Jake watched as the insectoid ponies walked out of the shadows after having changed forms, shifting his grip so the box was slightly behind him, partially hiding it from view. “So, might I ask who and what the hell you ugly fucks are?”

“We are changelings, you hairless monkey!” One of the insectoid ponies yelled, snorting angrily.

It paused, however, when one of the other changelings walked forward; this one seemed different, his eyes and hair were blue, and if Jake had to guess, this one had seniority over the others. The changeling did a quick bow as if in respect and spoke up.

“I am Spinner. Unlike normal changelings, I was given a name. I am one of the 3 Changeling Commanders, eater of a Mystic Fruit, of which our queen has ordered us to find more of - or at the very least info on the fruits.”

‘Mystic Fruit? He probably means a Devil Fruit, must be a cultural difference, although I’d better check just to be sure,’ Jake thought before saying, “Hey, Spinner, was this ‘Mystic Fruit’ similar in shape to a normal fruit, the skin of the fruit covered in spirals, and have an oddly shaped stem?”

“Yes, quite like the fruits inside that box.” Spinner said, grinning as he glanced at the box in question. Jake shifted it again to hide it further behind him.

“Yeah, well, they’re called Devil Fruits for a very particular reason - the stories say a demon resides inside the fruits, and are the source of their unnatural abilities. The demons do NOT like each other or water, so don’t eat a 2nd one or try and don’t get submerged in water,” Jake said, glancing to the side.

“I-I see,” Spinner said nervously as he thought, ‘Demons are living inside those fruits!? Makes sense when you think about it, what else could allow these “Devil Fruits” to even exist?’

“So let me guess, you want the fruits in this box?” Jake asked.

Spinner flinched and thought while searching through Jake’s memories, ‘He’s either perceptive or we’re too obvious; Devil Fruits or not, we need to be careful around this thing, his memories show that he’s an expert on Devil Fruits and fighting, while I’ve only trained with mine for only a couple of days. It would be best if we just take the box and run… Maybe if we try to pose as one of those humans in his memories-’

Spinner then came across an early memory.

There was fire and the bodies of young children everywhere, the sound of Jake crying echoed throughout the ruins of the building.

‘On second thought we should probably not do that because he might kill us all in a blind rage.’ Outwardly, Spinner replied, “Yes, and we’re ready to fight if we need to.”

“Rainbow Tackle!!” Suddenly RD came blasting through the bushes with her arms crossed.

“Shambles!” Jake suddenly swapped places with one of the Changelings that was trying to sneak up on him, letting the insectoid pony take RD’s tackle for him.

Then the others soon came running through the same bushes, “Rainbow! I said to not go running off - or flying off for that matter! Changelings can see into your memories, and disguise themselves as anyone!”

Pinkie gasped as she spotted Jake, pointing at him. “New pony! Wait, that’s not a pony, what is it? I wonder if it likes cake. If not, maybe cupcakes?” Pinkie continued rambling about what Jake would probably eat, to the point where everyone else ignored her.

“But what about this thing? It’s working with them! And teleported!” Rainbow yelled as she stood back up, pointing at Jake with a scowl before he smacked her hand away with a roll of his eyes.

“That’s not an excuse, I can teleport too!” Twilight yelled.

“And what proof do you have that I’m not just talking to them?” Jake asked, poking RD’s snoot before his hand was smacked away with a growl.

“Get the box! No matter the cost!” Spinner commanded, causing the other changelings to charge forward.

“Changelings can’t be trusted! If you talk to them, you must be working for them!” Rainbow Dash yelled before dodging a punch from a changeling and roundhouse kicking it away.

Jake drew his katana and cut down two changelings before answering. “Are you stupid or racist? Maybe both - because you act like a racist idiot.”

Rainbow Dash got into Jake’s face to try and retort, but Applejack kicked her aside. “Focus on you two, we don’t need to be this right now!” AJ said before a rock came rocketing past the farmer’s face, causing her to abruptly flinch. Spinner was the apparent source of the attack, several more stones in his hands seemingly spinning by themselves.

‘So he ate the Spin-Spin Fruit, anything he gets his hands on will spin at high speeds - not to mention, they can be launched just as fast.’ Jake thought as he dodged a stone s at him.

