Hitchhiking
No good deed goes unpunished. A cruel idea that ponies happily ignore for the most part, but every once in a while an act of simple kindness can bite them in the dock in the most unusual ways. This can only end well.
“I can’t bring you anywhere Lyra.” Decked out in a fabulous sweet dress Rarity gave (after a harsh round of bargaining in which no underhoofed deals were made) to her on discount, Bon Bon planted her face in the table. Said dress was now burnt, tattered, and worst of all wrinkled.
“Hey, I didn’t ruin anything. You can’t blame me for aliens attacking on the one night we go to the Gala.” Lyra for her part, looked like sunshine from Celestia came down on pristine dew anointed roses. “Besides I saw your face when you conked that one over the head with a frying pan.”
Bon Bon scowled angrily, the table took the full brunt. “Just one, all the others screamed and ran away. I think one of them even said ‘Not again!’ in their stupid dull voices.” The glass table squeaked as she dragged her face upright to glare at Lyra. “Don’t think you are off the hook. I saw your lab and I’m sure you were trying to get in contact with aliens. What else would you use my whisk and an aluminum foil hat for?”
“I wasn’t trying to call aliens.” Lyra huffed. Her bravado crumbled under Bon Bon’s gaze. “Ok, ok maybe I was. I just wanted to get to know them.” The face of judgement did not go away. “What? That’s all. I have nothing else to add. No, no stop it. You can’t prove anything.”
“You tried to call an alien to ask them out for a date for this very night.”
Lyra nearly gagged on her fruit smoothie. “No, no! No, no, no, no, no, well yes maybe.”
The earth pony stepped on a smouldering flame that nibbled on her dress before she continued. “Oh I remember your face when that first spaceship arrived. Jackpot alien boyfriend acquired. Too bad about his buddies showing up to trash the place.”
“I didn’t say jackpot.” Lyra puffed out her cheeks.
Bon Bon’s face finally broke into a pleasant smile as she giggled. Lyra huffed but laughed after a few seconds. They rested in a restaurant in the commons of Canterlot away from the congested crowds at the train station and the uptight locals. They were not going anywhere anytime soon.
Something broke their attention. “Lyra, do you hear a crying child?”
Her ears twisted behind her as the sound echoed from an alleyway. She took one quick gulp from her drink as her hardheadedness blocked the brain freeze like a luchador champ. “Come on. Let’s see if we can help.”
The wide alleyway allowed the street lights to filter through with ease. Not that it was needed, they could see the lost baby rather easily. It glowed with celestial radiance. “I think I missed them. Mommy would come back for me if she wasn’t gone.”
“He looks like a little star.” Lyra whispered to Bon Bon who nodded in agreement. “Hello? Are you lost?”
The little blue Luma sniffled as it looked up. “I got a little distracted with some of my siblings and now my home has left the galaxy.”
“Your Home? You mean that ship that those other ponies left on to go save Princess Luna?” Bon Bon asked as she carefully approached the little guy. She took out a piece of candy she had made that morning and offered it to the Luma. It looked up and tilted his body at the gift. With the tenderness of a sugar happy child in a candy store he plopped it into his mouth with a happy hum.
The unicorn plopped down next to him. “So you need a place to stay little guy?
“Well no, I can get back home, but it is so far away and besides.” The Luma rubbed his little limbs together as it whispered quietly. “Mom always said to not to travel without an adult I can trust.”
There was a quick gleam in Lyra’s eye that vanished before Bon Bon could notice. “Consider yourself lucky then. You got two responsible trustworthy adults that will help you out!”
“Lyra, what are you doing?” Bon Bon growled out the corner of her mouth. The bile that was about to rise dissipated to the joyful expression from the child in front of her.
“Really!? You’ll take me home! Mom always said the pony folks were nice. Though she only told us about them in picture books with Aunt Celetia and Aunt Luna.” The little guy projected an aura of happiness very visible to the two ponies. Said aura of happiness was not a figurative thing as gravity seemed to went on a coffee break with sanity at that moment. Lyra and Bon Bon started to hover close to the star child.
