//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: How PC Games Actually Work // Story: 13enjamin's Laptop // by 13enjamin_Marshall_MLP //------------------------------// ---- The journey began, with all the groups splitting off to their areas. First things first, the Pinkaritloo group (or whatever you’d like to call them) walked through a wheat field hoping to eventually find the entrance to Portal 2, which is a shed. “Are we there yet?”, Pinkie asked. “No!”, Rarity answered. Scootaloo asked the same question, and got the same answer. I think you know where this is going. “I SWEAR I WILL TURN US AROUND!!”, Rarity shouted. Just then, the trio of ponies saw Tennis Ball from BFDI wearing Harold’s glasses from TDI. “Yo, what’s good gals?”, he slanged. “Woah! A walking talking tennis ball? Now I’ve seen everything!”, Pinkie obviously exclaimed. “Seriously?”, Rarity asked in a deadpan tone. “Out of everything YOU do and we see on a daily basis, THIS is where you draw the line?” “Of course not!”, she replied. “I was just kidding around!” “Whatever, anyways! Wanna see something cool?”, TB asked as he pointed to the right, intriguing Pinkie and Scoots. “Woah, what is that place?!”, Scootaloo asked with excitement. “That’s the amusement park Benjamin built in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3!”, Tennis Ball replied. “Pretty cool, huh?” “LET’S GO!!!”, Pinkie shouted as she and Scoots ran towards the park before Rarity froze them using her magic, and floated them back to her. “No girls! We can’t go there yet!”, Rarity scolded. “We’re looking for the virus! Plus, if the virus was in that park, somebody would’ve noticed by then!” “But Rarity!!”, Pinkie Pie and Scootaloo whined. “NO!”, she demanded. “Hey, you don’t have to go to the park!”, Tennis Ball offered. “But you could at least check out my mad skills!” That’s when Tennis Ball started acting like a ninja, annoying Scootaloo and causing her to push him over. “Bro, stop acting stupid!”, Scootaloo complained. “Aw, Seriously?!”, Tennis Ball shouted. “Mister, we’re so sorry!”, Rarity said as she lifted Tennis Ball back onto his feet. “It’s fine ma’am”, he replied. “I’ve experienced much worse” ---- Meanwhile with the Appluttelle Group (or whatever you wanna call them, again), they sat on an airplane from the game, TearDown, that traveled to BeamNG.Drive. “Are you sure this plane is safe?”, Sweetie Belle asked, to which Applejack replied, “Why are ya worried? “Well, this place is all blocky, and nobody else on this plane is even blinking!” “Well, Benjamin said this place is an actual video game”, Fluttershy explained. “This must be the artstyle of the game, and everybody else on this place are npc’s! “Besides, wouldn’t you know this place is a game, since you play PonyCraft with Button Mash?”, Applejack asked. “Oh screw you!”, said an anonymous voice. That anonymous voice though was an actual player, and he pulled out his flamethrower, clearly being pissed about the lame pun. (and yes, this is an apology for all the dumb puns I made in my previous stories) “OH MA GOODNESS RUN!!!”, Applejack shouted as she, Flutter, and Sweetie jumped out the emergency exit. The trio of ponies carefully walked onto the airplane’s wing, and thankfully, the wind-drag settings were turned off, so they didn’t fly off. Unfortunately, after they opened the door, things started flying out of the airplane, and the cockpit started beeping. That’s when the player started throwing pipe bombs, and the wing of the plane was falling apart. It wasn’t until a bomb was thrown into one of the turbines did the plane start diving. Fortunately, Fluttershy is not stupid, so she remembered she was a pegasus and grabbed Applejack and swooped under Sweetie Belle catching them at the last second. “Woah, thanks Fluttershy!”, Applejack said. Fluttershy carried them down, and they landed in BeamNG.Drive as planned. “Welp, looks like we made it!”, Fluttershy announced as she looked around the city. ---- Meanwhile meanwhile with the Leader’s group, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Apple Bloom are surrounded by approximately 28 players. One of them managed to chain a lock onto Twilight’s horn and both Twilight’s and Rainbow’s wings, leaving the trio of ponies defenseless. “Are you ready to die?!”, one of the players asked, to which Apple Bloom shouted, “NO!!” “Oh, then I’ll come back later”, he said before one of the other players grabbed his collar. “Any last words?” “I AM WAY FASTER THAN SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!!”, Rainbow Dash yelled. Just then, one of the players was shot dead. And who shot the player? Miles “Tails” Prower (his Sonic Adventure 2 counterpart, except his design is a combination of his movie design, and his Sonic Boom TV Show design) “Oh my goodness!”, Twilight exclaimed. “Oh, phew”, one of the other players mumbled. “We only have to fight Tails the cowardly fox! “THIS IS NOT SONIC FORCES!!!”, Tails shouted as he pulled out his wrench. “I’M, NOT, SCARED!!!” Cue an epic fight between Tails and all the players. Tails kicked each of their butts, assaulted their heads, and much more. As soon as ⅔ of the players were dead, the rest of them retreated. “Woah, thank you kind fox!”, Twilight said to Tails. “Yeah, you're welcome!”, Tails replied. “But for the record, please don’t pretend you’re BETTER than my buddy, Rainbow Dash the Pegasus!” EXCUSE M-”, Rainbow Dash started before Twilight interrupted her with, “Well, we’re glad you saved our lives” “Hey, don’t mention it! This kind of crap ALWAYS happens in this area! I suppose you’re searching for the virus, right?” “Actually, yeah!”, AB answered. “Can you please search for the virus with us?” “Sorry, but I’m busy with something else!”, Tails replied. “There’s a greater evil within this place, and I’m trying to find that!” “Wait a second”, Rainbow Dash said. “If you’re busy, then why the hay are you over here, saving our butts like you have plenty of free time?” “Because you’re not from this world!”, Tails explained as he unlocked Twilight's and Rainbow’s cuffs. “People who originated from this world are able to respawn if they die! YOU guys can’t! You die, you STAY dead, FOREVER! I was only doing the right thing!” “Okay, but more importantly”, Twilight started. “Who’s this “greater evil” you speak of?” “I’m not sure yet, but from all the clues I’ve gathered, it’s become corrupt because of greed. It wants to keep control over what it owns. And it seems good at first glance, throwing you off your game!” “Really, where did you find all those clues?” “A mural that is hidden under the city of GTA V. It was difficult to translate, but I did it. All I’m saying is to please be careful! Got it?” ----