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Your weak human fists hurt, and the one still wrapped in bandages stings like a motherbucker, but you continue to pound away on the statue despite Flash and Sunset's protests, having your most ultimate freak out ever…for this day at least.
"MOTHERBUCKING PIECE OF BULLSPIT! WHAT THE TARTARUS!” you shout in this body’s approximation of the RCV.
“Motherbucking? Bullspit? What the Hell is he shouting?” Flash asks the worried Sunset.
“Those are curse words from Equestria,” she explains hurriedly.
“GORRAMNED BUCKING LADY LUCK!!!” you shout as you strike your bandaged fist fairly hard against the stone, and it starts bleeding. “BUCK!”
“Really?” Flash says. “These sound like cheap censored replacements that would be on cable or something.”
“Flash, now’s not the time for semantics!” Sunset growls frustrated. “Bugze, please stop!”
“BURN MOTHERBUCKER BURN!!!” you shout as you give your fists a break and throw your hoverboard at the statue, and true to fashion, the piece of plastic catches fire.
“What in the world was that?” Sunset shrieks.
“Cheap hardware. My brother got one of those for Christmas,” Flash responds.
“I WILL BE LEFT TO ROT IN THIS LUNA FORSAKEN WORLD WHILE MY BABY IS STUCK WITH THOSE HYPOCRITICAL MARES!!!"
“Luna forsaken?” Flash asks.
“I actually don’t know. Never heard that one before,” Sunset confesses.
“LET ME IN! LET ME IIIINNNNN!!!!”
You reach into your bag to pull out your Boomstick and Second Law, however before you do, Sombra and Selena shout out in alarm,
BUGZE/IDIOT NO!! They in a rare instance of unison take over and make you smack your forehead on the butt of the Air gun you were just trying to pull out. Dropping both your magical weapons, you put both of your hands to your head in pain.
"Ahh! What the buck was that for?!" you cry out, confusing the human and pony in human guise behind you.
Bugze, you fool! If you smash the statue you'll destroy our only way home! I wanna swear and rage too, but not if it means destroying our only means of returning to Nightshade! Selena says scolding you.
“Ohhh,” you groan. “I thought if I hurt it enough, it would turn back on. Like slapping a finicky washing machine.”
Magical artifacts aren’t household appliances you stup- wait hold on, what is that? Sombra cuts himself off as he notices something about the statue.
“Huh?” You turn to the statue in confusion. "What? Did I break it?" You say worriedly.
“What your hand?” asks Flash.
“No, the statue!” you grunt back.
“I’m sure you broke both,” Sunset gags as the bandages on your right fist stain red.
Pay attention moron! Look there on the side of statue! You look closely at the side of the statue through the smoke of your hoverboard and see some strange lines.
“Ahh Luna I scratched it." You say in worry as you hear Sombra facehoof.
No you didn't scratch it. That's writing!
"Huh?" You and Selena say in confusion as you suddenly lurch forward and your face smooshes against the statue. Meanwhile Sunset and Flash look on in confusion.
"What is he doing?" Flash asks.
"I don't know, and I don't want to know." Sunset says taking a few steps back and grabbing a shovel. “But seriously, I think we should put that fire out before it spreads.”
“Yeah, good idea,” Flash nods as he takes his jacket off. And as they start beating the fire out on your hoverboard, you stare intently at the faded writing that follows the arch of the outer part of the portal.
“If this is writing, I can’t quite make it out,” you admit.
Hang on let me try something. Sombra says. You feel your hand reach into your pocket and pull out the magic crystal you got from Gloriosa.
"Avsløre" Sombra says in a whisper through your lips. Suddenly the portal glows faintly for a moment, lighting up the statue and revealing the outline of a doorway.
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The glow fades but the words are now more legible.
Whoa. Did you just fix it? you ask with hope.
No, unfortunately, but my hunch was right, this is a hidden message, he explains.
Really? Looks like a bunch of scribble scrabble to me.
No he’s correct my bug. This is ancient poneish, Selena says in amazement.
