Appoplexians and Ponies Don't Mix
Silence fell upon the room after Ben's insightful comment, resulting in the aforementioned to begin sweating nervously, unsure of how to continue from there.
As the silence continued, Ben's mind began to race with battle plans in case he needed to protect himself or escape, the latter of which was looking quite appealing at that moment. The awkwardness was making him curl up and die a little inside with each passing moment.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, but was actually five seconds, the dark blue one decided the best course of action was to shatter poor old Ben's eardrums.
“GREETINGS, MONKEY! WE ART GLAD TO MEET A NEW SPECIES THAT HAS SURFACED AFTER OUR BANISHMENT!” she exclaimed as she took a step towards him and raised her hoof up to point at him, the force of her voice pushing Ben back quite literally and sliding him into a shelf full of very heavy looking books.
He let out a startled yell and a number of curse words that held no meaning to the three other beings in the room as the books fell on his head. Out of instinct, he lifted his arms up and covered his head with them with the Ultimatrix still active.
One of the heavier and bulkier looking books finally lost its grip on the wood it was put in after the sudden shaking, sending it careening into the alien device, hitting the dial with enough force to cause the metal underpart of it to hit Ben in the head.
Before he could curse the Gods themselves for making him suffer so, he was cut short by the all too familiar flash of green light that bathed the room in its glow, causing the two ponies and the baby dragon to shield their eyes.
Once the light faded, the three were greeted with a sight to behold. In front of them stood a ten-foot tall bipedal tiger, with one sharp black claw protruding from both of its wrists. It also looked incredibly muscular.
The two ponies stared in awe at the now transformed Ben as the blue one took a step back and lowered her hoof, staring at him with wide eyes.
Rath, on the other hand, looked down at the smaller creatures and scowled, raising his arms into the air and letting out a roar.
“LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN MYSTERIOUS BLUE, YET SOMEWHAT PRETTY LOOKING HORSE LADY, NO ONE SHOUTS AT RATH AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! NO ONE!” Rath roared as he pointed a finger at the mare in question, who in return gained an expression of confidence and stood tall in the face of assured defeat in at the hands of Rath.
“We interpret thy threat as a challenge that we gratefully accept! Let us see-!” Rath stopped paying attention by that point as he let out another roar and charged forward suddenly, grabbing the mare with one hand and proceeding to throw her through the wall, leaving a pony-sized hole in it.
“NO ONE CHALLENGES RATH AND LIVES TO TELL THE TALE, HORSE LADY! BECAUSE YOU JUST BIT OFF AN EYEFUL BIGGER THAN YOUR STOMACH CAN CHEW! If Twilight wasn't in a state of utter shock, she would have questioned the absurdly ridiculous comment he had just made. Instead, she was focused on the fact that he just threw the princess through her wall. The thought alone made her poor brain short circuit.
“SIRIUS BUTT-KICKING!” Rath shouted as he dove straight through the new hole in the wall, easily making it five times bigger than it previously was. The sudden force causing the entire library to shake slightly, making even more books fall from their shelves. Spike shuddered when he saw the aftermath.
“Great, more work…” he mumbled.
Outside, Rath had just finished diving through the wall and doing a sick roll afterward. He looked around frantically, trying to spot his latest victim.
“SHOW YOURSELF HORSE LADY! RATH WILL DESTROY YOU!” Rath shouted for the fourth time in under a minute as he punched the palm of his hand, using the gesture to get the point across.
Before Rath could continue, he felt himself being surrounded by a force unknown to him, restraining him completely.
“LEMME GO AND FIGHT ME FACE TO FACE! RATH WILL-!” He didn't get to finish that sentence as he was forced to the ground by the force surrounding him, making him grunt in pain as he put both of his hands on the ground and struggled to keep his face from meeting it.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the purple pony, Twilight if he remembered correctly, straining herself as her horn shined brightly, her head leaning slightly down as she struggled to move it down further.
He didn't know where she had come from, but even Rath could figure out she was the one responsible. Determined to not lose against a small, colorful horse, the Appoplexian summoned forth a burst of strength as he lifted himself up to his knees, a loud roar exiting his mouth as he did so.
“RATH WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY YOU, TWILIGHT SPARTICLE!” he exclaimed as he finally managed to get on his feet, much to Twilight’s shock.
It was short-lived, however. As soon as he got to his feet, another wave of force washed over him, sending him to the ground in an instant.
Rath groaned as he was forced to the ground, his breath leaving him due to the immense force. “Lemme t-tell ya somethin… Gravity, give up… Y-you can't… beat… Rath…” With those final words, he fell limp, the aura around him fading soon after.
