After the rush from the energy drink wore off, Rainbow landed on a cloud and immediately fell asleep. Meanwhile, the ponies on the ground were staring at the cascade of rainbows left in the pegasus's wake. Amidst this, the Scout began walking home. Seeing this, Twilight trotted up to him.
"Scout, are you sure that was a good idea, giving Rainbow that... whatever it was?"
"No idea."
Twilight stopped. "You mean- That stuff could've been dangerous to her?!"
"Hey, I drink it all the time, and I'm fine!"
"Well... I guess so..."
"Once you get used to the tumors, it's nothin', really."
"If you say- Wait, what?!"
Her inquiry went unanswered, as the Scout had began his run back to his house. Once he was out of town, and after making sure he was alone, he tapped his headset a couple times. "Yo, anyone? You there?"
There were sounds of something moving around on the other end, followed by a gruff Russian voice answering. "Da."
"Heavy? Why are you on the mic?"
"Mann Co. have us move to headquarters to fight robots. Was moving things."
"Really? Well, that explains where you all were the past few hours."
"How is little man liking pony land?"
"Eh, it's alright. Met the princess, got kinda-sorta found out, you know."
"I do not know what-" The Heavy was interrupted by someone shouting angrily in the background. "Doctor, you should not lift things with tiny arms. Be like Scout, who got found in pony land." The Medic shouted again, before apparently grabbing the mic from the Russian.
"Vhat do you mean, found out?!"
"Look, some things happened, and I happened to meet th' princess in charge, or somethin'. Also, I got turned into a pony."
The doctor's rage was replaced with curiosity. "Really? You are a pony right now?"
"No, I got changed back. Bein' a pony sucks on ice."
"Hmm... Perhaps I could simply get one of those unicorns to turn one of zese dummkopfs into a pony, and then study zem..."
"Uh, Doc?"
"Oh, sorry. Anyvay, you did not reveal your true purpose for coming here, did you?"
"No, I didn't, don't worry."
"Good, good. Maybe ve can-" Now it was the Medic's turn to be interrupted, as the Heavy said something that the Scout couldn't hear. What he did hear, however, was the Medic's following shout of "Vhat?!"
"What's wrong, Doc?" By now, the Scout had made it home, and started lounging on the couch.
"Zhis is bad, zhis is very bad..."
"Out with it, Doc, what happened?"
"Ze Pyro... It seems he took that teleporter ze Engineer built for you. And... it seems he's not coming back."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Pyro? As in that mute freak who burns things that he don't like?"
"Ja... Ze same. Scout, vhatever you do, keep him from causing harm to ze ponies. He could ruin your reputation with ze ponies, and zey need to trust you completely."
"How long ago did he teleport?"
"I do not know. It could've been hours ago, for all we know."
"Ah, crap..." The Scout sprinted out the door back to Ponyville, trying to come up with an excuse as to why he suddenly knew about one of his colleagues being here.
An hour ago...
The Pyro was confused. This was not the base. Sure, there was a resupply locker, but it was in a cave, not a coal museum, or a quicklime factory, or even whatever the Soldier was trying to make those shacks look like.
What stood out about the cave, though, was the pool of water near the middle. Despite his fondness of fire, and the subsequent hate of water for quenching that fire, he couldn't help but come closer to it...
Only to trip on a rock and fall in.
oh god...
Damn, pyro goes to rampage.
Aw crap... the Pool of Mirrors.... yup, nothing like Equestria (see also Land o' Many-Burny-Things) loaded up with a few dozen wacked out firebugs.
THANK YOU
Pyro in Equestria and mirror pool Pyro's?
OH SHIT.
Dont Pyro have to say the incantation?
Shit, meet Fan...
Fan, meet Shit...
well fuck...
1947830 this isn't shit hitting the fan. this is the diarrhea raining on a country. flaming diarrhea at that
Can you imagine the converstations those Pyro's would be having?
i see two possiblitys, she burns everything to ashes, or he thinks shes in pyroland...
my bet is pyro gets along with ponies
Yes!
This be very interesting if not also lethal for everyone evolved, especially when the pond begins to turn out pyros quicker than a mint turns out coins
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Wave 666 has NOTHING on an army of pyros. Especially considering how single minded those clones can be, they'll be even MORE dangerous because instead of "FUNFUNFUNFUNFUN" it will be "MRMPHMRMPHMRMPHMRMPHMRMPH" (BURNBURNBURNBURNBURN!)
On the upside, any changelings still disguised as ponies are about to have a really bad day.
(Although don't you need to recite some chant the Pyro doesn't know to get the cloning thing to work?)
Next chapter: Pyro climbs back out of the Mirror Pool, having disrupted its powers by disturbing the surface. She continues wondering where he is, and it finally settles on waiting for Engy's new 2-way teleporter to recharge.
Fortunately for the audience, I'm not writing the story. Carry on!
Achievement Unlocked: Plan B, C, D, E, and so on. tfportal.de/gfx/content/tf2/achievements/pyro/plan_b.png
Oh god no...
Pyro(1) and Pyro(2) in a land of ponies. I look forward to the new chapter!
We are now all dead. I didn't really like this chapter. Only because Its only purpose was to be a connecting sequence. At least it's something, though.
That mute bugger is gonna cause some havoc.
Wow, that is the worst possible thing that could happen.
Madre de dios...
The Pyro and the mirror pond? What can possibly go wrong?
Luckily this universe seems to have magic where incantations are optional. Who's to say that Pinkie Pie wasn't just reciting an old poem for the sake of the mood?
Hopefully everything looks and behaves as pyrovision, with actual rainbows instead of fire.
Those Ponies are going to be smothered.... WITH LOVE!!
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Merde.
Good thing (s)he didn't say the chant
Mirror Pyros... Shit. EVACUATE THE PREMISES!
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I got a TF2 ad at the end of the chapter. Coincidence?
Mirror Pyros...
"MPHMPHMPHMPHMPHMPHMPHMPH!!"
I beleive that all of equestria is screwed
pinkies= chaos
guys/girls with flamethrowers = FUCK!!!
Something that has always puzzled me, if Pyro sees the horrible things she's doing as good things and destruction as beauty, would actually beautiful and good things be terrifying to him?
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Oh dear god no...
more pyros.....
1950956 But then she doesn't realize his weapon is... well a weapon. So he thinks she's defenseless, would he just start running and screaming until she got to the Everfree or somewhere else similarly unpleasant? There is possibility for both horror and hilarity in this.
If that is the Mirror Pool, nothing should happen. He didn't say the verse.
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Bute he's mute. Maybe he did!
Or, maybe the verse is simply a kind of "Mental preperation," To prepare you for being duplicated.
Or, maybe he doesn't obey the same laws.
In any case, he's pyro. Why not?
It appears that the Feces is about to hit the Aperture-Science-Rotating-Mechaincal-Air-Pusher.
Better get an umbrella...
1951431 what makes saying the verse cannon....it could have been pinkie being pinkie
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It's implied heavily that it's what's required.
1953306 meh...i be saying it be pinkie
If the pyro sees the world as happy candy land, surely he would see Equestria as a festering hellscape of unending nightmares.
OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIE ALL GONNA DIE GONNA DIE DIE.
When i finished reading this, I saw an add for Team Fortress 2 LOL!
1947855 Diarrhea is nothing; this is Cthulhurrhea after some bad chili spiced with ghost peppers.
The Fun has been doubled!