Exactly. It was in all the books and texts I read growing up in the empire. I used to write hidden messages with…his voice hitches and he coughs. But anyway, it seems the old methods work even on this side.
Incredible. Guess you're not as useless as I thought, Selena quips.
Quiet you. I'm trying to read it... Sombra murmurs.
“What is that, latin or something?” Flash asks as he shakes the soot out of his jacket, your hoverboard no longer on fire.
“I don’t think so. It looks like ancient poneish to me,” Sunset says as her eyes scan the statue.
“Did I miss a class on ancient languages or something? How does everyling know this but me?” you groan, much to her confusion. Before anyone can answer you though, Sombra begins reading out the inscription.
For once every 30 moons this door of magic shall open to it's double in Equestria, however if need be, the portal shall open early if fed magic by one who's heart is pure and full of light and innocence, Sombra says aloud.
Oh that's typical Starswirl right there, Selena huffs in annoyance. Riddles and emotion locking. How original.
Wait! Does that mean I don’t have to wait for like three years to open this Gorramned thing?
Maybe…Sombra trails off scanning it. Though it infers that one needs magic on this side, and without the blessing of dark magic.
…Well we’re bucked then, you groan.
Hmm, not necessarily, Selena pipes up. We do have magic on this side after all.
Yeah, but every single human here is an abomination against nature itself. Their hearts are magicless where no light can penetrate.
…For one who calls every other creature under the sun Speciest, you sure are bigoted, Sombra rolls his eyes.
I never claimed not to be a hypocrite! You growl. So unless there’s someone magical that has a light in their heart then I’m going to be stuck here for two and a ha-
“Are…are you alright?” Sunset asks in concern, causing you to turn to her. “You’ve just kind of been staring at the statue silently for the last few minutes.”
…Or maybe Twilight’s inadvertently saved us, you think as a lightbulb goes off in your head.
Smiling as best you can, you walk towards Celestia’s former protégé who was brainwashed by My Little Human.
“Say Sunset ol buddy ol pal. Looks like your shoulders got soot on them, let me fix that for you,” you say as you thrust your hand out and a small gust of breeze comes out and blows it away.
“What the buck? Was that magic?” Sunset asks startled.
“No it’s limited air bending, something I haven’t used in a long while now that I think about it, but still, get with the program.”
“What?” she asks, but you ignore her.
“So anyway, how’s your redemption that Twilight set you up with going? Feeling pure of heart or Lawful Good after being given a second chance?”
“Uh…it’s only been like twelve hours so…”
“So are you feeling more magicy and innocent then?” you push.
“I don’t know,” she huffs and throws her arms up in the air. “It’s only my first day. I don’t know what the girls are going to teach me yet, the school still hates me, and I haven’t finished cleaning up the debris like Vice Principal Luna told me to.”
“OK…do you think you’ll be all sunshine and rainbows and pureness in say, less than 30 Moons?” you ask desperately.
“I don’t know, OK?” she responds dejectedly.
Bugze, do you actually believe she could fit the description on the epitath? Selena asks.
Well who else would? Sure she turned into a demon, but besides me she’s the only real equestrian here who would even be capable of magic. If she’s going to be reformed by the other Deadly Six’s counterparts, then maybe we can get her to open the mirror.
That’s putting a lot of faith on a failed underling of a Princess, Sombra points out.
Maybe so, but right now, she’s the only hope we got. The siren blooded humans like Flash don’t stand a chance, and our whole deal is Shadow and Dark Magic, so…
“Why are you asking?” Sunset interrupts your internal discussion.
“Because lady, I think you might be the best shot to getting me home to my little filly without waiting literal years.”
“Me?” she asks skeptically with a raised brow.
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“Yes you,” you nod. “Because, as much as I’d like some egghead to just whip up some unholy macguffin union between science and magic to counteract the portal, I doubt that’s even an option.”
IN EQUESTRIA
“Achoo!” Princess Twilight Sparkle sneezes as she stands with all her friends in one of the gardens of Canterlot Castle.
“Bless you Darling,” Rarity says.
“Thank you,” Twilight nods as she rubs her nose.
“You’re not getting a cold are you?” asks Applejack.
