Chapter I
Having Hands Again
(Or "Equestria Guy")
An "Equestria Girls" inspired fic by:
Ceehoff
"Hooooo-wee!" Applejack hooted. "Yer very first princess summit! You must be over the moon, Twilight!"
The newly-crowned, purple alicorn princess smiled shyly in response to her country mare friend. "Oh, I am excited, but to be honest, I'm a little nervous, too..."
"You're 'nervous-cited'!" Pinkie Pie suddenly chirped, zipping up to them. "It's like you want to jump up and down and yell, 'YAY ME!!'."
Then, she stopped bouncing before she shriveled into a little ball of nerves, rocking like a demented rocking chair.
"But you also want to curl up in a teeny-tiny ball and hide at the same time," she whimpered, demonstrating her obvious point. When she was through, she unfurled only to zip up and tousle Twilight's neatly combed mane.
"We've all been there!" she coaxed her.
"I'm there almost everyday..." Fluttershy mumbled to herself in empathy mixed with shame.
Then, a teetering pile of suitcases and other luggage came slithering sluggishly up next to the timid yellow pegasus in inches. Underneath the heaping pile of heavy luggage was a stallion with dark hair and a peach-colored coat with a monochrome cutie mark of a human standing inside of a spiraling disc with jagged, flowing edges along its edge, which represented the sun. Sweat was already dripping from underneath his coat as he was dragging his belly over the ground like a snail.
"Don't... (Whoof!) Don't worry about it, Flutt--(Hrrrrrngh!)--ershy. I think you're--(Aaaack!)--adorable that way," he smiled past the heaving burden on his back.
"You really think so?" she smiled, blushing like a little rose.
"Yes," he squeaked due to the small amount of air in his lungs.
"Awww. Thank you so much for the compliment, Connor," she cooed. She leaned down to pucker up to smooch his forehead, but was distracted by the luggage. "Oh, goodness! Do you need any help?"
"No! No, no! It's fine! Don't lift a hoof to help me. In fact, seeing that most of this (oof!) isn't my luggage," he said louder, eyeing Rarity. "Maybe somepony else should help me with--!"
"TWILIGHT!" Rarity gasped, zipping up to Twilight!
"Annnnd, she's ignoring me..."
"Oh, sorry, darling," she coughed, regaining her composure. "But I just realized you're not wearing your crown. You haven't forgotten it back in Ponyville, have you??"
"It'ssss in my bag," Twilight unsteadily reassured her. "I just feel self-conscious about wearing it."
Then, she looked back at her newly-added wings, which were much larger and more cumbersome than a regular pegasus'.
"I haven't really gotten accustomed to these yet either."
She began to flap them, lifting her about two to three feet in the air before losing track and landing flat on her stomach.
"You are a princess now, Twilight! Embrace it!" the fabulous white unicorn reassured her before gazing dreamily up into the sky. "I'm telling you, if I had a crown like that, I would never take it off. Why, I'd sleep in the thing!"
Twilight grinned, feeling a little better.
"You know what you would take off, Rarity? How about taking some of your luggage off of me?? It's killing me!" the ponified human called out to her from behind. "I know I said I'd help with your luggage, but I didn't mean all of it! You could carry some, too!"
"Darling, we've talked about this," she responded cooly to her unofficial bell colt. "I don't want to have to wear myself out. That means that I'll sweat, and it'll mess up all the hard work the Lotus twins had done earlier today. I don't want their hard work to go to waste."
"Well, (Hnnngh!)" he grunted. "Then how about only a few then? At least take SOME weight off of me! Give me a break here!"
Rarity rolled her eyes. "Oh, all right. Fine, I'll take only a few."
Then, her purse and her hat, both the least heavy items in the pile, levitated up and floated toward her. She placed the hat on her head while slinging her white leather purse around her neck. She trotted away, humming to herself.
"Ugh, you've gotta be (Uuuuurgh!) kidding me..." Connor muttered.
"Aw, fer the love of--!" Applejack scoffed. "I swear, that Rarity... Hang on, partner. Ah'll take some weight offa you."
With that, she leaned into the pile, causing half of the luggage to fall and tumble onto her back. She hoisted it up like it was only a crate of apples.
"Better, buckaroo?" she smiled.
"Whoo! Yeah... Thanks, Applejack," he smiled gratefully.
"No problem, sugar cube!"
She walked alongside Connor the rest of way, hardly giving away any signs that it was too heavy for her at all. Even with what Connor had on now, it was still pretty heavy for him. His posture was slouched lower than hers.
Ugh... I need to go to the gym... he groaned inside.
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In the main hall of the tall, crystal skyscraper of a castle, all of the walls were shimmering like freshly-wiped mirrors, emulating and endless barrage of reflections. It was a self-conscious pony's worst nightmare. On the walls were giant paintings of Princess Cadence and the newly appointed Prince Shining Armor along with the other kings and queens before them, including King Sombra, which was purposely placed in the furthermost position, difficult to view from where the seven ponies and young dragon were. Left and right in Connor's sight were shimmering, glittering crystal ponies, looking elegant and regal as always. Every part of his or her body was made of crystal, even his or her mane, of all things. Even though he came to Equestria more than two years ago as a human, there were still things that still fascinated him.
"Daaaammn!" he gasped. "I haven't seen these many crystals in a jewelry back at home!"
"I know!" Rarity cooed, escaping into her small realm of fantasy. "It's just so... so... maaaarvelous! I'll never get tired of this sight, no matter how many times I visit."
"Yes, indeed," Twilight nodded. "It's very nice."
"Not to mention all of the hard candy crystal pops they have here! Ohhhh, those are so delish!" Pinkie drooled as she bounced giddily in circles. "Best of all, they come in sooooo many flavors!"
"Oooohhhh, hoho, Pinkie! You're telling me..." Spike sighed, hungrily eyeing the numerous, tasty crystals surrounding him.
