Miguel yawned, stretching his arms as he removed the covers from his bed. He rubbed his eyes, but then a realization dawned on him at that moment. 'Wait... I was sleeping on the floor last night...' he thought, looking at the side of the bed, 'How did I even get up here? I was dead asleep! Something tells me Wade, Johnny or Bobby did this without me knowing.' he huffed.
His eyes lowered, feeling something over his waist, 'What the hell is that?' he wondered. An arm was draped over his torso, and he glanced over, seeing Sunset was the one whose arm was over him. His skin felt cold as many questions ran through his head. He saw the former unicorn open her eyes. When she realized what was happening, she bit her lip as Miguel looked at her.
"What the shock!?" blurted out the time-traveller.
Twilight fluttered her eyes open, turning her head she saw Peter snoring away. The former alicorn shielded her eyes from the sunlight coming through the window. "Peter?" she called out, the young man groaning as he stirred.
"C'mon, Bats. I wanna drive the Batmobile..." Peter slurred in his drowsy state.
The princess smiled softly, nudging Peter softly, "Wake up, sleepy head." she kissed Peter's cheek.
"Hnghh... Huh? Twilight?" Peter said, a grin forming on his face.
"Who else?" Twilight teased.
Peter chuckled, "Fair point. It'd be weird if it was Deadpool."
"Don't give him ideas." the princess whispered.
"Yeah, you're right." Peter responded, planting a kiss on his wife's lips. "So, how was your first day in DC Earth or whatever it is we're calling this place?"
Twilight spoke, "It's very different from your Earth, definitely. I've never heard of Metropolis."
"That's because this world has their own cities for some reason. A lot of heroes operate in different ones. Superman has Metropolis, Batman has Gotham, Green Arrow has Star City and the Flash has Central City for instance." Peter explained.
"That's interesting. All of your friends operated in New York." Twilight recalled.
Peter grinned, "It's getting too crowded there sometimes. Y'know sometimes, people always asked why I never called the Avengers while I was on my own. Apparently, Iron Man and Cap had that same problem after they formed the team from what they told me. In my world, the answer is always to call the Avengers. Here, the Justice League is more spread out and only come together when the world needs them, like now for instance."
"What the shock!?"
Peter and Twilight sat up, hearing the outburst. "Alright, O'Hara. What did you do this time?" the young man groaned. "I know what I said was ridiculous, but he's gonna wake this place up! It's too early."
Twilight gave her husband a blanks stare, "It's eleven in the morning, Peter."
"And? Too early." Peter corrected Twilight.
The couple got up from their beds and ran down the halls to Miguel's room. What the two saw brought them in for a loop. They saw Miguel and Sunset sleeping on the same bed, the latter with an arm wrapped around him, equally as surprised. 'I swear Miguel wasn't there last night. How did he get there? Unless...'
"Ah shock..." groaned O'Hara, placing a hand on his head in frustration. "This isn't what it looks like, Parker."
The man playfully smirked, "I dunno, dude. It certainly looks like something."
"Twilight." Sunset hurriedly whispered through clench teeth, "Can we talk later on? When we have the time? Please?"
The princess nodded, wanting to help her friend. Sunset sat up, seeing her costume hung up on the door and Twilight followed her out the door. Peter looked at Miguel, who sighed in annoyance. "What the shock is happening, Parker?" he asked his predecessor.
Sitting down on the bed, Peter replied, "I have a few theories. But I rather not spoil two of them." he teased.
Miguel crossed his arms, annoyed by his predecessor's constant playful attitude. "Alright fine. What's one of your theories? Since you won't tell me all of them." he wondered.
The man glanced at his successor, "Weird things can happen while asleep. I once fell asleep on the ceiling, with Pinkie Pie ducktaped next to me." he elaborated.
"That is... weird. But why won't you tell me your other ideas? I honestly have no shocking idea what's been happening lately!" O'Hara admitted aloud.
Peter placed a hand on O'Hara's shoulders, "Okay. Then tell me. I've had this talk before with Cadence, you haven't met her yet. But let me ask you this. What is wrong exactly? I remember you coming to me about Sunset the day the Legion of Doom arrived in Equestria."
Miguel nodded, "That's right. She's been extra awkward around me. Everytime we're alone, she's always fidgeting in her spot, there was one instance where she seemed more upset than usual when I told her I knew of her past as a she-demon as she called it on Earth. And lately, she's been a little protective of me in battle, and me to her as well." he revealed to Peter.
The man nodded in understanding, "Alright then. And you can't explain her strange shift in attitude around you?" he asked again.
"Yes!"
Peter hummed, "Okay. I'm new to this whole counsel thing. So, I'm just gonna jump topics for a minute. So, O'Hara... What do you think of Sunset Shimmer? Oh man, I wish I had a notebook and a pen. I could totally be a therapist right now."
Miguel groaned, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Just answer the question." Peter lightly scolded.
