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Tony walked over to the large pile of ponies and sat on the soft grass. He stared at the pile, trying to figure out who was who. He then noticed that each pony seemed to have a tattoo on their hip.
"Bruce, come look at this." he said, calling the purple pony away from an apple tree. Bruce brought two apples with him, tossing one to Tony.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Well, each of these guys have a tattoo on their butt." he said, looking at a purple pony with a dirty blonde cropped mane and tail. On his hip there was a picture of a bow and arrow. He had a unicorn horn poking out of his hair. "Found Clint." he said, looking over his shoulder at the scientist. "And he's a freaking unicorn!" he said enthusiastically, although he had no idea why. Bruce nodded and stood up, walking around the pile.
"I got Natasha." the scientist said, looking at a tan pony in a skin-tight black suit. She had a short, choppy, red mane and tail. Tan, feathery wings protruded from her suit and were resting against her body.
Tony looked at the other two ponies lying on the stack, and they were pretty easy to recognize. "OK, well, Thor is obviously the yellow one with golden hair and cape. Look, he even has his hammer as a tattoo. But- why does he have both unicorn horn and wings?" he asked, staring at the god.
"Maybe ‘cause he's a deity he gets extra powers or something?" Bruce guessed, walking over to his friend.
"Yea. That's probably it. Well, Steve is the blue one, and his shield is of course the picture on his hip." Tony said, walking over to him. "He's like you Bruce, a regular pony." he said, leaning over the soldier. Steve's shield lay near him on the ground, as did Thor's hammer.
Suddenly, there was groan from the group, and Clint lifted his head up slowly.
"Wha- Ohh...my head.." he moaned, putting a hoof to his forehead. "Where- Stark? Rogers? Guys, where are you?" he asked, looking around. His eyes stopped when he saw Tony and Bruce. "Oh Hello there. Nice horses. Just let me try and find my friends, alright?" he cooed. Tony and Bruce exchanged knowing looks and then looked back to Clint.
"Sup, Legolas, How's it hanging?" Tony said, making Clint jump.
"WHAT THE HELL?!?" he yelled, falling out from under Steve, crashing to the ground. "Where's my bow!?!" he yelled again, looking around him. His bow lay near some twigs, with arrows scattered about the area.
Clint's yelling woke up Natasha, who shook her head and stood up, blinking repeatedly.
"What happened? Where are we?" she asked weakly, walking over to them.
"There's a bit of a situation." Bruce said, looking at the agents. Natasha's eyes went wide as she stared at them, her mouth hanging open. Clint looked at her, then back to the pair.
"What the hell is going on, Stark?" he asked, trying to be calm. Tony rolled his eyes.
"I don't know. Seems like the wormhole dumped us in a parallel universe by the looks of it. Unless- of course, that Earth has magical talking horses." he replied with a smirk. Clint gave him an annoyed look.
"You sure are uncharacteristically calm about this. What gives?" he asked, eyebrows raised. Tony smiled.
"Well, I got wings, so I'm good for the moment," he replied, hovering in the air. "Although, I am gonna have to somehow find a way to engineer some armor..." Clint gaped at him, and Natasha looked to her body, seeing she too had wings. She smiled a little and began to flap them, taking off into the air a couple of inches.
"I like this. But what about the others?" she asked, looking to Steve and Thor. "Is that them?" she asked. Tony nodded. The pair soon lost motion and fell to the grass, picking themselves up quickly. Tony then walked over to the super soldier and tapped his shoulder.
"Steve? Capsicle, its time to wake up." he said softly. Steve didn't stir.
"I got this." he said, taking a step back. Tony cleared his throat and Bruce plugged his ears, the agents doing the same. "ATTENTION! CAPTAIN ROGERS REPORT TO DUTY!" he yelled.
Steve instantly shot up and saluted, his eyes slightly crossed.
"Reporting for duty sir!" he said back, before looking at his hand. "What the-", he said before falling off of Thor, landing on the soft grass with a thud.
"Tony, what happened to me?" Steve asked, standing up and looking at himself. "Why am I a horse, and why am I blue?!" he freaked. Tony sighed.
"Its ok, cap. We're all ponies. just chill out." he said. putting his arm around Steve's neck.
Steve gave him an annoyed look and ducked out from under his arm.
The group noticed a large yellow pony grumbling, standing up slowly. "By Norns...I'm an equine?" he asked, looking at his hoof. "I wonder what the others will think of this-" he stopped as he turned to see his horse team-mates. "Oh, nevermind. You already know." he said with a shy smile.
Steve sighed and looked to Tony with a scowl. "Explain Stark. Now," he ordered. Tony sighed and gave them an annoyed look, opening his mouth to speak when there was a rumbling in the clouds. The wormhole opened once more for a moment and a gray pony with jet black hair, along with a horn and wings, fell out of it, screaming his head off.
"Is that-" Tony said, gaping at the sight. Thor smiled.
"Aye. It is." he replied, running over to the colt.
The pony landed on the grass with a 'thud', his golden scepter landing beside him.
"Oh damn those Midgardians....that was not supposed to happen." he mumbled, lying on the ground. The Avengers ran up to him, knowing exactly who it was, judging by his appearance and voice.
"Loki?" Thor asked, looking at his brother. Loki's eyes lay closed, and he mumbled in his injury induced haze.
"No...stupid heroes...kneel," he said softly. Clint growled at the god, still not over his last encounter with Loki.
"I say we kill him." the archer said, glaring at the alicorn.
The avengers shot him looks of confusion and horror, especially Thor.
"What? Agent Barton, if you dare lay a hand on my brother I shall-" he was cut off by Cap.
"Look, it's fine. Nobody's hurting or killing anyone." he said, stepping between the men. Loki groaned on the ground, before lifting his head up slowly and shaking his head.
"Oh... that was quite a fall..." he mumbled, opening his eyes slowly. He looked around and saw the ponies around him, and had a mixture of confusion and amusement on his face.
"Look, I know I should be frightened right now, but you look ridiculous. And judging by our surroundings, my spell worked." he gloated. The avengers stared at him, and he rolled his eyes as if it was obvious. Loki then changed form and looked like Fury, well, pony fury, and mimicked his words.
"Avengers. Theres trouble with magic and we need you to come in." he said with a roll of his eyes.
"You gave us that order?!" Tony yelled, growling at the alicorn. Loki sighed.
"Yes." he said as he changed form, going back to normal. "And now you look ridiculous as pathetic horses." he gloated, getting muffled snickers from the team.
"Look in the mirror Horn Head." Tony said with a smirk, a little excited to see the smug god's reaction. Loki stood up and rolled his eyes, conjuring a mirror with his magic.
"I'VE TURNED INTO SLEIPNIR!!" he yelled, glancing to his legs.”Wait- no, four legs. Not Sleipnir, but an equine. No no no no! That wasn't supposed to affect me!" he said, worry seeping into his voice.
"Brother. Is this your doing?" Thor asked. Loki nodded slightly and moved away from his brother, knowing he could explode at any moment.
"Well, what are we gonna do about this?" Tony asked, hovering a few feet off the ground.
"Well," Steve said, pulling him down. "It looks like wherever we are, we’re in an orchard. and since orchards aren't natural, there have to be more ponies. Maybe even some people." he finished.
The avengers nodded in agreement as Thor tossed Loki over his back along with his scepter, and picked his hammer up with his mouth. Clint put his bow around his neck, and Steve grabbed his shield and put in on his front leg.
"Ok. Let's go find someone to help us." Steve said, leading the group.