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// Chapter 4 
// Story: Your Name Across The Multiverse -DASH SIDE- 
// by DATONETWIxDASHFAN 
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Dashie opened her eyes, revealing her new color eyes, which were pink, as she saw the night sky above her, feeling the breeze of the wind around her. Her eyes widened as she slightly tilted her head up and could see Dash sleeping next to her, and she lowered her head back down. Dashie was happy but also upset. She was hoping she was dreaming of this multiverse adventure she was having, but no, it was all real.

'Is there anyway I can go home or at least tell my friends where I am? I wonder how long we have been here and when we are heading home.' Dashie thought to herself. "Well, I did say to myself that I wanted something more than running." Dashie said with a sigh, looking up at the sky and closing her eyes. "But I didn't think it would be like this. I can't be mad about it, not now anyway. I mean, this is something no one will ever experience." Dashie added as she was trying to drift off to sleep once more, unaware that something was watching her within the cracking sky as it fully healed.

Rainbow Dash woke up to Dashie's movements and yawned and slowly opened her eyes to find that the human form of herself was awake, but she quickly stood up as she noticed the changes that Dashie had now, and it wasn't just the new jacket, which was pure blue now, but that hair had different colors.

"Hey, what's up with your hair and eyes?" Dash asked as Dashie turned her head around to face her and didn't understand what she meant as she pulled down a few strains of her hair to look at and saw they were colored differently than her normal dyed blue hair.

"What the hell!" said Dashie as she noticed the orange and yellow streaks of hair. She pulled the back of her hair on her shoulder, and she could see green and purple streaks as well. "What the..." Dashie said in confusion.

"Oh, that's so cool!" said Rainbow Dash with a smile on her face. "You have streaks of my colored mane in your hair! Your eyes are the same color as mine too!" Rainbow said in awe, looking closely at the human's hair and eyes.

"That's great, but I'm not really liking this right now. It's kind of freaking me out a little bit." Dashie said, looking at Rainbow Dash.

"Don't worry, it's awesome; trust me. You look a lot better and cooler than you did before." Rainbow Dash said, grinning.

"Gee, thanks." Dashie said it sarcastically.

"Your welcome." Rainbow Dash replied, still smiling.

Dashie rolled her eyes and laid back down. "Was it the shard that changed my hair and eyes?" Dashie asked herself.

"I don't know, maybe? Probably." Rainbow said, shrugging.

Dashie put her hands on her eyes and suddenly remembered the day when she dyed her in a rainbow. It was a year ago; it was Pride Month, and school just ended for the year. It was summer, and Dashie was excited about it. She and her friends were at a mall and walked into a hair store.





"Wow, this is such a huge hair store. They got everything," said Penny.

"Yeah, I know, right, darling? There's so much stuff to buy. And the prices are so cheap. It's amazing," replied Rachel, picking up a bottle of purple dye and showing her friends. "Check this out. This is called "Lavender Luscious"."

"Luscious Lavender. Cool." Dashie said, walking over.

"It's not lavender. It's Luscious. Look." Rachel pointed to the words written on the front.

"Oh, sorry." Dashie said as she rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry, it's fine." Rachel replied, patting Dashie on the back.

"Okay. So, are we going to buy anything today or not? 'Cause I'm getting bored," said AJ as she was ready to go home rather than stay in this rich people-looking store much longer.

"Alright, alright. Just relax." Rachel said as she placed the bottle of dye back and allowed Dashie to look at every color they had, "Darling, I'm shocked you're going to dye your beautiful chestnut hair into a rainbow. Why?"

"Because it's not enough, you know. It's kind of plain. I need something, anything, to make it a bit more interesting. I want to be colorful. Even more so for this month," trailed Dashie as she grabbed a bottle of black hair dye.

"Hmm, black? No, no, no. Put that down, darling. How about you try the green and purple ones, but not the black ones?Black isn't part of the rainbow. We don't want you to be all dark and emo-looking, do we now?" Rachel asked, smirking.

"I'm not going to be dark and emo. What's wrong with black? It's part of the rainbow, isn't it?" Dashie said, looking at the bottle.

"Well, not the one you're holding, silly. It's not a part of the rainbow," said Rachel as she grabbed the bottle from Dashie's hands and replaced it with a bottle of purple and green dye.

"Oh, alright then," said Dashie as she looked at the new bottle of dye.

"Hey, if you want, you can buy the bottle I'm holding. It's called "Blue Berry Blush." I'm sure it would look great on you." Rachel said, smiling.

"Really?" Dashie said as she looked up from the bottle and looked at Rachel.

"Of course. If you don't like it, you can always buy a different one. But this one would definitely look good with the other dyes." Rachel said as she put the bottle in the hand cart.

"OOOOOOOO, how about this one too?" said Penny as she grabbed indigo and violet dye bottles.

"Alright, alright. Don't grab all of the colors," said Rachel, laughing as she saw Penny taking more than they needed.

"Oh, too much?" Penny said, looking at the bottle she was holding.

"Yes, Dash is just dying her hair, not painting a barn house," laughed AJ as she helped Penny put back the bottles she took.

"Sorry," Penny said, putting the bottle back.

"Don't worry, it's fine." Rachel replied.

Faith, who was in the back of the group and all quiet, picked up a bottle of red and orange brand dye and very quietly spoke to the girls, "I think... these look pretty good."

