When the Mane 6 come to our world, they're much smaller then you might've thought...
The Mane 6 switch places with plastic versions of themselves - AKA the figurines we collect - causing them to be only an inch or two tall. They must rely on Greg until Celestia comes to get them - however long that might take.
My first fanfic published, enjoy!
I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or any of its characters. If I do in the future, disregard this, as my plan to take over Hasbro (which I certainly do not have, Hasbro, forget you read this) has worked. I also do not own the cover image, all credit goes to it's author, StardustXIII. Here's a link to the original posting of it: http://stardustxiii.deviantart.com/art/Gimme-some-284469748
Note: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or any of its characters. If I do in the future, disregard this, as my plan to take over Hasbro (which I certainly do not have, Hasbro, forget you read this) has worked. Enjoy!
My life was nothing really out of the ordinary. Wake up. Go to work. Get home. Eat at the appropriate times. Go to sleep. Wash, rinse, dry, repeat. Only thing even remotely out of the ordinary was watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. And I didn't really consider that weird - I mean, it wasn't like I was the only one. Of course, you should have noticed by now, I'm speaking in past tense. For indeed, now my life is very much out of the ordinary.
It started, of course, as many of these tales you have read have: lying in a bed. However, unlike those tales, I didn't have some dream of Celestia or Luna, or of the Mane 6. No, I wasn't even asleep. I was watching TV in my tiny one bedroom apartment. Suddenly, as I was looking over to where my collection of ponies (if you can call just the Mane 6 blind bag minifigures a collection) was it hit me.
They weren't there anymore.
"Great." I said. I got up, and looked around. Where were they? I was certain I hadn't moved them, so either someone stole them (and nothing else? Really?) or I moved them in my sleep. I looked around, but couldn't see them anywhere.
Then it hit me.
No, literally, it hit me. Only in this case it wasn't really an 'it' as much as a pony hitting me. I looked down at where the pressure had come from. A one or two inch tall AppleJack was trying to buck my foot. I recoiled.
"What?!?" I fell back onto my bed. "Oh… this is one of those lucid dreams! I've always wanted to have one."
"So first you kidnap us somehow, and now we aren't real, huh? Well, girls, I think we need to show him this isn't a dream." I heard a voice say.
I looked at the voice. "Twilight?" Before I could go any further, her horn lit up. And so did my hand. And then I slapped myself. "OW! Twilight stop! This is all just a misunderstanding, I'm sure, let's just calm down and-"
Rainbow Dash flew up to my face, and spoke to me. "Calm down? Well, you're not the one who suddenly gets teleported to some weird gigantic world!"
"Rainbow Dash-" I tried to cut in, unsuccessfully.
"And don't try to deny you're the one who did it! If you aren't, then how do you know our names, huh?" Rainbow Dash said.
“If you’ll sit down, I’ll tell you everything I know. I promise.” I told them.
“Oh, yeah, let’s sit down so you can lie to us-“ Rainbow Dash was cut off.
“RAINBOW! That’s enough. It can’t hurt to let him talk. We don’t know he did this, and don’t you think if he were truly hostile he would have tried to stomp us or at least tried to stuff us in a box where I couldn’t make him slap himself?” Twilight said. ('Finally! Somepony reasonable!' I thought)
“But-“ Rainbow Dash protested.
“No buts. Let him tell us what he knows.” Twilight said.
So I told them. Everything. I told them about the show, about bronies, and how I think they switched places with little plastic versions of themselves.
“But… How is that possible?” Twilight asked.
“Well, I’m not sure. Maybe you messed up a spell or something? I don’t know, but seeing as you’re Celestia’s apprentice, you’ll surely be discovered as missing soon. Celestia’s magic is powerful enough to bring you back there, I’m sure. You’ll just have to wait here.” I said.
While I had been explaining, five of them had gotten up on the bed. I had to lift AppleJack and Rarity up, and Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash were already up there. As for Pinkie Pie? Don’t ask me how she had gotten up there. Even as a tiny pony in our world she seems to have some tricks up her sleeve. Or wherever ponies keep tricks, seeing as they don’t wear shirts.
“So, you watch us on your ‘Tee-Vee’ box over there, as do many other ‘Hugh-mans’? Shouldn’t ya’ll not be able to know what’s goin’ on in other parallel universes?” AppleJack asked.
Before I could respond, Twilight took the question up. “Actually, AJ, there’s a good chance that this is possible. The elements have an extremely large output of magical energy, even when the lie dormant. This output could permeate realities, sending images of us from ours into this one.”
“…but I was going to suggest that to seem smart…” I complained.
“Oh, please, man. That wouldn’t make you smart, it’d just make you an egghead. You wanna be smart, how about you turn on your ‘TV’ and let’s see if it does anything interesting? Oh! I can see my own awesomeness! Maybe there’s the one about my sonic rainboom? They had to make one about that!” Rainbow Dash seemed excited at that thought.
“Well let’s see… none of the episodes are on right now. But here’s something you might like – Nascar!” I explained all of the details of it to her, and explained some other shows I thought they would like – Animal Planet for FlutterShy (who had finally come out of hiding), National Geographic, History, and a couple science channels for Twilight, and so on.