The area was engulfed in another green flash, and in Rath’s place now stood Ben, who groaned as he weakly rolled over and sat up in the Appoplexian sized imprint on the ground.
He rubbed his head and looked up, only to be face to face with two very angry looking ponies.
Twilight was looking at him with narrowed eyes as her horn glowed, ready to take action if he were to try anything again. The other one, on the other hand, didn't seem as mad, though. She barely had a scratch on her apart from some dirt on her coat. She looked down at him with the same mixture of slight caution and curiosity as before. He could almost see some disappointment.
“Okay, I have no idea what the Tartarus just happened, but we want answers. Now,” Twilight said with gritted teeth, to which Ben responded with a weak chuckle as his hand rubbed the back of his head.
“Well… that was Rath. I'm really sorry, he's a bit of a brute sometimes.” Ben nervously chuckled as he glanced in between the two, who looked at each other with uncertainty.
“Wait! Hold on!” the three heard Spike call out as he ran towards them. He stopped and put his hands on his knees as he panted slightly.
“Might want to start working out more…” he muttered before he lifted his head up to face Twilight.
“Like I was telling you, he can transform into aliens! I saw him as a giant crab thing with a huge glowing brain! He doesn't seem that bad.” Spike finished. Ben smiled slightly, grateful for him coming to his defense.
“Doesn't seem that bad?! Spike he literally threw Princess Luna through the wall!” she argued as she turned her head to look at him, her hoof now pointing in Ben's direction.
Spike opened his mouth to reply but was silenced as the now named Princess Luna spoke up first.
“We agree with the dragon,” she stated as she stared at Ben with analyzing eyes, making him a bit uncomfortable.
“Wha-?! But..!” Twilight babbled as she looked at Luna in shock, who took Twilight’s confusion as a sign to continue.
“We mistakenly used our Royal Canterlot voice on him, resulting in him getting injured. Although, we think him throwing us through a wall makes us even. Doesn't thou agree?” she finished with a smile as she looked back at Ben.
Ben blinked a few times and nodded slowly. Twilight had called her a princess, and that meant she was royalty around these parts. He was glad she forgave him so quickly, otherwise, things could have gotten a lot more complicated and difficult with an entire nation after him. It wouldn't be the first time though.
“Uh… yeah, I guess?” he croaked as he attempted to stand up, grimacing and rubbing the side of his head as he did so.
Twilight turned to face him almost immediately after he moved as her horn glowed brighter. Suddenly, he felt himself being pushed to the ground once again.
At fault or not, he wasn't about to get pushed around by a small horse, so he grunted as he activated the Ultimatrix once again while he lay on his knees and was about to press down, but he stopped himself as he felt the pressure rapidly fade away.
Confused, he glanced up and saw Luna scowling at Twilight as her own horn glowed. A small, transparent blue shield surrounded him, which he quickly concluded was the reason for the sudden relief.
“Twilight Sparkle, we forgave him. Couldst thou not do the same? We art sure thy wall can be easily fixed with magic. There is no need to provoke further conflict,” she lectured as she shook her head at Twilight, whose horn had abandoned the purple aura and now stood dormant. She lowered her head and sighed.
“I know, I just… reacted when I saw him move. Sorry.” She looked back up at Ben, hoping for an acknowledgment of her words.
Ben glanced down at the Ultimatrix for a quick second and sighed inwardly in relief. The holographic display had Way Big on it. He was somewhat glad Luna had interrupted when she did, or they would have been royally screwed. Quite literally.
“Don't worry about it. I'm used to it,” he joked as he tried to lighten up the mood.
“You're used to throwing princesses through walls?” Spike questioned.
“Er… Not what I had in mind,” he replied as he stood up once again, finally showing his height compared to the ponies.
He was almost as tall as Luna, excluding her horn. And he easily towered over Twilight, with her head barely reaching his chest.
“I don't think I've introduced myself yet. My name's Ben. Ben Tennyson,” he said as he rubbed his arm, which was still a bit sore from the previous activity.
Twilight smiled slightly and spoke up first. “My name is Twilight Sparkle, but I have a feeling you already know that,” Ben responded with a nod.
“And our name is Luna. Thou may call us Princess Luna,” Luna said as she smiled at him. “Ben Tennyson, what a… unique name.” She giggled under her breath. Ben responded with a roll of his eyes as he remembered to deactivate the Ultimatrix before he accidentally turned into Alien X, given his luck.
