Spider in Equestria

by DarkSpider


6. So I'm Displaced?

After I finally calmed down, I turned my phone back on, and put on “Hero” from Skillet. Then, a few minutes later, I heard something fall. Looking over, I noticed a weird looking chainsaw, and a gun that looked like that assault rifle from Halo. “What the heck?” I went and picked up the assault rifle, but when I did, I started hearing voices.

"This is Sebastian of the Dark Angels Chapter... And I'm Spartan Sebaste-915 of the UNSC.... Together, we are humanity's last hope in the future. If you're in need of the galaxy's most powerful super soldiers, or if you are needing to bring death to the enemies of the Imperium and the UNSC, we will answer the call... AVE IMPERATOR, FOR THE UNSC, FOR TERRA!"

I blinked a few times after hearing that, looking around. “What the heck was that?” I then examined the rifle. “Sebastian? Sebaste? Who the heck…” Deciding to just give in to my insanity, I said, “Sure. Come on over.”

Something that looked suspiciously like a portal suddenly opened up a few feet in front of me. Then two beings came from the portal and landed in front of me with the portal closing behind them. One was in red and silver Halo 4 style Orbital armor while the other guy was a complete mystery. He too was in armor but it looked even more high tech while also looking archaic. He towered over the Spartan with some sort of backpack attached, but it was the shoulder pads that were the most confusing. The right one had what looked like a white winged sword while the left one had a red sideways double arrow like what you would see on a signpost. On one of his knees was a red stripe and all of his armor was dark green while on his chest a gold double-headed eagle stood out. Both of them were looking around in confusion.

I looked at them for a few seconds before I finally processed what happened. “Okay, no offense, but who are you, how the hell did you get here, and what do you want? I had a bad day today and I don't need to fight anymore people.”

The two jumped when I spoke and looked at me for the first time. “Oookay, is it me, or did an alternate Spiderman call us?” The Spartan asked the other figure who shrugged.

I just sighed and said “Don’t let the look fool you. I'm not Spider-Man, unless you know of one with a black and blue suit. Name’s Tito, but in this suit, it's DarkSpider, or just Dark. So exactly who are-wait, did you say Spider-Man? Meaning you actually KNOW about Spider-Man?”

The other figure chuckled, his voice sounding deeper from his helmet. “Yeah, why do you…” he stopped speaking as he realized something. “You’ve been Displaced haven't you?” He then asked.

“Displaced? What are you talking about?” I'm really confused right now, but hey, I wanted something to get my mind off of what Rainbow said, and I guess this is the result.

The Spartan sighed before saying “Basically what he means is you were sent to Equestria somehow. A lot of Displaced we’ve met were sent by this person called the Merchant, same with Sasha and I.”

When I heard that, I did a double take. “Wait, so…you're telling me that the guy who gave me my mask and sword is the reason I'm here? And that there are other people here in Equestria?”

The Spartan growled. “Yeah, that's the idiot that sold an assault rifle and a Godwyn pattern Bolter to me and Sasha. As for the others, they're in their own versions of Equestria. You're now part of a multiverse.”

“Multiverse? Okay. Wait, so when these Displaced go to their Equestrias, do they...change?”

“If you mean they turn into what they're cosplaying as? Yes, and they also gain the powers and abilities of what they become, though with me and Sebaste, we’re able to summon any kind of vehicle or weapon from our respective games.” The other figure said. “Speaking of which, we never introduced ourselves, the name’s Sebastian, or Sasha for short, and my friend in the Spartan armor is Sebaste.”

“Cool. You can call me Tito or Dark, whichever you prefer. Also, I-wait,” I said, just realizing something rather important, “you said when they become Displaced, they turn into whoever they're cosplaying as? Does that mean if, say, someone dressed up like a pink anthropomorphic hedgehog with a hammer, and bought that hammer from the Merchant, they're turned into the pink hedgehog?”

The Spartan, who I now knew as Sebaste, nodded. “Yeah, pretty much. It was a shock for the both of us when we woke up and found out that we were now what we had cosplayed as. And the life of a Displaced isn't all sunshine and rainbows, we found that out the hard way…” He trailed off as if he was reliving a memory he didn't really like remembering. When he spoke again, his tone was distant. “Both Sasha and I have been defending our Equestria for a long time now, and some of the things we’ve seen you wouldn't even believe. But from what you described, that sounds - wait, you said pink anthropomorphic hedgehog with a hammer?!”

I sighed. “Yes. See, I was with my sister Cece when we met the Merchant. She was dressed as Amy Rose from Sonic. I bought my mask and sword, she bought a large hammer. Before I got Displaced, she disappeared. And if what you said is true, she could be anywhere in the multiverse.”

“I wouldn't count on it, from what we've learned, if two people buy something together from the same merchant, they get Displaced to the same Equestria. But in your case, your sister could be anywhere in this Equestria since she got Displaced first.” Sebastian said, before taking his helmet off and revealing a face that was lined with a few battle scars, along with short dark brown hair and brown eyes that reminded me of those soldiers from Afghanistan, haunted from seeing thousands of battles and seeing comrades fall.