“I don’t think so…” Twilight trails off.
“Maybe you caught some disease from one of these Hoomans on the other side of the mirror,” Pinkie suggests.
“I don’t think that’s possible,” she reassures.
“Oh it very well is,” Fluttershy insists. “Many animals can get sick when encountering new and exotic creatures.”
“But I was in a different body at the time,” she argues.
“Yeah, but you did put their books in your mouth and hugged and danced with all of them,” Spike points out.
“Oh hush Spike, by that logic I should check you for fleas,” she harrumphs.
“Well weird alien sickness or not, we’re not skimping on practice,” Rainbow insists while holding a whistle. “Now get to flapping those wings egghead.”
Groaning, Twilight gets ready to start her last flying lessons before her friends head back to Ponyville, wondering why a sense of foreshadowing and irony washed over her earlier.
BACK IN HUMAN LAND
“…At least I don’t think it’s an option,” you mutter as a sense of irony washes over you. “But anyway, I can’t believe I’m saying this but, Help Me Sunset Shimmer, you’re my only hope.”
She looks bewildered at your pleading state and gives an aside glance to Flash who just shrugs.
“Look, I’ll try to get better and redeem myself, because that’s the promise I made to Twilight…but what you’re asking of me might not be possible,” she says downtrodden.
“Yeah, well no hurt in trying right? Let’s get this reformation started quick with lots of tea parties and picnics and whatever else it is human females do.”
“She’s not five years old,” Flash says looking at you like you’re dumb.
“Well sorry, from what little I saw of that trash show, that’s the impression I got. Now, let’s get this little clean up done so you can hang out with these humie girls that are reflections of my greatest enemies/best friends/incessant stalkers.” To emphasize this, you pick up your even more scorched hoverboard and shove it in the inventory.
Sunset though seems even more confused by your statements and just stares at you in befuddlement.
“What? Griffon got your tongue?”
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“No, it’s just…” she starts.
“Just what?”
“What in Tartarus has happened in Equestria since I left?”
“Oh, now you’re using them too,” Flash says in monotone. Ignoring the boy you ask,
“In fifteen years? A lot I’d say. Why?”
“Well, all I knew was that Princess Celestia got a new student, she became a Princess, and she found the Elements of Harmony and was using the Element of Magic as her crown.”
“Well the princess thing is relatively new, but the Elements thing was over three and a half years ago,” you mention.
“Yeah but, you keep talking about how speciest ponies are to you, or how you have stalkers and they’re your friends as well? What changed with the Changelings to make that even possible?”
“Yeah and…what exactly does any of that mean?” Flash adds in. “I know you’re like an alien and such, but…yeah.”
“That is a long, long tale,” you sigh. “One that would take longer than a lunch break to explain. So how about we hold off on that till we have more time and focus on you being reformed faster OK?”
“I…” Sunset starts before she sighs. “OK fine, that’s fair. Do you have time after school?”
“I got fired from my job recently so I got all the time in the world, even though I’d prefer not to.”
“Alright,” she nods. “In that case how about we all discuss this, and you can also explain more about what’s been happening around here, like what happened with Flash at the mall.”
“I mean, are you sure?” Flash says hesitantly looking at her.
“O-Only if you want to be there,” she stutters looking away guiltily.
“…I do want to know more about this whole weird situation, so I’m down,” he nods.
“Great, fine, we’ll all go grab a bite to eat and chat. Maybe helping me get home will help your redemption go faster. Now let’s get to cleaning before any more weird humie things happen,” you insist.
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Just as you do, a massive metal bird of some kind crosses across the sky without flapping it’s wings.
“…” you stare blankly before looking over at Sunset Shimmer. “Why are there massive metal Roc’s in the sky?” you ask tiredly.
“What, the airplane?” she asks.
“If that’s what they’re called then yes,” you say with your eye twitching.
“They’re not Roc, or any kind of bird if that’s what you’re asking,” she explains.
“Oh…so what are they and how many humies do they eat on a daily basis?”
“Are you serious? They’re machines man, they don’t eat people,” Flash points out.
