//------------------------------// // The Team is assembled // Story: My little Omniverse 2: The Ghostly Nightmare // by Time Agent pony //------------------------------// Meanwhile back Plumber HQ Rook and other three mane six had finished in gathering weapons and equipment from the HQ's weapons room and where now waiting for the others to get back. "How long do we have to wait?" Rarity asked. "Hard to say," Rook replied, "time isn't that easy to keep track of." "Really?" asked Ben as he and the other three ponies exited a portal, "I'd say were right on time." "Where's Paradox?" Rook asked. "He'll be along in a bit," Applejack replied. "He said he had to round up some more backup for us" Rainbow Dash finished. "Alright then" Rook nodded, "we've got all the weapons and equipment we need." "Then lets get moving," Ben said. Twilight's horn glowed and a portal to Equestria opened up, all the ponies, Ben and Rook stepped through it. Twilight's castle of Friendship While Twilight and her friends had been gone, Starlight and Spike had gathered her friends together, these being: Trixie and Thorax. The portal opened up and Twilight, her friends, Ben and Rook stepped out. "Twilight," Starlight said. "Good to see your safe, Starlight" Twilight smiled. "But who are these two with you?" Starlight asked. Before Twilight could introduce Ben and Rook, Trixie spoke up, "I know you" she said, "you're Ben 10 aren't you?" "You're Trixie" Rook said, "you helped Michael Morningstar takeover the Crystal Empire." "Well you may not believe it," Trixie said, "but I've reformed." "I believe it," Ben smiled, "My cousin always said, people change." "You mean pony," Trixie replied. "Right," Ben smiled. After that, Twilight introduced Ben and Rook to her student Starlight Glimmer and Thorax, a changeling. "Our back up should be arriving about now," Ben said, as Rook unloaded all the weapons and equipment from his Proto-TRUK. After Ben said that, an interdimensional portal opened up and the other universe Bens exited, accompanying them was Professor Paradox and three groups of ponies, that Twilight and the others had never seen before, they did recognise one of the groups but the other two groups they didn't. "Ah, the gangs all here," Paradox said. "Who are these ponies?" Starlight asked. "They are the Elements of Harmony, just from from other universes," Paradox replied. "The Elements of Harmony from the Backgroundverse" Paradox continued, "yes the Backgroundverse." he repeated. "That means they're background characters," Pinkie whispered. "Next the Elements from the Crossverse" he continued. "That means that we're stallions" whispered Bubble Berry, the gender swapped version of Pinkie Pie. "And lastly the Elements from the Cloneverse" Paradox finished. "Cloneverse?" Starlight asked, "you mean their clones of....us?" "Not quite" replied, Fire Dash, "some of us are clones of two ponies, for example I'm a clone of Rainbow Dash and Firefly." "I was wondering why you looked like me," commented Rainbow Dash, "great mane style by the way." "Since your a clone that explains why I share her mane style," Twilight concluded. "I believe you just gave yourself a compliment there, Rainbow" Rarity said. "Well when you look that awesome" Rainbow Dash replied. "But, how can they be multiple Elements of Harmony?" Trixie inquired. "Reality is like a river that brakes off into many parallel universe," Paradox explained, "these ponies are all the bearers of the Elements of Harmony just with slight different." "Mean they all share the same elements as Twilight and her friends?" Starlight asked. "Correct," Time-Turner, from the Backgroundverse, nodded, "the names may be different, but the magic is still the same." "Well I think that it's time for me to go," Paradox continued. "What do you mean, go?" asked Dusk Shine, the gender swapped version of Twilight. "As a time traveller, I cannot interfere in events that transpire here" Paradox replied. He noticed that Butterscotch, the gender swapped version of Fluttershy, looked scared, "have a gumball" he smiled, offering him a red coloured gumball, "they're good for the nerves." "Farewell" Paradox continued, "now if you'll excuse me I have to go meet you lot at the end of the battle. Or is that the beginning of the battle?" With that Paradox disappeared. "We can save the meet and greet for later," Vinyl, from the Backgroundverse, said. "Agree" nodded Ben 10,000, "We need a plan, before anything else." "Has anything changed since we left?" Twilight asked Starlight. "Aside from it being night in middle of the day, no" Starlight replied. "There was also some purple lightning earlier," added Thorax. "Purple lighting?" Rainbow Dash questioned. "I've seen purple lightning before," Ultimate Alien Ben answered, "and I think I might know whats going on." The Everfree Forest Three purple crystal lay amongst the undergrowth and fauna. A manticore's paw reached out to touch the strange stones, suddenly the creature began to mutate. Purple lighting flashed through the sky, the mutated manticore let out a terrifying roar.