“Ok, one last thing that I need. I’ll be going out to get whatever it is you ponies need to stay here for awhile, so here’s a pen and a piece of paper. Twilight should be able to write the stuff down for you. Just put some of the things you’ll need and I’ll get them tomorrow. I’m going to bed now, you can keep the TV on, just make sure to turn it off when you’re done. You can sleep anywhere you’re comfortable – just not the floor. If I stepped on one of you I’d never forgive myself. Good night.”
“Good night.” They all said back.
As I drifted off to sleep, I think I heard them discussing whether they could trust me or not…
I got up. I yawned. What a strange dream… it seemed so real too. Well, today was Saturday, that meant a new episode – should be starting in just a little bit. Wait. No, I still wasn’t used to them changing it so it was later in the day. Oh well… I got up, looked in the fridge, and – heard a yawn? I slowly turned around…
“Oh. Hi Twilight.” I said.
I did a double-take. Then the world went black. Ok, I know, I know. I had been talking to ponies last night and I didn’t freak out – what was wrong with me? Well, it wasn’t as much that it wasn’t weird, as it was a combination of being tired, in shock, and thinking it was a dream. I suppose I was overdue for a freak-out session.
I woke up again, lying on the floor. Twilight was sitting on my chest, staring at me. “About time you woke up.” She observed. “You’re lucky I was awake enough to catch you before you fell all the way to the floor. And also that size doesn’t affect magic.”
I mumbled something to the degree of, “real… unicorn… magical… ponies… whuh…?”
“You’re talking like a pony with a concussion… Hmm, do sharp falls affect a human’s mind? No, that doesn’t make any sense… hm…” Twilight observed.
“Oh come on, Twilight. He’s only been struck speechless by my beauty, OBVIOUSLY.” Rarity pointed out.
“Ah bet it’s that he’s impressed by how powerful ah am even at this size! I probably gave ‘im a bruise from that buckin’ ah gave him last night!” AppleJack cut in.
“I think the poor dear just needs some tender loving care, isn’t that right lil’ guy?” FlutterShy cooed. I wasn’t about to correct her mistake – she’d probably take it the wrong way.
“No! What he needs is a PARTY! That’s sure to cheer him up!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
“Are you kidding me? He’s just impressed by my total RADICALNESS!” Rainbow Dash said, doing a loop-de-loop.
“Enough! All of you just calm down! I’m just… I’m just freaking out here! 6 magical ponies are somehow running around my home! If there were 6 tiny wonderbolts in Rainbow Dash’s home don’t you think she’d freak out?!” I yelled.
“Now calm down-“ twilight tried to cut in.
“Calm? I’m calm! I’m completely calm! Nothing’s wrong!” I exclaimed. “I need some time to think. Just – stay in here. I’ll be back in a bit.” I headed for the door.
“Don’t forget this!” Twilight called after me. She shoved a piece of paper in my hand. Of course, the list! I closed the door behind me. I was still dressed like I had just gotten up, I only had my slippers on, and heck, I was lucky I had grabbed my keys coming out. I didn’t really care about how I looked though – leastways, not enough to go back in there. I got into my car and looked at the list.
There was the usual stuff I had been expecting – basic components of salads, etc. There were also some things specific ponies had put on – such as balloons and party things, and sewing things. Luckily I had both of those sets covered. I had some party stuff stashed somewhere under my bed, and a sewing kit for my plush pony making I did from time to time.
I still needed to go and get the groceries, so I headed out. Hopefully they wouldn’t get into too much trouble while I was gone…
As I pulled up, I had a terrible feeling that something horrible was inside the apartment… I got up and pulled out the groceries to take them in. I set them down, and slowly turned the knob, peering in…
“SURPRISE! I threw this party JUST FOR YOU! You seemed all sad and freaked out , and all sad, and I thought you needed cheering up! I found this stash of party stuff and I decorated and OHHH we can play pin the tail on the pony and hide and seek and oh we’re gonna have so much fun! I’ve never so excited, except for this one time when I first time when I met Twilight and I was all like ‘OHHHHH’ but I mean really what can top that I knew she had to be so lonely because she was new and-“ Pinkie said excitedly.
“Pinkie! I know, I saw it all.” I cut in.
“Oh, that’s right! Well we can still have super-duper fun!” She went on. I smiled and I looked around the room. I suppose she had Twilight help with the set up, since the balloons were floating without helium, and streams had been hung everywhere. All the other ponies were starting to gather up. The decorations were a nice touch, but otherwise the place was a mess. There were books lying everywhere (or as much as my meager selection of books could cover), t-shirts lying in a corner, and my only flower lay broken, cut in two somehow.
“So, anything interesting happen while I was gone?” I asked.
“Uh… not much?” Twilight said uncertainly.
“was that an answer or a question?” I asked.
“uh…” Twilight sputtered.
“Nevermind. So, why are all of my books lying everywhere?” I asked.
“Well it’s not like you have that many. I live in a library you know.” She said.
“Uh-huh. I also know you keep it rather messy and make Spike clean up most of it.” I pointed out. “And the flower?”
“Well… ah was kind of bored, so ah figured ah’d practice my buckin’ on your flower… ah didn’t think it’d break so easily.”
“…well it’s a flower, not a tree…” I said, sighing and shaking my head. “And Rarity, I notice you have a nice little dress there. You know, last time I checked I only had sewing tools, no sewing material…”
“Well… I noticed these shirts lying in a wastebasket. I figured you didn’t want them anymore, so I cut a few pieces out…” she explained.
