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// The Forgotten Ones (BONUS DLC CHAPTER) 
// Story: Equestria Brahs 
// by FlareGun45 
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Welcome, brahs! You just read the remake of Equestria Brahs, and you decided that you liked this story and wanted to see more, which is why you downloaded this bonus chapter that’s gonna lead to the next Equestria Brahs book that’s going to be coming after Book 3 is finished, or partially finished! Anyways, this chapter is going to answer the question of what happened to human me and human Water, so let’s get started!

We start off this bonus chapter taking place right after Water and I returned from human world, Canterlot High, after Boorlie Pomodoro uses one of human Swinebutt’s spider-bots to steal my black box and use it to his advantage at me giving up my secret formula for him, but thanks to my Trixie-tricks, my friends in the human Noble Six, I was able to get it back! While I was at it, I helped my human friends reunite after Sunset Shimmer broke them up, but there was still one thing I forgot to do before I left the human world because I didn’t have enough time to do it before the portal back to Equestria closed. Now we find ourselves right where we left out, right after my friends and I left the Crystal palace and were heading to the trainstation to go back to Ponyville.

Saturday, June 21st, 2013… outside the Crystal palace… one day after the portal to the human world closes….

“Well, it seems like a pretty straightforward plan for Boorlie to steal yer box and use it to steal yer secret recipe.” Engie said.

“So you got to be a human, huh? Human me sounds pretty interesting, but it’s too bad I wasn’t able to fly.” Psyche said.

”Well Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight grew some wings during their little moment, but somehow Twilight and Rarity didn’t have their horns.” I said. “I believe that was all a hoax for toy stock.”

“I would’ve wanted to be on an adventure like that! I should’ve gone with you!” Crystal complained.

"Well, one thing's for sure, I'm going to miss eating meat. You should taste, and you'll feel excited on how delicious chicken tastes!" I said. I’m skipping the cutaway gag because you saw that already.

“Well, regardless, we were wrong Flare. It was foolish of us to disagree with ya dream.” Aqua said.

“No problemo, brah!” I said. “At least I know I’m right, and you’re wrong, it makes a huge difference.”

“So what are we going to do when we get back to Ponyville?” Water asked.

“I dunno.” I said. Just then, a strange beam of light appears up ahead, and what looks to be like a school bus drove really fast towards us, and it parked right in front of us, and tooted its horn.

“A school bus?” Blaze asked. The school bus opened, and Ms. Frizzle in pony form came out.

“What a perfect time to take a field trip to an alternate world!” Ms. Frizzle said.

“Ms. Frizzle? What are you doing here?” I asked.

“You know this strange-looking mare?” Crystal asked.

“Yes she’s Twilight’s home room teacher at Canterlot High! What are you doing here?” I asked.

“You have to come back with me!” Frizzle said grabbing my shoulders.

“Back where?” I asked.

“Back to the School!” Frizzle said as she reached through the crystal trash cans, took garbage out, and placed them inside one of the fuel containers of her bus.

“What are you doing, Frizzle?” Water asked.

“I need fuel.” Frizzle said, placing the garbage inside. “Go on, get in the bus!” 

“But Frizzle, we just got back!” I complained. “Crèmepop, my sister, and my friends, and I are all thinking of going to the Crystal Empire T.G.I. Fridays!”

“By all means, take them along! This concerns them too!” Frizzle said.

“Wait, Frizzle, what are you talking about? What happened in that universe?” Water asked.

“Are my human friends okay?!” I panicked.

“Oh no no no! Your friends turn out fine! It’s that universe’s version of yourself and your sister! Something needs to be done by yourselves!” Frizzle said. 

“I KNEW IT! I knew something wasn’t right! I knew I was forgetting something!” I shouted. “Human me and human Water need our help!”

So we all agreed to go with her on the trip. We all went into the bus, and Ms. Frizzle started it up as her pet lizard Liz was hanging on her back. We were pretty concerned because Ms. Frizzle got the bus turned to the wrong direction, as she was about to step on the gas pedal. “Hey, Ms. Frizzle, you better turn around, there doesn’t seem to be enough road in this direction.” Blaze pointed out.

“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads!” Ms. Frizzle said as she puts on her shades, and the school bus starts to fly. Yeah this is the part where the credits rolled at the end of Equestria Brahs.

“Seatbelts, everyone!” Frizzle said.

“Please let this be a normal field trip!” Aqua begged.

“With the Frizz?!” all of us asked shockingly. “No way!”

“Bus, do your stuff!” Frizzle said to her bus as the bus tooted and opens a vortex to take us all back to the human world.

Meanwhile, at the Crystal Empire, Boorlie was just waiting for the train back to Ponyville after his last mission failure. “That bloody human world was nothing but trouble! A waste of my time!” Boorlie complained. “Looks like I’ll have to go back to stealing Flare’s formula the old fashion way.” 

“Attention: the train to Ponyville is arriving at platform one.” The voice intercom said.

“I thought this place was too historical to have voice intercoms?” Boorlie asked.

“It wasn’t a voice intercom, it was me!” Willow Iceblast (you remember her?) said as she stood right next to him. “I do a really good intercom voice.” Willow places her hooves near her mouth and says in a intercom voice, “Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow, your party from Saturn as has arrived, please give them a ring.”

“You know they changed that ride’s intercom system, right?” Boorlie asked her.

“How should I know? I haven’t left this empire since it came back.” Willow said. 

“Well… at least I could finally get outta here before Flare finds me.” Boorlie said as the train stops at the station. The train doors opened and Boorlie was just about to head inside, but then Boorlie gets ambushed by a couple of swinebots. “HEY!” Boorlie cried. “What the bloody H is going on?!”

“Hello, Boorlie! Good to see you again!” Swinebutt said to him as he snorted.

“Swinebutt?! What do you want? You betrayed me once, I’m not helping you anymore!” Boorlie yelled. “Unless you want your BBQ place back. It’s not gonna happen.”

“Relax, Boorlie, you could keep it. I just need you to do one thing for me.” Swinebutt said.

“How should I know I could trust you?” Boorlie asked.

“All I need is information on your… little adventure to the human world.” Swinebutt said.

“How did you know about that?” Boorlie asked.

“Allow me to explain.” Swinebutt said mischievously as he places his pinky near his mouth and snorts.

Back with the Noble Six, Crème, Water, Ms. Frizzle and I back on the school bus, we were travelling through the space-time continuum. I gotta say this was a rougher ride than the portal ride. Psyche forgot to put on his seatbelt and he was just holding onto the back of the chair as he was flying. “AAAAH! What have I doooooone?!” Psyche yelled. “My brain… is going right to my hind-hooves!”

“See what you get for not strapping in?!” Blaze yelled.

Meanwhile in the space time continuum, Lonestar and Mog were driving their RV ship along the vortex, and then the magic school bus flies on top of them in a plaid color. “What the heck was that?” Mog asked.

“Magic school bus.” Lonestar said.

“They’ve gone to PLAID!” Mog said.

Back inside the bus, Psyche was still hanging on the back of his chair for his life. “STOP THIS THING!” Psyche yelled.

“We can’t stop! It’s too dangerous! We have to slow down first!” Engie yelled.

“BULL! Just stop this thing! I order you… STOOOOOOOOP!” Psyche yelled.

“We’re here!” Frizzle said as we eventually arrived at Canterlot High parking lot at dusk. Inside the bus, Water and I turned back into humans, and the pony Noble Six were humans for the first time. When the bus stops, Psyche starts flying into the front of the bus and hits his head on a power supply. Frizzle and Water ran up to Psyche and helped him up.

“Are you alright, Psyche?” Water asked.

“Fine…” Psyche said in a loopy attitude. “How have you been?”

“Great, Psyche!” Water said.

“Yeah.” Psyche said.

“It’s a good thing you have a head of steel.” Water said.

“Yeah.” Psyche said.

“So what should we do now?” Water asked.

“Well… have we stopped?” Psyche asked.

“We’re stopped.” Water nodded.

“Good… why don’t we take a five minute break?” Psyche suggested.

“Very good. Ya read my mind, mate.” Aqua said.

“Whoa!” Engie cried as he looked at his hands. “Ah’ve got ape hands! Trippy!”

“Yeah very trippy.” Aqua agreed. “I’m really confused by all this right now; more confused than who people thought I was when I went as Derpy for Nightmare Night.”

A cutaway shows pony Aqua wearing a Derpy costume and then knocking on a door to a house and then Woodenshy comes and answers it. “Trick or treat.” Aqua said.

“What are you supposed to be?” Woodenshy asked. “David Bowie with fairy wings?” The cutaway ends.

So Frizzle, Water, and I got off the bus with no troubles whatsoever, but my friends on the other…. hand, I guess I should say, had a lot of trouble getting out since it was their first time here. “Wow-zers! How do you walk on TWO legs? That’s physically impossible!” Crème yelled.

“Here I’ll help you, Crèmey.” I offered as I held her up and helped her walk off the bus.

“What a gentlecolt!” Crème said as she leaned on me.

“And you’re not gonna help us out?” Engie asked.

“Here I come, Aqua!” Water cried as she ran over to Aqua and held him up. “There! It’s simple, really! It’s like walking on four legs but you have to carry the weight of your entire body, not just your head.”

“What a terrible time to be fat.” Engie complained as Crystal bumped into him and then Engie falls out of the bus, face-first.

“Oh snap! Sorry about that, Engie!” Crystal said.

“I’m sure has no trouble eating my dust.” I teased and chuckled.

Engie put up his head and spits out a mouthful of dirt and grass. “Yuck! Why does grass taste bad all the sudden?”

“We’re all humans now, brahs. It took me a while to figure out how things work here in this world.” I said. “In my experience, they have the weirdest pieces of technology in this world. Carriages that move on their own, toilets hanging on the walls that you only pee in, water fountains with the handles near the fountain instead of near the floor, and don’t get me started on airport security.”

“How is airport security here different from airport security in our world?” Aqua asked.

“There is more of it.” I said. “Plus they ask you to take off your shoes AND your belt! I don’t wanna get my feet dirty from the ground and risk my pants falling off! I still didn’t get those boxers!”

“Regardless though, I look pretty good man.” Blaze said as he looks at his reflection by the front doors in the school. “I don’t have wings, but I do have a lot of muscle! Rainbow Dash should see this!”

“Then why don’t you ask her, brah? There’s a Rainbow Dash in this world.” I suggested.

“Yeah, but… she’s with human Blaze, like you explained when you got back.” Blaze reminded me.

“Anyways, thanks for the ride, Ms. Frizz-“ Aqua started but the magic school bus was already gone.

“Golly, she’s good.” Crème said.

“Ok so we were brought back here for a reason, Flare. What’s going on?” Blaze asked.

“Human Flare and human Water are in trouble. I didn’t see them last time I was here. It was just me and this Water here.” I said.

“You have a problem with this Water here, bro?” Water asked with an attitude.

“But dude, where do we start? We’re in the middle of a closed high school and it is nearly dark!” Blaze said.

“Well... if we’re lucky, we might find the human Noble Six. They should be able to help us out.” I said.

“Wouldn’t they be surprised they’d be seeing their doubles?” Blaze asked.

“They’ll know you’re from the pony world when they see you. It’s the other students in the school that get concerned easily, but they follow along instantly.” I said. “For example: if you start a musical number in the cafeteria, everyone’s gonna follow along and sing with you. The cafeteria out of all places.”

“So where do we start, baby?” Crème asked.

“Wah.” I teased as we both chuckled. “Anyways, I BARELY know this town so I-D-K.”

“If you don’t have a clue about this city, how did you find everythin’ you were lookin’ for?” Engie asked.

“EVERYTHING happens at Canterlot High. It’s pretty much the main symbol in this world.” I explained. “I know this school by heart by now, but everything else in this world other than where Holiday Inn is, it’s all just a big white blank in my head, just like that Futurama episode where Fry dreams he was back home.”

“You know, Futurama was cancelled once and it came back, right?” Crystal asked.