“Attack! Stone Gatling!” Spinner yelled as he began launching several stones at the Mane 6 and Jake, forcing them to scatter and try to find cover.

Applejack ran by some trees, only to find a bunch of Changelings charging toward her. Applejack swiftly jumped into the air and landed on the head of one of the Changelings standing in the middle of the group. She then spun around rapidly to deliver a savage kick to the faces of the Changelings.

“Apple Pie Kick Course!”

Applejack paused before dropping her knee on the Changeling’s head that she was handstanding on, the Changeling's skull letting out a heavy crunching noise as it was forced down into the ground.

“Trunk Splitter!”

Several Changelings charged at Rarity, apparently thinking the seamstress wouldn’t be much of a threat, but suddenly stopped as if frozen. The sunlight shone down and glinted, revealing the hundreds of tiny strings crisscrossed across the field, all leading to Rarity’s horn.

“Lace Lock!”

Rarity then raised her hand and the strings then flung the changelings into the air as they struggled against their bonds.

“Sewing Spatula! Twilight, darling, it’s your turn!” Rarity said.

Twilight’s horn glowed before a musket rifle with a crystal barrel appeared out of thin air; grabbing it, she announced the title “Summon Weapon!” before aiming. “Piercing Thunder!” A beam of electricity erupted from the barrel of the crystal gun, splitting apart mid-air into smaller beams that struck and electrocuted the trapped Changelings.

Fluttershy hid behind Pinkie (who was still talking to herself) as she was chased by Changelings, but before they could even react a blue, yellow, and pink mallet smashed them into the ground, the wielder none other than Pinkie. With an uncharacteristic scowl, she raised the mallet over her head and snarled.“Don’t interrupt me when I’m planning a party! Pinkie Hammer: Whack-A-Pony!” Pinkierapidly slammed her mallet down on the Changelings, even as they tried to flee from the mad-mare, each hit sinking them into the ground until eventually only their hair was visible.

Rainbow and Jake were both dodging stones as they ran toward Spinner, the pegasus using her wings to get ahead before crossing her arms to brace herself. “Once again, Rainbow Tackle!”

‘Why does she bother naming that? It’s just a normal tackle.’ Jack thought before Rainbow was stopped by Spinner’s hand, his Devil Fruit power causing her to spin uncontrollably within his grasp.

“AAAAH!! MAKE IT STOP!! PLEASE, SOMEPONY, MAKE IT STOP!!” Rainbow Dash yelled as her face slowly turned green from the spinning.

Jake smiled then said, “Well, since you asked so nicely. ROOM; Shambles.” Rainbow Dash vanished from sight and Jake took her place, managing to avoid Spinner’s grasping hands before placing his sheathed sword upright in reverse grip and closing his eyes. “One Sword Style: Lion's Amputation Strike.” Jake rapidly unsheathed his blade, twirling around in a circle before resheathing the sword, upon which Spinner’s body fell apart into several separate pieces.

‘I knew I should have retreated…’ Spinner thought before both his pieces hit the ground, the other Changelings beginning to freak out and scatter.

Dash picked up Spinner’s head and said, “Geez, when I asked for help I didn’t ask you to make mincemeat out of the guy,” Suddenly Spinner opened his eyes and blinked, causing Rainbow Dash to uncharacteristically girlish scream before dropping the head.

Spinner’s eyes looked around in a panic from his position on the forest floor. “Wh-What’s going on!?”

Jake picked up the Changeling’s head with a smirk.

“That’s my Devil Fruit’s power, the Op-Op Fruit - short for Operation. I can choose whether to swap places, cut to pacify, cut to kill, and a bunch of other things. In short, as long as you're within my ROOM ability, consider yourself a patient on the operating table.” Jake said before letting go of Spinner’s hair, drop-kicking the still-alive head before it touched the ground.

Turning, Jake found Twilight standing very close to him with a wide smile, curiosity in her eye. “You said a Devil Fruit was the cause of that? What’s a Devil Fruit? Some kinda magical fruit? What more do you know? Do you have more!? Tell me!”

