Rainbow Dash groaned as she slowly regained consciousness. "Okay," she muttered under her breath, "note to self: do not experiment with magical artifacts using magical explosions." Opening her eyes, she scanned her surroundings through her suit's optics. "High background magical energy levels...some sort of desert...breathable atmosphere without a trace of civilization generated pollution? Well, one thing's for sure. I'm not in New York anymore." Her eyes widened and she shot to her hooves. "Dad?"
A groan from nearby drew her attention. "Did anyone get the number of that freight train?" he muttered, sitting up. His suit seemed intact, as was hers.
"Dad, I don't think we're on Earth anymore," Rainbow explained. "There's way too much excess magic." Glancing over, she swallowed. "And it doesn't look like transit was smooth."
The desiccated corpse three feet from them still wore the Mandarin's clothes.
Tony stared at the skeletal remains and swallowed. "Well, I guess our suits protected us or something."
"Rainbow!" a young, female voice shouted.
Spinning, Rainbow spotted an orange and purple filly racing towards her. "What?" she asked in disbelief.
The filly screeched to a halt, the scooter she was riding kicking up dust as she stared at Rainbow. "Rainbow Dash? Is...is that you?"
Rainbow stared at the filly. "Are you...Scootaloo?" she asked in confusion.
"Don't...don't you know me, Rainbow?" Scootaloo asked worriedly. "That...that is you, isn't it? The robo-suit's kinda new..."
Rainbow blinked, her face mask withdrawing into the helmet. "Are...are you my little sister?" she asked, confused.
"...sorta," Scootaloo admitted. "What happened to you? You're really...different."
Rainbow scratched her head. "Kind of a long story, Squirt," she found herself saying. For some reason, that made the filly really happy. "Can you tell me what happened on this end? I can probably explain if I get some more details."
Scootaloo tilted her head in confusion, but replied, "Well, we came out here so you could try out this new stunt."
"Stunt?" Rainbow repeated.
"Yeah," Scootaloo replied. "See, I'd written this fanfic about you called 'Double Rainboom', and while Twilight said the characterization was bad, you thought the actual 'Double Rainboom' stunt sounded awesome, and you wanted to try it. But after the explosion of the Double Rainboom you crashed into the ground, and I rushed over to you as soon as it was safe...but you're different."
Tony scratched his head. "I think I've got a theory, but what about you Rainbow?"
"Who's the robot?" Scootaloo asked as other ponies raced up.
Tony's face mask withdrew as well. "I'm not a robot," he scolded. "I'm a human."
"Humans are real?" Scootaloo asked in shock.
"I think we've found your world of origin, Rainbow," Tony pointed out. "But how'd we get here?"
"Well, considering what you told me about how I got to you," Rainbow mused, "I'd say that my performing the Rainboom that shattered the Mandarin's rings created the same energy reaction as this 'Double Rainboom' Scootaloo says I performed, and the nature of the energy released caused the explosions to link, causing the two mes at either end to switch. The only thing that doesn't explain is why I wound up a filly nearly two decades backwards in time."
"Well, one of the effects of the rings is rejuvenation, and another ring has some influence on time," Tony pointed out. "It could be that the rings exploded because the Sonic Rainboom supercharged them."
"And that sent the me from this side of the explosion back in time and reduce aged to a filly?" Rainbow asked. "Then how come the me that came through from Earth didn't end up a desiccated corpse?"
"I guess the magical energy in your power suit protected you," Tony offered, "which caused the energy to recoil on the one closest to the explosion who was both unshielded and attuned to the rings' energies." He pointed to the corpse.
"Which is why the Mandarin is a skeleton?" Rainbow asked. "I suppose that's a viable conclusion..." Rainbow's voice trailed off as she noticed Scootaloo, five other ponies, one tiny dragon, and a tortoise with a propeller beanie keeping it afloat all staring at her. "What?" she asked. "You act like you've never heard someone talk science before."
"Oh, we've heard science talk before darling," the white unicorn offered.
"Just normally it's Twilight talking techy," the orange pony with neither wings nor horn pointed out, gesturing to the purple pony with both.
