Five days of fighting, bonding, planning, near-death experiences, traveling, laughter, tears, and more. A bitter conflict between the forces of Celestia and of Chrysalis reached the climax. Now, there was one day of reprieve- The sixth day, where a ceasefire had been agreed to. The forces of Equestria finally released a sigh. But there lay one problem now for the champions.
They were humans. In some cases, humanoids, but champions all the same. And the fact that most of the ponies had no idea what the aliens were exactly, just left them doubtful. A certain newspaper article laid facts that both humans and ponies were ignorant of.
Humans were meat eaters. They had arrived through death and outlawed means. The morality of man is not a simple construct; it has layers and layers of complexity. Lies, murder, thievery and the colorful backgrounds of some of these champions was laid naked for all to see. Unfortunately, no one told the humans that they had, in fact, died. Also, other uncertainties made the homo sapiens uneasy. What would happen if they died here? Would their bodies get sent back?
With doubts set aside for the moment, the humans had to find a place to rest, regroup, and get some time away from the ponies. This would give the ponies a chance for the humans to lay low while the ponies, once again, restored their faith in their champions.
But where?
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“Come along now,” Princess Celestia called out. The white alicorn lead the ponies and their partners down to the lower levels of the castle. Light filtered through ground windows, leaving the large corridor almost in darkness with the setting sun.
“Princess, where are you taking us?” Twilight Sparkle asked. Purple unicorn, Princess Celestia’s protege. Element of Magic. Saved Equestria many times along with her friends. She was teamed up with Dr. Hal ‘Otacon’ Emmerich, the Element of Science.
“You know, if I wasn’t so excited right now, I would piss my pants,” Otacon mumbled to himself as he looked around the interior of the castle. Brown haired geek with glasses, he wore a lab coat that had stealth camo built in. A gifted robotics engineer, but a giant Otaku. Somehow, he got to second base with the unicorn, though he wasn’t sure...
(Did I forget to mention that the humans are the Elements of Bromance? My bad. Kinda important.)
“Hey, Nix, you okay? Don’t still think you are Roger?” Rainbow Dash asked as she followed next. The Element of Loyalty belonged to a cyan pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane and tail. Often brash and a bit of a glory hound. She was paired up with Phoenix Wright, the Element of Hope.
“I... Yeah, I’m me again. But I still have all those memories of being Roger Smith,” Phoenix replied. A former defense lawyer dressed in a blue suit, with a haircut that could only be described as a porcupine. Mr. Turnabout Ace once more, moved a single hand out to pat her mane and relax the pegasus.
“Come on, thief,” Applejack called out behind herself. The Element of Honesty, an orange mare with a cowboy hat. A rodeo queen and first class apple farmer spoke to Dovahkiin.
“I have yet to steal anything in Equestria,” Dovahkiin defended himself. A Nord from Skyrim, dressed in a Thief Guild leader outfit. It seem Applejack forgot he was also a blacksmith, archer, archmage, dragon slayer. “If I kiss you again, will you stop?” Applejack blushed after a second and quickly silenced herself.
(Did I mention many partners were falling in love with each other? Damn... I meant to tell you that too.)
“Nathan, dear, I want you to please excuse my reactions in the meeting,” Rarity said, her head hung low a bit. The Element of Generosity was feeling regret. The alabaster unicorn picked up her head, turning to look back at her partner. She walked alongside Nathan Drake, the Element of Equality.
“Hey, I know I haven’t been forthcoming about my adventures. It’s understandable,” Nate sighed, hands busy sketching the interior. Treasure hunter, linguist, bar owner. Trying to keep himself from thinking of the number of people that tried to kill him, and those that laid dead because they tried.
“Soma? Did you really threaten to kill Dr. Stable?” Fluttershy asked. The Element of Kindness walked behind her partner, trying to avert her gaze from her partner. A butter yellow pegasus with a shy demeanor that only made the hardest of men cringe. Had a thing for meat eaters. A really odd thing for young ponies. A thing for young, vampiric, meat-eating, bad boys...
“He joked with my friend’s life and death struggle. I would become a demon if it meant saving his life,” Soma Cruz sighed, trying to avoid her gaze. A white-haired Spaniard teen, born with the powers of Dracula. Dressed in a white duster jacket, almost like a pimp. The Element of Acceptance, and Fluttershy’s ‘special somepony’, whatever that meant. “Please stop looking at me like that. I feel like a piece of meat,” The soul hunter sweatdropped. ”I am still wondering what my Brand can do...”
(Did I forget to mention that some of the humans received Brand marks, something akin to Cutie Marks? I am really bad at this...)
“So help me,” Dan Mandel muttered under his breath. The Element of Anger rode on the back of Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter. The puffy pink party pony bounced up and down, leading her fiance with the others.
(Ha, got that one.)
“You feeling better, Danny? You’re not going to kill the Princess, are you?” Pinkie asked with a large grin on her face.
“Still debating it,” Dan replied, both arms crossed over on his chest. Pinkie is... well, Pinkie. Dan... Dan is rage incarnate. Petty, vengeful, lacks proper hygiene, almost a dwarf. Do not argue or irk his wrath though. Almost murdered Princess Celestia in a fit of righteous rage. White pegasi and unicorn guard marched with them both, making sure not to let Dan get in reach of their spears.
“You know...” Derpy rode on the back of her partner. “I’m sorry. It’s not my place to tell you what to eat or not.” The gray pegasus shut her eyes, moving her front hooves to hug her partner’s neck.
“Yeah, well, it’s not so different from eating eggs. You use them to make muffins,” Sokka of the Southern Tribe admitted. The teen was dressed in a blue wrap, with his hair combed in a wolf tail. He said nothing, knowing he had to patch things with her. So he carried her, keeping his gaze ahead. Why was he the only carrying their partner?
“David, did... Did you really killed your family?” Trixie, the Great and Powerful asked. The light blue showpony moved her left hoof up to lower her hat over her eyes a bit.
“Does it matter? It’s a long story. Short answer, I did,” Solid Snake marched ahead of Trixie. The son of Big Boss was dressed in his stealth combat suit, traditional headband tied around his mullet. “But we can talk about it if we make it back.” Trixie released a sigh, nodding once. She wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but any story where a family member was driven to kill another could not be good.
“Sephy? You sure you’re ok with this decision?” Lyra Heartstrings asked. The minty green unicorn walked slowly with the one-winged angel.
“It must be done. Someone must make sure this mission succeeds,” Sephiroth assured her. Clad in black, the last Cetra took slow but deliberate steps. No longer insane, thanks to the lack of mako, his mentality was slowly returning to the point before he joined SOLDIER. Lyra lowered her head, wondering why couldn’t she join him.
“Hey... Do you know where are we going?” Travis Touchdown asked Princess Luna. The dark blue alicorn frowned a bit.
“I believe I do, my knight. But I worry still,” Luna whispered in a low voice. She moved her head up to his shoulder, making the assassin lift a hand up to pet her mane. In honor of his partner, he donned a blue shirt instead of his anime girl one. While she had a deep connection to her partner, the human pervert had certain reservations about beastiality.
“So, in the end, you’re a mercenary? Not a soldier for your country?” Cheerilee asked. Trying very, very hard to keep her eyes off from Ralf Jones’ ass. The fuschia pony fought hard from blushing, just watching this human built from muscle was too much macho. He had a flank you could bounce a bit off.
“It’s not like I get hired by evil companies,” Ralf sighed. His left hand moved up to rub the bandana on his head. “I only work for countries trying to stop terrorists.” Ralf was dressed in comando fatigues, and even working in deserts, he kept his cool. Why did his ass feel so hot then?
“I fear this fate we must avert, is there no good news we can insert?” Zecora the Zebra and Blue Spy walked down the stairs next. The zebra had her eyes closed a bit, now knowing his true background.
“I’m afraid not,” Spy replied. The saboteur had spent his career taking great delight with assassinations and with destroying electronics. Then, that certain glee he got from backstabbing someone, disguised as a close friend. Though, he could take no pride in that now.
“Very well. Samus will return with the champions of Baltimare,” Mayor Mare said in a sad tone. The earth pony with glasses kept her gaze ahead, trying to stay objective. While her partner had been nothing but honest with her- Well, her town residents would look down at her for being with a chainsaw-toting deadite killer.
“About that drunken night...” Ash Williams moved his prosthetic hand up to holster his shotgun behind himself. “Listen, if you need to worry about your political career-”
“No! I will not let you get away so easily!” Ash and the others had to stop and stare at the angry mare. Mayor narrowed her eyes, looking up at him. “This was not your fault. That lies on Twilight and the other necromancers.”
“Yikes,” Ash replied, moving both hands up a bit defensively. “What are you all looking at?” He said after a second to look back at the others.
“You’re holding up the line!” Toph Bei Fong called out with a dry voice. The teen was already in a bad mood, and Derpy hanging on Sokka like a towel was not helping. The earthbender kicked the ground idly, pushing the two forward to get the line going.
“Remind me not to get on your bad side,” Vash the Stampede managed to blurt out. The humanoid typhoon and the blind bandit walked in tandem without their partners. Samus Aran had to take Little Strongheart and Braeburn back to Appleloosa. Toph had the young buffalo, while Vash had the stallion. Big Macintosh walked between the two, also shocked at Toph’s display of earth magic.
Behind them, Terra Branford and Vergil Sparda walked together. Like the Appleloosans, their partners had to leave as well. The half-esper was partnered with Princess Cadence, the half-devil with Shining Armor. Once they found out the Crystal Heart was stolen, the rulers of the Crystal Kingdom had to leave and check how was their kingdom. They said nothing, though for different reasons. Vergil wondered who he would have to kill and get some wine, while Terra wondered if Cadence would be alright.
Junebug and Merchant (Resident Evil Four) walked, talking in hushed voices about business. At the moment, Merchant owned a lot of lands that belonged to Ponyville. With the ponies in an uproar, they decide to just lynch him. He was now signing the property deeds over to Junebug, preventing the Mayor from asking for the properties back. If this deal would stick or not had yet to be seen.
On a time-out, the Kids Next Door marched quietly with their heads down. The ponies they were partnered with had to go home, sent away by Princess Celestia a while ago. This left the children of Section Five feeling alone and in trouble. Dan was going to pass judgement on them... And that human had shaved the Cutie Mark Crusaders bald.
Leading the end, were an odd group of four. Johnny Bravo, partner of Prince Blueblood. The Samurai Jack, partnered with Spike the Dragon. An odd group, because out of all the humans, these ones had unblemished marks. While Johnny was not innocent, he had not committed any crime revealed to the public. The samurai was nothing but heroic, standing as the temporary captain of the guards. Unlike the others though, they said nothing.
What could be said? Jack only ate fish if he could help it, and Johnny even dated animals. Spike though, wondered how the others would fare without Jack to guide the guards. Blueblood wondered what to do from his end. They were all heroes, more than willingly to fight.
Except for Merchant, who was in it for others reasons.
All that was left, was to reveal the plan of the princess.
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“So, let get this straight,” Dan had to take a moment to lift his right hand over his eyes, the left hand moving up to Princess Celestia. “We need to lay low, so you think the best idea is to send us through this-” Dan picked up his head to look back at the alicorn.
“Magic Mirror,” Princess Celestia nodded.
“Right. Magic Mirror,” Dan turned to look over at the giant reflection device. “And into another world?” Gathered behind him, the human champions filling the hallway leading to the mirror.
“Yes. It is only for a day, the portal will be open for a few days,” Princess Celestia nodded once more. “By then, the War Games will start, and we should have my citizens no longer upset at you all.”
“No.”
“Nope.”
“No way, Jose.”
“So, we went from one dimension, and you’re sending us to another? Is this Inception?”
“This is just...”
“Shit.”
The ponies picked up their heads, turning over to look at the humans. While the idea of sending them of to keep them safe, this was a bit too much.
“Alright... Alright. Suggestions?” Phoenix picked up both hands to settle them down. He turned to look over at Princess Celestia. “And are you sure it’s safe?”
“It is. I wouldn’t have suggested it otherwise.”
“Are you saying, that if for any reason- You wouldn’t send a pony by themselves through a magic portal?” Twilight asked.
“Clearly not. If there was a reason I would send an Element of Harmony by themselves through the mirror, I would at least send a guard escort,” Princess Celestia added.
(Yeah, way to go, Equestria Girls.)
“Like how you allowed me to get poisoned...” Nate replied with a dry voice.
“That was to save Discord,” Princess Celestia blushed, having the dignity to do so. Still, her eyes went up in alarm. “And you weren’t in danger.”
“How about this,” Otacon picked up his hand to his glasses. “We send a few of us in, see if it’s safe, and then the rest of us go in.” Snake had his left hand up, about to suggest the same thing.
“Good plan, I like it,” Sokka added. “But who do we send?” Derpy flew up a bit, looking down at the crowd. A lot of the faces on the humans and ponies perked up at the idea.
“Hmm... How about the Firsts?” Vergil suggested. “They work well together, been here the longest, they are elemental warriors, have various skills and abilities, and it’s not me.”
“No! No way!” Rainbow Dash flew up and confronted the half devil with a frown. “If Phoenix goes, I go! Besides, we can’t put them in danger!”
“I have to agree with Rainbow Dash. But at the same time, Princess Celestia assures us it’s safe,” Twilight interjected. “And Vergil also makes a valid point. Out of all the humans, they do stand the best chance to make a solid group.”
“It’s hard to argue against those facts...” Dovahkiin moved his left hand to rub his chin. “Any ideas, Sokka?” The young man had proven himself very competent these last few days.
“Hmm...” Sokka moved both arms to cross on his chest. “We do need a search party, true. But I think we can also send a few more for support. Just in case.” The water tribesman turned to look at the others. “I think that Ralf, Travis, Terra and Distant Star should go.”
“Me?” The unicorn turned his head left and right, lifting his left hoof up to point at himself. He was a bit shocked really, then again it was an excellent opportunity for chaos...
“This is all your fault. I think it’s time you do something to prove yourself,” Sokka added.
“Bah. I already- You know what? Fine,” Distant released a sigh and put his hoof down. “I think one of the ponies should go-”
“I’d like to go...” Fluttershy asked, moving to flutter up and hug Soma’s left arm to herself.
“Oh hey, if she’s going then-”
“No. You all have jobs to do here to earn back the ponies’ trust. Especially you, Twilight. Since you summoned some of them, it is only right,” Princess Luna interrupted the purple unicorn. If she couldn’t go with her knight, she was not going to let another pony go either.
“Anyone else?” Nate asked, lifting his eyebrows up.
“I’d like to volunteer some of my troops and myself,” Number One moved up to the front of the line.
