Mortal Kombat Legends: Fire and Iceby LoganRyderChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 1It was the finale of the final Mortal Kombat tournament. Liu Kang had beaten Shao Kahn and embraced his role as the chosen one. He stood with allies that had aided him in protecting the safety of Earthrealm from Outworld's champions. These heroes that stood consisted of Jax, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero and Scorpion (Who didn't partake in the tournament as they had dealt with stopping an mad god named Shinnok) As the heroes celebrated, another portal appeared in front of them. "What the hell?" Jax said in confusion "Another portal? But how? We won the tournament right?" Cage said "You have bested Shao Kahn, but another realm needs 2 others to protect it." "Protection from what?" Sonya asked "...THEM...." The portal began to suck in some of the heroes who managed to hold on. As he portal sucked more, Scorpion had been sucked inside. Sub-Zero tried to help him, but the portal had sucked him inside as well. "SCORPION! SUB-ZERO!" The Earthrealmers said at two of their allies being sucked in. The two had began to fall into a dark abyss. "What is this?!" Sub-Zero said as he was falling "I don't know! But it looks like we are those 2 the portal asked for!" Scorpion replied They continued falling as the portal had began to open another entrance to an unknown area. As soon as they fell into the ripped entrance, their vision was engulfed by a white light. (NetherRealm) Sub-Zero and Scorpion were running to get the Kamidogu to stop Shinnok and save the realms, but Sub-Zero formed an ice knife and tried to kill Scorpion. However he was stopped and Scorpion disarmed him and held him down. "Listen, there's no time for this! That's the Kamidogu, if they get that all the realms are doomed. Your thirst for vengeance will disappear along with all of reality!" Scorpion said pointing to the artifact "Your lying!" Sub-Zero refuted in disbelief "I'm not." Scorpion insisted. "I DONT CARE!" Sub-Zero responded, until Scorpion held his head up with the ice dagger "Yes you do!, that's what makes you different, that's what makes you better. I know the desire of revenge. It's a sickness that eats your soul until you become a monster of regret and pain!" Scorpion let the young cryomancer stand and held the dagger out saying in remorse "I deserve to die, and it would be fitting if you did it. But promise me, you will take the Kamidogu and keep it from those monstrosities." Sub-Zero took the dagger and gave a glare and his brother's killer who only said in a simple tone "Do it." Kuai Liang yelled and cried as he readied a blow to his brother's murderer, with the ice dagger, he plunged it at Scorpion, until the scene went dark. (Unknown) Sub-Zero had began to slowly awaken and opened his eyes. He slowly got up and said "What happened?" He looked around and saw that he was in a forest "Scorpion?!" Sub-Zero called out The cryomancer's yell had echoed throughout the forest and there was no response. Sub-Zero only looked around before walking around the pathway down the forest. As he walked down, he heard a rumble from a nearby bush. "Who's There?!" Sub-Zero shouted alarmed There was another rumble and out came a unicorn stallion with golden yellow and black armor with two swords on his back "Who are you?" Sub-Zero questioned "Scorpion." The stallion replied "Scorpion? What happened to you?" Sub-Zero asked "I do not know. But I can ask the same of you Sub-Zero." Scorpion replied Sub-Zero raised an confused eyebrow and looked at his hands, or in this case hooves. "My hands! What happened to my hands?!" Sub-Zero said Scorpion looked at his own and saw he had hooves as well, giving a look of surprise. As they looked at their predicaments, they only looked at each other and around the forest "How do we get out of here?" Sub-Zero asked "Let's look for some pathways, I'll take the right, you go left." Scorpion said The two split and looked for an exit, so far neither of them had luck as Scorpion even teleported a few times in the air, but found no exit. After a few minutes, they managed to regroup and saw a pathway free of trees. "Look! An exit!" Scorpion said Sub-Zero looked and followed his half ally half enemy heading to the pathway. As soon as they exited, they saw an shocking sight. In front of them was an village with pastel coloured equines, each with a mark on their flanks. The two only gave looks of shock at the sight in front of them. As they walked out the forest, they entered the village. Some of the ponies noticed the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu entering and gave looks at them as they walked around. "Whoa, who are those two?" A colt said "They have cool costumes!" An filly said "I wonder why they have masks on?" One stallion said "Whoever they are, they look pretty handsome." One mare said with an flirty smile The looks Sub-Zero and Scorpion got only left them both uncomfortable as they walked around getting looks of interest of flirt from some of the mares and stallions. As they walked, Scorpion saw his reflection at an nearby shop window and said to Sub-Zero. "Umm, Sub-Zero?" "What?" Sub-Zero responded Scorpion pointed at the window and they saw their reflections. Scorpion was a yellow coated unicorn stallion with with his signature golden armor and weapons while Sub Zero was a dark blue unicorn stallion