"Since when did you become an egghead?" Scootaloo asked. "I mean, it's cool and all if you're doing it, but...it's, well, new."
Rainbow blinked. "Dad, what do they mean by that?"
Tony did his best to suppress a chuckle. "Well Rainbow, given we've established you apparently lived an entire life here before winding up with me, I think over here you were a jock."
Rainbow's eyes widened. "What? Say it isn't so!" she pleaded with the ponies. "Tell me I wasn't a big, dumb, jock!"
"Actually, you were always small for your age," the butter yellow pegasus offered shyly.
"And I wouldn't call you unintelligent," the one addressed as Twilight pointed out.
"But you certainly were a super duper athlete obsessed with being the best flyer in all Equestria!" the perky, poofy, pink pony proclaimed as she bounced up and down.
Rainbow wailed as she fell back on her flank. "My life is rui~ined!" The butter yellow pegasus giggled. "What's funny?" Rainbow demanded.
"Well, having known you the longest," she pointed out, "I'm glad to see that, even if you've changed so much...you're still, well, you."
Rainbow blinked. "Not entirely sure how to feel about that." She turned to look at the tortoise that had been banging repeatedly against her helmet. "I...I know you, don't I? I remember..." She scrunched her face up in concentration. "...Tank?"
The tortoise promptly nuzzled her face affectionately before flying dizzily away. And then the sky ripped open around him.
"Tank!" Rainbow and the yellow Pegasus yelled in fear.
When the rip faded and the figure from within appeared, the pink pony screamed in panic. "AIIIIII!!!! GOJIRA!" she screamed in a horrible Japanese accent.
"Actually, his name is Zuki," Rainbow corrected, recognizing the silhouette taking shape.
The pony blinked. "Godzuki?" she asked. Tony facepalmed, finally getting the joke.
Rainbow flew up to examine her 'puppy' and look for her tortoise. However, she noticed something off about Zuki. His shoulders, elbows, and knees all had solid shells in a tortoiseshell pattern protecting them, and his scales had taken on a tortoiseshell pattern. Also, dragonfly wings that resembled helicopter blades of pure magic were folded to his back, six sets in all. "Zuki?" she asked worriedly.
The beast nodded in response.
"...Tank?" Rainbow asked in disbelief.
The massive beast leaned its gargantuan head forward to nuzzle her.
"...Tankzuki?" Rainbow posited.
The fused beast roared in confirmation.
"Didn't see that coming!" the pink pony spoke up. "By the way, since you haven't remembered us yet but you will, let me make things easier on you and Mr. Stark here! I'm Pinkie Pie, and this is Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, you heard Twilight's name already, and Spike!" As she spoke, Pinkie Pie pointed to each of the ponies in turn, making things much easier on the narrator.
"Pleasure to meet you all," Tony replied.
"Pleasure to meet you all...again?" Rainbow suggested, landing and withdrawing her suit into the armor belt. She was startled by Spike's low whistle. "What?"
"Dang, Rainbow!" Applejack said in admiration. "What sorta workout have you been gettin' as an 'egghead' to get so toned?"
Confused, Rainbow looked down at herself. While she wasn't aware of it, despite being physically fit and an excellent flyer, in her previous life she had been a bit soft, a product of her tendency to coast and laze rather than push in every area of her life. Growing up to be Iron Mare, however, had allowed for none of that. Between the training she'd had under Thor and others, her own hero work, and the amplification of her magic the suit did, she was a very different specimen. Her wing to body mass ratio was still the same as before, but her wings were much sleeker, each feather fuller. Her frame was also somewhat leaner, with every muscle in her body well toned for flight. Before, she had been a fast Pegasus. Now, every inch of her body screamed speed.
"Well, I guess fighting supervillains, criminals, and an alien invasion make for good workouts," Rainbow allowed.
"What's this?" Twilight asked, looking at the medallion hung around Rainbow's neck.
Rainbow smiled. "If it still works, a good safety net." She lifted the Bifrost badge into the sky.
