//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 - Hey, Remember That One Thing Mentioned in Chapter 3? Well, That. // Story: The Cosmic King // by Theyellowninja13 //------------------------------// I don’t know where we were. But me and the others were battling some strange figure. I couldn’t make out any details, other than that it had a hellish red aura, and that it seemed familiar. I looked around at the battered bodies of my friends. Applejack had a huge gash on her side, and I could tell that all her legs were broken. Rarity’s coat was more blood red than white, her mane was cut up, and I think her nose was broken. Fluttershy had a broken nose, and a bruised body with what I think was a rib sticking out of her side. Pinkie’s mane was flat, her body was cut up, one of her legs was missing, the others were broken and I couldn’t sense any of that Pinkie Energy she give off. I saw Rainbow Dash get flung away into a wall, and not get up. Rainbow, probably was the worst off than the others. Her legs were broken, with bones protruding out. One wing was missing, the other was broken and bloody. Her mane was torn up and her coat was covered in blood. Several of her ribs were sticking out of her body and her entire face was broken. I slowly got up and limped over to the figure. While I was moving, I saw that my body was in a bad shape. My powers weren’t with me, so I was at a severe disadvantage. My right arm was missing, my left was broken. My left leg was bent in an odd angle and my right leg was torn into, blood dripping everywhere. There was a giant gash across my stomach and chest, still bleeding out, staining my tattered t-shirt. My back felt pretty broken, making it a miracle that I’m not paralyzed. I felt my face, and felt that my face was drenched in my blood. There was a huge scar across my entire face. I eventually managed to get to the creature and I felt it vibrating, like it was laughing. I kept walking and threw my only fist at it, hoping it would hit it. The creature just grabbed my fist, snapped my arm, and punched me in the gut. I took a few steps back to balance myself, and then walked forward again. This time, whatever it was kept punching me in the gut. I shot awake knocking whatever was attacking my gut off my bed, and then jumped off getting in a battle position. When whatever was attacking me got out from under the covers that I threw upon it, I noticed it was a familiar cyan pony with a rainbow mane. I relaxed my body and sighed in relief. “Whew, it was only a nightmare.” Rainbow took notice of me speaking after she got out of the blankets and flew into the air. “You get nightmares? I wonder what kind of stuff scares mister ‘Cosmic King’?” We both chuckled at that. “Oh you know, stuff where I was watching you guys get beat up my a mysterious figure. Missing a wing doesn’t suit you Rainbow.” I grinned. She laughed. “Ya right, like anything could manage to catch me and tear off my wing. I’m too awesome to be able to get caught.” Same old Rainbow. “So, why were you punching me in the gut? While I was sleeping?” While I was asking, I picked up my blankets and fixed my bed. “Remember that time on the day you came to this universe, and I challenged you to a race, but you had to cancel it?” I finished fixing my bed and sighed. “I didn’t cancel it, I was postponing it to another time where I wasn’t as hungry and had clothes that didn’t have a bullet hole in them, and several burn marks from my fall, or the blood and tears that I got from crashing in the Everfree Forest.” I said while stretching my body. “Ya, whatever. But I think we should have the race today. You have new clothes and aren’t hungry so we could race today.” She looked excited for this race. Probably thinking that if she beats me, she be considered the fastest thing in the multiverse. “Sure, later today. How about 1pm? I don’t want to race on an empty stomach. I already have the idea for how far the race will go. Meet me at the edge of Ponyville, facing Canterlot around 1pm.” She nodded and flew off. “See you at the race!” She yelled as she went to her house I think. I chuckled and walked downstairs to the kitchen. I noticed a big box in it. I curiously opened it up, and found out that it was full of Minecraftian meats, from raw beef, to raw fish. I licked my lips and picked up the note on top of the meats. “So Minecraft got lucky and was able to get a whole bunch of meats? And considering the fact that Minecraft time runs faster than this universes time, it has been several months since I saw him. Thanks Minecraft.” I spoke to myself while reading the note. I put the note and the meats away, grabbing a fish while doing so. I cooked and ate the fish with some apples and pop and went downstairs to work on something. “I need to make a running suit. Don’t want to burn my clothes running.” I muttered to myself, grabbing the materials I need. “What color to make it?” I snapped my fingers when I fully developed the idea in my head and got to work. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ I pace around, waiting for Connor to show up. I turn my head noticing all the ponies waiting in the seats Pinkie set up to watch the race and see me win. “Aghh! Where is he!” After I said that, the Ponyville clock tower rung out, signalling that it was 1pm. “He should have been here by now.” I was cut off from saying anything else, when a figure appeared out of nowhere next to me right as the bell finished sounding. It turned it head to me and I could see that it was Connor who was smiling. “I like to arrive on time, okay?” He started stretching while I kept on looking at him, shocked. He was wearing some kind of full body suit that covered everything below his neck. It was colored red and yellow and had some yellow lightning bolts on it. I eventually walked up to him. “Where did you come from?” He looked at me when I said it. “I used the sound of the bell to hide the sound of my sonic boom as I ran through town to get here.” He was finishing up his stretching. “What’s with the suit?” He looked at it like he was confused if something was wrong with it. “It’s similar to someone’s suit in a different universe. I’m wearing it out of respect for them. Plus they had the ability to run faster than sound, and I always thought he was cool, so I’m wearing the suit.” He had a smile on his face as he was remembering his past or something. “So, what are the rules of the race going to be?” His face went serious as he walked away, and held up a hand with one finger on it, which I took to mean wait a sec. He walked up to where all the ponies could see him and spoke up. “So, the race will be as follows; the racers, meaning Rainbow Dash and I, will start at this starting line.” He pointed to the starting line he spawned onto the ground. “The racers must fly from the starting line, to the flags located at the edge of Canterlot which look like this.” He held up two flags, one was rainbow colored and had my cutie mark on it. The other was a dark purple with stars on it which I think Connor called cosmic purple, and it had three circles on it making sorta of like a triangle shape. I think the circles were portals or something. “This one is the flag Rainbow Dash has to grab,” He held up the rainbow colored one. “And this is the one I have to collect.” He held up the other one. “The first one to get to the flag first and arrive back at the starting line, which would then be the finishing line is the winner of this race, and would win this trophy.” He held up a giant golden trophy after putting away the flags. The trophy was a giant cup and had a figure of me and Connor running next to each other trying to get to a goal. We both walked up to the starting line, preparing for the race. Pinkie had a device set up and was speaking in a megaphone. “On your mark!” “Get set!” All the muscles in our bodies tightened. “GO!” She yelled as we both took off with two sonic booms. I took to the sky, while Connor was running along the ground at impressive speeds and had a yellow and red blur behind him. I looked ahead and watched as I got closer and closer to Canterlot, going around mach 4. After a minute of relentless flapping, I saw the flags standing off the ground in Canterlot. I put out some more speed, as I got closer to the flags. I saw a yellow and red blur quickly run up the other flag, pick it up and run back to Ponyville. I quickly grit my teeth and fly as fast as I could. I grabbed the flag, quickly turned around and flew back. I pushed myself to the limit as I ran, I was barely able to open my eyes as I flew. But the tiny bit I was able to open my eyes, I saw a cone of air forming around me as I flew back to Ponyville, going at incredible speeds. I hear a loud bang as I rushed forward, my eyes shot open as I activated a sonic rainbow, leaving a rainbow trail behind me. I noticed the finishing line and put every last bit of energy I had to my speed. I crossed the finishing line, landed and sent up a cloud of dirt, and almost passed out before I heard the cheering coming from the crowd. I stood up and waited for the dirt to clear, to see the ponies, holding up an exhausted looking Connor and cheering, even though I was the one who did a sonic rainboom. After a second or two of disbelief, I managed to yell out; “WHAT!” It was barely heard over the crowd of cheering ponies. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ I just barely made passed the finish line when I heard a loud bang and turned around. When I did, I was greeted with the sight of a sonic rainboom. It was so amazing to look at, I wasn’t even able to think about if I ruined the timeline for the show. I was cut out of my staring by the ponies that picked me up and started cheering for me, bringing me over to the trophy. Before we got there though, Rainbow landed on the ground, and a few seconds later, was visible through the dust she kicked up. She looked like she was expecting to win, then she saw me, and a look of disbelief went over her face. I was just barely able to hear her yell ‘what’ in disbelief before I was put to my feet, next to the trophy, in front of the town. Rainbow slowly walked up to the opposite side of the stage I was put on, and looked at me angrily. I noticed the crowd was yelling for a speech. I put my hand out to silence them. When all was quiet, I looked over at a still seething Rainbow and took a deep breath. “Ponies of Ponyville! I know I might have won this race, but what I believe is that both Rainbow Dash and I deserve this trophy.” I motioned to the trophy and everyone looked at me in disbelief. “I may have ran from Canterlot and back, but Rainbow Dash here was able to perform a sonic rainbow, something I could say I would never be able to do.” I picked up the trophy, and noticed that a unicorn had printed my name on it for first place, so I quickly worked a bit of my powers, and made it say; ‘Champions of Speed: Connor and Rainbow Dash’. I showed it to Rainbow who got rid of the scowled look and gave a happy smile. I put the trophy down, and addressed the crowd again. “So, I’m going to rest for a bit. Hope you enjoyed the race.” I walked away and over to Rainbow and the other four next to the trophy as the ponies walked away and started putting up the stuff set out. Pinkie immediately ran up to me. “That was so cool Connor! How you were able to run up the mountain, sideways and grabbed the flag, and ran down the mountain sideways and kept on running so fast that you had a blur behind you.” I pushed her head away and she continued talking with no one listening to her. I decided to stop her before she dies of asphyxiation. “Actually Pinkie, you should also be congratulating Rainbow over there for her sonic rainboom. I honestly didn’t expect her to do it.” When I said that, they all looked at me in confusion. “Wait, so Rainbow here wasn’t supposed to do a sonic rainbow?” AJ asked. I nodded and they all gasped. “There wasn’t really supposed to be a race. I wasn’t in the TV show. Rainbow was supposed to do a sonic rainboom at one of the Next Young Fliers Competitions. I won’t explain the details, but I’m pretty sure that Rainbow was able to use the sonic rainboom because of her desire to win and beat me was overwhelming.” They all had mixed expressions on their faces. “Wait, Rainbow, try doing a sonic rainboom again.” She nodded and took off to the sky. Once high enough, she starting dive bombing. Once fast enough, a mach cone starting forming around her. After another second, she instantly stopped, and got flung back into the air. She quickly recovered and flew back to our group, looking sad. “Why couldn’t I do it again?” “I think it was because you were doing something during the race, that you weren’t doing now. But don’t worry, after the next time you do a sonic rainboom, I think you’ll be able to do it whenever you want.” She seemed to be cheered up by that. Then she had a curious expression on her face. “Connor, how were you able to move so fast?” I took a moment to think of an answer. “My powers.” They all ‘ohhed’ at that. “But there are Connors in the other universes that move much faster than me.” “Like how fast?” Rainbow asked curiously. “Unknown. They don’t usually try to see how fast they are.” They all looked shocked. I walked over and picked up the trophy. I handed it to Rainbow. “Hey, you think you can hold onto this? I don’t really have a place for it in my house. But you probably do. Besides, I get a weird feeling every time I look at a trophy.” I shivered a bit. “Thanks Connor. I’m sorry for being mad at you earlier.” She unexpectedly pulled me into a hug. “Thanks for standing up for me.” Everyone else jumps on me, making it a group hug. “You guys are all great friends.” I smiled when I said that, and returned the