Harmony and Heavy Metal

"Who's a good boy?!" The six mares opened their eyes in disbelief of what they heard "Who's a good boy?!" The six then turned to the direction of Eddie and the beast that had ran toward them. But now they didn't think that it was a beast, but more of a... puppy. "Your a good boy, yes you are, yes you are!" Eddie said as he rubbed the belly of the animal that now laid on its back, its tongue and tail violently flailing around as Eddie did what he did.

"Eddie! What is that thing?!" Twilight yelled in surprise.

"This? This is my main metal beast." Eddie said as he quickly moved over from the beasts belly to the moist ground. The metal beast quickly rolled over to its legs and shook off any water from its coat. It quickly laid eyes on the mares in the car, licking its lips with hunger. Eddie quickly took notice of the hunger that the metal beast was displaying and quickly pointed in the direction of the dead body of the jaguar he killed three days ago. The metal beast looked at Eddie with a confused expression, but complied as he pounced at the dead body. It quickly let out a torrent of flame at the body, cooking it instantly. The six looked on in sheer horror as the beast hungrily bit at away the the body.

"Hey look guys! Its Eddie!" A random voice called from the top of the hill. The group all looked up to the hill, only to see several men and women standing excitedly atop the hill. They all started to rush down with whoops of joy and relief. As soon as they hit the ground floor, they quickly picked Eddie up off his feet and threw him into the air over and over.

"Alright guys, calm down for a second, I got some news." Eddie said loudly, trying to get the groups attention. They quickly placed him on the ground. "Guys, say hello to our new members of our road crew." Eddie said as he pointed his finger at Deuce. The group looked at the car expectantly, looking for another person that might serve them well.

"Who is it?" One of the razor girls said as she twirled her hair with her finger.

"Them, the colorful ponies on the seats." Eddie said with pride. The entire group instantly fell to the ground laughing harder than ever before.

"What? You guys never seen a pony before?!" Rainbow said in anger that she was being laughed at by some strangers that she didn't even know.

The laughter suddenly died down at the loud mares voice "Who the hell said that?" one of the head-banger's said as he scratched his over-sized forehead.

"Me you idiot!" Rainbow yelled again as he quickly fell on his ass at the sudden voice that came from the pony in Eddies car.

"Eddie, what the hell are those things?" Another razor girl said as she shakily held her weapon.

"Oh, just some talking ponies that are going to lead us into another war." Eddie said as he placed his fists on his hips.

The group all groaned in unison. "We already killed Doviculus, what more is out there?!" One of the head-banger's said in an annoyed tone.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that it seems to soon to get into something else. But these ponies need our help. I will explain everything back at Bladehenge. Now lets get going!" Eddie yelled as he hopped into Deuce from the middle of the group.

"Got it boss, we'll be there soon!" The head-banger yelled as he and the rest of the group started to Bladehenge behind Eddie's roaring engine.

"Eddie, where those... 'people' part of your road crew?" Twilight asked with worry. From what she saw, she could not tell if they were actually the best military in the universe.

"Yeah, those were some head-banger's, razor girls, and a metal beast."

"Wait, you mean to tell me that beast is also part of your army?" Twilight asked in confusion.

"Yeah, they are really good pets too."

"Um.. excuse me Eddie, but do the 'metal beasts' get hurt at all?" Fluttershy said as she sank into her seat, hoping for the best.

"Sadly yeah, but they don't go easy. The fire that they breath helps a ton when it comes to assholes like the grave diggers." Eddie said in a careful tone to try and not to spook the mare with news of death. Fluttershy quickly hid her face to conceal the tears that now welled in her eyes, she never liked the thought of animals being killed. Eddie saw this and could not help but place an arm around the weeping mare. "But isn't it more reason to finish this quicker, to stop the blood shed." Fluttershy looked up at Eddie, her eyes puffy from the fresh tears that soaked her cheeks. She never expected Eddie to say something so sage-like. Fluttershy sniffed one final time before she nodded in agreement, she could not help but agree with Eddie, even if it had to do with war.

The rest did not pay mind to the scene, they were to engrossed with the drastic changes in environment. From the shit smelling swamp to the not so sweet smelling jungle to the frosty cold of the mountain. They had never seen such drastic changes so quickly.

