Part 1 Pinkie Pie Vs. Van Nuys: Prologue
The Wheel and the Butterfly
A Dan X Pinkie Pie saga
Part 1
Prologue
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Pinkie Pie looked towards the silhouette of her friend Twilight Sparkle, who was sitting in front of the window of Rarity’s Boutique. Pinkie was being kept away from any windows so she couldn’t be seen from the outside. Having to keep quiet was bad enough, but not being able to even look outside was maddening.
These things were very hard to see in the darkness, and had picked a good night to attack. It was bad enough that it was night, but clouds blocked the moon and rain pounded the outside.
“Don’t worry Twilight! I’m SURE they just want to make friends!” Pinkie said, hopefully.
Twilight glanced behind her at her bubbly, pink pony friend. “I don’t think so, Pinkie.”
“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash spoke up, “friends usually don’t demand to have you handed over and try to kidnap ya’.”
“MAYBE they just have an extra special surprise for me!” Pinkie said, smiling. Though, she was having trouble getting her smiles to look genuine at this point.
“Darling,” Rarity said as she put a hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder, “I’m not sure what sort of surprises sinister-looking shapeless blue, black clouds have, but it’s doubtful you want to find out.”
“You said it, partner,” Applejack added. “I don’t know what those things were, but they’re nothing but trouble.”
“Do you think they maybe gave up?” Fluttershy asked, with a tremble in her voice.
“I doubt that, Fluttershy,” Twilight responded. “They seemed to really want Pinkie for some reason,” she added with concern.
Applejack spoke up, ”Well, ah hope Spike gets back here soon. Not being able to kick these things has got me mighty unsettled.”
Twilight went back to scanning the darkness outside of Rarity’s boutique. These ‘shapeless blue, black clouds’ had identified themselves as ‘The Order Keepers’ and demanded that Princess Twilight Sparkle hand over ‘The Warper’ as she and her friends were out prepping for a storm the Pegasi had scheduled. Before Twilight had time to answer, Pinkie popped out and tried to welcome them. Their immediate response was to shift and surrounded her as a swirling mass of dark blue clouds.
Twilight had used her magic to keep them at bay. But as Pinkie’s other friends came to their aid, it became apparent that these things did little more than billow out of the way of physical attacks.
Twilight had held them off long enough for the others to run to Rarity’s and hide. She then sent Spike off to fetch a book she thought might give her some insight into the situation. Though, she was starting to regret sending Spike off on his own. She stole a small glance at Rarity. She wasn’t confident Rarity had the raw magical energy needed to fend a large amount of these things off, but she was getting less and less confident by the second that these things focusing on Pinkie Pie would keep the otherwise defenseless dragon safe.
“Do you think he’ll be here soon?” Fluttershy asked meekly.
“Oh, don’t worry about Spiky-wiky. He’s a tough little dragon,” Rarity offered.
“Darn tootin'! He once took out a giant timberwolf with a single rock!” Applejack added.
“Ah, Applejack, I don’t think ‘a rock’ is going to help much against these things,” Rainbow Dash retorted.
“Rainbow Dash, when are you going to learn there are just some things you’re better off keeping to yourself?” Applejack responded, closing the distance between her and the blue pegasus.
“STOP FIGHTING!” Pinkie Pie yelled at the pair. “Spike will be back with the book in no time, and we’ll be able to resolve this peacefully, then we can all have a giant party at Sugarcube Corner, and everything will be just fine! You’ll see.”
Everypony turned to look at Pinkie. Her perky and optimistic attitude seemed to be visibly crumbling at this point, and it was becoming apparent that she was as shaken up by recent events as anypony.
Twilight looked back out the window and her face lit up. “He’s back!” She opened the door without a second thought.
“Hey everypony! I grabbed the book just like you asked!” Spike cheerfully held up a large, dusty tome that was even bigger than the little dragon himself. “Uh…sorry if it’s a little wet…” Spike added.
Twilight simply smiled in response. “Good work Spike.” Twilight shut the door behind the baby dragon and a purple glow surrounded the book as Twilight levitated it in front of her and flipped the pages. “Now all I have to do is research a way to deal with these things and send them back to where they came from.” Twilight paused and thought about this for a second. “Huh...I wonder if we’ll need to go out and and get items for my workshop, too…” A flash of lightning flashed behind the purple Alicorn followed by roaring thunder.
The other five ponies took a long, hard look at the pounding rain and howling wind outside.
“Ah, Twilight?” Applejack interjected. “I hate ta be a stick in the mud, but I think there may be a just a little problem with that there plan.”
“It…it’s okay everypa…pony…” Pinkie said, stuttering her words through chattering teeth. “It’s ja…just a little rain!” She insisted. “Who do…doesn’t like a li…little sta…stroll in the rain from time ta…to time?”