with his signature blue outfit. Both looked at each other in surprise at their forms. As they looked, an pink mare with 3 balloons on her flank noticed them and went over to them. Sub-Zero looked at her and was about the speak, but the pink mare cut him off. "GASP! OMYGOSHWHOAREYOUTWOI'VENEVERSEENPONIESLIKEYOUTWOBEFOREANDTHOSEARECOOLCOSTUMESAREYOUNINJASANDTHATMEANSIHAVETOTHROWYOUAPARTYAND-" The pink pony kept talking, until Sub-Zero cut her off by putting his hoof in her mouth Sub-Zero gave a look of annoyance and said "Can you please calm down young one?" Pinkie nodded and Sub-Zero let her speak. The pink mare only said in a giddy tone "Oh right, you don't know my name. It's Pinkie Pie! Who are you two?" "I am Sub-Zero." "Scorpion." "You two are new ponies in Ponyville! That means I need to throw you a party!" Pinkie said in a happy voice "No." Both said in synch "What? Why not?" Pinkie Pie said confused "As much as your offer seems tempting, I am not one to socialize." Sub-Zero said "I don't have time to do a party or be social either." Scorpion added. "But that's no reason to not have a party!" Pinkie said in refusal. "No." They said in annoyance, until Pinkie did a face that made them both hesitate and sweat. Pinkie gave a puppy dog eyed face that made them both wince a little. Scorpion as it reminded him of Satoshi when he was human along with his family while Sub-Zero remembered when he used to do it with Bi-Han or his other clan members. "Ok Ok!" Scorpion said with a look of defeat and hesitance. "YAY!" Pinkie said before rushing off in a pink speedy flash, leaving them confused. "Should we pretend that happened?" Scorpion asked "What happened?" Sub-Zero replied "Exactly." Author's Note (I don't own artwork, everything belongs to rightful owners) Chapter 2The two rivals were trotting down the pathway, ignoring the looks they were being given by the other ponies. "I wonder where we are?" Scorpion said "And if this place is either a part of Earthrealm or of Outworld." Sub-Zero added As they trotted, Scorpion bumped into a nearby mare. He looked and saw she was a yellow pegasus with 3 pink butterflies on her flank. "Oh! Um sorry mister." The pegasus said meekly "It is alright, I did not see you. Are you ok?" Scorpion said to the mare Fluttershy gave a look at the Hellspecter. His eyes were pure white with a fiery spirit of vengeance. She gave a look at him and slightly blushed at his well trained body and muscular hooves until she regained her composure. "Um....yes, I'm ok, thank you for asking Mister....?." Fluttershy said "Scorpion, and it's fine Miss....?" Scorpion replied "Fluttershy." Scorpion only gave a look at the pegasus, until Sub-Zero asked "If I may ask, Do you know what this village is called?" "This is Ponyville." Fluttershy replied The name of the village left the two confused as Scorpion asked "And where is this Ponyville's realm at?" Fluttershy was confused when he said the word realm and said in an honest tone "Well...The place your in right now is Ponyville, which is a part of the planet Equis." This left the two confused at her claim, when Sub-Zero asked "Equis?" Fluttershy nodded, leaving the two more confused. They decided to keep investigating more of the village and look for answers. "Thank you for your help." Scorpion said with acknowledgement Fluttershy nodded and went her way. The two stallions only looked around at the citizens and the village. "I'm guessing that means we are not in Outworld OR in Earthrealm." Sub-Zero theorized. "Which only leaves one question, how will we be able to return to our realm?" Scorpion further questioned. As they walked, they heard a loud cry "HELP!" This alarmed the two as they saw an house on fire and a filly was trapped inside. "Somepony please help! My daughter is in there!" An grey pegasus with an blonde mane and crossed eyes said in worry. With no hesitation, the two ninja rushed to the scene. "I'll remove the flames, you get the child to safety!" Scorpion said to Sub-Zero The cryomancer nodded and Scorpion used his pyromancy to remove the flames. His horn and hooves brightly glowed yellow and absorbed the flames and unblocked the entrance, allowing Sub-Zero to enter the house. Sub-Zero entered and saw the filly was hiding under a table to avoid the flames. With a quick use of his ice powers. His hooves and horn glowed a chill blue and he froze the flames away and saw the filly hiding. "Hurry! Grab onto me!" Sub-Zero said to the child The filly quickly showed herself to have a horn and blonde mane with a light purple coat. She held onto the Lin Kuei who dashed out the house with a quick jump from through a broken window. "Dinky!" The pegasus said in relief "MOMMY!" The little filly said and rushed to her mom in a big hug. The two ninja looked at the scene and gave a look of relief at the child being reunited with her mother. As the two were walking away, the pegasus called to them. "Hey wait!" The two turned and saw the mare and her daughter head over to the two along with some of the residents. They gave looks of interest and gratefulness to the two ninja that saved the filly. "Thank you both so much for saving my little muffin." "It is alright ma'me, we only did what was right. We hope your daughter is ok." The little filly only went over to the two and gave a happy smile at her two saviors. "You two are cool! Him with his fire magic and him with his ice magic. You