“…that was my laundry basket. Next time Sweetie Belle messes with your laundry, don’t complain…” I said. “Ugh, and that one was my favorite!”
Pinkie coughed.
“Ah, yes, Pinkie, I believe we have a party, don’t we?” I said, forcing myself to put it all behind me. (They are just as out of sorts as me. They're only going to be here for awhile I said to myself.) “I have something to show each of you!”
I turned on my Xbox and looked through my games. Most of these games I was sure were much too violent for the ponies.
“What’s this you’re showing us? You already showed us your ‘TV’ remember?” Twilight said.
“Yes, but this thing plugs into the TV and allows us to… play games I guess you could say.” I explained.
“You mean like board games? Board games are boring silly! That’s why the call them bored games! We should play pin the tail on the pony! That’s a lot more fun than some bored game.” Pinkie said.
“Oh, no, this is nothing like a board game. Aha!” I said, as I saw a game I knew that at least Pinkie would love. “Here, let me stick this in…”
“Say, you’ve never told us your name! I’m betting it’s something cool like… uh… Cool Dude?” Rainbow Dash asked. Everyone stared at her. “What? I can’t see his cutie mark. He’s wearing clothes.”
I laughed aloud. “Well Rainbow Dash, I don’t have a cutie mark. No humans do. And my name is Greg.”
“…But if you don’t have cutie marks, how do ya know yer special talent? AppleJack asked.
“Well, we just have to try our best to figure it out, and hope we got it right.” I explained. “Oh, here we go.” I said as the TV showed the title screen.
“Viv-a piñata?” Twilight asked.
“Yeah. It’s an… ‘interesting’ game I think Pinkie and Fluttershy will like.” I explained.
“Ooooh! It looks like fun!” Pinkie said, sitting down by the controller, trying to figure out the buttons.
“I don’t know… it looks kind of weird…” Fluttershy said.
“I know it looks weird, but you grow a garden, and attract creatures, and take care of them! Doesn’t that sound like fun? You should at least give it a try.” I advised.
“hm… well… ok I guess.” She said.
“That seems like a waste of time to me. It’s not real, after all.” Twilight observed.
“Ah, for you Twilight I have a DS in here somewhere…” I said, looking through my piles of stuff.
“I don’t want to play with some silly electronic.” Twilight argued.
I shook my head. “Ah, here it is.” I said, popping a card in the slot. “You’ll like this.”
“…Brain games?” she asked.
“Yeah, they’re educational. I haven’t really played it before, it was a gift from my game-clueless aunt. I think it has facts and stuff about the world, so you can learn more about Earth.” I explained.
She set to it with avid curiosity.
“Now then, AJ and RD, would you like some cider?” I asked.
“Aw heck ya!” Rainbow Dash said.
“Ok, just to make sure. Is it hard cider you guys drink on the show? Like, with alcohol in it?” I asked. “Well, if ya mean the kind that can make ya tipsy, that’s it.” AppleJack said.
“That’s what I thought, here’s a bottle. Have at it you two.” I said, grabbing a bottle of hard cider out of the grocery bag. “And finally, you Rarity. Would you like to work on some designs and things with me? I also think I have a romance novel around here somewhere that someone gave me as a joke…”
“Why I’d love to sew with someone! It’s hard not having anyone fashionable in Ponyville. But I’m certain that you are wearing the height of fashion for humans.” Rarity said.
I looked down at my clothing. I still hadn’t changed from getting out of bed. “I’m sure.” I said, dripping with sarcasm. The party was starting out pretty good.
The night started out as a fun little party. I’d go around and hang out with all the different ponies. Eventually even Pinkie Pie drank some cider, and we all got a little buzzed. Then a lot buzzed. Well, except me. I could only drink so much out of the one bottle I got, but for them it was an unlimited supply. I got just buzzed enough to go along with some of their silly plans.
Of course, eventually Pinkie got tired of ‘Viva Pinata.’ “Don’tcha got ssomethin more intense man?” She slurred.
‘Heck, it can’t hurt, why not?’ I reasoned with myself. So I popped Halo: Reach into the disc slide.
She began playing, and enjoyed it at first. But then she decided it wasn’t realistic enough. That’s when the trouble began.
“Hey, Twi, why don’tcha cahst one ah your spells and, like, put us in the game or somethin?” Pinkie asked.
“Sure… I know a spell that *hic* might do tha trick…” Twilight slurred.
“…uh, Twilight, I don’t think it’s such a good idea to cast magic when you’re-“ I was cut off by Twilight casting a spell.
“…drunk…” I finished, as we all arrived in the game. A shot went past my head, and I had to duck behind some cover. “Great. I’m in Halo: Reach, with 6 drunken ponies.” A grenade exploded nearby, sending some dirt flying. “Sh-
“-IT JUST GOT REAL. Great. How are we gonna get out of here?” I asked myself, ducking into a nearby building. “Hey! Ponies! Get in here, quick!” The ponies were full size in the game, but unfortunately still very much drunk.
They did come over though. “I think I can teleport ush back if you wanttt…” Twilight droned off.
“No way! I’m not having you do any magic while you’re drunk!” I exclaimed.
