Coco slowly pushed herself to her hooves with a groan. She wasn't entirely certain what just happened. The last thing she remembered was Le Paradox cursing...
She gasped as memory flooded back. The feeling of time itself unraveling as her body and magic were pulled apart. The screams of her family. Her own scream. Something metal digging into her back-
"Beep!"
As the feeling of metal in her flesh withdrew, she recognized the feeling of Deik-Beck's tiny feet on her skin. "Wha...what happened?" she managed to ask.
"Unprotected time travel," Deik-Beck offered, his voice more controlled, more mature, than it normally was. "Not fun."
"Doesn't sound it..." Coco managed to groan. "...Mom? Dad? Everyone?"
"Six here," Deik-Beck confirmed. "Sly, Carmelita, Murray, Bentley, Penelope, you. None wake. I give you stimulant to wake up. Worried."
"So that's why I'm awake first," Coco mumbled as she shifted. She tried to open her eyes...only to realize they were already open, but she was still trapped in darkness. The heat on her coat, however, told her she was in bright sunlight. "...how come I can't see anything?" she asked as she did her best to control herself. The last thing she wanted was to upset Deik-Beck and have them both panicking. "Is it the stimulant?"
"No. Tumbling."
"Yeah, I probably didn't land out of time travel lightly," she grunted, doing her best to keep worry out of her voice. "So...I bumped my head bad landing then?"
"No. Eye mask turned around."
Coco blinked. Reaching a hoof up to her face, she patted over her eyes and found solid cloth instead of holes. "Oh, yeah...that'd do it." She chuckled nervously, letting her tension flow out of her as she slowly turned the mask around, squinting her eyes shut to protect them when the intense sunlight hit. As her eyes adjusted, she shifted her beret so she could shade her eyes enough to take in her surroundings. She'd already felt sand under her hooves, but...
Her eyes widened as she stared out across the endless sand. Sly, Carmelita, Murray, Bentley, and Penelope were all laid out near her, but it was what she saw in the distance that really caught her off guard. A massive pyramid stood beside a tiny oasis, casting its shadow across the desert as the sun crossed the sky. "I don't think we're in Paris anymore, Toto," she murmured dryly.
"Woof!" Deik-Beck agreed helpfully, attempting to ease the mood with some levity.
Coco giggled softly before sitting down to think things through. "Well, the pyramid and oasis says Egypt," she concluded thoughtfully. Pulling out her binocucom, she swept it around to search for signs of civilization. "...no signs of technology, so we definitely aren't in the present..." Putting the device away, she reached for the Staff of Moonlight...only to jerk her hoof back as the magic from it surged violently. "Yikes! And strong enough background magic that using my artifacts is a bad idea. That says we're pretty ancient. Wish I had some way of narrowing it down further..."
"Paradox Machine and Time Tunnel work based on Cooper Canes," Deik-Beck suggested. "Ancient Egypt Cooper Ancestor?"
Coco frowned thoughtfully. "Well, that would be either Slytunkhamen I, II, or III. I hope we're not at that time point, though, because that's when the Thievius Raccoonus was created. If something were to happen to prevent it being created...that could have serious repercussions..."
"Indeed it could," a hissing voice spoke from behind Coco.
Coco let out a scream as she spun...staring up into the eyes of the largest cobra she had ever seen. It made the snake that had lived in Mrs. Ruby's swamp base look tiny by comparison, with coils that stretched for perhaps a mile...though that might have been Coco's sudden fear making things seem bigger. Its scales were a bright mix of blue and green, and shone like emeralds and sapphires. Its eyes were bright gold like sun discs, and stared down at her and the entire group coldly from nearly twenty feet up, the spread hood ten feet wide...and yet the creature cast no shadow.
"Be not afraid, child of another world," the serpent hissed, her voice gentle and soothing. "I will bring no harm to you nor your family. It isss your family I have come to aid...and to beg a boon of. For one has come to thissss land that should not have, and he hasss wrought great wrong to land and time. If he issss not sssstopped, time itssself could unravel, and I cannot allow that to happen."
"Le Paradox?" Coco gasped in surprise. "But what harm could he have wrought? He can't have been here long-"
"That one will bring no harm to any now," the serpent hissed softly. "He ssssseeeksss one he thinkssss ally...but that one knowssss only betrayal, and isss one who brought sssssaid harm..." Her eyes flashed.
Le Paradox staggered out of the sun into the cavernous shade. "They will pay for this," he growled angrily. "Bah! No matter! This is but a setback! I just have to find my ancestor in this time. I memorized my family's history and the Coopers' while I was preparing. With that information I'll be more than able to create the empire I desire!"
"How interesting," a deep voice echoed from within the cavern. "It seems you haven't outgrown your need to monologue. I did tell you, you never know who might be listening."
Le Paradox jumped in fear, but quickly calmed himself. "Oh, there you are!" he said happily. "So nice to see an ally here. I wondered what happened to you when the Coopers had Penelope on their side. That gambit with Bentley was good, though. I'm certain you have something just as good in the now?"
"Oh yes, I have plans," the voice replied softly. "Plans already in motion. There's just one problem...though not for long."
"Well, I'm certain we'll be able to fix-" Le Paradox's voice cut off as a pincer closed around his head.
"The problem is..." the voice continued as a second pincer seized the skunk's kicking legs. "...I don't need you, and you plainly can't carry things out correctly...so you are in my way."
A wet rip. A hot splash. Two thumps.
Coco swallowed nervously as she found herself pulled out of what felt like a shared vision. "No..."