“But you’re just kids! The whole point of a search party is to make sure its safe for everyone!” Cheerilee called out from Ralf’s side.
“No, I think it’s a good idea,” Dan placed both hands on his hips to look at the kids. “Things would look weird if we go to a place and it’s just a bunch of adults. We need a cover story too. Kids, at least, give us some cover and also make others trust us more.”
“He’s right. Going in without a plan does seems foolish,” Snake added. “And children even make the hardest adults grow soft a little.”
“Look at you, talking about using kids as bargaining tools...” Trixie snorted a bit. “But he’s right. Little colts and fillies is what I use to draw in adults to my shows.”
“Hey- They did volunteer,” Snake defended himself.
“Alright. Number Two, Number Four, you’re with me.” Nigel stepped over with the rest of the scout party. The other two looked at each other and shrugged, joining with the others.
“One last thing,” Sokka turned to look at the people that he ‘volunteered’. “I picked you guys to balance a few things. Terra to add a girl and she knows magic, Ralf as a soldier should be used to insertions, and Travis for his sword fighting to balance out the mix.”
“Hell yeah!” Travis smirked and raised his left hand to high five Nate.
“Not a bad group, Sokka,” Soma complimented the teen. “Alright, let’s do this!”
“Vanguard Team, go,” Dan said as he walked through the portal. Not his first time using one. Still, he walked up to it and placed his hand through it. He pulled back his hand and wiggled his fingers. He then shut both eyes, and stepped through the magic fog.
Chapter proofreaded by LyonAzakura.
Bonus:
“Are you cray cray?” Pinkie Pie asked Fluttershy. Both of the girls were walking towards their high school.
“What do you mean?” Fluttershy asked, moving her backpack higher up her shoulders.
“There is no way I would ever, and I mean ever- date an angry guy!” Pinkie scrunched her nose a bit. “Besides, with the Gala coming up, I don’t have time to look for a date.”
“Oh... I just thought I would ask. You don't seem to like jocks, dramas, fashionistas, rockers, or any of the other school groups,” Fluttershy managed to say. She lowered her head a bit, hiding under her pink hair. “What kind of guy do you see yourself dating then?”
“I dunno...” Pinkie picked up her head to look at the school’s main doorway. “Call me crazy, but I kinda have a thing for vampires.”
“Vampires? I think they are...” Fluttershy shook her head to the sides. “I’ll talk to you later. I gotta pass out fliers for volunteers at the shelter.”
Dan’s hand passed through the magic mirror, halfway expecting his body to be swallowed and never to be seen again. He didn’t feel cold or hot, just like a water with no temperature as his body passed through. The second the small man stepped through, there was instant regret. Lots of it. It was a spiraling vortex, surrounded by colors of purple and green. Almost as if he was being flushed down the toilet. All he could do was open his mouth and scream at the sensation.
“Say, Phoenix...” Rainbow asked, turning to look at her partner.
“What is it?” Phoenix responded, the scream not exactly comforting. The former lawyer had both eyes closed a bit, teeth biting his lower lip. He was next, so any excuse to prolong going through that thing was good.
“Why did Dan volunteer to go first? It doesn’t exactly fit his M.O.” Rainbow said as she landed next to the mirror and looked inside.
“Knowing Dan, he wanted to go first and get any treasure first...” Phoenix released a sigh and then shook his head to the sides. “Or he had to get away before he exploded. I have never seen Dan so angry before. Especially after we all heard what Celestia did.” Everyone stopped and turned to look at Princess Celestia, some with frowns, some with weapons being prepped, and others with concern. “She’s lucky Miles snapped me out after Dan’s outburst.” Phoenix turned his gaze away from the Princess to look back at the portal. “Or I would have used everything in my power to have her dethroned and thrown in jail.”
“Yikes...” Rainbow slowly took steps back from the Element of Hope. Phoenix had said that last line in very low voice, almost dripping with venom. The last time she saw Phoenix get this angry, he allowed a hospital to get burned down. There was actual malice in his words.
“Damn, and I thought Dan was scary when he’s pissed,” Soma whispered.
Princess Celestia shut her eyes and released a sigh. She was going to have to make it up to all of the humans, in some way or another. “Guards, let us go. Give them a moment to say their farewells.”
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“Whoah!” Dan yelled out as he landed through the portal. Both eyes were closed, more from the spiral he just went through than in pain. The Element of anger felt like throwing up anchovies.
“Mmmm... Ohh...”
“What the?” Dan opened his eyes slowly, looking at his hands. While both knees landed on the ground, He had landed on something soft. Something squishy. Something... Alive? Each hand squeezed open and closed on mounds covered by a white cloth. His neck turned up a bit to look at the rest of the white cloth. It was a girl, with pink hair... And yellow skin?! She had both eyes closed, a rosy blush on her cheeks as she cooed a bit. Dan lowered his head, looking down at where his hands were again.
These were her breasts, giving them a squeeze once more.
Yep, breasts alright.
....
Wait, breasts?!
Squish. Squish.
....
They made an actual ‘squee’ noise, kinda like when a pony smiles!
...
Why was he still squeezing? His breath was taken away when he realized he was going to jail again, though this time, for statutory rape. These things were huge though, his hands felt how jiggly they were. Was she taping them down?
“What hit me?” The girl asked as she opened her eyes. Dan, frozen in place, eyes locked on her face. She moved her head slightly and looked up at his eyes.
“EEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPP!”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!”
Both teens yelled out, Dan lifting both hands away from her chest as she moved her hands to cover her chest. He quickly stood up, moving back from her as she moved to sit up and back away from him.
“I’m sorry I just fell-”
“Please don’t rape me!”
“It was an acc- Wait! I’m not a pervert!” Dan shot both hands up to sneer at her... Only to notice something was off. His voice... The left hand moved up to grasp throat. Huh. He looked down at his clothes, which had also changed. Gone was the familiar and comfortable threads he was used to. He was wearing blue slacks instead of jeans, and his normal ‘JERK’ shirt was replaced with a white dress shirt and a royal blue school sweater. Both eyes moved to look back at the new world he arrived in. What in the blue blazes was going on? Was this the human world? But why was she-
“Are... you ok?” She asked, slowly standing up. Her eyes peeked out of her pink hair a bit, moving her hands to straighten out her white blouse.The girl stopped crying, opening her eyes slowly to look up. When she saw him reach for his throat, she had to stop with her current train of thought. Was he hurt? She completely forgot about the pleasant sensation of hands on her chest, and of possible rape, so she could focus on the strange boy. His black hair was combed a bit, falling over his forehead. Almost emo, but his skin was a fair color and his school uniform was maintained properly.
“Something’s wrong...” Dan replied, voice a bit of a cracked voice. This may look like the human world, but like no city he’s ever seen. He turned to look at the girl, noticing she was the same size as him. What the? Most girls, even teens, were taller than him. What was wrong with this place?!
“Oh! We must get you to see the school nurse right away!” She darted both of her hands out to him, pulling him to follow her.
“Wait! I gotta-” Dan tried to pull back from her. Damn his teenage hormones! Her breasts were rubbing against his arm.
“Oh, we can pick up my fliers to volunteer later! Come on!”
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“Umph!” Phoenix frowned, landing on both feet after coming through the portal. “That was freaky...” He added as he looked around. It took him a moment to recover, the last time he went through a magic portal was nothing like this. Luckily, he hadn’t eaten, so there was nothing to vomit. “Where am...” Phoenix stopped talking, turning to look around himself. Was he in the human world? Both of his eyes opened wide as he spotted cars, a street and buildings common to what he’s seen in movies. At least for the USA, this was vastly different from any era on Japan.
“Gangway!” Nate cried out, pushing through the portal and bumping into Phoenix. The former lawyer was pushed forward a bit, almost knocked down as he had to stumble a few steps forward. Nathan landed a bit unsteady on his feet, wobbling a bit after he settled behind his friend.
“Sorry Nathan, I should know better than-” Phoenix stopped talking, spotting... “Nate? Is that you?” Phoenix asked, his eyebrows raised. Nate was dressed in what looked like a school uniform. A blue blazer and pants, white shirt, and a red tie. The weirdest part though? Nate looked younger! The treasure hunter’s five o’clock shadow was gone, his skin had a bit of acne, and his skin was also not as weathered down. Even his voice was a bit off.
“Huh? Phoenix? Why do you sound so...” Nate stopped himself, lifting his left hand to point at the Element of Hope. While the sight of the lawyer in blue was normal, it was also dressed in a uniform, though his hair wasn’t as spiky.
“Is my voice off?” Phoenix moved himself to stand, looking down at his clothes. It was a lot like his old suit, but he could tell they were meant for a kid.
“A pox on portals!” Dovahkiin shouted as he landed next to the others. Phoenix and Drake took a few steps back to watch as the others started to come on through. His age had regressed also to a teen, though his muscular physique took a drastic reduction in size. He still looked strong though. Unlike the others in blazers, he sported a sweater vest. Dovahkiin moved both hands to his chest, feeling the foreign fabric. Why was he in a vest and not in a blazer? “This is odd...”
“I think I’m going to be sick...” Otacon came in next. The engineer had his normal brown hair cut really short, and some acne on his teen face. His glasses also changed to thick black plastic pair. “What the hell happened to you, guys?! Why are you wearing...” The doctor’s intelligence kicked in at once. “Oh please not high school... Not again! Not the swirlies and wedgies!” Each hand moved to hold the side of his head to start mumbling and shake a bit.
“That was kind of fun,” Soma chuckled as he walked through the portal with no problems. Unlike the others, he had lots of experiences with portals. Once he stepped through, his eyebrows raised up to look at the other teens. “What happened to you guys?!” Unlike the others, Soma had not changed at all physically. The only thing that did change was his clothes. He had the same uniform the others were sporting, save that he had a sweater vest like the Dovahkiin.
“Why are we kids?!” Nate asked in panic, looking down to pull at his blazer. “I hate school! I never even went to high school...”
“Umph!” Soma found himself getting pushed back as Ralf came in next. The soul hunter raised his left hand to look back at the soldier.
“Damn, that was weird,” Ralf said as he picked himself to stand. “Sorry Soma, you should really move-” The soldier blinked once, looking at the others.
“Why aren't you a teen?” Soma asked. Unlike the teens in uniforms, Ralf was wearing a blue tracksuit and a whistle around his neck. His headband was gone, instead replaced by a baseball cap.
“Me? What happened to you all?!” Ralf walked over to compare body height with the others. They looked so small in comparison to him. Both hand moved to his head though, feeling something off. “Where’s my bandana?!”
“Scootaloo! Come on! Those guys are being so loud!” A young and female voice called out. The guys stopped talking, turning to look at three girls walking over.
“You think they are here for the decathlon?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“Why are they being so loud though? Our school’s going to win.” Scootaloo said.
“Crusaders? Is that you?” Dovahkiin asked, his right eyebrow raised in question. They looked like the fillies if they had been turned human. Now that he had a chance, the dragon slayer quickly looked around. It seems that these grounds were getting a bit more populated with more young ones as time passed.
“Hey! How do you know our...” Sweetie Belle stop talking, turning to look at the boys standing behind the older ones. Her eyes opened wide at the one in the center, the boy wearing a pair of shades. Her voice was in her throat now as she stared.
“Troops, are you ok?” Nigel asked. He and the other boys landed on their knees, with their arms up at ready. Wally to his left, Hoagie on his right. Dressed like the others in uniforms, but only Nigel in a blazer. Hoagie was no longer a round child, and had some of his hair seen under a pair of goggles worn on his head. Wally was taller and had a bit muscle on him, only his hair was cut much shorter. Nigel though, had short brown hair where he was once bald. All three boys had aged to their early teens, making them much taller than before.
“Guys? I think something’s wrong...” Hoagie said as he stood up. His head moved quickly left and right, looking at the other teens. “Number One! You got hair!”
“WHAT?!” Nigel moved both hands to his head and felt the brown strands. “I have hair?!” He shouted again.
“Hey! Shut up already!” Scootaloo called out. “Who do you...” She stopped, turning to look at Number Four. While he did wear a school uniform, his white shirt was untucked from his vest and his collar was messy. His blonde hair fell over his brown eyes a bit, and he had a skateboard on his left arm. “Woah.” She blurted out. A skater boy. A cute skater boi.
“Scootaloo?” Wally raised both eyebrows, not sure what or who he was looking at.
“Uhh...” Hoagie’s mouth opened a bit, his eyes turning left and right rapidly. “What’s going on?” He asked, looking between how Scootaloo walked closer to Wally.
“Yeah. Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” Applebloom waved her hands in front of Sweetie’s face.
The older teens turned to look at each other, then back to the younger kids.
“What’s with them?” Travis stepped out from behind the KND and walked over to look at Ralf. “And why are you dressed funny?”
“Travis, you’re in a suit and your hair is combed...” Ralf replied as he pointed at the assassin’s new getup. Travis frowned a second, looking down at his attire. A blazer and slacks, the same color as the boys. His tie though, was black.
“The hell is this?” Travis asked, moving his hands to touch the suit on him.
“My name’s Sweetie Belle, what’s yours?” The girl walked up to Nigel, holding out her left hand in a handshake to him as she blushed a bit.
“I’m... Nigel?” Number One moved a hand out to shake her hand in confusion. Why were his troops older? Why did he have hair? Why had the adults turn into teens? Why was this Sweetie Belle so cute?
“So... Are you good with that thing?” Scootaloo asked as she tried to hide the blush in her cheeks with a smug look. “And how’d you know my name? Seen me in our internet videos?”
“Hoagie, what’s the internet?” Wally whispered to his friend. “And why are you thin?”
“Don't ask me!” Hoagie replied in a hush voice. He turned to look over at the school. Finally, something familiar! Were they in an alternate earth? Number Two turned to look at the only girl not acting crazy. “What’s the school’s name?”
“This is Canterlot High. How can you not know that? Aren't ya’ll here to compete in the decathlon?” Applebloom asked, turning to look at Hoagie.
“Uhh...” Hoagie turned to look up at the older teens. Think, think, think...
“Yes. Yes we are,” Terra replied. Unlike the others, she was dressed in a navy blue skirt. She didn't look like she lost much in her age. “Can't you see the banners, guys?” The Esper pointed out at the big pink banner welcoming other school to the competition.
“Oh, indeed. We are the representatives from Star Academy,” Discord spoke, grinning as he stood behind Terra. Like Travis, he was dressed in a suit, but also had a vest. His black and gray hair was combed neatly, and his goatee had been trimmed. “Sorry, my students were being loud. You know how it is, school spirit and all that...”
“Hey Applebloom! We need helping setting up the... Oh hello!” A blonde teen walked up behind the little red head, holding her shoulders. “You guys are the Star Decathlon team?”
