//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Sam and Max come to Equestria (Based on an extremely rare bubble gum card) // Story: Hugh Bliss' Revenge // by Lock Target //------------------------------// One day, after delivering a cake to Cheerilee, Pinkie decided to take her raft and go fishing. "Gee, I hope I don't wind up on a confusing Island adventure like last time" she thought to herself. Suddenly, Pinkie felt a tug on the line. Her catch pulls her back to shore where it is revealed to be a strange submarine with wheels. The top part of it opens revealing a six foot tall dog-like creature in a suit and fedora and a similar-looking creature who was three feet tall and resembled a bunny with bear teeth emerging from the it. "Well, here we are in...Wherever that tunnel took us" the dog creature said to his companion. "This place is so colorful and peaceful" the bunny creature replied, "And it gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling in side just standing around...Wanna see how long it takes before we unwittingly change that?" "Can't think of a reason not to" the dog creature answered. "I can" a worried Pinkie added exiting her raft. "Ah, a local" the dog creature said acknowledging Pinkie. "So who are are you guys?" Pinkie asked freeing her hook from the Submarine's bumper. "Of course, where are my manners?" the dog creature replied clearing his throat as his rabbit-like friend jumps onto the hood, "My name is Sam, and this is my little buddy, Max. We're Freelance Police" "Freelance what?" Pinkie asked reeling her rod up. "Ooh, her mane is so fluffy" Max comments pulling out an electronic razor, "Let's shave it!" "Mind your manners, bucket head, we don't want to make a bad impression to this- Sweet expecting momma in an '86 ferrari driven by a ghost down route 66 on a Saturday night in July!" Sam exclaimed, "You're a talking pony!" "...And YOU'RE a giant doggy in a suit and HE'S a bunny!" Pinkie pointed out after a brief pause. "Lagomorph" Max added, "And YOU'RE a...And HE'S A...I'M a...Guess I lost this round of...Whatever it was we were doing" "...Anyway" Sam started, "We just arrived from an underwater portal. Maybe you'd like to show us around?" "Okie-Dokie-Lokie" Said Pinkie as the two go ahead of her. Stopping Max, she brings him closer. "What's a ferrari?" she whispers. Moments later, the two follow her to Fluttershy's where she stops then turns to them. "Why'd you stop?" Sam asked. "This is the first stop on our tour" Pinkie replied, "My friend, Fluttershy lives here. She's so nice. She has a thing for caring for animals and-" "Wait!" Max shouted sniffing around pulling a knife out, "I smell a cat somewhere!" "Oh, Angel, there you are!" Fluttershy shouted suddenly hugging Max making him drop his knife, "How many times do I have to tell you not to run off like that?" "You...Must be...Fluttershy!" Max grunted causing Fluttershy to stop and turn him around. He then waves at her. "AGH! YOU'RE NOT ANGEL!" Flutterhy cried dropping Max and hiding behind Sam who she notices making her yelp moving over to Pinkie, "Who are you two!?" "These are my new friends, Sam and Max, they're Freelance...Policies, or something" "Police" Max said in an annoyed tone. "What are those?" Pinkie asked. "You mean to tell me you don't have people who risk their lives to keep civilians safe from criminals and wrong-doers of all shapes and sizes?" Max asked back. "...You're...Bounty Hunters?" Pinkie wondered. "...I guess that's the simplest way of describe it" Max answered pulling out a white flag to wave around. Sam clears his throat. "You say you lost your pet bunny, miss?" Sam asked kneeling down to stroke her mane. "Um...Yes" Fluttershy said calming down. "Well, you heard the lady, Max" Sam said standing up, "Let's find that rabbit!" "Stay with the group!" Pinkie shouted stopping them. As they make it into town, they stop again. Gesturing them to wait until she gets back, Pinkie leaves. Clearing his throat after a while, Sam asks Fluttershy, "So when was the last time you saw your pet?" With a sigh, Fluttershy starts. "I was fluffing his tail when a strange sound scared him off. I searched everywhere from my cottage to the edge of the Everfree Forest" "Well THAT narrows it down" Max groaned sarcastically, "So what's our tour guide got in store for us?" "My guess is she's going to grab her welcome wagon" Fluttershy replied "A welcome wagon? How quaint" Sam comments. "Please don't say 'Quaint' again" Max requested. Pinkie returns 5 seconds later with her Welcome Wagon. "Sorry to halt the tour, boys" Pinkie said as Fluttershy walks over to her, "But I gotta make this official" As Pinkie goes through her routine, Fluttershy hears a rustling in the bushes. She goes to investigate it only to find it was a bunny, but not Angel. "Oh, I'm sorry" Fluttershy sighed, "Have you seen a white bunny with curlers in his tail?" "I got him right here" Applejack said walking over to her, "The little critter was spooked to- WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THINGS DAIRY-BASED IS THAT!?" "...Um...Pinkie Pie's Welcom Wagon?" Fluttershy assured her. "Not that, THAT!" AJ said pointed at the batter-covered Sam and Max. Pinkie pops out from behind saying, "These two are Sam and Max, they're bounty hunters" "Uh...Howdy?" said AJ. "...Max, I mean, Sam, if I don't shave one right now, I'm going to lose it!" Max claims in an edgy tone. Looking to his left, Sam says, "Why not take it out on that guy?" "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!" Max shouts exiting the batter and wielding the razor. "...You gonna eat that?" Asked Sam pointing to the impression Max left behind. "I'll get to it later!" Max replied in a distance. Moments later, the girls take Sam to Twilight's house where they find Rarity about to knock on the door. "Oh, hello girls" Beamed Rarity, "I'm just here to go over designs for Twilight's dress for the upcoming ball and" Just then, she notices Sam who waves at her. "Oh, who is THIS strapping fellow?" she asks. Just before Sam could answer her, Time Turner appears with patches of his mane and coat missing and starts knocking on the door frantically. "PRINCESS TWILIGHT, PRINCESS TWILIGHT!" he shouted. Twilight opens the door. Inside, she, Spike and Rainbow Dash are sitting down to lunch. "Can I help you, sir?" Twilight asks. "THERE'S A CRAZY RABBITY-THING TRYING TO SHAVE ME!" he said, "It's using what it took from my mane for a moustache" "Get-a back-a here!" Max shouts in an italian accent, "I'm-a not done with you!" Before confronting Max, Twilight notices Sam. "...Could somepony bring me up to speed here?" Twilight asked as Max shows up making Time Turner run away. "You can expect to be on the same page by the next chapter, your highness" Sam says tipping his hat and bowing. The girls are left with a confused look on their faces. To be continued.