group hug. After an awkward minute, we started to go our separate ways. Only me and Rainbow were left back next to the trophy. “So, want help bringing this back to your house?” She looked at me confused. “But you can’t fly.” I gave a big grin and flew off the ground. Rainbow flew up next to me and started flying around me. “How are you flying? You don’t have wings.” I shrugged. “I’m not really sure myself. I know it’s not magic. I think it’s energy I dispel from myself. Or ki. Which is technically energy.” I shook my hand. “Let’s not think about it and just carry this trophy to your house.” She nodded and we both picked up the trophy. After a minute or two, we finally arrived at her place. We slowly floated down to the cloud yard thing and put the trophy down. I took a deep breath, and dropped onto the cloud. I stumbled a bit in surprise. “Cool! I can stand on clouds!” I jumped up and down a bit to emphasize it. We picked the trophy up again and started bringing it into her house. “Hey Connor, why didn’t you fly during the race?” I smirked. “So you could still be considered the fastest flyer in Equestria. I’m not sure how fast I can fly.” She grinned at that. After another minute, we got the trophy where Rainbow wanted me to put it. After putting it down, I took a quick glance around. Rainbow’s place was practically like a mansion. Sure it was messy, but there was room to spare in here. There were trophies littered everywhere, and posters of the Wonderbolts on each wall. If I could whistle, I would whistle as the sheer size of the place. As I was walking to the door, hoping to get home to change out of this suit, I suddenly felt a flash of weakness strike through me as everything starting going dark. “Sorry, about that mess, I don’t usually have company.” She turned around and didn’t see me. “Connor? Where are you?” She starting to look around, but was stopped when a loud crash sound was heard coming from the ground below the house. Rainbow quickly ran out of the house and flew down to see my body lying on the ground, badly broken. “Connor!” I heard her yell before I blacked out. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Darkness. All I saw was darkness. No nightmares, no dreams, no visions, no TV. Just darkness. Then I heard a sound. It sounded like a stream of high pitched beeps. Then came muffled voices. As the voices became clearer, I could understand what they were saying. “Is he going to be alright doctor?” One voice asked. “Hopefully. We don’t know much about human anatomy, but we tried our best to put his bones back to normal. Although, some of his organs are still wounded.” Another voice said. “Why didn’t he regenerate from this like he usually would?” Another voice asked. “I’m afraid I don't know.” The second voice responded. “You don’t know! You don’t know! Our friend’s life could be at risk, and all you could say is that you don’t know!” A fourth voice rang out. Definitely Rainbow's. Once I regained more or less full consciousness, a loud crack was heard as my vision started coming back. At first everything was blurry, and then figures starting making themselves clear. After a few seconds, my normal vision was back to normal, but the other visions I usually see overlapped with everything else were still not there yet. I heard a yell and was suddenly tackled by a pink blur. I shot up throwing the blur against the wall as a reaction. But due to the quick movement, my body quickly hurt. After a minute or two of almost crying in pain, my body regenerating back to normal. When I finally quieted down, I noticed everyone staring at me. Even Celestia was there in the corner looking at me with concern. I decided to break the silence. “So, where am I?” I saw Pinkie about to jump on me again, but I held her to the ground with magic, much to her distress. “Don’t tackle me like that Pinkie, especially when I’m hurt. It was extremely painful.” The doctor spoke up. “It’s good to see you awake Mr. Connor.” I grimaced. “I do have a question though. Why did you regenerate now? You didn’t regenerate when we brought you in.” “My regeneration works only when conscious. Also, you did a terrible job putting my bones back into place. My eyes weren’t even where they should have been. But don’t worry, you tried, and that’s more than others could have said.” I shrugged. “So does anyone know what happened?” “You helped me put my trophy in my house, and then when I turned around after admiring it, you were gone. I thought you maybe went to another area of my house to check it out, but I heard a loud crashing sound coming from below my