(Darkwing Duck x-over) Negaduck appears in Equestria, unfortunately for him Darkwing is there too.
A stranger has arrived from another world. He plans to cause ultimate destruction and chaos not only across Equestria, but other worlds as well. The Mane 6 work together to stop him along with some help from a new ally. Like the stranger, their new ally is also from another world, and not only does he know the stranger quite well, he looks just like him...let's get dangerous!
Author's Note- Am I the first person to write a Darkwing/MLP fanfic? If so, thats totally awsome! =D
...Then again, this is the MLP fandom we're talking about here, I'm sure somepony out there has beaten me to the punch, and Mare Do-well doesn't count.
Anyways, this is my first fanfic I have written in 4 years. What inspired this bizarre combination? Well lets just say a random, amusing idea hit me when I had ponies on the brain and the recent Darkwing Duck comic book in hand, then I formed a story around said idea. What is that idea? You'll see in play out in due time.
Please bear in mind I’ll probably hold off on posting the remaining chapters of this story until I’m close to finishing it, and it looks like this story is looking to be about 5-6 chapters total from what I have written so far and planned out. However, the good news to this is that there will be less wait time between future chapters. (I probably should have also filed this under the "Teen" rating due to a certain fowl tempered duck.)
That said, hope you enjoy this, and I’d appreciate your feedback (especially with this being my first MLP-related story, and my first time posting on this site). Thanks in advance!
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It was another beautiful day in Ponyville.
The sun was shining bright, its warmth like a warm blanket that spread across the land. There was a nice breeze in the air, and not a single could in the sky thanks to Rainbow Dash doing her job for once. No matter how ordinary the day was, Pinkie Pie would always treat the day as if it where unlike any other. She happily bounced down the street, greeting everypony she met with a smile and her usual friendly hello.
In mid-bounce, something had caught the eye of the pink pony. She recoiled her springy step, and firmly planted her hooves on the ground, so she could get a better look.
In the back alley between two buildings, she saw a figure, a strange creature unlike any other. She took a few steps closer, and she saw more of this mysterious creature. The stranger appeared to be about a foot taller than her, had a mask on, and wore a yellow suit with a matching red hat and cape. The most peculiar aspect of this stranger was the fact that they had a duck's bill and webbed feet.
Pinkie Pie smiled with glee. Somepony, (er, duck-like looking creature), who looked this silly couldn't possibly be bad, she thought. Perhaps this fellow was a creature from a far off country and they have traveled here to Ponyville? Perhaps they where lost and somehow wound up in this back alley?
There was one thing that was for certain though, this was a new face, a possible new friend and they needed a warm, Pinkie Pie welcome to Ponyville!
Pinkie Pie put the sprung back in her steps once more as she approached the stranger. She continued to grin from ear to ear as she drew near him. When she stood before the stranger she spoke to them, “Hello! I'm Pinkie Pie!”
The stranger turned to look at her, and upon seeing her he displayed an immediate look of disgust.
His unpleasant expression did not phase Pinkie Pie one bit. She has encountered visitors who have greeted her with similar expressions before, but she always managed to turn the most difficult of frowns upside down and gain a new friend. A certain Cranky Doodle Donkey comes to mind.
”I've never seen you around here before. Where are you from? Whats your name? Did you just arrive here? You don't look like anypony I’ve ever seen before. You look like a duck, and a very large, funny looking one at that!” Pinkie Pie giggled with excitement.
The stranger narrowed his eyes and glared at Pinkie Pie. He pointed at her, “Look cotton-candy brain, I don't want to deal with you right now, I’m a very busy duck. Now scram!”
While the comment was pretty rude, the stranger's remark didn't effect Pinkie Pie one bit. She ignored the stranger's request and carried on anyways, “So you are a duck! I still think you’re pretty strange looking for a duck. So what are you busy with? Is there anything I can do to help?”
The stranger was quickly getting irritated with Pinkie Pie, and he didn't even try to hide it. “What part of get lost don't you understand?”
Pinkie Pie quickly realized that this stranger was going to be a tough one, but she is very determined though. She knew she can make this stranger smile no matter what, and make him her friend. Shes successfully managed to make even the most cold hearted and grumpy of ponies able to smile in the end. “Oh I know right where I’m at, you seem to be the one who is lost, all alone in a back alley like this.”
Pinkie Pie began tapping her hoof, and began to sing “When your lost and all alone...”
The stranger's mood suddenly turned from irritated to full, fiery rage as he began to scowl. He bared his fangs and quickly reached behind his back, drawing a strange, long, metal tube-like item. Pinkie Pie froze at this sudden reaction from the stranger, she had a very bad feeling about this. She stared in wonder at the strange tube-like thing, and the longer she looked at it, the more nervous she became.
The stranger growled at her, “Don't you dare start singing a random musical number!”
“But everypony likes my singing...” Pinkie Pie said sadly.
The stranger immediately cut off Pinkie Pie, drawing the tube-like item closer to her face. “I'm not a pony, ya little pink twerp!”
Pinkie Pie then reached up and touched the metal tube-thing, “What is this thing?” she asked the stranger.
“That's right, you have no such thing in this world, don't ya?” the stranger said, shaking the tube-thing, to get Pinkie Pie to stop touching it, “its called a gun, it fires bullets, and do you wanna know what bullets do?”
The stranger leaned in closer to Pinkie Pie's face, and she could see this stranger's fury towards her as clear as day. “They can blow the brains out of annoying little pink ponies who don't know when to shut the hell up and leave people alone!”
Pinkie Pie was beginning to feel very scared now as the stranger continued to glare at her, he was very intimidating, and frightening. Shes never met anypony who has acted this way towards her before, let alone seen anything like this 'gun' before.
“Your smiling and cheerful attitude disgusts me! I’m very tempted to pump you full of lead right now!”
Pinkie Pie slowly began to back away, tears began to well up in her eyes. Tears of sheer terror.
The stranger put the gun away and spoke again, “...but as tempting that may be, I won't do that. I hate to run out of ammo before I complete my goal. I don't have a way of replenishing my supply unless I leave this place. Its also going to be hard enough as it is, resisting to kill everything on sight in this....disgustingly cute...world.” The stranger made a quick gagging expression.
The stranger turned and began to walk away, Pinkie Pie just stared after him. Then stranger suddenly stopped as if he just remembered something important. “Oh yeah, one other thing...”
He turned and glared at Pinkie Pie one last time, “Don't you or any of your candy-colored friends dare try and stop me, or else...” He then took a finger, and moved it across his neck, in a cutting motion.
The stranger turned his back to Pinkie Pie and he walked off, disappearing from sight. When he was gone, Pinkie Pie quickly gathered herself and trotted off, not even looking back. She kept running and running. She was so focused on getting away from there, she ended up literally running into her friend Twilight Sparkle.
Twilight was quite focused herself, but her attention was on a book she was reading while walking, so she didn't see the oncoming Pinkie Pie.
“Oh Pinkie!” she said upon seeing who it was she just ran into, “I'm so sorry I didn't see you...”
Twilight then took notice in Pinkie's terrified expression and her watery eyes. Upon seeing Twilight, Pinkie Pie wrapped her front legs around Twilight and started bawling.
Twilight was suddenly very concerned about her friend, “Whats wrong?”
“Oh Twilight, I'm so happy to see you! I just met the...hic...meanest, scariest,...hic...oddly-est dressed duck ever!”
“...a what now?” Twilight was somewhat confused.
Pinkie Pie stopped crying so she could better explain herself, “A duck! And he was a big ol mean meanie pants!...and he wasn't even wearing any pants!” Pinkie Pie told Twilight, completely serious.
“Ducks don't even wear pants to begin with.”
“Well even if he didn't wear any pants, he had other clothes on!”
“...you're not making any sense Pinkie.”
“And thats not even the strangest part! He said he was from another world!”
“Another....world?” Twilight raised an eyebrow, now beginning to wonder if Pinkie Pie had way too much sugar today.
“It's the honest truth Twilight, I Pinkie Pie swear on it!”
