inside... Kotal's mistake haunted him for ages. When Edenia was conquered... it's when I first met him..."

10,000 years ago, Wastelands, Outworld

In the Wastelands of Outworld, Kotal traveled by horseback as he investigated the Wastelands to find any Edenian refugee's or in any cases resistance fighters. He looked carefully, but his ears caught the sound of rocks falling as he looked to the cliff's. His instincts tensed up knowing he's being watched... just before he could move on, Jade was hiding behind large rocks and knocked them down the cliff earning Kotal's attention causing him to panic. He leaped off his horse turning into a panther running from the rock slide... he leaped out danger and slid on the ground and watched the rocks fall down and looked up to where Jade was as he changed back to his true form. "I'm amazed you've managed to catch me off guard... but I doubt that we have ever met." he said to her.

"We have not met... General Kotal." Jade responded to him and leaped down to him. "I am Jade... Princess Kitana's bodyguard." she introduced herself.

"You have a good name... but that does not excuse the fact you attacked me." Kotal said to her as he approached.

Jade smirked behind her mask as she grabbed her staff. "Do you really wish to challenge me...? You might not survive this..." she said to him as she extended it twirling it.

Seeing it, Kotal smirked at her and reached grabbing his sword. "I am more than capable of surviving this small confrontation." he said to her. Jade smiled and charged at him swinging her staff at him, but Kotal blocked her attacks with her sword and swung it at her. She avoided his attacks and struck at his chest forcing him to slide back. Het grunted from it as he held his chest looking to her. "You're strong..." he said to her.

"You're quite strong yourself... no one has ever withstood that attack." Jade charged at him and went to strike him down, but Kotal threw his sword down and grabbed hold of her arm and threw her over slamming her onto the ground. He went to hit her while she was still down, but she rolled away from his attack and swung a kick at his face knocking him away. They got back up and stood in their fighting stances. The Edenian and the Osh-Tekk looked at one another, neither one budging. Kotal smirked and morphed into his panther form and charged at her snarling, but Jade knocked him away pointing her staff at him. Kotal meanwhile growled as he circled her and snarled leaping into the air tackling her down pinning her, he roared about to bite her. But she put her staff in his mouth to keep him from taking a big chunk out of her, she struggled as Kotal tried to bite through her staff and claw at her. "Didn't your mother ever teach you not t bite people?!" she threw him over to get him off her.

Kotal slid on the ground and looked to her growling, but morphed back into his true self. "Then let us fight fairly..." he said to her. The two kombatants charged at each other as Kotal swung his leg at her only for her to block it as she grabbed hold of his leg and threw him at a rock seeing him slam against it. She charged at him and leaped stomping against his chest, kicking him through the rock. He yelled out in pain as he rolled across the ground and looked to her. "You're stronger than I thought..."

She smirks at him and held out her boomerang. "I have had years of training... I am more than capable of fighting an Osh-Tekk warrior." she said to him as Kotal charged at him blades in hand. She blocked his attacks with her boomerang and scratched his arm and smacked him in the face causing him to stumble. He swung his blades at her to cut her, but Jade used her stamina and greater speed to out maneuver him. "Though you are a skilled Osh-Tekk warrior... you are no match for me!" she swung her staff at him smacking him in the head and shadow kicked him in the chest knocking him down to the ground.

The Osh-Tekk held his chest from the impact, but his warrior pride forced him to shrug it off and stand up. "You certainly have strength... but as an Osh-Tekk warrior... I will not surrender." he said to her and charged at her. Jade blocked his attacks and punched against his rib cage and kneed him in the stomach. Kotal grunted from it but grabbed hold of her and threw her down pinning her. "Do you yield...?" he asked her.

Jade struggled but looked to him with a smirked. "Not quite..." she said to him only to sneak a kiss to distract him and knee him where it hurts most. Right between the legs against his groin, causing him to groan in pain as he fell to the ground holding it. Jade got up and turned to him with a smirk. "Now the question is... do you yield...?" she asked him with a playful smirk.

Sighing in defeat, Kotal rested his head against the dirt. "That was a dirty trick you know..." he said to her only to see her lend him her hand. He hesitated, but took it as she helped him stand up. "You could have killed me when you had the chance... why didn't you..." he asked her.

Jade shrugged her shoulder in response and looked to him. "I can honestly say I'm not sure... perhaps you have shown to be a noble warrior, a man of true honor." she said to him with a smile.

Hearing it, Kotal looked away and walked to his sword picking it up. "That honor you speak of... died when my father surrendered our realm to Shao Kahn..." he said to her. "He sent me to Earth Realm to grow into who I am today... he wanted me to claim his mantle... but when I traveled to Earth Realm, I made my own." he explained.

Jade looked at the Osh-Tekk warrior feeling sorry for him for what he went through. She and her people of Edenia also faced the same pain he went through... she approached him and touched his shoulder. "I am sorry for what you went through... we all went through the same pain as you have and are doing everything we can to survive. But we have any chance to survive in Outworld, we must work together..." she said to him.

