//------------------------------// // Meeting New People // Story: Ultimate Battle of Ultimate Pony Destiny // by Haku1013 //------------------------------// "Hurry up! I think he's waking up!" "Hold your horses! He's heavier than he looks." "Ugh.. my head..." "Oh no you don't!" CLANK! "Ok... uh... now set him down. Oh my gosh, this is so not good!" “Trixie agrees, as she scratched her hoof with that last buck to his head...” The group stood in an old shed, located near the home of Fluttershy. After the Hulk had knock Boba back to the ground and knocked out by Trixie, the group had decided that it was best to tie up the bounty hunter and wait for word from Princess Celestia, whom Spike had sent a letter to, describing the details of the day. All they had to do now was wait. "Haku is right guys, all we have to do is wait," Deadpool said, walking out of the shed after everyone else. Everyone stared at him questioningly. "Who?" Rainbow asked. Deadpool chuckled in response. "Oh, no one. Forget I said anything." "Quiet Redman," Hulk said, "Hulk wants to fight now." "Um... excuse me..." a quiet voice said behind Hulk. Turning around, he stared at Fluttershy, who continued to try and hide behind Angel. Pushed forward by the rabbit, Fluttershy let out a eep as Hulk continued to stare at her. "Oh... um... if you could... I mean you don't need to if you don't want too, but if you... um..." Fluttershy stammered out slowly. "If Hulk can do what?" Hulk asked the pegasus, who backed up several feet. "Oh um... please... do not fight around here... um, please..." A silence befell upon the group, one which was broken by Trixie. "Hey, where did the giant robot thing go?" the blue unicorn said. “We lost it?! How do we lose a GIANT bucking robot?!” “Saw it leave after saving Fluttershy,” Rorschach stated, earning him a glare from Twilight. “And you just LET it leave?” She question angrily. “Was preoccupied with the Bounty Hunter and the big green freak.” The Hulk let out a loud grunt, letting Rorschach know that he heard the insult. “Wait,” Trixie interrupted again, “Trixie also noticed that the Rainbow one is also missing...” “You have got to be kidding me,” Twilight said as she let out an exasperated sigh. -------- Optimus stayed silent as he drove through the forest. He had succcessfully escaped the ponies before they had the chance to question him. He would most likely get chewed out by his team for it, but come on, it was Fluttershy. What was he suppose to do, just stay back and watch her be a hostage? Stopping for a moment to let a cockatrice cross the road, the Autobot let out a sigh. They had been on the planet for several weeks now and they still had no leads on how they even got there. The fact that hadn’t even been seen, save for today, meant that their luck was possibly changing. “First there was the explosion, and then the bright tunnel...” Optimus began, “then we got back online in that field.” Optimus continued his rambling as he started up again, the Cockatrice already having crossed the road. Driving down the dirt road, he made his way deeper within the Everfree Forest. After several more minutes of driving quietly, he came to a large hill, which he continued to pass through, showing a large whole camouflaged with a large piece of green and brown cloth. Driving through the hidden tunnel, Optimus soon arrived at a large cavern. It was large enough to house the entire population of Ponyville if it had to, with a small river coursing through the center of it. There were several holes in the stone ceiling, letting in enough light to see everything that the cavern held, including the Autobots two allies, both covered in some sort of injury. Seeing this, Optimus transformed, and walked to meet his allies. “Going out into the forest again wasn’t very responsible.” “Me Grimlock only followed Hot Rod out!” one of the allies shouted as he continued to rub a deep cut on his arm. This ally, apparently named Grimlock,was larger than Optimus, but not by much. His design was much different than Optimus’; his upper torso was a bright yellow, his chest black with the autobot insignia on it, while he waist was a shiny red. His limbs, on the other hand, were huge and masculine, light grey, his hands pitch black, like his head. His face, like Optimus’, was covered with a mask, while his eyes were hidden under a red plating. On his back was what appeared to be two large flat platforms with what could only be described as ‘tiny t-rex arms’ protruding off. In his hand, he held a rather large blade, it’s shading a deep red. “What?! Hey, bozo, don’t put the blame on me! You’re the one who ended up in fighting two adult manticores!” The other ally, Hot Rod, scream at Grimlock. Hot Rod stood his ground as Grimlock locked his gaze with Hot Rod’s, both trying to win the staring contest. Even with the size difference, Hot Rod only broke away when he was pulled aside by Optimus. “Hot Rod, I want a fully detailed report on the events that happened in my absence.” Hot Rod stood under Optimus’ gaze for a moment. Hot Rod’s design was more modern than both of the other autobots. His torso was orange with a yellow design in the center, and in the of that was his autobot insignia. His