//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: As normal as it can get... // Story: Macintosh and Dolphin - The Switch // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Macintosh and Dolphin - The Switch Chapter 1: As normal as it can get... “Welcome to Summoner’s Rift...” the voice spoke through the game as it begins, Wayne a human without much in the way of a noticeable life did things as most would done nower days and spent time playing on his game on the Laptop, he was around six foot tall, short dark brown hair, brown eyes and a standard skin tone for a person like himself and did not go out much due to his past of social attempts, he was either too talkative about one subject or got nothing to add to anything that spoken of. Wayne playing the game was fun and sometimes a real pain in the ass for him but he enjoyed the game and the only friends he seem to have was those at conventions he went to or those on the gaming world and fourms. He did admit being a fan of My Little Pony sparked a new life in him sharing ideas and doing drawings creating his own personal character that reflected the inner him that he wished he was in some manner of speak. “Wayne you keeping a eye on the time?” a voice called out from downstairs. “Yes Mum I am” he replied with a roll of his eyes. “Bloody work... guess it better then having no work at all and get some form of money to spend on” he muttered to himself as he continued to play the game in front of him on the screen. One thing that he look to was his collection of three set pony collection, he finally got hold of the box with Granny Smith, Applejack and Big Macintosh in it. He stared at the red pony with a smirk “I bet his life isn't as dull as mine” he chuckled and went back to playing League. Sweet Apple Aches... The sun was out and the birds was singing over Ponyville and Sweet Apple Aches, the grass moving in the breeze of the wind with the trees swaying slightly to the wind, Applejack stood under a tree adjusting the basket for the wind, with one buck they all full into place, she picked up the basket placing it in the cart before her. Applejack pulled it back to the barn to see her big brother Big Macintosh doing the maths to the books they kept, even he was a hard worker he still had better mathematical skills then she could ever dream of having. “Howdy Big Mac are the finances ok?” “Eeyup” he replied putting the books away into the box shutting it with a tap of the rear hoof as he walked away and helped her take out the basket of apples placing each one in the barn ready to be sold. “Do ya'll know where Applebloom is?” “Ah think she with her friends at their club house” he replied glancing over to the direction of the treehouse sat. Applejack put a hoof to her big brother “Thanks Big Mac, why ya'll finish here and ah get us some cold apple juice, we been working hard and need time to relax” “Eeyup” he replied and continued to work with Applejack going into the house to get refreshments. Big Mac looked to the cart of apples ready to be taken into market to be sold he thought about it. “Maybe ah can sell the apples for Applejack today and those spare apple cider barriers too since it is a very hot day again, she'd been working hard today and spending time with her friends be a good idea” he whispered with a smirk from his broad snout. “What with the smirk Big Mac, y'all got a idea ah care to hear?” He turn to her taking the glass of juice with his hooves “Ah have and decided to sell the apples today at the market” “Well nelliy that mighty sweet of ya but ah can do it still” “Nnope” he took the cart without another word and leaves Applejack push her hat back with her hoof “Guess that's that...” Applejack knew what he just did, he gave her all the time she needed to hang out with her friends in Ponyville and see what Twilight was up to. “Thanks Big Mac” she trots over to the door putting the tray of glasses by the door “Granny Smith ah going to Ponyville to see Twi, see y'all later ok?” “Ok Applejack, have fun” the elder pony replied in a cheerful way. New Town, England... At work busy as normally it is for a Friday, both drive thru and front counter had queues with everyone going in for their McDonald meals, Wayne carrying two large boxes of fries set them down on the side and started placing them in the freezer “Another bloody heatwave isn't it?” he turn to the manager. The dark skinned man in the white shirt and black trousers couldn't disagree “I heard it suppose to be about 39 today... is there no end to this heat” he replied taking some of the bags putting them into the freezer as well. “I checked and it suppose to stay with us for tonight and we got thunderstorms tomorrow” Wayne replied “Matthew thanks for the hand” “Well with this heat we need to work as a team, specially with our smoothies and new Fizzy Apple selling faster then we can make them” he replied hearing a call out for more smoothie mix. “Better go get the mix Wayne, I will finish up here” “Right” Wayne walks off to the main fridge, freezer room and felt the cold air rush through him as he entered it was a god send for many that got to get stuff from the freezer, he never remember it being so hot and sticky specially for the UK. Suddenly all the lights went out “Oh your kidding me, not again...” the emergency generator that was installed into the store last year kicks in and turn all the lights and systems back on giving them ten minutes to sell everything that made, lucky for them the system would keep the main fridge and freezer unit going for another three days if they didn't pack out. The Manager was telling the customers that they selling off what they had quickly to make sure the food don't get ruined. It was a nightmare for him, the heatwave had caused more power cuts then ever before, the heat was overloading transformers. Wayne put the mix into the machine and had a hand on his shoulder “Hey bro, guess the transformers blew up again” “Yeah it sure did” he could see the staff hard at work trying to sell the last of the items that had before power completely cuts off. “Problem with heatwaves... it never nice when the power goes” he feeling the heat more now with the aircon was now shut off and people feeling the