“Apple... Jack?” Dovahkiin asked, moving a hand to his red hair. What the hell was wrong with this world?
“How’d ya know my name?” Applejack picked her head up to look at the large teen. Damn, they grow them tall in Star Academy. The southern belle moved both hands to wrap around her sister’s shoulders, not liking how close Hoagie was getting.
“You don't know who I am, do you?” Dovahkiin asked as he stepped up to her.
“Enope,” Applejack stated as matter of factly. “Ah’d think Ah remember a feller like you.” Dovahkiin frowned a second, a bit sad by this fact.
Phoenix turned to look at Soma and nodded. Soma also turned to look over at the Crusaders and finally got a clue as to what was going on. This was some humanized realm of Equestria.
“But we do know about Coach Jones,” Applebloom said, big smile on her face.
“Coach?” Ralf questioned. And why was he the only one recognized?
“Well yeah. You are married to Miss Cheerilee. Aren’t you?”
“Married?!” Ralf cried out, both hands moving in front of his chest a bit. He picked up his hand to look at his ring finger. Yep, gold band. Damn you Glee show!
“Uhh... Where’s Dan?” Discord asked as he looked around. He raised his foot, looking down at some fliers he had stepped on.
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“Get away from me!” Dan cried out, trying to get away from the Nurse Redheart. Fluttershy had dragged him to the nurses’ office, which seemed to be in the east side of the school.
“I just want to see your throat, young man!” Red called out as she tried to calm down the teen. She was wearing a white lab coat, and kept her pink hair in a bun. They were both so lucky she got in so early. “Tell your boyfriend to calm down, Fluttershy!”
“Boyfriend?!” Fluttershy squeaked out as she felt a rush of heat on her cheeks.
“Boyfriend?!” Dan stopped, pointing at her. “Wait... Fluttershy?” Dan’s eyes went wide and the green pupils turned into dots.
“Umm, he’s not my boyfriend yet...” Fluttershy immediately moved both hands to cover her mouth, realizing she said that out loud. Even though her voice was quiet, it was loud enough so the others could hear. Her eyes went wide as well, looking back at Dan.
The Element of anger froze in place, feeling a chill go through his spine. Soma was going to murder him.
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Pinkie Pie walked to look around the empty gymnasium. With only two days till the gala, she had to make sure the place was ready. But there was still so much work left to do, and no one had volunteered to help her set up. She could feel her pink hair deflate a bit. Balloons, streamers, not to mention food, music, and sign up sheets.
“I need HEEAALLP!” Pinkie cried out, her hands moving to grab the side of her hair.
“Agents are,” A gray haired man sitting behind a giant computer screen in a dark command room started to say, “GO!!” Commander Kahn stood up, lifting his right hand to point his index finger out.
VVVRRRRROOOMMM
A vintage muscle car pulled through the streets, flying through the air after hitting a bump to land in front of Canterlot high. Phoenix Wright, Blue Spy, and Johnny Bravo jumped out of the car, landing on their knees to look at Pinkie.
“Are you ready?!” Johnny called out, holding a microphone in his left hand. “One, two, three, go!” All of the boys raised their arms to start singing and dancing as Pinkie moved in a blur to start decorating.
“Unhand me, vampire scum! I know you want my blood, but that is my personal property!” Dan shouted, Fluttershy desperately tried to hold him on by hugging him from behind.
“Keep him secure!” Nurse Redheart shouted out, moving to lock the windows and the door. Dan had kicked down the only medical bed in the office, knocked down containers, spread cloth swabs, and used a scalpel as a weapon.
“Please calm down, Dan! If you don’t mind, that is...” Fluttershy cried out, both eyes closed as Dan struggled.
“Let me go! You belong to Soma, not me!” Dan cried out, turning to look back at her. “Besides, this is all kinds of wrong! If I had my Brand, you would all be ash!”
“Soma?” Fluttershy asked, opening her eyes a bit. “But you-” The shy girl stopped talking, seeing the nurse grab a syringe and stab it into Dan’s distracted neck.
The Element of Anger stopped a moment, feeling a prick sensation in his neck. His head turned slowly, each eye narrowed to look at Redheart. The nurse took a step back, fearing for her soul. His mouth formed a snarl, green eyes with fire in them.
“How dare you! You pulled that in the other side too! Do you think that a standard tranquilizer will work with me?!” Dan raised his free hand to the syringe and removed it from his neck. “I am going to... Oh. Feeling dizzy.” Both of his eyes begun to close slowly, the right hand fell down to his side and dropped the scalpel. “Dan, out.” With that said, he passed out and shut both eyes and slump into Fluttershy.
“Phew,” Fluttershy sighed, relaxing as his body lost the tension it had.
“That was too close,” Nurse Redheart leaned forward a bit and raise a hand to her chest. “I was-”
“VENGEANCE!” Dan’s eyes opened wide and he moved both arms out to grab the nurse’s coat.
“AAAAGGGHHH!” The nurse screamed out, moving her hands to grab his wrists. “Are you a demon?!”
“No! You can’t kill... huh?” Fluttershy had moved both of her arms out to once again pull the small teen back, only to see him fall once more, passed out. “Is it over?”
“I...” The nurse moved both thumbs on his wrists to take his vitals. “It looks like he’s finally out. I have never seen something so frightening in all my life.” The poor nurse felt her chest going a hundred miles a minute and her body had sweated a bit. The adrenaline was leaving her body as well. “I thought I could handle any student thrown at me, and I had dealt with Pinkie before...”
“Is he going to be ok?” Fluttershy asked, trying to hold him up to sit straight again. For a little guy, he was so powerful. So strong. So...
“Oh, that was just a sedative... supposed to only be used on giant football players,” Nurse muttered that last part. “I think he just needs some rest. He’s so wound up. How did you find him again?”
“Oh, I... well...” Fluttershy fell quiet, lowering her head behind her hair as she thought back to her breasts. Cheeks burning, she took a moment to set him on the bed so he could rest. “He must’ve tripped, because he fell on me.”
“Hmm...” Redheart moved her hands to straighten out her coat and then settle her hair. “Could you reach into his pocket? I need his wallet to get his name and maybe get someone I can call. I think he suffers from exhaustion and hypertension.” There was no way she was getting close to him again if she could help it.
“Hypertension? You think?” Fluttershy blinked twice, lifting her head to look back at the nurse. Come to think of it, he knew her name, but she didn’t know his. A bit curious now, she moved her hand into his blazer and felt around for a bit. Oh! Too bad. She was hoping the wallet was in his pants, but she found it in his suit. It was a standard black wallet, as far as she knew. She pulled it open to find a school ID and read the name. “Dan Mandel, of the Star Academy.”
“Star Academy? Dan Mandel?” Nurse Redheart raised her left eyebrow. Both names sounded so familiar to her... She moved her left hand out, Fluttershy handing her the wallet. Her eyes moved left and right to read the ID.
“You know those names?”
“Actually... I think Principal Celestia was talking about it in the staff lounge. The Star Academy is one of the finalists in the schools competing in the tri-country decathlon,” Redheart closed the wallet and sighed. “No home number or address. We will have to call his school for info, but most schools won't open for another 40 minutes.”
“How do you know his name?” Fluttershy moved Dan’s head, letting it rest on her lap. Her left hand moved out, idly petting his hair as he snored.
“Oh. Uh,” Nurse had to stop a moment, once more confused by Fluttershy’s interest in the boy. And her affectionate touches. “The principal was commenting that the Star Academy has exceptional and talented students, which made them one of the finalists. Dan Mandel is their History Ace, and has exceptional knowledge over every single war and battle fought. This makes him one of the best trivia and debater for their team.”
“Really? Him?” Fluttershy lowered his gaze to look at his sleeping face. She idly moved a hand to wipe the drool from his mouth. Is that why he was so tired? Did he push himself so far just to excel? Was he one of those over achieving students? But why come to her school all alone?
“Well, this at least explains his stress and exhaustion. Though in a school full of the elite, they have to push themselves so hard to stand above the rest. And Dan must be exceptional to make it to their school’s decathlon team,” Nurse shook her head to the sides. “I will go to the main office. It might be a while before the principal or vice-principal arrives, but I will check. We have to inform his school and next of kin.”
“Why are you here so early, if you don't mind me asking?” Fluttershy raised her own eyebrows. She always got the school early so she could pass out flyers.
“Oh, mostly Rainbow Dash...” The nurse shook her head to the sides.
“Rainbow Dash?”
“Speaking of over achievers... You know she’s the captain of most of the school sports teams, right? She often comes in early to practice with one team or another. Because of that though, she often gets scrapes or bruises.” Redheart moved her head up to look at the clock. “Will you watch him till I get back?”
“Oh yes! Of course!” Fluttershy shut both eyes, a big smile on her face.
“You... You need to calm down around this boy, Fluttershy. I know you don't want dating advice from a married nurse, but you don't want to appear desperate...”
“Eeep.”
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“Great...” Phoenix lowered his left hand after looking around. “Dan’s gone.”
“I don’t blame him, I hated high school,” Otacon added. “One look at this place and I would take off...”
“I hear ya,” Added Nate.
“Students, focus.” Discord moved his left hand to straighten his tie. “Miss... Applejack, was it?”
“Hold on now. Ah want to know why y’all know my name,” Applejack raised her head up to state at Dovahkiin’s face with a frown.
“Uh...” Dovahkiin quickly looked around. Damn his awkward teen years! Damn human Applejack for being this cute!
“I got this,” Travis quickly moved out from the others. “Miss Applejack, kiss.” Both hands flew out, grabbing the back of Dovahkiin’s and Applejack’s heads to make them kiss each other. Applejack’s hands shot out, flailing in the air in shock. Dovahkiin’s eyes were opened as wide as her own, his own hands confused as to what to do.
“Bro! You are going to get us in trouble!” Nate cried out. He quickly looked around, seeing the small amount of students look back at the kissing couple. The treasure hunter moved out to grab the assassin’s waist to pull him back.
“But look at them! They like it!”
“Huh?” Nate let go of Travis, turning to look at the two kissing. He blinked twice as Applejack moved each of her hands along the dragon slayer’s side and into a hug. Dovahkiin himself moved each of his hands to hold her waist.
“Well, damn,” Soma replied, both eyes opened wide. After a second, Applejack pulled away from her kisser, each hand on his chest to push her back.
“How dare you!?” She screamed, lifting her left hand up to slap him. “That was my first kiss!” The Dovahkiin opened his eyes wide, shocked by the kiss and by the slap. “What kind of girl do ya think Ah am?”
“I... I... ah... I could really use a kit kat break or a mentos.” Dovahkiin sighed.
“I would settle for mister Conway Twitty,” Otacon added.
“Calm down, Applejack. It wasn’t his fault,” Discord started to say. “I-”
“That kiss didn’t count!” Applejack raised her head up, her hat casting a shadow on her hair. “And and...” That was her first kiss, in front of people, in front of the school! Her cheeks were turning redder and redder.
“Applejack?” Dovahkiin raised his eyebrows, not sure what was going on. Was that steam coming out from her ears.
“Thatdidn’tcountigottagocallmemaybebye!” Applejack cried out, moving to run away from them in a panic.
“Please don’t do that again, Travis...” Phoenix shut his eyes a bit.
“It worked, didn’t it?” Travis moved to straighten out his clothes. He took a moment to look down at his clothes and frowned. “Damn, this is weird...”
“You mean you in a suit? Tell me about it,” Ralf replied.
“Yeah... That too. But that’s not what I meant,” Travis moved to join the others. “I’m wearing a suit. I can honestly say I’ve never worn a suit since I was a kid.” He then took a moment to point at Dovahkiin. “Snap it out, loverboy. Why aren’t you itchy? I’m wearing clothes that would normally make me itchy, uncomfortable and awkward. But here I am, walking and feeling as if this was the most normal thing in the world.”
Dovahkiin took a moment to raise his eyebrows, snapping out of his stupor. His eyes opened wide, looking down at his clothes. “Now that you mention it...”
“You noticed it too?” Discord mentioned. “I’ve never been in human form before, much less in clothes. True, it’s awkward to walk, but not that weird. I’m used to stand on my rear hooves.”
“What does that mean though?” Soma asked. Now that they brought it up, when he transformed into beasts at times, it felt a bit strange. These clothes felt natural on him.
“Tell me, do any of you have your powers?” Discord asked. he raised his left hand up, waving his fingers a bit in front of himself. His eyes turned to look at the others from the corner of his eyes.
“Hmm. Now that you mention it, I’m not floating,” Terra added. She moved her left hand out, trying to conjure a fireball.
“Our weapons are missing too,” Travis added. He opened his suit jacket a bit, revealing that his beam saber was missing. Quickly, the other humans in the group started to search themselves. Dovahkiin and Soma found their inventory empty. Ralf narrowed his eyes a bit. Of course he didn’t have gunpowder, he was supposed to be a coach here. But the weight of his camo and his gear should’ve made his body feel lighter. Otacon turned to look at the others a bit better now, as his own stealth camo was also gone. As was his toolkit.
“Our Brands are gone too,” Phoenix noted, looking down at the back of his left hand.
“Fus ro dah!” Dovahkiin tried to dragon shout. “Oh, this is all kinds of wrong...”
“No powers, no weapons, no magic. Things we normally take for granted are not noted as missing. Things that should make us feel odd are not...” Discord lowered his hand to look back at the others. “Not to mention our new bodies.”
“You don’t think...” Phoenix started to say.
“Are you saying we switched minds? With our counterparts from this dimension?” Otacon asked.
Discord turned to look at the others. “But it looks like in this dimension we won’t need powers. Still, it is a major possibility that we did switched bodies.”
“So... Now what?” Terra asked, her eyes closed a bit. Did this mean she was no longer an esper?
“Kids, how are... Aw crap, the kids are gone,” Nate added.
“So are the Crusaders,” Dovahkiin quickly added as he looked around.
“Give me a second,” Discord moved his left hand to pinch the spot between his eyes. “We still got a mission. We can make this a two for one.”
“What do you mean?” Otacon asked, eyebrows raised.
“Look, we came here to find a place to lay low. I say we take this chance to not only look for Dan, but also to learn from this new place while we are at it,” Discord moved his hand down to look around. “Let’s split up. Some of us look for the kids. Some of us look for Dan. Some of us look for a place.”
“Hey, that’s actually a good move,” Ralf added. “I want to check something first though. Check your pockets. We may not have weapons, but maybe we got money or other things. Huddle in.”
“Good point,” Nate nodded. They all begun to look through their pockets for anything useful. Most of the teens found school IDs, while only Travis, Ralf, Terra, Otacon, and Dovahkiin had a Driver’s License. Travis in fact, had a CDL license. Terra at least had a purse that had some make-up, money, and other things. Luckily, they all had cell phones.
