//------------------------------// // Some Amazing Friends // Story: Spiders and Magic: Dimensional Crisis // by MetalJrock //------------------------------// The sun began to set in Ponyville, after another day of pure chaos, the heroes just wanted some time to rest. And of course, the CMC wanted to be aware of what was happening. So after getting the injured back to the Treebrary, Peter picked up the children to explain the situation to them, and they took it in stride. "Is that what your world's really like?" Scootaloo asked in amazement. After the battle, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Spike and Mayday returned to the Treebrary, hearing about the new heroes that arrived in Equestria sometime ago. Barry nodded, "Yeah. Full of metahumans and the like. Green Arrow usually fights crime in his own city. In fact, most of us operate in separate cities." he explained, gesturing to Batman and Green Arrow, who nodded as well. "So, unless we're needed for Justice League business, we're on our own." "It means it's gotta be less crowded. It feels like every superhero on our Earth lives in New York." Ant-Man chuckled, taking another sip of his recovery orange juice that Mayday gave him upon his request. The flly sitting next to him. "And we still don't just team-up for everything we do." "Really?" Applebloom wondered. "How big is it?" "We're talking really big. Like twenty-five times the size of Ponyville. And shrinking multiplies that number even more." Scott revealed, earning a few gasps of wonder from the fillies. Frank leaned on the sofa, his wounds having already been tended to. He wore a bandage around his barrel and hoof. "Well, I tend to stay away from everything..." he grumbled. "Well, that's on you, Castle." Ant-Man quipped. Blade sighed, "Can we just get going already?" Green Arrow crossed his hooves, leaning on the wall, "We just gotta wait for Doctor Fate to give us the signal. Something tells me we'll be back here anyhow." "I hope not." muttered Frank. "Howdy do to you too." Applebloom mumbled to herself at Frank's grumpiness. "Thanks for helping, Zecora." Peter thanked. "Surprisingly, I got out of there mostly unscathed." next to him were the other Spiders, standing by and waiting for the portal that Fate and Strange were working on. They were all out of costume and their very minor injuries were not needed to be tended to. The zebra chuckled, "You're welcome, Peter. You have quite the number of friends here." she replied with a sincere smile. The stallion leaned on the chair, seeing Twilight, Trixie and Sunset lying in bed, exhausted from exerting too much magic. The three were currently sleeping. "Their magic was overused. They must rest and not have it abused." she explained briefly.   Miguel raised a hoof, "That's a relief. And new. How often does that happen to unicorns? Or alicorns for that matter?" he asked the zebra, hoping for answers. "This type of thing doesn't sound like a common problem." "It depends. For you see they did it to protect their friends." Zecora answered. Ben nodded, "Yeah. They were shooting down robots, protecting us, and even containing explosions. I imagine it'd take a lot out of somepony with magic." he trailed off, the clone gazing on his hooves, which held his costume, "So, a few days huh? That's not too bad, I suppose. At least they're still conscious." "That is true." Kaine replied, "If anything worse happened, the Legion of Doom would suffer. Wait... They must've had this planned. They wanted these three out of battle for a while, meaning that we're out of a few heroes and assets." he realized, his eyes widening, and he tried to clench his hoof. Peter sat in silence, wondering it what his brother had said was indeed true. "That is a possibility. For you it seemed too easy." Zecora added. "Maybe. But that's another matter all together." Miguel answered the clone, waving a hoof. "What matters is that we're down three magic users. They may still be able to move for now, but they'll be shocking useless in a fight." "Well, let's hope that we don't get into a battle until they recover." Peter pleaded, placing his hooves behind his head. Eddie groaned, "There it is. Do you realize what you've done?" "What?" Peter blurted out, forgetting his luck. "Do not worry, you five. But for now, I must leave. Tell the others