Fox in a Pony World

The world came back to him in a flash of white, blue sparks bouncing off of him as he gasped for breath. His ears flattened against his skull as a mighty BOOM shook the earth below him, causing him to fall back. His head pounded as he felt a shock wave of energy recoil from the blast, sending him flying backwards. He grunted as he collided with something warm, his heart skipping a beat as he thought he heard a shriek underneath the white noise.

Kai’s eyes shot open as he inhaled and exhaled rapidly, had he just killed someone!? He shot glances from side to side, his mouth falling agape as he noticed the scenery fading into existence around him.

Wherever he’d teleported to, he did not recognize the location. Looking down at himself he watched in awe as flecks of blue electricity bounced off of him and disappeared before they could hit the ground.

Then he looked up, his pupils shrinking as he watched rings of light stretch across the crimson sky. The last few bands of energy were already fading away, having emanated from a cloud of fading dark smoke about a hundred feet above him.

That’s when he felt something shift under his weight, he looked down and gasped again at what he saw. He’d landed on someone! Or something, definitely.

Twilight groaned in pain, she didn’t know what had just happened, or if she was dead or not. But it felt like a building had collapsed on her. Or somepony.

Is somepony lying on me? she opened her eyes and looked up, making eye contact with the golden eyes of… “Gah!” Twilight shrieked as she shoved the creature off of her, she got to her hooves and ignored the ache in her muscles as she backed away.

Then she tripped over something and went tumbling backwards, she shook her head and glared at whatever had tripped her.

It was Rainbow Dash.

“Oh my gosh, Rainbow!” Twilight cried, immediately moving to help her friend stand.

“Guh, what the hay happened?” Dash asked, shaking her head violently as she stood.

“A-Are we d-d-dead?” Fluttershy whimpered, she was on her back draped over a groaning Applejack.

“I don’t think ‘dead’ is supposed to hurt this much,” Applejack said, gently pushing Fluttershy off of her so she could stand.

“After that explosion I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if we were in the afterlife right now,” Rarity stated, combing her hair with her magic.

Twilight smiled, glad that all of her friends were okay, minus a few scrapes and bruises. Then she looked back at the creature that’d landed on her, and she gave it a quizzical look.

Kai wasn’t paying attention to the five ponies chatting behind him, he’d seen plenty of strange things in his world anyways.

And indeed this must be a different world, I can’t feel that annoying buzz of magic that’s always in the air. Kai hadn’t even known that there was always a buzz of magic, until it was suddenly missing from his senses.

“Hello?” Twilight asked, taking a tentative step forward. By now her friends had also noticed the tall black fox that stood on two legs.

“Are you okay?” she asked, her voice soft. He reminded her of the catfolk she’d read about, from the lands far outside of Equestria. Except he was clearly a fox, and not a cat.

“Are you hurt?” Fluttershy asked as she stepped up to stand beside Twilight, her nature loving instincts tingling to help the creature.

Kai looked back at the ponies, he didn’t feel like acknowledging them, he was far more interested in the traces of a magical combustion that was surely the reason he was brought to this world. With all he knew about magic and energy, he could tell that something extremely powerful had just occurred here.

And he had caused it.

“Girls, maybe we should get back to the library? Before that monster comes back!” Rarity said.

“I’m gonna go look for Pinkie Pie and Spike, you girls get to safety!” Rainbow Dash said, turning to take flight.

“Rainbow Dash, no!” Twilight stomped her hoof. “Clearly something immense has just happened, we need to question this creature, he may have answers about the demon!” she looked back at Kai, who was walking away from the scene.

“Hey!” she called after him, when he didn’t stop, she galloped past him and skidded to a stop, blocking his path.
“You! Do you speak Equestrian?” she pointed a hoof at her muzzle as she mouthed the words. “If not, I have a spell that can breach the gap between languages,” then she pointed to her horn.

Kai blinked, scanning the features of the little purple unicorn in front of him.

“Apologies Miss, but I must take my leave,” he said, then he walked right around a dumbfounded Twilight.

Twilight shook the confused look off of her face, then she turned to face Kai again.

