> My Little Pony: Friendship is Cine-magic: Tom and Jerry: The Movie
>  by IndyWriter Productions
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> Part 1: The Early Call
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The low, orange light from the sun slowly brightened the night sky, changing into the bright blue of the morning. It began to light up the lands of Ponyville, alerting the waking residents of another fulfilling day. The town was bathed in the welcoming light and warmth, the grass giving off a slight glisten from the morning dew. As the light crept up to the Castle of Friendship, the crystalline structure gave off a subtle sparkle, almost as if it was glowing. Within the confines of the castle, Spike was comfortably resting in his bed, softly snoring. The rising light bled into his room. His body could feel with warmth and and change in brightness resulted in him cracking his eyes open. The dragon let out a yawn. He gently stood up, pushing away the covers and drawing in a long inhale while stretching.

He sauntered over to the window and opened the blinds, allowing more sunlight in. He looked out through the town, taking in the glowing sight. He stood at the window for a minute, letting the sun warm up his body. While he hadn't intended on waking this early, today was an especially bright day and any day like this was not worth sleeping-in, in his eyes.

"Quite the beautiful day, today.” Spike said, still taking in the sunlight. “Guess I'll start breakfast before Twilight and Starlight wakes up."

He took pride in being the one to prepare meals for Twilight, Starlight, and himself. Truth be told, he really enjoyed cooking in general. It was the reason why he never complained about cooking for the princess. Quietly leaving his room, Spike made his way to the kitchen to prepare the morning's meal.





In another part of the castle, Twilight was still slumbering in her bed. Instead of the light being the one to wake her up, she slowly opened her eyes and blinked several times to get the sleep out of them. She let out a yawn while stretching out her wings. The alicorn gave a calming sigh. She knew today was going to be a more relaxing day for her. Twilight had finished the other day with completing pretty much all of the royal paperwork for the next couple of days. Not only was she starting to get the hang of the princess duties, she also found herself with lighter days every now and then. It allowed her to relax and spend more time with her friends or family if given the opportunity.

The waking alicorn climbed out of bed before leaving her bedroom. As she did, the scent of sizzling breakfast food wafted throughout the hallway. Twilight took a long sniff, a smile growing on her face.

"Spike must be downstairs making breakfast." She said to herself.

She always enjoyed Spike's cooking, which was the reason why she never cooked that often. That's not to say she didn't know how to cook or refused to, she was more than capable of making her own meals. But, it never tasted the same compared to Spike's. She never could figure out how he made his meals so enticing. Twilight made her way to the kitchen just to greet the little dragon. As she entered, she saw him happily working at the stovetop frying eggs and hay-bacon.

"Good morning, Spike." She greeted warmly.

"Good morning, Twilight." Spike turned and smile back. "Breakfast is almost ready."

"Mmm, sounds good." Twilight responded. "You always make the best breakfasts."

"Heh, I try." Spike chuckled. "Good ahead and take a seat at the dining table. Starlight should on her way down here soon, as well."

"You sure you don't need any help?" Twilight asked.

"No, thanks. I got things from here." The baby dragon answered.

"Okay, then." The alicorn stepped out of the kitchen and made her way to the dining room.

She took a seat on one of the chair just as Starlight Glimmer entered the room.

Good morning, Starlight." Twilight greeted.

"Morning, Twilight." The lavender unicorn yawned. "Listen, I need to talk to you about something."

"What is it?" Twilight asked, perplexed.

"Well, you know how you and the others have been going to other worlds on these recent friendship missions, right?" Starlight started. "And that, from what you've told me, they are very different in many ways compare to Equestria."

"Of course, even now it still amazes and intrigues me how those other worlds operate." Twilight smiled cheerfully.

"Yeah, but, I've been thinking." Starlight said. "Have you ever thought about...I don't know...documenting these worlds? Maybe try getting to know more about them?"

Twilight giggled a bit which confused Starlight a bit.

"Well, I wouldn't say I've documented my findings when travelling to the worlds we've been to, but, I do have a stockpile of notes about them." She explained. "And it certainly would be nice to visit back there, too. Not only to learn more new things, but also to see old friends. I even made a deck of flashcards with some of the..."

Twilight paused for a second, trying to think of the right word to describe her other-worldly friends.

"Creatures?...Beings?" She pondered. "Whatever, I made flash cards of them."

With her magic, Twilight popped a deck of cards into the room.

"See." She showed them to Starlight.

The lavender unicorn studied them with curiosity.

"Dusty Crophopper, Cloud, Shaun...Tigger?" Starlight said to herself. "These are some strange names. Also, I've never any creature like these before."

"Probably because they come from different worlds." Twilight said smartly.

"Good point." Starlight chuckled.

"Okay, girls, breakfast is ready." Spike walked in, balancing three plates of eggs and hay-bacon on his hands and head. "Oh, and good morning, Starlight."

"Morning, Spike." Starlight said back before.

Spike set the plates down on the table and the two ponies and dragon began enjoying the food.

"So, do you plan on ever doing anything with the information you already have?" Starlight asked to the princess.

Twilight pondered that question for a second.

"Well, in all honesty, I'm not entirely sure just how impactful the info would be if I just unloaded it out to the public. I mean, me and the others already talk about our missions with family and friends." She admitted.

"Does Celestia know about all of it?" Spike swallowed his eggs.

"About the note-taking? Yes. But, I've only been able to share a little bit of it with her." Twilight said. "You know, because she's busy a lot of the time and so am I."

Makes sense." Spike said simply. "I wonder, though, if there was a way to travel those worlds again without the need of the cutie map. Like with the magic mirror to the human realm."

"I remember you talking about that to me, Twilight." Starlight brought up. "The mirror thing, that is."

"That does seem like an interesting idea. Not only would it allow us the travel to those worlds again, it could also allow our friends from said worlds to visit here, too." Twilight concluded.

Exactly!" Spike chimed in. "Though I have to wonder if doing that is even possible."

Twilight brought a hoof up to her hoof. Spike did bring up a good point. It seemed implausible to create some kind of bridge between Equestria and the other worlds. Then again, the magic mirror allowed such a thing, regardless of how similar the two worlds were. It didn't seem like that much of a stretch in retrospect.