“We’re going into space!” Lyra somehow matched the fever glee of the child as she started to prance in place.
“Lyra!!!” Bon Bon smacked Lyra over her head with her tail with a loud ‘crack’. “I am telling mother when we get back!”
“Don’t care! Space!”
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It was a hectic night that was one to remember for sure. Vinyl Scratch laid muzzle down on her turn table, she hadn’t anticipated having a crowd this large. Due to the nature of her work, she had reinforced her building to be sound and earthquake proof, resist heavy weapons fire, and be able to contain an adult dragon (even she got the rare guest that liked to party hard). Scratch didn’t anticipate her place being used as an emergency bunker. Alien invasions know how to ruin a fun night.
“Uge, up tight ponies that are freaking out are so annoying.” She looked up to the ground floor to see the workers cleaning up and a few stragglers that mulled around. “Try to give them a show so they won’t worry about the bad guys and most of them just complain.” A ghost of a grin flickered across her face. “At least a few new customers got to enjoy themselves. Should be seeing them again in a week.” Her usual manic energy was gone and she just felt chilled.
Vinyl looked over to the brown pegasus as he tinkered with her timer equipment that had gotten broken during the confusion. His handy blue toolbox seemed to have almost everything he needed. “Hey boss, we found something interesting.”
The bouncer pointed towards a strange creature she had not seen before. It looked like a chubby red star. It had fallen asleep from exhaustion with glow rings around his head and arms. “Think that is one of the aliens that was attacking our city?”
“Don’t think so. According to the news, those guys were turtles. He looks like a child.” Vinyl delicately poked it in it’s flabby baby belly. “Now that I think about it, I remember him dancing in the crowd.”
“That’s actually a Luma.” The pegasus with the blue box grunted as he tightened up the last kink. He tossed his odd tool into his toolbox. “And you are right, he is a child. One that is very far from home right now.”
“I thought you were an engineer, not a xenomorph specialist.” The bodyguard raised an eyebrow.
Turner simply chuckled. “I’ve seen a few things in my travels.”
The Luma stirred as he yawned loudly. “I think I just took a small nap. Oh, hi Miss DJ pony. I enjoyed your show.”
“Thanks little guy. Though I think you are bit under the age level we allow folks to come in here.” Scratch shooed away her bouncer to go to another job as she sat on her haunches.
“Oh that’s not a problem, almost everyone was put in here when the bad guys started to cause problems.” He started to spin one of the glow rings around his right limb. Then he dropped it with a small gasp as tears brimmed in his eyes. “Oh. Uh oh. I fell asleep and I forgot to go home! Mommy told me to be careful and I forgot again!”
Scratch and Turner winced and folded their ears down from the childish wail. “Geez kid, you could give my bass cannon a run for it’s money.”
“That shouldn’t be a problem for you, right?” Turner watched as Vinyl quickly enveloped the Luma in a hug to not only comfort the little guy but muffle its scream. “I mean you can quickly hone in on your home.”
After a few sniffles the Luma pulled away from Scratch’s mucus stained barrel. She tried to wipe it off with a towel as best as she could. “Well I could, but I need an adult to walk me home. It’s not safe otherwise.”
“Walk you home? That doesn’t sound too bad. I’m done with my work so I’m free to help you out little guy.” Scratch didn’t see the shocked expression from Turner.
“Thank you! Mommy always said ponies were good folks.” The little Luma started to glow brighter than his glow sticks.
Turner simply shook his head. “Ms. Scratch you really have no idea what you just agreed to. Young Luma I would like to accompany you. Just to make sure you both get there safely.”
“Thanks Mister smart pony. Brace yourself, it’s a wild ride!”
“I thought you said it was just a walk? How wild could that even be?” There was an intense glow as what appeared like a shooting star shot out and broke through the building. Ponies dove out of the way of falling debris as they disappeared into the morning sky.
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Down in the sleepy village of Ponyville…
Panic.
Ponies do not make good hitchhikers.