“Sweet, we can use this things to communicate. And since they have cell phones, there should be satellites I can hack into,” Otacon grinned. “I can try to see if anyone nearby has seen Dan.”
“What’s a tampon?” Terra asked.
“Not it!” was quickly shouted out, even Discord joining in. Terra took a step back and then released a sigh.
“I dunno about you guys, but I do not want Dovah here behind a car,” Phoenix added, trying to change the subject.
“It looks like only Ralf, Travis, and myself have these plastic cards...” Discord raised a credit card up to scan it. Hmm, it had his picture on it. He was one handsome human.
“An ATM card,” Travis raised his eyebrows, “I’m not used to have money I can spend and not use to kill people...”
“You say that so nonchalant,” Otacon added, eyes closed a little.
“Ha! Star Academy does exist! And here I thought I was making a school... Holdonimtheprincipal?!” Discord lowered his wallet and looked around with red eyes. “I hate establishments!”
“And I’m the vice- Whhhaaatttt?” Travis’ voice slowed down at the end, eyes opened wide.
“Look, pool your money in. Since Travis can drive a bus, he can rent one for all of us,” Phoenix added, putting the money in the hands of the assassin. “Terra, you got a license too. Go with him. You can learn to drive a bus.”
“Ok...” Terra added, moving a hand to shake Travis awake.
“Discord, you’re a principal. You can talk to the Principal of this school and try to get some info,” Phoenix continued with his plan. “The rest of us will split up and learn about this place and look for the others.” He took a moment to stop and look around. “Ralf, you’re with me. Otacon, you go with Dovahkiin. Soma, go with-”
“Who are you all?!”
“Huh?” Phoenix raised his eyebrows, turning away from the group huddle. The new voice made them stop, turning to look at a teen with red and yellow hair, like the color of the sun. Sunset Shimmer had both of her arms crossed on her chest to confront them all. She was dressed in a short black jacket over a purple shirt and skirt. “And what are...” She stopped, turning to look at Otacon.
“Uh... We’re from Star-”
“Shut up, nerd,” Sunset Shimmer commanded. “You are going to be my date for the Fall Formal.” Phoenix raised his eyebrows, looking left and right quickly. Who and what was this girl? Terra herself frowned, deciding not to like her.
“Look, I go to a-” Otacon found himself being pulled out of the group as Sunset moved her left arm out to grab hold of his right hand to pull him away. “Rape?”
“Look, just go with her,” Discord frowned. “Use her as a guide. We meet at lunch at this statue.” Otacon’s eyes opened wide, turning to look at anyone for help.
“Get some,” Travis grinned.
“You got here just in time, nerd. I just broke up with my last boyfriend. And you are perfect for helping me get the nerd vote for the princess of the gala.” Sunset grinned, dragging Otacon towards the school entrance. “And you amuse me. I will make you mine.”
“Like a boyfriend sense? Or a... *gulp* slave?”
“Yes,” The girl said with a wicked smile.
“Well, this dance sounds important, but I gotta wonder if it’s important to our situation,” Ralf moved a hand to rub his ring. “Still, you know what this means, right?”
“Well, Soma is paired up with Dovahkiin now. Am I missing anyone?” Phoenix asked.
“No, Phoenix. It means if we really switched bodies here- our actions will have consequences once we leave,” Ralf raised his hand up to point at his ring. “It explains why I’m married. While we are here, we are kinda like guests. We can’t screw these guys lives while we are here.”
“Damn. You want to quit and go back before we screw up their lives more?” Nate asked, a bit more worried now.
“Let’s find Dan and the others first. We can decide then,” Phoenix nodded.
“Yes. We must find Dan and tell him what we found out,” Dovahkiin said. “If he finds the Pinkie in this dimension...”
“Oh shit...” Phoenix eyes went wide. “I didn’t even think about that. Let’s split up, now.”
“Should we still get the bus?” Travis asked.
“Yeah. If Dan did leave the school, we need transport to find him. Let’s go.”
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“Hush now, quiet now...” Fluttershy hummed a low tone. She smiled a little, very pleased and proud of herself. While she did feel bad for accusing Dan for rape, she was glad now. Here she was, actually talking to a boy! Her old self could never have handled that! Glad she took the nurse's advice, she sat on a chair next to Dan’s bed and waited. Still, she had to wonder why she wanted this particular boy to be her boyfriend.
Was it because he was strong? Because he wasn’t tall, so she wasn't scared or intimidated by him? He was smart, and he was a bit... Fluttershy blushed a bit... Forceful, so he wasn't some mama’s boy or a vampire fantasy. He was a bit of a plain boy too, so no one would try to steal him from her. Still, he was cute. Someone her own size to boot!
“Yay.”
Dan shivered a bit.
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“Oh, I’m so sorry for treating you like that!” Sunset Shimmer said in a soft voice. She had dragged Otacon to an empty room. Each of her hands moved to smooth out his suit.
The engineer looked around, guessing this was a basic classroom. No labs equipment, music gear, or details that would indicated this was a vocational class. He did spot a globe and a few maps hung around the room. History class maybe?
“I have to keep my diva appearance... Sorry about that,” Sunset moved her hands to grab his left hand and hold it up. “Oh, how cute! You are even sweaty a bit! Nervous?”
“I... uh, yeah. Confused more,” Otacon said, looking around himself. He finally looked down at the cute teen. It was just like one of his japanese anime! But this girl was a tsundere...
“Oh, well...” Sunset lowered her hands to herself. “My last boyfriend didn't like that about me. I am the coolest and head of the popularity at this school. So I have to maintain my image.”
“What’s this about getting in with the geeks?” Otacon asked, eyebrow raised.
“Oh! Nerds and geeks are the new hottest thing!” Sunset shut her eyes, moving her hands to rub them. “And I need a way to get the nerds to vote for me, even though I’m already smart.” She raised both hands up to start rubbing his hair. “So nerdy.... so hot....”
“I... Uh...” Otacon shut his eyes a bit, remembering Ralf’s advice. He couldn’t just brush her off, who knows what she could do to this Hal’s life. Damn, it was hard to think, and she was cute. Knowing himself, he doubted this Hal had a girl either. He couldn’t ruin his chance. But Twilight? What about her?
“What’s wrong? Don’t you think I’m cute?” Sunset lowered her hands, closing her eyes a bit to make a pouty face.
“I, well... Yeah. But we just met...” Otacon moved his left hand up to his eyeglasses and adjust them.
“Oh? So you think I’m a slut?!” Sunset sudden placed her hands on her hips, eyes narrowed. “I happen to had only dated one guy before you!”
“I am not some rebound guy!” Otacon shut his eyes, slowly backing away to the blackboard. “And would a guy from a different school help your chances?”
“Oh...” The drama diva crossed her arms on her chest. “You may have a point.” She placed her hands behind her back, sticking her chest out a bit to walk up to him. “So... You were just thinking about me?” She asked, her voice a bit soft as her eyes looked up at his. It felt nice, having a stranger care for her, instead of others thinking of her like a bitch.
"Boobs, incoming! Shields up, Scotty!”
“I cannat do it, captain! She has us in her tractor beams!”
“Well... we don’t know each other either,” Otacon said, trying not to stare at her chest. His brain was almost gone, he never got girls in high school. She giggled, wondering how fast she got him over her finger. This was so easy, but it was also great. All of the other boys in school were scared of her, and since he was not around, she could be herself around him. She reached out, moving her arms to grab his right arm to her chest.
“Let’s fix that then. We can go slow,” Sunset said in a quiet voice, resting her head on her left shoulder and give a content sigh.
”Captain, we cannot hold it! We took direct hits from her torpedos!”
“I... Ok.” Poor Otacon ignored the text message from his phone. His phone had a picture of a human Twilight Sparkle sending the text.
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“Huh... Otacon is not answering,” Twilight frowned as she lowered her phone. The teen walked alongside Octavia and Lyra, both attending the school in the big city.
“Neither is a lot of the others on the decathalon team,” Octavia added, her own phone down.
“You don't think he’s upset I told him we couldn’t date until the decathlon was over?” Twilight asked, lifting her head up.
“Oh, relax, Twilight. It’s not like Hal will cheat on you, or some girl will try to make moves on him,” Lyra grinned.
“Are you saying my Hally-Poo is not cute or handsome?!” Twilight narrowed her eyes, looking back at her friends.
“Hally-Poo?” Both Octavia and Lyra raised their eyebrows at her. They had to fight back the urge to laugh, their cheeks puffing out a bit. “What’s.. His *giggle* nickname *chuckle* for you?” Lyra asked.
“It’s, uh...” Twilight immediately blushed, moving her hands to cover her face. No way she could say it out loud. “Officer Hot Pants.”
“Scooters are better! They provide better stability!”” Scootaloo shouted, her face in Wally’s grill.
“Skateboards can handle ramps, and people actually hold competitions with them!” Wally responded, pushing his nose into her own.
“Ooh, dis.” Applebloom said, holding a small digital camera up to record them.
“Tis a fine dis,” Hoagie nodded in agreement. Scootaloo frowned a bit, knowing Wally got her with that last comment. She lowered her head down and away from Wally as he grinned in victory. At the moment, the six kids had walked away from the school and headed to a nearby park that had a ramp used by skaters.
“Don’t be mad, Scootaloo. He’s not making fun of you, just saying that skateboards are more famous,” Sweetie said, eyes closed a bit to look at Wally.
“Isn’t that right, Wally?” Nigel added, moving each arm to cross on his chest. To add emphasis, the former bald child tapped his left foot up and down. It was agreed to use their real names to avoid confusing these Crusaders.
“Hmm? Oh,” Wally perked up his head, getting a clue from his leader. “Yeah. I’m not dissing ya, Scoots. You’re pretty cool and all...” The blonde child took a moment to lift his left hand behind his head, his eyes closed a bit to try and relax his face. Complimenting a girl was not in him, and it was hard enough just to say something to Kuki. “It’s not your fault... Are not scooters in a lot of X-Games?” He offered with raised shoulders, giving her an awkward smile.
“R-Really?” Scootaloo said, picking her eyes up and down to look at Wally. There was a slight red hue on her cheeks. This was the first boy that actually talked to her that was as cool as her. She quickly shut both eyes and stood straight. “You’re right. Ready to start recording?”
“Yep! Let’s see you two show off your stuff!” Applebloom grinned. She got Scootaloo blushing on camera, and this was too good to let go. Still, it was finally nice to have some boys to help with the videos. “You... Sweetie Belle?”
“Huh?” Sweetie turned to look back at the camera. She was caught staring at Nigel, who had both eyebrows raised at the blushing teen. Her pony self was into Nate, so why was this one acting so weird?
“Aww, I think I know what’s going on...” Hoagie whispered as a frown formed. As the most romantic of the boys, he finally got a clue.
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“So, still not going to tell me what a tampon is?” Terra asked. The teen girl was standing next to Travis in a suit. Both were standing on a street corner, waiting for a taxi the assassin called for using his portable radio called ‘cellphone’.
“In all honesty, I’m not sure,” Travis shrugged. He looked around, seeing mostly people heading to work or school. The streets got a bit crowded as time went by, like ants marching to and fro from their anthill. Still, the sight of humans, meat restaurants, cars and other things were comforting. Hell, just having a cell phone with a signal was nostalgic. It was a bit weird, watching all of the humans here had different and colorful skin. Luckily, he guessed it was the suit that the inhabitants weren’t giving him dirty or strange looks for hanging with a teen girl. “Just practice using the cell phone.”
“Fine. This device is amazing though...” Terra lowered her head to look at the green cellphone in her hands. Thanks to Travis, her thumbs were moving to study the touch screen. At least she knew to tell time, weather, and to make calls with it. She was checking this Terra’s address book to see if she had anyone’s number. “I’m not sure, but I think I don’t have anyone from our group on this list.”
“I only have Discord’s number on mine, so we should be fine. I’m not surprised though. Why would,” Travis stopped there to sigh and let both shoulders slump. “An upstanding and righteous vice-principal have any student’s number?” Who was Lulu though?
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Discord tried not to look stupid, but it was not easy. The humans made their form of walking look so simple, but he was not used to these long legs. Not to mentioned he missed the long neck and stylish tail. Those helped him keep his center of balance together. It took a while, but he managed to make it to the front steps without falling. Taking a breath, his hand moved out to the handle and open. Huh? How strange. These doors opened the wrong way. That was not safe in case of a sudden fire or chocolate rain flood.
“How weird, and for a school also,” Discord said with a slight frown. The humanized draconequus shrugged to dismiss his concern and made his way inside. Who knows what else was wrong in this world? He had to remember his human name here. How odd that it was his old name as well. The middle aged man studied the hallway a bit. Now that he thought about it, the school wasn’t all that different from back home. Maybe a bit bigger, but the structure and aesthetics fit. He begun to walk slowly to get used to human feet, looking at the signs posted at the doors.
“Hmm?” Discord stopped a moment, spotting an obvious adult. The sex of the adult was hard to tell from the back though. The pink hair was in a bun, while a white long lab coat hid most of the body from view. A doctor, maybe? The figure had come out of a room that had a peculiar sign on it. It read ‘Main Office’, but the symbol had a rising sun. Princess Celestia?
“Excuse me, but you are- Distant?”
That voice... Discord raised both eyebrows up, recognizing the sound. He turned his head behind his right shoulder. “Lulu?”
“Don’t call me that here!” Vice-Principal Luna whispered, turning her head to the sides quickly. She was not expecting for her pet nickname to be used. “Where’s Travis? Nevermind, let’s go to my office.”
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“Well, crap,” Nathan frowned as he walked around the school grounds. He guessed it was ok he went on his own. Dovah and Terra needed babysitters since they were not used to the modern world. Still, being on his own was weird. Even when working on scores, he rarely worked solo. He always had Sully nearby or one of his fellow conspirators. But high school... Hell, he never even stepped inside a high school. The nuns taught all the orphans, and he did step into universities- but only for knowledge and not for classes.
Time to review what he knew.
1. School was going to start soon, so it would look weird for a teen to be walking around alone. He guessed that there was truancy officers or something.
2. He had a phone, but he only had Phoenix and some guy called Kratos on his friend contacts. Kratos was a name he knew, but he wasn’t sure if it was the same guy he met while fighting a Big Daddy or a Sack Boy. His other contacts seemed to be from a sport team he was in.
3. According to the text messages, he was also an academic guy. He was on the decathlon team. It looks like he was in the... Chess competition?
