//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: He is in Equestria // Story: My Little Deadpool: Friendship is Deadpool // by LightTechnology //------------------------------// Quick “Before you read” Note: The setting of Equestria takes place sometime in Season 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was rare for Princess Celestia to show up in Ponyville, but whenever she did, everypony knew that there was something important going on, and this time was no different. A few days ago, a portal appeared above Ponyville which caused quite a stir among the townspeople. The princess soon heard the news about the strange anomaly and traveled to the town to try and find out what she could. “My little ponies,” Celestia announced. “I understand that a strange portal has suddenly appeared above this very town.” The various citizens of Ponyville gave murmured replies of concern in response. Celestia continued. “Well I am here to say that I have sent in the Royal Guard to investigate, so there’s no need to worry!” The citizens then gave a collective sigh of relief. However, behind the crowd that was listening to Princess Celestia, a certain worried and faithful student of hers sighed, doubtful of the princess’ reassuring words. “Something wrong, Twilight?” Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight Sparkle shook her head. “Don’t get me wrong, Rainbow, it’s not like I don’t trust Princess Celestia...” Being her most trusted student, that was a guarantee, but Twilight still felt that there was something about the strange portal that she needed to see for herself. Twilight was always the curious type, and the current situation was definitely a contender for ‘curiousity peaker.’ “You wanna go look at that portal, don’t ya?” Rainbow Dash asked with excitement. “Again, I’m not doubting the princess’ wisdom, but...yeah.” Twilight scratched the back of her head with her hoof. “Then let’s go!” Rainbow Dash said right up in Twilight’s face. “What?” “I said let’s go!” Rainbow Dash was racing all around Twilight at this point. “Who knows what’s in that portal? I mean, it could be something that’s TOTALLY AWESOME!” It seemed that the portal got the better of Rainbow Dash’s curiosity as well. “Rainbow!” Twilight stopped her in her tracks. “I don’t want to go look at that portal just to satisfy my adrenaline. This is all for the sake of science!” “Yeah, yeah sure,” Rainbow Dash waved her hoof dismissively. “For science and all that. C’mon, let’s go!” Rainbow Dash grabbed Twilight’s hoof and ran towards the direction where the mysterious portal was floating over. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Both Rainbow and Twilight looked above as the portal was right below an empty field. Well, the field wasn’t really that empty anymore what with the princess’ Royal Guard scattered along it as they tried to investigate the portal. The two Elements of Harmony watched as the guards talked amongst each other. “We could try to send in one of us to see where it goes.” One guard said to another. “It’s too dangerous. There’s no telling where that portal leads.” “Well what if we tie something with a string and send that into the portal?” “That’s too vague. Even if it returns without a scratch we still wouldn’t know what’s on the other side.” Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash were hiding behind a tree as they listened in on the guards’ conversation. It appeared that the Royal Guard were at a loss of how to investigate the portal without taking great risks and it appeared that they were open to suggestions. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash had an idea. “The portal is facing directly below us! How are we even supposed to know what the heck is on the other side?!” A guard finally snapped. “Did somepony call for a daring, high-flying volunteer?” The guards looked to see Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty, standing with a heroic pose next to the Element of Magic, Twilight Sparkle. “Rainbow Dash? Twilight Sparkle?” wondered one of the guards. “What are you two doing here?” “Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?” Twilight whispered to her friend. “I’m getting us a one way ticket to that portal.” Rainbow whispered back. “Wait a second...” One of the guards realized what Rainbow Dash meant when she said ‘volunteer.’ “You’re not seriously suggesting that you would go up to the portal-” “That is exactly what I’m suggesting!” yelled Rainbow Dash. “Look, you guys need a way to investigate that portal, and I’m willing to fly up there and go check it out!” “Seriously, Rainbow, this isn’t a good ide-” Rainbow Dash immediately covered Twilight’s mouth with her hoof. “Don’t mind Miss Sparkle here, fellas. She’s just a little worried for her friend here.” “Understandably so,” said a guard. “I, myself, don’t think sending you up there is such a good idea.” “Well if you guys have a better plan than mine, then feel free to speak up.” Rainbow Dash waited to hear the Royal Guards’ response. All of the guards looked at each other with troubled expressions. While it was true that they were with a lack of ideas, but even so they all felt that Rainbow Dash’s suggestion was out of the question. “We appreciate your help, Rainbow Dash, but I think you should