“Where are ya gettin’ at, Crystal?” Aqua asked.

“You know how disappointed people were when the Clone Wars series was cancelled and My Name is Earl was cancelled? They could come back. It’s a slight possibility.” Crystal explained.

“Highly unlikely with the My Name is Earl category, but I do believe they’ll be making a movie to conclude the whole thing.” Crème said.

“Really?” Crystal asked.

“Yep! The creator of the show AND the guy who plays Earl wants to make one, but the only problem is… the creator is focused on the Millers right now and I think they might need a production company to help them publish since NBC failed them.” Crème explained.

“All these broadcast channels are nothin’ but trouble.” Engie said. “That’s why we only watch Ox and PNT. They’re Equestria’s number one networks.”

“Alright we’re really going nowhere here. We have to find out what happened to human Flare and human Water.” Psyche said.

“I say we should split up.” I said. “Check the school, maybe someone’s here still. We can try to get into contact with the human Noble Six. Now Engie and Aqua, you check the east corridors, Psyche and Crystal will check the west, Blaze and Water will check the school yard, and Crème and I will search the middle. Sound good?”

“Just one question, Flare.” Crystal said as she raised her hand. “We’ve never been here before so… where is all that?”

“School yard, west corridor, east corridor, and center; it’s actually pretty obvious, Crystal.” Aqua explained.

“Ew, Aqua! Why are you doing that to your fingers? Putting them up one at a time, it’s creepy.” Crystal said with a grossed-out look on her face.

“I’m counting with them.” Aqua said.

“That’s a good idea, Aqua! It should make math A LOT easier!” Engie said as he stuck out his thumb for him.

“What are ya doin’?” Aqua asked.

“Ah dunno… giving you a thumb… ah guess?” Engie said.

“Is that supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing?” Aqua asked.

“Ah’m not sure. It was just a force of habit. Like… ah feel that when ah’m REALLY mad at someone, ah’d stick up the finger that’s two places away from mah thumb.” Engie said.

“Well then… without further ado… let’s go find some information.” I said. So we all split up and went inside the school, finding anything that might prove useful to the whereabouts of human Flare and human Water, but everyone except for Water and I was walking weirdly. It took them a while to figure out what they were doing was wrong; Crystal though, didn’t really care and she continued walking on all-fours. As she crawled by the school corridors, the janitor Discord looked at her and whistled.

“Nice pose, girl!” Discord said.

“THANKS!” Crystal said excitedly.

Discord then slaps himself in the head and mumbles to himself, “What’s your problem, Discord? She’s a student! Do I wanna go to court for that again? I’m glad I was proven innocent. I was suspended from working at this school for 1,000 hours because of it! Just relax… and continue thinking about Principle Celestia. She’s the one you want.” Discord then continued to mop the floor.

So Crystal kept crawling on the floor as she followed Psyche. “You know, this walking would be a lot easier if I didn’t have these annoying shoes!” he complained.

“Then take them off then.” Crystal suggested.

“I tried, but these stupid… string things are tied real tight.” Psyche said. “But I must say I am quite impressed with the style of tying. Two loops and a knot, that looks genius! I must find the one responsible of inventing these.”

“Here, bring your shoes to me; I’ll help you untie them.” Crystal offered.

“Knock yourself out.” Psyche said as he stops walking. Crystal crawls over to Psyche’s shoes and starts pulling them with her teeth. She growls like a dog as she attempts to untie them, but regardless on how freaked out Psyche was, Crystal was unable to untie them.

“Done!” Crystal said.

“Impressive! You deserve a jelly-baby!” Psyche said as takes out the bag of jelly babies from his pocket, takes one out of the package and tosses one into Crystal’s mouth.

“Mmm! Tastes like carrot baby food.” Crystal said. Psyche then removes his sneakers and is now walking around in his socks, and he begins to walk again.

“Oh that is MUCH better! That is MUCH easier to walk!” Psyche said.

“I bet my services were appreciated!” Crystal said.

“Very much so!” Psyche nodded.

Meanwhile with Aqua and Engie at the opposite corridors, they walked inside a random class room to see if they could find any clues. “Ahh, high school! This place brings so many memories, doesn’t it, Aqua?” Engie asked.

“High school sucked for me.” Aqua said. “Do ya have any good memories in high school?”

“No way! Ah was homeschooled. By that ah mean the older engineers before me used to teach me.” Engie said.

“Really?” Aqua asked.

“Sure! You think ah was the only engineer out there? You think all the classes were the only ones? They’re all successors from the classes in Team Fortress Classic.” Engie explained.

“I see.” Aqua said.

“And before that was the classes from the very original Team Fortress when it was still a Quake mod.” Engie said. “Only those from the 90s or before remember that!”

“Engie, no offense, but I sometimes really don’t understand ya, like I don’t understand divorces.” Aqua said.

A cutaway shows a couple of parents having an argument. “Honey, this has gone on for way too long. I want a divorce.” The stallion said.

“Fine! But I’m keeping the house!” the mare said.

“Go ahead! Keep the house! I’m keeping the car!” the stallion said.

“Fine, take the car! Take your son with you!” the mare demanded.

“Oh no, I’m not taking custody of our son. Son, you stay with mommy.” The stallion instructed his son.

“Oh no, son, you’re going with daddy.” The mare said.

“Please, I insist you take our son.” The stallion said to the mare.

“No thank you, I insist YOU on taking him.” the mare said.

“Don’t I have a say in this?” the son asked. Just then, the son kicks both of his parents out of the house. “I’m keeping everything.” He said as he slams the door.

“I’m ok with this. At least I don’t take custody of him.” the stallion said. The cutaway ends.

After Aqua and Engie were done in that classroom, they decided to search on. “Hey, Aqua, check it out!” Engie pointed to the broom closet.

“It’s a broom closet, I see.” Aqua said.

“Did you get the broom closet ending? The broom closet ending was mah FAVORITE!” Engie said excitedly.

“What are ya talking about?” Aqua asked.

Engie opens the broom closet door and steps inside. Once he got inside, he said; “Stanley was fat and ugly and really really stupid. He probably only got this job because of a family connection, that’s how stupid he is.”

“Mate, I… I really… what?” Aqua asked.

“It’s Stanley Parable, partner! How can you not know that game?” Engie asked.

“I don’t play video games.” Aqua said.

“Which makes yer life the most borin’ in the group.” Engie said.

“I say video games are completely unnecessary and they rot the brain.” Aqua said.

“If yer sayin’ shooters make us murderers, lemme tell you somethin’, Aqua.” Engie started. “If the Cooking Mama game doesn’t make me a good cook, if the Neopets game doesn’t make me a good pet owner, if playin’ the Spy Fox game doesn’t make a secret agent, if Where In the World is Carmon San Diego doesn’t make me a good finder, how is shooters supposed to make me a murderer?” 

“I… I wasn’t talking about shooters, mate. I was talking about video games in general.” Aqua corrected him.

“So does playing Hungry Hungry Hippos make you fat?” Engie asked. Just then, in the middle of their conversation, the two of them start to hear a moaning sound coming from inside the broom closet. “Hey do you hear that, partner?”

“I do.” Aqua said.

“Then ah know pronounce you husband and wife.” Engie teased and chuckled. Aqua just glared at him. The two of them suddenly hear the moaning again. Engie looks behind a some equipment in the room and there he spotted a tied up Boorlie Pomodoro. Engie removes the gag from his mouth and Boorlie starts gasping in relief.

“Holy mother of… THANK YOU!” Boorlie yelled. “Thank you so much for finally noticing me!”

“What happened?” Aqua asked.

“I was ambushed by my bloody pony replica! I’ve been in here, trapped all week!” human Boorlie cried. “I managed to survive by eating some of the rats and ants that come in here, and drinking mop water. I feel really sick but alive. Thanks for finally getting me out!”

“Its no trouble, partner.” Engie said as he started to untie him. “What’s yer name anyway?”

“Boorlie… Boorlie Pomodoro.” Boorlie said.

“Oh… ah see.” Engie said as he stops untying Boorlie.

“Hey what’s the big idea? Why did you stop?” Boorlie asked. Engie didn’t say anything and just place the gag right back in his mouth. Boorlie kept moaning and groaning and struggling, but Engie just ignored him and closed the broom closet door.

“He’s an enemy of mah friend. Ah can’t let him free.” Engie said.

“What makes ya think he’s bad here?” Aqua asked.

“Didn’t he cause Flare so much grief by stealin’ his black box?” Engie asked.

“That was pony Boorlie. Which is why this Boorlie is trapped in there.” Aqua corrected him.

“But Flare said human Swinebutt was just as bad as pig Swinebutt. Same goes with human Fonz Punkskull, human Lord Thorn, and human Blueberry Pie.” Engie explained.

“I guess that makes sense.” Aqua nodded.

“Of course it does. Ah have a master’s degree.” Engie said.

“So do I.” Aqua said.

“Which makes us equally intelligent in all ways.” Engie said.

“I don’t think it works that way, mate.” Aqua said.

“The paper says it all, partner.” Engie said.

Meanwhile with Water and Blaze, they searched all around the school yard for any clues they could find over human me’s and human Water’s whereabouts, but so far, no luck. “Find anything, Blaze?” Water asked.

“Nope. Did you?” Blaze asked.

“Well… I found a wonder ball wrapper! I didn’t think they made these anymore.” Water said.

“This is pointless.” Blaze complained. “This school is closed! If Flare and you didn’t find any trace of human-“

“HEY!” Water interrupted him. “Me and Flare, my name is first.”

Blaze sighs. “Whatever. If you and Flare didn’t find any trace of human him and you last time you-“

“Human me and him.” Water corrected him.

“WHATEVER!” Blaze yelled. “What makes you think we’ll find traces of you guys?”

“Traces of who?” Water asked.

“Flare and you.” Blaze said.

“ME AND FLARE!” Water yelled. “For goodness sake, Blaze! You never listen! Men are all the same!”

A cutaway shows a random lady asking a random man for assistance. “Hey, Sam! Will you be a big strong man and carry my couch?” the lady asked.

“That depends. Will you be a small weak woman and make me a sandwich?” the man asked. “You know, since we’re all being sexist here.” The cutaway ends.

“You made your point.” Blaze said to Water.

“Blaze? Water?” a familiar voice asked.

“Huh?” Blaze and Water both asked.

“What are you two doing here in the middle of the night?” the voice asked as the mysterious figure that walks from out of the shadows turns out to be Sunset Shimmer.

“Who are you?” Blaze asked.

“I know you!” Water said. “I mean I forgot your name, umm… demon girl?”

“UGH! Please! Don’t get me started on that!” Sunset complained.

“I’ll say! That demon form was kind of… unnecessary. I mean, it ruins the high school setting even more.” Water said. “You were already a poorly written villain. Why not ruin it more by putting a demon girl in a high school setting type story?”

“Look… I had a bad day today. People kept looking at me funny, and I felt really bad for myself. Only five students forgave me for that innocent, but everyone else… ugh!” Sunset sighs as she sits down on a bench.

“You’re Sunset Shimmer aren’t you?” Blaze asked.

“Umm… yeah? Why? Is that a tease of some sort?” Sunset asked.

“Wha- NO! It’s just… Flare told us his adventures when he was here.” Blaze said.

“Wait… are you… no, it can’t be!” Sunset said shockingly.

“What?” Blaze asked.

“She must’ve found out you’re a draconian. She’s gonna think you’re a freak of nature now, Blaze.” Water said.

“No, no, I mean… I might sound crazy to you two, but… are you two… from… Equestria?” Sunset asked.

“Yeah.” Blaze said. “You are two, right?”

“I am.” Sunset said. “But I kinda got impatient with my studies and moved here. I tried to take over, but… well… I’m sure Flare told you everything.”

“Yeah… you sold him out to Swinebutt!” Blaze said angrily.

“I know, I did, and I’m sorry. I regret everything I did since I came to this world.” Sunset said. “But I’m trying to reform myself… change for the better. Nobody seems to really understand, but I’m still quite concerned. What are you doing here? The portal closed yesterday.” 