"That's perfect, Faith." Rachel said as she put the bottle of red and orange dye in the cart, making Faith smile. "That's it! Let's go buy these, head back home, and get your hair done. We can't wait all day."

"Finally," said AJ.

"Woo-hoo!" said Penny.

"I'm so excited! We're going to have so much fun,  darling."Rachel said as she walked towards the counter.

"Yeah, we sure are," said Dashie, looking at the bottle of dyes and smiling.

"Come on, come on. Hurry up." Rachel said as everyone was in line and getting the dyes paid for.

"Hold your horses," Dashie said.

"I'm holding it. That's why I'm telling you to hurry up." Rachel replied, giggling.

"Alright, alright," said Dashie, smiling and rolling her eyes as the group left the store.





The group finally arrived at Dashie House; it was two stories and white in color with blue trims. The group went inside, upstairs, and into the bathroom.

"Alright, time to get your hair dyed. Get ready for a lot of fun," said Rachel as she took off the plastic covering the bottles and started to pour the colors into small bowls.

"Okay. Can you help me out? I never dyed my hair different colors before." Dashie asked.

"Of course. We'll help you out," said Rachel as she finished mixing the dyes.

"Thank you," said Dashie, smiling.

"Alright, sit on the chair and lean your head back," said Rachel as she put gloves and a hair cap on.

"Okie dokie," said Dashie as she sat down on the chair and leaned her head back.

"Now, close your eyes. I'm going to start now." Rachel said.

"Let's do this!" Dashie replied.

"Here we go." Rachel said as she poured a purple color onto Dashie's hair.

"Ooooo." Penny was awed at the colors, making Dashie open her eyes a bit.

"Don't peek. It could ruin your eyes. Stay still." Rachel said, smirking.

"I got it," said Dashie as she closed her eyes tightly.

"Good. Alright, now I'm going to use the green. Here we go," said Rachel as she started applying the green color.

"Yay!" Penny cheered.

"How's it going, Dash?" AJ asked as she was leaning in the doorway.

"Pretty good. My scalp is itchy, though." Dashie replied, smiling.

"Aww." Rachel cooed, giggling. "Okay, now for the orange and red." Rachel said as she began applying the last two colors. "Almost there, darling. Almost there. There, all done," said Rachel as she placed the bottles and bowls away.

"Really?" Dashie said.

"Yep," Rachel replied, removing the gloves.

"So, I can open my eyes now?" Dashie asked.

"Sure, but keep them closed for a minute." Rachel said as she put the hair cap on Dashie's head and covered her eyes.

"Okay." Dashie replied as she sat in the chair, patiently waiting.

"Okay, all done." Rachel said, removing the hair cap.

"Alright, I can open my eyes." Dashie said as she opened her eyes.

"Ta-da! What do you think, darling?" Rachel asked as she and her friends moved out of the way, revealing the mirror. Dashie could see that her long chestnut hair was now rainbow-colored.

"Wooooow!" Dashie said, smiling widely.

"It looks awesome!" Penny shouted with joy.

"It looks amazing." AJ added.

"Yeah, you look pretty cool," said Faith.

"Beautiful," chimed in Rachel as she took a photo of Dashie on her phone.

"Wow, you can really rock that rainbow look! Girl, Pride month was truly made for you," said Penny, making the group laugh.

"Thanks. Thank you all." Dashie said as she got up from the chair.

"You're welcome, darling. Now, we're not going to wash the colors out. We're going to let it stay. It will stay the same for three days." Rachel explained.

"Got it," said Dashie, grinning.

"So, what are we going to do next?" Penny asked.

"Oh, I know what?" Rachel suggested.

"Like what?" AJ asked.

Rachel slowly slid in on Dashie's side with a big smile on her face, making Dashie sweat a bit. "Let's have a girl talk."

"A girl talks, really?" said Dashie, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, a girl talks." Rachel repeated.

"...like wha-," but before Dashie could finish, Rachel quickly said what she wanted to say since Dashie asked her about dying her hair like a rainbow.

"This is for "her," isn't it?"

Dashie blushed, looked down, and didn't answer the question, but the answer was clearly yes.

"Oh, my gosh, I knew it. I'm a love guru, after all," said Rachel as she did a victory dance.

"What are you talking about?" AJ said, confused.

"Dash has a crush on -static-." Rachel replied, smiling.

"Whoa, really?" said AJ as she smiled at her friend. "Good for you."

"Oh, static did say she loves the rainbows. "The refraction of light through a prism was cool," whispered Faith.

"So, are you going to tell her?" asked Penny, hopping around Dashie in the small bathroom.

"Well, I don't know." Dashie replied, stuttering.

"Why not?" asked AJ.

"Yeah, why not?" said Faith.

"Yeah, darling, why not? She's a great person. She's fun to be around."

"Yeah, she's smart, pretty damn awesome, her nerdy side is cute, she's beautiful, and she has a nice attitude." Dashie cut herself as she covered her mouth and looked away from the girls as her face was bright red.

"Whoa, she has it bad," replied AJ in shock.

"Can you blame her? Static has junk in the trunk!" added Penny as she pointed at her butt and shook it a bit.

"Oh my god, Penny." Dashie said, blushing more.

"Darling, if you're not going to tell her, at least hint at her or give her some type of clue that you're interested in her." Rachel suggested.

