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// The eyes of the Watcher, Part I 
// Story: Spiders and Magic: The Harmony Avengers 
// by andrew7 
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An uncertainty, amazement and tension could be felt in the air as well as being able to cut by knife within a Throne Room. Everypony in the room still couldn’t recuperate from a sudden and unexpected visit of a strange giant and arguably immensely powerful being of a supposedly god-like origins. His strange aura radiating from his body had a strange effect on those around.

The atmosphere was also weird, as it seemed like all ponies present in the room couldn’t just feel the beings presence in front of them, but literally all around them. It seemed that even the air everypone were breathing was filled by its every essence.

Even Princess Celestia and Luna, two Royal Sisters of Equestria still couldn’t recuperate themselves from their awe by the sight of the being.

“What….Is that?” Fluttershy stuttered with a strained voice nervously, also not letting her eyes from the alien.  

However, Peter, the only one of the group who seemed the least affected by giant aliens presence, stood firmly in front of him, with an unreadable expression, like he still didn’t know what to say or how to react, or even bracing himself for an attack. The stallion just stared into giant beings big glowing eyes of a both firm yet surprisingly honest expression.

However, after a while of dead silence and before the situation could get even more complicated, the being eventually spoke off with its powerful echoing voice.

“Greetings, Spiderman. It has been a long time.” The being addressed the stallion with a both firm yet gentle tone. “I must say. It is truly unusual to see you in such an unorthodox form as an equine. Yet, you managed to adapt to your new life here in Equestria just well, within nearly a decade.”

“It has been a while……Uatu.” Peter addressed an alien like being by his supposed “name” with a both mix of disbelief and yet happiness as well. That name. He indeed knew the alien being personally as he actually remembered him back in the past when we as still living on Earth.
“To be honest, this form isn’t actually that bad.” Stallion muttered. “I guess that even a Spider-Ham could do nothing but secretly envy me.”

“So what? Are you still observing the Earth from Blue Area of the Moon, or have you finally decided for a plasma TV instead for a change?” Stallion asked sarcastically.

Uatu, though at least how Peter addressed him, a giant alien watched the stallion with a stoic expression with his glowing piercing eyes, his demeanour slightly darkening and then he spoke off. “Of course, Spiderman. I can see that your…sense of humour and an attitude to enlighten even the darkest of moments seems still intact as ever. Especially when you are trying to hide your true feelings with that.” Uatu stated calmly with a no-nonsense attitude. 

Meanwhile, Twilight, Spike, Elements of Harmony, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor and Chrysalis, finally managed to recollect their senses and carefully watching Peter chatting with a giant supernatural being without any sign hesitation or fear, Twilight stood up from her seat and trotting cautiously to her husbands side cautiously.

“Peter…” The mare whispered cautiously, still not being sure about their uninvited guest. “You….know this guy?”

“You can say that.” Peter stated bluntly, yet he placed hi right hoof over his wifes neck, nuzzling her cheek affectionately, as he denied her a both serene and reassuring smile with a winking playfully. 

Twilight, like she could read from his reassuring expression, shifted her gaze to Uatu questioningly and then back to Peter, whose positive smile remained intact and the mare eventually returned a warm smile of her own, knowing that she could trust her beloved husband.

Peter than shifted his attention to the others at the table. “It is alright, guys. He is okay.”

“So…ehm…” Twilight muttered and shifting her full attention back to alien being that so far didn’t moved a muscle. “How has exactly Peter said was your name again? Mr….?”

“You may think of me as...The one who is watching, Twilight Sparkle. Call me….Uatu the Watcher.” Alien being introduced himself politely, slightly bowing his head in respect watching everpony in the room.

“Ua-tu?” Rainbow Dash blurted out confused by the beings weird name.

Twilight froze in shock as “Uatu the Watcher” as he called himself addressed her by her name. Which was quite weird that someone strange and arguably from different dimension actually knew her name, since Peter had never mentioned Uatu before or she ever meeting him in person. 

“You…You know who I am?” Young alicorn muttered somewhat unwillingly, still not being sure.

“I know lots of things that anyone else cannot, my dear.” Uatu stated calmly.

