//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Sunset's Misadventures in the Multiverse: vol #1: Journey to the Potterverse // by ArlynntheDragon //------------------------------// Seven years at Hogwarts, several years after, and nine years after a certain birth later......................... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today was NOT going as Harry thought it would. It started out with the usual, waking up in that forsaken cupboard, fixing breakfast for his, ummmmmm, relatives, but try to make extra for himself and Ouch City. Next was school where the borders of Ouch City were expanded. And it wasn't even his fault: his cousin(and I use that term loosely) warned everyone there that Harry was not to be trusted. he even went so far as to warn Harry not to get higher grades, or he'd regret it later. To make matters worse, the teachers couldn't do anything to help. Reason why? they were too scared of Dudley to intervene on Harry's behalf. After school would come Dudley's favorite game: Harry Hunting. It's a game that Dudley invented so that he'd have an excuse to use Harry as his punching bag. There were times where Harry, if he was quick enough, could get away. This time....................................................................................he wasn't so lucky. There, in the alleyway, he laid, receiving punch after punch, kick after kick. There wasn't an area on his body that wasn't in pain. It hurt so bad he lost consciousness a few times. At the same time, at C.H.S., a shiver went down the spine of a certain fiery haired girl, named Sunset Shimmer. Even though she was hanging out with her friends, she was miserable. Why she felt this was still a mystery, yet she's been miserable for a while now. While she was sitting near the Wondercolt statue her body started shivering all at once. That was weird. Why would-wait this feels................familiar. Her eyes widen in realization as one word escapes her mouth: "Harry." Rarity, upon hearing this, turned to Sunset concerned for her friend. "Sunset, is something wrong, darling?" Rarity asked her fiery friend. "I gotta go! Someone out there needs me!" was the last thing she said before running through the portal at the statue's base, but one thing stuck out in Rarity's mind: Who on Earth is Harry? Pinkie Pie simply turned to face the viewers and winked. Little did anyone notice that Sunset wasn't the only one to feel a shiver down their backs, namely one purple-skinned, scary-smart, glasses-wearing girl. Please be alright. Meanwhile, back in the Potterverse, Harry was getting beaten to near death, in fact to Harry, death seemed preferable right now to this measly existence. At least I'll get to see Mum and Dad. He heard one last thing before darkness claimed him. "HARRY NO!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- She was NOT about to lose him. She swore to herself that she would not lose him. These were the thoughts going through Sunset's mind as she flew from the Equestrian side of the portal, then doing an about-face, racing back to it, frantically trying to access the terminal (For those of you who are unaware, the crystal mirror already had a built-in terminal to allow the user to access other worlds, besides C.H.S.). Finally, she found the right address, and luckily for her, the nearest portal location was in an alleyway in Little Whinging. As fast as she could, Sunset bolted for the portal, with only one thought going through her mind: save Harry. What she saw when she was launched out of the exit portal was a scene she was most familiar with, since it happened to her: Harry, bruised, broken, bleeding, and very near death. It was the knife in the junior whale's hand that had her call out: "HARRY NO!" Luckily for both Sunset and Harry, that shout stopped Dudley and caused him and his gang to flee the scene, unintentionally rushing past a certain bushy-haired girl carrying a backpack. Said bushy-haired girl was called Hermione Granger. What most people don't know is that she's an orphan, her father died working with S.A.S., her mother later of heartbreak, but instead of being sent to the orphanage, she lived on the streets, spending most of her time in the library, which is where she first met Harry, now her boyfriend. When she heard that scream she made her way to the alleyway where she came upon a rather gruesome sight, her Harry beaten to unconsciousness and in the arms of a fiery haired woman who was begging him to "stay with me, Harry please," over and over again. "Excuse me, but who are you, and what happened to Harry?" she timidly asked. "Not a lot of time. I need to get him to a hospital. Is there one nearby?" the woman asked frantically. "Not that I know of." the woman's face, at hearing this fell. Suddenly she had an idea, a crazy idea, she had a wonderful crazy idea. "What's your name?" she asked the girl. "I'm Hermione Potter nee Granger." the girl answered before her hand flew up to her mouth. Why did I say Potter? My last name is......is........ "Sunset Shimmer, you trust me?" She introduced herself as Hermione Potter, but she can't be Harry's sister, he's an only child. Wait a minute..................are they...........no time. Gotta get Harry some help. With a shaky nod from Hermione, Sunset picked up the young boy and began power walking to where she knew the portal was, with Hermione right behind her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile in Equestria: KA-BOOOOOOOOOOM! Was the sound heard and felt around Equestria, even going so far as the Changeling Hive in the Badlands. Remind me to lodge a complaint to Sunbutt later. were the thoughts running through the head of a certain disgruntled Changeling Queen, who was thrown out of bed. The ones responsible for the explosion stared dumbfounded into the crater left in its wake. Three school-age fillies, who were so desperate to earn their cutie-marks that they turned to astrophysics. (Seriously, who teaches astrophysics to young children..........................TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!! ) Anywho, back with the trio, they were a yellow red-maned Earth-Pony, an orange magenta-maned Pegasus, and a marshmallow-white, light purple and pink maned Unicorn. "Well, that was a bust." deadpanned the orange Pegasus filly. "Remahnd me again whose braht ahdea wuz it tah git ahr cutie-mahrks in astrophysics?" complained the yellow Earth-Pony filly. Both turned to glare at the third member of their little group. "Oh, come on, you can't tell me neither of you wanted to go out 'n' 'explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to-'" the marshmallow-white, light purple and light pink maned Unicorn filly started to say before an orange hoof made its way to her mouth, cutting her off. "Alright, that's it. No more Pony Trek for Sweetie Belle, all in favour?" the orange Pegasus declared. Both her and the yellow Earth-Pony filly raised their hooves. "Sahrry Sweetie-Baylle, yur outvoted." the Unicorn filly named Sweetie Belle grumbled about the unfairness of it all. "I almost had it. At least it's not Changelings for the millionth time, Scootaloo!" "What? It's not MY fault that Changelings is so AWESOME!" (No Changelings were harmed, injured, or maimed during the filming of the movie) Scootaloo defended herself. "Uh-huh" "Yeah, right" were the unconvinced responses she got from her two friends. "Anyway, how's the crop coming? Anypony worth mentioning?" Sweetie Belle asked while the trio were making their way to Sugar Cube Corner. "Wayell, thayr's Button Mash, but he's too focussed on his games tah notice us fillies." said the yellow Earth Pony. "What about Rumble? He's pretty cute." Sweetie Belle suggested. "He's at a summer camp for chefs." Scootaloo shot down. "What about Tender Taps? Wait, don't tell me-" "Dancing lessons" was the reply she got from both fillies. "Just as well. Lately I've been feeling some sort of pull, as if something is pulling me toward somepony." The gasps Scootaloo received wasn't the response she expected. "Yew, too?!" "Now that you mention it, I've been having these weird dreams lately. They were about these strange creatures, a combination of monkey and minotaur. And from what I could tell, they were male. There were five of them, led by a baby whale? And they were attacking another. The one they were attacking was small, scrawny, had a black mane, green eyes, and a lightning-shaped scar on the right side of his forehead. And the odd thing is, I seem to be drawn to the one with the lightning-shaped scar, like I'm meant to be with him." Sweetie Belle described to her friends. "OK, wunce is occurrence, twahce is coincidance, but three tahmes? Ah thank summin' trahyin' tuh tayell us sumthin'." "Hold on, Apple Bloom. Are you suggesting that we're destined for some kind of monkey/minotaur hybrid?" Scootaloo accused. "I mean ya gotta admit, it does sound really dumb. C'mon back me up Sweetie Belle......................Sweetie Belle?" Sweetie Belle wasn't listening, instead she suddenly stopped trotting altogether, and turned to face Twilight's Castle with a look of worry. She then turned to Scootaloo, "Scoots, get your scooter/wagon combo, our stallion's on his way here, and he's in really BAD shape. HURRY!" Scootaloo didn't have to be told twice. She raced home as fast as she could to get her scooter with wagon attachments, and brought it to her friends. After Sweetie and AB climbed in, Scootaloo raced towards Twilight's Castle in order to save their future stallion. After a few minutes, they made it to the Mirror Portal just in time as Sunset Shimmer, a light-brown Unicorn filly with a brunette mane and chocolate brown eyes, and an unconscious, alabaster colt with a midnight-black mane and emerald-green eyes tumbled out. The C.M.C., quickly and gently placed the colt in the wagon, then proceeded to race down to Ponyville General, with Sunset and the unknown filly right behind them. It took all of a minute at the speed Scootaloo was going to reach Ponyville General, where Sweetie Belle screamed at the top of her little lungs "IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?!" A nurse took one look at the unconscious colt and rushed him to the Emergency Room. Once Harry was safely in the E.R. Sunset turned to Hermione, as both followed the C.M.C., with a look of neutrality. "Now Hermione, was it? I need you to tell me what's been going on, why was Harry getting attacked, where has he been staying for the past nine years, and why your last name is Potter.................."