//------------------------------// // Introducing the Mane 6 // Story: Multiversal Fighting - Pinkie Pie's rough journey // by LMan225 //------------------------------// “She’s still unconscious, but at least her injuries are all gone now.” Tails observed after Pinkie spent 5 hours recuperating. “That’s good to hear.” The camera guy responded over the intercom. “Please, take her back to her room.” Tails nodded. “But I must ask, should I tell her friends what happened?” The line went silent as Tails waited for a response. “Hmm, how about not telling them right now?” The camera guy offered. “I mean, nopony saw it happen and Pinkie Pie got hit in the head so hard, she may have forgotten about the accident.” “What happens if she does remember it?” Tails pointed out. “Just roll with the punches.” The boss replied simply. Tails sighed. “Alright then. One more question, how am I supposed to take her back to her room? Its voice activated, remember? I can’t enter her room.” “Just take her back to the area, hopefully she’ll be awake by the time her friends wake up.” Tails nodded as he hefted Pinkie onto his shoulder and his communications went to dial tone. Some time later, Tails returned to the section where her friends were geeking, snoozing, or dreaming about their merch. Tails set the still unconscious Pinkie by Twilight’s door. “Once again, I’m sorry that this had happened to you and I hope you wake up soon, the ceremony is about to start.” With that, he took his leave. Sometime after he left, Pinkie wanted the license number of the 18-wheeler that hit her. “Ugh, what happened? Why does my head hurt so much? And, where am I?” Pinkie searched around the hall to gather her bearings, before realizing what happened before she blacked out. As if bidden by the realization, a door opened behind her. Twilight stepped out and eyed Pinkie. “Pinkie, where have you been? You weren’t with us when we entered our rooms.” Twilight recalled. “I…” Pinkie strained. “don’t remember. I unfortunately can’t remember anything from after entering the portal.” “Really?!” Twilight sighed. “Maybe it has to do with a sort of magical signature in this realm or something. Could be an overload or a starvation. Why it only happened to you, I’m not sure.” Pinkie Pie nodded in response, despite half of that going over her head. “Hey Pinkie. It’s nice to see you again.” Rainbow said as she exited her room. Pinkie nodded again, still a bit woozy to respond. “According to the scheduler I found in my room,” Twilight interjected, “we are going to be introduced to the heroes from the other universes today.” “Yeah, my scheduler said the same thing.” Rainbow agreed. Pinkie Pie responded. “Really?! How much longer do we have to wait?” “Not a long time. In fact, it’s going to start in,” Twilight stopped to look at the clock. “15 minutes. It said we need to get on stage so everyone could see us at the same time. It’s located in B1 which is the floor below the first floor, the floor we entered yesterday.” Pinkie Pie was bouncing off the walls. “Yay! I’m super duper excited!” Without warning, Rarity’s door opened and she exited in a newer work of hers. “So girls, what do you think of the new dress?” Said dress was a more basic design, but she had adorned it with sequins to give it a bit more flair. “It looks great Rarity! I love the design.” Twilight said. “Thank you Twilight. I worked on it for 4 hours.” “Dressed up for the occasion I see, you never seem to come unprepared for stuff like this.” Rainbow rolled her eyes, but Rarity didn’t notice. “Well, of course. I can’t look bad in front of all these strong heroes. I want to dazzle them with beauty.” Twilight would have corrected her, said something about how beauty would work for other cultures and stuff like that, but Applejack and Fluttershy left their rooms. “Hey gals, are ya ready for the ceremony?” “I suppose so, I just hope that they don’t look scary.” Fluttershy breathed. “Everything will be fine Fluttershy, we’ll be with you all the way.” Rainbow reassured. “Thanks, Rainbow.” “Alright, we’re all ready to go.” Twilight observed. “Here we are, the floor below the main floor.” Twilight announced. Fluttershy backed up when looking at the collection of new faces that also met up here. “Oh my goodness, there are so many different creatures here.” “No worries Fluttershy, everything will be fine.” Rainbow reassured. “If you say so…” Without warning, a voice come on over the intercom. “Everything is now prepared. Can the heroes of Equestria please go backstage and prepare for your introductions?” “Whelp, it’s time to go.” Twilight repeated. “I’m not going to lie, I’m kind of nervous myself.” “I’m really excited myself, I get to show off