God dammit! I slammed my face against the floor. I'm so. Fuckin'. BORED! I lifted my head to glare at my charges. Where's the excitment?! Where's the catapults?! Hell, where's the famed fuckin' TREE SAP?! I, once again, slammed my face on the floor.
"What's wrong with Leo?" Sweetie Belle asked, looking at me. "She keeps slamming her head. That can't be healthy." Face met floor again.
Scootaloo briefly glanced at me. "Eh, Rainbow says she does this when she's stuck doing paperwork. Leo's just bored." Slam went my face.
"We ain't boring, are we?" Floor, meet face. Face, floor.
Scootaloo shook her head. "Nah, she just gets bored easily." Slam.
Sweetie poked the other Crusaders. "Are we still going to the library?" Slam.
"Yeah, why?"
.... Oo~ww.
She pointed at me. "We should probably stop off at Fluttershy's and have her look at Leo's face."
.... Eeyup, that's a bloody nose. Surprised this didn't happen earlier.
We piled into the wagon and Scootaloo took off down the trails. I hung my head over the side to keep my blood out of the wagon. I flinched as something soft was placed over my muzzle. "Shh, shh. It's okay." Sweetie assured, holding a cloth over my nose. "Just going to soak up the blood."
<<Fank ewe.>> I hung my face over the edge again. I soon found the problem with this set up: I was starting to find it hard to breathe with the cloth on my face and the blood flowing from my nose. We couldn't get to Fluttershy's fast enough.
Scootaloo pulled up to Fluttershy's cottage. Apple Bloom jumped out and knocked on the front door. As she did so, Connor came around the corner. He trotted up to me. <<Sup. Looking for Nurse Joy?>> I nodded. <<She's with Moon Dancer right now. I'm going to assume you need a heal?>>
<<Yesh, pleash.>>
Connor shook his head as the pink motes of healing flickered into existance. <<Okay, what did you do this time?>>
<<Murphy hates me.>> I whined. <<I've been bored waiting for something interesting to happen.>>
<<And you started head banging to relieve yourself of that boredom.>> Conner finished. He blinked as the Healing Pulse faded away. <<Wait... You hurt yourself from getting bored waiting for the Crusaders to crusade.>>
He glared at me. <<Leo Lancer. Did you try to reverse psychology Murphy?! You know that doesn't end well!>>
"Oh, who's Murphy?" We looked over to see Fluttershy and Moon Dancer in the cottage doorway.
<<An old Eevee from our parent pack who always had bad luck following him around.>> I lied.
<<Wise old dog, though.>> Conner backed me up.
"Your old pack?" Fluttershy asked.
I watched Moon Dancer manage to beg the cloth soaked with my blood off of Sweetie Belle. <<Yeah, we left when our old pack got too large to sustain itself in our old range. So we came here.>> Connor nodded before heading off to, hopefully, spread the cover story. <<Sorry to cut this short, but we gotta get to Twilight's.>>
"Oh!" Fluttershy stepped back. "Sorry for holding you girls up. Have a safe ride back."
"We will!" The Crusaders chorused.
It wasn't long before Scootaloo decided "safe" was too slow. Sweetie and Apple Bloom held on tight. I hung my head over the side with my tongue out, whooping with joy. Scootaloo didn't seem to hear me encouraging her to go faster.
Sadly, Scootaloo slowed down once we hit the market. "You guys got your forms?"
"Eeyup." Apple Bloom said as Sweetie Belle nodded. "Did yer mom sign yours?"
I perked up at that. "Yeah, she got some time off from the guard a few days ago, got it signed then."
"Anything new she told you about?" Sweetie asked.
I could hear the pride in her voice. "Yeah, Mom got promoted with the latest shuffle with this Armor guy getting promoted to Captain of the Guard. She's also getting reassigned nearby, so we're going to be moving into the Barracks nearby."
Huh. Who'd've thought.
I started to tune them out and watched the town pass by. Sadly, we soon came to the Library. We parked by the kitchen door. I started barking to get Spike while the Crusaders secured the wagon.
"Why didn't you come in through the basement?" Spike asked as he opened the door. His eyes slid past me to the Crusaders. "Oh." We both watched as they somehow tied Scootaloo down instead of her scooter.
<<Are we going to help them?>> I asked, looking up at Spike. Spike had buried his face in his claws. With a sigh, he went to untangle the mess in front of us. <<.... St~ill not seeing any tree sap.>>
In short order, we had managed to get the Crusaders into the library. Spike led the fillies further into the library while Yomega approached and took me to the side.
