A New Time, A New Place

"Pinkie has probably made adjustments to the party she's hosting since we beat Ooze and Saba here is also new to Ponyville." Tara said.

Fengàri shrugged as best he could. "I wonder if AJ told Dom about my hunts… considering I only know rumors of what mischief he and Brian got into. I can say that my hand is still sore from punching that Cragadile in the head… although I had intended to get it to close its mouth so the toddler wouldn't land in it," he sighed.

"Dominic Toretto?!" Tara shouted. "He's here too?!"

Fengàri cocked an eyebrow at her surprised tone. "What's wrong with Dom? He's effectively 'retired' and with his son… not to mention he seemed rather surprised that I taught Jesse most of what he knew. Though Brian and Mia are also here… and Dom said Roman was in some place called 'Las Pegasus' which is a rather cute pun on 'Las Vegas'," he commented.

He blinked as a white 1995 Toyota Supra Mark IV pulled up.

"I warned Dom about the collapse." Tara said plainly. "If he and Mia are here there's a good chance their Psycho brother John Toretto will show up."

"Hmmm… Dom said that Woz was the one that got him and the gang. Though I have no idea if I have any surviving family outside of Dom and the gang," Fengàri sighed as he straightened carefully, taking his weight off Woz and Fluttershy. "You know, your hair colors are pretty interesting," he commented thoughtfully.

He wasn't too surprised that Brian and Mia both climbed out of the Skyline. He saw Brian's eyes widen slightly before he grunted as Mia tackle-hugged him. "Been taking hugging lessons from Pinkie?" he teased.

"I wouldn't be surprised if John figured out how to create a portal or he teamed up with one of our enemies just to get at Dom." Tara said as she walked over to Brian.

"Considering John's connections with governments… I wouldn't be surprised. Though it would be pretty damn hard to lock onto a particular location and land there reliably, considering when we landed we were scattered from Ponyville to Canterlot and Baltimare and a few places in between," Brian deadpanned.

"Huh… didn't know Dom had a brother, though we both know he's got loyal brothers, don't we?" Fengàri quipped. He saw Brian grin at that.

"Damn right," he replied with a chuckle.

"Though personally, I can do without those Shaw idiots… if half of what I heard about those two is true, one was an anarchist, the other an overprotective asshole," Fengàri deadpanned. He saw Mia smirk at that, as Dom had been an 'overprotective asshole' at one point as well. "Though I will admit that Simi is much like Pinkie… both acceptably and adorably crazy," he commented.

"Aw, that's so sweet," Pinkie giggled from where she leaned against Woz's back, head down in complete defiance of gravity. Woz, however, jerked and stumbled, yet Pinkie only gracefully flipped off his back with a smirk.

Fengàri smirked at the startled look on Woz's face, rather amused, yes, at Woz's expense.

To the pink mare's surprise she was tackle hugged by Tara. "How's Ponyville's Premiere pink ball of sunshine?"

Pinkie giggled, hugging Tara back. "Mostly the same as ever, though I think it may be partly a mental block that's keeping our Morphers inactive… unless the Morphing Grid has some plan we don't know about. For all we know, Zordon or the purified Mystic Mother could have something planned that they haven't told anypony about. I wonder if the Authors have thought if Ninjor and his baby girl are here," she commented quickly before inhaling deeply.

Fengàri cocked an eyebrow at the light raspberry furred girl's comment. He noticed she was round in all the best ways, yet at the same time, not pudgy or overweight.

Woz hummed. "Curious that it seems easier to look into the past than the future," he commented absently.

"That's because the past has already been written, whilst the future has yet to truly be formed by the choices we make in the present, hence why it's clouded," Fengàri deadpanned before shrugging. "Though I wouldn't be surprised if Dulcea or Ninjjor were around," he sighed. 'Though at the same time, the idea that Zordon is still around wouldn't be much of a surprise… after all, Eltaran Sage or Ninja Sage… a guy has certain needs,' he thought.

"Ninjor was Ivan's greatest enemy so it's possible that Ivan was hoping that he was dead. Though, I can't seem to sense anything from the great ninja master." Saba said.

"Rough one there, buddy, he did help give you your power so he is basically your father." Tara said.