both are like superheroes!." The two gave a look of acknowledgement as Sub-Zero said to the filly "Your compliment is appreciated little one." "Thank you, are you ok?" Scorpion asked the filly The little filly nodded and said "I am now Mr...?" "Scorpion." "Sub-Zero." "Thank you...Oh sorry my name is Dinky." The two nodded and were about to leave, until another voice had alarmed them "Alright everypony! What's going on?!" The voice had belonged to an mare that had a purple coat and dark purple mane. She also had a horn like the two ninja but she also had a set of wings as well. Along with her were another 5 mares that had arrived to contain the situation, one mare both ninja recognized as Pinkie Pie, but not the others. "Princess Twilight!" The ponies gave looks of respect and some had bowed to her as Sub-Zero and Scorpion looked and gave looks of surprise and shock "Princess?" The two rivals said in sync and confusion. "We heard a commotion about a fire and came to help." The purple alicorn said "And we came to see if everypony's ok." The white mare said "We're all ok Princess, and it's all thanks to those two stallions." Derpy said pointing at Sub-Zero and Scorpion. But then the blue mare said with a look of confusion "Derpy, nopony is there." "Huh? Where did they go?" She turned and saw they were indeed gone. "Hey look!" An colt said pointing to the leaving duo. The girls looked at the two and saw that they were merely leaving the scene as Dinky called to them "Hey guys! Wait!" The two refused to listen and continued to leave, until the crowd and the girls stopped them. "Where are you going?" Dinky asked "We helped and saved you. There is no reason for us to stay and watch." Scorpion said "And we have business of our own to attend, so we shall be on our way." Sub-Zero added They attempted to leave, but the girls, Derpy and Dinky blocked their path. "But that doesn't mean you should leave." Derpy said "Yeah! Plus I never got to throw you two a party yet!" Pinkie said "Look we assure you we-" Scorpion said, until Pinkie said "PWEEEEEEASE?" Pinkie had an adorable puppy eye face and this made the two give unseen looks as they were wearing masks. After they looked at each other, Sub-Zero and Scorpion said "Fine/Very Well." "YAY!" Pinkie said and zoomed to nowhere. The two looked at the other ponies with confusion "Don't question it." Twilight said, knowing they might be confused The two nodded and Sub-Zero asked "So, where will we stay?" "You two don't a place to stay?" Derpy asked and they nodded in response "Wait, there is another house here that's for sale, I can show you where the mayor is to purchase it. But you'll need lots of bits." Twilight said "Bits?" Scorpion asked "It's basically our currency." Dinky pointed out The two followed Twilight to the mayor's home, as the ponies began to do their routines. Chapter 3Mayor Mare was in her office working on some paperwork and was doing so until the door to her office opened The ones who entered were Twilight and the two ninja. "Princess Twilight! It's a surprise to see you here. What's the matter?" "Hello Mayor Mare. You don't need to call me princess. But I'm here to buy the house that was recently sold." "Really Twilight?, you have a castle now." Mayor Mare said confused "Actually it's not for me exactly, it's for these two. They are new here and me and my friends are busy" Twilight said pointing to Sub-Zero and Scorpion, who acknowledged her with a nod "These two stallions?" Mayor Mare asked, as Twilight nodded Mayor Mare gave a look at the two, but nodded and began to do the paperwork. As she did, Sub-Zero asked Twilight "How exactly do we get these bits?" "We earn it by doing jobs and I think I know where I can help you two." Mayor Mare had began to finish the paperwork and said "Done! I just need the names of the two stallions living there." "Sub-Zero." "Scorpion." Mayor Mare nodded and signed the papers and said "Alright. You both now own the home." The two nodded and Twilight said to Mayor Mare "Thank you." "We appreciate both your aid." Scorpion said with appreciation. The two smiled at his compliment and left the office. The three left Mayor Mare's office and Twilight told the two "Anyways, I think I know where you two can work to earn your keep. Follow me." Twilight led the two away and they followed her to the area she spoke of. As they followed Twilight, Sub-Zero looked at Scorpion and said deep in thought. "When the time comes, I will avenge my brother. He deserves to die for Bi-Han's murder. But first, I must raise off any conflict or risk from the young monarch and the civilians." "If he still wishes to kill me, I don't care, I would rather die and move on then live and suffer an living hell from Quan Chi and Shinnok. I only hope these innocent creatures do not get harmed for it." The trio were arriving at their destination. The place appeared to look like a farm of some sort and there were trees with apples on them. As soon as they arrived, two ponies were coming out of the farm. One was an orange mare with 3 apples on her flanks with a brown Stetson hat and blonde mane along with a red coated stallion with a blonde mane. "Howdy Twi! How ya doin?" The mare asked Twilight "Hey Applejack and Big Mac. I actually came here about the job offerings you guys were talking about yesterday." "Yeah?" Applejack said with a raised eyebrow. "These two stallions that stopped the fire