A Pinkie Pie swear! Twilight now knew Pinkie Pie was completely serious about this, Pinkie would never, ever Pinkie Pie swear on something completely fabricated.
Twilight, pushed Pinkie Pie away and got to her feet. Her own expression turned serious, “Lets go to the library, and you can tell me more about this strange duck you met there. Maybe we can even look up more information about him.”
Pinkie Pie's eyes began to water once more. “Oh Twilight...hic...you are the superly...hic...amazingly awesomest friend a friend can ever have.”
Later at the library, Twilight searched though her books for additional information. While she was flipping though a book about all sorts of exotic creatures, she asked, “So, what where you saying about this duck again?”
“Well, even though he was a duck, her certainly was unlike any duck I ever saw, like I said. He was tall, mean, wore a funny outfit, and had this weird-looking thing that he called a 'gun'.”
Twilight put the book she was looking at away, “No, nothing matches to what you say in here...now lets see...” Twilight walked over to a different shelf, and used her magic to get another book down, “Maybe 'Magical Creatures From Abroad' will have something...”
She flipped though the pages, but couldn't find anything. “No, nothing here either.” also using her magic, she placed the book back in its proper place.
After searching for a bit, Twilight spoke again,“I'm sorry Pinkie, but I just can't find anything that remotely resembles this strange duck you mentioned or that 'gun' that he had. Is there anything else in particular you remember about him?”
Pinkie Pie scratched her chin with her hoof, with a very serious expression of deep thought. “Well when he pulled out that weird gun thingy he was all like....” then Pinkie Pie's expression suddenly changed as she mimicked the stranger that she encountered. Her impersonation was flawless as she copied the way he held his gun, his mean expression and even tried to replicate his deep, gravely voice.
“Thats right, you have no such thing in this world, don't ya? Its a gun, it fires bullets, and you wanna know what bullets do? They can blow the brains out of little ponies who don't know when to shut up and leave people alone!”
Pinkie Pie then immediately shifted back to her normal self. “Exactly like that!”
“...'no such thing in this world'?...” Twilight said, still having a hard time believing the idea that this stranger Pinkie Pie just met was from another world. “That’s not possible, traveling between worlds just isn't scientificly possible, its nothing more than just a made up pony tale in fictional stories.”
“but I saw the guy with my own eyes Twilight! I've never, ever seen anypony...er, duck...like him before!”
“My books only have some much information in them. The world is vast and huge, and little is known about what lies outside of Equestria. This duck you met could still very well be from some far off land, and where hes from they could just simply refer to other countries as 'worlds'.”
“If that's true,” Pinkie Pie said, “fictional stories where he's from must be really, really confusing.” Pinkie Pie, then remembered something, “Oh yeah, there was something else he said too, which I thought was super weird..”
Pinkie Pie returned to mimicking the stranger once more, “Don't you and your candy-colored friends dare try and stop me.” Then Pinkie Pie then returned to normal again, “Veeeeeeeeeery suspicious if you ask me!”
This last detail Pinkie Pie bought up concerned Twilight, “Suspicious is right. I have a very bad feeling about this. I'm now beginning to wonder if this duck is up to no good. This strange duck has trouble written all over him...”
Twilight thought for a moment, and then decided, “I say we should find him and see what hes up to, before he goes and hurts somepony.”
“No way, nu uh, no can do!” Pinkie Pie said as she turned her nose up, “I don't want to see that big 'ol meanie ever again!”
“But Pinkie, you're the only one who has seen him and if this duck is anything like you said, there's a chance he could hurt someone. He almost hurt you didn't he?”
“But he did hurt me already. He was mean to me and didn't want to be my friend....and he wouldn't let me sing a my song!”
“He could physically hurt someone next time, and that next someone could be one of our friends!”
Pinkie Pie jumped at the realization, she didn't think of that. She immediately sprung into action, “Nopony, even a mean 'ol duck, will be touching any of my friends! Come on Twilight, where going on a duck hunt!...and I can bring Gummy along and he be the annoying dog.”
As Twilight and Pinkie Pie walked out the front door, Twilight was caught off guard by that last statement, “Wait...what?”
As Twilight locked the front door to the library, she then had an idea, “I also better tell Princess Celestia about this duck, just in case. Perhaps she will know something about him.”
“Great idea!” Pinkie Pie said.
“Before we start searching, we'll stop at Rarity's place, Spike is over there now. I'll write a quick letter to the Princess and have him send it.” That said, Twilight and Pinkie Pie began to quickly walk off together in the direction towards Rarity's place.
“Even if the Princess doesn't know anything about this duck, she can at least be on alert and keep an eye out for him. For all we know, he could be some agent from another country that wants to start a war with Equestria.”
“You really need to lay off on the sugar Twilight.” Pinkie Pie told her friend, thinking the idea of a secret agent duck was silly. “If he was a secret agent I bet his name would be Double-O Duck!”
While the ponies where walking along, they just so happened to pass Applejack, who was selling her family's apples out of her cart.
“Well howdy Twilight, Pinkie,” Applejack said in her usual, country girl accent, “What ya'll lookin' for?”
Upon seeing Applejack, Twilight decided to ask her, “Applejack, have you seen anyone strange around here today?”
“Strange, what kind of strange we talkin' bout here?”
“A weird mean duck dressed in a suit with a hat and cape!” Pinkie Pie blurted out.
Applejack stared at Pinkie Pie, then looked at Twilight “How many cupcakes she had today?”
“Applejack, we're serious!” Twilight told her.
While Applejack was still a bit confused, she would never turn down a request for help from a friend.“Well I saw nopony like that all day today, but I can keep ma eyes peeled for ya and let ya'll know. A weird duck ya say?”
Then Rainbow Dash, who just so happened to see the others as she flew by, swooped down and spoke with her friends, “Hey guys, whatcha all up too?”
“Accordin' to Pinkie, they are lookin' for a weird duck dressed in a suit with a hat and cape.”
Rainbow Dash stared at Pinkie Pie, then looked over to Applejack and Twilight. “How much sugar did Pinkie have today?”
“Accordin' to them, they are totally serious.” Applejack said.
Just before Rainbow Dash spoke, wondering if Twilight and Pinkie Pie had lost their marbles again, they all heard the ramblings of an unfamiliar voice that drew closer.
“...our fearless masked mallard remains in hot pursuit after his arch nemesis. He finds himself not in his beloved city, but rather in an unfamiliar world....”
The eyes of the four ponies drew themselves towards the sound of the voice as they saw a strange duck pass by them. This duck had a mask too, was dressed in a purple suit and cape, and had a gray fedora hat upon his head. He was all hunched over, a fancy magnifying glass in hand, closely examining the ground, as if he was looking for something.
The duck continued with his ramblings, not even noticing the stares of the four ponies. “Our hero continues to search for clues, hoping to figure out what the dastardly friend is after!...”
“Well,” said Applejack, “its not every day you see a strange oversized duck talkin' to himself like that.”
Pinkie Pie then immediately jumped, eagerly pointing after the duck that just passed by, “The duck I saw, it looked a lot like him!”
Rainbow Dash quickly took to the air and pointed after the purple-clad duck, “Grab him!”
Applejack quickly grabbed a rope and lassoed the duck. The duck let out a yelp and fell to the ground, dropping his magnifying glass.
“Hey! Whats the big idea?” He tried to turn around and look behind him, to see just who it was that lassoed him with the rope. Rainbow Dash quickly flew towards the strange duck like a bullet and pinned him to the ground.
Twilight and Applejack approached the duck as the duck tried to struggle free. “Alright, we have you now, so talk.” Twilight narrowed her eyes as she demanded, “Just who are you and what are you doing here? What are you planning on doing?”
“What are you talking about?” the duck said, “I'm planning on nothing!”
“Then why did you threaten Pinkie Pie?” Twilight asked him.
Pinkie Pie then interjected, “No he didn't...”
Twilight, looked up at Pinkie Pie, confused, “But you said this was the duck you met...”
“No he isn't,” Pinkie Pie said, “I said the duck I met only looked a lot like him. The duck I met had a yellow suit, red hat and cape, and was a mean 'ol grumpy pants who didn't have any pants. This duck doesn't have any pants either, but the colors of his clothes are totally different, and he doesn't have a mean 'ol scowl like that other duck!”