"Ho there, Spike," Applejack warned him. "Ya don't wanna eat these crystals. These are practically the Crystal Empire's property, so just takin' a nibble out of 'em would be a severe case of felony... Not ta mention that the whole freakin' castle'll tumble down without its foundations to hold it up nice and sturdy."
"Princess Twilight Sparkle?" called a voice from behind them.
They turned to see a Crystal Imperial Guard trooper approaching them, his expression neutral, yet full of homage.
"Oh! Yes, sir?" Twilight slowly responded.
"The Sisters and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza await you in the the throne hall," he simply responded, bowing down low in front of her. Then, he signaled to the rest of his small squad to approach and they bowed likewise. "Allow us to carry your and your friends' luggage up to your rooms while you meet up with them."
Twilight blushed at their homage and bit her bottom lip in discomfort before she decided to compose herself. "Er... Yes, yes of course. You may."
Then, after they were engulfed in sparkling aura, all of the luggage levitated up in the air. As soon as all of Rarity's luggage lifted off of Connor's back, he summoned a great sigh of relief as he bent and stretched his spine. Loud crumbles and cracks echoed throughout the chambers.
"Ohhhhh, my God!" he sighed as he curled his spine, making a sharp crack sound. "I swear I feel much lighter than just a few minutes ago. I can still feel my muscles floating. Mmrrrgh! (Snap!) Thanks."
"I float all the time!" Pinkie Pie smiled.
Twilight rolled her eyes. "All right, everypony. Let's head up to the throne room to meet up with the Princesses."
While the troops were walking toward the direction of the chambers, the Elements, the non-element, and the young dragon made their way towards the throne room, excited, yet wiped out from the journey.
While Connor was walking behind them, he pushed a final look at the glamorous main hall before he walked into the next room. Indeed, the room was spectacular. He could spot little speckles of miniature rainbows from the sunlight beaming through the crystals on the walls. He also saw a small congregation of crystal ponies eyeing Twilight in glee and fascination, excited to see that there was a brand-new princess to rule a part of Equestria.
While all the ponies he saw were clad in crystal, there was one pony, a unicorn mare, who was clad in fur and flesh. Her coat was yellow as the sunbeams from the sunset and her red, yellow streaked, tousled mane fell to her shoulders with a massive wave on the scalp. To add onto that, her look wasn't of anticipation and glee, but of malice and bitter envy. Even if it was a look of anticipation, its intention was far from friendly.
Having her fill, the mare gave the oblivious Twilight a piercing, cold glare and scowled, skulking the other direction.
The stallion's face twisted in disapproval. "What the hell's her problem?"
Figuring it was probably just some jealous, out of the place mare, he rolled his eyes, ignored her, and caught up with the Elements and Spike.
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"We have so much to discuss," Celestia said as she and her dear little sister walked up to Cadence, who was embracing her sister-in-law. "But it can wait until tomorrow. You all look tired from your journey. Now, off to bed. All of you."
She smiled as she saw the Elements walking away, chattering happily about staying a night in the beautiful Crystal Empire. However, she blushed a little when she saw Connor walking among them as well. Plus, she had a nice view of his posterior as he walked away from the room.
"Sisterrrr," Luna said, noticing her look. "I see you staring at him. If you must know, he is rather too young for you."
"Oh, Lulu, why must you be such a downer?" she replied coyly. "It doesn't hurt to admire somepony once and a while."
"I still think it's rather... drastic for somepony as old as you to fancy a young stallion like him when you could have any stallion you want. I mean, he is only a stallion that was a human once."
"Just a stallion, Luna?" she eyed Luna in disapproval. "Only a stallion? Need I remind you of what he did that had done us a great deal of help? How he made us learn that we mustn't judge and start rumors over somepony or something we don't understand? How he risked his life to stop Hellfire from killing me and usurping the throne and succeeding? You think that just a stallion would do any of that?"
"True. But, there have been other stallions who did just as much as he did. I think it's just because he called you 'young and hot' when he tried to recover after he mentioned that you were old."
Celestia opened her mouth to defend herself, but no words came out. Then, she turned her head away, blushing. "Well... that, too... But still, if you were in my shoes the moment that happened, you would feel the same way. Who doesn't like compliments every once and a while?"
"True, true." Luna nodded. "Well, maybe it's just that he's not 'my type'. I'd much rather consort with stallions more of my status."
"Suit yourself," Celestia shrugged with a coy smile.
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Connor heaved a great yawn the moment his backside collapsed on the soft, velvety, bouncy bed in his assigned room. After so many hours of sitting in the cramped seats on the coach of the train, walking, and carrying all of Rarity's luggage, it was about damn time that he was able to relax. His muscles tingled waves of relief, making him shudder blissfully like he was in heaven.
He yawned again, this time turning to the window, looking at the shimmering moon. It was just as well. It was bedtime already.
Then, he heard the sound of tiny squeaking wheels behind the door, which was partly open. When the stallion walked up to it and opened it, he saw that it was Spike with his rolling suitcase.
"Hey, Spike," he called to him. "You're not gonna sleep in my room this time?"
"Hey, I'd love to hang with you, Connor, but..." he smiled before he saw Twilight walk into her room. "I think I'd rather sleep with Twilight tonight. She's still rather pessimistic about her new role as a princess, and I feel that I should keep her company, try to cheer her up."
Connor nodded. "Hmm, yeah. Sounds like a good thing to do." Then he shrugged. "Eh, that's okay. You go on and do that. She'll need her number one assistant to be with her in a time like this."
"That's what I do!" The noble young dragon pounded his chest. "Anyway, good night, Connor."
"Night, Spike."
He watched his dragon friend walk into Twilight's room and shut the door behind him after he managed to get his rolling suitcase back on its wheels after he bumped it on the edge of the door. Then, at the corner of his eye, he saw one of the doors across from his door open. Fluttershy's head peeked out from behind, smiling when she noticed Connor. With a steady flap of her soft wings, she floated over the ground and hovered over to where he was, landing in front of him.
"Hey, sweetie," Connor smiled sweetly, seeing his favorite pony blushing in front of him. "You excited for tomorrow?"