“Calm down, Ponyvillians. Calm down!” The mayor rallied the frantic herd. They had all been corralled into the alien invasion bunker the moment that Canterlot had been attacked. After what happened during the Nightmare Moon attack the townsfolk were quickly open to the idea of a bunker disguised as a barn in case of another alien attack. Granted, the aliens attacked the Everfree Forest the last time, but that was too close for comfort for most equines.
“According to reports, the aliens have been repelled once again. You may stay for punch, but you can’t sleep here tonight.”
“What’s the point of building this bunker when those aliens never hit us?” Another random civilian with the ever most helpful observation. The mayor knew those well from the large pile of suggestions that she had waiting for her back at the office. If it wasn’t for her cutie mark…
“Ya, that was a bronze bit tax increase on public singing licenses. I expected my hard earned money to be useful!”
“Worst alien invasion ever.”
The mayor snorted as she looked to her assistant by the front door. “Please look outside.” Millions of shiny bronze bits went into the sophisticated defense to protect those inside.
The mare stuck her out of the crack of the door for a quick look. “Well, it’s night. No alien ships. No rampaging star bears--”
“We’re sorry!”
“Just a random glowing star creature floating down Mane Lane.”
The Mayor Mare’s expression softened. “Oh that’s all...Lock the door!”
The assistant slammed it shut and threw the bolt lock closed in one shift tail swipe. The panicky pastel pony pile pressed predictably per peer pressure. Immediately, the herd started to whisper the worst possible outcomes to what could be out there. Mares hugged stallions protectively as the foals huddled to each other under them.
“Do we have anyone here that is trained in these kinds of situations. Please? Anypony?” The Mayor cleared her throat from the middle of the pile. “I’m sure we could compensate you!”
“Dear ponies, please show no fear,” Zecora, who stood out amongst the colorful cast, called out, “The young assistant stated it was a star creature so do nothing severe. The monsters that attacked the Everfree Forest were large turtles nothing more than brutes, let me see this creature and make this problem moot.”
There was some protest as she peeled herself from the bundle of ponies. Most said it was not worth the risk. Quite a few fainted. Zecora simply nodded and smiled her way to the front door as she popped the lock. She cantered out the ‘barn’ and the door slammed shut behind her. Then it cracked open again with pairs of eyes behind it.
Zecora saw the little star creature. It looked like a plush toy that a foal would get as a reward for a carnival game. On top of that, it was not alone.
“And that big tree over there is the town library! Also the place where every pegasus in town has crashed into. I think I fly into it at least three times a week on my paper route.”
“Wow Ms. Derpy, that tree is tough to withstand all those wing ponies hitting it. Made to last.” The green star had a young boyish voice that hid no tint of malice. Zecora felt her tension leave as she approached casually.
Derpy simply laughed as she hugged the little child. “You are so cute. Oh hi Zecora, this is Luma. Luma this is Zecora. She’s a little strange, but very nice.”
“Ms. Hooves, did you forget to join the others? Did you not see ponies rushing to safety with foals held tight by their mothers?” Zecora knew the mail mare was a bit scatterbrained, but to not witness Canterlot being attacked.
“That explains why I couldn’t find you. I had this emergency package and I was flying all over the Everfree Forest.” Derpy held out said package as Zecora tentatively accepted it. “Then I found this little guy wandering around.”
Zecora hummed as she studied the alien creature. “I presume that you are a child, your friendliness and nature is beguiled.”
“Um, ya I’m a little Luma. Mommy said I would grow up to be big someday...I miss mommy.”
“Aw, what happened to your mommy?” Derpy nuzzled the child’s cheek as it started to sniffle.
“A giant monster captured her so now we have to live in our new home until Mario can rescue her.” Luma squeaked when a little remindered crossed his brow. “My home! It’s not here anymore!”
“Did your house move?” Derpy tilted her head at the idea of a house moving, normally you move from house to another house not the other way around.
Luma shuffled under their curious expressions as blush colored his cheeks. “I may have wandered off on my own with my siblings to go exploring without telling anyone.”
