Halale KaʻOhana
Chapter 2
Previous ChapterThe nervous stalemate was going strong for about 5-ish minutes. When Princess Celestia gave a short cough, Jason jumped in fright and made an attempt to run back out the door. However, he was encased in a golden glow and was stopped in his tracks.
“What the hell?” Jason said before the aura lifted him and pulled him towards the group until he was at eye level with Celestia while upside down, her horn and one of her hands in a matching aura. “Hey, put me down!”
“And why should I put you down?” Celestia responded, shocking both Jason and Frank. “With how you tried to run when I simply coughed, I don’t think letting you go is a good idea. Especially since I want to talk to you two.”
“Huh, I didn’t know you knew Tantalog,” Frank said with awe in his voice. “This makes things easier for me.”
“Tant-what?” Rainbow asked, with all the others looking at the princess and new creatures in confusion.
Jason simply looked at Celestia with a tilted head. “How can you know Tantalog?”
“With how long I’ve lived, the question shouldn’t be, ‘How do I know something?’” Celestia said. “The question instead should be ‘How do I not know something?’”
“I get the feeling that there’s more to this than we all are currently allowed to know,” Frank commented, to which Celestia simply nodded.
Jason nodded in agreement. “Yeah, it's pretty suspicious you know an alien language that shouldn't even be known about in this universe, let alone understood by any of you locals.”
Applejack, not having understood a thing that Jason said, looked to Frank. “So what exactly are you? Some kind of weird koala things?”
“That easily describes what we look like, but not what we are,” Frank said, scratching the back of his head. “What we really are, are genetic experiments of great power, but our minds keep that power in check.”
“Illegal genetic experiments, made to bring chaos and destruction across the universe,” Jason added before shrugging. “Or at least that's what we became.”
Frank translated what Jason said to the others in the room, but quickly added, “And by him saying that last bit, we were another species entirely until some loony of a merchant or shopkeeper, I can’t remember which, offered us to be sent to a new world as what we were dressed as. We thought he was a few pennies short of a dollar, so we humored him and accepted. And from there, you could probably easily guess what happened next.”
“In hindsight, we should've known something was up when he asked us what he should tell our families,” Jason said while crossing both pairs of arms. Frank gave a quick translation, which still confused the group.
“Umm…So, what are you going to do now, if you don’t mind me asking?” Fluttershy asked, hiding behind her hair a bit.
“Well, so far the plan sits at Step 1: Get here. Step 2:...” Frank said nothing for a few seconds before continuing. “Step 3: Profit!”
Jason rolled his eyes before reaching into one of his pockets and pulling out a yellow and orange blaster and shooting at Frank, barely missing him and causing a hole in the wall where the shot hit. Frank ducked and jumped off the table in reaction. “Watch it! I don’t think Joe would like us to get thrown out before we even have a chance to eat here because you decided to get trigger happy!”
“Don't do pointless South Park references and I won't have to do that,” Jason said without looking at Frank as he returned the blaster where it was. “As for the question?” He shrugged. “Hell if we know. Not like we have anything to do.”
“Summary translation, he hates the joke I made, and he pretty much repeated what I said, but not steps, just saying we have nothing to do,” Frank explained to the shy pegasus as he climbed back onto the table. “Any further questions before we let the Princess herself decide our fates?”
“Decide our fates? We did nothing wrong. All I did was retaliate at that guy for insulting me. And even then, I didn't hurt him.”
“Well, we did technically sneak into the Gala without an invitation or ticket, not to mention the fact that the pony you spit up on was actually a prince and would probably want to press charges on that alone,” Frank listed off. “And let’s not forget that you practically said we have nothing to do, so if she points us in a direction, we can figure something out in the way she points us.”
Jason scratched his head. “Can you press charges if the person isn't even a citizen?”
“I’m not sure how accurate I will be when saying this, but I’m sure he would press charges against a blade of grass for simply existing,” Frank said, looking to Celestia for confirmation. She simply rolled her eyes and nodded in annoyed agreement. “So pressing charges against a non-citizen of Equestria would be within his realm of possibility.”
