The Urchin and The Diva 2: Fractured Heart

Disclaimer: Well, it's been awhile since I last worked on something like this. Season 3 is almost done, and I am really pleased with how it's gone. At the same time, I think some of the episodes could have been better. But all in all, I'm pleased. For this fanfic, seeing as how it takes place a little bit after Season 3, I may also be including some episode chapters, but it will definitely branch off as well. Special thanks to: ShiningShadow1965, RT86, BronyGuy795, Faolan211, Ryder MLP and Jlargent for your ideas. Well, here we go

Chapter 1: Back once more

"He... hello?" called out the brave, yet worried heroine as she made her way through the dark, misty forest; her voice echoing off into the distant to signify how alone she was. The air stunk with a foul smell that reminded the little filly of rotten garbage, the mist so thick she could barely see two feet in front of her. Various grunts and growls from the wildlife shot through the air. This was not going to intimidate her however, she was a hero, and heroes didn't get scared!

Sweetie Belle gulped as she readjusted the green cap she wore on her head, keeping her wooden shield and gleaming short sword close to her as her eyes searched for any signs of danger. A rumor of a terrible beast, that was destroying towns and eating helpless, little ponies, had been spotted in the Everfree forest. No pony else had stepped forward to confront the monster, and she had decided that if no pony else was going to do it; then she would!

Gulping as the mist seemed to intensify, she reached into the tiny brown satchel she had slung around her neck, and pulled out a tiny lantern. Lighting it as she fastened the lantern to her belt, the filly's mood lifted when the mist started to dissipate; revealing her to be in a large clearing of the woods as she was surrounded by an army of trees. The path behind her that she had taken to get here, it… it was gone!

"Bu… but where'd it go? This doesn't' make any sense…" she shivered as her mind searched for an explanation. She didn't have very long to search as a low growl caught her attention from behind. "I don't want to look, I don't want to look…" thought Sweetie nervously, as she turned to look regardless of what she thought. She immediately wished she hadn't as she took several steps back, her eyes widening at the sight before her.

It had eight, thick, pulsating legs! It had to be at least eight… ten feet tall! The creature towered over the green cladded filly! Its twin bodies that were merged together, the rear larger than the front, was covered with thick green fur. The crowning terror of the monster however, was the large, soul piercing, single yellow eye that glared at the foal. The creature's mouth opened, revealing rows of tiny little teeth that seemed to be eager to have a taste of the small unicorn! This was Queen Armogohma.

Terrified by the size and eye of the giant spider queen, Sweetie Belle found herself unable to move as her hooves seemed rooted into the ground. But as the Queen took several steps forward, Sweetie suddenly found her voice. Pointing her sword at the beast, she declared bravely "Qu...Queen Armogohma! You've terrorized Ponyville long enough, and will fall by my sword! Prepare to face justice for your crimes!" With that said, the little filly charged forward; her shield kept close to her face and her sword hidden behind her shield as she thrust her blade forward to run the Queen through!

Her attack proved useless as the Queen jumped back, the blade missing by a long shot. How dare this insignificant little bug try to run her through?! Hissing at the pony for her ill-conceived attack; the Queen opened her maw and spewed out sticky strands of webbing at the filly!

"Eek!" cried out Sweetie as the strands immediately plastered her body, making it difficult to move. Luckily, her sword arm was still free as she started to swipe away at the sticky substance, pleased when the strands were cut with ease thanks to her sword. It seems she made the right move as the Queen was upon her, attempting to bite at the fillies face! "Ha ha! You're too slow monster!" taunted Sweetie as she rolled out of the way of the monsters attack.

Picking herself up, Sweetie rushed the spider once more, bringing down her blade against the side of its head. She was rewarded with a shrill of pain from the Queen; green blood spewing from the wound. Sweetie brought down her sword two more times before the Queen recovered from the sudden strike; backing away from a third attempted swing.