As the sunlight glinted off of it, it released a beam of white light into the sky. A massive rainbow shot to the ground in response, and Sleipnir stepped out of the bridge. "I see you've found your way home, Rainbow," he said softly. "That is good."
"Wait, you talk aloud here?" Rainbow asked in confusion, compounded when Twilight let out a 'Meep!' and fell flat on her face.
"Indeed," Sleipnir replied. He turned to stare at Twilight. "If you know the record of my time here, Twilight Sparkle, you know how I feel about such obeisance."
Twilight got to her hooves nervously. "Sorry, Great One," she said quickly, blushing at the tongue slip. "It's not every day I meet a living legend of Equestria's history."
Sleipnir chuckled. "Of course it is," he replied easily, "depending on how you define history. You groom your mane in the mirror every morning, don't you?" He turned away from Twilight's embarrassment. "How are my daughters doing?"
"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are doing just fine," Twilight replied, making the other ponies gasp and fall to their faces, which made Rainbow roll her eyes.
"I see," Sleipnir replied, glowering until the others got back to their hooves. "And what of my brother, Discord?"
"EH?" all five mares, one filly, and one dragonling gasped in shock.
"Oh, did he never mention that?" Sleipnir asked in amusement.
Rainbow chortled. "I don't even know what's going on yet, but I can already tell this is going to be hilarious!" Reaching out, she ruffled Scootaloo's mane. "So the Bifrost is working now?"
"Yes," Sleipnir replied. "Transit between Earth, Asgard, and this world via the Rainbow Bridge is now functional and stable."
"That's a relief," Tony said as he glanced around. "Well, time for first contact." He looked to Twilight. "I'm not sure what to say: we come in peace, take me to your leader, or Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong."
While most present tilted their heads in confusion, Pinkie and Rainbow both burst into suppressed chortles.
So, the story's almost over then?
So is this story at its end? Will it also connect to the other story's that have the mane 6 in different universes?
Lmao, really? Really? 1980's Transformers the Movie reference? Epic!!
Well, that explains things. Each of your other stories are alternate from each other and have no connection. Kind of neat really.
I saw Zuki and Tank's fusion and thought of Gamera
Never expected Mandarin to die
Not to mention Sleipnir's influence in Equestria.
I know that's a reference to something, I just can't remember what!
edit: MONTY PYTHON?
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o.o
Well...
That's very anti-dramatic.
WAS THAT LAST PART KLINGON!?
OMWHP!
THERE SHOULD BE A FANFICTION WHERE DISCORD GOES TO HANG OUT WITH Q FROM STAR TREK!
5841481 Nope. Transformers. It's the "Universal greeting."
5841524 Oh...Bayformers?
5841542 Nope. It goes all the way back to Transformers G1 as far as I could find.
YOU SHOULD ALSO DO A CMC ONE WHERE SOLID SNAKE TAKES CARE OF THE CMC TURNING THEM INTO A TRIO OF ELITE MERCENARIES!
I saw this coming, but it felt a bit too ant-climatic. Rainbow remembered almost everything about her life in Equestria instantly, and while that's somewhat how it happened for Fluttershy in Fortreshy, that was due to a spell by Luna, so it felt logical. Here, it just feels forced.
5841502 Nope, it's the universal greeting. But Tony didn't offer any energon, so I think he failed it
5841481 It's a reference to the 1980s Transformers movie. One of the Autobots says that that phrase is a universal greeting.
Warning following comment has sarcasm and jokes. If you cannot handle either, skip my comment, and have a nice day.
I---But you...---UGH! I thought they would have been more shocked or, at least, some RIAA lawsuits of copyright infringement due to some kind stupid song! But Nooo... We gotta have it all happen this way, with little confusion. Hmph.
In all seriousness though, this was a pretty nice at answering, most of my questions.
5841565 His chest core IS ENERGON!
For something else... Down there... Snicker.
5841557 Do you want to destroy everything...
And if so, when and where is it taking place so I can bring popcorn.
Sooooooooo glad u didn't go for the My little dashie. Thing with here being taken away from tony
5841557 I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT GUY SAYS
That ending was amazing. I had forgotten the reference to Transformers, but I had looked it up and remembered.
