//------------------------------// // Pilot AKA: Chapter one (rewritten) // Story: Master of Dimensions, Pleaser of Crowds. // by Dimentio //------------------------------//                                                          Chapter One Enter Dimentio!         Dimentio floated dismally through the empty space of the void. He had escaped the Underworld quickly after his death but was still not strong enough to do much after that simple dimension shift. He floated for a few more weeks before regaining enough strength to do it again, this time in search of a way to speed up his regeneration. Time was running thin, this time...he had to succeed,and there was no other way. . The moment he arrived in the new dimension he knew this had been the correct choice as it had beings all around that didn't seem able to sense or stop him. He didn't waste time and quickly began searching for a suitable host.         These beings closely resembled the moustachio'd brothers and princess that had stopped him not too long ago, which brought him to another conclusion.         These beings hold so much inner chaos...Perhaps after I lget what I need, I can attempt to fulfill the dark prognosticus once more. He thought as his face contorted in deep contemplation.         He spotted a specific medium sized human male (around 6 feet tall) that seemed to be isolated from the others as he walked into his home. Dimentio floated through the door as it shut and waited for the right moment to strike. The black haired pale human seemed exhausted and unaware of his current surroundings as if this were some kind of routine. The human in question         John was a struggling programmer that had fallen on hard times after finishing college. He had an unfortunate problem with being outsourced every so often which caused him to look for employment at least three times a year. Currently, he was working for a small business in Nashville Tennessee. While money was a bit of an issue from time to time, he wasn't really unhappy with his life. While It was far from perfect, it was his and he was proud of it. His current job was to design programs for a pizza place. Programs that would allow customers to order pizza easily...or they would if John could work out all of the bugs from the prior employee's mistakes. He was currently living in a small one bedroom apartment. It wasn't a bad deal for what he paid, and the management was nice enough.         "Ugh what a day." John said as he sat on his bed and opened his laptop. He opened his usual tabs; Fimfiction, Youtube, and facebook.         Dimentio stared at the object the human was holding with a bit of curiosity. He had seen something like it before, but only with that chameleon nerd. This one seemed to be a bit more efficient and less pixelated. Dimentio quickly grew bored with this and decided that now was as good a time as any. He forced his way into the mind of the human and soon decided to make himself known.         "Hello there." Dimentio said with disturbing glee.         "What the? Where's that voice coming from." John said as a powerful headache quickly formed from the mental intrusion.         "Oh nowhere, just your mind. Don't worry, I come in peace." Dimentio said calmly.         "Wait, what!?" John began to panic, whatever this voice was gave him a sense of panic. It didn't help that every time he heard the voice it felt like a nail was being driven into his brain.         "Hmm? I think it was quite clear, I come in peace. In fact, I have a once in a lifetime deal." Dimentio said casually as if he were discussing the Sunday newspaper. Truthfully, he wanted to do this without harming the human.         "No no no, this can't be happening. Get out of my head! I don't want your deal, just get out!" John demanded as he ran to the bathroom to look at himself in the mirror and splash water on his face. "I believe this is the wrong time to make demands, no?" Dimentio said with a yawn. His dimented side was enjoying the human's sudden panic.         John looked at himself in the mirror to see that his normally blue left eye was turning yellow whenever this thing spoke, it looked as if a translucent mask was appearing over his face. A very familiar looking mask.         "Who are you!?" John practically yelled as he tried hitting his head against the wall to dissuade the intruder         "Why, I'm just the humble magician....Dimentio." Dimentio said one of his many trademarked phrases. John's effort to force Dimentio out was a bit obnoxious.         John paused,he knew that name...it had been a while since he had played 'Super Paper Mario', but Dimentio wasn't a character that one forgot so easily. He faintly remembered the black and white mask of the jester.         "Hmm? I see you know me...that's curious. I think I'll have to go and check out your memories for anything useful. First though, I mentioned a deal. I require your cooperation in this." Dimentio said as he slowly began to lose patience with the pathetic human. "Fine, what do you want?" John asked through the pain, he was almost crying from the intense pain of the splitting headache         "Ooh, so we can speak civilly...good. My deal is this, allow me to tag along and I can take you from this world and into any world you desire...perhaps this one?" Dimentio suggested as he forced John's hand to point at a picture on his computer screen.         "Anything, please just make the pain stop!" John pleaded as the force of his headache was becoming too much.         "Sounds like a yes to me!" Dimentio laughed as he drew upon John's innate magical reserves. Just before teleporting, Dimentio caused John to lose consciousness, as it would allow him to have free reign of John's body for a while. Later         A mentally exhausted John woke up hours later in what seemed to be the inside of a tree. John turned his head to the right to see a flabbergasted purple unicorn staring at him open mouthed. He noticed Dimentio was silent, but he could still feel the unwelcome presence in him.          He must still be knocked out John thought thankfully as he tried to think of what to say to the alicorn he recognized as Twilight Sparkle. He tried to be excited, but it quickly dawned on him that he had accidentally brought a genocidal jester into this peaceful world. As he brought his mind back to the task at hand, he suddenly realized Twilight's look of surprise was replaced with a look of anger. "Hello?"John said as he tried to wrap his mind around the events leading up to this. ."That should buy me enough time to reacquaint myself with this dimension...It has been quite a while after all." Dimentio snickered to himself as he realized the human didn't suspect a thing, John (he learned his name after being in his head for a while) actually believed that he had regained consciousness first. Since he had the time now, Dimentio decided to probe John's memories for things he could use. As he probed he began to smile. He had really struck gold when he had found this human... Revised with help from: A Renegade Time Lord