“Hey how about this? What are YOU doing here?” Water asked. “Isn’t it almost dark?”

“I actually stayed after school to repair the front entrance. I’m glad I finished it though, but… sometimes I just want to sit here… alone… and just…” Sunset starts to tear up.

“See what you just did, Blaze? You made her cry!” Water said. “All men all the same, aren’t they?”

“Hey, hey… it’s ok! It’s ok.” Blaze said as he sits down next to her. “I understand how you feel. I did many times I regret in the past. I’m a freak of nature. I’m a draconian back in Equestria. I know human me doesn’t seem like a freak of nature, so I’m sure he didn’t have to go through as much as I did.”

“You’d be surprised.” Sunset said.

“Really now?” Blaze asked as he looked over at Water.

“What? You think Flare and I knew too?” Water asked. “The only thing we know about human Blaze is that he used to date Sunset Shimmer just to use him to becoming more popular with the jocks.” Sunset was quite shocked after she said that.

“Wait, what?!” Blaze yelled.

“I’d rather not talk about that.” Sunset said as she glares at Water.

“What? It’s true, isn’t it?” Water asked.

“You and Flare are one of the same, aren’t you?” Blaze asked. “Can’t think before you say, huh?”

“Is he here too?” Sunset asked.

“Yep! Even pony Crèmepop, pony Crystal, pony Psyche, pony Engie, and pony Aqua!” Water said.

“The gang’s all here, huh?” Sunset asked.

“They are!” Water said. “They’re looking around the school, looking for traces of human Flare and human me. No wait… I mean human me and human Flare.”

“You think you might know anything about that?” Blaze asked her.

“Actually, now that I think about it, there is a human Flare and a human Water.” Sunset said.

“HUMAN ME AND HUMAN FLARE! THAT ORDER!” Water yelled.

“Does it matter?” Sunset asked.

“It does to me!” Water said.

“Well, as I was saying, human Water and human Flare did come to school today, but there was something a little off. I knew those two weren’t from Equestria.” Sunset said. “When they came in, half the school was shocked to why they were here. They thought the portal closed, but human Water and human Flare were confused. They didn’t know what everyone was talking about. They were saying they were at CHS since freshman year, but nobody seems to remember. I did a bit of research in the library, and I found something out of the ordinary.”

“Can you show us?” Blaze asked.

“You bet! Follow me.” Sunset instructed them.

“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” Water asked.

“I’ve changed, Water. I’m no longer a villain.” Sunset said. “Plus, come to think of it, I NEVER did anything bad to you… EVER!”

“Gossip is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?” Water asked. 

So Sunset Shimmer led Blaze and Water to the library. When they got in there, it was completely dark outside now. When they got to the library, Snips and Snails came up to Sunset Shimmer and saluted her. “Awaiting your orders, Sunset Shimmer!” Snips said.

“Yeah, also I have to pee.” Snails said as he started dancing.

“Oh great, these two!” Blaze complained.

“Snips and Snails in your world?” Sunset asked.

“BIG TIME!” Blaze said.

“There’s an alternate us in the pony world?” Snips asked shockingly.

“Sweeeeeeeet!” Snails said in excitement.

“Yeah, umm… I’m sorry you two, but I forgot to mention that your services are no longer requires.” Sunset said to them.

“What?” they both asked.

“Now that I’m reformed, I’d rather not have other students do my bidding. So… you two are free to go.” Sunset said.

“Aww! But the only thing we’re good at is being boot lickeeeers!” Snips complained.

“I knew we should’ve just taken Pinkie Pie’s offer.” Snails said as they both walked out of the library upsettingly.

“Over here.” Sunset said as she leads Water and Blaze over to the year book section of the library.

“There’s no light in here. How can you see?” Water asked.

“When being ruler of this school, I had to know my way among the shadows.” Sunset said as she pointed to the moon behind the skylight. “So as long as there’s just a little bit of light, I can see everything.”

“Like a bat, right?” Water asked.

“Exactly!” Sunset said.

“Good!” Water said as she whacks Blaze in the head with the baseball bat.

“OW!” Blaze yelled as he then snatches the baseball bat from her and snaps it in half with his leg.

“Whoa, antsy!” Water said in a surprised tone.

“Here it is; the yearbook of 2009-2010. Otherwise known as our freshman year.” Sunset said as she opened the book and flipped through the pages. “See these blank parts of the book?”

“No I don’t.” Blaze said.

“Probably because it’s too small.” Sunset said as she flips the page. “Here’s a bigger one. See it now?”

“No I don’t. It’s too dark.” Blaze said.

Sunset sighs as she walks over to the entrance of the library and turns on the lights. She walks back to Blaze and Water and shows them the white marks on the year book. “See them now?” she asked.

“Yes I can. Is that whiteout?” Blaze asked.

“Yes!” Sunset said. “It turns out there are a few pages that have whiteout on certain parts. The improv group, the makeup group, the band group, the Doctor Who club…”

“Hey, I see me!” Blaze pointed. “I LOVE Doctor Who!”

“And even the class photo.” Sunset added.

“So… what does that mean?” Blaze asked.

“It means that it turns out human Flare and human Water-“ Sunset started, but then Water clears her throat. Sunset sighs and corrects herself. “Human Water and human Flare was right. They were here since freshman year.”

“What about the other yearbooks?” Blaze asked.

“Sophmore year, 2010-2011.” Sunset started as she takes out the yearbook and shows it to Blaze and Water. “Whiteout on every other page.”

“How about junior year?” Blaze asked.

“Junior year, 2011-2012.” Sunset started as she takes out that yearbook and shows it to Blaze and Water. “Still whiteout on every other page.”

“Wait… that page says the reward of the world’s best pizza.” Water pointed out. “That one just shows a picture of a pizza, a number one ribbon, but… nobody. Just whiteout covering the person in the picture.”

“So it proves it then.” Sunset said. “This proves that those two used to be in this school, but they were somehow completely erased.”

“How about the senior yearbook?” Water asked.

“We’re in senior year.” Sunset corrected her.

“But what about the school archives? That has to have something.” Blaze asked.

“No use. I snuck in there earlier today, but there was no data on Water or Flare.” Sunset said.

“Does ANYBODY remember them?” Blaze asked.

“Nobody. Not a single soul.” Sunset said.

“How is that possible?” Blaze asked.

“I have no clue.” Sunset said. “But I did find something.”

“What?” Blaze asked.

“I actually DID manage to find the achieve data of Water and Flare.” Sunset said as she takes out the folders from her backpack and showed it to them, but the folders were all burnt.

“Those folders are burnt.” Water pointed out.

“Yes they are. Somebody attempted to destroy them, but it turns out that it wasn’t burnt enough.” Sunset said.

“But how did you find these, and why?” Blaze asked.

“I wanted to prove the school that I indeed changed, so I decided to take on a case in finding out what happened to this universe’s version of Water Gun and Crimson Flare Gun.” Sunset said.

“Do you know who’s responsible?” Blaze asked.

“I do. I used to work with him. It’s Porker Swinebutt.” Sunset said.

“I knew it!” Water mumbled.

“We have to find human Swinebutt and see if we can encourage him to bring back all traces of Water and Flare.” Blaze said.

“I agree.” Sunset said. Just then, the two of them started to hear some sucking sounds and giggling echoing through the library.

“Do any of you hear that?” Blaze asked.

“Yes, it’s kissing.” Water said.

“How do you know?” Blaze asked.

“How many punk boyfriends did I have before dating Fonz? I know all types of kissing and everything beyond that.” Water said. The three of them searched behind the book shelves, and behold; it was Crèmepop and I making out on a bed made of books that so happened to be there.

“Flare, Crème?! What are you two doing?!” Blaze yelled.

“AAH!” I yelled. 

“Ew! You spit in my mouth when you screamed!” Crème complained.

“Weren’t you two supposed to be searching data on how to find the human versions of Water and you?” Blaze asked.

“Me and Water. I have to be first.” I corrected him.

“Nuh uh! I have to be first!” Water argued with me.

“No! I do!”

“No me!”

“No me!”

“No me!” The two of us continued to argue ‘no me’ to eachother until Blaze was annoyed enough.

“NO BOTH OF YOU! I won’t say either of your names first! How about that?!” Blaze yelled.

“Is that even possible?” Sunset asked.

“Heeeey! Sunset Shimmer! Seems only yesterday that I last seen you!” I said excitedly.

“It was yesterday.” Sunset reminded me.

“How have you been?” I asked.

“Terrible.” Sunset said.

“Sorry to hear that.” I said.

“Who’s this girl?” Crème asked.

“Sunset Shimmer, the girl that sold me out to Swinebutt and stole Twilight’s crown and then became a she-demon.” I explained.

“Oooooh, so you weren’t cheating on me with her then, right?” Crème asked.

“Nooooo! I would never!” I defended myself.

“What’s going on anyway? What did you all fine?” Crème asked.

“It’s a long story.” Sunset said. “I’ll explain it to you as I drive you the hotel.”

“Oh good a hotel!” I said in relief. “It’s a good thing I don’t have to sleep on this book bed all night. I’m surprised that if anyone were to sleep on this, they’d still have a good back! I wonder who made this book bed anyway? I just found it here.”

“We should find the others first.” Blaze suggested.

“Can your car fit all of us though?” Crème asked.

“It’s a good thing I bought a mini-van.” Sunset said. “I ALMOST bought a sports car, but then I was like… what if I had a bunch of henchmen? I have to fit them all in my car, so I got a mini-van, so yeah, all of you will fit.”

So after we all regrouped back outside, Sunset let us all in her van and she drove us to the hotel for the night so we could sleep it off. I called shotgun! So as Sunset drove us to the hotel, we started to have a conversation. “Thanks for driving us to the hotel, Sunset!” I said excitedly.

“Hey, it’s no big deal! Just doing my part for the school.” Sunset said.

“Your check engine light is on.” I pointed out.

“Mhm.” Sunset nodded.

“Well… doesn’t that mean you have to… you know… check your engine?” I asked.

“It’s fine. It’s been on for like a month.” Sunset said.

“Well, that’s actually more of a reason for you to… you know… check your engine.” I suggested.

“Flare, its fine.” Sunset said with an attitude.

“But if it was fine, the light wouldn’t be on. Since the light is on, it means it’s not fine.” I corrected her.

“He’s got a point there.” Engie said.

“I’m getting car sick back here.” Aqua said. “I told ya, I don’t like back seats.”

“But I called shotgun, which means I already called dibs in being up here.” I reminded him.

“HEY! Watch what ya say, partner!” Engie warned me.

“Ok, but my point is: you gotta check your engine. If the light’s on, that’s what you have to do.” I advised Sunset.

“Maybe it’s broken.” Sunset assumed.

“Is there a check the check engine light?” Crystal asked.

“Anyways, back to the conversation we had before. You think Swinebutt might be responsible for erasing all data of Water and Flare?” Psyche asked.

“Has to be, bro! He’s responsible for everything bad that happened to be so far!” I said.

“What about Herb Leafhorn?” Psyche reminded me.

“He’s no longer a problem.” I said.

“Senior?” Psyche asked.

“He’s mainly focused on his son.” I said.

“Boorlie?” Aqua reminded me.

“Boorlie doesn’t care about my personal life. He only wants the best business.” I said.

“Look, it HAS to be Swinebutt though. He’d be the only slimeball to actually know how to do something like this.” Water said.

“I know, but why did he do it?” I asked.

“Cause he has a grudge on you, partner. You know that.” Engie reminded me.

“But why Water too?” I asked.

“Maybe because I’m related to you.” Water said.

“Hey Sunset? Why did ya work with Swinebutt anyway in the first place, and how?” Aqua asked.

“He promised to help me rule the school. He was actually one of the reasons I did rule the school for three years.” Sunset said.

“He was?” Crème asked.