I said hi." Zecora said, getting up. "See ya, Zecora!" Peter waved. Seeing the zebra step out of the door away from the chaos that was his house. "Man, I'm glad I know her. She's been picking up my slack for years now. Maybe she can teach me some of that tribal stuff." The Flash ran into the room, seeing the Spiders. "Hey, guys." he said. "How are they?" "They're fine. They just need to rest and not use magic." Eddie explained to the metahuman. The Flash sighed in relief at the news, sitting down next to Peter. They took another look at the three, who were still breathing, but judging by the bags under their eyes, they could tell they were exhausted. The scarlet speedster sighed, "I'm sorry. I would've never expected the Legion of Doom to do something like this. To ruin this peaceful world like they're doing now. And knowing that I was involved in this? I fight other speedsters who abuse their speed, but the Speed Force chose me... To be a hero. And I failed." he raised his hooves, as though to emphasize his point. Peter noticed how down the usually cheerful Flash was and placed a hoof on his shoulder. "I've been in your spot before. Minus the mind control, I think. But being in this world taught me to move past my mistakes... Most of the time." he whispered the last part, hoping that no one else heard him. "But none of this was your fault. It was Luthor's and Loki that did all this." Barry gave Peter a smile, "You're right. I'm just glad that damage was minimal. And that these three are fine. Honestly, I'm surprised that they're this exhausted and didn't collapse earlier." "They're hard to put down. Many have tried." Ben chuckled lightly. Eddie nodded, "Yeah. They're safe. And we got you back to normal. I say that's a win." "So, Flash, was it? You're staying with us?" Kaine asked. Barry looked at the clone, and answered, "Yeah. At least until we defeat the legion. Is anyone else sticking around? Oh, uh, no pun intended of course." he chuckled. "Well, Ant-Man and Quicksilver are as well. Batman and Wolverine made it their mission to be here as long as they can. They're not leaving until they know the Legion of Doom is defeated." Peter elaborated for the Scarlet Speedster. The sound of moaning ended the conversation, and the group stopped their talking, seeing Twilight twitch in her spot. "Peter? What happened?" she slowly moved her head, "And why are Trixie and Sunset here with me?" she wondered. "The three of you collapsed on the way here. We decided to put you in the bed, since we're kinda running outta space here. Don't worry Zecora stopped by and tended to everyone here. But..." the stallion slowly began to say, "You three overexerted yourselves, meaning that you'll be without magic for a while. Zecora said maybe a few days. Don't worry, you can still move, just don't use magic." he added, withdrawing any worry from the alicorn. "Hey, Twilight..." the Flash said quietly. "Um, sorry about all this. I'll be sure to make it up to you all for what happened." The lavender alicorn gave Barry a small smile, "Don't worry about it, Flash. You weren't in control. You said you were helping us anyway, right?" she asked, at Barry's nod, she continued, "Then you have nothing to worry about." "See?" Peter nudged the speedster gently. "Told you they would be fine." 'But what about Sunset?' thought Miguel, 'Wait, why the shock did I think of her specifically? I'm worried about Trixie too!' he chastised his own brain. 'But at least Twilight's awake. Parker nearly had a heart attack when she fell, with good reason of course.' "Where's everypony else at?" Twilight questioned. Ben pointed back, "In the other room. I think you should stay in bed for tonight. Heck, Peter will make sure you do that. Or he'll kick us out of the house." Twilight gave her husband a smile, "I'm the one who should be worrying." Peter shrugged at his wife, "Gotta switch things up at some point. Luckily, if it were just me here, I'd have sent you all to Canterlot to safety, but I think you three have enough bodyguards covering for you." he explained to her. "You guys can go back. I'll try and wake up Sunset and Trixie." once she heard snoring, she groaned, "Never mind." The Flash zipped back to the living room and stood next to Quicksilver. "So..." he started to say, leaning on the wall. "How'd you get your