“My name's not that weird! I'm sure you people have some ridiculous names if they're meant to represent your appearance,” Ben retorted as he crossed his arms.
“Guys, maybe we should head back inside before anypony sees us out here,” Spike said as he glanced around, glad that there wasn't anyone around to witness what had just gone down.
Twilight responded with a nod as she turned towards the library and began trotting towards it. “Spike’s right. Let's head back inside before anypony decides to come around for candy.” Ben glanced over at Luna for a brief second before following Twilight.
Luna followed closely behind him along with Spike as they stepped through the giant Rath-sized hole in the wall. Ben shook his head as he turned to look at it and lifted up his left arm, activating the Ultimatrix.
“Don't worry, I'll have this fixed in no time!” With that, he slammed the dial down.
Sorry this a shorter one. I didn't expect this story to gain so much popularity at all. Let alone get featured. Thank you all so much for that.
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What an awesome chapter my friend is Ben going to turn into greymatter,jeryrig, brainstorm,or upgrade please tell me... also upload the next chapter as soon as u can I'll be waiting my friend
I LOVE THIS BLERB! SO MANY PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE BEN'S TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IN ALIEN FORCE AND ULTIMATE ALIEN!
Might want to reverse that.
Dear Faust, that would NOT have ended well.
More please. And i so wish this was a harem clopfic.
I stopped reading for a second after Luna blew Ben into the bookshelf thinking, "Wouldn't it be funny if he turned into Rath screaming "LEMME TELL YOU SOMTHING PRETTY PONY PRINCESS!" And what do you know, it actually happened.
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Way Big vs Luna. Who would win?? ALso, what about Ultimate Way Big vs Luna?
Here's a suggestion: if you're planning on releasing edited chapters, don't publish the unedited versions beforehand. It's kind of redundant.
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I published it now because I wouldn't have had time to do it tomorrow, even possibly the day after that. Thankfully my editor was online so he edited it. Not something I was expecting, but it worked out.
Awesome chapter. Shame it was a shorter one, but seeing as you updated little more than a day after your original upload, I'm impressed. As far as critique goes, Rath seemed a little too aggressive with how he implied he'd kill Luna.....
(As a side note that doesn't really matter too much, Rath's dialog in that first segment seems a little too articulate and complete for him. You might have been better served by having him say "NO ONE CHALLENGES RATH AND GETS AWAY WITH IT." That part about living to tell the tale just seemed odd to me, but that's just my opinion.)
No matter what happened, Ben never killed his opponents in the show if he could help it. I'm willing to believe that Rath could have attacked Luna(though even that's a bit of a stretch), but even with his personality slightly altered from using Rath, it's still Ben underneath it all, and Ben would never kill if he could avoid it, much less Luna, who didn't really attack him, though I'm willing to mark that one down as Ben not having understood her due to the volume she was talking at. You might want to clarify that next chapter to put Ben's actions into perspective, thoguh.
Also, when Twilight held him down after he turned back from Rath, he seemed a bit quick to go for the Omnitrix. It might have been slightly more believable if Ben tried to talk her down first before Luna intervened instead. In the show, Ben seems to lean towards settling things diplomatically when he can, so it just seemed like he jumped the gun a bit at that part.
All these observations are more or less just me nitpicking, but this story is amazing, and I want to see it develop, so I'll offer whatever constructive critiscism I can. Can't wait for the next chapter. =)
Looking forward to interactions between Ben and the princesses.
When I saw the title for this chapter I immediately thought of Rath. Hahaha, the only alien that makes your wanna grab a bag of popcorn, sit back snd just watch.
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I know it feels like you need to publish it ASAP, but you really don't. It's always better to wait to publish a properly polished chapter than a partially edited one. Always. Even if you have to wait a week or more. The urge to publish; the excitement; it can be too much sometimes, yes. Just know that the website isn't going anywhere.
Whooop new chapter, lets read it
Go Juryrig! Fix our giant hole we made!
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Way Big, both times. By the point of Ultimate Alien, Way Big was Ben's 2nd most powerful alien, after Alien X. Not to mention, at Way Big's size, he would be able to crush a significant portion of Canterlot Castle with one foot.
8554186 Juryrig is for mechanical things, not trees. Swampfire would work better as he can grow plants in seconds.
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Do you have a point, but Ben doesn't like using Alien X unless absolute needed. And then there's the issue of dealing with the two personalities.
MOAR!!!!!!!!
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I want more soon!! Please let Blitzwolfer appear in the story.