The Queen clicked its teeth rapidly as it bended over low, and started skittering towards Sweetie in a sudden burst of speed, shooting its two front legs forward in an attempt to crush her to death. She growled in frustration as her attacks kicked up bits of dirt as she continued to miss over and over again! Realizing how at this rate she wasn't going to get Sweetie, the queen shot out another strand of webbing at the little hero.

"Ack!" cried out Sweetie, her legs getting webbed out as she fell backwards. Her sword and shield skidded out from her hooves, the filly horrified to find herself both weaponless and defenseless! No, it couldn't end this way! Flopping onto her stomach, she crawled like crazy for her sword; a twinge of hope racing up her spine at the notion of her being able to get out of this situation! This was quickly stifled however when one of the Queens thick legs stepped on the blade, blocking Sweetie from getting it!

"Noooooooo!" cried out Sweetie in fear as the Queen loomed over her, the maw of the Queen dripping with drool as she leaned down to take off the filly's head! This was it!

"CUT! CUT!"

"What was wrong with it this time?" demanded Sweetie, all pretense of fear gone and replaced with annoyance as she sat up in the webbing, wiggling her legs out of it as the Queen took a few steps back to let the filly up. She couldn't believe it, she was certain that she had gotten it down perfectly that time.

The mist had cleared up, revealing a small movie set complete with lights and cameras that were being magically operated mostly, but had some real helpers as well. The mist machine had been shut off, as well as the creepy wild life sound effects. Particularly from a certain red maned earth pony and her purple maned Pegasus friend.

"Sweetie, you were supposed to shout 'I won't go down easy'. If you shout no, it makes it look like you're about to die," Scootaloo explained, rubbing her forehead with an irritated hoof.

"That's right, an Discord? You were supposed to roar in Sweeties face before looking like you were ready to eat her! It makes the scene a lot more tense," pointed out Applebloom, annoyed that their plan to get their cutie marks in movie making weren't going so well.

The "Queen" crossed her legs in irritation as her body disappeared in a flash of light. When the light faded, a bizarre looking creature stood next to Sweetie with his arms crossed. He had the head of a goat with a black Mohawk, two mismatched horns, a snake like body with mismatched arms and legs and yellow eyes. This was Discord, spirit of chaos and disharmony now… well… Perhaps not really evil. Due to the strange functions of his body, the child-like god had the appearance and attitude of an eight year old; despite having been a toddler a year ago. ?q=Discord+child#/d4uya0p

"Oh c'mon, it's not my fault! Sides, you said you wanted a big scary monster! That's exactly what I gave you. So what if I forgot a bit about what I was supposed to do? I still helped make the scene scary," protested Discord, rolling his eyes.

"It is so! After roaring, you were then supposed to do a stare of doom; freezing me to the ground. But you said that you didn't want to do that because it 'sounded dumb'," Sweetie then interjected.

"It does sound dumb! What kinda monster uses a stare of doom to paralyze their prey? Sometimes I think that the boss monsters from those Zelda games that Jack talked about just seem weird, despite how cool they are at the same time. Humans can be weird..." mused Discord, watching the CMC's faces fall in depression.

"Well great, we failed to get our cutie marks in movie making. We could always try again, but I don't think it's what we're cut out for. Discord, you can get rid of this set" informed Applebloom as the spirit snapped his fingers and poof, the entire movie set was gone and they were standing in the middle of the Everfree forest again. "Well, whut are we supposed to do now?" questioned Applebloom to her friends.

Whistling casually, Discord snapped his fingers as behind his back; a water balloon appeared. Sloshing with thick water, Discord smirked impishly as he heaved water balloon in Scootaloo's direction. He was rewarded with a cry of shock as he snapped his fingers again; a mountain of water balloons appearing behind him. "We could always have a water balloon war? I'll win of course, but it could be fun to see you three try to beat me," taunted Discord with a beckoning claw.

Laying on her back from the surprise attack, Scoots sat up as she whipped around her wet mane; narrowing her eyes in a determined manner as she declared "It…is…ON! Get him girls!" The CMC let out a war cry as they started grabbing at water balloons, heaving them at the child god who laughed in glee from the fun he had created as he used his magic to throw back balloons at the girls, pleased that he was able to create some fun to distract the girls from their failure.