“Really? Well I guess that's something to look forward to. Though, she may be completely confused. Unlike me she knows nothing about Equestria. By the way, sorry about how I was when you got here. I had a bit of a bad day so far thanks to a certain rainbow pegasus.” I grabbed my mask, and put it back on, my thoughts drifting back to Rainbow.

Sebaste facepalmed. “Let me guess, she acted all aggressive and got in your face?” He asked.

“Actually, she knocked me out after I saved two of the Crusaders from timberwolves, attacked me when I fell in front of her in the throne room after I woke up, and then she pinned me to a wall and threatened to put me in the hospital if I hurt her friends. And that was all yesterday. Today, she bursts through the entrance and attacked me, all because Rarity screamed and fainted when she saw me. I mean, it's not even noon." With a sigh, I said, "So, long story short, she hates my guts.”

“Maybe you’d like us to talk some sense into her?” Sebastian asked. “And I don't mean clobber her, just try and convince her that you're not the monster she makes you out to be.”

“If what she said earlier is any indication, she doesn't think I'm a monster, but just some freak. It doesn't help being the only human here, who has spider powers.”

“Ouch, even for Rainbow, that's taking it too far for her!” Sebastian said with a wince.

“You wanna know the funny thing though? Before I came here she was one of my favorite of the Mane 6. Imagine my reaction to one of my favorite characters doing all that to me.”

“I can imagine that…” Sebaste said, shaking his head. “Though did you tell her and the rest of the Mane 6 that they were part of a show? Because that may have a hand in her reaction to you.”

“Of course not. I don't want them questioning their existence. Though I may have let slip I might know a few things. I asked them what was the most recent noteworthy event that happened to them, aka, what was the latest episode. The examples I gave were being framed, opening up a new shop somewhere, traveling through time, and becoming an aunt. I did get the info I needed though”

“And that set her off…” Sebastian said, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Sheesh, even the Rainbow Dash in our Equestria wasn't that brash…”

“Infinite worlds, infinite possibilities. Meaning that a lot of the same person will be at least slightly different. Isn't that the whole thing with multiverse?”

“Pretty much.” Sebaste chuckled. “So where exactly are we? I figured we’re in Ponyville, but as to where, that's drawing a blank in my mind.” he then asked.

“Twilight’s castle. Specifically, my room. Twilight offered to let me stay here with her, Spike and Starlight. She's definitely been nicer to me than Rainbow.”

“Castle? When did… Oh yeah, Episode 26 of season 4, right after they took out Tirek…” Sebaste facepalmed. “ You said Starlight was here? That means that we're in Season 6 Territory…”

“Yup. So far that I know, Twilight’s an aunt, and Rarity found a place to open a new shop in Manehatten. Though, if the other episodes happen, it'll be weird. I mean, Rainbow becoming a WonderBolt, and Trixie coming back? That's going to be quite the experience.”

“Well I don't know about you, but I need to stretch my legs. Standing in a room in armor doesn't really help them.” Sebastian said. “You have any idea how heavy Astartes armor is? Try having five 10 pound weights on you!”

“Well, I guess you guys can walk around the castle for a bit, but I have one more question before you do that.”

Sebaste looked at me before saying, “What do you need to know?”

I lifted up the assault rifle. “What was with the whole voice thing when I picked this up?”

“The Voice that you heard? That's to let someone know that whoever gets the token, they are available to help or chat. You can actually do that yourself, just choose something that's related to your costume or character, put some of your soul into it, make up a phrase to let others know that you are willing to help and send it into the Void.” Sebastian replied. “If you want, I can make a copy of what you want to use for your token.

“.......what?”

I couldn't see Sebaste's face, but I got the feeling he was rolling his eyes. “The short version is that you can make your own Displaced Token. You choose something to send into the Void, which is basically the realm that separates all the Equestrias from one another and whoever is in that Equestria will get it. The voice is basically your calling card, letting others know that you are willing to help.” he explained.

“Oooohhhhhh. Okay then.”

“Sasha can get a bit… Eggheadish when explaining things, personally I blame him hanging around Twilight too much!” He joked before dodging a punch from Sebastian who growled good naturedly.

“That sounds like something Rainbow would say. But what can I use…” I look at my chest and noticed my medallion. I grabbed it and said, “You said my token has to be related to me or my suit, right?”

Sebaste nodded. “You need to put a bit of your soul in it in order for it to work. That's how you’ll know you're getting summoned, and you also need to say something to let others know about you and that you are available to help. But Sasha can create a copy of that Medallion for you so that you still have the original.”

I took off my necklace. “Um, how do I do the whole ‘put a bit of my soul in it’ part?”

“That, I can help you with.” Sebastian said, putting a hand over the Medallion and my hand before his was covered in a dark green aura and I felt… something leave me before my Medallion suddenly glowed. “It… is done…” He said, sounding tired out. “That usually takes a lot outta me.”

“You okay?”

“Yeah, just never did the token creating process with someone else. Now all you need to do is say something and send it into the void.” He said.