The duck stopped struggling and looked at Pinkie Pie in surprise, “You've met Negaduck?”
“Is that that mean 'ol grump's name? Are you twins? Brothers? Cousins? You sure do look a lot like him.”
“I guess you could say twin. Hes my doppelganger and an evil arch nemesis of mine. I somehow wound up following him here, and now I’m trying to stop him...whatever he has planned....in wherever this place is.” the duck said, looking at the surroundings that where unfamiliar to him.
“This is Ponyville, in the kingdom of Equestria.” Applejack told him.
The duck was absolutely shocked to hear this, “Equestria? The Equestria? I don't believe it! I thought you four had looked familiar from somewhere, and now I know.”
Then he gestured to each pony as he said their name, “Your Rainbow Dash, your Twilight Sparkle, your Pinkie Pie, and you're Applejack.”
Everypony was totally caught off guard by this, in total shock that this duck, who they have never met before, knew their names.
Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes looking very serious, “You must be a spy!...or a stalker! or....both!” She and got right up in his face, “How did you know our names?”
The duck didn't like having Rainbow Dash in his face, and was felling a little nervous.“Will you believe me if I tell you where I’m from you are all nothing more than characters on a TV show and my sidekick is a huge fan of it.”
“T...V...show? What in tarnation is a TV show?” Applejack tilted her head to one side, she was very confused..
Twilight's eyes widened in surprise, “You're from another world?! But...traveling to other dimensions and worlds...h-how is that even possible?”
“Oh its possible alright, I’m in front of you right now aren't I? I've even done enough dimension hoping myself to safely say this isn't my first time either.” The duck then asked, “Um, would you mind getting up off and untying me now?”
Rainbow Dash backed off. Applejack was reluctant to untie the ropes at first, but after a nod from Twilight, who got the nod from Pinkie Pie, she went ahead and undid them. When the ropes where loose, this allowed the duck to stand up.
He looked at his outfit, saw it covered in dirt and grumbled as he bushed it off. “After all the time I spent cleaning this thing...”
When he finished brushing himself off, he spoke to the ponies again, “I have yet to introduce myself haven't I?” he took his cape, held it it in front of him then threw it back for a dramatic effect. “I am Darkwing Duck, defender, super sleuth, and hero of the city of St. Canard,” He adjusted his hat. “and I...might need your help trying to catch that other duck who doesn't belong here.”
The ponies and Darkwing arrived back at the library. “You're welcome to use the library Darkwing,” Twilight told him, “perhaps there is a book here with some clues that will help you figure out what Negaduck is after here in our world. We can look for him that way.”
“Good thinking Twilight, you really are a smart kid.”
“Its nothing.” Twilight said, being modest. She put her hoof on the door, and it pushed open. She was puzzled, “Strange, I know I locked the door when I left.”
“Isn't Spike here?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“No, he is over at Rarity's place.” Twilight explained, “Maybe hes back.”
Twilight pushed the door open the rest of the way, her jaw dropped in horror when she looked inside. Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Pinkie Pie mirrored her expression.
The place looked like a disaster! Books and papers where thrown all about and objects where broken. Spike was nowhere in sight, but somepony had definitely been here.
Twilight rushed inside and surveyed the damage, “Who...who did this...?!”
“Maybe it was a burglar?” Rainbow Dash said while she the others inside, she began to look around as well.
Twilight continued to look around, “It doesn't look like anything was taken.”
“Well girls, its a good thing you have Darkwing Duck here to help you figure out this mystery!” Darkwing pulled out his magnifying glass yet again. He hunched over and begun to look around, “An unlocked door, a trashed library, all what appears to be the work of someone unknown...”
Twilight used her magic to place objects where they properly belong, hoping to see if she could see if anything was missing that way. Her friends joined in to help, and Darkwing continued to look around the place, narrating to himself.
“...was it a thief, or perhaps some pony wanting trouble, or maybe a grudge against an overdue book fine that the perpetrator didn't want to pay...”
While everyone was busy, Spike and Rarity where approaching the library. Spike was carrying some books and Rarity was walking alongside of him, “Thanks again for taking these books back for me Spike.” she said.
“Anything for you Rarity.” the love struck dragon said merrily in response.
“I hope Twilight has more books on 17th century fashion, I could really use some more ideas on this one project I’m working on for a client of mine...”
When they reached the open doorway, they both stopped dead in their tracks. They had the same expression as the other ponies from earlier.
“Good heavens Twilight! Just what on Earth happened here?” Rarity asked as she looked around.
“We don't know, the place was already like this when we got here.” Rainbow Dash flew up to one of the upper shelves, and placed some books in their proper place.
Twilight rushed over to Spike, with a look of concern. “Spike, did you happen to come back here at one point when I was gone?”
“No, I was over at Rarity's place the whole time.”
“So the door was locked the whole time.” Twilight concluded.
Before anything more was said, they where interrupted with a loud, “AH-HA!” Darkwing was over by one of the windows, and he was pointing at it. “The culprit had came in though the window! These markings here show that they used a crowbar to open it. Then they climbed right in, made their mark, and went right out the front door...”
Rarity and Spike stared after the strange duck.
“Who is this guy?” Spike asked the others.
Upon seeing his costume, Rarity commented, “He has great taste in fashion...”
Pinkie Pie sprung towards the two, “This is Darkwing Duck, hes from another world!” then bounced right back.
Rarity and Spike continued to stare with a blank looks on their faces.
“Its understandable if ya'll find it hard to believe. Just roll with it.” Applejack told them, she was still letting it all sink in herself.
“Well, wherever he's from...” Rarity approached Darkwing, “I must have the name of your designer! Who made this?”
Darkwing smiled, quite pleased to know that someone appreciated his taste in fashion. “Well, would you believe that I designed this baby myself?” he struck a pose, allowing his ego to get the better of him.
“Oh how divine! Are you a fashion designer yourself?” Rarity asked, now getting excited.
“Well, eh, no...i'm not.”
“Oh...” Rarity was disappointed. She was hoping for a lively chat with a fellow fashion designer, and maybe get some new fashion ideas. “So just what is it you do for a living?”
“Believe it or not, I am a superhero!” Darkwing struck another pose, “Wherever criminals lurk it is my job to thwart them and bring them to justice!”
Pinkie Pie zipped over and joined in the conversation again, “A superhero? You didn't say you where a superhero before! What kind of super powers do you have?”
“Er, well...I don't have any.”
“Oh... ” Pinkie Pie being the one disappointed now.
“But! Who needs super powers when the real necessities to be a hero are courage, a brilliant mind, and...” he reached into his suit and pulled out his Gas-gun to show them, “all the latest high tech crime fighting equipment!”
Rarity took a closer look, wondering how exactly she should react to the strange, unknown foreign object. “Well, its a very nice looking...thing...that matches quite well with your outfit.” Rarity flashed him an awkward smile, not totally sure of what to say.
Spike walked over to Twilight, and gently tugged at her mane, she lowered her head. He whispered so only she could hear him, “Are you sure you this guy isn't some run-away from the mental hospital?” Twilight gave him a look of I can't believe you would think of such a thing.
Applejack interrupted, “Even if we now know how da perpetrator got in, we still don' know who it was.”
“Perhaps it was that Negaduck guy.” Rainbow Dash suggested.
Darkwing put his Gas-gun away, “I wouldn't doubt it for a moment, but if it was him, then just what are his reasons for being here?” Darkwing turned and started looking through the books. Now that the mystery of how the culprit got into the library was solved, he decided to tackle the bigger mystery of why Negaduck was in Equestria
While the other ponies continued to clean, Twilight turned to Spike. “I need to write an important letter to the princess.”
“On it!” Spike grabbed a piece of parchment and a writing quill, Twilight dictated what he wrote. She had him write about both Darkwing and Negaduck, as well as Darkwing's warning about Negaduck being a potential threat and that she should use the utmost caution.