speed?" he wondered, wanting to speak to a speedster that for once wasn't trying to kill him. "You wanna trade stories?" Quicksilver teased. Barry smiled, "Sure. It'd be great to speak to a speedster that for once isn't trying to bring about my death or torment my life. Except Jay, Wally and Bart. But you go first." he offered his silver maned friend. Quicksilver chuckled, "Mutant genes passed down from my father, who's a supervillain in my world. What about you?" he inquired in a nonchalant manner. "Wait what!?" Pinkie and Rainbow houted, overhearing his story. The three fillies looked up at him, "Yeah, what did ya mean supervillain?" "Nothing. It's the sad truth." Quicksilver shrugged off, "But anyway, how did the Flash come to be?" Barry looked out the window, memories flashing in his head, "Chemicals, lightning and a particle accelerator. A mix led me, and a bunch of other people in Central City, to get superpowers. We're individuals known as metahumans. And I'm the only one fast enough to stop those who seek to use their powers for the wrong reason." "Wow." was all Scootaloo said. "How fast are you two?" Rainbow Dash decided to butt in, "Heh. The three of us are so fast. That time managed to slow down. We saved everypony. And I mean every single one of these guys here." she boasted. "But you're the fastest right?" Scootaloo added. The cyan pegasus nodded, confirming the orange filly's question, earning an eye roll from Quicksilver and the Flash. Blade walked back into the room, a scowl evident under his sunglasses. "So, if you're a half-vampire how are ya in the daytime?" Applejack wondered. "Sunscreen." the Daywalker said in a serious tone. "...Right." Spike muttered, "Speaking of which, what the heck happened while I was gone? And I missed it..." he huffed. "A lot." Green Arrow replied. "It doesn't matter. From what Peter told me, you did your own part anyway in making sure the kids were safe." he complimented. "Thanks." replied Spike, "Are you like Batman?" he asked. Oliver smiled, "I've been getting that a lot lately. Kinda, I guess. He's more of a... friendly rival to me anyhow. I gotta be the one to show who's the better vigilante." he laughed, pretending to shoot an arrow with his bow, which he pulled out to show the dragon. Frank groaned at was happening around him, "Oh my God. Can that portal open up already!?" he shouted. Suddenly, Pinkie appeared behind him, and rubbed his shoulders. "Aw, c'mon, Frankie! You should smile more!" Pinkie cheered on. Castle grunted, "No thanks, pink pony. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing. I got loose ends to tie up back on Earth and every second I spend here is another second where Kingpin gets away. But I'll kick Luthor and Loki's asses when I get the chance." "Same here." Blade added, "I'm a little... looser than this guy, but this could be considered an opportunity to strike for those who are after me. I gotta show 'em not to screw around." "Wait... Who do you fight?" Sweetie Belle asked. The Daywalker sighed, "If you must know... They are monsters that plague the night. And I'm the only one with the abilities to stop them before they spread." "Wow. That's deep." Spike sighed. Blade looked at his katana as he strapped it on his barrel. "That's why I stay on my own. Having an ally doesn't work out." "I know what he's talking about." Peter chimed in, "It's better if you don't know what goes on with these two. There's like a whole supernatural side to our world that I won't dare to mess with. Minus when they drag me into it of course. I usually leave that kind of stuff to this guys over here." he gestured to Blade. "And a few others. Speaking of... Blade, Frank. Have any of you gotten in touch with Ghost Rider recently?" "Why do you care?" Frank asked. "I would think the Spirit of Vengeance would get himself involved in interdimensional affairs is all. It wouldn't be the first time." Peter said. "He ain't wrong." Logan agreed. "We should see if he's willin' to lend a hand. I'm sure Luthor has plenty'a sins to pay for." "You have no idea." Batman mumbled, rotating his arm to get feeling back into it. "As long as he doesn't resort to being lethal, then we'll already be on better terms." "Well that would depend on your definition of lethal. He hurts demons, but at worst he'll beat up a sinner to a pulp. Most of the time anyway. Except for the biggest monsters. They'll come back anyway, though." Peter explained to the Dark Knight, who narrowed his gaze. "What about me, Parker?" Eddie joined, "Would he even consider me a sinner to be punished?" "I don't think so. But we'll make sure he doesn't lay a skeleton hand on you." assured Peter. Applejack shook her head, "What the heck are ya boys talkin' about?" "It'd be tough to explain." responded Peter. "No kidding." Frank scoffed, slamming his hooves on the ground. 