I thought for a moment, before closing my eyes, holding up my medallion and saying, “My name is Dark. I'm a web-swinger with a blade and a lot of heart. If you need a companion to talk to, or an ally to help fight your enemies, just toss this medallion to the air and I'll be there. I'm always willing to meet new people. But know this, I will not allow anyone to harm innocents.” I opened my eyes. “How's that?”

Sebastian grinned. “That was amazing. You're definitely not someone that will allow anyone, pony or Displaced that need protection get hurt! Would you like me to send it into the Void? Oh wait, before I forget!” His hand glowed again before a copy of the Medallion appeared in his hand. “You're gonna want this. This way, you still have the original.” He said before handing it to me.

I grabbed the medallion and put it on. “Okay, so how do I send it to the void?”

“Either toss it into the air or have someone else send it for you.” Sebaste replied.

I just shrugged and tossed it into the air where it disappeared with a flash of light. “Okay then. Anything else?”

The two shook their heads. “Nope, that's all actually.” Sebaste said. “So shall we get on with the tour? It's been awhile since Sasha and I have gotten some downtime from all the fighting we’ve been through.”

“Sure. But I'm surprised that-” I stopped when I heard my door open.

“Dark?” Twilight said, coming into my room. “Are you okay? I thought you could-” she then noticed Sasha and Sebaste. “Um, who are you?”

“David and Goliath.” Sebaste joked before getting bonked on the back of the head by Sebastian. “Ow!”

“Sorry about that, Sebaste likes to crack jokes sometimes, my name's Sebastian, or Sasha for short. And you just met Sebaste, our resident wise cracker.” Sasha said.

“Well my name is Twilight Sparkle, and it's a pleasure to meet you, though, now there are 3 humans here. How is that even possible?”

“We already know who you are Twi, as for how we got here? We were summoned from our Equestria.” Sebaste said before realizing something. “Um, since when did you have hands? The Twilights I’ve seen all have hooves and walk like normal ponies, on all fours.”

“Um, I always had hands. Wait, did you say YOUR Equestria? And other Twilights?”

“Um… yes?” The Spartan replied. “Surprise?” He said, holding his hands up in a confused manner.

“Okay,” I said, putting my hand on Twilight’s shoulder. “I'll explain later Twilight, but long story short, it's something called multiverse theory. As for you guys,” I said to my fellow Displaced, “this world is anthropomorphic. Meaning humanoid ponies. Hence the hands and clothes. Now, how about we give you that tour?”

The two nodded. “That sounds like a good idea. And sorry for the shock we gave you Twi. Sasha and I have only seen pony versions of yourself, so you can understand the confusion on our part.” Sebaste said. “Indecently, congrats on being an aunt!”

“Um, thanks?” Twilight looked extremely confused. “Anyway, before we can do anything else, I need Dark to come with me to the throne room and get a proper introduction to my friend.”

“Great, I have to deal with Rainbow some more,” I said, very annoyed.

“Mind if we tag along? I would like to see the other girls.” Sebastian said before he realized what he said. “Erm, I mean, we would like to meet the others also.”

I just shrugged. “I don't see why not. Though, pro tip: if Rainbow attacks, just duck.”

Twilight sighed. “I promise Dark, Rainbow won't attack anyone.” With that, she left the room, and, after grabbing my backpack, the rest of us followed.

“Sooo… This is an impressive castle, not even Canterlot comes close to it!” Sebaste said as we walked through the corridors to the throne room. “And I’ve been in it myself.”

“Why thank you.” Twilight said. “It is pretty nice, though seems a bit too big for so few inhabitants.” By that point, we were right outside the throne room.

“Welp, here we go…” Sebaste muttered. “Let's hope Rainbow isn't in anger mode…”

“With me, that seems to be all the time,” I said. When we went inside, I saw that all of Twilight’s friends were here and in their respective thrones. When we got close, they all looked at us and Twilight sat in her throne, with the rest of us standing, me with my arms crossed, while Sebastian and Sebaste stood in a military stance, arms crossed behind their backs and legs spread.

“Who are they?” Rainbow said.

“Just some fellow Displaced from another universe.” Sebaste replied. “Nice to see you Dashie.”

“What did you call me?”

“Um, all I said was Dashie…” Sebaste said, his body language saying that he was bracing himself for whatever might happen next.

Oh boy.

“Only my friends are allowed to call me that, and I don't know who the hay you are. So give me one good reason why I should let you call me that and not kick your flanks.”

“How about you being stuck to that seat of yours?” I said, right before I webbed her hands to the armrest.

“Geez, Aggressive much Rainbow?” Sebastian asked. “You really need to get a handle on that temper!”

Rainbow growled, trying to get her arms free. Then she glared at me. “Let me out of this, you freak. So I can kick all your flanks.”

“What I tell ya,” I said to Sasha, shaking my head.

“ENOUGH!” Sebaste snapped, shocking everyone in the room.

Rainbow stopped struggling and everypony looked at Sebaste with a tint of fear in their eyes.

