//------------------------------// // Old Friends // Story: Equestria Under Siege // by Night_Wolf_592 //------------------------------// “What?” I asked, confused I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, it was just… Impossible, how could she be here? But still… I felt… happy, I was happy to see her “Ayla!” I said, with a surprise tone “Hahaha, surprised to see me?” Ayla asked “I’m sure you never thought I would follow you!” She was right, this was a great surprise, I never thought she would come here, and she came all of a sudden, many things happened that day, some were good, but most of them were bad, but this… this changed everything! “But, how?” I asked “How can you be here?” “Well… it’s quite simple” Ayla said, then she began walking back and forth “As you can see, my portal uses a frequency that is strong enough to go through the tiny barrier that exists between dimensions, I used a certain frequency the time I sent you, so what I did was that I placed the portal in the exact same frequency that it was before, that way I managed to come to the same dimension as you.” “Mm… I think I understand” I said “So, you basically used the same portal I used?” Ayla giggled, maybe she liked the fact that I understood what she said. “Well… if you want to watch it the simple way,” she said. “then yes.” “But… why are you here?” I asked “Why did you come here? “Well…” Ayla said, then she began walking back and forth again “I have to admit that… I was bored.” “Huh?” I said, confused “What do you mean with bored?” “Umm… excuse me.” said Fluttershy “I could really use some rest, can we continue this inside?” “Oh, right!” I said, I forgot Fluttershy just had a rough day “Sorry, we should really get you some rest.” We decided to get inside Sugar Cube Corner, we asked Ayla to come in, she was happy and then she came inside. “Wow, this place looks great!” Ayla said, surprised. “It’s like being inside a giant cupcake!” She was amazed, more than me when I first came in. “And… what happened to her?” Ayla asked “It’s… kind of a long story…” I said “We will talk about that later, but first we need to get her to bed.” We went to the second floor, Pinkie was kind enough to lend Fluttershy her bed. When Fluttershy fell asleep, we went to the first floor, the customers were already gone; the ones who remained were Twilight, the princesses, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Derpy, Vinyl Scratch, and Big Macintosh. We took the largest table, so it would be big enough for all of us to fit. “Soo… from where do you know Night Wolf?” Vinyl asked, looking at Ayla. “Well, he is my friend!” Ayla said “We have been friends since I have memory.” “Oh, I see” Derpy said “So, you also come from Canterlot, right?” Ayla looked confused, that made me get nervous. She was never great on hiding stuff, so she was obviously going to tell them everything. “Canterlot?” Ayla asked “What is that?” They all looked at each other. “Well… you know, Canterlot, north from here?” Twilight said “Where the princesses live? Where Night Wolf lives?” “Oh, no,” Ayla said “Night Wolf doesn’t live in Canterlot, he lives back in our dimension.” And there it was, she blew it… “Dimension?” asked Celestia “What do you mean with dimension?” “Oh, you see, I’m not from this dimension,” Ayla explained “and Night Wolf over here isn’t either.” And now, everyone stared at me, they knew that the fact that I came from Canterlot was a lie… “But… That can’t be” Vinyl said “I mean, Night Wolf over here told us he came from Canterlot!” “Did you really tell them that?” Ayla asked me “Ha, I didn’t know you were such a liar!” Everyone stared at me, again. “Ok, I think we need an explanation from ya partner” said Applejack. “Well…” I said I didn’t really know how to explain everything, but I made my best. “As you already know, I’m not really from Canterlot” I explained “I said that because I knew you wouldn’t believe that I came from another dimension, and maybe you would lock me up in a cell, or a crazy-people building.” They all seemed to understand what I was saying, but I also had to explain the rest. “I came here using a portal that Ayla created.” I said, Ayla seemed to be glad to the fact that I mentioned her ‘greatness’ “And I appeared north from here, I guess it was in the middle