Suddenly, Rainbow Dash decided it was a good idea to fly around. She took off and flew up above the building, making erratic circles and loop-de-loops. “Wee! I’mma airplane! *hic* weeeee!” She called down.
“#$@%! Rainbow get down here and hide! The covenant will shoot you!” I called up to her.
“Covenantsh? I didn’t promise anything!” she said.
“No! The enemy! They have guns and they’ll shoot you!” I explained.
“Whuh? Lemme at em! I’ll show ‘em who’s boss!” She exclaimed, flying off.
“No! Rainbow! Come back!” I exclaimed. Then I noticed AJ walking up to a nearby tree, shots whizzing by and just barely missing her. “AppleJack! What are you doing?!” “Ah gotta get all tha applebuckin’ done, before applebuckin’ season’s over!” she said.
“That’s not even an apple tree!” I exclaimed.
She bucked the tree, and weird fruits that looked like… coconuts? Fell out. She went to eat them, and I exclaimed, “No! Those might be poisonous!” She ate them anyway. “Oh come on! Get over here AJ before you get shot!”
Fortunately she finally did come over. Rarity seemed very distraught. “What is wrong Rarity?” I asked.
“I spilled cider on my new creation!” she explained, weeping profusely.
“Oh, there, there. I’m certain we can get the stain out when we get out. I tell you what!” I said as I had an idea, “keep these other ponies in here, and don’t let them get out and wander around outside. If you do that for me, when we get home, I’ll show the magic (*snort snort*) I have that’ll get that stain right out.”
“Really? Unicorn magic can’t do that! That’s amazing! I’ll do it!” Rarity said. “Listen up foals! None of you tries to leave or you get it! My DRESS is at stake here!”
Pinkie panicked. “Not your dress! Please don’t lock us in here like you did to me that one time for spilling punch even though I was really really sorry but you still locked me in a closet and didn’t let me out for an hour WHATEVER-I-DID-I’M-SUPER-DUPER-SORRY-DON’T-LEAVE-ME-HERE!” she said, somehow all in one breath.
“Woah, woah, settle down there. This is just until I can go and bring Rainbow Dash and bring her back here. None of you go outside.” I said, and ran off before they could protest.
I ran the way I had seen Dash go, fortunately not encountering any Covenant until-
“Stay right where you are!” A spartan said. I didn’t recognize him, but then I didn’t recognize this area either, so that was understandable.
“Look dude, I’m just looking for a rainbow maned pony. I’m not with the covenant or anything.” I explained, raising my hands.
“Civilian, this is an active warzone, and you are behind enemy lines. Come with me, we’re planning to break through their lines to our base for E-vac.” He said, grabbing my arm and dragging me behind him.
When we got to their temporary base, it was a real scene. Apparently Rainbow Dash had found them, and thought they were the covenant, and was flying around and bucking in their faces.
I rushed in. “Rainbow Dash! Stop! They’re the good guys! Spartans! Don’t shoot her! She just a little drunk.”
“Dude. She flew in and BUCKED MY FREAKING HELMET IN! And isn’t she from that freaking ‘My Little Pony’ show? That one that’s been on forever? She isn’t drunk, I MUST BE DROPPING ACID!” One Spartan said.
“I’ll drop you ya *hic*-“ Rainbow retorted.
“SHUT THE **** UP!!! I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH ALL THIS ****ING CRAZINESS, ALRIGHT? SO WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO DO, IS GET UP, DUST YOURSELVES OFF, MOVE YOUR SORRY ***ES DOWN THERE TO PICK UP THOSE PONIES, AND WE’RE GONNA BLOW ALL OF THE ****ING COVENANT’S BRAINS OUT AND GET THE **** OUT OFF THIS VIDEO GAME! OK!?!” I screamed, tired of all this craziness.
They just stared at me.
“WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, PUNKS? GET YOUR SORRY ***ES UP AND DO WHAT I SAID! WE’VE GOT BRAINS TO BLOW OUT!!!” Ya, I know. BADA**.
A/N next chapter: time to blow out some alien brains. In other news, check out my most recent blog post if you want to win a prize.
“Gimme that!” I yelled at one of the Spartans, making him give me his shotgun. “Come on boys! Follow me and try to keep up!”
We all headed back the way I had come. “Rainbow, get up to the roof tops and tell us if we’re about to run into anyone.”
Fortunately, we didn’t run into any Covenant as we ran back to the alcove.
“OK ponies! Here’s the plan! We’re making a run for safety! Rarity and Twilight, you guys throw stuff at the enemy, but no complex spells! Rainbow, you find a cloud and zap ‘em all! Spartans, you know what to do. The rest of you ponies, keep to cover and keep up. Let’s move up!” I said, the ponies barely having time for it to register.
I ran up to the edge of the city, seeing RD already in position with her cloud. The Covenant were concentrated into 4 groups across the open field, one nearby, one a bit farther in and to the left, another up even farther and to the right, and finally a line of them were the ‘No Man’s Land’ ended.
I focused mainly on the closest one. There were 6 grunts and 3 elite there, along with 3 Ghosts. We had 5 ponies on the ground, as well as 4 spartans. “Okay, Twilight you go with him, Rarity with him…” I continued until I paired them all up, finally taking Pinkie myself. I looked at the second closest group – that one had 4 grunts and 2 elite, all standing over dead human bodies. There were two overturned Mongooses there.