arms were a deep red, a set of blasters on each one. His legs were the same shade of orange as his torso, but black below the knees. He wore a red helmet with his face uncovered, unlike Optimus and Grimlock. The fact that he was much shorter than both didn;t really help the situation. “Well, Optimus, it all started when we heard a scream outside the tunnel,“ Hot Rod began. ----- Rainbow Dash stood out the hole that Optimus had just driven through. Unline the others, it seemed that she was the only one who had noticed the robot silently leaving while everypony else carried Boba Fett away. Somehow, even Rorschach had missed him leaving, and Rorschach never missed anything. Thinking whether or not to enter, Rainbow Dash simply stood at the entrance, pandering her options. She could go into the cave, but who knows what’s in there? On the other hand, she can stand and wait outside, but how long would it be if this thing never came out. “And I don’t really want to wait for so long, no matter how dangerous that thing... er, that Boba guy called him ‘Prime’... well, Prime might be. But then again-” A growl interrupted Rainbow’s train of thoughts. Slowly turning her head, Rainbow’s met with those of a manticore. Said Manticore was standing a mere four feet away from the cyan pegasus. “Um... hi...” Rainbow said slowly. Her response was a low growl of hunger. Slowly backing away several feet, Rainbow bumped into something. Said something a breathing loudly, rather raspy, and let a thin line of drool drop onto Rainbow’s mane. Looking up, Rainbow met the eyes of another manticore, this one spotting a black eye and several deep scratching on its face. Before Rainbow knew it, she was harshly swatted away by the manticore’s claw. Landing in front of the first Manicore, Rainbow could only scream as she felt teeth tear into her. Before blacking out, she could have sworn she heard another roar coming from the cave. ----- “Alone now, time to give full explanations,” Rorschach demanded as he leaned on one of Fluttershy’s walls, his arms crossed over his chest. After moving the Bounty Hunter into her shed, Fluttershy had offered some tea for everyone. Needless to say, the small house was extremely crowded. And needless to say, Rorschach was looking for answers. “Where and how did you get here?” the masked man asked both Deadpool and Hulk, the latter now seemed more calm, not to mention a bit smaller than before. “Oh well, allow me to answer your questions,” Deadpool sad, continuing in a whisper, ”as I don’t think Hulk will be around much longer.” “Hurm,” Rorschach responded. “Ok, anyways, first question. Well, I’m not sure what planet I came from, besides Earth. Great planet. You been there Rorry? The babes are nice, although the majority of them try to kill me.” “Get back to the point.” “Oh right. Ok, so again, not sure what Planet I was on before this, but I met Hulk there. He was caught as a prisoner there, so was I for a bit. Anyways, we found out that the planet was ruled by this empire, and they wouldn’t give us any burritos! I mean, seriously! A guy should be able to get a burrito when he wants one, whether or not they’ve been invented on that planet. Anyways, Hulk and I teamed up, beat back the empire, and gave the peasants new found freedom. Why? Because I’m awesome like that.” “What about how you got here?” Twilight asked this time. “Did you arrive like BobaFett? Did you come here with a ship?” “I don’t know,” was the unicorns response. Squinting her eyes, Twilight glared at the man. “What do you mean you don’t know?” Deadpool let out a chuckle. “I mean what I mean. I was asleep before we left. Hulk probably found us a ship, and had Banner fly it for us. Next thing I know, I’m laying down on a tree branch, the Hulk there hanging in some vines, staring at me. He said something about me sleepdriving the ship into some sort of space hole.” Twilight and Rorschach stared at each other as they processed this information. Hearing a crash, the group turned to see the Hulk sleeping on the floor, having turned over the table and spilling the tea. “Oh my, is he going to be ok?” Fluttershy squeaked as she ran to check on the green giant. “Oh him?” Deadpool pointed to Hulk, “Yeah, sure. Banner is about to come around. You’ll get more help out of him then Hulk.” “Hey Deadpool,” Pinkie asked her pen pal, getting his attention. “Yes, Pinkie?” the Merc asked back. “Well, why aren’t you acting the way you normally would in our letters? You always so funny then, but now you a Mr. Serious Serious-Pants.” “Elementary my dear Pinkie,” Deadpool said with a britsh accent, “Haku just needed someone to sort out the whole situation in an orderly manner. I didn’t like it, which is why even now, I’m being forced to speak in the way that I deem unfit.” “Haku doesn’t nice.” “No, no he isn’t.” Back with rest of the group, Fluttershy prodded the now transformed Hulk with her hoof. Instead of the Hulk that the group had seen, big mean green, the new person was... well, normal, as far as they could tell, except he was shirtless and had on only a pair of torn purple shorts. “What even is normal in this place?” Rorschach asked no one in particular. “The Smart and knowledgeable Trixie suspects