4. Damn did he miss his old journal. This Nathan apparently had no need for it.
Damn, that wasn’t a lot. Not to mention, there was a big thing he refused to think about. Especially in front of the others, Travis in particular. He came to a stop next to a tree and sat down in the shade. Luckily, there weren’t many students near the parking lot. One final look to make sure he was alone. Good. He reached into his pants and took out his wallet and looked down at his school id.
This Nathan.
This Nate.
This guy had a name. A real life, an honest birth name. It wasn’t even a Drake or Nathan. The Nate of this place had a family too. His fingers moved, taking out photographs. The first photo had Mom holding on to him from behind, apparently in his graduation from elementary school. Was this his mom? He couldn’t remember her that well. She looked so happy though... And she was not alone. Staring back at him, was the face of his father. That face he thought that was long forgotten.
Nate took a second to look through the other photos. A picture of him at his new school. A picture of the family at some social function. This Dad never left them. The mom was still alive, and he had a younger sister too. Or so he guessed. The last picture had this Nate was holding on to a baby in pink. And in all of these pictures, there was a well fed kid. This kid never had a night to spend on the streets, hungry or cold.
“This isn’t fair...” Nathan whispered. Head down, his thumbs moved to trace the face of the final photo. The wallet had only four photos, but he guessed the cell phone had more recent ones with friends. Why? Why did he have to go through this? Were the others also having family memories? His right arm moved up, covering both eyes with the sleeve as water dripped down. The memory of finding his mother dead filled his head.
“Damnit,” Nate managed to say. His voice was gone a bit, hard to breathe at this moment. Stupid teenage body and hormones. Teeth gritted, the treasure hunter shut both eyes to fight back the feels. Mom. Dad. A baby Sis. The other hand moved to close the wallet to pull out the cell phone. After a few seconds, he found the entries for Mom and Dad. Could he call them? Would it be weird to hear their voices a final time?
Nate shut both eyes again, squeezing the black phone. This wasn’t like him! He never thought back! He had no feelings over the orphan days. But dammit, this was hitting him all at once. No one, even Rarity, knew about his past. How could he tell them anyway? All alone now, he let himself cry.
“Are you ok?”
“Hmm? Oh... Yeah. I’m... Okay,” Nate lied. He had to suck in his breath, trying to control the emotions. He quickly moved the sleeve across his eyes to wipe the tears. Pushing aside the grief for the moment, the teen put a smile on his face to look up. No way did he want pity from-
“Here you are. There’s no need to ruin your blazer, darling,” Rarity said, holding out a napkin for him. Loss for words, Nate’s eyes moved along her features. That stylish hair, alabaster skin, and those azure eyes. The human Rarity had a white top and purple skirt and a backpack over her shoulders. “Why are you here, though? You are not from my school.”
“I... Sorry. Thanks.” Nate moved to take the offering to wipe his eyes. “I kinda lost it there. A big guy like me shouldn’t be crying in front of a lady.”
“Nonsense. We all have moments when we break down, darling.” She offered a small smile, inspecting the boy. He had a handsome, brown hair combed in a traditional style. And his clothes indicated he was from a prodigious school. Not to mention he had some muscle on him. Why was such a handsome and obviously rich boy crying? “You probably wanted to be alone, but I just can’t stand by when someone is in pain.” Rarity moved herself to stand up, looking around the area. “Are you here all alone?”
“Leave it to Rarity to be so generous,” Nate whispered as he took the napkin away from his eyes. Thank god some things stayed the same. “Uh, no. I’m here with my school mates.” He moved to stand up, hoping he didn’t look or sound like a total wuss. Remember Nate, this Rarity isn’t the same as the other one. She doesn’t want to date you. Then again, who wants to date a guy that you found crying. Way to leave a first impression.
“Oh... That’s a shame. I really needed some help finding my sister,” Rarity took a step back. Now that she saw him better, he was a bit tall. And handsome. And rich, had to have money to dress in a school uniform like that. And in touch with his emotions too. Please, if there is any justice in the world, please let not this boy be gay...
“Sweetie Belle?” Nathan perked up his eyebrows, remembering he had a mission. “I was supposed to look from my underclassmen. I think the Crusaders abducted-” He stopped talking, looking down at Rarity’s eyes. Finally, his breathing managed to regulate better. His mouth relaxed as she stared at him. Those eyes weren’t as big as the pony ones, but something drew his attention to them.
“Right. Sister,” Rarity managed to speak in a low voice. She quickly shook her head to the sides after a moment. She was just making sure that there was nothing in his eyes! “Oh those Crusaders, trying to become famous.” Both of her hands shot up, moving to hold her cheeks. Was she having heart palpitations? Her cheeks felt hot.
“Say, Rarity, we could look for them together. I could use someone that knows the area,” Nate smiled, feeling better already. At least in his teen form, he still had the moves.
“Why, that sounds like a lovely idea!” Rarity’s hands flew down to cross fingers over her chest as her eyes got a large sparkle in them. She could have a rich boy at her side and maybe get some hype about her going. “Just, how do you know my name? And my sister’s for that matter?”
“Uh... Internet?”
“Works for me!”
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“Say, Phoenix, why are you going to the school athletics side?” Ralf asked, looking ahead as they approached the tennis courts.
“Well, if this school is anything like Japanese schools- There should be students getting morning practice in.” Phoenix asked, turning to look at the other sport fields. For a school, it had a few. A soccer field, tennis and basketball courts, track and field, and a few others. Though it seemed they were all high school level. “I see a few... Is that Rainbow Dash?” A large smile formed on his lips. Hopefully, this was a good sign.
“Sports students... Right,” Ralf grinned, eyes closed to elbow the former lawyer in the side. “I bet.”
“It was still a good idea,” Phoenix chuckled, unable to keep from blushing.
“Let’s go talk to-”
“Ohmygoshohmygoshogmygosh!”
Both Ralf and Phoenix had to take a step back, arms raised a bit defensively as the teenage girl in sport shorts and an athletic top rush at them. She had a stupid grin on her face, which was probably the scary part. Phoenix braced for impact, expecting a tackle glomp.
“Coach Jones! I can’t believe you are here!” Rainbow Dash threw herself at Ralf, moving to wrap her arms in his neck as she had to jump a few feet in the air to perform this feat.
“Uh...” Ralf had his arms up at his sides, quickly looking around as he panicked. “Look, Phoenix! My hands! Not touching her!”
“Who?” Rainbow frowned a second, turning to look at a bewildered Phoenix. “Didn’t see you there. Who’s the egghead, Coach?”
Phoenix moved his left hand up to slap his forehead. Of course, Rainbow Dash was into older men...
Chapter proofreaded by LyonAzakura.
Bonus:
“I’m worried...” Sephiroth spoke out loud. The ponies had long left them, leaving the remaining human champions in Canterlot’s treasure room. Many looked worried or bored, just waiting on the others.
“It’s only been about twenty minutes,” Vash said. “But I think Sephiroth here has a point. One of them should’ve come back by now.”
“So... What? We send some in for a quick peek?” Sokka called out.
“I bet they just found meat and are enjoying themselves,” Toph sighed.
“You bastards!” Sokka cursed the mirror, lifting his left arm up in defiance, both eyes closed in a scowl.
“I shall step through the mirror then,” The last Cetra said. “I shall enter in for a moment, then return as fast as possible.” The others nodded, making room for the swordsman to step through.
One vortex trip later...
Sephiroth opened his eyes, slowly getting the vertigo out of his system. Picking up his head, he stood up... On all four hooves?! Eyes wide open in surprise, the swordsman looked around. Quickly, he moved his head and neck to look around at his new form. A single wing, so that much was the same. But he had a silver coat. Hooves with a dull black shine, and a long flowing white mane. One quick look at the forehead and he spotted a horn coming from the middle of his head.
“Hmmm.” Sephiroth turned to look at the reflection on the statue. Better take a look at his new pony form. He took a step to look at himself, eyebrow raised. Something was off. “It appears that I am an alicorn donkey...”
Principal- or was it Headmaster? Principal sounded not as harsh, but headmaster had a certain appeal to it... Principal Star stepped behind Luna, wondering what the hell was wrong with her eyes. And her skin color. And her mane. And her clothes. And her plot. Seriously, what was wrong with this place? He kept quiet, taking this chance to quickly inspect her office. Unlike bare rooms of typical ponies, this office had lots of things inside it. Plenty of books, chairs, trophies, pens, shelves, cabinets, what have you. Oddly enough, Luna didn’t turn on the lights...
What a strange place of all things. There are symbols and other things reminiscent of Equestria, but at the same time- Not. I wonder if this Disco- Distant, you’re Distant here. Are you inner monologuing to yourself?
...
Isn’t this that part where the other voices in my head tell me to stop?
...
Am I not insane in this dimension?
...
“Distant?” Luna raised her head and placed both hands on her desk to face him.
Hello! Little voices in my head?
....
Deadpool? You there?
“Yeah, I’m here. What’s up?”
Oh thank you Deadpool, thought I was going to lose my mind there. Listen, I need a favor-
“Distant!” Vice-principal Luna raised an eyebrow at him. “Is there a reason you are looking around my office?!”
“Did I space out there a second?” Distant took a moment to lift his right hand up and to the side, as if offering himself the seat across from Luna’s desk. “Must be the stress.”
“Stress? You? Mr. Strict and by the book?” Luna took a moment to close her eyes a bit. “Forgive me if I’m not sympathetic.”
“Wow, is this why you invited me to your office?” The ‘man’ moved the chair out to sit down on it. It felt weird. He was used to sitting down in things like chariots and thrones, but without his tail and long body, his balance was off. He forced each hand to rest on the armrests to keep himself straight. This Distant was strict here? Did some half assed writer smoked poison joke flower pollen and decided to create this place like this?
“I suppose we are past formalities here. It does strike me as strange, we were expecting your school for the finals after the Fall Formal.” Luna took a moment to look over at the calendar at her side wall. It had a pictures of kittens. “Where’s my fiance? Don’t tell me you left Travis behind.”
“Well, you know me,” Distant bluffed. “And Travis. You will see him soon.” He took a moment to look at the calendar with a raised eyebrow. Well, it might be better than Gamer Luna’s room. Then again, who knows what her place was like here. Back to the bluff. He had no idea what going on now, he decided to just wing it. Still, who in their right state of mind wanted to marry this version of Luna? “I just came to see the other team.”
“Just because Celly and you got divorced doesn’t mean my marriage will end in failure. I just hope Travis makes it so he can watch Hive High go up against our school,” Luna frowned. “They have a very strong team this year. We have to face them to decide who faces your school in the finals.”
“Wait... Did you say, Hive High?” Distant turned to look back at her. “And who got divorced?”
“Look, I’m busy here. If you are not going to be serious and talk to me, I’m going into my trailer,” Inner Deadpool said.
Distant took a moment to try and not react, when he heard the sounds of footsteps going through his head. And then hear a door slam.
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“My Queen,” A changeling quickly ran into the cave the Dark Brands and the changelings had made their HQ. “I bear a message from our spy.”
“A message?” Queen Chrysalis, mother of the changelings. Resembling much like an alicorn, the ruler stood up from her makeshift throne of wood. Her green mane slid over her green eyes to look back down at her messenger.
“We have a spy?” Sombra, the Dark Unicorn, asked. Once, the proud and cruel ruler of the Crystal Kingdom. “I was under the assumption that changelings could no longer be in Canterlot.” The black mane of the unicorn started to flare up again as his red horn begun to glow. “Why were we not made aware of this?”
“How do you think we infiltrated Canterlot the first time?” King Aurelius spoke. Unlike his mate, he had a short green mane and goatee. “In any case, we did not expect our spy to relay any info. Our spy was only under orders to report if any artifacts of power are used.”
“A moment, King,” Master Xehanort called out. The old bald man moved his hands out from behind his long black coat to gesture to each side. “Why artifacts? Do we not have the only artifact needed? I assume that these ponies did not posses weapons.”
“My Queen, if I may?” Imago, elder and changeling general spoke out. Unlike other changelings, this advisor of rulers wore an old tattered indigo hood around his old form. Chrysalis nodded, allowing him to continue. “While it is true that only the Elements of Harmony are artifacts that worry us- That does not mean they have other means to impede us.”
“Are you referring to something like a force field?” Vegeta, prince of all saiyans spoke out. Next to Sombra, the proud warrior had each arm crossed on his chest. “We can easily crush that.”
“Something like this, but no,” Imago turned to face the prince. “They are capable of making their own. But, we refer something akin to an escape plan.”
“Hmm... You mean like an evacuation plan should the capital fall?” Albert Wesker asked. The blonde man moved a hand to adjust his sunglasses. “It would be troublesome. To conquer a country, you need both the leader and the capital. If the ruler escapes, there is a chance of a counter offensive at a later date.” One of the head coordinators of Umbrella, he knew the value of an escape plan.
“And who knows what else. Maybe an artifact to reverse magic effects. Did you know that ponies posses spells that can reform minds?” Pharate called out. The hunter changeling moved away from Mr. Sombrero to look over as the other started to gather in. “While the ponies do not normally use them, they do exist.”
“Reform... spells? Lex Luthor asked, taking his turn to ask. “Are you talking about... mind wiping?” The businessman stepped away from his battle suit to frown. “That’s unheard off! Even Superman never lobotomizes someone! That’s mind rape!” (Well, there was Doomsday, but he got better- to his knowledge at least.)The others picked up their heads, surprised by the angry outburst of the bald man. He always was so calm and collected.
“Uhh, Superman?” Exuvia asked. The only female changeling general, she stepped away luthor, shocked by his change in expression. Luthor merely raised his left hand to cover his eyes and shake his head. He had just defended Superman. Better not dwell on it.
“They rarely use it, and nopony knows them by heart- but if they have an artifact that can copy spells or amplify spells, it would place our whole plan at risk,” Sphragis called out. The only changeling general in actual metal armor, he took his turn to look up at his fellow warrior. “One spell and our entire plan is rendered useless. Bah.”
“I agree with Luthor. That is a spell most foul,” Gilgamesh commented. The weapon collector moved two arms to form fists. “It is beyond cruel and cowardly.”
“I can understand why then a single spy dedicated just for artifacts then,” Kefka the jester said from his upside down seat on the cavern ceiling. Just trying to image that heinous spell casted on him made him shudder. Him, wearing a normal one- or two colors at most- suit without his makeup? Outrageous! He could already picture his pretty hair combed, working in a cubicle and getting excited for casual Fridays. The horror!
“Dispensing with the explanations- what did our spy report?” Exuvia asked.
“A magic mirror of sorts was used. Some of the humans stepped through it, but that is all the spy sends in the message,” Bartz replied.
“A magic mirror?” Sombra furrowed both brows a moment, lowering his head in thought.
“Do you know something of this mirror?” Chrysalis asked. All heads turned back on the unicorn, who simply begun to walk over towards Vegeta’s chosen crystal.
