A New World, A New Way: Deepground

Chapter Eleven

Diplomatic Agreement

[Canterlot Castle, Forbidden Library]

The sound of hoof steps could be heard Echoing throughout the forbidden library as Celestia was currently making her way through the area while reading books upon books trying to find out why this green energy was appearing around Ponyville and Canterlot. So far over the past couple of hours, she couldn’t find the answers she was looking for in the section that catalogs strange magical energy within Equestria. All this collected and recovered knowledge over the years and still nothing useful to her.

“This is becoming a greater pain than I can imagine,” Celestia said before tossing a book over to the side as it hit a bookshelf. “You think there would be some kind of hint or something left behind by Starswirl The Bearded? It would be nice if I had a clue of some kind?” She asked before hearing something falling off to the side from where the book she tossed landed. A sigh escaped her lips as she made her way over to where the book was as she noticed a pile of books landed on it. “We really should place some funds off to the side to repair this place.”

As the alicorn was placing the books on the side to put back later, she soon noticed a rather odd-looking book as she brought it close to her. Examining it, she noticed that it looked brand new. Like it didn’t age over time or be ruined by the elements. It had an odd illustration on the cover of it depicting a silhouette of a unicorn. The white alicorn slowly opened the book as she saw the page lit up. The light caused Celestia to quickly close her eyes. Once the bright light vanished, Celestia opened her eyes to see letters appearing on the page as a voice spoke out.

“This is a magical record of the events that took place in the year fifty-five of the Equestria calendar. Greetings to whoever is reading this in the distant future. My name is Queen Galaxia, the former queen of Equestria and wife of the former King Cosmos. If anypony is reading this, let it be known that we are no longer in this world. We’re dead…it may be hard to believe that. Two immortal alicorns, being killed like any mortal pony. Though I suppose Cosmos suffered a worse fate than I did.”

“Mother…” Celestia said in shock as she listened and read the magical recording. It had been years since her mother’s and father’s disappearance back when she and Luna were just fillies. They didn’t know what happened or what could’ve caused them to vanish…could this book lead to what happened to them? The white alicorn shook her head before continuing to read.

“To get a better understanding of what had happened, years ago I had a vision of our planet being ravaged and set on fire, ponies transforming into monsters and killing one another, and the planet being taken over and drifting into space to invade other planets. At first, I paid it no mind, thinking that it was a nightmare of some sort. But over time, the visions were becoming more and more visible. A star falling from the sky, a monster who will devour ponies, griffons, dragons, and other creatures that live on Equus. King Cosmos, my husband, assured me that nothing like that will ever happen…but that reassurance was nothing more than a house made out of hay as the monster of the visions came true.” As the princess continued to read, the book magically turned the page on itself to reveal more writing on the next page in the book.

“Halfway into the ten years, we received reports that the citizens in the town near the Everfree Forest vanished. All twenty thousand ponies were estimated to have lived there. We sent our guard to investigate what happened, but only one returned. In his scared state, he muttered about a monster, shapeshifting, and eating them all. We couldn’t send any more guards into that town, so we decided to investigate ourselves to see who or what it was that caused the disappearance. Three days into the investigation, we found what we had thought was a survivor. But little did we know that the earth pony was the one that caused the disappearance. Had Starswirl the Bearded left an hour sooner, then that monster would’ve eaten and shifted into either Luna or Celestia. Because of this, it was decided Starswirl would take Celestia and Luna to a safe place until we dealt with the matter of the alien creature.” The recording said as it took Celestia by surprise.

“How could I not remember something like that?” She asked before noticing more words appearing on the page.

“The last year of this war between us and the creature. We were able to deal the monster a fatal wound to the creature…but at the price of King Cosmos’s life. With his last breath, he gave me the spell to seal the monster away for as long as I lived. But getting the creature to hold still long enough to cast the spell will need more than just myself. I’ve decided to enlist the aid of the God of Chaos and Disharmony, Discord to help me in the endeavor.”

“This creature is so powerful that even mother and father couldn’t defeat it by themselves?” Celestia said in disbelief. To think that she would enlist Discord’s assistance in this matter…more importantly, does Discord remember this? Before she could even think of anything else, the book began to read itself as her focus was returned to the page.

