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// Chapter 24 - Who the (Beep.) Is this? 
// Story: The True Me 
// by lightningman 
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After the party, everyone got to building my new house again. We just needed to finish the second floor and the interior of the first floor. And I would be able to move in. We would do the interior of the second floor tomorrow. I was about to lay down after we finished when I heard a voice coming from the walls.
"Huh? What's going on?" I ask.
"There's a visitor coming your way." Said the future me.
"A visitor? Who is it? Fluttershy? Celestia?"
"Human Flash sentry."
There was a ringing silence as I processed the words.
"Your (Beep)ing with me right?"
"Nope."
"How is he going to get...." I was cut off.
"Oh, not the one from Equestria Girls. Apparently, this flash is a Yugioh dimension."
"What...." My mind was sent reeling.
"Yep. You get to use those cards you made."
"BUT THESE AREN'T EVEN......" I was cut off again
"I know. But somehow they work with the duel deck. Also, every one point in strength and toughness is equal to 1000 points."
"Uhm... alright."
"The other spell cards also adapt to the game. But I'll tell you those later. For now, you have a guest to greet." A huge explosion wipes me off my feet.
"OOff!" I get up and look outside.  The trees were scorched all over the place. Some were even bent. I widen my eyes and pull my suit and mask on.

I ran towards the trees. Once there I look around and I spotted Flash Sentry. He looked to have been through the mill. I walk up to him and shake him.
"Yo. Flash. What happened?" His clothes were scorched near the collar. But they weren't in terrible condition. Rarity might be able to fix it for him. We look like we wear the same size. If need be he can borrow some clothes.
Flash looked up, a groan escaping his lips as he looked up at me before his eyes went wide. He then frowned. "Hey, buddy," he said as he tried to get to his feet, "What's with the get-up. Little early for Halloween isn't it?"
I roll my eyes. "Yeah, Yeah. Be careful." I help him to his feet. "You just crashlanded. I have no idea how. All I know is that you play Yugioh. Come on. Let's get you to my house. It's only half constructed so sorry about that. Tomorrow, after you rest up you can tell me what happened." I say as I help him inside. "The bathroom is two doors down on the left. You can use those blankets." I point to the blankets that were on the couch I had been sleeping on until the bedroom is furnished. "I'll sleep on the floor."
"Thanks," he replied while scratching the back of his head, "I appreciate it..."\
"My name is lightningman." I smile. "Well, that's not my real name, but i prefer not to be called by my real name." I shrug
As the next morning rolled around. I was still on the floor near the fireplace. The lights shine through the blinds. I shake my head and stretch. popping a bunch of my back muscles and bones. I look and see Flash on the couch sleeping. I laugh a gentle bit as I open the blinds fully. Effectively blinding me. Not just cause how my eyes weren't adjusted. But how colorful it was at the moment.
"GAH!! (Beep.)" I cover my eyes and walk backward. I wipe my eyes to adjust them. "God that hurt." I blink and see Flash was moving around. Trying to cover his face from the sudden light. I laugh.
"Not today dude. You have to be introduced to the place and we need to figure out a way to bring you home. Or do I need to get you up and out the door by force?" I pull out my deck of cards. Chapel Geist was at the front. "You need to get those clothes repaired and rarity can do it. She already has my measurement. She can use those."
"Alright, alright jeez. I'm up." Flash picked himself up and reached out to take his damaged jacket before putting it on.
"Good. Now I'm warning you. You might not be ready for this." I laugh internally as I imagine what his reaction will be to talking ponies. I don't know about his past. But he probably hasn't had contact with them yet depending on how he reacted when he saw me. He wasn't like "Another human?" Or anything like that. It was as if he had seen them every day for a while now.
"Ready for what?" He asked, in confusion.
I open the door to reveal an already bustling busy ponyville. "Flash Sentry. Welcome to Equestria."
Flash looked outside and instantly his eyes went wide before he slowly stepped outside. "You gotta be kidding me," he said as he watched the many different ponies passing him by.
"Nope, I am not," I say as I walk behind and lock the door behind me. I then pull the mask up and put the key between my skin and the mask. "This is the place where your twilight's counterpart is. Well, not exactly. It's kinda tough to explain. I'll explain when we get to rarity's. But how did you get here anyway?"