“Ugh, this is going to take a while…” Jake mumbled, facepalming a bit.

It was now getting dark in the forest, Jake was sitting rubbing his forehead after having answered all of Mane 6’s questions about Devil Fruits and himself, Spinner’s separated body parts were tied to a tree, Applejack even had the time to go and get some apples to eat.

Twilight was writing in a notebook, finishing up what her notes on her interrogation of Jake.

“Okay, so you're from another world, and Devil Fruit are magical fruit with demons inside them that don’t like water or each other. Through eating the fruit, you gain the powers of that demon, and they come in three types. Paramecia, the most common of the three types, gives super-pony powers such as shock wave generation and locking onto targets. This type can also alter features of the user's body, allow the user to modify the ponies, objects, and environment around them that can generate and manipulate substances.” Twilight turned a page of her notebook.

“Zoan users gain the ability to transform into an animal, or even into a ‘hybrid form’ of their sorts. In addition, there are also subtypes, such as Ancient Zoan Fruits that allow the user to transform into an extinct species, such as dinosaurs. Mythical Zoan Fruits, on the other hoof, allow the user to transform into mythological creatures, such as a chimera or a phoenix.” Twilight turned a page of her notebook again.

“And finally, the last of the main types, Logia. The rarest of the three Devil Fruit types, Logia-type Devil Fruits allow their users to create, control, and transform themselves into a natural element, whether it be a solid element, like ice or sand; a liquid element, like mud or syrup; a gaseous element, like smoke and poison gas; energy, like fire or lightning; or into a materialization of an abstract concept, such as darkness. The Changelings said they had three Devil Fruit users, and you have 3 fruits in that wooden box on your back.”

“Yes, that’s correct, thank you for re-explaining everything I spent the last three hours summing up so I didn’t have to say all of that, you colossal, monumental, gargantuan nerd,” Jake said, pinching the bridge of his nose as Twilight blushed in embarrassment.

“So let me get this, you eat a fruit and you gain superpowers but lose the ability to swim? Sign me up!” Dash announced with a smile, already imagining what sorts of powers she could gain.

“Me too, me too!” Pinkie yelled, hopping in place before the two attempted to reach for the wooden box, only for Jake to draw his sword and aim it at the pair.

“I forgot to tell you, back on my world, power-hungry people started a full-on war. Millions died over these things, and my friends, all of us orphans by this war, worked to try and stop it. All of my friends died trying to get these fruits. So take one more step, and I’m leaving your chopped up remains here and killing anyone else who comes at me to seek revenge. Got it?” Jake said with a fierce glare, the grip on his sword growing tight enough that his knuckles turned white.

Rainbow gulped and she and Pinkie stepped back. “O-Okay...”

Pinkie nervously chuckled before thinking, ‘This guy lost all of his friends from a war over these fruits? That’s gotta stink.’

‘He’s probably really upset after losing his friends - I know I would. It would explain he’s hostility toward us, that or he’s still mad at Rainbow making him out to be a bad guy.’ Twilight thought.

Applejack took her hat off with a look of shock and disbelief on her face, while Rarity and Fluttershy had tears in their eyes.

“H-hey, what’s your name anyway?” Rainbow asked, hoping to change the subject to something less… emotional.

“Kinda rude to ask for someone’s name without giving yours, don’t you know? …But either way, my name is Jake Law. Captain of the Devil-Devil Club” Jake replied, slowly sheathing his sword again.

“Oh, well, I’m Twilight Sparkle, these are my friends, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and the rude one is Rainbow Dash.

Then the sound of a twig snapping came from behind a tree, causing the group to become alerted. Applejack looked at her finished apple core then at Jake, then tossed the apple core toward the Devil Fruit user, who spotted it and smiled.

“ROOM, Shambles.”

Suddenly the apple core was swapped out with a female Changeling, from the size of her she was very young, no more than 6, with her dark green hair in pigtails. However, her face was what the Mane 6 were focused on, almost as if they recognized her.

“CHRYSALIS?!?!” The Mane 6 yelled in confusion.

“Um… Hello…” Chrysalis squeaked, glancing around nervously before she was bound by Rarity’s magic threads.