"Perhaps I should talk to Celestia about that." Twilight finally said. "Maybe she might have a way to do that. If she's okay with it, that is."

"Sweet!" Spike said excitedly. "It would be great to see Barret and Tifa again."

Twilight chuckled.

"Well, until then, let's just go about our normal day." She continued eating her breakfast.

Starlight and Spike were in agreement and finished their meals, as well. Once breakfast was over, Starlight left for the Crystal Empire. She had planned a little get-together with both Sunburst and Trixie.

"Have fun, Starlight." Twilight waved at the unicorn.

"Thank you." Starlight waved back and left the castle.

With her gone, that left only Twilight and Spike.

"So, what should we do now?" Spike asked. "You finished the paperwork for today last night."

"Well, we could reorganize the books in the library." The alicorn said thoughtfully.

Spike smiled immediately turned to a frown.

"But, we did that a couple days ago." He pointed out.

"Yes, but, there's absolutely nothing wrong with variety." Twilight said. "Now, come on, Spike. Let's get started."

Spike sighed in defeat and disdain. This was not how he thought his day would go. However, the two froze when an all to familiar sensation came over them. Twilight's cutie mark began to emanate and Spike spines began to glow.

"Oh, well, what do you know." Spike said to himself.

"Guess reorganizing the library is off the list today." Twilight sighed.

Spike pumped his fist victoriously, earning a glare from Twilight. Spike brought his arm to his side and nonchalantly cleared his throat.

"Let's go and see where the map needs us this time." He said with an innocent grin.

"We're still organizing the library when we're done." The unconvinced alicorn huffed.

Spike didn't say anything, but his disappointed frown came back.

"Never mind that, though." Twilight said. "For now, let's deal with this friendship problem."

Twilight and Spike made their way to the map room. When they arrived, they soon discovered that the map was completely glowing. Which meant only one thing.

"We're needed in another world, again." Twilight stated in surprise.

"Wow. It's been about two weeks since our last mission." Spike said. "But, if that's the case, then our friends must be on their way here, too."

"You're right." Twilight agreed. "So, let's wait for them."

And so, the two waited, sparking up conversations here and there as they did so. It didn't take long, however, for Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rarity to arrive at the map room.

"Howdy, Twi." Applejack greeted. "Seems like where needed elsewhere in another world, again."

"Yep." Twilight answered simply.

"And rather early, too." Fluttershy said. "The day's barely begun."

"And it's been only a couple of weeks since the last time, too." Rarity added.

"That's what I said." Spike mentioned.

"Well, no matter how early it is, we're ready for it." Rainbow said.

"Oh, of course. I was merely pointing out the fact. I meant no grief by it." The alabaster unicorn sustained.

"Well, everypony, we all ready to go?" Twilight asked.

"Sure are, Twilight. Ain't nothin to it." Applejack replied confidently.

"Oh, this always gets me so excited!" Pinkie bounced around ecstatically. "New friends, new friends, new friends! Here we come!"

"Settle down, Pinkie." Twilight said. "I still after to make the portal."

"Well, what are you waiting for? There are friends that need us!" Pinkie got right up into the alicorn's face.

Twilight reeled back in surprise.

"Calm down, Pinkie. I'm getting to it." She said.

Twilight readied her horn and conjured up the portal spell. Like clockwork, the portal formed on the map table. It grew and enveloped the map.

"This is it. Let's go." Rainbow dove into the portal.

"I wonder what this world will be all about this time." Spike said.

"Only one way ta find out." Applejack said. 

The other soon followed, sharing the same excitement and apprehension with each other. They were off on another friendship mission to another, brand new world.





To be continued
> Part 2: Predation at it's Finest
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The journey through the portal was something the Main 6 and Spike had gotten used to by now. The almost free falling feeling was becoming quite the norm for them. Especially since it seemed the multi-versal friendship missions were becoming a bit more frequent. Regardless, Twilight and her friends were prepared for anything. The end of the portal came in sight. One by one, they popped out through the portal opening, landing right on a sidewalk. The portal closed as soon as they were all out. The Main 7 began taking in their surroundings. Large buildings and towering skyscrapers were all around them. It became evident that they were in some kind of giant city.

"I know I've said this with the Big City. But, place also reminds me of Manehatten." Rarity stated.

"Probably because Manehatten looks exactly like any other city." Rainbow said bluntly.

"It does not." Rarity spoke defiantly.

"Name one thing that makes it unique from any other city." The pegasus mare challenged.

"Simple. Manehatten has the most famous boutiques. No city can top that." Rarity boasted.

Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"Still pretty boring and samey." She said.

Rarity glared at the unamused pegasus.

"Well, how about that for a change of pace?" Spike pointed to a grassy opening surrounded by larger buildings.

In the middle of the open spot was a small, yellow and red house with a moving truck parked against the curb. The ponies and dragon noticed two humans carrying furniture into the truck.

"Well, if the portal brought us here, then there's got to be something going on in the house." Twilight said.

"Must be. That place sticks out like a sore hoof." Applejack said.

"Well, let's head over there, then." Rainbow said.

The Main 7 headed over to the house. Meanwhile, inside, a woman made her way downstairs with her purse.

"Are you almost finished?" She asked to the moving guys.

"Just about." One of them said.

"Don't forget the love seat." She made her way out through the door.

"We got it." The two guys heaved the seat up and hauled it away.

"And please hurry. It's a long drive to our new house." The woman said.

In the now, vacant living room, a light grey housecat was sound asleep against his pillow. A food bowl with the word "TOM" printed on it lay next to him.

"Tom? Thomas!" The lady called.

The cat, not wanting to wake up, mashed his pillow against his hear to drown out the calls.

"Hurry up, Tom. We're leaving." The lady said.

That woke the cat up. Tom realized it was moving day and, with a gleeful smile, grabbed his pillow and flipped the bowl onto his head. He hurried out of the house. As he rushed by the flight of stairs, a tiny door in the wall opened up and a little, brown mouse poked his head out. He, too, realized it was moving day. He took a handbag and a blanket and chased after Tom.

