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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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Wrath: Equus Nova

"So what are we supposed to do with this again?" Chris asked, holding up the giant magnet.

"He didn't say. He just told us to get it, and told Nick to get a rope," Cap said.

Chris folded his arms. "Now we have a giant magnet and a rope. And no idea what to do with them." He looked off into the darkened distance. There was nothing for him to see, of course, he was just frustrated and both he and Cap knew it.

Since his friend said nothing, he continued. "I don't know why we're following him."

"Chris..."

"No. There IS no other time, Steve. The world is literally ending beneath our feet. Dan is the ONLY ONE who's been in charge and he's been leading us into one disaster after the next."

"Technically," Cap leaned forward, "he's been leading us THROUGH one disaster after the next."

"Look, I'm not saying he's been responsible for everything-

"You kinda are," Cap countered. "Okay, no more Brooklyn stories right now. Neither of us, nobody really knows what's going on. It hasn't been anything any of us could predict- not you, not me, not Twilight, not Tony or Vision or anybody else. Dan, at least, keeps us focused."

Gruffly, Chris nodded. "Getting through craziness, have a crazy guy lead you. I guess that makes sense. Something like that... or whatever."

Cap turned to him and handed him the rope. "We're not just going with whatever. We're going with whatever works."

"If we had five minutes, we could probably come up with a more sound plan than anything Dan has come up with thus far."

"Let me know when we have five minutes, then." Cap turned around. "Wait... you hear that?"

"Yes. It's getting closer."

They were both about to draw their respective weapons. That was when Dan drove up the side of the tower in his colossal rail-bound tank.

"Thanks guys, good job." Dan grabbed the magnet and rope out of Chris' hands. And then the tank slid all the way back down again into the bowl.

The two men left stared at each other, Chris with his hands still raised like he was still holding the objects he'd been told to acquire.

"I'm going back to the train to wait for Twilight and the others."

"Yeah, probably a good idea," Cap said, trying to be supportive.

Chris spared a glance upward. "You think she knows what's been going on out here?"

Cap also looked up at the starry vista above them. "I'm sure whatever she's doing is very important."

Inside the cannon...

"Can we find a planet with more purple on it?"

"Altering trajectory... again," Libby said. "And?"

"No..." Twilight said, tapping a hoof to her chin. "There's too much sulfur in this one."

"Sulfur can be a very useful material in metallurgy," Vintage chimed.

Twilight shook her head. "Yes, but too many surface-level deposits increase risk of atmospheric vaporization. And sulfur dioxide is a very, very bad byproduct."

"I think she just doesn't like the color..." Trish mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing your highness!"

Twilight resumed her search for a suitable planet to be the new Equestria. Using the cannon and Luna's star-scanning magic was too good of an opportunity to waste. The new Equestria had to have all the important features of the current Equestria, minus the fact that it was rapidly decaying. Luna had cataloged many planets in her own search and even named a few of the more viable ones. Twilight continued her search with the help of the Gun Club.

Strangely, the Equestrian solar system was quite far away from its neighbors. All of its neighbors, in fact. It seemed strange to Twilight that Equestria was so isolated from the rest of the galaxy.

"Wait! Here's one..." Twilight said. The cannon's lens captured a planet similar to Equestria. A bit more water and a bit less land, somewhat similar to Earth but most of the land mass was located on one side instead of spread out. It was in a solar system relatively close to Equestria at the moment, though the system's revolution in the galaxy would cause it to travel out of range eventually.

"Equus Nova." The words unspoken entered Twilight's mind. That's what Luna had called the new planet. There was sparse plant life and a good amount of volcanic activity towards the northern pole, some tectonic plate activity. It was a new world just now beginning to settle and develop into a habitable state. Weather was wild and turbulent. But some of the islands on the southern hemisphere had jungles on them, stability. Life required millions of years of relative stability to generate into something as complex as a jungle, so this was a good sign.

"This one. We'll settle here," Twilight announced.

"Ah! Equus Nova. A fine choice," Poshley said. "Princess Luna seemed to fancy that one as well. The calibrations are already made."

"Could've just picked that one in the first place. The name's kinda obvious," Trish commented.

"Shoosh now. We'll reconfigure the cannon at once, your majesty."

"Blast chamber is at full capacity! Ready to load the barrel!" Vintage announced. All four of the legendary donkeys were excited; this was their dream. Twilight could feel their passionate enthusiasm.

Poshley took off his hat again. "We'll take it from here, princess. You should go back to the platform now- your train is waiting."

"Thanks, I-" Twilight was about to fly out of the cannon, when she stopped. "But wait..." she looked around at all four of their faces, happy, gleaming eyes looking back at her. "What about you? What about all of you?" She knew the answer to the question before she asked.

Poshley smiled. "We have to stay here to initiate the firing sequence, your highness."

"But the cannon... the whole planet is..." It was pointless to mention it, yet she had to anyway. She was Twilight Sparkle, after all.

Vintage removed his own hat. "It was nice getting to use the old gun one last time. Our dream lasted well over a thousand years. I'd say that's a pretty good run, all things considered."

Trish, the youngest, nodded. "We're all over a thousand-years old anyway. The cannon was our dream project, one which we were all lucky enough to see come to life. We put our lives into it. The magic... our passion, sustained us for this long. There's not much point to us without it."

"Get going now, your majesty," Libra said, raising her glasses. "You've got a long trip ahead of you."

Twilight nodded. "Thank you. Thank you all, very much," she said. She flew up and out of the cannon as the first tears fell from her cheek. New or old, from those you literally just met to ones you've held dear for all your life, it was never easy to lose friends.

The cannon shifted one last time, rotating and narrowing its aperture for its final shot. At that same moment, the dogs from Reed Roamer's group arrived via their own train cars, racing into the train platforms as Dan continued battling the Cogsdale.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Dan announced. "HERE we go, I got your medicine!" Dan tied the magnet to the barrel of the MTW. The round explosive pellets were still following him. Within a few seconds, they would all be right where he wanted them.

Author's Note:

So my car apparently had a lean against it and was repo'd. Dad didn't tell me the car wasn't paid for and the official I spoke to trying to get the title transferred said there was no lean, so I don't know what to believe. If it's not one thing, it's a fucking nother.

Anyway, hoping to have the gang in space soon. Sorry again for the short update. I have no car now, so that's a thing.

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