'Greetings.' Then, a noise echoed in the room, a familiar voice at that. "Woah. Okay, am I going crazy or something!? Cause I swear I just heard some mystic-sounding guy a second ago!" Ant-Man practically screamed, holding onto Fluttershy, who was surprised. The Cutie Mark Crusaders gasped while Quicksilver merely raised a brow. "Daddy? Who is that?" Mayday questioned, shivering in her spot. Peter held his daughter. "It's okay, May. It's a friend. Doctor Fate." Peter looked up, "What is it, Fate?" 'I'm here to tell you that Strange is readying a portal to your locarion now. And is bringing in more allies, with Frank, Blade and Green Arrow returning to their worlds. It will open once they arrive.' explained Fate. "That's good to hear." Ben noted. "Who the shock else can we bring?" Miguel wondered. 'I cannot say who they are as Strange never told me. But just wait a moment and a rift will open in your location.' Fate said. 'Good luck, I will speak to you again when the time is right.' "Well that's vague." Rainbow grumbled, crossing her hooves. "Thanks, Fate." said Batman. The vigilante then faced Punisher, "You can stop whining now." Frank stood up and was ready to punch Batman, with the Dark Knight ready to respond with his own hoof, but Peter and Kaine pushed them back, O'Hara and Ben webbing up their fists. "Can we not fight anymore? This is getting old." Kaine grunted. "I'm with Kaine on this one. We're not gonna get shit done if all we're doin' is fighting each other." Logan said, pushing the two dueling heroes away from each other. Blade got up from the couch, facing the X-Man, "Just be glad we're not a huge part of this war, Castle. Call it off." The Punisher sighed, then he gazed the floor, "Fine. If it'll get ya to stop complaining." "It's a start." Peter chuckled. Marvel Earth... Doctor Strange moved his hands again, opening another rift to Equestria in the process. Two figures stood in front of him, both ready to head into the new world, having just arrived at the Sanctum Sanctorum mere moments ago. "Welcome, gentlemen. I wished Miss Romanoff and Mister Barton could have joined, but they are awaiting the arrival of the Guardians. Speaking of..." he faced the person standing to the right. "Where's the rest of your team, Johnny?" Johnny chuckled, him wearing his Fantastic Four uniform as always, "Oh, that. Y'see, sometime before this whole Legion of Doom thing happened, they left to go on some diplomatic mission in another world and they told me to stay. Can't explain why that is." he didn't see Strange roll his eyes at that. "But I'm glad that another world gets to see me kick some bad guy butt!" The man standing next to him nudged him with an elbow. He wore a yellow and blue suit, similar to Wolverine's own. "It's not because you miss Parker?" he teased. "What? No way, Bobby!" Johnny scoffed. "I'm only going there to settle our rivalry once and for all! I'm number one after all." Bobby snickered, "Right." Strange cleared his throat, "Anyway. The two of you will change forms upon arrival, but the spell on the rift shall allow you to get accustomed to it almost immediately." he explained. "Doesn't matter what I look like. We'll still beat the Legion of Doom three ways to Sunday!" Johnny bragged, a fireball appearing in his hand as he said this. "It'll be awesome, that's for sure." Bobby said, his hand turning into pure ice. Strange nodded and faced the portal, "Then good luck, gentlemen." after saying that, Johnny and Bobby jumped in, their destination Equestria, and a long awaited reunion. He looked up to the ceiling. "Fate. Let me know how things are going on your end. Has Superman been found yet?" DC Earth... Fate stopped reading his tome to answer, "Not yet, Stephen. Though, the remaining heroes on our world continue their search. Despite our numbers dwindling like your world. I'm glad that they restored the Flash to his proper self. Now The Chosen Champion of Shazam will be another concern." He saw Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter consider their options at the Watchtower. "The League as odd now is planning in Batman's absence. I shall tell the news of Green Arrow and Flash's state. The more searching, the better. But we're still running low on heroes capable of stopping Captain Marvel." 