"Doesn't mean he's dead, though, only that we cannot sense him at the moment. Though I do sense a stirring… distantly… to the southwest of here. Though I cannot tell what is causing it. It doesn't feel like Ivan or his Yakitori minions, though," Fengàri commented. He saw Pinkie start giggling though she covered her mouth trying to muffle it.

Woz snorted a low chuckle. "Hmmm… it appears that there are Elemental Magic users in the past that embodied Elemental Forces. It is thought that even someone by the name of 'Tia Flashheart' held an odd title… 'Solaris'," he commented, looking over past events through his book.

Fengàri's eyebrows rose slightly before he chuckled. "Magiranger, eh?" he sighed softly, thinking.

"Tia Flashheart is just Celestia." Tara said "She carries the title of Solaris because of the fact that she is powered by and moves the Sun; she's basically what the Solaris Knight is to the main magiranger/mystic force group to our Kind."

Fengàri Kattalakis cocked an eyebrow at her comment. "That implies that I know what you're talking about. Though I have noticed that even a few days before I ran into Woz here, that… my awareness seemed… sharper. As if I'm more aware of things, though I'm not sure how I know them. It's like instincts that I never noticed are awakening," he commented before his eyes widened fractionally as he heard rustling before his hand snapped out as, in a gust of flames, a pair of blades rested in his grip.

He blinked a couple of times in surprise. "Huh… makes me wonder if Kratos actually existed in my home dimension at some point. Not that the Gods would have likely admitted that anyone, mortal or demigod, actually kicked their respective ases," he commented.

Thankfully, it was only a certain zebra shamaness pushing through the undergrowth.

"I heard numerous shrieks during the night, and early in the morn, as I sought herbs that only bloom in the pre-dawn, I saw creatures of darkness and bone. I suspect that you and Twilight should know," she rhymed.

Fengàri's eyebrows rose slightly. "Well… it's safe to say we may have a hint to one of Ivan's 'fragments', wouldn't you agree?" he commented. 'Sunny Town… a village of damned, unrepentant souls, save for two… the one the rest were damned for and the one that sought to protect said innocent,' he realized. His eyes narrowed at more rustling before a raggedly dressed mare with pale gray fur as well as a dark maroon mane with red highlights and dark maroon eyes staggered out of the undergrowth, breathing heavily. He noticed numerous scrapes and cuts that were bleeding sluggishly. 'Mitta Heartblossom, the one who was damned for unsuccessfully protecting a young filly who was murdered,' the awareness filtered into his mind.

"Mitta!" Tara shouted running up to hug the zombified Mare. "Thank the gods you're here." "Mitta is an old friend." Tara told Fengàri via telepathy "I met her a long time ago when exploring the Everfree. I have been able to rework the curse to link her lifeforce to me. That's how I gained my Cutiemark."

"Though I rather doubt that wherever she fled from is the only place that these 'creatures of darkness and bone' are going to show up. We should check on Twilight. Best place to create unrest and chaos would be to strike at the highest hierarchy, as well as the heaviest number of guard," he replied. "As relaxing as a nice hot bath would be… better to make certain that those 'creatures of darkness and bone' are only in this forest. My gut feeling… they won't be. I don't like that fact, but strategically… I would not be surprised if there were tunnels or caverns that act as an underground network," he deadpanned.

Fluttershy gasped, shooting Tara a look of realization. Though it was rare, there could be deeper caves beneath the Everfree few knew of or visited that connected to Diamond Dog tunnels which were known to run for miles underground.

Woz cocked his head. "I rather doubt that there are subways on this world," he said dryly.

"Maybe not, but there could be an equivalent. Not to mention how dangerous sinkholes can be. Those can open without warning," Fengàri sighed. "And I'm pretty sure that it's unlikely that there are any Huntsman Academies around, unless they're outside of the areas ponies tend to frequent," he finished.

"No Huntsman Academy but there is a hunter's guild similar to both Bloodborne and Monster Hunter." Tara replied helpfully. "Cragadials and such are similar to Monster Hunter monsters. In fact their skin can be used as armor. A Hunter's Guild was started to help reduce the dangerous creature population and to create awesome armors. Daring Doo is head of the archaeological division of the Hunter's Guild."