“So evil death machines, got it,” you nod.
“Not really, human aeronauts are way more advanced than back home. Planes are basically flying busses,” Sunset instructs.
“…Thank you for putting that horrifying image in my brain,” you groan as you start putting concrete into the wheelbarrow. “So would you kindly start being reformed faster so I don’t have to stay in a world with such monstrosities?”
“Um…OK…I’ll try,” she says still wary and confused by you as she starts putting broken cobblestone into a garbage can.
…Bugze are you OK? Selena asks in worry when you quietly go about working without saying anything for five minutes.
Tartarus no. But mind numbing handy work helps keep me away from all these horrifying revelations.
“Um, by the way, when you were freaking out earlier you were talking about your baby…you’re a father?” Sunset asks.
And now I’m back to thinking about it. Dang it Sunset!
“Yes. Her name is Nightshade and she’s my pride and joy, and I really don’t want to wait for Two and a Half years for her to see her Dad, Mom, and creepy guy that can loosely be called her Uncle.”
Hey!
“Oh my gosh…I’m so sorry,” Sunset says with genuine sympathy. “I don’t really have family on the other side, so I can’t even imagine what that must be like.”
“Yeah, well the thought of it is bucking terrifying, so let’s try like Tartarus to avoid that future,” you say as you dump the wheelbarrow in the garbage pile where Flash has gone back to sitting.
“Like I said, I don’t know if I can be that hope for you,” she says guiltily. “But I’ll try to be better faster if possible. No filly should be all alone.”
“Thanks,” you nod in gratitude. “Though thankfully she’s not fully alone. My Grandbuggy is watching her. The guy raised me so he’s…competent I guess?” You then put a hand to your chin.
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“I mean he’s always smoking those stinky cigars, teaching very loose morals hitting on every female under the sun, but I’m sure it’ll be fine if worse comes to worse, heh heh.”
At your nervous chuckle Sunset’s face becomes disbelieving.
“Uh…”
“Sure I turned out alright, it’s not like being raised by Grandbuggy made weird anime tropes happen to me in my adult life and have members of the opposite sex hounding me for seemingly no reason and-Oh Sweet Luna My Baby’s Going To Grow Up Into A Tramp!”
“He’s freaking out again?” Flash says in bewilderment.
“Apparently. Is this guy bipolar or something?!” Sunset yelps as you begin biting the nails on your uninjured hand.
Bugze, Nightshade would know better, Selena insists.
“Would she? Maybe for multiple guys, but all it takes is one, and that sleazy little dragon is already collecting brownie points!” you start breathing heavily.
“Please don’t start punching the portal again, I’d really like it if there was still some way to go back home,” Sunset says in a tired voice.
With her and Selena’s reassurance you take a deep breath.
“Haaaa,” you sigh. “Right, right. I can’t be an overprotective dad based on what ifs. I’ve just got to focus on the here and no-“
“Calm Down! Get A Hold Of Yourself!” You voice rings out as you are suddenly grabbed by your shirt and shook vigorously.
“Whoa, whoa, hey! What are you-“
*SLAP*
“OW!” you cry out in pain after being slapped in the face.
“Calm Down I Said!” B2 insists as he shakes you like a dog’s chew toy.
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“Who The Buck Are You?!” Sunset yelps in alarm as your bearded double violently shakes you, but he ignores her.
“There Is No Reason To Be Upset!” he declares.
*SLAP*
“OW!” you yelp as you are once again struck.
“There Are No Mistakes, Only Happy Accidents!”
*SLAP*
“Ouch! Cut it Out!” you declare.
“Breathe In and Out and Stop Fantasizing the Worst Case Scenario! Calm Your Ass Down!” B2 shouts hysterically.
“I Am Calm You Id-“
*SLAP*
“Stop That!” you cry out as your face starts turning red from the smacks.
“I…I…” Sunset just stares agape as the madness unfolds.
“Oh right, that’s his brother or something,” Flash explains, sounding tired himself.
“Soooo, is this normal for them?” she asks as your human counterpart continues to slap the crap out of you.