Rarity raised a forehoof into the air.
“Rarity, you can dry your mane later! This is serious!” Rainbow Dash insisted.
“Well…she asked!” Rarity argued, motioning out to Pinkie with her forehooves.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “Besides! It’s those things we need to worry about more than the weather!”
Pinkie’s teeth chattering increased as her eyes darted from side to side.
“Rainbow Dash? Remember that thing I said about keeping certain things to yourself?” Applejack reminded sternly.
“Oops. Sorry, Pinkie.” Rainbow Dash offered.
“It...it’s okay Da…Dashie. Everything will ba…be fi…fine you’ll see.” Pinkie said, forcing an unnatural looking smile.
Fluttershy trotted over to her trembling friend and placed comforting forelegs around her. “Goodness Pinkie, you’re more scared than me.”
Pinkie merely shivered in response.
“It’s okay, Pinkie.” Fluttershy said with a soft smile. “As long as we’re all together, everything will be fine. You’ll see.”
Pinkie took a few calming breaths and gained some control of her shaking. “Well, I’d feel a lot better if my knee wasn’t so achy-wachy.”
“Don’t worry.” Twilight insisted looking towards her scared friend. “I’m sure the book…”
Twilight was cut short as the door behind her flew open once more. She had little time to react as dozens of eyes peered out of the darkness.
A deep blue bolt shot out from the swirling mass. From somewhere in the shadows of the boutique, a red energy blast intercepted it.
As the combined energies approached, Pinkie quickly pushed Fluttershy away, and before she could so much as scream, Pinkie’s vision went blue and red.
-ooooo-
Pinkie’s world instantly shifted to a swirling vortex of color as she felt her limbs being stretched out and her fur give way to some sort of fabric. The swirling void soon shifted to hard and solid ground.
She tried to stand back up on her hoofs but realized her back legs were now substantially longer and that her front hooves had apparently been replaced by…something that ended with digits of some sort.
What did Twilight call them?
Oh yeah, ‘hands’.
She steadied herself against a large pole covered in various flyers as she came to her… ‘feet’ she remembered them being called.
She had made Twilight tell the story of how she went to the human world, over and over again so she at least had SOME idea of what was going on.
Her fur had apparently been replaced with a blue and white top with a heart in the middle and a pink skirt that prominently bared her cutie mark. She let go of the pole and steadied herself on her blue boots that had white laces with pink bows at the top.
She looked around at her surroundings. She was outside, and just her luck, it was pouring rain down here as well. She also seemed to be carrying a large, pink handbag of some sort.
Lights lit up streets in all directions, and not a single direction looked inviting.
As she was pondering what to do next, a large, tall figure stepped out of a nearby alley.
Pinkie turned to greet her new friend, but her smile quickly turned to dread as she looked at the imposing figure above her. The hungry look in his eyes didn’t make Pinkie confident that he was here to make friends, but always the optimist, she figured it couldn’t hurt to try.
“My…my name’s Pinkie Pie? What’s yours?” Pinkie stammered out.
“Heh, names aren’t important now. What’s important is that you have something I want,” the large man said grimly. “Let’s start with that nice looking computer case, shall we? And then we can see where the night takes us from there.”
Pinkie backed up a few inches against the pole, and tried to fight past her fear to manage a scream.
As the man reached out for her, an angry voice rang out behind him.
“HEY, GLANDULAR PROBLEM! You’re in the way.”
The large man turned and Pinkie moved her head so they both could see the owner of the voice: a short man wearing jeans and a green jacket over a black shirt that prominently displayed the word ‘JERK’ on it. The look on his face seemed to be an equal amount of pure rage and annoyance as he gritted pointed looking teeth.
Pinkie wasn’t sure if she was saved or if the night had just gotten worse.
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Still need to watch the movie. Maybe.
MMm. Interesting.
i can already tell that this would be a good story also
i just feel that adding these prases could make things clearer as you never stated who the blast was after or why pinkie sees blue and red, sure people will get the context but it never hurts to clarify
im reading this over again!
Just watched the season four starter.
It's pretty good!
But it also contradicts something in the very first installment here.
But it gave me a few story ideas to use way down the line and one or two things I can use to improve chapters I want to do.
Also, oddly enough, the contradiction is kinda minor, easy to retcon...
And...
No, scratch that. I can retcon in a way that foreshadows stuff I want to do later.
Given how new season 4 is I'll probably create a revised edition and link it and swap the links later.
Anyhow, the story will continue and even if canon somehow totally wrecks the story, "Alternative Universe" can be tag #6 and the show will go on.
I'm simply having too much fun.
Edit: This will be actually really minor. There's like...one sentence I need to change and maybe two that need to be added.
Edit Edit: Shut up past me, you wrote over a dozen new lines and changed the action quite a bit.