“With the assistance of Discord, I was able to perform the spell to keep the monster sealed within the earth of the Badlands. But even with the monster sealed away, the magic in Equestria was drained to the point of nonexistence. There was no hope or future for this country if I didn’t act fast. Discord knew this as well and took advantage of my weakened state to offer me a deal. The seal that I placed on the creature will not last forever as he stated. Should that time come, Equestria will not survive long without the means to counter it. I will provide the means to restore Equestria's magic, but in exchange, I will need you to give birth to a child...but not of this world.”

“What does she mean by-” Before Celestia could finish her sentence, Luna appeared behind her via teleportation magic which caused the alicorn to close the book and look over at her younger sister.

“There you are. I’ve been looking for you everywhere. What are you doing in the forbidden library?”

“Look for clues to this strange phenomenon. I might’ve found something that could give us something to look into in the badlands.”

“What makes you say that?”

“Just a hunch from what I looked up, what about you? What have you found while on your patrol around Canterlot?”

“I did…but I need you to stay calm and try not to freak out.” Luna said as she took a deep breath before speaking. “I might have found the source behind the strange energy, and you might not believe me when I say this.”

“Is it Discord? If so, then I have a few questions that I would like for him to answer me.”

“No, it’s not Discord…I found a human.” Luna said as Celestia stared at her. “Though I don’t believe she’s from the world where Arceus and the other pokemon are from.”

“....Explain please.”

“I could, but maybe it would be best to show you what I mean.”

“You found where this human is located?”

“I have and I’m willing to take you to her. Only if you promise to hear her out and not attack her. or send the royal guards after we talk to her.”

“Are these your terms or the human’s terms?”

“Both, mainly because I prefer not to have Arceus or Mewtwo wreck the city. That and if you do try to attack her, she will reflect your magic on you as she demonstrated with me.”

“She…can use magic?” Celestia asked as Luna nodded. “Take me to this human. I would like to see if you’re telling the truth or not.”

[Canterlot, Hotel]

“I feel like I’m about to throw up,” Burgundy said as she paced back and forth in the front room they were in. “I can’t be the only one feeling like that, right?”

“Understandable seeing how we’re about to have a meeting with the rulers of Equestria,” Emma said as she typed on her laptop.

“And you don’t feel like how I’m feeling?”

“Again, I’m a former test subject of Shinra’s Deepground project. What do you think?” She said with a bit of sass in her voice.

“I don’t need your sassiness, Emma. What are you typing anyway?”

“Oh, I’m just looking through the stuff that’s finally downloaded. I’m mainly looking over the laws that involve diplomats from another planet or country.”

“Pretty sure that only applies to Burgundy and Georgia,” Lyra said while still trying to get used to walking all two legs.

“Not to mention you’re not from our world, nor are you a pokemon,” Georgia added.

“True, but if I can convince the princesses to let those laws apply to me, then it will help in getting me a step closer to home,” Emma said.

“And you think they’ll help you? Not to sound like a downer, but I have my doubts they can be trusted. At least to me.” Georgia said as she chimed in the conversation. “They are friends with Arceus, so for all we know, they could be setting a trap for us.”

“We’ll just have to see when Luna returns. But if it is a trap, then I’ll be sure to get you four out of here.” She said before hearing a knock at the door. Emma stopped typing upon hearing the knock as she motions for one of them to open the door. Lyra nodded as she slowly made her way over to the door. Once she was there, she slowly opened the door to reveal Celestia and Luna standing in the doorway. The soldier glanced at the two alicorns for a moment before returning her attention to her laptop. “Feel free to come in if you want. Not like we have anywhere to go at the moment.” She said as the princesses entered the room. The moment Celestia stepped inside, she stared in shock at seeing Emma sitting on the couch with a smile on her face. She soon looked around the room to see Lyra’s, Georgia’s, and Burgundy’s appearances. Mainly at the fact that they were humanoids.

“...I’m not going to lie. When my sister said that she found a human, I was beginning to think that you were a human that Arceus must’ve missed when he brought the good humans and pokemon to this planet. But given how she explained that you turned the humans back to normal. I’m going to have to believe you’re from another world.” Celestia said as she closed the door behind them. “You must be Emma Rosemary, correct? My name is-”

“Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria along with your sister as co-ruler. While you can move the sun, your sister can move the moon.” Emma said as Celestia blinked in surprise by this. “You can thank the internet for giving the information that I’ve gathered on you two…though this might be stepping over the line Celestia, you might want to back up on the number of cakes you’ve been eating. Otherwise, you might end up having wider hips which will make it hard for you to walk through doors.”