Tom nearly leapt across the front porch, almost colliding with Rainbow in the process. The two stepped back in surprise.

"Hey, watch where you're going." The pegasus snapped.

Tom just looked at her with a quizzical, yet weirded-out look. He noticed the other ponies and purple dragon, too.

"Oh, it's a cat." Fluttershy was pleasantly surprised. "That's...standing upright."

Despite the oddity, she came up to him to say hello.

"Hi, there. I'm Fluttershy." She presented her hoof out.

Tom looked around in confusion, not entirely sure how to go about this. Hesitantly, he took out his paw and shook the pony's hoof.

"And I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight greeted. "And for the sake of transparency, these are our friends Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Spike."

Various greetings came around from the others.

"And who may your name be?" Rarity asked.

Tom didn't respond. He remained mute.

"...Usually, anypony would introduce themselves when asked what there name is." Rarity pointed out.

"Oh, oh. Maybe it's speaking telepathically." Pinkie said excitedly.

"But, I don't sense any sort of magic from this guy." Twilight said. "Do you know what he's saying, Fluttershy."

"Uhm...no, because he's not saying anything at all. I can't translate him if he doesn't say anything." Fluttershy responded. "I'm sorry."

Tom gave an impatient eyeroll and ran off toward the family-owned station wagon.

"Rude." Rarity huffed.

Tom dropped his belongings into the back of the car. He fluffed up his pillow and laid down against it, prepared for the relaxing journey to his new home. The Main 7 came up to the back of the car.

"It was awkward 'nough that Shaun couldn't directly speak to us." Applejack stated. "But, this fellow ain't even movin' his lips period."

"Maybe he's just mute." Twilight said.

"I didn't think of that." Spike said to himself.

As Tom lounged in the back, he noticed a tiny handbag and blanket fly up to the edge of the trunk. Soon after, his bitter enemy, Jerry Mouse, climbed up into the trunk. The Main 7 noticed him, too. Fluttershy got closer to him, adoring the small rodent.

"Hello, little guy." She said sweetly.

Jerry stepped back a bit. He looked at Fluttershy then to Tom, who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Waaahhh! A mouse!" Rarity shrieked.

She jumped into the air from fright and landed on Spike, who instinctively held out his hands to catch her. She landed in his arms, which caused Spike to strain to keep from dropping her.

"Oh, thank you, Spike." She thanked.

"No problem." Spike strained, a blush forming on his face.

"But, get that mouse away from me!" She helplessly demanded.

Jerry just gave her a sideways glare, before redirecting his attention to his belongings. As he did so, Tom looked around the boxes of supplies in the car to get rid of Jerry. Not out of Rarity's request, but because he couldn't stand that mouse. For as long as they knew each other, Tom and Jerry were bitter enemies, constantly feuding with each other. Always trying to one-up each other in screwing over each other's lives. Tom spotted a cue stick and grabbed. This would do nicely. Taking the end of it, he slowly maneuvered it underneath Jerry. He lifted the stick, taking the mouse by surprise.

"Um, Mr. Cat, what are you doing?" Spike asked as he watched the spectacle.

Tom held the stick upright, forcing Jerry the hold onto it to keep from falling. He brought the mouse right up to his nose and glared at him. Jerry flashed an innocent smile, but Tom wasn't having any of it. The grey pussycat pulled the end of the cue stick back to send Jerry flying. At the last second, however, Jerry grabbed ahold of Tom's whisker just before launch. Before Tom realized, he had already let go of the stick. Jerry was catapulted away, but since he was still grasping the cat's whiskers, Tom was pulled along with him.

The Main 6 and Spike watched as the cat and mouse and sailed across the sky. Jerry was the first to land on the sidewalk. He bounced along the concrete before coming to a stop. He held his head in discomfort and looked up, spotting Tom about to land right on top of him. He tried to get out of the way, but there wasn't enough time. Tom slammed to the ground on top of the mouse. He grinded to a halt against the sidewalk. The impact somehow landed Jerry on top of Tom. Taking the opportunity, he scurried back inside the house, trampling over Tom's head in the process.

Jerry frantically clambered up the stairs to the front door and Tom was soon to chase after him with the same cartoonish vigor. All the while, the Main 6 and Spike watched.

"Pff. Bah, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Rainbow laughed hysterically. "Those two are hilarious."

"You know, I can understand the whole feuding thing, kind of. Cats are the natural predator to mice." Twilight said. "But, I was expecting him to either kill the mouse or eat it and not flick it away with a stick."

"Well, as long as the mouse is away from us." Rarity sighed.

"Rarity, that mouse was more civil than some ponies." Fluttershy defended. "It even had a handbag."

"Sorry, Fluttershy, but I just don't like mice." Rarity said.

"I ain't a fan of mice, either." Applejack added. "But, even ah know this is downright ridiculous."

"Let's just follow to see if they're okay." Twilight sighed.

"Do we have to? I'd rather not be near that mouse." Rarity whined.

Just then, the car revved up and began pulling away along with the moving truck.

"Hey, Mr. Cat. Mr. Mousie, you're owner's leaving." Pinkie called out, hopping to the front door.

"Now we should really notify them" Twilight spoke with a more urgent tone.

The Main 7 all galloped inside the house to find the cat and mouse. Inside, Jerry skittered inside his hole, closing and locking the door. Tom was soon to arrive there. While Jerry was now cooped up in his home, that wasn't enough for Tom. He needed to make sure that mouse never got out ever again. As Jerry finished putting up all the locks on his doors, he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away the sweat off his forehead. Suddenly, his entire home began to shake. Tom began hammering wooden boards against Jerry's door to keep him permanently locked up. The Main 7 soon came up to the spectacle.

"Mr. Cat, what in Equestria are you doing?!" Fluttershy asked in horror.

Tom didn't reply as he finished nailing to remaining board to the wall.

"You're pretty much deadlockin' to poor thing inside it's home!" Applejack scolded.

"How could you do something so cruel?" Fluttershy got right up to Tom's face.

Tom, however, wasn't really intimidated. He tossed the hammer away and nonchalantly left the house to get back to the car.