Looking closer at the field, I noted everything. To the left was a cliff face that climbed steeply, as well as a ramp going up the cliff face. A plan formed in my head.
“Okay guys, listen close. Rarity and Twilight and your partners are going to head over there to the group with the four wheelers.” I said, pointing at the second closest group. “As soon as you get over there, the spartan’ll hop on, and you two ponies will have to hang onto your partners. Spartans, go up that ramp over there, and we’ll go along the cliff all the way to friendly territory. Everyone who isn’t going that way, on me. We’ll be going for those Ghosts over there, and doing the exact same thing. Any questions?”
“No? Then let’s move out!”
Me, Pinkie, AppleJack, Fluttershy, and two of the Spartans all ran up to the nearest group. Rainbow Dash was already in position above them, and stomped the cloud. The lightning went down on two of the elites, filling them with a ton of volts and killing them almost instantly.
“Spartans, take out those grunts! I’ll take care of the last elite.” I said.
I ran up as fast as I could to the elite, who was distracted by the deadly cloud, and was about to shoot at it. Before he could, I unloaded four shells into him, killing him. While I did this, one of the spartans had thrown a plasma grenade at a grunt, hitting him. He ran over to his friends to ‘get it off,’ but only succeeded in blowing himself and four others up. The other spartan quickly killed the last grunt.
Meanwhile, Twilight, Rarity, and two of the Spartans ran up to the second group. Rainbow Dash, done helping us, came over and zapped one of the elites. However, they had caught onto her attack strategy.
“Rainbow Dash! Evasive actions!” I called across the field, getting into the Ghost, and figuring out the controls while Pinkie started holding on to me.
Rainbow Dash started doing tricks to avoid the shots being fired at her by the other elite, while the grunts fired on the spartans. They killed three of them quickly, but weren’t able to take out the last one before he threw a grenade. The grenade stuck to one of the spartans, and he took a dive to save the rest from being blown up as well.
The final grunt was killed by Rarity when she picked up an old fallen over tree and crushed him. I rode up on my Ghost, running over the final elite in the process. “S***! We don’t have enough people left to drive!” I said.
“I can *hic* drive this thing!” Twilight said.
“You couldn’t even drive a snowplow SOBER!” I exclaimed. A shot wizzed past my head – the Covenant from the third encampment were coming!
“We *hic* dun have time! I’m doin’ it!” Twilight said, getting on and starting it up, grabbing the steering wheel with her magic.
Having no choice, I just took off. We all went up the ramp, Twilight driving a bit shakily, but it looked like we were going to make it fine. Until a few plasma shots went by us. I looked back for a second – there were three elites on Ghosts behind us!
“Evasive actions guys! Rainbow Dash! Take ‘em out!” I called out.
Rainbow Dash pulled her cloud over top of one of them, and zapped him. However, when he went to the next and stomped it, nothing happened! “My cloud’s all out! And there aren’t any other clouds nearby!” she said.
“Spartans! Throw your grenades back at them!” I commanded.
They did so, but only one of the grenades hit, killing one of the riders. The last ghost was still firing on us, and it was getting hard to avoid. “Rarity! Take the spartan’s gun, and use it to shoot the elite!” I called out.
“But – I’ll just miss!” she said back.
“No you won’t! Just… Imagine it was him who spilled cider on your dress!” I replied.
“THAT SON OF A MARE! I’M GONNA KILL YOU!” she said, grabbing the gun with her magic, and firing at the elite.
The elite tried to evade, unsuccessfully. However, in his evasions, he accidentally fell off the cliff to the ground below. It wasn’t far, and Ghosts stay upright, but now we were very close to the spartan’s line, and the elite was soon killed.
“We’re home-free now!” I said. Then I noticed Twilight was still evading. “Twilight! You can stop evading now! They’re all dead!”
“I’ve lost control!” she shouted, going off the edge.
I quickly went after her, realizing the spartans would shoot her if she didn’t surrender. “Everyone, we’re going down! We’re at the line!” I called out, going off the cliff myself. Of course, Mongooses don’t stay upright. Luckily, Twilight used telekinesis to set herself down safely. “Twilight! You’ll have to catch the other Mongoose as well!” I told her, landing next to her. Once all of us were down, we went up to the line and surrendered ourselves.
Luckily, they had some sort of shot type thing that took away inebriation, and we gave it to Twilight. Finally no longer drunk, she reversed the spell, and we were finally back. I turned the Xbox off, and collapsed on the bed.
“You guys better not cause any trouble, just come up here and go to sleep. And I swear, if anything like that happens again, you’re gonna be in big trouble.” I said.
Around 30 minutes later, after we had all fallen asleep, the local news came on the TV I had accidentally left on. “Happening now: toys are reportedly coming to life. More on this after the break.”
A/N: People actually still read this P.O.S. story? This was my first story and it sucks, let’s be honest. I have a plotline planned for this thing now that they’re out… Do you guys really want me to continue it though? Or should I spend my time on my better stories?
When I awoke, the levels of d’aww were incredibly high. I looked down to see all of the ponies snuggled up right next to me, Pinkie even sitting on my shoulder. The moment was perfect. I wished it could’ve gone on forever.
Except I really needed to pee bad. I carefully scooped Pinkie up in my hand, and transitioned her to the other side of the couch. I did the same with all the other ponies, carefully getting out of bed so as not to awake them.