“...She’s not wrong, sister. You have been eating too much over the years.” Luna said with a slight smirk on her face as the white alicorn deadpans at her before focusing on Emma.

“I’ll take that into consideration, but that’s beside the point.”

“I know, I figured I would try and break the ice with a little humor before we get to the serious matter.” She said before looking over at the sisters. “I’m sure your sister has informed you about what I told her. I am from another world. One where humans have never heard of pokemon or ponies for that matter.”

“I would have to believe you given what I am seeing and from what Luna mentioned. But what concerns me is how you were able to turn them into what they look like now?” Celestia asked as she watched the human reach into her pocket to pull out a green orb.

“Humans on our planet can use magic with the help of this Materia. Crystalized energy from the planet formed into a ball. All you gotta do is just place it anywhere on your body and within a matter of hours, you’ll be human…well humanish. Don’t know why Burgundy, Georgia, and Lyra have pony and pokemon features. Not to mention it differs between the two.”

“What do you mean by that?” Luna asks as she notices the human picking up a strange helmet and connecting to her laptop. Within a matter of seconds, a digital screen with Lyra and Burgundy on it appeared in the middle of the room which startled the princesses a bit.

“As you can see here, I gave Lyra one of my spare materia. It took her twenty-four hours for the change to happen. For Burgundy and Georgia, it took about twelve hours for the change to happen. It can also be added that they seem to instantly learn just about every spell that the materia I implemented in them has. Lyra, Burgundy, and Georgia. Can you show them what I mean, please?” She asked as the trio looked over at Celestia and Luna with worried expressions, but complied with Emma’s request as they raised their hands. In a matter of seconds, Lyra was holding a giant ball of fire in her hand, Burgundy with a ball of darkness indicating that it was gravity, and Georgia was also holding a ball of fire in her hand. “Keep in mind that Georgia was a Glaceon and Burgundy was a Deerling when I found them and agreed to help them turn back into humans. Having an ice type using a fire-type move would be impossible, but seeing how it’s magic?”

“It can ignore the whole issue with elemental type restrictions on pokemon,” Celestia said in astonishment while looking over the trio for a moment before looking back at Emma. “And this is all caused by that orb you have?”

“Pretty much. I was trying to find an alternative, but this seems to be more effective and less problematic.” She said before tossing the orb over to Celestia as she caught it with her magic. “You’re free to have that one. Fair warning, if you place it inside you, then you’ll end up looking like Lyra.”

“Interesting,” Celestia said while examining the materia a bit before teleporting it off to her private chambers. “I would like to ask a few questions about where you came from. More specifically-”

“If I’m a threat to your ponies and the pokemon on this planet.”

“Yes,” Luna said as she looked at Emma up and down. “There has been a strange flow of energy radiating from Canterlot and Ponyville. While I was flying around to see where the source was coming from, I ended up following Bon-Bon to this hotel due to her giving off the same energy. We want to know just how you ended up here.”

“I’ll tell you, but I want insurance to know that I along with my friends aren’t in trouble. Not with Equestrian laws, but with the idiot god of pokemon that brought his kind here without a plan.”

“You don’t trust him?” Celestia asked as the soldier nodded. “But you never met him.”

“I may not have met him. But given what the others have told me about him along with some of the pokemon issues with humans, I have every right to not trust someone that claims to be a god with issues in thinking that humans are evil, or seeing them as pets that need to be looked after.”

“Given what he had shown us about what humans can do, we can understand his reasoning behind that-”

“I can say the same thing about ponies being evil. Like all sentient beings, we can choose to be good or evil. A prime example of ponies choosing to be evil would be what Chrysalis did when she tried to take over Canterlot.” Emma said which caused the rulers to raise an eyebrow at her. “Lyra informed me if you’re wondering. Also, there is another matter involving an underground fighting ring that Burgundy and Georgia were forced to be a part of.”

“... I'm sorry, but what did you say?” Celestia asked.