this to be this ‘Banner’ person that the crazed human spoke of,” Trixie said in her usual obnoxious self. “Hey, let’s bring the story back to the real star, me, Deadpool,” said Merc announced. Turning away from the now normal human, Rorschach moved to Deadpool. “Ok, new question,” he began, “Who are you?” The question brought everyone off guard and away from the Banner-person. “Me?” Deadpool asked, his finger pointing to himself. “Yes, you. Who are you?” “I must admit, I too am quite curious as to how you operate, Mr. Deadpool,” Twilight stated. “Oh boy,” Deadpool said excitedly, ”background story time! Pinkie get the lights!” On cue, all light in the cottage went out, leaving everyone in darkness, until a spotlight opened up on a Pedestal, which Deadpool stood behind. His clasped his hands over the edges and started quietly. “Hi, my name is Deadpool,” he started, “and I’m a mercenary.” “Hello Deadpool,” both Fluttershy and Pinkie said together, receiving looks from the group. “Oh, um... isn’t it the polite thing to say hello back?” “I have to say,” Deadpool said, “I’m good at killing people. I mean really good. Innocent, guilty, doesn't matter if the price is right.” Rorschach growled at this information, but let Deadpool continue. “I mean, I’ve killed alot of people who deserved it, but I’m sure I’ve killed plenty of innocent people along the way.” Before Deadpool could give more of his speech, his head was struck by a flying teapot, presented by Rorschach. Wiping away Tea from his Deadpool stared at his fellow masked man. “Now why would you go and do that? Hmm? That’s just rude, you know that?” Rorschach marched until he was just inches away from Deadpool. “Hello,” he began, “I’m Rorschach. And I punish those who hurt the innocent.” Deadpool reaction was him rubbing his palms together and letting out a greedy laugh. “I smell sitcom!” Grabbing Deadpool head, Rorschach gave a sharp twist to the right, receiving a satisfying crack. Letting the body fall, he turned to face his group. Luckily, Trixie sw what was coming and had managed to cover Fluttershy’s eyes and ears. They didn’t need a traumatized pony on thier hands at the moment. Rorschach began to move back to his seat when he heard voice. “”Again, rude. You don’t see me walking around and breaking peoples neck, now do you?” Quickly turning around, Rorschach was stunned to see Deadpool standing, his hands snapping his head back into place. “You don;t die, do you...” “Eenope. I’m here to stay. Yay!” “Yay!” Pinkie shouted as she hugged her pen pal. “”C’mon Rorry, I know Deadpool. Sure, he’s made some mistakes, but he’s good now! Why else would Haku put him into the story?” “Pinkie, what are you talking about? What story?” Twilight asked her pink friend. Pinkie and Deadpool both let out a small chuckle. “Silly Twilight, it’s an inside thing. You wouldn’t get it.” Before another question could be asked, a knock came to the door. In response, the lights of the cottage came on again. Fluttershy, now uncovered by Trixie and unaware of what just happened, moved to open the door. Opening the door, Fluttershy stuck her head, and began talking with someone. Before anyhone could see who it was, Fluttershy slammed the door and ran to her friends. “Guys! It’s Rainbow Dash! She’s in trouble!” “What?! Dashy is in trouble?!” Pinkie screamed. “What happened?!” “Oh, um, she followed that robot from earlier into the Everfree Forest, apparently, and she got attacked by a manticore!” Pinkie rushed to the door, but was pulled back by Twilight’s magic. “Wait Pinkie, we can’t just go rushing into battle without a plan!” Twilight told her friend, who still struggled to break free of the spell. Facing Fluttershy, Twilight began to ask, “Fluttershy, who told you this?” Fluttershy was quick to respond. “The giant mechanical lizard outside my door, of course.” Taken back by the response, Twilight’s jaw dropped a bit. “Ok, um... what?” Before Fluttershy could respond, Rorschach spoke, obviously over the fact that he was unable to kill Deadpool. “Should head out right now. Rainbow needs help.” “Right! Ok, um, Fluttershy, you need to stay here,” Twilight ordered. Fluttershy let out a gasp. “Stay? But Twilight, Rainbow Dash is my friend too! I want to help... even if it means going into the Everfree Forest...” Placing a hoof on her friend's shoulder, Twilight continued. “I know Fluttershy, but someone needs to stay behind to watch... um... the unconscious human for us.” Letting out a depressed sigh, Fluttershy nodded her head. “You’re right Twilight. Ok, I’ll stay. But, um, the lizard is still out there... he says that he’ll take you there. Just follow him.” “Rorschach,” Twilight said to the masked man, “you should stay too. You’re the only one of the humans I really trust to keep Fluttershy safe if the guy-” “His name is Bruce Banner,” Deadpool interrupted. “- if Mr Banner wakes up.” Rorschach let out an audible ‘hurm,’ but gave her a nod. “Keep your eyes on Deadpool. Don’t trust him.” With a quick nod, Twilight and co. left out the door.... and promptly stood in shock as a GIANT MECHANICAL DINOSAUR stood before them. Pointing a finger at it, Deadpool clicked his tongue. “That’s not something you see everyday.” “Me Grimlock