"Eddie, tell me, does the weather in you world always so erratic?" Twilight asked as she grabbed a scroll and quill from her suitcase, careful to balance the ink with her magic.

"Yeah, but it always stays either cold or hot wherever you are. Like at Bladehenge, it is always as cool as can be." Eddie said as he wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Everything can always be twenty percent cooler you know." Rainbow said throwing in her opinion.

"Yeah, we heard that so many times back at the castle Rainbow. Is that like your catchphrase or something?" Eddie said as he playfully slapped Rainbows back. Rainbow then replied with her own slap.

Suddenly, they could notice a large and decrepit building coming over from the horizon. The mares looked on at the inside, several scorch marks and holes littered the ground of the utterly destroyed structure. They could not help but feel a disturbing presence in the air of the demolished structure, a cold wind warning them of some sort of out-worldly feeling that they have never felt before.

"Eddie, why is this place so cold?" Pinkie said as she shivered in place, her teeth chattering from the intensity of the cold air.

"I dunno, its been like this ever since we owned Lionwhyte and those weird ass demons attacked here."

"Who is Lionwhyte?" Twilight asked, her quill already placed on her scroll.

"One of the generals that we killed back when I first got here."

"I see, is this his place of command?"

"I guess, I know he lived her for sure." Eddie said as he scratched the top of his head.

"Well, what happened to him?"

"You see the glass circle behind us?" Eddie said as he pointed at the shattered glass behind them as they went over a ramp, the mares slightly flying up into the air, only to land back on the seats with a hard smack.

"Ow, what the hay?" Applejack protested as she rubbed her back.

"Sorry, those things are all over the place. But they do give my rides a little more fun I guess."

"So! On to the question!" Twilight said as she turned back to Eddie.

"That glass thing up there, broke right above him, the shards of glass slamming into him. I would PAY to see that again, I laughed so hard that day, you have no idea." Eddie said as he chuckled at the thought. Twilight looked at him with a look of dread, she knew Eddie was no stranger to violence, but to enjoy it? That concept was out of reach for the bewildered mare.

"Aright then... on to another subject!" Twilight knew she felt disgust at the horrible thought of enjoying suffering. They quickly made it over two more ramps before they exited the building at lighting speed. The terrain then changed again into a more sandy and dusty area, and to the odd dismay of the six mares, several odd looking geyser that shot out a green aura. "Like that!... What is that?" Twilight asked as she pointed at the geyser.

"Oh that? That is our fans." Eddie said with pride.

"Fans? Fans of what?" Twilight blurted with confusion.

Eddie looked at her with his brow raised "Fans of what you ask? They are the fans of our all important music that fuels my road crew to do what they do best, rock. Without the fans we would not be able to go and destroy our enemies and also to continue on our cause." Eddie said with power audible in his voice.

Twilight looked at him with an even more bewildered look than before, what he had just described just confused her little pony mind to oblivion. To her definition of fans, she figured actual ponies (or people in this case) to be fans of something, but never a "GREEN AURA! HOW CAN YOU CONSIDER THEM FANS OF ANYTHING!?" Twilight angrily blurted with rage, her detention of everything going completely out of whack.

"Calm down Twilight! No need to yell my damn ear off. And that is saying something damn it." Eddie said as he idly played with his ear.

"I KNOW BUT... Uh, fine then! It's your world and I should just accept the rules of it." Twilight said as she was still recovering from the mind rape she had just experienced.

Eddie, his brow still raised started to grin in her direction "You think that makes no sense, wait til you go into your first fight."

Twilight's eyes shot open "What do you mean first fight?"

"The princess said something about you and your friends being some sort of awesome magic force or something. So I figured that you would fight alongside me."

Twilight looked at him with a sheepish grin "My friends and I are really not the best fighters..."

"But what about the first time with the changelings. We kicked their flanks hard!" Rainbow said, not wanting to be undermined by Twilight.

Twilight was quick to give her a glare, as much as she new that she was capable of fighting, she did not want to fight in any sort of war. But if Celestia said she could do it, there was no way she could doubt herself. "Yes, my friends do have the capability to fight, but I do not guarantee that they will want to fight to be honest."