“Truthfully, I’m not sure. Then again the only times I’ve met these guys they’ve attacked me, screaming at the top of their lungs, so maybe?” he shrugs.
“There aren’t even any live dinosaurs around anymore!” B2 shouts.
“What does that have to do with any-“
*SLAP*
“GORRAMNIT!!!” you shout.
“Should…should we stop them?” Sunset stammers.
“That might be more dangerous than it’s worth. Best we let it run it’s course,” Flash suggests.
“I don’t know,” she says hesitantly. “If someone reports them fighting, then Vice Principal Luna might get angry with me thinking I was ap-“
“WHAT?! She’s Here?!” B2 shouts as he stops slapping you and dives into a nearby flower bush.
And as the flower bush starts shaking, your head spins as you try to keep your balance.
“Are you OK Bugze?” asks Flash.
“I’ll take a number five and a double order of onion rings,” you answer back as your brain reboots. After shaking the dizziness away, you correct yourself. “I mean…yes.”
What in the blazes was that all about? Selena sputters.
Idiocy that prevails through space and time apparently, Sombra quips.
Hey! I’ve only done this exact thing twice, get off my back, you grumble before you face the shaking bush.
“B2, what the buck are you doing? And yes, I am calm!” you say angrily, seemingly going against your words.
“Were you? I saw you flipping out about your kid, so I assumed the worst,” his voice calls out.
“Yeah but…Look, everything’s alright relatively speaking. What are you even doing here? I told you to head back to Sombra’s?”
“Well, I was going to, but his house is clear on the other side of the city, and he just laughed when I called for him to pick me up, and I didn’t want to walk the whole way and-“
“Alright, alright, I get the picture,” you sigh as you facepalm.
And as you grumble and heavy breathing comes from the bush, Sunset speaks up.
“OK, I’m just going to broach the subject because this day just keeps getting weirder and weirder, but what’s going on? Two changelings came through to this world?”
“No No,” you handwave. “Nothing like that. The shrub is my human counterpart. I met him literally one after getting to this bucking world.”
“Your counterpart? Really?” Sunset seems amazed. “And you’re both working together?”
“Of course, great minds think alike and all that,” you shrug. “Why, you and your double not on friendly terms?”
“I’ve never met mine, she doesn’t live in this city,” Sunset explains.
“So wait, there’s another Sunset too?” Flash asks.
“Yes Sentry, this is old news. Alternate Universe have alternate versions of the same people, watch a Science Fiction movie and catch up,” you roll your eyes.
“I recommend Fringe,” B2 calls from the bush.
“And for pete’s sake, get out of those flowers,” you demand.
“No, that bacon haired girl said her name, she’s clearly around right?”
“No she’s not, she’s probably still at the café with Hu-Cadance as we speak.”
At Sugar Cube Corner
“So Cadenza, what was so important that you had to meet with me during a school day?” Luna asks tapping her finer impatiently while her tricolored haired niece sweats nervously.
“Oh, you know…just wanted to ask some advice from my favorite aunt, heh heh,” she chuckles nervously.
“And this couldn’t have been said over the phone because…?”
“Because, uh…it’s uh, super personal?”
“…Are you asking or telling me?” Luna asks with a raised brow.
“…Yes,” Cadence nods sheepishly causing the older woman to sigh.
“Cadence, I had a very strange night last night involving a few of my students gaining abilities that might be supernatural in origin, can this “emergency talk” wait for the weekend?”
“Wait, what happened?” Cadence asks in confusion.
“I’m still not entirely sure,” she says as she rests her forehead in her palm and takes a sip of coffee. “But once Tia and I figure it out completely we’ll let you know. As it is, I still have a lot of paperwork for reconstruction to do.”
“Oh, but I’m sure if you stay a bit longer…” Cadence says looking to the bathroom door anxiously.
“Why?” Luna asks as she notices the nervous look on Cadence’s face, and her eyes go wide. “You aren’t pregnant are you?”
“What?! N-No!” Cadence blurts blushing.
“Are you positive? I know how clingy you are to your handsome little fiancé,” Luna trolls.