“Lace Lock!”

Twilight took aim at Chrysalis’ face before saying, “I don’t know what you're doing but give it up, no one can break out Rarity’s Lace Lock.”

“I pride myself in this move.” Rarity said with a flip of her mane before glancing at Jake, who wasn’t even paying her any attention. Rarity huffed and thought, ‘He is rude but I suppose it’s because he’s lost everyone he’s ever cared for. He’s like a black knight made by the loss of everyone he loved, so the arms of a maiden should cleanse that blackened heart.’ Rarity’s mind then painted an image.

Jake was wearing a suit of black armor before it broke away into a suit of gold armor.

A smack to the back of the head by AJ brought her back to reality. “So who is this creepy lost child?” Jake asked.

“This is Chrysalis, queen of the changelings,” Twilight said.

“Ex-queen. I was expelled from the hive by myself,” Chrysalis said, confusing the Mane 6 greatly, Jake then heard an odd popping noise and noticed a walnut fall from a tree and hit Chrysalis’ hand. Then at that moment, the parts of the nut instantly separated into pieces, strangely only the meat of the walnut was still touching her hand, but the action reminded him of something.

“She’s eaten a Devil Fruit,” Jake said mistakenly out loud, causing the Mane 6 to jump and each of them got ready to take her head off.

“Why don’t you paint a target on me? Maybe they’ll be less hostile.” Chrysalis said with the utmost sarcasm, before sighing, “But yes, the Changelings have 4 Devil Fruit users, not 3.”

“Shambles.” Jake tossed a rock into the air and the book from the box took its place.

Twilight’s pupils abruptly dilated as she recognized the object in his hands. “Boooooook…” she said like a zombie, automatically reaching out to take it before Jake smacked her with said book.

“This is a book made by someone who ate the Wisdom-Wisdom Fruit, allowing them to know everything about one particular thing, so she wrote a book on all Devil Fruits. Chrysalis’ power separated the edible parts of walnut from its non-edible parts if I’m right, she’s got… This fruit.” Jake said before showing a page of the book, which read;

Name: The Sift Sift Fruit

Type: Paramecia

Power: The user of this fruit has the ability to ‘sift’ out the impurities of an object or person, such as the inedible parts of a nut, things that would harm a person’s body, and sometimes someone’s bad parts.

“That’s my power, it’s not very dangerous,” Chrysalis said, “And that last bit happened to me, I don’t want to go into a lot of detail but I touched my face after I ate the fruit, and I split myself into two ponies. The other is completely different from me; while I only did what I did to keep my hive from starving, never putting my Changelings’ lives in danger, that other me doesn’t care she’ll do anything to get what she wants, and she wants the power of the Devil Fruits.”

“Ok, so why do you look like a foal?” Pinkie asked.

“Because the Royal Jelly that made me look like an adult was removed when I touched my face, I’m actually only about five and a half years old,” Chrysalis stated.

“YOU’RE FIVE AND A HALF YEARS OLD!??!” The Mane 6 yelled.

“So, why’d you come here?” Jake asked.

“Because of an order that the other me sent out to all Changelings through the hive mind near Ponyville and Everfree. I may not be able to hear it since I was cast out but I know it’s something bad. Spinner, you heard it right? Mind telling us?” Chrysalis said, looking at the Changeling Commander.

Spinner remained quiet for a solid minute before speaking, “The Queen stated that all Changelings are to capture all the residents of Ponyville, and even attack them if needed. I am to tell you to bring both the Devil Fruit and me to exchange for the safety of the Ponyville citizens. Actually, one dragon, one large Earth Pony, and three fillies attempted to fight back but were defeated.”

Rarity’s threads then grabbed Spinner’s head, and AJ, Rainbow, and Rarity glared down Spinner as Rarity spoke, “If I find one hair on any of those foal’s heads sullied by your comrade's hand, I’ll have your tongues!”

“Y-Yes, ma’am! P-please - I’ll guide us,” Spinner said fearfully, as Rarity’s threads grabbed Spinner’s pieces and Chrysalis, and carried them both.