<<I think there is something you wish to tell me?>> He asked with an arched eyebrow.
<<Yeah.>> I nodded. <<There's no rush to tell details, but Connor and I told Joy that we used to be part of a larger pack elsewhere. We didn't give specifics.>>
<<Alright. I'll pass it on.>>
I jogged to catch up with my charges, who had been led into the basement. All the tables and lab equipment had been moved against the walls, and a circle of what looked like silver had been laid into the floor. Twilight had just finished writing something onto a chalkboard when I breezed in. Twilight gave a quick glance at me before speaking to the girls. "I thought Villheim hung out with you girls?"
"He does," Sweetie answered, "but he bumped paws with Leo and walked off into the Everfree. Leo's been with us since."
"Huh." Twilight turned back to her board with a shake of her head. "So, now that Moon Dancer has taken charge of the Eevee studies, I am just a few more steps away from being able to teach you summoning."
"What's all left ta do?" Apple Bloom asked.
"We just have to wait for the forms you had signed to be processed. I should be getting a notice back soon." Twilight looked over her shoulder with a smile. "Don't worry. After hearing about your first summoning, I don't doubt that your forms will get accepted. In the mean time, I'm going to prepare your first lesson. There are some books over there," she pointed to a small stack of thick books, "you can read. They are a brief history on summoning and summoners."
The Crusaders shared a look before tackling the first tome in the pile. I, gently, placed my face on the floor and groaned.
I awoke when Spike came back down the stairs. Twilight had finished her writing and the Crusaders had muddled their way through the first tome. He marched up to Twilight, handed her a letter, and went back up the stairs.
Twilight took a moment to read the letter before a large grin spread across her muzzle. "Girls?" She waited until she had the Crusaders' attention. "Your forms have been approved, and we can get started on your lessons."
With a small cheer, the Crusaders rushed to the chalkboard. They began speaking over one another to the point that they were drowning each other out. I was able to hear enough to figure out that they really wanted to summon something.
I could feel my hackles rising. Finally, something interesting!
"Calm down, girls." My hopes were dashed. "Before I can let you girls actually summon something, you do need to know the rules." She grabbed a few cushions in her magic and floated them over. "Let's get comfortable, this could take a while."
"What, no desks?" Scootaloo joked.
Twilight shook her head with a giggle. "I know how you girls can get. Desks never did help me learn. Learning side by side with Celestia helped me while I learned with her, so I hope it will help you. With that in mind," her magic latched onto the chalkboard and dragged it over, "let's get started. Once we've covered this, we can try a summoning."
Twilight brought a book over and held it up. Judging by the collective flinch from the Crusaders, I figured that that was the book that started this mess. "Since you've read this, I can summarize the first few rules for you. The first rule is that summoning is not limited to unicorns. Anypony, or any being for that matter, can summon. In fact, the minotuars of Minos use summoning to augment their manufacturing and military endeavors. The fact that you all were able to summon that Burosuta lends credence to that rule.
"The next two rules are that a summoning circle can be made from any material, and that all reagents must be kept outside of the circle once the circle has been laid. Again, very easy to understand. Your circle was made out of string, and the risk of disrupting said circle rises if you keep having to cross them. While this applies more to simple circles, such as string or ones carved in dirt, current day summoners still abide by this rule with metal circles.
"The fourth rule, and the final one pertaining to circles. A summon lasts as long as a summoner wills, unless the circle gets broken. Then it lasts as long as its body remains intact. If even an ear or toe is lost, then the summon is banished. You saw this in practice with the Burosuta, and how Villhiem dealt with it.
"The next rule revolves around reagents. Quantity and quality of the reagents determines the tier and strength of the summon, respectively. For example, thirty pounds of raw iron may summon a tier two Haganeru, but it will be weaker than a tier one Iwaku summoned with three pounds of pure iron.
"The final rule is that each set of different reagents, known as a recipe, can only summon one group of summons. You can't use the Udeppo recipe, which the Burosuta is part of, to summon in an Iwaku. Each group of summons are called a family, named after the tier one of that family.
"That's all one needs to know in order to summon. Most of what you'd be taught is the various known recipes, and how many tiers each family has. So far, most families have three tiers, although new discovers have shown that there could be up to four or five tiers."
I yawned, looking to see which Crusaders had fallen asleep. I was surprised to see that they had been taking notes.