Hearing her words, Kotal looked to her despite their fight with each other. He formed a small smile as he touched her hand to his shoulder. "I would be honored to fight by your side... Jade..." he said to her.

She gave him a soft smile and looked seeing her steed and looked to her. "You're going to need a ride back to the fortress... come..." she walked with him to her horse and let him get on first. She got on behind him wrapping her arms around his waist as they set off back to Shao Kahn's fortress. From that day, a bond was forged between the two warriors... a bond that would last for eternity.

Present Day, Ponyville, Equestria

Jade smiled at remembering him and the time they spent with one another. "Kotal was a great warrior..." her smile soon faded as she looked down. "But... one day I received word that Kotal was killed in battle. I never saw him again..." she explained as tears brimmed in her eyes.

Twilight couldn't help but shed a few tears and wiped them away looking to her. "I'm really sorry for your loss..." she said to her.

"I appreciate your sympathy Princess Twilight, and I hope that you will be a great ally in the fight against Shao Kahn." Jade responded to her with a smile as she wiped away her tears. "Now... how about we head to your castle...? We still need to find many of our still scattered allies throughout your realm..." she reminded her.

"Right... but before we do, would it be alright with you if we had a friendly match between us?" Twilight asked her.

Jade chuckled at her question and turned facing her. "It would be a pleasure Princess Twilight... I want to see how Kitana's teaching has changed you while in this fight against Shao Kahn." she said to her as they went to the arena next to Twilight's castle. As they arrived, Jade walked onto the arena stage looking around it. "I must say, this is quite like the arena on Shang Tsung's island..."

"Well, I wanted to stay traditional to the original. We've had quite a few fights here... you'd be surprised how many times Outworld tried to kill us on this arena." Twilight said to her as she walked to her spot on the stage and put in a few stretches to get ready. "I hope being on that train didn't make you tired..."

Jade at that moment was also doing some stretches and glanced to her. "Actually, I had plenty of rest... the fight with Onaga was indeed a surprise for me, but I was fortunate that your friend Applejack came out to aid me." she said to her.

"Applejack's a good soul, but when it comes to her friends getting hurt... she can definitely be the mother hen trying to protect her chicks." Twilight replied to her and realized. "By the way... you never mentioned your parents, are they... alive...?" she asked her.

Hearing her question, Jade shook her head in response. "No... they died when Shao Kahn invaded." she said to her and looked out. "I was only a baby when it happened... and raised beside Kitana for the last 10,000 years...

Hearing this, Twilight could only hypothesize one conclusion. "So basically... you and Kitana are like sisters...? she asked. Jade smiled and nodded to the young alicorn princess. "Well... bet you two have a better relationship than her and Mileena..." she admitted to her.

The Edenian bodyguard chuckled as she turned to face her. "On that I agree... but now, let us see how well you remember Kitana's teaching's..." she said to Twilight as she prepared for kombat. Twilight did so as well, but to her surprise, Jade charged straight at her without warning and leaped with the attempt to kick her where she stood. But Twilight quickly reacted on instinct and dodged her attack and kicked her from behind. Stumbling from it, Jade quickly threw another attack at her landing it against Twilight's side. "You were fast on that last attack, but you were too confident if you think you can stun me." she said to her.

Twilight meanwhile shrugged off the pain she received and looked to her with a scowl. "I haven't even started...!" she charged at her and threw a few punches at her. Jade blocked most of her attacks, but some of her punches managed to make contact with her face and abdomen. She teleported behind Jade and wrapped her arm around her neck throwing her over onto the ground. Jade shook her head from it and looked seeing Twilight go for another strike while she was down. She quickly dodged her attack and got back up looking to her. "Nice dodge there Jade..." she commended her on her agility.

"Your skills are quite impressive Twilight... but as Kitana's bodyguard, you still have much to learn." Jade reminded her. Twilight smirked and charged at her with much determination to win. Jade stood firm as Twilight threw a punch at her, but she pulled out her staff and blocked each of her punches and threw a kick at her landing it against her face causing Twilight to stumble and fall to the ground. As I said... much to learn..." she said to her with a smirk. But Twilight wasn't gonna let that get to her as she got back up and threw a high kick at her, but Jade grabbed hold of her leg. But what she didn't anticipate was that Twilight threw her other leg managing to kick her in the face causing her to flip over and fall onto the ground.

Twilight flapped her wings and smirked. "Not bad for a princess from another realm huh...?" she asked her.

Chuckling from it, Jade got back up and looked to her. "Not bad... not bad at all... but this friendly exhibition match is far from over yet young princess." she reminded her. Twilight watched as Jade charged at her as she prepared for what was next. Jade managed to pull out two boomerang's and toss them at her causing the young alicorn to panic and dodge them. But when she wasn't looking, Jade smirked as the boomerang's came back and struck Twilight from behind. The green mare chuckled as she caught them with her magic putting them away. "Like I said... not over."

Twilight groaned from it, and shook her head looked to her. "Lucky shot... but try this." she teleported and appeared behind her and punched her twice in the face and kicked her away. Jade screamed as she hit the ground and looked to her surprised. Twilight charged at her and threw her fan blades toward her, but Jade knocked them away only for Twilight to land a kick on top of her head causing it to fracture. Jade cried out in pain as she fell to the ground. "I hope you're ready to surrender..."