As the Mane 6 followed Spinner’s directions, Applejack noticed her hat was gone. She noticed Jake had it, at first she was confused about how he got it but then remembered his ROOM was still up. When she walked up to get it back, Jake tossed it to her and said, “Let's have a chat.”

The Mane 6, minus AJ and Jake, and the two Changelings walked up to a large barrier covering the entrance to a wide-open mining area, but before they could do anything, they recognized the sound of flapping wings. They looked to see several chariots being pulled by armored pegasus stallions approaching. ‘No way, that can’t be…’ Twilight thought as the chariots landed then four more ponies stepped out of the chariots, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Shining Armor.

Celestia was definitely the tallest mare, standing at an impressive 9’7”. Her body was incredibly curvy with a slight hint of pudge on her belly, with extremely wide baby-making hips along with a massive plump flank to go with it. On top of all this, she also had a massive HHH-cup bust. Her attire was a sun-yellow and white dress and around her neck was a golden necklace with a purple diamond-like gem in the center with a matching tiara, bracelets, and shoes. To complete her outfit she had a blue ribbon sash handing off her right shoulder which has a medal that looks like a sun pinned on it. She gave a very warm aura like a mother but held a mischievous side.

Luna was shorter but still very tall, standing at 8’11”. She wasn’t as curvy as her older sister but was a very close second, looking more fit with a more modest but still huge H-cup bust. Her outfit was a navy blue gown and a small black crown on her head, a matching necklace with a white crescent moon on it, silver greaves on her forearms, matching boots, and a single armor piece on her right shoulder. She had a colder air about her, seeming to be a little foreign to the world like she was trying to catch up with it.

Cadence was much shorter than the others, standing at 6’11”. Her body was incredibly curvy and was even more fit than Luna; she had a large GGG cup and had incredible hips and flanks to match her breasts. Her outfit was a pink and white gown, along with a small pink crown on her head. She also wore a matching necklace with a pink crystal heart on it, pink greaves on her forearms, and matching boots. She gave off a very warm aura like Celestia, but without the mischievousness.

Shining Armor stood tall at 7’, his body strongly built and very fit. He was wearing armor with a star-like shield and sword design, with a spear and shield in his hands. He also had cold air about him but also a thick air of honor.

Twilight then yelled, “Cady, Shiny!”

The three siblings smiled widely and the small family group hugged each other, then Cadence said, “I’d love to do our ladybug greeting dance, but I believe we have more pressing matters.”

“Namely the Changelings inside this cave, and these fruits they want - Is that Chrysalis?” Shining said, spotting Chrysalis behind Fluttershy.

“Yes, I’ll explain everything, let’s just say that Chrysalis was dethroned and her body was turned back to her real age, which turns out she’s 5 and a half- Wait, fruits?” Twilight said.

‘She’s so... Tiny… And Cute…’ The quartet of nobles thought before yelling, “WAIT, SHE’S FIVE AND A HALF YEARS OLD!??!”

Shaking off their shock, Celestia and Shining pulled out two Devil Fruits. Shining had a large, round, light purple fruit made up of many small teardrop-shaped components with swirl patterns, and green leaves sprouting from the top. Celestia had red fruit that was similar to a cyan pineapple, the scales of the pineapple-esque fruit each had a small black swirl, and a blue stem that made three swirls.

“We got a message from the Changelings to bring these here if we want the safety of our ponies to be assured.” Celestia said, “However, we don’t exactly know what they are.”

Twilight sighed and said, “They’re called Devil Fruits. In short, each fruit has a powerful demon inside, and if you eat them, you gain the powers of that demon, but you lose the ability to swim.”

Celestia and Shining immediately dropped the fruits upon hearing that, but Jake, appearing out of nowhere along with Applejack, caught them, startling everyone.

“Uh, everypony this is Jake, he was in that fireball that fell from that hole in the sky, he’s eaten a Devil Fruit and he’s probably the only one who knows enough about devil fruits to actually be able to fight against them.” Twilight explained hurriedly, seeing how her brother was reaching for the sword hanging by his side.,

Jake put the Devil Fruits in the box with the other three but remained silent, he glared at the four nobles before walking away. ‘What the fuck do these mares eat to get that fucking big?’ Jake thought.