You know, i just thought of this. Since ben has a Pegasus transformation, will he be able to perform the SOnic Rainboom? And will he get a unicorn, and earth pony transformation? Eureka!! He could get an alicorn transformation. That would be epic!!
Of course the alien who would accidentally pop out would be the one who lowers his intelligence ten folds and proportionally increases his aggressiveness by the same amount. But it wouldn't be Ben 10 without this kind of gag.
Good on Luna for forgiving him this easily, even if her logic is kinda skewed, but I guess it's her still adapting to her return. Twilight though seems to me kinda OOC for shoving back down Ben when he just wanted to get back up. I wouldn't discard her for being cautious after what happen, but I would more see her taking a defensive stance.
Well at least Ben might regain some points after he fix the tree showing he's at least responsible.
Found a mistake.
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I also found some mistakes in the first chapter, I point them out in my comment back there.
Oh I love Rath, he's one of my favorites! Though I'm curious why the Ultimatrix isn't trying to scan Luna, or Twilight. Maybe it can only scan so many times in rapid succession, and it needs a few hours to process the cataloging cue? That's my best theory anyhow.
Anyways I'm really looking forward to seeing his Dragon transformation, and seeing him help deal with issues later on. Like Echo vs Changelings, or Way Big vs Tirek. This will be so interesting to read!
KEEP GOING STRONG!!!!!!!
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I want to see Ditto vs Changelings! Attack of the identical-looking species!
And Way Big is overkill for Tirek. Humongosaur would be better, since both Tirek and Humongosaur can change size. Humongosaur's max size is 60 ft, and I am pretty sure that Tirek's size after absorbing the Alicorn magic was roughly the same.
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You’ve never seen Alien Force, or Ultimate Alien have you? Echo is basically Ditto but with a sonic scream, and an Ultimate Mode.
And while I can see why Way Big might seem overkill I disagree. Remember Tirek has lasers just like Way Big, and Tirek can fly. So frankly even Ultimate Humongousaur might find himself outclassed. If I were Ben, and I’d seen everyone lose their power to this guy then the gloves would be off, I wouldn’t take any chances. Heck I might even go Ultimate Way Big so that Tirek would think twice about trying to leave Tartarus for at least a century.
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I have seen both. I take offense at you assuming that I have not. If you would look at ANY of the comments I made before I responded to yours, you would know that. I know that Echo-Echo (yes, that is his actual name, not Echo, Google it.) is basically Ditto with sound abilities, and an Ultimate form, but can you fault me for wanting to see one of the classics?
And the reason I say that Way Big is overkill, is BECAUSE HE IS AS TALL AS THE MOUNTAIN THAT CANTERLOT RESTS ON, AND TIREK IS AT MOST HALF THE SIZE OF THE CASTLE AT HIS BIGGEST! LITERALLY NOTHING THAT TIREK COULD DO WOULD BE ABLE TO HARM WAY BIG! TIREK WOULD HAVE TO FLY ALL THE WAY TO WAY BIG'S HEAD FIN JUST TO PARALYZE HIM! AND ULTIMATE WAY BIG IS 2X THE SIZE OF REGULAR! ULTIMATE WAY BIG COULD CURBSTOMP TIREK, IN BOTH THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE SENSE! HOW IS THAT NOT OVERKILL?
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Ah okay, so it’s nostalgia then? Okay. But for the fecord I know what his real name was, I just figured to someone who wasn’t in the know it’d be confusing.
As for Way Big I feel like I should point out that in a certain CGI movie where Ben was stuck in alien mode that a Tokustar was in danger from a Mechamorph. (For those who read this not in the know, Way Big vs Upgrade.) then compare that to Tirek who slams throguh mountains like styrofoam I’d say Way Big would probably just barely be holding his own. Any other of Ben’s aliens apart from Alien X wouldn’t last very long at all against a powerhouse like that.
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Keep in mind, that was a corrupted and empowered Mechamorph, that was actually Azmuth's father. And yeah, Tirek can smash through mountains, but so could VILGAX at the end of Ultimate, and Way Big had previously punted him into the atmosphere in either Ultimate or Alien Force. The only individual I remember being capable of actually HARMING Way Big from hitting anything but Way Big's horn is DAIGON! And this is the first 2 lines of his Powers and Abilities straight from the Ben 10 Wiki:
Tirek may be powerful, but a nigh-omnipotent extradimensional demon, he is not.
I also feel the need to point out that the To'kustar that the Mechamorph defeated was not originally a To-kustar, and was thus not used to its power, as well as being enraged itself.