want to take the job offering to pay for their home." Twilight said "Really? You sure Twilight?" Applejack said "Yes we do. We need to do this as a form of employment. Even though I am not from here, We both must earn our keep someway." Sub-Zero said Applejack only gave a look at the two stallions and pondered the word of the cryomancer stallion. As she looked at them from up and down, she sighed a breath and said "Well I guess more help isn't bad. Come on. Ah'll show you both what ya'll both need to do." The two warriors followed the farm mare to the trees that had apples on the leaves. She then pointed at the trees with her hooves and said "What ya need to do is get all the apples in those trees into the baskets. A quick way to do it is like this." Applejack went to one tree and reared her back hooves. With a quick stretch back, she hit the tree and the apples fell into the basket under the tree. The two ninja looked at her and gave nod with confirmation as Applejack said with a smile "Now you two try." They both zoomed at the trees with efficient speed and knocked the apples into the baskets with increased ferocity and agility. Sub-Zero ran quickly at his targets and roundhouse kicked the trees while Scorpion sped his way from tree to tree in a fiery rush and kicked or uppercutted the trees with incredible strength and speed. Applejack and Twilight gave looks of surprise at the two stallions and their skill. "Whoa! Look at them go." Twilight said in surprise "Twi I'm sure they're using magic since they're unicorns." Applejack brought up "Yes, but their magic is being overused and their not stopping!" Twilight said After a few minutes, the two finished and went over carrying the baskets in their hooves and backs. Applejack and Twilight only gave looks of surprise at two rivals as they got the baskets over to Applejack's cart. "That should do it." Sub-Zero said "How did you two do that?!" Twilight said in surprise "We train alot." Scorpion replied "But what about your magic?" Twilight asked "What?" Sub-Zero asked "You both are unicorns, you must have been exhausted by the magic you both used ." Twilight further clarified The two only shaked their heads at the two at their statement. This left the two mares in surprise until Applejack said "Well you both did a fine mighty job here. Ah can say you both are hired!" The two only gave a bow of their heads with respect to the two. "Now come on you two. Mah family and I are preparin some food to eat. " Applejack said with a smile The two followed Applejack into the barn, where they saw an tall red stallion with a blonde mane and tail along with a yellow filly with a red mane and tail and a bow on her head. On a rocking chair was an elderly green coat mare. "Hey there Applejack!....who are they?" The elderly mare said, before she noticed the two stallions. "These two are gonna be the help on the farm for Sweet Apple Acres." Applejack said "Really?" The red stallion said The two rivals nodded and only bowed as a form of respect. Applejack and the filly put the food on the table and readied the dishes. "Soups on Everypony!" Applejack said. The two ninja only looked at the food amd nodded with acknowledgement. Scorpion sat next to the filly and stallion while Sub-Zero sat near Applejack and the elderly mare. "So...Who are you two?" The filly asked "I am Sub-Zero, little one." "Scorpion." "Mah name's Apple Bloom. The stallion over there is Big Macintosh." The red stallion gave a nod to the two and said "Eeyup." Sub-Zero put his blue front hooves on his mask and removed it slowly, revealing his young bearded face and the scar over his eye. Scorpion on the other hand simply pulled a piece of his mask to show his skull like lips to eat the food he had. The Apples looked at the two stallions with awe at their faces, mostly due to Kuai Liang's scars and Scorpion's demon like appearance. "Soooo, What are you both doing here?" Apple Bloom asked The two rivals looked at each other and looked at the Apples, giving looks of confusion themselves. "I myself do not know Apple Bloom. All I remember was me and Scorpion woke up near the forest that is near your home." Sub-Zero replied "Wait, if you were in the forest, how did you manage to get here?" Applejack asked "We had arrived because of an unknown portal in our home, we do not know who or how we managed to get here aside from that." Scorpion replied This left the family surprised at the answer as they simply continued eating without another word. (A few hours later) The two had finished their work for the day and went to the home they had bought, they had 2 medium sized bags with bits in them in their pockets. As they approached, a few ponies noticed them entering. The house looked a bit small and had 2 windows at the top and 2 at the bottom Sub-Zero opened the door with the house keys he got and saw the inside. The house had looked medium sized and there was a living room, with a kitchen at the left with a stove and some cupboards and two flight's of stairs, one going up and the other down. "Looks like we have a new home." Scorpion said "For now." Sub-Zero added The two began to explore the house a bit and saw what other necessities it had. (Outside Ponyville) An mysterious figure looked around the Everfree forest and said in a dark, brooding tone. "Where am I? How did I get here?" The figure only looked around before disappearing in a dark shadow like teleportation, leaving some small darkness behind.