“Twilight Sparkle. You were once an asocial and yet devoted unicorn studying under Princess of Celestia, yet you moved into Ponyville where you met Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, the Elements of Harmony and started learning more about power of friendship. You achieved so much great deeds in your youth than anypony could manage in the lifetime, like freeing Luna from Nightmare Moons influence. Re-establishing harmony and sealing Discord away. You also defeated Queen Chrysalis along with her changelings in order to save Canterlots wedding of Shinning Armor and Cadance. You saved the Crystal Empire from darkness of King Sombra. And eventually, you cracked one of the great mysteries of Star Swirl the Bearded, by which you were transformed into an alicron and becoming a Princess of the Friendship, by the way the youngest in the history of Equestria. You are really an unusual one, with a great potential and power within.”

By the time Uatu finished his interpretation, Twilight as well as the others present in the room, well with an exception of Peter seemed even more dumbfounded and astonished by aliens immense and also in their case suspicious knowledge.

“Hold on!” Luna, who already recollected her senses, blurted out firmly, standing from her seat and eying Uatu with a suspicious glare. “Just how do you know so much about Peter, Twilight and us anyway?” 

Uatu, however never losing his stoic and deliberate demeanour simply replied, seemingly oblivious to mares arousing suspicions. “Watching and observing events is my task, Princess Luna. Yet I am never supposed to intervene with the happening of the Universe as my oath.”

“Watching and observing the things ya say?” Applejack blurted out in confusion. “Yet…Never intervening with the happening of the…Universe?”

“And what kind of…oath are you talking about, dude?” Rainbow Dash asked suspiciously.

Before the situation could get out of hand, Peter better intervened himself. “Whoa! Hey guys! Time-out here!” Stallion cut in and trying to make a t-shape signal with his hooves. He looked to Twilight, then to Uatu and then back to his friends at the table, smiling warmly. “Don’t worry guys. I know it may sound weird, but it really doesn’t look like that bad as it seems. Everything will be explained.”

Right now, Princess Celestia, regaining her full confidence and composure raised from her seat and trotted her way gracefully right to Peter, Twilight and facing Uatu. Sun princess stared into aliens big glowing eyes still a bit suspiciously, yet her demeanour eventually softened and she denied a warm smile. “Greetings, Uatu.” She addressed the Watcher by his name. “And welcome into land of Equestria. I am its ruler, Princess Celestia.”

“It is my pleasure to meet you, Princess of the Sun.” Uatu replied, placing his right hand on his chest and bowing his big head in respect.

The situation slowly began lightning up, as all the tension and uncertainty that was present in the atmosphere slowly dissipated.

“That is one really weird fella. Like, nopony…Ah mean no one Ah have ever seen.” Applejack whispered to Rarity.

“Indeed.” Rarity whispered back, agreeing with farm pony somehow uneasily. “I mean, that a little….bigger head of his is rather disturbing. But on the other hoof, he seems to have nice manners and a charm of a real gentleman.” Rarity could do nothing but smile warmly. “Besides…that is a very charming toga he is wearing.”

Applejack only rolled her eyes playfully and grinned be her fashion loving unicorn friends reaction to Uatus somehow unorthodox clothing.

“I know that you might be taken a little aback by my rather unorthodox appearance, Applejack.” Uatu stated calmly. “But it is not as bad as it seems. Every member of my own race has a significantly enlarged skulls, due to our enhanced intellects and due to taking in a larger amount of knowledge.”

“I am also pleased by your sense for fashion, lady Rarity.” Uatu shifted his gaze to unicorn with an elegant violet mane. “Being humanoid and ancient beings, we Watchers wear clothing that strongly resembles that of Earths ancient priests and monks.”

“You mean….” Now Pinkie Pie asked curiously. “You have friends, that are just like you?”

Before the conversation could go on however, Peter addressed Uatu with both light-hearted yet urgent tone in his voice. “Uatu, old pal. And I am really pleased that you have made a break from observing Earth and dropping by here in Equestria. But….Could you please tell us what is this all about? And why have you honoured us by your though unexpected visit?”