"Maybe..."

"Well, we have nothing better to do. So, we can help," said AJ.

"Really?" said Dashie, turning her attention back to her friends.

"Yes, really. So, what's the plan?" Rachel asked.

"Uhhh..." Dashie stuttered, scratching the back of her head.

Before Dashie could answer the question, she could hear her mother calling out to her. That static was here. She started to freak out as the girls just laughed at her. She took the dye bottles to her room and was looking for a hat to hide her hair when "she" walked into the room. Dashie turned to the door and blushed as she was there, but she realized something as she looked at the girl's face, as it was covered in prism effects.

"Dashie?"

"Who are you?" whispered Dashie as everything around her started to glitch out and her bedroom was replaced with clouds. She found herself flying in the air and could hear the same voice from before as she was right behind her.

"Rainbow, I'm sorry about all that! We didn't mean to overwhelm you!"

"It's okay. You were just trying to help. It's just too bad I'm too dumb to learn anything." Sadly, said Dashie as she slowed down and saw a flying purple unicorn with her face covered with prism effects. As they kept flying, the memory quickly flashed back to Dashie's world as she was walking and flying with the girl from before, before it flashed back to them flying.

"You are not dumb! You just learn differently!"

"If by "differently" you mean "not at all," then you're totally right."

"No, that's totally wrong!" correctly said the alicorn as she put her hoof on Dashie side.

See? Wrong again." Dasie sighed, as she was being stupid again.

"I don't know anyone who's read more Daring Do books than you."

"Well, that's not going to get me into the Wonderbolts."

The alicorn started to panic at Dashie's response, "And your knowledge of jokes and pranks is only rivaled by Pinkie."

"Great. My years of being a class clown prevented me from actually learning how to learn!" Dashie yelled as she threw her hand in the air.

"That's not what I meant. You're smart, creative, inventive, and—" softly said the alicorn before another static flashed between Dash and Dashie worlds. Dashie was back in her world, but it was nighttime as they were walking down a sidewalk. She stopped as the girl jumped in front of her with her arms out, so Dashie wouldn't pass her.

"Cool! You are amazing; you can run like the wind! When you do, that's when I see you being you. Nothing can hold you back. It's beautiful. Your beautiful." softly cried the girl as she lowered her arms. "You are smart. You'll pass the test. I know you can. So please stop saying you're dumb or  useless."The girl started to cry. "That's not like you."

Dashie's heart started to beat fast as she was lost for words; she started to tear up as well. "...-static-..."

Suddenly, the memory glitched out as the world became a large garden with a huge tree in the middle. Dashie found herself all beat up again, but this time, the purple alicorn, whose face wasn't covered by prism effects, was treating her wounds.

"This isn't like you, you know?" angry said the alicorn as she put the ice pack on Dash face as she flickered between Dashie and herself. "Why are you doing the whole "this is my turf" stuff again?"

Dashie said nothing as she hid her face under the ice pack.

"Not going to tell me? Fine, be like that!" angrily said the alicorn as she stormed off.

"Because I can't stand to see you get hurt. Because you are the one pony that means everything to me," quietly said Dash as she peeked out of the ice pack. "No freaking gang, heck, not even the world is going to ruin this wonderful place."

Static. 
Strong static filled the memory as someone or something was behind the tree as it peeked it's head out; its eyes were glowing and dripping white liquid, and its body was glitchy rainbow effects. It's neck started to stretch, and it's head loomed over Dashie's head, which started to flicker between herself and Dash until it attacked them with its large mouth...





"What the-!" shouted Dashie as she quickly sat up from the ground and was covered in a cold sweat. She turned to Rainbow to tell her what she saw, but she could also see Rainbow freaking out as she backed away from her.

"What was that just now?" yelled Rainbow, breathing heavily.

"You saw it too?" Dashie replied, panting.

"Freaking yeah!" Rainbow responded, "Everything! Seeing your versions of my friends, her, then that thing—those white eyes—weird! Then there's that place with the tree. It's not like anything I've ever seen!"

"Right? I've never seen anything like it, either." Dashie said, trying to calm herself.

"What's happening to us?" asked Dash as she finally calmed down a bit.

"I have no idea..." said Dashie, calming herself down as well.

"It was so...so...real," said Dash, holding her head, trying not to get a headache.

"Yeah, I thought we were still asleep," said Dashie, holding her head as well.

"But we were awake! That was the freaky part. It felt so real." Dash responded, shivering.

"Yeah, I've had dreams before. But nothing like this." Dashie added, nodding her head.

"Me neither."

"Do you think it's the shard?" asked Dashie, looking at the shard, which was still dim.

"It's got to be," said Dash, nodding her head.

"Maybe." Dashie said, getting up and stretching as she noticed it was noon now. "We're not sure how or why, but this thing's definitely having some strange effects on us."

"Yeah, well, that's for sure," replied Dash, nodding her head. "Maybe it's the reason we can't remember those girls?"

Dashie turned to her and nodded back. "Yeah, for some reason, they're important to us. We need to remember them. What they look like and their  names Dashie grabbed her chest softly and blushed. "I think...she's my world."

"Your world?"

"Yeah, the only person that I want to spend the rest of my life with. My other half My soulmate. What about you? Since we're different versions of ourselves, it means that you love that alien."