'I am aware. I fear the Hulk has been detained as well.' "Then we must pray for the heroes now..." He continued to stare at the image. Of the remaining Justice League members looking at a hologram projection of the Earth, and a basic cuprude image of Lantern Space. So far, their results found nothing, and they were worried that the worst had happened because of this. Ponyville, Equestria... Suddenly a portal opened in Peter's living room. "I'm never gonna get used to that." he said. He turned his head back to Punisher, Blade and Green Arrow. "I guess this is where you get off." Blade smirked, "Yep. Remember my offer, kid." he was the first to hop into the rift. Arrow faced Parker, "Hey, see you again soon enough." he saluted Peter and Flash, who mirrored his actions. The last to go was Punisher, who gave Peter one last look. "Kid. I know I may be a hardass, but given what I've dealt with... It's all I have. Don't make the mistakes I've made. Don't ever go down the path I took, because like I tell myself. Once I'm done, there is one last person that needs punishment." he said in a grim tone. "Don't take it personally, Castle. It won't come to that." Peter said sincerely. Frank gave him a thin smile before jumping into the portal, going back to New York. Pinkie gasped, "He smiled! Woohoo!" "Easy, Pinkie." Quicksilver chuckled to himself, holding down the pink mare. Then, two ponies hopped out of the portal right as it closed. The Marvel heroes instantly recognizing them based on their attire. "God damn it..." muttered Logan. "Holy crap! I'm a horse! We're all horses!" Johnny exclaimed, looking t his hoof then the others. "Yeah. I didn't think Strange meant this kind of change." Bobby admitted. "Johnny? Bobby?" Peter asked. Johnny and Bobby paused, hearing the voice. "Peter?" "Yep!" The three then high fived each other at once. Like a group of friends that finally reunited after so long. Batman and Wolverine shook their heads at the sight. "Oh, that's sweet." Fluttershy said, earning a small gag from Rainbow Dash. "Hey, I knew these three were the best of friends. Any opportunity they could, they would always work together." Ant-Man explained. "Um... Who are they?" Scott pointed at the newcomers, "Iceman and the Human Torch. We may be your dad's allies, but they're his best friends. Even before meeting your mother." "They're actin' like us when we were young." Applebloom commented. The three heroes continued to laugh at each other, enjoying their small banter. Applejack shrugged, "I say let 'em have this. They haven't seen each other in years." "No kidding. They're acting like a bunch of shocking teenagers." Miguel said. "Yay!" cheered Mayday. "More company!" The Flash laughed at the filly's outburst. "Yep. Better than Frank and Blade, that's for sure. Let's just hope we can stay like this for a little longer. I'm enjoying this little fun off time." "Yep. Didn't think the Amazing Friends will be reunited!" Peter cheered. "You gave us a corny nickname? Come on, Pete! You're better than that." Johnny teased. "Sorry, Storm. Or should I say Human Torch? Really subtle there with naming." Peter laughed. "He got you there, Johnny." Bobby also laughed. "Shut up, Iceman." Johnny snickered. "I'm startin' to think this was a bad idea." Logan groaned. "You're not the only one." Batman growled. Tartarus... "Oh man, what a riot!" Discord laughed, throwing away his bag of popcorn before grabbing his soda drinking hat. "Especially that Quicksilver fellow. He knows how to steal the show!" "They pushed on, Luthor. It provided a good distraction, didn't it?" Loki chuckled. "Yes, it did, Loki. While they were busy, I managed to nab this." he held up a pistol. "It looks like an ordinary gun." Cold commented. "Yes, but instead of bullets, it's filled with a chemical known as fear gas, made by one Johnathan Crane, the