Scootaloo raised a hoof. "What're the usual jobs that summoners do?"
Twilight nodded. "In Equestria, mostly academic. Summoners who prefer a more active lifestyle either become explorers or immigrate to other countries like Minos. Otherwise, you'd be mostly working as a researcher, trying to discover either new tiers or new recipes. Speaking of...." She got up and made her way over to the circle. Her horn lit up as she pulled three small sacs from the closet. "I prepared these earlier. In those sacs are jars. There is one sac for each of you. I'd like you to each find the jar labeled 'Koikingu'. It's a good starter for summoners. Just don't triple the recipe. You do not want to try and deal with the tiers two and three as beginners."
I watched as each filly rummaged through their bag before pulling out a smallish labeled jar. While I couldn't read the label, I could see what looked like a blue teardrop.
"What's with this symbol?" Apple Bloom apparently had spotted the teardrop as well.
"As you may remember from the book Yomega got you, each summon has an associated element to it." Twilight explaned. "Each recipe includes a reagent that naturally decreases a summons power. While this may seem counter-intuitive, this element helps establish your control. Since all those recipes are ones I've prepared earlier, we can go over how the elements interact next time." She turned to Sweetie. "Sweetie, would you like to go first?"
With a nod, Sweetie began to work. I leapt onto a nearby table. With a name like Koikingu, it has to be awesome! Which means it could be dangerous if it gets loose! I watched as the ritual was set up. I leaned forward as Sweetie began to chant. A feeling of ominous preasure began to build before, with a crack of blinding light, the ritual was complete. ...Oh, come ON!
A Magikarp flopped within the circle.
Today is just determined to be the most boring day possible.
The Crusaders were excited for their first successful summon. Twilight then walked Sweetie through the banishing. then it was Apple Bloom's turn. Hers was slightly bigger than Sweetie's. Scootaloo's ended up being the smallest.
Villhiem popped in as the Crusaders were comparing summons. I gave him the rundown of the day, bumped paws, then sulked off for a nap.
No sap, no chaos, no fun. This nap's going to be the fucking highlight of my day....
Ah the almighty magikarp, destroyer of hopes and dreams, the undying, all knowing, all consuming, and should not be kicked magikarp. This was literally thought up from the top of my head out of boredom.
next up garados
Huh, using the Japanese names of the mons for summoning? My knowledge of them from watching sub over dub will not be wasted! But really, I like the idea a lot- Bulbapedia having a list of the Japanese names helps for those people that don't know them off the top of their heads. Hope to see some interesting things done with this.
So, do they not realize the implications of pony summoning Pokemon, or do they just not care? What happens when one of the Crusaders summons an Eevee?
Japanese Pokemon Names is a neat idea. I have to wonder if there are some Pokémon out there now if something went wrong or a pony liked to keep them. 🤔
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I think they're taking a "cross that bridge when they get to it" approach. After all, who knows what the recipe and circle material are for Eevee, anyway, and if they're even common or known in the Summoner's Guild?
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I don't remember exactly where she mentioned it, but it was one of the earlier chapters. I think right after the first evolution.
Just saw this, so sorry for the late reply.
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The King of Carp, Magikarp! DOOOH!
Featured again if im correct
Does anyone else feel like the crusaders are going to summon a legendary bye accident, or better yet twilight sees them summon an eevee
Her name has an E on the end - Belle.
Edit: Also, Apple Bloom is two words, not one.
Edit2: Also also, it's 'tier' not 'teir'.
So Leo is now a 'Murphy Deterrent'?
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Fixed, thanks for the catch.
If Twilight has the recipe to summon an Eievui, all heck will break loose.
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I'm sure Twi would be able to equate Eievui with Eevee, the pronunciation is almost the same.
Actually there are a not-insignificant number of pokemon whose Japanese names are basically the same as their English ones. Lapras (Rapurasu), Gyarados (Gyaradosu), Butterfree (Batafuri), Lucario (Rukario), Lurantis (Rarantesu), Pikachu (guess), and Pachirisu (well duh) to name a few.
I don’t have time to update the doc today. I’m moving and my wife just gave birth to our 2nd kid so I’m a little busy. Maybe next Monday I’ll have time. But still, great world building chapter!
So tripling the regent to summon a Magicarp will summon a Gyrados or a Mega Gyrados? You’d think Twilight would think ahead and give each Crusader a different summon’s regent just to prevent that even happening on accident.