Dash blushes at the word love. "W-well, she's nice and pretty cool. She's smart and pretty good with magic, and she's a good leader and kind of a control freak, but not in a bad way."

"Wow, you do love her." Dashie said, blushing more, as she was right—they're the same person no matter how different they look.

"Whoa, I don't like her like that! We're friends, right?" explained Dash as she held her head. "Wait, where did all that come from?"

"It's not a bad thing. It's the truth. You just need to realize that." Dashie said, smirking.

"N-no... I don't love her. We're friends! Nothing more!" shouted Dash, denying it.

"Whatever, we should get ready to leave and look for the shard in this universe." Dashie said, rolling her eyes.

Dash mumbled as they started to walk to the nearby town, but Dash quickly flew up to Dashie's face and smiled.

"Soooooooo, you are into butts too, huh?"

Dashie blushed bright red. "What?! No, no, no. I'm not a bad person. Nope, nope, nope."

"Sure, you aren't," teased Dash as she laughed. "I saw that memory of you as you were remembering and checking out that girl's butt. You were drooling a bit, you know."

"I was not! It was a natural bodily reaction! Besides..." Dashie looked away as her ears got red. "It was a nice view."

"Wow, your AJ was right; you have it bad, huh?" teased Dash as she slapped Dashie butt.

"Ah!" yelled Dashie. "Hey!"

"Come on, let's get going," said Dash, flying to the nearby town, giggling.

"Yeah, whatever," said Dashie as she walked towards the town.





Every pony in the town looked on in awe as they watched the two standing at the town gates. Some quickly ran away, while others took photos. Standing there were two giant creatures; one was a pony like them but was on all fours rather than on its hind legs, had wings, and very much looked like a certain magical girl, while the other was a very tall creature that no one had ever seen before.

"Um, where should we start?" asked Dashie, looking at the very small town and the chibi ponies.

"Let's just walk and see what happens," said Dash as she floated into the air, carefully not damaging anything below her. "Just don't step on anyone, okay?"

"Gotcha," replied Dashie, who was tipping toes around the buildings, but she was also careful not to knock anything over.

"What's wrong with that big pony and the weird creature?" shouted a small pony child as he pointed to the giants.

"We're scaring the children!" whispered Dashie, looking a bit scared.

"Just keep moving, and everything will be fine," said Dash, floating near her ear.

"Easy for you to say. You can fly!" whispered Dashie as she kept walking, causing the crowd to follow her.

"So, is the shard glowing or whatever?"

Dashie looked out the shard from her pocket and was still dim like before. "No."

"Oh, well, let's keep going," said Dash, looking around.

As they kept walking, Dash spotted a very familiar building and quickly went up to it. It was a baker shop, just like the Cakes shop back home.

"Dash, are you hungry or something?" asked Dashie, slowly nearing her head.

"Huh, oh, no, I just thought this shop looked like the one that Pinkie works out," replied Dash as she stared at the building.

"Wait, is this building?" asked Dashie as she looked closer.

"Yeah, they're the same; it's like looking at a photo. Just the same," said Dash, looking a little sad.

"Are you okay?"

"No, no, no. It's just that... Pinkie has great baking and cooking skills; it's just nice to see something similar for once."

As the two were talking, a white-earth pony with a yellow mane stepped out as she noticed the crowd of people.

"Excuse me, can I help you with anything?" asked the white pony to the group, but everyone pointed to the giants as she followed the pointing, "Huh?" The white pony gasped loudly as she saw the two. "Whoa, are you two like new monsters in town?"

"Huh, monsters?" replied Dashie.

"I mean, the last two weren't that scary, but these ones are."

"Last two monsters? What does she mean?" asked Dash, turning to Dashie.

"I don't know. Maybe she was talking about the monster we saw as we got here?" said Dashie, shrugging her shoulders.

"This looks like a job for the magical element fruits!" shouted the white pony. "Which isn't me? Bye!" she said as she zipped into the shop, only for a pink glow to appear inside. Quickly stepping out was Pinkie Pie, wearing a pink dress and a different-looking gummy at her side. "Someone called for pink peach pie!" she shouted as she did a cute pose.



"Pink peach pie?" quietly said the two in unison.

"I am Pink Peach Pie, and this is my pal, gummy!" Pinkie said, holding the alligator as it smiled at them.

"Uh, hello, there," replied Dashie, awkwardly waving at the earth pony.

"Hello!" greeted Gummy, and the girls screamed in surprise, except for Pink.

"Your alligator can talk?" shouted Dashie, pointing to Gummy.

"Yup! He's a magical gummy lizard." Pink giggled.

"Magical, huh?" Dash said, looking at the lizard and noticing a faint pink aura around it.

"Yep. It's his superpower! He can talk!" exclaimed Pink, holding a gummy in her arms.

"Also this," said Gummy as he started to cough up something. "Wait, give me a minute!"

"It's okay, Gummy," said Pink as she held him in her arms.

Gummy then coughed out a very long cannon gun and pointed it at Dash, who's eyes went wide. "Whoa, what's that for?" Dash asked, floating back a little.

"Don't worry, Gummy is just playing around," assured Pink.

"Yeah, but," said Dashie, worried about the gun.

"Gumball cannon!" shouted Gummy as he fired, and a bunch of pink peach cream came shooting out and blasting Dash away from the town and into the distant forest.

