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// Time to get the Hell Out of Here 
// Story: I Killed Fiddy Men, Not Ponies 
// by LtMajorDude 
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One week later

Cotton was in a cafe in Manehattan.

He managed to make his mane and tail white, changed his name to Topsy Brooklyn, and found a nice brown cowboy hat. He was somehow able to get some money.

Cotton sighed. "I gotta find a way out of here."

As he got off the table and placed some bits on the table to pay the bill, he walked away.

He didn't notice a small filly and accidentally bumped into her.

"Oops! Sorry 'bout that mister." The filly said in a Bronx accent.

Cotton noticed a gamboge filly with an amaranth mane and tail. She had no Cutie Mark.

"Um...that's alright." Cotton said calmly.

"Hey!" The filly said with a smile. "That looks like Applejack's hat."

Cotton blinked. "Ya know Applejack?"

The filly nodded. "Yup. She's my mom's sister and big sister of my favorite cousin, AppleBloom."

Cotton raised an eyebrow. "AppleBloom? May I ask what's yer name?"

"My name's Babs Seed. Nice to meet you!"

Cotton thought for a while. "Didn't AppleBloom and Gribble talk about a 'bad seed' or somathing when we had breakfast at AJ's?"

Cotton smiled. "Nice to meet ya too. I'm Cot...um...I mean Topsy Brooklyn." He really wanted to say to he killed fiddy men (he can't wait for it to be 54 men) but he didn't want to freak out the filly.

After a while, they began a conversation.

Cotton made up a story in which he is a storyteller traveling around the world. When Babs Seed asks him for a story, he says it's for grown-ups only and not for little kids. When she said she was not a 'little kid,' Cotton decides to tell her the story of when his one of his friends killed monster using only dental floss he kept in his boot. To Cotton's surprise, Babs didn't seem to be freaked out from the story.

She told him about AppleBloom and Cutie Mark Crusaders. She also told him about Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon and how she temporary joined them to ridicule the Crusaders.

As she was done telling that story, Cotton thought, "Now I know why Gribble hated those two. Those two are nothing but bullies and brats!"

Eventually, Cotton got along pretty well with Babs Seed. He even thought of her as a female version of G.H.

"So what are ya gonna do now?" Cotton asked Babs Seed.

"Well, me, my mom, my dad, and AppleBloom are gonna visit Canterlot."

"Cannerlot?" Cotton said with a raised eyebrow.

Babs giggled. "Canterlot." She corrected. "You know? Where Princess Celestia lives? Me and AppleBloom are going there by train."

"Celes-tea-something?" Cotton thought. "Wait! That's that white princess gal who can read my mind...WAIT! Maybe I can convince her that I didn't kill Mark and maybe get me out of this crappy dimension!"

"Is it alright if I join you? I'll pay for mah ticket!" Cotton asked Babs Seed.

Babs scratched the back of her head. "Well, I gotta ask my parents..."

Cotton nodded. "Fair enough."





After Cotton talked to Babs's parents, they decide to let him join them as long as he pays for his own ticket.

As Cotton was sitting on his seat, he realized something.

"Crap! What about Hank and his friends?"

As he thought about Hank and his friends, the train stopped.

"Well." Babs told Cotton. "We're at Ponyville to pick up AppleBloom."

Cotton looked at the window and saw Applejack and AppleBloom.

To his shock, he also saw a WANTED poster of him.

"Crap." Cotton thought. "Applejack knows who I am. What if she told AppleBloom about me?"

Babs exited out of the train to meet Applejack and AppleBloom.

Eventually AppleBloom ran up to Babs Seed and hugged.

"Babs! You came!"

"Good to see you too AppleBloom!"

Eventually they went back to the train.

"Hey AppleBloom." Babs said. "Say hi to my friend Topsy Brooklyn."

Cotton waved nervously.

AppleBloom titled her head. "You look familiar."

Cotton began to sweat. "Um...OK..."

Eventually the train began moving.

Thankfully, AppleBloom didn't realize that Topsy was actually Cotton.

Eventually, they got to Canterlot.

As AppleBloom and Babs Seed went to explore, Cotton told them that he had to 'do something really quick.'

Eventually, Cotton found a castle and assumed that Celestia is here.

He was able to sneak past the guards.

He sneaked into the Princess's quarters.

"Well then," Cotton said. "All I gotta do is find that Princess, tell the truth, get to mah world, and then kill those four bastards. Simple."

"Sure..."

Cotton widen his eyes and turned around. He saw a pegasus Royal Guard. He was blue skinned and had a yellow mane and tail. He was wielding a spear. His Cutie Mark was the spear he was wielding.

"You're that stallion that killed Midway. You're a sick pony.." The Royal Guard said as he walked towards Cotton.

"I didn't kill him..." Cotton said with an angered look.

"Sure you didn't..." The Royal Guard said.

"He didn't."

Both ponies saw Princess Celestia standing at the doorway.

The Royal Guard bowed. "Your highness, I was just about to apprehend..."

"You don't have to," Princess Celestia told the Royal Guard, "He is innocent. Aren't you Cotton Hill?"

Cotton nodded. "Yeah. Thank god you can read my mind."

The Royal Guard looked confused. "Read your mind?"

Cotton chuckled. "It's a long story."

Cotton then explained how he was from another dimension.

The Royal Guard raised an eyebrow. "Interesting..."

Cotton looked at the Royal Guard. "I forgot. Yer name is?"

"My name's Blue Fang."

"You can tell him your real name." Celestia told the Royal Guard. "He is from Earth, just like you."

Cotton was surprised. "From Earth?"

The Royal Guard sighed. "Alright. My human name is...Kenny...Kenny Walsh."

Cotton gasped. "Yer Mark's uncle!"

Kenny was surprised. "How do you know..."

"Mark? He's a friend of mine! Hell, he's Midway!"

Kenny gasped. "Midway IS Mark?-!"

"Yes he is." Celestia said.

"Then...then...that means Mark is...dead?"

Kenny collapsed and started crying.

Cotton was surprised. "Not the reaction I was expecting."

Kenny looked up with tears in his eyes. "Huh?"

"Mark told me about ya. Abusive uncle and whatnot."

Kenny cried even harder. "Oh god, I never did tell him the truth..."

Cotton was confused. "What?"

Celestia sighed. "I'll tell you. We should give him some privacy."

As Cotton and Celestia went to another room, she told him the details.

Kenny didn't mean to be abusive to Mark. The truth is, his daughter died. After Kenny's wife had given birth to his daughter, they divorced because of his laziness. He was not allowed to see his own daughter. When Mark was around 8, Kenny learned that his daughter and ex-wife both died in a horrible car accident. Kenny became depressed and took out all of his anger on Mark. Eventually, when he was accused of murder and jailed, he snapped and committed suicide in prison. When he died, he was sent to Equestria and found work as a Royal Guard.

Cotton was surprised. "Dear God..."

Celestia nodded sadly.

Cotton shook his head. "I gotta tell Mark this. Is there a way to get back in mah own dimension?"

Celestia smiled weakly. "Yes there is. I have dimension spell."

Cotton smiled gratefully.

Celestia's horn started to glow.

"Oh and tell Kenny I'm sorry..." Cotton said.

"I will." Celestia said as the horn became brighter and brighter...





Eventually Cotton found himself in the Everfree Forest.

"Did I get back to mah own dimension?"

Cotton sighed and decided to find out.

"Now then...Alexander, Joshua, Takashi, and Christian...to quote mah good fer nothin' son...I'm gonna kick yer ass!"