“Ugh, Auntie Luna!” Cadence groans. “We’re at least going to enjoy our marriage a little before we even think about kids!”
BACK WITH YOU
“So get out of the bush already, I owe you a few smacks!”
“Hell No! It’s safe in here!” B2 responds.
“So wait, he knows Vice Principal Luna?” Flash asks.
“Yeah, she’s his ex or something, which is weird since I never dated Princess Luna back home,” you shrug.
“Princess Luna?” Sunset asks seeming lost.
“Yeah, you know, she was the Mare in the Moon for like a thousand years and- Oh right, fifteen year vacation,” you catch yourself. “I’ll explain that whole situation after school too.”
“We’re having another meeting with teens? Sombra’s not going to like that,” B2 says.
“Well too bad, we’ve got to,” you say with authority. “On top of finding the Siren Stones, we now gotta make sure Sunny here becomes a Paragon of Truth Justice and the Equestrian Way so I can even get home.”
“We do? Why?”
“Because Lady Luck Bucking Hates Me,” you groan.
“That’s still a lot of pressure you’re putting on me after only having met 10 minutes ago,” Sunset stammers.
“Oh, OK, sounds good to me,” B2 says as the bush seemingly shrugs.
“…So you’ll agree to that, but you won’t stick around to talk with Humie Luna?” you ask exasperated.
“This is a lot easier for me to grasp, believe me,” he grunts. “I mean, what would I even say to her? I look like a hobo, and the last thing she’s gonna believe is I’m gallivanting around with another me from another dimension collecting magic rocks.”
“I’m from Equestria and even I’m having a hard time believing that,” Sunset says rubbing her forehead.
“Oh cool, another dimensional traveler?” B2 asks.
“Yeah, I’ll fill you in at the meeting,” you nod.
“Sounds interesting. But yeah, getting back to what I was saying, she’d think I was nuts, or still drugged and boozed up, even though I’m not anymore. Hell, she didn’t even believe me when I told her about how Chrysa-Bitch tried to violate me!” he says a bit heatedly.
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“Hold up, what happened?” Flash says looking disgusted.
“Nothing, leave it alone Flash,” you cut him off.
“No seriously, what was that about being vio-“
“Leave. It. Alone…” you threaten as your eyes briefly glow, causing him to eep, and shut up.
“It’s something bad in his past, so don’t push it.”
“Yeah, I don’t even know why I said that aloud,” B2 sighs heavily, and the bush slumps over as if sad.
“…OK then,” Sunset claps her hands. “I’m sure we’ll all have a lot of explanations when we meet up after school, so let’s not get any more heated about our pasts or the portal problems.”
“Wait, you found the portal?” B2 asks energentically.
“Yes, I told you earlier, that’s why we have to make Sunset into the perfect reformed princess or whatever now.”
“Really?”
“Yes, unless you know some other dimension walker with magical capabilities who’s pure of heart.”
“Can’t say that I do,” he relents.
“Exactly. And we’re sure as buck not waiting for thirty moons.”
“Thirty Moons? Like thirty days?” he asks.
“No, as in moon cycles. Whole months,” you explain. “That’s how long till the portal opens on it’s own.”
“HOLY CRAP!” the bush rattles.
“Yeah, I know,” you sigh.
“But you can’t stay here that long, what about your daughter back home?”
“I know that already,” you say with gritted teeth. “I’ve panicked enough over this, so we just gotta-“
“Oh, your poor bastard child, growing up without her father” B2 says in sympathy.
“Hey! Don’t you call my sweet little angel that!” you shout in anger.
“Hey now I’m just being technical, you ain’t married to her mama after all,” B2 says holding his hands up out of the bush.
“Oh…well still you don’t have to phrase it like that!” you reply indignantly.
Yes, he is quite crass.
“You’re only choosing to be offended by it, Grandpappy never married my Grandma,” he points out.
“Well neither did my Grandbuggy, but still, true or not I don’t like that word for my Nightshade,” you harrumph.
“Don’t worry Bugze, we’ll get you back to your larvae,” Sunset says trying to sound confident.
“Not larvae, a filly,” you correct.