Shrugging his shoulders, O'Hara answered, "I don't know what to think. We've only known each other for what? Two months? She pretty much had my back since after the whole Sloan incident and even worked with us on the Time crystal project and during this whole Legion of Doom crisis. A strong fighter, gotta give her credit on that. She seems level-headed and mature, which I can respect. And for a unicorn, pretty nice looking and hot as a human..." he paused, going over what it was he just said.
"...Go on." Peter pushed. When Miguel responded with silence, the young man sighed, "Okay, O'Hara... I think I see the problem here, and it's really not one I can fix. You seem to... how should I put this? You have a crush on Sunset."
"Huh? C'mon, Parker. You of all people should know, I don't know the first thing about romance or any of that junk!" Miguel reminded his predecessor.
Peter shook his head, "It's the best I can come up with. I'm not the master of romance either, O'Hara. And even I can see the signs now. If anything, I'm glad you came to me with this information. I guess you can say you've got a shipper on deck."
"What are you talking about, you bithead?"
Peter wrapped an arm around Miguel, "I can be your wingman. You know I've got your back. So, I'm gonna end this tension once and for all! Suit up, Miguel!"
O'Hara rolled his eyes, "Now you're really starting to sound like Barney Stinson."
"I was a fan of that show, okay?" Peter laughed.
"Well, at least I can trust you." admitted O'Hara.
A knock was heard, the two Spiders turned their heads to see Barry Allen leaning on the doorway, "Oh, what's up, Barry?" Peter asked.
Barry responded, "You guys up for a trip to Central City? I was thinking my friends in S.T.A.R. Labs could meet you all if you had nothing else to do."
"Why not?" Miguel said, "It's better than sitting out in the hall doing nothing."
Peter smiled, "Sure. You bringing everyone along?"
"I don't think we could all fit in there. I was thinking you two, Ben, Twilight, Sunset, Scott and Spike." Barry answered.
"Awesome. I'll get them." Peter said.
S.T.A.R. Labs, Central City...
Within the familiar facility were three people, the three of them sitting down on the monitors. "Where the hell did Barry run off to this time?" asked Cisco Ramon, putting his finger on the keyboard, searching over the map of Central City.
"It's not like the other heroes." Caitlin Snow told Cisco, "Apparantly, according to the news reports and security footage from Metropolis, he was here yesterday."
"Damn it, Allen." muttered Harrison Wells.
A yellow blur of lightning zipped by the room, causing a stackmof papers to fly in its wake. Cisco, Caitlin and Wells closed their eyes, seeing the Flash back safe and sound. "Hey, guys." said Barry, removing his red cowl.
"Barry? Where were you?" Cisco asked.
Barry smirked, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"At this point, what wouldn't we believe?" Caitlin wondered.
"Allen. You better have a good excuse for leaving like that. Were you under mind control by Lex Luthor like the other heroes?" Wells scolded Barry. "And don't you give us an excuse, like you were in some magical dimension of ponies."
Barry chuckled, "Um... Maybe?" at that instant, something caused a small tremor, alerting the lab team. "Oh, that must be them now."
"You said that like it was a normal thing." Cisco said.
"It kinda is. I made some new friends while I was gone." Barry explained to the three.
A giant eye scared Cisco in his chair and made Caitlin jump. Wells merely gave Barry a dirty look. "What the hell happened on your end, Barry?" he asked.
Barry smiled sheepishly, rubbing his neck, "It's kind of a long story. Don't worry, Spike's friendly. He's one of these new friends I made while I was in another dimension."
"Wow. Look at all this." said Peter, stepping into the lab with the group in costume in all but mask. "I've hit the motherload in science equipment. Sorry, Twilight. But I'm moving out to live in here." he saw Twilight giggle at that.
"I may do the same thing." she replied.
"Hey, this is my home." Cisco joked. "Wait, who even are you people?"
"Me? I'm Peter Parker, but I also go by Spider-Man." Peter introduced.
"Spider-Man?" Caitlin repeated, "I've heard of you, I think. Weren't you in Gotham for a while?"
"Oh that's right. You guys, meet Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow. My mission control and best friends." Barry introduced.
"Nice to meet you guys, and yeah I was." Spider-Man answered.
"So, you're the new friends Barry spoke of." Harrison Wells said, "I assume it is a pleasure. My name is Harrison Wells, well the one from Earth-2 as these three call it.
"Earth-2?" Twilight asked.
Caitlin raised a hand, "A different Earth from this one. One with its own set of problems at one point..." she trailed off, not wanting to go more into that topic, with memories rearing in the back of her head.
"Long story short, this Wells came back with his daughter, who's been in Opal City for a while." Barry continued. "I also met the Flash of Earth-3, Jay Garrick. He's a pretty cool guy. This whole other Earth thing is getting weird though."
"Yeah, it is." Sunset said.
"I can agree. And I thought things were strange enough as it is. Name's Ant-Man by the way." Scott added.