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If she does manage to summon an Eievui then this chapter (and the previous summon one where Villheim evolved) will mean a few things. Namely:
The Eievui and the Eevee will speak different languages (Japanese vs English) and won’t understand one another.
Eevee evolutions are probably tied to the regent that summons their higher-tier forms. (If this is true than I suppose Umbreon need to be summoned in the light of a full moon, or perhaps just moonlight, which the summoner school might not know about, so Yay! Advancing summoner science!)
Twilight will think one of two things with the summon info and the knowledge (lie) from Fluttershy about parent packs. Either A: the Eevee are descended from an Eievui that was around long enough to lay multiple eggs, and the family line was around in Equestria long enough that the Eievui were naturalized and formed their own dialect, becoming Eevee. Or B: the Eevee don’t know they were summoned and, based on the fact that they’ve sustained serious injury (Zann lost a leg for goodness sake!) they still have an active, intact summon circle (or nine) somewhere in Equestria.
Either way, you’re right. All heck will break loose.
Edit in response to my own comment: if the ingredients are the same for an evolution tree, but purity influences strength and quantity is what influences tier, what the heck influences splitting evo trees like Eievui?
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Also, a regent is a political member, a reagent is a component of a mixture.
imagine if that Magikarp evolved then there be no instant ko with that disaster of rage
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Only when he really wants things to get interesting!
After all Murphy is willy and sneaky. If you want something to 'go wrong' then it can no longer be qualified as a 'going wrong', point in fact since you want it to happen what really could 'go wrong' is it not happening at all.
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Oh no! That so makes sense when they summon an Eevee who doesn’t even speak the same language
So many funny moments and adventures they can have with an Eevee who they can’t understand. Please make that happen!
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She does guess it, yea. It was the chapter called Dog Days: Home on the farm, Hot in the kitchen. But since magic seems to be equal to psychic she’s probably just guessing towards Espeon.
Karp
Koikingu = Magicarp
Poor Leo thought that she was going to see something awesome, only to see that the summon was a Magicarp.
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Fixed. .... Man, I suk at speling......
Be lucky it wasn't mew. That would be to much chaos.
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Makes me wonder what the pony names for other pokemon are......
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No, chaos is MewTwo.
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rainbow dash tried that in the time loops to get that blasted box open. said she was going to open it by accident while looking at everyone's favorite mailmare/ top five favorite background pony. not to mention the loop where derpy actually wanted to destroy things. anything could happen in that scenario. funnily enough, alot of evil derpys have showed up in the loops but the mane 6 always unknowingly thwarted her every time.
Oh wow, she just keeps poking the MurphyBear.
So, is Scootaloo lying about the whole mom thing? And if she isn't, does her mom know she's basically been living in a rundown shed this whole time?
Was hopeing they would summon an Eevee so Twilight could have another freakout
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Yup ...
Missing Word Error: on the front
Typo: relieve
Grammar Error: the forms you had/got signed - the Crusaders didn't sign them themselves, that would defeat the purpose
Logic Error: you say that new discoveries suggest that summons may have up to four or even five forms, hypothetically. Your phrasing makes it quite clear that such a thing has yet to be observed. So no summon has more than three observed stages. In that case, if three is the highest number observed, how is it the AVERAGE?! Averages don't work like that.
Word Choice Error: their
I... wat?
Burosuta? Haganeru? Iwaku? Udeppo? Koikingu? So... summoning is summoning Pokemon? Apparently? Then why doesn't Twilight know about Eevees?
What happens if the Pokémon summoned speaks in English from what I'm seeing there is no defined way to choose where the individual is from just what Pokémon it is which should mean that some of the Pokémon summoned although called the Japanese name by the should at least be an English speaking version also from what twilight said apparently the ponies can summon a mega level don't really know how that works do they just take a trainer's mega level from the middle of the battle?
Leo has some seriouse problems... But after all that happend i guess she is a adrenalin junky
Did Scootaloo parents just pop into existence or are they simple horrible at being parents?
Respect to our Author giving us twist we never expected... PRICELESS
Missed that one my first time reading.
Looks like they can summon other Pokemon.
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THEN YOU GET TO GYARADOS BUT THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT FOR HIM TO USE WATER TYPE MOVES IN SUN AND MOON HE HAS TO BE LEVEL 30
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Because eevee's japanese name is "Eievui" maybe she doesn't know there the same thing?