“The part about Chrysalis or the Illegal underground fighting ring happening in this city?” She said as the princesses looked over at the trainers, who quickly looked off to the side as if it was something that they didn’t want to talk about. “Honestly it shouldn’t be a surprise something like this would happen. I mean when you bring a new species to a different world without actually sending someone to scout or communicate with the inhabitants, then you’re going to get ponies who will take advantage of this. Hell, imagine scientists operating on them in total secrecy? I can only imagine how much they are suffering before being killed.” The moment she was finished, the soldier took notice of the grim expressions on their faces before realizing what she did. “Sorry, I might’ve said something that none of you weren’t thinking about.”

“It’s…fine…we’ll have to double our effort in the matter involving pokemon. I would like to know more about what happened to the trainers when they were in the underground fighting ring, but I’ll put that on hold until we take care of the matter in front of us involving you, Emma. It’s also nice to see that you’re researching the laws of Equestria.”

“For the most part. I’ve been looking up the laws and examples that would help in my favor should Arceus try to do something to me and my friends.” She said as the princesses looked at each other for a moment before looking back at the soldier.

“Say if we were to provide you protection, what would we get in return?” Luna asked.

“Information on where I came from, myself, and I could provide medical assistance given how I’m a field medical doctor.”

“....You’re serious?”

“I’m always serious. I did fill out my part of the deal with Georgia and Burgundy by turning them back to normal…albeit different, but at least they have hands and feet.”

“Say if we do agree to this, how do we know you’re not planning on calling the people from your planet to come and invade us?” Celestia asked as she noticed Lyra, Bon-Bon, Georgia, and Burgundy’s awkward expressions on their faces. “Is something wrong?”

“Guess I can start with that question. This counts as one of your three questions.” Emma said as she started typing on her laptop to bring up an image of her planet. “Let us try and keep an open mind that humans are not the only beings that can do horrible things. I mean from what I can look up on the internet, which reminds me you might want to put some resources into increasing the speed of it. Discord pretty much bent reality to his whim, Chrysalis tried to take over Equestria, Terik stole the magic from innocent ponies, the illegal underground fighting ring, and the list goes on. So we can agree on that, right?”

“She’s almost like Twilight…just more calculated like a computer.” Celestia thought before she and Luna nodded in agreement.

“Good. Now, where I come from is a planet called Gaia, pretty much a planet filled with humans, monsters, and magic.” Emma said before showing images of what she meant. “My home is in Midgar. The industrial city where the rich live on top and the poor live underneath the city.” The soldier said as she pulled up images of the different sections of Midgar and Shinra. “I along with my adopted family fall under the category of the poor as we live in the slums of the city. Not the best place to live due to wild monsters and experiments that escape from Shrina, but what can you do when you don’t have money.”

“Escaped experiments?” Luna asked as she noticed the soldier pulling up images of the leaders behind Shinra and the experiments they performed, which took the princesses by surprise by the graphic images presented to them.

“The company I used to work for is called Shinra. An electric power company that powers the city of Midgar. They use mako energy, which is energy from the planet to power the entire city. President Shinra, the head leader of the company, rules the city with an iron grip. The man has money, power, knowledge, and resources to do just about anything he wants. And if the images you see right now aren't proof enough, then trust me when I say he’s the definition of the evil of humanity that’s been corrupted.”

“...You said you used to work for this…Shinra corporation, why did you work for something that would do this to their people?”

“Knowledge. I joined the Shinra corporation because I needed medical information to help my cripple foster mother. Originally the plan was to see if I can change Shinra for the better, but that plan didn’t go so well after spending about a year working for them. I ended up going with the plan of helping my mother, gathering enough money, and getting the hell out of Midgar. But during the twenty-year mark, I ended up being experimented on by Shinra after falling into a vat of mako energy.” She said before pulling up an image of mako energy. “A normal person wouldn’t survive falling into something like that due to it being poisonous, but I did. And because of that, I spent about nineteen years as their guinea pig for Project Deepground.”

“....I’m afraid to ask, but what did they do to you?” Celestia asked as Emma showed them more graphic images of what Shinra did to people in the deepground. The images that the soldier started to show caused Celestia and Luna to turn pale in the face, Lyra and Bon-Bon quickly looked away, and Georgia and Burgundy quickly ran off to throw up either in the sink or trash can.