of Canterlot and Ponyville, and the rest I guess you already know” “So… you didn’t tell us the truth because you thought we would think you were crazy?” Asked Vinyl. I nodded. “Ok, I understand why you said that, right now I would doubt you if you told me that you are a good person, but, you saved Fluttershy’s life, and you got hurt by that, so I think that is enough for me to trust you” said Twilight. “I think we all agree on this, we forgive you, but don’t lie to us anymore, ok?” Said Celestia. “Sure” I said. “Right now, I think we should see what your special talent is” Said Celestia. “Hey… Isn’t that a remote controller?” asked Luna “Like, for a videogame console?” Ayla looked at my Cutie Mark, she looked confused “I’ll explain the whole Cutie Mark thing to you later.” I told Ayla She nodded. “But… isn´t that your… nevermind.” “Yes, it is a remote controller!” said Derpy “So, your special talent must have something to do with videogames.” “Wait” I said “You have videogames here?” I asked. “Of course,” said Luna “I’m a pro on the subject.” “Interesting… I thought that didn’t exist here.” Ayla said “But… there is something wrong…” said Applejack “If his Cutie Mark has to do with videogames… why did he get it while fighting with the changelings?” She was right, why did I get it while fighting them? There was something missing. “Applejack is right,” said Rainbow Dash “I don’t think playing videogames saved Fluttershy.” “I think I know what is missing.” Ayla said “I only need to make a small… experiment, let’s go outside.” We all followed Ayla, when we were outside, Ayla took a small disk from her suit, and dropped it in front of her. Suddenly a practice dummy made of metal was built, she showed me that new invention of hers back on our dimension, where she used it to test the strength of her suits and gadgets. “Ok, Night Wolf, I want you to punch this dummy” Ayla said. “What? No way” I said “I’m going to break my fists if I punch it” “Come on!” Ayla insisted “Trust me! It’s the only way we will be able to see what your special talent is!” I sighed “Ok…” I turned my hand into a fist and, with all my strength, I punched the dummy, I think I heard something break, but the dummy remained intact. “OW!” I yelled “Ow, ow, ow, ow!” “Oh, come on,” Said Ayla “don’t be such a crying baby.” “Ow… and what was the goal for this?” I asked “Oh, sure.” She said “Punch it again.” “What!?” I asked “You want me to punch it again!?” “Sure.” Ayla said “NO!” I said “Ok, here’s the trick:” Ayla said “I want you to punch it again, but this time, focus on a videogame character.” “Huh? Why?” I asked “Just trust me.” She said I wasn’t sure, but I decided to trust her. I focused on Dante, from Devil May Cry, and I punched the dummy, after I did, the dummy flew some meters away “What!?” I said, amazed by my strength. “How is that even possible!?” asked Twilight. “Aha!” Said Ayla, she seemed to be proud of herself. “My theory was correct, like if there was ever any doubt.” “What do you mean?” Vinyl asked. “As you could see,” Ayla began the explanation “Night Wolf punched the dummy for the first time and he nearly broke his hand. ‘Which was kind of funny in fact’” “Not nearly,” I said “I broke it.” “Ok, he broke it, anyways, when he punched it for the second time, he focused on a character from a special videogame, and the fact that he focused on that character gave him the special capabilities that character has, that way he can reproduce an exact copy of those abilities to use them freely on this dimension.” Explained Ayla. “Umm… yeah…” said Rainbow Dash. “can you explain it in normal language?” Ayla sighed, she had suffered from this before, she didn’t like to explain her scientific facts on ‘caveman language’, or at least that is the term she used. “Very well… how can I put it…” She said, bothered “Night Wolf’s special talent is to copy any videogame character.” “OOOhhhh that explains a lot.” said Pinkie Pie. “So… he is like a… copycat?” asked Derpy “Not quite,” said Ayla “He can copy any ability, but he does not copy the thoughts or the behavior of the owners.” “Mm… I see…” said Celestia. “But, there is something missing.” Said Luna “What do the swords mean?” “Mm… you’re right…” Ayla said, then she began walking back and forth for about a minute. “I got it!” said