Chapter 1It was the finale of the final Mortal Kombat tournament. Liu Kang had beaten Shao Kahn and embraced his role as the chosen one. He stood with allies that had aided him in protecting the safety of Earthrealm from Outworld's champions. These heroes that stood consisted of Jax, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero and Scorpion (Who didn't partake in the tournament as they had dealt with stopping an mad god named Shinnok) As the heroes celebrated, another portal appeared in front of them. "What the hell?" Jax said in confusion "Another portal? But how? We won the tournament right?" Cage said "You have bested Shao Kahn, but another realm needs 2 others to protect it." "Protection from what?" Sonya asked "...THEM...." The portal began to suck in some of the heroes who managed to hold on. As he portal sucked more, Scorpion had been sucked inside. Sub-Zero tried to help him, but the portal had sucked him inside as well. "SCORPION! SUB-ZERO!" The Earthrealmers said at two of their allies being sucked in. The two had began to fall into a dark abyss. "What is this?!" Sub-Zero said as he was falling "I don't know! But it looks like we are those 2 the portal asked for!" Scorpion replied They continued falling as the portal had began to open another entrance to an unknown area. As soon as they fell into the ripped entrance, their vision was engulfed by a white light. (NetherRealm) Sub-Zero and Scorpion were running to get the Kamidogu to stop Shinnok and save the realms, but Sub-Zero formed an ice knife and tried to kill Scorpion. However he was stopped and Scorpion disarmed him and held him down. "Listen, there's no time for this! That's the Kamidogu, if they get that all the realms are doomed. Your thirst for vengeance will disappear along with all of reality!" Scorpion said pointing to the artifact "Your lying!" Sub-Zero refuted in disbelief "I'm not." Scorpion insisted. "I DONT CARE!" Sub-Zero responded, until Scorpion held his head up with the ice dagger "Yes you do!, that's what makes you different, that's what makes you better. I know the desire of revenge. It's a sickness that eats your soul until you become a monster of regret and pain!" Scorpion let the young cryomancer stand and held the dagger out saying in remorse "I deserve to die, and it would be fitting if you did it. But promise me, you will take the Kamidogu and keep it from those monstrosities." Sub-Zero took the dagger and gave a glare and his brother's killer who only said in a simple tone "Do it." Kuai Liang yelled and cried as he readied a blow to his brother's murderer, with the ice dagger, he plunged it at Scorpion, until the scene went dark. (Unknown) Sub-Zero had began to slowly awaken and opened his eyes. He slowly got up and said "What happened?" He looked around and saw that he was in a forest "Scorpion?!" Sub-Zero called out The cryomancer's yell had echoed throughout the forest and there was no response. Sub-Zero only looked around before walking around the pathway down the forest. As he walked down, he heard a rumble from a nearby bush. "Who's There?!" Sub-Zero shouted alarmed There was another rumble and out came a unicorn stallion with golden yellow and black armor with two swords on his back "Who are you?" Sub-Zero questioned "Scorpion." The stallion replied "Scorpion? What happened to you?" Sub-Zero asked "I do not know. But I can ask the same of you Sub-Zero." Scorpion replied Sub-Zero raised an confused eyebrow and looked at his hands, or in this case hooves. "My hands! What happened to my hands?!" Sub-Zero said Scorpion looked at his own and saw he had hooves as well, giving a look of surprise. As they looked at their predicaments, they only looked at each other and around the forest "How do we get out of here?" Sub-Zero asked "Let's look for some pathways, I'll take the right, you go left." Scorpion said The two split and looked for an exit, so far neither of them had luck as Scorpion even teleported a few times in the air, but found no exit. After a few minutes, they managed to regroup and saw a pathway free of trees. "Look! An exit!" Scorpion said Sub-Zero looked and followed his half ally half enemy heading to the pathway. As soon as they exited, they saw an shocking sight. In front of them was an village with pastel coloured equines, each with a mark on their flanks. The two only gave looks of shock at the sight in front of them. As they walked out the forest, they entered the village. Some of the ponies noticed the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu entering and gave looks at them as they walked around. "Whoa, who are those two?" A colt said "They have cool costumes!" An filly said "I wonder why they have masks on?" One stallion said "Whoever they are, they look pretty handsome." One mare said with an flirty smile The looks Sub-Zero and Scorpion got only left them both uncomfortable as they walked around getting looks of interest of flirt from some of the mares and stallions. As they walked, Scorpion saw his reflection at an nearby shop window and said to Sub-Zero. "Umm, Sub-Zero?" "What?" Sub-Zero responded Scorpion pointed at the window and they saw their reflections. Scorpion was a yellow coated unicorn stallion with with his signature golden armor and weapons while Sub Zero was a dark blue unicorn stallion with his signature blue outfit. Both looked at each