“The deepground used to be a medical place where soldiers were placed there to help recover from injuries that would’ve crippled them. But over time it changed to that of a testing ground to replace Project Soldiers.” She said before pulling up images of Soldiers ranging from third class to first class. “Soldiers are people injected with Jenova cells to increase their physical strength. Though there were some downsides to having the cells of an alien parasite living inside you, hold up. Let me get the images-” Before the soldier could do that, Bon-Bon quickly tackled her to the ground which took Celestia, Luna, and Lyra by surprise. Emma wasn’t phased by the earth pony tackling her to the ground as she looked up to see the mare’s stern expression on her face. “Too much?”

“What do you think!?” Bon-Bon yelled before moving off of the human. “I think we don’t need more…scaring images of what this evil corporation did.”

“Indeed,” Celestia said while trying not to gag. “Perhaps it would be best if you made the images disappear, please?” She asked as the soldier pulled herself up and typed on her laptop to make the images vanish. “Mother of me, I was not expecting that.”

“Neither was I,” Luna said before deadpanning at Emma who dawned on an innocent expression on her face. “A little warning would’ve been nice.”

“Sorry about that. I'm so used to being very blunt about things that I didn’t take into consideration how you would react. Plus I figure seeing it would’ve been better than telling you. Mainly because you wouldn’t have believed my word for it without proof.”

“...While I can see what you mean by that…just in the future. Please give us a fair warning for when you are planning on doing that.”

“I make no promises, but I’ll be sure to give fair warning about that.” She said before noticing Burgundy and Georgia returning.

“Okay, so you’re a human, but not from where the pokemon are from,” Celestia asked while regaining her composure as Emma nodded. “How did you end up here on Equus?”

“Using an experimental materia that allows me to escape from falling to my death on a mission to bring a sample of Jenova to Shinra,” Emma said as she reached behind herself to pull out a container that had a piece of Jenova inside it. “Originally it was supposed to go to the researcher named Hojo to examine, but seeing how I’m no longer on the same planet, I’m planning on destroying this.” She said as Celestia and Luna looked at the sample in the container with a mix of interest and slight disgust.

“You mention that the humans called Soldiers injected themselves with this parasite…what does it do?”

“I’m just gonna get to the point, seeing how explaining in great detail would take up too much time. But the Jenova cells that are injected into Soldiers enhance a person’s physical ability to that of monstrous strength, extreme speed, and high stamina. Project Jenova was made due to Shinra thinking that the alien parasite was a being called the cetra. The cetra are a race of people that were able to communicate with the planet. They were the first to inhabit the planet two thousand years ago as what I can guess were caretakers of the planet Gaia. That is until the parasite known as Jenova came and nearly wiped out the cetra to near extinction.”

“You mean that small thing can wipe out an entire race!?” Burgundy yelled as everyone stared at the container in a mix of shock and horror. “Why haven’t you destroyed it yet!?”

“I haven’t gotten the chance to do that seeing how I ended up on this weird planet due to the materia I used. Not to mention there’s a protocol for handling stuff like this.” Emma said before placing a hand on the container. “The piece of Jenova is in a sedated state. This is because Jenova is telepathic, meaning it can shapeshift into any of the victim’s loved ones like their family members, friends, or even an infant just by reading their minds and emotions. Those who were taken as victims are infected with a virus that mutates them into monsters, or worse.”

“So if you were to remove it from the container,” Georgia said.

“Then I would only have about five seconds to kill it. Shinra does have a sealed chamber where they set the thing on fire just so that no piece of it escapes. Hence why I have it on me at all times so that no one mistakenly opens it and the parasite attacks the person who opens it.”

“Hm, perhaps I can be of assistance with that?” Celestia said as Emma turned her attention onto the white alicorn. “Can this…Jenova sample absorb magic?”

“Hm…to my knowledge, no. So long as it doesn’t latch onto a host of this planet. Why do you ask-” Before the soldier could finish her sentence, a magical aura appeared around the Jenova sample. Within a matter of seconds, the sample was quickly teleported off to parts unknown. The soldier blinked in surprise as she stared at the empty container for a moment before looking at Celestia as she teared up a bit.

“No need to worry, I simply teleported it to the sun. The heat from it is enough to leave nothing behind.” She said, which caused an air of silence to hang in the room for a moment before they heard Emma speak up.

“I mean you’re not wrong about that. Just wasn’t expecting you to do that so suddenly. Guess that means I owe you a favor.”

“No need for you to owe me anything. Think of it as a gesture of kindness and trust. Now, is there a reason why you need access to the forbidden library?”