"Dash!" screamed Dashie as she quickly ran after her but was stopped as Pink Peaches and Gummy were floating in front of her.

"Oh, you want some too?" asked Gummy, cocking the gun.

"No!" shouted Dashie as she backwards in fear but quickly remembered there were ponies under her. She tried to catch her fall, but something held her with two hooves.

"Trying to crush the town folks, I see!" said a female voice.

"That voice, AJ?" thought Dashie as she felt being lifted and getting tossed into the town square, where there was no one around. She landed her and could see an orange-earth pony on a roof as she was wearing a magical girl cowboy outfit and dress in red as a dog stood next to her.


"Red Apple Crisp won't allow you to hurt anyone here!" said Red as she did a cowboy pose.

"What's going on? I don't want to fight anyone." Dashie said, feeling a little scared.

"Well, you're about to get some, darling!" said a new voice as a white and purple-dressed unicorn landed next to Red and did a fancy pose with lights, which made Red's face hoof. "White Blackberry Cobbler is here!" Soon, a cat landed on her head and began yawning.


"Great," groaned Red as she kicked away the lights.

"What's going on? I have no idea what's happening!" cried Dashie, backing away from the two magical girls.

"You're going down, big girl," said Red, as she jumped from the roof.

"I don't want to fight anyone!" repeated Dashie, trying to back away more, but Red was quick as she grabbed her foot and slammed her down.

"I'll teach you to attack this town and hurt the people I care about!" shouted Red as she jumped on top of her, punching her repeatedly.

"Ow! Ow! Stop!" pleaded Dashie, trying to grab her, but Red was too fast.

"Hey! Leave some for me, darling!" shouted White as she joined in on the punching.

"Ahh!" shouted Dashie in pain.

"You're not so tough, now, are you?" shouted Red, continuing the punches.

"Stop, please!" begged Dashie.

"Not until you're defeated," said Red, stopping the punches and taking out a red rope with a star at the end.

"Aww, is the big, mean monster crying?" teased White, giggling.

"No, please!" cried Dashie, trying to crawl away, but her feet were tied by the rope.

"Time for you to go back where you came from," said Red, grabbing the star, and it began to glow red.

"Wait!" pleaded Dashie, but Red pulled the star, and a giant red hole opened up and sucked her in.

"Welp, another day as a magical girl," said Red, putting her hooves on her hips.

"Another day," repeated White, nodding her head.

"Goodbye, big scary monster!" shouted Pink Peach Pie, waving at the hole as she arrived but turning to her friends. "You think we should have listened to her?"

"Nah, she was lying," said Red, waving it off.

"Well, time to go home," said White, walking away.

"I should bake some cupcakes," said Pink, skipping after her.

"Good idea, you two, but we got to clean up the mess," said Red, following after them.

Gummy and the other pets were the last ones left, as they were looking into the hole with their vision, and they could see Dashie floating in the red void.

"She's not like the other monsters," questioned Winona.

"Agreed, I think we should listen to her," replied Opalescence as she hopped into the red hole, followed by Winona.

"I'll stay here and shallow this gun back down," said Gummy as he tried to push the cannon back down his throat, creeping out other ponies as they walked past.





Meanwhile, Dash woke up and could see she had landed in an open field with a water fall and a small lake. She knew this place as she stood up and shook off the peach cream off her body.

"Isn't this Fluttershy's animal sanctuary?" Dash asked, looking around and noticing the waterfall. "Yeah, it looks the same as the one back home," said Dash, looking up at the sky and seeing a colorful bird flying above. She quickly remembered what just happened to her and needed to protect Dashie from this world, Pinkie, but she suddenly saw someone at the top of the waterfall. Dash could see it was Fluttershy wearing a yellow dress, and next to her was Angel.


"You dare to hurt my animals, you monster!" shouted Fluttershy as she did a cute pose as she blushed red. "Yellow Banana Cream is here!"

"Oh, great," grumbled Dash, rolling her eyes.

"How dare you hurt innocent animals? Prepare to die!" shouted Yellow as she fired a giant banana cream pie at her, and it exploded on her, making a cloud of cream. "Oh, no. Did I overdo it?" said Yellow, covering her mouth in shock.

"Ugh, is that the best you got, Fluttershy?" complained Dash as she came out of the smoke, wiping the cream off her body.

Yellow sighed with relief but quickly blushed as she shouted, "It wasn't like I worried about you or anything! Baka!"

"Uh, okay?" replied Dash, confused about what was going on.

"Come on, Angel," said Yellow, jumping down and Angel following her.

"Um, wait a second," said Dash, trying to call her but being interrupted.

"Yellow Banana Cream will be your executioner!" said Yellow as she jumped in the air and spun her body around to do a drill kick.

"Whoa!" said Dash as she flew out the way. "Fluttershy, what are you doing?"

"Die, you monster!" yelled Yellow, kicking her.

"Okay, okay. That's it." Dash said, having enough and pinning the mare down, "Fluttershy, stop attacking me! It's me, Rainbow Dash."

"Liar! Blue Berry Rainbow isn't large!" cried Yellow, trying to escape but being held tight.

"Fluttershy, I know this sounds crazy, but I'm not the same Rainbow Dash that you know. I'm from another universe and came here when a comet fell." explained Dash.