“Rainbow, just because Dark is different doesn't mean he's a freak. If anything, you’re acting like a character from a comic book series from where Sasha and I came from before we got Displaced, he treated another person like how you're treating Dark, he labeled him a freak and even made others hate him! And all because he was helping others! If anyone should be ashamed, it should be you Rainbow, how would you like it if someone called you a freak for being able to perform a Sonic Rainboom?” The Spartan asked.

Rainbow just stared at him with disbelief. After a moment, she turned away from all of us. Then, like before, Twilight turned to me. “Dark, can you get those off her? Please?”

I sighed. “Yeah yeah. I'll get her-” Once again, the moment I was going to her to free her from my webs, the webs disappeared and she rubbed her wrists. “Okay, how and why does that keep happening?”

“What in Dorn's name?!” Sebastian exclaimed. “Hmm, maybe it dissolves after a period of time?” He suggested.

“They do, but it's supposed to be an hour. I don't understand why they dissolve at random. Whenever I used them to web swing, zip, or hang on they disappear when I let go. The only other time I used them was to restrain Rainbow. Twice. And both times, right when I was going to help her get out, they vanish.”

“Hmmm, maybe they disappear so that it makes it easier for someone to grab whoever got webbed?” Sebaste said.

“It's easier to carry someone who's in a cocoon than someone who isn't, what with the fact they can't really move.”

“Then I have no idea why they disappear.” The Spartan said, shrugging his shoulders. “As far as answers go, I'm foxed. It’s almost like they vanish when they're… not….needed…” he trailed off as he realized what he just said.

I just shrugged. “Maybe. But we'll have to figure that out later.”

“Indeed,” Twilight said. “I believe proper introductions are in order, seeing as how I barely know anything about Dark, much less you two.”

“The three of us are what you could call Displaced. We… come from an entirely different world but were sent here against our wills by a person called the Merchant. As Dark told you Twi, you are all part of a bigger picture, a multiverse to be exact. Both Sebaste and I come from a different Equestria than yours, and… it’s seen some hard times recently. The only way a Displaced can contact another is through a token, basically a summoning device. In fact, that's how we ended up here, Dark found our tokens and called us over.” Sebastian explained.

Twilight then turned to me in confusion. “You summoned them? Why?”

“I didn't know that they'd actually show up. I was mad and I see a gun and a chainsaw on the floor, and when I picked one up, I heard two voices and figured ‘what the heck’ and invited them.”

“Wait,” Applejack said. “What's a gun?”

“This.” Sebaste said before what looked to be a handheld railgun appeared in his hands and he targeted a nearby piece of pottery. Arcs of electricity appeared between the prongs and a whine was heard before an ear-splitting BANG! was heard and the pottery was instantly destroyed. “And that was just a ARC-980 Recoiless Carbine, or as some people call it, the Railgun. Humanity… is not a peaceful race, we’ve fought more wars than we can count. All the while, we’ve adapted to the changing years, and while Sasha and I are now two super soldiers from made up universes, that doesn't mean this won't become reality. But you won't have to worry about us using them on you, both of us only fight to defend Equestria.”

The effect of the gun got all of their attention, especially Rainbow though it obviously made them all uneasy. Well, except for Pinkie, who was in awe. When Sebaste said they're the good guys, though, they calmed down a bit.

“You’ve… never seen warfare, have you?” Sebastian asked.

“Closest thing any of them seen to all out war is Twilight when she went to that Sombra time line, so no they didn't,” I whispered to the super soldiers.

The girls all shook their heads, still shocked about the gun. Then I remembered a small fact that I forgot to talk to them about. “Hey, that reminds me, what am I supposed to with this and that chainsaw?” I ask, pulling the assault rifle from my bag. “Not like I can just carry them around with me. I'm pretty sure a lot of ponies will be afraid with me having a sword around, let alone those 2 things.”

“Chainsaw? Did it happen to look like it had a sword pommel with a guard on the handle?” Sebastian asked.

“Kinda. Why?”

“That's actually called a chainsword, and it's a common weapon from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.” Sebastian explained before having one appear in his hand.

“Okay...so, what do I do with them?”

“Just store them in your room, that way you can still keep them, but not carry them around like Rambo.” Sebaste said.

“Okay. I guess I can do that. So then,” I said, turning to the girls, “Any more questions?”

“I got one,” Rainbow said. “Where did you guys get those?”

I saw Sebastian smirk. “It's one of our powers, we’re able to summon any weapon or if we're able to, vehicle from our respective game universes. Plus a few other abilities…” he said, giving Sebaste an annoyed look. A hand tapped Rainbow's shoulder from behind and she turned to see Sebaste behind her. “BOOGABOOGABOOGA!” He yelled while the Sebaste next to Sebastian burst out laughing.

“AAAAAAHHHH!!!!” Rainbow screamed and fell off her throne.

I was too busy laughing to question how he did that, along with Pinkie and Applejack, but luckily, Twilight wasn't. “H-how did you do that?”

“Hologram, makes it easy for me to distract someone so that I can deal with another problem. Oh ho man, you should've seen your face Dashie, too freaking hilarious!” Sebaste gasped. “I haven't laughed this hard since I heard the story of Sasha's sister doing the Scooby Doo run after stepping on a bug!”