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Fair point, but Humongosaur would still be thrashed around like a noob... Shall we agree it would be more entertaining for Ben to be switching between Alien forms, including but not limited to Rath trying to jump down Tirek’s throat in every meaning of the phrase?
Also how do you do that censor bar? That’s one trick I haven’t learned yet.
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The Sp that is in a box? that is the spoiler command. it generates that black bar around whatever is inside it.
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I can agree to that!
And sadly, Ben doesn't have Atomix. He was introduced in Omniverse.
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I have yet to see Omniverse, not sure if I care to.
And how do I do the Spoiler Bar?
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Not sure what you mean? The Sp should be there for everybody, although on a mobile device, you may have to hit the button that is three horizontal lines stacked.
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the dafualt command for the spoiler box is-
[spoiler ] with the spoiled warning text here.[ /spoiler]
just remove the spaces in the brackets.
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Much obliged, both of you.
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You should give Omniverse a chance. It's not quite as good as it's predecessors, but on a scale of one to ten, it would rank at about a seven or an eight for me, whereas the original Ben 10 along with Alien Force and Ultimate Alien clock in at solid tens. Compared to its predecessors, Omniverse places a bit more emphasis on comedy and it's story telling doesn't have quite the dark undertone that Alien Force and Ultimate Alien did. Alongside this, it's art style is a bit more cartoonish, but not to an unbearable degree. Personally, I, like many people, prefer the original art style, but the Omniverse art style does eventually grow on you.
As far as the actual story goes, Omniverse stays relative true to the source material and builds on it with several new and exciting story arcs. Unlike it's predecessors, though, Omniverse focuses much more heavily in stories involving alternate timelines and space-time conflicts, so if you don't find those kind of stories interesting, you might not like many of Omniverse's episodes.
Overall, Omniverse is a slightly lighter version of Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, but it keeps all the core story elements that made Ben 10 so popular in the first place.
If none of that convinces you to at least give it a chance, just compare it to the recent reboot.....Omniverse starts looking really good in comparison then.
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You kidding? I’d rather binge Power Rangers Turbo than even acknowledge the remake exists.
Though the alternate universe thing does sound awesome. I remember in the original show how there was that spinoff episode where Gwen found the Omnitrix, maybe that might get some attention. Maybe an alternate Ben 10 Thousand or two. I love alternate universes, and I’ve been dying for some comedy recently. Maybe I’ll give Omniverse a shot, especially if they got Rath making a regular appearance.
Seriously, there was a time I called XLR8 my favorite Alien, But Rath blew that away. He’s so badass, but so funny! Like one sec he’ll be ripping the top off a tank, and then you know you’re about to laugh as soon as he says, “LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING-!!!!!”
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Lol, I can assure you, both 'Gwen 10" and Ben 10000 are present in Omniverse. Even Alien X makes an appearance a few times.
As far as their being multiple timelines and universes, Omniverse is literally built off the idea of there being multiple versions of Ben and how they all interact.
If you like the previous Ben 10 installments, you'll love Omniverse if you give it a chance.
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Sounding promising already! I’m sad that they never expanded on Gwen 10, like I’m sure a nice bulk of the fans would love to see how things might have gone differently had Gwen been the one to wear the Omnitrix all this time. That spinoff would have been a lovely expansion instead of rebooting everything.
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I'm a little late, but I do remember something mentioned in a
Way Big wiki about his cosmic Ray being powerful enough to destroy planetoid/dwarf planet sized objects, like Pluto for example. Don't quote me on that though.
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And didn't he have super speed through an Ultimatrix glitch? How did the Ultimatrix glitch? Was it something to do with magic? I remember actual magic energy having some adverse affect on the different Omnitrixes.
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The Omnitrix/Ultimatrix has done some weird shit when it's not working properly. Remember that one episode from the original series where Ben fucks with the Omnitrix, pops the 'lid' off, and starts mixing up his aliens?
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Interesting, yeah. I’m just saying if I were going against Perfect Tirek then I’d go Way Big for my first choice. Wouldn’t matter if it were overkill to me, after how he had hurt everyone up to then the gloves come off. If that, or Ultimate Way Big didn’t do the trick then my next tactic would be to Big Chill into him, and change to Rath while in his gut.
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Yep. Remember how he he exposed it to nuclear radiation/energy, and that resulted in its self-destruct sequence activating? We got Way Big out of it, though! Wait... if nuclear energy caused that to happen, then shouldn't Atomix cause it to malfunction more, unless Azmuth fixed that problem by Omniverse.