“Filly? She’s a hybrid?”
“Yes, in more ways than one, so if you feel like being a stuck up Unicorn about it, don’t-“ you warn.
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“I wasn’t going to-“ she begins sounding indignant, but you continue.
“She is my big ball of sunshine that blows away all the darkness in my life and one of the few family I have left, and I can’t stand the thought of not seeing her grow up,” you say in melancholy.
“OK, OK, I believe you,” Sunset says calmly noticing your shift in tone. “It’s clear that you love her very much.”
“Gorramn right I do,” you say with pride. “I would and have taken on the whole world for her, and if it meant laying down my own life to save her, I would.”
I have a rendevouz with death…
The poem briefly flashes in the back of your mind at that declaration, causing you to shudder, but you continue on with your speech.
“You may not believe it with me being a changeling and all, but my love for her, and vice versa is what keeps me going.”
Selena and Sombra stay silent at your conviction, but you can tell they mirror your sentiment. There is a few moments of silence as the human, pony turned human, and your hiding doppelganger take in your words.
“Damn man,” the bush says. “To think that I’d be a Dadzilla if only I’d had a kid like you.”
“Right?” Flash agrees.
“Still not too late,” you point out as you smirk sadly and look down. “I’m going to see her again, and as the gods as my witnesses, she’ll see her mother too.”
After that statement, there’s another moment of silence as they all gauge your mood, maybe to see if you’ll flip out again. When you don’t, Sunset places a hand on your shoulder.
“I’m going to do my best Bugze,” she says. “I was a bad pony, blinded by power, but I’ll try my darndest to learn this love and friendship thing. I don’t know if you can rush it or not, but we’ll see how it goes. But even still, even if the worst were to happen and we had to wait, I know that despite the distance and time your daughter will always love you as your hearts are connected…probably.”
You smirk at that and chuckle.
“You’ve gotta work on ending your motivational speeches.”
“Yeah, I realized that as I finished,” she says rubbing the back of her neck.
“Still though, I appreciate the sentiment. For a former she-devil, you’re not so bad.”
She smirks at this as Flash even seems impressed.
“Wow, you’re already leaps and bounds ahead with just that speech Sunset.”
She looks down embarrassed at that.
“Y-You really think so?”
“Wait for real? She’s already improved?” you ask. “Do you think that’s enough to open the-“
“Oh My Gosh, that’s so inspirational and sad at the same time,” a sniffling voice interrupts your conversation.
Before you can even question who it is, both you and Sunset are pulled into a hug by a pink blur.
“Don’t you worry Mister, Sunset will help you get back to your daughter.”
The familiar bubbly voice says with a sniff before letting you both go as you and Sunset gasp for air.
“By the way, why would Sunset being a better person help with that? Did some demon friends of yours kidnap her or something?” Human Pinkie Pie asks to Sunset.
“What? No, I-“
“Mr, blink once for yes, or twice for no. Are you in danger?” Pinkie asks you, but you just stare at her blankly in confusion.
When did she get here?
I don’t know, I didn’t even see her.
“Hmm, hard to read,” Pinkie deduces from your face. “Oh hey Flash, you come to help out too?”
“Uh…”
“Pinkie, Sunset, who’s this guy? What’s going on?” asks another raspy voice. Looking towards the entrance, you see that it is indeed the humanized version of Rainbow Dash, and with her are the rest of the human Deadly 6, sans Twilight, each more ugly bastardizations of the ponies you know than the last.
Human Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash stare curiously at your little group as Pinkie hops around.
Of bucking course they’d show up now, you bemoan.
“How long have you guys been standing there?” asks Sunset.
“For like a minute,” Applejack says.
“Yes darling, we finished lunch and came out to see how you were doing,” Rarity says.
“And to see if you needed help,” Fluttershy adds.
“But then we hear something about this guy needing you to help find his daughter, what’s up with that?” Rainbow asks.
“Also, why were you yelling at the flower bush? *GASP* Is it in on the conspiracy?” Pinkie sleuths.
You, Flash, Sunset, and even B2 from his hiding spot look at each other.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