Uatu, sensing the seriousness in stallions voice, thought deeply for himself with a darkened yet stoic expression and then he spoke off. “Perhaps, I should better explain further. Or on the other hand….I should better show you all.”

Uatu closed his big glowing eyes, concentrating his thoughts as he raised his right arm. In the instance, its palm started pulsing by white glowing aura, which earned a collective gazes of the others. Uatu, still having his eyes closed, started waving his glowing hand gracefully in circles as a sparks of glowing aura radiating from his hand was released.

“What is he doing?” Shining Armor asked, watching the aliens gesture questioningly.

In the instance, suddenly the architectural surroundings of the Throne Room started somehow changing, distorting in image as it starting re-shaping into something like a new image or even reality. Even a table with a crystal orb and seat disappeared.

Everypony in the room watched with their eyes widened in horror, mouths agape and with bewildered expressions as the surroundings of the room eventually reshaped and taking a form of something that looked like an endless continuum of outer space. Yet surprisingly, and though the marble floor of the Throne Room disappeared as well, the ponies could still feel a solid ground under their hooves.

Fluttershy edged closer to Cadance, as Princess of Love embraced shy pegassus to make her feel more secure.

“You have just had to ask, haven’t you?” Spike remarked sarcastically.

“What….What has just happened?” Rainbow Dash stuttered, shocked by the sudden change of the scenery.

“Don’t fret, my friends.” Uatu, who once again opened his eyes just replied in a calm and reassuring manner. “I have just casted a mere harmless illusion of the surroundings.”

“You can actually do that?” Twilight exhaled, both bewildered and amazed by Uatus act.

Peter edged closer to his mare. “There is lots of things that Uatu can do, trust me.” He whispered.

Twilight opened her mouth like she was about to say something, yet she could say a word by the sight of the illusion of the outer space and so the others did. They were surrounded by countless of bright sparkling stars all over, at times a bright comet or meteor shower passing through the silent space, hundreds of different star systems and galaxies with different planets of many colours and sizes as well beautiful multi-coloured planetary nebulas.

Right now, Twilight, Peter, Spike, Royal Sisters, Elements of Harmony as well as Cadance and Shining Armor looked even more bewildered than before by Uatus entrance, unable to say a word as they couldn’t get enough look of the diverse beauty of the spacious endless outer space. Nopony could even realize that it was all just a mere illusion.

“Beauty, isn’t it?” Peter stated quite smugly, as even he admired the outer space, though it was just an illusion and trying to give the others a small tour. “Thousands of different galaxies and solar systems, planetary nebulas, titanic gas giants, stars about to born, passing comets and meteors through, neutron stars in about to collapse and many other secrets that are hidden in the outer space.”

“By the stars….” Luna exhaled in awe. “There is possibly even more stars in here, then all in sky at night combined. I have to know it. I am guardian of the night after all.”

“Indeed.” Princess Celestia agreed as well as sharing her sisters amazement. “And so many different solar systems and galaxies with possibly other worlds.

“It is…Breath taking.” Chrysalis exhaled in awe, joining the side of the royal alicorns,

“This definitely cannot be compared to crystal ponies sparkling fur or any shining crystals in all the Equestria.” Cadance exhaled, unable to hold her own amazement as she watched the planetary nebula.

“It really is.” Shining Armor agreed, though he instinctively nuzzled his head over his beloved wifes cheek affectionately. “Though, it is not as beautiful as you are.” Stallion muttered, causing the mare to giggle as she returned his stallion affection.   

“Wow! This is so amazing. It is like a huge black ocean that goes on and on forever.” Even Rainbow Dash, an ironclad and tomboyish pegasus couldn’t defend herself against an astonishment nearly squawking, flipping her wings and keeping herself in the mid-air.  

“It is like a dream.” Flutterhy, whose entire uncertainty, shyness and fear totally diminished as nothing but joy took its place, flipped her wings and joining blue pegassuss side.

“Wooo! Shining.” Pinkie squawked excited as she fixed her gaze on a small comet passing through. The party pony extended her right hoof to touch the comet, but unfortunately much for her dismay, as soon as she touched the comet, its image distorted.

“Eghm.” Applejack who joined her pink friends side sighed. “Ya do realize that is only an illusion, right sugarcube?” 