"Look I don't know what happened okay," Flash told them, "it all happened so fast. My friend Cold detected some weird energy coming from an area that had been used to open a portal to another world, so my friends and I went to check it out. Suddenly, a flash of light, a portal in the sky and I'm suddenly crash landing and being looked at by a weirdo in a costume."
We were just about at the door when you finished talking. "Huh. This sounds bad. You said your friends were with you?"
"We'd split up," Flash explained, still staring at the ponies. "I went to check on the Crystal Tower sight, while the others went searching for anything out of the ordinary."
"Oh, ok." I nod. "That'll make it easier to get you back then. You see, I have a theory about this place. When I got transported. I think I got transported to the past as well as an alternate reality. I think the same thing might have happened to you. So if your friends didn't get transported with you, then all I have to do is figure out the time relative to now, as well as what dimension you were sent from. Then I have to figure out a way to tear apart another hole in reality, like the one you and I slipped through." I open the door to Rarity's shop. "YO RARES! FASHION EMERGENCY!" I call inside. I then take a step back from the door as a purple and white blur ran down the stairs and slammed into Flash
"WHOA!" Flash screamed as he felt himself slam onto his back. As soon as his eyes stopped spinning, he looked up at what was standing on his stomach.
"What happened to this jacket?" Rarity was saying. She began to bring Flash inside, not even looking at him. It was obvious she hasn't realized that it was another human. I laugh and follow inside. Rarity took off the jacket and put it on the floor. She began to circle flash. AS if she was a food critic and she was about to eat flash's clothes.
"Tsk, tsk. Those clothes simply will not do darling. Far too much black. You need something to contrast it." She looked at the ruined jacket. "Hmm.... if I repair this...." She was lost in thought as she took the jacket in her magic. "Yes... YES! I have the greatest idea ever!" She looked around for something. She activated her magic and some clattering was heard from upstairs. A can with the label 'cloth stain' came down. She opened it up. It was black inside. I went and sat down near Flash.
"It's amazing watching her work, isn't it? This is the first time I've done it yet. But it's amazing." I lean against the wall.
Flash was simply staring a Rarity, still transfixed by the unicorn. Then he shook his head, before looking at me. "Sorry," he said, "zoned out. Still can't believe I'm in a universe willed with talking horses. What's next...dragons?"
"Yes." I deadpan. I then hold up 3 fingers and slowly lower them, counting down. When they hit zero the door opens up again and spike walks in,
"Hi Rarity, I was wondering if you needed..... Why is there another human here?" He looked at Flash.
"Flash, Spike. Spike, Flash. He's from an alternate reality. Don't know exactly which one. For now, He's staying here. Rarity's just fixing his jacket." At that moment Rarity finishes the cloth stain. Flash's cutie mark was still gleaming brightly in the light on the back of the coat. But everything else was Dark Blue.
Flash just stared at Spike in disbelief, before it then turned to confusion. "Mystic Dracokid?"
"Who?" Spike asked. "I'm a dragon. Not this... Mystic Dracokid. Whoever that is." He looks at me expectantly.
"It's a Yugioh card. He thinks your a Yugioh creature." I roll my eyes and smile
"Yeah," Flash said, "he looks exactly like one of my girlfriend's cards. This is freaky."
"One of Twilight's cards I'm guessing?" I raise an eyebrow. "I thought spike would have been Twilight's brother or something in that reality."
"Wait," Flash turned to Spike, before picking him up by the armpits. "YOU'RE SPIKE!?"
Spike just glared at him, before unleashing a burst of fire in his face. When the smoke cleared, Flash's face was sooty and he looked bewildered. He let out a loud cough, releasing some smoke as he did.
I burst out laughing. "BAHAHAHAHAHHA!" I rolled onto the floor. "Oh..oh god." I cough a bit to shut up. "That was great. But yeah, that's spike. Number one assistant to Twilight Sparkle."
"And don't forget it!" He puffs out his chest proudly, I began to laugh and cough more.
"Spike, dearest. Please don't blow smoke while I'm working on lightningman's clothes." She says absentmindedly.
"They're not my clothes. they're flash's." I correct her.
"Who?" She turns and spots flash. She proceeds to yell.
"AHH! what... What's another human doing here?"
"Is that going to be the majority of the reactions here?" I ask.