“Ah young one you should take more care, especially this night of all nights when there are monsters you must beware.” The adults gave the Luma a shared disappointed glare.
It nodded as he sighed. “I understand. Do you two mind if you walk me home? Mommy always said to ask for help from an adult I can trust.”
Derpy smiled as she stood tall. “I would love to help you and I’m sure Zecora has no problems as well.”
Back at the barn, the entire town witnessed an abduction by the alien. Panic ensued.
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If you want to travel to the next galaxy, your ship has to be fast. Fast enough to make light crash and burn into a hopeless heap of abused physics. Portals are also a nice easy way to get to one place quickly. All that needed to be done was fold the vastness of space and all of its contents into itself to connect the two points. Like playing connect the dots but with folding the paper to do so and instead of paper it is the known universe you are folding. Mario’s ship does both, and scientists everywhere weep and gnash their teeth every time they think about it.
The ponies couldn’t care less. They enjoyed the ride like anyone else would, though Twilight would later collapse into a furry ball of ‘this is not possible’ mode when she stopped to think about it.
Matter warped around them as the glow from hyperspace highlighted everything with a gamma like hue. Stars once in set positions blurred as they streaked past them. Colors of both known and unknown blended together as nebulas, supernovaes, and black holes swirled around.
Rainbow Dash’s foal like wonder left a permanent smile on her face the whole trip as she soaked up every detail around her. Twilight was almost at the same level of bliss as Rainbow though for completely different reasons from the speed demon. “So many different constellations and worlds that are impossible to see from Equus. I want to know them all!”
“Please, do you not see the colors around us? This is just magnificent.” Rarity felt her creative spark tingled at the back of her mind as the possibilities rolled around.
Applejack chuckled nervously. “I’m glad this thing protects us from traveling this fast. I’m still getting queasy, though. Hope we don’t have to do this often.”
“AJ, this is just too awesome to not fly like this every chance we can!” Rainbow replied, her excitement oozing in her voice.
“Look at that! No, look at that! That’s neat! Mario, Mario can we go that way? Or maybe we go that way.” Despite the pink pony sitting on top of his head with his hat on her, Mario piloted his ship with no issue. Massive sweets consumption did little to add to Pinkie’s weight, thankfully.
“We have a set destination, remember? We are going to save Princess Luna. We can’t waste any time playing in other galaxies.” Twilight grabbed her bouncy friend and gently placed her next to Mario. “And don’t jump on his head! He’s trying to drive faster than light.”
“Come on Twilight, don’t you want to see what’s out there?” Pinkie pouted, bottom lip started to quiver as her soulful eyes pleaded with the egghead.
Twilight frowned as her left eye started to twitch. “Of course I do. I’m practically living my foalhood fantasy, but Princess Celestia trusts us to rescue her sister. After we do that, I am so going to see what is beyond that second star to the right even if it takes me until morning.”
“Fluttershy, dear, you have been awfully quiet. Are you alright?” Rarity spoke up as the idea that her friend might not enjoy this crossed her mind. Her voice of concern caused the rest of the ponies to turn their attention to their friend as well.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, Fluttershy seemed beside herself. “Oh me? I’m just fine. All these creatures are too amazing for me to panic at the moment.”
Rainbow Dash tilted her head as she looked at the animals around Fluttershy. “You mean the ones you are hugging?”
“No, just the ones we just passed. Like the herd of space whales.”
The group knew Fluttershy was not one to make up stories, but they looked up and saw nothing they couldn’t help but wonder. “Fluttershy, I know animals. Maybe not as much as you, but anything that can live out here is far stretch. Especially going this fast.”
The moment she said this Fluttershy saw an enormous turtle with an entire world on his back fly over behind her friends’ heads.
Mario shrugged. ‘Partners. They do all the talking for you. Companions are always a chatty bunch.’ He slowed the ship down as their stop closed in. Twilight eyes widened as their destination came into view. Unlike the many galaxies they just passed, this one appeared to have no theme. Planets made of translucent pure water, fields of flowers larger than cities orbited small cluster of red dwarf stars, and desolate alien war ships of another age sat forever forgotten. A mish mash of jigsaw pieces.