"And you're just gonna brush off the fact that you left that mouse to starve?" Twilight asked in disgust. "That's inhumane!"

"Come on, we have to get the little mouse out of there." Fluttershy began trying to pry the boards out of the wall.

The rest of the Main 6 and Spike all began trying to remove the wood boards. Even Rarity despite the fact he didn't even like the mouse.

"Hold on. Maybe I can try burning the wood away." Spike suggested.

"And risk burning the entire house down, too?" Twilight questioned him.

"Oh...yeah. Fair point." The baby dragon answered sheepishly.

Meanwhile, Tom exited the house, feeling rather pleased with himself. That was, until he noticed that his owner's car was gone.

"Oh, yeah. We were going to tell you that your owner was leaving you." Pinkie walked up alongside the cat. "Buuut, we kinda got distracted with the whole mousie situation."

Tom ran into the road. He looked around the street before spotting the moving truck and his owner's car rounding a corner and disappearing behind the buildings.

"Heh, that's your karma." Rainbow smirked.

Tom glared at the mare. He shook away the impolite thoughts and frantically ran down the street to catch up to the car.

"Hey, Mr. Cat! Wait up!" Pinkie hopped after him.

"Pinkie, wait!" Rainbow called at to her. "Ugh, why am I always the one who as to fetch her."

Tom raced around the corner as Pinkie chased after him. He didn't get very far as he found himself trying to stop and bumping into a large stray dog on the sidewalk. Pinkie wasn't watching where she was going and crashed into Tom and Rainbow was flying too fast to stop and crashed into them. The dog growled maliciously at the cat and two mares, baring it's razor sharp teeth.

"Hi, there." Pinkie greeted cheerfully.

"Agh, you got bad breath." Rainbow winced in disgust.

Tom gulped. He knew he was in some serious trouble now. He grabbed the dog's floppy ears and tied them around it's eyes, giving him enough time to make a run for it.

"Oo, oo! Can you do that with my ears?" Pinkie asked as Tom ran away.

"Forget that. We need to get out of here before we get eaten!" Rainbow took the pink mare by the midsection and shot off down the street.

The dog was quick to shake his ears away from his eyes. he growled and barked angrily and gave chase to the three. Tom, Pinkie, and Rainbow rocketed back to the house, only to discover the door was now shut. Tom pulled at the door handle, but the door didn't budge.

"Did you girls close the door on us?" Rainbow yelled.

"Sorry, Rainbow, we didn't want to be rude and leave the door open." Rarity said.

"Nopony lives here anymore. There's no point to that." Rainbow argued. "Besides, we have a serious issue right now."

"I know. The poor mouse is still stuck." Fluttershy said woefully.

"No, not that!" Rainbow yelled. "We've got another situation now."

"What? What's going on?" Spike asked.

"Uh, Dashie." Pinkie pointed to the sidewalk.

The dog was right there, racing toward them with a furious vengeance.

"Uh, oh." The unease mare said.

Tom let out a shriek and raced around the house.

"Hey! Wait for us!" Rainbow and Pinkie galloped after him.

Around the back was second door with a pet door installed, which led to the kitchen area. Tom and Pinkie tried crawling through, but ending up getting stuck.

"Dashie, a little help!" Pinkie cried.

"Pinkie, what'n tarnation is goin' on?" Applejack asked as she and the others.

Rainbow soon burst through the pet door, pushing Tom and Cat through in the process.

"There's a dog out there." Rainbow warned.

"A dog? Ya seriously scared of lil ol' mutt, Dash?" The apple farmer asked jokingly.

"Yeah, what's gotten into you two?" Twilight asked.

"There's nothing little about that dog." Pinkie waved her hooves. "It was like this big and had these nasty teeth."

Curious, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Spike all tried looking out through the pet door. Using her magic, Twilight opened the flap to view outside. Soon as she did so, the massive hound dashed right up to the pet door and started barking furiously. The only thing keeping it from entering was it's size.

"Eeep!" Fluttershy shrieked.

The four mares and dragon all slid back and fear.

"That's one big dog." Spike shook.

"See." Rainbow glared at her friends.

"Well, now what do we do?" Rarity asked helplessly.

"Try the front door again." Twilight said.

Tom, along with Rainbow and Applejack immediately raced up to the front door and tried exiting from there. Tom opened the door, but, somehow, the dog was right there, still barking wildly. Tom quickly slammed the door shut.

"How did he get there so quickly?" Rainbow asked incredulously.

Spike then tried peaking out through the pet door again. The dog was there again, still barking. He jumped back in fright.

"It's like it knows where we're trying to escape, somehow." He hid behind Twilight's hindlegs.

Tom then raced up to a window. He opened it, but, once again, the dog was there, jumping and barking. Tom let out a shrieking meow and slammed the window shut.

"It's bad enough were stuck in a vacant home now. And now we're being stalked by dogzilla over here." Rainbow stomped her hoof in annoyance.

Everypony, relax." Twilight said. "There's got to be a way around this."

"Let's try being sneaky." Pinkie dipped down onto her belly. "See if he can try to track us down now."

"How much good is that going to do?" Rainbow asked. "That thing practically knows where we are it all times."

"It's worth a shot. At this point, anything is worth a shot." Rarity said.

The Main 6, Spike, and Tom all laid low, out of sight from the windows. Tom then stopped as he noticed the dog's ears poking over the windowsill.

"Is the coast clear?" Spike whispered.

The grey cat slowly peaked his head to the a window to see. At the same time, the dog peaked it's head to the same window. For a split second, the two mammals locked eyes, then Tom swung away from the window, standing flat against the wall. He wore a lost looked on his face.

"Can't you just magic it away, Twilight?" Rainbow pushed.

"But, I don't know what kind of effect it will have on the dog." Twilight debated. "Plus, I don't want to hurt the thing."

"That thing wants to hurt us!" Rarity argued desperately.

"Fine. Fluttershy, try scaring it away with you Stare." Rainbow ordered.

"W-Wh-What?" Fluttershy said feebly. "I-I don't know if I can do that."

"Come on, Fluttershy. You're our only hope." Spike begged.