Note to self: Do not be in a hurry to revise the other early chapters or you'll never get through all this...
So one of your stories gets featured and I'm like, "This looks interesting," so I add it to my que of stories. I soon after run out of stories to read, so I click on the one I had added. Then I notice your avatar. "Is...is that Dan and Pinkie?" I ask myself (by the way, can a brother get a source for that?)
My intrest has been peeked, so I browse your other stories, and as soon as I see this one, my mind starts shouting at me to read it. And my brain gets very annoying when it wants to be, so here I am.
And after the first chapter, I'm beginning to think that this is gonna be a fun ride.
This has been merged with the retconned version, which was retconned.
In short, there's no spoiler, just more action in this chapter.
I still am seeing a few standout errors here and there. As they're big, but relatively few, I'm just going to throw them here to avoid cluttering the checking thread:
Comma should be colon.
Prologue will be clean enough after these fixes.
pointing looking teeth
"pointed" is what you want right?
Well damn... had the first comment and I am only now getting back to this story
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I was thinking your name and avatar looked familiar, it took me a little bit to figure out from where...
Liked without a doubt... and favorited, too... and liked
I have to say... of all the original shows the Hub produced, my favorites are MLP:FiM and Dan Vs. They are such contrasting cartoons but they mesh surprisingly well. This premise interests me, so I'll take a look at this. Here goes... something.
UMMMMM, Rainbow Power?
Also, are you going to include Tirek in their exploits when the Ponies meet Dan?
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I began writing this preseason 4. I actually edited out references to the Elements of Harmony when season 4 started but there's simply too much for me to go back and retcon every thing to align with season 4. That being said, I do plan to address changes the series has presented at some point.
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Kind of like stuff like this.
And now. .. let's do it again!!!!!
I have a week to complete this before I leave for scout camp. Bring it on!
Just want to.say this is my favorite story next to Man of War (which is INCREDIBLE, by the by) and if you stop updating I will hurt you. Sort of bittersweet, but a compliment nonetheless.
Ok.......I have all night to read ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL 145 chapters or so......
bring it on!
Two of my favorite animated shows in recent years coming toghether? This is gonna be good.
149 chapters, over 500,000 words, and still not complete.
Hoo boy, this is going to be a long, but hopefully good read.
Whenever someone uses 'wheel' and 'butterfly' in close proximity, my mind instantly starts playing Coldplay's "Paradise" from the verse, "Life goes on, it gets so heavy; the wheel breaks the butterfly."
Which isn't a bad thing since I love that song, and even have it in my mind as the opening theme to a friggin' awesome retelling of the premiere of the series in a more dramatic and visually stunning cinematic form.
After watching dan vs. and crossovers... I want a shirt that states "CAT" because friends always call me that... and because of my habit of sneeakingt up on people, sleeping during the day, never giving anyone a straight answer, and my propensity for alliterations and rhymes
Just read cafeteria control, been intending to read this, running short on fics to read, so here I am. Should be about 5 days of reading right here. And if this is anywhere near as good, I will be well entertained. Thank You in advance.
high five for the shiping
Loved the first chapter
onto the next! 
That transformation scene was extremely fast and didn't seem to faze Pinkie at all. Given how long this story is, I hope that there is more detail in future installments.
LOL >w<
best book series ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pink girl gets saved by a jerk, uh?
Ooooo, this looks interesting...
*Dustchu, the Notifications destroyer is incoming!*
Nice job on this, liking how it's going.
I shall read more.
Dan, lord of Darkness, and Pinkie, Mistress of Smiles... I'd ship it.
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At the risk of sounding stupid, which one?
Starting my...fourth or fifth reread in the past two weeks.
Still as worth it as the first time through.
Re-read time!!yay.
First time readiing. it'ss gooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Third time I read this story. It's the only fanfic I've read more than once
This looks goooooooooood!
Latest reread, not sure what count, but the first one after having marathoned the show, treating this as the unofficial season 4 and beyond.
Gonna be good times.
Well, this is going to be something.
For the first time ever, Pinkie Pie didn't realize her Pinkie Sense was activating.
I hope Dan Mandel okayed your use of his character, he does get a might cranky about some things. Not picking on you, just worried that it might get messy so take as friendly advice please. I'd like to see this arc continue.
Release your inner Dan!!!!
The seizure procedure. A classic.
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I binged watched Dan Vs. Half to just watch it because it's hilarious, and the other half so I could read this.
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Same
I make it a habit to come back and read this every few months or so. This is about my fourth reread, and I still enjoy it!
Every few months I return to re-read one of my favorite stories on here.... and hope for a update. Despite lack of one, I still find this to be PERFECT! Dan - The antisocial, hates everything, revenge enducing man of much hatred. Ending up falling for a woman whose craziness matches his in many ways! Hell, possibly more crazy!
I love it all and forever will!