"What?" exclaimed Yellow, not sure if she should believe her or not.

"Yeah, the comet has this magic, I guess, and it transported me, well, us—not us, but me and another version of me—here, and the only way back home is using a rainbow shard from this universe."

"That does sound crazy, but I'll give you a chance, big Rainbow. But if you're lying, you'll be sorry." said Yellow, still being held while Angel was kicking Dash back.

"Fine by me, just stop attacking me, okay?" Dash replied, releasing her.

"Okay," said Yellow, standing up.

"So, what's with the outfit?" asked Dash.

"It's my magical girl uniform," answered Yellow.

"Right."

"So, what are we looking for exactly?" asked Yellow, walking around Dash.

"A rainbow piece. We think we'll find one if we follow our own rainbow  shard."Dash stopped and remembered about Dashie, who has the shard. "Oh, no. Dashie!"

"Who's Dashie?" questioned Yellow.

"Remember what I said before? Well,  a different version of myself. We were separated after Pinkie attacked us!"

"Oh, dear," said Yellow, but she quickly blushed as she faced away. "It's not that I'm worried about your other self or anything! BAKA!"

"Okay? Let's hope Pinkie doesn't send her flying as well." Dash said, flying back to town.

"Wait!" said Yellow as she tried to catch up.

"What is it?" asked Dash, turning back to her.

"Um, I mean, if I can help in any way, please let me," requested Yellow, looking down.

"You're helping already, Fluttershy. Just by believing me," said Dash.

"I don't know. You are a large stranger after all," said Yellow, looking nervous.

"Yeah, I can't argue with you on that, but trust me. You can always trust Rainbow Dash." Dash said, flying back to the town, and Yellow smiled as she knew her rainbow would act like this.





Back at the town, Red and White were still cleaning up the town from the attack, and White was annoyed about having to work so much, even if the work wasn't hard.

"You're so lazy," groaned Red, shaking her head.

"I know, darling," whined White, not moving from her spot.

"Get back to work," ordered Red.

"Fine, fine," grumbled White, getting back to cleaning.

"Good. The sooner we finish, the sooner you can go home or whatever," said Red, going back to the square.

"Yeah, yeah," replied White, not caring.

Suddenly, White and Red could see a rainbow light heading to town.

"Is that blueberry?"She's coming fast," asked White.

"I don't think that's blue! It's too big!" exclaimed Red.

They watched as the rainbow blur flew over their heads and finally stopped in the air. Both magical girls were confused as they were staring at Dash.

"Is that blue?" asked Red.

"Maybe she got bigger?" questioned White.

"I'm not sure," said Red.

"It doesn't matter! She's a threat!" said White, changing her broom into a large white hammer.

"White! Stop looking!" shouted Red.

"Hi, everypony!" shouted Yellow as she waved from her position on Dash's head while Dash landed next to the girls.

"Is that blue?" asked Red.

"What happened to her?" exclaimed White.

"Guys, calm down. This is," said Yellow, but was interrupted.

"Blue? Are you okay?" asked Red, ignoring her.

"She's not blue!" shouted Yellow in pure rage.

"She's right, short story; I'm from another universe and might look like your rainbow," said Dash. "I'm not from here or a monster, and I'm looking at myself."Did you see her anywhere? She's just as big as me."
Red and white both looked at each other with worry.

"We saw her, but..." said White, remembering that event.

"Where?" asked Dash.

"We sent her to the pocket universe." finish Red.

"What now?" questioned Dash, not sure what a pocket universe was.

"We'll explain," said Red as she and White were explaining the pocket universe to Dash.





Meanwhile, Dashie was falling down and could feel like she was falling forever, until she saw a flash of light and landed on a soft, rubber floor. She could see a rainbow path in front of her and saw it lead to a forest, and far in the distance was a castle. All look normal size too.

"This way, huh?" said Dashie, starting her way down the path.

As she was traveling down the path, she could feel something watching her and turned around, seeing nothing behind her, but she continued. Finally, she made it to the castle in front of her, and the sky was full of rainbows.

"Weird," said Dashie, not sure how to get inside the castle. She could see the door was big, but she tried to push it open.
"Come on, open!" Dashie continued to push the door, but it was no use. She started to think and thought of an idea as she rose her hands and shouted, "Open sesame!"

Nothing happened

"Welp, I tried everything I could do!" shouted Dashie as she walked away but stopped as she heard a voice.

"Hey, come back!" shouted the voice.

"Huh?" questioned Dashie as she looked around and couldn't find anyone.

"Up here!" shouted the voice again, as she looked up and could see a small purple alicorm in a window above the door.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there," said Dashie.

"What are you?" asked the alicorn.

"What are you?" repeated Dashie.

"An alicorn, duh. What's your excuse?"

"I'm a human."

"You look strange."

"I'm not strange! I'm cool! Don't you forget it."

"You remind me of someone. She's less cocky though." explained the alicorn as she took off her glasses and wiped them clean.
"Whatever, why are you here?"

"I need a way out; can you help?"

"Maybe...come on in."

Dashie was about to open the door, but it suddenly opened up, allowing her to walk inside. She could see she was in a living room. a normal, plain living room.

"Come sit," said the alicorn.

Dashie walked into the living room and could see the alicorn sitting on a chair.

"What's your name?" asked the alicorn.

"I'm Dashiell, but friends call me Dashie, and yours?"