When the letter was completed, Spike rolled up the parchment, held it before his mouth and breathed fire onto it. The green flames devoured the letter, and it vanished, on its way to its destination.
All while that was happening, another familiar face opened the door to the library and stepped inside. A soft gentle voice spoke, “Hello, Twilight, Spike, I'm here to pick up a book for....” Fluttershy stood in the doorway and very surprised to see the mess as well, which was now half cleaned up. “Oh my...what happened here?”
Rarity, had joined in to help with the cleaning, was using her own magic. She swept up the broken glass and debris with a boom and dust pan, “Someone broke into the library and made a mess of the place.”
“Oh dear, how awful...” Fluttershy said as she looked around. At one point when she was overlooking the scene, her eyes then fell upon Darkwing, who was busy flipping though the pages of a book.
She kept gazing at him for the longest time before she decided to approach him. She bowed her head and quietly tiptoed right up behind him, her eyes where bright, full of curiosity and wonder. She wanted to know more about this strange new duck that she had never seen before. Will she be able to befriend it like all the other ducks shes met?
Darkwing, who had been completely oblivious to the shy pony's silent presence, lifted his head up from the book when he felt like he was being watched. He turned around and saw Fluttershy, who was staring right at him, she had the sweetest smile on her face and sparkles in her eyes.
Unlike the other ponies, he actually recognized this one right away. However, although he recognized her, he was still unsure of how to greet this pony who just kept standing there, gazing at him intently.
Eventually he spoke, “Uh...Is there anything I can help you with miss?”
Fluttershy beamed with excitement, “You can talk? I've never seen a duck like you before and you can talk too?! Do you have a name?”
Darkwing put the book he was looking at down for a moment, and decided to speak with his sudden, new admirer. He said proudly, “The name is Darkwing Duck.”
“What an unusual name...” she said. This duck seemed nice enough, she thought, so she continued to speak with him.
“Where are you from? How are you able to talk? Would you like me to introduce you to my other animal friends?..”
“Woah there missy, one question at a time,” Darkwing stopped her before she kept asking, “I'd be happy to answer them all, but would you mind if I kept looking at this while I do? Its very important.” Referring to the book he was reading before she came along.
“Oh, not at all.” Fluttershy was still beaming, and very eager to hear him speak.
While Darkwing was busy playing 20 questions with Fluttershy, he interrupted the game by stating, “Damm, I should've watched the show when I had the chance.” He begrudgingly said before moving onto the next book. He wasn't having any luck so far going though the variety of books about Equestria, “I will bet you anything there is something on there that Negaduck saw and that's why he is here. If only I knew what it was, then we would know what hes after.”
“I've been meaning to ask ever since you mentioned it.” Twilight then asked, “Just what is a TV show?”
Applejack handed more books to Rainbow Dash, so she could put them on the shelf. “I'm sure we all have been wonderin' about that one Twilight.”
“Well, there's these electronic boxes that play movies on them.” Darkwing explained, “A TV show is just a term for a series of films from the same story. Surely you have movie films at least?”
“We have film reels if that's what you mean.” Rainbow Dash took the books from Applejack, “So what did ya see? Did we look the same as we are now?”
“Well I said already I didn't actually watch it in full, I did manage to catch a glimpse of it when it was on once. My sidekick was the one who filled me in on who you all where. From what I saw everything looked exactly the same, it was like looking though a window into your world.”
“Um...Mr. Darkwing, if you don't mind me asking that is...” Fluttershy was afraid to ask, but she said it anyway, “Does this mean a bunch of strangers are watching us at this very moment?”
“I'd say so.”
Fluttershy became very nervous, “Um...would you happen to know how many?”
“I dunno, hundreds, thousands, maybe a million....”
“...millions?!” Fluttershy looked around in a panic.
“Could be even more. I wouldn't be surprised if you happened to be a TV show in other worlds as well. Wouldn't it be funny if there was another world out there like mine where a bunch of older men watched your show.”
Fluttershy dived under a pile of books that still remained on the floor, her rear still remained exposed, she shivered all over in total fright.
Darkwing continued, his ego now getting the better of him...again. “Or better yet, my world being a TV show across multiple worlds, and people would be watching me! I came across this one world already, my life was actually a cartoon show! I still can't believe they kept drawing my beak all wrong.”
Spike let out a loud belch, and a new rolled up parchment emerged from the green flames. A response from the princess had arrived. Spike picked it up and looked at it, Twilight looked over his shoulder, so she could read it too. They where very surprised to see what the princess had written, and Twilight quickly turned to Darkwing, “Darkwing, the princess wants to speak with you...in person!”
The other ponies stopped what they where doing, they where all equally surprised to hear this
The surprised reactions of the ponies made him wonder if this “princess” that Twilight mentioned was someone very important. “Wait...what....princess? Pardon my ignorance but...just who exactly is this “princess”?”
Rarity was the one who responded to Darkwing's question, “Why, Princess Celestia is the ruler of all of Equestria of course.”
Darkwing was amazed, his sidekick seemed to have left out this bit of important information from him, “Amazing! I didn't know you girls had connections with someone so important.”
“Well, she is my mentor afteral.” Twilight told Darkwing.
A lightbulb went off in Darkwing's head, “This is perfect...if shes the ruler of this place, and seeing how you're all acquainted with her, then perhaps I can try convincing her into helping us. She will obviously have all kinds of resources that will help us find Negaduck much faster than if we where on our own.”
Darkwing then made a dramatic stance, “Alright girls, if your princess wishes to see Darkwing Duck, then that's exactly what she'll get!”
Later that day, the Mane 6 and Darkwing arrived in Canterlot and they made their way to the palace. Twilight escorted her group past the guards who reconsigned her, and to the throne room where Celestia resided. Celestia was already there waiting for them, and to their surprise, Luna happened to be there as well.
When Celestia saw them, she stood up from her seat and greeted them with a warm smile. “Ah Twilight Sparkle, I'm so happy you made it.”
Celestia's eyes immediately shifted to Darkwing, “Is this the Darkwing fellow that you mentioned in your letter?”
“Yes he is your highness.” Twilight responded.
Darkwing leaned over to the pony that was closest to him, which was Rarity, he whispered. “The white one is Celestia right? The other one a princess too I take it?”
“The other is Princess Luna, she is Celestia's younger sister. While Celestia raises the sun and rules the day, Luna raises the moon and rules the night.”
“Princess of the night huh? Sounds like my kind of gal.” Darkwing said with a grin.
Rarity gave Darkwing a look, raising her eye brow.
Darkwing noticed this reaction, “I didn't mean it like that, besides I got someone back home already, and shes the only gal for me.”
Luna spoke this time, while she remembered not speak so loudly, she still hadn't broken her habit of speaking formally, “So Dark one, what brings you to Equestria? Did thou happen to pass the gate of Tartarus?”
“The gate of what now?”
Celestia clarified her sister's question, “When you first arrived here, did you happen to pass though a large gate and encounter a large 3 headed dog in a cavern?”
Darkwing cringed upon being asked this, and grabbed ahold of his tail. “I did actually.” The painful memory of that monstrous beast ripping out some of his tail feathers resurfaced. He just barely managed to escape from that thing.
The royal sisters looked at each other for a moment, and nodded, as if they just confirmed something, then back at Darkwing. “My sister and I have heard legends of strange creatures from other worlds appearing in Equestria for centuries.” Celestia explained, “All of these legends have one thing in common, that is all these strange creatures have come though the gate of Tartarus. Upon reading Twilight's letter, we wanted to confirm and see for ourselves if these legends where true.”
“Tell us, Dark one, according to Ms. Sparkle there is another here and thou claims this other is a threat to our great land. Just how is this other a threat?” Luna asked.
“Your highness, the one who has invaded your world is known as none other than Negaduck.” Darkwing explained to the princesses, “He is a dastardly evil mastermind capable of orchestrating and causing all kinds of trouble. I just know he has some sort of wicked sinister plan in mind. I must ask, is your country constructing somekind of secret weapon? A weapon capable of causing wide spread destruction? Perhaps there is something else here in this world capable of doing something like that?”
