//------------------------------// // Tantabus? What? (S5 E13) // Story: My Little Pony: Sonic Gen. Underground // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// "So me and my new pet... are the same?" "Yes, Muttski," Amy said, writing down notes with Twilight. "In fact, this is a unique case altogether." Twilight nodded, "Sonic the King- which is suit Sonic -is actually faster than his alternate self Sir Sonic. ...About four times, in fact. Sir Sonic has to wear those golden shoes to even go half as fast!" Ben Muttski pondered this, "Well, that explains why the Amy I know has magic, but this one is smarter-" "Hey!" Magic Amy exclaimed from Sonic's hut. Ben lied his head back on the pink sofa, "Though, a pet dog to a lab assistant is a huge reality jump... actually, I'm glad I don't have old me's memories. Wouldn't it be weird to gain memories of being walked by one of your best friends and doing," he gaged a bit, "...gross pet stuff?" "Muttski, get off the couch! Sonic, control your dog!" Ben's ears fell back as he gripped the sofa, Magic Amy's words seemingly painful. "Amy, its my hut and he hasn't been my dog in a while. He's either Ben's dog or other me's dog," a Sonic replied. "Besides, until everything is established, he's one of us." "So I can beat him with my hammer?" "You would beat a dog?! That's animal cruelty." "Its animal cruelty beating a mobian with my hammer and animal cruelty if he's one of us!" Amy and Twilight shared a tense stare, looking back at Ben, whole curled in a ball and hiding his face. Before Twilight could speak, Ben leaped over to back of the couch and ran into the hut. When Amy and Twilight caught up, they saw Magic Amy sitting like a dog, fear in her eyes while Muttski hid behind Ben, who held one of his blue flipflops at her face and a hammer head in his grasp. "Ben!" Twilight and Amy exclaimed in shock. "What?!?" He didn't dare to look back at them, his eyes on the Amy on the ground. Those who entered backed away slowly, except for Big Knuckles, who froze. Little Sonic stared blankly at the situation. "What happened?" Twilight asked, worried. "Amy had her hammer out over he shoulder, I assume she was going to harm other me. I simply knocked her over and caught her swung hammer, and believe me, I'm not known for my strength." Ben flipped the hammer in his hand and let it drop, Magic Amy's head splattering crimson blood everywhere. Ben woke up in Twilight's castle, breathing heavily. He looked over to the corner to see Muttski, sleeping peacefully and unharmed. It was just a dream, he thought to himself, looking up at the crystal ceiling fan spin slowly. Well, more of a nightmare, but its not- Suddenly he heard Twilight scream from her room, waking Muttski, who began to howl. (Ben Muttski P.O.V.) "Hey, Twilight, how did you sleep?" I asked in the kitchen, making waffles with Spike. The princess hovered into the room, bags under her eyes and her balance staggering. Her landing wasn't all good either as her head collided with the table before the rest of her rag dolled over said head and pulled her over to the other side of the table. "...That bad, huh?" Twilight rubbed her head, "OoOoow... N-not really..." Her horn glowed, seemingly erasing obvious damage to her. "I kept having a nightmare." "I know it," I flipped a waffle, tossing one to Muttski. "Remember when one of the Amys were being mean to other me, yesterday?" "Yeah...?" Twilight asked, partially focused. "Well, in my dream she was a HUGE jerk and I beat her to a pulp. Me! Beat up a friend!" I filled pet me's bowel with water, laughing, "That dream was terrible! Enough about me, though, your highness." "N-no, its fine Ben. Really- also, its just Twilight, please," Twilight waved a hoof. "Anyway, me and the girls are going to Rarity's place to groom our pets, do you want to join?" Muttski looked up at me, shaking his head. Clever boy... "We're fine. I was actually going to take Muttski on a walk." "Alright. Well, see you soon." She got up and was about to leave when her Owl landed on the table, drawing her focus. "Um... Weren't you going to eat?" Spike asked, flipping waffles onto a plate. "Oh yeah, I forgot..." The last thing I remember was walking Muttski, then falling asleep only to wake up in a dark, strange Ponyville with Princess Luna trapped in a bubble. Muttsky was with me. He's my robot dog hand that fires lasers from his mouth and gives me my super powers. Spike was there, too! He was a knight on a giant, grey pony fighting a dark cloud with a stallion so rich he walked on flying coins and fired them from his mouth. Fluttershy was riding a demon and brown pony turned into a human in a blue box. His box was being chased by robots that attacked Zapp and Taco Girl. Silver was in his super form, firing lasers from everywhere while a red alicorn kicked ass. It was impressive. Though, when houses were trying to eat people Muttski Man would back head them to dust. I looked over from my work to see three Sonics combined their power to launch a three mobian spin dash. From that attack, all the monsters, robots, and some of the dark cloud was destroyed. I rolled my eyes and aimed Muttski at the cloud, firing the executioner cannon. Metal Sonic just stared down at the two Muttskis on the ground, looking around to see the whole asleep on a suddenly dark Ponyville night. "I wish I could sleep." Suddenly everyone on the ground got up at once, the sun flew up into the sky, and everybody was cheering. Metal tossed a rock on the ground, "Get your priorities straight, Celestia!! I'm done!" He flew off into the sky, out of sight.