"Oh, yes!" she exclaimed softly, careful not to disturb the others. "My best friend is actually becoming a princess! Isn't that wonderful? I never thought this would happen, but, in the back of my mind, I always thought that Twilight would make a wonderful princess."
"I think she would, too, if she would stop worrying about it so much," he concurred.
"Oh, I know..." She hung her head. "I can relate to how she feels. If I were given that title, I wouldn't last a day. Or even a second! It's a lot of pressure; ruling an entire nation, making the right choices even though it might seem like a good choice to some, protecting so many ponies (and animals) at once... Oh, I would need a lot of encouragement to continue."
"Now that you put it that way, that's true. But, Twilight's a strong pony. I believe that she can do it. Besides, with friends like you, I doubt she'll screw up."
She blushed at what he said. "Don't forget yourself."
"Heh, yeah."
Then, they both fell silent, though not in an awkward way. Just looking at each other was enough to put smiles on their faces.
"Did you mean to come here to wish me 'Good night'?" he winked.
"How would I not?" she giggled before leaning in to kiss him.
Connor returned the kiss with anticipation before releasing and touching her forehead with his, looking into her aquamarine orbs of eyes.
"Good night, Fluttershy..." he said softly and lovingly.
"Good night, Connor..." she responded the same way.
She turned slowly around to walk before her bedroom before glancing back at him with a warm smile. With that, she closed the door gently, careful not to make too much noise.
He shut his bedroom door last before sauntering up to his bed and yawning. His weary eyes stared at the velvety comforter, puffed up due to the feathers inside of it. The pillows looked as buoyant and full like marshmallows, likewise filled with feathers, looking like it would allow his head to sink in like a marble dropped into a bowl of pudding.
He lifted the end of the comforter, unveiling a plain of smooth, velvety, cream-colored fabric of the under sheets. Jittering at the heavenly sight, he slithered his rump underneath the sheets, shuddering happily as he felt how smooth and soft it was. He shifted his back deeper into the mattress, embracing comfort.
His sleepy eyes stared blankly up at the canopy hanging high over the bed before it trailed off to the crystal-clad ceiling and walls.
"Wow... They look so pretty..." he sleepily said to himself. "They look like... (He heaved a huge yawn)... like... stars..."
The moonlight reflecting off the crystals it shined on beamed onto the ceiling, making small pepper-sized dots.
The longer he stared, the heavier his eyelids became until he subconsciously succumbed to fatigue and slowly drifted to sleep.
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"Ugh, whaa...?"
His eyes slowly opened, revealing to him a bright and blurry room with faint, soft blobs of colors. The bright light made his eyes felt like they were grapes shriveling up in the sun.
"Ech... Turn the light off, for God's sake! My eyes are about to explo--!"
Suddenly, he felt a cold, refreshing breeze brush past his hooves, which made him shiver. In response, he clapped his hooves together, rubbing them to warm them up.
"Jeehehesus!" he shivered. "Why is it so cold in here? I..."
He felt something on his hoof. It was smooth like leather and had no trace of fur whatsoever, except for the peach fuzz over his...
Knuckles?
His eyes widened dramatically the moment he saw five, long, link-sausage-like appendages on both of his fore-hooves.
Wait a second... These weren't hooves... These were his...
"Heyyyyy!" he chortled in glee. "My hands! Haven't seen these in ages! Hello, little friends!"
At the same time, he felt something tickle his back. He smiled brightly, more than eager to put his regained features to work. Tensing his fingers into claws, he clawed at his back, scratching the sweet spot. If Connor had any composure, he just lost it.
"Awwwww, yeaahhhhh..." he sighed, feeling the tips dig into his shirt-clad back. "That's the spo--Oh, hey! A shirt!"
Seeing his shirt, he felt all over his face. His elongated muzzle was gone, his ears were back to the sides of his head, and he felt nothing but flesh.
"Well, well!" he smiled wider. "I'm human again. Man, have I missed this!"
"Coooooonnnnoooorrr..."
The human spun around to the direction of the hazy, monotoned voice. He saw nothing but blobs, blurs and brightness.
"Whoozat?"
The voice spoke again, only a little louder and higher in pitch.
"Hello?" he called out again. "God? Is that you?"
"Coooonnorrrrrr...!" the voice spoke again, sounding more like a woman as it neared him.
"Is... Who... Mom?"
Then, the space around began to sharpen, forming to what looked like the kitchen in his house back on Earth. Across the table he found himself sitting at was his mother, looking rather... creepily enthralled.
"Oh! There you are, honey," she said in a happy tone of voice. "I just wanted to give you this letter. It arrived in the mail today."
She smiled widely, showing all of her teeth. Her eyes were well wide open.
"Oh..." he responded, leaning an inch away from porcelain-dollish facade. "Oh, okay. Uhh... Who's it from?"
"I don't knowww," she shrugged, tightening her lips like she was stifling a laugh.
"Is something wrong? Are you okay? You seem a bit..." he squinted at her. "...Off."
"Sorry, honey..." she responded in a slower pace, still smiling like a doll. "I had a Botox injection today. Go on... See what it is."
"B... Botox injection??" His eyebrows shot up in shock. "Er... Okayyy..."
Feeling that he had his fill of talking with his loopy mother, he dug his thumb inside the open hole on the side of the envelope and tore along the top of it. He pulled out a stationary sheet of paper from it and read it aloud.
"Greetings, Mr. Powell,
"Hope you are having a pleasant summer. We are regretful to announce that during your four years of attending Rickey High School, the efforts displayed in your work and studies have been established as unsatisfactory and poor, in crucial need of restoration. Due to these results, a redo of the high school curriculum is strictly required in order to proceed to the college curriculum.
We are looking forward to having you in class this fall.
Sincerely,
Mr. Howard Fuhrmann
Principal, Rickey High School?!"
After he finished the letter, his face grew pale, and his cheeks flushed. The space around grew dark and hellish.
"Oh, no... no... Nonononono..."
