-The episodic adventures of Belle Star-

Ep: 1- Bell Star

Long blonde hair hung down over the back of the wooden chair in the far corner of the dimly lit bar. A pale skinned woman with eyes like rubies sat alone under the broken bulb of a hanging fixture as black leathery hand popped the cap off the glass bottle. The broken sound of acoustic guitars played through the bar from the crackling jukebox nearby, its glass casing smashed from repeated bashing. Pouring her drink of yellowish brown liquor into her red splattered glass she gave a small hum, kicking her leather boots up onto the back of a single golden armor guard who laid across one of the many broken chairs.

Closing her eyes, she brought the glass cup up to her red smeared lips. Letting the liquid flow down her throat a soft groan came from under her heel before silencing from a swift blow from her boot.

"Stools don't talk." The woman said, pulling the empty glass from her mouth.

The sounds of hoofsteps and clanking armor pierced the slow sounds of the country music as the dual doors of the bar opened up allowing the light of day to flow into the room.

"Looks like you boys haven't learnt enough yet, have you?" She said, opening her eyes to the silhouette of a solo mare with white fur and pastel hair stood in the walkway of the establishment.

Refilling her drink, she raised her glass up to the solar alicorn before gulping the drink down in one move. "Cheers."

Placing the glass down onto the wooden table, she moved her feet under the downed stallion, lifting him up with the points of her boots while making direct eye contact with the alicorn mare. With a toothy smirk, she swiftly swung her feet down, pulled her legs in tight and pushed hard to the stallion's side, sending the poor guy flying straight into the solar princess much to her surprise as the two of them were sent tumbling out of the bar.

Standing from her seat, the pale woman grabbed the half empty bottle by the neck. Walking across the crumpled bodies of bloodied guards, she made her way out into the blinding light of the outside world. The glass bottle shattered as a single arrow blew through it as she raised her hand over above her eyes.

"That was a warning shot, drop the bottle and put your hands behind your head!" The ruffle voice of one of the female guards shouted as another could be heard cocking back the string of a bow.

Taking in a deep breath, she blinked her eyes a couple of times as she lowered her hand. Allowing her eyes to adjust she looked across the ruined remains of the old western town of Appleloosa. Twelve guards stood in front of the white alicorn who held the injured soldier, all with white fur and golden armor. As the woman glanced across her foes, seven figures caught her eye. Standing just behind the princess stood the upset faces of six different colored mares with a single small purple dragon.

Her eyes quickly widened as she focused on the small drake, a massive grin plastering her face as she dropped the remains of the broken bottle. "Why Celestia, why didn't you tell me you were bringing guests?" She said walking slowly towards the guards.

"Don't move, under the orders of her highness Princess Celestia, you are under arrest for your crimes-" before the guard could finish, the pale skinned woman vanished before their eyes. A small yelp coming from behind them as the group turned in shock to see the woman sitting on a wooden bench several feet away holding the small drake in her lap as she stared into his eyes.

"Now tell me little cutie, who might you be?" The woman asked in a soft playful tone as her glimmering eyes gazed in awe at the baby dragon.

"Umm… guys?" The little guy called out looking back over his shoulder. "A little help?"

"Oh, come on now, I won't bite, promise." The woman said, turning the drake's head back to facing her. "What's your name?"

Taking in a quick gulp he looked into her ruby eyes. "I'm… Spike… Spike the dragon." Spike said with shaky breath.

Watching from a distance, Celestia ordered her group to halt as they watched the woman speak gently to her unwanted captive. "Nopony move, we don't want to set her off."

"Well Spike it is a pleasure to meet you, my people call me Bellestarmon, but you can just call me Belle." Bellestarmon said with a smile. "So tell me, what brings one as young as you out here?"

"Umm… the princess wanted us to help to return her sister to Canterlot. I'm just here to help." Spike said, glancing back at the group before focusing back onto Bellestarmon.

"Is that so?" Bellestarmon said glaring at the princess. "Bringing a small child here, are you insane!"

Celestia's ears pinned back at the sudden shout of the woman as she saw the daggers the woman was giving.

"Luna, it isn't like that, we only wish to help you." Celestia said, taking a slow step forward.

~Ep:1~

Several weeks prior, on the night of the summer sun celebration, ponies from far and wide gathered to join and watch their solar princess raise the sun. As many gathered within the main hall of Ponyville’s town hall, an older mare announced the welcoming of their princess, but when the curtain was pulled. No pony was there.

"She's gone." Rarity said in shock as she peered into the back.

The disappearance of the white alicorn caused concerned murmuring amongst her subjects.

"Now everypony calm down, I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation for this." Mayor Mare said in an attempt to calm the townsfolk.

Just as she looked away, all eyes were drawn to the platform as a white pillar of light beamed down where the princess was meant to stand. As the light faded a tall woman with pale skin, long blonde hair and three eyes formed wearing black leather clothing, her toned stomach exposed and the top of her face covered by a dark blue metal mask.