Cisco crossed his arms, "Ant-Man? Who named you? Ray Palmer? And sidenote to all of you, I'm the nicknamer around here. So as long you're here, don't get any funny ideas. You're offically Atom-2."
Scott removed his helmet, "I didn't come up with the name. I still hate it somewhat."
"And being nicknamer is such a big deal for you?" Twilight asked.
"Don't push, Cisco." Wells warned, "Some of them are actually pretty clever."
"Yeah, I'm a genius." Cisco boasted. Caitlin rolled her eyes at that empty brag.
"This world is weird." Miguel sighed.
"Welcome to Central City." Caitlin muttered. "It's weird here twenty-four seven."
"Better than my Earth." Wells mumbled. "I come to visit and I find out everything's in chaos and Allen went missing."
"Ah, so you know about this whole Legion of Doom thing as well." Ben realized. "Name's Scarlet Spider. That's Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer. They're not from our Earth."
"Then where are they from?" Wells asked.
Twilight cleared her throat, "We're actually from another dimension called Equestria. The two of us... Are actually ponies."
"Ponies?" Harrison Wells repeated, raising an eye brow in disbelief. "That's absurd."
Spike cleared his throat, hearing the conversation, "I'm a giant dragon sitting out here, it's kind of a thing."
"I wouldn't say that, Wells. You're a scientist from another Earth working with a guy who has superspeed." Peter told the older scientist. "Nothing seems to be impossible anymore."
"Damn it, Parker." Wells whispered. "Fine, say I believe this. Why are you even here?"
"The Legion of Doom attacked our world as well as Peter's world. We're here to save Superman, which we did, and find out if any other heroes are here as well in order to stop the legion." Sunset explained.
"This is something out of a comic book." Cisco joked. "Or some dream superhero fanfic."
"You won't find much here. Ever since Barry left, things have been unusually quiet here." Caitlin responded. "It's kind of strange. There have been very little metahuman sightings lately."
"You had to jinx it didn't you?" Ben groaned.
Cisco nodded, "Gotta agree with Scarlet here. Those words are just begging to be contradicted."
Suddenly, the monitors turned red, "Oh right there." added Cisco.
"That's the Parker Luck, dude." Peter chuckled. Barry put his cowl over his head. "Metahuman alert, right? What kind of creep is out there right now?"
A video played on the computer, showing a man wearing a coat and another man wearing a brown jacket, the both of them firing guns shooting red and blue beams outside a bank. "Captain Cold and Heatwave? Those two disappeared weeks ago! Why are they back all of a sudden?" Caitlin wondered.
"They're on the Legion of Doom." Miguel grunted. "They're trying to draw us out!"
"Okay. Those two are small-time." The Flash said, "How about Spidey and Twilight come with me? While you guys stay in case something happens in here? They're here for a reason, and I intend to find out."
"Yeah, sure." Peter said, putting on his mask. "You three can talk to Spike if you want."
"Don't screw this up." Wells warned.
"Jeez. Okay, grump." Peter huffed, hopping out of the window with Twilight, who hovered in her spot, flying out with Spider-Man, who swung away. The Flash ran out, leaving the group to check on their progress and aid as much as they could.
"I'll get the popcorn." Cisco said, standing up.
"Can I have some too?" Spike asked, raising a claw. "I'm kinda hungry out here."
"Sure thing, dragon dude." replied Cisco.
"Remind me to never let Barry invite his new friends again." Wells whispered to Caitlin.
"Agreed." chuckled Dr. Snow.
Scott coughed, "Right here you know."
Edward Clariss stepped out of the bus, him leaning on a wall in pain. Visions filled his head, which he tried to make sense of as much as possible. "Make it stop..." he begged, clenching his head.
He saw the Flash, and himself in a strange black costume. He was unsure of how this was possible, but he hoped that he was close to where he was told to be.
'You're almost there, Clariss. I'll make the pain stop.'
Clariss walked down the staircase at the end of the alleyway, walking into a strange sewer lair of sorts. He raised a brow at the dark lair, wondering if he had arrived. "Um... Hello?" he called out, wiping the sweat off his face.
He saw a group of people in robes kneeling down in a circle. The man in the center stood up, revealing his mask, almost similar to a gas filter. 'Welcome, Clariss. It is about time I explain what is happening to you finally.'
"Please." pleaded Edward.
'What you see is a vision of another Earth. Rifts have opened up, revealing infinite possibilites to those chosen. I can help you harness what you see and rid you of the pain that plagues you. The power of a speedster is in you.'
"W-What does that mean?" Clariss asked nervously. "H-How?"
'I am Alchemy. I can do anything. Now will you allow me to give you these dormant abilities? To show the world that you in fact have no rival?' Alchemy questioned.
Edward nodded quickly, "Do it. Just end the pain!"
'Very well. Soon, you shall become what you see. A man with extraordinary abilities.' Alchemy raised a hand, beginning his strange process.