"Yesss," the serpent confirmed. "I will guide you assss I can...but it mussst be you and your family who sssstopsss him." She looked towards the oasis. "A cavern is hidden from ssssight. Lead your family there when they awaken, and I will anssswer quesssstionsss."
"Why do this?" Coco called out. "Why is this your concern? Why are we your concern."
"My name ansssswersss all thosssse quessstionsss if you have heard it," the serpent replied. "You would know me assss Wadjet."
Can't say Le Paradox didn't deserve that, however it is a very brutal way to die.
Carmelita and Sly may enjoy this chance to beat him bloody though.
Sounds like the gods of Egypt are on the Coopers' side.
I called it! I frakkin' called it!
Ahem. *Straightens tie.*
Wadjet... It sounds vaguely Egyptian, so possibly an Egyptian Goddess? Or an unknown demi-goddess? My mythological knowledge is more centered on Greek pantheons and the like, so I'm unsure.
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Egyptian Goddess. Look her up.
It's scales were a bright mix of blue and green
1. Its.
Well that was a stimulating way to wake up, that's for sure.
At least Coco didn't overtly beret Deik-Beik about not being able to see.
Shoulda seen it coming that heads will roll.
Seth wins!
Flawless Victory!
BRUATILTY!!!
Even Ancient Egypt god know Coco was from another world. Equestria is really famous in the circle of Higher Beings.
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Well it was created by gods so they would have some knowledge about it
Was wondering when Seft would be back.
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http://www.crystalinks.com/wadjet.html
So the final confrontation between the Coopers and Seft begins. Excellent.
Well I hope that means that the Swat Cats are not also lost in time. They where out causing trouble so they should be safe in the present they where in when this all went down.
And now more completely original parts of the story. Can’t wait to see what you come up with here.
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No, that was Seth. It said pincers, not talons.
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Ah. My mistake. Withdrawn.
As much as Le Paradox deserves it, it sucks sometimes when one gets killed after outliving their usefulness
Wadjet. Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Snakes and Prophecy.
Good thing I've been playing Assassin's Creed Origins lately or I wouldn't know that off the top of my head.
8644593 Or is it the first? Time travel can SO be a pain.
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And why wouldn't it be? Six artifacts that can correct or condemn evil, two beings who move the sun and moon at will, an entity that breaks the laws of physics at will? Anything that lives there is going to have a signature, and anybody who's anybody will recognize it, for better or worse.
Guess Seft takes the term 'severing ties' a bit too literally.
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ok, now i really want the sly family in equestria.
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OK, part of me wants the modern Cooper Clan to get to Equestria in the interim between the Mane 6's first 3G and Discord returning, if only so they can steal the EoH from that vault Celestia put them in that can only be opened with her horn.
Time to kill Seth. But if the Egyptian gods are helping the Cooper Clan... Taweret might find herself falling for Murray since I don't remember him having a love interest so far and it wouldn't be fair to have his friends end up with a lady friend and him not get one. She could even show up in modern times after worship of her fades out and be a nurse or something.
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He was shown to have a strong connection to Panda King's daughter, remember?
Huh. Goddess of time, justice, and the afterlife. How incredibly fitting.
8645121 Ah yes, been to long since she was mentioned. Glad he's covered.... though he could very well be descended from one of Taweret priest(esses) or royalty.
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You don't need to recognise someone's point of origin to be able to identify them as "not from round here" - having a mystical signature that's like nothing on Earth makes it pretty clear that you're not native...
Wait... a patron god of an Egyptian city and an oracle goddess no less if I'm reading the wiki right?!?
Talk about people from high places.
Bum bum bum. Bu-dum bum bum bu-dum.
Bum bum bum. Bu-dum bum bum bu-dum
And another one gone, and another one gone.
Another jerk bites the dust.
They'll, get the other one too.
Another jerk bites the dust.
I regret this..
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Not the first time Gpd tier hrlp has come in a PWNY story. The last one was Egiptian too actually, huh trend.
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That's a neat idea, but that's not what I was saying at all. I'm saying that Equestria is such a hotspot of activity and weirdness that all other worlds - or high powers of those worlds - would be able to identify an Equestrian by sight and instantly know the weight of the situation. Equestria is that well known because of all the crap it's done and gone through that there's no way you can't know who they are.
It's going to be interesting to see how you shape the story, since the canon ends here... Hmmmm...
Huh... now that was a bit confusing, I'm intrigued now...
Damn good show!
Somebody roll snake eyes? We got an Egyptian god seer! (Autocorrect sucks; seer is what word I’m picking.)
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I was hoping for a tie-in with the new Ducktales. That Toth-Ra story was interesting.
1. deja vu to the second power
2. Wouldn’t there be a hiss on is?
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Dude, the pantheons tend to get skimped outside the 'big guys' unless it's plot-relevant. Having a fanfic of all things that not only use one of the lesser-known goddesses in the Egyptian pantheon, but also put her in her role within said pantheon is fucking rare.
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Funny thing? I had decided for various reasons I wanted them to be helped by a female serpent of divine origin, and had come up with what she'd be doing there and why. When I went to look that up in Egyptian myth? Turned out she was exactly what I was looking for.
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... and I applaud you for it. Hell, there isn't enough applause from me that can even get close to how well you've done in this.
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Yeah, good call.
Noooooo..! I'm all caught up on all the pony vers stories.
Stupid curse of the binge reader.
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Lol. Well done.
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So basically Time, the Universe, and Insanity colluded on this.