Jason groaned. “Who was the idiot who made him prince?”
“His bloodline,” Celestia said. “I won’t bore you with the details of said bloodline, but as of currently, outside of state meetings, he’s doesn’t know a thing about reality. He tried hitting on my sister after a thousand year banishment, not realizing that he was trying to romance his many greats aunt!”
Jason blinked as the rest of the ponies and Spike leaned away from Celestia before shaking his head. “I feel so sorry for you.”
“Thank you, but I believe we need to get to the question that your friend asked,” she said, looking to the Mane 6. “Any further questions for these two?”
Rainbow shrugged. “What exactly can they do?”
Jason put a claw on his chin. “Well we can lift stuff up to 3,000 times our size, fireproof, bullet proof, nigh indestructible really, can breathe in space, see in the dark, telescopic vision, enhanced hearing, climb walls, think faster than a supercomputer, and retract our extra limbs.” After a few seconds he shrugged. “And that's all I can remember right now.”
Frank translated and added, “The biggest differences between the two of us, outside of what we look like, is that I’m a bit lazy and less durable than he is.”
“And can speak English already.”
“Yeah, that too,” Frank said nonchalantly. “Any more questions?”
“Why is your friend the only one in an outfit?” Rarity said.
Jason looked down (up?) at his suit and chuckled to himself. “I came here in this. Most well known outfit Stitch ever wore. Which is kind of strange since he only wore it for about 10 minutes in the whole franchise.”
After Frank translated, Pinkie spoke up. “Who’s Stitch?”
“Experiment 626. The best of the genetic experiments who actually have a heart. That's who I became,” Jason said, soundly proud. “Though everyone better knows him as Stitch.”
Frank translated and added, “And I became Experiment 625. In basics, I’m pretty much Stitch, but a more lazy personality and a love of sandwiches attached. My guy is also better known as Reuben.”
“You mean like the sandwich reuben?” Pinkie asked.
“Yes, actually,” Frank said. “Honestly, how do you know about that? Aren’t ponies herbivores?”
“Actually, ponies are omnivores,” Twilight said with a confused expression on her face. “We just find plants more tasty than meats, and we can even live without meat if we wanted to.”
“Huh...well, the more you know,” Frank said with a shrug.
“...now what?”
“What do you mean?” Celestia asked, turning Jason right side up in her magic.
“Now what?” Jason repeated. “We told you we have nothing to do now we're here and looks like you don't have anymore questions.”
“True enough,” Celestia said. “Twilight, you and your friends return to Ponyville. I’ll accommodate these two here in Canterlot. I do need to repay at least Stitch for giving my many greats nephew a good dose of karma.”
“Jason,” he corrected. “Just because I became Stitch doesn't mean I'm changing my name. I should at least keep something of my old life.”
“Amen to that,” Frank said. “I’m Frank.”
“At least I properly know both of your names,” Celestia said. “I’m gonna set you down and say my goodbyes to my student and her friends. Please don’t run off.” She then set him down and stood up and gave hugs to Twilight, Spike, and their friends.
Frank got off the table and stood next to Jason. “Well, life is going to get interesting from here on out.” Jason simply nodded in agreement. After Celestia said her goodbyes, she opened the door of the donut shop and let everyone out. When Jason and Frank exited, she beckoned for them to wait. She then closed her eyes and lit up her horn, and in a flash of light, all three of them vanished from the donut shop.
Inside the shop, Donut Joe shook his head and thought, ‘Those two will bring a heck of a lot of trouble. Maybe not on purpose, but still…’
Author's Note
And done. So they properly met the M6 and Celestia. And I just realized that the ponies never even introduced themselves. Huh... Well anyway, the ponies learned about the Displaced and the Displaced learned a few things about the world they're in. Next chapter, who knows what happens. I just know they'll meet a certain character. Until next time.
-Dark
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