The nervous mare debated whether she should do so or not. She gulped and peaked through the window. The dog was still there. It flashed it's sharp teeth at her. Fluttershy quivered, but closed her eyes and inhaled. She glared at the muscular mutt with her Stare. The dog moved back a bit, slightly taken aback. However, it started barking angrily again, even clawing at the window. This startled Fluttershy badly, letting out panicked cry. She jumped away from the window and landed on her rump.

"I-I-I d-don't think it w-worked." She whimpered.

"Oh, great. Now we're stuck here for who knows how long." Rainbow shouted in frustration.

"Don't worry to much, Rainbow. I'm sure it will leave eventually." Twilight came up to the cyan pegasus. "Until then, we can just stay here until it loses interest."

Rainbow gave a heavy sigh, then looked at Tom.

"This is also you're karma." She said coldly.

Tom glared back at her and walked away.

"Let's not make the atmosphere any more tense, now, darling. I'm sure that slobbering scoundrel will leave soon." Rarity comforted.

And so, the Main 6, Spike, and Tom all waited for the dog to leave. The dog showed no interest in leaving, constantly prowling around the house's parameters. As their patience began to where thin, the sun was slowly starting to disappear behind the towering, city buildings. Day turned to dusk and dusk turned to night. The tired group were still stuck in the vacant house, moping around the pitch black rooms. Twilight looked through one of the windows and noticed the dog had gone to sleep right at the front entrance.

"Didn't know "eventually" meant taking this long." Rainbow hissed.

The purple alicorn gave a tired sigh.

"Let's just try and get some sleep. Maybe it will be gone by tomorrow." She said.

"Yeah, and when it hasn't, we'll spend the entire next day stuck in here." Rainbow pouted.

"I understand your frustrations, darling, but Twilight makes a good point. It's awfully dark outside. The least we can do is try and get some rest." Rarity said.

Tom seemed to share the same idea. He walked up to a box of miscellaneous objects. A sofa cushion lay against it. He took it and fluffed it out before laying it on the floor. He laid on top of it, trying to get comfortable.

"Hey, don't hog that all to yourself." Rainbow climb over the pussycat and laid on top of him.

"Pardon me, but a lady, such as myself, should not designate herself to sleeping on a dusty, old floor. Move over, please." Rarity pushed Rainbow to make room for herself.

"Hey." Rainbow pushed back.

Soon, the rest of the Main 7 were fighting over the cushion in attempt to get comfortable.

"Your hooves are cold." Spike muttered.

"Stop shovin' so hard." Applejack complained.

"Hey, my wings." Twilight protested.

"Umm, excuse me, please." Fluttershy said softly.

Eventually, the group were able to get as comfortable as they could get.

"Goodnight, everypony." Pinkie said.

"Goodnight." The other sighs.

Before they could properly go to sleep, one of the cushion springs burst from the fabric. It wobbled about, making the cushion even my uncomfortable.

"Oh, come on." rainbow griped.

"Ugh, I hate this place." Rarity said bitterly.

Tom internally grumbled to himself and laid his head on the spring.

"Goodnight, everypony." Twilight muttered.

The others, at this point, were too exhausted to respond. Despite the undesirable conditions, the Main 6, Spike, and Tom all managed to fall asleep. A cacophony of snores echoed throughout the empty household. Hopefully, tomorrow might be a better day.


To be continued
> Part 3: Out of House and Home
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That night was wrought the discomfort for the Main 6, Spike, and Tom. Eventually the night sky began to brighten and the next day's sunlight began bleeding out between the massive buildings. Unbeknownst to them all, things were about to take a turn for the worst. The mutt from yesterday was slumbering on the house's front porch, dreamily thinking of all the ways he could hurt the pussycat, ponies, and weird-looking lizard. Suddenly, a large shadow began looming over the front of the house. The dog startled awake and, upon seeing what was creating the dark shadow, yelped and scampered away in fear.

Inside, Spike was awoken by a distinct, yet odd sound. Wiping away the sleep from his eyes, he began to register it in his head. It sounded like a mix between a growl and a rumble. Like something big and angry was heading towards them. It was then followed up by a short hiss. Many horrifying thoughts raced in Spike's mind. Whatever was making that noise, certainly didn't sound friendly. Now fearing the worst, he quickly woke Twilight up.

"Twilight. Twilight, wake up." He nudged the sleeping alicorn.

Begrudgingly, Twilight eventually awoke. Though she wasn't exactly appreciative of the fact.

"What is it, Spike?" She grumbled.

Upon seeing Spike's worried expression, her mood softened.

"There's something going on outside. Don't you hear that noise?" The dragon's voice was laced with fear and worry.

Twilight paused for a second to listen. There was indeed a strange noise, but she couldn't discern what was making it.

"I hear it, but I don't know-" Before she could finish, a giant, black ball crashed through the walls, missing the group by inches.

The deafening crash woke the rest up as they were showered in dust and splintered wood.

"What'n tarnation is goin' on?" Applejack asked, sounding upset and startled.

"And what in Equestria is that!?" Rarity past the new hole in the wall.

From there vantage point, They saw a massive...thing just beyond the property line. It was big and yellow and had a massive set of, what vaguely resembled, wheels. At the front was a large, blade-like structure attached to it.

"I...I've never seen anything like this." Twilight was at a complete loss of words.

"But, why is it attacking us?" Rarity asked. "What did we ever do to it."

Pinkie poked her head out through the gaping hole.

"Hi!" She greeted. "Why are you attacking us?"

"Girls, duck!" Rainbow called out.

"Duck? That's one weird looking duck." Pinkie said.

Rainbow pulled her down to the ground. The others were also able to duck at the last second as the giant ball smashed back out through the walls with another deafening crash. The new hole revealed another, even larger, thing. This time, instead of the weird blade, a massive tower fixture was attached to it, which connected the ball with a chain. The larger contraption whirred and rumbled as it begun to swing the giant ball back, then swung it forward back at the house.

"This has to be a nightmare! Oh, Luna, please tell me this is a nightmare." Rarity covered her eyes, scared beyond belief.

Tom opened the door and saw the ball careening right for them. He let out a wail and ducked flat to the floor.