"Yeah, I know, Rarity and Fluttershy already talked to me about it. They can stay backstage if they want."

"Wait, did you say 'backstage'?" Twilight said as her jaw unhinged.

"Yeah, I most of my fight have been fought with a stage to enhance the power of heavy metal." Eddie said as he closed his fist before him.

Twilight did not bother question it anything about Eddie's world as of now, From what she gathered from his recollection and his journal, she could already tell that his world was nothing like Equestria. She did not expect his world to be so similar, but to be this erratically different was mind boggling to her. "You know Eddie, I just want to take a small nap until we get to... ''Bladehenge'? Was it?" Twilight said as she slowly closed her eyes.

"What are you talking about? Its right up the hill." Eddie said as he pointed up at what looked like a giant sword surrounded by several stone pillars on top the hill, a very loud and energizing music blasting from the area.

Twilight looked up with a groan, she actually was looking forward to taking a good snooze. As they finally got out of Deuce, they could already see drunken roadies and head-bangers stumbling out of the small ruins. "Those guys are some of my road crew." Eddie said as he started to walk along the hill toward his home. The mares looked on from the very top of the hill toward the small concert that happened below. Several head-bangers were doing what they do best, razor girls were talking to the fire barons, metal beasts cheerfully playing among each other. And Ophelia was on stage, shredding a guitar that Eddie had taught her how to play. "Quickly, all of you make it back stage, I got to announce this to them. Come with me." Eddie said as he sneaked up to the backstage with the six on his back, the mares were surprised to see someone as big as Eddie be able to sneak as well as he did. "Okay then, wait there while I set this up." Eddie then ran onto the stage, all eyes suddenly darting to him.

"Eddie! Where have you been!" Ophelia said as she ran up to Eddie as she hugged him.

"Let's just say I've been busy okay? Now give me some sugar." Eddie said as he planted his lips onto Ophelia's. The six looked on from backstage, all with differing reactions, but all with the similar blush of worry that someone might have seen them look on to the scene with such interest. Eddie made a quick grab for the microphone that was stationed on the post near them "Alright people, I got an announcement to make!" Eddie yelled into the microphone, the crowd responding with roaring cheers. "Alright, alright, calm down for a sec guys, this is important. MANGUS! WERE ARE YOU!?" Eddie yelled away from the microphone into the backstage area.

Suddenly, the lanky looking stage hand quickly made it onto the stage with Lita following right behind him to get any necessary information that might come in handy later. "Hey man! It's been like three days. Were have you been?"

"Yeah Eddie! We were worried sick!" Lita said as she and Mangus both high-fived him at the same time.

"Alright, alright, I get it." Eddie said as he turned back to the crowd. "Alright people, how you doing today?!" Eddie yelled, another wave of roars flowed from the crowds "Alright guys, lets get down to business, today we meet the newest members of our road crew. COME ON OUT GIRLS!" Eddie yelled into the microphone as he pointed at backstage.

Eddie stood there, his arm extended towards the red curtain, waiting for the six to come out. Rainbow was first, flapping her wings as quickly as she could around the audience, before she landed on stage with a bow. Rarity was next, she gracefully trotted on stage as she flipped her hair toward the audience. Pinkie Pie somehow managed to pop out of the top of Eddies shirt, blocking view of his face before she bounced onto the stage. Twilight and Applejack seemed to have the calmest entrance, if it wasn't for a quivering Fluttershy heavily breathing behind them. The audience was at a stalemate of awe and bewilderment. "What the hell are those things?" The kill master called from the table he sat at. At that moment, the tension in the audience broke, and a loud roaring laugh splashed down on the stage where the group stood.