After going to the bathroom, I came out and poured myself a bowl of cereal. Apparently the noise had awakened Twilight, as she got up and did a cute little stretch. I went over and sat in my chair, watching the already on TV at low volume. Twilight teleported up into my lap, and I gave her a couple cheerios. It was nice to have a relaxing morning, before the craziness that was sure to come had begun.
The news talked about the regular stuff – a new push by Obama for something or other, cute pictures of kittens, all the regular morning stuff. It was mostly fluff, but Twilight enjoyed learning more about Earth. I even scratched her head a little between bites!
But then something came on TV.
And it changed everything.
“There have been multiple cases of people calling 911 over the last few days, for one reason: they say toys are coming to life!”
They proceeded to play a clip.
“911, what’s your emergency?”
“Hello, my daughter’s pony toy just came to life!”
“Excuse me?”
“My daughter’s toy came to life!”
*sound of hanging up*
“So, are these organized prank calls or not? They have been mostly ignored by the police, however The Robinson Institution is apparently looking into it. More details to come later.” The news announcer said.
“Greg… Tell me I didn’t just imagine that.” Twilight said in shock.
“No, you tell me that.” I replied, also shocked. I quickly set my bowl down, scooped up Twilight, and went over to my computer. “What in the world is ‘The Robinson Institution?’” I asked myself.
“I believe the definition of an institution that would be most probable is ‘an established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture,’ or maybe ‘A place for the care of persons who are destitute, disabled, or mentally ill.’” Twilight said.
I looked down at Twilight. “One, do you have the entire freakin’ dictionary memorized? Two, I know what an institution is… It’s probably the educational kind, like a college of sorts… Ah! Here it is!” I said, pulling up a webpage. “Hm, that’s only about 40 miles away! I wonder if they had something to do with this? Maybe if I go to the news they’ll have more information…” I pulled up a news page, looking through it. “Ah! Apparently these people found it interesting enough to have updates on the general area of the calls! And they’re all fairly close… that one came in just a few minutes ago!” I hovered over the icon.
A bubble popped up, with the call in it. This one talked about 3 different ponies coming to life! I quickly used an old ‘skill’ of mine, hacking the website. It wasn’t exactly a mainstream website, so it didn’t have fantastic security. This allowed me to see the exact location of the call. I quickly grabbed a backpack and threw a few things I would need into it.
“Twilight! You stay here, and refresh that page. If any other ponies come through, I want to know about it. I have to go – if I’m quick I’ll make it before ‘TRI’!” I said, slamming the door and getting in my car before she could protest.
Mr. Robinson rushed out of his office. "We've got another one folks! Get out there and get those ponies!" He yelled, handing a piece of paper to the nearest person, then going back into his office. He sat down in his chair, adjusting his tophat. He was a short man, with red hair, and from Irish descent, who for some reason always wore a tophat. Many thought him odd, but being the Institution's founder from 10 years back, no one questioned him.
"I sure hope we find all those stinking ponies. All of this planning, and with one mess-up it may be all ruined. I just hope we find those 6 soon. Without them, I may not rule Equestria... I HAVE to find them!" He said, constantly staring at the screen waiting for another call to pop up.
A/N: don't worry, I won't leave you hanging, this new plot twist has me enthralled now, so it won't be long until the next chapter...
In which I get bitten by three little devil ponies
I pulled up a street over from the house. T.R.I. was probably right behind me, so I had to hurry. I ran over and knocked on the door, which was thankfully opened quickly.
"Who are you?" An elderly woman asked.
"I am with The Robinson Institute, I understand there has been a call about pony toys coming to life in this area. Do you know anything about that?" I asked, quickly lying.
"Uh, yes. I'm the one who made the call." she said.
"I see. May I come in?" I asked.
"Of course!" she said.
"Where are they?" I asked.
"I locked them in my grand daughter's bedroom." She said, pointing me in that direction.
I quickly sped in there, looking around. They weren't on the floor, or a shelf, or on the bed… I knelt down and peeked under the bed. There were three ponies huddled together in the corner, just as I expected. They were absolutely tiny, as if the other ponies hadn't been. Of course, it made sense that they wouldn't be fully grown, since they were the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"Hey, shhh… shhhh… It's okay. Everything's going to be okay…" I said to them. "Come towards me, we have to get out of here, before the bad guys come!"
They still just stared at me, scared.
"Come on Scootaloo! What do you think Rainbow Dash would say if she saw you just cowering in the corner? And Applebloom! You know Applejack would be brave and come out!" I encouraged. "Come on! I've got Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash back at my house!"
"Did ya hear that girls! He kidnapped our sisters! And… your role model Scootaloo. He's probably gonna eat 'em! Get 'im!" Applebloom yelled, charging at my hand I had stuck under the bed to coax them out. All three of them bit into my fingers really hard.
"OW! Owowowowow! Stop that! I'm the good guy! Ow!" I exclaimed. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I quickly plucked the three of them off and put them in my bag, zipping it closed. I opened up a window, and jumped out.
"Stop right there!" A voice from behind me yelled.
I quickly climbed over the backyard fence before the man could catch up with me, ran across the yard, through a gate, and into my car. I immediately started it up and drove off before they could get the plate number. They probably hadn't even seen my face.
I pulled into a McDonald's parking lot to make sure the CMC's weren't too badly shaken up.