“What’s his deal?” Rainbow asked.

“Well, we spotted the chariots while rushing to get here from the forests, when I mentioned Nobles he started going a lot slower. When I asked what was up, he said he hated nobility, and now that the princesses are here, he’s not gonna do anything to help.” Applejack explained.

“Great, now our resident Devil Fruit expert refuses to do anything, that’s exactly what we need right now!” Twilight threw her hands into the air in exasperation, sarcasm filling her voice.

“I’ve rarely heard of somepony hating royalty, but I hope this won’t affect the task at hand,” Luna stated.

“Oh, Twi, you’re probably never going to get that book on Devil Fruits from him because I might have let it slip that you're a noble too.” Applejack said.

Twilight fell to her hands and knees and began crying. “Great… More bad news…”

“Don’t worry Twily, I’ll talk to him after this and see if I can’t get that book for you.” Shining said before walking up to the barrier, “Right now, our biggest issue is this, if I’m not mistaken this is the same barrier spell I used on Canterlot. City Dome, unlike normal barriers this one is barely affected by the user’s current state and the barrier is tougher than diamonds.”

“Yes, I hypnotized you to slowly weaken it so we wouldn’t have to completely tire ourselves out breaking it, it was pretty easy to do that too,” Chrysalis stated with a grin on her face. Shining Armor clenches his fist before walking over to a tree before grabbing a stick and taking off the excess bits. He then walked over to Chrysalis and bent her over his knee, “W-Wait are you doing?!” Chrysalis said before Shining began to repeatedly smack Chrysalis’ backside with the stick. Causing both pain and humiliation as she screamed her head off, Rainbow, AJ, and Cadence smiled as Chrysalis was taken down several pegs.

“As much as I enjoy watching Chrysalis getting her flank whipped - and believe me, I really enjoy it - but how are we going to get past this barrier?” Twilight asked.

Applejack then walked up to the barrier and said, “That’s the reason why Jake and I were a little late, he thought this might happen, so he told me about a human world technique that could help.”

Applejack then began spinning in place at high speeds, “Spinning isn’t a technique, AJ, Jake is trolling you!” Rainbow said.

Applejack ignored her friends and continued spinning.

Flashback; 10 minutes ago.

“So what do you want to chat about?” Applejack asked.

“Your legs - or more specifically, the muscles inside. You restrain them too much, which causes them to put tremendous amounts of pressure on your bones, not to mention the strain it puts on you to do this. I may not look like it, but I’m a doctor.” Jake said.

“I know I do this, it's just that my kicks can seriously hurt someone!” Applejack yelled.

“Well, if you don’t stop, your leg bones will break to the point where you’ll never walk again,” Jake said.

“I’d rather never walk again than go all out on somepony! I nearly killed my own brother the last time I went all out! My brother may have forgiven me and forgot but I won’t!” Applejack yelled before releasing what she said.

“So that’s the cause of this, a past trauma… well good news, your doctor has just the idea to help. Some techniques from the human world that use the full power of the legs without harming another, allowing you to go all out and ease up the tension you’ve built, however, this first one is an attack but for what you're using it isn’t a living creature.” Jake said with a smile.

Flashback End.

‘Just as Jake thought, a barrier not meant to block us but to waste time and energy trying to break it down,’ Applejack thought, ‘And while we’re doing this, Jake went off the fight Changelings sent to ambush us.’

Around the corner of a cliff face, Jake was cleaning his sword of blood. Smeared across the landscape around him were the bodies of nearly 400 changelings, with more heading his way.

Applejack stopped spinning but something was different, Twilight looked at her friend and said, “Are you done? Come on we need to-” Twilight noticed something off about Applejack, more specifically off about her foot, when the others looked they saw it too.

Applejack raised her leg from the dust, assuming a Muay Thai stance, showing her foot and calf were glowing like molten metal.

“The foot of the devil, Diable Jambe.”

Applejack then did a small hop forward before planting a strong kick to the barrier, causing the entire barrier to crack before shattering like glass.

“Hey, Changelings! Gimme back, my family!” AJ yelled as the barrier’s ‘shards’ fell from the sky.

To Be Continued…

Author's Note

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