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Dan Vs. The Magic of Friendship(Season 1) - Barrobroadcaster



The story of a man named Dan and all his friends in Equestria.

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Central: Just in Case

"Yeah, crap, now thanks to you, the three of them think they can take down a war criminal. What are you going to do about it?" Mayor Mare asked.

And Dan slapped her shoulder. "Gonna wish you the best of luck there, Mayor. Alright, I want a moat dug around Ponyville filled with green lava and-"

"That's not going to work, Dan."

He pointed upward. "Yeah, that's what the pegasi said about building a moat, wall and electric fence around Cloudsdale. Look at it now." And the Mayor did look up, they all did. Cloudsdale itself was the same since its reconstruction and looked pretty much identical to what it had been before the Enclave had destroyed it. Now, a rainbow moat, rainbow barriers and clouds connected by electricity encircled it. Although clearly upgraded, it still looked like Cloudsdale, just with a few enhancements that even Mayor Mare admitted appeared natural.

The mayor only became more frustrated. "I'm not saying it can't be- look, we have parents all throughout Ponyville! This is bigger than you, bigger than me, it's even bigger than the CMC." That actually got Dan's attention. He and the others did not interrupt; they waited for her to continue, listening. "We have to send the right message. It's only been a day since they went missing. If we hurry, we can still find them."

Dan smiled. "And of course, when you say "we," you really mean "me." COME ON!!" he yelled. "We just had a moment about staying together as a group!"

Chrys, transformed into Dan, patted her boyfriend on the back. The lower back. "Of course we did, babe. But sers, we need you to do this."

"Did you just say 'sers?'

She nodded.

"But-but-but... WHYYYYY??!" he pulled Gust Grasp in from just out-of-frame into the frame. "Turkey sub just went into detail about how he's abandoning his wife and daughter! Doesn't that mean anything?"

"Actually, she's not my only-AAAH!" Dan casually pushed him down.

"Seriously, guys, we have to plan something! We can't just shout ATTACK! and then go off and attack!"

Phoenix stepped forward. "I know this isn't our usual strategy, but we do have an opportunity to get Apple Bloom and her friends back before they get hurt. Gale, Gilda and our other friends have been missing for a while. We still have a chance to get the CMC back and they're just fillies. I think we should do this."

Dan frowned at the taller human. "Oh, so NOW you're okay with recklessly charging into danger. And the rest of you guys are okay with this?"

"YES!!"

"So I pretty much have to go do this now?"

"YES!!"

"Grrrrggh, fine," Dan growled. "Nicky, c'mon. The rest of you, stay here in case I need to kill someone."

Tuxley looked around. "Master Dan? You do mean that in the event you need to kill someone else... not one of us, correct?"

Without answering, Dan turned around and walked away. Phoenix offered a shrug and followed.

"Why do I never feel entirely safe with him?"

Spike chuckled. "I think there'd be a problem if you did, Tuxley."

Dan walked back up to Twilight and the Mayor. "Okay, so where were they last seen?"

"How do know they went to fight Vice Grip?" Phoenix asked.

"We're pretty sure they are," the Mayor said. She took out a rolled up piece of paper and unfurled it. "They drew this in Miss Cherilee's class two days ago."

The humans examined it. The paper was a drawing that was apparently made over the trace of a railway map of Equestria. Various points and places were marked off on it, along with what looked to be parts of a machine. Most of them were crossed off, except for a point to the north near Canterlot, one of the railroads that was recently liberated when Dan defeated Zen Zeal. In the top-right hand corner of the paper was a crude drawing of a butterfly vaporizing a Star Destroyer.

"It looks like... they're trying to build something?" Phoenix guessed. "These look like parts. Here- there's a list," he pointed.

But Dan was fixated on the top-right hand corner. "Wait a minute... I've seen this before," he pointed to the butterfly. "This. And that Star Destroyer drawing, that was from my schematic for when I remodeled the treehouse."

Twilight peaked over their shoulders. "It looks like something Pinkie would draw."

Dan nodded. "I think she did draw this."

"Right, her drawing for the YESSSSS-cake on the train," Twilight said.

"The train!" Dan exclaimed. "The butterfly thing! That was on the train- remember?" He rubbed his chin stubble. "Bloomers, Belle and Scooter must be trying to rebuild it. It looks like they were moving it around, fixing it."

"They've been drawing things like that since you left," Mayor Mare explained. "They're planning on attacking Vice Grip for taking Twilight's friends."

Dan's eyes nearly watered. "Those little scamp-champs... they're following in MY footsteps! This is exactly what I would do!"

"Well, uh... you know what? Sure, we'll go with that," Phoenix said. (We'll go with whatever works at this point.)

Dan stabbed at the map with his finger. "Here! The tunnel near Canterlot, that's where they're going next!"

The Mayor nodded. "That's the conclusion we came to as well, but-"

"KNIGHT!! CHRYS!! FRONT AND CENTER!" Dan yelled. The two appeared; Knight landed from above and Chrys hopped down off her back, still transformed into Dan. "Alright, me and Nicky are going to rush towards the train tunnel on the map. Knight, you will be coming with us as transportation and giant robot."

Knight bowed in confirmation. "Affirmative. This is the role I was constructed for. Literally."

"Twilight, I want the rest of you guys to stay here in the library."

"Right," she nodded. "You can use the headset to keep in contact with us. We'll try to monitor your progress from the ion cannon's scanners."

"Exactly. I also want you to start building up our defenses here with everypony else while I'm gone, Run them through the usual drills. And the unusual drills."

"The ones with actual drills?"

"Those ones," Dan turned to Chrys. "Babe, between me being me and you being me and the ion cannon and giant robot, we should be safe splitting the group up for now, at least."

Chrys gingerly rubbed her Dan-hands together. "Um... when you're done... Fun Cave?"

Dan grinned and with a twinkle in his eye said, "Fun Cave." He patted himself on the head.

"I'm going to stay like this next time," Chrys whispered to herself.

With Phoenix in tow, Dan climbed aboard Knight and the top part of her head flipped open.

"Bomb ponies! What are you doing in my mech?!"

Blast Fuse and Blast Powder looked over their shoulders. "Playin' Bomberman: Jetters."

"You need something?"

"Something that goes boom?"

"No," Dan answered. "Come to think of it though, you both might be useful. Can you still do that nuclear cannonball thing?"

The two sisters looked at each other, then back at Dan and Phoenix, then back at each other again. They whispered for a few moments. "Sure we can."

"On one condition."

"Technically, two."

"Technically two."

"And those are?" Dan asked.

They both smiled. "We get to go in the Fun Cave with you next time."

"And Phoenix joins in."

The lawyer swallowed. "OBJECTION!!"

"Nope," Dan said. "Deal."

"What?!" Phoenix yelped. His psyche-gauge took a hit.

"Alright, move over you two! I'm driving!" Dan said, climbing in. Reluctantly, Phoenix followed him. "Alright! Faster we get this done, faster we finish converting Ponyville into a fortress. Save the fillies, get back home. We all got that?"

"We got it!" the other three answered. (Whether we want it or not.) Knight leapt into the air, came down on one of Ponyville's streets and began a gallop through town.

Author's Note:

Not entirely finished with this one, will complete shortly. Check back for updates.

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