"Incomin'!" Applejack yelled.

The ponies and dragon hit the deck just as the ball tore through the house a second time. Inside Jerry's hole, he was awoken out of bed when the entire building shook violently from the unknown impact. Jerry quickly ran to his door and opened all the locks. He opened the door, but found it completely boarded up. He pounded on the wood, knowing it was his only way of escape.

Tom, the Main 6, and Spike all galloped out of the destroyed house to get away from the carnage. Tom, then suddenly stopped and looked back toward the house. The others took notice.

"Tom, we need to leave. The house is being destroyed." Twilight tried to usher the cat away.

"What's even gotten into you?" Rainbow asked.

Fluttershy looked at the house. Then, the realization hit her.

"The mouse!" She practically screamed.

Tom ran back into the house. Fluttershy chased after him despite the others' protest.

"Fluttershy, don't! It's too dangerous!" Rarity shouted, fearful for her friend.

"Forget it, Flutters. He's a lost cause." Rainbow added.

The determined pegasus wasn't listening. She followed Tom back inside the shredded house. From there, they pried the wood boards off the wall. Tom dove his hand into the hole to get Jerry. At the same time, the massive machine outside swung the giant ball back, then toward the house again. Tom pulled his hand out, revealing Jerry. Fluttershy sighed with relief.

"Oh, thank goodness."

"FLUTTERSHY!" Several voices screeched.

The metal ball smashed through the house, taking Tom, Jerry, and Fluttershy with it. The rest of the Main 7 watched in horror as the three were swung high into the air with the metal ball. Fluttershy was, understandably, afraid, but more amazed of the fact that she was unhurt. The ball reached the apex of it's swing right in front of a massive tree. Tom was able to grab a branch to keep from falling. He still held Jerry in his hand, while Fluttershy clung to him, forgetting that she could fly.

"Are you two all right?" She asked, still a bit stunned.

The cat and mouse nodded, but the attention soon turned to the house. One by one, the broken walls collapsed and fell over. The last thing to go was the stone chimney, which crumbled and collapsed on top of the rest of the destroyed home. Fluttershy instinctively flapped her wings and grabbed Tom. She slowly descended back down to the ground, not taking her eyes off the demolished building. As she landed, her friends galloped over to her.

"Fluttershy, are you okay?" Twilight asked, distraught.

"Are you hurt? How many hooves am I holding up?" Rainbow asked, sounding the most concerned.

"One, Rainbow Dash. Really, girls, I'm okay." The yellow pegasus said. "...Surprisingly."

"Flutters, ah understand you wanted to help save the mouse and all. But that was the craziest thing I've seen ya do." Applejack said. "And that ain't in a good way."

"I know, Applejack, but I just couldn't bare to see the poor mouse hurt or killed." Fluttershy sniffled a little.

"Well, as long as you're A-OK." Pinkie cheered the mare up.

"I am, but..." Fluttershy's expression grew dispirited. "The cat and mouse's home."

The others looked back at the destroyed house. Tom and Jerry stood there, taking in the fact that their old home had become a smoldering pile of lumber and rubble. They were now homeless, strays on the street. Tom gave a sad sigh while Jerry began to shed a few tears. The Main 6 and Spike came up to them for comfort.

"Oh, dear. I-I'm so sorry, darlings." Rarity said woefully.

"Yeah, that's absolutely horrible." Spike added.

"I swear, I'm going to make those things that destroyed their house sorry." Rainbow growled.

"As justifiable as that is, Rainbow. That won't give the cat and mouse their home back." Twilight said sadly.

"But...But they." Rainbow tried to argue, but dipped her head down in defeat.

"What do we do now?" Spike asked.

By this point, Tom had began to walk down the street, deeper into the city.

"Ah suppose we should follow 'im. Applejack suggested. "At least keep him safe until he finds a new home."

"That's probably the only thing we can do." Twilight agreed.

Jerry noticed Tom walking away and quickly followed after him. The ponies and dragon followed, too. As Jerry rounded a corner, he stopped upon noticing Tom glaring down at him.

"Hey, what's going on now?" Twilight asked.

Tom simply pointed in the opposite direction while looking down at Jerry, insinuating him to leave him alone. The mouse pointed at himself, as if to ask the cat if he was referring to him. Tom remained adamant. Jerry just sighed and slowly walked back around the corner.

"Are you saying you want us to leave, too?" Pinkie asked, sounded upset. "I thought we were friends."

Tom shrugged, as if to say he was fine with them staying.

"Oh, so you're fine with us, but not with the mouse?" Rainbow asked angrily. "I get it, you two are like natural enemies or something, but he's going through the same turmoil as you are."

The grey pussycat just rolled his eyes dismissively. The Main 7 all glared at him

"I swear you can be a real jerk sometimes." The cyan pegasus grumbled.

"Darn tootin'." Applejack agreed.

"Plus, who knows what kind of dangers could be in this city." Twilight added.

"Twilight, dear, don't you think you're being a bit paranoid?" Rarity asked jovially.

Just before they were about to cross the street, a giant freight truck thundered by, mere inches away from them. The sudden rush put them all in a stunned stupor.

"Actually, Rarity, I don't." Twilight said a little dizzily.

"Let's try goin' a different direction." The farm pony suggested, shaking away the daze.

The group continued, this time down the street instead of attempting to cross it. As the left, Jerry peaked around the corner. Fluttershy and Pinkie looked back and noticed him. Before Pinkie, could blurt something out, Fluttershy covered her mouth with her hoof. She waved Jerry over, stilling walking. Jerry followed after them, quietly, every so often ducking behind something to keep Tom for spotting him.

The group stopped at a traffic crossing. Tom eyed the traffic light which showed red for adjacent traffic.

"At least they have the decency of having traffic signals for these things." Twilight said.

The traffic light turned red for opposite traffic, allowing safe crossing for the group. They casually crossed, while Jerry scurried across to catch up. When he finally did, he jumped onto Fluttershy's back.

"We'll keep you with us." She smiled.

Jerry smiled back. As the group continued down the street, they stumbled across a restaurant. Tom stopped and looked through the menu items on display through the window.