Mr. Robinson looked down at Celestia. "You'll never get away with it!" She proclaimed.
"Oh, but I will! And that's the beauty of it. And don't even bother trying to use your magic on me. The little machine I've hooked you up to sucks up all your magic. I must say, your output is surprising. You put off enough of it to power the entire world. Of course, that's not what I have you for, is it? He he he… Don't worry. I'll treat your little subjects well when I'm Princess of Equestria. So long, Uselesstia!" Mr. Robinson said, sealing her back into her cube.
I walked in and set the bag down. "You guys get to open up this thing. I'm not getting bit by them again!" I said.
"Who are they?" Rarity asked.
"Three little devilish rascals that love biting me!" I said.
Twilight teleported over, and opened up the bag.
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS ANTI-KIDNAPPING SQUAD YAY!" the three screamed, hopping out. "Where is he?" "Let us at 'im!"
"Whoa there fellers! Greg's a good guy! No need tah' go 'n bite him!" AppleJack said.
"That's what he wants 'ya tah think, sis!" Applebloom said. "He's gonna eat us or somethin'!"
"Applebloom! You go apologize to him! Why in the world would he want to eat us? We wouldn't even make a good snack, we're so small!" AppleJack said.
"You go apologize too Sweetie! Biting is EXTREMELY uncouth! I can't believe you acted so horribly!" Rarity said.
"And you go apologize, Scoots. Biting an awesome dude like Greg? NOT cool." Rainbow Dash said.
They all walked over, hanging their heads. "We're sorry…" They said.
"It's okay. Just don't do it again!" I said. They promptly ran off. "Can one of you girls keep an eye on them? Last thing I need is them getting in trouble…"
Rarity promptly ran off after them. "I will make sure nothing happens."
I turned my attention to the computer. I started chatting with a friend, not thinking much about it. I talked about how I know the calls were real, but I didn't mention anything about actually having one or anything. I know, stupid…
"Hey! We've got another one! I'll be back!" I said, grabbing my backpack.
When I got back from getting Cheerilee, they were gone. How could I have been so stupid?
Mr. Robinson stood up and ran over as fast as he could. "You found the Mane 6?"
"Yup. Right here sir." the man said.
"Bring them downstairs. I have enough energy to begin now…" he said.
He went downstairs with them, hooking each of them up to the machinery. He went over to the computer. "Sorry guys, you're gonna take a nap now. I'll wake you guys up afterwards…" He said, programming the computer to send out a specialized EMP wave. "This should put everyone within 30 miles to sleep. By the time anyone figures out I did this, we'll be gone."
"Wait what are you -" The man collapsed before he could finish.
"Here I come Equestria. Let's see how you like me NOW!"
"No… They're gone… Taken by T.R.I… I have to get them back!" I shouted, after checking to make sure all of them were gone. I rushed out to my car and started it up, quickly driving off.
I got about 9 miles down the road, before the traffic got terrible. It was a complete mess. Fortunately, knowing the area well, I cut down some back roads. It would take longer, but at least I would get there eventually.
Mr. Robinson unhooked Twilight. "You're going to pay for what you did to me…" he said.
"I don't even recognize you!" she cried, afraid for her life.
"Oh really? Maybe this will refresh your memory." he said, pulling off his top hat. Sitting on his hair underneath the top hat, was a blue pony.
"TRIXIE?!?" Twilight asked, shocked.
"That's right. You thought your public shaming would be enough. Now I'm more powerful then ever! I can control these giant's minds and use them to conquer Equestria! But first… You must DIE!" Trixie cried, grabbing at Twilight.
Before Trixie could grab her, Twilight teleported to the man, trying to get him up and moving.
"Sorry, I've knocked them all out. And they need to be conscious to be useable. I've planned this all perfectly! There's no way you can win now." Trixie said, stomping down at where Twilight stood.
Twilight teleported away again. "Why are you doing this?"
"Oh, my dear Twilight, isn't it obvious? I need as much power as possible! And what more powerful thing is there then being the Princess of Equestria?" She slammed the fist down, Twilight teleporting away. "You know, you'll run out of magical energy soon. I've waited so long for this! I even made that stupid show, making sure it was perfect, so people would watch it and buy the toys. To get you here to this world I needed voodoo dolls of sorts. It took 20 years to fully set this up! But now, it's all worth it." she said.
"How did you get here anyway?" Twilight asked, before teleporting underneath the desk. Maybe hiding would help?
"You little sneak… where'd you go…" Trixie thought fast. She knew Twilight wanted to know more so… "Well, Trixie found a demensional shift spell, which would have been very impressive at shows. I unfortunately… messed it up, and got sucked to here… I've been planning ever since how to get back."
"You said 20 years ago? I last saw you just a year ago though!" Twilight said, before teleporting again.
Of course! Under the desk! "Well, you see, there's a bit of a time difference and size difference. That's what threw my summoning for such a loop. But now -" Trixie was interrupted by a banging at the door.
I drove into the parking lot of T.R.I., rushing into the big building. Fortunately, the first room I checked was Mr. Robinson's office. I rushed in, and seeing the big metal door marked 'basement' I was certain I had found the right place. But the door wouldn't open! I banged at it as hard as I could. There HAD to be a way in!