“You ask strange questions Dark one,” Luna told him, “Equestria is a peaceful nation, we have no such weapons here.”
“Why do you wish to know?” Celestia asked, hearing these questioned concerned her.
“I'm just trying to figure out Negaduck's reasons for being here. Everything I have seen about this world so far is the exact opposite of what Negaduck likes! It's just not adding up!”
“What is this Negaduck fellow like, Dark one?” Luna asked, “If we knew more about him ourselves, perhaps we can assist you.”
Before Darkwing could respond, there was an explosion and the palace shook. It caught everyone off guard.
Celestia was surprised, “What on earth...!”
A short while later, a pair of white pegasus guards came rushing in. “Princess Celestia,” One of them said, “we have an intruder in the castle, he has blown up Canterlot Tower and opened the vault!”
“What?! The Elements of Harmony, are they safe?” Celestia asked them, fearing the worst.
“I'm afraid the intruder has stolen them.”
Celestia was alarmed by this news, “Find the intruder at once!” she commanded.
“Yes ma'am, we're already on it.” the guard said, and they both trotted off.
“This is terrible!” Rarity exclaimed, she was just as shocked to hear this as everypony else, “just who would steal The Elements like that?!”
An evil laugh echoed throughout the room. Darkwing narrowed his eyes, he knew this laugh, and reached into his suit, drawing his Gas-gun.
“What in tarnation...” Applejack said, as she and everypony else searched the room for the source of the voice.
“I know that voice anywhere, that's the voice of none other than...” Then Darkwing spotted him, the other, evil duck who mirrored his very image, high up on the balcony that overlooked the throne room. He was looking down upon them all, like some bird of prey, his fangs bared, flashing his most sinister smile.
“Negaduck....”
The ponies looked in the same direction as Darkwing they all saw Negaduck now too. Pinkie Pie jumped up and down, eagerly pointing after him. “It's him! That mean 'ol no-pants meanie pants!”
“Great, just great...” Negaduck said, not happy to see his other half, “I just can't get away from you can't I, Dipwing? What are you doing here?”
Darkwing aimed his Gas-gun at Negaduck, “I should be asking you that. You have been acting pretty out of character. Voluntary coming to another world filled with bright colors and populated by cute ponies, and you have yet to set fire across the land, destroying everything in sight.”
“Oh believe me, you wouldn't believe how badly I’ve been wanting to do all that ever since I got here. Lets just say that you have to put up with that annoying rainbow until finally reach pot of gold that lies at the end of it. Once I get my hands on that gold...then I will set fire across the land, and destroy everything in sight.” Negaduck laughed.
“Just what exactly are you planning?” Darkwing asked.
“Like hell I'll tell you. If I told you my plans now I just know you'll ruin my fun, and I don't want that. You'll see in due time.” Negaduck then flashed another twisted, evil smile,“It's an idea so grand it will turn this disgusting world, Dorkwing's world....hell, every world in existence really...on its head.”
“We'll never let you do that!” Twilight proclaimed.
Negaduck looked at Twilight and raised an eyebrow, very amused by this remark. “Oh how cute, the 'lil ponies want to try and stop me. How exactly do you all plan to do that?”
“For one thing,” Darkwing told him, “they have me, and I know you better than anybody else here!”
Rainbow Dash flapped her wings and hovered in the air, “You underestimate us ponies!”
“I'm being serious, just how exactly are you all planning to stop me?” Negaduck was still amused by the earlier remark. He reached into his suit and pulled out a familiar object, “Does your plan happen to involve using these?”
The ponies and even the Princesses looked on in shock as they saw just what it was Negaduck held in his hand. In his hand, he held the golden crown that was the Element of Magic, one of the Elements of Harmony!
Celestia gasped, “It's one of The Elements!”
“You!” Luna shouted in rage, pointing at Negaduck, “You are the fiend who broke into our royal vault!”
“Damm right I am. That thing was a bitch to open, thanks to your fancy ass unicorn magic. Good thing good 'ol classic explosives did the trick. Heh heh.” Negaduck admired his prize as he continued to speak, “Shame I had to blow up the vault, I didn't want to bring too much attention onto myself just yet. I was hoping to find The Elements back in Ponyville at the library there, but turns out they where put back in the vault.”
“So it was you who broke into Twilight's library!” Applejack said furiously.
“What are you planning to do with The Elements?” Twilight asked.
“These things?” Negaduck waved the crown around, “I have no use for this girly junk. I only took them as a precaution, I also figured I’d sell them back in St. Canard. I know the morons who go gaga over your TV show will gladly pay a fortune for these things. My stockpile of weapons is running low at the moment, and I could really use the funds to get more.”
“Give The Elements back!” Rainbow Dash started to fly towards him. Negaduck immediately reacted, he quickly drew his gun and aimed it right at her.
Pinkie Pie instantly reconsigned it, she shouted out to her friend to warn her. “Rainbow!! Look out!”
Negaduck fired, and thanks to Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash managed to dodge the bullet just in time. Rainbow Dash stopped in mid air, staring wide-eyed at the gun Negaduck was holding. “What the hay is that thing?!”
“It's that gun-thing I mentioned before!” Pinkie Pie told Rainbow Dash and the other ponies.
“Impressive, you remembered, nice to know that brain of yours isn't full of just cotton-candy I see.” Negaduck said as he insulted Pinkie Pie again.
The ponies where all unsure of what to do, this 'gun' was completely foreign to them and it made them all feel uneasy. The only thing they knew about it was that this 'gun' was a very dangerous object, and Negaduck would willingly use it on them. Darkwing knew he had to do something, while he had no idea what The Elements of Harmony where, he figured they must have been very important to the ponies.
Darkwing quickly changed the attachment on his Gas-gun to a grappling hook. “I'll get those Element things back for you.” He aimed his gun onto the balcony railing, and fired, the hook landed and it caught. Darkwing reeled himself in, Negaduck fired a couple more rounds at him, but they missed.
Darkwing did a flip and he landed on the balcony with Negaduck in a typical heroic fashion. He quickly removed the grappling attachment on his gun, and it was ready to use like before.
“Alright Negs, hand over those Elements.” Darkwing demanded.
“Alright, you got me. I hate to waste any more bullets on you or those ponies anyways.” Negaduck put the crown away and lowered the gun, “but, I do still have...” he then pulled out from his suit what looked like a remote, “this baby!”
“I have planted a bomb here in the throne room,” Negaduck explained, “and this is the remote to set it off.”
Twilight quickly reacted, her horn started to glow as she begun to cast a spell. She was going to take away the remote from Negaduck with her magic. After seeing how Negaduck used the 'gun' on her friend Rainbow Dash without a moment's hesitation, she was worried he would do the same with this bomb he mentioned.
However, Negaduck's reactions where quicker, as he raised his gun once more and aimed it at Princess Celestia. “Don't even try, any of you. Unless you want your precious princess to take a bullet to the head.”
Twilight immediately stopped, she didn't want to take any chances of her mentor getting hurt. Negaduck gave Darkwing a quick glance, “That goes for you too...” Darkwing grit his teeth and he lowered his Gas-gun. He knew Negaduck wasn't bluffing, and he especially didn't want to take any chances and have Negaduck blow up the highest command in all of Equestria.
While Negaduck still had his gun aimed at Celestia with one hand and the remote in the other, he slowly began to back away to the exit. “I'd love to stick around, but I’m afraid I have better things to do than to hang around a do-gooder and his candy-colored horsey friends.”
When Negaduck reached the exit, he bid them farewell, “Later noobs!”
He made a run for it, Darkwing and Rainbow Dash quickly chased after him. Unfortunately he had gotten away, and all they could find was the remote to the bomb. Darkwing picked it up and examined it, Rainbow Dash looked over his shoulder. Upon getting a closer look, Darkwing threw it down in frustration.
Rainbow Dash jumped, “What did you do that for! You could've made the bomb go off!”
“We've been had! Negaduck played us...” Darkwing told her in frustration.
“What?” Rainbow Dash was confused.
“The bomb is a fake, its an ordinary TV remote. He took advantage of your lack of understanding of weaponry from my world and how I knew just how trigger happy he is with explosives.” Darkwing explained, angry with himself.