His mother shrugged, still smiling that creepy smile. "Oh, well! Guess you're going back to high school again! I've already bought your school clothes, books, notebooks, and supplies!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"
"Have fun with your four extra years of crippling routine and mind-numbing pain, you stupid moron, you!"
"I DON'T WANT TO TAKE--"
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"--CHEMISTRY AGAIN!!"
Suddenly, the space around him was dark and silent. A six-paneled square of moonlight slowly slithered over the polished floor of the silent, vast bedroom. He felt cool droplets of sweat drip down his brow and neck as he panted loudly, frantically scanning his surroundings. His hands were no longer there, his muzzle was still elongated, and his ears were back on the uppermost sides of his head.
"Oh, thank God!" he sighed, slumping back onto his bed, regaining his breath. "It was just a nightmare... Oh, man... Four extra years in high school... That'll suck big time... No thank you..."
His eyes slowly began to shut again, only there was no reason of fighting to get them open. The worst was over, and he was willing to wager that his next dream would be a more pleasant one.
Yeah... He was more than willing that it would be...
Fluttershy... lying flat on a queen-sized bed, wearing nothing but...
"My crown! She's got my crown!"
Connor flinched awake in response to the loud outburst from Twilight's room, followed by the sound of large door being slammed open.
"Gah!" he yelped.
After being robbed of sleep again, he slithered out of the bed and dragged himself to the door, grumbling about the unnecessary and uncalled-for noise.
"Agh, dammit, Twilight! What's--?!"
As soon as he opened the door, a dark figure darted past him in an eye blink. Baffled and stunned by the speed the figure was traveling, he watched it disappear into the next hall, but not before he saw something sparkle inside its pouch slung on its side. However, he was not the only pony who was awakened by the sudden outburst; the rest of the Elements had poked their heads out of their rooms, confused as to what was going on.
"Stop! Thief! She's stolen my crown!" Twilight shouted while in hot pursuit of the mysterious cloaked pony. Spike was running directly behind her, looking worried and tense.
"That pony--?" Connor pondered before glaring at the pony she was chasing. "Oh, no she didn't!"
With that, he and the rest of the Elements launched from their rooms, determined to assist their future princess in stopping the thief.
From a distance, he could hear the familiar cryptic ring of her magic as if she had teleported in front of the crook.
"Stop!" she shouted, hoping that the crook was tame enough to do what she commanded.
However, in a sky-blue flash, the crook suddenly disappeared inches in front of her, leaving her cloak to fly into Twilight's face. Then, the crook reappeared behind her, smiling in small victory before she darted off again. Connor could see from far behind that the crook was no longer cloaked, but the pony's distinct features were still hard to see from a distance. Nonetheless, he was determined to catch up so he and the rest of the Elements could give her the what for. So far, he could see a sunflower-colored mare with a red mane and tail.
Despite the road bump with the cloak, Twilight managed to close in on her once more, nipping at her so she could grab her. The crook looked behind her, in surprise to see that she was inching closer to her.
The purple alicorn, having her fill of the dragged out chase, sunk low to the ground before using all of the energy in her legs to spring forward. Seeing that she was within reach, she wrapped her hooves around the mare's waist and used her weight to pin the mare's hips onto the floor. However, the speed they were running only made the two mares roll and tumble over the ground, crashing through a door at the end of the hallway.
The moment they screeched to a stop, sprawling on the floor, Twilight crown shot out from the crook's pouch. The crown, despite it being made of solid gold and the Element of Magic bounced off the walls in both directions before it was sent flying through the air toward a oval-shaped mirror in the room.
However, when it touched the mirror, it didn't break. Instead, in a metallic, bright, sparkling light, the crown disappeared. The mirror rippled around the exact spot the crown touched like it was made of liquid.
Everypony gasped in surprise the moment the mysterious mirror swallowed the crown. However, the mysterious mare pinned under Twilight grinned.
"What did you do with my crown?" Twilight turned to the mare.
"Sorry it had to be this way,..." the mare smirked venomously before teleporting up next to the mirror.
Connor, standing with the rest of the Elements, gawked at what he saw, standing with mischievous pride. Was that...?
"...Princess." she purred, saluting Twilight in mockery.
Then, without another word, she leapt into the mirror, disappearing the same way the crown did, leaving everypony in the room agape.
The room was deathly silent as all the occupants of the room tried to wrap their heads over what the hell had just happened.
"Who was that?" Fluttershy broke the silence.
Connor's foreleg slowly rose, pointing at the mirror.
"I've seen her... I've seen her!" he sputtered. "She... She was the mare I saw in the main hall of the castle, giving Twilight the evil eye!"
"Really??" Applejack turned to him in surprise.
"I swear to God, it's her!"
Twilight stood up with a start, looking grimly serious. "We have to notify the princess..."
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"Your crown does not belong in the place Sunset Shimmer now calls home," Princess Luna said to Twilight in a serious tone, staring the mirror, which was really a portal to another realm. "And in her position, your Element of Harmony will no doubt be used to bring harm to the inhabitants of this other realm. They will not have the power to defend themselves."
Twilight, burdened with pressure, gazed upon the mirror before she felt her saddle bags being paced on her back.
Princess Celestia walked up beside her pupil. "Do you understand the importance of your task?" she asked.
"Of course," Twilight replied with no hesitation.
The white alicorn nodded, internally pleased that her student was willing to accomplish her mission. "Good. Then, you must go at once."
Twilight turned away from the princess, glaring at the mirror. Who knew what kind of crazy world was beyond that mirror? Anything could happen. However, she knew deep down that she had to be relentless and not give in, whatever the world she was about to walk in.
She took a deep breath and stepped forward toward the mirror.
Then, Rainbow Dash suddenly appeared from above, landing firmly in front of Twilight.
"WHOA, whoa, whoa!" she said. "If she's going, we're going with her! Right, guys?"
"Hell yeah, we are!" Connor grinned nobly.
"Ooooh! I'm so nervicited!" Pinkie Pie shrieked.