my beauty.” Half of the party facehooved at that remark. “Let’s go.” The six of them went behind the curtain as someone on stage went on and on about what they accomplished. Twilight was able to sneak a glimpse and recognized them as the one that escorted them to the portal. “Ladies and gentlemen; I am proud to introduce the heroes of Equestria!!! These ponies have saved Equestria multiple times together. Their friendship is inspiring, their abilities are incredible, and their experience in combat is surprisingly great. They are the Mane 6!” “We have an unofficial team name?” Pinkie realized as they got on stage. The applause was almost deafening. “Now, it’s time to talk about each of their individual accomplishments. First we have Rarity.” A screen dropped from above the stage as it showed a third person view of some of Rarity’s prouder moments. “She’s a unicorn and her favorite hobby is making dresses. However, don’t let that fool you. She’s a strong physical fighter and her intelligence is incredible. She was able to fool the Diamond Dogs after being captured by them and she was able to solve a mystery. She’s not afraid to fight back, she kicked a manticore in the face and she even participated in a wrestling competition with Cheerilee. Here she is, the one and only Element of Generosity, Rarity!” The applause almost hurt to listen to. “Thank you darlings for the applause. I’m happy to see all of you here and I’m excited to speak with you all after the ceremony.” She smiled. The slide advanced. “The next pony I will introduce is Fluttershy. This pony is extremely shy and doesn’t like to fight. However, just like Rarity, don’t underestimate her. Looks can be really deceiving especially when it comes to her. She’s extremely good with almost all animals, she was able to calm down a manticore, she stood up for her friends against a ferocious dragon, and she was even able to “wrestle” a bear just to give him a massage. And that’s not all, she was able to fly a lot faster just after training for 30 minutes. She’s shy, but in no way you should ever underestimate her, here she is, the Element of Kindness, Fluttershy!" The applause had “D’aw"s interspersed. Fluttershy looked out from behind her wings. “Um, hi everyone.” Upon opening her eyes to the peanut gallery, she noticed all of the animals in the audience. “Oh my goodness, look at all the cute creatures! You’re all so adorable! Yay!” “Um, Fluttershy.” Mr. M, Twilight recalled, halted. “Can I introduce the rest of your friends first? You can speak with them after the ceremony.” Fluttershy went back to hiding behind her wings and hoping she wouldn’t be focused on. “Anyway,” he resumed, “the next pony we have is Rainbow Dash.” The slide advanced, showing what she’s done. “She’s a pony who’s very arrogant but not a braggart; she can back up her claims. She’s extremely powerful and she’s extremely fast, both on the ground and especially in the air. She created a Sonic Rainboom which makes her even faster than she normally is, she even boasts about being the fastest thing alive and you know what, she pretty much is. She even continues to get faster and faster as time goes by, she’s the one, and only… “Rainbow Dash!” Mr. M and Rainbow chorused as Rainbow flew up. Mr. M shot Rainbow a glare as she flew down, meeting 4 more equally condescending looks and one Fluttershy Stare, filtered through her wings. “Anyway, time to talk about the next pony: Applejack.” “Applejack is an earth pony with incredible amount of strength and speed. She was able to buck a football a mile; she broke the scale in the hoof strength challenge, and she was able to stop a vehicle going downhill with her two bottom hooves! Her speed is really good too, she can keep pace with Rainbow Dash when she’s running on the ground and she can avoid obstacles easily as well. Here she is, the Element of Honesty, Applejack! Applejack merely tilted her hat over her eyes as the crowd burst into applause. Pinkie Pie, on the other hand, saw that the next slide was her, and basically decided to take over for a few seconds. Pinkie Pie began to go on and on at an unfathomable speed about what she had accomplished. Within 3 seconds, Mr. M was completely exasperated, forfeiting to just yanking her by the tail away from the mic. “Sorry about that.” He turned back to the slide. “Pinkie Pie is an earth pony just like Applejack. She has her party cannon which you all saw, she has her Pinkie sense which warns her about future events…sometimes, and she has a magic satchel which allows her to get stuff out of nowhere…sometimes. Okay, so Pinkie Pie has a lot of abilities but unlike her friend’s abilities, it’s really inconsistent at times. She has some