One year…

One year had gone by since the human and friend to the Mane Six, Jack Conner's, had appeared. One year since the gang had managed to save not only Equestria, but the human world from Discord's wacked out reimagining's. When Jack had first appeared in Equestria, he had a cold, bitter view on life; sprinkled with heavy sarcasm. Although he lost the negative outlook on life, he retained his sarcasm. The longer Jack spent with the ponies, exposed to the magic of friendship; the more his stone cladded heart opened up and accepted the ponies' way of life. Not only had he discovered friendship, but love as well with the last pony in the world that he'd ever thought he'd end up with; the diva: Rarity!

Whilst Ponyville knew the truth, the whole of Equestria were ignorant to who it was exactly who had saved both Equestria and New York. At the request of Jack and the Mane Six towards Princess Celestia and Luna; they requested that Equestria be told it was them and not the group who had beaten Discord so it would not appear that the Princesses lacked the power to back up the authority they had over the land.

As for Discord himself, the group had been hesitant. In his child form, Discords powers were not at full potential. Whilst he was strong, he lacked the ability to warp reality and change anything he wanted on a whim and would lack this until he reached adulthood. That did not mean however, that he was lacking in other incredible abilities. Even as he a child, he was able to change his shape and appearance, change the form of others, and create things out of nothing and so on. Rather than have history repeat itself, the gang decided to instead befriend the chimera. Despite Discord still being a prankster, he didn't use his powers for evil now that he had friends.

The relationship that had developed between Rarity and Jack was considered strange seeing as how they weren't even the same species, but not immoral or wrong. In the new relationship he was in, and having someone he really cared about, Jack on the spur of the moment had considered asking Rarity's hoof in marriage… but in the end decided against it. Firstly, he didn't even know if he was gonna get married. Secondly, he was still young; why rush into marriage?

Although in Ponyville Jack was welcomed with open hooves, not all of Equestria was quiet as welcoming, or at least accepting. Some ponies found the idea of the human a strange and otherworldly creature. This really didn't surprise the human too bad though since it was no different than if he was back on earth in a third world country, where he was basically a foreigner.

Despite his new relationship with Rarity, he decided it would be best if he had his own place. So thanks to some help from the princesses and AJ, he was able to build himself a decent sized home right across from Rarity's. In order to live in such a place though, he went out and got himself a job working as a Courier, delivering packages and letters all over Equestria. In order to do so though, his job required a partner. Can you guess who he ended up working with?

"And with a neat little snip here, and we are done," beamed Rarity as she lowered her scissors with her magic, proud of her work. "I'm certain that Fancy Pants will be more than impressed with the suits that I've done for his order," thought Rarity happily as she looked over the neat, trimmed suits for her client to be certain that she had not made a single mistake.

Rarity had been really busy for the last couple day of days, creating outfits for her clients. In a way, she was glad that she had all this extra work, despite its meaning she didn't have a lot of time to see her friends as it kept her mind off of her colt...err, boyfriend who had been gone for a week to deliver a parcel's all the way to Fillydelphia and Baltimare. He was supposed to be getting back tonight, and she was grateful that her work was just about done.

It hadn't been easy for her to explain her new love towards her parents. The fact that Jack was not a pony had put off her mother and father at first, yet they were quiet accepting towards Jack…whenever he was in pony form. At the request of Jack who wanted to make their relationship as comfortable as possible, she learned a spell that would allow her to morph Jack back and forth between his pony form. In his human form, they sometimes got a bit uncomfortable since they had it in their mind that her being with Jack for who he was…strange. But they were still willing to give him a chance. After a year of being with Jack, her parents still got a bit put off at times but were more accepting.

