//------------------------------// // Chapter 12 // Story: Portal 42 // by Paradox //------------------------------// (Tyler) Mysterious ponies in dark armor and eye patches that are planning something? Yep, just another day in Equestria. It was a good thing Chris dragged me away when he did though, otherwise I may have started laughing at the scowl that guy was giving his friend (he looked pissed). Anyway, back to the present. Chris is a wimp (can't even stay on his feet!) and we just avoided a possibly unpleasant meeting with two ponies who I have never seen before in my life. "So what are we going to do now?" I asked. "We should probably tell Twilight," Chris replied. "Lead the way then, but be sure to stay standing this time." Chris only scowled at me (damn it) before getting up and walking in the general direction of the library. Oh how I wish I had known what was waiting for us. Maybe I would've suggested against it (Wait, what am I saying!? Of course I would still do it!). When we reached our destination, I heard strange voices inside, though they were immediately silenced when Chris knocked on the door (I almost tried to stop him so I could eavesdrop). When the door opened, Twilight appeared, looking a little tense. "You okay, Twi?" I asked. "I'm fine," she replied. "I just wasn't expecting you." I don't think she could look any guiltier. "Are you sure?" asked Chris. "Yes, I'm sure, now what do you need?" she asked (someone's touchy!). "We found something important, but do you think we could talk about it inside?" asked Chris. Her eyes flickered for a moment, and I barged right past her, only to experience something very strange. When I crossed the threshold, I felt a sort of burning sensation throughout my body. "Damn it, what the hell is going on?" I asked. "You may want to look in a mirror," Chris said with a very shocked tone. "Well give me one then!" I demanded. Twilight, with a very scared expression on her face, used her magic to levitate a mirror up to my face. When I looked at it, I saw my human face staring back at me. "Twilight, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!?" I yelled. "Calm down dude, at least you have clothes on," Chris said, snickering a bit. "I put a spell in my house that disables enchantments," Twilight explained. "I was hoping it would stop him from acting like Pinkie Pie." "Didn't really work out, now did it?" asked a new voice. I looked over to see a human lounging on Twilight's couch. He had black, buzzcut hair and was looking at me with green eyes (Oh, I almost forgot to mention. He's wearing Fluttershy Pajamas). "Mind introducing us to your friend Twilight?" asked Chris, who was now standing beside her with his arms folded, wearing his tool belt and dark green jacket, his curly brown hair refusing to stay down (as always). "Peter, what's going on in there?" called a voice from the kitchen. "It looks like we have a couple of new friends!" Peter answered. "What do you mean by that?" asked the voice. A moment later, another human walked in, wearing glasses like Chris was (hmmm, two people wearing glasses and two people without glasses, what could this mean? Frankly, I don't care). He stared at us for a couple moments, and I could almost hear his sanity screaming in agony. "Peter, did you do this!?" asked the new person, indicating Chris and myself. "What makes you think that I did it?" Peter asked, acting hurt. "Well, you're always breaking the bucking fourth wall for one thing!" (Oh really now? This ought to be fun.) "Matthew, calm down," Twilight said (now I can stop calling him new person!). "Peter didn't bring them here." "Yeah, we came here through a magic door," I said, inserting myself into the conversation. "We got here through a magic hole in a cave," Peter said. "I noticed that you said 'bucking,'" Chris said. "Why?" "Well for some bucking reason, we're not able to curse normally," Peter answered. "Every time we try, we say something like bucking or son of a grapefruit." (I almost burst out laughing at that last one.) "Anyway, I'm Peter and this is Matthew. Who are you two?" "I'm Tyler and this is Chris," I said, jabbing a thumb toward Chris. "I might as well take down the spell since it's obvious it didn't work on Peter," Twilight said, her horn starting to glow. "Hold on a second," I said, walking over to the window. Looking around, I spotted the unicorn I was looking for. Snickering, I opened the window. "What are you - Oh no," Chris said, facepalming. "HEY LYRA!" I shouted, causing the mare to turn around. Waving at her, I quickly shut the window and ducked down. "Turn the spell off now!" I hissed at Twilight. Her horn glowed and a few seconds later, where there had been four humans, there were now four ponies. I looked over at Peter, who had turned into a grey pony with blue hair that had a red highlight in it (Oh, he's also a unicorn). Matt had turned into light brown pegasus with red hair. I didn't get to say anything, because suddenly the door burst open. "Where is it!?" asked Lyra. "I know I saw a human!" "Lyra, calm down," Twilight said. "Humans don't exist, remember?" "But I saw one! It waved at me with its hand!" she said, completely freaking out (so worth the pissed off look Chris was giving me). When she finally calmed down, she left to go sit back down with Bon Bon. "Don't you ever do that again," Chris said. "Are you kidding me?" asked Peter, who was rolling on his back. "That was bucking hilarious! That was probably better than when she saw us when Rarity was trying to give us a makeover." "Rarity tries to give everyone a makeover," I said, rolling my eyes. "So what now?" asked Matthew. "Yeah Chris, or should I say, Paradox, what now?" I asked. A/N: What's up everypony! Tyler here! Sorry about the long ass wait for this chapter. I've been busy with work and all that shit. Anyway, hope you enjoyed!