skills but not really that good. Pinkie Pie is like Fluttershy in a way…but, Fluttershy just doesn’t know and has never shown her true potential. With Pinkie Pie, she’s not hiding anything, she just doesn’t really know herself well enough at times. Yeah, I can’t really explain it. That’s actually it, believe it or not. So here’s the sometimes incredible, but mostly inconsistent pony, Pinkie Pie.” Pinkie went into an isolated freakout over celebrating her own presence while the audience just stared at her, unimpressed by Pinkie Pie's inconsistent abilities. Without warning, the room got darker and some bizarre melody was playing over the intercoms. “Alright,” he began. “last but definitely not least. We have the one and only, Twilight Sparkle!” The final slide advanced. “She was born as a unicorn and then was given a gift from Celestia which was her wings, which made her an alicorn. As a unicorn, she was able to accomplish so much. She was the only one among her friends that knew Nightmare Moon was coming back from banishment, she helped her friends discover their elements which was used to defeat Nightmare Moon and helped her gain her sanity back. She was able to help her friends regain their elements back after they were corrupted by Discord, she was the only one who knew about Cadence’s out of character personality. I could go on for days about her accomplishments and abilities! She’s a unicorn turned alicorn, she’s the leader of the mane 6, and she’s one of the smartest ponies ever, I’m proud to introduce, the one and only, Twilight Sparkle!” A spotlight shone in Twilight’s face. The crowd was silent due to being completely stunned but eventually they cheered louder than ever before. ”Wow, thanks everyone. I truly appreciate the applause but I wouldn’t be the pony I am now without my friends, they deserve just as much credit as I do. “ “Modest as always Twilight.” Mr. M observed. “Why not just enjoy the cheers? All of your friends already got their time to shine earlier with their introductions, just enjoy your time in the spotlight.” Twilight nodded. “I suppose. Still, I feel like they should get as much recognition as I’m getting.” “I’m pretty sure they loved what your friends were able to accomplishment as well. “ “Yeah, I suppose you’re right.” Twilight replied. Mr.M turned to the crowd. “That’s all 6 of them folks. I’ll say it one more time, here they are, the Mane 6!” The applause was collective. They thought they knew deafening... Pinkie Pie decided hopping around the stage in mock celebration would be the best course of action, and paid for it with her face meeting the ground. One floor below. In front of the stage. Concerned for their competitor, anyone who could rushed towards her. Rainbow Dash flew over to Pinkie, hoping she was still awake. “You, uh… you alright?” Tails, still keeping an eye on Pinkie, walked behind Rainbow Dash and put a hand on her shoulder. “Don’t worry, she’ll be okay. She just got knocked out by the fall.” “Really?” Tails tried to think of an explanation that didn’t involve her previous trauma. “Yep. She landed awkwardly, so even a short fall could knock her out. “ Rainbow Dash nodded. “Wait… Why did nobody catch her? This could have been avoided if someone had caught her.” Tails gestured to the audience, bottoming out at 15 or so meters away. Rainbow Dash shrugged. “How long is she gonna be out for?” Tails put a hand to her mouth, two fingers to her neck, and tried to think of a composite. “Hmm, I’d say about 3 hours. I’ll take her to the healing chamber to make sure she’ll be almost fully healed once she wakes up.” Rainbow Dash nodded. “Alright. Thanks for your help.” “No problem.” With that, he lugged Pinkie over his shoulder and carried her off to wherever. “So, will she be okay?” Rarity asked. “Yeah.” Rainbow clarified. “The fox said that he was going to take her to the healing chamber to make sure.” Fluttershy let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding. "That’s a relief." “Sorry about your friend, I did not expect that to happen.” Mr. M apologized. “Sometimes Pinkie Pie can be careless of her surroundings.” Twilight explained. Mr.M nodded. “Anyway, the ceremony is over. I hope you enjoy your time here. I will go back outside the portal and see if any other pony wants to join in the competition.” Mr. M opened the portal that brought them to this place, and left through it. “So, what now?” Applejack noted. “I think we should go in the healing chamber and check on Pinkie. I’d like to know more about that two-tailed fox that helped Pinkie.” Twilight decided. Fluttershy showed interest at the mention of the fox. Everyone else showed interest at the mention of said fox helping Pinkie.