Feeling woozy from the sudden transportation of her body, she gripped onto the wooden railing of the platform with her right claw-like hand as she rubbed her head with the other. Taking in a deep breath to counter the ringing in her hearing so failed to notice the shouting of questions coming from down below.

"What did you do with our princess?!" A blue mare yelled as the woman spoke her head.

"I.. where? I don't know" Looking across the sea of humanoid ponies below her she blinked several times before rubbing her eyes. "Oh, what the fuck…"

Looking around in shock, the woman slowly backed away from the edge of the platform. Her shaking hand pulled to her chest as she took another breath. "This isn't right… this isn't home… where?" As the woman panicked in shock she heard an older mare yell from below.

"She knows where the princess is, seize her." Mayor Mare shouted, ordering the guards to charge her.

"No… stay back." The woman said in horror as grabbed one of the pistols from her side pointing it at the winged guards. "I said stay back! Fly Bullet!" She yelled, like instinct, the black claw squeezed the trigger of her pistol firing a large metal bullet in the shape of her mask.

As the bullet flew through the air it slammed into the side of the nearest guard, causing the stallion to crash into his comrade. As the two fell to the ground, the town hall erupted in screaming as the woman turned and ran out the back.

~Ep:1~

Escaping from the town hall, the pale woman entered the nighttime world of the town. Looking for a place to go she spotted several more guards rushing towards her from the sides of the building. "Halt monster!" They shouted while holding swords and spears.

"Leave me alone!" She shouted, pulling out her other pistol and firing at them.

As the guards blocked the projectile attack, she spun on her heel and rushed through town towards the treeline at the edge of the hamlet. All the while firing at any pony who tried to stop her.

After what felt like forever, she stopped at the edge of a long stream, her lungs burning from overuse as she came to her knees.

Looking down into the water she finally got a good look at her reflection. Before her was the face of the creature known as Beelzemon, yet the features were all wrong. Instead of a mask made of cloth, she wore one of metal and her hair was much longer. Looking down at her chest she left out a breath.

"Okay… so I'm not exactly Beelzemon, so what am I?" The woman questioned raising her claws in front of her as she stood to inspect her body as she thought.

Thinking back to her youth she remembered watching digimon tamers and her cheering anytime Beelzemon would make an appearance. She remembered collecting the cards and coming across one after the show stopped airing that showed the digimon's female counterpart.

"I think it was Beelstarmon… no that doesn't seem right or is it." Thinking about it more, the name clicked in her head. "Right, it was Bellestarmon, she had different spellings based on where you were from. So why am I her?" She questioned looking back down at her reflection.

Trying hard to remember the events leading up to her arrival, she struggled to come up with anything that wasn't related to the show. She could remember every episode, ever quote, every card, every attack, the music, the art, yet nothing about herself. Was she dead, was she dreaming, why couldn't she remember. The only word that came to her mind as to who she used to be was 'Belle'.

Lost in her thoughts the sound of a large splash Startled her from the water. Looking to her side a large purple serpent rose from the water and by reflex she fired a single shot at it blowing off half of its mustache.

"Oh shit!" Bellestarmon exclaimed as she watched the creature start tearing up at the loose of his beautiful mustache. "I am so sor-" but just as she was about to apologize the serpent smacked her with the end of its tail, sending her flying across to the otherside of the river.

Not wanting to wait for the anger creature to strike at her again, she rushed further into the forest. She ran further and further until she came across a long rope bridge with a ruined castle on the other side. With no other option in sight of where to go, she crossed the bridge to the otherside. Stepping lightly so as to not fall. Making her way to the otherwise tearing could be heard from the rope as it began to give way. With quick feet, Bellestarmon jumped at the last minute as the rope bridge came crashing down into the side of the cliff.

Picking herself up off the ground she looked back. "Okay… so going back is a bust. Can't believe I even made that." She said turning away from the cliffside. "I sure hope there's something to sleep on in there."

~Ep: 1~

Walking in through the fallen doors of the ruined castle, Bellestarmon cautiously explored the halls of the ruined structure. From the outside, it had appeared to be uninhabitable, but upon investigation she found that a good portion of the building was intact. "Now, if I was a betting gal and I am. I would guess that any bed chambers would be up there." She said to herself pulling one of her pistols out for whatever laid at the top of the stairs.

Making her way slowly up the stairs she didn't question her ability to see in the dark remains of the stone castle. From her point of view she could recall a number of digimon were unimpeded by the lack of light. Their eyes naturally attuning to the dark. As she got closer to the top of the stairs she was greeted by a long hallway with a single door at the end of the hallway. Making her way over she stopped just outside of the door. The sound of someone pacing back and forth catching her ears. Pushing the door slightly, then old metal hinges gave a loud creak causing the person on the other side to stop.

