The screams of... something... fill my ears.
"Grrr... DUDE! TURN DOWN YOUR C.O.D!" I yell.
Then reality decides throws a grenade in my face.
"Shit."
Fire. Fire everywhere.
Oh god... What the hell happened?!
"Dinky!" I yelled, looking at the ruined roof around me.
I look down at the deck to see fire engulfing it. I look around and see no holes that don't have fire in them.
By instinct I pull off my harp and yell "BASH!" and throw it down, blunt edge down, on the room, easily clearing a hole. I jump down into the burning building.
"Dinky! Derpy! Time Turner!" I yell, panicking.
Ok, so I'm not the best under pressure.
"Over here!" A voice yells from Dinky's room.
I quickly make my way through the burning building and smash open the door.
There they were, sitting beside the window that was half blocked with burning roof.
"Come on!" I yell, urging them to move.
They cough and run out. I follow close behind them, swatting the fire away.
Funny thing about having a metal body, Fire isn't supposed to hurt... Yet it does. barely.
Suddenly the support beam holding most of the roof up cracked, nearly falling on Dinky.
GODDAMN IT! I need to be careful...
"Dinky! I got you." I yell, crawling closely under the beam.
I grab her and pull her out of the way.
"Crap! Your parents!" I look behind to see that her parents couldn't get out.
"Go!" Time yelled, tears staining his fur.
"Save Dinky!" Derpy yelled as well.
I feel like a murderer... but... Dinky can't take anymore. Nor can I for that matter...
If I could bite my lip I would. Instead I just nod and take dinky under my arm, jumping out he window like one of those action movies.
...
Ok not really. I simply opened it and crawled out and ran as far as I could. But I did have Dinky under my arm. That was epic, Right?
"Moommy!!" She cried, reaching out to the collapsing building.
"I tried to save them... I swear.." I said, holding her.
Several pegasi start to rush over, pour water from clouds on the fire.
"About time they came..." I sigh.
Dinky is a mess. I would too if I lost both my parents in one day. Then again... My parents went out in a similar way too.
"I'm sorry..." I mutter, petting her mane.
"Mooommmyyy!!! Daddy!" She cries, latching on to me.
"Dinky...." I mutter.
"You... You never told me your name..." She sniffed.
"It once was Jake. But call me Orpheus. Jake... Is dead." I said.
"Y-you said you were human... But you look like a machine... Why?" She asks.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you... But, one question... Have you learned about the Multiverse theory?" I ask.
She shakes her head.
"Well... Basically there are multiple universes other than this one. I bet you'll learn more once you can understand it better." I explain.
She stares, amazed.
"I am from one of those universes. A world with humans instead of ponies. A weird vendor sold me a cosplay Evoker- Wait, you don't know..." I start to explain.
"I-I found this beside you when you were on the beach." She said, barely floating an item from a small pouch.
Where did she get that? I didn't notice that pouch.
It was wrapped in a handkerchief and it was the shape of something familia- oh forget it. It was in the shape of a gun and surprise, It was the same Evoker I bought.
"Is this it?" She asks.
"That is it. This is an Evoker... I guess it's useless now though." I tell her.
"Continue?" She asks.
"Alright. The weird vendor sold me this for Twenty dollars. I assume that would be Twenty bits for you. I was with my brother at the time but he couldn't stop me from fainting and being sent here. I assume that vendor did it." I continue.
She smiles and hugs me.
"Do you miss him?" She asks.
"Very much. We didn't get along very much... the conversations were kinda one sided since I couldn't really talk back home, but still, we were brothers." I tell her.
She looks back up at me.
"looks like we both lost somepony..." She says, yawning.
"I guess... Now what do we do?" I ask her.
A faint snoring comes from my lap.
Oh my god. She's adorable when shes asleep.
I pick her up and smile.
"I'll protect you. This clearly wasn't a accident." I tell her... even though I know she probably can't hear me.
I yawn as well and walk over to a small area of bushes.
This should be good...
As soon as I get comfortable I fall straight asleep.
"Private! What have you found?!"
Ugh... It's too early...
"A-a metal... monster I think... It has a filly on it's lap however..."
"Ngh..." I moan.
"S-sir! It's waking up!"
"What!?"
I slowly open my eyes. A single white pegasus with golden armor was looking at me, rather scared. A grey unicorn with the same armor starts to trot over.
"This monster must be the cause for the fire last night!"
"Way to make assumptions..." I mutter.
"EGADS! IT SPEAKS!" The unicorn shouts.
I quickly shush the unicorn... mostly due to Dinky was still asleep.
"I swear on my life I didn't start that fire. I was busy saving this filly." I tell them.
"So you saved that filly?" The pegasus asked.
I nod.
"We'll need to consult the captain about this..." The unicorn muttered... rather loudly.
"B-but sir! What about the creature!?" The pegasus said.
Jeez, What a bunch of bimbos.
"Hmm... Alright... Guards! Place this creature under magical arrest!"
... I take it back... What a bunch of Asshats.
A pair of white unicorns with the same armor quickly run up.
"Oh... crap." I mutter.
The quickly cast a kind of holding spell against my arms and legs just as I got up to run.
"CRAP!"
I'm utterly screwed! I blame my poor reaction timing. I may have a good memory but that doesn't mean my brain works at the speed of light!