5841599 Yes.
~Crystalline Electrostatic~
I am just going to sit here and smile at the fact that Tony made that reference. Also, all three work for him.
In this case it works out since their is a way to go between the two worlds, but letting Tony stay with Rainbow would be devastating for Earth if he had no way back. I know there are other heroes, but think about how many times Iron Man has saved the world.
Finally! I've been waiting for this to happen. If i could like your story twice I would, but since I can't you'll have to settle for a fave.
Discord being the brother of Sleipnir. Gotta say, I did not see that coming.
5841660 outside of her showing up in equestria again, i saw none of this coming! i mean, 'Tankzuki?' really?
mega epic
tankzuki !
5841502 The Klingon's "Universial Greeting" usually involves a Photon Torpedo.
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YUS!
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Called it
Hey, it worked on the Junkions from the Planet of Junk. Of course, I think they interpreted it as "Care to dance?".
5841557 Or at least teach them about our stealth cardboard box technology.
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The only things Rainbow remembers is Scootaloo and Tank. And even then, only their names, their images, and roughly how she relates to them...and that's mostly because of the dreams she's been having.
I mean, she thought Scootaloo was her actual little sister.
Though the epilogue chapter will explain anything else.
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Yes, yes you did, eh.
Ah well, finally.
******
"Wow... how come you are so big and you have such a cool armor?" The young Spike asked the older Spike.
"Well, I am from an alternate universe. That's the short answer. I am also way older than you. My DNA was also modified with that of my adoptive mother Samus Aran after she died, so I am not 100% a dragon. I am a weird human, Chozo, Metroid and dragon hybrid, most of me is still a dragon. Also, I am used to heavy gravity environments, so the reason I am still wearing the suit is to not destroy everything I touch. And no Rainbow Dash, you can't disarm my armour to find out how it works."
"Awn... but your armour is so cool! Granted mine is more powerful, but yours can withstand gravitational pressures that would crush mine like an egg."
******
Fun fact, all Metroid games take part in places with gravity way heavier than Earth, since Equestria gravity is more or less that or Earth, that would make a Spike who was raised by Samus incredible strong in Equestria, to the point he would have to use his armour to actually restrain his strength while there. Since dragons are greedy, his altering himself with Samus DNA to be a tad more like her after she passed away makes since. And yes I know Samus is long lived even if she looks in her early twenties, but her baseline is human, while Spike baseline is dragon. Dragons are very very long lived.
So, the Bifrost connects Earth and Asgard to Equestria. I like that.
Second fic I've seen Bifrost used in such a way.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESYSEYSEYSYESYEYSYSE!!!
I HOPE SO MUCH THAT THIS DOESNT MEAN TEH STORY IS ENDING SOONNNN. But this story is so funnn. ME SO EXCITED ARGHGHGHHGHG!!!
To those of you who don't get the reference and have had a sad, saad childhood(or were born too late to experience it, in which case I feel sorry for you)
you really do know how to work out a funny bonethank you for the funny storyalso this word being discord being one of the Loki children makes too much sense for chaos but that in itself is another form of chaos
ok I must admit I never even guessed this was coming. or now there is a way from 3 different worlds and a family linking them all to gather.
what is going to happen now?
Harts Fire
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Botaglove: Weird al is best transformer and/or pony
Why, because everything you know...
*punch*
Quick Quill: wrong song Botaglove
Bot: hey, what the hell was that for?
QQ: what? You dared to be stupid
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Better yet, make it about Big Boss finding the CMC in the jungle and bring them to his base, raise them as his daughters and have uncle Ocelot train them in stealth and combat, then wear eyepatches and go out on infiltration missions with Big Boss.
SO. MUCH. FUCKING. YES.
Altrough you'd have wait until MGS V comes out to write it.
And now we wait..
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Huh. Well, this is all interesting.
One question:
Unintentional mistake as Tony wasn't named before, or Pinkie being Pinkie? Just sometimes hard to tell with her.
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Considering the end of that paragraph reads
I think the answer should be obvious.
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ah missed that bit
…cool…
… *falls over* Cant--Stop--Laughing!