"And then, when we made it back to the present again, DISCORD was the one in control" Twilight said taking a sip of her tea.
"Goodness" Fluttershy gasped.
Discord took a bite of his sandwich and asked, "Was I chasing Celestia and Luna around on a unicycle dressed as a king while THEY were dressed as clowns before you left for the past again?"
"Well...Yeah" Twilight replied, "How did you-?"
"Just something I'd do hadn't it not been for any of you" he answered pouring himself another cup.
Suddenly, a purple, yellow and blue light flashes from the Everfree Forest and a mysterious black, metal wagon appeared. Twilight, Fluttershy and Discord fly over to the wagon with caution.
"What IS it?" Fluttershy asked.
Taking a good look around the wagon, Twilight turned to her and said, "You know that parallel world I visit sometimes?"
"Um..Yes?" Fluttershy replied.
"These thing are common there" Twilight said turning her attention back to the wagon, "They call it an automobile, but...I've never seen one that looks like this"
"I hope whatever's in there is friendly" Fluttershy said noticing the insignia on the side.
"Well, there's only one way to find out" Discord added gesturing toward the door, "Ladies first"
"...Nice to see your manners are improving" Twilight remarked dryly opening the door.
"You humble me, princess" Discord replied with a bow.
The trio enters the dimly-lit corridor of the automobile which looked just as metallic as the exterior. Twilight gestured Fluttershy and Discord to search to the right when suddenly, one of the doors opened by itself in an odd fashion. Out of the smoke emerged a creature of a familiar form to twilight with what looked like meal hands and an unusual outfit coughing and swatting away the smoke.
"Commander? Guys?" he said with another cough, "They must still be in the lab" Taking a moment for more smoke to clear, the stranger noticed Discord with clown make-up brandishing a mallet with a creepy smile, causing him to shriek and drop to the floor with his fingers opening up revealing odd little objects inside of them.
"Discord!" the girls yelled.
"What?" Discord asked, "I was just going to lighten the mood by smashing some fruit!"
The smoke fully clears completely revealing a pedestal with a pyramid of apples on it.
"Sorry about him" Fluttershy sighed patting the stranger on the shoulder as he returned his fingers to normal.
"Believe me, he was worse before you got here" Twilight added.
"No, I should apologize, I'm a little on edge since my friends and I just got away from-" The stranger then turned his attention to his right. "MY FRIENDS!" He cried rushing to the door on the other end. He opened the door to the laboratory where a group in the same out fit as him with minor additions on each of them lay on the floor. The stranger makes his way over to the one with a black tooth that looks like his mustache was drawn on with a marker. "Commander!" he said kneeling down. Twilight and Fluttershy moved up to the unconscious body after finding the stranger.
Discord hovers over him wearing a red sweater with a black trim around his neck and a stick in his claw. "Hmm, he seems to be breathing , that's a good sign" he said poking the Commander with the stick.
"PUPPY!" The Commander shouted bopping Discord out of the sweater and onto the large one.
"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!?" the big one said about to punch DIscord before getting a good look at him, "Holy cow, you're...!" Without saying another word, he pulls out an autograph book as the other two wake up.
"I think I caught the Commander's concussion" The pale, long-haired creature said looking around.
"Yeah, now EVERYTHING looks like we're in a cartoon!" The one with braces added, "Jimmy, what happened!?"
"The phenomenon that occurred when I used the dagger must have altered ours and the molecular structure of the Battle Tram to match that of the balloon...Though not entirely the same" Jimmy finished looking between his arm and Fluttershy.
"Balloon?" Twilight asked in disbelief.
"...Guys, I just thought of something" The pale one said, "The combination of the Dagger's magic, whatever got on the balloon to bring it to OUR world and my OWN magic powers must have sent us to an alternate universe!"
"...Who ARE you guys!?" Twilight shouted trying to get their attention.
The Commander stood up and cleared his throat. "I am the MC Bat Commander" He started, "You've met Jimmy the Robot over here. The big lug that got your hodgepodge friend over there to sign a page in his book is Crash McLarson"
"Can I get YOUR autographs too?" Crash asked waving his book at them.
"Mister 'I-have-magical-powers' over THAT way is EagleBones Falconhawk" The Commander continued.
"We come in peace!" EagleBones said standing up.
"And I'm Ricky Fitness" ...Thank you, Ricky.
"And together, we are the Aquabats!"
"Well...it's nice to meet you all" Fluttershy said regaining her composure from Discord's plight.