"I'm Purple Grape Jelly, leader of the Magical Element Fruits."

"What's that?"

"It's an organization to help out ponies in trouble. You know, save the day."

"Ah."

"You want a cupcake?"

"Sure."

Purple handed Dashie a cupcake with blue frosting, and Dashie started to eat it.
"Mm, this is good. You made this?"

"Nah, Blue Berry did. She's top-notch in my cupcakes."

"That's cool. I can't bake."

"Really? That's weird; you're a girl, right?"

"Hey, don't judge me."

"Alright, alright. So, tell me why you're here."

"Well, short story: a comet from space crashed and sent me and my other self here, and the only way to go home is to get a rainbow shard. Do you know where we can find a rainbow shard?"

Purple got up and looked over the person in front of her until she walked to the window.

"Rainbow shard? Like this one?"

Dashie watched as Purple lowered her collar, revealing a rainbow shard embedded in her chest.
"Yes, that's it!" shouted Dashie, jumping off her seat.

"Great, you can have it, but..."

"But, what?"

"Removing this shard will end my life. Do you have the heart to kill me?"

"What, no way!"

"Why?"

"That's not me. I'm not a killer."

"Then you'll never leave."

"There has to be another way."

"This is the only way for you to get home. What will you do?"

"I won't kill you; there has to be another way. I don't remember her name or face, but I remember her saying this to me when things were looking bad in that basketball match, and it does sound cheesy: "Never give up! Friendship always finds a way!" There has to be another way, and I'm not hurting someone I just met."

Purple could see that this being really cared about her values and truly was Blue in a different form.

"Alright, you passed the test. Congratulations."

"The what!?"

"The test."

"Test, what kind of test?"

"The test is to see if you're a good creature. It's simple: you can get the shard if you're willing to kill me for it, but you care more about me than getting it. Protecting someone's life was more important than going home."

"Well, when you put it like that, it's a no-brainer."

"Yup, you are the Blue Berry alt version, alright. It wasn't just me, by the way. You can all come out." said Purple as the living room suddenly changed into a large dome room, and in the middle was a large circle table. Sitting at each seat were the pets that Dashie had seen before.

"Whoa!" gasped Dashie.

"You did great; congratulations," said Winona. "You were honest to the bone. I'm Winona, the avatar of the element of honesty."

"You spared her life by giving up a way home," said Opalescence. "Name is opalescence, the avatar of the element of generosity."

Sitting at the head chair was an owl that he flew up and landed in front of Dashie and spoke, "You carry a great spark within you, a magic that only appears with friendship." said the owl, "My name is Owlowiscious, the avatar of the element of magic."

"Wow," said Dashie, not sure what else to say.

"We noticed a weird magical aura yesterday and realized Blue Berry and Tank, avatars of loyalty, were missing," explained Owlowiscious as he flew back to his chair. "If you arrive here, it believes me you swap places with her."

"Swap?" whispered Dashie as her eyes went wide. "That will explain what happened to another version of "me" named Flashing; she was missing too. We must have switched places with her and now with Blue Berry." explained Dashie.

"Interesting. Maybe a universe can't have another version of "you" in it, so it swapped you for the other. Maybe having two versions of you can be very dangerous." explained Purple

"But I came here with a pony version of me. Nothing bad happened."

"Well, depends. How did you two actually get here? You said something about a comet?"

"Yeah, see, I was in the woods looking at the rainbow comet until a piece fell off and landed in the woods. I went to see where it landed, and once I touched it, I saw my pony version, which was almost like a mirror. She too was touching it, and everything started to break down around us. Soon we were blasted into another universe," explained Dashie.

"The Rainbow Comet? That comet is a legendary comet that flies near our planet every year. So the shards are from that?"
Dashie watched as Purple opened a gateway back to Ponyville and faced her.
"I know where to find a shard; come with me."

Dashie, Purple, and all the pets jumped through the portal, landing on the ground, and they could see everyone watching Pink pull out the cannon gun from Gummy's mouth.

"I can just pull it out, you know?" sighed Dash as she floated over and was about to pull the cannon out of Gummy's mouth, but stopped as she saw Dashie walking out of a portal and returning big again.

"Dashie!" shouted Dash as she flew over to her and hugged her.

"Hey, Rainbow," replied Dashie.

"Wow, you got bigger," said Purple as she scanned both girls. "Or maybe we're just smaller than other universes."

"Who's this?" asked Dash.

"This is the leader of the magical element fruits, purple grape jelly," said Dashie.

"What's up?" replied Dash, nodding her head.

Purple nodded back, turned to her team, and ordered them to come over. "These two aren't monsters, and they're good creatures, just trying to get home. I need to head to my house and get something. Protect these two while I'm gone," ordered Purple.

"No problem, ma'am," said Yellow.

"I can protect myself, you know?" asked Dash.

"Not against "her"," said Red, remembering her."

"Wait, who's "her"?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"The Queen of all Monsters," explained Purple.

"What now?"

"A monster who's more powerful than the rest and is a threat to this world."

"She's dangerous," replied White.

"I'm off; stay safe!"

Everyone watched as Purple flew off to her castle outside of the town. Everyone just stood there until Pink finally pulled the cannon out and landed behind them.

"It's out!"

Everyone sighed...