"You know, that actually brings up another issue." Applejack said. "How exactly are we gonna find food?"

"Uh, hello. We're standing in front of a restaurant." Rainbow pointed out.

"Have you looked at the menu items displayed?" Twilight pointed at the window.

The display selection consisted of spaghetti and meatballs, a plate of meat and potatoes, and a fish tray, which Tom was licking his lips over. They all had one thing in common; they all had meat.

"Oh, I see now." Rainbow said. "What is it with every...creature eating meat. It's like we're the only ones who don't."

"Even if we were, how would we pay?" Rarity questioned. "As far as I'm aware, we didn't take our bits with us."

"And since this is another world, I doubt they'd accept our currency, anyways." Twilight added.

"Oh, maybe there's bakery nearby. I've been craving something sweet since we got here." Pinkie said as her stomach growled.

As the Main 7 discussed, Tom casually walked inside the restaurant.

"So, are we just going to wait until he comes back out…or..? Spike asked.

His question would be swiftly answered when Tom was kicked out of the restaurant by the manager and thrown to the curb.

"Hey, beat it! No cats allowed!" The manager yelled.

"Nevermind." The dragon simply said.

Jerry, who was now beside Tom, began to laugh uncontrollably. Tom dusted himself with a mocking smile, then glared at the mouse. He pointed back down the street. Jerry took the hint and fled. Fluttershy had something to say about that.

"For goodness sake, could you not, at least, tolerate him." Fluttershy said angrily, stomping right up to the cat. "I swear, you need to learn how to get along with others. And another thing, if you hate that poor mouse so much, we did you even bother to save him in the first place?"

There was a stunned silence as the mare and cat locked eyes and rest of the Main 7 stood in complete shock. The charged atmosphere was ruined when a street cleaner drove by, dousing the entire group in water. The group was now drenched, still standing with varying expressions of anger and annoyance. Pinkie, of course, being the exception.

"I've been needing a shower anyway." She giggled.

"That's gross, Pinkie." Rainbow said.

Rarity let in a deep inhale and was about to let out a scream of despair and frustration, but the cyan pegasus quickly shoved her hoof into the fashionista's mouth.

"Don't. Just don't." Rainbow grumbled.

"They last thing we need is to draw unwanted attention to ourselves." Twilight said.

Rarity let a huff through her nose. Rainbow removed her hoof.

"I hate this place." The soiled mare said between gritted teeth.

The ponies, cat, and dragon shook themselves to rid all the excess water, though it did little to help with their soaked bodies. Despite that, they continued down the street, but they didn't walk far when they came across an grimy, old alleyway. Tom stopped at the entrance. He knew Jerry was following him despite him making the mouse leave. He jumped behind the alley wall and looked back down the street. No mouse in sight. Proud of himself, he marched down the alley.

"You want to go down there?" Twilight asked with slight discomfort. "It's a dead end. There's nothing in this alley that could even help us."

"Not mention you're not making us go down such a musty, disgusting place to begin with." Rarity repulsed.

That's when Jerry showed up again, right next to the alabaster unicorn. Rarity looked down and saw the little, brown mouse. She shrieked and leapt up into the air, landing on top of Twilight.

"Augh! Rarity, what the hay?" Twilight struggled to stay standing.

Oh. I'm terribly sorry, Twilight." Rarity got off the alicorn, a embarrassed blush on her face.

"Honestly, Rares, you’re gonna have'ta get over that fear of yer's seein' as how we're gonna be stuck with 'im and the cat for this mission." Applejack said.

"Well, excuse me for not wanting to be buddy-buddy with a pest." The unicorn huffed.

Jerry followed after Tom. A bit too closely, though. When Tom came to a stop, Jerry bumped into his legs. Tom already knew who it was. He bent over and peered between his legs to see his foe with an innocent smile. The former housecat snarled. He grabbed a bucket sitting nearby and slammed it on top of the mouse. There was a hole at it's bottom, allowing Jerry to poke his head out and blow a raspberry at Tom. The cat retaliated by stick his finger into the hole, forcing Jerry back in.

"This feuding is really starting to get old now." Spike grumbled.

"No kidding." Rainbow agreed.

"Why can't they learn to just get along." Fluttershy gave a sad sigh.

"Well, well, well. Look at the big, brave pussycat." A voice said from the shadows.

"Yeah, picking on a teensy-weensy mousie." Another voice said.

"Who was that? Show yourself." Rainbow spoke defensively.

Startled, the group looked over to the corner of the alleyway. A run-down, old-fashioned car sat in to the dark. A scruffy-looking figure sat in the seat.

"He'll for guilty for this for the rest of his days." The figure turned out to be a shaggy-looking dog wearing a bright, blue shirt and cap, a purple vest, along with a lavender scarf.

He walked up to the group. Twilight and friends immediately got defensive.

"Hey, back off!" Twilight demanded.

"Hey, don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you." The dog said caringly. "It's your first time out in the cold, right?"

"Oh...Yeah, I suppose." Rarity said.

The others nodded.

"And, instead of being pals, you're fighting like a cat and a mouse and driving your friends crazy." The dog said.

"They are a cat and a mouse, Puggsy." The second voice said.

"Are we talking to a ghost?" Pinkie gasped.

"True, Frankie. But, they got learn to be pals or they ain't gonna make it out here." The dog said, looking down at his finger. "True, too?"

"All too true, too." A flea, wearing a green flannel shirt and hat, a yellow scarf, and a pair of glasses, hopped out of the dog's finger and onto his muzzle. "Frankie de Flea is the name. I'm of French extraction."

He bowed, taking his hat off as a polite gesture.

"That just means before he met me, he lived on a poodle." The dog chuckled. "I've been on the streets two years now. My owners left me behind when they moved."

"Really? There owners left them when they moved, too." Pinkie pointed to the cat and mouse.

“Small world, isn't it?" The dog chuckled again.

"Okay, so we now know Frankie, but, who are you?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, of course. Where are my manners?" The dog said to himself. "The name is Puggsy. What's yours?"

“My name is Twilight Sparkle. But, just call me Twilight."