I finished laughing and Rainbow got back on her throne. She glared at me but didn't say anything.

“Okay, I have a question this time for you Twilight,” I said. “Besides you guys, does anypony else know about humans?” I wanted to confirm my suspicions about a certain pony.

Twilight tapped her chin. “Well, the only other ponies in Equestria who I believe know about humans are the rest of the princesses, and a unicorn named Lyra Heartstrings here in Ponyville.”

I fricking called it

“Well, that’s no surprise there, Lyra always seems to be interested in humans in a lot of Equestrias, hell, there are a lot of fanfics about her from what I can remember that have her interested in human culture.” Sebaste mused. “But that was back on Earth…”

“Yeah. I read one where a guy dressed as an assassin from Assassin’s Creed saved Ponyville from Diamond Dogs and she knocked him out with a shovel because she wanted him as her pet,” I whispered to him.

“A shovel? Seriously? At least it wasn't a frying pan.” He whispered back. Aloud he said, “So were there any more questions you wanted to ask?”

Twilight had a confused look on her face. “Did you say there were fanfics about Lyra? How is that possible?”

Aw crap

“I told you they don't know about that yet,” I whispered to them.

“You didn't hear that and these aren't the droids you’re looking for!” Sebaste said, waving his hand like he was Obi Wan Kenobi. “Ow!” he yelped when Sebastian whacked him on the back of the head.

Twilight got even more confused but decided to just forget about it. “Okay then. How about-”

Pinkie quickly interrupted her by shooting her hand up and jumping up and down on her throne. “Ooo. Ooo ooo ooo ooo. Pick me. Pick me.”

“Yes…” Sebaste looked to the left then the right before settling on Pinkie. “Pinkie.” Sebastian facepalmed and muttered something that sounded like “Stupid Over The Hedge.

“What are your favorite types of sweets, and are you staying for Tito’s ‘Welcome to Ponyville’ party?”

Sebaste chuckled before saying, “It's been awhile since I've actually eaten candy or any kind of sweets. But I used to get Skittles back on Earth, heh, their slogan was “Taste the Rainbow”.”

Twilight looked at Sebaste. “Skittles? That's what Dark called Rainbow yesterday. What are they though?”

Sebaste busted out laughing. “I can see why he called her that! As for what they are, they're a type of chewy sweet with a candy shell, and they come in all sorts of flavors, from Sour flavors to Berry. I used to get the original, that's where the slogan for the candy came from because each flavor is a different color. I believe they had recently changed the lime to green apple for the originals before Sasha and I were Displaced.”

I shrugged. “Well I wouldn't know. Never really liked them. I only liked Reese's.

“As for staying for Dark's party, that's a definite yes. Honestly, Sasha and I need a break from all the fighting we've been through. Being involved in a war is… taxing to say the least. That and rebuilding after getting slammed by a war in our own universe with another Displaced and his army.” Sebaste said.

“Yay.” Pinkie beamed. “Wait, what are your favorite types of cake, ice cream and cookies?”

“Vanilla, Cookies 'n Creme and… blast, forgot which kind of cookies I liked…. oh yeah, Chocolate chip.” Sebaste listed. “Sasha likes Marbled, Mint Chocolate chip and Peanut butter.”

“Huh, you and I have the same tastes on those. Cool.” I said.

“Thank you. Now I have to get everything ready for the party,” Pinkie said, before disappearing in a blur.

“Heh, Good old Pinkie. She's no Deadpool, but she's definitely Warner Brothers worthy.” Sebaste chuckled before Yakko popped up and started making goo goo eyes at the rest of the Mane 6. “What the?!” The Spartan yelped before sending him flying into the stratosphere where he disappeared in seconds. “Erm… let's pretend that didn't happen…” he said.

I blinked a few times before just shaking my head. “Yakko Warner, showing up out of nowhere and you making him disappear. You know, I have a feeling I have to get used to stuff like that happening from now on.”

“Heh, welcome to the Multiverse. Believe me, that's not the craziest thing I’ve seen. There's a Deadpool Displaced running around, and when Sebaste and I encountered him, well, let's just say I saw things that I'd rather forget.” Sebastian chuckled.

“Okay, noted….”

“Okay, anything else?” Twilight asked.

“Guess not.” Sebaste said, looking around. He then took his helmet off, revealing a mop of reddish brown hair and a face much like Sebastian's, only with blue eyes.

“Great. Because we have to get few things done today. Dark, I asked Rarity and she'll be more than happy to make you some clothes.”

“Great. I actually have a certain design I was going to work on at home once I finished this suit. If I'm right, it should allow me to go out without anypony knowing I'm a human, and it's not as out of place as this costume.”

Sebaste raised a questioning eyebrow at that. “Um, how exactly are you going to pull that off? You can't exactly turn into a pony… unless you're in the Spiders and Magic series.”

“The what? No, I can't turn into a pony. And to answer your question, simple. My designs include a cowl and scarf to hide my face, gloves for my hands, and if I'm correct, it'll hide my tail, if I had one.”