house. I went to check it out, and found you pretty beat up. I brought you to the hospital and went to get the others. We were hoping you would know what happened.” I thought about it for a second, and was about to access my arm, when I realized I didn’t have it. “Where’s my arm?” I asked, with a hint of anger. Celestia walked forward and spawned it with her magic and handed it to me. “Here it is. I kept it safe incase anyone from CFTDP tried to take it.” At that point, everyone was startled that Celestia was here and bowed. “Why were you invisible?” I asked as I started to reattach my arm. “You’re too young to understand.” She said with a grin. She definitely knew me before I arrived in this universe. “So, any idea of why I passed out?” I said, checking my blood readings with my arm to try and find foreign objects in it. It said I was clean. “Oh, I’m sure you know full well what happened to you. You just don’t know that this was it.” She still had a grin. “Can you give me a hint?” I gave a ‘seriously?’ look. “CGR” She said. That sounds familiar. Wait. “CGR, that means that…” I wasn’t able to finish, when I felt a sharp pain in my back and quickly flipped over on the bed to avoid unwanted damage. I felt the hospital gown I was wearing start to stretch in the back as I tried to hold back cries of pain. “Princess, what does CGR mean?” Applejack asked. “CGR means Cosmic Genetic Rewrite.” They all gasped. “What is that supposed to mean?” Rainbow asked. “It something cosmic beings have. They adapt a trait they are similar with in the area of the universe they are in. Connor’s body is adapting to a trait he shares with a race on this planet.” They all gasped again. I just roll my eyes. Before anyone could say anything else, a loud ripping sound was heard as the hospital gown was ripped apart by the two new appendages sticking out of my back. Luckily, there was no blood, but I almost passed out from the pain. “Oh, my.” Fluttershy said. “My word.” Rarity. “Land sakes!” Applejack. “Whoa! Cool!” Rainbow. “Why can’t I move!” Pinkie, who was still being held down by magic. Once the pain resided, I sat up on the bed, looked at my wings with curiosity, and stood up. Everyone was too distracted by the new wings to notice I just stood up and was testing my wings, but was having trouble getting them to move. Rainbow took notice of what I was doing and spoke up. “That is so cool how you have wings Connor! Now I have another flying buddy!” I chuckled at what she said. I noticed that there was a full length mirror in the room, so I decided to see what my wings look like. I got to the mirror, and took a good look. I kinda expected them to be white, or the color of my skin, when actually, they were a bright golden yellow. They looked so shiny, that I could probably reflect light and energy off of them. I started thinking of new attacks I could use. I was driven out of my thoughts by a light touching on my wings. I quickly turned around, my wings stretched out in surprise, and then folded onto my back. I noticed a startled Fluttershy behind me. I sighed. “I think I have PTSD.” I muttered to myself. “They’re real.” I heard Fluttershy meekly say. I nodded. “Yeah, and I think they’re kinda sensitive. Man, that’s going to take a bit to get used to.” A thought occurred to me. “Where are my clothes?” Rarity levitated the clothes to me, all cleaned and fixed. “I fixed them up for you darling. Although, they don’t have room for your new, well, improvements.” I chuckled and put them on, feeling a tad uncomfortable in the back. “That’s okay. Do you think you’ll be able to make me a thin shirt, that has holes for the wings to wear under my regular shirt? I could use these wings for the element of surprise.” Celestia laughed a bit. “Only you would try to find all the ways to use a new part of yourself as a weapon Connor.” I smiled back. “Of course darling. It’ll be quite a challenge. And I do love a good challenge.” She gave a smile. “Thanks. But one more question. Can I leave now?” I looked at the doctor. “Yes, it seems that you are fit enough to leave, so I guess you are cleared. Have a nice day.” He checked some charts while talking. “You too.” I nodded at him, before we all left the hospital. Celestia had to go back to Canterlot. I was still feeling a little woozy, so I decided to go home, the others following me to make sure I don’t pass out again. Once we got to my house, I turned and thanked them for the help and they all left to go back home. I noticed that it was almost night. So I went up to my bedroom and just fell down onto my bed and let sleep take me.