“He was.” Sunset said. “I had to make the other students look like they fear me somehow. I mean you think people would actually fear a student like me without help? Look at me! I’m adorable!”

“You are!” Crème agreed.

“Oh thanks, Crème! Makes me feel bad that I stole your necklace!” Sunset said.

“I don’t have a necklace.” Crème corrected her.

“Your human self does.” Sunset said.

“Not all humans dress exactly like their pony selves. Just look at Lord Thorn. He wears a blue and white jumpsuit in our world, and he wears a huge trenchcoat and hat in this one.” I said.

“Plus look at us, bro. We’re not wearing our vests anymore.” Water said. “I’m wearing a red sweater and you’re wearing a blue open jacket.”

“I really like the look of my hoodie thought!” Psyche said. “Is everyone’s cutie marks on their clothing?”

“Wind Racer has her cutie mark on her ear-rings!” Water said.

“Really now?” Aqua asked. “Wow, that’s pretty interesting.”

“Yep! You can barely see the twister on the red boot because it’s all gold, but if you look real closely, you can see it.” Water explained. “They look really fabulous on her!”

“Here we are dudes! The hotel – Holiday Inn.” Sunset said.

“What happened to the Hotel California?” Engie asked.

“We’re not in California.” Sunset corrected him.

“What state are we in then?” Engie asked.

“Anyways, you eight have an awesome night!” Sunset suggested. “Get some good night rest, and tomorrow I’ll help you out in finding Swinebutt. Sound good?”

“Sounds great! Hey thanks, Sunset! I’ll be sure to tell the school of your great contribution!” Crystal promised.

“Aww, that would be so kind of you, Crystal. Thank you!” Sunset said. “Well, I’m going to be heading home. See you tomorrow!” Sunset then drives off as we all wave goodbye to her.

“I’m not really gonna tell the school her contribution.” Crystal admitted. So the eight of us walked inside the hotel so we could check in. 

“Wow! Nice hotel! I hope we don’t get one of those smoking rooms.” Crème said.

We walked up to the front desk and I said to the man up front, “Sup brah? We need two rooms please? Two rooms with two double beds.”

“May I have your name please?” the man up front asked.

“Crimson Flare Gun.” I said.

“Oh NOW you use your full name.” Water said.

“I have to if it involves reservations or appointments.” I said. “But then again… I didn’t make a reservation, but I doubt people actually use these Holiday Inns. Embacy Suites is much better anyway.”

“I’m sorry, sir, I typed your name in the database, and it shows that a Crimson Flare Gun has already checked in.” the man said.

“But that’s impossible!” I cried. “Water, did you remember the check us out before we left this universe the first time?”

“I gave them a call as you preformed your polka number, and I had our luggage delivered to the portal.” Water said.

“Well you obviously did something wrong. It says that we’re still checked into this place.” I said.

“I’m officially confused right now. Shall I call the police?” the man asked.

“No, no, it’s ok. How long has this Flare been checked in for?” I asked.

“Since earlier this evening.” The man said.

“But we weren’t here earlier this evening, which means… oh dang!” I freaked out. “Can we have that room number, please?”

“I’m sorry, sir, I cannot give information on people’s room numbers without permission.” The man said.

“Here, put all this under my name.” Aqua offered. “The name’s Aquatic Armor.”

The man checked the database and then nodded. “There’s still an Aquatic Armor available.”

“Good. This will be my treat, mates.” Aqua said.

“And Aqua saves the day again!” I cried in excitement.

“Halleluiah!” Crème cried. “Thank you, Aqua!”

“It’s no trouble, really.” Aqua said. “I had a tax refund last week, and I thought I’d do some good with my bonus.” So we all went upstairs to the fourth floor. 428 and 429, two rooms connected with a center door. Our rooms were pretty nice. Two double beds in each room so room for all of us.

“Nice!” Blaze nodded.

“Still better than the hotel room in Trottingham.” Psyche said.

“So how are we forming the living arrangements?” Crystal asked. “Boys in one room, girls in the other?”

“But there are five guys and three girls.” Psyche corrected her.

“No I think we’re even.” I said. “We have Blaze, Aqua, Engie, and me in that room, and we have Crystal, Water, Crème, and Psyche in this one.”

“Oh ha-ha, very funny.” Psyche said sarcastically.

“You stay in here with us, Flare!” Crème suggested.

“Why me? Why pick me out of everyone else?” I asked.

“Because you can sleep with me on my bed!” Crème suggested.

“Girls and guys sleeping one room in one bed? HA! We’re not parents, Crème! Don’t talk nonsense!” I laughed. Crème just gave me a glare.

“She needs you, man.” Blaze said. “Stay in here with her. Keep her comfortable and warm.”

“That’s the blanket’s job.” I corrected him.

“What about the book bed back in the library?” Crème reminded me.

“We weren’t gonna SLEEP in it!” I reminded her. “Sleeping is a different story.”

“Please Flare? Please sleep in here with us? Please? Please, Flare? I beg you!” Crème begged. 

I couldn’t just ignore her puppy dog eyes, so I just nodded in agreement. “Ok, Crèmey. I’ll stay in here with you.”

“And me and Crystal!” Water added.

“You’re not helping.” I informed her.

“This is great! Flare and me sleeping one room like it’s meant to be!” Crème said in excitement. Later that night, we all went to bed, and I was sleeping on the couch nearby. Hey this still counts as sleeping in the same room. Later, later that night when I knew everyone was in a deep sleep, I snuck out of bed and tip-toed to the door. I had to find human Flare. I knew he was in this hotel. The man in the reception said I was already checked in, but I wasn’t there. This is like the opposite of Hotel California. 

When I snuck downstairs, luckily for me, the man in the reception was asleep on the job. It was after 1 AM, so I wouldn’t be surprised. I snuck behind the desk only to be stepping on the desk bell that appeared to be on the floor. The front desk man responded to the bell, but he didn’t wake up. Why was this bell on the floor anyway? Anyways, I snuck over to the back room only to hear the bell again. I didn’t step on it this time. In fact, I keep hearing the bell many times. I took a peek outside, and there was Crèmepop ringing the bell many times and giggling.

“Crème! What are you doing?!” I whispered.

“I heard the door close before you left. Next time don’t slam the door so hard.” Crème whispered. “It’s the same problem as you slamming the toilet seat down after you’re doing using it.”

“What are you doing here, babe?” I whispered.

“I was gonna ask you the same thing.” She whispered back.

“I’m looking in the database to find the room where human me is supposed to be. I have to find out the truth.” I whispered.

“He’s in room 431.” Crème whispered.

“What? How did you know that?” I whispered.

“I saw human Water going out to get a soda worth $2.50.” Crème whispered.

“Yeah can you believe prices for soda would be that high?” I asked.

“I know right?” Crème agreed.

“Well good job, Crème! Which means all I need is the master key.” I said as I looked over to take it but it was gone.

“You mean this key?” Crème asked as she showed the master key attached on a string which was hanging between her fingers. “It was just hanging around, waiting to be snatched.”

“Well good job, Crème! Let’s get going!” I whispered as we started tip-toeing back upstairs. Crème just starts dinging the desk bell that was on the floor again and started chuckling, but luckily the man still didn’t wake up. I just glared at Crème, grabbed the desk bell with my magic and placed it on the desk.

“Aww, ruin the fun, huh?” Crème whispered.

“Jeez, this man sure is a heavy sleepier.” I whispered.

“WHA- WHO’S THAT! WHO’S THERE?!” the man cried as we woke up. Crème and I started to run before he was able to see us behind him. The man heard the footsteps, but then he just shrugged and went back to sleep. 

After we ran off, I walked on back to the front desk and I started ringing the bell many times and yelling, “HEY! Wake up!”

“Huh? Wha-?! What?” the man asked.

“You’re a terrible receptionist.” I said. “You shouldn’t sleep on the job. Someone could go to the back room or into your cash register and steal something while you’re out cold. Be lucky I don’t tell the manager.”

“I am terribly sorry, sir.” The receptionist said.

“Consider this a lesson, brah.” I said as I walked out of the reception and followed Crème upstairs. What I just did had to be done. I was doing a bad thing by stealing that master key, but I wanted to make it up by doing something good and telling the receptionist to stay awake because anything could happen. 

So Crème and I went over to the room across from ours, room 431, and I was prepared to meet my double for the first time. “Are you sure meeting your double is a good idea, Flarey?” Crème asked.

“I have to do this. Best case scenario, he’ll be excited; worst case scenario, the universe blows up.” I said.

“Let’s hope it’s that first choice.” Crème said.

“I agree.” I nodded as I inserted the master key into the slot, turned it slightly, unlocked it, and I opened it. I was a little nervous as I was opening the door. Am I disrupting the space-time continuum by doing this? Nah! Of course not! So Crème and I snuck inside the room to see what we could find. 

“Aren’t we trespassing? Shouldn’ve we knocked first?” Crème asked.

“Yeah, Flare, have you?” a familiar voice asked from inside the room. The door slams shut behind us and then the lights went on, and there he was… Lord Thorn!

“AAH! Who’s that?” Crème asked.

“Lord Thorn.” I said. “He’s just like the pony version back in Equestria.”

“There was a Lord Thorn in Equestria? I never met him.” Crème said.

“Oh… so you’re not the Flare I’m looking for.” Lord Thorn said. “Swinebutt will be most disappointed.”

“What?” I asked. “You mean you’re looking for human me? Why isn’t he here?”

“I stole his driver’s license and credit card.” Lord Thorn said as he showed me human me’s driver’s license and credit card.

“Ah, a Visa! That does sound like me.” I nodded. “And look at that funny picture of me on my driver’s license!”

“Wait a minute, where’s human Water? Didn’t I see her come in here?” Crème asked.

“Out of complete coincidence, YOUR Water it would seem, knocked on my door asking for an extra towel. I gave it to her. She’s not the one Swinebutt wanted me to get.” Lord Thorn explained.

“I don’t think Swinebutt cares. If he didn’t tell you, he would’ve given you a bonus for her.” I said.

“Way to sell out your sister, Flare.” Crème informed me with an attitude.

“What?!” I asked.

“Well then… since human Flare never showed up, I guess you’ll have to do.” Lord Thorn said as he was about to put a sack on me.

“FLARE!” Crème cried. “GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY STALLIONFRIEND!” Crème started to tackle Lord Thorn.

“Hey, get off me! I have valuables in this trench coat!” Lord Thorn yelled.

“You get him, Crèmey! That’s my girl!” I yelled in excitement.

“WILL YOU SHUT UP! We’re trying to sleep in here!” the people in the room next to us complained.

“Sorry!” I yelled. As Crème was tackling Lord Thorn, he started to yell, but quietly.

“Get off me!” Lord Thorn whispered.

“You’re not gonna kidnap my Flarey, not on my watch!” Crème whispered.

“Go Crème, go! Kick his butt!” I whispered. But just as I least expected it; I got knocked out by a baseball bat. This was a very familiar feeling, and I knew for sure that it was human Fonz Punkskull that did it. Crème was too busy beating up Lord Thorn to notice so Fonz was able to sneak up on her and knock her out too. 

O-OH... OH! Wow! You should’ve seen that! When Fonz knocked Crème out with his bat, she split her legs before she passed out! Wow! Did that hurt? I have no clue! I think the bat hit hurt her more! Let’s see that again in slow-motion! Whoa! Whoa! Ha ha haaa! That was so cool! I mean it’s sad since she’s my special somepony, but that was cool! Let’s see that again one more time, splitting her legs and then reverse it many times with night club music in the background! Yes! YES! That was awesome! Ok let’s see that one last time splitting her legs and then pausing it there while ballerina music plays in the background! HA ha ha ha ha ha! That is so cool! I didn’t know Crème was that flexible! Ok, ok, I’m done. Let’s continue! Ok so Fonz knocks out me first and then Crème.

“One Flare is better than no Flare.” Fonz said. “Let’s get this guy back to our boss.” So Lord Thorn and Fonz placed me in the sack and started running off. Crème was just laying there passed out. Was it really a good idea to leave her there?