A slight smirk crosses Fengàri's face at that. "Then you ought to check on the one that I took down at… Sweet Apple Acres. Pretty sure that one was a good nine or ten feet long… pretty damn hard headed to boot. Turns out that Big Mac's kid somehow got treed… gator was beneath it. Didn't help that the branch the kid was on was rotten… and a good three inches in diameter, so had it fallen, it would have hurt anyone beneath it… and probably would have only annoyed the Cragadile. But one thing I can confirm… the breath of those things and the breath of a cannibalistic gator back home… smells the same," he drawled, not realizing his accent was rather heavy.

"Later as you said before we need to check in on my sister." Tara said as she led Mitta over to the others. " I hope she took my advice and moved the castle staff and major place of governance to her god-given castle instead of moving back to Canterlot. The damn thing was made for her by a force above good and evil so I hope she decided not to abandon it."

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"We do need to bind these wounds first. I rather doubt they'll get infected, but better safe than sorry," Fengàri commented. He saw the surprised look from Fluttershy as she closed her mouth, unaware she'd been about to say the very same thing. He noticed Mitta also looked surprised that he would care about a stranger. "I was raised Cajun, chèr. There are three things we do… eat spicy food, cook spicy food… and help those in need," he quipped.

"I… don't," Mitta started.

"If you say that 'you don't deserve it', I'm calling bullshit. I know what it's like to fight for everything ya got… just to survive. And thanks to a guy who became a good friend, I gained not only a job that gave me access to things I never thought I'd have, but respect from others. I'll be damned if I don't help another gain, if not respect from those around them, then respect for themselves," Fengàri said firmly.

"After all, unlike Sugou, I may not have a straight, focused goal of being a King… but if it happens in the future, so be it. But I will never let a lust for power or destruction consume me nor would I knowingly forsake someone in need," he finished, noticing Fluttershy had darted off and was returning with a first aid kit.

He noticed Woz watching him with a thoughtful look as he half turned away before giving a sharp whistle. Almost immediately, a distant grumbling roar sounded before the Scout shot over a hillside, gaining quite a bit of air before landing and bouncing twice before slowing to stop by the Skyline.

Brian's eyebrows shot up, as did Mia's. "How exactly did you do that?" he commented curiously.

Fengàri cocked his head, a slow smirk crossing his face. "Do what? I whistled, nothing more… though I have a suspicion how the bike can do that," he commented innocently. He saw Mia bite her lower lip, likely realizing Fengàri was trolling them.

Tara roared in a manner similar to a particular red lion as a turtle-shaped portal opened in the sky and out flew a flaming ball which landed next to Tara. The fire vanished as the Wild Force Rider appeared. "You're not the only one who has a unique flaming ride." She said with a wicked grin on her face. "Ever since the Muteorgs were destroyed this baby has been sitting in the animarium gathering dust. I asked Shayla if I could take it out for exercise since it is a living being and she said yes. So now I'm able to call upon it whenever I want to just by using the Red Lion's Roar.

Fengàri hummed. "I wouldn't mind meeting Shayla. She was one of the few 'mentors' the Power Rangers had that were active in more than just intel," he commented. He blinked once, then twice. "You sensed him as well, eh?" he commented, noting her choice of words.

"Yeah but he's surprisingly calm." Tara said. "Ok everyone either summon your rides or take to the skies!" She called out. "Zecora, Mitta you're with me and Fen."

Woz chuckled as he summoned his Ride Striker as Fluttershy unfurled her wings. Fengàri could feel Zecora's arms around his abdomen before he revved the bike a bit.

"I must say, your ride is quite loud, though I am curious what Spirit to it is bound," Zecora rhymed.

"A noble man, fooled by a Deal made in desperation. It appears his lineage either does not exist here… or I am distantly related myself, though I could not say which is more likely," Fengàri commented. "It would be interesting to know others of that bloodline," he murmured softly, too low to be heard over the engine as they accelerated steadily if not at extremely high speed.

Fengàri Kattalakis cocked his head, his eyes widening slightly as he felt a surge of awareness. "Shit… Tara…. wouldn't you agree that us managing to take out Ivan seemed a bit too easy? And the fact he conveniently made a portal to evade getting killed… he was fucking stalling us for time, and if I'm right… we ain't gonna like why he was stalling," he said suddenly.