“Maybe. A long time ago, back before I ruled the Crystal Kingdom- A powerful unicorn heard of the power the crystals and magic. I forget his name, but the unicorn ordered for a mirror to be made from a special type of crystal. The same one, I believe at least, from the one the Crystal Heart was made from.” Sombra lowered himself to sit, lifting his head to stare at the saiyan’s regenerator quartz.
“Do you know where the other humans went to? Are they seeking weapons? Allies? Maybe a place to hide?” Vegeta asked, moving to look at his own crystal.
“I’m not sure. According to what I made, it was used to travel dimensions-”
“A moment, Sombra- You made this mirror?” Gilgamesh asked, left hand raised. “But-”
“It was a deal I struck with the powerful unicorn. He taught me what I know of the dark champion spell, while I made the magic mirror,” Sombra smirked, looking at his own twisted reflection. “I have no idea if this is the same mirror I made though.”
“Can you duplicate it? Are you able to send us to the same place the others went?” Luthor asked, stepping back inside his suit.
“I think so, yes. Granted I have no mirror, but we can use your crystals instead. If I recall correctly- There is only one dimension the other champions could have been sent to.” Sombra stepped away from the crystal and head back to walk over to the changelings rulers. “We have a day before the wargames. I think we must send our champions through.”
“Yes. Best be prepared in case Celestia or her allies plan to use this other dimension to their advantage,” Image added.
“Very well. How soon can you send them?” Chrysalis stood up to look over at the Dark Brands.
“Now, if you like...”
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“Uh, you mind letting go of me, Rainbow Dash?” Ralf asked, starting to feel really awkward now. The cyan skinned girl still had her arms around his neck, pushing her little form against his large frame. While he wasn’t getting sexually aroused, he was getting all kinds of mixed signals. Part of it felt ok, but other parts made alarms ring out in his head.
“Yes, let go of Mr. Jones right now, young lady!” Phoenix picked up his head from to look back at Rainbow. Each one of his eyes had narrowed a bit, giving her his nonsense look. A look he had long ago perfected, having used it against Trucy. While not a lawyer anymore, or even in his adult form, Phoenix reached into his turnabout form unconsciously and unleash it. It almost looked like he was angry.
Maybe even jelly.
“Hey, listen up, Egg-” Rainbow had to stop a moment, turning to look at the boy again. She suddenly felt herself tense up, like she got caught doing something wrong. Slowly each arm lowered from around Ralf, giving the ‘coach’ some breathing room. Those eyes... So intense and powerful. While being a captain and used to being in command, the teen girl found herself falling into a submissive stance. Each one of her arms moved to rest behind her back, lowering her gaze away from Phoenix’s eyes. She felt so small, so scrutinized, and so...
“That’s better. Now why are you hugging the coach-”
“Hey!” Rainbow Dash suddenly snapped out of her weak moment. For a moment there, it almost felt like she was going to feel like she was getting a crush. “It’s none of your business what I do with my pops!”
“Pops?” Phoenix asked.
“Pops?!” Ralf almost shouted.
“Oh, sorry Coach. I know you don’t want me to call you that here,” Rainbow apologized as she turned to look back at Ralf. He set her down, eyes opened wide for a moment. Did he have a kid with Cheerilee?! And it was a tomboy?! But-
“Ralf, take off you cap,” Phoenix turned to look back at Ralf, eyes closed a bit. Rainbow raised her eyebrows, looking up at how the coach moved his left hand up to remove the baseball cap. Phoenix’s eyebrows raised up as his mouth opened slowly, his left hand pointed up at Ralf’s head. “You have a rainbow on your head...”
“Whut? Where’s my long hair?” Ralf asked, moving his other hand to feel his technicolor crew cut hair.
“Dad, is something wrong with you?” Rainbow asked. “Did this guy feed you extasy as a prank? Because if he did, I’m gonna-”
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“You really think Dan would walk into this building?” Dovahkiin asked. He walked alongside Soma. His head kept moving around, inspecting the structure and the layout. What were these metal things? What was with this oddly firm, yet soft floor? And everything seemed so clean. It didn’t help that he was still distracted by human AJ.
“Well, we did need to split up,” Soma shrugged his shoulders. It had taken the soul hunter a while to explain a few things to the dragonborn, like how to work his cellphone, before they could start searching the school. “And I have no idea if Dan hated schools or not. He’s smart, we both know that much. So, it’s safe to say he did attend schools.” So far in their search though, there was little to actually do other than look.
Well, look in obvious places Dan would try to go to. Like the science labs and try to make a homemade bomb. Or the vocational rooms, where Dan could easily acquire a blowtorch or other makeshift weapon. Even the cafeteria, which had sweet, sweet delicious breakfast meats and that was barely getting started on serving breakfast food. But since it was so early, there was no one to ask if anyone spotted rage incarnate made flesh inside a teen body. That left only the gym that could have weapons, like baseballs bats.
“Hmm?” Dovahkiin stopped walking, lifting his eyebrows up. Did he hear something? Soma stopped walking as well, perking up his head. “Do you hear humming?”
“It’s coming from the gym, I think,” Soma added. They both turned their heads to look over at a light, coming from the bottom of a large set of double doors.
“Not that Soma. It sounds like Pinkie,” Dovah whispered.
“Do you think Pinkie and Dan found each other?” Soma asked, getting worried.
“I pray to all the Daedra, even the evil ones, that Dan can keep his composure. Let us check,” Dovahkiin started to walk over. Soma released as sigh and then followed, bracing for the worst. The larger of the two teens placed his hands on the metal bars and pushed down. Nodding to Soma, the Nord opened the doors and stepped inside.
What greeted each of the teens was a rather strange spectacle. Strange for Soma, because he never did attend many school functions. Strange for the dragonborn, because shit was strange enough already. Various colorful balloons hung from string. Ribbons, flags, and banners decorated the walls. The stage had musical instruments already set up. Tables had white covers on them. Party decorations yet to be put on display rested on a large table near the stage area. And a pink haired girl was blowing up a red balloon.
“Pinkie... Pie?”
“Hmm?” Pinkie Pie picked up her head, holding on to the front end of the balloon to prevent air from coming out. She spotted the person that had the voice of Dovahkiin, call out her name. “Oh oh oh! Did you come to help volun-” she stopped talking, spotting a young teen with silver hair. Her fingers relaxed a bit, letting all the hot air from the latex decoration blow her curly away from her eyes and face.
“You know, it kinda does look like her,” Soma said, standing next to his comrade. “The resemblance is rather- Why is she looking at me like that?” The soul hunter had to take a step back with his left foot, lowering his head to look down as a pink blur shot out in front of him.
“Hi!” Pinkie greeted, big grin on her face. She also sported a dark crimson blush on her already pink cheeks. “I’m Pinkamena Pie! What your name?”
“Uh, hello, I’m Soma Cruz,” Soma managed to blurt out, bit taken aback by her abrasiveness. Dovahkiin quickly moved his head left and right, spotting the pink one’s actions.
“Are, are you a vampire?” Pinkie grinned, moving head head a bit closer to his chest.
“No!” Soma replied a bit too quickly. How did she know? Well, not a full blown vampire, but still!
“Are you sure? You have the odd eyes and hair, not to mention you are so super hunky and too pretty not to be,” Pinkie purred out.
“Hunky?” Soma asked, lifting his left eyebrow.
“Not to mention, you got, like, this really nice aura. Do you sparkle if I put you in sunlight?”
“Uh oh,” Dovahkiin started to sweatdrop. While Soma may not be used to pretty girls flirting with him, this dragonborn was not as dense. He quickly grabbed Soma and dragged him away from the pink one.
“What’s going on?” Soma asked, not fighting back as he was dragged by the back of his heels.
“Pinkie’s flirting with you! Are ye daft, boy!” Dovahkiin admonished him in a low voice.
“No way!” Soma called out, turning to look back at... a missing Pinkie Pie.
“Yeah way!” Pinkie giggled, now at Soma’s right side.
“Ah!” Soma shouted, jumping in place to stand back up. “But-”
“Yeah, you got a nice butt!” Pinkie shut her eyes and chuckled. “I got no date for the fall formal. Want to go with me?!”
“What?!” Soma exclaimed, moving his left hand to loosen his neck collar a bit. Dan was going to unleash unspeakable acts on his personal well being. Images of Dan tying up Soma to a torture wheel popped into his head. He started to sweatdrop, when an image of Dan tied him up to get run over by a train. Soma was then truly horrified when an image of Dan tickling his feet with a feather also appeared.
“Dan will end you if you say yes,” Dovahkiin moved to get between Soma and Pinkie. “Run, you fool!”
Bonus:
“Ungh.”
Lex Luthor moved a hand to his head, holding it a bit to make his eyesight stop rolling around. He took a moment to shut his eyes and then slowly move to stand. While he had used portals, wormholes, boomtubes, and other means of travel- that was the first time he ever went through a spiral vortex that had such pastel colors.
“I think I’m going to be sick,” Lex moaned out as he stood up slowly. Both hands then moved to started dusting his clothes. Well, at least he was in dry land. And on pavement! Was he back home?! “Where...”
It took... Well, it took a while for Lex to stop screaming. Each of his hands finally moved down from the side of his bald head to take a deep breath.
“Smallville?!”
It was impossible! This didn’t make sense! Why here of all places?! You need to calm down and think, Lex. It wasn’t the end of the world. At least, he was back in Earth, and he could be free of this stupid land of-
“Something’s... Wrong.” Lex turned his head to the side, looking back at the sign. The population number made the robotic master frown. That was digit count was wrong. Maybe a few years ago, that number made sense. In fact, the population number was the exact same number when he was much youn-
“Not again!” Lex shouted again, finally realizing what was wrong. But that made no sense! How could it?! He looked down at his clothes to confirm it. Both eyes opened wide in shock. The clothes were dated. Even the expensive watch he wore looked antique by his standards. Both hands moved quickly to pat down his body frame. It felt smaller than he was used to as well. He quickly turned around, looking around for the others.
They were nowhere to be seen.
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“What just...” Kefka raised his eyebrows, looking around himself. The air was different, as the rest of the atmosphere. The magical energies he was used to were now gone. The clown emperor quickly looked down at both hands and found that his attire had changed as well. Gone was his colorful outfit, replaced by a cloth of a very soft material. It was much like a standard winter coat, the color of orange, but something was off from it. His pants had changed, much resembling the style of Wesker, save they were gray. And a ridiculous belt buckle. His shirt had black stripes, with buttons
“Well? What are you waiting for? You can go inside school now.”
School? What school?
Kefka opened his eyes wide, lifting his head up to look around for any kind of mirror. Unfortunately, there was none to be had since he was outdoors. He was in a parking lot, and the voice was coming from a female coming from some sort of vehicle. The teenage form of Kefka turned to look at the voice, hoping for a clue.
“What’s wrong? Why are you looking around?”
Kefka quickly relaxed his body, going into a hunch position and try to calm down and face Principal Celestia. Quickly, he reverted to his non-threatening stance, both hands moving to his chest and let his eyes relax.
“Um.... Yes?” Kefka answered, hoping he sounded meek enough.
“Honestly. You are becoming more like your father. Come on, can’t have my son late for school.”
Mom?!
“Er, Mom?” Kefka’s brain quickly begun to think of anything that could be useful to ask. And not sound weird or stupid. “What do you mean like Dad?”
“I’m sorry Norman,” Celestia sighed. “I bet you are anxious over the competition against your father’s school.”
Huh? Norman? Who in the name of Chaos was that?
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Gilgamesh released a groan. You would think that world dimension hopping would have prepared him for such portal traveling. The right hand moved to hold his stomach, trying to sit up from his prone position.
“Are you ok?!”
“Huh?” Gilgamesh opened both eyelids slowly, trying to get used to voice. A female? What was going on? “I have had better days...”
“Can you get up?”
That voice again... Gilgamesh picked himself to stand on his feet, only to feel, straw? Gilgamesh lowered each of his hands down as his eyes were steady again.
“What manner of foul abomination is this?!” Gilgamesh squeaked out in hamster tongue. For a hamster, he was huge at least. At least his scarf was still on. But what was going on?
“Curtis? Did you eat too much pellets again?”
“Curtis?” Gilgamesh squeaked out, turning to look at the female hamster speaking to him. “My name is Gilgamesh!”
“I think Curtis is sick...”
A new voice? Gilgamesh turned to look as a hamster begun to crawl towards him. He finally turning to look around himself, seeing a giant city made of plastic. Straw lay all about, and dispensers of food and water hung from the side.
“Let’s hope Miss Fluttershy come back from school soon...” Another hamster spoke. “Maybe she can help him.”
“I will not be contained by this prison!” Gilgamesh the hamster squeaked out, running to tackle his large frame against the plastic.
“No, Curtis, don’t!”
To no avail, the warning of the female hamster went unheard as Gilgamesh rushed head first into the plastic tube. The resulting ‘bang’ sent the large hamster to bounce his head off and land on the ground of the hamster cage, passed out.
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“That... That is a new one for me,” Xehanort spoke, trying to keep himself from falling over. He fell through a purplish portal, landing on his feet. Each hand rested on his knees, trying to keep steady. “What was... Hm.” Xehanort stopped himself, feeling extra weight on his shoulders. “A backpack, and glasses?”
The former sage had his left hand up, touching the large black spectacles on his face. A plain khaki colored backpack, with apparently purplish skin color. That was also unexpected. Xehanort quickly turned his head to the sides, looking around the area. Some sort of educational building, or so he guessed. Plenty of smells and clues that he was used to as a sage. A few students walking around though.
A glass case caught his attention, and he quickly turned to walk to it. Great, the glass case told him the name of the school along with other information regarding the academics and athletes. Nothing better to fit into a school than saying “Go team!” Afterall. After a second of studying though, he got a chance to inspect himself.
“I have hair?” Xehanort spoke out, confused by the turn of events. Glasses? Oh, for a scholar that was not strange. Think, lanky complexion? Also to be expected of a scholar. The odd color choices for his clothes? The 88 symbol on his coat? Nothing too strange, the number must have a special significance to this boy. The hair though... A beeping noise made the teen turned his head to the sides and look around. Inside his shirt pocket, a beeping sound along with a red light beckoned for him.
“A message for Poindexter? Is that my name?” Xehanort looked down at the text on the cellphone. “Who is Sunset? And why do I have an erection?” Oh wait, he had an erection?! When was the least time he had one of those?!
“Ah, it’s good to be young. Hmm, I’ve forgotten how to get rid of blue balls.”