A/N: The dramatic conclusion is coming :O Do I have any more surprises? I sure do. Does Greg have a room mate? Does he get turned into a pony to go live with them? Can I come up with more pointless questions?
On a serious note, I have quite the back story on Trixie which I can go into if anyone wants me to. I just thought it was rather odd to have her reveal everything while chasing after Twilight… So comment below if you want it.
Cool guys don't look at explosions (espescially underground ones they can't see).
I looked around the room. There had to be a way in! Then I saw a small machine with a note on it. I ran over - and it said 'teleporter prototype!' I quickly read the instructions on it.
"Well, that was faster then expected! I thought it would take them at least an hour to figure out what happened, and send the police. Oh well, I'll just have to start the machine up now!" Trixie said, grabbing several switches on the desk and flipping them.
Suddenly, light flooded out of the semi-transparent boxes. An arch-like structure in the corner started to glow. "Haha! It works! Now I shall finally be respected as the true greatest magician of Equestria!"
Twilight teleported on top of the desk, trying to flip the switches back. "But first, YOU MUST DIE!" Trixie said, snatching Twilight up.
"Not so fast Trixie!" I said, suddenly appearing in the room, holding the teleporter with Cheerilee in it.
"You! You must be the one who has been giving me a hard time over these last few days! Don't come near me, or she gets it!
"Come now, Trixie, do you really expect me to believe that? She's your nemesis! You want to defeat her while you can devote your full attention to it! A powerful magician like you doesn't need to use such cheap tricks!" I reasoned, setting down the contraption.
"You… are of course right. This is hardly a way to begin my reign." Trixie said, strapping Twilight into one of the boxes. "No. Instead, I will defeat YOU!" she said, picking up a pipe, and charging at me.
I dodged the attack, and punched Robinson in the face. "Ha! You think you can defeat me like that, foolish human?" Trixie asked, whirling around and hitting the back of my knee. "I don't feel his pain, and I can keep him going up until his death!" she said, raising the pipe to smash it down upon me.
I quickly rolled out from the attack. I ran over to the pipe stack, Trixie following. I grabbed one, and started dueling with her with them. "Give it up human! You can't defeat me!" she said, grabbing another pipe with her magic, unbeknownst to me, and launching it at me.
I fell down again, but this time I grabbed something from my pack.
"Say your prayers!" She said, raising the pipe again.
"No, you." I said, pointing my pistol at her.
"What?! Where'd you get tha-" She was cut off by me shooting the light above her. I rolled away while she was distracted, and aimed at her machine.
"Try anything, and the machine gets it!" I said.
"You wouldn't! Your friends need to go back!" she said, stepping towards me.
"Oh really? I wouldn't? Watch me." I said, taking a shot, and hitting.
"WARNING! EXPLOSION IMMINENT!" the machine blared.
I saw Trixie running out, but couldn't stop her. I rushed to the boxes, quickly unplugging all of the ponies, not even forgetting Cheerilee. "Follow me outside! Quickly!" I said, running up the stairs. I ran out to my car, all the ponies quickly following. Just as we got out, we heard a boom from inside.
"What do we do now? We can't go back!" One pony cried.
Twilight teleported on top of my car. "Don't worry! We can all go to live with the man who saved us, Greg!" Twilight cried out.
"Yay!" "Woohoo!" "You're awesome!" "This time we won't bite you!" They all cried out.
"S***…" I muttered under my breath. As if 6 hadn't been enough trouble.
Jake woke up in an open field. "Where am I? Last thing I remember is helping Mr. Robinson, and then collapsing because of his 'EMP'…" He said, getting up and looking around. He noticed a strangely colored Chihuahua, looming over one of those poor ponies.
He quickly did a drop kick on it, saving the pony. It flew up to him - it was so cute! "Thank you for saving me from that Ursa Major! I'm Cadance and I love tiaras! You're my new knight in shining armor! MARRY ME!" Cadance cried out.
"Okay! YOU'RE JUST SO CUTE!" Jake cried, instantly falling in love.
Shining Armor promptly jumped off a bridge.
AN: so that's the end of the plotline… I'll continue the story, but I'm probably going to do some challengefics too to better my writing.
"And so that's the entire story, officer." I finally said.
"…So six tiny ponies came to your house… you went into a video game with them… and stopped another mind controlling pony?" the police officer asked.
"Yes, that's the basics of it." I clarified.
"…You could've just said you didn't know anything, instead of wasting my time." the officer said. "Okay, you can go, 'pony boy'."
"Thank you." I stood up, and walked out of the police station to my car. "Ready to go home ponies?"
"Yes!" they all shouted.
'If only there weren't so many of them… There's at least fifty back there! How am I supposed to take care of all of them? And the trouble they'll cause! I'm not even sure they'll be safe enough by themselves for me to go to work…' I thought, driving home.
Several things still concerned me. How were the ponies going to get back now? They couldn't just stay with me forever! If we were to find Trixie again, could she rebuild the portal?
I just drove home, focused on the road ahead, despite the many voices chatting behind me.
"Damn them! I just want to take over a magical land, and they just have to stop me!" Trixie exclaimed. "Well… they may have destroyed the portal back to Equestria…" she levitated a device out of Robinson's pocket. "But if I can't go back and rule Equestria with giant humans…"
An evil glare sparkled in her eye. "I'll just have to rule Earth with tiny ponies."