Darkwing sighed, picked up the remote, and then started to walk back, “Lets go back...lets regroup with the others and come up with a plan.”
When Darkwing and Rainbow Dash returned on the balcony above the throne room, they saw the royal guards searching the room. The princesses must have commanded them to search for anything suspicious while they went chasing after Negaduck.
Rainbow Dash made the unfortunate announcement to them all, “Sorry, but we lost him.”
“But what about that...bomb?” Fluttershy asked, shaking all over.
Darkwing held up the remote to show them, “Turns out it was a fake.”
Luna wasn't pleased to hear this one bit. She jumped up, and stomped her hoof in a furious rage, it echoed like a thunderclap. “More like the Dark one let him get away! I bet they are brothers and are working together!”
“GUARDS!” Luna shouted, her voice roared. The royal guards immediately drew their attention to their princess, Luna pointed to Darkwing with her hoof, “Seize that duck!”
Her pegasus guards grabbed their spears and quickly flew up to where Darkwing was, they all pointed them at Darkwing's neck. Darkwing glanced at all the pony guards that surrounded him, and began to sweat nervously. “Can we talk about...this?” Darkwing asked, fearing for his life now.
Twilight turned to Luna to plead with her, “Princess Luna, my friends and I believe him when he claims to be on our side.”
“Just what exactly are your reasons in believing these claims of his Ms. Sparkle?” Luna asked her.
“Well I...” before Twilight finished, Pinkie Pie jumped in between him. “Because Darkwing was nice to me when that other duck was mean and threatened me with that gun-thing of his.”
Pinkie Pie then pulled herself away, allowing Twilight to speak to Luna again, “That...and he genuinely wants to help us.”
Luna gave Darkwing a suspicious glance, “We still don't trust him...he looks just like that other duck.”
“He's the only one who can help us stop Negaduck and find out what hes after. You heard them both earlier, Negaduck is planning to do something really awful to our world if we don't do something! And now that he has The Elements...”
“We are perfectly capable of apprehending this fowl fiend ourselves. We refuse to let this twin of that other duck run wild.”
“But princess...”
Celestia then approached her sister and her student, she raised her hoof to silence them. She turned to the guards who had Darkwing and told them to release him. The guards obeyed and they lowered their spears, Darkwing let out a sigh of relief.
“Celestia...why?” Luna said, surprised by her her older sister's actions.
“I trust my student's judgment dear sister.” Celestia told her.
“Thank you your highness.” Twilight thanked her mentor.
“You trust her judgment over your own sister's?” Luna said, outraged.
“I don't doubt your judgment either Luna, but Twilight is right. We know nothing about this Negaduck and Darkwing is the only one who does. If he is truly on our side then will need his cooperation, especially if we are to get The Elements back from Negaduck.”
“If it turns out he has been deceiving us the whole time I will take full responsibility.” Twilight said, bowing her head.
Applejack stepped in after hearing that, “Hey now sugarcube, no need to take all the blame. We're all involved in this now. If Darkwing does anything funny I’ll be sure to give 'em the old 'ol left hoof.” Applejack gave her front left hoof a quick swing though the air.
Rarity stepped as well, “She's right darling, we're your friends. We'll always help you in any way we possibly can.”
Twilight looked at Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash, they all nodded in agreement. She smiled upon seeing this, “Thanks guys.”
“Rest assured,” Darkwing said as he loudly announced, pointing to himself with his thumb, “you can trust Darkwing Duck! Negaduck may have gotten away this time, but I’ll find him and help you get those Elements back, you can count on it!”
Luna huffed in disapproval, “Do whatever you want...” she gave Darkwing another glance of suspicion, “If any harm befalls our country and its citizens because of you, Dark one, we shall have your head.”
Luna's threat made Darkwing feel nervous again, who knew that a pony princess could be so intimidating?
Celestia now spoke to the young ponies and Darkwing, “I'm counting on you all. If you need any sort of assistance at all, don't hesitate to ask.”
As our heroes continued their discussion and attempted to figure out what they where going to do next, they where completely unaware that Negaduck had finally found what he had been searching for the whole time...
Just how did all of it begin? Why is it that, Negaduck of all ducks, has decided to go to Equestria? What is he planning and how did he get there? What about Darkwing? Lets turn back the clock for one moment, and return to the city of St. Canard for our answers...
This side of the story begins in the twilight of the setting sun. As the sunlight began to fade upon the vast metropolitan city, the shadows hidden among the towering buildings crept out from their dark corners. Among these shadows stood an empty warehouse. Well, it was empty at one point, this warehouse is now the new current home of the city's most feared gang of criminals.
A gang known as none other than the Fearsome Five!
...Or rather “Fearsome Four” at the moment, as their leader wasn't present at this point in time. He usually gets quite fed up and bored hanging around the rest of the group much of the time. So he tends the leave the rest of the members alone for extended periods of time. Fortunately for them, this allows them to enjoy certain things that their boss would normally ban from the place.
Bushroot opened the entrance door and stepped inside, he had a disguise on consisting of a long brown trench coat and a hat.
“You get the goods?” Quackerjack asked Bushroot as he walked in.
Bushroot reached into his coat and pulled out a small package, he showed it to the rest, “Got it right here!”
Quackerjack took the package from him and did little dance, “Success!”
While Bushroot began to take off his disguise to put it away, Megavolt spoke, “How lucky are we that the guy down the street at the convenience store happens to be into the same thing?”
“They don't call it a convenience store for nothing!” The Liquidator said in his usual watery-sounding voice.
The Fearsome Four gathered around the package Quackerjack held and he opened it. They marveled at its contents in awe and excitement.
Without a minute to spare, they took advantage of their newly acquired prize and that their boss wasn't there to see it. They soon found themselves immersed in total euphoria of bright colors and happiness. It was pure bliss full of sunshine and rainbows. Suddenly, the entrance door swung open and the one thing that threatened to destroy their moment of peaceful bliss had returned. They all immediately panicked and all dived for the switch at once. They had to hurry and quickly hide it from him, but it was already too late.
The final member of their group to complete the Five, and their boss, was already here.
“Yo fellas,” Negaduck said, “I caught wind of some important news. The date of the delivery has been changed, the truck is going to be delivering the goods tonight. We need to be ready to go if we're gonna rob...”
Then he stopped and saw the really strange, awkward pose Bushroot, Megavolt, Quackerjack and The Liquidator where all in. It was as if they where playing a game of twister over a TV remote and had completely frozen in place. All their eyes where on their boss, faces completely white, all sweating profoundly, in total fear of what was to come.
This alone was enough to leave a weird expression on Negaduck's face, completely baffled by what they where doing. Before he could ask them, he looked at what was on the TV. His eyes widened, and his face contorted. For as long as they have known him, they have never ever seen their bosses' face like that before. It was as if someone had taken all of his expressions for rage, shock, disbelief, disgust and blended them all together into blender.
“What...the...hell?...You can't be serious.”
The four of them where still frozen in terror when they all nervously greeted their boss, “Hi Negaduck...”
That same expression was still stuck on Negaduck's face, he was completely dumbfounded. “Are you all watching...” he paused for a moment, he couldn't believe he was about ready to udder the words, “...My Little Pony?”
There was a long silence with only the sound of the TV before they could all finally squeak the word, “...yes.”
“...a little girls cartoon?”
“...yes.” the four squeaked again.
There was a long pause before Negaduck asked, “...Why?”
“Ah but this My Little Pony series is unlike all of the others, its new and improved and 20% cooler!” The Liquidator explained.
“Quackerjack showed it to us the other day after he told us how good it was.” Bushroot said too.
Then Quackerjack spoke, “After seeing all those guys at the toy store buying pony toys for themselves, I just had to see what the fuss was about.”
With all those expressions on Negaduck's face, one emerged, that expression being rage. He walked over to the corner where his flamethrower was at, grabbed it and made his way back over to the TV, bearing his fangs.
“I don't give a rat's ass! Its still a show about a bunch of frilly candy-colored horses meant for snot-nosed 'lil brats that grown men like you shouldn't be watching! I can't believe you imbeciles are watching such garbage in my presence to begin with!”
