Fox in a Pony World

“Well, we have to do something!”

An explosion sounded in the distance, only serving to underline the importance of that line.

“What can we possibly do!?” Twilight cried, shaking as she stared up at her friend.

“I dunno, can’t you look in one of your dumb books and find an answer or something!?” Rainbow Dash huffed. She pointed a hoof at the window to their right. “It’s a friggin’ war zone out there! We can’t just leave Ponyville hanging!”

Twilight grit her teeth, shaking her head as tears pricked the corners of her eyes. “I already told you, this kind’ve thing has never happened before! Of course there’s no information on what to do in a situation like this!”

Another explosion shook the library, causing Fluttershy to whimper as she huddled up to Applejack, who was watching the argument go down with unease.

“Then what are we supposed to do?” Rainbow Dash asked, her wings beating sporadically to keep her in the air.

“We stay here and wait for the princesses to contact us, that’s what Celestia told us to do,” Twilight let out a soft sob before she plopped down on the wooden floor and shut her eyes tight.

“I know you want to help, Rainbow, I do too! But you must understand that this is bigger than anything else we’ve dealt with in the past,” Twilight levitated a tissue over to herself, and used it to blow her nose.

There was silence, not in general considering the distant screams and explosions outside, but there was silence between friends. Rainbow Dash looked at Fluttershy and Applejack, hoping for one of them to back her up. But after a moment of Applejack looking at her solemnly, Dash cursed and turned away.

“We’re the elements of harmony, for Celestia’s sake!” she hissed, “It’s our duty to help ponies! We’re supposed to be out there saving the day!”

Twilight swallowed, her tears finally coming to a stop. “I know,” she whispered. “But we won't be able to help anypony if we get ourselves incinerated by that thing.”

Rainbow Dash landed on her rump, groaning as she faced the window. Twilight stared at her back, at the large gash in between her wings, oh how brave Dash was to still want to fight after almost losing them.

Barely a heartbeat into the silence, a terrible scream echoed through the library.

Twilight gasped and shot to her hooves, Rainbow Dash was already in the air again, and Fluttershy and Applejack stared at the window in horror.

“That was Rarity!” Dash shrieked, before she burst out of the library with one mighty flap.

“Rainbow Dash NO!” Twilight called, but she stopped just in front of the door. She twirled around to see her other two friends approaching.

“Should we go after her?” Applejack asked, worry dripping from her voice.

Twilight looked back outside, then at Applejack, then back outside. She cried out for Rainbow Dash again as she bolted out of the library and after her friend, Applejack and Fluttershy followed soon after.

Rarity screamed again, she skidded to a stop as she realized she’d run into a dead end. She turned around and gritted her teeth, levitating several pieces of debris and launching them at the demon in the sky.

It dodged the first two, but the third piece hit it in the chest and caused it to flinch back. It snarled in rage and glared down at her, baring its fangs as its leathery wings flapped faster.

With a spark of crimson magic, it levitated the six elements of harmony, now blackened and twisted, they formed a circle around it and began to glow with dark magic.

Rarity screamed again, desperately looking for something else to grab. But her magic wasn’t strong enough to lift the remaining debris around her, and so she was forced to watch as a black rainbow shot from the six elements and right at her.

However, before the corrupted rainbow could consume her, Rarity felt strong hooves around her barrel as she was yanked out of the way and into the red sky.

“I gotcha Rarity!” Rainbow Dash said, she twirled around and zoomed past the demon, barely missing another blast of dark magic as it screamed in rage.

“Rainbow Dash! You’re safe, oh thank Celestia!” Rarity nuzzled her friend, then she braced herself as the two landed in the center of town.

Ponyville was a wreck, there were fires spreading rapidly and many of its buildings had collapsed. Ponies were running in all directions and screaming, some were trying to find shelter, but most were just panicking in a herd mentality.

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight yelled, she skidded to a stop and smiled brightly as she saw Rarity. “Come on you two, we need to get back to the library!”

“I certainly cannot object to that!” Rarity said as she bolted past Twilight.

Rainbow Dash followed behind and soon the three were galloping back the way they came.

Twilight saw Applejack and Fluttershy in the distance. “Girls, go back! We’ve got her!”

But before Either of the two could respond, a massive beam of magic hit the ground in an explosion and sent all five ponies flying back.

Twilight shook her head, she groaned, then she gasped and looked up. Luckily everypony was okay, she could see Applejack helping Fluttershy up, and looking behind her she saw Dash doing the same for Rarity.

Unluckily, they five friends heard a dark laughter echo across the sky. Looking up, the black alicorn was soaring just above them, the corrupted elements already forming a circle around him.