Well, perhaps it was strange. A year ago, she certainly hadn't planned on ending up with a human, and yes Jack had many differences! He was abrasive, defensive, and sometimes hotheaded… okay, a lot hotheaded. But thanks to Rarity and her friends, they had managed to help most of those bad qualities and her friends had been accepting about their relationship… well… almost…

Sighing for a moment as she thought of Spike, Rarity frowned as she could still remember how depressed he had been. Despite the "subtle" way he tried to hide his love, it had been no big secret that Spike had feelings for Rarity. As much as she wished she shared these feelings for him, she saw him as a really good friend. Spike had put on a good show for his feelings however, and at first played it off like he wasn't hurt by her and Jack's relationship, yet it was obvious he was hurting. Spike and Jack were really good friends, and although in the end he accepted their relationship, sometimes the little guy would show envy for what they had.

"He'll find somepony who loves him one day, of this I'm sure of," assured Rarity to herself as she trotted out of her room to get something to drink. "Gracious, time certainly flies when you're having fun." She gasped at what time it was! Clearly, she had been working overtime since she had started at 9 AM and it was now 3 in the afternoon! Perhaps some fresh air would do her well?

BANG! "And then what happened was that we ended up hurting every pony in town because we had been printing their secrets for all to know. We felt bad about it, but we kept doing it anyway. It wasn't until later when we realized what we had to do," Sweetie Belle recalled, informing Discord of a previous problem that the CMC had as they entered her home.

Spotting her little sister, Rarity smiled "Ahh Sweetie, I see your back already from your filming. Tell me, did it go w…umm, sister? Why are you dripping wet?! You are tracking water all over the carpet!" informed Rarity as she rubbed her head with an irritated hoof. Blinking for a sec, Sweetie glanced down at her hooves and realized she indeed was bringing in water.

"Oops, I'm sorry Rarity. We just finished up a really fun water balloon fight," apologized Sweetie as she recalled the epic battle they just had, hoping it would excuse her thoughtlessness.

"Ahh, a water balloon fight. Such unruly behavior is not befitting of…oh," paused the unicorn as her eyes averted towards Discord, who was whistling casually as he placed his hands behind his back. Obviously, he had incited the fight… sigh, oh well. "Please go wipe your hooves. We need this place to look spotless for when Jack gets back tonight."

"Oh yeah! He does get back tonight! I wonder how his trip went? Bet he saw a lot of cool things while he was gone," spoke Scootaloo.

"Probably not Scoots. It takes a bit to get from Fillydelphia to Baltimare, and back here. So, he probably didn't have much time for sightseeing," interrupted AB, as she put a hoof to her chin in wonder. "Still, I look forward to seeing him again tomorrow," she smiled.

Whilst her friends talked about seeing Jack again, Sweetie turned and asked Rarity nervously "Is umm… mom and dad still gonna be able to make it tonight"?

Letting out an exhale of air, Rarity nodded "Yes, they will be here. I know that they work a lot, but they promised that they would come to visit for Jack coming back. Luckily, if the two of us here we'll be able to…" she started to explain when a knocking at the door got her attention.

"I'll get it," Discord smirked as he snapped his fingers. Vanishing for a sec, a cry of shock went into the air. Appearing a moment later, Discord sighed lightly in annoyance. "Yes, I can appear where ever I want. It's not that big of a deal. Mail pony, here you go" as he handed a letter to Rarity.

Ripping it open, Rarity slowly skimmed her eyes through the letter, her pupils dilating in worry. "Oh no, this is horrible! Fancy pants have just requested a large order of customized vest for a social event in Canterlot! And the deadline is soon! The amount he wants…oh no! I need to get back to work right away, no time for anything else," she thought to herself. Glancing down at her sister, she thought "I can do this! It might be cutting it close but I can get this all done before Jack gets here."

"Is something wrong Rarity?" questioned a worried Sweetie Belle as the look of worry in her sister's eyes had shifted over towards reassurance.

"Oh yes everything's fine, I'm just going to be busy. No need to worry! Err, go out and play. I need to focus and I can't be disturbed at all," instructed Rarity as with a quick turn of the hooves, she trotted back upstairs; locking the door shut.

Glancing at each other in confusion at the sudden change in Rarity's emotions; the group reluctantly left to see if they could find something else to do while Rarity worked.