The four quickly scrambled to get out of the way, they didn't want to be caught in the flames of Negaduck's wrath.
Negaduck stood before the TV, his flamethrower posed and aimed, ready to kill it with fire, until something happened on screen that piqued his interest. A strange-looking character popped up on the screen, his design alone caught his attention, as he never expected to see anything like him on a show meant for young girls.
He lowered his flamethrower for a moment, and asked, “Who's this weirdo? He ain't a pony.” He continued to watch for a moment longer, “Whats he doing anyways?”
“That's Discord, hes one of the main villains...” Quackerjack told him.
Negaduck continued to watch the episode play out on the TV. He watched the strange fellow named Discord trick one of the cute colored ponies into believing her friends where against her and she turned gray. Then a purple pony appeared, who was this other pony's friend, and the pony that turned gray proceeded to be mean to her.
Negaduck's fangs vanished and a slight grin appeared. Making cute ponies turn against each other? He liked this idea. “I'm liking this guy. What else does he do?”
The four blinked in surprise, they looked at each other for a moment, then back at their boss. They never expected this to happen.
Days later in very a different part of the city, Drake Mallard, his adopted daughter Gosalyn, and Launchpad, had all stopped at a toy store.
“So why are we here Launchpad?” Drake asked his trusty sidekick as they stepped inside. Launchpad had asked if they could stop there after running some errands, he didn't say what he was looking for exactly, however.
“Oh, just want to pick up a little something if they have it, it shouldn't take too long, I'll be right back.” Launchpad explained, then left.
Gosalyn was quite thrilled with this sudden unplanned stop at Super Toy Mart. She was already in the amidst of formulating a plan to try and talk her father into buying a new video game she wanted. She was especially happy to be here as the copies sold at Super Toy Mart came with free collectables.
“Hey dad....” she asked her father, “is it possible while we are here if I can get a little something?”
She looked up at him, trying to act like the sweetest little angel she could possibly be, complete with Bambi eyes.
While Drake has managed to build up an immunity to such acts from his daughter whenever she wanted something, he figured it wouldn't hurt to give in and let her have something this time. “Alright, just one thing.”
“Yah-who!” she leapt with joy and bolted off, “I know exactly what I want!” Drake wanted to catch up with her, but then decided she should be fine by herself.
Drake, who was now alone, decided to check up on Launchpad to see where he disappeared to. He searched up and down the aisles, but had a hard time finding him. After he searched in all the other places of the store, he found in in the most likely place. He found him in the pink colored aisles of the section of girl's toys, going though the packaged toys on the shelf.
“There you are LP, I was wondering where you where at.” Drake said to him.
“Oh, uh, hi DW...” Launchpad felt a little embarrassed when Drake found him going through the girl's toys like this. Launchpad returned his eyes to the packed toys in front on him. A smiled beamed across his face when he found something.
“Oh boy! They have it!” Launchpad happily held the pink and purple package. Drake took a closer look at it. “My Little Pony? LP you know Gosalyn isn't into this sort of thing.”
“But it isn't for her.”
“So who is it for?”
“Heh, heh...It's for me.” Launchpad said with a sheepish grin.
Drake raised an eye brow. “You can't be serious?”
“B-but, its Fluttershy...” Launchpad held the toy closer to Drake to show him.
Drake took the toy from him for a better look, and a thought occurred to him. “Come to think of it, the artwork on the box looks an awfully lot like that one cartoon you where watching on TV the other day.”
“That's exactly it alright, and they have all of the main characters right here.” Launchpad went and dug though the packages picking out 5 more ponies,“The one you have there is Fluttershy. Shes adorable, kind and loves taking care of all of her little animal friends...”
Launchpad then held up the packaged ponies one by one, introducing them all to Drake. “...this is Rainbow Dash, shes cool, and a total tomboy. She has need for speed and loves to fly...I'd love to race against her sometime. Then Pinkie Pie, shes so funny and random...”
After when Launchpad was finished, he put the toys away and Drake handed him back the Fluttershy toy. “I still don't get why you like a girls cartoon so much though.”
“You really should see it for yourself sometime DW. In fact, why don't I put it on for ya when we get back?”
“I'll have to pass LP, I have work I need to get back to.”
Launchpad looked around to make sure nobody was within ear's reach before speaking to Drake in a very low voice, “You mean that case that S.H.U.S.H. has you currently working on?”
“Correct.” Drake glanced around himself before he spoke again in a low voice too, “A special device has gone missing and they want me to find it. S.H.U.S.H. has uncovered some mystical artifacts with power inside them and this device has been designed to help draw out the power within these items and put them to use. They want me to find it as they are worried about it ending up in the hands of F.O.W.L. While I have yet to find out any leads, I suspect that the thief is not a F.O.W.L. agent.”
“What makes you say that?”
“The thief only stole the device. According to J.Gander and Dr. Bellium, the artifacts that where with device at the time when it was stolen sound exactly like the sort of thing F.O.W.L. would eagerly snatch up if they where given the chance.”
“Maybe they only wanted the device itself, and they already have something even better themselves?”
“Perhaps,” Drake now saw a young girl and her mother approaching the aisle, “but lets hope not LP.”
Drake, now speaking in a normal tone, pretending that the talk about the case had never taken place, spoke again to Launchpad. “So is that all you want LP?”
Launchpad reached back over to the toys on the shelf, grabbed two more of the pony figures and a keychain. “I think I'll get an Applejack and Rainbow Dash, and this keychain too.” He showed the keychain to Drake, “I thought Rainbow Dash would make the keys to the Thunderquack 20% cooler, heh heh.”
Just then Gosalyn came running up, “There you are dad!” She held the video game before her father, “It's Zombie Mutant Blood Rain Chainsaw Apocalypse part III! Can I get it, please, please, please?”
Drake took one glance at the game, he narrowed his eyes and looked at his daughter. He then gave her a very firm, “No.”
“But why not? You said I could have one thing.”
Drake pointed to the game his daughter held, “The Mature rating tells me to not let you have it.”
“But dad...every copy you buy here you get a special collectable book with production info about the game, a DVD with a short movie, and a shirt!”
Drake folded his arms, 'That's not enough to convince me.”
“If I don't get this game, I'll live a sheltered childhood, deprived of knowledge of the harsh reality of the real world, and thus when I become an adult, and when we have a zombie apocalypse, I won't know how to defend myself?”
“Nice try, but still no.”
“...Rats.”
“Now go pick out something else.”
Gosalyn walked off, sulking, annoyed that her attempts to get the game ended in vain.
“I'm going to head after her.” Drake said, following her, leaving Launchpad behind, “I need to make sure she doesn't end up picking out another one of those type of video games.”
“Okay Drake, I'll look around for a bit while I wait for you guys.”
After looking around the store for a bit while killing time, the most unusual thing happened. Launchpad just happened to glance at the right moment and time and he saw them! At first he rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things. After when he confirmed he wasn't, he was in total shock. It was the Fearsome Five! Well Four rather, Negaduck wasn't with them, and they where walking though the toy store!
Upon seeing this, Launchpad quickly dashed over to the video game section to find Drake.
Meanwhile, Drake was trying to convince Gosalyn to get a game that that didn't have 'blood' in the title. “Look Gos,” Drake said holding up a game, “it's Wiffleboy Tennis!”
“Pass.” Gosalyn said without hesitation.
“...but its Wiffleboy.” Drake defended.
“Its just an ordinary tennis game with Wiffleboy characters because they too too cheap to make a real Wiffleboy game. Its all a marketing poly to make easy money from the gullible public.”
Drake looked at the game, then decided, “Well, I'll get it for myself then...”
Just then, Launchpad came running up, he was breathing heavily, trying to explain what he just saw, “Fear...Fear...Fearsome...”
Drake broke the 4th wall for a moment as he glanced at the reader, this reminded him of one of his past adventures. “I'm having a moment of deja-vu here.”
Drake resumed to the story, “So...the Fearsome Four have appeared, which obviously means that they must be up to no good again. Well, little did they know that they have caught the attention of...”