A few minutes later, we arrived at Swinebutt’s manor. Yeah I know! Hard to believe his family is rich! His pig form owns the Magic World theme park, what’s human Swinebutt’s story? Swinebutt was inside his lab in his basement with Blueberry Pie, working on an experiment. “Now I just need to set this battery here, and I have to make sure it’s in there gentley…. Gentle…. Geeeeeeentle…. Aaaaand… WALLA! My TV remote control is in working order once again!”

“Let’s give it a test drive!” Blueberry suggested as she takes the remote and turns on the TV, and then MTV comes on.

“Welcome back to MTV!” the TV announcer said. “Where we barely show music videos anymore, and we show more reality shows because… let’s face it… music stinks these days!”

“MTV was the first channel they came up.” Blueberry said. “I think the remote control is still broken.”

“No the remote control is working fine, babe.” Swinebutt corrected her as he snorted. “It’s the TV that’s broken now.” 

Just then, a weird puppet thing pops up in front of Swinebutt and it cries, “Doorbell, doorbell, doorbell!” Swinebutt activates his security monitor to check who’s outside, and it was Fonz and Lord Thorn along with a huge sack that keeps shaking around.

“We have Flare, boss.” Fonz said.

“Ew! Don’t put the words ‘Flare’ and ‘boss’ together!” Swinebutt instructed them. “Anyways, come in.” Swinebutt presses a buzzard which unlocks the door and Fonz and Lord Thorn rush inside, rush down to the basement and they throw the sack down onto the floor.

“OW!” I yelled.

“Sounds like him.” Swinebutt said.

“Yes, and it was a good thing we came here in a rush. We wouldn’t stop singing songs and adding the word ‘poop’ in them.” Fonz said.

“Yeah I just thought of another one!” I said as I started to sing, “I’m gonna poop, I’m gonna poop myyyyy, I’m gonna poop my rusty cage and RUN!” I started to laugh after I sang that.

“UGH! May we please be dismissed?” Fonz asked.

“Tie him onto the chair and you can go.” Swinebutt said. So Fonz and Lord Thorn open the sack and drop me out.

“Ok so which way to the chair?” I asked. Just then Fonz and Lord Thorn pick me and start dragging me to the chiar. “Hey, HEY! I can go myself! No need to grab me! I can walk just fine, thank you very much!” They both place me on the office chair and then tie up the belt straps that were tied to the arm rests of the chair, trapping me in. “Rude! Why can’t I do it myself? Why must you lay hands on me?”

“Cause we like to make your life miserable.” Fonz said.

“I just wanted your drivers license and credit card.” Lord Thorn said.

“Leave those here, Thron. We’re not here to empty his money.” Swinebutt informed him.

“Awww, but boss?” Lord Thorn whined.

“Put them down, Thorn. We’re not here for credit fraud.” Swinebutt said and snorted.

“Awww.” Lord Thorn whined as he placed the credit card and drivers license on the table.

“Quit whining, Thorn. At least you and Fonz are getting paid.” Blueberry reminded him.

“And this is why she’s my sweetheart and my trusty assistant!” Swinebutt said.

“Awww.” Blueberry blushed.

“You two may leave now.” Swinebutt ordered them.

“As you wish.” Fonz said as he walks upstairs and leaves the house.

“I regret nothing.” Lord Thorn said as he follows him out.

“Crimson Flare Gun… I bet you were surprised about all that went on today.” Swinebutt assumed as he snorted.

“Hang on, Porky.” I stopped him as I started singing, “Exit poop! Enter food! Flush that poop! Off to poopy poopy land!” I started to laugh again. “I sang a polka number of that song earlier!”

“That’s nice, but your poop songs stink.” Swinebutt said.

“HA! Nice one!” I laughed.

“I know; that was a pretty clever pun wasn’t it?” Swinebutt asked as he snorted. 

“Hey I got another one!” I said as I started singing, “I got some poop stuff baby this evening! I got some poop stuff baby tonight! I got some poop stuff baby this evening!”

“Nah, not as good as your last one. How about this one?” Swinebutt started to sing, “Why you gotta be so poop? You know that I’m pooping too?”

“That was awesome!” I said excitedly.

“That was!” Swinebutt agreed as we both laughed.

“I’m officially grossed out right now.” Blueberry said. “I’m gonna go take a shower, if you need me, Porky.”

“Ok, Blueberry! See you!” Swinebutt said. Blueberry grunts as she marches out of the basement.

“Oh that Blueberry Pie never has fun, does she? I used to tap that.” I said.

“I know.” Swinebutt said. “I set her up with you, remember?”

“Right, right.” I nodded. “No wait… Herb did it.”

“Oh that’s right, he did.” Swinebutt remembered. Wow, human me has a lot of common interests to pony me. “Anyways, Flare, are you surprised about all that happened today?”

“No I don’t. In fact-“ I stopped myself there. This Swinebutt thought I was human Flare, so I had to pretend to be human Flare so he doesn’t get suspicious about pony me being here. “Actually I do. Can you enlighten me though?”

“Always the forgetful one, huh Flare? You Guns are all alike.” Swinebutt said as he snorted. “Everyone thought you were a pony from another world.”

“Right, I heard that. Another Flare and another Water from an alternate world came to this world while I was gone, but somehow everyone forgot who I was before then. I had the feeling you’d be responsible.” I said.

“You’re a smart one, Crimson.” Swinebutt said.

“Didn’t you just say I was forgetful?” I asked. “Why call me smart then?”

“Like I was saying…” Swinebutt continued as he placed his pinky over his mouth. “I had to get rid of you somehow, so I created a forgetful machine. I needed to wipe you and your family out of existence, well… not in a harsh way, but in a way for you to at least move out of this town, or something, I dunno, but I wanted to you to feel betrayed, think your life was ruined.”

“But pony me stopped it.” I added.

“Pony you ruined my plan. So I have to do it all again. I have to use my forgetful machine AGAIN so everyone would forget about you.” Swinebutt said. “I was just fixing it up today and I finally got it working again. With this device, you and your family will be forgotten like you were never here, and this time, pony you won’t get in my way!”

“So why do you have me trapped in here?” I asked.

“To make SURE everyone has forgotten about you, you have to forget everyone else. So I have to keep you here so you wouldn’t get into any trouble, and I can wipe your memories of all the time you’ve spent here. Afterwards, since Sunset Shimmer decided to turn good, I guess I’ll have to find a way to get to Equestria and take over that land myself.” Swinebutt explained.

“What do you want from there anyways?” I asked.

“It has magic and power. If I can harvest it, I can take it back to this world and take over; create a new world order! The Swinebutts are powerful family. We are Swinebutt Industries. With our technology, we can create smart technology under my control to take over people’s minds and we’ll be even richer and more powerful than we ever were before!” Swinebutt explained. “The magic from Equestria is just what we need to help make it all possible!”

“That’s crazy, brah! There’s no such thing as magic!” I lied, and then snorted twice. 

“You weren’t around during the time, so you wouldn’t understand.” Swinebutt said and snorted. “The whole school saw magic before their very eyes. I won’t explain it all to you because I’m running low on time, you see. I’ve been up late as it is, and I need my sleep.”

“Well before you go to bed, because I’m gonna forget anyway, how about telling me what that piece of garbage over there is?” I suggested as I pointed my head towards a some TV with a bunch of receivers and antennas on it.

“It is what you say it is. A piece of garbage.” Swinebutt said.

“What was it supposed to be?” I asked.

“It was supposed to a communicator to get into contact with beings beyond our universe. I postponed the project for the time being though.” Swinebutt said and snorted. “Anyways, I need to get some sleep for now. I hope you realize that your pony you is doomed.”

“I heard the portal won’t be open again for another 30 months though, so you’re a looooong way away from your achievement, my friend.” I informed him.

“I’m patient, I can wait.” Swinebutt said and snorted. “Now then… I must be on my way. Stay comfee down here, Crimson. Try to cherish your fine memories here while you still can. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!” he laughed evilly and snorted many times as he exits the basement and locks the door.

“Oh Swinebutt, you may be a super genius, but you’re also a huge moron.” I said as I looked over at the forgetting device over by the table. Swinebutt really is an idiot. When his goons tied me to this OFFICE chair… huh? OFFICE chair! Which means it has wheels! I can roll the chair around, and even spin in it! “Weeee! Weeeee!” I cried as I spun around in the office chair. “Weeee! WEEEE! WEEEEEEEEEEEeeeee… ooh…” I started to get a little dizzy. 

The next morning came, and my friends all woke up from their slumber and got dressed and showered and everything. “That was really a good night sleep, wasn’t it?” Crystal asked.

“Sure was.” Aqua agreed.

“Hey you know what still puzzles me?” Water asked. “Flare and I left this world wearing a dress and a tuxedo, and yet we came back wearing our average street clothes. I don’t get that!”

“Ok… umm… quick question, which one of you was wearing the dress and which one of you was wearing the tuxedo?” Crystal asked.

“Speaking of Flare, where is he? I haven’t seen him all morning.” Blaze pointed out.

“Probably got an early start to breakfast.” Engie assumed.

“How about Crème? She’s not here either.” Blaze pointed out.

“Probably makin’ out with Flare while eatin’ breakfast.” Engie assumed. “Ah don’t get how she’s obsessed over him. There’s nothin’ special ‘bout Flare.”

“Love works in mysterious ways, Engie.” Water said.

“Says the pony that keeps getting broken up by them.” Engie reminded her.

“Now hang on! I didn’t break up with ALL of them! Not Fonz, I broke up with him.” Water reminded him.

“Yeah, whatever. It was only because Flare asked you too.” Engie said.

“That is NOT true! I saw Fonz by his true colors, which was why I broke up with him.” Water corrected him.

“But you wouldn’ve done that if you didn’t see Flare gettin’ his butt kicked by him.” Engie reminded her.

“Alright, calm down, both of ya.” Aqua suggested. “It was nothing really. It’s all a thing in the past now.”

“You only wanna drop it because you had a relationship with her once too.” Engie reminded him. Aqua sighs and shakes his head.

“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, Aqua.” Water said.

“Ehhh.” Aqua shrugged. 

“Ugh!” Crèmepop moaned as she rubbed her head as she entered the room.

“Crème? Ya alright?” Aqua asked.

“Flare… he’s… oh jeez.” Crème rubbed her head in pain.

“You should sit down, Crème. You don’t look so good.” Blaze suggested.

“Hey, shut up, Blaze! Crème looks beautiful! Don’t insult her!” Water demanded.

“Flare… he’s… he’s…” Crème stuttered.

“Flare? Did something happen to him?” Blaze asked.

“He was taken by Lord Thorn.” Crème said.

“What?!” Engie cried.

“We went to search for human Flare, but it was all a trap. Lord Thorn and one other has taken him away.” Crème said.

“You know who the other was?” Blaze asked.

“I was knocked out by the other from the back. I didn’t get a good look at him or her.” Crème said.

“Didn’t Flare say Lord Thorn was working with Swinebutt along with Blueberry Pie and Fonz Punkskull?” Psyche asked.

“It was Blueberry Pie.” Crystal said.

“Actually… come to think of it… it was probably Fonz.” Crème said.

“They probably taken him to Swinebutt!” Blaze said.

“So how are we going to fine him, genius?” Crystal asked. “This is our first time in this world. We have no idea where human Swinebutt is.”

“I’ve been in this world before, why not ask me where he is?” Water asked.

“Do you know where he is?” Crystal asked.

“No, but it would’ve been nice if you took me into consideration.” Water complained.

“Good point.” Crystal nodded.

“Good point? Really?” Psyche asked sarcastically. 

“So how are we going to find him though? Who might know?” Aqua asked.

“I think I have a plan, but lemme tell you, it’ll be somewhat risky.” Psyche said. 

“Ok, but can we have some breakfast first?” Crystal asked. “They have free breakfast here.”