“Teleportation magic on a grand scale. Specifically teleportation across worlds.” Emma answered. “I do have a family back home on Gaia that I am worried about, and I want to see them again so that I know that they’re okay. Hence why I asked Bon-Bon to bring me some books from the public library on teleporting magic. It helped for the most part, but not a lot.”

“Is it wise to return to that world? Wouldn’t Shinra be looking for you?” Luna asked as the soldier shrugged.

“I had thought of that, but the thing about that is that time might differ between this planet and Gaia. I could be gone for a second, a minute, an hour. Hell, I could be gone for years. The point is I want to see with my own eyes if they’re alive or dead. Should they be dead, then at least the information I gave them was put to good use. If not, then I will be more than happy to see them again.”

“You seem to be accepting of that fact. Most ponies in your position would be crying or in misery, if they ended up in another world with no hope of getting back.”

“Might’ve helped that I took pieces of my brain out over time when Shinra’s scientists were experimenting on me and messing around with my mind.” She said which took the princesses by surprise

“...I hope you don’t mind me asking…but how old are you?” Celestia asked.

“Thirty-nine years old,” Emma answered as everyone gasped in surprise. “What?”

“You’re thirty-nine years old! But you look like you have the body of a sixteen-year-old!” Georgia said as Lyra looked at her up and down.

“Lyra, do all humans look this young at thirty-nine?” Bon-Bon asked as the unicorn shook her head.

“No, at least to my knowledge. Then again she is from another world so it might be different.”

“To help solve that issue, I suffer from dwarfism. Not the kind where my limbs and torso are short because I was born like that, but it’s the kind where the bones in my body stopped aging. Found this out from a doctor in the slums of Midgar. So I’m pretty much four foot eleven inches for the rest of my life.”

“Geez, must’ve been rough having to deal with that.”

“It does have its annoyances. Like I have to show my ID card every time I want to get any alcoholic drink, have to use a step or something to reach the counter, and height jokes, which reminds me I wouldn’t make a height joke involving me because I will kick you in the shins or worse."

“N-Noted, but can we focus please,” Celestia said as Emma noticed a worried expression on her face. “What do you mean you had to take pieces of your brain out?”

“Let's just say that I had a run-in with a person that can use psychic abilities to mess around with my mind. They had me believe that I was home and everything was just a scary nightmare, making an image of a person being my friend but they were nothing more than a figment of my imagination, and trying to make me go crazy. So as a means to counter that, I took out pieces of my brain that would allow them to do that. Thank god I studied the human body beforehand otherwise I would’ve ended up killing myself.”

“You…performed open brain surgery on yourself,” Luna asked. “As in, you didn’t have anything to numb the pain? You open up your brain, pull out the pieces that you needed, and then just patch yourself up like it was nothing?”

“Well, it wasn’t easy for the most part. Keeping the area that I was in sanitized was the easy part. Not dying from blood loss or shock was the hard part. But all in all, it worked out for the better…despite having a few mental problems when it comes to expressing my emotions, I write like a seven-year-old and have a huge craving for odd food combinations. Like fried fish and apple pie filling as a dip. But hey, it’s better than anything else right?”

“R…Right.” Celestia said as she looked over at Luna with an expression of, ‘This girl is seriously damaged beyond repair.’ before returning her attention to Emma. “Back to the matter at hand, Arceus and his children are currently looking into the matter of this strange energy appearing in Ponyville and Canterlot. Seeing how Luna found you to be the source behind it, it is more than likely that Arceus will try and do something to you. If you’re willing to trust me, then I can promise you and your friend's safety from them.”

“Um…not to sound rude. I mean Arceus might be willing to follow the rules, but if you think that will stop Mewtwo from trying to get his hands on us, then you underestimate him and how forceful he can be.” Lyra said as she rubbed the back of her next. “Especially when he threw me out of Ponyville for asking him a few questions about humans.”

“Which is where you’ll come in, Lyra.” She said which caused Emma to raise an eyebrow at her. “We’ll just say that due to your curiosity of wanting to learn more about humans, you accidentally teleported a human to our world. This will fall under the accidental magic law.”

“The accidental magic law?” Burgundy asked before hearing Emma speak up.