The unicorns haul me into a sort of... cage and the general, Or so I assume, picks up dinky.
They must have been prepared for a wild dragon or something...
"STALLIONS! MOVE OUT!" He shouted, stirring Dinky.
The ponies in front began to pull the metal, most likely enchanted, cage wagon thing.
"Dinky! Just go back to sleep!
"Huh what?" She groans.
She rubs her eyes as she suddenly starts screaming.
"STRANGER DANGER!!" She yells, desperately trying to break the general's aura.
"Hold on, my little filly!" He tries to assure her.
"ORRRPHHEEUSSSS!!!" She cries.
"Dinky! Calm down!" I shout.
"I WANNA GO HOME!" She keeps bawling.
I can see the amount of energy the unicorn is using to block out Dinky. If I don't really care much about this cage but if I can at least have dinky safe...
"Listen, She's obviously unhappy with you so why don't-"
"Quiet. Nasty Beast." The unicorn said with a look of disgust.
"Wooowwww... Way to be a jerk." I deadpan.
"Excuse me?!" The unicorn yelled, closing the gap between us.
Wow... he must be bipolar... Wait... if it keep ticking him off...How did that even tick him off? GRRR... there's too many unanswered questions!
"Well!? Speak!" He says halting the ponies pulling the cart.
Well this might do the job...
"I said speak!"
This is the song that never ends...
"GRRRRRRRR!!!"
Th- wow anger issues much?
"S-sir! Calm down! The princ-" The private Pegasus was doing a horrible job of calming him down.
"You should listen to him." I mutter.
"AHA! I GOTTEN THE FOWL BEAST TO SPEAK!" He yells.
"...." I am unimpressed.
"..."
"What?!" He said, glaring at the ponies pulling the cart.
"Keep going!"
If I could move...
"Pleeaaaseeeee!!!!!" Dinky keeps yelling.
"FINE!" The unicorn yells, opening the door with his magic and placing her in the cage with me.
"I'm scared..." She mutters, crawling up to me.
"That Unicorn scares me... His name isn't heat rage or something involving rage is it?" I mutter back.
She shrugs and latches on to me.
"I guess we're in for a long ride..." I tell her.
10 bottles of beer on the wall, Ten bottles of beer... I guess this is getting boring.
I moan. Dinky had taken up trying to lift pebbles into the cage as a past time but I've just been sitting here watching her.
I suppose I should try to figure what exactly happened on this span of time fron comicon to now...
I sigh. Dinky flops on the ground, tired. The magic bond that those unicorns hasn't worn off yet. I'm feeling a cramp come in my wrist.
Let's see... I went to comicon and bought the Evoker... I felt dizzy and several other cosplayers started to fall... I assume that's when that merch guy used his freaky magic or something. I landed in a potted plant and fell unconscious. I assume that's when I went to equestria... I wonder who else came here... If there's others then I- wait, haven't I read a story on FimFiction before like this? I swear I have... Maybe it'll come to me. Anyways Then I woke up on a beach where I met dinky.... now how did I end up on the beaches of mareami or someplace. I assume I'm going to canterlot now...But-
"The princesses will see you now." A guard in front said to the other guards.
They nodded and walked In, but were soon stopped again.
"The filly cannot come." The guard simply said.
I lifted my head at this. The guards started to open the door and grab Dinky with their magic.
"NO!" I roared, standing up to the best of my abilities and jumping out the door as it closed.
"It's escaping!" one guard yelled.
They start to shoot magic laser at me. I use one of the magic laser... things... to break the bonds of magic around my wrists. I grab my hard and start to strum it.
"AGI!" I shout, letting a burst of fire out from the front.
Several guards dodge of the blast. A particularly shaky shot hits the magic bonds around my legs and shatters them as well.
"Wow sucker." I mutter, sweeping dinky off her hooves and running into the gardens.
I look around for a possible escape route. There's a forest nearby. I can escape there. I quickly run off the path and run through the bushes and trees. I look behind me.
I think I lost them...
Amazingly I don't think I lost all too much energy running. I am feeling a bit hungry... I guess using that Agi took alot of energy out of me. Figures. I'm new to this body and all.
"AGI!" I shout, panting a bit.
That's the tenth Timber Wolf we've seen in this forest. Dinky told me what they were called and all that stuff.
"We should be near Ponyville pretty soon." She explains.
I nod. I've figured out that the hunger I'm feeling is my SP, Or soul points, are running down. Agi is still a single target skill even though it's real life and all. Well, can't be helped.
"We're here Orpheus!" She cries out.
We both sprint to the edge where we found ourselves on the edge of an apple farm.
"This is Sweet Apple Acres!" Dinky cries out in happiness.
I take in my surroundings. Yep, Just like the show. Well, If I don't meet the best chicken on the farm while I'm here then I'm don't going to bother anymore.
"So it is." I mutter.
"Dinky!" A familiar southern drawl rings from ahead.
"AppleBloom?!" Dinky shouts.
A familiar yellow and red filly runs up over the hill and jumps on Dinky.
"Ah thought y'all were on ah vacation?" She asked.
"Uh..." She mutters until Applebloom gasps.
"A-ah monster!" She yells, running away.
"I'm not that scary, Am I?" I ask Dinky.
She turns around, but not before screaming as well. I turn around to see what was wrong.
OH MY FUCKING GOD! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?