Applejack leaned toward the smiling pink earth pony. "You do realize that's not a real word, right?" she whispered.
Twilight felt her eyes water, seeing her friends unhesitantly joining her with her task.
"I'm afraid I can't let you go," Celestia spoke plainly.
The Elements, Connor, and Spike were shocked to hear the Princess say something like that without hesitation.
"What?! Why not?!" Rainbow Dash stomped her hoof, more than displeased.
"Sending all of you could upset the balance of this alternate world, creating havoc that would make it impossible for Twilight to get the crown back from Sunset Shimmer," Celestia responded calmly, though put off at Rainbow Dash's lack of composure. "This is something Twilight must do alone."
"Time is of the essence," Luna spoke, summoning a cloud of her magic to show an image of the night sky, with the moon rising up underneath three stars, arranged in a triangular cap over it. "On the third day, when the moon reaches it peak in the night sky, the gateway will close, and once it does, It will be another thirty moons before you will be able to use it to return.
Connor opened his mouth to argue, but no words came out. As disloyal as it seemed to sound, having everypony to go through that mirror and risk one or all of them to be trapped in the other world for thirty moons was more than what Equestria could bear. If something bad happened in Equestria, and the Elements were not there to help, the results would be calamitous.
"Sorry..." he sighed, hanging his head. "We just wanted to help."
Then, Celestia approached him, lifting his chin with her hoof. "It's quite all right. As noble as it was for all of you to help your friend, you have to believe in her to accomplish this on her own."
"Besides," Twilight smiled, turning to face him and the Elements. "...whatever happens, I want you all to be safe. I can't risk anything bad happening to any of you."
The stallion grinned, knowing that it was for the best.
"All right, Twilight," he nodded. "We're with you."
After a nod, she turned to face the mirror again, this time, walking towards it. Everypony cheered her on behind her.
"It's all right!"
"Don't worry, Twilight!"
"You'll do fine!"
"You'll be back before you know it!"
"Great!"
She stopped in front of the mirror, dipping half of her hoof into the mirror. It shined brightly, warping around her hoof like water before she pulled it back out again. Feeling nervous, she turned to look at Celestia, who nodded for her to continue. Then, looking back at the mirror, she walked relentlessly into the mirror, disappearing in a bright, white light.
Suddenly, a nervous purple blur zoomed out from behind them, chasing after Twilight.
"Spike! No!" the Elements shouted after him.
"Connor! Grab him!" Rarity shrieked.
"Spike!" he shouted, running after him.
However, he was too late to catch him. Spike was gone in a white flash of magic. Connor pinned his hooves to the floor to brake, but the slick floor made him lose his grip, sending him sliding toward the mirror.
"Oooooh, crap!" he panicked as he scrambled to get a grip on the floor.
"Connor!!" Celestia gasped.
The stallion applied all of the strength in his forelegs he could muster, but he was closing in fast. Why did the floor have to be so damn slick?
"Whooooooooaaa--!"
His forehoof suddenly hit a groove in the floor, stopping him to a direct halt. However, because of the speed, it made his front lurch, tipping him forward, nearing the mirror still.
"Ohshitohsitohshitohshitohshitohshit!" he cussed to himself as his nose neared the surface of the portal.
His back legs scrambled aimlessly in the air. He shut his eyes, awaiting for the portal to engulf him.
However, nothing happened.
He felt something tug at his tail. He looked behind his rump to see Rainbow Dash floating in the air with his tail gripped between her jaws.
"Whew! Good save, Rainbow! That was a close'un!" Applejack wiped her forehead with her foreleg. "Ah was afraid we were gonna lose another one."
With a yank, the cyan pegasus pulled him away from the mirror, tipping him back onto his rump.
"Ahhhh... Dammit!" Connor stomped his hoof. "I didn't get him."
"Oh, my stars! Spikey!" Rarity cried in fear for her little dragon friend.
"That lil' stinker!" the cow mare fumed. "What part of Twilight goin' alone didn't he understand? He could get hurt other there!"
"But Spike is always on Twilight's side, no matter where she goes," Fluttershy spoke. "She might need his help!"
"Oof, maybe yer right." Applejack submitted. "But if anythin' happens to him, Twilight'll lose it. Anythin' could happen!"
"As sudden as this event turned out to be, we can now only hope and pray that the both of them succeed and return home," Luna stepped in, putting them at ease. "It's too late to go after him."
While everypony else scattered around the room, finding some way to distract them from worrying about what would happen to the future princess and her little assistant, Connor only sat in front of the mirror, gazing upon it. He knew that it was much more than just a mirror, but all he could see was his reflection. It looked just like a regular mirror upon first glance. However, who knew that it could be this cryptic and dangerous? Mirrors tended to be rather superstitious and harbringers of doom. Crack its surface, it would be bad luck. Stare at it for too long, it would turn its user into a conceited narcissist and/or self-conscious self-loather who despises whatever he or she does.
Also, it only reflected what it sees, not who the user was deep down inside.
He turned away from his reflection to see Fluttershy, who was sitting on the other side of the room, rocking in her place, trying to quell whatever worst-case scenarios attempted to crawl into her mind. The poor thing...
With a warm grin, he stood up, walking up to his little pegasus before he nuzzled her cheek.
"You're worried about her?" he asked her softly.
"I can't help it," she replied. "We've never felt so separated from Twilight like this. I can't help but think what horrible things would happen to her if she doesn't come back in time or if Sunset Shimmer prevails. Oh, I just hope she comes back before the gate closes. I miss her already..."
The ponified human smiled at her response. Twilight was lucky to have such good friends backing her up.
He slowly sat on the floor before he scooted himself directly up next to the yellow pegasus. He weighed his head on top of her scalp, nuzzling her as her cheek was touching his neck.
"Don't worry, my darling..." he whispered. "She'll be just fine. She's a strong pony. She'll be back before the gate shuts. If she doesn't, well, at least it won't be for forever. We'll see her again..."