“Embacy suites has better free breakfasts. They can make you omelets.” Engie said. So the seven of them went to breakfast, gave Sunset Shimmer a call for a ride to the school, and she shows up with another person in her car.

“Hey guys!” Sunset said.

“Hey Sunset! Thanks for offering to take us to the school. It means a lot.” Blaze said.

“I’m taking my reformation seriously.” Sunset said.

“Are you, Sunset?” Crystal asked as she smirked at her.

“What are you talking about, Crystal?” Sunset asked.

“We have someone in our world that’s ‘taking his reformation seriously’ as well, but is he really?” Crystal asked.

“What?” Sunset asked.

“She’s talking about Discord.” Psyche said.

“Yeah I read about him in my former studies. What? He’s good now?” Sunset asked.

“Sort of.” Aqua said.

“Alright, well… anyways, before I take you to the school, I found someone that you might be interested in seeing.” Sunset said as she walks over to the passenger seat of her car and places her hand on the door handle.

“WE’RE GONNA MEET KEGEN ALLEN FROM PRETTY LITTLE LIARS! WOOOO HOOO!” Crystal cheered. “I love Pretty Little Liars!”

“Umm… no.” Sunset said as she opens her car door, and the mysterious figure steps out of her car slowly.

“Oh… I was expecting more.” Crystal said.

“Sup brahs?” I asked.

“You found Flare! Thanks, Sunset! We were just going to look for him, but you saved us the trouble!” Blaze said. “Flare went missing last night but I’m glad you found him!”

“What happened to the other me? He’s not hurt is he?” I asked nervously. “I mean… how can a horse protect himself against a monster like Swinebutt?! It’s me he wants, NOT HIM!”

“Wait a minute…” Blaze said shockingly. “Is that… who I think it is?”

“Pony Noble Six, meet human Flare!” Sunset said.

“Praise the Wizards!” human me yelled. “Feel dat Miami heat! SHTAIRS! Also, I can introduce myself, thank you very much.”

“Yep… that’s human Flare.” Psyche said with an attitude.

“Aaaaaaand, human Water!” Sunset added as human Water steps out from the back seat of Sunset’s car.

“You really have to clean the junk back here, Sunset.” Human Water suggested. “All these KFC cups, empty burger wrappers, a pair of water wings… why is there a lawn mower back here?”

“Oh my gosh!” pony Water said surprisingly.

“You must be pony me!” human Water assumed.

“I love your hair!” pony Water said to her excitedly.

“I love your hair too! It’s so beautiful!” human Water said.

“Don’t they both have the same hair?” Psyche asked.

“Don’t they have the same everythin’?” Engie asked.

“Oh my gosh, human Water, you HAVE TO tell me how you got that nail polish for your fingers! They look so fabulous and sparkly and stuff!” pony Water said.

“Forget my finger nails, they’re ugly!” human Water said.

“No, they look so beautiful, and that eyeliner!” pony Water added.

“Oh the eyeliner? Wind Racer gave it to me… you know… when she still knew me.” Human Water said upsettingly.

“Awww, its ok, me.” Pony Water comforted her as she hugged her. “We’re going to fix this, don’t worry!”

“I hope so… I can’t start over in another town again! That would mean I have to get into the fashion of a new town and that takes so much work!” human Water said.

“Tell me about it!” pony Water agreed.

“Wow… if pony Water and human Water got along that quick, I bet I’d get along with my pony double really fast!” Crystal said.

“So, brahs, you need help finding Swinebutt’s manor, huh?” human me asked.

“Swinebutt’s manor?” Crème asked.

“Swinebutt Industries is a powerful company.” Human me said. 

“Can you take us over there?” Blaze asked.

“I dunno CAN I?” human me teased. “Lawl!”

“Please, human Flare… we know how pony Flare is. You don’t need to reenact everything he does.” Psyche complained.

“Wow, is your Psyche as much of a buzzkill as my Psyche?” human me asked.

“Probably.” Crystal said.

“Ok, well… since we’re all friends now. How about I take you to Swinebutt’s manor?” Sunset suggested. So we all entered Sunset Shimmer’s car and she started driving us to Swinebutt’s manor so we can go rescue pony me, who is actually the one narrating this story, not human me. He’s probably making his own story on his end.

“Are you sure all of us can fit in here?” human Water asked.

“Yeah, there’s one more person in here than before.” Pony Water said.

“Are you calling me fat?” human Water asked pony Water insultingly.

“No, no! You look very pretty, human me.” Pony Water said.

“Oh for Wizard of Hope’s sake.” Human me complained. “As if one Water wasn’t bad enough.”

“You call this bad?” Blaze asked. “I’m about to meet human you, human Engie, human Crystal, and human Psyche! There’s gonna be double all of us and it might be too much for me to handle!”

“Ya didn’t say human me or human ya.” Aqua reminded him.

“Human me sounds awesome, and I’m sure human you won’t be a problem, Aqua.” Blaze said.

“Hey Sunset, I didn’t bothering tell you this before, but…” human me started.

“Yeah?” Sunset asked.

“Your check engine light is on.” Human me pointed out.

“Yeah I know. Pony you pointed it out alright.” Sunset said with an attitude.

“Well that doesn’t mean you have to… you know… listen to him?” human me asked.

“I gotta put a sticker over that light.” Sunset mumbled to herself. After a few minutes of driving, Sunset pulls up to the school.

“What are we doing here? This is Swinebutt’s manor?” Crème asked. I started to blush and chuckle a bit.

“Are you ok, Flare?” Sunset asked.

“Pony Crèmepop is making me blush.” Human me said.

“I’m s-sorry, human Flare… but… you know…” Crème giggled and blushed too. “I’m with pony you, remember?”

“Lawl I remember.” Human me nodded. Crème giggles again.

“This is gonna end awkward.” Engie commented.

“Why did we stop though?” Aqua asked.

“We need more room.” Sunset said as she exits her car.

“If we need more room, why did we leave the hotel?” Crystal asked.

“We stole the bus keys for you, Sunset Shimmer!” Snips said as she tosses Sunset some keys to the school bus.

“Yeah, you wouldn’t believe all we had to do to get it!” Snails said.

Ironically, these two dimwits just started up a cutaway gag. It’s a short one though. It just shows the bus driver (not Ms. Frizzle, a different one) tied up and put into the broom closet with Boorlie. “Prepare for the longest days of your life.” Boorlie said to him, but not clearly since the gag was still in his mouth. The cutaway ends.

“Thank you for helping me out one more time you two. Also, we’re just borrowing the bus.” Sunset corrected her.

“Say it how you want. It’s still against the rules.” Snails said as him and Snips began to walk away.

“I liked her better when she was mean and bossy. Our characteristic is being dimwitted underlings and make all other male kids look bad.” Snips said.

“No wonder Spike is underrated.” Engie said.

“C’mon, guys. Onto the bus.” Sunset instructed them.

“Where are we going?” Aqua asked.

“We’re going to pick up a few friends.” Sunset said.

“Sounds like fun. Can we stop by a drive-through and get chocolate shakes on the way?” Psyche teased.

“Oooo that sounds like fun!” Crystal said excitedly.

“Only vanilla shakes for me though. I’m keeping an eye on my weight. Gotta look good for Flare!” Crème said.

“You already look good to me!” human me said as he winked at her.

Crème blushed again and giggles. “Pony Flare! Not human Flare!”

“10 bits that pony Crème is going to accidently kiss human Flare.” Psyche whispered to Engie.

“10 bits that human Crème is going to accidently kiss pony Flare.” Engie whispered back.

“Deal!” Psyche accepted as they brofisted.

“So, Flare. Can you tell us a bit about your past at Canterlot High?” Blaze asked.

“Sure I can!” human me said as I didn’t say anything after that.

Blaze sighs. “Would you?”

“Sure I will!” human me said. “Well… I’m sure pony me didn’t have to go through what I’ve went through in the past.”

“Oh trust me, man. I don’t think you can beat our adventures.” Blaze said.

“Oh yeah?” human me asked. “I had a very bleak past. I moved to this town from down south after eighth grade. I heard great things about this school so my family moved up here. It wasn’t easy to persuade my dad, that’s for sure. He had to relocate his car stereo and alarms shop up here. I moved here, befriended five girls, and they taught me how things worked in this school. It was really different from my old school, that’s for sure. I kinda annoyed these five girls at first, but after reporting how I felt to Vice-Principle Luna, saying I wanted to relocate to another school, she helped me buckle down with my… you know… leetness… and so the girls got used to me. After a while I befriended Engie, Crystal, Blaze, Psyche, Aqua, and many others. We made our new group known as the Noble Six. Not sure why there were six of us though. I wanted us to be backups to the Humane Five, but something wasn’t quite right with that group. There wasn’t a sixth.”

“There wasn’t a Twilight?” Aqua asked.

“Who?” human me asked.

“Nevermind.” Aqua said.

“We’ve reached our first stop!” Sunset said as she opens the bus doors.

“Howdy y’all!” human Engie said as he climbs on the bus. “Please pay no attention to the shave cut on my face. Also keep lemons away from me.”

“Holy molars!” pony Engie said shockingly.

“Umm… what charade are you playin’, Sunset?” human Engie asked her.

“Pony Flare is in trouble. We need all the help we can get.” Sunset said.

“Isn’t that pony Flare right there?” human Engie asked as he pointed to human me.

“I told you a thousand times, Engie! I’m human Flare!” human me yelled.

“No, you kept blabberin’ on about you not knowin’ what ah’m talkin’ about.” Human Engie corrected human me. Sunset then starts driving the bus again.

“So, partner, did you meet Flare the same way ah did?” pony Engie asked human Engie.

“By placin’ a note on his back?” human Engie asked.

“Wow… you actually played that prank on him?” pony Engie asked. “That’s just sad. Dumber than dirt aren’t you?”

“You must watch yer tone, boy. Ah brought enough parts for a mini-sentry.” Human Engie warned him.

“You know, this isn’t the first time ah saw a double of myself.” Pony Engie said.

“Ah know what you mean. All engineers in the battlefield look the same, don’t they?” human Engie asked.

“Ah never got that. Killin’ a blue engineer is like killin’ mahself. It doesn’t feel right.” Pony Engie said.

“So how did you Engie, Flare?” Blaze asked human me.

“Weren’t you listening to him? He placed a note on my back.” Human me corrected him.

“He did?” Blaze asked.

“Nah, that story isn’t as interesting.” Human me said. “Some fake merchant guy named Lord Thorn moved to our school and were selling fake figurines of our favorite superheroes, but Engie and Crystal and I were fighting over Luke Skywalker. It’s kinda strange though because I’m not that fond over him as Chewy.”

“Is human Crystal good looking and smart like me?” Crystal asked.

“Why not ask her when we see her?” Psyche asked sarcastically.

“Why not ask her now?” Sunset asked.

“Oi! Which way to the garden party?” human Crystal asked.

“UGH! She’s British! I already hate her!” pony Crystal complained.

Human Crystal gasped as soon as she saw her replica. “Oh…”

“…Snap!” pony Crystal interrupted. 

“I knew it! I knew I had an identical twin sister from Alabama!” human Crystal yelled.

“Alabama? Sounds like a place where people marry relatives.” Pony Crystal said.

“So you ARE from there!” human Crystal gasped.

“Trust me… the only relative I ever met was my distant ancestor Willow, and she’s not my type.” Pony Crystal said.

“Any stories about your adventures with Crystal?” Blaze asked human me.

“Back in mid Freshman year, the Noble Six were chosen to be male modeled icons on the school grounds. All of us except Crystal though. We decided to quit because we don’t want her to be left out.” Human me said. “There was also this one time when her boyfriend was ambushed by another girl, and I was the only witness and… well… you don’t wanna know how that was.”

“Trust me, we already do.” Aqua said as he rolled his eyes.

“Ladies and gentlemen… stallions and mares…” Sunset started. “May I present… human Aquatic Armor!”

“Please, I’d rather not have all this attention focused on me, if ya be so kind, mate.” Human Aqua requested.