"Name's Applejack. Pleased to mee ya."

"I'm Rarity."

"The name's Rainbow Dash."

"Hi-ya, I'm Pinkie Pie! I like to bake cookies, and cupcakes, and..."

Twilight cut the mare off with her hoof.

"I'm Spike."

"I-I'm Fluttershy."

"I'm Tom."

"I'm Jerry."

There was a moment of silence, but the realization was quick. The Main 6 and Spike stared at Tom and Jerry with shock and disbelief. The cat and mouse looked at each other you shock.

"You talked!?" The group all said.

"You could speak the entire time!?" Twilight asked in disbelief.

"Well, sure I talk. What do you think I am, a dummy?" Tom asked harshly.

"You said it, I didn't." Jerry retorted.

"It would've been nice ta talk ta us when we first met." Applejack reprimanded.

"Yeah, like...are you kidding me? We had to assume you guys couldn't talk. Only for you to actually do it now. That's messed up." Rainbow added.

"Hey, we barely know you anyways. I'm a pretty conserved mouse." Jerry said." 

"That doesn’t mean you can refuse talking to us. Not only is it impolite, it's outright rude." Rarity said. "You could've at least told us your names."

"I could've used that time to make a greeting party for you." Pinkie whined. "Time is of the essence, people!"

"Ah, you little pip-squeak. I ought to..." Tom paused. "Hey! How come you never spoke before?"

"That's something we'd like to now, ourselves." Twilight said angrily.

"Well, there was nothing I wanted to say that I thought I'd understand." Jerry replied smugly. "And there still isn't!"

"All right, that does it, you little..." Tom seethed and snatched the mouse in his hand. "Boy, you get me angry."

"Wow, calm down there, cat." Applejack said.

"It's Tom." He growled.

"Ah, ah, ah. I told you before. You guys have got to learn to be friends." Puggsy took Jerry out of Tom's hand.

"That's basically what we've been trying to tell them the entire time." Spike said.

"Abso-tiva-lutely. Puggsy and your friends are right. Just look at us. Puggsy and me's been through thick and thin." Frankie hopped onto puggsy's cap.

"And thin and thinner." Puggsy added.

"You gotta fight to survive. It's a dog-eat-dog world." The flea said.

Fluttershy gasped in horror.

"W-Wh-What?" She quivered.

"Uh, that is not me favorite expression, Frankie." Puggsy said.

"Sorry." Frankie patted the scruffy dog. "Puggsy's right, fellas. Listen."



"Well, what do you say, fellas?" Puggsy proposed, propping Jerry onto the beat-up car's bumper.

The mouse held out his hand with a smile. Jerry was willing to put the feuding aside and become friends. But, Tom wasn't so keen on the idea.

"A cat and a mouse? Friends?" He said with distaste. "That's disgusting. No way."

"Wait, what? Are you serious?" Rainbow asked incredulously.

"That goes double for me." Jerry turned and crossed his arms.

"We literally sang a whole song about the importance of friendship." Twilight argued. "And yet, you still turn down the opportunity?"

"Yes. It goes against nature." Tom replied.

"Oh, nature, shmature." Pinkie said. "That shouldn't stop you."

"Well, can't say we didn't warn you. True, Frankie?" Puggsy said.

"True too!" Frankie answered.

"Please, you two. There's got to be something that can change your minds." Fluttershy pleaded.

"Yeah, like I said, this feuding thing is getting old." Spike agreed.

"How long have you two known each other?" Twilight asked.

"Years." Tom answered vaguely.

"52 to be exact. You two showed up on the big screen all the way back in the 1940's." Pinkie said happily.

Everyone gave weird and confused looks at the party pony.

"Pinkie, what are you talking about?" Rainbow asked.

"I doubt it's been that long." Jerry said. "We're not that old."

"Eh, depends on the writer." Pinkie shrugged.

There came a long, awkward silence. Puggsy decided to steer the conversation somewhere else.

"Hey, maybe what you all need is a bite to eat." He said.

"You know, I do feel a bit peckish." Rarity admitted.

"Do you have a place in mind, Puggsy?" Twilight asked.

"Sure do." The shaggy mutt pushed aside a broken board to a fence and climbed through the opening. "Follow me. Tonight we dine al fresco."

"Oh, that sounds nice." Rarity hummed.

"Oh, boy! We eat!" Jerry jumped off the pile of junk and skittered for the fence.

"Not you, mouse." Tom grabbed his tail and pulled him back.

He placed a pot over Jerry. He popped his head through the hole, but Tom plugged it up with a cork.

"Wow, you really are petty. aren't you?" Rainbow asked, sounding annoyed.

"It's my charm." Tom sarcastically grinned and made his way over to the fence.

"Hey! Hey, let me out of here, you stupid fraidy cat!" Jerry yelled from within the pot. "C'mon! Let me out of here!"

"We'll let you out, Jerry." Applejack said calmly.

"Don't." Tom turned back, glaring at the ponies and dragon. "At least not until I'm long gone."

Twilight and Applejack looked at each other and sad in frustration.

"Hey, how you doing in there?" Pinkie nudged the pot with her muzzle.

"How do you think I'm doing?" Jerry asked crossly. "I swear, I'm gonna turn that cat into dog chow when I get out of here!"

Jerry began to push the pot forward and follow after the pussycat.

"Come on. It's dark in here." The mouse complained. "Come back here, Tom, you chicken."

"We're in for another long night." The young princess sighed.

"Wait, it's night already?" Fluttershy looked up to see the starry night sky. "Time travels fast."

"Yeah, especially when you're stuck with two animals that do nothing but argue and fight." Rainbow said flatly.

"Let's just follow Puggsy and Frankie to the eating area." Rarity said. "Maybe a meal is what we need."

A meal won't be the only thing the Main 6, Spike, Tom, and Jerry will come across tonight. And it will bring them into a brand new load of problems and objectives.

"But, let's save that for next chapter."

Agreed, Pinkie. Agreed.

...

Wait, Pinkie?! What have I told you about breaking the fourth wall?

"Mmmm. I don't remember."

Ugh, nevermind. This chapter's gone on long enough.


To be continued