My Final Pony Fantasy IV

Our Equestrian heroes lay unconscious on a small bank near a strange river. The sound if the waves crashing did little to bring them back. It was just then, a hopping sound they had heard before came close to their ears, and yet they were unable to hear it.

"OH MY GOSH!! TWILIGHT, APPLEJACK, RAINBOW DASH, AND RARITY!! PRINCESS LUNA, TOO!!!"

The owner of the voice appeared and tried each method she could think of, from yelling directly in their ears, to shaking their heads. It then came to her: grabbing a bucket from her mane, she dunked it into the river and splashed the ponies.

"WHOA, THAT'S COLD!!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"WHAT IN TARNATION?!" said Applejack.

"WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, HOW, WHA--?!" Twilight and Rarity each sputtered.

"WHO DARES TO AWAKEN THE PRINCESS OF--"

"HI, GUYS!"

Once she spoke, the girls stopped and gasped.

"Pinkie...?"

*CRUNCH!*

The ponies' eyes sprang wide open upon hearing their bones cracking and saw the source. It was indeed their friend, Pinkie Pie.

"My stars!" Rarity choked. "I thought we'd never see you again, darling."

"Me too," Rainbow said, trying to break free. "Now let us go, Pinkie. You're breaking my ribs."

"Okay!"

Pinkie did so, dropping her friends.

"Thanks," said Twilight.

"Next time ya pull us into a group hug, don't squeeze us too hard," said Applejack, wincing.

"Hee hee, sorry," Pinkie said, giggling.

"Pinkie Pie, where've you been this whole time?" Rainbow asked.

"Just wandering around that little Chocobo forest over there. I may not be Fluttershy, but the Chocobos were super-duper nice."

"Kupo!"

The girls' eyes widened upon hearing that familiar word. At that point, a cat-like creature emerged from Pinkie's mane.

"Is that not the creature from before?" said Luna.

"Yep yep!"

"You just had to bring that Moogle along, didn't you, sugarcube?" asked Applejack.

"Not really. I told Moggy it'd be dangerous, but would he listen? Noooo. He kept making this sad, frowny face, I couldn't say no any longer. So we agreed to go together just as long as he's with me!"

"'Moggy'? Really? That's his name?" said Rainbow Dash.

"That's what's on your mind right now?!" Twilight scolded. "My sister-in-law was captured, and all you're thinking of is a Moogle's name?!"

*music fades out*

Realizing her mistake, Rainbow looked down on the ground and let out a sigh. The cyan pegasus closed her eyes and sat on her haunches.

"So, um... What'd I miss? Anything really big happen?"

"A lot, Pinkie darling. A lot," said Rarity.

"Pinkie."

"Yeah, Twilight?"

"You wouldn't happen to know where Spike and Fluttershy might be, do you?"

Pinkie's cheery expression diminished. "I thought you'd ask that... The thing is, I don't know. I'm really, really super sorry!"

"That's what I thought," Twilight replied sadly, her ears lowered. "Well, regardless, I'm glad you're okay, Pinkie."

Luna looked around her. She saw that out of her fellow Equestrians, it was only the five Element Bearers and Shining Armor.

"Where are the others? And the humans?" she asked.

"Oh no!" Twilight gasped. "They must have been blown away by the whirlpool--" she stopped, remembering what happened to Rydia. She began hyperventilating much to her friends' horror.

"We'll find 'em, Twi. Don't ya worry none."

"B-B-B-But... R-R-Rydia..." she cried. "And after all that's happened..."

"Yeah, and as soon as we do, that Golbez creep is gonna--"

"Golbez!"

"Uh, yeah...?" Rainbow answered, confused.

"I just remembered. He said that he had 'four prisoners, right?"

"Yeah. Cadence and Rosa, so--" Rainbow stopped realizing exactly what Twilight was thinking. Immediately, the others came to the same conclusion. That is, except for Pinkie Pie.

"Um, mind filling me in?"

"FREEZE!!"

"Uh-oh. Trouble."

The ponies found themselves surrounded by the soldiers of Baron. Luna attempted to rise from the ground, but she collapsed once more. Pinkie Pie tried to take out her Party Cannon but was knocked out from behind by the blunt end of a sword. The others gasped in horror as they realized that in their weakened states, they couldn't make a stand against their adversaries. Thus, the Equestrians had no choice...

Sometime earlier...

After an unspecified period of time, Spike opened his eyes and saw a pair of goblins dragging him in the halls of a mysterious structure, one he assumed was a castle.

"Hey... get your hands off me!"

It was no use. No matter how much he struggled, Spike couldn't free himself from the goblins dragging him through the halls of the tower. Once they approached the cell, the creatures threw the baby dragon inside.

"S... Spike...?"

Spike opened his eyes and saw one of his pony friends.

"Oh my gosh! Fluttershy?!"

"Oh, Spike! It was horrible! As soon as I stepped out of that portal, I found myself here and nopony else!" the frightened pegasus wept.

"'Nopony else?' Not even Twilight or Rainbow Dash?" he asked as the goblins bound him to the floor in chains.

Fluttershy shook her head. "Nor Rarity or Pinkie Pie or Applejack."

"Not even Shining Armor, Princess Cadence..."

"Or even Princess Luna. Oh, where could they be?"

"That, and one more question: where are we?"

"My personal headquarters."

The two turned their heads to see their captors.

"I am Golbez, leader of the Red Wings. This is my associate, Kain Highwind."

"No way... Y-You're a dragoon!" said Spike.

"How perceptive," Kain replied. "Now what of this yellow pony?"

"Please... please don't hurt us. What have we ever done to you?" Fluttershy pleaded, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"There is no need to. I have two Crystals in my possession now. The Water Crystal of Mysidia and the Earth Crystal of Damcyan. Kain."

"Master," the dragoon replied.

"Prepare the airships. For tomorrow, we venture towards the kingdom of Fabul to obtain the Crystal of Wind."

The dragoon bowed and turned to leave alongside Golbez. Before they left the cell, Golbez stopped completely and without even turning back towards them, he spoke.

"Perhaps we may cross paths with your friends from Equestria," he said. The two gasped, knowing they he knew of their home world's existence.

"No! You can't!" Spike cried, struggling to break free of the chains.

"Please no...." Fluttershy began to weep.

Once the two left the dungeon, Fluttershy and Spike hung their heads in despair. Who could save them now, they wondered.