“Nice armor.” Pony Aqua said.

“Thanks. Ya have nice armor too.” Human Aqua said.

“Sister been giving ya any trouble?” pony Aqua asked.

“Wow… where do I begin?” human Aqua asked.

“I met human Aqua during some sports event at our school. All students with a blood type of A+ were allowed to enter this event.” Human me said.

“Why?” Blaze asked.

“Not sure.” Human me said. “But human Aqua is very kind, and he taught me a lot about friendship during freshman year. He, like me, also had a bleak past. He was a victim of a terrorist attack in Europe. He and his sister Wind Racer were the only survivors in his village.” 

“Sorry to hear that, mate.” Pony Aqua said to human Aqua.

“It was the worst day of my life.” Human Aqua said. “I don’t remember a lot of details of my past though. Amnesia, I think, and Wind Racer was too young to remember, which I thought was best.”

“Amen, brother.” Pony Aqua said.

“Now I’d like to present to you all: human Psyche Illusion!” Sunset said.

“Hello, everybody! Good to see you!” human Psyche said.

“Is that really how I talk?” pony Psyche asked. “No wonder I’m the punching bag in the group.”

“It is so fascinating to meet you!” human Psyche said to pony Psyche. “This will definitely improve in my research!”

“Hey, buddy, no need to get all straightforward here.” Pony Psyche said. “We should talk about on how carefully you are to prove universal theory to the world.”

“Universal theory?! The proof is right here in front of me!” human Psyche said excitedly.

“Yeah we met Psyche during the prom.” Human me said. “We don’t have just senior prom in this school. All grades are allowed. It all went well, until the party got crashed by a gang from a bad neighborhood in this town.”

“Did you and Psyche go to the moon at all?” Crystal asked.

“Don’t be stupid! We’re just teenagers! We went to space camp together though!” human me said. “And of course we did have that long detention one time. We were detention buddies! I also helped Psyche out in becoming Junior-Body President, but Swinebutt kinda crashed that.”

“Hey everyone! We all going to be kicking Swinebutt’s big fat swine butt, huh?” human Blaze asked.

“You know it, bro!” pony Blaze yelled excitedly.

“I met Blaze when he was in another school.” Human me said. “My friend Rainbow Dash really missed him after he ran away.”

“Human me can’t be a freak of nature though.” Pony Blaze said. “I mean… do draconians even exist in this world?”

“I used to have a huge nose.” Human Blaze said. “I was laughed at a lot so I ran away. I got surgery on it, but I was too afraid to come back. I eventually did come back after unknown reasons.

“I found you and brought you back!” human me reminded him. “Human Blaze and me are like brothers! We one time switched lifestyles, but it turns out I wasn’t good at sports, and he wasn’t the best in video games or making pizza. Blaze also entered a wrestling tournament in our school but that got a little out of hand. He lost epically, but then Fluttershy saved his butt!”

“THAT I remember.” Human Blaze said.

“Unfortunately though.” Pony Blaze added. “Not the way I wanted it to end.”

“And last but not least…” Sunset started.

“KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEITH!” human me cried.

“Um… no.” Sunset said. “Human Crèmepop!”

“Ah even better! My girlfriend since junior year!” human me said.

“Since a couple of days ago actually.” Human Crème corrected human me.

Human me suddenly glared at her. “If you don’t remember all I had to go through to save you from Swinebutt. I don’t think you’re worth my time.” Human Crème started to tear up, but it stopped after she saw her pony double. They pair started sniffing eachother and observed eachother very carefully.

“Uhh… what’s their problem?” pony Engie asked.

“Crème’s a jungle girl, remember?” pony Blaze reminded him. “Flare says she sometimes acts all animal-like. I suggested to him to take her to a doctor, but Flare kept saying he loves it. Her wild-like ways is something Flare considers to be ‘hot’.”

“Human Crème’s the same way.” Human Blaze said. “She lived in Madagascar for a small time.”

“I like to move it, move it! We like to move it, move it!” both of the Crystals sang.

“You smell good, I like you.” Human Crème said to pony Crème.

“You smell good too.” Pony Crème said. “Except for that too much perfume.”

“Sorry. Sunset Shimmer said we’re going to rescue Flare, but… isn’t he right here?” human Crème asked.

“After all this time you’ve been seeing doubles of everyone, have you not considered that it’s my double we’re saving?” human me complained.

“Ok! We have everyone! Now let’s go to Swinebutt’s manor!” Sunset said.

“Why are we all here though?” human Water asked.

“Wow… took us a while to finally talk.” Pony Water complained…. or was it the other way around? Maybe human Water said this and pony Water said the last dialogue, but… I’m not sure. I can’t tell the difference between the two. Everybody looks exactly alike. 

“Swinebutt has hefty security in his manor. If we’re to get pony Flare outta there, and undo the memory erasing of human Flare’s existence, we’ll need all the help we can get.” Sunset explained.

“Makes sense, but there hasn’t been an obstacle created by Swinebutt that I couldn’t overcome.” Human me said.

“Yet!” human Crystal added.

“So Flare, about Crèmepop.” pony Blaze started.

“I found out she’s been stalking be since I was in my old schools, and helping me out. We took more classes together, and she fell in love with me, while I fell in love with Pinkie.” Human me explained.

“You do realize all that you’ve been through, pony Flare has been through right?” pony Blaze asked.

“I’ve been explaining everything to YOU. You never told me ANYTHING about pony Flare yet.” Human me reminded him.

“Right.” Pony Blaze understood.

“So we have to plan this out somehow. What are we to expect in Swinebutt’s manor?” pony Psyche asked.

“Well he’s got this VERY complicated security system that is VERY difficult to hack.” Human Engie said.

“Have you ever hacked it before?” pony Engie asked.

“Ah did, but it’s not easy, believe me on that.” Human Engie said.

“Ah believe me, so ah believe you too! Dibs on me helpin’ you out.” Pony Engie suggested.

“Dibs accepted!” human Engie nodded.

“So we have both Engies working on the security system. What else is there to do?” pony Psyche asked.

“The power box. Someone would need to cut the power in order for safe passage inside.” Human Psyche said.

“So if we can cut the power, why hack security? Security will be shut down anyway.” Pony Psyche pointed out.

“Someone will need to hack the doors open. If we shut off the power before the Engies hack the doors, they’ll stay locked.” Human Psyche explained. 

“But that’s not all, there’s an emergency generator inside the house that’ll turn on the power again in 30 seconds.” Human Engie said. “So if we turn off the power, someone’s gotta get inside quickly before the power comes back on, and then there’ll be a security lockdown. We won’t be able to hack it afterwards.”

“We’ll handle power detail.” Pony Psyche said.

“Hmph! Weaklings!” human Crystal mumbled.

“But the emergency generator is inside the basement of the house. Someone fast enough will have to run down there and deactivate it.” human Engie said.

“I just know you’re eager to do that, right Blaze?” human Blaze asked pony Blaze.

“No one’s faster than us!” pony Blaze said. “But then again, I just learned how to use these legs yesterday, so it might be a challenge.”

“Yeah but when the generator shuts down, the doors will be locked again, so someone will have to go in through the chimney, because it’s the only entrance left, and locate the keys to the doors of the house which are located in the kitchen.” Human Engie said.

“D’EEEH! ALRIGHT YOU KIDDIES!” human Blaze said in a Santa accent. “This course is called the fun course. You having fun yet, kiddies? Are you having fun?”

“Ok, how about trying to have a little more fun this time?” pony Blaze played along.

“But why go through all the trouble hacking and shutting down the generator when you can go down the chimney?” pony Water asked.

“There are security turrets, cameras, and power locks inside; that’s why.” Human Engie said. “But the chimney is a tight spot though so somebody skinny enough is going to have to handle that.”

“We’re already handling power detail.” Human Psyche reminded him.

“We should do it. We’re pretty acrobatic.” Human Crèmepop volunteered.

“Whoa! Volunteer us both why doncha?” pony Crème complained.

“Your boyfriend is inside that manor! Don’t you wanna rescue him?!” human Crème reminded her.

“I do, but I wanted to be the one to… you know… actually rescue him!” pony Crème said.

“Yeah, we need people to handle Swinebutt himself, and his goons if they’re there. Us, the Crystals, the Crèmes, the Waters, and Flare will handle all of them.” Human Blaze suggested.

“Why didn’t you say MY name in plural?!” human me complained. “I hate being left out!”

“We’re rescuing that you, remember?” human Blaze reminded him.

“I know, but still!” human me complained.

“What about us?” human Aqua asked.

“Don’t we get to do something?” pony Aqua asked.

“Yes… make us some refreshments. We’ll be thirsty after.” Pony Engie instructed them. Both of the Aquas sigh.

“Which leaves Sunset Shimmer to be our ride outta here.” Human Blaze said.

“Once you rescue Flare and retrieve the memory forgetting device, come back out here quickly and I’ll drive us off.” Sunset said.

“What does the thingy look like anyway?” human me asked.

“You’ll know it when you see it.” Sunset said.

“That doesn’t really answer my question.” Human me said.

“I’m stopping the bus right here.” Sunset said as she stops the bus. “When you give me the signal, I’ll come pick you up, and we’ll head back to CHS to fix everyone’s memories.”

“Got it!” both Blazes said.

“Anyone would like any jelly-babies before we go?” human Psyche asked.

“Ahhhh! You read my mind, me!” pony Psyche said. Sunset Shimmer parks the bus across the street from Swinebutt’s manor, and she opens the doors.

“Give ‘em hell…ibut!” Sunset said.

“What?” pony Water asked.

“Make them… fish. I dunno.” Sunset shrugged. “Go get ‘em!”

“Let’s go!” human Blaze yelled as everyone runs out of the bus and starts charging towards Swinebutt’s manor and was about to start the mission. Although, somebody suddenly opens the front the door of the manor.

“Somebody’s coming out! We should jump ‘em!” human Crystal whispered.

“On our mark.” Pony Crystal whispered.

“On YOUR mark? YOUR mark? HA! Good one, Crystals!” human Psyche chuckled.

“Get set… GO!” both Crystals yelled as all of the pony and human replicas began charging to Swinebutt’s manor and started to charging to whoever was coming out of his manor. You think its Swinebutt, right? Wrong! It was me! Well… I guess some of you knew it was me. It had to be either me or him, right? Everybody stopped charging towards the manor when they saw me with a mysterious device in my hand.

“Oh sup brahs?” I asked. “I was just about to look for you! Thanks for saving me the trouble!”

“Flare?! How did… you just…” human Blaze stuttered.

“Ok I think I’m really messed up right now because I swear I’m seeing double of everybody.” I said.

“Actually, its human Noble Six and pony Noble Six united.” Human Psyche said.

“We came in attempt to rescue you.” Pony Psyche said.

“Thanks for your concern, but there’s no need! I am A-alright!” I said. “Oh, HEY! You found human me!”

“My pony alternate! This is so totally awesome, brahs!” human me said excitedly.

“How did ya get out of there anyway?” pony Aqua asked.

“Well first off…” I started. “Fonz and Lord Thorn tied me to an office chair, so it was easy to move around once Swinebutt left the room.”

“Swinebutt wasn’t always a clever human being.” Human me said.

“After that I had to somehow untie the belts that tied my arms onto the arm rest. I tried using my teeth but my teeth hurt; I guess the reason is that I forgot to pack a tooth brush.” I said.

“Brushing is important. Twice a day, everyday.” Human Crystal said.

“So I used Swinebutt’s laser gun because… hey, all evil villains have a cool laser gun!” I said. “I used it to shoot off the belt, burning my wrist a bit, and then I took Swinebutt’s forgetting device here.” I explained as I showed everyone the device. Everyone gasped once they saw it.

“That’s it, Flare! You found it!” pony Blaze yelled. “That’s the key to making everyone remember human Flare and human Water!”

“I know, that’s why I took it. I didn’t know how to get outta that house. Swinebutt wasn’t there, but Blueberry Pie was. I used the device on her, making her think she works for me, and… still my girlfriend for a short time…” I chuckled. “And she made me a delicious BLT!”

“HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!” pony Crème yelled at me.

“What?” I asked.

“What did you just say before?” pony Crème asked angrily.

“Blueberry Pie made me a delicious BLT?” I asked.

“YES! What the heck is a BLT?!” Crème yelled.

“Well… it’s a sandwich… the L and the T was lettuce and tomato… I’m not sure what a B is though.” I said. “But lemme tell you something weird about the B. I don’t know why, but I tasted sweet justice after eating it! Just like when I ate those porkchop last time I was here!”

“I wonder why pork related products always give you that feeling?” pony Water asked.

“I wonder too.” I said. “Oh well… at least Porker Swinebutt has been defeated and we can use this thing to bring back everyone’s memories of alternate me!”

“There is so much I need to tell you about my life, dude.” Human me said to me.

“There is so much I need to tell you about mine too!” I said. “But first…” I activate the device and I shoot it on every human Noble Six member.

“Hmm… I’m starting to remember something.” Human Psyche said. 	

“I am too.” human Aqua said.

“FLARE! You are a sight for soar memories!” human Blaze said to human me excitedly.

“The Noble Six are together once again in whole!” human Crystal said excitedly.

“Who are you all?” human me asked them.

“Ehh… close enough.” I said. “So how about everyone else?”

“Yeah, we can do that tomorrow.” Human Psyche said.

“Why tomorrow? Why not today?” pony Water asked.

“It’s Sunday.” Human Psyche said.

“Sundaaaaaaaaaaaaay!” Pony Psyche echoed.

“School’s closed.” Human Psyche said.

“Oh… so… what are we going to do until then?” human Water asked.

“Who’s up for a field trip?” Sunset Shimmer asked as she pulled up the bus in front of the manor.

“You’re NOT Ms. Frizzle!” pony Crystal yelled. “Field trips are only fun when she’s around!” So we had some fun today in the human world. We did find SOME students from Canterlot High today so we decided to help them remember human me and human Water, and it turns out… more students disliked them than I thought. The next day came, and we finished the job. Luckily everyone was at school today. No absences whatsoever. Well… mainly because we got Principle Celestia to call up everyone that has been at school in the past week because they’re the only ones that forgot. Afterwards, everything was back to normal. Well… almost. Both human and pony Noble Sixes and companions were standing in front of the school after a job well done.

“Welcome back, Flare!” human Woodenshy said as he walked by.

“Couldn’t see the school without you, Water!” another student walked by and said.

“Leet to have you back, Flare!” another student said.

“Thanks, brahs, and thank you horsies.” Human me said. “If it weren’t for you, I’d still be forgotten.”

“Excuse me? I did all the work, remember?” I reminded him. “Why you congratulating them?”

“No clue, but its necessary.” Human me said.

“True dat.” I said.

“It’s so good to have you back, Flarey! I missed YOU so much!” human Crème said as she gave me a kiss.

“Excuse me?! What do you think you’re doing?!” pony Crème yelled at her.

“Wait a minute… which Flare are you again?” human Crème asked me.

“I’m pony Flare.” I said.

“O-oh…” human Crème blushed. “I’m human Crème.”

“That’s 10 bits, Psyche!” pony Engie reminded him as he chuckled.

“Always the lucky one, Engie.” Pony Psyche sighed as he paid him for winning the bet.

“Now hold that bet, you two.” Human me stopped them. “Pony Crème kissed me too.”

“Really?” pony Engie asked.

Just then, human me crouches down and gives pony Crème a big kiss. As pony Crème’s face turned red, human me said, “So it’s a tie.”

“DID YOU JUST CHEAT ON ME?!” human Crème yelled at human me.

“Relax, babe, she’s you.” Human me corrected her.

“Well… we should be going back to Equestria, just as soon as Frizzle shows up.” Pony Aqua said.

“Well it’s been awesome having you here! It was great to finally meet the pony versions of us!” human Blaze said.

“Ya will come back someday, right?” human Aqua asked.

“Maybe I will, I dunno about them.” I said. “Still seems weird having double in this world.”

“But now that I’m back. What are you going to do?” human me asked.

“Well… let’s put it to this way. If you need any horsey help, I’m glad to switch places with you Flare. You can come to my world and take over as me.” I suggested.

“But then I’d be missing out on the fun here.” Human me complained.

“No you won’t, because you will be here, if you know what I mean.” I reminded him.

“Right, of course! You’re me, so… I guess if you’re here… I won’t miss a thing!” human me said.

“Rightyo, buddyo!” I said. “Anyways, it’s been a week since we been back to Ponyville. I promised Bonnie, Lyra, and the fishies that I’d be back in two days after we delivered that mirror to the Crystal Empire!”

“It’s interesting how the simplest adventures could turn out to be really big.” Pony Water said.

“All aboard the magic school bus!” Frizzle yelled from her school bus.

“That’s our ride. We should be going now.” pony Blaze said. 

So we all said our goodbyes as we all climbed into the magic school bus for our return to Equestria, but before I went on the bus, I stopped myself and ran back to pony Noble Six- I mean, human Noble Six, sorry about that, and I said to human me, “Hey do six have a band?”

“No, why?” human me asked.

“Make yourself a polka band. You’ll need the power of polka by your side to survive the remaining high school days.” I suggested.

“The power of polka, huh? I never took that into consideration. I do play a mean accordion.” Human me said.

“Us too! But we’ve done polka in the past and it saved our lives. I think you should do it too. It might help.” I suggested.

“We did play a polka musical number with pony Flare before he left.” Human Aqua said.

“Well that sounds like a very good idea! The power of polka compels us all.” Human me said.

“You betcha!” I said. “Anyways, time for me to go. I’ll see you all in 30 months!” 

“Bye!” they all said to me, but not just the word ‘bye’. Some of them said other things too like ‘be safe’, ‘drive careful’, ‘don’t let the door hit you on the way out’, but no need to go into detail there. Anyways, that’s it. Human me and human Water is now remembered and back to where they belong. The magic school bus starts to fly away and then it travelled through a dimensional vortex to take us back to Equestria, but as we left…

“Ponies are nice. I sometimes wish I could go back to Equestria.” Sunset Shimmer admitted.

“Don’t worry about it, Sunset. Sometimes I wish too.” human Crystal said. “In fact… I think I am now!”

“What?” Sunset asked.

“Human me and pony me might’ve… switched places. I’m not sure though. I can’t remember. Oh dang… I DON’T REMEMBER!” human Crystal freaked out. “How do I know who went on the bus and who stayed?! How do I know you’re not pony Blaze!”

“I’m pretty sure I am.” Human Blaze said.

“Hey Sunset Shimmer!” a random student yelled out at her. 

“Yes?” Sunset asked curiously. Just then, a pile of garbage was thrown on her.

“YOU STINK! We heard you stole the bus! You’ll never be reformed, LOSER!” the students yelled at her.

“I agree!” human Discord said. “How can you be reformed after being evil? That’s technically impossible!” he started to chuckle.

“Don’t give up, Sunset.” Human Aqua comforted her.

“I won’t.” Sunset smiles. “It’s going to be hard to win everyone’s trust. I guess I’ll just have to be patient and wait.” Just then, a frisbee gets thrown on her nose. “OW! HEY!”

“HA-HA!” Nelson Muntz laughed at her.

“Now there’s only one thing left to do.” Human me said as he grasps the forgetting device on the strength of his hand.

“What are you going to do with that thing, bro?” human Water asked.

“I’m going to wipe Swinebutt’s memories about me. This’ll bring an end to his charades once and for all!” human me said.

“Ok, ok.” Human Engie nodded. “Hey, here’s a better idea.”

“What?” human me asked.

“THIS!” human Engie yelled as he snatches the forgetting device out of my hand, throws it on the ground and then smashes it with everything he can find. His foot, a jackhammer, the hammer near the statue in front of the school, a pile of cinder blocks, and then he burns the pieces with a flamethrower.

“Are you a spy?” human Crystal asked. “Only Pyro can use flamethrower, not you!”

“Why did you do that Engie?!” human me yelled. “I would’ve gotten ride of Swinebutt for good!”

“Would you want to risk Swinebutt takin’ it from you? It’s done, partner.” Engie said. “We can’t let this thing control people’s minds anymore. We don’t want to risk losin’ you again.”

“You know, brah, you might actually lose me when Swinebutt finally destroys me.” human me reminded them.

“We’ll be ready for him, man! We’re together again, and that’s all that matters!” human Blaze said.

“I could’ve made better friends when I moved away.” Human me complained as he walked away angrily.

“He’ll get over it. He always does.” Human Water said. “I’ll just take him to get ice cream.”

Meanwhile, over at Swinebutt’s manor. Swinebutt was having a complete meltdown. Smashing everything he could find. He was like Trevor from GTA 5 after the Merrywhether Heist. “I TRUSTED YOU WITH ONE THING, BLUEBERRY! ONE THING!” Swinebutt yelled at her and snorted. “And not just you… but Lord Thorn and Fonz too! You all messed up big time! Now human Flare is back, and once the Noble Six spread the word of what I done, it’ll be the end!”

“How dare you talk about my boss that way?!” Blueberry yelled at him.

“Right, he used the memory device on you.” Swinebutt remembered as he sighed and snorted. “Well… that’s it then. I’m going mean nothing to that school now. It’s gonna be another 30 months until I’m able to get the power I need, but the school might stop me before then. What am I going to do?” Just then, the Skype call ring tone started playing on one of Swinebutt’s devices. “Wait a minute. That’s the… that’s my universal communicator! I was never able to get that working!”

“Flare Gun is your better.” Blueberry said angrily at him. Just then, Swinebutt answers the call on his device and on the other line was the Swinebutt from Equestria.

“Hello, Dr. Swinebutt! It is I, Dr. Swinebutt!” pig Swinebutt said as he chuckled and snorted.

“That’s impossible. I was never to get this universal communicator working! How did you get it working?” Swinebutt asked.

“Magic.” Swinebutt said as he snorted twice.

“Which is what I need from your world. I’ve been trying since the universal transport mirror was active, but now it’s not. YOUR Flare ruined my plans!” human Swinebutt said.

“I know, Boorlie here told me everything.” Pig Swinebutt said as he pointed to pony Boorlie who was tied up on an office chair.

“Ah, Boorlie Pomodoro! He actually helped Flare, believe it or not.” human Swinebutt said.

“Well then, that was unexpecting.” Pig Swinebutt said. “Anyways, I’d be glad to help you- err, me out in getting magic, but there’s something I need from your world as well.”

“What’s that?” human Swinebutt asked.

“Fossil fuels and oil. Something Equestria doesn’t have, but your world does.” Pig Swinebutt said.

“Indeed we do.” Human Swinebutt said and snorted. “Maybe we can finally work together to help each of us take over our world. I could use another assistant that was from your world. My old one kinda… well… let’s just say she retired being evil.”

“That’s unfortunate.” Pig Swinebutt said and snorted. “I’ll speak to you again soon. Once I have word of the universal portal opening again, which is going to be in 30 months, we’ll arrange a meeting, until then… ta-ta!”

“Ta ta!” human Swinebutt said as the transmission ended. Back in pig Swinebutt’s end, Swinebutt begins to chuckle evilly.

“Until that time comes, I’ll still plan Flare’s downfall, but to get what I truly desire, it’ll have to wait a little while.” Swinebutt said as he placed his pinky near his mouth. “What you say Boorlie? Your information was quite- oh… you escaped.” Yeah, Boorlie was gone. “I must remember to NEVER trap a prisoner in an office chair ever again; or leave my devices hanging around!”

Ok, that’s it! Phew! That was long for a bonus DLC chapter! I thought I was never gonna be done with this! Anyways, all that’s happened here is going to lead on to the second Equestria Brahs story. Thanks for reading, fellow FiE fans! After you finish reading Book 3, I’ll see you in Equestria Brahs 2 – Hooked on Polkas!