“What a tale that’d make!” Sebaste chuckled.

“Anyway, like I said, if I'm right about it, I will be able to walk around anywhere and nopony would guess I'm a human. At least, not for a while, if I'm careful.”

“Let's hope so, if not, it’s gonna be Old JJJ style all over again…” Sebaste said.

I growled. “Don't remind me. I hate Jameson. No matter how much Spider-Man helped people, he always made him look bad.”

“Yeah, never was a fan of old Mustache himself.” Sebastian said. “Sometimes I wanted to just go into the comic and knock his lights out.”

“Same.”

“Um, who are y'all talking bout?” Applejack asked.

“Nothing!” Sebaste said.

Deciding that I might as well tell them, I just sighed and said, “Long story short, a guy who owned some newspaper company in a comic I loved reading named J. Jonah Jameson. He always called someone with my powers a menace no matter how many times he saved people and saved the city.”

“And know what was worse? He actually convinced other people that the guy actually was a menace, police would shoot him on sight, people would call him names, and all because Jameson kept doing this campaign against him.” Sebaste said.

“Add to the fact that Jameson was actually responsible to some villains like Scorpion, a guy who has a scorpion tail that can shoot acid, and invested on a bunch of robots designed to kill him, and you can see why I'm not a fan.”

“And this was the guy I had told you you were reminding me of Rainbow. You think you calling Dark a freak is bad? You don't even hold a candle to what Jameson did.” Sebaste said, looking at Rainbow.

Rainbow’s eyes widened and she looked at me for a second, then looked to the ground. Then Twilight said, “Okay, before anything else happens, how about we get Dark to Carousel Boutique to get his suit ready for the party?”

I nodded. “I'm cool with that, but how are we going to get there? I doubt anypony will just ignore a guy in blue and black spandex with a sword on his back.”

“Teleportation?” Sebastian suggested.

Twilight smiled. “Exactly. I'll teleport Dark and Rarity to the Boutique so they can get it done, and I can give you two that tour.”

Sebastian smirked, “Sounds like a plan.” He said.

“Great. Now then, let's get started.” Twilight’s horn and hand glowed and in a flash of light, Rarity and I were at Carousel Boutique.

“Now then, let's get started on your measurements,” Rarity said, getting some measuring tape.

This is going to take a while


(Third Person POV, Twilight's Castle)

Sebaste marveled at the castle’s architecture as they walked through the castle. Damn, wait till Alex hears about this! She's gonna have a fit that she missed this! He thought. “So, have you figured out what exactly this castle is made of?” He asked Twilight.

“It's made by a type of crystal that I'm unaware of as far as I can tell,” she said

“Huh…” Sebaste grunted before noticing Rainbow dragging her feet behind them. “The rest of you guys go on ahead, I'm gonna check and see what's eating Dashie.” He said before walking over to the cyan mare.

Rainbow looked at Sebaste. “What do you want?”

“Just wanted to see what was wrong, You seem a bit subdued after that chat earlier.” he said.

“Nothing is wrong.”

“Yeah right, and I’m the Master Chief. There's something bothering you, and I'm getting the feeling that your animosity with Dark runs a bit deeper than it looks.” Sebaste said, crossing his arms.

Rainbow looked at Sebaste in confusion. “Who's Master Chief and what does he have to do with anything? And what do you mean by my beef with bug-boy is “deeper than it looks”?”

“Meaning, something must have happened to you that made you practically not trust any strangers and when someone appears and saves two of the CMC, you go and knock him out without hearing his side of the story and when he does wake up, you threaten to harm him again. I heard the story from Dark, so why the hostility with him?” Sebaste said while keeping an eye on the group with the helmet HUD while the two followed behind.

“Okay, first of all, I only attacked him at first because I thought he was going to eat Scoots and AB when he was done with those timberwolves. And how would you react if some weird blue and black creature falls from the ceiling and lands in front of you? I was trying to protect my friends from him.”

“Except you could have heard his side of the story before you judged him, I’ve met many versions of you, but none have been as brash like you, I’ve been blindsided by a cybernetic version of you and that was when we first met a Displaced that… ended up ruining the Equestria Sasha and I lived in. But even she didn't attack without hearing the other’s side of the story.” Sebaste pointed out.

“Hey, I didn't even know he could talk until I already attacked him the second time. I thought he was a crazy violent animal.”

“Well, let me tell you, he was pretty close to tears when he summoned us. You attacking him really shook him up. But I think we’d better catch up to the others.” Sebaste said before smirking under his helmet. “Wanna race to them?”

Rainbow looked at him with wide eyes at first, but then donned a competitive smirk. “You're on.” With that, they both ran to the others, with Rainbow having a lot on her mind.

Sebaste chuckled as he ran before activating the thrusters on his suit, adding to his speed. “YEEEEHAH!” He whooped as he charged forward.

“So that's how it's gonna be? Fine.” Rainbow then used her wings to catch up with him.