“Page two-hundred seventy-six. The accidental magic law was implemented back during the ruling of King Cosmos and Queen Galaxia after a group of unicorns accidentally summoned an object that drained the land of its magic and nutrients in the land. They were able to send the object back to where it was, but the damage was done. Thus the law to secure objects or being was made to prevent something like that from happening all over again.” The soldier said which took everyone by surprise. “What? I did say I was using the internet to look up laws of Equestria that might work in my favor, and that law is one of the many.”

“That is correct,” Luna said as she chimed in on the conversation. “You also know about the five requirements about being proven not to be a threat, correct?”

“I fall under the being department seeing how I informed you about where I came from, what my world is like, who I am, and showed proof to back up my claims. Which I have proven, no?”

“That you have,” Celestia said while shivering at the images she saw. “Knowing how Mewtwo hasn’t read much about these laws, he will end up trying to restrain you by force. Which of course you have every right to defend yourself so long as you don’t kill him.”

“I only kill those that are needed to be killed like the people from Shinra or The Deepground. You have nothing to worry about on my end.” Emma said as the white alicorn nodded.

“Mewtwo has one more strike on him before he’ll be replaced by someone else. So if this pans out, then his sister Mew will be the new diplomat between ponies and pokemon. Which means we’ll have somepony who’s willing to talk rather than use force.”

“Sounds like a risky and underhanding plan without killing…I love it~” The soldier said with a smile on her face. “So where are we going to set this up?”

“Ponyville might be a good place to start. I'll have a letter sent to Twilight and her friends about this matter first thing in the morning about what Lyra did.”

“Hey! Don’t I get a say in this!?” Lyra asked with an annoyed expression on her face. “First of all, not cool with throwing me under the chariot for something I didn’t do. Second, I prefer not to get thrown out of any town like before or worse.”

“I understand your worry and fear about this, but we need a reliable story so that Arceus doesn’t try anything that might hurt you and your friends. Worse case is that his attempt to try and change Burgundy and Georgia back could end up killing them. And even if it doesn’t, I’m pretty sure they don’t want to go back to being pokemon.” Celestia said as she looked over at the two trainers. “Am I right?”

“She’s not wrong. Nothing against pokemon or anything, but I prefer to have hands and be able to open doors.” Georgia said as Burgundy nodded.

“Plus, this could help you in getting your curiosity satisfied when you can talk to a pokemon that used to be human. I mean I’m sure they’ll be coming to us so they can get back to being human…well…humanish.” Emma added which caused Lyra to ponder the situation before looking over at Bon-Bon.

“What about you? What is your opinion on this?”

“Honestly I want nothing to do with this…but as your friend, I have to make sure you don’t end up getting yourself hurt or worse. So I’ll stick by you through this…so long as you don’t harass the pokemon who were once human.” Bon-Bon said as she noticed a grin slowly appearing on her face. “But don’t drag me into stuff where I end up getting in trouble with the law…somepony has to bail you out…again.”

“Alright, I’ll do it. But only if you allow Emma access to the forbidden library if this plan works.” Lyra said as Celestia nodded.

“She will be given access to the library once we see progress with the plan. For now, I think this conversation has ended.” Celestia said as she and Luna made their way over to the door. Only for Emma to speak up as it caused them to stop.

“What about the humans that were turned into pokemon? Some might see me as a threat and might try to do something to stop me from turning those that want to be humans back into humans.”

“You leave that matter to me. For now, get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.” She said as Celestia’s and Luna’s horns glowed as they teleported off to the castle. The moment they left, Emma looked over at her friends as they had mixed expressions on their faces.

“You guys have mixed feelings about Celestia and Luna, aren’t you?”

“Can you blame us? I mean, this is Princess Celestia and Princess Luna we’re talking about?” Bon-Bon said as she walked over to Emma. “How can you not be worried about something like this?”

“When you've been on the battlefield for a long time, you tend to not think much worrying about what ifs or what could’ve been. You just have to sometimes wing it. Which is what I am going to be doing if the self-proclaimed god of pokemon even thinks about doing anything stupid.”

“And how are you going to do that?” Burgundy asked. “Arceus created pokemon and humans alike. What do you have that could top that?”

“I have a few theories that I’m willing to test out on him, but for now we should rest for tomorrow,” Emma said before getting a bit comfortable on the couch and slowly falling asleep. Lyra, Bon-Bon, Burgundy, and Georgia looked at the human for a few seconds before the two mares walked off into the bedroom, while Burgundy and Georgia rested on the floor near Emma.