The caretaker smiled at his words. Sighing happily, she nuzzled his neck, embracing her stallion's touch.
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Two days had past.
And by days, actually, it was two hours. Time had, all of a sudden, started playing a cruel trick on all the ponies sitting in the room with the mirror, turning hours into days.
Rainbow Dash was pacing left and right, gnawing on her bottom lip. She wanted more than anything to zip into the mirror and help her dear friend instead of sitting and waiting three days, doing nothing.
Rarity was sitting at a nearby table, sewing up a pair of hoof warmers for future purposes. It definitely helped ease her anxiety, sewing being a rather slow-process, intricate, and soothing method of dress-making. However, doing it for two hours was making her head ache because she had used her magic for so long, non-stop. The pain only instigated her anxiety for Twilight again.
Applejack was sitting on the floor, lying on her back, taking a nap, however, not very easily. She couldn't find a comfortable spot to sleep on, so she had to sleep on the cold, glossy, hard floor. However, Fluttershy thought she would aid her friend with her nap by lending her her pillows so she could make a make-shift matress about an hour ago. An hour later, the pillow had lost its girth and became flatter, touching her back to the floor once again.
Connor was lying on his back, sighing loudly. His guitar was lazily placed beside him. He played all the songs he knew how to play, and he didn't feel like bothering anypony in the room trying to write a new one or practice another one from heart. Plus, his iPhone was nearly dead due to him playing it after he was bored with playing his guitar.
Celestia and Luna were sitting in the room, waiting patiently. However, Luna was a little more feisty, unlike her older sister, who had her eyes closed as if she was meditating.
Pinkie Pie was just munching on rock candy pops she bought in barrels from the castle gift shop. Even for two hours, her appetite never wavered.
Connor felt something weigh upon his foreleg the moment he woke up from his small nap. When he lifted his head to look, he saw Fluttershy with her head rested on his foreleg, cuddling it like it was her teddy bear. She smiled in her sleep, feeling the fur combing through the fur on her cheek. Her long, pink, silky hair curtained over her neck and shoulder, lighting upon her beauty and innocence.
He smiled as he saw her and he laid his head back down to doze off into another nap...
...
Then, he felt a small, breeze whisk past him. He felt quick, brisk brushing on his foreleg, which could only mean that the sleeping pegasus was shivering in her sleep. The stallion could not allow that to happen to his dear pony.
He slowly took her foreleg and wedged it between the floor and her cheek so he could remove his without making her head drop to the floor. Seeing that he didn't disturb her, he made his way to her bedroom down the hall and stopped at her bed.
"This oughta do the trick," he said to himself before he grabbed the end of the comforter of the bed and tugged at it with his teeth, slowly peeling it off.
TSCHAK! TSCHAK! TSCHAK! He heard the loud noise of a wire cage being pounded on. He whirled around to see a white rabbit inside of it.
"Oh, hey, Angel," he replied. "Jesus, you startled me."
However, the little rabbit responded with a grumpy snarl as it stomped its furry foot on the ground, crossing his little arms.
"Huh. Guess Fluttershy forgot to release you from your cage this morning," he muttered. "Well, okay, I'll get you--."
Then, a muffled grumbling rumbled from the little creature's belly.
"...And, you're hungry. Well, let's see if I could find the bag of carrots that Fluttershy--Ah-ha! There they are!" he exclaimed as he pulled out a small cloth pouch out from the half-open night stand next to the bed. Unfurling the knot that sealed the opening, he poked his muzzle into it and pulled out a single carrot. Carrying it gently between his teeth, he went back over to open the cage, thus setting the white furball free.
"All right, here you go," he said, placing the carrot on the ground in front of him.
Angel bent over to smell it. After a few snuffles of his little pink nose, he stuck his nose up in the air and pushed it away with his foot.
"Oh, come on, Angel." Connor rolled his eyes. "It's a carrot. You love carrots."
Then, the little white turd kicked it, sending it flying across the room.
"Hey, what the hell?" he glared at the little stinker. "Fluttershy packed those for you to eat!"
Once again, the white rabbit shot his nose up in the air again, ignoring him.
"You know what? Fine!" The stallion huffed as he threw his hooves up in the air. "I'll go get you a watermelon martini with diced tomatoes, watermelons, goat cheese, crumbled flakes of silver, some miniature diamonds, and put on a huge wad of cottage cheese with a goddamn cherry on top, all served on a freaking 24-karat gold platter."
Then, suddenly, the white furball was nodding his head enthusiastically in response to what he said.
The stallion's eyebrow peaked. "You're kidding, right? No way in hell I'm gonna get you that. I was being sarcastic! Just eat the carrots Fluttershy got for--."
Growling, the little twerp kicked his foreleg. It was pretty hard because it made the colt yelp, shaking the pain away. As soon as he heard the little tyke blow a raspberry at him, a vein popped in his head.
"That's it. Back in the cage, you little--."
A white blur shot underneath him, darting past his legs and out of the bedroom.
"Angel! Get back here!" he roared, whipping around to run after the little shit.
For a little rabbit with arrogance that seemed to weigh a ton, he sure was quick on its feet. However, since Connor no longer only has two legs, chasing after the little devil was less of a challenge.
Seeing the little white furball in a good leaping distance, Connor jumped into the air, coming down on top of Angel. However, seeing the shadow under his feet, Angel braked to a dead halt, making the stallion slide on top of the floor on his chin the moment he landed. The way the floor gripped it, the stallion could've sworn he lost a layer of fur on his chin.
He squealed to a halt, allowing Angel to bounce off his head to add insult to injury.
"I'm in the mood for some rabbit stew right now..." he steamed with his face still pasted to the floor.
After peeling his reddened face from the floor, he launched off the ground like a tiger, chasing after him again.
The little brat thought he had won until he looked behind himself to see that Connor was ganging on him like a hot rod. He swerved and jolted left and right in attempt to dodge another one of the stallion's diving tackles, however, the pony was following him dead-on. Unbeknownst to the stallion, he was making a rather big mess chasing the runaway rabbit down the hall, knocking down furniture, stands, a flag pole, some torches, and a Crystal Imperial guard who had no idea what was coming from behind him. All havoc and chaos between the two finally found its way to the room with the mirror.