Ayla, she seemed to have a great idea. “Night Wolf, this time, I want you to focus on a sword that a character uses.” “A sword?” I asked. “Yes” Ayla said. I followed Ayla’s direction and focused on the buster sword, from Cloud Strife, and after a couple of seconds, a strange light appeared on my hand, and it took the form of the Buster Sword. “Wow, I can’t believe this” I said. “Yes!” Ayla said, filled with excitement. “Seems like my theory is correct again!” “What do you mean?” asked Derpy “As you can see, a part of Night Wolf’s special talent is to create out of nowhere the swords that videogame characters use” explained Ayla. “Oh, I see, so I can spawn any sword, cool.” I said. Then the sword suddenly disappeared, and also my strength, and my wounds also came back. “Agh.” I groaned “Wha- What happened? Why do my arms and legs hurt all of a sudden?” “Mm… maybe it’s a side effect, or… did you get hurt before?” Ayla asked. Then I remembered, of course I got hurt, those changelings kicked my ass. “Yes, now I remember.” I said “The changelings made me suffer.” “Anyways, we should…” Vinyl said, before she was roughly interrupted by a nearby explosion in front of her. “What the hay is that?” asked Applejack “Oh, dear, it sounded like an explosion.” said Rarity Then, from the smoke caused by the explosion, came a changeling, but he was not alone, there were 7 more behind him. “Hello, Night Wolf.” Said the changeling, I could recognize his voice. “Do you remember me?” “You… you are the one who wanted to rape Fluttershy” I said, angry “Yes,” He said “’I’m glad you recognized me.” “What are you doing here!?” asked Celestia. “Oh, well…” one of the other changelings said “Our main objective was to take Night Wolf to Queen Chrysalis, and have fun with one of your subjects, but now that we know that you almost killed some of our soldiers… we will rape all of you.” “What!?” asked Rarity “Yes, and we know you are weak, I mean, you recently fought a lot of us, and we know we injured you.” And he was right, I was not the only one who was hurt, I could see that the others were also injured. “Who are these guys?” Ayla asked. “They are changelings, they can take the form of anyone, but they are stronger than before, I don’t know why.” explained Twilight. “Mm… I see…” Said Ayla “And they want to rape us? Really? Are you kidding?” “Yes.” said Rarity “Ok, I don’t need to know the details, but leave it to me.” Said Ayla. She moved to the front, she was getting close to the changelings. “Well, well, well, are you giving up?” one of the changelings asked “Or you want to do this the hard way?” “Mm… it depends, which is the hard way?” Ayla asked. “Well… it’s this one!” he said, and he swung his arm to hit Ayla’s face, but she blocked it, way too easily. “Is that all you’ve got?” she asked “how boring, I was hoping I could have some fun.” Then she threw the changeling to a nearby building. “Anyone else wanna try?” Asked Ayla. “KILL HER!” said one of the changelings. The 7 of them charged on her at the same time, and Ayla just stood there “Finally…” She said “Finally I get to have some fun.” Then she punched the first changeling on the face, after that she pulled a desert eagle from her leg, she must have brought it from our dimension, and she shot one of the changelings, right between the eyes, killing him. “What the” said one of them. Then she hit the other ones with a barrage of punches and kicks, after that, she shot 5 of them, every shot got their heads, leaving only one changeling alive. “No… get away!” The changeling said. “Are you scared?” Ayla asked “Don’t worry, I won’t kill you” “Really?” Asked the changeling “Of course not!” she said “but this bomb over here, she likes to kill.” Then she embedded a weird disk-like device that began a countdown, in his chest. “Ten… Nine…” Ayla counted, slowly. The changeling didn’t realize that the device was a bomb, until the countdown reached 3. “Wait, no, NO” He said, while he struggled to take the bomb away from him, but it was stuck on his chest. “NOOO!” the changeling said Then a very big explosion occurred on the site where he was, obliterating everything in a radius of about 3 meters, including the changeling. “What the!?” I asked “What did you do!?” Ayla looked at me, confused “What?” she asked “Was I too soft?”