“This is-a Recycle Matter Galaxy.”
“Whoa, that place looks all kinds of strange.” Rainbow Dash dropped back down to the ground.
Rarity couldn’t help but slightly gag. “It’s like when Sweetie Bell decides to take full control of my entire stock of fabric.”
“You’re right.” Twilight spoke up as she walked next to Mario. “Is this natural? Something about it is off and not just the random placements of worlds. The magic here is garbled and clashes with itself.”
Mario pulled the parking brake as he took out what appeared to be a book. Twilight read the large bold words ‘DON’T PANIC’ inscribed on the back. “Here you-a go, Twilight. Read the entry.”
Recycle Matter Galaxy
Went out of your way to see this place. You are either a thrill seeker or a looter. Both if you happen to be Daring Do, no you are not an archeologist go get a real job you hack. For everyone else you’ll find nothing but junk and junk collectors. Yes the saying is that one person’s trash is another’s treasure, but those people are merely justifying their need to hoard. Hmm, I noticed I didn’t actually say anything relevant about this galaxy. Stay clear of this place; the coffee is blacker than a black hole, staler than week old donuts, and smells like old people. You know the smell.
“This isn’t helpful at all.” Twilight exclaimed. For the first time, she found literature that disappointed her. “Mario, what are we supposed to do with this information?”
“From what I gathered, we don’t want to stay here long.” Applejack cleared her throat to get Twilight’s attention. “Nightmare Moon and Bowser are probably trying to hide out here.”
Twilight breathed in deeply and gave her friends a sharp nod. She took out a chest from the stuff she brought with her. “Right, lets go save Princess Luna. Princess Celestia gave us the Elements of Harmony to use.” She levitated out the sacred artifacts. They glowed with the homely presence that held familiar power to Mario and the ponies. Twilight gave the elements to their appropriate bearers. “With these we can stop Nightmare Moon once and for all.”
“M-mario?” A hesitant voice brought the heroic showing to a halt. “Why do we have so many ponies here?”
A record player that a luma had scratched violently to a stop. A scrawny awkward man with pale skin shuffled his feet.
Rainbow squinted her eyes at the dweeby fellow. “Dude, who’s the guy that failed to imitate you? Some kind of weird fan?”
“Rainbow, that’s no way to talk to someone you have never met.” Rarity glared at her blunt friend. “Clearly this fellow in unsightly clothes is Mario’s...um...understudy.”
“You mean like a sidekick?” Applejack drawled with a hint of amusement.
“No, this is my-a brother.” Mario groaned inwardly as once again Luigi’s innate bad luck in most social situations turned on to full force. ‘Can never get a break.’
“Um, h-hello.” He waved pathetically as he gulped. “I’m-a Luigi.”
“Your brother!?” Twilight exclaimed a little louder than what was necessary. “That’s...nevermind we don’t have time to meet and greet. We need to get going.” A flash of light interrupted her. “What the!?”
Several ponies appeared on deck with them with three lumas in tow. Their sudden trip had left them in a mixed state of nausea and shock. All except for one. “Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!”
Lyra Heartstrings was exactly where she wanted to be as she bounced around like a filly at the playground. “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! This is exactly everything I dreamed.” Bon Bon, for her part, seethed silently as she plotted Lyra’s comeuppance.
“Yup, you were right, Turner. I was not ready for this.” Vinyl Scratch sat on her haunches as she rubbed at another headache. “I’d rather not know how far from home we are yet. Oh, hi Rarity, fancy seeing you here.” Rarity instinctively waved hello, but her mind was still in a state of confusion.
“At it appears we weren’t the only ones to ‘walk’ a few lumas home.” Time Turner noted wryly at the group of mares around him.
Derpy Hooves’ eyes were still spinning like she had just been through a cozy run in a dryer. “So many stars. I think I need to lie down for a moment.”