other in surprise at their forms. As they looked, an pink mare with 3 balloons on her flank noticed them and went over to them. Sub-Zero looked at her and was about the speak, but the pink mare cut him off. "GASP! OMYGOSHWHOAREYOUTWOI'VENEVERSEENPONIESLIKEYOUTWOBEFOREANDTHOSEARECOOLCOSTUMESAREYOUNINJASANDTHATMEANSIHAVETOTHROWYOUAPARTYAND-" The pink pony kept talking, until Sub-Zero cut her off by putting his hoof in her mouth Sub-Zero gave a look of annoyance and said "Can you please calm down young one?" Pinkie nodded and Sub-Zero let her speak. The pink mare only said in a giddy tone "Oh right, you don't know my name. It's Pinkie Pie! Who are you two?" "I am Sub-Zero." "Scorpion." "You two are new ponies in Ponyville! That means I need to throw you a party!" Pinkie said in a happy voice "No." Both said in synch "What? Why not?" Pinkie Pie said confused "As much as your offer seems tempting, I am not one to socialize." Sub-Zero said "I don't have time to do a party or be social either." Scorpion added. "But that's no reason to not have a party!" Pinkie said in refusal. "No." They said in annoyance, until Pinkie did a face that made them both hesitate and sweat. Pinkie gave a puppy dog eyed face that made them both wince a little. Scorpion as it reminded him of Satoshi when he was human along with his family while Sub-Zero remembered when he used to do it with Bi-Han or his other clan members. "Ok Ok!" Scorpion said with a look of defeat and hesitance. "YAY!" Pinkie said before rushing off in a pink speedy flash, leaving them confused. "Should we pretend that happened?" Scorpion asked "What happened?" Sub-Zero replied "Exactly." Author's Note (I don't own artwork, everything belongs to rightful owners)
Chapter 2The two rivals were trotting down the pathway, ignoring the looks they were being given by the other ponies. "I wonder where we are?" Scorpion said "And if this place is either a part of Earthrealm or of Outworld." Sub-Zero added As they trotted, Scorpion bumped into a nearby mare. He looked and saw she was a yellow pegasus with 3 pink butterflies on her flank. "Oh! Um sorry mister." The pegasus said meekly "It is alright, I did not see you. Are you ok?" Scorpion said to the mare Fluttershy gave a look at the Hellspecter. His eyes were pure white with a fiery spirit of vengeance. She gave a look at him and slightly blushed at his well trained body and muscular hooves until she regained her composure. "Um....yes, I'm ok, thank you for asking Mister....?." Fluttershy said "Scorpion, and it's fine Miss....?" Scorpion replied "Fluttershy." Scorpion only gave a look at the pegasus, until Sub-Zero asked "If I may ask, Do you know what this village is called?" "This is Ponyville." Fluttershy replied The name of the village left the two confused as Scorpion asked "And where is this Ponyville's realm at?" Fluttershy was confused when he said the word realm and said in an honest tone "Well...The place your in right now is Ponyville, which is a part of the planet Equis." This left the two confused at her claim, when Sub-Zero asked "Equis?" Fluttershy nodded, leaving the two more confused. They decided to keep investigating more of the village and look for answers. "Thank you for your help." Scorpion said with acknowledgement Fluttershy nodded and went her way. The two stallions only looked around at the citizens and the village. "I'm guessing that means we are not in Outworld OR in Earthrealm." Sub-Zero theorized. "Which only leaves one question, how will we be able to return to our realm?" Scorpion further questioned. As they walked, they heard a loud cry "HELP!" This alarmed the two as they saw an house on fire and a filly was trapped inside. "Somepony please help! My daughter is in there!" An grey pegasus with an blonde mane and crossed eyes said in worry. With no hesitation, the two ninja rushed to the scene. "I'll remove the flames, you get the child to safety!" Scorpion said to Sub-Zero The cryomancer nodded and Scorpion used his pyromancy to remove the flames. His horn and hooves brightly glowed yellow and absorbed the flames and unblocked the entrance, allowing Sub-Zero to enter the house. Sub-Zero entered and saw the filly was hiding under a table to avoid the flames. With a quick use of his ice powers. His hooves and horn glowed a chill blue and he froze the flames away and saw the filly hiding. "Hurry! Grab onto me!" Sub-Zero said to the child The filly quickly showed herself to have a horn and blonde mane with a light purple coat. She held onto the Lin Kuei who dashed out the house with a quick jump from through a broken window. "Dinky!" The pegasus said in relief "MOMMY!" The little filly said and rushed to her mom in a big hug. The two ninja looked at the scene and gave a look of relief at the child being reunited with her mother. As the two were walking away, the pegasus called to them. "Hey wait!" The two turned and saw the mare and her daughter head over to the two along with some of the residents. They gave looks of interest and gratefulness to the two ninja that saved the filly. "Thank you both so much for saving my little muffin." "It is alright ma'me, we only did what was right. We hope your daughter is ok." The little filly only went over to the two and gave a happy smile at her two saviors. "You two are cool! Him with his fire magic and him with his ice magic. You both are like superheroes!." The two gave a look