“It is?” Pink mare replied clueless, yet she giggled as she proceed hopping in pursuit of passing comet. Applejack on the other hand could do nothing but groan yet grinning.

Rarity, watching unspeakable beauties and wonders of the outer space with awe as an inspiration got into her. “Such a diverse colours….and those matching shades….Oh my. That is it!” A sudden idea struck white unicorn like raging bull. “I shall make Twilights own dress for Grand Galloping Gala. The first dress I have ever made for her was fitting and magnificent alright. But this time, I will make a new one. And even better. With these magnificent and matching shades of outer space.” 

Applejack watched her unicorn friend somewhat uneasily. “Oh here it comes. Rar has been just hit by an inspiration.” Farm pony muttered sarcastically. 

Meanwhile, aside from other ponies, Twilight on the other hand seemed the most bewildered and amazed by the astounding phenomena and wonders of the entire endless universe, with her mouth agape, wonder it wasn’t actually touching the ground.

“Close that mouth, Twilight. You are drooling.” Spike said sarcastically, grinning as he nudged Twilight playfully.

Peter though, was trotting from place to another, watching around and scanning the surroundings, like he would be looking for something madly.

Pinkie, who realized her friends strange behaviour, hopped her way to stallions side “Peter, what are you doing?”

“I am just curious if I see USS Enterprise passing through somewhere. It just like Star Trek: The Next Generation. A huge space ship sailing throughout the universe, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart. I wonder if he could offer us to join his crew.” Peters mention about the show with Patrick Stewart playing a main role was just too rich not to mention, especially when being surrounded by stars, meteor, nebulas and hundreds of different galaxies of outer space illusion all around.

“Exactly……Huh?...Wait. What was that again?” Pink pony did a confused double take with her head titled on the side.

Peter chuckled sheepishly, knowing that there was no point going even further with this and the explanation would be complicated, stallion hawed his hoof dismissively. “Never mind.”

Uatu, who remained silent and never losing his cool and stoic demeanour, stood silently aside from the group as they enjoyed the illusions reshaped surroundings of the Throne Room, seeming thoughtful as he was brooding in his enhanced mind. Though being a giant and supposedly an incredibly powerful alien shrouded in mystery, there was something strange about Uatu, something that was yet about to be revealed. Yet, his stoic and gentle demeanour and immense knowledge suggested, that he definitely wasn’t evil or presenting a threat to anyone.

“Uatu...” Luna, who recollected her senses and stop enjoying the beauty of the universe around her addressed Uatu with more tranquil yet firm and urgent tone in her voice, as well as the others around followed her example and turning their gazes towards the alien. “This is indeed some illusion, worthy of those with greatest of abilities and potential to match. But…Could you finally tells us what is this all about?” Dark blue alicorn demanded an explanation.

Sensing steadily raising seriousness as well as Princess of the Moon slowly declining patience, demanding an explanation, Uatu closed his eyes, his expression darkening and then he spoke off. “Actually….It is time you learn the truth about me and my kind…….Watchers.” 



 

“Billions of years ago, the Watchers were the first and one of the oldest extraterrestrial beings in the whole known Universe. We are incredibly powerful and nearly immortal beings, possessing a vast mental, physical and energy-manipulating powers, such a telepathy, teleportation, time travel, illusion casting, force filed generation, flight among other abilities. Our home world was at the furthest of the known universe.”

Like on his command, the scenery of the universe immediately shifted into a strange and distant planet. It was Uatuts a home world, where other exponents of his own kind, Watchers were present. They looked like completely identically, including their large heads compared to their bodies and exactly the same clothing.

Though being once again astonished by Watchers astounding ability to command the events of the illusion seemingly by his mere thoughts, somehow, nopony actually dared to say a word or interrupting Uatus narration. 

Even Peter, with some of his trademark sarcastic remarks and never knowing when to shut up, somehow was actually able to control himself and deciding not to interfere.

Pinkie on the other hand raised her hoof, opening her mouth, ready to say something, though Twilight poked party pony with her hoof, denying a small glare and shaking her head disapprovingly. Pinkie, understanding her friends gesture, closed her moth and being quiet. 