"And so that's how Captain Dash saved the day… no no no, that's garbage. The readers won't enjoy something like that," Rainbow Dash grumbled, erasing the ending towards the first chapter of her book. She had been trying to write a prototype book about herself joining the Wonderbolts and becoming Captain, but so far none of the ideas she was coming up with were any good! She felt that they were seriously lacking in awesomeness.

Dash was taking a break for now from cloud kicking, and was hanging out with Twilight on the outskirts of Ponyville. Twilight on the other hoof was trying to teach herself a new spell.

"Still having some trouble Dash?" commented Twilight casually as she flipped through her book, aware of enough of her surroundings to know that Rainbow Dash was having trouble with coming up with ideas on how to make her story more plausible. Twilight would offer insight, but she feared that her ideas would be considered too "nerdy" or "not cool enough" by Dashes standards.

"Yeah, I guess I am…" Dash reluctantly admitted, hating when she admitted she was struggling. It didn't make her seem as confident she felt. "I just don't get how some writers can make it look so easy when they come up with the ideas that get the attention of every pony…" griped Dash as she tossed aside her book.

"You think it's easy Rainbow? Whenever writers come up with their ideas, they put themselves in a different mind frame that they would normally not be able to think up such things. I think you're just trying too hard… maybe you should wait? Give yourself time for you to get inspired," offered Twilight, rolling her eyes as Dash gave her predictable answer.

"Wait?" Dash gasped dramatically, hating the idea instantly. "I can't wait! I need to think up something now! I can't just sit on my flank, and wait for it to come to me," huffed Dash. Yet despite what she just said, she sat still for a moment as she waited for an idea to come. When nothing came, her eyes glanced over in a bored manner towards Twilight as she asked "So… what are you trying to do?"

"I'm trying to see if I can change matter of this apple, and shift it into an orange. So far, I haven't had any luck," informed Twilight, before her tone shifted to amusement "Heh heh, despite how wacky Discord can be at times, I can't help but envy the magic he has. To be able to create things out of nothing, and create T.V. screens, to watch movies from Jacks world? It's really incredible," she smiled as she looked up and put on a thoughtful smirk. Blowing a raspberry, Dash grinned.

"Aw, you'll probably be able to do it no problem at all! All you need is… a…" paused Dash as she could see something spiraling in the air. "Umm… Twilight, do you see that?" asked a confused Dash as she narrowed her eyes. Glancing up from her book, Twilight followed Dashes gaze as she caught sight of what Dash could see: The silhouette of a Pegasus with a large creature on its back was spiraling down at high speed…RIGHT FOR THEM?!

"WATCH OUT!" shouted Twilight as she threw herself out of the oncoming path of the Pegasus! Dash dove aside as well, her eyes catching the object as it crashed into the tree above, causing the whole tree to shake and shudder. A few moments later with the branches rustling like crazy, two beings fell out of the tree!

The Pegasus had a light grey belt, golden eyes, and a blonde mane and tail with bubbles on her flank. She wore a blue cap with a sleek logo of a Pegasus holding a package. She let out a gasp of surprise when the second being landed on her back.

The bipedal being wore a dark brown bomber jacket with the same logo stitched onto the back, grey jeans and black combat boots. Ruffling a hand through his messy black hair, he glanced down at the Pegasus with a light glare.

"Sorry about that Jack, It was…" Derpy started to apologize.

"It's cool Derpy, we all make mistakes. Sides, I messed up first so we'll call it even," Jack assured the mail pony. Realizing he was in familiar company, Jack turned to face his shocked friends as he smirked "What's up?"

Well, that's the end of chapter 1 for the sequel to the Urchin and the Diva. I wanted to thank all again who helped give me inspiration and ideas: ShiningShadow1965, RT86, BronyGuy795, Faolan211, Ryder MLP and Jlargent. Thank you all for your support and ideas! I'm unsure on how fast I'm going to be able to post due to both school and work, but I'll do the best I can. Special thanks towards Dragon'z Wrath for being my beta for this fanfic! You rock dude! Until next time!