of acknowledgement as Sub-Zero said to the filly "Your compliment is appreciated little one." "Thank you, are you ok?" Scorpion asked the filly The little filly nodded and said "I am now Mr...?" "Scorpion." "Sub-Zero." "Thank you...Oh sorry my name is Dinky." The two nodded and were about to leave, until another voice had alarmed them "Alright everypony! What's going on?!" The voice had belonged to an mare that had a purple coat and dark purple mane. She also had a horn like the two ninja but she also had a set of wings as well. Along with her were another 5 mares that had arrived to contain the situation, one mare both ninja recognized as Pinkie Pie, but not the others. "Princess Twilight!" The ponies gave looks of respect and some had bowed to her as Sub-Zero and Scorpion looked and gave looks of surprise and shock "Princess?" The two rivals said in sync and confusion. "We heard a commotion about a fire and came to help." The purple alicorn said "And we came to see if everypony's ok." The white mare said "We're all ok Princess, and it's all thanks to those two stallions." Derpy said pointing at Sub-Zero and Scorpion. But then the blue mare said with a look of confusion "Derpy, nopony is there." "Huh? Where did they go?" She turned and saw they were indeed gone. "Hey look!" An colt said pointing to the leaving duo. The girls looked at the two and saw that they were merely leaving the scene as Dinky called to them "Hey guys! Wait!" The two refused to listen and continued to leave, until the crowd and the girls stopped them. "Where are you going?" Dinky asked "We helped and saved you. There is no reason for us to stay and watch." Scorpion said "And we have business of our own to attend, so we shall be on our way." Sub-Zero added They attempted to leave, but the girls, Derpy and Dinky blocked their path. "But that doesn't mean you should leave." Derpy said "Yeah! Plus I never got to throw you two a party yet!" Pinkie said "Look we assure you we-" Scorpion said, until Pinkie said "PWEEEEEEASE?" Pinkie had an adorable puppy eye face and this made the two give unseen looks as they were wearing masks. After they looked at each other, Sub-Zero and Scorpion said "Fine/Very Well." "YAY!" Pinkie said and zoomed to nowhere. The two looked at the other ponies with confusion "Don't question it." Twilight said, knowing they might be confused The two nodded and Sub-Zero asked "So, where will we stay?" "You two don't a place to stay?" Derpy asked and they nodded in response "Wait, there is another house here that's for sale, I can show you where the mayor is to purchase it. But you'll need lots of bits." Twilight said "Bits?" Scorpion asked "It's basically our currency." Dinky pointed out The two followed Twilight to the mayor's home, as the ponies began to do their routines.
Chapter 3Mayor Mare was in her office working on some paperwork and was doing so until the door to her office opened The ones who entered were Twilight and the two ninja. "Princess Twilight! It's a surprise to see you here. What's the matter?" "Hello Mayor Mare. You don't need to call me princess. But I'm here to buy the house that was recently sold." "Really Twilight?, you have a castle now." Mayor Mare said confused "Actually it's not for me exactly, it's for these two. They are new here and me and my friends are busy" Twilight said pointing to Sub-Zero and Scorpion, who acknowledged her with a nod "These two stallions?" Mayor Mare asked, as Twilight nodded Mayor Mare gave a look at the two, but nodded and began to do the paperwork. As she did, Sub-Zero asked Twilight "How exactly do we get these bits?" "We earn it by doing jobs and I think I know where I can help you two." Mayor Mare had began to finish the paperwork and said "Done! I just need the names of the two stallions living there." "Sub-Zero." "Scorpion." Mayor Mare nodded and signed the papers and said "Alright. You both now own the home." The two nodded and Twilight said to Mayor Mare "Thank you." "We appreciate both your aid." Scorpion said with appreciation. The two smiled at his compliment and left the office. The three left Mayor Mare's office and Twilight told the two "Anyways, I think I know where you two can work to earn your keep. Follow me." Twilight led the two away and they followed her to the area she spoke of. As they followed Twilight, Sub-Zero looked at Scorpion and said deep in thought. "When the time comes, I will avenge my brother. He deserves to die for Bi-Han's murder. But first, I must raise off any conflict or risk from the young monarch and the civilians." "If he still wishes to kill me, I don't care, I would rather die and move on then live and suffer an living hell from Quan Chi and Shinnok. I only hope these innocent creatures do not get harmed for it." The trio were arriving at their destination. The place appeared to look like a farm of some sort and there were trees with apples on them. As soon as they arrived, two ponies were coming out of the farm. One was an orange mare with 3 apples on her flanks with a brown Stetson hat and blonde mane along with a red coated stallion with a blonde mane. "Howdy Twi! How ya doin?" The mare asked Twilight "Hey Applejack and Big Mac. I actually came here about the job offerings you guys were talking about yesterday." "Yeah?" Applejack said with a raised eyebrow. "These two stallions that stopped the fire want to take the job offering to pay for their