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“Where am I?” Wesker asked, lifting his eyebrows. So far, everything was ok. He felt the same height, the clothes on him felt comfortable, and even the shades were welcome on his face. The added sounds of a city that was alive also helped with his mood. The portal traveling did shake him up a bit, true, but he was Wesker damnit. He was a god! These normal plebian filth walked by, only smiling and giving him a nod. Let them live in their own little worlds.
“Well, at least this world doesn’t have colorful poni-”
Wesker visibly frowned behind the large shades, spotting humans with odd skin colors. And hair, while he was at it. Was this Japan?
“Hi officer!” A little child greeted the police officer.
Wesker sighed, forcing a smile on his face. At least in STARS he didn’t have to be a crossing guard. “Hello, little girl,” Wesker replied. He had no guns or weapons as a traffic cop. Also, his superior powers had left him, that much he could tell. Also, there was no telling who or what had control in this city. Did Umbrella exist here? Best to try to fit in until he could-
“What is with this infernal racket?!” Wesker shouted. That stupid music! It touched his soul! His entire body was forced to move with the grove. Each of his directing batons moved, his hips gyrating unconsciously to the mysterious sound.
A teen girl wearing headphones walked by, making the city flow with the funk.
“Damnit,” Wesker said as he directed traffic and danced.
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“So... Nothing from your end either?” Twilight asked. Gathered around her, some other female and male students wearing the same school uniform as her. Octavia and Lyra were already with her, but a few others were gathered to practice before school for the decathlon.
“And no sign of the Principal or Vice-Principal,” Mr. Kratos added. The young history teacher had both arms on his chest, looking down at the students. Octavia though, couldn’t stop staring at his trimmed soul patch and face. “It’s not like them, and I can’t come into contact with the captain of the decathlon team.”
“So no answer from Dan either?” Lyra added. “Anyone have GPS on their phones for these guys?”
“Um, I’m not sure that would be allowed or legal,” Mr. Kratos added, eyebrows raised.
“Actually, are you guys missing some guys too?”
The new voice made them turn to look over at two girls. One had black hair tied on buns on the side of her head. The other girl had dark tanned skin with orange hair tied in a braided tail. Both were wearing cheerleading uniforms. With them, a young man with hair tied in a wolf tail and a male cheerleading uniform of blue.
“Sokka?” Lyra asked, tilting her head to the side.
“Morning Lyra. We’re missing Terra. She’s was supposed to meet with the rest of the cheerleading team for practice.” Sokka turned to look at the school gates. “We had to jump over the gates to get in.”
“This is really strange,” Twilight frowned, lowering her head in thought. “No one tried to call them?”
“I’m getting no answers from Terra,” Toph sighed, eyes closed. “And-” Toph opened her eyes quickly, blinking twice and frowning. “Wasn’t Mr. Kratos here a moment ago?”
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“Curse portals! Curse the Gods!” Kratos shouted at the top of his lungs, landing on the floor in front of Canterlot High. “Where in Tartarus?” The greek demi-god moved to stand on his feet, looking around himself. “What a strange garb...” Kratos looked down at his clothes, wondering what material this shirt was made from. It... felt really good against his skin. He went topless normally, but this garb felt comfortable against his skin. Still, the pants had to go. Real men wore skirts.
A beeping sound made him pick up both eyebrows, looking down at his left pant pocket. What was this thing? He reached inside, looking at the display. “Octavia?”
“Kratos?” Sephiroth spoke, walking out of the portal. The last Cetra then frowned, looking around Something was definitely off. Besides the hair, but he assumed that was due to the portal traveling.
“Why do you look like a clown?” Kratos spoke. The Greek ‘man’ raised his left eyebrow at his fellow warrior. Sephiroth was wearing a sleeveless denim jacket, with a peace sign on the right side. He still had a black shirt, but he wore red fingerless gloves. Gone was his silver white hair, replaced by orange tufts that parted on the front of his forehead. Each side covered his eyes from view though.
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“Why do you have Mr. Kratos’ phone number?” Twilight asked Octavia, her left eyebrow raised.
The brunette only blushed, grasping onto her phone with both hands. “I... Homework?” She offered weakly. “He’s at Canterlot High!”
“Why do you have his phone on your GPS?” Lyra asked, suddenly not liking the implication. “He’s not picking up though...”
“Well, he can’t be at Canterlot, there’s no way he magically teleported in a second,” Twilight sighed. “Think someone stole his phone? And I bet he simply went to open the school. Students are starting to show up.”
“Uh, guys...” Sokka raised his eyebrows. “I’m checking my contacts list.” The teen turned to look at them all. “A lot of the guys are here at Canterlot.”
“What? How can you possibly know that?” Twilight walked up to Sokka, narrowing her eyes. The girl looked small compared to the much larger boy, but Sokka shied away from Twilight. Reminded him too much of his sister.
“I was looking through the social status pages on some of the guys,” Sokka lowered his phone, showing it to the others. “When I checked for Otacon, I saw a hashtag. Please don’t throw a tantrum”
“Sunset Shimmer is... IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH OTACON?!” Twilight yelled out. Both of her eyes opened wide and bulged out, vein thickening in her hands and snatch the phone from Sokka’s hand..
“Who is Sunset?” Toph asked, turning to look at Sokka.
“She’s the captain of the decathlon team of Canterlot!” Twilight shouted, her hands balling into fists. “That HUSSY!” The purple haired teen breathed deeply, making her chest suck in and out as she snarled. “Not only is she toying with my beau, I bet she’s trying to sabotage our decathlon team!” The phone was destroyed by now, crumbling to the floor.
The teen moved both hands out, trying to salvage what was left of his phone. “I named it Hawky...” Both eyes teared up a bit, growing larger as he cradled the remains into his chest.
“Why would Otacon cheat on Twilight though,” Samus asked, the other cheerleader with Toph and Sokka.
“I’ve never seen Twilight so angry,” Lyra whispered in Octavia’s left ear. Octavia merely nodded, glad the attention was not on her anymore.
“But what about the others?” Sokka asked. “How were-”
“WHO HAS A CAR!?” Twilight shouted, grabbing the end of her bangs into to pull her hair. “We are going to Canterlot!”
Bonus:
So, where is Vegeta? Well...
“I’ll never go through a portal again!” Vegeta shouted, hands balled into fists as she shouted into the air. Both eyes were closed, building up his power level. “I am going to-”
“Woah! Where did that power level come from?!”
“Huh?” The voice made Vegeta snap out of his rant. “Kakarott? What am...” Vegeta’s eyes narrowed a bit, noticing something was definitely wrong. His field of vision was low, even for him. Too damn low. The saiyan prince looked down at himself, spotting a yellow and green robe on his form.
“Gohan! Since when can you do that?!” Chichi raised her eyebrows, looking down at her son.
“No....” Vegeta whispered in a low voice.
“That’s my boy!” Goku shouted, a big stupid grin on his face.
“NNNNOOOO,” Vegeta spoke, his voice getting higher.
“Huh? What’s wrong, Gohan? Do you want mommy to hug you?” Chichi said, walking over to toddler Gohan.
“Please, in the name of all that is good and fair in the universe, not this!” Vegeta shouted, seeing Goku come over to pick him up from under his arms.
“What’s wrong, son? Where is the power level you had before?” Goku asked. “Show daddy your power level again!”
“Bwaa waa waa!” Vegeta started to bawl his eyes out, unable to handle what just happened.
“Well, you look strange,” Sephiroth stepped up to Kratos. Both former demi-humans looked at each other.
“Indeed. If we run into the others, they will never recognize us,” Kratos frowned. “And we have no way to know if they changed as well...”
“Should we go back then? It seems that wandering around without a plan may prove to be difficult.” Sephiroth looked around, spotting that there was no signs of danger. Or a fire, which was a good sign considering Dan was around here somewhere.”
“Hmm...” Kratos looked around. “I think we should look around a bit and then decide. No harm in a quick scouting mission. It beats waiting around doing nothing.”
“I agree. We should change out attire though. If we run into the others, they may not recognize us.” Sephiroth looked around, and found a drama geek dressed in black. “Give me your clothes.”
Kratos wasted no time to confront a female cheerleader. “Surrender your skirt.”
“Why?!” The student asked, shivering a bit.
“So I may wear it.”
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“I told you this was a bad idea!”
“Shut up, you! He needs to learn this!”
“Oh, I think you are too hard on him...”
“Discipline! I know I don’t use it, but how do you expect him to learn to grab a truck and drive into an airplane?”
Teenpool looked over at the people arguing as he was supposed to be getting a driving lesson. Amazing though, that the voices arguing were coming from his dad. Over in the passenger seat, Deadpool had a map in one hand, and a chimichanga in the other. For once though, they were dressed in their civies. He was wearing a blue hawaiian shirt and a tutu, with tap dancing shoes. Teenpool was wearing his school uniform, blue blazer and pants as usual. Both had blonde hair, and Deadpool had not bothered to hide his scarred ridden face. The teen was going to school for once, so their red and black outfits were in the backseat, holding balloons. You know, for camouflage.
Deadpool turned to look over at his son, releasing a sigh. He loved teens! So rebellious, so anarchanitic, so anti-establishment! Where did he go wrong?! Why was his son such a goody goody honors student?! Well, at least his son relented and agreed to drive the family battle van. “Look son, you are never going to get a hang of the family business if you insist on following every single flipping rule in the book!”
“Seatbelts, dad...” Teenpool sighed.
“Tell me you got at least a handgun and a knife-”
“Move it!”
“Huh?” Deadpool and Teenpool both turned to look as a young teenage girl open the door to the driver’s side. A girl with purple hair and a look of rage on her face. “Twilight? Is that you?”
“Connor?” Twilight raised both eyebrows to spot father and son. “I thought you passed your driver exam.” Her look of rage was calmed a moment as she peeked into the van and spotted the balloons.
“I need to get a CDL license for the-”
“Okay! We are in the... van? Go Twilight!” Sokka called out as the other doors started to open, Little Strongheart, Samus, Lyra and Octavia jumped in, making any circus clown proud.
“Who are you, kids?” Deadpool asked, turning to look as the teens started to put on seatbelts. He decided to like them, why couldn’t his son go carjacking more? Upon inspecting them, he guessed they were cheerleaders. Well, some of them at least. Nice legs... Snap out of it Deadpool! Are you going to let these kids steal your livelihood? The only reason he let them live though, was he didn’t want to clean the van. Then there was that thing that they knew his boy. Come to think of it...“And, are any of you dating my boy?”
“I am!” Vinyl called out as she got in the van also. Deadpool turned to look at her, eyebrows raised.
“Hm. She doesn’t look wild enough. I refuse to let you date her.”
“Dad! We’ve been dating for over 3 months!” Teenpool called out, getting his mask to place it over his face. Something told him he was going to need it. Deadool got a spare mask to don on as well.
“We can talk about this later. Party time!”
“Wait, you don’t go to our school...” Samus turned to look at Vinyl. The DJ shrugged.
“Nevermind!” Twilight shoved Teenpool into the side with his dad. “We need to drive!”
“Wait, can you drive, Twilight?” Toph asked, pushing aside the balloons.
“I got a permit!” Twilight shouted as he revved the engine to life.
“But this is a CDL plate van!” Connor/Teenpool called out.
“Now this one, you can date. She has balls!” Deadpool smiled under his mask.
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“Where to, Bub?”
Both Travis and Terra were sitting down in the backseat of the taxi, settling themselves in. Travis had the great idea to grab a cab, and find a bus rental place. The taxi driver was a short stocky man, with a weird set of black mutton chops and hairdo. Weird things on his knuckles, but the assassin didn’t think to enquire or think twice about it. This place had weird skinned humans with strange colored hair, so who knows what else was up. According to the license, the driver’s name was ‘Logan.’
“We need to rent a bus, so-”
“Oh hey, you aren’t up to anything funny with the young lady?” Logan turned his back to look over at the two. He wore a brown jacket over a red shirt. “I’m not accusing you of anything, but in my line of work...”
“She’s one of my students, ok?” Travis frowned. “We just need to get a bus for our school.”
“Really? Don’t you schools book a bus in advance?”
“We had a-”
“Look, not like it’s any of your business, but our school doesn’t use busses.” Travis sighed, moving in to cut Terra.
“How do you know that?” Terra asked, turning to look back at Travis. The assassin raised his wallet and phone up.
“Been looking through my contacts and my wallet for any contacts or business cards for any numbers to busses.” Travis placed his things away in his jacket to look back at Logan. “Not one. Which means our school lost our last contract place-”
“Or you guys are from some schools that get those fancy shmancy charter busses with air conditioning.” Logan turned back to look at his wheel. “Some kind of emergency at school then?”
“I hope not.” Terra added.
“Well, you two seem like ok guys, so I’m not gonna pry anymore,” Logan smiled at them through the view lens. Thanks to them being from a different world, Travis and Terra were clean from blood and weapon smells. “Well, I’m in the biz, so I know a guy I can recommend.”
“That’s great, uh, Logan, right? We are a bit-”
“Get out of the way!”
“What the?” The people in the cab looked to their left, spotting Twilight driving the Deadpool van. Deadpool has his upper body sticking out of the driver’s seat, yelling into the air and making siren sounds. Terra and Travis looked at each other, eyebrows raised a bit. Terra mouthed “Was that Twilight?” Travis though, mouthed Was that Deadpool?“
“What the-” Logan blinked twice at the van.
“Logan, I can’t believe I am saying this- But follow that van!” Travis pointed out.
“You got it, Bub!” Logan called out as he placed his seatbelt on. Soon enough, the taxi took off.
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“What was that yelling?” Discord asked, lifting his left eyebrow? It sounded so girly... Vice-Principal Luna and Principal Discord turned to look out the window. Discord opened his mouth as it found out is was Soma, yelling like a girl.
“Pinkie Pie? Is she trying to get volunteers to decorate the gym by force once again?”
Discord turned to look back at Luna, eyebrows raised. What?
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“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
“Come back! I just want to be friends!”
Soma desperately ran for his life, bolting through the emergency door leading out of the gym and into the entrance leading to the outdoor sport areas. Both of his eyebrows were raised, mouth open in panic as he screamed for his dear life. Dan was going to unleash unspeakable and unrelenting pain on his form. Dracula, the monsters of Castlevania, even Julius Belmont didn’t scare him. But they had never seen a furious Dan.
“Oh, hey, I’m sorry if I came on too strong!” Pinkie frowned, but easily still running after the teen. “Can’t we talk about this?”
Dovahkiin burst through the doors, looking around for them. He was not a fast guy, and those two took off like arrows from a bow. “Soma! Pinkie!”
“Dovah?” Ralph turned to look at the pair that was running. He had spotted the third, and approached him.
“Ralph? Where’s Phoenix?”
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“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Phoenix yelled out, running through the park with a pissed off Rainbow Dash on his heels.