"...Fluttershy, I'll need you and Discord to entertain our guests while I go get the girls" Twilight said exiting the lab, "And if Spike wakes up before I get back, make sure you bring him up to speed"
Fluttershy looked over at Discord who stroked his beard thinking.
"Got it!" He said finally, "I'll take care of the entertainment part while you take care of refreshments. I've got this bit with the Smooze that'll slay you guys!"
"NO!" Fluttershy and Crash shrieked.
"...Stand-up it is" Discord replied.
Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief as she left with Discord.
"Uh, Crash?" The Commander asked, "How do you know so much about this place and who those three were to the point of asking for their autographs?"
"Don't you guys get it!?" Crash squealed, "That thing Bones was talking about somehow zapped us into one of the greatest TV shows to date!"
"Wait, are you telling us we're on that talking horse show you like?" Ricky asked rubbing the back of his neck.
"Fascinating" Jimmy replied, "This coincides with one of many concepts of quantum theory. Specifically, what we perceive as pure fiction performed by actors or animators is just television telling tales of existing worlds throughout the multiverse. We've somehow passed through that boarder between our reality and this one with that combination. A further study of this phenomenon should provide the answers"
"...The hula girls are gonna have to wait, aren't they?" Ricky asked in a disgruntled tone.
"I'm afraid so, Ricky" The Commander replied, "For now, our top priority is to make sure Crash doesn't get all geeky on the local- Crash!?"
The Aquabats scrambled outside of the Battle Tram screaming out Crash's name until the Commander found Fluttershy.
"You, little winged homie!" The Commander said, "Did you see where Crash went?"
"Well, after I wrote my signature in his book, he grabbed a few sandwiches and ran off into town" Fluttershy reported nervously.
"WAIT, I HAVE SO MANY MORE QUESTIONS!" Crash is heard shouting, "WHERE WERE YOU ALL THROUGHOUT SEASON 3!?"
The Aquabats ran in the direction of Crash's voice. Soon after, a bunny with strange markings on his forehead hopped right next to Fluttershy.
"Well, hello there" she said crouching down to the bunny.
"Wait!" Discord said arriving in a bricklayer's outfit, "Where's everypony going!? I'm almost done with the backdrop!" He then turned his attention to Fluttershy. "What are you doing down there?"
"I was just looking at this interesting-looking-" Fluttershy then realized the bunny disappeared. "Oh, he must have run off"
"Are you talking about that bunny sporing the amulet on his head?" Discord asked.
Fluttershy stood up to see the bunny. "Oh goodness!" she exclaimed at the sight.
"I got this" Discord said walking over to the bunny, "Listen, I don't know what that thing is, but the guys who own it probably won't be cool if it got stolen from-" But, before he could finish his sentence, the bunny fires a beam across the base of Discord's neck. Just then, his head falls to the ground. "...Well, that could've gone better" Discord's head commented after a brief moment to wrap himself around what just happened, "Alright you little rascal, round two will commence as soon as I pull myself together!"
"I think not!" The bunny proclaimed in a menacing, monstrous voice. He then jumps on top of Discord's body and sinks into it, his head growing and morphing into a round, nearly featureless form. "It looks like you have no BODY to back you up!" the creature chortled.
"...Well, THERE's something you don't see every day" Discord responded, "And that's saying something for somepony with chaos magic" He then realized what he just said. "...Whoopsie daisy?"
"Chaos magic, you say?" The monster then raised Discord's arm and fired an orb at a nearby rock, making it motorized with wheels and a throne. "Yes, I think I might enjoy this" He thought to himself, "All I need is a team of underlings and then, watch out, The Aquabats, for you'll soon rue the day you ever crossed paths with Space Monster 'M'!" He then drives his rock away laughing maniacally as he zapped various objects on his path. Suddenly, Fluttershy popped her head out of the bush behind Discord.
"Oh, this is a disaster!" Fluttershy groaned, "First the Aquabats run off unsupervised and now this!"
"This DOES look like it's gonna be hard to explain to Twilight" Discord replied.
"...You're helping me!" Fluttershy said giving Discord the stare.
"Yes ma'am" Discord said sulkily.
"What's all the racket about?" Spike asked with a yawn, coming from the left, "...And why is Discord buried up to his shoulders in the ground?"
"...Speaking of hard explanations..." Discord said.
"You might want to sit down for this" Fluttershy added.
Will the Aquabats calm Crash down in time? What dastardly foes will Space Monster 'M' find for his entourage of evil? Will this story wind up like the previous version or even better? For the answers, don't miss the next exciting chapter of, MY LITTLE HOMIE: DO-OVER EDITION!