know where friend is. Me Grimlock take you to her,” the creature said. The creature took off with great speed, leaving the bewildered group of ponies and Deadpool behind. “Um... The Great and Now-Scared-Out-Of-Her-Wits Trixie isn’t so sure about this anymore. Should we follow?” “UH duh!” Pinkie shouted to the group, already having taken off after the dinosaur. “Come on guys! Dashie needs us!” “Hey, wait up Pinkie!” Deadpool shouted to her, having too taken off. With a sigh, the two remaining ponies also took off, not knowing what they waited for them in the forest. A few minutes later, the group ran into a grassy clearing, a large hill facing them. The whole area itself was in terrible shape; any shrubbery that remained was torn to pieces, and blood covered the ground. The earth itself had deep cuts in it. The creature stood wait for them by the hill. “Friend in here,” it said, walking into a cave that had its entrance camouflage. While Trixie and Twilight chose to walk carefully and slowly into the cave, Pinkie and Deadpool ran blindly in, the latter having pulled out two swords. Both Deadpool and Pinkie soon came to a large cavern, both jumping and posing rather dangerous(ok, not really) poses, with Twilight and Trixie finally having caught up. Scanning the area, the group was surprised by the actual amount of light in the cave, light coming out a large hole in the cavern ceiling. What surprised them more so was that the robot from earlier was there to meet. “Good, you have arrived,” he said, “welcome. I am glad to see that you trusted my friend enough to follow him.” “Enough talk!” Pinkie almost screamed, “where’s Rainbow Dash?!” Picking up his hands in defense, the robot continued. “Yes, she is over here. I am happy to report that while she is unconscious, she only garnered minor damage.” The strange robot led the team to one of the caverns corners, where they saw Rainbow Dash laying a pile of leaves. Like the bot said, she was unconscious and bleeding from a bite wound on her side, though it didn’t seem very deep and the majority of the blood had dried. Pinkie immediately ran to her side, while Trixie tried to comfort the pink pony. Deadpool remained behind, having now sheathed his katanas, and stood behind Twilight. Said pony was glaring daggers at the... thing... infront of her. “Ok, from what I’ve heard,” she said to the robot, “Rainbow as attacked by a manticore. Care to explain what happened?” The robot let out a sigh, obviously not happy with the current event. “It would seem that your friend followed me here and was ambushed by two creatures that you call manticores. Luckily, before any major damage was done, my fellow Autobots were able to fight them off,” it explained. “Fight them off...” Twilight said quietly before raising her voice to the robot, “Who are you?!” Before the robot could respond, another came walking through the entrance. “Ok Optimus, I chased the creatures off. I don’t think they’ll be bothering us anymore. And again, I’m sorry for what-” the newcomer paused as it took notice of the guests. “Um... hi?” it greeted them. “Good, you’re here Hot Rod. I was hoping you would arrive so that I may finally introduce ourselves to our guests.” Stomping her hoof to the ground, Twilight caught the attention of the robots again. “Answer me question!” she ordered. “Me Grimlock no like loud pony,” the mechanical dinosaur whined, right before transforming into a whole new creature similar to the other two. “Its changes shape,” Trixie said as she stared at the robots from afar, “Of course it changes shape.” “Very well, my little pony,” the leading robot said. “You already know Grimlock, leader of the DInobots,” he introduced the dinosaur warrior. “Me Grimlock more than leader, Me Grimlock King!” The leader ignored his ally and shifted to the newest robot. “Hot Rod, my second in command.” Hot Rod kneeled down to the ponies/Deadpool and extended his his hand. “Hey, nice to meet you.” When nopony attempted to grab his hand in response, Hot Rod stood up, a little disheartened. “My name is Optimus Prime,” Optimus said, “we are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron.” “But call us Autobots, for short,” Hot Rod said. Twilight stared in awe, all anger now gone and replaced with the lust for more knowledge. Here before them stood not just humans from another planet, but an entirely new species! Here stood the Autobots. "And why are you here?" she asked Optimus. Kneeling down to meet Twilight, Optimus spoke with sadness. "I am not sure how my fellow Autobots and I arrived here, but since then, we have found evidence of our enemies presence. While it is still unconfirmed, I would still like to speak with your princess." "Why haven't done so already?" Twilight asked. "I have been concerned with how you people would react to us, as it is not everyday that a Cybertronian appears on another planet. I am glad that you arrived when you did, despite the current events, for it seems that now we have you to help us make contact with your leaders." "Um, OK, but before I do, just one more question: who are these 'enemies' that you speak of? What are they? Are they like you? What do they call themselves?" "Decepticons," Optimus replied.