“My goodness, that was a ride I will never forget.” Zecora looked up to see familiar faces all with a shared expressions of shock. Except, Pinkie. The party got even better for her. “Certainly glad to see friends after taking that sudden roulette.”
“What happened? Why are you all here?” Twilight’s head bobbed up and down as she followed the bouncing Lyra.
Lubba groaned as he spotted the three bashful lumas trying to sneak off. “Did you three forget to come home again?”
“Sorry. We lost track of time, but we had these nice ponies help us home.” One of the lumas answered as the other two nodded in agreement.
“Weee, space!” Lyra continued to chatter in the background as the adults talked.
“That unicorn has enough enthusiasm for all of us.” Time Turner’s smile betrayed his amusement.
“And enough common sense to put her horseshoes on backwards.” Bon Bon snarked as she took in her surroundings.
“You know what.” Twilight stomped her hoof loud enough to get their attention. “We still need to go save Princess Luna. You all stay here until we get back then we can all go back to Equestria. This shouldn’t take us long. Come on Mario, we need to go.”
Twilight started to push Mario along with her head, horn poking him the whole way. He barely got the chance to wave bye to his brother. “Ok, ok we'll-a go.”
“Aw, well I’ll throw us all a ‘welcome to the ship and we saved Princess Luna’ party when we come back.” Pinkie told the new group as she bounced away with her lovely singsong tone. “There are cupcakes on the table so enjoy yourselves.”
“We’ll catch up, but we must be prompt, so excuse us.” Rarity trotted on as the rest followed suit.
“Ok, that was strange.” Rainbow hovered overhead as she played with her brilliant red element. “So how are we going to get to where we’re going?”
“With this.” Mario punched a button on the driving wheel. A hum of energy grew as a ball of light formed in front of them. A ring with a multilayered stars design inside the circumference glowed brightly as it floated before the group. “This is a Launch Star. It will fling us to our destination.”
“Fling us?” Applejack snorted at the dangerous and absurd idea. “Sugarcube that doesn’t sound the least bit like a good idea.”
Mario scratched the back of his head. “It has a perfect track record. Do you want me to-a show you?”
“I think I want to hold on to somepony if we do have to do this.” Fluttershy gulped as every hair on her body stiffened.
“Don’t worry. We will all support each other through this.” Twilight said as she stepped closer to the device. “So how does the spell activate?”
“Just step up to it and it will carry us all.”
Twilight lifted her front left leg as she drew close to touch it. She hesitated a few centimeters before she finally made contact. It felt warm. Gravity decided to look the other way as they all started to hover in midair. The ring started to spin as the inner star designs expanded outward. It felt like everything around them paused for a moment. Then there was explosion of power. They flew away from the ship almost as fast as the ship was moving before.
Needless to say, they were all screaming. Yes, even Rainbow Dash, though she will never admit it.
Back on the ship, the other ponies watched in awe as the rainbow shockwave shook the planet. Rainbow Dash alone created three sonic rainbooms from the sudden blast of speed, leaving everyone on the ship to witness it. “Momma Mia, what just-a happened.”
“That would be the Elements of Harmony...or perhaps Ms. Rainbow Dash’s sonic rainboom at full effect.” Turner explained as Luigi picked himself up. “By the way, I am Dr. Time Turner.”
Luigi took the hoof offered to him and shook. “I’m-a Mario’s brother. Luigi.”
“Did you just introduce yourself as your brother’s brother earlier?”
“Er, well, um, yes. Sorry.” Luigi kicked the ground. He then tensed up as he felt a wet nose on his neck. He only shrieked a little bit. Honest. “Did you just sniff me!?”
Lyra nodded with a gin. “Yup, wanted to get to know you. You smell a little bit like pasta.”
Bon Bon grabbed Lyra by her neck and pulled her down. “Sorry, my sister is a bit crazy. I am Bon Bon and you may call this lime loon Lyra.”
“Hey I’m not lime.”
“Dude, you look like you need to hang out in a nightclub.” Luigi jumped at the surprise unicorn that appeared next to him. “Never meet anyone so wound up tight. Name’s Vinyl.”