Half an hour later, the group was talking among themselves until Dash pulled Dashie away from Pink unless she asked questions.

"What's up?"

"Hey, remember the purple one?"

"Yeah?"

"Didn't she look like Midnight and Tara?"

"Now that you mention it, yeah. She's looks a bit like them."

"Remember when we saw Midnight? We were having those weird visions."

"Yeah, I remember. What are you trying to say?"

"Do you think who we're looking for is "our" version of "her"?"

"Could be, but it could just be a coincidence, or maybe it were the shards? Remember, Midnight had it on her? The first time it happened, Tara wasn't there."

"Right..."

"Don't worry, we'll figure this out."

"Hope so; it's confusing."

Suddenly, everyone could see a large, dark smoke forming in front of them. They could hear a voice coming from it.

"It's her! Get ready, everyone!" shouted Red as she summoned her magical whip.

The group stood their ground and could see a large purple hoof reaching out and banishing the smoke away, revealing Nightmare Moon but wearing a dark blue magical girl dress.

"Prepare to die!" greeted Nightmare Moon

"Get back; it's monster Queen, Dark Blue Plum. Cookie said Red as she attacked Plum with a whip, but she easily dodged it. She quickly took notice of the two giants and looked on in awe.

"Wait, hold up, who are these two?" asked Plum as she did a time-out pose with her hooves.

"Don't let your guard down; she's a trickster," said Red.

"Whoa, chill, I was just asking a question."

"It's not a trick; she really wants to know who we are," said Dashie, looking down at Plum.

"Who are you two?" asked Plum, curious.

"I'm Rainbow Dash," said Dash.

"Dashiell or Dashie." spoke Dashie

"Wow, I won't lie, I kind of feel insecure with my monsters right now. You make them look small," said Plum as she stared at the girls.

"Thanks?" replied Dash, unsure what to say.

The rest of the magical girls and avatars looked on in confusion as Plum sat on the ground, defeated.

"I guess my plans are ruined now; there is not much I can do. Like, I had the biggest monster to release, but seeing you two? forget it." spoke Plum

"Sorry?" said Dashie, unsure what's going on.

"Nah, not your fault; you are just doing you, you know. So what are you here for? Looking to crush a town or something?"

"Crush a town?"

"Oh, come on, you're a monster. What are you going to do? Play hopscotch?"

"Nah, we're just trying to find our way home. We're not like that," laughed Dashie.

Red and the others huddled together as they watched them talk.

"Hey, what's going on?"Was she always that chill?" asked White

"No, not at all. Something's not right," replied Red.

"Are you sure? I don't know; she seems to be having a good time." added Pink

"Maybe she's not really evil? but it's not like I'm worried about Plum or anything! BAKA!" shouted Yellow as her face turned red.

"Uh, are you okay?" asked White, backing up.

"We need to stay focused and make sure she doesn't try to release a monster. That's what we do," said Red.

"You guys want some snacks? I have plenty!" said Plum as she was in the group huddle, freaking everyone out.

"How'd you get in here?"

"I walked over," replied Plum, waving her hooves.

"Okay, that's enough. We have business to attend to. If you're not here to hurt anyone, leave," ordered Red, cracking her whip.

"What's your problem, girl? We're just hanging out; no big deal. What's wrong with making new friends? Not like we're trying to take over the world or something...oh right," laughed Plum as she scratched the back of her head.

"Girls, she's cool, really," said Dash.

"Why are you trusting her?" asked Red.

"Because she's nice," said Dashie.

"Nice, she's a monster."

"Hey! I'm not a monster like my babies here!" said Plum as she held her tiny cloud monsters in her arms.

Red and her gang just couldn't understand what was going on anymore. Plum walked over to Dashie and sat on her lap.
"So, what are you guys waiting for?" questioned Plum as she bit her cookie. Before they could answer, Purple returned and was holding a rainbow shard in her hooves, but quickly dropped it as she saw Plum. She was ready for battle, but stopped as Plum was waving at her. "Yo Grape! How are you? You see these two! Awesome right!?"

"What's going on?" whispered Purple to her gang.

"We don't know as well," said everyone.

Before Purple could say anything else, the shard that was on the ground started to glow and floated up into the air. Everyone watched as the shard from Dashie's pocket came out, and with a large flash, reality was breaking around them. The shards slowly met each other and fused as one giant pillar appeared and wiped everything away.

"What happened? Where did my gal pals  go?"asked Plum, as she noticed the giants were gone.

"Home...hopefully," said Purple as she joined Plum.

"Hey, are you okay? You look worried."

"I just don't understand. If the universe doesn't allow two versions of the same pony in a universe, Why are these two allowed to be together? Something is not right, and I'm having a bad feeling about this." explained Purple to herself.
Plum had no idea what she was talking about, but she nodded and handed her a cookie to cheer her up.





Both girls fell into a back alley and were knocked out again. The area around them was a nighttime city alley, and there was no sign of any ponies around. The dark city looked run-down and filled with an evil and dark aura among the streets. On a nearby rooftop, a dark figure saw what fell and grappled to the alleyway. He slowly walked up to the girls and watched as Dash's body was fading away, much stronger now, and Dashie's hair was now completely rainbow like Dash's, as her jacket changed once more as well. The figure narrowed its white eyes and stepped into the light of a nearby light pose.


"Flare?"

end of chapter 4