Ophelia looked on in bewilderment. Mangus stood there, unaware as usual. And Lita could not help but d'aww at the sight of them. Eddie saw the laughter that rolled through the crowd, and could not help but tense up at it, his face quickly changing into a scowl as he gritted his teeth "CAN'T YOU IDIOTS SEE THIS IS SERIOUS!?!" Eddie yelled into the mic as the crowd suddenly quieted down at the sound of Eddie's anger. It was rare to see Eddie ever angry, he was always calm during even the most intense of situations, but when Eddie had to be angry, he would comply. At the sight of the calmed crowed, Eddie quickly removed his scowl. "Alright then, let me get a some things straight. They might be colorful talking ponies, but they can kick anyone of your asses easily, got it?" Eddie said in a serious tone. "Now then, let get some names, how about it?" Eddie said as he approached the six. He quickly placed the mic close to Applejack's mouth, the first in the line of six.

"Um... My name is Applejack." The entire crowed gasped as Applejack uttered her words. Eddie then moved the the mic to Twilight.

"Hello everypo... I mean everyone. My name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said into the mic as Eddie waited to move it toward Pinkie Pie.

"Hi everyone! My names Pinkie Pie!"

"HEY EVERYPO... ONE! MY NAME IS RAINBOW DASH!

"Charmed to meet you all, my name is Rarity."

Eddie then tried to make his way over to Fluttershy, who was quivering behind Rarity. "And that one was Fluttershy, hence the name." Eddie said with a sigh. "And these six will be leading us into another war." Eddie said as he raised his fist into the air. A wave of cheers rang around the crowd before another long silence stifled the cheers.

"EDDIE, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!?" Ophelia yelled from her end of the stage.

Eddie cringed lightly at the sound of Ophelia's voice. He knew that when he was mad that shit was serious, but when Ophelia was mad, everything could go to shit in an instant if not handled correctly. "Well... I... Uh... Hey Twilight, back me up on this?" Eddie asked, unsure of her response.

"Look miss... Ophelia? Was it? Well, I would like to let you know that..."

"And where the hell did they come from anyway? No way that something that cute lives somewhere like this!"

"Yes! We don't live on this planet. We were brought here with Eddie by non-other than Princess Celestia. She summoned Eddie to our world to see if he could help us with our current war. And he graciously agreed after some persuasion of course."

Ophelia gritted her teeth "Eddie, why did you agree to that without asking ANYONE ELSE FIRST!?"

Eddie raised his hands as a sign of defeat "You look at one of their puppy-dog faces and tell me you can say no!"

Ophelia huffed "And I thought you were tough. I mean look..." Ophelia then looked over to the group, only to see Pinkie Pie sitting before her, giving her the best puppy-dog look she could muster. Ophelia looked at her for a solid minute, before accepting defeat. "Alright Eddie, you win, these 'ponies' are too damn cute to say no too. But this is still a bad idea." Ophelia said as she crossed her arms with another huff.

Pinkie then jumped into the air as she waved her hoofs around erratically "Yay! Ophelia is going to help us!" Ophelia tried her best to hide the now obvious smile on her face. The land of heavy metal was not used to such levels of adorableness all at once, the best they had was the metal beasts, and they could not compare to the colorful mare that gleefully hopped on stage. LIta, who was already d'awwing as hard as she could, felt a rush of warm fuzziness crawl around her as she looked on at the scene. Mangus just stood there, confused by it all.

Eddie, satisfied with Ophelia's response turned to the crowd and raised the mic to his face "Anybody got anything to say about this?" The crowd stayed silent for some moments, pondering if this was a good idea or not. Eddie could feel the tension forming and it made him uneasy, but a specific idea came into his head, something that just might work. Eddie quickly made his way over to Fluttershy, picked her up as she panicked in his grasp, and he presented her to the crowd Simba style as she tried her best to hide behind her tail "How can you say no to something like this you assholes?"

The entire crowed in unison let out a powerful d'aww that rattled the ruins around them. Eddie, satisfied with the reaction, placed Fluttershy back on the stage as she scurried back behind Twilight. Twilight looked at him in confusion, she did not know exactly why he did that, but it seemed to have worked,

They spent the next hour answering questions about themselves to the crowd and to the other people on stage, they all pertained to what they were, what the horn was for, how they got so colorful, and why they smelled like candy. They all seemed to be having a good time, enjoying some beer, and listening to music as they chilled on stage. Little did they know that close by, another head banger was running up the hill with news that could shatter the peace. "Eddie! Coil!" The banger then fell on his face as he ran up in panic...