Zecora, on the other hoof, did not take the approach that would make his heart spring around like Pinkie on an energy drink. “You do seem to have trouble being calm. I suggest relaxing breathing exercises with soothing balm.”
“I already do that.” Luigi slumped. He looked at the muffin offered to him. “Um, thank you?”
“No problem!” Derpy smiled.
“Mario!!!” A shrill scream cut through the air as a frantic toad with a letter ran around like a frantic child. “You got a letter from the princess. It is marked urgent!”
Lyra stopped to pick up the little guy “Awe, you are so cute.”
“Stop! I’m trying to be serious. Super serious face right here!” He looked over to Luigi. “Mar--um...hold on. Green Stash. No Luigi. Can you take this? The princess shouldn’t mind.”
“O-ok.”
Derpy gasped. “You can’t take somepony’s mail!”
Luigi winced at her loud voice next to his ear. “It’s-a fine. The princess address the letter to the Mario Brothers, see?”
She looked at it closely with both eyes. Turned the letter in several directions for no apparent reason. “So you are called Mario Luigi?”
“No, just Luigi. When we go anywhere that’s how we introduce ourselves. By my brother’s name first.” Luigi slumped as he remembered how pathetic it sounded. He opened the letter and started to read it out loud.
Dear Mario and Luigi
Bowser and Nightmare Moon have laid a trap for you in Recycle Matter Galaxy. There are local monsters that capture anyone that travels through the galaxy. They are known to suck the emotions out of you, so please be careful. Nightmare Moon is searching for something that will counter the Elements of Harmony. Please work together on this mission and keep each other safe. I’m afraid the traps of this galaxy will need both brothers.
Signed,
Princess Toadstool ‘Peach’
Princess Luna
Luigi gulped as he dropped the letter. “M-m-monsters!? Ok, ok Luigi you can do this. M-mario needs you.”
“Something that can counter the Elements of Harmony?” Time Turner looked over the letter. “Very bad news. Luigi, do you mind if I go with you to provide some assistance?”
“You want to help me? That would be-a fantastic” Luigi brightened up as his new partner strapped his blue box to his back.
“If my friends are in danger, then I, too, will not be a stranger.” Zecora answered calmly.
Derpy nodded in agreement. “That’s right. Those ponies are some of my bestest of friends. We should help them.”
“Oh, oh, I’m going on this adventure too!” Lyra pressed up against Luigi and almost knocked him over. “It’ll be fun! We’ll fight bad guys, go rescue each other in the nick of time, and maybe find out what space smoothies taste like.”
Bon Bon opened her mouth to object, but abstained. “You know what. You look like you need all the help you can get.”
“O-oh, um thank you. I think.”
“I’m not one to be left out of a party. Besides,” A large speaker impacted in the group next to Luigi. Vinyl Scratch laid on top of it with a smile that was slowly becoming deranged, “I got the tools we need to take care of annoying monsters. There is a reason my place was a safe house during that alien invasion.”
“That maniac energy coming back?” Turner asked as he slowly took a step back.
“It hasn’t even begun, buddy.”
‘Do I even want to know where she was hiding that?’ Luigi looked around and realized he had a herd around him. “All right then.” The last time he had partners of his own, it did not end well. Most of them stuck around so they could keep him from screwing something up. He hoped this will be different.
“Let’s-a go!”
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Poor Luigi.
I have much glee and Chortles! I am happier than Lyra right now from reading this!
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Agreed. I know it is some kind of constant joke to poke fun at Luigi in past games, but honestly, he has been an awesome champion in his own right for a long time. So much so, that he really doesn't deserved all the craps he get anymore. Time to show them that you rock, Luigi! Show them all!
A short C&C:
Though she only told us about them in picture books with Aunt Celetia and Aunt Luna.
> Correction: 'Celestia'. Comma after 'Though'.
I noticed the Peter Pan reference and it makes me happy!!!!!
With his own version of the Mane 6, it's always Year of Luigi!
Interesting how you have Lyra and Bon Bon as sisters here.