Sebaste then screeched to a halt a few feet from the group. “Whoo, what a rush!” He said turning just in time for Rainbow to crash into him, sending the two tumbling smack into the rest of the group. “Ow…..” he groaned from underneath the pile up, his personal shields crackling before recharging.

“Everypony okay?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah. I'm just peachy.” Sebastian said before pushing Applejack and Fluttershy off him then helping the two mares up.

“Thanks. What in the hay happened?” Applejack said.

“Race got out of hand.” Sebaste said, as he helped both Twilight and Rainbow up. “Heh, my fault for stopping early.”

“Ya think?” Rainbow said, annoyed.

Sebastian chuckled. “Even here, Rainbow just can't back down from a race.”

Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Oh, so you know everything about me then?”

“You can be brash, arrogant, you sometimes think with your hooves more than your head, but you are also extremely loyal to your friends and won't ever let them down.” Sebaste said.

Applejack nodded. “That sounds about right.”

“Heh, when you’ve been traveling the Multiverse, you tend to meet different versions of the same character.” The Spartan chuckled. “I’ve lost count of how many variations of Rainbow Dash I’ve seen over the last few years!”

Rainbow groaned. “So I'm guessing Dark is going to meet a lot too?”

“Depends on the Equestria he gets summoned to, not every one will have a Rainbow Dash. Like...ours.” Sebaste fell silent after that.

Rainbow widened her eyes in shock. “W-wha? Didn't you say you met the me from your universe?”

“We did, and she was just like you. But then… a Displaced named Ahriman and a group of his allies attacked our universe, Sasha and some other Displaced, along with me fought them to defend our Equestria. But… we failed. Our Celestia and Applejack were killed by a Chaos Marine Lord, while Rainbow… she was kidnapped by one of Ahriman's soldiers, who happened to be his version of Rainbow Dash. A year after, we both got a video recording of Rainbow being turned… into a combat drone. She’s now an expendable for the New Black Legion.” Sebaste said, clearly not wanting to remember the memory

This shocked all the girls, especially Rainbow and Twilight, who had tears in their eyes, and Fluttershy looked like she was gonna faint.

“I’d rather not talk about what's happened to my Equestria. Let's just get back to the tour.” Sebaste said before walking ahead of the group. Sebastian shook his head.

“It's kind of a sensitive topic for him. One that he doesn't like remembering.” He explained to the girls as they started walking forward again.

Twilight wiped her eyes, and caught up with them, as did Applejack and Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash, however, stayed there for a bit, wiping away her own tears. After staying there for a few moments, she went back to the group.

“So how many rooms does this castle have? I’ve lost count of how many I’ve seen.” Sebaste asked.

“I never really counted,” Twilight said. “There's just too many.”

“So are Spike and Starlight around?” Sebastian asked.

“Spike is watching some talent show, while Starlight may be in the library.”

“Mmhmm…” He said. He then tapped on his coms button, only to receive static when they activated. Damn it, they need to get fixed again! I knew I should have upgraded my helmet after I was disintegrated by Izra.

He took his helmet off and concentrated on it. In seconds it shimmered and changed form, the mouth grille became more pointed like a beak. Soon, Sebastian was holding a MK VI “Corvus” helmet.

“Um, what are you doing?”

“Just giving my helmet an update. The old one needed to be replaced anyways, the comms had been on the fritz after an encounter with a Void Dweller named Izra.” No need to tell them about the War of Shadows just yet…

“Void Dweller? What's that?” Applejack asked.

“A literal god that lives in the void between the Equestrias. But I’d rather leave that discussion for another time.” Sebaste said.

Twilight nodded. “If it's something to do with you Displaced, I believe Dark should be present. Speaking of Dark, I have a question concerning him.”

“What is it?” Sebaste asked.

“What exactly do you know about him?”

“All we really know is that both he and his sister got Displaced here by the Merchant, other than that, not much.” The Spartan replied. “Apparently his sister was Displaced as a character from a game back on Earth called Sonic.”

“Wait, he has a SISTER?” Rainbow asked. “What happened to her? And what's “Sonic”?”

“Sonic is a game series about a talking anthropomorphic blue Hedgehog that is actually as fast as you Dashie. The character that Dark’s sister got Displaced as is named Amy Rose who's also a anthropomorphic hedgehog, only pink. And well, she can really bring the hammer down, in this case literally as she’s armed with a large double headed, two handed hammer, about as big as her.” He explained.

“A blue hedgehog that's as fast as me? Your world is weird. But, where did she end up?”

“That's the problem, we have no idea. She could be anywhere in Equestria.” Sebastian said.

“Wait, this Equestria, or some other one?”

“This Equestria. If there's one thing Sasha and I have learned, if two or more people buy something from the same merchant then they get sent to the same Equestria.”

“So there's a pink hedgehog with a giant hammer running around in Equestria? That doesn't sound good. What do you know about this Amy person?”

“Not much actually, but she is as loyal to her friends like you Dash, and she packs quite a punch with that hammer of hers. She could smash a robot apart with one blow from it.”

“Woah. What about his sister?”

“If she was Displaced as her, she’d have the same powers as the character.” Sebaste said.