“Give up,” he said in the voice of a thousand ponies at once. “I have your elements of harmony, you’re defenseless to stop me.”

The corrupt elements crackled to life once more, Twilight shot to her hooves and lit her horn. She cast a shield spell around herself, then she shot a glare at each of her friends.

“Go! Run, now! I can fight for myself!” she commanded.

“We’re not leaving you!” Applejack said as she galloped up to Twilight, skidding to a stop just behind her.

“As scary as it is, we’re in this together!” Fluttershy squeaked, stopping just beside Applejack.

“Right!” Rainbow Dash and Rarity agreed as they two stood behind Twilight.

Tears streaked down Twilight’s cheek as she watched Rarity ignite her horn, Applejack dig at the ground, and Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy hover. She shot a glare back at the demon, just as the black rainbow came surging towards her.

She opened her mouth in a primal yell as her horn glowed with white hot magic, her voice drowned out by the roaring of thousands of screams that suddenly came crashing all around her.

Kai Kitsune was sitting on a log in the woods, a little way away from the rebel camp. It had been a few days since he’d teleported the whole group there, and now he was fully healed. He’d been forced to eat by Kiki, which he hated, but it did feel nice to actually be able to stand without shaking. Not that he’d let anyone see him shaking before, of course.

Currently they were trying to get information out of Andre, whom Kai was glad to have learned was not being treated terribly. Kai wanted to untie his brother from that pole, but he wasn’t really allowed to get close enough to Andre to even hold a conversation.

So, Kai sat here, away from the camp and deep in thought.

“Hey Kai!”

Until his thoughts were interrupted by a shrill voice. The black fox cringed and tried to ignore the figure approaching him from behind.

“How’re you feeling?” Kiki asked as she plopped herself onto the log, scooching up next to him.

Kai exhaled. “I am doing fine, truthfully.”

“That’s great!” she beamed at him, her red fur brushing against his side.

Seconds ticked by as the two sat in an awkward silence, until Kai finally spoke.

“Do you need something, Miss Kiki?” he asked, scooching away from her.

“I wanted to ask you about that awesome teleport you did, y’know, a few days ago when you teleported us outside of the castle?”

“Ah yes, that ‘awesome’ teleport that knocked me unconscious,” Kai stared emotionlessly at the grass. “What about it?”

“I wanna know, how far can you teleport?” Kiki’s tail began wagging behind her. “Cus that was pretty far, but I thought about it, and I realized you were SUPER weak when you did that! Which means I bet you can teleport EVEN FARTHER while you’re healthy!” she raised her arms with that final outburst, the tip of her tail whipping his back lightly.

Kai cringed. “Truthfully, I can only teleport as far as a mile away, and only a dozen times in a row before I start skipping.”

“Sooo… Eleven miles?” Kiki tilted her head.

“Correct.”

Kiki sucked in a huge breath, then exhaled: “THAT’S SO COOL!”

Kai rolled his eyes and went back to softly glaring at the ground. “Is that all?” he wanted to remain polite, he truly did.

“Can you show me?” Kiki asked.

“Show you what?”

“Can you show me how far you can teleport?”

“No.”

“Aw man!” Kiki pouted. It didn’t last long, though, and soon enough she excitedly asked: “Have you ever tried teleporting further?”

Kai’s fur bristled. “I have not, for fear of teleporting out of orbit.”

“You can accidently teleport into space?” Kiki’s eyes were sparkling as she stared at him, unblinking.

“It is a possibility, correct.”

“But I thought you weren’t afraid of anything!”

Kai wanted to inform the annoying brat that he was, in fact, afraid of many things. Like: losing his brother, or losing Mark and Louie, or being left unconscious near Kiki-- Though unfortunately that last thing had already happened, which made Kai shiver whenever he thought about it.

“Can you show me, PLEEEAASSEE??” Kiki placed her hands on Kai’s shoulders and started shaking him.

“Show you what?” Kai barked.

“Show me how far you can teleport, but like, teleport farther than you ever have before!” she started shaking him faster.

“I’ll leave you alone for a whole week, I promise!” Kiki whined.

Kai jerked away from Kiki, standing and dusting himself off. “Two weeks,” was all he said, somehow remaining calm after she practically assaulted him.

“Deal!” Kiki cheered.

Kai took a deep breath, he turned away from Kiki and stared longingly at the horizon. The sun was slowly setting, though it hadn’t dipped past the earth yet. Kai readied himself.

He clenched his fist, then activated his power, the blue electricity flicked around him as he clenched his teeth. He aimed for around fifteen miles, deciding that was neither too far away nor too close. And then, with a zap and blink, Kai Kitsune was gone in a flash.