leave things to the professionals.” Having handled that situation, the guards slowly went back to discussing amongst themselves what to do about the portal. “Wait,” Rainbow Dash tried to get back their attention. “Really...I can...” Unfortunately nopony was listening to her. “It’s alright, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight tried to comfort her friend. “I didn’t really think they’d let us go through with it.” Rainbow Dash was getting desperate. She really wanted to know what was on the other side of that portal, and time was running out. “Uh, um...it’s Princess Celestia’s orders that I personally check out the portal!” she suddenly yelled out. “What?” a few of the guards spurted out. “WHAT?!” Twilight screamed out. “Yeah...” There was no point in chickening out at this point. “The princess, um asked me to go investigate the portal?” “She asked you?” a guard repeated. “But we never got the debriefing from her about that...” ”Will you excuse us for a moment?” Twilight addressed the guards. Before they could respond, Twilight suddenly pulled Rainbow Dash to the side in order to talk with her. “What are you doing?!” Twilight asked furiously. “Look,” Rainbow Dash whispered. “This is our only chance to check out that portal. I thought you wanted to see it?” “Yeah, but I didn’t want to lie in order to get to it!” “Okay, I admit, that was a little extreme on my part,” Rainbow Dash looked at her friend regretfully. “But maybe, extreme times call for extreme measures, right?” “Rainbow Dash. What about that portal is so important to you?” Twilight finally asked. “Why do you want to check it out so much?” Rainbow Dash suddenly became silent. She lowered her head as she walked a few steps away form Twilight. “I...” Rainbow Dash found it hard to speak. “Rainbow?” Twilight stepped a bit closer to Rainbow Dash. “It’s kinda hard to explain...” “You know you can tell me anything.” Twilight tried to assure her friend. Rainbow Dash took a deep breath before she spoke. “Alright. I’m gonna go out and say it...I’m in a rut, Twilight!” “What?” Twilight asked confusingly. “Look, I’m a pony of action and adventure! I have lived here in Ponyville for many years and nothing exciting ever happens. At least at a pace that I’d prefer.” “What are you talking about?” Twilight asked again with confusion. “What about the time we fought Discord, or the time we fought Queen Chrysalis and her changelings?” “Sure, those times were exciting, but really, I never felt that my life was in danger or anything,” Rainbow Dash tried to explain. “Well I would hope not!” Twilight responded. Rainbow Dash suddenly held out a book. “Twilight, you know the kind of pony that I am. Sometimes I think to myself what kind of life I would want to live. You want to know my answer? I want my life to be just like Daring Do’s. I want to explore far off places, facing challenges nopony would dare to face. I want everyday of my life to be a mystery, to have every second be a surprise. I’m just not getting that life by being here in Ponyville. This place is just to peaceful and predictable for my taste.” “So what, you want to check out that portal so you can go through it and escape from it all?” Twilight asked with a hint of disdain from her voice. “No, no!” Rainbow Dash tried to reassure Twilight. “I don’t want to just up and leave or anything like that. I just want to pop my head through the portal to see exactly what kind of world exists that I may not know of. Even getting a tiny glimpse of a whole new world is enough for me!” Despite Twilight’s feelings regarding her friend’s actions, she somewhat understood her issues. As a true friend, it was her job to support Rainbow Dash in her time of need. Afterall, her rainbow-maned companion was feeling lost and unfulfilled, a feeling that Twilight herself felt at some points. “Rainbow Dash, I understand how you feel, but going through some potentially dangerous portal isn’t the answer to all of this.” Rainbow Dash lowered her head in disappointment. “I know...it’s just-” “Hey! HEY! Something’s coming out of the portal!” Twilight and Rainbow Dash looked to see that the voice came from one of the Royal Guards. He was pointing towards the sky and everypony looked up and saw that there was indeed some sort of figure that was falling out of the portal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “AAAAAAAA-argh- wait a sec- *cough* *cough* -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!” Deadpool screamed as he was falling at high speeds towards the ground. “Alright!” Deadpool said to himself. “Time to put my acrobatics training in action as I perform a couple of flips as I make like a cat and land straight on my-” He immediately crashed into the ground, face first. “Stuck the landing...” he said again to himself. “What would you rate that out of 10?” [4/10] {7 asses!} Deadpool picked himself off the ground as he viewed his surroundings. “Whew, that was a heck of a trip, but it looks like I have successfully arrived in Equestria.” One of the guards walked up to Deadpool and asked, “Who are you?” Deadpool looked at the pony guard and replied, “My name is Deadpool, pony,” he said as he shook the pony’s hoof with his hand. He suddenly turned towards your screen. “Satisfied, moderators? ARE YOU SATISFIED YET?!”