All was silent. Not a word was spoken. What could be said? What NEEDS to be said? Celestia sure didn't know. Even if she did, would she be able to? Everypony was gathered just outside the castle while the Royal Guards cleaned up the destruction Goblin left in his wake.
Twilight Velvet's body was taken away an hour ago, sent to the morgue. Celestia felt awful. And how couldn't she? This....all of this was her fault. She gave Twilight the means to ascend, which in turn broke the interdimensional barrier surrounding their dimension.
Those Multiversal Trespassers were here...... Because of her. Velvet was dead because of her.
She looked at the ponies around her. Rainbow and Applejack were dead silent. Their heads bent down in sorrow. Pinkie's mane was deflated, her coat and darkened. Rarity was shedding silent tears as she held onto Fluttershy, who was openly sobbing into her friend's chest. Luna had her giant wing on Cadance's shoulder, comforting her niece as she cried. Night Light had gone with the guards who took Velvet's body, wanting to be alone with her for one last time. Spike just sat there, tears in his eyes as he held his knees close to his chest. Shining Armor was just standing there, furthest away from the group, staring into the distance.
And Twilight Sparkle? She had teleported to parts unknown, wanting to be alone. Eddie Brock was leaning on a wall in a nearby corner, staying silent the entire time. Venom didn't utter a word either, not that he would no what to say.
The silence was broke as Applejack got off of her haunches and stood up, facing the group, "Well? What are we gonna do now?"
Celestia sighed as nopony else responded, clearly too shaken up about the events with the Green Goblin.
"I do not know, my little pony." Celestia responded with sadness in her voice.
"This is your fault."
Everypony turned to the source of the voice. Shining Armor, who had turned around to face the solar monarch, tears in his bloodshot eyes.
Cadance sniffled as she tried approaching her husband, "S-Shining-"
"Everything that has happened. All the destruction caused by these creatures, is because of you..." Shining said to Celestia in a shaking voice, completely ignoring Cadance.
Celestia bent her head down, "Shining Armor-"
Shining stomped his hoof down on the ground as his horn lit up, "MY MOTHER'S DEAD! BECAUSE. OF. YOU!!!" He then approached Celestia as tears streamed down his face, "YOU ascended Twily into an Alicorn! YOU caused the very thing protecting our world to break! YOU brought that monster here! ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF YOU!!!"
Celestia had had enough as she flared her wings, "DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT?!" Tears were streaming down both of her cheeks as she used the Royal Canterlot Voice, "I KNOW I WAS THE ONE TO CAUSE THIS! I KNOW I WAS THE ONE WHO DIDN'T THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES!!! I KNOW THAT VELVET'S DEATH IS ON MY HOOVES!!! I DON'T NEED YOU TO REMIND ME!!!"
Pinkie put her hooves over her ears as tears began to fall, "STOP FIGHTING!"
Shining wouldn't let up, "WHY DID YOU EVEN THINK THAT ASCENDING TWILY WAS A GOOD IDEA?!"
"I THOUGHT SHE WAS READY!!!"
"WELL THANKS TO YOU, WE BOTH HAVE TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT OUR MOTHER!!! SO, THANK YOU, OH, HIGH AND WISE PRINCESS CELESTIA!!!" His voice was filled with sarcasm.
Applejack stepped toward them, "Now, everpony calm down-"
Celestia stomped her hoof, "IT WAS HER DESTINY, SHINING ARMOR!!! WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO?! IT WAS OUT OF MY HOOVES!!!"
Shining scoffed, "WELL CONGRATULATIONS! MY MOTHER, AND NOT TO MENTION, OTHER PONIES ARE DEAD! AND I. BLAME. YOU!" He pointed a hoof at her chest as he spoke.
Suddenly, Venom spoke for the first time in a while, "Eddie. We have company."
THWIP
Before Eddie could say anything, everpony turned to the sound of the strange noise. They looked around, but couldn't find the source.
THIWP
There it was again. What was that?
"Uh....Bad time?"
They all turned around to see a bipedal creature, sticking to the castle wall.
It was none other than the Webb-Verse Spider-Man.
Everyone stared in awe as Spidey jumped off the castle wall, flipping through the air and landing in front of the group. Before anyone could say anything, he took off his mask. He looked around at everyone with a small smile on his face.
Rainbow spoke for the first time since Velvet's death, "W-who the hay are you?"
He raised his hands up defensively, "I'm Peter Parker."
Applejack tilted her head, "Who?"
"I'm Spider-Man."
Everyone's ears perked up at that. The villains had mentioned someone called Spider-Man. From what they could gather at the time, he was some sort of hero.
Pinkie stepped forward, "Y-you're Spider-Man?"
Peter sighed as he lowered his hands, "In my world. But then yesterday, I was--" He looked around, unable to find the words to explain it, "I was just here." He then looked at the ponies before him, "In a world.....full of small, multi colored, ponies. This is weird, even for me."
Rainbow rolled her eyes, "Weird for you? How do you think we feel?"
Peter then began slowly walking around the group, finally being able to take this all in, "Wow... string theory, multidimensional reality, and matter displacement..." He looked at the group with amazement in his eyes, "All real?"
The Mane 6 all looked at each other before turning to Peter, "Yeah..." They all said reluctantly.