Scarecrow. With Sinestro's Yellow Lantern abilities, I managed to enhance it greatly." "Well, who are you gonna use it on?" Slade asked. "Spider-Man. He's already a paranoid man, filled with guilt. But with one shot, I can make him turn against his friends, using his worst fears against him. It'll tear him apart, meaning that if done correctly, their numbers should fall faster." The draconequss clapped his paws. "Oh wonderful! Emotional suspense! I know just the fellow to perform the task!" he snapped his fingers, opening a rift. For some reason, Scorpion and Hydro-Man's eyes went wide at the sight of who he summoned. "You brought him?" Green Goblin asked, "He's too crazy! Even for your magic!" "I have to agree with Norman. It's too risky." Tirek added. The pony wearing red and black pointed a hoof at the centaur. "Shut up! You hooded ape looking thing!" he immediately took notice of his lack of fingers. "Awesome! I'm in Equestria! Finally, now Pinkie can become my real waifu-- oh, you didn't hear that!" the other villains raised a brow at his comment. "This was a mistake." Loki sighed. "Shut up, you fangirl dream!"  Discord hovered over the masked merc, "Easy now, Deadpool. I merely summoned you here for fun." Deadpool smiled, "Really?" "Hold on. Doesn't this break the canon of the series?" "Who cares? It's a Marvel/DC crossover! Why wouldn't we show up!?" "Good point. It sounds like the author's trying to tie so many plotlines to reach the canon finale untouched." The Merc with a Mouth laughed, "Oh right. Heh, listen Discord. I know of your little supervillain band here. But listen, since you're having me break canon here, you owe me by summoning me when you need me to spread chaos in an awesome cameo in Part IV. Got it?" he ordered. "Sure thing. I'll even let you invite a friend." two tickets appeared in his hand, which Deadpool snatched. "Alright, cause Lady Deadpool's been wanting to see this world. Since her Spider-Woman left for Equestria as well." Deadpool agreed, placing his hooves on his head.  "Ooh, another Spider that left for another Equestria? I should pay Eris a visit at some point. Maybe a vacation is due after all this." the master of chaos replied. Deadpool faced the Legion of Doom. "Okay. Why aren't you guys in that giant Darth Vader head in the swamp?" "It looked a little too lame." "Pheh. What are you talking about? It's like the Hall of Justice! It had its own narrator and everything!" Lex raised a brow, "If you must know, we're here to avoid the obvious locations of hiding." "I like this guy's style." Joker laughed. "You seem so jolly! I can respect a hero like that." "Yeah! Joker cred!" Deadpool cheered. "But I'm not a hero. Just name a price, and I'll do a job. Except giving MODOK a spongebath. That was too degrading even for me." "How do you even get anything done with that mind of yours?" Deathstroke questioned. "Hey it's the guy who ripped off our style!" "You mean the one who existed long before we did?" "...Fuck Liefeld." "No arguing with that, I suppose." "I can get it done." Deadpool answered, skipping around the dark cavern. "At least you're a better ripoff than Dudepeel, Barakapool, whatever that... thing was called in that movie. At least I redeemed myself." he sighed. "What the hell are you talking about?" Heatwave asked. "My job. To entertain people around the world with incredible stories like you!" Deadpool declared. "Speaking of jobs. Take this." Lex handed Deadpool the Fear Pistol, as he called it. The Merc threw it in the air. "You only have one shot. Use it on Spider-Man." "Why? What does it do?" Lex smirked, "It'll make Spider-Man your best friend." he lied, "In there is an instant-friend gas. Shoot it at him, and he'll be ready to call you your bro." Deadpool squealed, "Awesome! Send me to Ponyville, captain!" Discord nodded, and snapped Deadpool out of the room. Adagio crossed her hooves, "Thank God he's gone." "He was starting to annoy me." Carnage yelled. "My, my. I never took you as a trickster, Luthor." Loki teased. "Clever way of getting Deadpool to do your bidding." "Yeah." Cold complimented. "Let's put this enhanced toxin to the test." Sinestro nodded. "Soon, but in the meantime, I must pick our next candidates to Equestria. Deadpool will be necessary for as long as needed." Lex revealed, looking at the projection screen.