“Come back here!” RD yelled out, amazed how this bookworm was able to outrun her. And he had a nice butt...
“Phoenix?” Number One raised his head, turning to look away from the stunts.
“Rainbow Dash?” Scootaloo called out, blinking twice. The Cutie Marks and the Kids Next Door calmed down, turning to look at the couple. They turned to look at each other a moment.
“Adults,” Number Four mumbled under his voice.
“Yeah, we better save them...” Number Two added.
“We better lead them back to the school,” Sweetie suggested.
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“What’s going on out there?” Fluttershy asked, turning to look out the window. She stood up, and peeked her head out. Dan stirred a bit, hearing the yelling. Both of his eyes opened at once, and he sat up in shock to quickly look around.
“What is that-”
And stuff his face into Fluttershy’s rear, under her skirt. Still shock by what was going on, both of his hands moved to grab Fluttershy’s ass and squeeze, trying to pry her off her. Her small, firm, and squishy cheeks. Fluttershy went still a moment, her cheeks turning red before she finally screamed when she realized what was going on.
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
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“The hell was that?!” Nate opened his eyes, looking up. Just a second ago, he had been tracking another yell, only to hear another. The plan was to escort Rarity to the park, but they stopped at the sounds of a scream.
“Fluttershy?!” Rarity called out, lifting her head up to look over at the window. The couple turned to look at a blushing Fluttershy as she released a moan.
“Dan, please! Not now!” Fluttershy pleaded. “This feels so good....”
“Did you say Dan?” Nate asked, mouth opening in shock.
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“Vice-Principal Luna!”
“What now?” Discord asked, turning his head over to look behind himself. Luna also turned to look at the student at the door.
“What is it Applejack?”
“I was kissed by-” AJ suddenly spotted Distant Star, and blushed.
“Is this about the kiss you had with Dovah?”
“GOOTAGOCANTSTAYDIDNTCOUNTBYE!” AJ screamed out as she raced out the door.
“What kiss?” Luna asked.
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“Halt!” Wesker called out. His left hand was out, spotting a van racing towards him, with the right hand reaching for a gun that was simply not there. “Goddamnit...” He mumbled in a low voice. What was going to do, whistle at them really hard? “Stop, you crazy teen!” The van only honked in response. Everyone in the street looked around, shocked by what was going on in their town. Wesker had to jump and roll to the side, barely dodging the high speed vehicle.
“Sorry!” Twilight called out as she sped past the rolling officer.
“I’m not!” Deadpool called out. Somehow, he managed to get a sigh on top of his van that read “Student Driver” written in black marker.
“What the?” Wesker managed to raised his head, coming to a stop next to the curb. A taxi raced passed him.
“We got a van and a taxi going off at high speed!” Wesker called out into his radio. “Please advise!”
”Did you get the plates officer?” The radio responded. “Is anyone hurt?”
“I didn’t get the can, but the taxi number was 636,” Wesker frowned as he stood up slowly. “And no one was hurt, but I had to roll through the sidewalk to get out of the way...”
“Do not pursue, I repeat, do not persue. Unless you can get a vehicle. Now putting an APB on the taxi.”
“Roger,” Wesker called out. Not used to this weak body, he placed a bit of strain on the muscles. Thanks to the dancing, he had at least stretched. Who knew that would have saved his life? Huh? He spotted some vomit on the street. Gross.
Proofreaded by LyonAzakura.
Bonus:
“What is going on out there?” Sunset asked. Otacon shrugged, not sure what was going on either. Both moved to the window and looked out the window.
“Nate?” Otacon called out.
“Otacon?” Nate responded.
“Rarity?” Sunset questioned.
“Sunset?” Rarity asked, a bit bothered by the drama queen.
“Rarity?” Fluttershy timidly called out.
“Fluttershy?” Sunset responded.
“Nathan?” Dan poked his head next to Fluttershy.
“Dan?” Nate tilted his head to the side.
“Nathan?” Sephiroth asked as he walked in with Kratos.
“Sephiroth?” Nate turned to look at the two.
“Kratos?” Dan turned to look at the other guy. In the cheerleading skirt.
“Sephiroth?” Otacon chimed in.
“Dan?” Kratos turned to look up.
“Donkey!”
Extra:
“Thank you for not giving me any more jump scares, Stefano.”
“Stop calling me that, Pewdiepie...” Alucard responded from his dark portal. “And don’t thank me just yet...”
“What do you mean?” Pewdiepie blinked once, as Alucard laughed and vanished with is portal.
“What was that...” The youtuber turned to look around himself. He was in front of a high school. “What’s so bad-”
“Pewdiepie!”
“Fangirls!” At once, the Sweden was assaulted by his fans.
Alucard could only laugh. “Now for that judge thing.”
Applejack ran into a bathroom, chest heaving up and down as she panted for air. The southern belle was flat against the door, green eyes darting back and forth as she tried to see if anyone else was in. Trying to catch her breath, the poor girl released a sigh before she could finally calm down and feel her heartbeat relax. This was the second time today she had to run into the bathroom! Her left arm moved up to wipe her brow and shut her eyes.
“Settle down girl,” AJ whispered to herself, trying not to cry. Her first kiss, taken away by some stranger- and it wasn’t even the boy that kissed her that did it! It was some feller in one of them suits. But that boy... Tall, smelled of the earth, rust colored hair, and oh boy- those muscles gave Big Mac a run for his money. Never in her life did she ever expect to have her first kiss taken by a guy she dreamed of. He even knew her name...
“Wait a darn gosh minute!” AJ’s eyes opened wide as she stood up from the door. “How did he know my name?!” Thoughts of a stalker ran through her head. Her gaze turned from tired to worried as she narrowed her eyes. Those other fellers also knew about the Crusaders. “Ah better get Bic Mac.”
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“Please! *Huff* I’m *huff* not *huff*
“Shut up you...” Rainbow had to take a second and think of a nick- insult for this handso- dirty guy. Running after him was not helping. Usually, she would have more energy, but she had just spent most of her morning practicing. “Argh! Stop running! You are never going to-” RD had to stop running and look over at a group of kids that were making their way to the boy in blue.
“Phoenix! Jump on!” Scootaloo raced next to teen. Wally raced behind her, on his skateboard. Phoenix’s own eyes went wide, but did think twice about the offer. He jumped on behind Scoots, moving his hands to grab her shoulders. The two then took off the sidewalk, and run down unto the street.
“Now!” Nigel shouted out, jumping out of some bushes. RD turned to look a the boy as a second boy jumped out to hit a button on a remote. Immediately, the rockets on the scooter turned on, and sent the two on the scooter on a huge speed boost. Her mouth opened wide when she turned to look back at the two boys.
“I’m being punked!” She screamed, and she was going to lift her hand up- only to have Wally sudden zip in and lift her into his arms.
“Go limp!” Wally shouted, getting on the street as well. RD immediately moved both of her hands to between her thighs, cheeks turning red as she was being literally swept off her feet.
“What is goin-”
“Woah! Too fast!” Phoenix shouted as he was being turned around to head back into Rainbow’s direction. His own eyes were opened wide, his tie flapping out of his school uniform. Huh? Where was Scoots?
“Watch where you’re going!” RD eyes opened wide again as the now Phoenix was racing into her. Scoots was long gone by now, having jumped off and being helped up by Sweetie Belle. Wally raised RD up, and then Phoenix zipped passed the blond boy. Wally kicked up his board and watch as how Phoenix and RD were racing back to the school on a rocket powered scooter.
“You sure this will lead them back to the school?” Nigel asked, looking back at the mechanic. Hoagie nodded, looking down at his remote. Nigel soon joined them, with Sweetie and Scoots soon after.
“Well, at least they are heading back to the school,” Scootaloo sighed, watching the two on her scooter yell for their lives.
“Are you sure about this?” Applebloom asked, walking up next to Hoagie. In her hands, she held a video camera they used to record their stunts and famous ideas.
“I dunno,” the boy shrugged, “wasn’t my idea.”
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“What is going on out there?” Sunset asked, blinking twice. Otacon was at her side, the two if them in each other's arms for a moment. They were about to kiss, only to hear the sounds of screaming. The two broke away and then headed to the windows and look outside.
“Nathan?” Otacon asked, peeking out at his friend.
“Rarity?” Sunset asked, spotting the couple. She raised an eyebrow, spotting how Rarity had both of her arms around Nate’s right. That seemed awfully forward and suspect to her.
“Oh, hello Sunset,” Rarity added, looking away a moment. As usual, the two ladies were at least cordial to each other. But there was no love lost between the two.
“Look who I found. Was it Fluttershy making all that noise?” Nate asked, looking around at the other opened window. Otacon and Sunset blinked once and craned their necks to look over at Fluttershy, who hand both of her hands behind herself. They could only make out her head and part of her neck as she seemed to be bobbing up and down. This raised more than a few eyebrows.
“Outta my way!” Dan shouted, finally pulling the yellow one back to peek out. “Nathan? Rarity? Is that you guys?” He blinked twice, since he had yet to go through the same deductions the others had. The small human had both eyebrows up as her turned to look over at the other two outside the window. “Otacon?”
“Dan! Finally! We’ve been looking for you!” Otacon almost shouted, making Sunset wince once. “The others of the Vanguard Team are out looking for you.”
“Vanguard?” Rarity asked, turning to look over at Dan. At his side, there was a blushing Fluttershy that had both of her hands holding on to her hair and try to hide her face from view. “Fluttershy darling, at are you up to with a boy? Alone in the nurse’s office?”
“Eeep!” Fluttershy ducked back down to hide behind Dan, who at this point frowned at the implication Rarity was trying to do.
“Now listen here you fashion-”
“Pinkie is going to kill you when she hears about this...” Nathan teased, eyes closed a bit in a smile. Otacon could only move a hand to his mouth at the possible outcomes that Pinkie could conjure up.
“Pinkie? Hmph! What does she have to do with all this?” Rarity asked, suddenly tugging on Nathan’s arm and frowning up at him.
“Well well well... It looks like Rarity and Fluttershy found some dates for the Gala afterall,” Sunset grinned, getting a wicked idea in her head.
Dan’s head moved left and right, trying to figure out what was going on. Clues were starting to fill in, but he was also getting angry. His gaze slowly turned into a frown as his both cheeks turned red, and fists forming in slow shakes.
“I’m going to-”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
Everyone turned their heads as Soma was suddenly tackled and glopmed by a blur of pink. Dan’s mouth was open in shock as Pinkie landed on Soma’s chest. With a big ole smile on her face.
“Finally! Now what do I get for catching my hunky vampire?!” Pinkie purred. She moved to grab Soma’s shoulders, trying to pin him down before he could escape.
At that moment, time stood still. Otacon slowly turned his head to look at Dan, trying to choke out a warning for poor Soma. Rarity’s mouth had come agape, looking at how brazen Pinkie had gotten, with a complete stranger no less. Sunset had a raised eyebrow, noting how both Nathan and Otacon suddenly went quiet. Nathan for his part, turned white as he could only stand still. Soma for his own part, finally managed to look around for help.
The Spaniard teen blinked once, his gaze moving from Nathan, to Otacon- and then finally Dan. A chill went down his spine, dread filling his gaze. Pinkie noted Soma’s reaction, and turned her head to look at the others.
“Aheh,” Pinkie stuck out her tongue in a smile. “Pretend you didn’t-” She stopped talking, finally getting a look at Dan. Something fell in the pit of her stomach, like something had killed all the happiness and mirth from the world. Dan’s own head was started to shake- slowly, almost not noticeable at first. His face turned red, and his mouth slowly started to foam.
“Soma! Pinkie! You must-” The Dovahkiin and Ralf managed to catch up with the two, and suddenly came to a complete stop.
“Oh fuck!” Ralf shouted out, unable to help himself.
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Discord picked up his head, turning his head to the side. Everything went still for him, his eyes staring at a fixed point in time.
“Distant? Are you ok?” Luna asked, waving a hand in front of his face.
“I feel like I should be somewhere, I sense a great concentration of chaos will be unleashed. And when it hits, there shall be a great calamity...”
“What are you talking about?” Celestia asked, walking in through the front door. Kefka walked in behind his “mom,” looking over at the other two collected.
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“Kratos? Can you feel that?” Sephiroth asked, turning to look over at his fellow demigod.
“Grr... I can taste that, and it even places my hairs on end,” Kratos frowned, not liking feeling frightened. Sephiroth looked down at his skirt and nodded.
“It matches well with your eyes.”
“Let us go, and hurry,” Kratos stepped forward, heading to the direction of Dan and the others.
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“Do you even know how to control this thing?!” Rainbow Dash shouted out, her arms wrapped around Phoenix’s neck in a desperate attempt to keep her balance. At this speed, one tumble and they were going to break some bones.
“Please! Don’t shake like that!” Phoenix cried out, trying to desperately keep himself in a straight position. With each second, they raced closer and closer to the school. It didn’t help things that the scooter was not very big, so Phoenix had to balance things very precariously. Wind blew through their hair, making it hard to hear... beeping. Coming up to their left, a large van being driven by a purple skinned girl was coming in fast.
“Watch out!” Teenpool cried out, moving his hands to brace on the dashboard.
“Oh crap crap crap crap!” Toph moved to wrap her arms around Sokka, who also moved his arms around her.
“Who in the hell puts rockets on a scooter?! I want one of those!” Deadpool cried out, head still out the window. Little and Samus hurried to place their seat belts a bit tighter. Lyra and Octavia shut both of their eyes and hunched down.
Phoenix and Rainbow turned to look at the van, going way too fast. Both started to scream since the scooter had no breaks. Twilight on her head, panicked as her eyeglasses went askew, trying to turn the van to keep from running into the two weirdoes. Other students that had gathered at the school suddenly ran from the school grounds, most of them heading to the school already. Others could only stare in shock at the van and the boosted scooter.
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“Oh that can’t be good...” Travis said, leaning his head to the back of Logan’s seat. Logan himself started to slow down, frowning at the impending doom that was going to come once that scooter hit. Terra moved both of her hands to her mouth, for she managed to look at her phone and figure out what a tampon was.
Bonus:
Nurse Redheart smiled, having come to a stop outside the bathroom when a call came in. He raised the phone up and closed both of her eyes. “Hello Pootis. I missed you.”
“You know I hate that name...” The voice said at the other end.
“Oh Pootis, it’s so cute! What are you calling about?”
“Well, it’s time. You have mission.”
“A mission?! Now?” Redheart sighed and then put the phone down a moment. After a moment, she raised the phone back up. “Ok, what’s the missi- oh hey, I’m getting another call.” She flicked the phone away a moment to pick up the other line.
“Fraulien, what did I say about flirting with ze Heavy?”