“Yet, we were technologically-advanced race, possessing an incredible technologies superior and beyond of any other species in the Universe. We also believed that it was our duty to protect the Universe from harm and helping less advanced races. So, in our first experience, which was proposed by Ikor, my father, our delegation of four elders brought knowledge of atomic energy to the planet Prosilicus as its inhabitants accepted the gift.”

Another scene shifted on an another planet, full of strange alien inhabitants of green reptilian like skin, pointed ears and small Mohawk like hair styles. The Watchers than offered Prosilicians a strange, seemingly technologically advanced device containing so called atomic energy.  

“However, that went horribly wrong though. The Prosilicans took an advantage of our gift for their own needs as they used it to create nuclear weapons and engaged into so called auto-genocidal war and eventually destroying themselves.”

And as soon as Uatu said that, what happened next pulled a collective gasps from everypony. Prosilicans using a highly advanced energy weapons/guns were fighting among each other in a raging war, when eventually after several years of struggling and battle, their planet was reduced to nothing but a lifeless wasteland. 

“Horrified and disgraced by our actions, from that moment, we Watchers vowed that we would never interfere with any events in the Universe again and to just observe things and record them.” 

“We have developed our own philosophy and believed in just observing and recording things and not just killing other alien races just because they didn’t reach the superhuman qualities that would fit our own standards.”

“As I said, Watchers, all what we do is to travel his lonely route, stopping from time to time to look around as history of the entire Universe unfolds. It is simply as our only mission is to watch and never interfere.”

“You see, as Watchers are scatter throughout the Universe and countless of solar systems and galaxies to watch and record the events, I was assigned to travel into a solar system called Milky Way and to observe the planet known as Earth, Spidermans/Peter Parkers own home world and watching the Earthlings from the Blue Area of the Moon.”

Another scene, with a speed of a blinking eye shifted into another galaxy and planet, that was more than well familiar to Peter. It was planet Earth itself in Milky Way solar system as Uatu along with everypony found themselves standing on the Moon.



“However, unlike other Watchers, I unfortunately considered youthful and rebellious by my brethren, which had put into trouble with them in more than one occasion. For that, I somewhat became fond of the Earth and entire humanity. And so……I, as arguably the only Watcher in the history of the Universe have actually broken my oath to not interfere on numerous occasions.”

“When a Gunan known as Xakku, also known as Sun Stealer threatened to transports Earths Suns to his own solar system, though I actually didn’t physically intervened, I tricked him into expending his oxygen tanks before he could accomplish his task.”

The scene revealed a strange alien creature with ball like head and two antennas on it and Uatus illusion self as he led a conversation with a being. And though the Watcher couldn’t physically interfere, just like he said, he tricked Xakku into talking long enough for his vessels to sink into the unstable ground, causing him to be stranded on the moon. 

“The first time I have ever made an encounter with Earthlings occurred in 1620. In that time, a possible future Captain America was sent back in time in order to break the time-stream which threatened to break the entire reality. However, I informed Elizabethan-era version of Doctor Strange about the problem, who helped to create a time portal that eventually send a temporally-displaced Captain America back through the portal and the timeline on Earth was fixed.”

“In modern time, I has been first met by the group of super heroes calling themselves as Fantastic Four when they went to the Moons Blue area, as I was about to wipe their memories when a villain known as Red Ghost had entered the Blue area of the moon with his team of super apes. They attacked Ben Grimm also known as Thing and I stopped the fight and stating that the Fantastic Four would fight Red Ghost and his team. I couldn’t help but admire how the heroes fought and decided not to wipe their memories of their meeting.”

Another scene showed a quaternion of super heroes, wearing a uniforms of blue and white shades of colour with a 4 like insignia on their chests. Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic could stretch himself and his limbs and arguably the most intelligent human being on Earth. Johnny Storm, aka Human Torch could ignite his body as he was literally surrounded by flames and able to fly. Susan Storm, aka Invisible Woman, Reeds love interest and Johnnys sister, being able to make herself invisible and generating a powerful force field. And finally, Benjamin Grimm, aka The Thing, a super strong like monster composed entirely from orange rock.