heat. “Hazel how long do you think it be this time? I say 10 minutes” “I say 20” she replied with a smile “Better get back to selling the smoothies” “Yep” he got up helped her out at the tills Ponyville, Apple Stand... Big Macintosh stood by the apple stand doing his best to sell the apples and keep them cool in the shade, Ponyville was having a bit of a heatwave since it was dull to have one, didn't do the apple family any favours but the weather was the weather, nothing could be done about what the weather teams had planned out. Rainbow Dash lands by the stand seeing they was selling some Apple Cider it was being kept in large bowl of ice that was melting fast. “Hey Big Mac, could I have a Apple Cider” “Eeyup” he points to the board showing the prince and she gives him the three bits for it. Rainbow Dash took the mug he filled up for her and she downed it in seconds “That sure hit the spot” she licked the foam off her snout. “Hey I'm sorry about the heat, I know it a real killer at the moment but it needed, we haven't had a hot summer for ages and Cloudsdale said it was about time to have one” Rainbow Dash said to the red stallion. “No hard feelings right?” “Nnope” “Thanks, well got to go. The skies won't clear themselves” she dashes off in a blitz of speed. Big Macintosh spent the next few hours selling some apples but mostly the cider, he was glad that they made extra spares this time around and for the hot weather, his sister was right about a good mug of apple cider is what the ponies needed to chill out a little from the extreme heatwave they was having. Big Mac finally choose to call it quits when night was closing as the sun was almost set. “Wait” he turn to see Lyra Heartstrings come up “Sorry could I possibly get one of those ciders before you leave?” she asked holding out a few bits with her hoof. “Eeyup” he pulled her the last mug of it and took the bits putting them in the case “Goodnight Lyra Heartstrings” he spoke and trots off pulling the cart along. Lyra smiled “Goodnight Big Mac and thanks! Your a really gentlecolt!” she called out and drunk the apple cider “Nice and cold...” she smiled with glee and trots off holding it with her magic. As Big Mac was making his way home he noticed something that caught his eyes as he left Ponyville. “Hmm?” he curiously looked at it with his big green eyes as it shimmered with rainbow colour swirling in a crystal ball of some sort. “Ah wonder what this is” he took off the harness from the cart putting the break on it and trots over to the crystal ball object to take a closer look at it. New Town, England... Walking home from work Wayne groans as he tried to cool down drinking his smoothie “This blasted heatwave...” he look to the distance where the sun had set, even with it gone and the moon shinning a orange glow it was still over 27 on his phone for local temperatures, the heat was really getting to him. “27... bloody hell...” he put his phone away looking at the car that broken down to his left, it had a tire that blown up. “Guess even cars are suffering from this heat” he chuckled lightly then a glow caught his eye. Wayne stopped in his tracks looking to his right in the field beside him before the set of houses, he saw something shimmering “What the hell?” he walked over to the hill and saw what looked like a crystal orb shimmering with rainbow colour that swirled. “That funky, I wonder if anyone dropped it” he looking around curiously to see if anyone was about. “Mum most likely have a go for me picking up more junk but this is awesome” he knelt down to it looking at the colour swirling around. “It almost magical...” he chuckled “That would be cool if it was, but most likely water mix with colour dye...” he paused for a second “Wait if that the case, how come it not cracked?” he tapped the crystal orb as it sounded like glass on contact. “Very weird...” Big Macintosh tapping the orb with his hoof wonder what exactly it is but he was amazed and curious over the rainbow swirling orb. “Ah wonder if it belongs to Applejack's friend Twilight Sparkle” he reached for it with both front hooves sitting on his rump. Wayne decided it be best to pick it up and by morning take it to the station since it looked pretty valuable from the perfectly shape of the crystal ball and the strange swirling mix of colour. At the same moment they took hold of the orb picking it up seeming to be harmless but that wasn't going to last long, suddenly their hands/hooves that held of the orb started to shake with the orb glowing brighter with every second, they tried to let go but they got no joy and also failing to pull their hands/hooves free too. This begins to scare both of them as they stood up on their feet/hind hooves with it held out, this was strange for Big Mac to do but he front hooves wouldn't let go as the shaking got worse and the swirling energy seem to speed up as it starts to shrink into the middle getting smaller but the light getting brighter. Twilight sees the light and feels the energy coming from it, while a driver that drove his car down the road noticed the large light building up to his right as he got closer. Twilight raced to the light on her four hooves galloping hard as she could, all the sudden the light was gone... Wayne and Big Mac stared at the orb still unable to let go as everything turn silent, the next thing it explodes with huge rainbow energy the swirling cloud expands beyond the orb causing a huge explosion of energy throwing Wayne across the road which the driver slammed on his breaks seeing this. Twilight saw Big Macintosh fly into the wagon smashing into it hard, she cringed from the impact while Wayne smashed into a tree hitting his back of the head hard against it, while Big Mac hit his head on the wagon first as he hit it. The blows made both bounce off them and seem to be standing on their feet/hind hooves staring with blank looks at the orb as the swirling mass shrinks again and what they see seems to be a tunnel vision of their sights being pulled towards it and everything goes dark as their vision folds into the rapid shrinking swirling rainbow colour cloud like being trapped in a whirlpool and being sucked into it, that is when everything for both of them goes completely black...