Angel skidded around the corner, hiding behind the doorway. He heard the scraping of an angry set of hooves, sliding up to the entrance before pawing the ground to chase him into the room.
Then, with a devilish smirk, the little white rabbit thrusted his hind paw out in front of the stallion's legs. The result: Connor flipped forward and fell flat on his face, sliding a little over the floor... again.
Angel darted away from him again, snickering cheekily, while Connor instantly stood up, snorting like an enraged bull, launching himself at the little shit.
Applejack was the first to notice the noise. "What in tarnation--??"
White and peach-skin-colored blurs skittered, scrambled, and tore through the air in the room at full speed. They passed by, circled around, and hurdled over all the ponies in the room like a cat chasing a mouse.
"Connor! What are you do--?! WOHWOHWOHWOHWOHWOHWOH--!" she slurred stupidly the moment the stallion sped past her, making her twirl and spin in her place.
Seeing the commotion, Rainbow Dash flew higher toward the ceiling to avoid the havoc.
"Connor! What is going on--?!" Celestia was cut off the moment she felt a set of paws land on her. She whirled around to see Angel perched on her backside.
"Angel!" Fluttershy squeaked! "Don't sit on the princess like that! It's--!"
"GOTCHA!!" Connor shouted, zooming directly at Angel.
Angel, seeing him, leapt quickly off, avoiding him just in time. However, the stallion kept on coming, noticing that he missed, but oblivious on whom he was about to crash face first into.
"Con--!!" the princess gasped.
POMF~!
The princess was lucky she was heavy enough to not get knocked over by how fast the stallion was flying at her, but what she saw... or what she felt threw her off.
Her cheeks glowed a bright pink and her eyes were as wide as dinner plates.
The stallion's side of his face was smothered snugly onto her white, round, larger flanks. The impact made his head spin, mostly oblivious to where his face was. However, as soon as his eyes picked up the sight of a white rabbit, he snapped back into action.
"Grrrr!! Come back here!" Connor roared, peeling his face off of her flanks, leapt off after Angel.
Luna, in a panic, rushed over to her sister, ignoring the thrashing the was going on in the room.
"Sister! Sister! Are you all right...?" Luna said before noticing the blush. "Sister?"
"Oh.... Oh, my~....!" the alicorn princess squeaked.
"Ooh! This looks exciting!" Pinkie smiled before taking a giant chomp out of a plus-sized rock candy pop.
Meanwhile, Angel screeched to a halt in front of the mirror, trying to catch his breath from all the running. He look behind himself, hoping that the stallion was gone. Seeing nothing, he fell onto the floor, panting.
"RIGHT WHERE I WANT YOU!"
Connor charged in a beeline straight at him with a revenge-thirsty grin on his face. For so long, he wanted to wring that furball's neck and chop off his foot for a lucky charm.
The rabbit, feeling wiped out and tired of the game of chase, simply stepped to one side, while Connor, having put all of his weight into closing in on him, flew directly past him.
"AUGH!!' the stallion screeched the moment he found himself nearing the mirror... again.
"I got 'im!" Applejack proclaimed, twirling a lasso with her tail. Taking aim at her moving target, she jerked her hip, sending the lasso into the air. Soaring through the air, it gracefully wrapped around him and snapped around his waist, stopping him inches in front of the mirror.
"Phew..." he sighed, wiping his brow.
"What's it with you and nearly falling through the portal today?" Rainbow Dash said with a teasing smirk.
"Now what in tarnation was that all about?" Applejack asked, walking up to the stallion. "You were makin' a huge ruckus with yer little tiff with Angel back there!"
"Hey! It's not my fault that a certain spoiled brat needs to learn how to be grateful for what his owner brought for him to eat!" he said, throwing a glare at Angel.
"True, but takin' your fury onto a little white rabbit nearly caused an accident! You tumbled into Princess Celestia, even!"
"Well, it wasn't all that bad..." Celestia mumbled softly.
Cadence raised an eyebrow, picking up what she heard.
"Plus, you nearly passed through the mirror again!" the cow mare scolded. "Just... Just please try to be more careful. All right, sugar cube? We can't risk losing another friend through that mirror."
Then, Connor hung his head humbly. "You're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I caused one of you guys to save me from falling through the mirror, and that I made all that unnecessary commotion."
Then, he turned to Celestia. "And, Princess, I'm sorry that I crashed into you."
"Sorry?" she asked, giggling and blushing lightly. "Oh, my darling, why do you need to be sorry for--?"
She was cut off by a hard nudge in the ribs by Luna.
"Er... I mean..." she coughed. "Apology accepted. You just have to be more careful."
Connor smiled, sighing in relief. "Thank you, Princess. I'll be more vigilant. I'm just glad that you guys were quick to save me before I--."
WHAP!!
Suddenly, he found himself soaring through the air, distancing away from the others who looked suddenly surprised and shocked. He felt the same way. The realization felt as if he had been hit by golf ball that had been struck with a driver club.
Feeling as if time had slowed down, his eyes trailed to the shocked and frightened faces of the ponies in the room. His sight then trailed down to their legs, some reaching out to him.
That's when he saw the extended hind leg, furry, white, and attached to a smug white rabbit, whose paw was waving goodbye.
"ANGEL, YOU MEASLY, ROTTEN SON OF A BI--!"
Then, his vision was cut off by a metallic shimmering of the mirror, enveloping him. The rest of the ponies in the room stared at there mirror, agape and utterly shocked over what had just happened.
"Connor!!" Fluttershy shrieked, reaching out to the mirror. "Noooo!"
"What the hay just happened?!" Rainbow Dash cried out.
"We can't go after him!" Cadence said, stopping Fluttershy in her tracks. "It's too late. We just have to hope that he finds Twilight and Spike so he could return with them."