“Now wait just a minute!” she said, igniting her horn to envelope him in her aura.

“You’re coming with us whether you like it or... Not…”

Twilight’s words died in her throat as Kai turned and gave her an inquisitive look.

Her magic hadn’t worked.

“Twilight, is there something wrong?” Fluttershy asked, stepping up next to her friend and placing a hoof on her shoulder.

“My magic, it isn’t working!” Twilight said, her tone growing frantic.

“What!?” her friends cried in unison.

“I- I don’t know, I-”

Before Twilight could work herself up, she noticed Kai standing closer to her. He gave her a contemplative look, then he shook his head.

“Probability is that your power has no effect on me, seeing as how I’m not from this world,” Kai said.

The five ponies stared at him, slack jawed.

“Oh,” Twilight said, she blushed and looked at her hooves. “You know what, that’s probably it.”

“Um, if it’s not too much trouble, can we please go back to the library?” Fluttershy asked, pawing at the ground with her hoof.

“Please!” Rarity whined.

Twilight glared at Kai. “Yes, we need to get back to the library before that demon comes back. It’s the safest place for us right now.”

Kai held Twilight’s glare, his face like a statue as Twilight studied him for any sign of emotion.

“Fine,” Kai said. “But make it quick, I finally have some time to myself, and I don’t plan on spending it in this world.”

“What do you mean he’s gone!?” Mark yelled, holding his hands up as if he were trying to grasp the air.

“Just like I said, one moment he was there and the next moment he wasn’t!” Kiki exclaimed.

“Did you SAY something to him to make him wanna leave?”

“Well, I uh, I kinda dared him to teleport eleven miles,” Kiki whistled innocently.

“YOU WHAT!?” Mark winced, he placed a hand on his forehead to try and soothe his developing headache.

“Why do we need him anyways, it’s just a little lightning,” Mimi asked, not bothering to hide her glare.

“Because KAI is the genius of this group, and he’ll know what the cause of this problem is!” Mark said through clenched teeth.

“I make lightning all the time, it’s not that impressive,” Mimi muttered, she turned her glare to the opening around them and watched the little flecks of blue lightning dance through the air.

It had been like this since Kai left, the normally welcoming rainbow forest now turning foggy as thunder clouds gathered above. A chill blew through the air and ruffled the fox's fur.

Despite her best efforts to ignore it, a sickening feeling was forming in Mimi’s gut, and it only got worse with what she heard next.

“Uh, guys!” Zoey yelled as she came running from the direction of the rebel camp. “The crazy general guy escaped!”

Mark turned toward her slowly, his jaw falling open as he registered what she’d said.

“Uh oh,” Kiki said, her ears flattening against her skull as she took a few steps back.

“Uh oh is right,” Mark snarled at no one in particular. “Both of you are in serious trouble when we find Kai!” he said, shooting Kiki a glare.

“What should we do!?” Zoey asked, panic entering her tone as her eyes darted back and forth between her friends.

Sighing, Mark willed himself to calm down. “Kiki, Mimi, you two go back to the camp and talk to Indigo. He’ll know what to do about Andre, Zoey and I will look for Kai!”

“On it!” Kiki said, she grabbed Mimi’s wrist and started pulling her away.

“Wait!” Mimi said, trying to stop her friend. She looked back at Mark, frowning. “Why don’t you let me look for Kai while you three deal with Andre?”

Mark shook his head. “Because the rebels could really use your smarts right now, with Kai missing you’re our last intellect!”

Mimi looked taken aback. She shook her head, then smirked at Mark. “Thank you, I uh, I’ll do my best to help!”

“Come on, let's go!” Kiki cried, finally she was able to pull Mimi away.

There was a moment or two of silence, before Mark rolled his eyes and marched off in a random direction.

“You know Louie is really smart too, right?” Zoey said as she caught up to Mark.

“Louie’s just a kid, besides Mimi clearly needed an ego boost,” Mark said.

Zoey blinked; she squinted as she tried to figure out what that was supposed to mean. Ultimately, she decided it wasn’t worth it, and the two set off into the woods to search for Kai Kitsune.