Twilight looked at him. “Um, exactly what's the thing with Displaced? You said you have the ability to summon weapons and vehicles from a game, and that Dark’s sister turned into a character from another game. What do you mean by that?”

Sebastian sighed. “The thing is, a lot of Displaced are teens like us. We all enjoy dressing up as our favourite characters and attending conventions as them. And when we buy something from the Merchant, something… I don't know if it's magic or not happens to us, and when we wake up, we’ve become what we're dressed up as. And from what I've heard, a lot of Displaced ended up getting turned to stone by Celestia, but some are lucky and help their version of the Mane 6 with their own adventures.”

“So, that's what happened to you? To Dark and his sister?”

“Yeah, pretty much.” Sebaste said.

“So,” Rainbow started, “Dark dressed up in a costume, bought something from this “Merchant", then ended up here in Equestria with the powers of who he dressed as? Who, or what, is he dressed as, exactly?”

“My guess is he created his own version of a Earth comic book hero called Spiderman, but made a few additions to the armament.” Sebaste said.

“Spider-Man? Didn't you guys mention him earlier? Who's THAT?”

Sebaste didn't answer but he brought up a hologram of a human in a red and blue costume, surrounded by a web design, the lenses of his mask glinting from an unseen light source. “This is who Dark based his costume off of. He’s a literal representation of the underdog surviving all sorts of situations, and is definitely worthy of the hero title.”

“Okay,” Twilight said. “But why is he called that?”

“Well, because he has the same powers that Dark has, though the webs he uses are artificial.” He then had the Hologram shoot a web at an unseen foe.

“So, he can stick to walls, and is stronger than a normal human too?”

“Yep, he also has a sixth sense that warns him of impending danger, so if someone is about to strike him, he’ll know before you even hit him. Kinda like Pinkie Sense.” Sebastian said before charging the Hologram, only for it to dodge his attack almost instantly.

“Sixth sense? Dark never mentioned having that. Though, it would explain how he's able to dodge Rainbow’s attacks like he can.”

“Heh, that ability does come in handy, but I’d rather stick with a Heads Up Display or HUD.” Sebaste said.

“Hmm. Is there anything else you know about him?”

“Nope. But Dark might.”

“Hmm.” They then continued the tour.

“So when exactly are Rarity and Dark supposed to get back?” Sebaste asked.

“Whenever they finish his new suit. How long has it been?”

“About 5 hours now.” He replied, checking his chronometer.

“Then it shouldn't be too much longer. Maybe about another hour or two.”

Sebaste nodded before activating a music file in his helmet, within seconds, “In The End” by Black Veil Brides was playing inside his helmet. Ah, nothing like some rock music to help me chill…. He thought.

Bobbing his head to the music, he didn't notice Starlight walking out of the room next to him until he suddenly felt himself slamming into something and falling on his rear. “Oof!” He grunted. Hearing a groan next to him, he looked over to see Starlight on the floor in front of him. “Oh geez, I'm so sorry!” He said, scrambling up to help her stand. “You okay?”

“Yes I'm fine,” Starlight said, then she looked at Sebaste. “Who are you?”

“Just a visiting Displaced. The name’s Sebaste. You must be Starlight, Nice to meet you.”

“Um, you as well, but what's a Displaced?”

“You remember Dark, how he suddenly showed up? Well, he’s not exactly… from Equestria.”

“Yeah, I was told. He's a human. What's your point?”

“I mean, he came from a different universe entirely. He got sent here by a person called the Merchant.”

“What?”

Twilight put a hand on Starlight’s shoulder. “Don't worry Starlight. We'll explain later. It's kind of a long story.”

Gahh, me and my big mouth… Sebaste thought, facepalming.

“So when exactly is this party Pinkie has planned?” Sebastian asked.

“Oh, that's easy,” came a bubbly voice behind him. “It starts about 5 minutes after Tito gets back.”

Sebastian jumped about a foot in the air at Pinkie's voice. “By Gulliman’s blood!” He yelped. “Don't do that Pinkie!”

“Sorry, Sasha, but I saw you guys here so I thought I'd join you. And you asked when's the party, so I told you.”

“It's… fine, just count yourself lucky I didn't have a weapon on me, I honestly don't want to harm anyone by accident or otherwise.” Sebastian said. “Ugh, I hate being involved in a war, makes you all jumpy.”

Pinkie patted him on the head. “Don't worry. This party is as much for you two to have fun as it is for welcoming Tito.”

Sebaste chuckled. “I remember when our Pinkie threw a party to both welcome Sasha and I and thank us for saving Twilight from some Chaos Marines. That was fun.”

“Oh, that reminds me. I should also have this be a “Thanks for saving Apple Bloom and Scootaloo” party.”

“Hope you can find a banner long enough to fit all of that!” Sebaste chuckled.

“Don't need to. I already have one,” Pinkie said, right before pulling a rolled up banner from her mane.

As one, both Displaced facepalmed. “Well, let’s get this party ready!” Sebaste said. “And I have the perfect way to surprise him…” he chuckled.