He felt Zecora's arms tighten. "I can all but feel your body abuzz. Something troubles you, it does," she murmured.

"it was somewhat easier than it should have been, you're right." Tara sent back as the group reached Twilight's castle."Something had better not have happened to my sister."

Fengàri took a deep breath, his eyes narrowing as he let his gaze scan around before he heard two voices before his gaze snapped upward.

"Ugh… just our luck. Orgs. Hmmm… wanna bet Ooze's Fragments found fragments of other 'master' villains and absorbed them?" Fengàri growled as his eyes narrowed. Unluckily, close to three dozen Putties and Shadowmen and those he'd dubbed as Oil Fangires showed up as well. His head tilted as the Putties formed sharp talons from their fingers.

His eyes narrowed, glowing bright golden amber as a growl rumbled in his chest, the sound far too deep to be human as a dark mist gathered in his hand.

"Shy use your crossbows on the Putties!" Tara shouted. "Their weak spot is the chestplates with the Z on them!" She then sent Fengàri "The orgs might be Jindrax and Toxica's doing. Like a nobody Orgs can grow hearts so we should make sure they're bad Orgs first."

Fengàri Kattalakis nodded fractionally as he swayed around the slashes from the Putties, hearing shrill cracks before a dull crunching crack as if busting bulletproof or safety glass followed before he ducked, rolling beneath the axe of the Baron Org Retinax as he dropped down.

"Stay still, you human trash!!" Retinax snarled.

"Pardon the pun, but have you looked at yourself? You look like someone sat on a Pollock painting and twisted, ya ugly bastard," Fengàri deadpanned before he ducked underneath another slash from the Baron Org. He ducked a third slash before lightly tapping the lower chest of the Org with his fingertips before he drew his fist back and struck hard.

"Reppuken," he barked, a concussive shockwave of air shoving the Baron Org a dozen feet back, more than far enough to activate the Knight Advent Deck and access the V Buckle. He glanced to the side, seeing Retinax charging a laser blast as he slid the Deck into place with a whispered "HENSHIN." before the blast narrowly missed him as he pushed off hard, detonating on impact with the ground in a fireball as the armor of Kamen Rider Knight formed around his body in inverted reflections before he quickly drew and slid in the Sword Vent card, accessing the Winglancer as well as his sword.

"Reppūkiri," Knight growled, slashing with both weapons as he sent arcs of blue tinted wind at the Bell Org, distracting it from Tara and Fluttershy as arcs of sparks blew off its dense skin. He noticed Woz alongside Fluttershy, having used the Shinobi Miraiwatch, was dealing with the other underlings.

"Mind if we join in?" A Male voice asked as another turtle shaped portal opened by Tara. Out of the portal dropped two semi-familiar figures.

"We don't really need another set of problems you two!" Tara shouted as she revved her bike before taking to the sky, Mitta gripping her chest hard enough that she felt her ribs creak and Mitta's fractured arms ache.

"C-careful, T-tara… just because I'm technically dead doesn't mean I don't feel pain. If anything, I feel pain more keenly since that was her intent," Mitta gasped, wincing.

"Just returning the favor for Toxica's horn!" Jindrax said as he blasted one of the Fangires knocking it back into some of the Shadowmen and causing the whole group to fly apart from the force. "Besides we picked up traces of Master Org's influence even from our pocket dimension, we don't need another incident like the last!"

"Frankly, you two, I rather doubt it's Master Org again… but someone just as dangerous… and the fact that Orgs are showing up that need to meet the boot in ass," Knight deadpanned, his voice holding a faint Japanese accent, "is troubling. But as Zen-Aku proved, even supposedly 'heartless Orgs' can care. After all, why else would you have worked to resurrect her? She your girlfriend, hmmm?" he quipped with a smirk.

'But this confirms our suspicion… that Ooze is able to absorb the powers and, by extension, acquire the control over other villains. Hope he doesn't find anything of Master Xandred or Dai Shi… from the fact Putties are here, at least one of his Fragments have either Rita's, or more likely, Zedd's powers. And another must have Salem's control over Grimm… ugh…. mendosei,' he thought with a soft sigh.