"Oooooooh! This just got gooooood," Pinkie Pie cooed, taking another big bite out of another rock candy pop.
To be continued...
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Connor in the human world Twilight went to? I hope he makes snarky comments about their illnesses.
You know, that changes their skin pigmentation. It can't be healthy to be those colours.
Awwww yeah, it just got good. *Munches on rock candy pop with Pinkie Pie*
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Wait, how did I get here?
Hey Connor, better eat some bacon while you can!
Yay! Another story starring Connor!
Hm.... I was nervous at first, but I will give this story a chance.
Aja, hmmm well Angel just sending throw the a mirror and possible never seeing her colt friend again…eeyup Angel prepare yourself, to the rage of Fluttershy and Princess Celestia…he is SOOOOOOO going to wish he is death.
Also I got confused, what exactly happen? Did Connor accidentally kiss Celestia? Did he crash into the side of her posterior? What, you only said they crash and Celestia went to her fantasy…ok, why? seriously dude, What happen?:rainbow huh: you leave that very, very confusing
Also is he going to stay there longer or this like a 2 parts chapters?
3750565 I rewritten that part. It should be clearer now :3
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Thanks so he collide with the side of her flank and that POFT must have be her wings extending right? ok I get it now.
I still want to see how is solve that crush of her, and I'm glad you are giving us clues now with that of Cadence noticing and all that
Ha!!! Nice fake outs!! You think he's going into the mirror first time?? Nope!! Think he's gone in third time??! Nope. Whew, that was close..almost went into *FWAP*!! ANGEL, YOU SON OF A..*Poof* goes into the mirror :D
This looks like it'll be pretty good. So don't mind if I dive right in.
That moment when your name is Connor...
alright its on, connor you better be the hero in this one!
Alright! This is awesome! I'm so nervous-cited! Keep up the great work!
Love it already
More, more more more. Also, HOORAY FOR SUNBUTT COLLISION. Anywho, in all seriousness, you've done a fair balance of including the movies material and adding new stuff.
Angel is going to get punish right? I mean he send him in and almost destroy the space time line, he REALLY deserve a punishment, please tell me, he is going to get punished?
Please stop involving Angel, I just want to see him mashed into a fine red paste and it's distracting from everything else.
Also, bullshit on a 5-lbs rabbit knocking a 200-lbs+ stallion across a room.
Are you ever going to do like a quick cover art for it?
I
that bunny.
He'd better come out of there with stewed wabbit to show to Angel.
Connor: Next time? YOU.
Angel: *Scream Face*
And after seeing her colt friend entering a enchanted mirror and not knowing if she would ever see him again, Fluttershys paitence with the small White furry pest was finally over, and she snapped his damn neck!!!
Please continue D;
Now, logic states he's going to have a MAJOR romance crisis with humanShy
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Cartoon physics, Angel exploits them fairly often, admitedly mainly to eat large foodstuffs. But remember he also slammed Shy's door shut easily enough.
3753384 Yeah, but once you think about it, he was able to kick Fluttershy out of her own cabin
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When?
my reaction to the cliffhanger
I'm on the edge of my seat right now waiting for the next chapter because when ceehoff writes something its so good it needs to be put in the hall of fame
Whoa, haven't seen this series in a long time.
Then again, that's probably my fault seeing as I never read any of your new content.
But I can make an exception.
Wow, after two weeks away from this site It looks like that I came back just in time
Soo, something really bad happened to Connor that made him miss the "Crystal Empire","Pinkie Pie invasion", "Magic Duel" and "Discord's revival" incidents, right? xd At least that's what I thought when I noticed this new history.
Long chapter? I think it was fine. I even wished that it was longer... im a bit impatient when it comes to fanfics
Have fun writing the next episodes
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Here:
@ 6:40
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Wow, then he definitely is going to get one severe punishment,
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Angel? Oh you can bet your flank he will!
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Hurray! Now I just wonder what Connor go back to her world, je I just can't WAIT to see what happen when he stumble into human Fluttershy, well at least he will have an objective find Human Twilight…unless he find the human Twilight that belong in there and…boy is that will be confusing.
P.S: I really hope human Luna will not find him attractive there, why human Luna, you ask? Irony
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The irony will already be at maximum
Wow, you are an ass to put in those two sike! moments. Especially by putting the cliffhanger at the end there. You monster.
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Teehee
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You'd best be deliverin' me some mor 'o this here story, boy, or else things could get pr-et-ty unpleaseant for ye.
*uses crowbar as one would a sword, dragging the curved tip across your throat*
I hope ye be choosin' a path that extends yer life that much longer.
Oh, dear. Here we go again.
Most entertaining!
But I actually find myself wondering what will happen to Angel, I hope Celly doesn't like rabbit stew
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Damn Rabbit.
The parts I find interesting are Celestia's "crush" on Conner. Does she even know that he's in a relationship with Fluttershy?
Wow only you Molestia.
3767985 Herds aren't unheard of, and she is a princess. I doubt she would do anything but having a crush isn't bad.
Whatever happpened to the art related to this chapter?
I wonder what Connor is going to do when he gets there?
Search of for the alternate fluttershy? Or immediately search for the nearest bacon joint
3753384 there is no logic in equestria, exhibit A. Pinkie Pie
, exhibit B. Derpy
3831458 I imagine he'll meet his old friend back in high school. After all, he WAS involved in that crash, so I imagine he'll have to relearn what he already learned and forgot in that crash. I also think he'll introduce Twilight and Spike. It's only a guess, but it's a damn good one
3881120 or.... He is an alternate universe where anthropomorphic ponies have taken over earth and eradicated eradicated the human race which was forgotten over the years into a myth
3882606 or....... Went into the EG universe
3882615 ...I'd still like to see Connor's friend in the story. I never watched EG, so I don't have a clue what's going on. (I honestly thought all the ponies went through the portal...) If this story takes place in his old high school, it would definitely be interesting to see Joshua in 10th grade again (dat concussion tho 0_0).