"Who's there?" The feminine voice called out from the otherside as Bellestarmon started to slowly back away, her gun aimed at the door in case the person on the other side chose to attack. "Luna… is that you?"

As she slowly backed away, the sounds of hooves on stone came closer to the door, before slowly being pulled open. "Luna?"

"Don't move!" Bellestarmon ordered, her gun trained on the woman standing before here.

Standing in the doorway with their eyes wide stood a tall bipedal equine with a long pastel rainbow mane, white fur and magenta eyes. Her body was covered in a long white dress, a golden necklace hanging around their neck. Upon her head sat a golden crown that rested just above a long horn and two large wings protruded from her back.

"I don't want to hurt you if I don't have to, so stay where you are." Bellestarmon demanded.

"That voice… are you… Luna?" The solar princess asked, taking another step forward only to stop when Bellestarmon fired a bullet into the stone in front of her hooves.

"I said don't. I don't know who you are or who this Luna is, but if you take another step closer the next one is going through your head." She threatened, aiming back up at the white alicorn.

Celestia stood there for a moment as she looked down at the hole in the floor before readjusting her gaze back at the woman before her. 'The voice is the same, but her appearance is… what about her.' With a quick flash of her horn, Celestia scanned the woman with her magic. A dark blue glow coming from her. 'Her magic is there… could her form have changed from all those years on the moon.'

"What did you do?" Bellestarmon questioned.

"I scanned your body, do you really not remember who I am, Luna?" The white alicorn asked with concern.

"Quit calling me that, I am not Luna and I sure as hell don't know who you are."

"Then perhaps you could enlighten me, I am Princess Celestia, what might you be called then?"

"I… I don’t know, I can’t remember… Belle? I think."

'She doesn't remember…' Celestia thought to herself. "Okay then… Belle. Do you know how you got here?" She asked, raising her hands up in a 'Don't shoot me' position as she slowly took another step forward.

"I'm not sure, there was a light… a loud ringing, a bunch of… ponies? I told them to stay away, but they kept attacking, so I ran." Bellestarmon explained, gripping the side of her head. Her skull throbbing as she struggled to remember what came before. Her eyes closed shut from the pain.

Noticing the woman's struggle, Celestia quickly took the distraction to close in on the girl, pushing the weapon off to the side as she wrapped her arms around her. As she did, she could feel Bellestarmon freeze up as she dropped the pistol to the ground. "It's okay… you're safe now, nothing is going to hurt you." Celestia said softly as she rubbed the back of the woman's neck before casting a sleeping spell on the woman.

Bellestarmon's eyes grew heavy under the weight of the unknown energy, her body giving from underneath her as the mare before her slowly lowered her to the ground. The final thing she heard was the white alicorn whisper to her as she drifted off to sleep. "Sleep well sister, we'll figure this out together."

~Ep:1~

Holding the embodiment of her sister in her arms, Celestia looked down to the object that the woman had been holding as it disappeared from the ground and reformed on the woman's side. Not thinking much of it, she carried the younger woman down through the castle where she was met by a blinding light of prismatic colors. Entering the main chamber of the castle ruins, she witnessed the elements of harmony form around the six mares.

"Princess Celestia!" The princess heard one of the girls call out as she quickly ran up to her. "You're alright, did you beat Nightmare Moon?" The purple unicorn asked as she looked at the woman in her arms.

"In a way…" Celestia said, glancing at the woman, "However she no longer appears to be Nightmare Moon."

"Uh… she looks the same to me." The blue pegasus mare said, hovering in the air.

"Perhaps to you, however this form is much different from the one my sister took a thousand years ago. If it wasn't a simple sleeping spell would not have affected her." Celestia said with a saddened smile.

"Sister!?" The six mares exclaimed.

"Wait, sleeping spell? But I thought Nightmare Moon was immune to such magic?" Twilight questioned. "If I knew that, we wouldn't have needed to search for the elements of harmony. "

"Be that as it may, the fact that you did and succeeded in activating them is by means no small feat. I'm very proud of you Twilight." Celestia said with a proud smile, "with that said, my sister is no light mare, so why don't we continue this back in town, shall we?"

With that Celestia lit up her horn and the eight of them reappeared in front of the golden oaks library. Walking inside, Celestia placed Bellestarmon down on one of the couches before standing back to stretch her back. 'I swear she's packed on more weight.' She thought as a few pops came from her back.

Looking out the window, she pulled her magic and guided the moon to rest, giving way to her warming sun.

"So… not to be rude or anything, but if she's your sister, then why doesn't she look like a pony?" Rainbow Dash asked, gesturing to the sleeping pale woman.

"A thousand years can change a great many things my little pony, the form we take can be one of them." Celestia said, running her hand through Bellestarmon's hair. “We merely have to wait and see as to why.”

Author's Note

Been working on this while dealing with writers block for another story, I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you for Ep:2. Cheers