home." Twilight said "Really? You sure Twilight?" Applejack said "Yes we do. We need to do this as a form of employment. Even though I am not from here, We both must earn our keep someway." Sub-Zero said Applejack only gave a look at the two stallions and pondered the word of the cryomancer stallion. As she looked at them from up and down, she sighed a breath and said "Well I guess more help isn't bad. Come on. Ah'll show you both what ya'll both need to do." The two warriors followed the farm mare to the trees that had apples on the leaves. She then pointed at the trees with her hooves and said "What ya need to do is get all the apples in those trees into the baskets. A quick way to do it is like this." Applejack went to one tree and reared her back hooves. With a quick stretch back, she hit the tree and the apples fell into the basket under the tree. The two ninja looked at her and gave nod with confirmation as Applejack said with a smile "Now you two try." They both zoomed at the trees with efficient speed and knocked the apples into the baskets with increased ferocity and agility. Sub-Zero ran quickly at his targets and roundhouse kicked the trees while Scorpion sped his way from tree to tree in a fiery rush and kicked or uppercutted the trees with incredible strength and speed. Applejack and Twilight gave looks of surprise at the two stallions and their skill. "Whoa! Look at them go." Twilight said in surprise "Twi I'm sure they're using magic since they're unicorns." Applejack brought up "Yes, but their magic is being overused and their not stopping!" Twilight said After a few minutes, the two finished and went over carrying the baskets in their hooves and backs. Applejack and Twilight only gave looks of surprise at two rivals as they got the baskets over to Applejack's cart. "That should do it." Sub-Zero said "How did you two do that?!" Twilight said in surprise "We train alot." Scorpion replied "But what about your magic?" Twilight asked "What?" Sub-Zero asked "You both are unicorns, you must have been exhausted by the magic you both used ." Twilight further clarified The two only shaked their heads at the two at their statement. This left the two mares in surprise until Applejack said "Well you both did a fine mighty job here. Ah can say you both are hired!" The two only gave a bow of their heads with respect to the two. "Now come on you two. Mah family and I are preparin some food to eat. " Applejack said with a smile The two followed Applejack into the barn, where they saw an tall red stallion with a blonde mane and tail along with a yellow filly with a red mane and tail and a bow on her head. On a rocking chair was an elderly green coat mare. "Hey there Applejack!....who are they?" The elderly mare said, before she noticed the two stallions. "These two are gonna be the help on the farm for Sweet Apple Acres." Applejack said "Really?" The red stallion said The two rivals nodded and only bowed as a form of respect. Applejack and the filly put the food on the table and readied the dishes. "Soups on Everypony!" Applejack said. The two ninja only looked at the food amd nodded with acknowledgement. Scorpion sat next to the filly and stallion while Sub-Zero sat near Applejack and the elderly mare. "So...Who are you two?" The filly asked "I am Sub-Zero, little one." "Scorpion." "Mah name's Apple Bloom. The stallion over there is Big Macintosh." The red stallion gave a nod to the two and said "Eeyup." Sub-Zero put his blue front hooves on his mask and removed it slowly, revealing his young bearded face and the scar over his eye. Scorpion on the other hand simply pulled a piece of his mask to show his skull like lips to eat the food he had. The Apples looked at the two stallions with awe at their faces, mostly due to Kuai Liang's scars and Scorpion's demon like appearance. "Soooo, What are you both doing here?" Apple Bloom asked The two rivals looked at each other and looked at the Apples, giving looks of confusion themselves. "I myself do not know Apple Bloom. All I remember was me and Scorpion woke up near the forest that is near your home." Sub-Zero replied "Wait, if you were in the forest, how did you manage to get here?" Applejack asked "We had arrived because of an unknown portal in our home, we do not know who or how we managed to get here aside from that." Scorpion replied This left the family surprised at the answer as they simply continued eating without another word. (A few hours later) The two had finished their work for the day and went to the home they had bought, they had 2 medium sized bags with bits in them in their pockets. As they approached, a few ponies noticed them entering. The house looked a bit small and had 2 windows at the top and 2 at the bottom Sub-Zero opened the door with the house keys he got and saw the inside. The house had looked medium sized and there was a living room, with a kitchen at the left with a stove and some cupboards and two flight's of stairs, one going up and the other down. "Looks like we have a new home." Scorpion said "For now." Sub-Zero added The two began to explore the house a bit and saw what other necessities it had. (Outside Ponyville) An mysterious figure looked around the Everfree forest and said in a dark, brooding tone. "Where am I? How did I get here?" The figure only looked around before disappearing in a dark shadow like teleportation, leaving some small darkness behind.