Luigi may always be second best to his brother, but that doesn't mean he can't still be awesome! Go Luigi!
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, doctor who, and possibly SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!!!
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Except Luigi always pulls through, even with his name forgotten half the time, being addressed as Mario, he's had his fair share of adventures and then some while pulling through actual courage.
Also, he's got the most personality of the brothers.
LUIGI IS AWESOME I have both of the Luigi's Mansion games
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Wha?
I think you may have misunderstand me a little bit. Read what I had posted again, because I was talking positively about Luigi, not negatively.
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So was I? He's a coward, but he proves his courage time and time again.
He's always talked down and never noticed, but he still will be a hero regardless if people forget his name or not.
I guess I started the sentence off a bit awkward with 'Except' my bad.
Woo! Go Luigi, strike out in the name of taller and thinner younger brothers everywhere! May your super jumps soar beyond the bounds of reality and prove that Green is a creative color!
Glad to see you update this again. It makes me want to try writing myself again.
Its interesting reading this and remembering how the original went and comparing them.
BonBon and Lyra being sisters? I love that idea! I bet BonBon always had to accompany Lyra to keep her out of trouble and now they hang out out of habit.
welcome back poor luigi stuck with background pony what mario and the other didn't know they are fell into trap
Okay, good chapter, but I wish you would continue on the story at a faster pace. Surely you can, since this is Summer and school is out.
I almost lost interest in this story because the last chapter was a bit confusing. But now I see where this is going.
Anyway, again good chapter.
Luigi is better than Mario.
I hope Spike comes on the next or later chapters like you original story. By the way what happened to your original story?
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Funny thing about summer jobs. They tend to steal more time away from you then school does.
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Luigi is scared of a lot of things, but it won't hold him down. He will always pull through for his best bro.
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It was something I have yet seen done with the two ponies. Figured why not.
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I was hoping someone would catch that.
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You both remember that mess? That version is still on my computer.
4617500 True to that. At work, you don't get a lot of recess or free time.
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Oh, yeah. I remember it having some really, REALLY odd stuff (like how it started out as a mod for Super Mario Galaxy 2 which a person was playing before you shifted it out), but I felt the story was still entertaining. The later chapters, like where they meet up with an ancient Spike due to loose time and the Retro Galaxy, were really enjoyable.
I remember when you deleted those chapters and I thought you rage quit it, but I was glad to see that, at your pace, you were still working on this story.
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The old Spike stuff and Retro Galaxy will stay. I wasn't really happy with how the older version turned out in some ways and I felt it lost focus. Now it is bad guy screen time, two princesses, and Luigi gets his crew right away. I think it should work out for the better.
...Helps I have an actual group of writers to help me out as well.
OF COURSE DERPY FINDS A GREEN LUMA.
4610902 Actually you're right. He trumps Mario in all ways, but he has more fears and weaknesses. Ghosts, Low Traction, Timid...etc.
Is Spike going to be in this story like your original story?
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Yes.
Wow. This is such a major change from before. So now the mane six don't need to take the Starshroom to galaxies anymore? Will the special abilities be kept, at least?
I'm still wondering how this is gonna play out. Seeing as how the previous version had no villain and this one does. I can still remember some moments of the previous story though.
We have a very energetic pony with human knowledge, a mailmare who's 'bubble plot' can break anything, a time lord, a rhyming witch doctor, a semi-psycho DJ, and there's Bon Bon the only serious one in the group.
Luigi's team of ponies are automatically better than Mario's.
This way my face when I stopped reading the current eight chapters -->
. This story is just that good! Even though i'm not really acritic, i'll give it a 10/10, even though some segments were kinda boring I had to skip them (A.K.A. the parts with the bad guys). It's a great story! It kept me so entertained that I imagined the things happening in the story right in front of me! Lots of this stuff in this story is really original! I gotta say this, i'm excited for the next chapter! Keep up the freakin' good job! 
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Not this time.
When the next chappter comeing?
Super Luigi!!
Maine Six and Background Six...UNITE for a Fight! What a cosmic DELIGHT!