"Wow." Peter said, barely above a whisper, as he spun around, taking all of this in.
Rarity whispered into Rainbow's ear, "Darling, this has to be because of the spell." Rainbow nodded as a response.
Peter spun back around and turned to Rarity, "“The spell?” Like magic spell?"
Rarity then frantically shook her head, "No, no... there’s no spell."
"Magic’s real here too?"
Rarity looked at him, unsure of what to say, "Well...."
Rainbow then elbowed her in the ribs, "Rarity! Don't tell him anything! We don't even know if we can trust this guy!"
Pete gave Rainbow a deadpanned look, "I'm literally standing right here."
"We can trust 'im."
They all turned to Applejack, who had a stern look on her face. She turned to her friends, "Everythang he's been sayin', has been the honest truth." She then turned to Peter, "I believe him."
"Me too."
Cadance stepped forward, wiping the tears from her eyes as everyone turned to her, "I can feel something from him. His heart, is full of love. He's here to help us."
Cadance gave Peter a kind and gentle smile, to which Pete returned with a smile of his own. It was then that Peter finally took notice of Eddie Brock, "Oh, hey. Didn't notice you before."
Eddie then stepped forward towards Peter, "Welcome to the shit show that is our situation."
The two then shook hands, "Peter Parker."
"Eddie Brock."
"Don't forget about me, asshole!"
Eddie sighed as Venom's head emerged from his shoulder, startling Peter slightly.
"I am Venom."
Peter shook his head, taking him out of his dazed state, "Wow. Okay, that's new, creepy, and awesome at the same time."
As Venom returned inside Eddie's body, Peter turned to see Celestia approaching him. The two looked at each other before Celestia asked, "Can you help us?"
Peter then crossed his arms, "I'll do whatever I can to help."
(End song)
"That makes two of us."
Everyone turned to see someone swinging from building to building. Their silhouette seen thanks to Luna's moon. They all noticed that this figure could shoot webs, just like Peter. The figure then flipped through the air.
"WOO HOO!"
He then landed in front of everyone, Webb-Verse Spider-Man looked confused and shocked at the man who stood before them.
Look out, here comes Raimi-Verse Spider-Man.
Everyone present stared at him in shock and amazement. Two Spider-Men? How could that be? It was then that Raimi-Verse Spider-Man removed his mask, looking different to Webb-Verse Spider-Man in every way. Everyone stared at him in shock, nobody said a word.
The silence was broken when Raimi-Verse Peter waved his hand awkwardly and said, "Hello. Um, I hope it’s okay, I just swung in. Not really sure how to handle this."
Fluttershy then asked, "Are you...um....Peter Parker?"
Raimi-Verse Peter smiled kindly, "Yeah. I am." He noticed how Fluttershy looked nervous, he smiled gently towards her, "Hey, it's okay. You don't need to be frightened. I won't hurt you." He knelt down and stroked Fluttershy's mane. Flutterhsy eased up as she smiled to the wall crawler.
Raimi-Verse Peter stood back up and looked at Webb-Verse Peter, "Wow. Another me. Heh. This is something else."
Webb-Verse Peter chuckled, "Yeah. I guess it is."
Raimi-Verse Peter then took a look around at the ponies around him, "Little talking ponies. This is new."
"I just said that." Webb-Verse Peter said.
"Yeah, he just said that!" Pinkie added, her mane inflating a little bit.
Raimi-Verse Peter then took notice of Eddie, "Wait a second. Who're you?"
"Eddie Brock."
Peter's eyes widened, "E-Eddie Brock?"
Eddie looked confused, "....Yeah?"
Raimi-Verse Peter then looked at him, "So....You got the....um.....black alien thing?"
It was Eddie's turn to look surprised as Venom's head emerged from his shoulder, "I KNEW IT! I knew this guy looked familiar!"
Eddie turned to Venom, "Wait, how do you?"
"Hivemind, remember?", Venom then turned to Raimi-Verse Spider-Man, "You fought one of us, right?"
"Um...yeah."
Venom laughed, "HAH! That guy was a pussy!"
Raimi-Verse Peter pointed at Venom, "So... You're a good guy?"
"Pretty much!"
"Huh, guess anyone can be a hero. Even Eddie Brock." Raimi-Verse Peter then turned to the ponies, "I arrived here, no idea how, and decided to search my surroundings. Wouldn't you know it, I've heard about all of you. You're all heroes, you've defended those who can't defend themselves. I'll help you all in anyway I can."
Raimi-Verse Peter smiled at the ponies, who smiled back.
Webb-Verse Peter then noticed Spike, who looked shattered. He approached him and knelt down beside him, "Hey. What's your name?"
Spike sniffled and looked up at him with teary eyes, "S....Spike."
Webb-Verse Peter smiled, "Wow. That's an awesome name. What's wrong?"
Spike sniffled as he told Webb-Verse Peter what had happened between them and the Green Goblin. Raimi-Verse Peter, who heard the conversation, clenched his fists as he heard what Goblin had done. Once Spike was done, Webb-Verse Peter embraced the small dragon, to which the dragon returned as he cried into the heroes chest. As he stroked the back of the small dragon's head, he turned to Celestia.
"Any idea where she might have gone? Anywhere she might go to get away from everything?"
Celestia's eyes widened as she realized something.
"I know where Twilight is."
(End song)