Together, Fantastic Four fought with a Red Ghost, a villain who was once bombarded by cosmic radiation along with his apes crew in a space plane, therefore he gained an ability to control his density and getting intangible as well as his Super Apes gained super powers as well, like magnetic force projection, enhanced strength and shapeshifting.

The battle was fierce, yet the superheroes eventually prevailed. Uatu, impressed by their deed, gave Fantastic Four his blessing and allowing them to retain their memories about the Watchers existence. 

“From that time, I became fond not only of the heroes, but also the humanity itself and I would then warn them of impending dangers. Sometime later, I warned them about the coming of a villain known as Molecule Man who could control and absorb matter. After his defeat, I personally sent him to another dimension where time moved much faster than in my normal universe, which also lowered his powers so he couldn’t use it to escape.”

“During Reed Richards alias Mister Fantastic and Sue Storms, also known as Invisible Women wedding, I stopped a horde of super villains that were assigned to attack them. Before they could threaten the ceremony, I brought them to the Blue Area of the Moon and then erasing their memories.” 

“When Galactus, Devourer of the Worlds first came to Earth, I tried to hide it from him via illusion, but I had failed. So I helped Susans brother Johnny Storm alias Human Torch find an Ultimate Nullifier, in order to defeat him, by which I broke my oath of non-interference once again.”

Once again, another scene followed the last one and this time showing a huge space ship and a strange giant being, calved in a strange body armour, including an unusually tall helmet with a boomerang like horns on its sides standing confidently right on the ships board with its hands folded behind its back and watching the Earth with a malicious yet unreadable expression.

Uatu, just like he said attempted to camouflage the planet in a desperate attempt to hide against Devourer of the Worlds, but unfortunately it was for naught. The Watcher than turned to Fantastic Four as a last resort and sending Human Torch on the mission to obtain an Ultimate Nullifier, a device that can eliminate from existence anything that the bearer chooses.

Fantastic Four and Reed Richards, holding a small, hand-held metallic device, were threatening and about to use the Ultimate Nullifier against Galactus if he doesn’t leave Earth alone. Eventually, faced with the prospects of dying by Richards activation of the Nullifier, Galactus was forced to spare the Earth and withdraw away from Galaxy.  

“Unfortunately, I once disgraced myself by physically opposing Captain Marvel after taking sides with the lunatic legion, a team of Mar-Vell that hated Krees race. For that, I was eventually put on trial by my own people for constant interfering in Earths affairs.”

“However, I was eventually set free by promising that I would not interfere again, only for me to keep doing this.”

“I have also observed as you Spiderman, Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna engaged into one last final battle with Norman Osborn, possessing Discords powers to bent and alter reality in Castle Doom in Latveria several years ago. You knew that the fate of the Earth lied in your hands and you also knew to use your power for greater good and responsibly. That battle was a key event that would eventually judge about the fate of Earth, the entire Universe as well as other dimensions. Equestira, your home included.”

Another scene centred around Spiderman, Twilight, Luna, Spike, Black Cat, Sunset Shimmer and Wolverine fighting as one against Osborns Iron Man like drones in the Castle Doom in Latveria as well as brain washed and mentally controlled superheroes like X-Men, the Avengers like Ironman and Thor and then with their combined might taking on Osborn at once.

“However, when Princess Luna performed a Resurrection Spell in order to save Spiderman, she transferred half of her essence into Peter being and therefore….A half of Nightmare Moon essence as well.”

“When Peter was transformed into a Nightmare Spider by anger, frustration and stress from so much negative emotions by Norman Osborns testimony about Gwen Stacys death, even if Green Goblin would be defeated and entire reality saved, Spiderman would eventually fully succumb to Nightmares corrupted influence and by that, the Earth would be casted into an endless and eternal darkness.”

“However, Twilight managed to make a reason with and Princess Luna sealed a Nightmare back into her being via Peters magic. And as the final battle continued, Osborn managed to subdue Spiderman, but before he could finish him off, Twilight had impaled Green Goblin by Celsius, instantaneously killing him, freeing Discord who gained his powers back and the Earth, Equestria and entire reality was saved, thanks to you three.”

To be continued……