Jade rubbed her head but stood up facing her. "Not yet..." she charged at Twilight as the young Alicorn went to strike her, but Jade dodged her attack and grabbed her arm pinning it against her back and kneed her in the back. Wincing from it, Twilight swung a kick at her, but Jade blocked it and kicked Twilight away. She rolled on the ground and turned to Jade and blasted at her with her magic, Jade meanwhile twirled her staff blocking the magic blasts and quickly teleports behind her landing a punch against Twilight's face. But Twilight managed to grab hold of her arm and throw her over onto the ground about to punch her while she was down, Jade how ever wasn't going to lose to her so easily. She blocked it and quickly wrapped her legs around Twilight's neck and threw her over pinning her to the ground and holding her grip. "Yield while you still can Princess... otherwise, you're going to run out of oxygen." she said to her. Struggling to break free, but slowly losing oxygen... Twilight knew she had no chance of winning. She tapped her leg to be released, and Jade quickly released her and stood up. "You are quite skilled... but Kitana has much to teach you Princess Twilight."

Panting exhausted, Twilight shook her head and looked to her. "I wasn't expecting that... but you're amazingly skilled Jade." she commended her of her fighting skill.

"And you Twilight, have good skill. I won't deny it... perhaps under my guidance, you could learn much princess." Jade said to her with a smile.

"Thanks, but I think I'll stick with Kitana. Her fighting style is more familiar to me than yours." Twilight said to her earning a nod from her in return. The two bowed to each other and headed inside the Castle of Friendship to meet up with the others, to let them know of everything that had happened.

Canterlot Throne Room

In Canterlot, Reptile had returned to Equestria and approached with Sindel towards Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. "Princesses... Reptile has returned. He has news on Raiden..." she informed her.

Celestia stood from her throne and approached him. "What news have you brought...? What has become of Raiden...?" she asked him eagerly to know what has happened to the thunder god.

"When I looked upon him, he seemed to regain his full strength... he still doesn't fully trust me." Reptile informed her.

At that moment, Ermac approached to interject into the conversation. "We agree with Raiden's point of view... despite you turning against Shao Kahn, you could have ulterior motives..." he said to him.

"Believe what you want Ermac... but I have something from Raiden himself." Reptile said to them as electricity flowed around him.

The princesses watched as the lightning flowed around the room and formed an astral projection of Raiden in his human form. Celestia was surprised by his appearance, but still recognized him as the Alicorn she met so long ago. "Celestia... my dearest love... I'm sure you're aware of the events that unfolded in Edenia, that all my allies had arrived in Equestria. You have no idea how much it pained me to use your medallion to send them there so that I remained behind." he said to her as Celestia felt tears brim. "But there is something you must know... I am working on a way to break out... but I can't do it alone. I need the help of my allies, and that of your student, Princess Twilight."

Surprised of hearing it, Luna looked to Celestia with worry. "Sister, do you think...?" she asked her.

"I know this is hard for you... seeing me the way I am, hearing what I have become..." Raiden looked down in shame. "It pains me to imagine what is going through your mind... seeing me as a tyrant... a monster..." he looked to her as tears brimmed. "But if you still plan on rescuing me, do so with haste... I don't know how long it will take till Shao Kahn plans to execute me. Aid your subjects the best to your abilities... I know how much you despise violence, but a war is coming to Equestria. You need to prepare your forces for anything that could happen... I love you Celestia... I pray that we will be together soon." he said to her and vanished.

Reptile saw it happen and looked to the Alicorn Princess, seeing the sadness in her eyes but approached her. "Your majesty... what do you plan to do...?" he asked her.

Having a moment of silence to herself, Celestia took in a deep breath knowing what she needed to do. She turned to them with a stern look. "No matter what Shao Kahn does... we will stop him and his forces. We will save Raiden... and ensure that everyone returns safely..." she said to them and walked to the throne and reached touching the wall of it as the Mortal Kombat dragon symbol appeared on it. It slowly opened revealing what was inside it, a pair of warrior's garments that was made by Raiden before he became an elder god. "Don't worry Raiden... I promise, we will save you..." she muttered to herself knowing the dangers of going to Outworld. But that will not stop her from saving the one being she loves.

Author's Note

Hey guys, here is the next chapter of Mortal Kombat Defenders of Equestria. Yes, I know the fights will appear short, but they're mostly long paragraphs when you look at them, so don't judge it too quickly. Anyways, yes... I added Onaga, because who wouldn't want him in Equestria? Obviously Ember, you'd be surprised... anyways, this was a tough and difficult chapter, and yes... I wanted to do a little story background to how Jade met Kotal before he became Kotal Kahn. Anyways, the next chapter will be Kung Lao, and he will be in the Canterlot High world before he can get to Equestria with the help of Sunset Shimmer who will be a total Mortal Kombat fan in the CHS world. I hope you guys like the chapter, please don't be too hard on me.