Drake looked around and found a display that was against the wall, out of sight from people and security cameras. When no one was looking he quickly dived behind it. Moments later he reemerged, in full costume and he struck a dramatic pose. “Darkwing Duck!”
He then reached up, adjusted his hat, and marched off after the villains, “Lets get dangerous!”
Meanwhile in the darkest, farthest corner of the backroom of the same toy store, was Negaduck. He was rubbing is hands together, laughing manically, like the typical evil mastermind he was. “Finally...” he mumbled to himself with the most sinister grin, “the preparations are finally complete!”
He turned and looked at an old photobooth, it was hidden away behind the shelves of toys that where extra stock. This particular photobooth was placed in front on the store at one point, until one day it stopped working and the owner decided to store it in the backroom and has been there since.
Negaduck reached out and placed a hand upon the old photobooth, “I had my doubts at first that I would have been able to find the portal to Equestria, but now...” he clenched his fist “its within my grasp!”
He felt something odd in his suit for a moment and reached into it and pulled it out. It was an ordinary TV remote, “Oh yeah, forgot I put that old thing in here, I thought I'd be evil and prevent them from watching stuff they shouldn't be watching while I was gone.”
Just then, the door that lead to the inside of the store busted open, and Negaduck tucked the remote back into his suit. He could hear the rest of the members of the Fearsome Five walk into the room.
“...I can't believe kids are still playing with those rotten video games, someone needs to show them some good old fashioned playtime!” Quackerjack said.
“First things first, we're here to see what Negaduck has been up to, remember? After that you can go do whatever you want, I know I’ll be busy liberating the store's enslaved light blubs. Those poor things...”
“Yeah yeah, I still remember the plan sparky.”
“DON'T CALL ME SPARKY!”
Upon seeing Negaduck, Liquidator said, “And now its time for the duck of the hour, heeeeeerrrreeee's Negaduck!”
Negaduck's smile immediately faded upon the sight of the rest of the group, he rolled his eyes, “Not you guys...can't I just work on my latest diabolical plan in peace without the peanut gallery?”
Bushroot pointed at him, “We want to know what you have been up to!”
“Yeah, we want in on the fun!” Quackerjack said, he then pulled out Mr. Bananabrain and provided his voice, “It's not nice to keep secrets from your friends.”
“I ain't letting you fools in on this particular scheme this time, its my idea and my idea alone...well I should thank you all for giving me the idea at the very least.”
“What would that be?” Megavolt asked, he and the others where now curious.
Negaduck glanced over at one of the shelves with toys, and grabbed a talking Pink Celestia toy. He held it before the rest of the group to see, his evil grin returned. “I need to thank you boys for introducing me to this.”
The rest of the Fearsome Five beamed with joy upon this statement. The Liquidator spoke first, “Even ponies can manage to turn the most heartless and evil ducks around!”
“Does this mean you're a member of the herd now too?!” Bushroot asked excitedly.
These statements made Negaduck's mood violently shift into a storm of fury. He gripped tightly at the Celestia toy in anger, tearing the box up in the process. He furiously hurled the toy at the others, they just barely ducked in time to miss it.
“YOU IDIOTS!!!” Then he grabbed another Celestia toy from off the shelf and furiously jabbed it with his index finger, “Just what the hell makes you morons think I would EVER like a show about a bunch of nauseatingly cute, candy-colored horses!?! Especially horses from a toy line where the toys spout crap like THIS!”
Negaduck then pushed the button on the toy, it spoke, “I'm a princess, are you a princess too?”
“But ponies have an amazing ability to convert anybody, even the most unlikely, into the herd of friendship!” The Liquidator said proudly.
Negaduck chucked the other pony toy at the group. The rest of the group ducked as The Liquidator remained standing this time, the toy flying right though him.
The rest of the group stood back up, no longer smiling and quite sad that Negaduck had not converted into the herd like they originally hoped.
“But if you still don't like the show, then why....?” Megavolt started to ask.
“Because...its thanks to you guys, you introduced me to a particular fellow who is capable of causing ultimate total anarchy. The one who's power is capable of altering reality itself, and turning even the nicest of ponies into total jerks...” Negaduck's evil grin returned once more, “I plan to make the power of ultimate chaos mine.”
The rest of the group gasped, “Discord!”
“B-b-b-but, My Little Pony isn't real!” Bushroot couldn't believe what he was hearing.
“Yeah! Its nothing more than just a cartoon show on TV!” Quackerjack said, equally surprised to hear this.
They all quickly glanced at each other in bewilderment for a moment then back at Negaduck, “....right?”
“That's what you think.” Negaduck placed one hand on the photobooth and leaned on it. “I recently discovered that most TV shows do exist in other dimensions, unfortunately, the passages to these worlds aren't always easy to find. I did however find the path to Equestria.” he tapped on the photobooth.
Negaduck stood upright, walked over to the entrance of the photobooth, and drew back the curtain, “Well, ciao fellas, was fun while it lasted, cause I’m not going to be needing you boys anymore after my date with the King of Chaos!”
All while Negaduck was laughing manically, Megavolt clenched his fist in anger and sparks began to fly, “That dirty double crosser!”
“Knowing Negaduck, hes going to destroy Equestria!” Bushroot spoke with concern.
Quackerjack pulled on his hat and frowned, “....and hes going to have fun without us!”
“We got to stop him somehow!” Megavolt punched his clenched fist into his other hand.
Right when the first flash of the photobooth went off and Negaduck disappeared, a cloud of blue smoke appeared at the entrance to the backroom.
“I am the terror, that flaps in the night...”
When Darkwing was in the middle of making his entrance, the rest of the Fearsome Five had the exact same idea at the same time, and they all dashed after Darkwing.
“When life gives you lemons...” The Liquidator started. “Give those lemons to someone else!” Quackerjack finished.
“I am the missing piece to your 1000 piece puzzle, I am....wa?” before Darkwing could finish his dramatic entrance, he could feel four sets of hands grabbing him, pulling him out off his puff of smoke.
The rest of the Fearsome Five had all grabbed Darkwing and quickly dashed back over to the photobooth. “Hey!” Darkwing said angrily, “can't you all at least wait until the hero finishes his grand entrance?...Not to mention I’m having more deja-vu here.”
“Yeah yeah, Darkwing Duck.” Megavolt said, “Just go ruin Negaduck's plans like you normally do for us, okay?”
“What better way to rain on his parade then to send the one guy we all hate the most after him!” Quackerjack stated.
“...And we can get rid of Darkwing this way too!” Bushroot added.
The Liquidator went and drew back the curtain, “Great minds think alike!” The rest of the group chucked Darkwing inside the photobooth and closed the curtain behind him. Quackerjack waved farewell, “Say hi to Negaduck for us!”
The photobooth gave a 4th, final flash, and Darkwing was gone. When the final picture had been taken, the photos began to print.
The remaining members of the Fearsome Five felt accomplished, and quite proud on how they managed to come up with such a great idea on the fly. However, after a moment of thought, another idea simultaneously crossed all their minds as they realized something.
“Wait a minute...this photobooth leads to Equestria.” Brushroot stating what the others where thinking. They all paused for a moment, then realized the golden opportunity that had been given to them and all pounced upon it
Quackerjack dived for the photobooth, “I claim Pinkie Pie!”
Bushroot used his vines and pulled Quackerjack out of the way, “No way! I'm first! I claim Fluttershy!”
Megavolt zapped them with both with a blot of lightening, to get them out of his way, “I want Rainbow Dash! She's way cooler than your guy's ponies!”
The Liquidator then slipped in, electrocuting Megavolt with his watery self, “It's first come first served...and the first one will receive the chance to be with Ms. Rarity!”
As they all continued to fight over the photobooth, wrecking it in the process, the photos taken from moments before fell from the slot and drifted across the floor. In the first photo of the four was Negaduck, he had his usual evil grin, a wicked grin that perfectly represented the brewing storm on the horizon. The next two where blanks and the final photo had Darkwing. He looked utterly confused, wondering what sort of mess he had gotten himself thrown into.
